Midnight Club - release date shifts
Rockstar Games’ open-world street racing series debuts on October 7th and 10th in North America and Europe, respectively.
July 3, 2008 - Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. today announced a new release date for the fourth installment of its critically-acclaimed and genre-defining Midnight Club franchise, Midnight Club: Los Angeles. Set for release on October 7th in North America and October 10th in Europe and developed by series creator Rockstar San Diego, Midnight Club: Los Angeles will give gamers the unprecedented freedom to race through a hyper-realistic LA. (more…)
Japan - PSP Rises, DS Falls
The portable roles appear to have reversed.
July 3, 2008 - Famitsu publisher Enterbrain shared a report today on the first half of the year in games over in Japan. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who keeps up on Japanese sales trends, but the PSP was the star of the show.
Sony sold 1.96 million PSP units over the first six months of 2008. This put it atop the hardware heap — the first time the system has managed this feat for sales taken over a half year period. Perhaps more notable is that the system doubled its sales over the same period one year ago.
Nintendo’s two platforms took a close second and third place. Wii was the second best selling platform for the period with 1.72 million units, placing it close to its performance last year. The DS sold 1.59 million units. This may not seem to shabby, except when you compare it to last year’s performance of 3.71 million units over the same period.
The PlayStation 3 saw a Metal Gear Solid surge towards the end of the period to reach 540,000 units. This was a bit above last year’s half million performance.
Experiment with PSP-States
With the release of 4.01M33 most were dissapointed when they found out the savestate feature was not added with the release of the firmware. Well fear not as Dark AleX has been working on it, and in proof he has released an experimental version of his feature. The experimental build comes in a plugin for slim psp users. This will aloow you to save the game at any point you wish allowing you to start right back where you left off. You can download the file below. Remember you must be a slim users with 4.01M33. Be sure to read the reame because after all it is an experimental plugin.
Gurumin Lands on the shelves
Gamers who missed the charming Japanese RPG from Falcom the first time around now have a second chance to play the game on PSP. Sony has included the full version for download on the Playstation Store service. The game costs $14.99, which in our opinion is a bargain for such a quality full-length title.
Custom PSP Firmware v4.01 M33-2 released
Yep yep, in quick succesion Dark_Alex has released a new build of the latest custom firmware for PSP. Read more and discuss it here.
Developers talk - crisis core
Two of the Square Enix team behind Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII talk about the game and its development.
Yoshinori Kitase, Executive Producer, and Hideki Imaizumi, Producer, talk about some of the challenges they faced and the decisions they made.
How does the storyline of Crisis Core on PSP relate to the much loved FFVII on PlayStation 2? (more…)
Lots of gameplay and action - meet Wall.E
THQ Inc. today announced WALL.E, the video game based on the highly-anticipated Disney.Pixar film, has shipped into retail outlets throughout North America for Wii, Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Games for Windows, Mac and mobile phones. Developed by Heavy Iron Studios, the game will also be made available worldwide in more than 69 countries including UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Australia over the coming months. WALL.E is rated E for everyone and is now available for the suggested retail prices of $49.99 (Wii, Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system), $39.99 (PlayStation 2 system), $29.99 (PSP system, Nintendo DS) and $19.99 (Games for Windows, Mac).
THQ’s long-running and successful relationship with Disney.Pixar has achieved shipments of more than 35 million units worldwide. The launch of WALL.E marks the second installment in the company’s well-established and successful association with Disney.Pixar, which includes rights to create games based on four newly created Disney.Pixar film properties. Last year’s Ratatouille video game was the first property released by THQ under this agreement and was a top performing kids title in 2007.
Final Fantasy: Dissidia Trailer
With Square Enix at work on their next Final Fantasy game titled Dissidia for the PSP, it is sure to rid of the current lack of titles. Dissidia is set to release late 2008, and is re-confirmed in this trailer below. The game will be hitting shelves in Japan, but we can be sure that Square Enix will port this title over sooner or later for North America. View trailer below! (more…)