Pros:Good to see another good review for Lair, no? Read the full review at the link.
- Unparalleled technology and graphics
- Astonishing storyline and incredible soundtrack
- Great Sixaxis controls and precision aiming
Cons:
- Linear gameplay makes for a slight tease
- FMV's (recorded real-time) instead of live real-time cinematics
- Moderate replayability
If your still shopping for a costume for your PlayStation 3 for this upcoming Halloween, then we got the perfect answer. The 3D skin attaches to the top of the Sony PS3 and is removable without leaving residue. There are some auctions offering the Sony PlayStation 3 Protective Mask for $15 on eBay.
[Via I4U]
Here we have Square Enix's TGS 2007 line-up. And Final Fantasy XIII might be playable as it's still undecided.
Final Fantasy XI Online: Divine Soldiers of Altana
Exhibition Form: TrailerFinal Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
Exhibition Form: PlayableFinal Fantasy Tactics A2
Exhibition Form: Trailer and PlayableFinal Fantasy IV (DS)
Exhibition Form: Trailer and PlayableChocobo's Mysterious Dungeon
Exhibition Form: Trailer and PlayableCrisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Exhibition Form: Trailer and PlayableFinal Fantasy XIII
Exhibition Form: UndecidedFinal Fantasy Versus XIII
Exhibition Form: UndecidedFinal Fantasy Agito XIII
Exhibition Form: UndecidedFinal Fantasy VII Advent Children: Complete
Exhibition Form: TrailerFinal Fantasy Dissidia
Exhibition Form: UndecidedThe Last Remnant
Exhibition Form: TrailerDragon Quest Monster Battle Road
Exhibition Form: PlayableDragon Quest Monsters Joker
Exhibition Form: PlayableSlime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 2
Exhibition Form: PlayableDragon Quest IV
Exhibition Form: Player and TrailerDragon Quest IX
Exhibition Form: Trailer
[Via Kotaku]
We have some new confirmed PlayStation Network dates thanks to Three Speech for Europe, here they are:
MotorStorm Coyote Revenge 06/09
Vehicle Sets 1 13/09
Vehicle sets 2 27/09Heavenly Sword Making of and anime part 4 6/09
Heavenly Sword Making of and anime part 5 13/09Lair trailer #3 6/09
LocoRoco Cocoreccho trailer 13/09
inFamous trailer 13/09
Well, there they are, enjoy.
[Via Three Speech]
In an interview with Japanese website ITMedia +D Games, Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai has said that developers should focus their activity around the PS3 when making multi-platform games.
When asked about the increasing trend for companies to develop games for multiple platforms, Hirai said: "When you consider the cost of developing on today’s platforms, I think it’s a logical progression that they’re all thinking of making their games cross-platform.
"But I think it’s important that third parties use the unique characteristics of the platform to add a little bit of extra flavour to their games. For example, with the PS3, you’ve got the Sixaxis controller, or you could utilise the extra capacity provided by Blu-ray to add more levels, put on interviews with the developers or have your videos able to play in 1080p. I think it’s really important that we talk with third party developers so that they can have these interesting extras in the PlayStation 3 version."
A large part of the interview also focused on the perceived lack of PS3 titles that have been made in Japan, with Hirai keen to make the point that Sony’s first party titles won’t start being Westernised just because the Western market is larger.
"There are probably people who think that, looking at the output of Worldwide Studios, there are fewer and fewer Japan-developed ‘Japanese style’ titles coming out.
But we definitely don’t have the intention of just bringing Western games into Japan. We will keep on steadily releasing titles that are developed in Japan and designed to appeal to all Japanese users."
"Speaking generally, it’s obviously much better business sense to have games that, even if they’re developed in Japan and designed for Japanese users, will be received in the same way by Western gamers. "
While I can’t give an accurate number here, there are a number of games which are being developed with the viewpoint of making the game consciously for the Japanese market but also wanting it to sell well in the West," he said.
