Grand Theft Auto IV: More New Screenshots

Rockstar keeps on coming with new screenshots of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV. Enjoy the city.

Grand Theft Auto IV: Two New Screenshots

Rockstar Games has released two new screenshots of their upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV videogame blockbuster. Enjoy Niko outrunning the cops.

The PLAYSTATION 3 Holiday Guide 2007

Ho-ho-ho, and happy holidays fellow onAXIS readers. It's that time of year again, and whether yor celebrating Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Christmas, your bound to be buying some gamer a present, or possibly your self (if your greedy).

What to get though? Should you pick up some title you heard is good? Or do you want to know it's good? We got you covered. Here is our top list for your holiday shopping. Happy shopping!

6) Assassin's Creed (MSRP: $59.99)

Description: Set in 1191 AD, the Holy Land is being torn apart by the Holy Crusade. Altair (you), an assassin in secrecy, intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict.

Why You Should Buy This: Despite the few glitches that it may have, Assassin's Creed is an excellent title with some great gameplay. Become shrouded in the shadows.






5) Warhawk Bundle w/ Headset (MSRP: $59.99)

Description: An online multiplayer game (only) reborn from the PSone classic bringing intense gameplay, sporting voice chat and more.

Why You Should Buy This: With the new Omega Dawn pack coming, Warhawk is going to be better then ever.








4) Half Life 2: The Orange Box (MSRP: $59.99)

Description: Play as Gordon throughout the story of Half Life 2, play online in Team Fortress 2, or solve challenging puzzles for cake in Portal.

Why You Should Buy This: Five games, one box.







3) Rock Band Special Edition (MSRP: $169.99)

Description: Rock out like never before, with not just a guitar, but drums and a microphone. Start the best band!

Why You Should Buy This: Rock Band is great if you suck at the real instruments or just want to rock with your band online. =]







2) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (MSRP: $59.99)

Description: Play as Nathan Drake on your search for the treasure of El Dorado. It becomes deadly when Nathan becomes stranded and surrounded by Mercenaries. Can he survive and get his fortune?

Why You Should Buy This: Uncharted is Naughty Dog's latest title. I mean, it's Naughty Dog.







1) Unreal Tournament III (MSRP: $59.99)

Description: For the first time, sporting a single player story as well as the multiplayer mayhem that is Unreal Tournament.

Why You Should Buy This: This game is Unreal, meaning hours of play... every day, if you can't get away.

Dark Sector: Six New Screenshots

Digital Extremes has released some new screenshots of their upcoming action title, Dark Sector. The game is turning out to look quite good, and if you remember in an interview from a bit ago, a demo should be arriving this month. Enjoy the six new screenshots.

High Velocity Bowling Includes Custom Soundtrack, TimeShift Online In-Game Messaging

Looks like Sony is testing out it's in-game XMB work on it's games before they throw it all out at us. The today released High Velocity Bowling includes the ability to play a custom soundtrack.

To add to that, the TimeShift multiplayer demo that was released today includes in-game messaging as well. They've done this in games like Resistance: Fall of Man.

If they are able to do this so easily, why can't we just get our in-game XMB with all those features now? Perhaps for Christmas Sony?

[Via NeoGAF]

JP PLAYSTATION Store Update: December 6, 2007

Well, the Japanese PLAYSTATION Store update for today is nothing put a game and two extras.

Games
- PixelJunk Monsters (900 yen)

Themes
- Mainicchi Issho themes (2 of them) (free)
- PixelJunk Monsters theme (free)

Enjoy Japanese people! I guess.

OXM: Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Scans

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 was featured in the latest issue of the Official Xbox 360 Magazine. Due to law, I can no longer post scans from U.S. magazines though. You can view the scans at the link below.

Enjoy!

[View: RSV2 Scans]

BlackSite: Area 51: PSN Multiplayer, Demo, & More

PSU was able to get an interview with Creative Director, Jim Steifelmaier, to get some details on the highly anticipated alien blaster, BlackSite: Area 51.

