Some screenshots from the recently released teaser trailer. You can also read the full fact sheet on Street Fighter IV right after the jump.
This week’s additions to Rock Band are three new tracks - Radiohead’s “My Iron Lung,” Weezer’s “Buddy Holly,” and a cover of Pretenders’ “Brass in Pocket.” The songs sell individually for 160 Microsoft points.
Following the flop that was E3 2007, ESA has announced that it is moving the annual summit to the Los Angeles Convention Center when it runs from July 15-17, 2008. The event will still be invite-only and open to the exclusive few.
“The Summit is first and foremost about getting business done,” the ESA told Gamasutra. “The intent of this show is to be a business-to-business opportunity and it isn?t centered or focused on general consumers.”
Mac owners will be able to partake in Unreal Tournament 3 action in early 2008, as MacSoft is porting the game to the platform. It will feature the same content as its PC, PS3 brethren and may possibly be the first Unreal Engine 3-powered title on the Mac.
Over on Gameplayer are some new details on Saint’s Row 2, the upcoming sequel to the Volition GTA clone. According to the post, the game will feature full-story co-op multiplayer similar to Crackdown, tons of new vehicles including helicopters, jet-skis and speedboats. Apparently, planes will be able to crash into buildings, as well.
Finally, the city in the game will be 45% larger than that of the original. It will also feature 130 building interiors spread throughout the city.
Gamers can now gift games to other users on Steam - be it a friend, family or a random stranger. The recipient will receive the game with a special message from the sender. This page has more details about gift purchases on Valve’s broadband delivery service.
NetDevil has announced the launch of a web games division and plans for its first release - LEGO Racers, a browser game set for release early next year. Based off the racers franchise of toy products and following the same storyline, LEGO Racers will let players own up to five cars from ten teams with different attributes and compete against other players. Players will also be able to modify and upgrade their cars, as well as watch the race live or activate their challenge meter, boosting the chance of winning. There will also be an offline mode and leader boards.
“NetDevil has proven a valuable partner that truly understands what the LEGO play experience is all about,” said Kelly J. McKiernan, Internet Content Manager on LEGO Racers. “The company’s high-quality work on the LEGO Universe MMO made them an easy choice for LEGO Racers, and we look forward to continuing our relationship with them to give fans of LEGO a whole new way to interact with some of our most popular franchises.”
The company is also working on other titles, though no details were disclosed.
Red Mile Entertainment sends word that it is publishing Heroes Over Europe, the next installment in its Heroes flight combat franchise. In development at Transmission Games for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, the game will follow the stories of three allied pilots and their actions in the war, from the invasion of France to the devastation of Berlin in 1945.
“‘Heroes of the Pacific’ established Red Mile as a leading publisher in the air combat genre,” said Glenn Wong, President and Chief Operating Officer of Red Mile Entertainment. “Transmission Games is building on the excellent groundwork it laid with the first game, and based on what we’ve seen so far, it looks set to deliver a truly stunning follow-up that will thrill armchair pilots everywhere.”
The game is due out during Fall 2008 for PS3 and Xbox 360, with a PC version shipping soon after in early 2009.
The official playlist for Burnout Paradise was announced by EA earlier this week. The music features in the game includes tracks from artists such as Alice in Chain, Soundgarden, Guns n’ Roses, Killswitch Engage and Senses Fail, among many others. Here’s the full list:
*Winner of the second international Burnout Bandslam competition.
- Adam And The Ants, “Stand And Deliver”
- Agent Blue, “Snowhill”
- Airbourne, “Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast”
- Alice In Chains, “Would?”
- Army Of Me, “Going Through Changes”
- Avril Lavigne, “Girlfriend”
- B’z, “FRICTION”
- Brain Failure feat. Dicky Barrett, “Coming Down To Beijing”
- Brand New , “The Archers Bows Have Broken”
- Bromheads Jacket, “Fight Music For The Fight”
- Depeche Mode, “Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)”
- Faith No More, “Epic”
- Guns N’ Roses, “Paradise City”
- Innerpartysystem, H”eart Of Fire”
- Jane’s Addiction, “Stop!”
