News Blast GamesCon Special

Yesterday it was time for europe to have its big games conference in the shape of GamesCon and Sony were there to start things off and they had a few announcements, however Microsoft wanted a little bit of the pie and sent Peter Molyneux to rant on about two games only.

So here is a special news blast with quick details on some of the stuff coming out of GamesCon.

• At Sony's press conference they finally decided to announce the PS3 Slim that we knew that was coming however they were also nice to tell us the price and thats £249.99 plus they said that the PS3 Slim will not just be the only PS3 at that price point they also said that the standard PS3 will also drop to that price.
• Sony also announced that they plan to spruce up the XMB with the 3.0 firmware update coming September 1st by making it easier to navigate and also by adding extra animations to the backgrounds.
• Also shown off were a new movie service coming this November with Lionsgate, Warner Bros and more supporting it.
  The BBC iPlayer will also be making an appearance on PS3 plus for the first time on a console you will be able to download comics (like we care about that).
• It wasn't just Sony who announced something Peter Molyneux was on hand to show off Fable 3 for the first time (see the trailer above) and that Fable 2 will be coming out in episodes on Xbox Live, the game will be split into 5 parts and that the first one will be free at the end of the month.
• Naughty Dog were also on hand to announce that they want to release a Jak and Daxter game on the PS3 instead of just making new ones for the PSP and PS2.
• As well as the standard 120gb PS3 Slim there will also be a 250gb model coming along soon after for people who want to download a shit load of stuff.
• Sony aslo said that if you register your PSP Go by the middle of October then you will be getting a free copy of Gran Turismo.

Keep checking our twitter feed for more from GamesCon

E3 Day 3 News Blast

Oh my god last night was so busy that i didn't even have enough time fore myself, there were two press conferences and enough announcements that they could fill up an entire year with news.

So as usual i have a news blast for you that will probably be a bit long however it should cover all of the important stuff.

• First off was Nintendo and while there wasn't a lot of stuff they did start off announcing that New Super Mario will be heading to the Wii in it's four player glory with update graphics and the usual weapons and pick ups that have become so famous with the plumber.
• It wasn't the only Mario game shown off they also showed off a new downloadable Mario game for the DS and a big shock came when Super Mario Galaxy 2 was shown, the latter of the two features the same graphic style of the first one but with more new levels and the added bonus of Yoshi.
• It seems it was all about games at Nintendo press conference and the biggest shock came when a trailer came up on screen showing that Team Ninja will be the next ones to handle a new Metroid Game, Titled Metroid Other M the game will put you in Samus boots one more time and will have a darker edge to it.
  The game is set for release early 2010 and i can't wait.
• It wasn't all about games they also announced that you will be able to upload your photo's from your DSi to facebook, a new add on for the Wii called the Vitality Sensor was also show off that will enable you to check out how your body is doing and finally a new Wii fit will be hitting stores by the end of the year with even more new exercises and mini games to get to grips with.
• Sony had the second press conference of the day and they kicked off with the release date of the PSP Go, the new handheld will be out on 1st October and will feature no UMD drive but an internal 16gb hard drive and should cost around £179
• Games were also shown off for the PSP Go in the form of Gran Turismo, Motorstorm, Little Big Planet and a announcement that a new Resident Evil will be coming out early next year.
• The biggest game announced for the PSP was the new Metal Gear Solid in the form of Peace Walker.
  Hideo Kojima came on stage to show it off and he said that it will be a direct sequel to Metal Gear Solid 3 and will once again put in the shoes of one Solid Snake.
• It wasn't just the PSP with some big games the PS3 will also be getting some big hitters including Rockstars exclusive Agent that is another sand box game set during the 70's and a trailer showing of Final Fantasy 14 that will be exclusive for the PS3 and will be a direct sequel to Final Fantasy 12.
• Other games shown off were Uncharted 2 where it was also announced that the BETA kicks off that night, MAG was also shown off in its 256 player form and looked a lot like SOCOM, Assassins Creed 2 had more time on the PS3 conference stage than it did at Ubisofts press conference and finally Gran Turismo 5 was revealed for the hundredth time given more of the same Gran Turismo we are so use to.
• Finally there was three other big games shown off, firstly Project Trico got a new name entitled The Last Guardian and the same trailer that has already been shown, secondly we have the new game in the play create share genre that Sony is so proud of entitled ModNation Racer it will give the same amount of freedom that Little Big Planet gave you only in kart racing form and lastly Sony wheeled onto the stage the first look at the new God of War game that looked like the last one only with much better graphics.
• There was one last announcement at there press conference and that was there motion controller that will work with the Eyetoy and it is going to give you even more freedom than the Wiimote so say Sony.
  The wand was just a basic remote with a ball on the top and it is supposed to sense your full movement in 3D space however it looked more like a child's toy than a serious controller and the demo they showed off with it was even more stupid.
• In other quick news Lost Planet 2 had just been announced for the PS3 and will come out at the same time as the 360 version
• Beatles Rock Band DLC will not work with other Rock Band games so if you want to play anything to do with the Beatles you will have to fork out the money for the separate game itself.
• The Games on Demand service Microsoft announced on Monday will allow people to re download games they have to delete because of space and that they will not be over priced.
• finally Perfect Dark from the N64 will be coming out on XBLA this summer and will feature update resolution and the standard multiplayer over Xbox Live.

