PS3 Mania In Next OPM

[Slay]

As soon as tomorrow, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine subscribers (and newsstand buyers starting March 14) will have first looks at a number of anticipated PlayStation 3 videogames - including one you don't even know about.

On the cover is The Darkness, the next-generation debut from The Chronicles of Riddick developers Starbreeze. OPM Managing Editor Dana Jongewaard scuttled all the way to Sweden for an exclusive look at the game while it was running on a PlayStation 3 development kit.

With E3 only months off, more PlayStation 3 information is a given, which is why OPM has the latest look at EA's Medal of Honor: Airborne, Midway's Stranglehold and the first on Sony Online Entertainment's console take on the Untold Legends hack 'n slash series, Dark Kingdom.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3148376&did=1

 

[scooby_dooby]

All cross platform except the SOE game? That's not too exciting, we've seen previews for all of these already. The darkness could be interesting, riddick was a great little game.

Will be interesting to see what the SOE game looks like after the whole Josh Robinson blog fiasco.

 

[Titanio]

Since The Darkness is the cover game, one might hope for a decently indepth preview - which should be exciting, since we've seen nothing of that game since last E3.

Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom would be that SOE title, yes. That must be the secret PS3 title that were teasing about in their last issue.

It's definitely encouraging to see new PS3 coverage. Hopefully this will be the start of increasing coverage going forward from OPM.

 

[superguy]

Next question is will we get real screens, or art and concept screens from non-gameplay angles?

My bet is the latter

 

[Titanio]

The Darkness has already had a realtime trailer, from last E3.

I'd expect realtime shots from all of them.

I wonder if new MoH screens are too much to ask for..

 

[nintenho]

E3's in March, right?

Wouldn't it be a little stupid to wait two weeks to buy a magazine of raving ******s(yes, I realize all the magazines are like this) talking about what you could already find out online?

 

[Bobbler]

E3's in March, right?

Wouldn't it be a little stupid to wait two weeks to buy a magazine of raving ******s(yes, I realize all the magazines are like this) talking about what you could already find out online?

I believe it's in May.

But it won't take but a couple days for whatever info is in PSM to find its way all over the internet anyways.

 

[superguy]

I wonder if new MoH screens are too much to ask for..

MOH style are specifically what I hope to NOT see.

Non-gameplay, tagged as "render engine", cant tell much from them anyway, etc etc..

 

[Titanio]

I meant actual screens from the game engine. Something new on MoH would be nice, rather than just a rehash of what we already know.

 

[Titanio]

What do you make of this Titanio?

This is from GAF? You can read my thoughts right there.

And what has this got to do with this thread, exactly?

 

[scificube]

You guys are crazy! There's going to be news in that issue about GoW2....GOW2!!!!!

G.O.W.2....what the heck else ya need!?! I can't fathom how that's not intersting news...especially if it's PS3 related. Something must be wrong with me.

 

[Nick Laslett]

GOW2 is for the PS2, afaik.

Which from my perspective is the right thing to do.

But for must people it is pretty disappointing.

It reminds me a little of Syphon Filter. SF3 was released for the PSOne, when everybody was expecting it for the PS2. When the PS2 iteration of Syphon Filter finally apeared after a long delay, it was pretty disappointing.

I hope that the PS2 continues as a strong platform until 2008. I do not think it is healthy to have such short hardward generations. 4 years is way to short to get the most out of the hardware. I honestly think that Xbox could of handles Kameo, PD0, PGR3 and COD2 with very little difference from the 360 versions. The first three of these are all using modified Xbox engines by the developers own admissions.

If the PS2 had been replaced after it's fourth birthday, we would never have seen stuff like "Black", which is a pretty amazing technical achievement to be running on 6 year old hardware.

 

[London Geezer]

If the PS2 had been replaced after it's fourth birthday, we would never have seen stuff like "Black"

... a very lame FPS with pretty explosions?
KIDDING!

 

[Johnny Awesome]

I prefer a 5-year cycle. That seems to be plenty long enough to get the most out of the hardware.

 

[3roxor]

Kinda disappointing to realise that the first approved PS3 game scans are likely multi platform + 3th party titles. You expect a bang after the silence.

 

[Titanio]

They're not the first.. The Untold Legends game is an exclusive, though..but it'll probably one of the less exciting games in the issue (really that SHOULD be The Darkness, given the developer...hopefully).

Obviously most pubs are keeping most things under wraps for now, though, yes. I think that'll progressively change in the next couple of months though.

 

[Bobbler]

Kinda disappointing to realise that the first approved PS3 game scans are likely multi platform + 3th party titles. You expect a bang after the silence.

That's probably exactly why we're seeing them. I doubt the exciting stuff would be let out yet (probably saving for E3 or whatever, I imagine), but 3rd parties are likely able to show stuff when they want now (I vaguely remember some NDA stuff ending around now with regards to this kind of stuff? maybe not).

 

[GB123]

If the PS2 had been replaced after it's fourth birthday, we would never have seen stuff like "Black", which is a pretty amazing technical achievement to be running on 6 year old hardware.

How did you figure that, it would have just been made for the PS3..

 

[Titanio]

How did you figure that, it would have just been made for the PS3..

Quite possibly, but you'd have to invest in another new system to play it. You might ask why we should ever have new systems then, but obviously beyond a point you're going to see less and less technical improvement. Here's another way to put it - if PS2 had been killed after year 4, you may not have seen it peak technically in the way I think it has. And you certainly wouldn't have got as good value for your money as a PS2 owner.

 

[c0_re]

GOW2 is for the PS2, afaik.

Which from my perspective is the right thing to do.

But for must people it is pretty disappointing.

It reminds me a little of Syphon Filter. SF3 was released for the PSOne, when everybody was expecting it for the PS2. When the PS2 iteration of Syphon Filter finally apeared after a long delay, it was pretty disappointing.

I hope that the PS2 continues as a strong platform until 2008. I do not think it is healthy to have such short hardward generations. 4 years is way to short to get the most out of the hardware. I honestly think that Xbox could of handles Kameo, PD0, PGR3 and COD2 with very little difference from the 360 versions. The first three of these are all using modified Xbox engines by the developers own admissions.

If the PS2 had been replaced after it's fourth birthday, we would never have seen stuff like "Black", which is a pretty amazing technical achievement to be running on 6 year old hardware.

Have you even played any of those 360 games you mentioned, I mean played full versions at someone house on a real HDTV? The Xbox couldn't even dream of doing those games in 480p much less 720p.