Galaxy Next Door: Sony to bring PS2/PSone backwards compatablity to Vita and PS3 through Gaikai streaming service
First and third-party games to be streamed to hardware
Sony’s rumoured cloud gaming deal with Gaikai will allow current-generation hardware to play PlayStation 2 and PSone games via a streaming solution. [GI]
According to sources, the service will offer first-party games and be open to…
38 STUDIOS LAYS OFF ENTIRE STAFF
The curtains have drawn to a close for 38 Studios. The studio which recently released Kingdoms of Amalur has announced a company wide lay off effective immediately. The game simply did not sell enough copies to keep the studio afloat. 38 Studios was not without controversy though. 38 was started by Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling a few years back after he saved the studio Big Huge Games from certain failure. Things were looking good until the state of Rhode Island decided the studios worthy to receive a $75 million loan. The loan was issued in the summer of 2010 to the struggling company and things once again seemed to be going well. On May 15th 38 Studios requested an emergency meeting with those in the Rhode Island legislature that gave them the loans. It appeared they had missed one of their $1.1 million payments. 38 studios was in over it’s head and it had no more favors to call in or checks to cash. Citing an “economic downturn” was the reasoning given to employees on their pink slips.
PROJECT M: DEMO V 2.1 RELEASED
Here’s an update for anyone who enjoyed our first look at the Project M Demo v2.0. Demo v2.1, which was released today, fixes quite a few freezes and bugs.
On top of that, a new stage has been added featuring Skyward Sword’s Skyloft area, complete with Loftwings flitting about in the background. There have been minor changes made to a handful of characters, but nothing quite as momentous as what we previously discussed.
Head on over to the Project M Download Page and nab the update but just be aware: If you’ve spent time adding textures, skins and other various tweaks to characters or stages, this new release contains the entire folder structure, so be careful to backup your texture files.
We’ll be back shortly with another look at a few more characters as we did in our opening article on the project - Planned are Wolf, Charizard and a quick revisit to Lucario. If you have anything in mind that you’d like to see covered (or even filmed), be sure to let us know in the comments.
METRO: LAST LIGHT - ‘ENTER THE METRO’
If you’ve never played Metro 2033, that’s a really sad thing to hear. With it’s combination of post-apocalyptic misery and survival horror, Metro 2033 was a unique take on the first person shooter. 4A Games is now hard at work on the sequel, Metro: Last Light. The marketing machine begins with a very cool new short film called “Enter The Metro”, which is remarkably well done. Check out this foreboding blurb:Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within.
Whoa. Watch the short film to get an idea how the world of Metro came to be. Metro: Last Light is currently set to release in 2013.
MAX PAYNE 3: PAIN AS ART
Rockstar Games has accomplished what few games in the industry have: they have made gaming an art form. After playing Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption, and now Max Payne 3, I can say with honesty and a straight face that these three games delivered in ways many Hollywood movies can’t.
I am a gamer who enjoys a good plot. I want to be driven by more than the need to complete a game and brag about it on Facebook or Twitter. I want to be seduced by a game, I want the story to draw me in and the characters to have depth. I know if I’m playing a great game when I am struggling to get through a chapter just to watch the cinematic following its completion. Max Payne 3 was one of those games.
WWE WEEKEND ROUND-UP 5/18-5/21
WWE Smackdown, Over the Limit and Raw - May 18th, 20th and 21st, 2012
John Lauranaitis disagrees with the Board of Directors and asks for the crowd to say a prayer for him as he readies to face John Cena. CM Punk comes out (because this is what the WWE champion needs to concern himself with, apparently) and says we’ve all gotten our prayers answered - John vs John at Over the Limit. Because Ace is still in charge, he puts Punk against Kane tonight, because I’m sure he hopes that the champion gets hurt heading into a PPV. THAT will put some fingers on the “buy” button, right? Johnny finishes by telling the crowd to go to hell. Alright then.
COMPLETELY RANDOM EPISODE 2: COFFEE AND IDLE BANTER
In this episode of Completely Random, Jon, Drew, and Chad discuss the effect of dating on video game play time, The Walking Dead Game, The Avengers, guns, the idea of a Justice League movie, and much more. Take a seat and absorb your sermon for the week.
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THE DARK KNIGHT: CHAOS REBOOTED
The Dark Knight was something I did not expect. I mean, I loved Batman Begins, and had seen the trailers of The Dark Knight to know that my place was at my nearest multiplex for the midnight show. I expected the line outside the theater, I expected people dressed up as Batman or the Joker, even thought I saw a Morgan Freeman cosplay, but that may have been a Nelson Mandela lookalike. I’m not sure. But what I didn’t expect was how damn good this movie was.
At the conclusion to Batman Begins, they set up the anticipation to the next villain on Batman’s radar: the infamous Joker. The internet swarmed to find out who would play the Clown Prince of Crime. The mantle fell upon the late Heath Ledger. Who knew? Who knew that he would take this character and performance and knock it out of the park. Now, I’m the first to say that The Academy doesn’t know good cinema if it slapped them in the face, since they sure as hell can’t pick decent hosts for the damn show. But sometimes they give credit where credit is due, and Heath’s award for Best Supporting Actor was well deserved.
