PS3 News

Devil May Cry HD Collection Coming?

Spanish retailer XtraLife this week listed a HD collection exclusive to
PS3 including all three of the original Devil May Cry games with a
release date of November 20th and some box art seeming to back up the
legitimacy of the listing, but was later pulled for undisclosed
reasons. On the cover below, which was recently proved a simple mockup, it is clearly seen that the collection will be released in
celebration of the 10th anniversary of the series with the original
game having been released in October 2001.

Unleash Your Rage Upon The Gods In Asura’s Wrath

Asura’s Wrath is just the game I needed to see at E3 this year. For the most part the entire show has been pretty stock. Sure its always interesting to catch a glimpse of something new from games like Gears of War 3 or Uncharted 3 but for the most part we already know they will probably be quality titles and just from playing previous entries in either series can tell just how they going to play. In the context of E3 they just are not the type of game I want to see. Asura’s wrath however, is unlike anything you could have seen before.

The game is off the charts in terms of scale and sheer amount of craziness contained in it. The art style alone is incredibly unique. It meshes Japanese mythology with a healthy dose of sci-fi to create an image that is individual to anything you could have really seen before. Capcom’s Kazuhiro Tsuchiya spoke about the art style as something that was sprouted by an inital desire to have no influence from any other games to come through. They wanted to create something completely new for Asura’s Wrath and they have,for the most part, achieved that.

Capcom’s Epic Fantasy: Dragons Dogma

Dragons
Dogma is a brand new title set to be released by Capcom. This third
person fantasy action RPG boasts some impressive visuals. It also comes
from the team that produced Devil May Cry 4 as well as Resident Evil 4, so
it is set to be a competent action game at the very least. Capcom
claims Dragons Dogma will take place in an extremely vibrant and large
open world. Through this world the player will be accompanied by a
party of three. The party will fight independently of the player and
will learn and adapt their own abilities based and what strategies
the player decides to implement. With gameplay that looks solid and
encounters suitably epic to the fantasy genre , Dragons Dogma seems
to be one to look forward to.

Devil May Cry E3 Trailer

Capcom
has shown off a new trailer for their upcoming reboot of character
action franchise Devil May Cry. As expected, the complete overhaul of
the main character, Dante, is still in the cards. Gone is the gothic/punk inspired hero of twelve years ago and he has been
replaced with a more modern and fresh interpretation of his
predecessor. The trailer seems to carry a new tone for the franchise.
There are no cheesy lines, in fact Dante has nothing to say at all,
which is not at all typical for the series. The over the top action
associated with the series maintains and it appears as though Capcom
has tried to push it even further, perhaps because of the high
standard that have been set by Bayonetta. Overall, it seems as per
usual for the Devil May Cry series, which is somewhat disappointing
given they had a real chance to mix things up with this reboot.

Sony NGP is PlayStation Vita, Has Price

The
first glimpses of Sony’s next generation portable gaming device
surfaced months ago, but now the E3 press conference has revealed an
official title for the project as well as a price. The once dubbed
“NGP” is now the PlayStation “Vita” which means “Life” in
Latin. This name was chosen because the Vita allows for a
“revolutionary combination of
rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context.”
The goal of the project is to bring together users and provide a rich
gaming and social networking experience wherever they are, with
connectivity being the key. Sony claims that it was vital to design
the new portable device so that users could connect to their
entertainment world regardless of location. The PS Vita will enable
infinite possibilities for friends to encounter, connect, share and
play no matter where you are.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City E3 Trailer

Capcom
recently released the E3 trailer for their new title Resident Evil:
Operation Raccoon City. The game is a spin-off of the Resident Evil
franchise and is a squad-based shooter in which players will assume the
role of one of the members of an Umbrella security team. The trailer
shows no gameplay but it gives a good sense of what the game is all
about. Gameplay is sure to be seen as the show floor opens.

Ubisoft Unveils Far Cry 3 at E3

During their press conference
at E3, the French publisher Ubisoft announced that Far Cry 3 is currently in development. Led by Ubisoft Montréal, the third
game in the popular FPS franchise has the player controlling Jason Brody, “a man
alone at the edge of the world, stranded on a mysterious tropical island.” There
will be some level of control over the outcome and the direction of the game as
Ubisoft tells us “players dictate how the story unfolds, from the battles they
choose to fight to the allies or enemies they make along the way.”

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Preview and Trailer

With
E3 ramping up, new trailers are making their rounds. As the resident
THQ guy this year I was very happy to hear that there was a new trailer
for the Warhammer 40k: Space Marine game. What we know so far
is the game will put you in the shoes of one of the Imperium’s Space
Marines, a Captain Titus. So far the game looks like a bloody good mess
of a game and will have you shooting and slicing up Orks and even some
of the forces of Chaos. The game will be hitting a PS3 or Xbox 360 near
you this September. Until then enjoy the new trailer!

Insomniac Reveals Overstrike

Up
until now, despite technically being a third-party studio, Insomniac
Games has remained exclusive to Sony’s platforms with series like Ratchet and
Clank and Resistance. That’s all changed with Overstrike, their latest
title revealed at this year’s E3. While gameplay footage has yet to be shown, the CG trailer demonstrates
Insomniac’s trademark sense of humor and fun with the tone of the game
seeming to sit nicely between realism and cartoony madness. Centralizing
around an elite team of four specialists, all of whom seem to have
distinct
personalities and abilities, including the leader Dalton Brooks (an
ex-mercenary), Jacob Kimble
(a detective), Isabelle Sinclair (a scientist) and Naya Deveraux (a
thief). What came to mind initially for me were the likes of Team Fortress
but with the production values and expressiveness of a Pixar film.
Being made by Insomniac you know it will have a well realized narrative
full of colorful characters and, given the primary focus on the four, it
should be expected that co-op will be seamlessly weaved into its
design.

Street Fighter x Tekken Comes to Vita

Yoshinori
Ono made an appearance at Sony’s E3 press conference to reveal a
(sort of) new title for the PlayStation Vita: Street Fighter x
Tekken. The game will make the jump from console to handheld just as
Street Fighter 4 has done before it. No announced date for release or
even expected time of year for release was mentioned.

Ono did
reveal that bizarrely Cole, of Infamous fame, will feature as a
playable character exclusive to the Vita. Cole is an odd choice as he
doesn’t exactly fit in perfectly with the Street Fighter style that
maybe Kratos did in regards to Mortal Kombat. Nonetheless it is an
interesting addition. Ono did show some gameplay of the Street
Fighter x Tekken running live on the Vita. At first glance it looked
at least comparable to the game’s console counterpart. However, it
looked significantly choppier in the frame rate department and
only time will tell how well the Vita’s controls will be able to
handle the precision required to succeed at a Street Fighter style of
game.