Sony's new SKU: PS3 40GB with NO Backward Compatibility

Sony still surprises consumers how much they think stuipd consumers are. Sony is coming out with a 40GB SKU PS3. What's the catch you say? It will not be backwards compatible.

Not only was the 80GB PS3 backwards compatibility suffered from alot of different games but now with the 40GB it is totally gone. Sony gives the excuse of "with the upcoming games, you wouldn't care about the olders games". What a bunch of BULL!!!

First time they release the PS3 they say how important and now valuable backwards compatibility is and now they say it isn't. Sony is up to their old tricks again and maybe later say another apology and hope consumers will forgive and forget like what they are trying to pull off with the rumble enabled Dual-Shock 3.

ROCKBAND to cost $170

It is now official that Rockband will cost a reasonable price of $169.99 though it's still expensive for a simple video game but that's just it. It's not just a simple video game. It puts you in the band of a rockstar. It sure is better then the previous $200 dollar price tag amazon was taking orders for.

The XBox 360 and the PS3 will cost $169.99 and the PS2 will cost $159.99. All bundles will come with the Guitar, Drums, Mic and the game itself. You could also still buy them seperately. The guitar will cost $60 for the wired and $80 for the wireless, the drums will cost $80, the mic will cost $30 and the actual game cost $60 dollars for the XBox 360 and PS3 while the PS2 will cost $50.

So if you buy them seperately it will cost you $250. Subtract $60 if your thinking of not buying the guitar because you have already the X-plorer Guitar (eventhough the Rock Band guitar has extra fret buttons closer to the base) then your at $190 and it will still cheaper to buy the bundle.

The XBox 360 and PS3 version will come out on November 23 and the PS2 version will shortly follow up on Dec 10. Just in time for the holidays. I'm sure this one will also sell out. Get your pre-orders!

PGR4 Realizm showcase

I was blown away when i saw this commercial. Project Gotham Racing 4 shows off their graphics and making real life not so distant from the capabilities of the XBox 360. This commercial of PGR4 starts out with real streets and real people and later going to real-time game footage. It's really hard to see where it ends and starts. See for yourself and see if you can figure out where it ends and starts.

Microsoft Mission Accomplish: Halo 3 World Record $170 million in 24 hours

Microsoft predicted that Halo 3 will beat all entertainment sales in its first 24 hours of release beating Spiderman 3 and the Harry Potter movies. $170 million in its first day of release including all preorders and release day purchases beats Spiderman 3's $120 million record. Even though movie tickets cost $10 and compared to the $129, $69, $59 prices of Halo 3 it still shows value of sales in the 24 hour period. Wow! I guess this is how Microsoft will get their money back from losing alot of that production cost of the consoles and still losing for every unit sold until now. Go Master Chief!!!

Microsoft's XBox 360 to be Powered Up!

From Joystiq comes the new holiday line up for Microsoft's XBox 360 and will be powered up!! An atempt to convert more Sony fanboys to join into the 360 pool (those who still has the PS2 and waiting to happen to the PS3), Microsoft is bundling alot of extras to all the SKUs currently in selves coming October. I made a little chart for you to check see for yourself.

XBox 360 Elite	HDMI port 120GB HDD Wireless Controller HDTV Component Cable HDMI Cable Games included Forza Motorsports 2 Marvel Ultimate Alliance Release Date: October 23, 2007
XBox 360 Pro	HDMI port 20GB HDD Wireless Controller HDTV Component Cable Games included Forza Motorsports 2 Marvel Ultimate Alliance Release Date: October 09, 2007
XBox 360 Arcade	HDMI port 256MB Memory Card Wireless Controller AV Cable Games included: Boom-Boom Rocket Pac-man Uno Feeding Frenzy Luxor 2 Release date: End of October

As you could see that the before Core package, now going to be dubbed Arcade like they have in UK, will have the most power ups. From a wired to a wireless controller and from without a HDMI to with a HDMI port. Also to be dubbed Arcade because it will come with 5 Live Arcade games pack in the 256MB Memory Card that its going to come with.

So this might not be a price drop because all will still cost the same $449.99, $349.99, and $279.99 but having all the extras maybe costing about $50 to $100 more then without it.

Is Microsoft being Sony to the punch again knowing that rumors going around that Sony might have another price drop? I think so.

Nintendo Japan is #2 in Mega Giant Companies

Nintendo being the strong video game company that it has been for the years it has been in the market with its ups and downs are now the #2 company in Japan.

