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Metal Gear Solid 4 delayed, possible release in early 2008

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Metal Gear Solid 4

Kojima states that, for the good of the game, MGS 4 will be delayed

In a brief announcement, Konami has confirmed that the release of key PlayStation 3 exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has been delayed until early 2008. It appears that concerns about the quality of the game were raised, so the 200 developers working on Metal Gear Solid 4 will spend this additional time polishing the game to a neat finish, as all Kojima games are.

Touching another subject here, MGS 4 and Final Fantasy XIII are PS3 exclusives that Sony puts a lot of faith in showing to the world the real capabilities of the Play Station 3, and a little delay is surely going to hurt Sony too. The good news (if any) is that Kojima wants to try a worldwide release for this title, which means everybody will get it at the same time: Japan, Europe and America.

Rock Band full song list from Harmonix revealed

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Rock Band

If you ever wanted to be a Rock Star and play the drums or guitar (bass included!), look no further.

On 20 November “Rock Band” will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 (later in the year there will also be a PS2 version), and we finally have an official playlist for the game.

1960s
Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”

1970s
Aerosmith “Train Kept a Rollin’”*
The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Boston “Foreplay/Long Time”
Mountain “Mississippi Queen”*
The Police “Next to You”
David Bowie “Suffragette City”
Black Sabbath “Paranoid”*
Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper”
The Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Deep Purple “Highway Star”
KISS “Detroit Rock City”
Molly Hatchet “Flirtin’ With Disaster”
The Outlaws “Green Grass & High Tides”*
Sweet “Ballroom Blitz”*

1980s
Rush “Tom Sawyer”*
Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive”
The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Faith No More “Epic”
R.E.M. “Orange Crush”
Iron Maiden “Run to the Hills”*
Pixies “Wave of Mutilation”

1990s
Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
Metallica “Enter Sandman”
Nirvana “In Bloom”
Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
Radiohead “Creep”
Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
Hole “Celebrity Skin”
Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid”
Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”

2000s
The Hives “Main Offender”
Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
The Strokes “Reptilia”
Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”
Coheed & Cambria “Welcome Home”
Fallout Boy “Dead on Arrival”
The Killers “When You Were Young”
New Pornographers “Electric Version”

(Unless marked with an asterix, the songs will use the original master recording performed by the original artists)

There’s more, if 45 songs weren’t enough for you; there will be 13 songs available as unlockable content, although no details on these songs exist.

PS3 60GB version sold-out in the US

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

PS3 60gb

Sony recently stated that the last shipments of the 60GB version of the PS3 have shipped to retailers

“We no longer have any inventory in SCEA warehouses. All inventory has been purchased and shipped to retailers.”, stated SCEA Senior Director of Corporate Communications Dave Karraker. This sales boom followed shortly after Sony’s announced price drop of 100 US dollars for the 60GB model just before this year’s E3. Moreover, after just one month of the announcement, the PS3 has outsold the Xbox360 by 2000 units in Canada in July for the first time, spiking from 98.000 units to 159.000 units.

How much of this could be considered good news? First of all, it is rumored that this is the only version that will have the Emotion Engine 2 hardware backward compatibility support. Second of all, Sony will promote its flagship version of the PS3, the one with 80 GB storage capacity that’s priced at 599 US Dollars. So, if you’re living in the US and want to get a 499 $ PS3 with full hardware backward compatibility for PS1 and PS2 games, visit your local retailer and maybe you will get one while stocks last.

PSP Lite Review

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

PSP Lite

The new PSP Lite is slimmer, thinner, faster than the original

So far, the PSP Lite is looking good: additional memory, built-in cache for the UMD system, the ability to play games and videos on a TV (for example) and, a great additional bonus, the loading times in most games has been sensibly reduced.
The UMD loading tray has been somewhat simplified, so you no longer have to fiddle with it in order to load an UMD disk. Also for the better, external video playback is almost near DVD-quality, so getting UMD movies and playing them over a TV really makes sense now. The PSP Lite will be ship in several retail packages with a variety of bundle options that include pack-in games (Daxter rumored to be amongst those games), UMD movies, memory sticks.Personally, I am glad I don’t own a PSP yet, it’s great to get a new improved one - now the PSP needs some extra cool games!

Expect the new PSP (in several color options, too!) to ship starting from September the 17th.

Nintendo on the Right Track

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

NintendoMario

Once upon a time, Nintendo was the king of the console and their only competition was lowly Sega. Then, two newcomers came into the picture: one an underdog with a long shot to succeed and the other a monopolizing company trying to grab yet another corner of the technological market. These two companies literally tore apart Sega and left Nintendo at the starting line trying to figure out why they had been knocked off of the right track.

Five years since Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft brought their next-generation systems onto the market, Nintendo is getting ready to release what just might be their ticket back into the VIP room of video games. The Nintendo Wii plans to not just launch Nintendo back into the spotlight, but to leave Microsoft and Sony in their dust. The key to Nintendo’s domination will be the success of the motion-controlled Wiimote and Nunchuck. If gamers enjoy these enough, all Nintendo will have to is sit back and watch the cash roll in.