« Igniq.com Gaming News - Bookmark this site Advertisements  Latest news in the next-gen console wars is that Sony will not be shipping their Playstation 3 console with a harddrive. The PS3 will sport an 80 Gig harddrive, but you will have to purchase it separately, according to Famitsu magazine.This has not come directly from Kutaragi, so take it with the usual dosage of that white stuff that makes food taste so much nicer. But Famitsu has claimed that an 80 GB hard drive will be made available by Sony. It won't, however, come bundled with the console. This could be accurate information or just enlightened speculation, since PlayStation head honcho Ken Kutaragi recently told gamers to expect an 80 GB hard disk in an interview with a Japanese magazine. Sony hide millions, face 4.5 billion yen fine PS3 To Lose Over A Billion In The First Year? Cell, it's not just for Playstation anymore PS3 To Be Even More Powerful Than We've Seen? PS3 and Xbox 360, disappointing CPU performance? Discussion >>  With online games now reaching a more sophisticated stage, both in terms of technology and public attention, the online gaming market seems to appeal to an increasing number of publishers. Codemasters wants to claim its share of the market and announced today the formation of Codmasters Online Gaming. The new division's director, David Solari, comments the online group's goals in an official press release:"The Online Group has been assigned a significant investment to drive our plans in this major growth area of the business. Codemasters has a very serious interest in online gaming and one that covers a broad scope, with titles and initiatives that will target the core and casual online gamer." So far, Codemasters hasn't disclosed any titles that could do the trick, but more details are likely to surface in the weeks ahead.Related info: Codemasters Discussion >>  Rockstar Games have told Eurogamer that the supposed screenshot of GTA 4 that recently appeared on the Web is definitely a fake.Rumours that the image was genuine started when Rockstar initially gave a "no comment" when asked to confirm or deny its authenticity. The company also shot down the accompanying text that was posted alongside the screenshot, which said the game would possibly make its debut on the PS3 and include a play environment six times larger than that seen in GTA: San Andreas. Eurogamer: Next-gen GTA screen fake Related: San Andreas stunts video posted GTA: Liberty City Stories Official Details Rockstar Games Confirm Liberty City Stories Leaked Screens Fake (7 June) GTA on PSP named, confirmed for autumn release (18 May) Official site for Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Rockstar Games Discussion >>  Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime has said in a new interview that the Revolution will be priced substantially lower than the competing Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.Fils-Aime explained that the Revolution will be first and foremost a gaming machine, and as such it won't need all the extra bells & whistles that Sony and Microsoft have packed into their consoles as they try to appeal to a wider audience than just gamers: Again, Nintendo's taking the approach of, first, a gaming-centric console system yet we will have the capability because of that speed card and other types of memory to have movies and other types of content, but that's not the overall objective. We are center of the plate gaming. I have to assume that from a pricing standpoint, we will be substantially lower than the competition, because we don't have all of that added fluff that a gamer, frankly, doesn't—it's not core to gaming. Fils-Aime also revealed that games developers have already gotten a look at the Nintendo Revolution's yet to be unveiled controller, and gave a little more insight into what to expect.Talking about the Revolution's ability to download and play games from Nintendo's back catalogue, he gave a broad hint of the controllers capabilities by saying: Think about it: Each of those controllers were different. How are you gonna play? That captured some the imagination of what our controller needs to be able to do, and certainly as you get into the meat of that type of innovation with the developers, their eyes truly light up because they start to imagine what's possible with that type of configuration, which is vastly different than a sheer horsepower type of game. Related: Nintendo's E3 Interactive Floor Display Classic Nintendo titles remade on Revolution? (23 June) Revolution Controller Mockups Gallery Revolution Controller Sans Buttons Mock-up Miyamoto: Nintendo Revolution