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Could this be the next gaming platform?(updated)
December 17th, 2008 under Uncategorized. [ Comments: none ]


The games demoed were Pangea, whose Brian Greenstone showed off Enigmo and Cro-Mag Rally, a racing game that uses the iPhone itself as the steering wheel, via the accelerometer. Again, the graphics were high-quality, and gameplay was described as “totally playable”
A demo of Sega’s Super Monkey Ball with some 110 stages and all four classic monkeys, including Baby. the graphics look unbelievable compared to anything we’ve seen on a cellphone before — easily DS-quality graphics.

Digital Legends Entertainment demoed “Kroll” a God of War-type game that they had developed in only two weeks that featured graphics somewhere between the DS and PSP. It’ll be ready sometime in September.

With Apple planning on selling over 10 million iPhones this year, that gives developers a platform with the type of reach that any gaming platform would consider a success especially when you consider the Xbox 360 just recently hit the 10 million console milestone. Add to that, developers don’t have to worry about distribution through traditional means since they can simply upload their game to the App Store and allow Apple to handle payment processing and distribution.
Update:

Metal Gear

Metal Gear


KONAMI will make downloads of METAL GEAR SOLID TOUCH, DanceDanceRevolution S Lite, SILENT HILL The Escape and Frogger for the iPhone and iPod touch progressively available from late this month 12/08.
Metal Gear Sharp Shooter

Metal Gear Sharp Shooter


My Xbox 360 Died! Will Yours?
September 7th, 2008 under Uncategorized. [ Comments: none ]

Reported from gizmodo.com

Dean Takahashi, one of the most respected tech journos around, spent years putting together this mind-blowing expose that reveals the truly epic scale of the problems that lead to millions of dead Xbox 360s . It really is one of the most stunning flustercucks in gaming history. According to his account, Microsoft willfully ignored deep, systemic problems in the console’s production that reached from chipmakers—initially, only 16 out of every 100 of its IBM-made processors worked—to production lines, where just before launch, an unbelievable 68 percent of consoles made were clunkers.
Read the full story.

http://gizmodo.com/5046314/the-shocking-inside-story-of-the-epic-defects-that-killed-millions-of-xbox-360s

http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/05/xbox-360-defects-an-inside-history-of-microsofts-video-game-console-woes/


EndWar
July 27th, 2008 under Uncategorized. [ Comments: none ]

Large-scale modern warfare for the 360 will be available September 2008. Tom Clancy franchise delivering a radically different approach of RTS tailored specifically to the strengths of a console with an impressive voice-command system. You can control up to 12 units at once. Since each unit is a platoon or company this means you can be controlling hundreds of soldiers at once. They are very easy to group together, for example saying “Create Group” in voice command will create a Team. You can then select this team easily by saying “Red Team…Attack” for example. It’s also very easy to create a group using the controller. Just hold down the Left Trigger and you can select multiple units with the D-Pad. Then A selects groups and Y saves groups. Play single player or co-op in the Skirmish mode. and online ranked matches.

Upgraded Tanks

Upgraded Tanks

EndWar delivers an incredibly battlefield simulation by acknowledging the importance of situational awareness and quality intelligence gathering, only allowing you to see what your troops can see.


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