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.

Europe Also Gets a 360 Price Cut

Unlike PS3 denying the price cut for their console, Microsoft has decided to do just the opposite and give the UK gamers a taste of the benefit. The Core pack is getting a £20 price cut becoming £179.99 ($358) and £30 on the Premium pack becoming £249.99 ($497). Also when the Elite debut it will cost £299.99 ($596). The Core pack will is now equal priced as the Wii in Europe.

Also in Belgium the prices are going to be €449 Elite, 349 Premium, 279 Core, but that's not what they are calling it for they are getting a new name. The Core will now be called Arcade with subtitle "Just Play". Makes sense since you can't really save on HDD. And adding subtitle for the Premium to be "Go Pro" which I think they are calling the Pro package. As for the Elite they are giving it "Go Big". But that's not all. All Xbox 360s are getting the HDMI port. Yup! Also the Co... I mean, Arcade package. The Arcade pack has an included 5 XBLA games packed in the 256MB memory card that it comes with making it really an Arcade package. We still don't know if this is indication if we in North America will also be getting this extra treats. Let's hope so.

Bioshock PC Demo available

I've been gone for the past 2 or 3 days be now I'm back and more gaming news up to come. But then again more Bioshock news because we can't wait for more. Not just 360 owners now but also PC gamers can jump into the madness that is Bioshock. The PC demo is out and you could download it in any gaming file site. Fileshack is a start or gamespot. But anywhere you go, you could always just google it. Enjoy the demo! As for 360 owners, they're probably enjoying it right now.

More Bioshock Madness

More news going on with Bioshock and it's upcoming release on August 21. There is an exclusive Faceplate of Bioshock official design and Gamestop is exclusively distributing it. Alot of promotions are really coming out and I don't know why no publisher wants to distribute the game. There were only 5100 of these faceplates made so if you get 'em remember to sell it on ebay for quite a price. It was said that it reached to around 100 for the faceplate. Remember it has to be original.

No More Limited Edition Bioshock

Gamestop and EB Games, one of the biggest gaming retailers, has stopped the orders for the Limited Edition Bioshock which is nicely packed as shown. A limited edition surely is limited when its handled like this. So I guess if you really want your copy of the limited edition you'll have to look for it somewhere else.

China Sueing Blizzard for Unauthorized Font Usage

Blizzard is being sued for allegedly using fonts from the chinese company "Founder Electronic Co." font on World of Warcraft without prior permission and/or rights. They said that a potential $132 million dollars was lost because of this act. Billions in their own currency.

Soul Calibur Goodness

Soul Calibur has lately being categorized in the same category has Dead Or Alive in "Bouncy Boobs Fighting Game" category. Just look at the screenshot provided of Sophitia and her see through (almost) dress. I know we can't show you how it animates right now but surely we will once we get good video footage of the game in action. But for now just check out these pictures. We just blog *shrugs.

Sony full 3D Peripheral Rumor

I hard this from someone long ago when the wii came out that Sony is developing a wii like controller but instead of a sensor bar, it will be fully 3D meaning no more sensor bar.

That's just rumor but here are some news from Joystiq.com stating that GameTech is up to something for the PS2 dubbed RealPlay as in RealPlay Tennis, RealPlay Golf and all the other wii like sports. Sony just doesn't stop copying the competition. But anyways I guess its always nice to have options. *coughcopycat

Unlockable Wear

I love this one. It cost $13. Might be the best achievement you'll unlock.

Next Tomb Raider on the Way

Lara Croft has been a big hit again lately with Tomb Raider Legends and Tomb Raider Anniversary. The company has really got back to its feet and now they are well on their next installment of the game. We know nothing at this point how its going to be but another look at Lara Croft in nex-gen graphics is really worth the wait.

Also Angel of Darkness isn't really doing well so they took most of the staff and brought them over to US to work on this one to boost things up.

Trusty Bell's Namco Bandai "Not Aware" of PS3 Version

Here is something funny from Kotaku.com, saying that people or the press has been asking Namco Bandai details about Trusty Bell for the PS3. Namco simply replied...

"We were not aware of that"

Simply mean they have no plans. But the XBox 360 boxart doesn't say "Only On XBox 360" so maybe in the future. PS3 owners cross your fingers kinda like the XBox 360 crossed their fingers on Assassin's Creed.

Ziff Davis in Debt 390 Million Dollars

The board game company and also publisher of game magazine Ziff Davis is in touble and now we know how much. So sad about this company that introduced video games very well back in the days where there was not much internet and people subscribled to magazines. The own EGM, PC Magazine, and Games For Windows. They are still operational and is still fighting to get back on its feet so lets give 'em our support. I'm surely cheering for 'em!

"The Cell" Director to Make Condemned Movie

Tarsem Singh is the director of The Cell and is the one doing the movie installment of Condemned which is also renamed "The Unforgettable".

More game to movies the better right? I hope so because more and more of these game to movies are coming out crappy. Lets hope something comes out and be worth our 10 dollars.

"The Cell" Director to Make Condemned Movie

Sony's Anger Towards Speedy1961

Listening to CAGcast (I am a regular listener) and can't help but point out Sony is up to its old ways again. Sony always puts restrictions on their products such as no VCD playing when they released their DVD players. That's just one sample. I have more in mind but I won't get into it.

The Circuit City's subpoena towards CheapAssGamer to release any information about Speedy1961 was really provoked by Sony threatening Circuit City to revoke them from future plannings of Sony Entertainment of America. It seems that Sony wanted him fired from where he worked so that's what they did. This is all because of the early ad scan that came out a week before the announcement. The employee from Circuit City scanned it and sent it to Joystiq.com and was caught and was fired. He had to make an apology letter to Sony and after had him fired.

Why is Sony so pissed? Maybe because 1 week of sales just went down waiting for the price drop. Kinda like a "buy! buy! ops its cheaper now but too bad you bought one already!" kind of situation.

Sony is really messing up this time around. They better fix their attitude before everyone starts to just reject them.

Check out www.lik-sang.com and see what they did to them. Lik-sang was a cool company selling video games to anyone that wants it. This happened just before the PS3 release. (I was ordering my PS3 there) This is another doing of Sony. I guess they get a kick out of pissing off gamers.