The editors of 1UP.com and Electronic Gaming Monthly have recovered enough from this year’s videogame preview overdose to place their votes for the best games seen at E3 2008. Some games, like Gears of War 2 were naturally expected to leave a big impression, but this year saw its share of unforeseen knockout punches with high-concept surprises like Flower, or the every-bit-as-good-as-promised showing made by Little Big Planet, which took Best of Show, and surprises like FF XIII announce on Xbox360.
Best E3 Game by Platform
Best E3 360 Game - Gears of War 2 ; Runners up: Resident Evil 5, Mirror’s Edge, Fallout 3, Fable 2
Best E3 PS3 Game - Little Big Planet ; Runners up: Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Infamous, Valkyria Chronicles
Best E3 Wii Game - Mad World ; Runners up: Mega Man 9, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Defendin De Penguin, Wii Sports Resort
Best E3 PC Game - Left 4 Dead ; Runners up: Spore, Dark Room Sex Game, Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War 2, Fallout 3
Best E3 DS Game - Chrono Trigger ; Runners up: Rhytm Heaven, Ninja Town, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff
Best E3 PSP Game - Resistance: Retribution ; Runners up: Super Stardust Portable, Yumi’s Odd Odyssey, N+, Valhalla Knights Read more… »
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!
Blizzard poster Bashiok writes on the World of Warcraft forums that the ability to kill other players without their consent (also known as PK’ing) is not going to be a part of Diablo 3’s gameplay as it was in the previous two iterations of the series.
While the removal of PKing may be disappointing to some, it’s good to know that they’re actually planning to implement a full fledged PvP system to replace the old murder sprees.
Bill Gates may have only just said his goodbyes, but the Microsoft machine keeps on running with the company announcing information about the release of Windows 7.
The paint may not have even dried on the Windows that is Vista, but it seems that Microsoft is already looking to launch its successor within the next two years.
In a letter to enterprise and business customers on Tuesday, vice president of Microsoft Bill Veghte announced that the approximate launch date for Windows 7 is January 2010.
Seventh heaven
In the letter, Veghte wrote: “Our plan is to deliver Windows 7 approximately three years after the January 2007 general availability launch date of Windows Vista.
“You’ve also let us know you don’t want to face the kinds of incompatibility challenges with the next version of Windows you might have experienced early with Windows Vista.
“Our goal is to ensure that the migration process from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is straightforward.”
Well, if Intel is anything to go by, it won’t be the migration from Vista to Windows 7 that will be the problem, it will be the migration from XP to Windows 7 that most computer users will be worried about.
Eidos Interactive have updated their web, where you can listen to the main musical theme of upcoming game, and also they added box art. Dont know why, but I dont see Lara’s face here, only her.. boobs and other stuff, Lara becomes a slut?
The company said that the game is on track to ship on June 20 in Europe and June 24 in North America for Xbox 360, PC, Wii and PlayStation 2. The PlayStation 3 version is scheduled for release in autumn 2008.
“With its genre-busting mix of gameplay, wide-screen presentation style and DVD chapter select feature putting the player in control, Alone in the Dark will thrill all gamers,” said Phil Harrison, president of Infogrames.
“It’s a game which will challenge the player but also reward them with a one-of-a-kind videogame experience and a huge amount of fun.”
The Xbox 360 and PC versions of the title were developed by Eden Games, while Hydravision Entertainment was responsible for the Wii and PS2 versions.
In addition to the standard game, Xbox 360, PC and Wii Limited Editions featuring exclusive items will be available at launch from selected European retailers.
Ages of Conan developer Funcom has apologised for erm, accidentally reducing the breast size of all of the female characters in its MMO.
The apology comes after many Age of Conan users spotted the breast reduction on their female game characters and complained on the official forums, even providing photo evidence of the boob job.
“Funcom can confirm that some of the female models in the game have had the size of their breasts changed,” the company said in a statement. “This is due to an unintended change in data that was introduced in an earlier patch, data which controls the so-called morph values associated with character models and the size of their respective body parts.
“We are working on a fix for this and your breasts should be back to normal soon.” Right on time as well - we were about to return our copies to the shops in a strop.
A strong performance is expected from the head-chopping MMO, which has already lobbed GTA IV off the top spot in several European countries.
