Friday, January 28, 2011

Nintendo profits down 46%

The 2010 big N has closed worse than expected according to Reuters, Nintendo showed a decline of profits in the order of 46% during the quarter ended December 31, 2010. The thing most likely be attributed to the decline in sales of the Nintendo DS after the announcement of 3DS. The profits of Nintendo's two-month period from October to December totaled 104.6 billion yen, while last year had reached 192.3 billion yen.

Heavy Rain: The film is in pre-production

According to very reliable sources, the film based on Heavy Rain is currently in pre-production and filming should start before the end of summer. According to what has been revealed by Variety, David Milch, creator of popular series such as NYPD Blue and Deadwood, has written the script. Milch will work full time on "Rain", so it should be called the film, not just end up writing the final episodes of Luck, his new HBO series to the issuer.

The films were submitted for NGP

Next Generation Portable ... During the day today was finally revealed PSP2, Sony's new handheld console called for the moment with the provisional name of NGP (Next Generation Portable). We propose now between movies taken from the official presentation, which was held in Japan of course organized by Sony itself.

Find all three video as always attached at the bottom of the article.

"The games will be crucial for NGP"

Jack Tretton, president of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, said the most important factor in the success of the NGP will be the new console games. "The advanced technology we have used to create the new PSP is very important, but the key will once again be the games," said Tretton on PlayStation blog.

"We are thrilled to continue the franchise known as Uncharted and Call of Duty also on the next generation of handheld consoles from Sony. We have an impressive number of titles in the developing world." NGP will be released in stores by the end of 2011 and will be a real concentrate of technology: Wi-Fi, 3G, 5''multi-touch screen and OLED multi-touch pad.

Deadspace 2 free DLC for PC gamers

[Updated] NGP will not cost $ 599

The price will be between $ 599 and affordable, according to Sony executives Shu Yoshida, president of SCE Worldwide Studios, said the microphones of Game Informer that the price of NGP was one of the factors taken into greater consideration since 2008, when started a project on the new handheld console Sony.

"Hopefully, when we announce the price, people will be done an idea of the value of the device. Of course it will not cost $ 599."

Patch coming for the demo of Crysis 2

Crytek has announced the arrival of a patch to solve the problems encountered by many users in the multiplayer demo of Crysis 2, exclusively for Xbox 360. Since the exit of the demo, which took place yesterday, many players who witnessed the game and block annoying disconnections from the server. The release date of the patch has not been announced but is given for "imminent".

The full version of the ambitious shooter Crytek will be released on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on March 25.