some gaming news

[hey69]

some CONSOLE gaming news:

Grand Tourismo 4 delayed till the summer:

a spokesperson for Sony confirmed earlier today that the title would be delayed, in Europe at least, telling us: "It's looking like June or July now".
Source:various

HALO 2

spring releasy unlikely , probably to be released end of year..

chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach to suggest that the follow-up to Bungie's sensational Xbox smash Halo may slip into the second half of 2004
source:CVG

Well Aouch!

RESIDENT EVIL 4

Capcom spokesman confirmed that Biohazard 4 / Resident Evil 4 will remain exclusive for the GameCube, contradicting an earlier rumor about the game heading to multiple platforms.

source:the-magicbox

Nintendo new console gadget

Nintendo confirmed to Famitsu magazine that they will present a new game system at E3 2004 in May. The machine is not a successor to GameCube or GameBoy Advance, this product can play back existing game titles. (Editor's note: Further hint that the new machine is a variation of iQue Player?)

source:the-magicbox


PSP

Several developers have revealed their plans for the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld system in the latest issue of Famitsu:

Koei - working on 3 PSP titles
Sega - plans to announced new PSP titles at the Tokyo Game Show 2004 this fall
Namco - plans to release two or three PSP titles at launch
Capcom - plans to deliver titles at launch. Kenzo Tsujimoto, the president of Capcom said the development of PSP is arduous.
Square Enix - still evaluating whether to publish PSP titles
Konami - plans to release at least one PSP title at launch

source:the-magicbox

some other tidbits about PSP can be read here at gamespot
http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6086213.html ....



SONY

some tidbits..:

In other Sony-related news, Saeki also supported the statements made by SCEE executive vice president of development, Phil Harrison in December, when he said that "Future generations of PlayStations will include motion-sensor and camera hardware similar to that found in the EyeToy". However, Saeki specifically mentioned the PlayStation 3 console, where Harrison only made suggestive remarks.

"We don't have any news releases on the PS3 at this time. Of course the project is still moving along. If there's one thing that can be said, the EyeToy actually goes one step ahead from the PS2, and closer to the concept behind the PS3. That might serve as a hint."

source:Gamespot

 

[cthellis42]

Capcom spokesman confirmed that Biohazard 4 / Resident Evil 4 will remain exclusive for the GameCube, contradicting an earlier rumor about the game heading to multiple platforms.

...and Silent Hill 4 will be going to PS2 and Xbox seemingly from launch. Funny. Rather turned my statement on its head.

 

[Guden Oden]

...and Silent Hill 4 will be going to PS2 and Xbox seemingly from launch.

Now let the speculation begin on wether the screens shown so far are from PS2 or XBox versions...

 

[London Geezer]

...and Silent Hill 4 will be going to PS2 and Xbox seemingly from launch.

Now let the speculation begin on wether the screens shown so far are from PS2 or XBox versions...

Whatever platform, i think they will keep the "lower common denominator" policy they have had so far, so i guess the screens so far might very well be for PS2...
To be honest, i don't think there would have been much the Xbox could have added to SH3 apart from marginally better textures and IQ (which were already very good anyway), 480p and 5.1 surround sound without having to use a new engine designed specifically for the Xbox.
Really, i'd have bought a possible Xbox version only for 5.1 sound, would have added a whole lot to the experience...

 

[Guden Oden]

Tons of PS2 games could have had surround sound already if they did what EA did and implement DTS, or what a whole bunch of Nintendo licensees have done with DPL2.

DPL2 is surprisingly effective, and its hardware requirements are very modest. I've much enjoyed tracking multiple sound sources in 3D space (umm, well, 2D actually but whatever, lol) in Metroid Prime.

So one doesn't NEED an XBox to get surround sound!

 

[London Geezer]

Tons of PS2 games could have had surround sound already if they did what EA did and implement DTS, or what a whole bunch of Nintendo licensees have done with DPL2.

DPL2 is surprisingly effective, and its hardware requirements are very modest. I've much enjoyed tracking multiple sound sources in 3D space (umm, well, 2D actually but whatever, lol) in Metroid Prime.

So one doesn't NEED an XBox to get surround sound!

Oh yeah of course, but it looks like almost every game on Xbox has 5.1 which is cool.
Personally i dont like DPL2, i think its useless, and i LOVED DTS implementation in those few games on PS2... so yeah, if they wanted to, they could very well include it...