Archive for the ‘PS3’ Category
By: Jon Christensen on December 3rd, 2008 am31 4:20 am
Here is a pretty sick deal. If you head over to Amazon right now and purchase the 160GB PlayStation 3’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune pack ($499), you’ll get LittleBigPlanet for FREE!
So not only do you get Uncharted, which is easily one of the best games to come out for the system — you get maybe the best game of the year in LittleBigPlanet. If I already didn’t buy my system on launch, I would be all over this.
If you’re on the fence with this one — act now because there is only 500 of these puppies available.
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By: Jon Christensen on December 3rd, 2008 am31 12:22 am
This could be the best review in the history of video games. Okay, I’m not serious at all, but for some reason I couldn’t stop watching. Gettinggoodatthis on youtube decided to review Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Although, I didn’t like it because of its in depth review — in fact it’s the complete opposite.
I just wonder if this was supposed to be a real review or a fake…
via: gonintendo
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By: Jon Christensen on December 3rd, 2008 am31 12:13 am
It’s official, the Ghostbusters’ video game will be published in June 2009 by Atari. Right after Comic-Con 2008, it was reported the game was dropped by Activision because of their recent merger with Blizzard, even though the game was months away from being release.
By the time the game hits store shelves in June, the game will have been delayed 7 months from its original planned date. We’re hoping the delay is to make sure the game lives up to the name. However, when the game was shown off back in July — it received a decent amount of praise. Maybe with the game being pushed back; it’ll end up being even better…
Ghostbusters: The Video Game will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii, PlayStation 2 and DS
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By: Jon Christensen on December 2nd, 2008 am31 1:01 am
During the last summer Olympics, Michael Phelps broke the world record for winning about a million gold medals. Because of his crazy speed in swimming, Phelps has become a national phenomenon not seen for along time.
During an interview with the show 60 Minutes, it was revealed that the gold medalists is having his own game being developed as we speak. However, the only info to come out is that it’s going to be obviously a swimming sports game. As of now we have no clue who is publishing the game. Although, considering Michael Phelps worked to promote Call of Duty: World at War and starred in the Guitar Hero commercial, one has to assume that it will be Activision.
When more information breaks, we’ll let you know.
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By: Nick Collins on December 1st, 2008 pm31 7:45 pm
With titles for all but the PSP this week, nothing really puts a blip on the radar bigger than Prince of Persia. This is an absolute must have for this week on my list. Other notables are GTA IV on the PC and the new Mushroom Men for the Wii.
(PS3)
Prince of Persia, SingStar ABBA
(Xbox 360)
Prince of Persia, Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
(Wii)
The Tale of Despereaux, Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars, Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek, My Fitness Coach, Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
(PC)
Neopets Puzzle Adventure, The Tale of Despereaux, Grand Theft Auto IV, Dairy Queen Tycoon, A Vampyre Story
(DS)
Prince of Pesia: The Fallen King, The Tale of Despereaux, Animal Boxing, Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi, Slingo Quest, My Fun Facts Coach, Dreamer: Puppy Trainer
(PS2)
The Tale of Despereaux, SingStar ABBA, Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
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By: Nick Collins on December 1st, 2008 pm31 6:35 pm
It appears that the almighty hosts of The Video Game Awards would like to tease the announcement of Uncharted 2. Check out the teaser trailer / commercial for the 2008 Video Game Awards to air on Spike December 14th.
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By: Jon Christensen on December 1st, 2008 am31 1:14 am
Ben Heck is one hell of a modder. This time around, he took both the Xbox 360 controller and the Dual Shock 3 and combined them to make a super controller. I personally like both controllers and the way I choose which controller I find best depends on what game I’m playing.
For instance, for a first person shooter, I find where the analogs are better placed on the Xbox 360 controller. However for a fighting game, the D-pad and feel of the 360 controller is just awful. That is when I choose the Dual Shock.
But, Ben Heck modded a 360 controller and kept the good things about it and replaced the negatives like the d-pad and used the PS3’s instead.
He didn’t specify which system it works for or if it can run both systems. However, we would love this for the Xbox 360. Let’s face it, overall the PS3 Dual Shock is better and manly because of the d-pad. The controller will work well for any game that comes out for the system.
If you don’t believe me; try playing Mega Man 9 on the 360.
After the jump check out more pictures of his work. (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on December 1st, 2008 am31 12:00 am
Most likely when the year ends, Grand Theft Auto IV will probably win the most ‘Game of the Year‘ awards. Almost every gaming journalist I’ve spoken to all seem to agree Rockstar’s masterpiece will win the prestige honor.
Amazon is offering a terrific deal for the sandbox game. The site is selling GTA IV for only $37.99 for the Xbox 360 and $39.99 for the PlayStation 3. Considering the game is generally retailed at $60, this is a great time to buy the game. So, if you have yet to purchase the Grand Theft Auto IV — you have no excuse now.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 30th, 2008 pm30 9:12 pm
Everyone wants to get in on the LittleBigPlanet craze (well the craze is at least in my head). First we had Konami allowing Metal Gear skins to be available as a DLC for the game. And not to long ago we heard rumblings that disney might be lending some of their famous characters as well.
