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This DBZ movie is getting really weird.
December 19, 2007
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July 11, 2007
Microsoft’s E3 press event
Just finished watching the press conference. All of the games that they focused on (except one) will be out this year. Before I go to sleep (it’s after 2 AM here) I’ll run through some bullet points:
-Microsoft made a Wiimote–though more in Design rather than Function (one big ‘win’ button and other smaller buttons, but no motion sensing or pointing was mentioned)
-Resident Evil 5 made an appearance, but it’s not coming out this year. Everything else Microsoft mentioned is coming out this year
-Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey coming out this year. Fable 2 was barely mentioned, if at all, so that isn’t coming in 2007.
-They showed a live-action trailer for Halo 3. A little strange, but interesting.
-Gears of War PC
-Call of Duty 4
-They featured the Naruto 360 game for a while
-Peter Moore played the ‘Rock Band’ guitar and sang a little.
-Microsoft is releasing a Spartan Green (my words, not theirs) 360 to commemorate the launch of Halo 3. Some might call it Diarrhea green.
-Assassin’s Creed continues to look darn cool
-They stressed that GTAIV will have more content on 360 than ‘other platforms’, and VF5 will be online only on their console
-They announced a bunch of XBLA games, one of the notable ones being Marathon. There were lots of other stuff, including original Sonic and Golden Axe which they said were available *now*. Nifty.
-Video Marketplace, announced partnership with Disney (which includes Miramax and some other stuff). They showed a whole bunch of movies from that group, then announced that all of the movies that they just showed were available on Marketplace *now*. Nifty again.
-Played some PGR4, showed off the bikes
-Other stuff. I’m tired, it’ll be all over the net soonish anyway.
-Closed with a Halo 3 gameplay/story trailer. Wasn’t terribly impressed, but it was fine.
I thought it was an ok show. Outside of the Wiimote and RE5 showing up, there wasn’t anything particularly unpredictable or shocking. I was watching it both through Gamespot’s live feed and on G4, but G4 kept going to commercials at the most random and inappropriate times. Mass Effect trailer? Commercial. Call of Duty 4 demo? Commercial. Halo 3 trailer at the end? ‘nother commercial. Good thing the Gamespot channel was about 15 seconds behind the G4 broadcast, so I didn’t miss anything.
Anyway. I sleep.
July 6, 2007
Virtua Fighter 5 on 360 will be online.
Sega, no doubt feeling the pressure from Namco, revealed that the 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5 will feature online play.
I have no regrets. I knew it was coming for the 360 before I picked up my PS3 and was thinking of waiting, but certain news about the PS3’s future caused me to get one early.
It’s unknown whether or not they will update the PS3 version to do this. One theory that was floating around back in the ‘no-way-vf-is-gonna-be-online’ days was that if the Console games featured online play, no one would go to play in the arcades anymore. If this was/is Sega’s way of thinking, putting VF5 online on the 360 isn’t a big deal. Japan, for the most part, doesn’t care about the 360 so putting it online there won’t eat into the arcade market.
I’ll probably buy it again for the 360 depending on what exactly is being done online. I don’t intend to do much online fighting, as my latency is horrible. But if they offer downloadable updates to costumes and stuff that the PS3 won’t see, I’ll definitely get it. Also, Achievements.
May 22, 2007
Super Smash Bros. Brawl website reveals Music talent, possibly more…
Finally reaching the end of its countdown, the official Smash Bros. Dojo website is live.
There isn’t really much to talk about it if you look at it on the surface. Series creator Masahiro Sakurai’s first couple of posts explained the basics of the game that anyone who has touched it will already know. Most recently however, he revealed a list of the composers who are contributing to the soundtrack this time. Click on for the list, and my speculation.
