Monthly Archives: June 2009

Did Nintendo learn its lesson from last you? Yes sir. The company’s E3 press conference today included two Wii Mario games and a Metroid Team Ninja title for Wii.

That should shut the “hardcore” right up.

Everything’s below.

• Nintendo’s E3 presser in full
• Full liveblog transcript
• Reggie announces Metroid Wii by Team Ninja
• Mario Galaxy 2 announced at Nintendo’s E3 conference
• Iwata announces Wii Vitality Sensor
• Iwata says that more than 295 million people play videogames
• Mario vs Donkey Kong heading to DSi Ware, called Minis March Again
• Nintendo DSi to enable posting images on Facebook
• DSi sells one million units in US
• New Ubisoft DS action game announced: Cop: The Recruit
• Nintendo announces new Golden Sun for DS
• Kingdom Hearts for DS landing September 29
• Mario & Luigi 3: Bowser’s Inside Story, coming Fall 2009
• Wii Fit Plus announced
• Super Mario Bros Wii gets release window, coming this holiday
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii announced

LittleBigPlanet will be getting Disney DLC this fall.

Jack Sparrow, Cinderella and the rest of the wonderful world of Disney.

No word yet on when, but know it’s coming.

Good grief. They didn’t take Microsoft lying down, did they? All the news from Sony’s E3 press conference is listed below. Just for ease.

• The full liveblog transcript
• God of War III releasing March 2010
• Gran Turismo 5 previewed at Sony press event
• TRICO’s new game is Last Guardian
• Sony talks about its new motion control tech launching in Spring 2010
• Square announces FFXIV as PS3-exclusive MMO for 2010
• PS3 Assassin’s Creed 2 can connect to PSP version
• Lost Planet 2 coming to PS3 early 2010
• Sony announces Rockstar’s Agent, a new PS3-exclusive IP
• Final Fantasy VII launches in US today for PSN
• Jack Tretton announces Resident Evil PSP
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Confirmed
• Gran Turismo PSP gets dated for October 1st
• Gran Turismo on PSP has 800 cars, 35 tracks
• PSP Go! to cost $249 and €249
• PSN store now available for PC, called Media Go
• Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines announced for PSP November 2010
• Sony announces 24 million PSN accounts worldwide

Sony’s confirmed that God of War III will release in March next year.

The detail came from the company’s E3 press conference, in which a long gameplay demo was shown.

Kratos was seen battling harpies, golums and minotaurs in a setting that looked pretty much as “must-play” as this gen gets.

The full liveblog’s here.

Gran Turismo 5 was previewed at Sony’s E3 event today.

Car damage is confirmed.

Showed people milling about a an Italian-looking market square and trams going past revealing a sexy Ferrari.

Jet fighter splaying out white, blue, red in the sky.

Also showed cars whizzing around several tracks, one of which was a desert.

Good times.

Ueda’s new game is called Last Guardian, not TRICO.

The demo shown in today’s Sony E3 press conference saw a feather falling from the sky, the wind blowing and a bird chirping on the stone before Mr Griffin popped in.

It was largely the same Trico trailer that was leaked previously, but there was a new bit chunked on the end. We’re assured a lot of new atr work has been done over old movie.

It showed a boy on Griffin’s head leaping from the ledge.

The boy is then picked up by guardians in full armor, then lying under the protective wing of the Griffin.

No date.

New motion control tech from Sony was talked about in the company’s E3 press conference today.

Been working on it for a few years, apparently. As you’d hope.

The prototype of the new controller showed a glowing sphere on the end of the stick. PS Eye tracks it.

The demonstration showed 1-to-1 motion control. On the screen, the controller became a racket in the guy’s hand, changing into various other bits and bobs, such as swords and guns.

It has true 3D pointing too, and if you change angles to the camera it’ll notice. In FPS mode, you can move and shoot but, will sometimes need buttons.

The ability to use two controllers is there as well, and with one in each hand you can play with building blocks, paint, use a sword and shield and fire virtual arrows.

When you move the camera follows you, should you drop down on one knee, or some such.

More information is promised from Sony soon.

Sony announced Final Fantasy XIV as a PlayStation 3 exclusive today.

The MMO will ship next year.

A trailer showed an open area, boats. Dragon blowing fire on stuff. Airships. A dark haired knight of some sort.

We are speechless.

Sony demoed Assassin’s Creed 2 at its press event today.

The video showed a renaissance era flying machine approaching atarget from the sky.

Lots of speed effects. Looks very cool.

There was an angry man looking for the Assassin who killed two people — one with each hand. Awesome.

He can dissarm enemies and use their weapons against them. Unlock additonal weapons by connecting PS3 and PSP versions. Used a smoke bomb. Jumped in the water! He can swim!

Coming this holiday season.

Sony has announced that Lost Planet 2 will land on PS3 in early 2010.

That is about all that was said really.

Hopefully some more news will come out of this, but for right now that’s about it.

Jack Tretton has just announced at E3 that a brand new Rockstar IP called Agent is heading exclusively to PS3.

The game takes players across world of late 70′s and Sony wants the game to become another GTA in terms of importance.

Final Fantasy VII is launching in US today on PSN.

That comes straight from Sony, and was announced during its press event at E3.

Good news for fans.

Hopefully it will up and ready soon.

Sony boss Jack Tretton announced today that Resident Evil will appear on PSP for the first time ever.

Great news for zombie and Capcom fans alike.

It’s due out sometime next year.

Hopefully we will hear more about it soon.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for PSP was confirmed during the Sony presser today.

It’s a true sequel set ten years after MGS3.

Shows actual footage of nukes.With a voice talking about Cold War and Cuban Missle Crisis.

Latin America is the setting.An unknown power takes over Costa Rica. Creating Outer Haven and it’s the legendary missing link in the MGS saga.

Full thing via press release after the break.

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Sony has announced that Gran Truismo PSP will land on store shelves October 1.

Those at the press event said it looks awesome.

We can’t wait to see it.

Sony has announced that Gran Turismo on PSP has 800 cars and 35 tracks.

Single player has mission challenge mode, along with normal races.

Yamauichi emphasizes that it’s not a shrunken down version of Gran Turismo.

Trading and sharing of cars between your garage and those of other players is a PSP-specific feature.

Game is designed so that trading with friends makes acquiring cars much easier.

Awesome.

Sony has announced that the new PSP Go! will cost $249 and €249 at US and European retail respectively.

It’s to release on October 1.

Sony announced during its E3 press event that the PSN store is now available on the PC.

It’s called Media Go.

Awesome.

More details soon we hope.

Sony has announced during its E3 presser that Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines will arrive on PSP November 2010.

Not much else was announced for the game.

Check back with us as an official press release will be here soon after the presentation is over.

Sony has announced at it’s E3 press event that there are 24 million PSN accounts worldwide.

That’s a lot of people.

No exact figures per country were mentioned, but we should hear more about this later on.