Prey demo available on PC, 360 version delayed.

Thursday 22 Jun 2006 : 18:53 PM



A playable Demo of Human Head's upcoming 1st person shooter Prey is now downloadable for PC from the official website - click here

Xbox 360 fans are going to have to waith though, as it won't be available to download from Xbox live today as promised.

A spokesperson said, "We do not want 360 people waiting up for the demo or having false expectations. The 360 demo will not appear on Marketplace tonight.

"I'm still waiting for specifcs, but I'm being told that it's still in testing at Microsoft. From what I understand this isn't Microsoft's fault, and is more likely just an issue of timing.

"I'm hesitant to give any estimates for a release, but I've been told it should be reasonably soon after the PC release, but could be as long as a few days."

Tags: 1st Person Shooters , Human Head , Prey , Shooting Games

Formats: PC , Xbox 360

GTA iV fake screenshots doing the rounds.

Thursday 22 Jun 2006 : 18:43 PM



Earlier on today we came across, the picture above which apparently was posted on Games Radar forums by a 'disgruntled Rockstar employee'. We didn't post it because it was quite clearly a fake and we wouldn't want to give any credence to these time-wasters but it's amazing just how many nig news sites get suckered in by this kind of stuff.

Must try harder!

Tags: Grand Theft Auto , GTA IV , Rockstar

Formats: Multi Format

Sonys first Blu Ray player delayed again

Thursday 22 Jun 2006 : 18:24 PM



The release of Sony's first Blur Ray player in the US has been delayed again to 25th of October.

When you consider that HD-DVD drives have been out for a couple of months and that this is only a couple of weeks before the release of the PS3 this cannot be good news for Sony, who really aren't having a good time at the moment.

The unit is supposed to retail at $995 , which is nearly double the price of the Playstation 3, which makes us wonder why anybody would buy one ? unless Sony have really lost the plot and their PR department are doing this so that the PS3 looks like a bargain ? Even Sony aren't crazy enough to release a product which they deliberately don;t want to sell, just to make another product look cheap, are they ?

Tags: Blu-Ray , Sony

Formats: Playstation 3

Xbox 360 Price slash rumours

Wednesday 21 Jun 2006 : 12:42 PM



Rumours of an Xbox 360 price slash to coincide with Sony's launch of the PS3 just before christmas are cirulating after a report by BritXbox claimed that they were preparing to drop the price, possibly to £200 for the core system and £220 for the Premium.

We can forsee two problem with this strategy though.

Firstly, the 360 will already be considerably cheaper than the PS3 and the worry for MS is that people will perceive their console to be less powerful, those with money to spend will assume they are getting the best console by buying a PS3. Wouldn't this be a bad move in terms of peoples perception of the 360's power ?

Secondly, if you're going to lower the price of both the core and premium units then at what point does it become pointless to have two price points (some would say from launch day!) , if there's only going to be £20 difference then surely they would drop the core ?

As one BritXbox user has already pointed out, MS could just bundle more good software with the machine to make it look more attractive but still make it look like it's in competition with the PS3 price/power wise. We agree.

Tags: Microsoft

Formats: Xbox 360

More Wii details

Wednesday 21 Jun 2006 : 12:19 PM



Nintedo held a "Corporate Management Policy Briefing" yesterday which was basically the press event involving Nintendo bigwigs Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto. Between them they revealed some interesting details about the upcoming Wii and gave some insight into the relative failure of the Gamecube.

You can read the full details here but we've summarised the most interesting bits below.

* Iwata says that Nintendo shouldn't be in business if their only aim for Wii is to outsell the gamecube he says, "we are making efforts so that Wii will show a far greater result than GameCube".

* He blamed the failure of the gamecube on gaps in game releases but promised not to make the same mistake again, "To avoid repeating this with Wii, we have been intensifying the software development, both internally at Nintendo and at developers outside the company, in order to prepare aggressive software lineup for Wii at and after the launch."

* Of the lack of HD support and lack of graphical power compared to PS3 and Xbox 360, Miyamoto said that he hadn't yet been able to use all of the power in the Gamecube so this did not worry him.

* They have no regrets about the name.

* They will be manufacturing 2 million DS Lites per month, at least until Christmas.


and most importntly ....

* Miyamoto is working on a "secret project" , which will be revealed on 6 months.

Very intriguing.

Tags: Nintendo , Shigeru Miyamoto

Formats: DS , Wii

First Black DS Lite Pics

Tuesday 20 Jun 2006 : 13:34 PM



Kotaku is carrying pictures today of the lovely looking new black DS lite.

There's no news of when we'll be able to get hold of one and it's looking even more unlikey thanks to a whole shipment of euro-bound ds lites going missing last week, but we'll certainly let you know (after we've ordered ours obviously!)

For more pictures visit Kotaku



Tags: DS Lite , Nintendo

Formats: DS

The Ultimate Gaming Babe.

Monday 19 Jun 2006 : 16:15 PM

British fashion label Joystick Junkies has announced the finalists in it's quest to find 6 gaming babes to represent them and promote the brand.

You can now vote on their site until 23rd of June and help them choose the lucky 6 who will get to model for them and travel the world.

Joystick Junkies have been keen to point out that they're not just looking for the sexiest models but girls that know their gaming. As well as doing test photo-shoots the girls have had to demonstrate their gaming knowledge and battle each other at games such as Halo 2, Burnout Revenge, SSX, Gauntlet and Streetfighter II to get to the final 10.

You can read more about the lovely ladies and vote for them at Joystick Junkies

Tags: Joystick Junkies

Formats: Multi Format

Nintendo Game & Watch on DS ?

Monday 19 Jun 2006 : 15:30 PM

Nintendo fans in Japan can not earn themselves a copy of "Game & Watch Collection" for the DS through the company's loyalty programme.

According to a Nintendo website the collection features three classic Game & Watch games , Donkey Kong, Greenhouse and Oil Panic.

At the moment there is no news of anmy commercial release or a UK/US release but if it proves popular (which is of course very likely) then we wouldn't be surprised.



Tags: Donkey Kong , Game & Watch , Nintendo

Formats: DS

Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary Remake goes ahead

Saturday 17 Jun 2006 : 11:44 AM



Despite reports on many gaming sites yesterday about it's cancellation, Eidos has confirmed that a remake of the original Tomb Raider is still on and will apparently be released on PSP, PS2 and PC.

The video above was leaked onto the internet and was confirmed by developers Core Design to be real, although it was Core who yesterday claimed the game had been cancelled. We'll let you know just as soon as they change their minds again.

Tags: Core Design , Eidos , Tomb Raider

Formats: PC , Playstation 2 , PSP

Playstation 3 pre-orders start: Shortages expected.

Friday 16 Jun 2006 : 20:40 PM



Play.com are the first website to start taking pre-orders for the Playstation 3, which is due out late november.

Interestingly they are only selling the higher-end model with the 60GB drive, it seems like they've learned their lesson from the 360 launch even if Sony haven't.

However, it's not looking good for those of you that want one on launch day. Despite delaying the initial spring launch by over 6 months and Sony promising good stock levels, Play still have a notice saying that they can't guarantee delivery before Christmas. We don't know whether they're just being cautious after being burned by the Xbox 360 launch but that's not good news.

Also quite worrying is the fact that you can only buy it with 3 games (Formula One 06, Warhawk and Singstar), it's £550 and there's no £10 deposit, you have to pay the full £550 now!

Personally, after the mess that certain online shops made of the 360 launch we'd be inclined to pop into our local high street games store early and register our interest there.

Tags: PS3 Launch , Sony

Formats: Playstation 3