Today Ubisoft reps confirmed that FarCry 2 will ship in North American on October 21st. Ubisoft posted a blog on the official FarCry site that the release date for Xbox 360, PS3, & PC was 10/23. The reps told us that the date on the blog was for the Eurpean release only but never mentioned it on the blog for some reason. A FarCry 2 Collector’s Edition (pictured above) will also be available on release.
Microsoft announced today that Xbox 360 consoles will be available at reduced prices. The Xbox 360 Elite will drop from $449.99 to $399.99, the standard Xbox 360 will go from $349.99 to $299.99, and the Xbox 360 Arcade will see a reduction from $279.99 to $199.99. This decrease in price comes months before the crucial holiday season, and places the Xbox 360 Arcade within shouting distance of Nintendo’s Wii. While these prices don’t seem to have reached the GameStop or EB Games websites just yet, you can reap the benefits of this price drop directly from Microsoft’s official Xbox website.
Take-Two’s earning statement confirms BioShock 2 is coming in fiscal year 2009. That would likely put its release sometime next holiday season.
The report’s formatting initially had PS3, Xbox 360 and PC next to BioShock 2 but it has since been revised with “TBA.” With BioShock coming to PS3 shortly the odds of BioShock 2 being developed for both consoles are worth betting on. Whether it will appear on Xbox 360 first as a timed exclusive remains to be seen.
The report also states Grand Theft Auto IV has sold over 10 million copies worldwide as of August 16.
Also selling strong is Carnival Games on Wii and DS which combined have moved over 2 million units.
Other notable items in the release is a fiscal 2009 launch for Borderlands 2 and Superstars Wii NBA, the basketball version of MLB Superstars.
If you ever wanted to be a mad scientist when you were a child or even now, this game would be your dream-come-true folks. Detbrenner explains that Monster Lab is all about creating the biggest and baddest monster by scrounging up parts through various quests, combats and environmental challenges.
Prepare to enter the battlefields of World War II once again with the arrival of Activision’s latest FPS title, Call of Duty: World At War, this November 11. The company also announced a multiplayer beta this October for customers who have pre-ordered the title for the Xbox 360 and PC.
Call of Duty: World at War will be available for the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, DS, PS3 and PC platforms. Hit the jump to witness some awesome multiplayer co-op action.
Good news for PSP owners. The PSP will be getting direct access to the Playstation store this fall. Now you can download goodies straight to your PSP instead of using your PS3 or PC.
Sony is also planning to introduce a new feature that will let you take your ad hoc-only PSP games online, simulating infrastructure mode by way of your PlayStation 3. That means select titles that were previously playable only locally will be playable with folks nationwide. Note that “select”, because it looks like not every title will make the jump online via your PS3.
inXile is bringing one of the greatest things to one of the greatest things. Line Rider will be available as an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch later this month. For a measly $3 you’ll be able to spend countless battery-draining hours torturing the little man in the line rider cart with the usual dips and loops you’ve come to love in the game.
Users will also be able to upload and download tracks from their handheld through the Line Rider web site and the game will obviously make use of the touch screen interface for track creation.
Line Rider is developed by inXile entertainment and published by Genius Products. It’s availability on the Apple devices will coincide with the release of Line Rider 2: Unbound for the DS, Wii, and PC.
Media Molecule is making sure their anticipated platformer, LittleBigPlanet, is in tip-top shape when it launches this October 21. And to everyone’s luck, they’re turning to the public for assurance as Sony is planning to host a public beta test for the title this month.
According to the PlaystationBoard post, the beta test will focus more on the multiplayer aspect of the title–content uploads, downloads, sharing and more. “This kind of testing is often referred to as a Stress Test, however we’re looking a little more deeply into the game experience than simply throwing thousands of players at the online side of the game at the same time,” as stated in the developer post.
Sign-ups and participation information “will be made in public in advance of the test”. So as soon as Sony gives the go, we’ll let you know. LittleBigPlanet, published by Sony Computer Entertainment, will be available for the Playstation 3. Check out the latest vid of the title after the cut.
On the night of August 27, The Norris family of five decided to spend some quality time with each other and boarded their 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee to visit relatives residing in Diamond, Illinois. But little did they know that unfortunate events would soon occur during the trip. Their vehicle swerved off the road, hitting a guard rail and flipped four times before it crashed down on its roof.
With both parents, Karen and Robert Norris Jr., in a daze as they hang upside down, their daughter Audrey did the unthinkable–she climbed out of the broken back window ala Grand Theft Auto and helped her family out of the car. “She just knew, from playing Grand Theft Auto…She saw on there that when a car rolls over, it can blow up. She knew that could happen to us,” said by Karen Norris in the report.
So there you have it. No crimes, no deaths, no arrest–just a Grand Theft Auto inspired child saving lives.
Sony’s putting some heavy back up to their Playstation Portable this fall. Aside from the arrival of the brand spanking new PSP 3000, the handheld’s networking capabilities will further expand via a firmware update.
Starting this fall, PSP owners could gain access to the Playstation Store straight from their device. No longer will they have to plug in their portables to PS3s or PCs, as users will simply download and more directly from their PSP. And on top of that, the network pairing of the PSP to the PS3 will be significantly enhanced by being able to take select PSP titles’s ad-hoc multiplayer modes online through the PS3. While playing through the system, the PS3 can be used to message and chat with other players, as well as look for online matches. Sweet!
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, published by Capcom, is one of the initial titles capable of the new PSP-PS3 networking capability. More titles will be announced soon.