To sum it up, the main details of this interview include the below.

- No use of SIXAXIS abilities.
- 10 player Mulitplayer, 3 online modes.
- 9 weapons .
- Squad Artificial Intelligence.
- PLAYSTATION Store demo arriving December 20th, 2007.

Well, there you have it. For those alien busting fans, make sure you check your store the 20th.

[Via PSU]

Folklore Jingles It's Bells

While we received the "The Kidnapped Folk" and the "Bottom of the Sea" Folklore add-on packs today, Japan received a new Folklore goodie.

Until December 27, 2007, the Japan PLAYSTATION Store is offering a Folklore Christmas Pack. The pack includes new Christmas costumes for Ellen & Keats and a Rare Monster is also included. I guess they are new monsters.

Since we are expected to receive Folklore content throughout this month, we might see this Christmas pack next week.

[Via Dengeki]

US PLAYSTATION Store For PC Update: December 6, 2007

The PLAYSTATION Portable gets some love today with the newest update to the PSP PLAYSTATION Store. The new content is below.

Downloadable Games
- Beats ($4.99)
- UMD Legacy Titles

PSone Classics
- Wild Arms ($5.99)

Game Videos
- SOCOM FTB Trailer (free)
- Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer 2 (free)
- Heavenly Sword Anime 1 (free)
- Heavenly Sword Anime 2 (free)
- Heavenly Sword Anime 3 (free)
- Heavenly Sword Anime 4 (free)
- Heavenly Sword Anime 5 (free)
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Trailer 1 (free)
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Trailer (free)

PSP Wallpaper
- LocoRoco Holiday Wallpaper (free)
- Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (2) (free)

Enjoy your Beats!

Rumor: Street Fighter IV Screenshots Leaked?

Blogeek, a Brazillian gaming blog, supposedly has news on Capcom's most anticipated fighter. The translated post, below.

The graphics aren't the way they are in the teaser that everyone watched. The game's still pretty, but it has nothing of that ink-splashing or anything. Art direction is interesting. Unlike all the other 3D fighters, Street Fighter IV is not meant to be photo realistic.

Street Fighter IV runs at 60 frames per second.

Street Fighter IV will have online play.

The game takes place after Super Street Fighter II Turbo and before Street Fighter III. The good news is that the character roster will be made of many old-school brawlers and some entirely new ones. There are two new girls on the list. We will probably not see any Street Fighter III characters.

The stage you saw at 1UP, if you didn't figure out, is Chun-Li's Stage from Street Fighter II.

The excellent Parry system form Street Fighter III is gone. The new system seems to be called Saving or Revenge (we're not sure about the name). We don't know exactly how it works, but it's built around cancels. And we do know we'll have another gauge to activate the Saving/Revenge stuff, besides the usual Super Gauge.

Supers are there (although they didn't decide yet if it will be like in Street Fighter II Turbo or Street Fighter III), and now they've put another moves called Ultras. These makes your character throws a auto combo with tons of moves. It's like a custom combo ... except by the custom part.

Shen Long may appear in the game. We are NOT kidding.

The consoles are not decided yet, really. But, assuming that Street Fighter IV will have online play, we can obviously think of Xbox 360 and PS3 (duh). It's very likely that we'll see an arcade version without online mode too, and our sources told us that Capcom could put some test machines in Japan arcades in Q2 next year.

We can't really accept any of this information until we get confirmation from Capcom. But then, Blogeek goes and gets something better, two new screenshots, showing the same style from the 1UP image we received earlier today. Enjoy them above.

[Via Blogeek]

Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising: One Screenshot

Codemasters has released a new screenshot for it's upcoming next-generation console and PC title, Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising.

Set on a vast oil-rich island, located off the eastern coast of Russia, north of Japan, Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising's fiction occurs during a time of tension between Russia and China over the island's disputed ownership.

Race Driver: GRID: One New Screenshot

Codemasters just released a new screenshot showing off the replay feature in their upcoming Race Driver: GRID. If you haven't heard of the Race Driver series, it's one of the most popular racing series on the market. The game is scheduled for a 2008 release.

