Los Havros

Don’t bite the hand that feeds (aka Konami financial results show incredible reliance on PlayStation)- Some choice quotes: “So long as PlayStation can offer these kinds of numbers, Konami may continue being one of Sony’s greatest partners”, “Xbox 360 is home to most of Konami’s multiplatform efforts, and that’s yielded quite an insignificant return”.  Full [...]

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You may have seen this photo by now, but I’d been thinking what I could do for Halloween on the blog and nothing blends gaming and Halloween quite like this:
Image: ‘Pumpkins‘ by penner42
Happy Halloween!  Sorry ‘360 gamers, I couldn’t resist!

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UK PS3 install base over three times what it was a year ago- This is good news, but the Xbox 360 remains very strong in the UK (Microsoft: Xbox 360 outselling PS3 two-to-one).  The PS3’s strong games lineup is in no doubt- I think this all has to do with price point at this stage.  [...]

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Meet the teams bringing BioShock to PS3 (plus new screens!)- To be honest, even after seeing screenshots and various reviews of BioShock on the Xbox 360 and PC, I wasn’t really interested.  Now that it’s coming out on the PS3 I might get it.  Am I being lazy in this regard?  Yes, it’s fair to [...]

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As this latest, and very interesting announcement is quickly spreading out across the internet, it is time to take stock and see what everyone’s reaction is.
The controversy
At the crux of this matter, is that fact that Sony wants you to pay for Qore. However in Sony’s defence is the fact that there is some [...]

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Regular followers of my humble ramblings will have noticed of late that I am obsessed with Race Driver: GRID. I just thought I’d post some of my initial impressions and experiences of the game, along with my reasoning for getting the game in the first place.
Background
Quite simply, it all started with the demo for [...]

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Clive Moody on Race Driver: GRID- “Codemasters’ latest driving epic drifts sideways and at great speed onto shop shelves today. To celebrate its release we talk to senior producer, Clive Moody, about the design philosophy behind the game, and the team’s passionate love of smoke effects…“  An essential read for all gamers; especially petrol heads!

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I’ve been enjoying Collin McRae: DiRT for a while now, but have started looking around for my next driving fix. I’ve totally skipped Burnout Paradise because I don’t like driving games trying to be role-playing games. I don’t want to cruise around a huge city looking for a set of traffic lights which [...]

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PSN hits one million accounts in Japan- Whilst nowhere near as high as Xbox Live numbers (obviously) these numbers are encouraging and there’s room for solid growth.  What has been noted however, is that these numbers represent half the number of PS3 owners which begs the question- what are the other half doing?  A PSN [...]

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PlayStation 3 has been outselling the Xbox 360 since October- This is in Europe, baby; where our loyalty to Microsoft ends with Windows :p

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GamePro interview with Scott Steinberg, marketing VP of Sony- Interesting read.  There’s discussion of the Blu-ray victory, Microsoft’s 2008 game line-up, and possibilities for new PS3 downloads (including the possibility of movies, music, and PS2 games).
Sony’s marketing VP tells GamePro that Microsoft may have “already leveraged all of their big assets” for the Xbox 360 [...]

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From Kotaku:
Sony is apparently pitching features like these to developers to extend the lives of their titles, using strong first and second party development showcases to prove that Home can effectively market outside of traditional means. We hope they take them up on their offer, because we’re definitely excited about the prospects.
Kotaku has examples [...]

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