**Update I just learned that the DS version of Chrono Trigger will infact contain 2 version on it. The first Version being the newly translated,2screen etc. version. The 2nd version being a direct single screen snes port.**
So about all that E3 news……Theres so much! FF13 not a ps3 exclusive is probably the biggest thing that happened. Aside from that theres the whole guide redesign. The blades are still present in the design, but the guide itself has a more flip book presentation about it. Similar to windows aero that is in vista. Major Nelson has a big write-up about the dashboard and it can be found here. Nintendo didn’t announce much aside from some more add-ons for the Wii. As for the ps3, I am not entirely sure of what they announced aside from things like home being region locked, and how GT5 more than likely wont see a date earlier than 2010. Onto to the games….So many are going to be released this year. Some of the titles that I am waiting for are Gears of War 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Too Human, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Rock Band 2 (hopefully i get the premium Ion Drumset ) Dead Space, and right now my current top game, Left 4 Dead. Of course i can’t leave Chrono Trigger DS out of the picture yet. Let’s just hope that square-enix wont try to charge forty dollars for it seeing as it is just going to be a direct port of the SNES version. I feel as thought that Left 4 Dead won’t make huge numbers right off the bat (still decent mind you) but it will be like numerous other valve games, and just have a strong base and just continue to sell well for a good while. Just look at how Counter-Strike 1.6 is still being played on a large scale (just don’t look at how terrible i am at it) So all and all, there was rises and falls at e3 this year. What did you get out of it? What really got you excited and waiting with eagerness? For more info pertaining to e3, please visit either HERE or HERE to get your fix of trailers and whatnots since I know some of you can’t go without visual stimulation.
Now that i got that out of the way, on to more gaming news as of lately, Gears of War 1 to be re-released on June 23rd and it comes with all previous DLC and a cheaper price.Touhou 11 demo was released and ill post a video of that, the difficulty of it is insane compared to Touhou 10. The Killer Instinct 3 Rumor that has shown it’s head has been officially shot down, its not in production : ( . New homebrew software for the Wii, even though it still involves using the twilight hack, but you only have to do it once to install it. After that its such things as WiiLinux, Roms, and Region free. A new type of stealth chip will supposedly put an end to Pirate gaming according to Bushnell, the man who founded Atari. “What that says is that in the games business we will be able to encrypt with an absolutely verifiable private key in the encryption world – which is uncrackable by people on the internet and by giving away passwords – which will allow for a huge market to develop in some of the areas where piracy has been a real problem.” We’ll just have to see how well that goes. Gamestop has slapped a pricing on Guitar Hero:World tour; listing it at $189 for the bundle on the 360,ps3,and wii while the ps2 version will be $179. As for the game only, it will be $49 on the wii and ps2, and $59 for 360 and ps3. Yes there will still be guitar bundles, listed at $99. So pick your poison, its still expensive either way.Street Fighter 4 in Q4 2008, and with the possibility of a PC release to boot. They must be thinking of it because of the recent success they’ve had with PC releases (DMC4 anyone?).Will GRiD be a huge release? Even though its boasting a 1million + download for the demo will it show the same numbers come release? Also keep an eye out for games leaving XBLA. For the potential listing of games that have a good chance of removal please visit the list here. I’ll have to touch on DS (pardon the pun) and it’s massive home brew following next time. Now Enjoy these videos, the Touhou 11 Demo ( which is friggin sweet btw) and a complilation of Killer instinct moves.
) Dead Space, and right now my current top game, Left 4 Dead. Of course i can’t leave Chrono Trigger DS out of the picture yet. Let’s just hope that square-enix wont try to charge forty dollars for it seeing as it is just going to be a direct port of the SNES version. I feel as thought that Left 4 Dead won’t make huge numbers right off the bat (still decent mind you) but it will be like numerous other valve games, and just have a strong base and just continue to sell well for a good while. Just look at how Counter-Strike 1.6 is still being played on a large scale (just don’t look at how terrible i am at it) So all and all, there was rises and falls at e3 this year. What did you get out of it? What really got you excited and waiting with eagerness? For more info pertaining to e3, please visit either HERE or HERE to get your fix of trailers and whatnots since I know some of you can’t go without visual stimulation.