interface "the big gun" Miyamoto: Nintendo Revolution Controller Still Being Designed (8 June) Discussion >> Sony Online Entertainment have shut down Winter's Roar, an EverQuest emulator that had been running for almost three years. Winter's Roar's was free to play by anyone who owned a copy of EverQuest, and had a community of about 350 players before SOE threatened the game's hosting company with legal action: Winter's Roar is down indefinitely -- we have been served a Cease and Desist by Sony (through the completely unaffiliated owner of the domain, none the less...). There will be a redirect to the status of the legal process and our future plans here shortly. Related: EQII The Splitpaw Saga Released (30 June) EQ: Depths of Darkhollow Site Launched (16 June) EverQuest II Desert of Flames Expansion Announced (5 May) Sony Announce EQII Station Exchange (20 April) First EverQuest II Adventure Pack Released (23 March) EverQuest II - Order a Pizza In-Game Discussion >>  Reports coming in from next-gen.biz suggest Sony are in for a rough ride ahead. The company has been found guilty of knowingly withholding millions of dollars in revenue, over a 5 year period. They have now been fined 4.5 billion yen ($40 million) for their troubles with back-taxes to boot.This coming in just after the Merrill Lynch report, that suggested Sony could face a loss of up to $1.18 billion in the Playstation 3's first year on the market, can't make for a happy Kutaragi. Put this with the news that Sony will lose about $95 per PS3, and Sony may have to tighten their belts just a little. Maybe only buy four Learjets instead of five. PS3 To Lose Over A Billion In The First Year? Cell, it's not just for Playstation anymore PS3 To Be Even More Powerful Than We've Seen? PS3 and Xbox 360, disappointing CPU performance? Discussion >>  The Risk Your Life: Path of The Emperor tournament that will see a player walk away with a cool $1 million has begun, and as part of the promo the game's monthly subscription has been made optional.Players can now buy the game client and pay no further fees by taking part in a new survey program, or pay $12.95 per month to have a survey-free experience. The $1 million tournament is set to run until 30 April of next year; the finalists will then battle for the grand prize live from the 2006 E3 Expo: RYL: Path of the Emperor - a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) is now challenging gamers to compete head to head awarding one person $1,000,000. The $1,000,000 Grand Prize will be paid over four years in four installments of $250,000, according to Planetwide Games’ President Kevin Donovan. The game was recently released to retail in the U.S., though International players can download the game client and buy an account on the official website.Information and rules for the RYL $1 million tournament. Related: Planetwide Games Gamasutra: Planetwide Games Plans Extreme Sports MMO (23 June) RYL Hits Retail (21 June) RYL Sponsors MTV Movie Awards Event (6 June) Risk Your Life: Path of The Emperor review (4 out of 5) Discussion >>  Gamershell have two new trailers for Day of Defeat: Source available to download. The trailers show gameplay from the long-awaited Source conversion of the WWII shooter, mostly set in the Avalanche map.Valve promise to release more information about the game in the coming weeks, and recently revealed that it will include HDR, the new lighting technology that will be showcased in HL2 : The Lost Coast and Aftermath. Download the new trailers (12.2 MB) Related: Valve Unveil Developer Community Site (29 June) Doug Lombardi talks Steam (29 June) Valve: Getting Closer To HL2: Lost Coast Release (27 June) Doug Lombardi Interview, DoD Source development still unclear (26 June) DoD: Source News Update & HL1: Deathmatch Source Revamp (13 June) DoD: Source Screenshots Collection Half Life 2: Lost Coast HDR overview Eurogamer: Half-Life 2: The Lost Coast preview Discussion >>  More support for Microsoft's Xbox 360 may be announced in the coming weeks, according to media reports coming in from the Far East that suggest new 3rd party deals with MS will be announced during July.The latest issue of Famitsu, which was partially translated by Gamespot, reports that Microsoft will be revealing new Xbox 360 titles targeted at a Japanese audience, and also hinted that there could be some major surprises. The company has already garnered support from independent developers Mist Walker, Game Republic and Q Entertainment, headed up by well-known game creators Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yoshiki Okamoto and Tetsuya Mizuguchi respectively. PS3 and Xbox 