Greg on Games

This is Takau Imasaki (the Gran Turismo producer) talking about the past, present, and future of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and Gran Turismo 5

Here is the update for the PSN across the world. There are some Rock Band songs from Nine Inch Nails and some videos. There’s not much of anything else.

North America

Add-on Game Content

PAIN

Rock Band

*Note: If you previously purchased any of the following Rock Band tracks, newer versions are now available. Visit the PLAYSTATION Store and re-download them from your Download List free of charge. Online play/leaderboards/rankings are not affected by this. You won’t be punished for not downloading them again, however, as these bug fixes have no effect on gameplay.

GUITAR HERO III: Legends of Rock

“Don’t Speak”, “Excuse Me Mr”, “Sunday Morning”

Game Videos

Movie and Blu-ray Disc Trailers

PS3 Themes
PAIN

PS3 Wallpaper

PLAYSTATION Store for PC
Game Videos

Australia and Europe

• Game Trailer
  • Conflict: Denied Ops - Dev Diary #4
  • Haze - Boss Speech

Japan

• Game Add-on
  • Minna No Golf 5
    • Yukino
  • Dark Mist
    • The Depths of Darkness

• Game Trailer
  • Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
  • Armored Core 4 For Answer

• PS One for PS3 / PSP
  • Mahjong from Athena
  • Umjammer Lammy
  • Baroque Syndrome
  • Bowling from Nihon Bussan

• PSP Theme
  • My Stylist

Hong Kong

• Game Trailer
  • Assassin’s Creed - Cello

• PSP Theme
  • My Stylist

Today the PSN was updated, but sadly there’s nothing to be excited about. Here’s the list:

United States/Canada
Games/Demos:
-PixelJunk Monsters demo
-Jet Moto 3 (PS1) - $5.99

DLC:
Rock Band tracks - $1.99 each:
-Garbage - “Why Do You Love Me?” (master)
-Stone Temple Pilots - “Sex Type Thing” (master)
-Weezer - “El Scorcho” (master)

Trailers:
-Bionic Commando: Rearmed
-Conflict: Denied Ops - “Developer Diary 4″
-MLB08 The Show - “Replay Vault Tutorial”
-MLB08 The Show - “Pitcher Batter Analysis Tutorial”
-MLB08 The Show - “Stolen Base”

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United Kingdom
Games/Demos:
-Lost Planet (online) demo

Trailers:
-Assassin’s Creed - “Developers Diary - Altair”
-Conflict: Denied Ops - “Launch”

Other:
-Devil May Cry 4 wallpaper
-Sport theme
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Japan
Games/Demos:
-50% off of:
-Lemmings
-Super Rubadub
-Super Stardust HD

DLC:
-Toy Home - 2nd Gear expansion - 500 yen

Trailers:
-Bionic Commando: ReArmed
-Devil May Cry 4 - “Interview”
-Lost Planet - “Trailer 2″

Today I have some news on Sony and the future of the PS3 console

Well first, there is a rumor going around the PS3 about the In-Game XMB and the gamer accomplishment system. A guy named sonyguy32 released six pictures of what he claims to be the In-Game XMB with Warhawk playing in the background. It also shows an accomplishment on the bottom middle. I think this is very possible because the GDC 08 is going on. Here is a link to the picture of it: Click Here

Second in PS3 news is Universal Studios is switching from HD-DVD to Blu-Ray. Also Paramount just switched to Blu-Ray.

Third in PS3 news is Logitech announced their official Driving Force for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue wheel. It is said to bring the look and feel of a real steering wheel. You can even control the brake bias.

Fourth in PS3 news is Team Ice has released their 1.2 version of the PS3 Hack Pack. It now includes: RADTools, Home Beta Exploit EU, HDD Format SELF, Customize your XMB Version 2.0, Motorstorm Exploit US, Resistance Exploit US, Motorstorm Exploit Fix, and Resistance Exploit Fix.

Fifth in PS3 news is Devil May Cry 4 reached more than two million copies in sales.

Sixth in PS3 news is that Red Faction: Guerrilla is connfirmed to come out sometime in 2009 for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. It is going to be open-world for the first time. (Is the Wii ever going to get any serious games?)

Seventh in PS3 news is a pack of three Call of Duty 4 maps are coming out soon. Each map is different. One of the maps is going to be wide-open, another is going to be indoor, and another is going to be a different than all of the previous Call of Duty 4 maps.

