Archive for September, 2006

God of War 2: Divine Retribution new trailer

26 September 2006
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Armed with all-new brutal combat moves and magic, players retake the role of Kratos and embark on a new epic adventure to change the fate of mortals and Gods alike. The original God of War saw Kratos, a mortal warrior, set upon an epic quest to dethrone a God. But his journey did not end…

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MegaMan Star Force coming to DS

26 September 2006
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In the upcoming Capcom RPG, titled Mega Man Star Force for Nintendo DS, you play as an elementary school kid called Subaru Hoshikawa. One day, Subaru comes into the possession of a special visor left behind by his missing father. When he puts on the visor, he meets an alien being called Warlock. Subaru and…

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Microsoft X06 show murmurings: Black Xbox 360, New Halo 3 Trailer, Killer Instinct from Rare tomorrow

26 September 2006
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Take this with a grain of salt, but because we’ll find out in less than 20 hours, I kinda like the sound of these murmurs. A forumer at Neoseeker talks about the X06 conference in Barcelona tomorrow. Some info has supposedly been leaked including some big surprises… Here is a list of what is going…

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Gears of War interview tells of co-op joy

26 September 2006
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The excitement is building as Emergence Day* is just around the corner and Level Designer, Alan Willard, gives you a heads up on what to expect. What I find most awesome in the interview (it might be old to you, but it was new to me) is when he mentions that Gears of War in…

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Square Enix wants more 3D Final Fantasy remakes on DS

26 September 2006
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Cubed3 noticed Square Enix’s RPG developers want to make more 3D remakes of 2D classic Final Fantasy games for the Nintendo DS, now that Final Fantasy III is finished (and coming out for the first time outside Japan on November 14th in the US). 1UP: The Wi-Fi features in the game — I haven’t really…

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Wii Opera browser a free download worldwide until June 2007

26 September 2006
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Opera Software today announced details on its browser for Nintendo’s soon-to-be released game console, Wii. Opera’s full Web browser is available for download from the “Wii Shop Channel”. Nintendo has stated that they will offer Opera free of charge as a temporary promotion for all Wii users until June 2007. With support for Flash and…

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PSP gets new colors in Japan: silver, pink (after black, white) and shows off yellow, red, blue, army green

26 September 2006
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After launching the PSP in black last year and introducing a white color PSP earlier this year, now Sony showed new color variations. Earlier this year, Sony Europe announced the release of a pink PSP on October 27, 2006. Now Sony Japan will follow, as it showed off a pink version of the PSP on…

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New video game releases week 39

25 September 2006
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Here’s a list of this weeks US game releases. All the websites are listed for you to check out. Monday: Baten Kaitos Origins (GCN) Battle B-Daman: Fire Spirits! (GBA) Disney’s Little Mermaid: Magic In Two Kingdoms (GBA) Disney’s The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure (DS) Dora the Explorer: Dora’s World Adventure (PC) Family Feud (PC)…

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Rockstar announces LA Noire detective game

25 September 2006
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Rockstar Games today announced a partnership with Team Bondi (formerly supported by Sony) to publish the ground-breaking next generation crime thriller L.A. Noire. Developed by Team Bondi, a new Australian based studio founded by Brendan McNamara, of The Getaway. In this case next-gen meant the game’s a PS3-exclusive. L.A Noire is an interactive detective story…

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Dolby surround sound details for next-gen

25 September 2006
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Dolby Laboratories confirmed formal support for both the PS3 and Wii last Friday. The Sony PS3 gets Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound support for games (up from Dolby Pro Logic II) and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 surround for Blu-ray movies. The Nintendo Wii gets Dolby Pro-Logic II support (same as GameCube) which is 5.1 surround sound…

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TGS booth by booth breakdown and attendee numbers

25 September 2006
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GameSpot has just posted a text breakdown of the major TGS booths by all the major publishers, from Square Enix to Microsoft & Sony to Capcom to Koei. Keep reading for the full breakdown. Before that though, let’s talk some numbers. It has been revealed by Japan‘s Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association that the attendee numbers…

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Wii launches with 1 million units in America, 30 games available in 2006

25 September 2006
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The Nintendo Wii will have one million units available on the North American launch day, according to Ron Bertram, vice president and general manager for Nintendo of Canada. “We’re looking at a million (units) for North America at launch,” said Bertram. “When Sony came out (with their PS3 announcement), they said 400,000. If we get…

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TGS game videos galore: walkthrough of the showfloor last week & best of show list

25 September 2006
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A lot of games for show on TGS are discussed in this videocast. These games from the PS3 & Xbox 360 are shown: Virtua Fighter 5 (Sega, PS3), Virtua Tennis 3 (Sega, PS3), Metal Gear Solid 4 (Konami, PS3), White Knight Story (Level 5, PS3), Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom, PS3), Lair (Factor 5, PS3),…

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