Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia

Monster Madness producer Lee Perez has moved to clarify comments made in an interview with VideoGamer.com in which he said memory limitations are the biggest challenge of developing on the PS3.

The PS3's 256MB of memory, half that of the Xbox 360, is the biggest challenge developers face when making games on Sony's console, Monster Madness producer Lee Perez has told VideoGamer.com. Perez, who has worked closely on the development of Monster Madness and upcoming DS game Ninja Town, said that while the PS3 has half the memory of the 360, its Cell processor can in theory allow developers to offset those problems. Speaking specifically about the unique challenges PS3 development presents, Perez said: The biggest thing is the memory. The PS3 only has 256 megs of memory. The 360 has 512 so you have twice the memory when you load a level. Now the offset to that is the Cell processor, so if you understand and your engine can understand how to use the multiple cores in tandem you can offset that. Theoretically you can do a lot more, especially if you have a lot of physics objects because it's very math intensive, not memory intensive. So finding that sweet spot where your game does well in both and it takes advantage of its individual skills is tough.

Independent publisher SouthPeak Games has announced a studio licensing agreement with Epic Games to use its Unreal Engine 3 in the development of multiple PC and video game titles worldwide. The agreement is in effect throughout the life of the UE3 technology application across all major platforms, including downloadable content. SouthPeak's first release under the new license will be Monster Madness EX: Battle for Suburbia, currently under development by Psyonix Studios for Playstation 3.

German game site www.gameguide.nl posted today the ultimate list of 160 game tittles in production for the ps3. Within the 160 tittles ,95 of them will be ps3 exclusive . (TBA = To Be Announced ) List of ps3 games in development: 2K Games/Take-Two/Rockstar - College Hoops 2K7 ~Visual Concepts, TBA~ - The Darkness ~Starbreeze, 2007~ - Grand Theft Auto 4 ~Rockstar North, Q4 2007~ - NHL 2K7 ~Visual Concepts, TBA~ - NBA 2K7 ~Visual Concepts, TBA~ - Red Dead Revolver 2 ~Rockstar North, TBA~ Activision - Call of Duty 3 ~Infinity Ward, Launch~ - Marvel: Ultimate Alliance ~Raven, Launch~ - Spider-Man 3 ~Treyarch, Q2 2007~ - Tony Hawk's Project 8 ~Neversoft, Launch~ Atari - Alone in the Dark 5 ~Eden Studios, TBA~ Atlus - Shin Megami Tensei 4 ~Atlus R&D1, TBA~ Beuna Vista - Turok ~Propaganda, TBA~ Capcom - Devil May Cry 4 ~Capcom Studio 1, Q4 2007~ - Monster Hunter 3 ~Capcom Studio 1, 2008~ - Resident Evil 5 ~Capcom Studio 4, Q4 2007~ ~ - Untitled ~Action~ ~TBD, TBA~ Codemasters - DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road ~In-house, 2007~ D3 Publisher - Dark Sector ~Digital Extremes, TBA~ Eidos - Untitled ~Action~ ~TBD, TBA~ Electronic Arts - Army of Two ~EA Montreal, TBA~ - Battlefield: Bad Company ~DICE, 2007~ - Def Jam 3 ~EA Chicago, 2007~ - Fight Night Round 3 ~EA Chicago, Q4 2006~ - Half Life 2: Complete Pack ~Valve/EA, Q1 2007~ - Lord of the Rings: The White Council ~EA Redwood Shores, Q4 2007~ - Madden NFL 07 ~Tiburon, Q4 2006~ - Medal of Honor: Airborne ~EALA, 2007~ - NBA Live 07 ~EA Canada, Q4 2006~ - NBA Street Vol. 4 ~EA Canada, 2007~ - Need for Speed: Carbon ~EA Black Box, Q4 2006~ - Skate ~EA Black Box, 2007~ - Tiger Woo...

SouthPeak Interactive has signed a deal to publish Artificial Studios' Monster Madness on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next February - with other titles to follow.

One of the more interesting games we got to try out at E3 was Monster Madness, a cartoony, four-player overhead horror shooter in the vein of musty classics like Smash TV and Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Refreshingly simple but incredibly slick-looking, it lets players team up or fight each other as a squad of misfit suburban teenagers who appear to be the only survivors when their neighborhood is overrun by monsters. Our trailer shows generous chunks of the game in action, including footage from