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fredag 29. august 2008

Tomb Raider Tiger Trailer

You have got to check out this new trailer from Tomb Raider: Underworld.
Not only does Lara Croft kick tiger face in this vid, but notice that this game actually has vivid colours! :D Something not TO common in your everyday shooter..



The game is coming to PC/PS3/Xbox360 and Wii - within the end of the year (Nov)

-H

onsdag 27. august 2008

Afrika for PS3 coming out today, 28/08/08 UPDATE

UPDATE: Afrika does not seem to be availible for download from the japanese PS Store - all I found were some trailers. In addition to this I was not able to import. Oh, well.

Yes, after the long hype the game will finally be released. I am unsure if it will be availible for Download throuh the PS Store, but I am guessing it will be. I will download it and try it, and give you my short review afterwards. The price is said to me about 56USD or around 30 Euros.

Meanwhile, check out this video of first ever seen gameplay from the game HERE

Let's hope it's not too dissapointing :-)

-H

Metal Gear Solid 5 confirmed

Shacknews reports that Metal Gear Solid 5 is confirmed, and might(?) even come to several platforms.
Read all about it at Shacknews!

-H

PS3 firmware 2.5 details + rumours of a 512 XDR RAM PS3

Computerandvideogames.com have published the first details on the PS3 firmware 2.5. Apparently there will be some sort of screencapture function (maybe even video? we wish!-H), but for now very little is known about how you use this, what you can do with your screens, etc.
There has been no confirmed date for the 2.5 update.

Furthermore,n4g.comreports that Qimonda, the second larget DRAM company worldwide, has announced that they are mass producing XDR RAM for the Playstation 3. In an article at EDN.com suggestions are made that Qimonda are in fact manufactoring 512MB XDR RAM modules which they showed earlier this year. This of course leads to speculation: Could SONY be planning to release an updated version of the PS3 with 512MB XDR RAM?

The true power is said to lie in the Cell Processor, because it's 8 cores can handle a lot of physics due to it's math intensity, but struggles with memory intensive coding, which challenges developers to completely rework their game structure.

-H

tirsdag 19. august 2008

Playstation 4 and Xbox "720" to arrive in 2011/2012

At least that is what Crytek president and CEO Cevat Yerli believes.

He revelaed this during his press conference at Leipzig, but said it is only his estimation - he does not know this (who does, really..)

With the big leap graphics has taken this generation, and the fast development worldwide, he thinks we can expect to see the next generation of consoles in 2011/2012, or maybe even as early as 2010.
Will they feature DX11?

- H

source: Gamesindustry.biz

"FUEL" - from Codemasters UPDATE video added

Watch the video/interview with gameplay HERE

Codemasters has now unveiled "FUEL", their new and quite ambitious racinggame - which they will show more of at Leipzig later this week.

You will be able to race online with a total of 16 players, in a HUGE open world (5,000 square-miles with no boundaries)!

The game is set at the US East coast, across the "tsunami-wrecked pacific coast through the Nevada wastelands, including the Grand Canyon, up treacherous snow-capped mountains, thick forests, arid deserts, abandoned lakeside resorts and much more".

You will expreience a dynamic weather system as well as day/night cycle, and you will encounter tornados, sandstorms, thunderstorms, lightning strikes and blizzards.

We can't wait to see this game.

-H

Source: Eurogamer

mandag 18. august 2008

Blu-ray sales up 300% in 2008

So, after the HD format war ended, and Blu-ray was victorious, it stil did not sell extremely well. But now things are changing. The fact that millions of PS3's are sold worldwide, and that you can buy a good deal of Blu-ray movies at a not so expencive price anylonger, both contribute to the positive sale figures.

The sales are at averange 1.14 million Blu-ray movies each month, and in 2008 it is expected to reach 8 million movies sold this year. In comparison there were 6 million Blu-ray movies sold in 2006 and 2007 combined.

So things are looking better for Blu-ray, but DVD is still WAY ahead, and other digital distribution methods are also very popular.

-H

Source: Afterdawn.com

lørdag 16. august 2008

Need For Speed teaser + Far Cry 2 gameplay

Today we bring you a teaser from the next Need For Speed game, named Undercover.
Will you finally be able to be a cop again? WE HOPE SO!

Also check out the amazing Far Cry 2 Trailer... Far Cry 2 is Shaping up to be a serious competitor to other big games like Resistance 2, Gears of War 2, etc. Which game will sell most?

Oh and, please don't forget to scroll down and read about our PS3 live 3D theme suggestion.

NeedForSpeed: Undercover


Far Cry 2:


-H

videos from Gametrailers.com.

torsdag 7. august 2008

SONY: Will you make a 3D LIVE theme to the PS3?


I hereby challenge SONY to make the music visualizer as shown above into the theme/background on the PS3. And it should be Live! As in rotating, changing camera angles, etc.

And how about this? Not even can you select the planet Earth, but all the other planets in our solar system, as well as a toned down version of our Sun. When I say toned down I mean that it should not be very bright - make it look more like the Sun in the movie "Sunshine", so that you can see details on the sun and animation of the surface.

EDIT: Just to make sure nobody misunderstands.. The INTERFACE will remaind unchanged - my idea is to have a 3D planet as a "live 3D background" - but I call it a theme because one might want to include sound and/or icon styles to match each planet..

This would give Xbox 360's new layout a run for its money..

PLEASE vote above what you think about this idea, and if you wish, mail this (link) to anyone you know in Sony.


-H

(Idea made by me, Hakon Baeverfjord, August 7th 2008)

mandag 4. august 2008

Conquest mode for Battlefield:BC availible August 7th - free

In a trailer released to gametrailers.com DICE announced that the Conquest online mode for Battlefield: Bad Company will be availible as a free download - starting August 7th.
They also claim that they have changed some weather and lighting effects - will be interesting to see.
So go out and buy some coke - and I'll see you all online this weekend!

- H

lørdag 2. august 2008

New Afrika teaser - release date?

Just stumbeled upon this new Afrika teaser on Gametrailers.com - and altough my japanese is pretty rust, I am able to see the numbers/date: " 2008 8 28" at the end of the trailer.
Release date 28th of August? demo 28th of august? Finally unveiling what the game is about? We'll have to wait and see..

-H


fredag 1. august 2008

Wii sales still on top - Xbox 360 is struggling

The big companies have now released their salesfigures for the april to june period this year.

Nintendo reports that they have shipped 5.2 million Wii consoles, as well as 6.9 million Nintendo DS units.

On second place we find Sony, and they report that they have shipped 1.6 million Playstation 3's and 3.7 million PSP's shipped in this period (april-june). Playstation 2 is still selling really well; an impressive 1.5 million units were shipped.

And last, but not least, Microsoft anounced that they have shipped 1.3 million Xbox 360 units from april to june - which is even lower than the Playstation 2.

Is this why Microsoft has cut their price so much? Pricecut is great for us consumers... but why are 360 sales dropping so much?
A great fall line-up and Avatars might be able to turn this around - we'll have to wait and see.

-H

source: http://www.gametrailers.com/viewnews.php?id=6198

RAGE and Wolfenstein new trailers

from Quakecon '08.









-H

Go to gametrailers.com for more trailers.