Sony has updated the PlayStation Network with an impressive five demos this week. If that weren't enough, two new downloadable games are also now available, as well as a host of game trailers, videos, and wallpaper packs.
Announced in May, Sonly Online Entertainment's High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition deals out five types of poker on the PSN. The game features Texas hold'em, super hold'em, billabong, Tahoe, and Shanghai, and players can practice their bluffing solo or test their mettle online against five others. It will sell for $9.99. The demo is joined by a trailer for the game and a wallpaper pack.
Also added to the PSN this week is Q-Games' PixelJunk Racers. Players will be able to zip around 10 different tracks in micro-sized racer cars seen from a top-down perspective. Variety being the spice of life, the game will offer 32 different modes. The game is available for $6.99. For PS3 owners looking to be judicious with their monies, Sony has ... More »
In Folklore the barrier between the lands of the living and dead is far from impenetrable. Living souls that travel between are called "messengers," and Folklore concerns itself with two in particular: Keats, a worldly reporter obsessed with the occult, and Ellen, a young woman with a murky past. Both are lured to the town of Doolin in short order, and the death of one thrusts both on a journey through seven strange realms of the Netherworld.
Each metaphysical neighborhood is shaped by how the living view death, resulting in worlds as diverse as the thoughts that brought them into being. The Faery Realm is a psychedelic wonderland of glowing butterflies and vibrant foliage that feels more like an interactive painting than anything nature might manage. Warcadia, on the other hand, is a nightmarish eternal battlefield where bullets never stop flying and bombers never stop diving.
Whether exploring the watery blue of the Undersea City, or wandering the halls of ... More »
PS3 owners get another major RPG! Namco Bandai may have jumped the gun a bit in announcing Eternal Sonata for the PS3, but we weren't quite ready to consider the game confirmed as multiplatform until hearing comment directly from its parent company across the Pacific. That confirmation came today.
The PS3 version of Eternal Sonata, operating under its Japanese title of Trusty Bell Chopan no Yume, will be appearing at Bandai Namco's Tokyo Game Show booth next week, the company announced today through its Tokyo Game Show special site. The game will be shown in video-only form. A Japanese release is planned for some time in 2008.
Other PS3 games planned for the show include playable Time Crisis 4 and video trailers for Nobi Nobi Boy and Soul Calibur 4.
We'll have full coverage of the Bandai Namco booth starting next week on the 20th.
We recently sat down with the Soul Calibur IV development team, had a chat about the game, and discovered that its main programmer has been with the team since the very first game, allaying any fears we may have had about whether the latest game in the series was in good hands.
We spoke at length about how the new game will compare to the team's previous efforts such as Soul Calibur III -- which while popular, was generally received as an unbalanced effort -- and what players can look forward to as we learn more about IV leading up to its release next year.
1UP: Can you tell us about SCIV's play style? Is it more like Soul Calibur III's design, or back to the old-school, hardcore mechanics of SCII?
Katsutoshi Sasaki, director: We have returned to the design flow of SCII. SCII is the most popular and well-known, so we returned to that style here.
Developer Ivolgamus has today announced details on a brand new puzzle title available exclusively for the PlayStation Portable; Fading Shadows.
Due for release in February 2008, Fading Shadows presents players with the task of ensuring the survival of a man named Erwyn, who’s prophesied death will allow an evil being known only as Gardal to walk freely through the gates to the Castle of Heaven; an ancient establishment built to ensure the safety of the world against the forces of darkness.
Utilizing a powerful beam of light in conjunction with the very orb that houses Erwyn’s soul, players must work their way through a series of missions by taking advantage of the orbs manipulative abilities, allowing you to change it into wood, metal or glass to overcome various obstacles.
Over 40 single player missions will be included along with a further 10 levels exclusive to multiplayer, as you explore locations including castles, abandoned cities, tre... More »
The PlayStation is a 32-bit video game console of the fifth generation. It was first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 1994.
The original PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation series of console and hand-held game devices, which has included successor consoles and upgrades including the Net Yaroze (a special black PS with tools and instructions to program PS games and applications), PS one (a smaller version of the original), PocketStation (a handheld which enhances PS games and acts as a memory card), PlayStation 2, a revised, slimline PS2, PlayStation Portable (a handheld gaming console), PSX (Japan only) (a media center, DVR and DVD recorder based on the PS2), and PlayStation 3. By March 31, 2005, the PlayStation and PS one had shipped a combined total of 102.49 million units,becoming the first video game console to ever reach the 100 million mark.
History:
According to the book "Game Over", by David Scheff, ... More »
Rock Band, Mass Effect, Unreal Tournament III, and the Nintendo Wii Zapper lead the pack of new releases for the week of November 19, 2007!
Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of November 19, 2007 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC! As always, release dates are subject to change.
XBOX 360:
Rock Band
Mass Effect
College Hoops 2K8
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Final Fantasy XI Online: Wings of the Goddess
Final Fantasy XI Online: Vana'diel Collection 08
PLAYSTATION 3:
Rock Band
Medal of Honor Airborne
College Hoops 2K8
Time Crisis 4
Timeshift
Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
NINTENDO WII:
Nintendo Wii Zapper with Link's Crossbow Training
Ghost Squad
AMF Bowling Pinbusters
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Typically, the Winter and Spring seasons are a slow time for the videogame industry. Not in 2008. The sheer number of high profile titles that got pushed from Fall 07 to Winter/Spring 08 is amazing. Sorry folks, your wallet won’t get a break. We take a look at all of the games that we know about coming in 2008 in our 2008 Xbox 360 Games Hype List.
Now, we can’t control if games get delayed or cancelled or the developer flip-flops exclusivity on us.
This is just a forward looking article based on what we know now on what we can expect in 2008. Also, this is not every single game that has been announced, just the ones that we are looking forward to. There is surely a lot that we don’t even know about yet, but there are still more than 60 huge games coming in the next 12 months. And even better, many of these games will likely be out before Summer!
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
NFL Tour
Burnout Paradise
Bully
Culdece... More »
In an interview in the latest issue of Famitsu celebrating twenty years of Final Fantasy, translated by Develop, series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has spoken candidly about the development conditions that surrounded the birth of the series’ first outing.
Final Fantasy hit after Dragon Quest had proved that role-playing games were a viable genre on the NES. “There were four games that were following on from Dragon Quest,” reminisced Sakaguchi. “Final Fantasy was one of those challengers.”
Yet despite the groundwork that Dragon Quest had laid before, getting the word out about the game was difficult. “I took an in-development ROM to the editor of ‘Family Computer Magazine’, but was turned away. They told me they didn’t deal with games like that. Only Famitsu dealt with Final Fantasy in any grand way, for which I’m still very thankful.”
However, development of the game didn’t go smoothly, even within Square. The develop... More »
Bloomberg Japan is reporting that the new Persona game originally slated for the PS3 has been cancelled, and is now being scheduled for a release on the PS2 instead.
The last paragraph of the company profile mentions a sequel to Etrain Odyssey and Persona 4 are scheduled to come out in the next fiscal year. However, Persona 4 is listed as a PlayStation 2 game.
While the platform choice is unusual, the time is ripe for a new Persona game. Japan has enjoyed Persona 3 for over a year and Persona ~trinity soul~ is about to air. Perhaps, Persona "4" is a tie in with the 2008 anime series.
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