That's it for this jam packed news blast if there are any more big news stories coming out of E3 we Will let you know.

E3 Day 2 News Blast

Oh my god if yesterday is something to go by then we have a lot of work to do as the news just keeps flooding in so here is the first news blast of the day that will include details of Microsofts, EA and Ubisofts conference and keep an eye out for a special news story on Left 4 Dead 2 with details of the game itself.

However this is a news blast so lets get started.

• Microsoft had the first press conference and didn't dissapoint they had a lot of stuff to show off including some fantastic games.
  The games that were shown off include Crackdown 2, ABP, Modern Warfare 2, Alan Wake, Left 4 Dead 2, Forza Motorsport 2, Halo ODST, Halo Reach and many more.
• It wasn't just game announcments they also detailed a few upgrades to the dashboard that will include Twitter and Facebook so you can keep an eye out on what your friends are talking about and you will also be able to view photos etc.
• Details were also released on the new Sky deal for everybody in the UK and the upgrade of Netflix in the US that will see streaming of tv programmes, football etc for the UK with Sky and 1080p video and instant streaming of movies from Netflix in the US.
• They also said that there video marketplace will be getting a new update and name change, from this Autmn it will be called Zune HD and will give you even more choice of movies to watch and you'll be able to stream them in full HD (thats 1080p for people who don't know)
• Still sticking with Microsoft they also showed off there new motion controlled camera that will fully detect movement amongst other things.
  Along side the camera was project Natal that will us the motion sensing to enable you to control a car without using a pad and also be able to paint by just using simple movements of your arm.
• There was also one other game showed off that will use the camera and that was the really scary but interesting Mylo, the game will see you interacting with a virtual kid in ways that have never been seen in videogames.
  Being able to fully talk to him with him understanding you and by also handing him notes and pictures makes this piece of software so lifelike that it scared the pants off me during the press conference.
• It wasn't just all about Microsoft yesterday EA also showed off some new games in the form of Mass Effect 2, the first fully trailer for the new knights of the old republic, there was also the usual updates to FIFA and Madden etc, also on show was a new mixed martial arts game and finally they announced that they will be releasing RealTime World game APB for them.
• Ubisoft also wanted a bit of the limelight with there own press conference where they showed of the new raving rabbids game in the form of Rabbids go Home, there was also a Wii Fitt clone in the shape of Your Shape that will use the new Wii camera (More at there press conference on this), Spielberg was in 2 places not only did he show up at Microsofts press conference he also showed off the new TinTin game at Ubisofts, Red Steel 2 was also shown off using the Wii motion plus and finally a release date for Assassin's Creed 2 was announced with the 17th November being the drop date for it.
• In quick news the Gears of War 2 expansion Dark Corners will now only cost you 1200 MSP instead of 1600 and that the all Fronts Collection will also be avaliable on the market place as wella sin the shops, the expansion is out on the 28th July.
• It seems that Metal Gear Solid Rising is not just for the 360 the game will also be coming out for the PC and PS3 as well.
  The announcement of the 360 version was made at there press conference by Hideo Kojima himself but it was unknown if it would make the jump to the PS3 as well, but now it seems that it is.
• One other quick piece of news that wasn't a part of the Microsoft press conference was that they plan to release fully game titles for you to download from the Marketplace.
  Entitled Games on Demand the service will enable you to download fully Xbox 360 titles, the first batch of games include Call of Duty 2, Oblivion, Dirt, Crackdown and Sonic the hedgehog.
  The price of these has yet to be announced but as soon as we know you will know.

