Hungry PS3 gamers, fret not. SEGA is bringing some fighting action to the PS3 on February 20, 2007. Today, SEGA announced that "Virtua Fighter 5 for the Sony PS3 has officially gone gold."
From SEGA: "Virtua Fighter 5 brings the 3D fighting game genre to the next level making it the perfect arcade conversion with an all new Quest Mode, character customization options, two new characters, commentary feature and stunning high quality fighting environments. The Quest Mode allows players to compete in various arcades to win prize money to buy items and fully customize each character. Two new characters, Eileen and El Blaze, round out the roster to 17 dynamic and different characters. Eileen uses “Kou-Ken”, a Monkey Kung Fu style while El Blaze is a Mexican wrestling champion that uses the Lucha Lubre technique. Players will also be able to turn on the commentary feature allowing players to hear a play-by-play sports commentary audio while fighting their opponents. "
A prequel to Driver Parallel Lines, Driver 76 will be coming to the Sony Playstation Portable this March 2007.
Features include:
• All-New Content Developed Exclusively for the PSP system – Twenty-seven all-new missions created for the PSP system.
• Prequel Storyline to Driver Parallel Lines – The year is 1976, two years before Driver® Parallel Lines.
• Multiplayer Games and Downloadable Content – Games include Street Racing, Destruction Derby, Pink Slip Racing and Swap Meet. Also download new paintjobs to use on your collected vehicles in the garage.
• Experience Open Environments in Authentic 1970’s New York – All the architecture, music, cars and clothes of the ’70s. Spans New York from Jersey to Coney Island.
• Vehicle Modification System – Collect your favorite vehicles and complete side job missions to get the cash to modify your ride.
• High-Speed Hollywood Racing Action – High-speed car races and crashes. Go even faster by customizing your car with special parts.
• Authentic ’70s Soundtrack – Immerse yourself in the ’70s with classic songs from the decade.
From Ubisoft: "Faithful to the brand spirit, Driver 76 is an action driving game that features Hollywood-style car chases while also letting the player experience the open environment on foot. The game thrusts the player into the heart of the 1970s, through 27 missions divided into six main plots. Players can take side jobs, earning cash that can be used to modify their rides. Driver 76 also offers an extensive multiplayer mode and a host of mini-games ranging from street races to all out carnage in Destruction Derby mode. "
Today, Nintendo released a new Virtual Console title, "The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past" (SNES) via the Wii Shop. The classic Zelda adventure from the Super NES days is available for 800 Points.
"Return to an age of magic and heroes" in this classic top/down Zelda adventure!
Playable with the Gamecube or Classic controller.
Gamers who quickly jumped on the initial online signup for the Halo 3 Beta will be notified this week if they've been selected.
From Halo3.com: "Phase one registration is now closed. If you have been selected to participate, congratulations and stay tuned for an email notification on the week of January 22-26, 2007.
For those of you that didn't make it in - fret not as this phase one was just the first of three ways to secure an invite to participate in the development of Halo 3. The next two paths of entry are the following:
- Qualifying over Xbox Live via the "Rule of Three" program in early February
- Purchasing marked packages of the upcoming game Crackdown™, which hits store shelves in the U.S. on Feb. 20"
If you haven't heard by January 26th, you will have two more shots to try out the Halo 3 Beta. Read more details at halo3.com. Let us know if you received a beta invite confirmation this week!
The man behind much of Nintendo's key game titles will make a public appearance at the 2007 Game Developers Conference (GDC). Shigeru Miyamoto will be conducting a keynote, “A Creative Vision,” on March 8, 2007. This is his first keynote since 1999.
From today's press release: "In this session, he will reveal how a singular creative vision drives his work, not only in terms of his world-renowned software like the Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda series, but also in generating key technologies, including the current global phenomena, Nintendo DS and Wii."
Miyamoto’s keynote, “A Creative Vision,” will take place from 10:30am - 11:30am in the Esplanade Room of the Moscone Center’s South Hall on Thursday, March 8.
From the team that brought you Total Overdose, Chili Con Carnage is a "burning hot Mexican shooter" coming to the Sony PSP this Februrary 2007.
From Eidos: Features:
The fastest handheld shooter ever featuring Bullet-time, Headshot, Targeting & Shoot-dodge actions.
Super spicy gameplay – Battle nasty desperados, drug guerillas, renegade cops & more.
Perform crazy, gravity-defying spicy moves and unleash spectacular Loco actions like "Sombrero of Death", "Golden Gun", the "Burrito Blast" combo & more. Link multiple combos for massive bonuses!
Lethal weapons galore - Punch, shoot and drive through the seedy Los Toros
underworld loaded with a variety of guns, explosives and power-ups.
Colorful Cast – Unforgettable characters including megalomaniacal crime-lords, mustachioed mercenaries, chemically mutated super-Mama's and more!
Super cool beats – Experience a super hot Mexican underground through bleeding-edge,
hip-hop music tracks from Control Machete, Molotov and Delinquent Habit.
Vibrant 3-D Environments - Featuring 19 missions in 7 exotic, colorful and exciting locations spanning from sprawling city environments, dusty farmland to dense jungles.
Four game modes – Two challenging single player modes: EL GRINGO LOCO and EL MACHO plus two dynamic multi-player modes: DONKEY and FIESTA (WI-Fi).
Patience is a virtue, PS3 owners. KOEI is setting back the release dates for its futuristic racer, Fatal Inertia, and its medieval strategy game, Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War, to Summer 2007.
“Both titles are taking advantage of new game engines and hardware. We are allowing our development teams additional time to further explore the capabilities and potential of each system by extending the product launches for a simultaneous platform release this summer,” said Amos Ip Senior Vice-President at KOEI Corporation.
We're always up for some fine-tuning game development, although the PS3's game drought has been undoubtedly tough to endure. Fatal Intertia was anticipated for February 2007 on the Playstation 3. Once a PS3 exclusive, the title will also be coming to the Xbox 360. Maybe KOEI decided to hold off the PS3 release until the Xbox 360 version was ready. Let's hope this delay proves worthwhile.
For those of you who have a shiny new PS3 and have been itching to lay waste to an opponents ribcage, I have a treat for you. PSU.com has put up the box art for the upcoming PS3 game, Virtua Fighter 5. For those of you with 360's, you can probably assume that the box will look like this only greener.
We've seen him in plenty of video game crossover promos (performing on Spike TV's Video Game Awards and Xbox 360's Game with Fame during Nacho Libre). What you may not know is that Jack Black promoted Activision's Pitfall when the Atari 2600 was all the rage. Like a miniature version of him in King Kong...
A playable demo of Crackdown will be available for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace on Tuesday, January 23rd. The co-op demo will give Xbox 360 gamers a taste of what is to come on February 20th, the release date for Crackdown (featuring Halo 3 beta keys on specially marked boxes).