360, disappointing CPU performance? Konami hint at Xbox 360 exclusive Xbox 360 to side with HD-DVD? More Xbox 360 details published in online mag Hundreds of Fan-Created Xbox 360 Faceplates Todd Holmdahl talks Xbox 360 Hardware Real Time Worlds Sign Xbox 360 Publishing Deal MS Laundry Taunts Sony With 360 Ads Discussion >>  Square Enix have revealed the UMD version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children will be simultaneously released alongside the DVD version on the 14th of September in Japan. Their previous announcement of details on the DVD version excluded any mention of the UMD version.The UMD version of the long-awaited CG movie will cost 4,800 yen ($43), the same price as the DVD version, though unlike the DVD, there is no Limited Edition UMD planned. In addition to the movie, the UMD disc will include a selection of battle themes taken from the Advent Children soundtrack, which is also due for release in September. Gamespot: UMD, DVD Advent Children launching simultaneously in Japan Related: Official website for FFVII: Advent Children (Japanese) Official website for FFVII: Advent Children (U.S.) FFVII: Advent Children Price & Details (14 June) FF VII: Advent Children Japanese Release on 14 Sept Final Fantasy VII For PS3? Discussion >>  A new screenshot has been making the rounds recently, purported to be from Grand Theft Auto 4. The screenshot was first sighted on French gaming site Jeux-France. The site claims it is indeed Rockstar's next-gen GTA in development for the PS3. Of course you will have to take this with a fine grain of salt, but either way it does look pretty juicy, just imagine the fun and roaming of GTA with a realistic and believable environment such as that depicted in the screenshot! Scant details accompanied the picture when it was first posted on French website Jeux-France late yesterday, but they did reveal some interesting and unusual suggestions. GTA: Liberty City Stories Official Details Rockstar Games Confirm Liberty City Stories Leaked Screens Fake (7 June) GTA on PSP named, confirmed for autumn release (18 May) Official site for Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Rockstar Games Discussion >>  It looks like round 3 for Eidos's upcoming 25 to Life. First it was a US senator, then a CNN talk-show host. Now it appears a charity is packing the latest punch from the other side of the ring in this enticing bout to knock the other guy's moral fiber out.The Taser Foundation, which was setup by the makers of the taser stun gun, has so far shelled out $650,000 to families of police officers killed in the line of duty. The charity are not happy with the title of the game and the fact that a similar taser gun is used by police. Games such as this actually dehumanise police," Foundation director Gerry Anderson commented. "They trivialise the real danger and risks that police officers face every day. 25 to Life, still several months from release, has in recent weeks also been attacked by a US senator, and on a US talk show. Eidos commented: "Eidos believes that video games are a creative art form and we produce a wide range of content aimed at various age groups including games specifically targeted for the over-18 player. On the issue of who should be allowed to purchase our products, we have a very strict two tier rating system in the UK to send a clear signal to both customers and retailers as to the appropriate audience for each game." 25 to Life takes another beating US Senator denounces "Cop-Killer" game Discussion >>  Two new videos have just been made available for Stubbs the Zombie, the upcoming title for Xbox, PC and MAC this Fall. Developed by Wideload Games, players assume the role of Stubbs as he takes on a city of the future using nothing but his own carcass and the weapons of his possessed enemies. Sounds like fun.Apparently, behind all the bone crunching, brain sucking humour there is also a love story. What begins as one zombie's search for revenge quickly escalates into an all-out war between the living and the dead - but this time it's the zombie fighting for truth, justice and the redemption of true love. Yes, it's a love story too. Head on over to Stubb's official website to check out the new videos.Related: Wideload Games (Developer) Aspyr Media (Publisher) Discussion >>  The second part of the Heroes of Might & Magic V E3 demo clip is now available for download. While the first trailer let you take a glimpse at a Human town, the second now introduces a Demon town and gives you an impression of what to expect in terms of gameplay. If you're familiar with the series, you will feel at home instantly, with the