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FEBRUARY 2010 NEWS
February 8, 2010
PS3 News
It has now been confirmed that the once PS3 exclusive game L.A. Noire Will indeed also be heading to the XBox 360. The game, first announced 3 years ago, will be unveiled in the March Game Informer, and is set in 1947 and uses a new motion capture technique which transfers the entire performance into a 3D game world.
Ubisoft are set to make a "Big announcement coming up next week" with rumours circulating it's something to do with Red Storm and possibly a new Ghost Recon title being rumoured.
With Aliens Vs Predator due out in a couple of weeks Sega have sent word that the Hunter Edition, with the Face Hugger replica, is nearly sold out. W would suggest you get out to shops and pre-order it now.
PS3 Preview
God Of War III is going to be a monster title. If you were to pick a game to help Sony shift systems in the short term it would have to be this jaw-dropping game from SCEA Santa Monica. The first two games in the franchise were just a warm-up to this epic title which is due out in March.
Blu-Ray Review
Two Hands is a 1999 Australian movie starring Heath Ledger, but with a swag of other impressive actors also making an appearance. This Blu-Ray, from Icon, is available now, and we've taken a look at the release.
February 7, 2010
Affiliate Bargain!
Our affiliates Play-Asia have a pretty awesome bargain on at the moment with the Asuab version (which is in English) of Red Faction Guerilla for the awesome price of only $AU22.91. Do us a favour and help support Futuregamez.net by ordering it through here.
PS3 News
Released in Europe a couple of months ago the PSN downloadable title Blue Toad Murder Files has been classified PG, G and G for the first three episodes at the Australian Classification Board. As yet we don't have a release date for the games, but it probably won't be too far away.
Rebellion has confirmed that they are looking into issues with the PS3 demo of Aliens Vs Predator where the matchmaking service doesn't work for everyone as intended. The final game won't use match making (that was set up for the multiplayer demo) and shouldn't encounter similar issues. The PC demo had similar issues and has been fixed already.
Blu-Ray News
Seems we stuffed up a bit a week or so ago an uploaded an older draft of The New World on Blu-Ray. The final version is online now so check it out if you didn't already.
February 6, 2010
PS3 News
Sega has again delayed Alpha Protocol, this time until Summer 2010. The game, originally announced for October 2009, was aiming for a March/April release. A few more months to go then eh...
Bethesda has finally confirmed Fallout: New Vegas is being developed and will be released in Fall 2010 (Q'3 2010).
Blu-Ray Review
Speed Racer is one of the biggest theatrical missfires of recent years, but this Wachowski Brothers movie isn't actually too bad at all. A great visual style and editing makes this movie, aimed at kids, one that adults should enjoy too. What can we say but, Go Speed Go!
February 4, 2010
PS3 News
THQ has confirmed that Red Faction Guerilla II, and Homefront will be released on PS3 during the publishers next financial year (which runs from April 2010 to March 2011). Expect a lot more details at this years E3 show.
Sticking with THQ in their financial year from April 2011 to March 2010 the company expects to release Darksiders 2 and Saint's Row 3.
Sega has confirmed Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 will be a PSN downloadable title for release in American Summer (Q'2-Q'3) 2010. The game, which will see Sonic return to his 2D gaming roots, will run at 1080p on the PS3 and Xbox 360 (and only 480p on Wii as expected), and as previously announced will only have one playable character - Sonic.
PS3 Review
Dragonball: Raging Blast. So we're not the biggest DragonBall fans here at Futuregamez, but a fighting game is a fighting game and Chris took up the duties to check out this latest brawler. Unfortunately the results were somewhat mixed.
Blu-Ray Review
Forrest Gump is one of my all-time favourite movies, and Paramount have delivered one of the best Blu-Ray releases we have ever seen. The transfer, the extras, and the movie are all superb. This is an essential purchase...
February 3, 2010
PS3 News
Visceral Games has confirmed that at this stage they have no plans for Dante's Inferno 2. The first game is due out, ermm, tomorrow actually!
It has been revealed that the rather awesome looking Heavy Rain will have a 4.2GB install. You won't be twiddling your thumbs but rather Quantic Dream have included an origami puzzle to complete. Game's due out in late Feb around, well, Earth.
PS3 Preview
Star Ocean: The Last Hope - International is game which RPG fans have been longing for. Not only is the series a great one, and this fourth game looking fantasic, but it also breaks a horrendously long JRPG drought for the system.
February 2, 2010
PS3 News
Tecmo Koei has confirmed that they have postponed the release of their upcoming action game Quantum Theory until an undetermined late 2010 release date.
Blu-Ray Review
The New World is quite an interesting experience on several levels. Some people really love this movie, but for me it was a long, slow borefest. Still this Extended Cut is, at times, quite breathaking visually but at others disappointing. A review...
