Archive for July, 2009
Games to miss the holiday season?
Posted by Trev in PS3, PS3 software on July 27th, 2009
I’m am currently playing through 2K’s excellent BioShock (I’m even about to finish on survivor and earn all the trophies) and my attention turned to the sequel and I realized its one of many games getting delayed until next year or at least next fiscal year. Here’s a full run down of the big games that are no longer scheduled for the Holidays;
Fiscal year 2010 (could still make this year)
BioShock 2
Red Dead Redemption
2010
Mag
Singularity
Dead To Rights: Retribution
This should at least help you decide what to buy in the always busy Holiday period but still disappointing when games get delayed.
Compare Trophy Cards.
To compare you trophies with friends when not at your PS3, visit http://eu.playstation.com/ and log in through the purple bar at the top. You can then browse your friends list and click on their name to be presented with this. In the picture below I have compared my own (Trigga_Tybalt) with Tosh’s (xBeserker) trophy count.
Feel free to compare and post your own below.
Wipeout HD Fury Impressions
Posted by Darrin in Wipeout HD on July 27th, 2009
I bought this expecting standard expansion fare: a few new tracks and assorted extras. To my pleasant surprise, this is closer to a full blown sequel.
Detail Summary
- 3 new game modes. 2 playable in online/offline multiplayer.
- 8 new race tracks (12 if you count both forward/reverse orientations on 4 of the tracks)
- 6 new music tracks
- 13 new hover ship designs
What Makes it Great
- Entirely new single player campaign mode.
- The menus and interface screens and transitions have been redesigned. They have cooler effects and animations and are easier to use; choosing your hovership is particularly more intuitive. Even if you play the standard Wipeout HD single player campaign, you still get the new interface (you can optionally disable it as well).
- The new race tracks add lots of new visuals and race design elements. They instantly look and feel different than the non-expansion tracks.
- Each of the three new game modes is very distinct and probably equal to or better than the best modes from the standard Wipeout HD.
- Did you like the dream-like neon techno visuals from Wipeout HD’s “zone” mode? Fury has lots more of these effects and they are better than ever.
Dante’s Inferno Boss Battle.
Here’s some footage from God OF War III Dante’s Inferno. Can’t help but notice the similarities with this boss fight even down to the buttons over the body areas to signfy special moves. Those skeleton baby things, sure are creepy though…
Dead Space Trilogy and Film Adaptation Planned
Posted by Jay in Dead Space on July 27th, 2009
For those of you interested, Electronic Arts has plans to make the video game Dead Space into a trilogy. There hasn’t been any information as to whether the games will be prequels, sequels or both, but, in any case, I’m looking forward to it because Dead Space was an awesome game, and one of the better new IPs to come out so far this generation. For those of you who have never played the game, it’s a survival horror game about a mining ship (the USG Ishimura) that went silent after sending out a distress signal, and a small group of engineers were sent to check it out. The ship had been infected by an alien virus that basically turns humans into these monsters, and it’s basically your job to find out what caused it and to get the hell out of there. The game is very gory, and involves plenty of dismemberment with mining weapons, some really cool ideas had been thrown in there as well. I definitely suggest at least renting it.
Now, as far as the movie goes, nothing has really been said about it besides the fact that it will be directed by D.J. Caruso, the guy who directed both Disturbia and Eagle Eye. Not sure if that’ll follow the storyline to the first game, or of the sequels; or just a completely different storyline altogether. If you’re interested, there is a full-length animated feature called Dead Space Downfall that is about all the stuff that went on before your character, Isaac Clarke, showed up, explaining some of the why and how from the game itself. If you have Netflix, I believe it’s still on the Watch Instantly list.
Blu-ray Releases for the week of 7.27.09
Posted by Tosh in Blu-ray Movies, QuickNews on July 27th, 2009
Here are the Blu-ray titles for this week. Highlights are: Fast & Furious, Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series, Green Lantern: First Flight, Torchwood: Children of Earth.
Marvel Costumes Coming to LittleBigPlanet
Posted by Jay in LittleBigPlanet on July 27th, 2009
Apparently, this concept art had been spotted at Comic-Con, showing little Wolverine, Iron Man, and Captain America Sack Boys. No word on when it will be released or whether or not it’s just those three or part of a larger pack. In any case, both IGN and Kotaku suspect that the costume pack will most likely coincide with the release of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. I think a Spider-Man and a Hulk costume should be included, as well as a whole slew of others. Imagine a Sack Hulk walking around with hands that look like those foam Hulk fists they sell in stores!
UPDATE
Turns out the Official PS Blog also posted this, with a few more bits of information:
Sony Computer Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment officially announced that they will be collaborating to create original LittleBigPlanet content based on the Marvel Universe. The news was revealed yesterday at Comic-Con International in San Diego during Marvel’s panel discussion highlighting the next generation of Marvel video games. To help illustrate what might be in store for fans, concept art of possible costumes were shown incorporating Iron Man, Wolverine and Captain America, however other characters will be considered.
In other words, this means that there will most likely be more than just these three. Cool.
Lets Revive The Mockers Clan.
Posted by No Kill Tayler in Clan: The Mockers, Killzone 2 on July 26th, 2009
So, some of you know that PS3Blog has its own clan for Killzone 2. And I heard that activity died real fast. I decided last night to download the Killzone 2 map bundle(11.99) and get a game going. I was thinking Wednesday at 9 o’clock eastern time. This is where you tell me if I should add the new maps or not, because i’m not sure if you all have it or not. (You have no idea how hard it was not to say y’all.) Or give me a better day for you and we’ll work it out. By the way, my psn is Thepreppymonk.
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