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PS3 May Win… Years From Now with 3D and Motion Control
Back when the PS3 and Xbox 360 were first announced, we aren’t ashamed to say that we were avid fans of the PS3 platform… much more so than the self-aborting Xbox 360. It was a much higher build quality, the technical achievement of the Cell Processor was ridiculously complex and therefore impressive, it played Blu-ray [...]
Continue reading...CryEngine 3 PS3 Tech Demo
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
This is more of an aside, but Crytek’s Cevat Yerli shows off a demonstration of the upcoming (September ‘09 release) CryEngine 3 and I’m floored. The enhancements that Crytek have gotten into CryEngine 3 are nothing short of amazing, specifically on the PS3. Cevat explains that over the years they have had two R&D engine teams [...]
Continue reading...Uncharted 2 and God of War 3 – The PS3 Starts to Show Its Power
Monday, December 15, 2008
It’s about flipping time, but given the new trailers out for Uncharted 2 and God of War 3 from the VGA’s, I’d have to say that the PS3 is started to show it’s legs. Give them a peek: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Trailer God of War 3 Trailer
Continue reading...Sony’s Poor Playstation 3 Sales and Marketing Isn’t Sabotage – It’s Just Sony
Saturday, December 13, 2008
The Washington Times’s Sonny Bunch wrote an article recently that raked Sony over the coals for: No price cut this holiday season — instead they actually released a more expensive bundle Not properly promoting DVD-upscaling capabilities of the PS3 No Netflix (or other 3rd party) streaming movie support This is all in the wake of Sony’s falling PS3 sales [...]
Continue reading...New Releases for the Week of 10/23 – 10/29
Monday, November 24, 2008
Xbox 360 Banjo-Kazooie (Nov 26th) NPPL Championship Paintball Breakout 2009 (Nov 25th) Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix(Nov 26th) PC Band Manager (Nov 25th) Bolt (Nov 27th) Call of Atlantis (Nov 26th) Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual (Nov 27th) Puzzlegeddon (Nov 27th) The Chronicles of Spellborn (Nov 27th) Wii AMF Bowling World Lanes (Nov 25th) Cake Mania: In the Mix! [...]
Continue reading...New Releases for the Week of 11/16 – 11/22
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Xbox 360 Left 4 Dead Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Naruto: The Broken Bond NCAA Basketball 2009 Need for Speed: Undercover Shaun White Snowboarding The Last Remnant Tomb Raider: Underworld PC Left 4 Dead Legendary Need for Speed: Undercover The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria Complete Edition Tomb Raider: Underworld Wii Animal Crossing: City Folk Castlevania: Judgment Need for Speed: Undercover Shaun White Snowboarding: Road [...]
Continue reading...Official October 2008 NPD Results
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Hardware Sales PlayStation 2 136K PlayStation 3 190K PSP 193K Xbox 360 371K Wii 803K Nintendo DS 491K Top 10 Software 360 FABLE II MICROSOFT (CORP) Oct-08 1 790K WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 2 487K 360 FALLOUT 3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS Oct-08 3 375K WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 4 290K WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 5 282K 360 SAINTS ROW 2 THQ (CORP) Oct-08 6 270K PS3 SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS CONFRONTATION SONY (CORP) Oct-08 7 231K PS3 LITTLE BIG [...]
Continue reading...Little Big Planet Levels Being Removed Without Warning
Monday, November 10, 2008
LittleBigPlanet owners are quickly getting upset by the “moderation” occurring on user created levels. The current “moderation” occurring is essentially complete deletion of levels without warning. Kotaku has a good recap of what is happening: There’s a growing clamor on the LittleBigPlanet forums about level ‘moderation’ — if by ‘moderation’ one means ’summary deletion.’ Without warning. It [...]
Continue reading...New Releases for the Week of 11/09 – 11/15
Monday, November 10, 2008
Xbox 360 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Nov 11) Call of Duty: World at War (Nov 10) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Nov 11) Mirror’s Edge (Nov 11) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Nov 11) WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (Nov 9) PC Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (Nov 11) Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice (Nov 11) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Nov 13) Wii Call of [...]
Continue reading...Left 4 Dead, Level 2 Gameplay Video
Friday, November 7, 2008
Andrew Burnes over at VE3D has thrown up 26mins of Left 4 Dead gameplay video from the demo. I found the following bit of gameplay the most representative of the environments, scenarios and team-dynamic going on in that title: I’ll admit, the first time I saw Left 4 Dead demoed (maybe a year ago?) I thought [...]
Continue reading...Logitech Launches Ultra-Premium Guitar Hero Guitar for Playstation 3
Thursday, October 23, 2008
No more rumors, Logitech’s claim at making “premium components for Guitar Hero” are real and Logitech wants your money this holiday season… they want all of it. If you are a Guitar Hero fan, you might want to sell some junk to get some scratch together because Logitech has dropped a bomb with their new premium [...]
Continue reading...New Releases for the Week of 10/19 – 10/25
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Xbox 360 Fable II (Oct 21) Far Cry 2 (Oct 21) Midnight Club LA (OCt 20) Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Oct 21) PC Dead Space (Oct 20) NBA 2K9 (Oct 20) Wii Wii Music (Oct 20) Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Oct 21) Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 (Oct 21) DS Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Oct 21) Playstation 3 Far Cry 2 (Oct 21) Midnight Club LA (OCt 20) Spider-Man: Web of [...]
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