It appears that Bethesda’s role-playing opus [i]The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion[/i] was not meant for system launches. It missed the Xbox 360 launch, and now it seems that it will miss the European release of the PlayStation 3 on March 23, despite being originally paraded as a launch title. [i]Oblivion[/i] is not the only game to miss the bright lights of the European launch festivities either, as both [i]F.E.A.R.[/i] and [i]Splinter Cell: Double Agent[/i] will be late to the party as well.
Mate Bors
A new [url=http://www.gamer365.hu/show-article.php?id=1791&news]trailer[/url] from the latest [i]Ratchet & Clank[/i] title for the PS3, called [i]Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction[/i], has just surfaced. We have not seen much of this upcoming adventure since Sony’s 2006 Game Developers Conference keynote address presentation by Insomniac’s Ted Price. Enjoy.
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According to Game Informer magazine, a new revision to the existing Xbox 360 hardware is on the immediate horizon. The new release will be in beautiful black, have a 120 GB hard drive, and feature and HDMI output, all for a mere $479. The 120 GB hard drive will be also available in late April for less than 200 dollars. Is it just me, or does this new Xbox 360 sound an awful lot like a PlayStation 3, only a bit less expensive? Official confirmation is expected on March 29, once again according to GI.
The hardcore German censorship board strikes again! This time, Command & Conquer 3 is the victim. The NOD faction’s suicide bombers will be removed from the game and will be replaced by bombers that place a bomb then, from a safe distance, detonate it. According to EA, this won’t change the balance of the gameplay, only an animation has to be changed. [i]C&C 3[/i] will be released on March 28.
With confirmation for a PSP version of God of War found on the back of God of War II’s instruction manual, the question has since shifted to when it would arrive. Finally, [url=http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=7951988&publicUserId=5380373]a report[/url] from 1UP’s Matt Leone, who was on hand blogging Sony’s God of War II launch party has shed some light on the upcoming portable chronicle of Kratos’ brutal adventures.
According to the report, the PSP version will be a completely new game and will not feature any of the locations of the previous games. This may not sound like something big, but considering the PSP versions of [i]Splinter Cell[/i], [i]Prince of Persia[/i] or [i]GTA[/i], gamers know that levels and stages are quite often recycled. The developers are currently deciding how they will solve having one less analog stick (which controls rolling on the PS2 games). No release date, or any other news has been revealed.
Leone also comments on the near inevitability of God of War III for the PlayStation 3, though to be frank that much was probably a given.