Eighth is Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) is planning to add new content to US version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

Ninth in PS3 news is Q-Games has released the names of two more Pixeljunk games. They are called PixelJunk Eden and PixelJunk Dungeons. Q-Games is the game studio behind PixelJunk Monsters and PixelJunk Racers.

Tenth in PS3 news is the release date for Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution has been confirmed for June 6, 2008. It is coming to the Xbox 360, PS3, and DS.

Eleventh in PS3 news is LittleBigPlanet is going to include lip-synching voice chat feature.

Twelveth in PS3 news is Ninja Theory game studio (who is responsible for Heavenly Sword) is working on a new project that is “better than Heavenly Sword.”

Thirteenth in PS3 news is that Free Radical Design (the game studio who made some of the Timesplitters and other games) says that the delays on Haze were a good thing. They say that they added a lot of cool things, but can not say what they are right now.

And last, Sony’s Jack Tretton says that 2008 belongs to Sony.I believe this to be true, because Blu-Ray sales are going to sky-rocket, the PS3 sales overtook the Xbox 360’s numbers of sales. Also Sony is putting 203.5 Million Dollars into funds to learn about, and make medium and large displays of organic light emitting diode (OLED). If Sony can make OLED screens the same or bigger size as LCD or DLP screens, then OLED will eliminate the LCD.

Here’s a video of David Jaffe giving his opinion on Blu-Ray and other things.

From gamerocketstudio.spruz.net,

Gears of war is the perfect third person shooting game for online and campaign modes. Its graphics are amazing, it has an amazing gore effect. Its campaign will keep you on the edge of your seat. You play as the character Marcus Fenix, who just got out of imprisonment from the evil horde of locust. The locust are creatures that come out of the ground. You and your team of soldiers have a number of high-tech guns. The campaign but it is longer on the PC. The online is fantastic. You can select from four different types of online. Execution is team battle where you can be revived if you are downed(shot or hit until in last stand mode). Warzone is team online where if you are downed you cannot be saved. Annex is like territories, you have two hold a position to get points. Assassination is when you have a VIP and you have to keep him safe and assassinate the enemy VIP. Overall the game is good if you like shooting the crap out of ugly bastards!

-Rocketman499-

Stream My Game is an application for Windows XP, Windows Vista, most versions of linux, and Yellow Dog Linux for PS3 (Sorry Mac Users). Also you can use it on compatible UPnp (Universal Plug and Play) units. These units include cell phones, game consoles, satellite boxes, cable boxes, and DVD Players. This application allows you stream almost any game and application from a Linux computer, or a Windows computer, to a UPnP unit, a PS3 running Linux, a Linux computer, or a Windows computer. Instead of just making you play the game on the computer that is broadcasting it and watching it on the screen that the unit you are broadcasting to is connected to, Stream My Game utilizes the processor, sound card, and video card of the unit you are broadcasting to. This allows you to play games such as Crysis, Call of Duty 4 (PC Version), Orange Box (PC Version), and World of Conflict at the highest setting and frame rate available on that game for a minimum of $400 (instead of up to $5000). This is possible by using either Yellow Dog Linux or Ubuntu Linux on the PS3. Also you can broadcast such applications as Excel, Word, Photoshop, Windows Media Center, and Outlook. The website is www.streammygame.com

Crysis

Today I have some news on Microsoft and the future of the Xbox 360 console.

Well first, Microsoft is possibly going to dump their HD-DVD disc format (due to small amounts of sales) in favor of Blu-Ray. Toshiba is already dumping it. Also, Microsoft may release an external and or an internal Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. If this happens, the Xbox 360 will most likely win the console war, since it is almost winning right now, this will boost sales lf the Xbox 360 and Blu-Ray discs.

Also, Microsoft claimed that the Red Ring of Death (aka RROD) is gone due to the new falcon chip, and better manufacturing in new Xbox 360 consoles. But here is a video of a new Xbox 360 console dying, and at a terrible and embarrassing time, because it was at the Microsoft Booth at GDC 08.

Here is the video:

And Microsoft Dreamspark was released for free. The Dreamspark is a free gaming development tool to help students develop almost any game they can think of.

A Magic the Gathering game will be released for PC, Mac, and Xbox Live Arcade.

And finally Gears of War 2 is confirmed to come out during November 2008.

Here is the trailer:

Today Dream On by Aerosmith was released….for free! This is for a limited time so you should hurry up and download it.

In other Guitar Hero news, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was announced recently, and is scheduled to be released on June 30, 2008. It will let you play follow the story of Aerosmith’s rise to fame.