Category Archives: GC 2008

According to IGN, Monolith horror shooter Project Origin has moved from “fall” to Q1 2009.

“We’re going to release multi-SKUs,” said art lead Dave Matthews, speaking at Games Convention this week. “So PC, PS3, 360, Q1 next year.”

More through the link.

Hideo Kojima told Eurogamer at Games Convention this week that a PSN version of Metal Gear Acid’s a possibility.

“I’ll say yes to that idea, but not because it is already running or anything,” he said.

“I’m just saying yes because it’s possible. I think it is possible. Sorry to say we don’t have specific plans at the moment, but it is possible, yes.”

More through the link.

Despite this CVG story apparently confirming that gamers will only be able to download LittleBigPlanet levels specific to their home region, Sony has moved to assure all those frantic with worry that this is, in fact, not the case.

“As many of you may have heard already in an interview at Leipzig the senior producer for LittleBigPlanet announced that the game is region locked,” said SCE developer “Sam,” speaking on the EU PlayStation boards.

“This is in fact not the case, and all shared levels in the game will be available worldwide. The confusion arose out of regional differences in how moderation will work as there are different legal rules each region have to play by, and at one point this looked like it may require the game to be independent in each region – however this has been worked around and there will only be one region for the game…. a LittleBigRegion.”

So there we are.

After the break. It says “console footage” on the video, but we don’t know which one. Doesn’t really matter. We took a look at this in Germany this week, so we’ll get some stuff up from that after the weekend.

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Home producer Martijn Van Der Meulen told IGN at GC this week that the online PS3 feature will definitely hit this year. From the piece:

First and foremost, Meulen told me (without hesitation) that it is a 100 percent guarantee that Home will be released by the end of this calendar year. He has absolutely no doubt that this will be the case, so it looks like the long wait to come Home is finally reaching its conclusion. Meulen also assured me, quite adamantly, that Home will always be a free service — only premium content will need to be purchased. I know some gamers were concerned that once Home reached a certain user base, a fee might be applied to the service, but this is not the case. Meulen says that there are no plans to charge for Home, even in the far future.

Plenty more through there.

After the break. These are the videos shown in the Activision Blizzard press conference at Games Convention this week, detailing how Treyarch worked with Pinewood with actors like

Daniel Craig and Judy Dench on November Bond shooter Quantum of Solace.

Game looked great when we saw it. Take a look.

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According to this CVG story, Valve’s Doug Lombardi said at Games Convention this week that there’s still a “50-50″ chance of a PS3 version of Left 4 Dead coming out. Don’t expect to see it any time soon, whatever happens.

“There’s zero chance of it happening this year,” he said. “It’s something that’s being talked about right now as the game is gaining popularity and looking like it’s going to be a hit.”

More through the link.

Speaking to Videogamer at Games Convention this week, Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce has said that the thought of putting out a StarCraft MMO is a little daunting.

“We’ve made it very difficult for ourselves and it’s an overwhelming thought,” he said.

“I’ve been there at Blizzard since we started on WoW and it’s been a very long and arduous journey. And to think about taking that journey again with the StarCraft franchise is a little scary. It makes an RTS like Starcraft 2 seem very achievable.”

That’s not happening, then. More through the link.

After the break. This is from Games Convention, obviously. It shows Rare’s bear transporting a bit of ice with a flat-bed lorry thing. Take a look.

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Sony has confirmed to CVG today that LittleBigPlanet players in different regions will not be able to download their user-created levels from one another.

Pete Smith, who oversees operations at Media Molecule said: “We’ve got regional servers, but we can move levels around on servers whenever we want. But you won’t have access to the Japanese servers.”

LittleBigPlanet will be released on October 29.

By Mike Bowden

Ben Bell, Sims 3 executive producer, told the crowd at Games Convention how for the first time you can play with your Sims in a town and “interact with anything at anytime.”

However, don’t just take our word for it, watch the whole conference beneath the link.

By Mike Bowden

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Even more Tomb Raider footage comes out of Leipzig. This time, Lara is scaling a wall close to a huge waterfall, and yes, it still looks very impressive.

Video down below.

By Mike Bowden

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Sega has said during a presentation at Games Convention earlier today that the company is “working with ratings boards” making sure Wii slasher, Mad World, makes it through adjudication process.

“Yes, it’s violent,” admitted Sega marketing man David Corless.

“We don’t try to hide that, but as publishers, we see it as a fantasy game – it’s fantasy violence. It’s over the top. It’s cartoony.”

“We also take the violence very seriously,” he went on. “We are working with the age rating boards, with PEGI and with BBFC. We’re not at the end of the game’s development, but we’re working with them now to make sure that we don’t go over the top.

“The game has been banned in Germany; there’s no getting around that unfortunately. But we are taking it seriously and we’re going to make sure that this game is rated for the appropriate audience,” he said.

Thanks, CVG.

By Mike Bowden

According to Valve’s Doug Lombardi, all of the current Team Fortress 2 updates available on Steam will make their way to 360 before the end of the year, reports Kotaku.

The site claims Valve wants to wait a bit longer and release a massive update for 360 owners instead of the incremental ones delivered to PC gamers.

Lombardi apparently said all this after a Left 4 Dead presentation at Games Convention.

More through the link.

By Mike Bowden

Eight new Mad World images have been released and Platinum Games’ Wii action spectacular is looking better than ever and CVG has all of them.

Through the link.

By Mike Bowden

Shacknews has it all. This zombie shooter is definitely heading to the snowy peaks of our most wanted list.

Check it out.

By Mike Bowden

Joystiq has taken a look at XBLA title Portal: Still Alive, and has said that the game is just “extra challenges with a disregard for story.”

From the piece:

If your wish for Portal: Still Alive is extra challenges with a disregard for story than this Arcade release is exactly what you want as it controls as well as it ever has with an Xbox 360 controller. However, if the realization that the additional content will solely be based on gameplay with a complete disregard for an additional story then Still Alive may have you worried that the Portal train is making an unnecessary stop on Microsoft’s Arcade.

Full thing through the link.

By Mike Bowden

Sony has released a new, spankingly good trailer for Sucker Punch’s open-world action game, Infamous.

Fortunately for you lot, Gamersyde has it so you don’t have to suffer us writing, “after the break/jump/drop”, for yet another time today.

Go look.

By Mike Bowden

CVG has them. Have a look at these great looking screenshots that show just what stuff you can make within the game: fire-breathing Godzilla’s and huge robots!

This game screams win every time we see it.

Take a look.

By Mike Bowden

Ubisoft has announced strategy title, ANNO 1404 for PC at Games Convention in Leipzig.

The game is scheduled for a March 2009 release and “is set in the Orient and offers a rich experience that improves on anything you’ve seen before, bringing the franchise to “a new level,” says the release.

“In the game you explore a strange and fascinating island world in the utmost East, as players will get to know the culture and technology of the ancient Orient while learning the tricks of local trade, diplomacy and economy in order to build their own metropolis.”

Video after the drop.

By Mike Bowden

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