Nintendo has 8.34 Trillion yen in its pocket and only being 2nd to japan's mega company Toyota. Nintendo recently beat Canon which has 8.12 Trillion. Don't expect Nintendo to overtake the reigning champion anytime soon because Toyota has 24 trillion in its bank. That's 3 times more so unless nintendo has 3 times more game, consoles, accessories, marketing that's equally as successful as the currrent Wii and DS then it won't happen.

Sony New SKU Rumor Gets More Evidence

The rumor has been out for a while now and though they didn't announce it at the Tokyo Game Show, we have new evidence that it will happen. The picture above is the new FCC approval of a new model Playstation 3. Sony likes to renumber every new hard drive that they put in. So though it's not confirmed, this is a light to the upcoming price drop that everyone has been talking about. Let's hope it happens. But when it does happen, will this help out in the sales of the console?

Capcom to make Platinum Games

Capcom's Clover Studios which is responsible for the cool game Okami was liquidated and fromed the company Seeds, with talents of Viewtiful Joe's Atsushi Inaba, Resident Evil's Shinji Mikami and Devil May Cry's Hideki Kamiya. This was an awesome line up. But even before making a single game they had to stop operations.

Seeds was to be merged with company ODD. Now to be called Platinum Games, they will be having a bigger work force then ever before. Lets expect from these guys one heck of game. We'll fill you in when news starts to surface.

Halo 3 Goodness

Lately I haven't been posting much and it's because of all the Halo 3 madness going on. I've been trying to gather some people to go with me to the Wal-Mart midnight sale for this game. I have some friends that has the game already and so the news is true that the game is already in consumer hands.

There is also an event at GameCrazy (Hollywood Video's game section) that will be giving away extra stuff like TShirts and Used games along with your purchase. Not bad!

I also saw and AD that a guy is selling the legendary edition for $250. I called him up and it was sold. Lucky or unlucky buyer?

As for the end of this article, here is a commercial for Halo 3 and wow did this give me goosebumps.

Radio Shack to have Games!!!

Radio Shack is now venturing to new things in fear of sales are going down. So they have decided to get into the gaming industry. As a first step they are starting out with major games and not all. Starting September 24 they will have Halo 3 for sale and some major ones. Not more then 14 games from the big 2 consoles. Yes I said 2 and not 3. They have decided not to have the PS3 in store. I feel bad for Sony.

Radio Shack's stocks has gone done 6.6% last month and is taking steps to prevent it from happening again. The growing industry of video games was the step to go. And this is how they are starting out and said if all goes well they will have the full line up. Hey! Maybe they'll have PS3s now also!

World Of Warcraft Account sells for $10,000

We know that online gaming accounts has been sold before but not as much as this. 7,000 euro dollars was the price ($9,700) for a Rogue with the best items. The character had Legendary Swords from Illidan Stormrage and 4/5 of a Tier 6 armor set. The guy that sold it, Zeuzo, is currently making another character also a Rogue.

What's more sad is that the guy that bought the account has not been seen since Sept 3. There is only a few explanations for this. One could be that he's tired of playing WoW and retired or and emergency and has to do something else or the account might of been banned because selling of accounts is not permitted in the terms and conditions of Wow. Sad!!!!

Sony Is Announcing the Rumbled Sixaxis

Its just a rumor but word is out that Sony is revealing the rumbled enabled Sixaxis controller for the Playstation 3 on the Tokyo Game Show. Word has been going around now that some development companies has been receiving rumble enabled sixaxis developer's kits to work on. So this news isn't really a long shot and can be quite true. Let's hope it!

August Sales: Nintendo is top followed by Microsoft

Here are the figures of the month of August. Stated that the video game industry had a total sales of $993 million in this month alone, it has increased almost %50 since last year are clearly topping the movie industry.

Nintendo Wii: 403.6K (4 million total)

Nintendo DS: 383.3K (12.7 million total)

Microsoft Xbox 360: 276.7K (6.3 million)

Sony PlayStation 2: 202K (39.1 million total)

Sony PSP: 151.2K (8.3 million total)

Sony PlayStation 3: 130.6K (1.75 million total)

The PS3 stays at last place once again. Michael Pachter's prediction of 2 to 1 sale of the 360 over PS3 is very much a given with these figures, not to mention that September is when we get to finish the fight.

Halo Madness Continues

Even banks are jumping in with the craze.

