Archives - September, 2006

Assassins Creed AI Better On The 360?

Posted September 30th, 2006

In a recent interview with IGN, Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond made a comment which suggests the 360 version of Ubisoft’s upcoming title will sport better crowd AI than the PS3 version.
Raymond puts this down to the “improved threading” technology on the 360, although the AI of the crowd will undoubtedly have little (if any) […]

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Ultima Online: 9th Anniversary Collection

Posted September 29th, 2006

Today Ultima Online the longest continuously running MMORPG in history, announced it’s 9th Anniversary Collection. In addition to making available more than 50 items marking the different ages of Ultima Online, they have created 2 new housing designs and numerous servants to wait on you hand and foot. It will be available on November 2nd […]

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Alan Wake Screenshots & Video

Posted September 29th, 2006

Remedy showed off their upcoming psychological thriller, Alan Wake, recently at the Intel developer forum.
The game was running on quad-core processors, using the “multiple cores to stream in data seamlessly in the background” - however it works, the results are stunning!

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Oblivion On The PS3 and PSP

Posted September 28th, 2006

Today Bethesda Softworks announced that it’s best selling game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the Xbox 360 and PC will now be a launch title for the PS3 in November. Also The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion will be released on the PSP in Spring 2007.
“Oblivion features a powerful combination of free-form gameplay, unprecedented graphics, […]

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Halo Wars Trailer

Posted September 28th, 2006

Ensemble Studios and Microsoft have been working together on the new Halo RTS (Halo Wars). This is a pretty new game and little is known about it, the one thing we have got our hands on though is the new teaser trailer.

Check out the latest Halo Wars trailer, you can also find some of the […]

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Official Wii Box Art

Posted September 28th, 2006

Nintendo have released the official box art design for their latest console the Nintendo Wii. Ok so it’s nothing exciting but hey, it’s a box!

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Splinter Cell 5 Exclusive To Xbox 360

Posted September 28th, 2006

Ubisoft’s next Splinter Cell title after Double Agent (working title: Splinter Cell: Conviction) is reported to be console-exclusive to the Xbox 360.
By “console-exclusive” its seems fair to assume it will still be making an appearance on the PC.
Microsoft say that’s “a testament to the ability of Xbox 360 to deliver a complete experience […]

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Wii Message Board Details Revealed

Posted September 27th, 2006

Nintendo have shed some light on some of the features we can expect to see on the Wii’s message board system. Joystiq summed up the main points:
Message Board

Stores user achievement data and shares it will other users of that console
Integrates with games to alert players of important events; e.g. “Concert next Saturday in town” (Animal […]

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PS3 Games Priced At $59.99 In U.S

Posted September 27th, 2006

Sony Style Store have listings for 7 PS3 launch games, each priced at $59.99.
The titles available for pre-order are: Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, Tony Hawk Project 8, Call of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Sonic the Hedgehog and Full Auto 2: Battlelines, as well as Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom.
Last week Nintendo announced that games […]

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Red Steel Box Art Finished

Posted September 27th, 2006

Here it is, Ubisofts Red Steel box art for the Nintendo Wii. Also confirmed at the bottom of the box is the Teen rating. Red Steel is not your ordinary first person shooter, it takes a much more ‘hands on’ approach requiring you to slash and point the Wii’s motion-sensing controller to control your character.
“We’re […]

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