British Comedian and talk show host Jonathan Ross apparently had the opportunity to play Project Natal recently. Besides telling everyone he enjoyed the experience, via twitter, he might have also spilled the beans on the month we should expect to see the peripheral in stores.
“OK. Before bed. Natal on X Box impressive. Not quite there yet i think but tye have til october and if they get it right…skys the limit.”
October sounds about the right time Microsoft would release the motion cam, just in-time for the holidays. Although, him saying it’s not quite there yet, does make me a tad nervous, and makes me wonder if the ‘lag’ is still prevalent today, as it was back at E3.
Now if you question why Ross was luckily enough to be one of the few people to play with Natal, he has worked with the company in the past. According to IMDB, he actually was uncredited for some voice work for Halo 3. So, the actor does have some ties with Microsoft.
If you wanna watch him play with Natal, click here.
Nintendo releasing a Mario 2D side-scroller, rather than a 3D platform adventure, was probably a great move on their part. According to the latest numbers from NPD, New Super Mario Bros. Wii has already outsold Super Mario Galaxy, which is ridiculous because Galaxy has been out for over two years. While the newest installment of Mario has been out for a little over a month. As of today, Super Mario Galaxy has sold about 4.1 million copies, while the New Super Mario Bros. Wii has moved about 4.2 million.
Now we can blame a number of reasons why NSMBW has already outpaced what the critically acclaimed Galaxy has done, since it launched way back in 2007. One obvious answer could be contributed to the fact the Nintendo Wii has a much larger install base then when Mario Galaxy debuted to gamers. However, I think it goes much deeper than just numbers.
Nintendo has been marketing their system to not only the casual gamer, but also insuring it would be a family friendly console. Many of the moms and dads who purchased the system, as well as a person who wouldn’t normally buy a videogame system, but felt compelled to own a Wii, probably saw the New Super Mario Bros. Wii and fell in love with the nostalgic look to it. I’m pretty sure these ‘people,’ who probably don’t buy many games to began with, pretended to go back in time and play with a game that reminiscent their growing up days. Now combine that with a fun multiplayer aspect, and Nintendo has a hit on their hands.
Either way, it was smart for Nintendo to go back to its roots once again with Mario.
Following the disappointing sales of Tony Hawk: Ride, the “Birdman” himself tweeted that he was playing his own videogame, and even revealed his Xbox Gamertag, which is tonyinegypt. After that, Hawk promised anyone who owns the game and ads his Gamertag on their buddy list, he’ll accept it. It kinda sounds like Hawk himself is promising to be your friend, but for a price. Those damn celebrities!
Although I’m not sure what is more surprising; Hawk promising to be your friend if you buy/own the game, or the fact he is actually still playing the terrible Ride game. Currently, Tony Hawk: Ride for the Xbox 360 is receiving a 48/100 on Metacritic.
Surprise! Activision plans on releasing another Call of Duty, which will once again be developed by the other studio who works on the series, Treyarch. The news came directly from the company during a Q&A earnings call. Sadly, the publisher didn’t reveal any details about the upcoming first-person shooter, but back in May, rumors have been floating around that the sixth installment will be told around the Vietnam War era. But until there is a official unveiling, it’s nothing more than speculation as of now.
Activision also confirmed a new Guitar Hero is set to come out next year, which should be the 255th installment of the popular franchise. Of course, no word if a new instrument will be included this time around, but it’s a safe bet that your current plastic guitar will still work with the newest sequel.
The company also mentioned that a brand new Spider-Man videogame will be in stores in 2010, as well as a brand new Shrek title. While I think the Shrek title will be based off the forth movie, I doubt Spider-Man will be. According to IMDB and various other sites, “Spider-Man 4″ is scheduled to hit theaters in 2011.
Surprise! Activision plans on releasing another Call of Duty in 2010, which will once again be developed by the other studio who works on the series, Treyarch. The news came directly from the company during a Q&A earnings call. Sadly, the publisher didn’t reveal any details about the upcoming first-person shooter, but back in May, rumors have been floating around that the seventh installment will be told around the Vietnam War era. But until there is an official unveiling, it’s nothing more than speculation as of now.
Activision also confirmed a new Guitar Hero is set to come out next year, which should be the 255th installment of the popular franchise. Of course, no word if a new instrument will be included this time around, but it’s a safe bet that your current plastic guitar will still work with the newest sequel.
The company also mentioned that a brand new Spider-Man videogame will be in stores in 2010, as well as a brand new Shrek title. While I think the Shrek title will be based off the forth movie, I doubt Spider-Man will be. According to IMDB and various other sites, the “Spider-Man 4″ film is scheduled to hit theaters in 2011, which in turns mean we should see another Spider-Man game in 2011.
If you turn on Wii Fit Plus today, your Balance Board will wish you a happy Halloween. It’ll then talk about how it would like some new batteries, as opposed to candy. I’m assuming it has to do with all the sugar and stuff. Anyway Mr. Wii Board, if you get me fit like you promised, than maybe we’ll talk about replacing those old batteries. Until then, just shut up.
It was already known that gameplay of LittleBigPlanet for the PSP looks and feels like the PlayStation 3 counterpart, but the biggest question we had was how well would the level editor be on a portable system. Sony has finally given us an answer. Up top is a trailer for LittleBigPlanet for the PSP, which shows how the level editor is similar to its PS3 cousin, which is a good thing. While creating the level is somewhat overwhelming when you first pick up the game, you realize that it’s rather simple considering how deep and intuitive it truly is.
The “Pop-it” icon returns in the portable version of LBP, which allows players to access various textures, objects and stickers to create a level. No question — it’s great to see Sony Cambridge to squeeze the world of LittleBigPlanet down into a PSP game, I just wonder how easy it will be to enter and play the user generated worlds online.
