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Cars 2: The Game races into 3D on PS3

Posted on March 30, 2011 by John Scalzo

Disney’s Cars 2 will be racing to theaters this Summer and, as expected, the Pixar production will be towing a video game adaptation behind it.

Cars 2 on the PS3 will take things a step further by bursting out of the screen in full 3D. If the game detects a 3D TV, the it will automatically adjust so gamers “experience 3D in every aspect of gameplay” including combat racing, menus and multiplayer.

“The advancement of 3D technology will allow us to immerse the player into the Cars 2 game environment in a whole new way,” said John Blackburn, vice president and general manager of Avalanche Software, developer of Cars 2. “The 3D effects will ratchet up gameplay in ways that will have fans’ hearts pounding when they embark on dangerous spy missions, while our innovative multiplayer with four simultaneous 3D ports will bring a whole new dimension to PS3 gaming.”

Cars 2 will be available for the DS, PC, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 on June 21st.

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Interview: Zipper’s Kevin Schmitt Talks SOCOM 4 Multiplayer

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

At PAX East 2011, Senior Editor Nicole Kline and I got to have a lengthy chat with Kevin Schmitt, Lead Multiplayer Designer for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals. We got to talk extensively about the multiplayer, from game modes to progression paths, and how the buddy system plays a large role in the game. We also got some interesting insights from Schmitt, including what it’s like to be a lead designer on his first game at Zipper and the challenges and benefits of dealing with a long established fan base, whom he affectionately refers to as free labor. Playing the game got me really excited for its release and talking with Schmitt only compounded it. Hit the jump for the full interview on one of the most anticipated games of April. (more…)

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The dinosaurs return in new Jurassic Park dev diary with Telltale Games

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

I haven’t kept too close an eye on the upcoming Jurassic Park: The Game, but hearing that signature music come on in this trailer actually gets me pretty excited for it. It seems you couldn’t have picked a better studio than Telltale, as the team describes collaborating with paleontologists, details the impact the reptiles have in gameplay, and overall just reminisces about that first time seeing Jurassic Park. The episodes will begin rolling out in April for Mac and PC, with console versions due out in September later this year.

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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City teaser shambles to unlife

Posted on March 30, 2011 by John Scalzo

Do you pine for the days of Resident Evil 2? If the idea of a city overrun with the undead is your idea of a good time, the recently announced Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City surely tickles your zombie bone. So the newly released teaser trailer above is sure to get your blood pumping (unless you are a zombie that is).

Give it a watch for a glimpse at Leon Kennedy’s appearance in the game and check out the large, trenchcoated figure at 0:41 into the video, which is definitely Nemesis.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be released for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this Winter.

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Modern Warfare 3 to be announced next month in April

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

We’ve had countdowns. We’ve had fan films. We’ve heard rumors of the story and the teams working on it. But Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 may finally get its big reveal next month in April.

UK PlayStation Magazine PSM3 states in its insider rumors section, “the next in Activision’s megaton FPS series will be announced in mid-April.” This would coincide with the reveal of the last game in the series, Call of Duty: Black Ops, being announced in April as well.

One of the rumors mentioned above speculated that the next game may be a prequel dealing with Ghost, and not the full Modern Warfare 3. Activision has also confirmed that a Call of Duty game is in the works for NGP, so we may even see the next game appear on Sony’s successor to the PSP as well as the usual suspects of PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. We’re just going to have to see if this announcement actually goes down in the coming days.

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Rumor: Animator says he worked on God of War IV

Posted on March 30, 2011 by John Scalzo

The Internet is alight with rumors today that Sony is secretly working on God of War IV. Of course, how secret can it be when the Sony Santa Monica’s Director of Product Development, John Hight, told GamerVision during an interview last year that the studio always planned to create more God of War games.

But the source of today’s rumor is Chanik “Craig” Hwang’s LinkedIn profile. According to Hwang’s LinkedIn resume, during his employment at Motion Logic Studios, he claims to have worked on a “Game Cinematic Test for God of War 4.” The job listing has since been deleted from his resume. A similar claim was made on his personal website, which is also now offline.

Whether or not Hwang was working on God of War IV is pretty irrelevant. Sony Santa Monica has publicly admitted they’re working on a new God of War game and knowing it’ll contain cinematics is like knowing that water is wet. So let’s leave the poor guy alone.

That said, maybe we can hold out hope for an E3 reveal of God of War IV. And Sony is launching a new handheld soon, a portable God of War for the NGP would seem like a no-brainer.

[Source: System Link]

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Killzone: Ascendancy writer points towards Helghast POV for next story

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Sam Bradbury recently novelized Killzone 3 and had a quick chat with the PlayStation Blog about the challenges and fun of adapting the Killzone universe to novel form. When asked what he would like to explore next if it were up to him, Bradbury replied:

I’ve seen people debating on the forums about who’s the worst: the Helghast or the ISA. So for that reason I think it would be great to do something from the perspective of the Helghast. We touched on it in Killzone: Ascendancy, but there’s a whole other world there to explore. Also I found the appearance of Visari’s daughter at the beginning very tantalizing…

Seen as the brand identifying icon for Killzone, and arguably the PlayStation 3, many have been calling for a Helghast-focused game for quite some time. Stay tuned for our Warp Zoned Wishlist to find out if it made the cut for what we’d like to see in Killzone 4.

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Battlefield 3 continues to impress with “Get That Wire Cut”

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

We’ve already seen Battlefield 3 have a crawling animation when you go prone. We’ve also seen how insane the lighting effects are with the Frostbite 2 engine. But you haven’t seen how effective they can be until you watch the vent crawling segment in the “Get That Wire Cut” trailer above. I’m already getting creeped out by how claustrophobic it’s probably going to make me. In addition to an unbelievable segment of shells falling from a helicopter, the end of the trailer says the full “Fault Line” segment (which will run 12 minutes) will be revealed on April 17. Unmatchable graphics. Incredible animations. I wish other shooters could do that.

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