Monday, February 25, 2008
Broken Xbox 360 Made My Baby Cry
11:45PM Brian Ashcraft | CheapyD’s American Japanese Xbox 360 croaked, which caused his baby to cry. We’re starting to tear up ourselves. Cheapy’s Site [CAG] More »
MotorStorm 2 Will Be A Four-Player Splitscreen Island Getaway
11:30PM Luke Plunkett | Sony showed a few games off at GDC, but one they didn’t “show off” was MotorStorm 2. That one was reserved for the BBC, apparently, as only the Beeb’s Darren Waters got a premiere showing of Evolution’s upcoming racer. The sequel to 2006’s launch favourite is leaving the desert behind, and will instead concentrate on a “lush island environment, full of interactive vegetation”. More importantly – for both haters of exotic flora and PS3-owning Mario Kart enthusiasts – the game will feature 4-player split-screen racing, so you and three friends can party like it’s 2002. PlayStation bounces back [BBC] [Image] More »CryENGINE 2 Does Bouncing Balls Better Than Commercials Do
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Poor CryENGINE 2. It didn’t get enough hugs as a child, and now it’s got some serious insecurity issues. It’s always trying to show us how much better it is than real life. Trees, shacks, whatever, if it’s real, CryENGINE 2 wants us to know that it can’t just do real, it can do real better than real. Latest example: that Bravia commercial with the bouncing balls. CryENGINE 2 can so do that. More »
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Phil Harrison Is Joining Atari?
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This. Is. Insane. Rumour has it Phil Harrison is leaving Sony to join, you might want to sit down, Atari. Yes, Atari. That Atari. … Apparently, Phil Harrison is joining forces with ex-EA exec and current Atari honcho David Gardner to make the beleaguered company less crappy. Previously, Gardner said: My goal is to help rebuild that passion around the company. First, with the employees and then very quickly to spread it virally on the internet to millions of new customers. I have a personal challenge to create a world-class company that is European in flavor but reaches global markets. This will take some time of course, but here we have fantastic gaming DNA formed at the birth of the industry, access to creative talent and a company with the working capital to make the necessary investments to realise this vision. If this is true, wow, just wow. (That, and lolololol.) If it’s not, we’re happy to see sanity prevail. Harrison Joining Atari? [Games Industry Thanks, Luke Smith!] [Pic] More »
Valve Would Fancy Developing On The Wii
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Yeah, Valve are Top Dog when it comes to quality PC games, but on consoles? Not so big. Sure, they’ve been bringing their games to the PlayStations and Xboxs for years now, but a lot of those have been either sloppy ports or a job handed to an outside developer. The Wii, though, well, the Wii presents a different opportunity altogether. One that Valve are both aware of and obviously thinking about: If Valve were to develop in-house for another format, it would be the Wii. It’s growing, there’s already a huge user-base, and it’s fun. Source is really scaleable. We can do that. Note: “can” do that, not “will” do that. Still, he certainly sounds optimistic. If HL2 could look as good as it did on the Xbox there’s no reason they can’t whip up something similar for the Wii. Valve confirms Left 4 Dead left off PS3, moots Source for Wii [VG247] More »
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Phil Harrison Resigning From Sony
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS) will resign on February 29th. Harrison has been with Sony since 1992, when he joined Sony Electronics Publishing. That Sony branch later evolved into Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Says Harrison: The past 15 years at Sony Computer Entertainment has been the defining journey of my life so far. I am grateful to all the PlayStation family for their incredible support, guidance and friendship. It has been a privilege to serve as part of the team and be inspired by them on a daily basis. I am so proud of everything PlayStation has achieved and will continue to support its future in every way I can. Perhaps it was the friction a cranky Phil Harrison alluded to at GDC, concerning the difficulties of working with Sony Japan that lead to his decision. Perhaps it was something else. Regardless, SCE CEO Kaz Hirai will assume Harrison’s role as well as attend to his own duties as SCE CEO. Full press release after the jump.
FFVII On NES Is A Triumph Of The Human Spirit
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | A little while ago, the Shenzhen Nanjing Technology Company released Final Fantasy VII. On the NES. Totally unofficially, of course, but also totally, officially awesome. Sure, the game eschews Chocobo racing, limit breaks and even Yuffie and Vincent, but this being a NES cart, casualties are to be expected. What does make it in there are the other six characters and almost the entire main storyline of the multi-disc PlayStation epic, an achievement I have no hesitation in labelling Herculean. Since you’ll never own nor play this, you can check out some screens here, with well over 100 more at the link below. From polygons to pixels: Final Fantasy VII [Cinnamon Pirate] More »Haruhi, Lucky Star, Nazis
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Top Ten Anticipated Games of 2008
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Save for the 2008 inclusion of Final Fantasy XIII (doubt we’ll see that this year), pretty much agree with the GT list (not the order). You? Top Ten List [Jyouhouya] More »