round-based adventuring part being basically the same as before. The game's visuals have improved dramatically, however, and you can see that the designers have taken great care to breathe life into the 3D world; for example, shafts of light break through the foliage, or flocking birds pass across the screen.The second clip plays for about four minutes and has a moderate file size of 38 MB. The third and last trailer will be released soon and will feature the game's battle mode. Related info: Heroes of Might & Magic Heroes of Might & Magic E3 Demo (23 June) Heroes of Might & Magic V - New Screens (17 May) Discussion >>  Sony Online Entertainment have released The Splitpaw Saga, the second in a series of Adventure Packs for EverQuest II.The Splitpaw Saga gives players hours of extra story-rich content as they battle through two massive new dungeons, and 12 event-based levels. The pack also introduces a new breed of enemy for players to defeat: In The Splitpaw Saga, players will explore the collapsed caverns and twisted tunnels of Sundered Splitpaw. Throughout this adventure, the truth behind the dungeon's mysterious demise is uncovered by using moveable planks, crates and barrels to work through a series of 12 intriguing event-based zones. A ferocious clan of cannibalistic gnolls will stand in the way as players seek to destroy the greatest threat yet in Norrath's history of late. New and veteran players alike can experience the adventure meeting fresh challenges as they progress and try again as the encounters scale dynamically to match the player's level. SOE plan to release between two and four new EQII adventure packs per year as part of a strategy announced in January. Related: EverQuest II Desert of Flames Expansion Announced (5 May) Sony Announce EQII Station Exchange (20 April) EQII: The Bloodline Chronicles First EverQuest II Adventure Pack Released (23 March) Trial of the Isle - Free 7-day EverQuest II Trial EverQuest II - Order a Pizza In-Game EverQuest II review by dek (22 Oct '04) Discussion >>  The recently announced EVE Online Cold War Edition will be released in the first week of next month, CCP Games have said in a new press release. The update will be provided to EVE Online subscribers free of charge.Cold War Edition is being billed as a major content update that will see some large changes to the game and will pave the way for the next expansion, which is code-named Kali and is expected for release later this year: EVE Online®: Cold War Edition will put the fragile peace sustaining the Empire territories at risk, as sovereignties secretly vie for advantage over their foes. Empires will unite to form pacts, old superhighways will be changed... a new world order is forming. Dozens of new passageways into the deep space regions will create unprecedented opportunities for both veteran and new pilots alike. Official information on Cold War Edition EVE Online - Cold War Edition Revealed (24 June) Eve Online official site CCP (Crowd Control Productions) Discussion >>  AnandTech had an interesting follow-up article to their recent PS3 Vs Xbox 360 comparison. The article has since been pulled but the general gist of the article is summarized over at ars technica. According to AnandTech, developers who they were in discussion with said they were not happy at all with the performance of both the PS3 and Xbox 360 CPUs. According to some developers that have got their hands on the development kits, if either Sony or Microsoft went with an Athlon 64 or a Pentium D in their next-gen console, they would be significantly ahead of the competition in terms of CPU performance. Another disturbing claim made by AnandTech was that the Xbox 360's CPU will deliver only about twice the performance of the original Xbox's 733 Mhz processor. We of course asked the obvious question: would game developers rather have 3 slow general purpose cores, or one of those cores paired with an array of specialized SPEs? The response was unanimous, everyone we have spoken to would rather take the general purpose core approach. Cell, it's not just for Playstation anymore PS3 To Lose Over A Billion In The First Year? PS3 To Be Even More Powerful Than We've Seen? Konami hint at Xbox 360 exclusive Xbox 360 to side with HD-DVD? More Xbox 360 details published in online mag Hundreds of Fan-Created Xbox 360 Faceplates Todd Holmdahl talks Xbox 360 Hardware Real Time Worlds Sign Xbox 360 Publishing Deal MS Laundry Taunts Sony With 360 Ads Discussion >>  In order to create an homage to Mario and the inspiration from his incarnation, a couple of engineers have constructed a massive Mario art display on a UCSC engineering