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Insomniac Games may have just recently gone multiplatform, but their next game will still be a PlayStation 3 exclusive -- and we\'ll know what it is sometime between now and September. In their latest newsletter, Insomniac revealed the game will be announced sometime before the Penny Arcade Expo takes place in Boston between September 3 and 5, where it will also be demoed for the first time before the public. "We\'re bringing our new game to a very special Penny Arcade Expo panel on Saturday evening (September 4th), at 6:30pm in the Serpent Theatre," the newsletter reads. "G4TV\'s Adam Sessler will moderate a panel with key creative talent from Insomniac Games as we discuss (and demo!) our upcoming PlayStation 3 project." In all likelihood, the game to be announced is Resistance 3, which has previously shown up on a "billboard" on a movie set (shown above) as well as on a Sony survey. And if an announcement does indeed come before PAX, look to Gamescom in August as a likely venue.
ICO this, Shadow of the Colossus that, gamers are terribly in love with those games. Now, as PS3 gamers eagerly await The Last Guardian and Xbox 360 owners earn for it, Naughty Dog concept artist Eytan Zana teases everyone with ICO-ish artwork.The art is for an ICO-inspired project, which he\'s working on with thatgamecompany\'s Matt Nava, who was also art director for Flower and flOw. Zana posted a few "sketches" on his blog E Z | D R A W S, describing the second related post (collage) as "some outskirts, an establishing shot, and some platforming areas."
thatgamecompany is famous for its games Flower, flOw and Cloud. They recently unveiled their latest game that is under works and is titled “The Journey,” which looks to be inspired from Ico set in an online world. At LinkedIn, we discovered Eytan Zana’s profile who has been working as a concept artist for Naughty Dog for the last three months working on the same project. His profile connects us to his blog titled “EZ DRAWS”, where he has put up a display of his current work. In a post that is dated July 13, 2010 we found the following quote, “Part of an ICO inspired project I’m doing with my buddy Matt Nava, will post more thumbnails.”He has also posted a bunch of his paintings on July 19, which states, “For the Ico project. Wanted to capture some outskirts, an establishing shot, and some platforming areas. Will be finishing three of these.”Matt Lava, if you guys are not quite aware is, the Art Director of thatgamecompany. So it seems that a few individuals from Naughty Dog are working on this project as well, which also looks to be quite a definitive game when it is out. Uncharted 3 may be coming along but it is nice to see that the company is actually helping out other developers who are working out to develop awesome stuff for the PlayStation 3. More on both titles as information trickles down.
Looking to get your hands on Shinji Mikami and Platinum Games\'s new PS3 and Xbox 360 action title Vanquish? Your chance will come in just a couple of weeks. Sega is planning to release demo for both platforms on September 2.Producer Atsushi Inaba revealed plans for the demo on the 21st during an interview session with Gamespot Japan that was conducted at the Akihabara leg of a Vanquish retail demo event. The demo will be titled "Vanquish Official Demo - Velocity Attack" and will allow players to work through a prologue sequence along with a boss fight against Argos. Players will be able to try out casual and normal difficulty settings, along with the game\'s auto aim feature (limited just to casual difficulty).Those planning on attending the Tokyo Game Show starting on the 16th are in for a special treat. Inaba also said that the show\'s Vanquish demo will be different from the downloadable demo. It will have additional playable areas. He also said to expect a stage that will have an appearance by a surprising character.Development on Vanquish is already 100% complete, Inaba also revealed to the site. The game is due for release here on October 21.
Sony has just unveiled the game that Afrika should have been. Titled Tokyo Jungle, this new PlayStation 3 title depicts a fight against lions and other wild animals on the streets of Tokyo.The ones doing the fighting aren\'t humans, though. As the story goes, in the year 20XX man has disappeared from the Earth. Animals fight for survival in a ruined Tokyo setting.You take control of a jungle creature and fight for survival against other creatures. Animal types include lions, crocodiles, foxes and hippos.Famitsu refers to the game as "a true hunting game" and lists the genre as "hunting action." That\'s the genre for something like Monster Hunter, but the magazine notes that this time its the wild animals doing the hunting.Tokyo Jungle will offer both Story and Survival Mode. In the game\'s story mode, you\'ll work through missions centered around the various animals. Eventually, you\'ll discover the truth behind mankind\'s disappearance. In Survival Mode, you select a single animal and attempt to survive as long as possible. Don\'t laugh too hard at the premise. Tokyo Jungle is the latest title to emerge from Sony\'s PlayStation C.A.M.P amateur development program, which has a reputation for making the bizarre wonderful.A release is set for Winter. Famitsu\'s information box lists PlayStation Network support, although it\'s unclear at present if this is for multiplayer play.
