GDC kicks off, some news anyone?

Where's a electronic game showing, without any news?


Max Payne 3 announced: While I am happy it was finally announced, the look and sound of this, makes me wary....

First footage of Crytech 3 Engine shown: Looks pretty, though how as much as I thought it would.

New reality game shows up in Playstation Home: Now, that's an interesting thing to do with Home, hopefully we will see more stuff like this in the future.

Warhawk developers all leave company, and form new company: Isn't that similar to changing your name?

RUMOR: New company made up from Warhawk staff making 'Warhawk in space?': Could be could, we'll see.

Developer I've never heard about shows 1 screen of new game I've never heard about: However, I like the look of it.


So there you have it, the start of GDC!

News quips

Jeez, what's with all the awesome news lately?


Rumored PS3 update 2.7 features: With these features, the PS3 would be almost next to the 360 in terms of online features.

Unreal III getting expansion pack for PS3, includes 16 new maps, 2 new gametypes, 2 new weapons AND SPLIT SCREEN!: This makes me very happy. I really wished for split screen before.

New American McGee's Alice game coming: Creepppyyy...

Today's PSN update: Darn it all, I wish I had my PS3 back...

30 Second Killzone 2 ad shows some sweet graphics: Wow... Wow....

Killzone 2 developer mentions DLC Co-Op: Split Screen, please, I would pay for that!!!!

Fallout 3 DLC looks amazing: Damn Microsoft for making it PC/360 only....

RUMOR mill, Wii Brutal Legend BFIII: Uh, hmmm I dunno if I believe this.

Rumor: new Jak and Daxter game for PSP?

Another interesting rumor to feed to the Internet dogs: if the stars align right, someone out there is just about to announce a new Jak and Daxter title. That and it's going to be for the PSP.

Other news sites have sourced this Jak PSP rumor on the same NeoGAF guy who told everyone of an upcoming Uncharted 2 teaser trailer. He was dismissed off the bat for rumormongering, but a few days later, his claims were proven true: Nate did drop in with a cold snap.

Now, apparently, when he dropped the bomb on Uncharted 2, he was also talking about something else. The following quotes were directly taken from a recent post of this guy, which was later deleted:

OK. Anyone notice I hinted at the Uncharted 2 reveal before the end of the year? I hinted at something else..
"It's not PS3"
"Jak and Daxter will be out for the PSP soon."
"Clever. Ain't Naughty Dog either.
So there could be another Naughty Dog game. i won't tell you about."

Curious indeed, eh? This guy could be someone inside Naught Dog who can't keep his mouth shut. Currently, Naughty Dog is supposed to be working on a new Jak and Daxter series (they're starting a new trilogy, so they say), with the first game being Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier using the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune engine.

If this guy with the leaky info were really from Naughty Dog, then he would probably know if some other studio out there is also on the Jak project.

His previous claims of the Uncharted 2 trailer were proven true. Will this Jak PSP game follow suit? There is some reason to another Jak and Daxter on the PSP. Ready at Dawn's Daxter did well enough, so seeing another game for the handheld isn't that far of a stretch.

http://www.qj.net/Rumor-new-Jak-and-Daxter-game-for-psp-/pg/49/aid/126950

You gotta love rumors

ROUMR:

In attendance at the Sony Computer Entertainment Staff Annual Briefing held yesterday in London, an anonymous source going by the alias of ‘Legends’ has just tipped us off on all manner of huge PlayStation news. We must make it clear that D+PAD weren’t in attendance, but we have no reason to doubt the validity of Legends’ claims.

Price cuts coming in March, PS3 performing better in Europe than 360
Our source tells us that SCEE President David Reeves took to the stage to discuss the current economic climate and how it shouldn’t affect PlayStation business, though was quick to mention that SCEE will be getting more competitive on price from March 2009 onwards. Our guess is that we’ll be seeing price cuts to PS3 around Easter to tie in with the release of Killzone 2…

Reeves then went on to say that the PS3 has a bigger install base than the 360 in PAL territories, and that the install base gap will significantly increase in 2009. Apparently SCEE is the success story of the SCE divisions, generating more profit than SCEA and SCEJ. 2008 sees it ‘in the black’ in profit our inside man revealed. Apparently there are more technological innovations to come for both PS3 and PSP, but details weren’t disclosed.

Growth of PSN
PSN will be getting much more investment in the future, and having generated £150m in 2008, it’s considered a huge success for Sony. Sony Studio titles will also begin their life with a Blu-ray release and the franchises will be expanded with online content.

LittleBigPlanet & MotorStorm coming to PSP
Our source also confirmed that LittleBigPlanet PSP is definitely in development and that Media Molecule have been working on it for four months. Footage was shown to attendees, though Alex Evans allegedly wasn’t prepared to show it himself because it was such an early build. “It looked good, obviously not PS3 good, but missing the level of detail that you get in a final release” says Legends.

MotorStorm PSP is on the way and ‘target footage’ was shown. No more details on that one.

Uncharted 2, Killzone 2 & God of War 3 info
A 30 second clip of in-game footage of Uncharted 2 was shown displaying Drake being shot at, followed by an explosion. No full title or location was revealed though our source tells us that he did spot a wall with a line of 4 or 5 Aztec masks. Don’t expect a huge graphical leap though - “Looks the same as Uncharted 1, no bad thing”, says our source.

The intro to Killzone 2 was also shown off which “showed the character from the original trailer and a Helghan leader”. “Paints a picture of the world a bit more,” says Legends.

Finally our source revealed that God of War 3 was “masterfully shown at the end”, and that it looked so good our source wasn’t clear whether it was CGI or not!

The trailer showed Kratos wielding his swords and fighting hoards of skeletons and Cyclops’s, before catching a ride on an eagle, and killing it when he got dropped off. The final scene showed Kratos looking up to a long dark, deep cavern, presumed to be Mount Olympus.

“Some of it looked like it could be in-game action because of the camera angles, but it all looked so good that it couldn’t be. CGI or not, everyone was pumped up by this. The anticipation is growing. God of War 3 could be amazing.”

So there you have it. Technological innovations inbound, PS3 price cut early next year, LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm coming to PSP, Uncharted 2 and an “amazing” looking God of War 3. What more could you want?

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