George “Geohot” Hotz, infamous for hacking the
Playstation 3 system earlier this year, which led to a controversial lawsuit by
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), has donated $10,000 to the
Electronic Frontier Foundation. This comes after the foundation supported Hotz
in his defense against Sony
The news came after Hotz posted a screenshot of the
generous PayPal donation on his blog;
Naughty
Dog has announced that the multiplayer beta for Uncharted
3 will begin on June 28 and
has released a massive amount of new details on the game. Along with
a bunch of new screens to drool over, a new video has also surfaced
which showcases a good deal of the game’s new mechanics, gameplay and
customization. The latest installment promises to be a huge leap
forward from the previous title and even more action-packed! The
developers have stated that they have preserved the signature
Uncharted
style of gameplay while making the game even more revolutionary and
unique. The set piece moments that have made the single player
experience so memorable now serve as key element to creating a
unparalleled multiplayer game in Drake’s
Deception. “We
dipped our toe in with Uncharted
2. Now, with Uncharted
3, we’re diving in
headfirst.”
It may seem like a lifetime since we heard about anything
new in regards to Kojima Productions Metal
Gear Solid: Rising. But, despite remaining to be nothing more but a rumour,
an individual on the Gamespot forum, who claims to be a professional writer,
was speaking of “snippets” of the hugely anticipated upcoming prequel of the
MGS series, running off his PC.
Under the alias of “Kolokovitchk”, delivered a thorough
article on what is presented in the game, and a list of technical features that
the game will use.
Along
with the new Ratchet & Clank title, Insomniac Games’
upcoming third installment to the popular Resistance series
has seen yet another media preview. On April 12 a large group of both
American and European press members in Los Angeles were treated to a
presentation of a new single-player area, multiplayer map, and weapon
that would be featured in the upcoming Resistance 3
game. Along with this fresh material, the video showing the boat
segment along the Mississippi River was also shown. Both of these
levels which are featured in the game’s single-player campaign
feature characters Joseph Capelli and Dr. Malikov as they try to ward
off the Chimeran threat; show some of the new game elements such as
the “weapon wheel” and HUD enhancements.
To celebrate the release of the sequel to 2007’s game of the
year, this article will talk about all things revolving around the upcoming
(and inevitably great) Portal 2, from the announced comic, to the newly
announced Steam/Playstation 3 cross-over.
So, the premise, players reprise the role of the games
heroine Chell, after being under stasis for 700 years, after the events of the
first game. During stasis, psychotic AI named GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk
Operating System) and the rest of the Aperture Science facility has fallen into
disrepair. However, both Chell and GLaDOS are soon woken up by one of GLaDOS’s
personality cores. Displeased at the return of Chell, GLaDOS unleashes a new
range of chambers, where challenging platforming and complex physics-based
puzzles (with the use of the infamous portal gun) are the only way of escape.
A
bit of new media has been floating around regarding Rockstar Game’s
upcoming title L.A. Noire.
The detective thriller has been in the spotlight for some time now
and it seems that there could
be some exclusive content in store for the PS3 version. Apparently, a
few retailers including Amazon, Gamestop, and Walmart have put up a
new version of the PS3 game box with “exclusive content” featured
on the front. However, this box also contains the “Only on
PlayStation” badge as well so the authenticity of this packaging is
to be examined. Preorder bonuses have already been arranged but there
is no material on the game’s official site that suggests anything
related to PS3-specific content, but there could be some updates in
the works.
Dragon’s Dogma is a new IP from CAPCOM and is set to arrive some time in early 2012. The game is no small production,
with over three years of planning it is currently in its second year of
development, and CAPCOM will be hoping that it will stand up to their other
large franchises such as Resident Evil
and Devil May Cry.