- Jimmy Eat World, “Electable (Give It Up)”
- Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket, “Cities In Dust”
- Jupiter One, “Fire Away”
- Kerli, “Creepshow”
- Killswitch Engage, “My Curse”
- LCD Soundsystem, “Us V. Them”
- Make Good Your Escape, “Beautiful Ruin”
- Maxeen, “Block Out The World”
- Mexicolas, “Come Clean”
- N.E.R.D., “Rockstar (Jason Nevins Mix)”
- Never Heard Of It*, “Finger On The Trigger”
- Operator, “Nothing To Lose”
- Permanent ME, “Until You Leave”
- Saosin, “Collapse”
- Seether, “Fake It”
- Senses Fail, “Calling All Cars”
- Showing Off To Thieves*, “Everyone Has Their Secrets”
- Skybombers, “It Goes Off”
- Soundgarden, “Rusty Cage”
- Sugarcult, “Dead Living”
- Swervedriver, “Duel”
- The Photo Atlas, “Red Orange Yellow”
- The Pigeon Detectives, “I’m Not Sorry”
- The Styles, “Glitter Hits (J.J. Puig Mix)”
- Twisted Sister, “I Wanna Rock”
Burnout Paradise is due out on January 25, 2008 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. A playable demo of the game is already available on the online networks of aforementioned consoles.
EA has revealed that it is working on Tiberium, a new tactical first-perosn shooter set in the world of Command & Conquer. Here’s the deal:
Tiberium is a mysterious extraterrestrial crystal that shatters the energy output of traditional fossil fuels. It has the power to save our civilization; it also has the power to destroy it. For eleven years, an alien tower has stood dormant, looming like an unholy mountain over a wasteland once known as the Mediterranean Sea. The tower was thought to be a relic of the Third Tiberium War; a devastating war fought for control over Tiberium crystal. It is not a relic. It is not dormant. Deep within the tower, plans are in motion for an alien invasion. This is where the Tiberium adventure begins.
The game has players don the role of Forward Battle Commander Ricardo Vega, as he assembles an elite squad to combat the crisis. Tiberium will feature both shooter and tactical squad combat, having players control multiple infantry, armor and air squads.
Chris Plummer, executive producer at EA Los Angeles, said: “After two years of pre-production, it is exciting to finally reveal this game and its rich fiction to the world. We’ve put a lot of effort into evolving the tactical shooter experience by taking core gameplay compulsions like commanding, choice and dominating your enemies and delivering them in first-person. Some of the weapons and mechanics are truly innovative for a first-person game. We’re very proud to be part of a project that has the potential to really make a mark on the canon of sci-fi fantasy fiction.”
It is being developed at EA Los Angeles and will be available worldwide in Autumn 2008 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
In even more engine news, Havok sends word that Pandemic Studios has licensed Havok Behavior 5 for use in developing its upcoming titles. The behavior SDK and composition tool allows technical and non-technical game developers to create infinite numbers of sophisticated character behaviors easily and quickly on a wide range of platforms, including Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360. Pandemic has licensed Havok Behavior 5 as part of the Havok Spectrum bundled product, which provides integration between Havok Physics, Animation and Behavior.
Illuminate Labs, creators of rendering and lighting technology for next-gen games, has announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Epic Games, one that sees the incorporation of the company’s Beast, a global illumination system, into Unreal Engine 3. Under the terms of the agreement, Illuminate will join Epic’s Integrated Partners Program (IPP) and its technology will be immediately available to any publishers or developers that license the engine.
The inclusion of Beast will allow artists to seamlessly add global illumination to development environments using the Unreal editor. It will also allow them to bake soft shadows with transparency and get skylights from HDR images.
“We are very proud to be part of Epic’s Integrated Partners Program,” said Magnus Wennerholm, chief executive officer of Illuminate Labs. “Visual quality and cost effectiveness in the production process are key issues to all games studios, and with this partnership UE3 customers will benefit from easy access to our advanced lighting technology.”
A new firmware update for the PS3 is now available, adding the ability to play DivX encoded videos on the console. The v2.10 update also introduces Blu-ray profile 1.1 (known as Bonus View) that will enable PS3 owners exploit the potential of Blu-ray titles coming in 2008.
The update also offers a voice changer feature, enabling users to alter the tone and pitch of their voice from the control panel during AV chat. Finally, the update also adds VC-1, alongside DivX, video playback capabilities.
Meanwhile, the PSP was also updated to v3.80, gaining the ability to play streaming internet radio. Most interestingly, these updates allow even more interactions between the two platforms, letting users stream and play PlayStation games on the PSP using Remote Play on the PS3. This applies to both physical and downloaded PS1 games.
- Chessmaster v1.02 on FileFront and Gamer’s Hell
- Flight Simulator X Service Pack 2 on the Official Website, FileFront and The Patches Scrolls
- Hellgate: London v0.6 on Hellgate Underground
- Need for Speed: ProStreet v1.1 on Gamer’s Hell
- Need for Speed Carbon v1.4 on Rapidshare (regular edition), Rapidshare (collector’s edition)
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