Halo Themed 360 comes out Sunday

Its official and Microsoft has announced that this coming Sunday the Halo Themed 360s will be out for the public. The question still stands if this is really worth $50 dollars more for few designs on the console and different colored accessories? One thing that is different then the Premium pack is the included Charge 'N' Play kit that comes with this package, a $20 value. So your actually paying $ dollars more for the paint job. Maybe for people that has an 1080p HDMI enabled TV that chose the 360 as their console of choice but don't have it since they bought the unit that don't have it yet, they could use that as an excuse to get this and sell their current 360. Maybe?

Even the Charge 'N' Play kit is Halo-themed

Nintendo Stocks continue to Go UP!

Nintendo is not stopping and still going up. Just 2 weeks ago the stocks were priced at $330 and is currently at $450. People that bought stocks a year ago must be really rich right now. I find no reason for the stocks to stop increasing since the holidays are coming and Nintendo's strategy to divert more Wiis to US then in Japan since most of the population is here. Congratulations Nintendo!

World Series Of Video Games Is No More

WSVG, the supposably World Cup of video games has ended and pulling the plug. The reason? They say there are not enough advertisers and saying too much work for not enough money. I guess that these guys are in it for the money and not for the gamers. Someone should make a non-profit video game competition medium and let it be heard that gamers are the next big thing.

Michael Pachter Slips Secret PS3 Price Drop

The PS3 40GB rumor came from none other then game analyst Michael Pachter. It is categorized as rumor because no word yet from Sony. But mentioned at CAGcast #90, Sony has been woeing Mr. Pachter and giving some probably major info and wasn't probably suppose to be announced quite yet but I guess slipped out the month of Mr. Pachter. If this is true, then we all could expect that rumor to be a reality next week at the Tokyo Game Show.

Halo 3 and XBox 360 Predictions by Michael Pachter

Here are more predictions from the analyst of the gaming industry Michael Pachter.

XBox 360 will outsell PS3 2-1 or more for the month of September, the month of Halo 3's Finish The Fight.

Halo 3 will sell 3 million copies in the first 2 weeks of release on September 25, 2007.

XBox 360 sales is expected to be over 400,000 for the month of September.

With these predictions, Microsoft must be really smiling to their ears with these figures. It really looks like Halo 3 really is a console seller. 1.5 million pre-orders already currently reserved and yet more too come with the people that are just release day buyers. Halo 3 madness continues to go all over America. As for Japan, we can't say the same.

TGS pre-knowledge PS3 AND PS2 getting price drops

There you have it. Michael Pachter mind powers of predicting the video game future is true. Being announced at the Tokyo Game Show is two different announcements but same category.

The PS3 is getting yet another price drop but not directly. This is being expected sooner then thought previously. They are coming out with a lower model, the 40GB PS3. 40GB you say??? Yes 40GB PS3. Its going to cost $399 hence the price drop. If this trend keeps going then maybe we could looking at $299 for the 20GB version and $199 for one that don't have a HDD. But anyways, with a $399 price and competing directly now with the XBox 360's price of $449 $349 $279, we'll finally see a more even match of which really do people want since now they have the choice when they have about $400 to spend. Will they get a PS3 or a 360??

The second announcement is the PS2 is also getting a price drop. The current 129$ console will now be $99. Nothing really to discuss about here except if you still don't have a PS2 in your house and your read this video game news freakin get one already. I mean, get it when the $99 PS2s come out.

Eternal Sonata for the PS3? We're pretty sure. Not Official though!

Judging by the picture alone above, it looks like the PS3 is getting the supposably exclusive Eternal Sonata for the XBox 360. This picture was taken from Joystiq.com and is part of the ESRB rating the game. Namco Bandai denies it though, saying that it is an XBox 360 exclusive. Famitsu is saying that its coming out next year spring. So what's really going on here NAMCO BANDAI?!

US Shares Europe's PS3 Compatibility Pain

Oh so it hurts!!! The pain!!!

Not really physical pain but and not all that bad since everyone practically has a PS2 anyways so its not really all that worth mentioning but I will anyways. The backward compatibility of the PS3 80gig version of Sony suffers from the same backward compatibility of that of Europe. Here is a quote from Joystiq.com stating some problems that may occur on some of the game.

-God of War -- 60GB: "No major problems for this title." 80GB: "During various FMV sequences throughout the title, the audio plays overlapped by static audio distortion."

-Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater -- 60GB: "No major problems for this title." 80GB: "During various FMV sequences throughout the title, the audio plays overlapped by static audio distortion." & "Throughout gameplay, the title performs at a significantly slower than normal performance speed."

-Final Fantasy X -- 60GB: "No major problems for this title." 80GB: "At various points throughout the Opening FMA sequence, the graphics jitter."

-Destroy All Humans -- 60GB: "No major problems for this title." 80GB: "At specific points during gameplay, character weapons do not function as intended."

Like I said, not all that bad.

CAGcast reports on the Circuit City... thing!

The whole thing about the Circuit City has been on hold for a while now. They have their "Motion to Quash" still pending and still waiting for results of that but what was interesting in the podcast was that CheapyD discusses that he gets alot of secret intel from circuit city now because of this publicity that's going on.

The latest news that was mentioned was that Circuit City is planning to be renamed "The City". Wombat wanted to call them "KFC" for "Kentucy Fried City". Listen to it at www.cheapassgamer.com and listen to it yourself. Awesome stuff!

Jam Session for the DS bundle

Here a nice thing to talk about. Jam session, the DS' version of Guitar Hero, is coming out with a bundled "First Act" amp. So if your a music gamer and want to get a hand on this then you'll have to wait until November. The bundle will cost $69.99, with game and amp to rock and roll!!!

Aerosmith Themed Guitar Hero

This just from Joystiq.com with an article with Aerosmith. From Billboard, Joe Parry says that Guitar Hero IV will be Aerosmith centered and to be the dedicated to them. So the well knowned guitarist, Joe says they are working hand in hand with the developers.

We can't say if its Activition or Red Octane but since Activition has rights to Guitar Hero now and Hermonix now has Rock Band then its pretty much safe to spectulate that Activition will be doing this game. This is probably a leak and no one is suppose to know that Guitar Hero IV is in the works even before the release of III.

Analyst says Asian MMO sales of $2.5 Billion

Asian MMOs are very much diverse and very different from American MMOs. They could have mini characters shooting cabbage or rocks against each other and be a successful game or have a side-scroller adventure platform game and have massive multi players all at the same time and still be fun and profitable. The asian markets of MMO is so many that last year they made $2.5 billion in revenues and is expected to grow more. Analyst says 20%. I say that americans should embrace this concept and not just stick to WoW. Try something else, they might just like it.

PSP-2000s now available

No one really waited for this release since its not much of a difference but the new PSPs are coming out dubbed PSP-2000. It comes in slivery white and sells for 200 dollars and comes with Daxter and Family Guy and with a 1Gig Memory Stick. That's alot of "and"!

WAIT!!!! Have you seen one in stores? Apparently not yet so what really going on Sony? Today was supposed to be the actual release date but nothing has been popping up. Others say during Christmas but since no one really is anticipating this release, no one really know too.

Analysts saying again PS3 Price Drop

Alot of analysts, one of them being Michael are talking about another price drop for the PS3. NO! Not next year but this year to follow up the holidays. I guess if this gets out of hand that sony will sue the analysts now. But anyways, with this news and if we take these analysis to consideration then we'll just wait again for this price drop before they pick up a PS3.

Halo 3 in Production

Everyone is on their toes waiting for Halo. Joystiq.com now reports that Halo 3 is done and in the mass production stage. Everyone is wanting a copy of this. The game is currently being mass produced being copied to discs being wrapped and the Spartan Helmet is probably getting ready for war. Everyone probably has it on pre-order right now just waiting for the day to come. It is soon coming if you say that its in the production plants. We all want to finish the fight!

GT5 Prologue is Coming for the Holidays

Sony is pulling strings and everything it can to get this game out. It's just a prologue so it's the full game where there are hundreds of cars and tons of race courses. This version will have 40 cars, and 3 tracks that being Eigar Nordwand, the London City Track, and Suzuka. It will also have online play with 16 simultaneous players and the game will run at a full 1080p at 60fps, though the replays will be 30 just it's predecessor Gran Turismo HD. Another detail to mention is that it will be downloadable on the PSN and also available on Blu-Ray disc. The full GT game will still be on year 2008.

PS2 Bundle, Yes PS2 not 3.

