Archive for April, 2007
Too Human cutscene shows the value of severed heads
Too Human developer Silicon Knights has released a new video of the Xbox 360-exclusive adventure/action/rpg/etc. What I thought was awesome was to hear the developer talk in a recent IGN interview that cutscenes in Too Human are fully interactive, meaning you’ll be able to look around and zoom in/out and who knows what else they’ll…
Silent Hill Origins preview: the first 9 minutes intro and hospital gameplay video
The all-new horror game Silent Hill Origins, a prequel to Silent Hill, is a singleplayer adventure that will be released by Konami in winter 2007. New gameplay elements, such as a barricade system that lets players block off rooms from enemies, and an enhanced camera system deliver an added sense of isolation and anxiety in…
Ubisofts million-sellers: Petz, Rainbow Six Vegas, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, Red Steel, Rayman Raving Rabbids
Ze French games developer Ubisoft said that during the most recent quarter it was the third-largest independent publisher in the USA with a market share of 6.7% versus 6.1% the year before, and that their European market share also grew to 8.6% from 7.6% a year prior. This, of course, translates into a big sales…
Gears of War movie 22 page script including spoilers leaked for your reading pleasure
The “work in progress” Gears of War movie script including spoilers was just leaked. You knew the Xbox 360 game rocked, but what about the summer 2009 Gears movie? From reading it it sounds like it’ll be one kick ass film thanks to Marcus Phoenix and Dom Santiago. Take a look at Stu Beattie’s 22…
First Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare video
Activision recently confirmed CoD4. the First-Person Shooter game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare breaks away from the WWII scenario, the Call of Duty franchise has a new modern warfare theme and a new battlefield story for next-gen systems PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. Here’s the first trailer, the video seems to shows early in-game…
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time feature movie to be filmed by Transformers director Michael Bay for a summer 2010 release
Jerry Bruckheimer has been busy with his CSI TV show and Pirates of the Caribbean movie trilogy, but still has been working hard to get other film franchises off the ground. IESB reports that his upcoming film, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, will be directed by Michael Bay right after he’s done with…
Nintendo working on 45 games for Wii, 79 for DS
Today in Tokyo, Japan, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata met with the press to talk about having doubled the company’s video games profits in 2006 and the Nintendo’s future plans that include the development of 45 Wii games and 79 DS games. “The next batch of games will be introduced to the market at the end…
New Star Ocean sequel game to be announced by Square Enix soon
According to Japanese magazine Famitsu game developer Square Enix will reveal a new title in its Star Ocean series in May and will be officially unveiled at the Square Enix Party 2007 event. It’s expected that the developer of the console RPG series, tri-Ace, will be making the new game. The new installment has no…
Metal Gear Solid creator plays Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii demo match Snake Versus Mario and claims to have lost on purpose…
The 37th session of The Kojima Productions Report, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima’s podcast, has been translated. In it the Japanese Snake Vs. Zombie event was discussed, were apparently Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai was also present. Sakurai and Kojima talked about Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and played the Nintendo Wii game together….
Nintendo buys Baten Kaitos and Xenosaga developer Monolith Soft from Namco Bandai
Nikkei announced that Nintendo has bought an 80% stake in the Japanese Monolith Soft stock from Namco Bandai, who will keep their 16% holdings in the game developer. Which is kind of funny because Nintendo in turn owns a certain percentage of stock in Namco Bandai, but in this case it’s likely copyrights related. Monolith…
Supreme Commander developer Gas Powered Games working on 5 new games spead out over Wii, Xbox 360 and PC
Chris Taylor founded Gas Powered Games 9 years ago and has since had success with PC games like their RPG hit Dungeon Siege and RTS hit Supreme Commander. But in an interview he talks about his company’s shift to make console games for the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. Tie this in with a previous…
Video guide to the Xbox 360 Elite and how to upgrade to a 120GB hard drive
With the upcoming launch of the Xbox 360 Elite this weekend, April 29th, and new line of supporting accessories like the new 120GB hard drive, Majornelson saw fit to answer what he expects to be common questions about these products. Explained in this video guide are all the facts for potential buyers before they purchase…
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Xbox 360 demo out now before the May 10 release date. PC version gets map builder. Novel coming on May 29.
Download the demo for Command & Conquer 3 on Xbox 360 available now for Xbox Live Gold members! This 1GB demo features intense multiplayer action with Live Vision camera support and two single player missions! Just in time to get used to the RTS gamepad controls before C&C3 is released on Xbox 360 on May…
Did you know the unique PS Vita game Gravity Rush is helmed by the Siren series director? 
