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In a recent one-page interview with legendary Metroid co-creator, Yoshio Sakamoto, has opened up saying that this title is going to show audiences and fans a more "human side" of bounty hunter Samus Aran.
The title is actually a three part team effort, Nintendo will be constantly looking over Team Ninja's shoulder as they develop the game whilst D Rocket is working on the game's computer-generated video sequences. According to Sakamoto, it is in these video sequences that we will see a more emotional side to Samus, which is an exciting prospect considering her silence all these years. Sakamoto also says "she's a strong woman, but she also has a fragile side. We want to make a game whose charms can be felt from the story areas and these human touches as well."
He does clarify that he is committed to ensuring this Metroid title sticks with its action orientated roots, he simply wants to add some depth to Samus, saying that "it's capable of having a clear emotional side."
The concept of a action filled Metroid game with a rich story and characters with depth sounds like a concept that can only turn out good. However, with such little information Other M could still go either way. The title is still expected to launch later this year, let us hope this collaboration is as good as it is sounding.
Everyone loves to be hard on Peter Molyneux, head of Lionhead Studios, and it sounds like he will be bringing some pretty big Fable 3 news with him to X10 later this week.
"There's some very, very big things happening in Fable," said Molyneux, "Bigger than you think, and it's going to really upset people."
He goes on to say that he believes people will be "super pissed off" at the news, and how he is "really scared" about actually announcing the news. But he reassures everyone by saying he believes it was the "right thing to do." Now, as it stands it is hard to tell what such news he could be bringing with him. But anyone want to place bets on some sort of massive delay? Or maybe a higher than expected integration of Natal (or maybe less of one)? Either way, X10 will surely enlighten us all.
Its been quite the ride recently, constantly wondering if Square Enix's latest installment in the long-running Final Fantasy franchise will usher in the first additional content for the main series thus far. And after some contradicting quotes from the developers, it seems that in the end maybe the XBox 360's box has spoiled them.
GameStop posted the above image, and fans have taken it upon themselves to magnify the point of interest. It is blurry, but as you can see it reads: Game Content Download. The PS3 box is yet to be posted, but certainly it should be up over the next few days.
Could this be confirmation for Final Fantasy XIII DLC?
Posted by: LemonManX - Yesterday 02:19 AM
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As announced earlier, a new Pokémon series will be hitting the Nintendo DS in Japan later this year. And with this title will come more new Pokémon, the first of which has now been featured in silhouette form. It was revealed on the February 7th episode of the Pokémon show, and was presented by Jun'ichi Masuda who also said this Pokémon lives in a new area with a lot of other new creatures.
It is expected to be detailed in the next issue of Coro Coro (on February 15th), ahead of its official unveiling on February 21st. The Pokémon is said to play an important role in the next movie titled Phantom Champion Z.
Let the speculation commence, new evolution for Lucario perhaps?
In what it considered a megaton announcement, High Voltage Software has confirmed that their newest title (The Grinder) will in fact a multiplatform game now. Originally it was being developed exclusively for the Wii, and was going to be the console's Left 4 Dead experience. But now it appears all platforms will be able to get their hands on it.
It has also had its date knocked back to Halloween 2011. So quite an extensive delay, however the potential that could be unlocked on other platforms is a tantalizing possibility for High Voltage Software.
They plan on showing more of the game at GDC, so I suppose now gamers worldwide can look forward to seeing what they have in store. And most importantly, what will this mean for the rumoured Conduit sequel?
The mysterious new Fallout title has finally had some light shed on it, and it is long overdue as well. For a long time it was unknown what platforms it was even appearing on (however, it was never doubtful that it'd be hitting the same platforms as Fallout 3) but now we have confirmation. Bethesda have announced the title is due out in about Q3 2010 and will release on PC, Playstation 3 and XBox 360.
This installment is not being worked on Bethesda's in-house, and is instead being developed by Obsidian Entertainment. Apparently this development team is made up of a lot of developers who worked on the earlier Fallout titles.
Sadly, the trailer itself doesn't shed too much more light on the game. Featuring a man in armour with a flag of California. We are eagerly awaiting more news on this title. However, it may fall quiet again until E3 pops around again.
