Las breves del día Xbox 360

- Square Enix producer Hiromichi Tanaka mentioned that there is no current plans for a Xbox 360 version of the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. Tanaka said that they are still talking to Microsoft for a possible Xbox 360 version, but right now they are only working on the PS3 and PC version.


- Microsoft plans to offer a Kinect Xbox 360 Bundle Pack in autumn 2010 worldwide, according to an internal marketing report from Microsoft.

Fuente: The Magic Box. 

Las breves del día de Playstation 3

- Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida said that Gran Turismo 5 will have night races, variable weather conditions, damage models, stunt areas, go-kart races and track editor in the game.

- Eat Sleep Play's David Jaffe said that his studio has been working on the PS3 car combat game Twisted Metal for 18 months. The game will not have 3-D support, due to the frame rate is slightly below 60fps. The game will not support PlayStation Move either.

- Quantic Dream said further downloadable content for Heavy Rain is indefinitely put on hold, as the focus has been changed to integrate PlayStation Move to the game, which will be released as an update patch, and a new release of the game disc is also planned this fall.

- Sony said that the PlayStation Move has made its first debut in Japan during the World Hobby Fair last week, both EyePet and Kung Fu Rider were playable.

Fuente: The Magic Box

Las breves del día de Nintendo 3DS.

- Japanese firm Digital Media Professionals Inc announced that the Nintendo 3DS will adopt its DMP 3D Graphics IP Core PICA200, which features proprietary DMP 3D graphics extensions "Maestro technology", which provides high end naked-eye 3D stereo vision and graphics rendering power whilst maintaining low power consumption.
- Nintendo revealed a new trailer of 3DS, which revealed several NES and SNES classics which will be coming to 3DS with 3D effects, including:

• Mega Man 2
• Castlevania
• Urban Champion
• Kid Icarus
• Yoshi's Island
• Smash Ping Pong - Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros.
• Tennis
• The Legend of Zelda
• Metroid
• Mystery of Murasame Castle

- Capcom said the 3DS version of Resident Evil Revelations is being produced using the MT Framework that powered Resident Evil 5 and Lost Planet 2. The 3DS game will also take advantage of a portable machine.

Fuente: The Magic Box. 

Imágenes de Parasite Eve 3 (The 3rd Birthday)

¿Cuantos años no esperamos los fanáticos de esta serie para un nuevo título de Parasite Eve? Más de diez años!!! Finalmente, aunque salió un título para los celulares, nos podemos hacer de nueva cuenta en consola. Les dejo imágenes de Parasite Eve 3 para el PSP.

Conferencia de Sony en resumen

- Sony announced Twisted Metal will be coming to PlayStation 3 in 2011, with 16 players online play.
- Polyphony Digital announced Gran Turismo 5 will due in North America on November 2, 2010, the game will have PlayStation Move and 3-D support.
- Valve announced that Portal 2 will be coming to PlayStation 3, the PS3 version will have exclusive features like Twitter updates.
- Sony announced the PlayStation Move will launch in North America on Sept 19, in Europe on Sept 15 and Japan on Oct 21. The prices are as follow: PlayStation Move - $49.99, Navigation Controller - $29.99, PS Move + PlayStation Eye camera Bundle - $99.99.
- Sony will release a PlayStation Move Bundle Pack for $399.99, which includes the PS3 console, PlayStation Move, Navigation Controller and the PlayStation Eye Camera.
- Sony announced Heroes on the Move for PS3, a new PlayStation Move platformer featuring 6 playable characters from Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper and Ratchet & Clank.
- Guerilla Games announced Killzone 3 will be available in February 2011, and fully compatible with 3-D and PlayStation Move.
- Sony announced Sly Collection for PS3, which is the remake of the PS2 Sly Cooper titles on PS3, with 3-D support. Sony also mentioned that there will be over twenty 3-D titles by the end of the year.

Nuevo XBOX 360.

Les dejo una imágen del nuevo Xbox 360 que fue presentado en el E3. El diseño está mejorado y mucho más aerodinámico. :)

Linea de juegos para Kinect

Les presentamos la línea de juegos que estarán disponibles para Kinect.

