Atari have announced that the delayed PlayStation 3 version of Alone in the Dark will be “undergo improvements” in terms of gameplay in comparison to the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii versions. Hopefully some of the issues in the other versions will be ironed out to create a much better game.
id’s post-apocalyptic open-world shooter Rage (PC, PS3, 360, Mac) will look worse on Xbox 360 due to the compression needed to fit the game’s assets on two DVDs, programmer John Carmack revealed at tonight’s QuakeCon keynote.
According to Carmack, the royalty fees to include a third disc in the Xbox 360 version would be so high that it simply isn’t a feasible solution, with the programmer hoping for Microsoft to make a concession. He stressed that the issue is merely a storage problem and has nothing to do with the power of the Xbox 360 hardware, while adding that the PlayStation 3’s Blu-ray format is Sony’s one leg up on the competition.
Carmack also noted his belief that neither Doom 4 or Rage will be digitally distributed online, as id isn’t looking into that sort of distribution for its major titles at this point.
Ok John, what about installing games on 360’s HDD to improve performance and minimizing loadings? Sounds weird, because Microsoft said you will be able to install games on your HDD, and it’s not joke. Why don’t you use this? Just like optional features, wanna get less loadings and more stable framerate - install game like you got PS3, don’t want or don’t have free space - play regular DVD’s with bigger loadings and less stable framerate?
It wasn’t long ago that Killzone 2 was a video game punch line, the sort of thing you talked about when referencing a game that could never live up to the hype. The first title in the series failed to be the “Halo killer” many believed it could become, and an ambitious “visual target” trailer shown at E3 a couple years back nearly doomed the project from the start, when it couldn’t replicate the same details in-game. All of that is about to change though, as Guerrilla Games has Killzone 2 primed and ready to fight, and the joke will soon be on all those who dismissed this title too soon.
Good evening everyone here! The first thing to write about is “PC Gamer” magazine. Now all little dirty secrets are unmasked! We contacted them and now are waiting for official response. However, editor published such post on magazine’s official forum: “Rockstar didn’t announce official release date, but as a real Rockstar’s fan you should know when it always happens”. Anyway, the official news is that GTA 4 definitely will be released on PC. But even that’s not the only damn great news today! These are the most official news ever published about GTA 4. Are you ready? Here it comes – visit ESRB’s website and type “Grand” in search. Results are just awesome – “Platforms: Windows PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3” That’s all! Let’s fucking celebrate!
The latest rumour in Quatermann’s section of EGM this month, speculates that Rockstar’s first upcoming DLC pack for GTA IV (exclusive to the Xbox 360 platform) will introduce an unknown, mysterious biker character. Not much else is known at all, but apparently, you can also expect more new characters to be revealed in DLC episode 2 as well.