The Playstation 2 has been behind the battlefield for quite sometime killing competition without the enemy knowing. Their new offense strategy? A SingStar with Mics Playstation 2 bundle pack. This package comes with the game and 2 mics and the very wii like white PS2. The cost is $150 dollars for the package. Not bad seeing the normal bundle cost $130. So those of you that have hybernated in caves for the past 6 years the PS2 has been out in the market and haven't got one yet, this might be your time to shine!

Sony, Nintendo, and EA go to GC07

Sony, Nintendo and EA are all attending the Games Convention Asia at Singapore. Sony is said to win more gamers and Nintendo is to introduce the asian version of their Wii console. EA is going to sport out their sports games. Let's just all hope Microsoft joins in the fun. The big trio is always fun to watch battling things out.

Bioshock Banned From Valve

The craze that is Bioshock has been invading working environments including valve offices and so therefore has been banned. The boss of the office said that they cannot play the game until Orange Box is done and on the shelves of retails stores.

Jessica Alba's Body Secrets = Wii Workout

This has been going around for awhile now and its hard to avoid the topic nowadays. Every gamers is now talking about Jessica Alba is using the Wii to keep fit. First it started out with her public announcement saying that she likes to play games and sonic is one of her favorites. Now its the Wii as the latest successful Sonic game was on the Wii. Is it really true? It's just a rumor but its nice to see how great she looks thinking its because of video games.

Great Blackout to Start Out X07

Microsoft's event at Toronto X'07 had a mass effect! A Blackout left people standing in the dark as everything just went dark. I guess all that plasma TVs and 360s working around the clock really put the cables to the test. Maybe this venue didn't have what it takes to handle the power of the electronics.

Charlie Oscar Delta 4 Beta Tokens Gone in Minutes

Everyone waited to get their token for the lastest Call of Duty game beta testing slot. But only the lucky few was able to get in. It just comes to show that 360 gamers are really anticipating alot from this game. CheapyD during his latest CAGcast was one of the lucky ones to get their hands on this beautiful game and his exact works are...

IT IS SWEEEEEET!!!!

Nex-Gen Console Sales Figures by Launch

Here is a nice little graph about the nex-gen consoles. We could say alot about this graph. This graphs, provided to us by Gamasutra, shows by the million how many of each console has been sold comparing each other of launch month by month. We could see that the Playstation 3 has out sold the 360 on the 2nd and 3rd month in the market but fall short because of disappointments. Of course this was well spread out the gaming community and people started to say "Sony said it will be worth the wait now now this? I'm just going to get a 360, kicks butt anyway." This was about the 2nd and 3rd month of the PS3 life cycle which was during the beginning of the 2nd year the XBox 360 was in market. That's where we see the big spike up of sales for the 360 at the 14th month of it's life cycle. As for the Wii, it's just dominating in sales, earning money from the start unlike Sony and Microsoft is losing money.

DirectX 10 is Vista Only, mistake said Developers

I am one of the victims here with this Vista only DirectX 10. Developers have been avoiding the DirectX10 because of the exact same reason most companies are making games for the 360. A bigger install base of gamers. Not alot of gamers actually have Vista and using DirectX 10. Only 7% of gamers have the technology and most gamers are still using Windows XP. Sad but true!

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is Out Today

Alot of Wii fans have been waiting for this game. Wii has always had a non-hardcore gamer market. Well this might be just the game for the person that still lives with his mom and waited for his brother to buy a nex-gen console for them and got a Wii and have been starving for some real action non-cute serious game to come. Those people are probably getting ready to pick up the game. This might not be the actual box art but its nice though.

NiGHTS Journey of Dreams for Wii is Delayed

Even though only just a rumor, NiGHTS Journey of Dreams, sequel to the long gone Saturn Game NiGHTS into Dreams, is being delayed indefinitely. First quarter of 2008 is the said release date now but who knows. I guess it will miss the holiday rush. It could be a bad thing or a good thing. Bad because they won't be able to get in the action of compulsive buying of the holiday shoppers but maybe good because it will avoid the big hitters and maybe able to find a soft spot in the calender where people could see NiGHTS for what it really is. I loved the first game. There is no reason for me to dislike this one.

Epic says No Unreal Tournament III Demo

They didn't do it for Gears of War and now they are not doing it again on Unreal Tournament III. Mark Rein, boss at Epic, said that making a demo just takes time away from making the actual game. Mark was really firm in the No Demo theme of things. People are really starting to dislike Mark Rein and his more to be woed by Sony. He's always smiling on the camera but deep down he's planning on making alot of Gears loyalist pretty mad. Atleast Cliffy B. was open to the idea of demos. But I guess his boss is Mark as well.

Slow times

Today has been a slow day for video games. I've been looking around everywhere from joystiq to kotaku to gametrailers and to official sites like xbox.com and nintendo.com but nothing new except some things we already know. Everyone is talking about PAX but nothing good there also. Maybe microsoft was right in sticking to the "NOW" theme they had at E3 because I want game NOW! Bioshock is surely the game to get now but I'm more excited about Blue Dragon.

Maybe I'll just go to sleep until Aug 29 (that's 3 days from now) and get my copy of Blue Dragon. I want it!! I want it now!!!Then that could get me busy until Lost Odyssey! Great!!!

I'll try to scoop up more interesting things to post. I didn't bother to post the unnecessary.

Stay tuned.

Wii is Catching Up

If you guys haven't noticed we here at Animation Game put the banner of NexGenWars who keeps track of the sales for each of the big 3. And now the Wii is gaining and fast! Just last month it was 10.9 million XBox 360 and 8 million Wii. Now it's 11.1 million XBox 360 and 10.1 Wii. With this rate of sales for Nintendo, the Wii, even with XBox 360's 1 year head start, will out sell the current leading XBox 360. Everyone just wants to swing that bat or bowl that ball. As for the PS3 it's still there.

More Wii to come to the US instead of Japan

Sales of Wii has been up and stayed up there. Until now there is no Wii to be found in stores. The great amazing Michael Pachter says this.

"Wii sales remain strong, with an apparent increase in supply during the quarter. This increase is inconsistant with reports that Nintendo has had difficulty in increasing its manufacturing capacity, suggesting to us that the company has diverted supply from other areas (perhaps Japan) to the U.S."

He said this weeks back and now we're getting news that this is what Nintendo is doing. Man! Is this guy a good or what? Is he the real world Isaac Mendez (HEROES)?

No Bioshock on PS3, period.

Ken Levine of 2k Boston, creator of the well talked about Bioshock, has dismissed the rumor of Bioshock coming out on the PS3.

"I promise you, there is no secret plan about the PS3 that we're keeping from people. There's no PS3 development going on that we're hiding. There's lots of stuff that gets into game code, plans change over time and we got an exclusive deal with Microsoft... that's not a Rosetta Stone discovery."

Seems to be it was old game codes from original plans and experiments until it went exclusive on the 360. Sorry sony owners, no bioshock for you. Go over next door to your friend and play it there.

Gran Turismo 5 News

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is probably one of the titles that's responsible of saving the PS3. As we get news, it looks to be doing its job. It is said that GT5 will have car damage like they did in Forza Motorsports. But also they are proud of saying that they'll have better AI and better physics. They also take pride in nice elegant designed interiors of the car models. I can't wait to see this game in action. For now we'll have to settle with Gran Turismo HD.

Microsoft Also Not Going to E for All

So Sony isn't going and Capcom isn't going and Sega isn't going. But Microsoft is Nintendo's buddy right? ...and they're going right? Nope! Microsoft skips on the event and plans to do other things during this time. So with Sony not going, and Microsoft not going, this event will probably turn out to be a nintendo fanboy event. Don't get me wrong, I love nintendo and I love my wii but the excitement has been divided down to a third of the excitement of the event. So we'll see what really happens but my excitement has gone down for sure for October 18-19.

Pantsu from Pantsu Game

At a convention in Japan they were selling actual replicas from the Hentai Game Pantsu. Would be neat to have your girlfriend wear one of these, now, would it!?

Expensive Gundam

Wow just look at this model!!! Way way expensive!!! 30 million yen for this piece of work.

Mitsubishi is going 3D

Ever heard of the Virtual Boy? Nintendo made it! How about he 3D Glasses from Sega? Now Mitsubishi is trying to have a try on the 3D industry for games. Mitsubishi plans on making movies as well as game that run on their very own built 3D glasses.Mitsubishi also said that they'll be doing it on Blu-Ray so Nintendo is out of the question and Microsoft is HD-DVD so I guess it will be Sony that will benefit from this venture.

Geometry Wars Wave on Project Gotham Racing 4

Here is something cool! Geometry Wars will return as an arcade in Project Gotham Racing 4 when it's released this October. It will be exclusive only on PGR4 and not be available on XBox Live Arcade. Neat!