It’s for that reason that Sony has its Japan Studio, says Hirai: "Sony Worldwide Studios has three pillars – Europe, America and Japan – and seeing as within that the Japan Studio only makes games in Japan, it’s natural that we would place the most emphasis on the Japanese market.
"Just because the foreign market is bigger than the domestic one, we don’t intend to take strategy of just making what would have been considered previously as ‘Western games’ and saying ‘We’ve got no choice but to do this’ to our Japanese users. If we did that, there’d be no point in having the Japan Studio."
[Via DevelopMag]
In shorter words, Dead Rising 2 may not be an Xbox 360 exclusive and may be making it's way to the PlayStation 3 perhaps along side Lost Planet.
[Via XBOX 360 Wire]
Today, Evolution's Motorstorm broke the big one million. Those sales are with 0.08 million sold in Japan, 0.38 million being sold in America, and 0.63 million being sold everywhere else. That makes up a total of 1.09 million copies sold. Congratulations Motorstorm for breaking the big one million.
[Via VGChartz]
XBoxer's David Halse claims that Game Reactor (a Scandinavian video gaming magazine) has learned from Guerrilla Games (Killzone developer) that a Killzone 2 Demo will be released shortly to coincide with Halo 3's release. Sony intends to crash Halo 3's launch party and steal Microsoft's thunder. Of course, Sony's plan could backfire and run the risk of Killzone being buried by Halo, again.
[Via XBoxer]
"A world where your common sense is overturned: echochrome." The official Japanese website for the SCEJ game, Echochrome has gone live. The site is hard to understand and puzzles the mind, but click around and you'll manage to get somewhere.
Echochrome is slated for a release for the PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network and the PlayStation Portable.
[Via Echochrome]
A user has posted screenshots of him playing Lair on the PlayStation Portable in remote play on the Official US PlayStation Boards. Many users where skeptical, but some users tried it out and confirmed that it works. I've yet to own lair like I said earlier, but I will most definitely give this a try when I get it.
Here comes the latest Famitsu Most Wanted Top 20. The PlayStation 3 games are bolded in red, PlayStation 2 are bolded in blue, and PlayStation Portable is bolded in black.
1. (1/1) Dragon Quest IX NDS Square Enix 2242[Via TotalGamerZone]
2. (2/2) Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Square Enix 2149
3. (3/3) Biohazard 5 PS3 Capcom 1663
4. (4/4) Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Konami 1174 5. (5/5) Monster Hunter 3 PS3 Capcom 1134
6. (6/6) Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii Nintendo 812
7. (7/7) Lost Odyssey Xbox 360 Microsoft 719
8. (8/8) Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII PSP Square Enix 697
9. (17/18) Shirokishi Monogatari PS3 Sony 599
10. (9/10) Super Mario Galaxy Wii Nintendo 581
11. (12/8) Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing] Wii Nintendo 578
12. (12/11) The Last Remnant PS3 Square Enix 563
13. (10/9) Devil May Cry 4 PS3 Capcom 548
14. (16/19) Sengoku Musou 2 Moushouden PS2 Koei 498
15. (13/14) Final Fantasy Versus XIII PS3 Square Enix 483
16. (18/23) Shin Sangoku Musou 5 PS3 Koei 474
17. (14/11) Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix 436
18. (19/21) Halo 3 Xbox 360 Microsoft 419
19. (28/24) Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujo Tachi no Souzoushi (Metaphorica) PS2 Banpresto 405
20. (20/20) Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako NDS Level 5 384
Sony's PlayStation 2 remains the highest selling console on the market, selling over the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. An amazing 115 million units have been sold worldwide so far.
"We encourage third parties to continue development for PS2. If they bring a PS3 version out, they can bring a PS2 version out as well," said Sony rep David Reeves in a recent interview. "What happened last time with PS1 is that they left a lot of money on the table by making the transition too quickly,"Since the PlayStation 3 launched in November, the PlayStation 2 has outmatched it in sales every month. Microsoft's Xbox 360 has only beaten the PS2 twice in monthly sales since its late-2005 launch.