Posted by: Rawrmander - 02-04-2010 04:15 PM
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After sixteen years it seems like Sega finally realized the truth behind the saying "Don't fix what's not broken", and we couldn't be happier for the blue rodent. I'm sure even those who've come to think of Sonic as a joke cannot help but feel a little excited about the upcoming episodic games. Much like Megaman, Sonic will be reverting to it's old-school play style, but graphics on the other hand, will keep up with the times.
The teaser above gives the first episode a release date of Summer 2010, but after poking around the game's official site you'll notice a more specific date of July 2010. You'll also notice that it'll be coming to PSN, XBLA, and WiiWare, and will also feature motion control for the PS3 and Wii; (Sixaxis for the former.) It's also hinting at another platform release which this reporter can only guess as iPhone.
Lets just hope this is indeed his return to glory, and that we won't be hurt by Sega anymore. I don't think the Sonic fans will survive if this becomes a let-down; think of the casualties!
Recently we posted a story about Nintendo's new release schedule, and in it mentioned a new title called The Last Story. Well, more light has been shed on the mysterious title and unlike previously thought it isn't simply a renamed game.
Last night Nintendo sent out a press release advertising the game's launch site, on the site is a looping music track, logo and the year 2010. We still do not know much about the game but we do know is that it is likely to be a JRPG. For the truly curious, you can check out the website yourself here. And coming from Mistwalker, this could go either way. As you might know Mistwalker is lead by the Final Fantasy creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi, however their XBox 360 products have been mixed so far.
Either way, if there was going to be a JRPG coming to Wii, you would definitely want Mistwalker to be creating it if you couldn't have SquareEnix. Maybe this title will be paraded at E3 2010.
GTA IV was one of the largest hits of this generation, selling over 13 million copies world wide. Since the release two extra episodes were released, The Lost and Damned, and The Balled of Gay Tony. They were released over Live and were bundled together in a standalone disc, previously exclusive to the Xbox 360 console but are now making their way to the PS3 and PC in March 2010
Grand Theft Auto IV was widely anticipated as one of the greatest games of all time, it was released in April 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles and sold 3.7 million copies in its first day, 6 million within its first week and overall 13 million as of March 2009. Through ranking site Metacritic it is currently the second highest rated game of all time.
One of the key features of this generation of consoles is the online services and Rockstar announced they intended to release 2 extra chapters that link into the Grand Theft Auto IV storyline. These chapters were announced as exclusives for the Xbox Live service, despite the games popularity on the PS3 and PC also. It was revealed that Microsoft paid $50 million for these episodes, they were branded as Live exclusives.
In February 2009 The Lost and Damned was released, following the story of biker gang The Lost, it went on to sell over 1 million. The second episode The Balled of Gay Tony was released in October 2009, following Luiz as the right hand man to night club owner Gay Tony. Both required the original GTA IV disc to play. The titles were released on a standalone disc for those who didn't have the original or don't have the Live service, Episodes from Liberty City was released with both chapters on. This then went on to sell around 1.2 million in world wide.
Today Rockstar announced that the episodes will be heading to the Playstation 3 for a price of $39.99 in March, with the separate episodes heading to the PSN for $19.99 each. They'll also be coming to the PC.
"It's been a long time coming, but we are proud to finally deliver Episodes From Liberty City for the PC and PlayStation 3," said Sam Houser. "We appreciate the patience of our PlayStation 3 and PC fans worldwide, and we look forward to putting the games in your hands this March."
So, what happened to that $50 million that Microsoft paid? Was the reason that the title was under performing or was it a timed exclusive all along? Your comments, as always, are greatly appreciated!
Posted by: LemonManX - 01-29-2010 08:41 AM
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Its been a few years since Diamond, Pearl and Platinum. And with Heart Gold and Soul Silver pretty much done and dusted, what would the Pokemon Company be doing next you ask? No less than announcing a new Pokemon series coming to the Nintendo DS in Japan this year featuring new functions and more new Pokemon.
No further details are available at this time, but if it is aiming for a Japanese release this year then we can expect an announcement during E3 at the latest.
