DragonForce to debut new single in Guitar Hero III track pack (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm
British power metal squealers DragonForce will debut a new and inevitably over-the-top single in a Guitar Hero III track pack later this week. Taken from their new album, Ultra Beatdown, "Heroes of Our Time" will no doubt challenge serious shredders with a never-ending string of shifting notes and finger-knot solos when it arrives on Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store on August 21.
Crytek: Crysis cost $22 million, next engine due 2012 (via Joystiq) - Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters, Business
Speaking at the outset of this year's Leipzig Games Convention, Crytek boss Cevat Yerli revealed that the developer's graphical tour de force, Crysis, cost an estimated $22 million to create.
Watch new Godfather II, Tom Clancy's EndWar trailers (via Joystiq) - Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Strategy
From making rival gangsters offers they can't refuse, to using your voice to command soldiers not to refuse orders, these fresh-off-the-editing-computer videos from EA's The Godfather II and Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's EndWar are presented for your viewing pleasure (and "Should I pre-order either of them?" evidence pool).
New Call of Duty 4 playlists in the works (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online
In his latest report from Infinity Ward HQ, community confidant Fourzerotwo brings word that the Call of Duty 4 battlefront could see some changes soon. No less than eight new multiplayer playlists are in development, of which four are currently being tested, and at least one can pass through the servers without a patch: Hardcore Headquarters.
Latest Resident Evil 5 trailer terrorizes Leipzig (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action We hope you're ready for a face full of freshly, um, zombified zombies on film, because that's exactly what Capcom has delivered at the Leipzig Games Convention. This new, entirely in-game trailer for Resident Evil 5 doesn't show too much that's especially new, but it's worth taking note of the vehicle chase sequence and hey .
Silicon Knights' next game not 'Two Human,' but trilogy will continue (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
For better or worse, Silicon Knights has finally kicked Too Human out of the nest, seemingly not too concerned about whether it will actually fly with most gamers. In fact, while the developer still intends to finish off the planned trilogy, it's not going to be doing so anytime soon.
Codies pumps Fuel for French revolution in racing (via Joystiq) - Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Driving
Replacing political and social unrest with "go-anywhere" driving, Codemasters has partnered with French dev Asobo Studios to publish the company's open world-style racer, Fuel, for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC sometime next year.
Crytek predicts 'next-gen' consoles will arrive in 2011 / 2012 (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360We are all interested in the future. Indeed, as the great Criswell so astutely observed, "We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives." And it wouldn't be much of a life if it wasn't spent playing the latest video games, no doubt powered by trillions of tetraflops and a giggle-inducing number of gigabytes.
The Sony Reciprocal: PS3 losses surpass PS2 profits (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
According to Dave Perry, Sony has lost more money on the PlayStation 3 than it made during the five years of the PlayStation 2 when it was at its most popular.
FIFA trade jinxes another EA Sports cover (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Culture, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sports, Business
FIFA 09 cover athlete Maurice Edu has been traded to another team, meaning EA Sports will, yet again, have to change the box art on one of its games. Edu, who would have been featured on the cover wearing his Toronto FC jersey, will now wear the uniform of the US Men's National Team -- not Scotland's Glasgow Rangers, which is the team he'll actually play on.
Microsoft mandates that iPhone Xbox Live apps stay free (via Joystiq) - While Microsoft hasn't yet announced an Xbox Live iPhone app of its very own, it has taken a well-intentioned step towards validating the handful of apps currently available on the service: it's required that the developers make their apps free. Now, before you go off about mean ol' Microsoft keeping the independent developer down, consider the reasoning here: these developers are given access to the Live functionality through the Xbox Community Developer Program and, as such, are beholden to Microsoft's rules.
Dyack's defense: Too Human haters 'just don't get it' (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, RPGs
When Jeff Gerstmann bemoaned Too Human's "monotonous combat and dated approach to cooperative play," he was unknowingly shunted from the group of haves to the considerably less illustrious group of have nots -- as in have not a clue to comprehend Too Human's unyielding explosion of uniqueness and innovation.
See excerpts from The Art and Making of The Force Unleashed (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Nintendo DS, Features, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Galleriesclick to Unleash the gallery
LucasArts has sent us a rather hefty excerpt from The Art and Making of The Force Unleashed book (itself a whopping 224 pages) that came out this week.
See excerpts from The Art and Making of The Force Unleashed (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Nintendo DS, Features, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Galleriesclick to Unleash the gallery
LucasArts has sent us a rather hefty excerpt from The Art and Making of The Force Unleashed book (itself a whopping 224 pages) that came out this week.
Street Fighter IV releasing alongside movie in 2009, says film's producer (via Joystiq) - Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
Patrick Aiello, the producer for the upcoming film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (starring Kristin "Lana Lang" Kreuk!), believes Street Fighter IV will launch alongside the film. Aiello tells GameDaily that the "film and game release dates will coincide.
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts pre-order packs free code, early access to Banjo-Kazooie XBLA (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360
We pretty much crammed the need-to-know right up there in the headline, but here it is again: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts pre-orders (confirmed: the game's only $40) will include free download codes for the original Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox Live Arcade at "participating" retailers (read: not the little game store up the block).
Joystiq's Instrument Compatibility Matrix, v3.0 (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Features, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm With Sony shedding some new light in the sea of plastic instrument compatibility nonsense, we thought it was time to update our compatibility charts for the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series, as well as newcomer Rock Revolution.
Can Geometry Wars make you mad enough to sing? (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, VideoWhen we get really frustrated by Geometry Wars 2 (and we do) we deal with our anger the only way we know how: We become physically abusive towards loved ones and pets. But not Matthew McCarthy. No, Matthew McCarthy just picks up a guitar and channels the rage into a song about why he hates all those stupid, cruel shapes.