For the last couple of days or so, Media Molecule was teasing its fans about something big for LittleBigPlanet, which was promised to be announced during Sony’s press conference at Gamescom. What was this huge reveal? Water.
When the new downloadable content is available in the “near future,” it is promised to change user created levels forever. Obviously, by adding this one element to the game, it should completely change the great physics engine, already included with LBP. Not only will SackBoy be able to swim, but I’m assuming certain items will be able to float or sink, depending on what the player chooses.
Like every new big downloadable content released for LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule has once again released a clever/funny video demoing exactly on what we should expect.
Since Wii Sports Resort launched on July 26th, the game has sold roughly 500,000 units in the United States alone. “Through Monday we sold one copy of Wii Sports Resort roughly every 1.5 seconds continuously since it launched in the United States,” said Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway. “This tells us consumers were eagerly waiting to get their hands on these fun activities, and it’s a great start for a game that will have long-lasting appeal.”
This isn’t great news for just Nintendo’s casual game, it also means the MotionPlus unit, which comes bundled with the title, is a success as well. The amount of devices sold along with the game, means Nintendo and third-party companies can start to focus on MotionPlus specific games. It also gives games like Ubisoft’s Red Steel 2, which require MotionPlus, have a fighting chance on selling well in the near future.
Earlier in the year, EA released a unrealistic NHL game called ‘3 On 3 NHL Arcade.’ While the name was uninspiring, the title was actually kinda fun, for a casual sports game at least. Unfortunately for the publisher, the hockey game didn’t grasp gamers like EA hoped for and sales were lower than expected.
Even with all that, EA Sports has announced another arcady sports title, and this time it will be based around the Madden franchise. According to EA Sports president Peter Moore, the company is going to release “Madden Arcade” on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Sadly, no other details, like how many players on the field at once, were given. But he promised more would come at a later date.
Here’s wishing to see Tom Brady as a big bubblehead player!
When LittleBigPlanet for the PSP was first announced earlier in the year, I thought, along with everyone else, the game would communicate with the PlayStation 3’s version. Guess what? We were all correct. Players who own the PS3 version of LBP and also decide to buy the PSP game, will get exclusive access to a feature called “cross-talk.”
Sony has yet to give any details to what exactly this means, but I’m guessing we’ll see some extra costumes and other tools to create even more in depth levels, with the editor. That’s what I figure at least, but does this extra content mean it will be only for the PSP, PS3 or both? I don’t know, but here is hoping to both.
Sony has also confirmed that a demo for the PSP LittleBigPlanet will be making its way to the PlayStation Network. However, when exactly that will happen has yet to be revealed. Most likely it going to be closer to the actual release date for the full game, which should happen closer to the release of the PSP Go.
Pandemic’s Brisbane studio closed last January and the company was revealed to be working on The Dark Knight videogame adaption. Apparently, they were also working on a title called “The Next Big Thing” (in the video its named No Limits Racing) for the Wii. But because the studio closed its doors for good, the title was canceled and never picked up by any other publisher.
Thanks to the Internet, the trailer has been released for the defunct once exclusive Wii game and honestly, it looked almost completed. I’m surprise no other publisher decided to pick up the rights, but so far they haven’t.
Watch the trailer above and see what you’ll probably never play.
DJ Heroisn’t getting the best response by gamers around the world, but I’m excited for it. Today, the company has just released the official box art for the game and I’m not sure what people will think about it. I know girls are more into gaming then ever before, but seriously Activision, this box is a tad too ‘girly,’ for my taste.
I’m not too sure how familiar you guys are with ‘Tokidoki,’ but it’s “Lifestyle brand” company, which is best known for making bags… for girls. The art style, namely the colors for the DJ Hero reminds me of Tokidoki.
Maybe Activision believes DJ Hero will sell better if they advertise it for women, as opposed to men. When the first trailer hit the web last month, it distinctively showed a woman ‘Djing’ in the game. While the video was playing, the song “Hollaback Girl” was remixed with other songs, but the trailer clearly wanted the audience watching the video to hear Gwen Stefani. I don’t think most hardcore male gamers listen to that particular song.
I could certainly be stretching a connection between DJ Hero and Women, but the more I see about the rhythm game, the more I believe my own theory.
On August 11th, Microsoft plans on updating their NXE, which they announced during E3. However, the cooler apps like Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm are noticeably absent.
During the Microsoft press briefing, one of the cooler things I thought they announced was the ability to use both Facebook and Twitter through the Xbox 360. Even though it’s simple and I can already do it with my home computer or phone, I just like the idea of being able to upload a screenshot of my latest game, or tell my friends what I’m doing during my gaming session. Stupid? Probably. Cool? Yeah.
James Halton, who works for the company, confirmed with eurogamer that both applications would be out by years end. “It will be before Christmas,” said Halton. “A lot of the background work’s been done for a lot of applications that are coming.”
During the same time, will we see the other promises Microsoft made during the show? I certainly hope so.
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The head honcho over at THQBrian Farrell, spoke about Microsoft’s ambitious motion censor “Project Natal.” According to Farrell, the new “platform addition” should be making its way into stores “late next year.” The CEO’s comment were part of a conference call and the company’s first quarter earnings.
Obviously, Microsoft has yet to confirm when they plan to release Natal, although some information has been spilt. CEO Steve Ballmer, revealed some juicy tidbits back in June. Ballmer said that a “natural interface” (Project Natal) Xbox 360 should be available sometime next year. He then later took back his comments and declared he used “poorly chosen words.”
It sounding more like we should be seeing Project Natal hit stores next holiday season.