Ever since the announcement of Mass Effect 2 for the PS3 was made, people have been clamoring over whether or not Mass Effect 3 would make way to the system when the game releases. That question may now have an answer and it looks like it\'ll be made official in just a few short weeks.Thanks to a reliable tip, it seems that BioWare is poised to reveal information about Mass Effect 3 shortly. As with every gaming-related event, some major news is always leaked from behind closed doors, and this year\'s PAX was no different. Planning an announcement in October, BioWare will officially announce Mass Effect 3 and will also let it be known that the game is coming to the PS3. This should be classified as a rumor and taken as a rumor.Whether this holds true or not will be known in the near future. With the next entry hitting the PS3 in early 2011, will you buy Mass Effect 3 on the PS3 or will you continue to follow the series on the Xbox 360 and get the complete experience over all three entries?
Demon\'s Souls creator From Software is working on a "dark fantasy" game for the PlayStation 3 called Project Dark. The game was announced during Sony\'s stage show at the Tokyo Game Show by From\'s Hidetaka Miyazaki. The game is said to appeal to fans of Demon\'s Souls and, according to our on-the-scene reporter, a first-look trailer shows "lots of undead monsters in helmets and booming music." The game will be exclusive to PlayStation 3, and will be available in 2011.
Today during a stage show, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima briefly mentioned MGS5. "Maybe, I\'ll do 5," said the game designer.Kojima then joked that he won\'t have to quit working at Konami. Kojima was being glib, and this isn\'t officially confirmation of a new Metal Gear Solid (or that certainly not that he is leaving Konami) by any means. He was just being lighthearted.This isn\'t the first we\'ve heard of MGS5. Moreover, it has previously been revealed that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was intended to be MGS5. Also, this isn\'t the first time he\'s mentioned MGS5 — he was thinking about it in May 2008.Time after time it seems like Kojima has been vocal about moving on. While finishing up Metal Gear Solid 4, Kojima repeatedly said he was moving on from the series and hoped that younger members of his staff could take the reigns.At last year\'s TGS, Kojima told Kotaku, "If you write that \'Kojima-san doesn\'t have to make Metal Gear any more\' every day on Kotaku, and write to the CEO of Konami and tell him that, then it might be easier for me to make non-Metal Gear games."We have been remiss. Apologies. Kojima-san doesn\'t have to make Metal Gear anymore. He can make Snatcher or Zone of the Enders or anything else.As we previously pointed out, it\'s not like the Metal Gear games Kojima is making are bad or anything. On the contrary. However, surely, the man has other stories he\'d like to tell, other worlds he\'d like to explore.
"I know fans are going to be disappointed with the new release date, but rest assured that this is a business decision between partners, and not a quality issue. Gears 3 was on track to be the most polished Gears of War game ever when it released in April, and this additional time allows us to polish it that much more before it hits shelves next fall. Next week we have a major multiplayer press visit at Epic HQ, and I\'m really looking forward to the fans getting to see and hear about Gears 3 Versus multiplayer for the first time. Lots more exciting news to come." ORIGINAL STORY: Xbox 360 exclusive Gears of War 3 has been delayed from 8th April 2011 to "Fall 2011". According to a statement sent by Microsoft, Epic Games\' third-person shooter was moved "to make it the marquee title for the holiday season". "Gears of War 3 promises to be the biggest entertainment launch of 2011," the Microsoft statement reads.
Zenimax just confirmed it’s bought Tango Gameworks and, with it, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami.“It’s refreshing to find a publisher who understands, trusts, and supports the development of blockbuster games and works to make it a collaborative effort,” said Mikami.“The library of AAA franchise titles ZeniMax owns speaks for itself. We are very excited to be joining ZeniMax and working with a company that is dedicated to creating the best games ever made.” The studio, based in Tokyo, will stay under Mikami’s direction.“Shinji Mikami has earned a stellar reputation as one of the industry’s finest game developers,” said Zenimax chief Robert Altman.“He has repeatedly created hit titles that have earned praise from fans and critics around the world. We share his vision for innovative, genre-defining games and look forward to working with Shinji and his team at Tango.”