February 1, 2010
PS3 Preview
Super Street Fighter IV is the latest in Capcom's long-running brawler. As you would be aware Street Fighter IV is already out on the PS3 but in a few weeks time we will see this upgraded version with new fighters, new backgrounds and new game modes. It looks pretty awesome.
January 31, 2010
PS3 News
Infinity Ward and Activision have released a patch for Modern Warfare 2 which fixes the "infinite care package" exploit, improves sentry gun placement, the XP exploits and other issues. The patch is live now in Europe and will be available globally soon (if not already).
You want more PS3 previews? Yar, OK, don't sweat it there's more coming which promise to be just as big as those we put online over the last week - Heavy Rain, Blazblue, Final Fantasy XIII, Yakuza 3 and M.A.G. in case you missed them.
Codemasters has confirmed they have officially cancelled development of Heist, or Hei$t depending on how you spell it.
Blu-Ray Review
Battle of Red Cliff is a Chinese action movie based, somewhat, on historical events. Indeed we're big fans of director John Woo here and The Battle of Red Cliff is easily one of his best movies. This Blu-Ray is reference quality and the movie is fantastic, check it out.
January 30, 2010
PS3 News
Capcom has confirmed that a demo for MotoGP 09/10 will be released in February, around a month before the game hits retail shelves. Additionally the game will see two free DLC packs, the first pack will contain the 800cc bike class with all the bike, rider and team liveries, plus the brand new tracks for the 2010 MotoGP – Silverstone (UK) and Balatonring (Hungary). The second pack will include all the bike, rider and team livery updates for the 600cc and 125cc bike class.
Namco Bandai has confirmed that Dead to Rights: Retribution will be released in Europe (and we assume Australia) on April 16, 2010 with America to see the game a few days earlier on the 13th.
Sega has confirmed that the Sumo Digital Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing will be released in Australia on March 4, 2010.
January 29, 2010
PS3 News
It has been rumoured on and off since the XBox 360 DLC was announced, and now Rockstar have finally confirmed that Episodes from Liberty City will be released on the PS3. Comprising the two downloadable packs, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, this will be available as a standalone disc (not requiring the original game) on March 30, 2010. Each episode will also be available seperately on the Playstation Store.
Capcom has confirmed that the official website for Lost Planet 2 has now gone live. You can check it out here.
Blu-Ray Review
Deep Impact is one of our favourite disaster movies. Indeed this 1998 film came out only months before the very similar Armageddon, but this one reviews better with scientists also commenting on the greater realism. The Blu-Ray is out now and it offers a very solid audio visual transfer.
PS3 Preview
Final Fantasy XIII. Some of you may have heard of this little Square-Enix franchise, hehehe. The latest in this multi-million selling franchise is due out on March 9 in America and Europe and we've had a look. In short, don't miss this preview!
January 27, 2010
Affiliate Bargain!
Our affiliates Play-Asia have a pretty awesome bargain on at the moment with the Korean version (which is in English) of Battlefield: Bad Company for the awesome price of only $AU16.72. Do us a favour and help support Futuregamez.net by ordering it through here.
PS3 Preview
Heavy Rain is a game we have been dying to play since the 2006 tech demo. If you played Fahrenheit on PS2 then you should be very excited for this new game from Quantic Dream. With mature themes and a rather unique game style this looks great.
January 26, 2010
Happy Australia Day!
Well happy Australia Day everyone. We hope you're not too hung over. I took it pretty easy this year - the last 3 years my wife and I have taken a long weekend holiday, but not this year with the public holiday falling on a Tuesday (and no, I wasn't one of the estimated 15-20% of people taking a Monday sickie!). Anyway have a good day and sober up for work/school tomorrow!
PS3 News
Capcom has today confirmed that Super Street Fighter IV will be released in Europe on April 30, 2010. Americans will see the game on shelves April 27.
Capcom have also confirmed that Lost Planet 2 will be released in Europe and America on PS3 and XBox 360 on May 18, 2010.
Blu-Ray Review
The Simpsons: Season 20 is a release we've been keen to check out. Fox have skipped a bunch of seasons to bring us Season 20 on Blu-Ray. Why? Well not only is it the latest season, but it also saw a switch to widescreen episodes. A review...
PS3 Preview
Blazblue has been out in Japan and America for a while but we have just received a March date for Europe/Australia. If you like your 2D fighting games then BlazBlue is a game you should certainly check out. It looks fantastic. A preview...
January 25, 2010
We're crazy!!
We're going to go preview crazy!! You read it right. Of late there have been a lot of Blu-Ray reviews, and not so much of the game previews. Well there are a couple of resons for that, firstly we've been flooded with Blu-Ray discs of late primarily due to Universal starting to support the site - thanks guys! - and to some extent we've lost focus a bit. Well over the last few days I've been working my ass off to bring you previews of the biggest games coming out soon. We've posted M.A.G. yesterday and Yakuza 3 today, but expect a lot more, and even bigger titles previewed in the next week or two. Yes, there are plenty of Blu-Ray reviews too (including titles like Simpsons: Season 20, Forrest Gump, Up, and Red Cliff) but the focus is back on PS3 in a big way too! Sit back and enjoy...