Edge of Twilight Publisher Announced, 2009 Release

Today, SouthPeak Games announced that it will be publishing Fuzzyeyes' action adventure fantasy game, Edge of Twilight. The game is coming to next generation consoles and the PC in 2009. The screenshots and artwork are certainly something of their own. Take a look.

SouthPeak Edges the Twilight

Thursday 6th December/...SouthPeak Games has announced early details of its latest acquisition, an epic third-person action adventure called Edge of Twilight.

Developed by FUZZEYES, Edge of Twilight promises to deliver spectacular cinematic action and involved exploration when released for next-gen consoles and PC in 2009. This sees SouthPeak’s catalogue expand beyond releases for 2008, cementing the publisher’s plans for continued growth throughout the next 18 months.

“Edge of Twilight appealed to us because of its exquisitely original vision,” said Katie Morgan, Executive Vice President at SouthPeak Games. “We look forward to working with the talented team at FUZZYEYES on this incredibly ambitious title.”

Edge of Twilight is set in a post-apocalyptic dual universe where light and dark no longer co-exist, but are instead fractured into two separate planes of existence. With the player’s character, Lex, as the only ‘halfbreed’ left who can travel between the light and dark worlds, the scene is set for a truly vast adventure taking place within parallel realms, both rich enough to become living, breathing universes.

“Edge of Twilight has been our labour of love for some time now and we could not be more excited to partner with SouthPeak to bring it to market,” said Wei-Yao Lu, CEO of FUZZYEYES. “There is still so much to reveal about the game that we can’t wait to share more.”

Edge of Twilight will be released on next-gen consoles and PC in 2009.

Soldner-X: Trailer 2

EastAsiaSoft has released a new trailer for the upcoming PC and PLAYSTATION 3 downloadable game, Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer. The game is set for a Q1 PLAYSTATION Network release. Enjoy.

PLAYSTATION 3 Official XMB Themes Images

The recent PLAYSTATION Store update for today received a bunch of new XMB themes. Luckily some NeoGAF members posted screenshots of what these official themes look like. Take a look for yourself below.

EU PLAYSTATION Store Update: December 6, 2007

The US Update is done, time for this week's European PLAYSTATION Store update. Let's see whats coming today.

Demos
- Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Demo (free) (840MB)

Add-Ons
- Motorstorm (2 cars: Domino & Adventure) (AU$3.95)
- Folklore (The Origin of Belgae Pack: 4 missions, 1 Folk & 1 Ellen Costume) (AU$3.45)

Themes
- Mesmerise Theme (free)
- Tori Emaki Theme (free)
- Heavenly Sword Theme (free)
- Motorstorm Theme (free)
- Snakeball Theme (free)
- Lemmings Theme (free)
- Killzone 2 Theme (free)
- SingStar Theme (free)

Game Videos
- Metal Gear Online TGS 2007 Trailer (free)
- Metal Gear Solid 4 Trailer (free)
- Blazing Angels 2 Trailer (free)

Enjoy the update!

Stranglehold Downloadable Map Pack Coming Soon

Today, Midway announced a new downloadable map pack for their PLAYSTATION 3 October 2007 release, Stranglehold.

The upcoming map pack will be massive, containing 10 map packs from Kowloon Market to the Chicago rooftops. Also in this map pack is 21 new multiplayer character skins.

No word on the release date, but it's coming soon. The press release below.

MIDWAY ANNOUNCES STRANGLEHOLD DOWNLOADABLE MAP PACK COMING SOON

Midway today announced a downloadable map pack for the acclaimed 3rd person action adventure title, Stranglehold, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game systems. The map pack features 10 additional multiplayer maps ranging from the Kowloon Market to Wong’s Estate Grounds to the Rooftops of Chicago, as well as 21 all-new multiplayer character skins. The Xbox 360 version will include 10 new achievements worth 250 points. Rated “M” for mature by the ESRB, the Stranglehold downloadable map pack will be available soon in North America via the PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE.