Grace Chen here, senior Manager for the PLAYSTATION Store. It’s been a big week for the PLAYSTATION Store, with the launch of Warhawk on Tuesday and tons of great new content today. We know you guys want playable games and demos, and we want to get them to you. So with that said, here’s a quick breakdown of what we have in the PLAYSTATION Store today:
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for $9.99
- Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection online add-on for $9.99 or the bundle (game + add-on) for $29.99
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008 demo
- All-Pro Football 2K8 demo
- NASCAR ’08 demo
- Heavenly Sword “Episode Four: The Sound of Combat” making-of video
- Heavenly Sword “Episode Four: The Devine Birth” Anime video
- Folklore “Surviving the Netherworld” trailer
- Clive Barker’s Jericho™ trailer
- Movie trailers for Beowulf and Bee Movie
Ubisoft confirmed to GameSpot UK today that Free Radical's upcoming first-person shooter, Haze, is currently only in development for the PlayStation 3. Previously announced as a timed exclusive for the holiday season (with Xbox 360 and PC versions to follow in 2008), this confirmation makes Haze a full PlayStation 3 exclusive -- at least for the time being.
According to the report, Ubisoft has not ruled out the possibility of new partnerships in the future, but that the official statement on PC and Xbox 360 is that these platforms are not confirmed.
Haze will ship exclusively for the PlayStation 3 on November 19th. Our hands-on impressions from the Leipzig Games Convention have the full skinny on the spiritual successor to the TimeSplitters franchise, just be sure to ignore any mentions of it being a timed exclusive.
Publisher Atari has released a new release list today. On this list you also find some Xbox 360 titles, below with Eternal Sonata that will release on 9 November same as Ace Combat 6: Fires or Liberation thats is planned on 23 November this year.
31 augustus 2007 Tamagotchi Party on (Wii)
31 augustus 2007 DBZ Goku Densetsu (NDS)
7 september 2007 Wild Earth (PC)
14 september 2007 Dungeons & Dragons Tactics (PSP)
12 oktober 2007 Neverwinter Nights 2 Mask of the betrayer (PC)
12 oktober 2007 Lucinda Green Aquestrian Challenge (PS2)
19 oktober 2007 Naruto ultimate Ninja 2 (PS2)
26 oktober 2007 The Witcher (PC)
9 november 2007 Eternal Sonata (360)
9 november 2007 Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii)
9 november 2007 Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (PS2)
16 november 2007 Lanfeust (PSP)
23 november 2007 Animal Paradise (NDS)
23 november 2007 Jackass (PS2)
23 november 2007 Jackass... More »
The game itself is called Ferrari Challenge, and it's aiming to offer nothing less ambitious than the entire Ferrari production line since 1947. There's one rather large caveat there, in that it will ship with 30 different models at launch, but System 3 hopes to fill out the rest of the catalog with monthly update. There's no solid information yet on pricing, but System 3 seem keen to take the microtransaction route via the PlayStation Store.
The same will go for tracks in the game, with the 13 available in the boxed copy being expanded with new ones each month (and Monaco as soon as the game launches). In the meantime, there'll be seven from Europe and six from America available at the start, four of which were available in the demo that we played at Ferrari's very own Mugello track in Italy. Sadly, that particular track wasn't on offer this time (it was last seen in Forza Motorsport 2), but Monza, Silverstone, Misano, and Paul Ricard all looked to accurately represent t... More »
What we heard: Ever since it was first announced, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames has been the subject of many gamers' interest. The attention increased after Electronic Arts agreed to publish the title, which sees a trio of guns-for-hire renting themselves out during a Venezuelan civil war. Anticipation for the game skyrocketed in May, when developers showed off what looked like a near-final build of the game.
