So while I was trying out Pure, PlayStation 3 owners willing to pay for Qore were testing out an old build of Evolution Studio’s MotorStorm: Pacific Rift. A month later, Sony released the very same build to the masses. I finally get to try it. Does this demo amaze me like the original MotorStorm’s demo did? Or was I mistakened for putting so much faith in this sequel? Well, I wasn’t as starry eyed as before, but it was plenty of fun.

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Slow news day, but not all is lost. Found a new Motorstorm: Pacific Rift trailer and a couple of videos from the single and multiplayer portions of Resistance 2.

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Finally, Sony’s “Greatest Hits” line debuts for the PlayStation 3. The following games can now be found for $29.99 CAD or less:

• Warhawk, Motorstorm and Resistance: Fall of Man, SCEA.
• Call of Duty 3, Activision
• EA Sports Fight Night Round 3, Need for Speed: Carbon, Electronic Arts
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas and Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Bethesda Softworks
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Tecmo

They all come in these red cases as well. Reminds me a lot of the HD-DVD cases. Sorta.

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Another title Sony felt it did not need to highlight during their press conference. I was a fan of the original Motorstorm demo, but reading the reports of the retail game being incomplete made me frown. Anyways, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift looks absolutely brilliant to me.

Console manufacturer business plans are interesting documents. Not only do they give details on upcoming games and services, they also provide some fascinating numbers.

While perusing Sony’s latest game division business plan, the most fascinating numbers to me were the this:

“Over 9.8 Million accounts worldwide”

That’s approximately 82% of the ‘12 million’ PS3 units sold worldwide if you take it at face value. The optmist in me says that number is quite possible seeing how PSN is free and everyone would have at least checked out the online services out of curiosity. Unfortunately, I’m also a bit of a pessimist and believe that a chunk of that ‘9.8 million’ consists of dummy American and Japanese accounts created by the curious and more savvy users. Don’t hold your breath waiting for Sony to sort that one out.

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Yeah, it’s CG, but it sets the mood well. Sony and Evolution Studios’ sequel to the impressive MotorStorm returns this autumn with MotorStorm 2. The sequel will, apparently, feature the following:

• A brand new location: experience the grandeur, diversity and unpredictability of a remote Pacific island
• 16 new diverse multi-route tracks hosting MotorStorm’s unique mixture of vehicles
• The aggressive monster truck now joins your garage
• Split-Screen Multiplayer racing – compete with up to four buddies on the same screen

I would have picked up MotorStorm, but it did not satisfy some basics such as locale variety and split screen support; it felt very incomplete. With MotorStorm 2, it looks like they’ve learned from their mistakes and are bringing the “real deal”. Fun physics oriented dirt racing with awesome adrenaline pumpin’ music! Keeping an eye on this one.

Check out the trailer below:

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