-Justin
Dead Space Extraction (Wii) Controls Trailer
July 5th, 2009Activision: DJ Hero isn’t priced too high, it’s a “tremendous value”
July 5th, 2009“We don’t comment on our product pricing strategies… However, we believe that DJ Hero will provide tremendous value for our consumers by delivering an all-new interactive music experience with over 100 individual songs that are highlighted in over 80 unique mixes, a wide variety of music from some of the biggest artists including Jay-Z, Eminem, Benny Benassi, Gwen Stefani and Black Eyed Peas among others.” – Activision statement
I have a feeling that DJ Hero won’t stay at it’s $120 / £108 price point for very long after it’s release, despite the fact that it will provide “tremendous value”.
-Justin
Gran Turismo (PSP) Screenshots
July 5th, 2009Capcom plans to release several classic titles onto PSN
July 5th, 2009Capcom is preparing to release a tidal wave of it’s classic games onto the PlayStation Network. Some of the games included in the release are Final Fight, Bionic Commando, Street Fighter, Mega Man Powered Up, PowerStone Collection, Darkstalkers, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X.
Additionally the company will release three PSOne games to PSN; Dino Crisis, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.
No release dates have been announced yet.
-Justin
Happy Independence Day!
July 4th, 2009Court approves Midway sale to Warner Bros.
July 3rd, 2009Kotaku is reporting that Warner Bros. (division of Time Warner) has been given court approval for their bid to purchase Midway. A Midway spokesperson confirmed that the sale is expected to be closed within the next 10 days.
-Justin
Suda51: No More Heroes 2 will be the last one on Wii
July 3rd, 2009“I think this is the last NMH that is going to be developed on Wii. To expand NMH to new possibilities, we need a new platform. Wii is a great platform, but we’ve done everything we can with it now.” – Suda51
-Justin
Activision thinking about sports titles
July 3rd, 2009“[The sports category] certainly has the characteristics of a category that would be interesting to us… But we would have to convince ourselves that we could enter successfully, accomplish leadership and that we’d have something new and different to bring to the party. Right now the barriers to entry there are pretty significant, but it is certainly the size of a category that we would be interested in.” – Mike Griffith, Activision president and CEO
The “barriers to entry ” is EA Sports. I’m sure that Activision would love to have an annual sports title but I can’t imange anything being able to compete with EA.
-Justin
DJ Hero – Grandmaster Flash Trailer
July 3rd, 2009Miyamoto: Wii MotionPlus might be required to play the next Zelda
July 3rd, 2009“The goal at this point is that we would make Wii MotionPlus required in order to play Zelda… The bigger hurdle for us is not really whether people have a Wii MotionPlus or don’t have it, it’s whether or not the experience is one where people will think they want to have a Wii Motion Plus in order to experience it,” – Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo
-Justin













