Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Ni No Kuni for PS3 is almost ready and will cost a lot

A play to more than one hundred dollars? Remember Ni no Kuni, the title of Studio Ghibli in development for PS3, which was shown the first images in 2008? Well, you know that is almost ready and will be released in Japan on November 17. The good news ends there. The game will be published at the price of 8,800 yen.

A date for Sonic 4 Episode II

The second episode of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 will be launched in 2012. We started talking about this game in 2010 and, frankly, we were hoping for a more regular and closer. Earlier this month, Mike Hayes, CEO of Sega West, had assured that the project was not dead and that soon there would be new about it.

Confirmation of output in 2012 came directly from Sonic Team's Takashi Iikuza, who emphasized that at the time the work has concentrated on Sonic Generations, but that the project would be Sonic 4 still going on. Speaking of a possible third chapter Takashi has not confirmed or denied, saying only that at the time did not know anything yet.

Insomniac will not work on Resistance 4

It will become a multiplatform developer Marcus Smith, the creative director of Resistance 3, Insomniac has said that the Resistance series will sell to another developer. The decision did not come from the alienation of society towards the brand, of which I am proud, but by a desire to expand in other directions, that is, translated in a nutshell, to do something new.

Probably, the decision was also born from the desire to create cross-platform video games, as they are doing with Overstrike, while a new Resistance would be hopelessly tied to Sony, since the series exclusively for PS3.

Professor Layton And The Spectre's Call arrives in Europe

Portugal Nintendo has officially confirmed that Professor Layton And The Spectre's Call will arrive in Europe in November. At the time was not yet announced any specific day, but at least we know what we have to wait to get their hands on the game in question. Professor Layton And The Spectre's Call is the fourth installment of the series, the latest Nintendo DS and recounts the events that occurred before the first episode.

Rumor: iPhone 5 on sale from mid-October

In North America, of course, punctual as a Swiss watch, this year there will be a new release of the iPhone, and as punctual as a Swiss watch, everyone will be surprised (I'm traditions). In short, the iPhone 5 exists and is in the pipeline. He doubted? It seems that the new trinket from Apple goes on sale in North America by mid-October, with the managers Sprint, Verizon Wireless and AT & T.

Steam offers a refund for From Dust

Steam has offered a compensation to dissatisfied users (not to say the least) of From Dust. The game, as mentioned above, is characterized by the famous security system based on Ubisoft DRM that requires an Internet connection is always on, in addition to various problems and glitches that emerged in the PC version.

The French publisher has already announced it is working to remove DRM of this type, but apparently also the digital delivery system has activated a procedure to satisfy its users. It is in fact a rather extreme move, as the principles of Steam offender who normally do not offer refunds for products purchased, except for pre-orders.

3DS will not force a cut in the price of PS Life

Next to his own way, believes the head of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida the massive price cut imposed by Nintendo recently 3DS will not affect the pricing strategies for PlayStation Life. Sony's new handheld console will be released in Europe at a price of 249.99 euros, according to some analysts, the Japanese manufacturer might find it necessary to revise the price even before the launch, considering the huge difference that would separate stores, from this point of view , the portable Nintendo and Sony.