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50 Cent Blood In The Sand Cover System Trailer
By Joe Haygood | January 7, 2009The premise of the new 50 Cent game is absolutely ridiculous, and the action is sure to be over the top, but it will sell a million plus, just like 50 Cent: Bulletproof. All that said, I will admit that the game is starting to shape up nicely, and it is looking pretty nice. Not sure if I will find this at the top of my list, but I am definitely putting it towards the top of my Gamefly queue.
Capcom’s early 2009 release calendar a star studded affair
By Stephen Munn | January 5, 2009
Cry sequelitis all you like, but Capcom’s got something in each of a number of their key franchises rolling out in the next six months. There’s some Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Dead Rising, and Bionic Commando action coming your way, and some of that’s even coming to Wii, even if it may not be the one we really wanted.
Street Fighter 4 is coming February 17th to PS3 and 360. As disappointed as I was that the whole game doesn’t look like Okami as the original trailer seemed to imply, I still think there’s a lot of potential for some great fighting here. Unfortunately, I can’t help but wonder if there’s anything that can be done with the Street Fighter format to give it legs beyond what it was already doing 15 years ago. As interesting as it is, I’ll be waiting and trying before I consider a buy.
February 27th will bring the Wii edition of Dead Rising, subtitled Chop Till You Drop, which is still adorable. The game was expected last year, so I’m hoping the delays mean we’ll see more zombies in the game than the screens out there are showing *cough 6 killed cough*. Dead Rising on 360 was legendary for its swarms of zombies, and the idea that there might be so many fewer on Wii makes me think I’d be better off waiting for a PS3 version.
Resident Evil 5 is something of a legend at this point. In addition to being perhaps the game with the biggest shoes to fill of this lot after the incredible Resident Evil 4, it’s brought out a great deal of ongoing discussion on one of our older articles here at Aeropause. And for the record, I have the opposite opinion of whatever yours might be. Look for this one on PS3 and 360 on (dun dun dun!) Friday the 13th… of March! I’m glad to hear this, because the people at work keep asking me when it’s coming out. Now I have an answer.
Other games mentioned without release dates are the amusingly named FLOCK!, a download-only animal herding puzzle game with UFOs for PSN and XBLA and a bike-racing MotoGP game for Wii in March. They talk about Bionic Commando as well, but they keep the date on that one wide open. Like, six months wide, so we’ll see if it hits in that timeframe or not. It’s due for PS3 and 360 and I think it looks pretty slick.
Windows versions of the PS3 and 360 games are expected at a later date. Press release follows.
CNet explains why PS3 is losing, thinks Wii Sports is online
By Stephen Munn | January 2, 2009
In a recent article on CNet’s “Negative Approach” blog called “Why the Wii and Xbox are killing Sony’s PS3″ by Dave Rosenberg, there are a number of interesting points made, but few of them are new. This is not special or important at all, but what is amusing is the list of factual errors in the article, the most glaring of which is not the unwillingness to call the Xbox 360 by its own name rather than that of its predecessor, follows.
Minimal modern touches (i.e. social features)
The Wii makes your goofy little Mii character come alive by connecting consoles online. Xbox Live has a community and marketplace. Playstation Home is compelling but empty, which should even out over time. But, the competition is so far ahead, Sony needed to do something much bigger and better.Personally, I thought the social stuff was a little stupid until my nephew destroyed me in Wii bowling while playing 3,000 miles away. Now I get it.
No, he still doesn’t get it. Miis have nothing to do with connecting consoles online, and social stuff on Wii is not a little stupid. What’s stupid is that Rosenberg thought that he was playing Wii Sports Bowling online with his nephew, when in fact he was playing with an AI controlled opponent who was using his nephew’s Mii. There is no online play in Wii Sports.
In his favor, I find the argument that games take too long to start on PS3 surprising, as I’ve never heard that complaint before. I do find that some games take a long time to start up, but it’s not something that makes me “curse the machine” as he claims.
Source: CNet
1up.com Rage Against the Machines report card
By Stephen Munn | December 31, 2008
Hey, does anyone remember that feature 1up ran at the launch of the PS3 and Wii in late 2006? Scott Sharkey, who I know best for that sedate yet learned tone on 1up’s Retronauts podcast which I try so hard to emulate on our own podcast, wrote a pair of articles about the top 10 complaints from users of the two new consoles. I thought it might be interesting to go over the lists and see just how the consoles have addressed the issues listed in their first two years. Without looking, I’m going to bet Sony’s come the farthest and Nintendo’s done the least. Let’s see if I’m right.
Looking Back At 2008 Predictions
By Joe Haygood | December 31, 2008
At the beginning of 2008 I made a few predictions for the coming year. Some were crazy, some were serious, and some just made people scratch their heads. So how did I do when I look back at my predictions? I would give myself a big fat F, because I missed on quite a bit. So lets take a look at what I guessed at and what actually happened, and I give a little commentary on my guesses in regards to the actual happenings of the year.
