GB: "In an interesting turn of events, Sony UK PR manager, Hugo Bustillos compared Skyrim to Lair and expressed disappointment that people didnt see much value in Lair. In case you dont know what Lair is, it was a PS3 exclusive released a few years ago and featured Dragons and a lot of them."
Factor 5's PS3-exclusive action title Lair is being offered for $15.90 on GoGamer, slashing nearly $25 off the game's retail price.
Perfect Dark remake coming to XBLA? A mobile Halo game in the works? Factor 5 working on Kid Icarus for the Wii?
Need for Speed hits a roadblock, Factor 5 cutting staff and a Home invasion as we head into the holiday home stretch.
Developer Factor 5 is facing tough choices due to our bad economy, according to a blog post from Sam Baker, an animator for the company. Baker explains that after a two-week foray to work with California-based animation studio The Orphanage, he came back to Factor 5 and found that none of his fellow employees had been paid in the past month. His team continued on their current project, but then had their health care benefits taken as a cost-saving measure.
Playstation.Blog writes: Hey, everyone. It's time again for the PLAYSTATION Store weekly update. Downloadable Games Gran Turismo 5 Prologue ($39.99) The best-selling racing franchise returns with the intense precursor to Gran Turismo 5, featuring over 60 cars from worldwide car manufacturers. With an all-new interior dash view, online racing with up to 16 players, Drift mode and more, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue unveils revolutionary advancements that deliver the ultimate racing experience. ESRB Rated E File size: 1.78 GB Add-on Game Content Warhawk Broken Mirror Pack ($7.99) Download the Operation: Broken Mirror Booster Pack and increase the effectiveness of your team's ground assaults with the new Armored Personnel Carrier and the Vaporfield Glacier Battlefield! File size: 131 MB Warhawk Booster Combo ($11.99) Booster Combo includes the Warhawk Operation: Omega Dawn and Operation: Broken Mirror Booster Packs. File size: 274 MB
The Hong Kong PlayStation Store receives a brand new Lair demo. The weight of the demo is around 1919MB and fully English.
Great news for those who couldn't get to grips with Lair's motion controls: the patch for analog flight controls is now live, and also brings crosshairs as a menu option. The patch is 147MB, and is up now for European Lair owners.
A new free add-on pack for PS3's dragon shooter Lair is set to be released on April 17th via the Playstation Store. The pack updates the game to support the new Dualshock 3's rumble feature, dual analog stick flight control as opposed to the generally panned motion control, updated Remote Play for playing Lair on your PSP, and most interestingly, two new dragons, Wind and Poison. Players not interested in downloading the whole
A free update for Lair will come on Apr 17th in Japan. It adds control by the left analogue stick (instead of SIXAXIS), DualShock 3 support, better aim function, 2 bonus dragons (Wind Dragon and Poison Dragon) and custom themes that change randomly on startup.