Developers of the “Metal Gear Solid series” now? They made one bad remake, and all of a sudden they’re “series developers”? Dyack has no shame.

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…when you consider the real thieves in this industry are in the retail sector. Game retailers have been told they could save up to $6bn a year by implementing this technology, which would put a lock on games that would stop them from being played until they are, quite literally, unlocked at the checkout. That’s fine by me so long as there’s no DRM involved, as theft prevention is a sad fact of life in today’s world. I just feel that retailers getting pissy about theft when they’re effectively stealing from hard working developers every day of the year via the pre-owned games market is a little bit cheeky.

Let me just start off by saying that, on a personal level, I think this news is absolutely wonderful. The BBFC is an ass backwards organisation barely capable of rating films, let alone games. But considering I’m a fully grown adult with no kids, the issue of games rating should be rather inconsequential to my games playing, right? Well, it is now, but before today the BBFC were a threat to my freedom, and the freedom of games developers and publishers. Read the rest of this entry »

Deus Motors have unveiled their new Distance Equalizer unit at their headquarters in Guilford England today, to dozens of automotive executives and journalists from around the world. “This marks a new evolution in auto racing,” stated project lead Adam Billyard. “This is the first big evolution since blurring the edges of the windshield to make it look like you are going faster.”

The Distance Equalizer unit is an engine attachment which detects the distance between the host car and the one in front of it and regulates the engine so that the distance between the two cars becomes as small as possible. The unit does not require both cars to contain the device as it can actually speed up the host card beyond its previous potential. “It’s basically a rubberband,” Billyard said.

“This is a very exciting new technology,” said famed racer Nino Nove through a translator. “I have always felt that races were too easy for that damn no name.” Nove is famous for stealing the win from the anonymous racer during the Nurburgring 24h Endurance Race of 2004, causing the enigmatic figure to drop out of all future races until he reappeared back in illegal street races where he first started.

The device is compatible with all cars and can be retrofitted easily by any licensed dealer or mechanic. Deus claims that the device runs off the battery and will use as much power as a GPS system. It will be included in all future cars.

The product is expected to be available for sale later this year and retail around $200 USD.

Will we get some meat from Sony's conference this year?

Just like Microsoft’s yesterday, and Nintendo’s a few hours ago, here are my Sony E3 2009 predictions. Last year Sony had a modest conference: game announcements such as MAG, some new services to PSN and a cute LittleBigPlanet sales presentation. Though for all they showed, there was a sense of desperation in their tone - lots of hyperbole, lots of begging and a sense that we’d just spent two hours watching nothing, and coming out mildly satisfied. Well, today Sony now have a chance to rectify it all and wow us. Will they steal the show this year? Possibly. They need to build on the vaccuous show they put on last year and actually show us something to make us go wild. Will they beat what Microsoft had to show yesterday? Who knows! We’ll find out later today. For now, you can sound off on PSF about your own predictions, or just read some of our members’. Read more to see mine. Read the rest of this entry »

Will Nintendo waste our time again?

Just like my Microsoft Predictions yesterday, I’ve also made some predictions regarding Nintendo’s E3 2009 Press Conference later today. Last year, their conference was a load of shit. Cute puppies, fake drummers and making people smile is not what I wanted to hear. And no, the GTA Chinatown Wars announcement wasn’t worth the ninety minutes I lost watching everything else. Though they have time to redeem themselves, and I’ve set the bar so low that if they don’t hit it, Nintendo is no longer dead to me; it’s a rotting corpse. Read more to see what I expect of Nintendo this year. Read the rest of this entry »

We won’t be doing a liveblog, but hit the jump for a list of valuable information regarding the conference. Read the rest of this entry »

What will Microsoft show at E3 2009?

Getting the E3 2009 ball rolling, I’ve decided to publish my personal predictions for E3 2009, starting off with Microsoft’s, whose conference begins later today. The guys at PSForum have made their own predictions in this thread. Be sure to check it out! Last year Microsoft stole the show with the biggest megaton of the show: Final Fantasy XIII to come to Xbox 360 in North America and Europe. Can they steal it again this year? Click read more to see what I think they’ll show. Read the rest of this entry »

Every Saturday I plan on collecting all of the best and the worst gaming related links I’ve found on the web, and sorting them on here. This is in lieu of me actually doing any updates on the weekend because, hopefully, I’ll be playing games. If you ever want a submission on here, email me by the Thursday of that week and if it’s any good or really, really bad, it can go on here.

This week’s links are rather rushed, mainly because I’ve been spending the best part of three hours finding, reading and deciding on the stuff to put up here instead of having it as a natural progression throughout the week. Read the rest of this entry »

With the four previous Ace Attorney games sticking to the tried and tested formula, the newest game in the series goes about things in a different way. For a DS franchise that’s been quite successful for Capcom, you wouldn’t blame them for taking no risks in a niche series that the current fanbase are more than happy to gobble up in their thousands, but take a risk is what they’ve done with Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth. Read the rest of this entry »