Sonic Heroesis a game that I shuriken’d against a wall the very first day I bought it. I threw it so hard that it broke into two pieces and I am yet to feel a shred of regret. I mean, it only cost six quid, but even so, my complete dispassion is something I stick by. That said, it’s only fair that the game gets represented inSonic Generations, and at least Sonic Team’s using the least grievous level, Seaside Hill....
Following this morning’snews concerningSonic Generations, SEGA has revealed that it will kick off Sonic’s 20th anniversary celebration this Thursday, April 7. Could there be a new game announcement? We don’t know, that’s what’s so exciting about it, probably. Something “big” is supposedly coming toSonic the Hedgehog’s Facebook page, so keep an eye on that to find out what’s going down. [Thanks, TimmiT]
After a week of mysterious outages and two days ofalmost total downtime, Sony hasfinally admittedthat the PlayStation Network was the victim of a hack attack. While “maintenance” has been the official corporate line, Sony communications boss Patrick Seybold has revealed otherwise. “An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services,” he admitted. “In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th....
Most Sony and non-Sony executives have painted thePSN hack situationas a deeply unpleasant experience, one that shouldn’t be wished on anybody. Sony’s network entertainment president Tim Schaaff, however, thinks it was a wonderful lark. “Great experience, really good time,” he declared, with no indication given that he was being sarcastic. “Though I wouldn’t like to do it again.” Schaaf is glad that it happened, since he believes that getting hacked and growing from the experience is more worthwhile than preventing the hack in the first place....
It was a big fad in the nineties, but the rise of high definition has seen a return to that most gimmicky of gimmicks, 3D. With a number of movies getting in on the fun, Sony haspledged to supportthree-dimensional gaming experiences, claiming a future PS3 Firmware update will allow for it, possibly by next year. Sony boss Kaz Hirai says that he hopes to have the PS3 compatible with 3D television sets when they start appearing in 2010....
Perhaps Ready at Dawn (God of War: Chains of Olympus,Daxter) wasn’t jokingwhen they wrote, “Maybe we should reconsider this whole ‘no more [PlayStation Portable] games’ thing, because we seem to be pretty good at it” on their official blog back in December. It’s now apparent that Sony has been courting the developer in an attempt to get another title out of the lauded developer. “Ready at Dawn is a fantastic developer, they didGod of War: Chains of OlympusandDaxter,” Sony’s director of hardware marketing, John Koller told Kotaku....
That clip up there is some newly released footage for Namco-Bandai’sSoul Calibur Legends, the adventure game offshoot of their very successful weapons-based fighting series. I don’t think anyone should ever judge a game before they’ve actually played it, but I’m also a terrible liar, so I have to say I was quite underwhelmed by that clip.It seem that the devs behindSC Legendstried their hardest to apeGod of War, but were hamstrung by the higher-ups who forced them to put emphasis on theSoul Caliburcharacters....
It seems like we’ve been waiting for ten thousand years for Square Enix to finally releaseFinal Fantasy XIII, and Square Enix itself won’t deny that some of its games take forever to come out. In fact, company boss man Yoichi Wada hasadmitted as much, confessing that the publisher does indeed take too long with its titles. Wada was asked if we could trust notoriously sub-par Eidos titles, now that theTomb RaiderandKane & Lynchpublisher had been bought by Square Enix....
Yes! Irem has officially stated that the sequel toBumpy Trot(known asSteambot Chroniclesto western gamers) is in development for the PS3! Well,stillin development, at any rate. Y’see,Bumpy Trot 2was first announced at the Tokyo Game Show…in 2006. After another quick trailer shown at TGS the following year (you can see it below), Irem went dark regarding the game until a magazine scan showed up in 2009 (also visible below). Now, aftersome fevered prodding from ScrawlFX, Irem representative confirmed thatBumpy Trot 2was still in development, and that they were working hard to get the game out in Japan ASAP....
Fun fact: Destructoid’s Dale North hates Subway about as much as he loves his PlayStation 3. So this new marketing alliance between Sony and the sandwich franchise is going to tear him apart. Sony has announced that it’s partnered with Subway in a collaboration called “Fiery Football Frenzy Fueled by PlayStation.” What this is means is that Subway will be carrying some kind of Sony PlayStation-branded sandwiches called the “Fiery Footlongs,” which are apparently the spiciest subs the franchise has carried to date....
It’s a bit of a slow news day today, so what better time to gawp at some box art forShadows of the Damned? Okay, it’s not the most interesting of boxes, but it’s an excuse to talk about the game some more, so we’ll take it! Shadows of the Damnedis the latest creation of maniacal developer Suda 51 and his band of lunatics from Grasshopper. It’s about saving your girlfriend from Hell using a skull that turns into a gun or … something....
[Editor’s note: Funktastic was the winner of ourPAX East contestwhere TopWare Interactive flew him out to Boston to check out Two Worlds II. — CTZ] This is Funktastic once again here to bring to you the answers that you community members had for TopWare Interactive aboutTwo Worlds II. For reference, here are the questions that were asked from theC Blogsand theForums. Some of the questions were overlapping, so in case you’re sad that I didn’t mention your name during the interview, I apologize....
Valve is still selling that special in-gamegear forTeam Fortress 2to aid Japan, and the company will continue doing so until Wednesday, April 6. For now, though, let’s check in to see how much money has been raised. (Just forget what you read in the headline and prepare to act surprised.) Over$300,000,as of yesterday. Either you guys adore those collectible hats, enjoy helping out those in need, or both. Warm fuzzies GET....
