April 2006

Ridge Racer 7 is apparently in development for PS3. I haven’t touched this series since #4, but it is a classic thanks to some wonderful arcade drift physics. I’m just not sure how it’ll compete in the US market with the likes of PGR, Forza, Need for Speed, and Gran Tourismo.

Source: [url=http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/ridge-racer-7-for-ps3-168437.php]Kotaku[/url], [url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/20/ridge-racer-7-for-ps3-announced/]Joystiq[/url]

Pretty much every gaming site I go to (Joystiq, Kotaku, ArsTechnica) has been abuzz with rumors of a Nights sequel for the past few days. I haven’t seen any facts to back this up, so take it with a large grain of salt. But we can dream, can’t we?

Source: It’s like, everywhere, man.

Say it ain’t so!

April 21, 2006

I love Command and Conquer as a series. I love it dearly. But the news of a 3rd entry in the main series is very dissapointing to me, because as far as I can tell, none of the original staff are going to be involved in it.

For those of you who don’t know, the studio that made all of the original Command and Conquer games, Westwood, was broken up by EA while they were working on the original 3rd game to the series. Much of the old staff have moved on to form Petroglyph, who made Star Wars: Empire at War.

I don’t have much faith in the series without Westwood. The one non-Westwood C&C game, Generals, wasn’t awful, but it certainly lacked the magic I had come to expect from the series. I’m hoping for the best and fully expecting the worst here, folks.

Source: [url=http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/command-conquer-3/command-conquer-3-tiberium-wars-official-168595.php]Kotaku[/url]

Podcast Up

April 20, 2006

Episode 21 is now online and with it comes a new SBG Podcast logo. I hope you like the new logo as our very own Dave “deebs” Brown did it. I personally think it rocks the house.

Edit: My bad. Episode 21, not 22.

Dots and I loved Destroy All Humans so a sequel on the way is great news. There is nothing quite as fun as being an alien during an invasion and taking out lots of stupid humans.

Source: [url=http://www.gamegossip.com/pressrelease.php?id=17030]Game Gossip[/url]