building. The work was completed one day before National Engineers Week for people to take notice. Well we didn't count on one thing, bean counters are not engineers. So even under the protective banner of engineering week, the most holy of weeks in the engineering calendar, the econ department ripped down every post-it® note on their floor. Next 3D Mario Coming to Revolution Mario Techno Tune Climbs Japanese Charts Nintendo nut sells out Haunted NES For Sale On eBay (15th March 05) New eBay Auction - Haunted SNES (19th March 05) Micro-Sized NES Controller Giant NES Controller NES Controller Belt Buckle Discussion >>  The Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival has announced that Sony recently signed up to appear in August of this year along with an already prominent list of industry giants.This coming August, Sony will be providing a number of speakers for the event, such as Computer Entertainment UK managing director Ray Maguire, UK marketing boss Alan Duncan and Sony Online Entertainment creative head Raph Koster. The exhibition is set to feature hands-on demos of upcoming PS2 games Buzz and Singstar Popworld, along with EyeToy Kinetic and 24: The Game making an appearance. Already on board for the festival are rival platform holders Microsoft and Nintendo - the latter of which will be showcasing playable Legend of Zelda code to the public for the first time - along with BT, Nokia N-Gage, GAME, NVIDIA and Gizmondo. Cell, it's not just for Playstation anymore PS3 To Lose Over A Billion In The First Year? PS3 To Be Even More Powerful Than We've Seen? PS3 controller pic emerges, this time smaller? No Decision Yet on PS3 Euro Release Research claims PS3 to lose market share next year PS3 Not a Toy, But a Linux Supercomputer Discussion >>  IBM is looking to take its Cell processor further than its original target in the games industry. Sony will being using the Cell chip in its PlayStation 3 but IBM has announced that Mercury computer Systems Inc. will be developing computing boards for use in imaging-intensive markets.We designed the Cell processor to be applicable in more applications than just games," says Peter Hofstee, Cell chief scientist and architect for IBM. "Mercury is a superb example of a company that can take technology like this that is different from what is in the market now and start building up support that will enable it to move into a wider market. The Cell itself was developed by IBM, Toshiba and Sony for handling applications such as signal processing or image manipulation.Mercury is a developer of embedded computer systems for medical-imaging, defense, and seismic-processing applications, and provides both board-level products as well as supporting software. Under terms of the agreement, Mercury and engineers from IBM's engineering and technology services unit will collaborate to develop products that can be used to handle graphics-intensive workloads and other computationally intensive applications. Initial hardware testing has shown that the Cell processor can provide performance of about 200 billion floating point operations per second. PS3 To Lose Over A Billion In The First Year? PS3 To Be Even More Powerful Than We've Seen? PS3 controller pic emerges, this time smaller? No Decision Yet on PS3 Euro Release Research claims PS3 to lose market share next year PS3 Not a Toy, But a Linux Supercomputer Discussion >>  Gamespot scored a Q&A with Valve designer/programmer Robin Walker, in an effort to gain a little more insight into the long awaited expansion for Half Life 2, Aftermath. As you all know the game ends quite abruptly leaving a lot of unanswered questions. As per usual Valve has remained extremely quite concerning details of the expansion, stating only that is a new "episode" for the franchise.The expansion will feature the new lighting technology HDR, which will find a home in Day of Defeat: Source, the upcoming sequel to the classic ww2 shooter. It should be noted that the Q&A contains some minor spoilers, be warned. GS: We learned at E3 during the demo of Lost Coast that Aftermath will include high-dynamic range lighting, which should help the game realistically model the way the human eye reacts to light. But do you envision a lot more fun with the gravity gun and physics, and are there plans to introduce any new weapons, or any new items, options, or features that will make Aftermath's gameplay as distinctive as the gravity gun made Half-Life 2's gameplay? Valve: Getting Closer To HL2: Lost Coast Release Half Life 2: Lost Coast HDR overview Eurogamer: Half-Life 2: The Lost Coast preview Half Life 2: Aftermath set for September release? (24 