Well thats it for now you know that there will be a ot more to come so keep your eyes peeled to Vagusnet for the latest E3 news.

E3 News Blast

Seeing as E3 begins today and there is alot of news coming out of it already here is a quick E3 news blast where each story will be smaller as there is a lot to cover.

• Microsoft has announced today that there press conference will be starting 5 minutes early as there will be a special big announcment, so instead of it starting at 6:30 (GMT) it will be starting at 6:25pm (GMT).
  The big announcment is unknown at the moment but you never know as rumors keep coming in that the next generation of console could be announced sooner than people think.
• Even though Halo ODST isn't out yet it looks like there is going to be another Halo project to surface, titled Halo Reach the game looks like it could be shown off at the press conference tonight and it might be the reason why the conference is going to be early.
  The game is expected to be out in the Autumn of 2010.
• Lionhead head Peter Molyneux will be present at thsi years E3 where he will announce details of his new game, it's unknown at the moment what it is but we don't have to wait long.
• The cat might be out of the bag with Nintendo as it looks like they will announce a new Mario for this year however all signs point towards the game getting released in Japan first and we will have to wait until next year for it.
• The Nintendo master Shigeru Miyamoto is not going to be at this years E3 for some unknown reason however it might be a big trick from Nintendo just to throw us off the scent of one of there big announcements.
• Yesterday pictures and a video was leaked on the PSP Go and it now seem's that Sony will be released by the end of Autumn this year, now i know the turn around is quick however it is needed is Sony wants to challenge Nintendo.
• The countdown from Hideo Kojima has ended where all signs will point towards a new IP instead of the Rumored Metal Gear Soild of the Xbox 360.
  We will find out more at Konami's press conference tonight at 10:00pm (GMT) and if you want to watch it go over to www.gametrailers.com where they will be streaming it live in HD

Thats it for now but you do know that there will be more.

News Blast 20/05

You can tell E3 is just around the corner because there has been a shit load of news announced over the last few days so the only way to report on some of those stories is a good old fashion news blast.

Hawks Ride is 360 Exclusive
Early on this week skateboarding master Tony Hawks broke the silence on his new game entitled Ride where has also showed over the new control scheme (another stupid controller), well it now seems that there was something missing from that announcement and that was the game will only grace the 360 over here at Xmas and the other version will only see the light of day (for now) in America.
Update: So far it seems that this piece of news has not be confirmed yet as Activision is still stating that Ride will be out on all formats in Europe and that it's not a 360 exclusive over here.

More Fallout to come
I don't think Bethesda know how busy they are well there work load has just got even bigger with them announcing even more Fallout 3 add-ons.
The first of the 2 new add-ons will be called Point Lookout and will see you fighting all kinds of nastiest in a swamped area and will arrive at the end of June, the second DLC will be called Mothership Zeta and as the title suggests it looks like you will be leaving the wastelands to beat the crap out of some nasty alien scum and will arrive at the end of July.
As per usual each pack will cost 800 points and will also be bundled with the other DLC on a game of the year edition at the end of October.

LBP to get a Ratchet in the works.
Fans of both Little Big Planet and Ratchet and Clank will be happy to here that there is going to be some Ratchet and Clank content available for you to play with in Little Big Planet.
The problem with this announcement is that there is nothing else known on what it could be or what it could cost but as soon as we know we will let you know.