E for ALL except Sony and some

IDG Entertainment should pretty down hearing that Sony will not be attending the conference. But not just Sony, NCSoft, Sega, and Capcom will not be at the show as well. We still have Nintendo though and EA. Other few attending also is THQ and Konami. So it should still be a good show.

Maybe the frustrations of E3 lead to doubt about E for All. This really sucks for IDG Ent. so they must really do something fast before the public start to doubt in going to this event.

Virtual Fighter 5 Online Lookin Good for the 360

The 360 version of Virtual Fighter 5 is really starting to look great and said to be looking better then the PS3. Especially the online feature which was excluded in the PS3 version of the game, there is a video from gamersyde showing the online gameplay itself. Like DOA online gameplay there is a little bit of delay on it but still looking better then DOA. See for yourself on this video.

Analyst was wrong on PS3 and XBox 360 sales

Well known game analyst Michael Pachter predicted that, because of the price drop, the PS3 will out sell the 360 in the month of July. This just in at Joystiq and the numbers are in from NPD. This month the Wii out sold any console including its very own Nintendo DS, but we want to look at the PS3 vs XBox 360 sales. PS3 sold 159k units as the 360 sold 170k units. Almost there Pachter but no cigar. Maybe it was about to happen since usually the 360 sells 2x more but this time came close. Probably the counter price drop of Microsoft made the difference.

Project Gotham Racing 4 on Oct. 2

Project Gotham Racing 4 is coming out the 2nd of October. PGR3 is so far the best looking racing game on any console and this next game is just said to be the same. Making all other racing games look less likely, watching and playing Project Gotham Racing just makes you feel like your actually there. Europe is getting this game October 12.

The 65 nanometer XBox 360 dubbed Falcon

Well news is coming out that the 65 nanometer chip is about to be a reality. Compared to the current 90 nanometer chip that the XBox 360 is currently using, this is said to be less power consuming and heat generating. Theoretrically this is going to lessen or eliminate the Red Ring of Death.

The current HDMI enabled motherboards are dubbed Zephyr which still uses the current 90nm chips. But the later Falcon motherboard will sport the new 65nm chips. This new technology, though is still said to be implemented first quarter of next year, on the holidays will already be some on shelves. You have to be lucky enough if you want a more reliable one and nab one and take it home.

Halo Movie looking good

Here is a clip from Gamersyde at the Leipzig Game Convention. Nice nice nice!

Rumor saying Ninja Gaiden 2 for 360

This rumor came from Joystiq which got it from Joystiq HQ France which got it from Gamespot which got from Gamespot Korea which got it from a person saying that Ninja Gaiden 2 is coming to the XBox 360 and to be announced at the Tokyo Game Show.

A PS3 game is not yet said.

XBox 360 Dashboard Update

The XBox 360 Fall Update has a few rumored to be quite juicy. They say that it will hav Xvid support meaning you could just go ahead and burn your videos directly to a disc and play 'em in plain AVI format or of sort. That would be cool but it might stun the popularity of the Video Marketplace as stated in Joystiq.com, and also on the rumor mill is the IPTV blade for quick internet tv access, a PIP setting, an much prettier slideshow for you pictures. But what I'm most excited about, as a gamer, is the Clan functionality. Now we're getting somewhere and start building clans and guilds to get some teamwork going! Woohoo!!!

Santana on Guitar Hero III

Santana features in the next installment of Guitar Hero. Surely Santana is one of the Legends of Rock. The song is "Black Magic Woman". Can't wait for this one!

Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD

The war is not on the nex-gen consoles but also in the movie industry as to which format is going to be the next big thing. Is it Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. We all know that the PS3 is built with Blu-Ray and that Microsoft is supporting HD-DVD. There is 2 parts in this battle... Both are big competitors and all are giving the best blows they have.

First off is Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Animation is abandoning Blu-Ray and sticking HD-DVD. This means that Transformers and Shrek the Third will be HD-DVD exclusive. This really gives advantage towards HD-DVD which they have really been needing since everyone has been saying that currenlty Blu-Ray has been in the lead.

The next part of the battle is that Twentieth Century Fox and MGM Pictures (which most of the releases are handled by Fox) are abandoning support to HD-DVD and staying with Sony supported Blu-Ray format. It is said that 29 titles are on the way by the end of the year.

So the war goes on and the format that is to dominate is still uncertained but sales in Blu-Ray has been ahead of the competition. But big player Paramount and Dreamworks are really going to push HD-DVDs back.