I had my doubts with Blur when it was revealed last week, but after seeing it in motion in GiantBomb’s Quick Look and studio tour of Bizarre Creations, it looks pretty damn slick.
I believe Jeff Gerstmann described it as “Wipeout Zero” and I think that description is apt.
Screenshots don’t do it justice, but here are some anyways.
There’s an Xbox 360 beta happening soon and I would love to get in on that, but I lack a Gold account. Too bad. I’m sure a demo will be on its way though.
Blur is scheduled for May 25th, 2010 release for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
BioShock 2’s multiplayer is a bit of a guilty pleasure. It isn’t like other shooters at all. It may have similarities, but it’s unique blend of plasmids and traditional shooter weaponry results in some of the most interesting multiplayer games I’ve ever played. If only the technical issues would kindly step aside and let me enjoy it consistently.
Is it video lag or network lag? BioShock 2’s multiplayer has both. The netcode isn’t especially strong and the framerate isn’t all their either. These would be real deal breakers if it were any other shooter, but BioShock 2 multiplayer. For you see, it doesn’t matter if you’re a great shot or not. BioShock 2 allows the clever to reap more rewards than the twitch marksman.
Update: Calendar bug confirmed. PS3 lives. The ApocalyPS3 is over until next time. Fix it, Sony!
Xbox Live! goes down and so does PSN. But today’s outage was different for Sony’s console.
For one, it seems to be affecting the “fat” and older PlayStation 3 consoles and not the Slims. And then there are the symptoms which include:
- Corrupted Dynamic themes
- Error code 8001050F which means “Hardware Failure”
- Inability to launch games with Trophy support
- Inability to utilize purchased downloadable content
This seems to be more than a simple login issue since many of these games can be played if you logged out of PSN normally. So what’s going on here? Clearly, this is unacceptable, but it is an interesting problem.
I’ll update this post as I find out more on this bizarre issue.
February 28, 2010 – 8:01 PM Update: Sony is working on the problem.
February 28, 2010 – 9:50 PM Update: Members of GAF are suspecting that this is a calendar bug which resets pre-Slim PS3 dates back to 12/31/1999. This may be Leap Year related? Funny, if this is the case.
February 28, 2010 – 11:27 PM Update: Sony reporting Slims are working fine.
February 28, 2010 – 5:34PM Update: Sony is asking us to sit tight and hopes to “resolve this problem within the next 24 hours.” Are they letting time sort this one out?
It’s the end of February. While in year’s past, this would be gaming business as usual, 2010’s March lineup rivals the best holiday lineups ever.
I placed my order for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, my Final Fantasy XIII order was placed earlier this year and God of War III was in the queue since mid-2009.
Unfortunately, I still have games I wish to spend with including BioShock 2’s multiplayer which I will do a write up about later this week. I also have Trine to complete; I would have been a bit disappointed with if I had spent the full $19.99 for it. Then there’s Starship Defense, which didn’t particularly wow me, but I did just finish it with all “Perfect” medals. I did want to spend more time with Marvel vs Capcom 2 as well. After all these years, I really wanted to spend time into executing an “Air Combo” consistently.
I’d like to thank GameStop/EB Games for giving me the opportunity to pick up BioShock 2. Without their “Power Trade” promotion, I wouldn’t have given it the time of day. I wasn’t hankering for a sequel to BioShock; it felt like a complete experience and I was satiated from a narrative perspective. I also didn’t want a sequel which wasn’t handled by the original development team, Irrational Games. Discovering that the sequel was being handled by five developers and will include a multiplayer mode certainly didn’t calm those worries for quality either. But alas, for the most part, those fears were quickly put to rest once I stepped foot onto Rapture.
Hardware Announcement
- Nintendo DSi XL debuting March 28 for $199.95
Software Announcements
- Cave Story debuting March 22 for WiiWare
- Picross 3D debuting May 3
- Monster Hunter Tri debuting April 20
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands debuting May 18
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 debuting May 23
- Sin & Punishment: Star Successor debuting June 7
- Metroid: Other M debuting June 27
- Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies debuting Summer 2010
Media
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer
Nintendo brought the goods today at their Media Summit event. Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M within a month of each other? That’s insane. The Galaxy 2 trailer had me tingling with anticipation already, but what about Metroid: Other M? We haven’t seen anything about it and they’re already aiming for a June release? I hope it’s as good, if not better, than Metroid Prime 3: Corruption which is one of my favorite Wii games thus far.
This reminds me: I’ve got to do the Luigi run of Super Mario Galaxy before the sequel hits.
I don’t care what you say, the EU Heavy Rain cover is the clear winner and when I get this game, I think I’ll go through the trouble of printing out a copy of this:
You can download the original size on PlayStation’s Flickr page.