God of War 1&2 at 1280 x 720 resolution with anti-aliasing and a framerate of 60 FPS? On one Blu-ray for $39.99 USD?! With Trophy support too?!
That sounds too good to be true. And yet it is true!
Sony is releasing both the God of War Collection sometime this holiday season in preparation for the third installment of God of War. It’s not a remake. It’s simply a reworking of the engine and tech to allow for higher resolutions and framerate. That’s fine by me!
Even though I just bought God of War for $19.99 three months ago for the sole reason of replaying it, I am still going to double dip and pick up this “remastered” collection. It’s just too good to pass up!
I hope Sony does the same thing with Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. It’ll slot in perfectly into The Last Guardian hype machine.
Announcements
- Bionic Commando Coming May 19, 2009 for Xbox 360 and PS3
- The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks announced for Nintendo DS. Coming 2009
- Virtual Console Arcade games initiative launched today (via PR)
- Katamari Tribute coming to PS3 (via 1UP)
Miscellaneous
- Wii 4.0 System Update Available Now
- Enables SD-HC card use
- Enables the ability to run Virtual Console games from SD cards
- Improved data management
- Apparently, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Announced for June (via Blu-ray.com)
- CryEngine 3.0 GDC 2009 Trailer (via GamerSyde)
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Everyone knows HDTVs have to standout in a store line-up. To achieve that striking appearance, most HDTVs are configured with colors which are too vibrant and unnatural for normal home viewing. So what do you do? You could attempt to calibrate your HDTV by eye, but that’s hardly accurate. If absolute accuracy was your goal, you could get a professional ISF calibration performed. However, that won’t be cheap at all. What’s the solution then?
A $17 Blu-ray disc called DVE HD Basics.
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So with Far Cry 2 out of the way, I decided to take a step back and play a PlayStation 2 game called Yakuza 2. I picked it up thanks to the recommendations of GAF and the 1UP Show segment which featured the game a few months back. I adore it so far. It’s not perfect, but it’s such a different experience. I sincerely hope Sega brings over Yakuza 3. I’ll elaborate on why I enjoy the game so much with my review later on, but for now I’ll just leave with one thought: “It embodies the organized crime spirit like no other game.”
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I just finished off my disapproving preview of the PlayStation Home. It really is irrelevant as it stands right now. Now I’m listening to the latest episode of 1UP Yours. So instead of entertaining thoughts of Sony’s relatively poor sales, let’s talk about Blu-ray movies and my growing collection of unwatched movies!
- Band of Brothers
- The Dark Knight
- Wall-E
- The Godfather
I want to watch it all and no better time to start than this upcoming holiday break. My Blu-ray collection has grown quite a bit and I’ve begun to stack them. I need a new shelf or something. If anyone has recommendations for storing all this stuff, please let me know!
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LittleBigPlanet fever is in the air. Lots of people are yammering on about it including me. This Checkpoint will be quite short. I’m distracted by this week’s 1UP Yours podcast.
One of the reasons why this wasn’t posted on Friday was thanks to Iron Man on Blu-ray. It’s the best Marvel super hero movie I’ve ever seen. All that technology had me giddy with joy. Don’t tell me that you all didn’t want to have JARVIS in your home. So awesome.
After I finish up with this episode of 1UP Yours, I think I’ll be spending more time with LBP. There will be some WipEout HD love and Persona 3: FES. Yes, still playing The Answer half of P3. 120 hours so far. Talk about $30 well spent.
That’s it for now.
So I’ve been on quite the movie blitz lately. Correction. I’ve been on quite the Blu-ray movie blitz lately. Since last Saturday I’ve been watching one Blu-ray per day. Here’s the breakdown with ratings. Keep in mind I’ve watched these movies before:
- Saturday- Terminator 2: Judgement Day (A -)
- Sunday- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (C +)
- Monday – Spider-man (A )
- Tuesday – Spider-man 2 (B -)
- Wednesday – Spider-man 3 (C+)
- Thursday – Casino Royale (A+)
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