Following in the trail blazed by Dead Rising 2, the next Resident Evil game may come from the Great White North. SOCOM developer Slant Six Games could be the latest studio tapped by Capcom to create its games.A document forwarded to Kotaku indicates that a new, team-based Resident Evil game is currently in development at Slant Six. The developer is responsible for SOCOM:U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation for the PlayStation 3 as well as two iterations for the PSP, Tactical Strike and Fireteam Bravo 3. Named (or codenamed) in the document as Resident Evil: Raccoon City, Slant Six looks to be staffing up to bring even more zombie game development to Vancouver.When contacted for comment, publisher reps said "Capcom does not respond to rumors and/or speculation."Slant Six Games writes on its official web site that it is currently in development on "an amazing new project" that is unannounced. That project is being developed in conjunction with a "new publishing partner on a world class franchise." Several Slant Six current and former employees list an unannounced "multiplayer action game" for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on their LinkedIn profiles.In March of this year, Slant Six solicited work for a "Japanese translator/interpreter."Capcom has looked outside of Japan for help on some of its better known franchises, including GRIN (Bionic Commando), Ninja Theory (Devil May Cry) and Blue Castle Games (Dead Rising 2), another Vancouver based studio that had its zombie project leaked well in advance.
3 CommentsEA has announced three new titles that it plans to release through the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and on PC. The first game, Warp, is developed by indie studio Trapdoor and is a stealth-action game that uses a top-down perspective.It features "a sci-fi world with a distinctive art style, addicting levels, hazardous traps and challenging puzzles," says EA and is scheduled for release in 2011.The second game, The Fancy Pants Adventures, is based on a well-known browser-based sidescroller but will have a new game world, story, and gameplay modes.Gatling Gears is a dual-stick shooter considered to be the spiritual successor to strategy game Greed Corp. It will feature "collapsing land, walker units and warring factions," says EA.
Back in November, a listing briefly showed up on GameStop for something called the "Dreamcast Collection," raising speculation that a disc-based compellation of classic Dreamcast games would soon be hitting retail shelves. And now it\'s official: In the latest issue of Game Informer, Sega\'s executive vice president of sales and marketing Alan Pritchard confirms the collection is coming. Unfortunately, he doesn\'t say what games will be collected. "The Dreamcast fans are very devoted. You see on eBay people are still buying the games and system," Pritchard began. "We actually have a Dreamcast collection coming out soon. We are looking to bring some of the old Dreamcast games to market digitally and packaged. The titles are still to be announced. The Ultimate Genesis Collection did huge numbers on PS3 and 360, so it\'s an important part of our business. We\'ve already been releasing some Dreamcast games digitally; Crazy Taxi [for one]." Indeed, along with Crazy Taxi, Sega has also already rereleased Sonic Adventure, and they plan on rereleasing Space Channel 5 Part 2 and Sega Bass Fishing early next year. Will all four games make up this Dreamcast Collection for a retail release, or can we hope to see yet more Dreamcast titles rereleased? Looks like we\'ll find out whenever Sega is ready to say. The GameStop listing pegged the Dreamcast Collection\'s release for February 15, but as you can see, Pritchard didn\'t confirm that part, either.
Ubisoft has revealled details on next year\'s releases, with the Splinter Cell Trilogy HD collection on PS3 confirmed for 2011.Following the recent release of the Prince Of Persia trilogy, Ubisoft has confirmed that the Splinter Cell Trilogy is happening, but no mention of an Xbox 360 release, despite the origins of the series.It seems likely the trilogy will contain the original Splinter Cell, Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory. We\'ve contacted Ubisoft regarding the trilogy and will update here with more information when we get it.“Ubisoft has confirmed that the Spli Cell Trilogy is happening, but no mention of an Xbox 360 release”Meanwhile, Child Of Eden is confirmed for a Q1 release in 2011, a Kinect and Move title that we\'re pretty excited for.Recently delayed games Driver: San Francisco and Ghost Recon Future Soldier are still yet to be given a date, however they are penned in for a a 11/12 fiscal year release, meaning at least they could be with us at any point between April 2011-2012.
