12w ago - Today the XCM Team has made available a Usage Manual and some demonstration videos of their new MaxRace F1 Converter 3.0 for use with PS3 and XBox 360 games below.

Below are the product features and functions, to quote from the official site:

• Supports the G25, G27 Clutch function.
  
• Compatible with 2 types of gear shift, manual gear shift and automatic transmission gear shift
  
• All G27, G25, MOMO, and GT racing wheel works on XBox 360 racing games
  
• Compatible with all versions of XBox 360 / XBox 360 Slim, PS3/ PS3 Slim consoles
  
• Support Force Feedback function
  
• More sensitive and accurate
  
• Plug and play
  
• Enables Rapid Fire/Turbo on Wired XBox 360 and PS3 controllers when connected to your XBox 360 / XBox 360 Slim, PS3 / PS3 Slim console
  
• Supports PS3 SixAxis games
  
• Supports 2 stick analog tilt functionality from the PS3 controller to the XBox 360
  
• Supports wired XBox 360 controller and PS3 controller on XBox 360 / XBox 360 Slim, PS3 / PS3 Slim console
  

207w ago - Senior VP of EA Games Europe Patrick Suderland described the Xbox 360 as "Maxed out", in comparison to the PS3.

This comment came in tow of Sony's and Microsoft's presentations at the recently-concluded E3 2009 Expo.

That's not to say he meant it in a bad way, however, to quote:

I like the Natal. That's cool. It's an interesting device, so I'm truly impressed by Xbox. It's my personal favorite console... I think Microsoft is on a roll right now. They're doing really well. If I was Sony, I would have a headache, to be honest.

He did say too, however, that Sony does have a lot of good games this year. "If you go to their booth, there's a very consistent, high-quality product line-up and that will help them." Now this is where the "maxed out" statement comes out.

I do think that we'll see developers inside the organization getting to understand the PS3 better and I think that we're getting more power out of PS3 right now... I think that we've maxed out the 360 but we haven't maxed out the PS3.

211w ago - In a follow-up to Capcom's latest fiscal reports, they've released a chart showing how many games they've released last year as well as how many they'll be releasing this year and next.

The numbers predict that they'll be releasing fifteen PlayStation 3 games this year and twelve Xbox 360 games this year. Following up in 2010, Capcom will be releasing thirteen PlayStation 3 games and twelve Xbox 360 games.

This is odd, considering Capcom is a multiplatform developer. What could these extra PlayStation 3 games be?

Perhaps one of them is of the two new titles to be announced at E3 2009? Mega Man Legends 3, maybe (hopefully)?

We'll have to wait and see... feel free to speculate below.

217w ago - The Game Developers Conference is winding down and all has not been lost as several new games have been announced. The conference for the most part was made up of sessions where developers shared new insight into best practices into game development.

Surprisingly Microsoft's camp stayed fairly quiet, while Sony's side was making a bit of ruckus with a tease of a Metal Gear game from Kojima and a new Ratchet & Clank announcement.

Hideo Kojima, the genius behind the Metal Gear games was the keynote speaker at the GDC. Kojima was presented with the lifetime award from GDC, which is the prestigious award honoring those who have made significant contributions to the game industry. Let's face it, not too many individuals can actually take credit for creating a genre.

Kojima wanted to share his 20 some plus years of experience in the game industry by describing his journey as a game developer. He also shared his development methodology as well as shed some light on future ideas. The keynote speech ended with a stunning statement - Mission: The Next MGS.

Next to the caption there was a small picture of Raiden. As I speculated yesterday, this could mean that Kojima may make a new iteration or spin-off with Raiden as the main character.

Another new game that was...

221w ago - Microsoft seems to be placing its XBox 360 cards on the resurgence of Rare this year.

Word has it that the company that has assisted several internal projects from Microsoft will show the projects it has been working on for a couple of years.

There are strong indications of one being a first person shooter (read Perfect Dark) and the other an online brawler (Killer Instinct 3).

Both games are expected to be announced by E3 2009.