BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – A look at Blazblue for PS3
Written by Pramod S Nair
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is a 2-D fighting arcade game for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC from Arc System Works. The arcade version was released in Japan on Nov 19 2008 and the PS3 and Xbox versions are slated for the summer of 2009.
I woke up on Friday morning in shock. My body told me that I must have been in some kind of plane crash and I went immediately scrambling around for the black box recorder. But all my phone could tell me was that I'd been to what they call a Rumpus. Some kind of Wild [...]
While regaling Chinese Final Fantasy fans with tales of upcoming downloadable content headed to Final Fantasy XIII-2 during the Taipei Game Show, Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto also took time to answer fan questions about various FF projects. One such question directed at Hashimoto wondered if the upcoming PlayStation 3 and Vita re-rerelease of Final Fantasy X would be a “remake” (like the recent re-release of Halo: Combat Evolved) or a “remaster” (like last fall’s Ico/Shadow of the Colossus collection).
Hashimoto left little space for interpretation of his answer, directly stating it is a “remaster.” He also pointed out that “the screen is much prettier than the original,” though we’re unable to corroborate that just yet as the game hasn’t even been mentioned since its announcement last fall at Tokyo Game Show 2011, let alone shown.
We’ve followed up with Square’s US reps to see when we might hear more about the upcoming Vita and PS3 remaster, but aren’t holding our breath for new info.
[Image credit: GNN.Gamer.tw]Don’t call it a remake: Final Fantasy X is a ‘remaster,’ to be clear originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sony has apologised for PlayStation Store errors that have left users unable to download paid for content. Engineers are hard at work trying to fix the problem, Sony said. A number of PlayStation 3 owners contacted Eurogamer over the weekend to report problems with their PlayStation Network accounts following last week’s extensive maintenance. Read more…
The first real details emerged on Naughty Dog’s PlayStation 3-exclusive The Last of Us late last week, thanks to an upcoming Game Informer cover story. As is o …
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Before deciding on the post-apocalyptic survival adventure The Last of Us, Naughty Dog considered putting its team to work on a game starring a more familiar duo: Jak & Daxter. According to a Game Informer interview (quoted by VG247), Naughty Dog looked into a new Jak & Daxter game on PS3. “I don’t know if this is going to make [fans] happy or sad,” but we did explore the idea fairly extensively,” company co-president Evan Wells said. “Something that we talked about early on was, ‘Lets go back and apply what we’ve learned with the Uncharted games to Jak & Daxter.’”
Wells and the team realized, however, that an experimental Jak game wouldn’t satisfy the fans, and working on a game like its predecessors wouldn’t satisfy Naughty Dog. “We would end up limiting the direction that the company had this passion for while simultaneously not creating the game that fans wanted,” he said. “We just realised we were going to just do everybody a disservice. So at that point, the conversations started to move in a new direction.”
Wells suggested the possibility that the Uncharted team could work on the series. “I guess there’s a possibility the Uncharted team could move on to Jak & Daxter. “It’s still up in the air, but I wouldn’t think that’s going to happen because I think we’d run into all of the same problems with that team that we did with this team.”Naughty Dog considered new Jak & Daxter game, but decided on The Last of Us originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Surprise hit Dungeon Defenders has sold a million units across Xbox Live, PSN and Steam, the game’s publisher told us in a recent interview. The well-received co-op tower defense action game launched on October 19, 2011, and has kept a steady sales beat going on Steam with deep discounts and consistent support.
“It is tremendously successful franchise,” Reverb Publishing CEO Doug Kennedy said. “We have lots of plans to support it both with DLC and additional add-ons for the franchise.”
There are still three more packs planned across all platforms in addition to “The Lost Eternia Shards: Mistymire Forest” DLC. On Steam, there is also the current and future Holiday DLC, the New Heroes Pack, the Barbarian character, Assault Mission Pack, Nightmare Mode and more, which will not make its way to consoles. due to “technical and business” concerns.Dungeon Defenders hits a million paid downloads originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Edit: cos there are various theories flying around below about my perceived intent in posting this, I shall clarify my own feelings. I would really like to see contracts between publishers and developers more commonly include an arrangement whereby key (and ideally, but rather less plausibly, all) creatives on game projects continue to see some [...]
Sony has announced the PlayStation Network is being rebranded as soon as Wednesday this week. Scary 'SEN' acronym to replace familiar old PSN, making us think maybe we could call it PS-SEN to make it sound almost exactly the same as before. What do you think?
Three new titles entered Chart-Track’s UK sales top ten last week, led by Final Fantasy XIII-2. Sneaking the silver was the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, which includes MGS2: Sons of Liberty (2002), MGS3: Snake Eater (2005) and MGS: Peacewalker (2010). Rounding out the top three is Battlefield 3, up two spots, as FIFA 12 slides from first to fourth.
Another new addition to the top ten, SoulCalibur 5, premieres in fifth. Chart-Track notes that the prior SoulCalibur debuted in the top spot back in August of 2008.
The solid debut last week of 3DS action horror title Resident Evil: Revelations finds the game retreating from sixth to 19 on the latest chart. Wander past the break for the UK top ten.Continue reading Final Fantasy XIII-2, Metal Gear Collection debut atop UK chartsFinal Fantasy XIII-2, Metal Gear Collection debut atop UK charts originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sanctum 2, the sequel to Coffee Stain Studios’ hybrid tower defense and first-person co-op shooter, is expected to launch sometime this year Joystiq can exclusively reveal. The first Sanctum, which has sold over 300,000 units on Steam, was a PC-exclusive title. The sequel is planned for PC and “digital console platforms,” with Xbox Live and PSN specifically mentioned.
“Sanctum has been a huge success on Steam for Coffee Stain Studios, and bringing the next version to console players as well as the PC market is a great next step to share this unique experience,” said Ted Lange, executive producer for Reverb Publishing. “We all have logged quite a few hours with Sanctum and can definitively say that what Coffee Stain has in store for Sanctum 2 will blow the minds of Sanctum fans and new gamers alike.”
Beyond revealing the title to us, along with a release year, details are still tight on Sanctum 2. Doug Kennedy, CEO of Reverb Publishing, told us, “The team is diligently working to get the title ready.”Sanctum 2 defends PC, consoles in 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Night At The Museum 2, the sequel to the 2006 ‘Night At the Museum’ portrays the happenings in the life of Larry Daley played by Ben Stiller. After his adventure in the first movie where he thwarted the ploy of 3 night guards to steal The Tablet from the museum, Larry is now the head of his own company. Upon visiting he finds that the American Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, and some of the museum pieces are being replaced by interactive holograms due to budget costs. The actual exhibits are due to be moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.
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Night At The Museum 2, the sequel to the 2006 ‘Night At the Museum’ portrays the happenings in the life of Larry Daley played by Ben Stiller. After his adventure in the first movie where he thwarted the ploy of 3 night guards to steal The Tablet from the museum, Larry is now the head of his own company. Upon visiting he finds that the American Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, and some of the museum pieces are being replaced by interactive holograms due to budget costs. The actual exhibits are due to be moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.