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October 19th, 2009Uncategorized"It's a global first for Microsoft, and massive news for Xbox owners. Redmond and the largest pay TV service in the UK — Sky, owned in part by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp — has tied a deal that brings simulcast TV, sports, entertainment shows, pay-per-view movies and back catalogue television to the Xbox 360.
It's an entirely streamed service, offering no download-to-own content, and partly rivals the BBC iPlayer, which is available on UK PlayStation consoles and the Nintendo Wii. The service will go live later in the year at no cost to existing subscribers, and screenshots show it fits in seamlessly with the Xbox Live interface." -
October 18th, 2009Uncategorized
God of War III screenshots
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October 17th, 2009Uncategorized
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
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October 16th, 2009Uncategorized
Starts with family action in Aragorn's Quest.
Warner Bros. has announced that it will be creating a series of Lord of the Rings games - based on both literary and film rights - that will span multiple genres and platforms.
The first of these will be The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, a third-person action-adventure for "kids and their families" to be released for Wii, DS, PSP and PS2 this autumn.
Players will take the role of Aragorn in his greatest quests from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, fighting with bow, sword and spear on foot and horseback. The Wii version will allow two player co-op with Gandalf. It's set in "a colourful, action-filled rendition of Middle-earth that will appeal to new and dedicated fans".
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October 15th, 2009Uncategorized
Signal Hill analyst Todd Greenwald has stated that the current console cycle is "not even close to nearing an end", in his preview of the upcoming E3 expo.
With the current cycle in its third or fourth year, Greenwald suggests that fears of a decline in hardware and software sales are unwarranted and that E3 itself will "provide some signs that the industry is alive and well".
"We think it's highly premature to be thinking of the cycle ending until all of these consoles are well below the USD 199 mark," says Greenwald. "Furthermore, Microsoft and Sony have invested so much in their current hardware line, as have third party publishers, that we don't think any party is seriously interested in throwing away these investments and starting over from scratch."
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October 14th, 2009Uncategorized
Take-Two Interactive has announced its financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2009, reporting decreased revenue and USD 10.1 million in net loss.
Net revenue was reported at USD 229.7 million, down from USD 539.8 million in the same period last year. Net loss was reported at USD 10.1 million, compared to a gain of USD 98.2 million in the second quarter 2008.
The publisher's loss was less than it expected, which the company attributes to a more efficient operating structure and a balanced software portfolio.
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October 13th, 2009Uncategorized
Videogame download service OnLive will not be appearing at this year's E3, according to new comments made by chief operating officer Mike McGarvey.
Writing on the official OnLive blog, McGarvey stated that: "More than anything, E3 is a retail-oriented conference, both for retail platforms and retail publishers, and OnLive is neither. Youll hear and see plenty from us this year in the run up to our external Beta and launch, delivered directly to your home through your broadband connection."
Unveiled at GDC in March, OnLive uses a potentially revolutionary form of cloud computing which allows consumers to download high-end AAA titles on demand and run them remotely, regardless of system specification.
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October 12th, 2009Uncategorized
The Entertainment Software Rating Board has published ratings for five high profile third-party PlayStation Network games ahead of official announcements, including Konami's Metal Gear Solid and Capcom's Resident Evil.
Both titles, released in the late 1990s for the original PlayStation console, will be available for download on the PSOne Classics section of the PlayStation Store, if information provided by the ESRB proves to be accurate.
The board has also rated Take-Two Interactive's Spec: Ops: Covert Assault and Spec Ops: Ranger Elite, along with Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.
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October 11th, 2009UncategorizedEurogamer posted an interview with Age of Conan's game director Craig Morrisson, confirming the continued (though limited) development of the 360 version of AoC. "We still plan on having a 360 version of the game at some stage but I'm afraid I can't go into specifics beyond that at the moment," Morrison said. He talks about the difficult nature of porting an MMO like Conan over to a console... uh, yeah! I know many players I talked to thought it might be fun to try out on that platform, with the combat system being rather interesting to think of mashing buttons with. However, from the sounds of it, there's not much of a reason to hold your breath on the AoC Xbox version. When a daunting task is set upon a small group of developers... well, just don't lose too much sleep waiting for it. My guess would be you'd see the expansion for Age of Conan long before a 360 version. But that's based on nothing but the fleeting thought in my brain... and now it's gone.