PS3 Preview
Yakuza 3 is a game which many people have been asking about. With 500,000 sales in Japan and plenty of fans in the West asking for this game Sega have finally set a March release date for America, Europe and Australia. We've taken a look at what to expect from the game.
January 24, 2010
PS3 Preview
M.A.G. (or Massive Action Game as it is known) looks impressive. When it comes to online shooters none has what this game provides - online battles for up to 256 players. This very ambitious title from Zipper Interactive looks great.
January 23, 2010
PS3 News
It's been a long time since we've had any real news but apparently February is when Rockstar's LA Noire will finally be unveiled in a magazine. The game has been in development at Team Bondi in Australia since 2004 and while initially announced as a PS3 exclusive it may now be multi-platform. Expect more news soon.
Ubisoft has tweeted that the first expansion pack for Assassin's Creed II will be released on January 28. Check out the tweet here.
January 22, 2010
PS3 News
Sega has set the EUropean release date for Yakuza 3 for March 18 which isn't exactly going to be a quiet time being just over a week after a certain Square-Enix RPG, and possibly the same week as a certain game starring Kratos. Still for fans of Sega's Action RPG it's looking good.
SCEE has confirmed that a demo for Heavy Rain will be released on the Playstation Store on February 11. The PS3 exclusive game is due to hit shelves a couple of weeks later although we are still awaiting a cofnirmation of an Australian date.
Blu-Ray Review
Inglourious Basterds, which is delibertly misspelt, is Quentin Tarantino's latest movie which has just hit Blu-Ray. Set during World War II this is a superbly crafted tale which isn't all blood and gore. This is one of Tarantino's best.
January 21, 2010
PS3 Preview
Aliens Vs Predator is certainly one of the most anticipated games of 2010. While we previewed this game a few months ago we though we'd take another look since Sega had the games ban in Australia overturned. We have plenty of new info.
January 20, 2010
PS3 News
Well we questioned the release date yesterday and Sony has now confirmed that the Motion Controller for the PS3 will be released in Spring 2010 now, a delay from the March 2010 date. Interestingly the device will also use the "Playstation Eye 2". This will put the device up against Microsoft's Project Natal camera controller also due in Spring 2010.
January 19, 2010
PS3 News
According to reports Sony has named their upcoming Playstation 3 motion controller "Arc". Sony Europe aren't commenting on the rumours at this stage. Kaz Hirai had stated the peripheral would be out in March 2010, however it now only has a loose 2010 release date.
Sony Australia has today issued a press release confirming that MAG, which we are hoping to have previewed tomorrow, will be released in Australia on February 11, 2010.
We are saddened to report the following story to everyone today. Apparently Gouri Daisuke, the voice of Heihachi in Bandai Namco's Tekken series has died aged 57. Apparently he took his own life as police found a knife and will near his body which had a wound to his arm.
Blu-Ray Review
Push is the latest picture from Icon Films and indeed seems like a crossover between X-Files and Heroes. This movie, staring Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans has some pretty good moments, and a brilliant transfer on Blu-Ray.
January 18, 2010
PS3 News
One of the most unique PS3 exclusive games coming soon has to be 3D Dot Game Heroes which will be published by SouthPeak in Europe and Atlus in the US. It has now been confirmed that the game should be released in both territories in May 2010.
Project Needlemouse was announced in late 2009 and the only thing we knew was that it was a new Sonic game and that finally Sega were listening - the game would be in 2D. Huzzah. Well here's some more great news Sega have announced the full playable character list. It's as follows; Sonic. Again, huzzah! Sega are going to focus on the one character that brought the franchise to the masses before they added in too many other questionable characters. Expect more news in the months ahead.
Blu-Ray Review
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was a monster hit at the cinemas in 2009 raking in some $US884 million worldwide making it the third biggest movie of the year behind Avatar and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This Blu-Ray release from Fox really does show off the Blu-Ray format at it's very best.
January 16, 2010
PS3 News
Activision has confirmed that despite less then stellar sales for DJ Hero the company is pushing forward with a sequel. We'd be putting some money on a release in late 2010.
With Sony Japan confirming that Gran Turismo 5 wouldn't make the March 2010 release date in Japan we now know why; the game isn't complete. In fact Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi stated to USA Today that "about 90% of the game is done. We are just working on the last 10% and polishing up everything." So April 2012 it is then? (Kidding, we're putting money on Q'4 2010).
Now we don't know why exactly, but that optional PS3 Firmware 3.15 today popped up as a mandatory install on our PS3. Strange, but apparently it's not a mistake so get downloading.