The Mayans were wrong. It looks like the apocalypse will be coming a little earlier than expected, courtesy of Sony and Evolution Studios. The newest entry in the PS3’s flagship Motorstorm franchise, subtitled Apocalypse, has been revealed to be coming Q2 of 2011. This spring-summer release date is perhaps a response to Motorstorm Pacific Rift’s poor sales during its holiday 2008 release.
After what has seemed like forever, the rumored PS3-exclusive Tales of game has finally been announced by Namco Bandai. Titled Tales of Xillia (and no, we do not know how to pronounce that either,) it will be released in Japan in 2011. The game, which is being directed by Tales of Symphonia vets Anana Inoki and Naoto Miyadera, looks like a typical game in the series, featuring cel-shaded graphics and a real time battle system. Further details are unavailable at the time, but we will keep you updated on future developments. No word has been given yet on an international release.
As with last week, not much in the way of new store releases this week. But, there are some good games out on Playstation Network. PROTOTYPE is a solid game with a strong story, and LittleBigPlanet – Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves will give those waiting for LBP2 a little more Sackboy to keep them going. Also, the re-release of the old X-Men arcade game will provide some good nostalgic gaming for those who remember it.
Final Fantasy IV was first released way back in 1991 as a SNES game, but as with much of the Final Fantasy series it has been re-released many times on different consoles and is now heading for the PSP.
The PSP game will be called Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection and as well as including the original game it will also include its follow up Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, which itself was only originally released in 2008 as a mobile game in
In what has to be one of the strangest PR stunts we have seen, THQ has begun to advertise its newest shooter via a number of online gaming websites. What is so strange about that, you ask? In this case, it is the image THQ has chosen to represent their game with. Instead of flashing up an image from the game, THQ has chosen to, well… We think it is better for you to just take a look at the image and draw your own conclusions.
Fresh on the tail of the Spike VGAs, at which it was announced that Kratos would grace the PS3 edition of the new Mortal Kombat reboot, Warner Bros. Interactive has announced a release date for the brawler. Fighting fans can look forward to getting their hands on the newest game in the revered series on April 19, 2011. In addition to the release date reveal, several Kollector’s Editions (see what they did there?) have been announced.
The dust has finally settled from the Spike TV VGAs 2010, and the massive awards ceremony has left a number of exclusive reveals in its wake. While some, like Uncharted 3 and Prototype 2, were sneakily revealed before the show, others, such as Guillermo del Toro’s inSane, were totally unexpected. Below is a complete listing of each PS3 game revealed at the VGAs and as much info as we have been able to gather on each of them.