Now, according to a spanish site, Capcom wants in. The website published pictures of SackBoy dressing up as four separate fighters from their series Street Fighter. Not a bad idea from Capcom considering they just released Street Fighter II HD and right around the corner is their forth installment of the franchise.
Obviously from the picture above, SackBoy will be playing as Ryu, Guile, Chun-Li and Zangief.
As of right now, a price has yet to be listed, but if it’s anything like the Metal Gear Skins; it should be about $1.99.
(via ripten)
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 pm30 9:24 pm
One of the unsung heros of the Mortal Kombat franchise is the voice of god. Well, that’s what I always thought of him. Hernan Sanchez is the man with the legendary voice of the series who said such phrases as “Finish Him” and “Flawless Victory.” Thanks to Midway and Maxim, we now have a soundboard that features Sanchez’s famous voice but saying things you probably thought you would never hear from him.
Up top is the soundboard, enjoy it for what it is.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 am30 2:59 am
A lot of people might now know this, but the it was important to the Killzone 2 team to make sure the weapons looked as real as possible. Their reason was simple; when we play the a first person shooter the one thing we see the most is the gun. When you get the opportunely to play the game — it’s certainly hard to argue that was a bad idea. The guns look simply stunning, and defiantly helps the game seem even more gorgeous.
The video up to shows off how awesome the weapons are — it even shows off the destruction we’ll be dealing with when the game is released in a few months.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 am30 2:30 am
Didn’t get into the Home beta, but wanted to see what the hoopla was all about? Thanks to G4, we now bring you over 15 minutes of someone playing the new program which is soon to be available for the PS3.
While we’re somewhat excited to play with some of the free mini games included with the download, we’re just not sure how long we can possibly enjoy it. Sure, it’s going to be fun to explore and interact with people. On top of that we are all about an open-world, but could we get bored fairly quickly? On top of that, was it worth the time and investment for Sony to build the virtual world when honestly — it’s probably not going to sell more systems.
Although, we think it’s the right step in a direction for a ‘community’ interface. But are people ready for it?
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 am30 2:09 am
In my opinion, there is no question that EA’s Mirror’s Edge theme song, “Still Alive” could be one of the best original song in video game history. I know it’s not going to sound very ‘manish,’ but I have actually put the tune in my iPod…and listened to it several times.
The song, which is sung by Swedish pop-star Lisa Miskovsky, now has its own music video. The clip features the singer showing off her talent on a roof of a building and obviously it’s inspired by the game.
Check it out up top.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 23rd, 2008 pm30 10:49 pm
The first day I played Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for the original Xbox back in 2002, I found some unforgiving bugs. While I was exploring the open world, I walked up some small rocks and fell in between them. I tried every possible button combination to get out, but to no avail, I realized I was stuck and had no choice — I had to reset the game. At the time I was okay with it. I figured I found a glitch that 99% of players don’t and I was just part of the unlucky 1% who did.
A few hours later I found myself walking up completely different set of rocks and bam — I was stuck once again. After that, I came to the conclusion that the game was full of bugs and I had no choice but to deal with it. Over time, I learned that almost every game from developer Bethesda generally comes out with a bugs and glitches.
When I heard reports that Bethesda’s newest game Fallout 3 had some major issues, I wasn’t surprised. In fact — If the the action/RPG didn’t have any, I would have called the Vatican to see if it was because of some miracle from a higher power.
According to owners of the game, the major bugs are pretty annoying. The game is known to have graphical glitches and also the inexcusable freeze during gameplay.
Thankfully the gaming company understands the players frustrations and a community manager from Bethesda announced on their forums a new patch that is indeed in the works.
“We are currently working on a patch for all three platforms. When I’ve got more details, I’ll let everyone know.”
Its good to know that they are least doing something about problems facing the game. However there is one concerning factor that wasn’t wrote in the statement above. Obviously we want to know when they plan on FIXING the game. To be honest, I’m okay with the occasional ‘graphic bug,’ and I don’t mind to wait for a patch. But when a game freezes as much as Fallout 3, it should be top priority for the developers to make sure they have a patch up and available within a week or two. Especially since they’re known to have issues with almost every game they develop.
(via CVG)
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By: Jon Christensen on November 22nd, 2008 am30 4:30 am
One of the more underrated movies of this year I felt was Wanted. When I was watching the comic book-turned movie, all I was thinking about was how much it felt like an awesome video game. Soon after the movie was released, we got word GRIN (Bionic Commando) was already in development and they planned on releasing the game in 2009.
The game will follow the movie and be a 3rd-person-shooter. Wanted: Weapons of Fate will still tell the story of the original character of the film Wesley Gibson and will be a direct sequel.
As you can tell from the trailer, the game will feature “curving bullets” which by our count, is a first in video games.
FYI - The trailer has the potential of being a NSFW video. Wesley drops the F-Bomb at the end of the clip.
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