Good news this afternoon for PS3 CoD gamers, you will not be in the dark for much longer. After the CoD content seasons kicked off last week, the Sony community was once again put on the waiting list for the new maps Piazza and Liberation.
After months of rumors, leaks, and creepy viral marketing, Capcom finally lifted the veil off of the long awaited Resident Evil 6, and haters be damned, the trailer they showed was enough to get me hyped for Capcom’s newest foray into “survival-action” (their words, not mine.)
A tweet from Eat Sleep Play, Inc made a very simple statement that wasted none of the 140 letters each Tweet is allowed to have: “Twisted Metal – GOLD!”, that’s right, it will be coming out sometime in February after a good amount of development time.
Twisted Metal launched February 14th, and who better to get you pumped up than David Jaffe himself. Jaffe is known for being a little over the top, and always has something insightful to throw into any game conversation. He seems to always be looking out for the best interest of the gamer and strives to make an entertaining experience.
If you grew up gaming in the 90’s, you are more than aware of Mad Catz accessories. I personally have memories of playing Mario Kart 64 and Goldeneye with friends, unfortunately leaving the 3rd party Mad Catz controller for whoever showed up late.
If you have been looking to purchase BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend and currently only have the original version on pre-order then this could be useful news to you. Recently, a limited edition was announced that will only be on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and unfortunately for those future PS Vita owners you are left out of the special edition.
The package will feature a 40-page art book, a soundtrack CD and a calendar (so you can schedule your fights). You will be able to pick this up at your local GameStop/EBgames or Amazon on February 14,2012 for $59.99. It could be the perfect Valentine’s gift for your fight-loving sweetheart.
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The ‘that’ is the lag problems that plague the PS3 version of Skyrim, which were discovered quickly after many became addicted to the latest entry in the Elder Scrolls series. See, how this bug works is that too many things have to be kept track of by the game, and they don’t despawn.
A previous patch reduced the symptoms of the lag which rendered Skyrim completely unplayable after a period of time, but did not completely fix it. The 1.4 patch has been confirmed to fix the problem by the Bethesda Blog’s official Twitter account. Hopefully this time they’ll solve the issue so we can play Skyrim without risk of losing progress.
Whenever you suffer this problem or not, this will be their second go at fixing this bug which also plagued a Fallout game, meaning that it’s an engine problem rather than a problem with the game itself. Bethesda games have never been known for their stability so things like this have come to be expected of their games, and are often forgiven due to the extreme size and scope of their game worlds.
Now, polish my spear.
Sony announced a new version of Gran Turismo 5, the same game that took almost 5 years to complete and the same game they charged $40 for the demo of. This time the game will be released with a bunch of extra content for those not-yet-adopters.
The Official Playstation Blogcast is promoting a “buffet of demos” set to hit PSN next week, which includes the highly anticipated (citation needed) Asura’s Wrath as well as Square-Enix’s latest Final Fantasy.
While American sales analysts only reveal sales figures once a month, Japanese retailers reveal their sales figures on a weekly basis. So who won and lost in Japan’s games market this week? Well, let’s just say it was a bad week for Sony and a very good one for Nintendo.
Let’s face it: Sonic is kind of a joke nowadays. Despite some solid recent releases like Sonic Colors and the Sonic Rush series, most of the games he’s appeared in over the last decade are mediocre at best and unplayable shovelware at worst; garbage like Sonic Unleashed and the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog has transformed Sega’s premiere mascot from gaming icon into the biggest joke in the gaming industry. Every time I mention to someone that I like Sonic games, I quickly have to qualify my statement with “I mean, the good ones. Y’know, the old ones,” unless I want to be laughed at and mocked (and rightfully so). Sega’s been making gradual steps towards improving Sonic’s tarnished imaged, but they’ve still got a long way to go. Thankfully, be re-releasing Sonic CD on PSN and XBL, they’re giving gamers a much needed reminder as to why Sonic was such an icon in the first place.
Excited for Twisted Metal on the PS3? You should be: the game is being directed by David Jaffe of God of War fame, who also worked on the original two Twisted Metals for PS1. If that pedigree isn’t enough to get you excited about Sony’s upcoming vehicular based-combat game, the new Twisted Metal will also include a download code for a PSN copy of Twisted Metal Black — one of the PS2′s first genuinely good games dating from way back in 2001, and generally considered one of the better entries in the series.
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