Although it was never confirmed by Sony, everyone was speculating the CECH-4000 PS3 model would be announced at Gamescom next month. However, VG247 are saying that the announcement will no longer happen because stock levels of the current 3000 model PS3 are still “too high”.
Naughty Dog recently spoke to GI.Biz regarding PS3 exclusive The Last of Us. In the interview, the game’s director Bruce Straley discussed the new AI routines in the game, describing it ‘dynamic stealth’. “We’re trying to emphasize the reality of the situation that Joel and Ellie are in. There are consequences to your actions,” Straley explained.
Gearbox has revealed that the Borderlands 2 campaign mode takes “58 hours to play”, and that’s just “one play through with one character.” Speaking to Gamerzines, Marketing VP for Gearbox, Steve Gibson, said the developers think of the game as a “hobby”.
Sony is planning to close down more first-party and second-party game servers, with a number of franchises affected. Starting August 31st, Sony will shot the The Eye of Judgment: Legends servers, stripping the game’s online features.
Last week at Comic-con in San Diego, PlayStation.Blog sat down with Quantic Dream’s David Cage and Academy Award nominee Ellen Page to talk about the game and how the star of Juno and Inception became involved in playing the lead character Jodie Holmes in Beyond: Two Souls.
THQ has finally released the E3 gameplay video for the sequel to first-person shooter Metro 2033. The new Metro: Last Light video shows Artyom forge an alliance with an officer of the Red Line before the duo make their way towards the safety of The Theatre.
A new trailer for Resident Evil 6 was revealed at Comic-con last weekend in San Diego, and is now available for viewing online. The new trailer shows scenes from the campaign mode, and can be viewed below.
IGN have posted a tutorial video for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance showing Raiden practising his new skills in a VR training environment. The video shows the cyborg ninja slicing his way through enemies, cars and watermelons, as well as slicing a woman’s clothes clean off to reveal skimpy underware.
Kotaku is claiming, from “multiple sources”, that Final Fantasy Versus XIII has been cancelled by Square Enix. The site claims that the game was officially cancelled within the “last few weeks” and the decision has impacted morale at the company. The rumor also suggests that an official cancellation announcement will not be made.
Sega has released the first trailer for the Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Collection we posted about yesterday. The game will be releasing in Japan on November 1st, but release dates for Europe and North America have yet to be confirmed by the publisher.