May) Eclipse: New total conversion Half-Life 2 mod Half Life 2 In The Real World Discussion >>  Music retailer HMV has announced a new games download service with backing from Microsoft. The goal is to expand its new download service that starts on September 5th, giving customers access to games and movies as well as music.Initially, the Microsoft backed endeavour will only be offering Windows Media Audio files for download but in time will open the door for other entertainment as demand grows. HMV has earmarked UKP 10 million in capital expenditure and marketing for the venture. Part of this investment will go towards funding a new piece of 'jukebox' software being developed by Microsoft.  A nice way to start this Thursday morning, with some fresh screenshots of Call of Duty 2. GameGossip have what appear to be 2 beach-landing screens of the upcoming Call of Duty sequel.The game is scheduled for release to PC in Fall of this year with a brand new gaming engine. Don't forget you can catch the trailer on the official website. Call of Duty 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. The sequel to 2003's Call of Duty, winner of over 80 Game of the Year awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to the stunning visuals of the new COD2 engine. Call of Duty Summation Call of Duty 3 Planned CallofDuty.com Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Preview Call of Duty 2 - Lead Designer Q&A Discussion >>  If you've ever experienced the frantic and fast-paced action in the first Serious Sam, you'll be interested to learn that your days of peace will be over soon. Take 2 have released several new Serious Sam 2 screenshots that show beyond any doubt that Sam will be back with a vengeance. Some of the screens seem to literally burst with colour and action, but go and let the pictures speak for themselves here. The game's official website puts it this way:Maintains the same level of extreme action that Serious Sam is known for. Despite its jaw-dropping visuals, Serious Sam 2 will surpass the onscreen enemy benchmark that the original Serious Sam games set. You should start training your reflexes soon, Serious Sam 2 is scheduled for a release this fall.Related info: Serious Sam 2 Site Take 2 Croteam Discussion >>  According to a Merrill Lynch report, Sony could face a loss of up to $1.18 billion in the Playstation 3's first year on the market.The figures are based on a prediction of 14 million units sold, and Merrill Lynch's belief that the console will have a sale price of $399, with each one actually costing Sony $494 to manufacture. The $494 manufacturing figure was broken down into individual items - the Cell processor, Nvidia RSX Chip and Blu-ray drive each were estimated to cost a little more than $100 to produce, with the other parts and production costs making up the remainder. Gamedaily.com ask the question if Sony can weather such a high financial loss in the first year: Even if Sony is counting on software sales, licensing fees with publishers and eventual mass production to help them recoup their losses, putting the business in the hole by more than $1 billion will make it far tougher for the PS3 to become a profitable venture. Furthermore, Merrill Lynch says that Microsoft could make things even harder on Sony by strategically cutting the price of the Xbox 360 to coincide with the debut of the PS3. If this were to happen, Merrill predicts that Sony could lose an additional 80 billion yen ($730 million) in the PS3's second year and 50 billion yen ($457 million) in its third year. Related: PS3 To Be Even More Powerful Than We've Seen? PS3 controller pic emerges, this time smaller? No Decision Yet on PS3 Euro Release Research claims PS3 to lose market share next year PS3 Not a Toy, But a Linux Supercomputer Discussion >>  All Points Bulletin (APB), the automotive MMOG by Real Time World's studio will make it's way to the Xbox 360, with a scheduled release date of sometime in 2008. The game was announced for PC back in February, but last week's signing of a publishing deal between Microsoft Game Studios and Real Time World's was a good indicator an Xbox 360 version might be on the cards. Real Time World's is the new development house for Dave Jones, credited with being the main creative force behind Grand Theft Auto, and before that the classic puzzler Lemmings. APB will be published by Korean publisher Webzen and the PC version is due for release a full year before the X360 version: APB is a massively multiplayer online game based in living, breathing cities that will feel familiar to players, as they precisely replicate famous cities all over the world. APB