DS-LITE STREET DATE BROKEN?
CheapAssGamer is reporting that both Target and Walmart have broken the U.S. release date for the DS-Lite and have begun selling them to the public via their retail outlets. If you have either store near you and are planning on grabbing one without a preorder, you may want to head on over and see if your store is “participating” Check out the CAG story here.
XBOX LIVE VISION CAMERA DATED
Gamasutra is reporting that in his daily podcast, Xbox Live’s Major Nelson revealed that the Xbox Live Vision camera will be released on September 19th of this year, and that the upcoming Xbox Live update will add the required support for the camera to the 360. In addition to releasing the street date for the camera, the interview confirmed that in addition to World Series of Poker gamers, Rainbow Six: Vegas players will also be able to use the camera to map a players face and add it to the game models. If you have a 360 and a Live account and want to see more on this feature, download the E3 Backstage videos from the marketplace as there’s a short demonstration in one of them. Is the world really ready to see what gamers really look like? Only time will tell. Check out the full Gamasutra article here.
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
GEARS OF WAR & UT2007 CONCEPT ART
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that I’ll jump on just about any Gears of War news I can find, so I was thrilled to spot a story over at Kotaku that stated that one of Epic Games artists who posts under the name Hawkprey, had posted some concept art for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 2007 over at the conceptart.org forums. Stop listening to me ramble on about this and head on over to the ConceptArt forums by clicking here to check them out!
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SHADOWRUN: CONTROLLERS VS KEYBOARDS
Gamerscore Blog, Microsoft’s in-house employee blog, has an interesting little tidbit that was revealed in an interview with Shadowrun Lead Designer John Howard regarding cross-platform play between the Xbox 360 and PC;
“In the interview, John gives an overview of the game, talks about the decision to go w/ action vs RPG genre, and dispels the myth that mouse/kb gamers are going to pwn controller gamers. He also mentions that in their existing testing, the controller boys are winning out against the Mouse/KB boys.” -Gamerscore Blog
Now I certainly would have thought in a shooter, the PC mouse/kb using players would have an edge, but I guess both the gameplay and design of Shadowrun is built to make it an evil playing field. Guess the PC guys are going to have to go and buy a Microsoft Xbox 360 wired controller or the 360 wireless controller and adapter. When you think about it that way, maybe it’s not that surprising after all. Check out the Gamerscore Blog entry here.
ARCHIVED NEWS SECTION CHANGED
We’ve updated the link for the News/Update Archive on the left to point to our new blog based archive system. For those who are looking for the updates from prior to August 2004, including the still as of yet not processed cabinet add-on updates, there is a link to those archives on the left hand navigation pane of the archive blog. We’ll be moving April’s updates off the front page on Thursday to help the page load faster and have a slightly neater appearance.
STARDOCK ANNOUNCES GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS II FULL EXPANSION
Following the results of a customer poll, Stardock has announced that they feel there isn’t enough support to release a planned starship pack mini-expansion for Galactic Civilizations II, but that they will be incorporating new ship designs into a just announced full expansion pack for the game, which will hit stores by the end of 2006.
The expansion pack, which will have my preorder money just as soon as it’s available, will feature 2 new races, a new campaign mode and the hint that 2 races will not survive to see Galactic Civilizations III. Check out all the available details over at Stardock’s Galactic Civilizations II forum here.
SHOULD THE PS3 BLU-RAY DRIVE HAVE BEEN OPTIONAL?
ArsTechinca has an interesting article up that explores the question of whether or not Sony should have made the Playstation 3’s Blu-Ray drive an optional feature, much the same way Microsoft is handling the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive. While the article basically doesn’t cover anything that we haven’t heard before, it brings together all the arguments regarding the decision to market the Playstation 3 with a Blu-Ray player in one cohesive article. The most interesting point in the article comes towards the end when disc space issues are discussed, and the following data is given;
“There’s no doubt that BD-ROM has more space than DVD9. There’s also no doubt that several games that were once thought to be impossible to fit on DVD9 nonetheless fit (Oblivion being a good example). To get a sense of the real situation, consider existing game sizes. Original Xbox 360 titles, for example, used an average of 3.2GB per disc in 2005, up some 77 percent from 2001. Meanwhile, existing games on the Xbox 360 use slightly more space, with NBA Live 06 taking up 4.5GB, and Condemned: Criminal Origins taking 3.9GB. That is, they’re roughly at half capacity. Furthermore, the argument that x times the resolution equals x times the data is without merit as an objective rule. There’s an excellent article at GamesFirst dealing with this very topic.” -ArsTechnica article
The author also makes the interesting point that with games being developed for both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 simultaneously, developers may limit game size to the lowest common denominator – the 360’s DVD9 format.
Check out the full ArsTechnica article here and the referenced GamesFirst article here
MICROSOFT TO RELEASE PORTABLE GAME CONSOLE?
An article over at Gamasutra takes a look at a report entitled “On the Future of Portable Game Consoles: Analysis & Forecasts” from the consulting firm, The Diffusion Group, which states that they predict that Microsoft will be entering the handheld game business sometime in 2007 or 2008 once they fully stabilize the console end of their business.
By piecing together that report with recent comments made by Bill Gates as well as the noticeable absence of J. Allard from the public scene since the Xbox 360 launch, it’s easy to further support the concept that Microsoft is at the very least looking into the possibility of entering the portable market. One thing I like about the supposed approach Microsoft would be taking this way is waiting until they can focus on the handheld entirely, rather than trying to fight two battles at once.
Check out the Gamasutra article here, and a Gamasutra article regarding Bill Gates earlier comments on the portable market here