Microsoft announced a list of Kinect game titles for Xbox 360, including:

• Kinectimals - virtal pet training sim
• Joyride - kart racing game
• Kinect Sports - boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, soccer, table tennis, hurdles, javelin
• Kinect Adventures - river raft simulation
• Dance Central - dancing game from MTV Games, gives you the So You Think You Can Dance experience at home
• Star Wars - LucasArts title, use force push and do lightsaber combats without controller 

Fuente: The Magic Box. 

El futuro es hoy... Kinect es su nombre.

Ya ha comenzado el E3. La expectación ha sido grande y no es por menos. Tanto Microsoft como Sony presentarán sus nuevas ofertas y sus lineas de juegos. En este caso, Project Natal ya sido bautizado como Kinect. Los mantendremos al tanto del avance de esta noticia.

Square Enix reveals its E3 lineup

Square Enix revealed its E3 lineup, the new Kingdom Heart title is a DS port of the cellphone game Kingdom Heart Re:Coded.

• The 3rd Birthday (Parasite Eve) (PSP, Square Enix)
• Deux Ex: Human Evolution (PS3/360, Eidos Montreal)
• Dungeon Siege 3 (PS3/360, Obsidian)
• Final Fantasy XIV (PS3, Square Enix)
• Final Fantasy The 4 Heroes of Light (NDS, Squaer Enix)
• Front Mission Evolved (PS3/360, Double Helix Games)
• Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (PS3/360, IO Interactive)
• Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PSP, Square Enix)
• Kingdom Hearts: Re:coded (NDS, Square Enix)
• Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light (PS3/360, Crystal Dynamics) - summer 2010
• The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Chaotic Conflicts (Wii, Square Enix) - summer 2010
• The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Puzzling Pages (Wii, Square Enix) - summer 2010 

Source: The Magic Box. 

Warner Bros. announced Mortal Kombat for PS3 and Xbox 360, the game will have a new game engine and there will be all new finish moves and a new Tag Team mode for up to 4 players.

Source: The Magic Box.

Algunas breves de Square Enix.

- Square Enix announced Dungeon Siege 3 for PS3 and Xbox 360, the game will be produced by Gas Powered Games and producer Chris Taylor will oversee the project. The game will support 4 player co-operate play.
- Square Enix and Kojima Productions will be working on a new collaboration project, details will be revealed soon. The two companies have already worked together on a few things, such as MGS Peace Walker figurines and having Front Mission character/objects in MGS Peace Walker.

Imágenes de Gears of War III

Les dejo algunas de las nuevas imágenes de este esperado título. La verdad, me preocupa el tema del reemplazo de los "Locust" por estos seres... Esperemos no sea "ALA" Halo. Fuente: The Magic Box

Imágenes de The King of Fighters XIII

Sé que la última entrega decepcionó a muchos de sus fans. Esta vez, el juego vendrá con 31 jugadores. Parece no haber cambio en el modo de juego, pero por lo menos esperemos que cuenten con un "Final Boss"

Fuente: The Magic Box. 

 

 

Noticias de la semana

Fuente: The MagicBox

The Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura mentioned that yet more titles in the Kingdom Hearts franchise are being planned, besides the three KH games that are already in development.

- Research firm The Diffusion Group conducted a research on console broadband users to 2000 adults, and found out that 78% of PS3 owners are connected to Internet, followed by 73% Xbox 360 users and 54% Wii users.

- RUMOR: Game Informer reported that UK developer Ninja Theory is working on Capcom's Devil May Cry 5.

- More Infinity Ward top talents have resigned, the design lead Mackey McCandlish, senior animator Bruce Ferris, senior programmer Jon Shiring announced their departure from the studio, and last week multiplayer design lead Todd Aldermann and lead software engineer Francesco Gigiotti also left the company.

- Yesterday former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella announced they have established a new studio Respawn Entertainment, and chosen EA Partners to be exclusive distributor of their future game titles.