10 Predictions For The New Year
By Richard Windsor | December 31, 2008
With 2009 less then twelve hours away it’s time to make some predictions about what may come to pass in the new year. I am no fortune teller, but if the past serves as benchmark for the future then I am sure that some of these will come true. 2008 was a bright year for gamers and game makers, but a lot rests on what happens in 2009. Can Sony actually sell PS3’s, will Microsoft release the long awaited motion controller, and will Nintendo release any quality games? Honestly I have no clue, but I can make some predictions.
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I’ve become a statistic by spilling coffee into my keyboard
By Stephen Munn | December 31, 2008
Some time ago, I deftly managed to spill a full cup of coffee into my spare USB keyboard. It’s an early Apple USB keyboard that came with a circa 2001 CRT iMac DV I picked up off Freecycle, and I had been using it interchangeably with my PS3 and Wii as needed once the iMac itself just turned out to be too old and slow even for my three year old daughter. I immediately flipped the keyboard upside down (which is what you’re supposed to do as soon as any liquid hits it) and yanked the cord from the PS3, which was fortunately off at the time. I let it drain for a few hours and then set it aside to be cleaned when I had the opportunity.
You may have heard that it’s possible to wash a keyboard in a dishwasher, provided no harsh detergents or dry cycle come into play. NPR even did a story on this in June 2007. The official line from keyboard manufacturers Logitech and Microsoft was that this is a bad idea, but there’s nothing wrong with the concept. You make sure there’s no battery involved (for example, if it’s a wireless keyboard), place it keys-down in the dishwasher, turn off the dry cycle and hit go. Then you let it drain and dry for, like, forever, resisting the urge to melt the keys, and any adhesive in the unit, with a hair dryer when you get impatient.
The fact of the matter is, I don’t have a dishwasher. Or rather, I am the dishwasher.
White Knight Chronicles opening cinematic is a stunner, but are we excited?
By Stephen Munn | December 31, 2008It’s hard to get too excited for a Japanese RPG anymore. I haven’t seen anything really innovative among these in some time, and they really are all starting to look the same. My wife and I found ourselves making comments like, “look, guys who look like girls. Who knew!” and “look, a girl who prays.”
White Knight Chronicles is supposed to be heavily based in summons. Combat is real time, which is worrisome to me because it invites comparisons to the Tales of Repeated Disappointment series of games. I can see a conflict between wanting innovation and wanting a turn based battle system as the idea has kind of been done to death, but I think what I’m really looking for is something that mixes up the battle mechanic the way Chrono Cross or Baten Kaitos did. Not that I’ll make many fans bringing up either of those games. I seem to like both better than anyone else I know.
This is the opening cinematic above, and I’ll post another video with some gameplay footage below. You can let me know how this game makes you feel. The second video is partly a tour of the Level 5 offices and lots of Japanese chat about the game, so skip to the 5:40 mark to see some gameplay.
Pain Is The Biggest PSN Game In 2008
By Levi Thornton | December 30, 2008
1up got a list of the top 10 most downloaded PSN games:
1. Pain
2. High Velocity Bowling
3. Super Stardust HD
4. PixelJunk Monsters
5. flow
Being a non PS3 owner, I been often out of the PS3 gaming loop. However, Pain does stand out from the rest of the PSN games. Maybe it stood out because it has David Hasselhoff. Check out 1up for 6-10.
Via 1up
MGS in LBP today OMG FTW
By Joe Fourhman | December 23, 2008As mentioned on the podcast, the two Metal Gear Solid content packs for LittleBigPlanet are expected to hit today, December 23. For everyone who has whined about Sony/Media Molecule seemingly stuck in an endless release cycle of $1 and $2 costumes, this should alleviate those concerns. As some of us have said since the beginning, there is no end to the creation tools that can be jammed into LBP. The DLC potential is more than just cute window dressing, as the above trailer shows.
To recap, the costume pack gets you four MGS4-related costumes for $6… Old Snake, Meryl, Raiden, and Screaming Mantis (B&B boss with dangly puppet bits). These are also available individually for $2 each. So those of you who still hold anti-Raiden grudges can get the other three costumes for $6 total.
The $6 MGS4 level pack is where things get really slick. You get a fifth costume - the hapless Gurlukovich Soldier - plus an unbelievable 72 stickers, 12 materials, 10 decorations and 18 objects. And because everybody has been asking “Where are the new levels Where are the new levels,” this pack also includes six new pro-designed levels, all based around the Metal Gear universe!
The level pack also includes four new music tracks, an MGS sound object, the killer plasma ball, a new searchlight, and a laser sight gadget. Not to mention the Paintinator, a new piece of equipment that gives your sackpeople paint guns. And 12 Trophies! It’s insane how great this is. Did you watch that trailer yet?!?
I hope somebody starts working on an Adventures of Diarrhea Johnny level right away.
I ALMOST FORGOT: You don’t have to buy the pack to play the new levels. If you play online with somebody who does own the pack, you’ll still be able to play the levels (with the caveat that you can’t keep any MGS-specific prizes that you may collect.)
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