Today, though, comes word that Mercenaries 2 might be missing its previously announced holiday 2007 release date. Citing unnamed sources, C&VG is claiming that the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC shooter has been pushed back to 2008. While the move pushes the Pandemic title's free-roaming, over-the-top destruction further down the space-time continuum, it will free up funds for cash-strapped gamers to buy other titles. It also isn't unprecedented, since other AAA titles such as Splinter Cell: Conviction and the big kahuna itself, Grand Theft Au... More »
The latest Batman film, "The Dark Knight," is the most-searched trailer on the Web. This is the sequel to 2005's 'Batman Begins,' with the Caped Crusader protecting Gotham City from his arch-nemesis, The Joker. Check out the trailer from the above link and share your feedback! ;)
According to Robinspain, SCEE has sent out a new European release schedule and it denotes that Home is due for a provisional release on October 11th 2007. Other potential things to note are Time Crisis 4 on the PS3 due for a release on 28/11/2007 and God of War for PSP due for a release sometime in February 2008. To quote:
"SCEE has sent a new schedule:
Playstation 3
17/10/2007 – Folklore
19/10/2007 – Lair
24/10/2007 – Eye of Judgment
07/11/2007 – Ratchet&Clank : Opération Destruction
28/11/2007 – Time Crisis 4
05/12/2007 – Uncharted : Drake’s Fortune
December 2007 – Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Playstation 2
19/10/2007 – Buzz! Hollywood Quiz
02/11/2007 – Syphon Filter : Dark Mirror
07/11/2007 – EyeToy Play : Astro Zoo
07/11/2007 – Buzz Junior : Les petits monstres
December 2007 – ATV Off Road Fury 4
February 2008 – Pursuit Force : Extreme... More »
After posting a less-than-expected second-quarter net loss of $9.3 million last month, THQ reaffirmed its fiscal year 2008 guidance of $1.12 billion to $1.15 billion in net sales. THQ president and CEO Brian J. Farrell told analysts that forecast hinged largely upon the projected platinum status of five internally developed multiplatform games: Frontlines: Fuel of War, MX vs. ATV Untamed, Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights, the latest Destroy All Humans!, and Stuntman: Ignition.
However, selling a million copies for at least one of those games may not be as done of a deal as THQ hoped. In a company note to investors, Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian said early sales of Stuntman Ignition were "a little slow off the blocks" and "slower than originally anticipated." Sebastian noted that the over-the-top racer was experiencing a weak sell-through at retail and that restocking orders were "unlikely in the near-future."
SCEE today clarified some near final release dates for games across the entire PlayStation family, including providing a tentative release date for its online social software Home.
PLAYSTATION 3
October 17 - Folklore
October 19 - Lair
October 24 - Eye of Judgment
November 7 - Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
November 28 - Time Crisis 4
December 5 - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
December 2007 - Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
PlayStation 2
October 19 - Buzz! Hollywood Quiz
November 2 - Syphon Filter : Dark Mirror
November 7 - EyeToy Play : Astro Zoo
December TBA - ATV Off Road Fury 4
February 2008 - Pursuit Force : Extreme Justice
PSP
October 17 - Pursuit Force : Extreme Justice
November 2 - Syphon Filter : Logan's Shadow
November 2007 - ATV Off Road : Fury Pro
The HD DVD camp seems to gain momentum in China with the today's announcement of the CH-DVD (China High Definition DVD), a Chinese High-def DVD format based on the HD DVD standard.
In the todays' opening ceremony of CHDA, (China HDV DVD Association) in Jade Palace Hotel, Beijing, the Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center (OMNERC) and the DVD Forum representatives announced the establishment of CH-DVD (China High Definition DVD), a new generation high definition DVD format developed in collaboration with research institutes and manufacturing enterprises.
The physical format of CH-DVD includes Chinese-owned intellectual property, and is based on HD DVD, the next generation high definition DVD approved by the DVD Forum. The realization of CH-DVD was supported by the Chinese government, and will pave the way for the localization of blue-laser, high-definition DVD in China.
CHDA is expected to play a leadership role in the promotion of... More »
