New trailers from Square-Enix's biggest franchise - Final Fantasy.
However, these look similar to what we saw at E3 last July:
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
If anyone can read Japanese and tell me what is going on, that would be great. Otherwise, these games appear to be as fantastic visually as any other Final Fantasy title.
No official word on a release date on FFXIII for the Xbox 360 and PS3 although 1up.com has a listing of November 15, 2009. Final Fantasy Versus XIII is slated for a PS3 exclusive release with no official release date either.
Monday, December 15, 2008
God of War 3 Debut Trailer
Check out the new teaser trailer for Sony's "God of War 3" for the PS3. Release date is still to be determined:Check out the game's official website HERE.
Playstation Home Impressions
If you are one of the few people who have not yet downloaded and played Sony's social experiment, then look no further.
Under a week after its open beta launch, Playstation Home is that social networking addition that Sony promised PS3 owners nearly a year and a half ago.
Functioning much like the PC simulation "Second Life," Home is a 3D avatar-based social environment where PS3 owners can chat, play, and share content via
the Playstation Network.
Sony representatives have identified Home as an open beta because its environments and content will be ever changing and molding to the needs of the Playstation Home community.
Five days after launch, it doesn't seem to be evolving much.
Sure players can rearrange furniture in their own personal space as well as lay down $5 in real cash for a beach-front home, but who wants to spend real money for something that doesn't exist.
Oh, I forgot about the real Second Life and WoW for a moment.
Aside from dressing and manipulating your avatar from a mind-boggling variety of options - thank god there are preset options - you can travel to only a handful of environments such as a home theater that only plays previews for "Twilight" or you can spend time in the bowling alley where you can meet new people, shoot pool, play about three different arcade games, or play bowling.
That's right: you can PLAY bowling. Or that is what Sony wants to call it.
When you have a hankering to spend some of your hard earned cash for a sweatshirt or a new lamp, you can head over to the mall and choose from a selection as limited as the library of great Richard Simmons workout videos.
Inside the mall, you can also play chess against other Home users or watch some woman talk about new video game releases on a giant screen. The convergence is pretty cool and looks like an interesting venue for advertisers, but the surface hasn't even been scratched yet.
That seems to be the key issue with Home as of now.
Where is the personal space where you can show off trophies, how can you share music and movies, where are the other exciting options were we promised a year and a half ago?
It seems Sony's hand was forced to launch a bear-bones version of Home to fulfill its promise of launching it in that fourth quarter 2008. I just thought they would want to introduce new content or events to get gamers excited about their new excuse for not seeing actual people.
Instead, all gamers are welcomed with is a message saying "sorry, it took you seven tries to log in, we are working on it."
Feels like a waste of the mandatory 3 GB of hard drive partitioning for content that does not exist yet.
Home is an exciting and excellent idea for Sony, but if they do not rapidly expand it soon, I'm afraid many PS3 owners may be vacating on their own.
Under a week after its open beta launch, Playstation Home is that social networking addition that Sony promised PS3 owners nearly a year and a half ago.
Functioning much like the PC simulation "Second Life," Home is a 3D avatar-based social environment where PS3 owners can chat, play, and share content via
the Playstation Network.Sony representatives have identified Home as an open beta because its environments and content will be ever changing and molding to the needs of the Playstation Home community.
Five days after launch, it doesn't seem to be evolving much.
Sure players can rearrange furniture in their own personal space as well as lay down $5 in real cash for a beach-front home, but who wants to spend real money for something that doesn't exist.
Oh, I forgot about the real Second Life and WoW for a moment.
Aside from dressing and manipulating your avatar from a mind-boggling variety of options - thank god there are preset options - you can travel to only a handful of environments such as a home theater that only plays previews for "Twilight" or you can spend time in the bowling alley where you can meet new people, shoot pool, play about three different arcade games, or play bowling.
That's right: you can PLAY bowling. Or that is what Sony wants to call it.
When you have a hankering to spend some of your hard earned cash for a sweatshirt or a new lamp, you can head over to the mall and choose from a selection as limited as the library of great Richard Simmons workout videos.
Inside the mall, you can also play chess against other Home users or watch some woman talk about new video game releases on a giant screen. The convergence is pretty cool and looks like an interesting venue for advertisers, but the surface hasn't even been scratched yet.
That seems to be the key issue with Home as of now.
Where is the personal space where you can show off trophies, how can you share music and movies, where are the other exciting options were we promised a year and a half ago?
It seems Sony's hand was forced to launch a bear-bones version of Home to fulfill its promise of launching it in that fourth quarter 2008. I just thought they would want to introduce new content or events to get gamers excited about their new excuse for not seeing actual people.
Instead, all gamers are welcomed with is a message saying "sorry, it took you seven tries to log in, we are working on it."
Feels like a waste of the mandatory 3 GB of hard drive partitioning for content that does not exist yet.
Home is an exciting and excellent idea for Sony, but if they do not rapidly expand it soon, I'm afraid many PS3 owners may be vacating on their own.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Playstation Home Launches Tomorrow
A new post on the official Playstation blog has confirmed that PS3 owners will be able to tap into a beta version of Home tomorrow.Several years in the making, the 3 GB service is supposed to be an avatar-based, "Second Life"-esque social environment for gamers to interact and pl
ay together.Each player is supposed to have game spaces to show off their trophies earned from various games as well as be able to share music and movies together via Home.
Based on the Playstation blog post, it also looks like a whole new venue for integrated advertising:
So free up some space on your PS3's hard drive and be on the lookout for Home launching tomorrow.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
New Metal Gear Title Coming to the Xbox 360?
Xbox 360 fanboys are a buzz this weekend with the possibility of claiming another PS3 exclusive for its own.
Last Friday a new Konami website appears to be teasing about a new Metal Gear title with an upside down exclamation point being added to another exclamation point equaling what appears to be the Xbox 360 power button.
However, as Gamespot is quick to identify, that is a universal symbol for a power button.
Under the symbol is the phrase "A Next Metal Gear Is..."
"All your base" anyone? Not sure what all of that is supposed to mean.
What does the Metal Gear Solid publisher have in store of us? We don't know, but you can checkout the originating Konami page by clicking HERE.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Batman Arkham Asylum Trailers
Check out some trailers for Edios's new game based on the popular comic book series.
It is slated for release on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 sometime 2009.
It is slated for release on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 sometime 2009.
Wii owners may have empty stockings
It may not be a very merry holiday season for Nintendo Wii owners.
Just two years after the console's release, it looks like Nintendo's innovative gaming platform may be running out of steam with an abysmal holiday lineup of games.
It's downright pathetic when major gaming Web sites list games that have been released for more than seven months as part of their holiday gamers guides for Wii owners.
It seems to say to the only good games for the Wii this year have been "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" and "Mario Kart Wii."
Although the Wii will feature popular multiplatform game, its exclusive support follows the same mistakes Nintendo has made with its previous three consoles.
The Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Gamecube and now the Nintendo Wii have all only featured one "Super Mario" title and usually lose support from game developers in the waning years of the console.
Nintendo owners love their consoles because of the fantastic first-party games developed by Nintendo, such as "Mario," "The Legend of Zelda" and "Metroid" titles.
What new games do Wii owners have to look forward to this year?
Click HERE for the full story at cm-life.com
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