Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 6:00 PM
Here's what went down today in the world of videogames, technology and popular culture.
- Konami announced yesterday that Castlevania Judgment is coming for the Nintendo system.
- A picture reveals the Leviathan from Resistance 2.
- EA is fixing up Bad Company.
- Minesweeper cheats?
- A screenshot for upcoming music game Rock Band 2 reveals the following previously unannounced tracks coming for the game:
- Hellboy stopped by the Actor's Studio to have a chat with James Lipton and his students. The result is... incandescent!
- Neopets co-founders Adam Powell and Donna Williams have decided to expand their online gaming expertise.
- Team Fortress 2's Heavy class is the next on the list to receive unlockable weapons, gameplay tweaks, and achievements
- Patch 1.22a for Warcraft 3 has dropped.
- GI Joe: Resolute will be written by hard-boiled comic book vet Warren Ellis and is planned to be much more adult than the 80s incarnations of the show.
- Details of World of Warcraft's new pet were revealed.
- How will LittleBigPlanet control its content?
- According to a post at Neogaf.com, online store PlayAsia.com listed that Soul Calibur 4 requires 6.7 gigs of game data plus nearly 2 gigs for game saves.
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Posted by Brian Leahy - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:39 PM
Want to see what the In-Game XMB looks like on the PlayStation 3 in the 2.40 firmware? Check it out in this video. Also look for a cameo by G4 reader, Bookshelf! Also, don't make fun of my Tekken skills!
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Tags: PlayStation 3, Videogames, Videos
Posted by Jeffrey Kanjanapangka - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:21 PM
Halo Wars screens... a lot more majestic than the last lot. Ensemble Studios has given us a little more flavor for this Xbox 360 real time strategy with these detailed shots. Expect the drop in October..
Click the image below for the Halo Wars Image Gallery
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Posted by John Manalang - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:12 PM
For those of you still in touch with The Force in Star Wars: Galaxies, Sony Online Entertainment announced today that they are launching the online trading card game version called, Champions of the Force.
The card game will be playable through your current SOE account and will require a fully-paid subscription to Star Wars Galaxies. We know, we're dissapointed too. We were really looking forward to just play some online Star Wars trading card game...
Of course, players will have a choice to either play with the light or dark side and play on your own or versus other players.
Hit the jump for the press release.
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Tags: PC Gaming, Videogames
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:02 PM
Word on the internet is that Sony's latest PlayStation 3 update (2.40) caused enough people problems that it is no longer available for download. Shocking!
We wouldn't know, as we downloaded it soon after it was available and everything things to be running smoothly here at G4.
Can anyone out there confirm or deny the availability of the update? Also, has it been working okay for y'all?
Kotaku: Sony Pulls PS3 2.40 Firmware After Reported Problems
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Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:56 PM
The above pictured gimcrack is a Nyko Media Hub for the PlayStation 3.
The Media Hub attaches to the console and adds three additional USB ports and a media card reader slot that supports SD cards and Memory Sticks. That's all it does. That's all it needs to do.
Life is better now. Here's a site.
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Tags: PlayStation 3, Videogames
Posted by John Manalang - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:45 PM
The Sony homie David Lempel, PSN Director of Operations, spoke to Gamespy about the PS3 2.4 firmware update. Although Lempel had a little Q&A of his own in the Playstation.Blog, he added a couple of more infos about the new Trophy system:
GameSpy: Does Sony have a deadline, loose or rigid, for developers to implement trophies into existing titles?
Lempel: We're working with developers to hit a deadline. It's not something that we're trying to force on them, since it eats into their development schedules. Many of them want to do it. It's just there's some additional work on their end; someone has to create art and assets, and we don't want to interfere with what they're currently working on. Ultimately, we'll have trophies for every game, but we didn't want to force it on them immediately.
Hit the source for the complete interview.
Gamespy: Sony's Eric Lempel Talks PS3 Version 2.4
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