Spike TV posted a billboard advertisement in Times Square that teases the announcement of a new PlayStation 3 exclusive that would be revealed during Spike’s Video Game Awards on December 10.
The billboard reads,”PS3 exclusive you won’t believe.”
There has been speculation that the announcement could be for God of War 4. Another likely title would be Sony’s Smash Bros.
Kotaku has reported that BioWare will be introducing a multiplayer component to the next Dragon Age title.
The multiplayer could be in the form of arena battles against monsters and AI, or other human controlled opponents. Gamers would also be able to control a dragon according to sources.
BioWare will be using DICE’s Frostbite 2 engine to develop the multiplayer component and is said to be looking impressive.
It is not known if the multiplayer will be included with Dragon Age III or available via DLC.
Sony is well aware of Microsoft’s plan to launch the next Xbox and they don’t intend on letting Microsoft getting a head start again in the next battle of next-gen consoles.
PlayStation Europe president Jim Ryan said in an interview with Eurogamer that the PS4 would launch shortly following the release of a new Xbox. He said it would be “undesirable” for the PlayStation 4 to launch a new console “significantly later” than a new Xbox.
When Microsoft announces their next console, expect for Sony to make a PS4 announcement immediately.
EDGE is reporting that Killzone 4 is in development at Guerilla Games.
According to the magazine “the bulk of Guerrilla’s staff (is soldiering) on with the next Killzone instalment.”
Killzone 2 and 3′s Senior Producer Steven Ter Heide is added as the game director.
Guerrilla’s studio recruiter Adrian Smith said that “we’ve got to continue the Killzone franchise”, and suggesting that the new Killzone has been in development.
Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi said in a interview with VG247 that Dead or Alive 5 will push PlayStation 3 to the limits.
“You see a lot of fighting games come out now that are really easy to pick up and play – and play online as well. Really simplistic fighting games. You just get ready and go,” he said.
“For us though, we thought ‘that’s okay,’ but we really wanted to bring a new dimension to fighting games. We wanted to evolve, and create something that really uses the current generation systems’ full potential.”
“What would a fighting game be like if you took the base of a fighting game, and upped that 100%? Used up all the machine power of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360?”
“That’s something that we wanted to do – something that you can’t really port onto a handheld, something that can only be done on these consoles.”
Dad or Alive 5 was announced in September and is due out in 2012. This will be the first Dead or Alive for PlayStation 3.
Dead Island’s Bloodbath Arena DLC will be released on November 22 in the United States for $9.99 (800 Microsoft Points), and will be available to European gamers on November 23.
The DLC will include four new arenas for single player and co-op modes. There will also be a revamp leaderboard and a new weapon called the Brain Wave Bomb.
Dead Island’s Bloodbath Arena DLC was originally set to launch in September, however was pushed back due to “further polishing of the main game”.
Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collector’s Edition will be coming to North America.
The collector’s edition will be available in limited quantities at Amazon, Best Buy and GameStop. Each retailer will have pre-order bonuses as the following:
Amazon – Exclusive boss fight
Best Buy – Hardcover novella featuring a story tying together “the events of Final Fantasy XII and XII-2″
GameStop – Alternate costume for Serah
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collector’s Edition will also include art illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano, a 4-disc soundtrack, 20-page art book, and a copy of FFXIII-2.
BioWare has confirmed Mass Effect 3 will not support local co-op.
Mass Effect 3 producer Jesse Houston said that though there will be no splitscreen action for the new title, “it is definitely on the table as something we might add.”
Mass Effect 3 will be available in March 2012 for PS3.
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed in a financial report that there will be a new Call of Duty in 2012.
The financial report revealed that profits has increased for Quarter 3 – up from $51 million to $148 million.
“As we focus on 2012, we have a strong product pipeline which features a minimum of two highly-anticipated new titles from Blizzard Entertainment, including Diablo III, and a new Call of Duty game from Activision Publishing. As a result, we expect to deliver another year of profitable growth. I believe our unyielding commitment to excellence and our creative talent around the globe will continue to position Activision Blizzard as the leader in interactive entertainment.”
The video game industry has been debating for years on which console has the the better graphics, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.
Julien Merceron, Worldwide Technical Director for Square, decided to chip in his opinion on the console war.
“Some consumers could have gotten the feeling in 2006/2007 that – graphically – Xbox 360 games were more advanced, but today it is quite different in fact!”
“Personally, I’d say that – on PS3 – I believe there are some major improvements that can still be done, taking advantage of parallelisation and using more of the CPU for graphics tasks. At the end of current home Console life cycle, it is very possible consumers might get the feeling PS3 is slightly ahead of Xbox 360 in terms of graphics, but it will only happen if developers dedicate time to really push things on PS3!”
Yosuke Hayashi from Team Ninja also agrees that PlayStation 3 is more powerful than Xbox 360. “PS3 came out a year later than the X360. Because of its later arrival, I would say that the PS3 has a slight advantage in performance,” he said.
Source: Industry Gamers