Lot's and Lot's of Rumors For E3
The worst thing about the few weeks leading up to E3 is the stupid amount of rumors and this year seems to be the same as other years.
So here are a few of them in quick bite size form, firstly Microsoft might be showing of a new motion controller and also an upgrade on a vision camera, secondly Sony want to jump on the motion bandwagon with there new motion controller, thirdly a new GTA add on will be shown off at E3, fourthly (I'm going to stop this) there could be a new MGS or a re-release of MGS 4 on 360 and finally a hell of a lot more stuff that i can't be bothered to put up here so there will be my special whats going to be shown at E3 coming soon.

That's it for this news blast but like i said in the last story keep an eye out for my E3 stuff

News Blast 21/04

I haven't done a post for a little while so i thought lets have a news blast just to keep you up to speed with whats going on in the world of videogame, so here we go.

It's Time for Another Fallout
Last year saw the release of the excellent Fallout and we were wondering when the next one will surface well guess what Bethesda announced yesterday that there will be a new Fallout game called New Vegas but it's not a sequel to Fallout 3 but it will be set in the same universe.
Any new news about we will let you know.

Survival Against the Dead
For all of those Left 4 Dead fans out there you will be pleased to know that the DLC is out today for the 360 and PC.
The DLC consists of a new mode called survival (which is fooking hard) and the other two movies Dead Air and Death toll included in multiplayer, oh yes there are also a few other tweaks.

The Cops and Robbers are here on the 30Th
We love Criterion for what they have done with Burnout but they are prolonging the DLC we want so badly and that's the Island by releasing another stupid new mode Called Cops and Robbers that will see cops chasing after robbers (well DUH!!!!!) in an attempt to get back the gold (not my words but those idiots at Criterion).
The DLC is out on the 30Th and the Island is out ??????????? (says it all really).

That's it for now but any more interesting news i will post it up

News Blast 09/04

Over the last few days there has been very little in the way of interesting news announcements so i've decided to do a news blast covering the few good news stories.
So here goes.

It's the Wright time to leave
It seems that EA's big brain Will Wright has decided to jump ship from EA and sail off in the distance with his new venture Stupid Fun Club.
Now i know the name is silly but Wright thought it was time for a change so after 12 years with the company it was his time to go.

There is no i in lots of money
Nintendo had a little press conference today just to brag that the DSi has sold upwards of 600.000 unit's in it's first weekend on sale in Europe and America.
It seems that they didn't want to just stand for having the fourth biggest selling console in the UK they had to go and add another 500.000 units on top of that from everywhere else.

It's Days are numbered
Ubisoft have always tried to do something different and over the last few years they have had something called UbiDays well this year they have decided that Na they don't want one.
Instead of pulling out for there little get together they have decided to concerntrate on E3, Tokyo Game Show, GameCon and any other little thing that they don't have to organise.

News Blast

In another new little idea i've had if there has been a news day that there has be a lot announced then i will do a news blast, each news story will be no longer than 4 lines so it will be quicker to read.

So without further ado here is the first news blast.

Bye Bye Call of Duty
Yesterday Infinity Ward released the first teaser trailer for the new COD game and they also announced the release date but one thing they forgot to tell us was that the name Call of Duty is being dropped and that Treyarch will be the ones now who will only be making games with the COD name tag attached to it.

COD1 Shooting on XBLA/PSN
Another piece of interesting COD news is that it looks like the first Call of Duty game will be making it's way to XBLA and PSN sometime this year, the news was leaked thanks to PEGI who has it down as a 16+. There is no release date yet.

Wii to get even more emotion this Spring
People are wondering when Nintendo's little add on for the Wiimote will come out well Nintendo American President Reggie Fils-Aime has said that it is still on for a spring release and that he still doesn't want to fully talk about it.

ODST is the End of Halo
Now the headline might be a bit over the top but Bungie have said that ODST will be the last new thing in the Halo 3 universe. It seem's that they have gone back on there word from yesterday where they said that there was going to be new content for the next 2 years.

GDC Game of the year to Fallout
The awards at this years GDC have been released and it seem's that Fallout 3 won the Best game of 2008 along with it's award for Best Writing. On the other had LBP won 4 awards including Best Game Design, Prince of Persia won Best Artistic Visuals and Dead Space won for Best Audio.

Thats it for this news blast keep checking back for more