Saturday, December 22, 2007

Japan gets Devil May Cry 4 - PS3 Bundle


What sells in Japan? That's right. Hardware bundles. So come January 31, Japan will be getting another hardware bundle, this one pairing Devil May Cry 4 with the 40GB PS3. Oh, you'll also get a Blu-Ray full of what sounds like (hey, Ash is on holidays, I'm doing my best) Devil May Cry 4 gameplay footage, cut together to form a story reel. It'll sell for ¥47,800 (USD$422), and you can get the PS3 in both colours (black, ceramic white)

Monday, November 12, 2007

Alienware's Area-51 ALX CF the first to use 45nm processors


Well, that didn't take long -- just a few hours after Intel confirmed that those hot new 45nm Penryn processors are shipping, Alienware blasted out a press release announcing the Area-51 ALX CF, the first machine to use the new chips.

The QX9650-equipped machines can be ordered overclocked up to 4.0GHz, and Alienware also bumped the graphics to dual CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 3870 cards. All that power won't come cheap, though -- the CF line starts at $5499.

Monday, October 08, 2007

Japan to get a 160GB PS3


Rumors have surfaced stating that Sony may have yet another PS3 SKU on the way. Sony has registered a new model labeled CECHG06 (160GB PS3), similar to the 40GB PS3's CECHG01.

Insiders have claimed that the new SKU's specs come straight from Sony Computer Entertainment International's Japan offices.

Here are the rumored specs:

* Code: CECHG06 (SPECIFICATION)
* Sony PlayStation 3
* 160GB 2.5 SATA 5400rpm HDD
* CELL Broadband Engine (65nm process) @ 3.2ghz
* PPU x1, SPE x8
* RSX GPU (65nm process) @ 550mhz
* Blu-ray Optical Disc Drive @ 2x
* Memory Card Reader- Memory Stick Duo, Compact Flash, Secure Digital
* 6x USB 2.0 ports
* 2x HDMI 1.3 ports
* 3x Gigabit ethernet ports
* DUALSHOCK 3 controller

However, please remember that until official confirmation from Sony, this is just whispers in the wind. Stay tuned for more information!

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Metal Gear Solid 4: Integrated Site



Enjoy!

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

TGS 07 Sony Cocktail Party Pictures


TGS 07 Sony Cocktail Party

Where else would Sony host their pre-TGS cocktail party but at their Corporate Headquarters in Shinagawa? Sony opened their doors to the non-Japanese media today for the first time and we got to see what their lavishly over the top interior designers have done with the place. The room was full of journalists (see Adam Sessler from G4), Sony executives (from both sides of the pond - SCEI were surprisingly absent) and more food and drink than you could shake a stick at. Trust us, we tried.

Check out the gallery below to see the huge screens that showed off Sony's multiple first party trailers as well as the smaller screens which allowed us another wee glimpse into those upcoming 2007 games (for the upteenth time). There were people there too, apparently.

Metal Gear Solid 4: TGS 07 Cam Trailer


It's a Cam trailer...

Enjoy!

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Microsoft's Gala UK H3 Launch Party in London

London, 18th September 2007: US music superstar Pharrell Williams will fly to the UK next week to host a very special party for the launch of Halo 3, Microsoft reveals today.

As anticipation for the game reaches fever pitch, the music icon and self-confessed gaming fanatic will head to London's BFI IMAX cinema on September 25 to host the 'Halo 3 Premiere' which will see him taking on members of the public at the game, and other major celebrities around Europe via Xbox LIVE.

The red carpet affair, which will be attended by VIPs, celebrities and lucky competition winners is just one of a number of similar events happening around Europe as the world's biggest ever video game is released to the masses. The premiere events, which are taking place in London, Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and Milan, will be linked via Xbox LIVE as the stars in each country take on each other for this one-off night where gaming meets partying. For consumers and competition winners, it provides a chance to be amongst the very first to see the game, experience content never seen before and play the most hotly anticipated game ever against their celebrity idols.

Following the London Premiere, at midnight, more than 1,000 retail stores across the UK will throw open their doors giving eager fans the chance to be amongst the first to get their hands on the third installment of the legendary series.

The "Halo" franchise is among the biggest worldwide entertainment properties in history and continues to change the way we think about interactive entertainment.

Avalanche Engine 2.0 will debuts at TGS 2007


Swedish developer Avalanche Studios powered their free-roaming action title Just Cause with their own Avalanche Engine, and now they're taking it to the next level with aptly named Avalanche Engine 2.0. The newly completed engine features support for truly huge environments without seams,as well as advanced character rendering systems for animation, facial rendering, and emotional modeling to simulate human behavior. Well it certainly renders some killer rocks. Perhaps they'll show something a little meatier at the Tokyo Game Show this weekend, where Avalanche 2.0 will make its worldwide debut.

PS3 vs. High End Video Processors: Impresses In Video Processing Face Off


Video processing has come a long way since FiringSquad first began to cover multimedia technology. The fact that we’re even comparing a PlayStation 3 against NVIDIA and AMD flagship products tells you just how accessible high-performance video is.

FiringSquad included the Sony PlayStation 3. Although the Xbox 360 offers a wider selection of games than the PS3, Sony’s console is in a completely different class when it comes to home theatre and hi-fi performance.

When it comes to DVD upsampling, it’s hard not to be impressed by the PlayStation 3. FiringSquad thinks that it provides a superior output to NVIDIA and AMD’s technology and it even holds its own against the flagship HQV technology from Silicon Optix and Teranex.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Soul Calibur IV - New Images


Namco has released the 7 new images showing off more of Soul Calibur IV. Delivering new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, Soul Calibur IV aims to be a definitive fighting game experience. The unrelenting pursuit of two legendary swords continues when Soul Calibur IV is released in 2008.