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In this week's edition of New Challenger, columnist Chris Stewart discusses the Dual-Stick Shooter genre, its evolution, and what it might still be missing.
"The much hyped update that will enable the Playstation 3 to play games in 3D is coming this June alongside the launch of Sony's 3D HDTV line-up. The first set will be the HX803 3D TV. As a bonus, people who purchase the HX803 will get vouchers for four 3D capable PS3 games."
"With the release of the new PS3 for $500AUS, many new Australians will have a brand new PS3 sitting in their lounge room. With the PSN being home to many amazing exclusive & multi-platform games, these are the games every PS3 owner, past, present & future needs to own."
"Super StarDust HD has a rich history. The popular series started life back in 1993 as StarDust on the Amiga computer system by Commodore. A year later Super StarDust was born with some enhancements. While state of the art for the time, the older series resembled Asteroids more then the HD incarnation."
"Finland’s premiere developer, Housemarque, is famous for its work on Super Stardust HD. SSHD hit PSN in June 2007, the summer after PS3’s worldwide launch, and has become a tremendous success since then.
Housemarque is currently working on three new IPs for various platforms, including a PSN exclusive, a multiplatform title, and a self-published game called Rope. Company boss Ilari Kuittine stated:"
"Wait we still IN 2008?
The Christmas episode of Sony’s Pulse has given us the lowdown on which of the raft of games available on the PlayStation Network sold best in the last twelve months. Quite surprisingly - given the nature of the game - PAIN takes the number one spot, with the likes of the confusing flOw and the bizarrely-named High Stakes Poker Edition helping to fill out the rest of the places.
Strangely theres no mention of WipEout HD or PixelJunk Eden, but they could be slow-bu..."
"In this dark cloud known as the Global Economic Meltdown, it's hard to justify spending 60 bucks on a new video game.
But the best games for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii aren't necessarily those for sale in stores.
Some of the most inventive titles are downloadable games, small chunks of digital fun that cost only $5 to $15 apiece."
In the midst of all the E3 coverage, the PlayStation Store will be updating constantly with all sorts of content that was seen at E3 and some of that content is high-def videos from publishers such as Capcom and THQ. Some of the content releasing this week is Elefunk, which is a puzzle game, as well as an add-on for the Super Stardust HD Team Mode.
"You could argue that in Super Stardust HD, you have more than just three weapons at your disposal. You have your speed, your deadly boost and area-clearing bombs to take advantage of. But we can discuss the fundamentals of space combat some other time. Right now, we're talking about Super Stardust HD Solo, the latest expansion pack that adds additional content to the PSN downloadable title Super Stardust HD. Developed by Housemarque, the Solo pack supplements the single-player modes of Super ..."
Peter Dille, Senior Vice President of marketing at Sony, and the guy in charge of the PSN has posted a blog post on the official US Playstation blog. In it, he discusses how this year will lead to massive expansions in terms of the PSN's service.
According to him, the three major goals for the year are to provide the best free online gaming possible, providing 'digital media download services', and providing 'original content'.
The two major things that he revealed though, are that a d...
"If you visit this blog regularly you know that Sev1512, gets some insider tips every now and again.
Well just recently I got some info on what is coming to the newly redesigned PS Store.
Most of you know about GT5:Prologue, Operation: Broken Mirror, the Rock Band DLC, and the Call of Duty 4 Map packs that are on the way.
But one tidbit, that most of you dont know, is that there is some add-on content coming for the highly acclaimed PSN title Super StarDust HD. I do not know at this..."
"Curious PlayStation 3 fans hoping to continue in the vein of trying before buying can now do just that with the addition of three playable demos although downloads for The Club might take a while as the demo is around 2GB in size. Little point in complaining through, they are free after all."
"GamerSquad can hear the Xbox 360 fanboys already, with venomous lines such as: "Its Geometry Wars! Sony has blatantly ripped off Xbox Live Arcades Geometry Wars!" And the likes of: "Is Sony utterly incapable of producing anything remotely original without ripping off the competition?"
Well whoa there, tiger, perhaps youve got Super Stardust HD all wrong. Although Geometry Wars clones are becoming evermore prevalent, maybe Super Stardust HD is actually different... and perhaps it's bett..."
Tired of looking at the numerous articles for screenshots and minor updates about a game your interested in? Well if that game is being published by Sony on one of their consoles, then the chances are that they have released new information and screenshots for them. You don't have to go far to look for the information either, as it is indexed below, by platform. These are the images and details about the games coming straight from Sony for E3 2007, so take a look at be sure to discuss the ima...
Over the past two years there hasn't been a game to compete with Xbox Live's Geometry Wars. Well Super Stardust HD is about to change that. This game combines gameplay from the popular Asteroids and Geometry Wars into five planets each split into five separate phases of challenging aliens and fast flying rocks that don't want you to succeed.
IGN's Score: 8.7
"Taking the core elements of the ancient arcade classic Asteroids and grafting on power-up weapons and extra enemy spacecraft, it proved beyond doubt that some gameplay concepts are timeless, classic and worthy of resurrection. Fast-forward 14 years and the game is set to do the same all over again, this time in the guise of the all-powerful Super Stardust HD.
Take the graphics for example. Every object from the largest asteroid to the smallest piece of space debris is perfectly lit and beaut..."
"Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has just piped up in our e-mail with the dates for this month's PlayStation Network releases.
Calling All Cars and Super Stardust HD will be both be arriving on the PS3 download game front, the former tearing up in cartoon style on June 22 and the later arriving the following week on June 29.
Calling All Cars, if you didn't know, is God of War man David Jaffe's latest cartoon escapade, that has you tearing around in online driving bouts collecting crim..."
For all of you who are like me and care for the series, IGN has a special interview on it. Now I know there are haters and such for this game out there, but lets just keep this thread filled with fan comments. Anyways, after looking at some of the graphics, it is amazing how far this game has come since it's first release in 1994. I will upload a few of them so everyone can see. All fans make sure to read the entire three page interview. It's quite interesting to keep upto date on what IGN a...
