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by Chris Remo, Feb 02, 2006 8:10pm PSTHey hey hey!
- Retailer GameStop has updated its online listings to include 31 PlayStation 3 games, all of which are of course available for preorder at a price of $59.99. EBGames also has its listings stocked with PS3 preorders at the same price. While many have been reading into the games' release dates quoted by GameStop (every game is listed as coming out October 1, 2006, with the sole exception of Metal Gear Solid 4), it's worth noting that EBGames has its shipping dates as either April 30 or May 1, 2006. GameStop and EB are the same company now, so if either entity did in fact have verified release date information, it's safe to assume it would be shared with the other division. The sites also list out of date, incorrect, or obviously speculative information about various games. For example, they both contain the Starbreeze-developed The Darkness as being published by Majesco, but Majesco dropped the project late last year. GameStop (but not EB) also lists Metronome, a stunning adventure game project being worked on by a Swedish group called Team Tarsier. That game was also included on initial Xbox 360 preorders a year ago, but has still yet to be announced for any specific platform other than tentatively for PC. Monolith's Condemned: Criminal Origins (X360, PC) is also listed on GameStop; that game was only just confirmed for PC following its Xbox 360 debut. The bottom line? Sony has committed to delivering the PS3 this year, but be wary of preorder claims for specific titles. When gamers started speculating based on a list of confirmed PS3 titles, Sony immediately pulled the document from its site, so it's probably safe to assume that we're going to have to wait to see what PS3 games will hit this year.
PS3 in October?
[ps3] - The details of EA's worldwide downsizing yesterday came at staggered intervals, but by the end of the day, the details were still not clear. The 5% number concerning how much of the company's workforce was let go is still the most current estimate. However, today EA announced its fiscal third quarter profits, which suggest another reason for the trimming beyond the stated "adjustment period." The company saw profits in the third quarter drop 31% from the same quarter of the prior year, with revenue dropping 11% from $1.43 billion to $1.27 billion. Having already decreased its expectations for the quarter, EA still missed its revised estimates. The company expects another drop from last-year profits in the following quarter. Stock in EA (NasdaqNM: ERTS) dropped 2.2% to $53.88 running up to the announcement, but gained 2.7% to $55.00 afterwards. Many point to the shortage of Microsoft's Xbox 360 as one factor in dwindling sales, as consumers are looking to hold off on current-gen purchases but unable to obtain next-gen systems. EA head Larry Probst expects both Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Revolution consoles to launch in the "middle of the fourth quarter" of 2006.
EA Sees 31% Drop in Profits
[ps2] [ps3] [xbox360] [xbox] [gamecube] [nintendo] [ds] [psp] [gba] - Ubisoft sent official word today of Lost Magic, an RPG/action/RTS for DS developed by Taito. The game was designed by Yoshiharu Sato, who served as an animation director and/or character designer on many Studio Ghibli animated films. Lost Magic tells the story of a wizard named Isaac who must rid the world of an evil force with the use of seven wands. The wand casting mechanics make use of the stylus, in the form of combining patterns to create hybrid spell effects. The game also features realtime strategy elements, in that the player actually controls units in the game world by with the stylus. Ubisoft's announcement likens it to the control found in a PC RTS. There also seems to be a strategic one on one duel mode that is enabled for online play. Though the press release contains the term "Nintendo Wi-Fi connectivity" and "a Wi-Fi connection," stopping short of actually including the official online term "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection," Ubisoft's Tony Kee made reference to "the global connectivity of the wi-fi mode." Hopefully this isn't one of those cases of mistaking local wi-fi for online functionality. Lost Magic will ship in North America and Europe this spring. Press release
Ubisoft Finds Lost Magic (LostMagic? LOSTMAGIC?)
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Screenshots - Having announced the upcoming release of Brain Age (DS) (aka Brain Training), Nintendo has now revealed the price point for the game-ish software. It will come in at the industry-standard "budget" price of $20.
Train Your Brain on a Budget
[ds] - A sequel to the Uwe Boll game adaptation House of the Dead will be premiering Saturday, February 11. However, Dr. Boll was not sitting in the director's chair for this one. The film is billed as a direct sequel, but it is an original production by the Sci Fi Channel. House of the Dead 2 stars Emmanuelle Vaugier, Victoria Pratt, and Sticky Fingaz, none of whom were in the first movie. It is directed by Michael Hurst, responsible for the heist-gone-wrong flick New Blood and the...something flick The Baby Juice Express. The trailer for the movie, whose tagline is "It took only a single zombie to spawn an army; it'll take everything humanity has to stop it," is available at the official Sci Fi website.
New House of the Dead Film Next Week
- Nintendojo speaks with Lance Barr, the Nintendo industrial designer who crafted the NES and its iconic controller. He still works for Nintendo of America in Redmond.
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My prediction, is that it's ten times better then the first!
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I would kill for Sega to release it over Live Arcade even if it was a straight Dreamcast port
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time to start saving up.
shes gonna take one helluva chunk out of ma bank.
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Fight Night Round 3
Platform: Playstation 3
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios...what?
Category: Fighting, Sports
ESRB Rating: NONE
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No, I seem to recall the SNES had some third party online options made for it, though only available in Japan. And before that the NES had an actual modem released for it so you could do some banking. Again only in Japan but it still preceeded the DC.
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One of the things that really stuck out was towards the end, in reference to the addiction factor. One guy made a good point about how its really about the escape into the charactar / avatar than it is about a real addiction. He also went on to say that society should learn things from games and learn to structure the real in ways that make it more interesting or hospitable.
Anyone catch this? It came on around 8pm CST.
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http://games.slashdot.org/games/06/02/02/2054201.shtml
http://pspupdates.qj.net/2006/02/duke-nukem-3d-port-for-psp-by.html#comments
I have tested it with the shareware version, full version and atomic edition and they all work. Only the expansion episode crashes however. It is pretty damn amazing to see duke3d play on the psp though. Everything thing is there like the original. Music and saves are the only thing missing... give it a try if you have version 1.5 firmware... 2.00 might work though.