Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Phil Harrison leaves Sony on Feb. 29
"Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. today announced that Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios will be resigning from his post Feb. 29. President and SCEI group CEO Kazuo Hirai will be taking over Harrison’s duties at that time. Neither Harrison nor the company are commenting on the reason for his departure. The timing is seemingly strange, however, with the PlayStation 3 enjoying a renewed popularity in recent months." Gameinformer online...
Phil Harrison was a visionary at Sony and his loss will certainly effect the future of the company and the viability of the PS3 as a whole. It makes me wonder what the circumstances of his departure are.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Little Gamers: First Impressions
This is also a limited demo from the wonderful XNA Club game Launcher. It is very fun. The game reminds me of games like Metal Slug and Alien Hominid. But the cute art work and the funny comments only add to playability. Combine with that, the hysterically accurate weapon sound effects. The game is awesome and I can't wait to play the full version.
XNA games appear to FAR better than anything currently on XBOX LIVE ARCADE. I'm starting to think that I will be spending the majority of my XBOX 360 time in the community games area when it opens.
Dishwasher: Most Awesome Game on XBOX 360 Impressions!
Having just played this game on XBOX 360 in it's limited demo form, I have to say that I am more excited about playing this than Gears of War 2. The game has a hysterical storyline where you are a dishwasher who has been killed and you come back as a zombie samurai.
The game's controls are awesome. The graphics are cool and modern. I think it's easily the greatest 2D action game out there. The difficulty isn't insane but it keeps you moving and mashing.
I cannot wait to play the FULL version of the game. If you haven't all ready go over and download XNA game launcher so you can download this awesome demo.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
What does 10 Million Subscribers means in the MMORPG game...
As you can see the difference between World of Warcraft and it's nearest competitor Lineage is all most too much to even call them competitors. This is the market that the new MMORPGs are entering. I wish them good luck and hope they have deep pockets for marketing and back end resources.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Devil May Cry 4: the Problem with installation?
The new Devil May Cry game on the PS3 installs the game to the hard drive. Similarly to Resistance Fall of Man, Ridge Racer 5, Ratchet and Clank Future, Tools of Destruction, Burnout Paradise, Uncharted Drakes Fortune, and Folklore. Every single one of these games allowed you to install the game if you so chose. Why would you do this? Well, to make the game run better. How does this work? Well, the Blu Ray disc spins significantly slower than the average DVD so installing the game allows the processor to access the hard drive rather than the disc when necessary. Therefore making the game run more smoothly. Devil May Cry takes this a step further by doing it automatically...
""It's true: the first time you drop your DMC4 Blu-ray disc into your PS3 tray, you're going to be treated to an exciting 22-25 minute load process as the disc spins a few gigs of data onto your hard drive," writes Chris Kramer, senior director of Communications and Community. "While the game is loading, you get to watch a really nifty series of screens that completely catch you up on the DMC4 backstory. Think of it as compressing the last three 'seasons' into a single info blast, accompanied by some fantastic DMC artwork."Capcom...
The game runs much more smoothly and there are virtually no load times. It is certainly worth the wait. The better question is why does a multi-core processor take 22-25 minutes to install that amount of data. Which is a question I have for the PS3 in general considering the fact the machine appears able to only do one thing at a time. Except that a computer with the same number of processors can do multiple things at a time.
But my point in bringing all this up is, "WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?"
One of the best games to EVER be on the PS3 is getting more press for this installation thing than it is for being an absolutely incredible game.
Long story short, STOP WHINING and play the game!
Dracula Origin: Screens and info
Frogware, which had made the critically exclaimed Sherlock Holmes are making this horror adventure, Dracula Origin. Where you play Van Helsing. The game looks amazing, as the screenshots show. But the if Dracula is anything like Sherlock Holmes title it will be a virtual unknown at retail and a critical darling.
