Nick Doerr
Athens GA - http://www.ps3fanboy.com
A twenty-two year old writer and RPG guru at UGA. Majoring in Market Research at the prestigious Terry College of Business.
DragonBall Z: Burst Limit video pummels your eyes
PS3 Poll Police: Voice your opinion on the GameTrailers debacle
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Next Guitar Hero title due out this holiday
There are going to be some innovations for the next title -- expect something more along the lines of Rock Band, like more instruments or vocals. That's really all we know right now, but at least you know you'll be plunking down more cash for more chances at heroism this holiday season.
Solid Snake is jealous: get your own optical camouflage
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Hirai claims when all is said and done, PS3 will reign supreme
Home's non-gaming plan 'too ambitious,' admits SCEE's Reeves
This is interesting because we've always heard how one of the futures of advertising may be within video games. Now Reeves and Sony see that perhaps focusing on that isn't the right approach -- you need to fill a store with people before you can sell anything, after all. Sony is now refocusing their strategy on things like Trophies and Home-to-game launching, so expect more of that when the open beta hits this year, another thing Reeves promises. The beta will come this autumn. For sure. We'll see.
Idea Factory's next title, Cross Edge, houses Nippon Ichi faves
You play as the hero, Yuuto and heroine Mikoto and basically free a bunch of girls from other video games. You'll see Dark Stalkers, Atelier game characters, Ar Tonelico characters, Disgaea characters, and more. The game itself plays like a cross between "dress up" and Valkyrie Profile. Depending on the costume your ladies are in, they will have a different attack assigned to the face buttons when in battle. Well, perhaps it's best you check out the screens SiliconEra has put up. Let's hope licensing isn't a big issue and we see this hit outside of Japan.
Deal of the Evening: Buy two Blu-ray movies, get one free
It's another Amazon Blu-ray sale bonanza! Never as awesome as the buy one, get one free sale from long ago, they regularly stick a buy two, get one free sale on select Blu-ray titles. This is a decent opportunity to expand your library. Well, we'd like to say that, but we couldn't find three titles worth purchasing. A lot have been around for a while, so most people have them already. Still, if you've been waiting for a sale to bolster your library, check out what they've got and let us know what you think!
PC World runs misleading PS3 ad, subsequently banned
They tried to defend this advertisement by saying 80% of PS2 games are playable and more will be added via patches to the system, but the Advertising Standards Authority would have none of it. We're glad -- the last thing we need are people hating the PS3 not because of what it can do, but because what some retailer claimed it could do. Although our 60GB launch systems are running those PS2 games just fine!
Official Sony external hard drives a possibility
Any external hard drive, as far as we can tell (using a 120GB Western Digital currently -- it's old) works already. Reeves said there's no rush for this idea, though. "We've played the games with the hardware, with different hard drives and things like that, and we want to keep it very, very simple. We know that works." What do you guys think? Would you grab an official external, get a third-party, or just slap a new laptop hard drive direct into the system? Those of you who've done the latter, how has it worked since?
ICO and Siren creators speaking at Nordic conference
Other celebrated panelists in the discussion include the creator of Silent Hill and Siren, Keiichiro Toyama, Rock Band's Roby Kay and Ninja Theory co-founder, Tameem Antoniades. We don't really expect any announcements out of these folk, but they might bring something new to the table when giving their presentation. Like whatever direction Ueda is taking with his third game. We'll keep you posted.
Prototype delayed to mid '09
DragonBall Z: Burst Limit interview describes "What If..." scenarios
The story arc (from Saiyan to Cell) is important to the development team and have prepared famous cutscenes to be presented in new ways that'll please DBZ fans. Not just that, but based on your progress, you can see new scenes or events that aren't from the canonical timeline (titled "What If..." events). Expect the usual list of moves, including vanishing skills to appear behind opponents, super, special, and transforming attacks. Balancing seemed tricky, but they decided to use a character's relative size to increase or decrease speed of attacks as well as similarly sized characters getting unique move rosters. The game is due out in June and will feature online battles! So until then, yell loudly and charge your powers. Worked in the show.
Sony trademarks Qore, an "interactive magazine"
Whenever we hear about a new trademark being applied for, we feel we should remind everyone that it doesn't necessarily mean that whatever was trademarked will actually exist. The trademark Qore was filed by SCEA, whose description contains "computer services, namely, providing interactive online magazine and entertainment in the field of video games." Sounds like the PlayStation Blog wasn't enough!This trademark has something to do with the PlayStation brand, but we aren't sure if it's going to be specifically related to the PS3. It might just be Sony getting ready to push a new online magazine that'll function similar to IGN, or it might be plotting some sort of downloadable magazine onto the PlayStation Store. The information bar that nobody uses might be connected. Then again, Qore could remain unused by Sony for years. Speculate away!
New Prince of Persia info spotted in EDGE magazine
This is a new story. The sands of time are gone and so is that cast of characters, including the prince. You're a wanderer lost in the desert. You're thrown into a conflict between two gods: Ormazd and Ahriman, light and darkness respectively. Ahriman has released a plague on mankind or something, so you decide to meddle in this war and stop it. This is where the changes happen.
Past Prince titles launched you into a world that was filled with a room, then enemies, then another room in an incredibly linear, but satisfying, pattern. Say farewell to that. This game is truly non-linear and will allow you to progress the game in whatever order you see fit. Every fight in the game will be a duel -- you won't be slicing around bad guys like an overpowered acrobat anymore unless it's one-on-one. You don't even win a lot of these duels, apparently -- you just make the enemy retreat for a time and then fight them off again until you manage to defeat them. More secrets are being kept, so we'll inform you as soon as they are revealed!