is a turf war involving two main factions, the Squads, whose goal is to uphold the law, and the Gangs, who seek to break the law at all costs. Players will be able to choose their side, in a classic good guy versus bad guy scenario. The Gangs are all about graffiti, attitude, custom cars and earning cash any way they can. The Squads stand for honor, teamwork, firepower and destroying the Gangs. APB will provide the player with the ultimate customization options from their weapons, vehicles and clothes to their attitude, music and environment. Real Time Worlds WEBZEN GETS WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING RIGHTS FOR 'APB' (15 Feb) Discussion >>  Linspire and TransGaming have announced the release of Cedega, a program that allows the running of hundreds of Windows-format games on the Linux-based operating system.Half-Life 2, World of Warcraft and Battlefield 1942 are just three of the popular PC games that can be played with the product: “Gamers don’t have to choose between Linux and Windows anymore,” said Kevin Carmony, president and CEO of Linspire, Inc. “The release of Cedega technology for Linspire fills one of the most serious application gaps that exist for widespread adoption of desktop Linux. The added bonus is that installation of Point2Play with Cedega is so easy and affordable, you’ll be able to play Windows games on Linspire for less than it would cost to purchase a Windows system.” Linspire.com TransGaming Technologies Buy Cedega online Discussion >>  Konami president Michihiro Ishizuka was recently interviewed by Japanese magazine Toyo Keizai in which he revealed that Konami is currently working on an all-new game for Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 console, while hinting that the title would be an exclusive to the 360.The article was partially translated by Gamespot: "[We will] provide one or two flagship titles for each machine, which will take advantage of their capabilities as next-generation consoles. Xbox 360 to side with HD-DVD? More Xbox 360 details published in online mag Hundreds of Fan-Created Xbox 360 Faceplates Todd Holmdahl talks Xbox 360 Hardware Real Time Worlds Sign Xbox 360 Publishing Deal MS Laundry Taunts Sony With 360 Ads X360 Boycott Called For After MS Agrees to Censor Blogs Microsoft to unload 10 Million Xbox 360s Microsoft: Xbox 360 Will Win In Japan Discussion >>  Following the recent news that DoomRPG for cellphones would be released at the same time as the Doom movie adaptation, id Software have announced Quake will be hitting the cellphone platform this summer.Pulse Interactive will publish the title, which is being developed by Bear Naked Productions. The game is to be a "faithful conversion" of the original 1996 PC version, and will appear on a new generation of phones that come with 3D graphics hardware built in. The first wave of 3D-enabled phones is due to hit the market this summer, and Quake Mobile will appear initially as an embedded game on a Korean-manufactured phone in July: "QUAKE Mobile takes all of the action, game play, and atmosphere of the groundbreaking original and puts it right in the palm of your hands," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. "QUAKE pushes the envelope of today's mobile handsets, and offers gamers a fun and addictive on-the-go entertainment experience. We're already looking forward to the first mobile deathmatch." id Software Bear Naked Productions Pulse Interactive Quake Mobile wins Best Mobile Game - Gamespot Best of E3 '05 Editors Choice Doom Coming to Phones, Second id Title Planned (7 June) Carmack Tackles DOOM For Cell Phones (29 March) Discussion >>  Far Cry: Instincts, the console version of the highly successful PC game Far Cry, will not be making any appearance on the Playstation 2, according to a recent press release from Ubisoft. This will no doubt be a blow for PS2 Far Cry fans who hoped the title would find its way to their console.The game will be an exclusive on the Xbox in September of this year, according to a press release from Ubisoft which gave no explanation as to the game's absence on the PS2. In an earlier statement the company said: The official line is that all efforts are being put into the Xbox release for September. The PS2 may be considered for the future. This latest announcement would appear to be the final nail in the coffin of the PS2 version.Ubisoft Cans PlayStation 2 Far Cry: Instincts Related: Far Cry: Instincts New Features Detailed Far Cry Instincts Only Planned for Xbox Official Far Cry Instincts site Crytek.com - developers Far Cry Goes 64-Bit, Will You? Far Cry Prologue - The Project Video Discussion >> |