- Enterbrain president Hirokazu Hamamura mentioned that Capcom's game engine MT Framework is already supporting 3-D View games. Capcom's Resident Evil 5, Lost Planet 1 & 2 are already 3-D View ready, these games can support 3-D view with an update patch.

- Opera confirmed that the Opera Mini mobile web browser has been approved by Apple and now available on iPhone and iPod Touch.

ESRB reported that SCEA has 15 new games coming to PSP in North America, including Finger Connection, Homerun Hitters, Love Cupid, Busy Sweets Factory, Charge! Tank Squad!, Music Quiz, One Two Boat Racing, Pile Up Bakery, Pinball Duel, Quiz Animania, Ramen Heaven, Sheep Defense, Shogi, Sweet Reversi, and Tonzurakko. These titles are rated exclusively for PSP, so they are likely not PSP Minis games as they work on both PSP and PS3.

Square Enix has registered The 4 Heroes of Light for trademark protection in USA, which seems to be the English name of Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden for DS.

- Enterbrain announced Sony's PlayStation 3 have sold over 5 million units in Japan since its launch on Nov 11, 2006. The best selling game in Japan is Final Fantasy XIII, sold 1,883,828 units in Japan.

- Sony announced over 1 million units of Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain were sold worldwide since its launch in February 2010.

- Music composer Yuzo Koshiro, who previously worked on Shenmue, Street of Rage and ActRaiser, announced he is working on a new Xbox Live action RPG called Mamotte Knight, which will be published by Ancient in Japan this year. In the game you must protect the princess by setting up barricades to ward off monsters, the game will have 4 players support.

Microsoft announced that Epic Games' Gears of War 3 will be coming to Xbox 360 on April 5, 2011, there will be new enemies called the lambents, which is a type of monster with tentacles that continue to mutate as you fight them....

- Capcom announced that Lost Planet 2 for PS3 and Xbox 360 will have bonus playable characters, including Frank West from Dead Rising and Wesker from Resident Evil. The PS3 version will also get exclusive Monster Hunter costumes.

- Level 5 announced they are collaborating with the creator of the Chunsoft's 428 director Jiro Ishii on a new game, the game will have time travel element and have a large game world. Level 5 expects the game to turn into a popular series. No platform or game title has been announced yet.

- Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto mentioned in his Twitter page that the PSone classic Dew Prism [Threads of Fate] will be coming to PlayStation Network soon after FFIX.

- Sony announced the PS3 will get its 3-D View upgrade in June, four PS3 titles will support 3-D View, including Wipeout HD, PAIN, Super Stardust HD and MotorStorm Pacific Rift.

- Atlus USA mentioned that its hit PS3 action RPG Demon's Soul has sold over 280,000 copies, exceeded its sales forecast by over 3 times.

Los planes de Activision para Call of Duty

Estos son:

Activision revealed plans for the Call of Duty series.

• Infinity Ward will develop two DLC map packs for Modern Warfare 2, both due in 2010.
• Treyarch Games will release a new Call of Duty title in Q4 2010
• Infinity Ward will remain central to the series in future
• Activision plans to expand the Call of Duty brand to further games, including a MMO shooter
• Infinity Ward will be responsible for the upcoming Call of Duty title that will due in 2011.
• Sledgehammer Games is working on an action adventure Call of Duty game.

Fuente: The Magic Box

Prince of Persia

NEWS: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands swirling May 18. http://gamespot.com/6251819

Source: Gamespot.

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Imágenes de FIFA World Cup 2010

Les dejo unas nuevas imágenes de este título que estará por salir el 27 de Abril en América y el 30 en Europa y Asia.



Fuente: Kotaku.

Las breves de último momento.

NEWS: Capcom Japan revealing mystery 360 game Tuesday (Monday in North America) http://gamespot.com/6246892

RUMOR: Half-Life 2: Episode 3 not coming until 2011...if it comes at all http://gamespot.com/6246873

Así es como una tienda Japonesa promociona las nuevas figuras de Final Fantasy XIII

Así es como una tienda en Japón promueve las nuevas figuras del exitoso juego, Final Fantasy XIII. Con Cosplay. ;)



Fuente: Kotaku