An IGN blogger by the name of DugBuzz claims to have played a new version of Lair at GDC 2008, which featured the ability to control the dragon with the analog sticks. I was willing to chalk this one up as inevitable, but the lack of an official confirmation from Factor 5 seems odd - especially given what it would do for sales.
GDC 2008 Crazy Crap Report #1 [DugBuzz via QJ]
Mike Masnick over at Techdirt posted an interesting article on the emotions that first person shooters evoke in players. The part worthy of mentioning is the possibility that players actually enjoy getting killed. Apparently, hunting other players increases players’ stress and dying acts as a sort of relief mechanism.
Check out the original post for the rest of the story.
Midway has finally announced a European release date for the PS3 port of Unreal Tournament 3 - February 22, 2008. The game has already sold over 1.2 million copies, and we suspect it’ll move a few more once it hits the PAL territories. No word on an Australian release date.
Sony has finally announced the PAL release of Riff: Everyday Shooter - not via press release, but during a nice chat with Eurogamer. The price comes in at £4.99, with no Australian price revealed - but last time something cost £4.99, Australians paid $12.95.
via Eurogamer
Lost Planet Demo
Go! Sports Skydiving ($4.99)
Crash Bandicoot: WARPED (PSone) ($5.99)
MotorStorm Chinese New Year Gift (Free)
Rock Band DLC
Kiss “Calling Dr. Love” ($1.99)
Faith No More “We Care A Lot” ($1.99)
B-52’s “Roam” ($1.99)
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MLB 08 The Show “First Look” trailer
Uncharted “Final” trailer
Burnout Paradise Dev Diary
This week sees Go! Sports Sky Diving, a demo for Turok, and of course, more MotorStorm and Folklore DLC released.
Turok Demo
Go! Sports Sky Diving (AU$8.45, £3.99)
MotorStorm Chinese New Year Gift (Free)
Folklore Malion Pack (Free)
Lost Planet Trailer
On March 6, Japan gets their third PlayStation 3 color - Silver Satin. Available for ¥39,980 (approx. US$375) in any capacity you want, as long as it’s 40GB. Matching DualShock 3 controllers will be available for ¥5,500 (approx. US$50).
Time to let your hair out and start rocking hard because Activision have just released three new classic rock songs for Guitar Hero III download. The tracks on offer are Foreigner’s “Juke Box Hero,” Journey’s “Any Way You Want It” and Boston’s “Peace of Mind“. I’m sure it’s pretty safe to say that Any Way You Want It will be blaring from dorm rooms for some months. The Pack is going for the usual Xbox Live for 500 points, or US$6.25.
via Joystiq
The hour is upon us… well not quite, but at least we know the date when the hour will be upon us. That’s right people: Grand Theft Auto IV had been dated to be released April 29th. The reason the game is taking so long is all thanks to the PS3, as Rockstar’s Jeronimo Barrera pointed out in an MTV interview:
“It’s really no surprise to anybody that the PS3 was definitely a contributing factor to [the delay].”
Thankfully now the progress on both systems are “neck and neck”, and the experience on 360 and PS3 has been quoted as “identical”.
via MTV
Ubisoft has pushed back the release date of Free Radical’s PlayStation 3 shooter, Haze…again. Details were found in a financial report recently issued by Ubisoft, and the game will now hit some time during Ubisoft’s 2008 fiscal year, between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009.
via Shacknews
