When World War II titles play it straight, the US gets a grueling but triumphant ride - but when developers try a little alternate history, things get pretty bleak for the nation. Previously, Freedom Fighters saw America invaded by the Soviet Union, and now upcoming PC and next-gen console shooter Fall of Liberty sees New York falling to the Nazi war machine. Prompted by a little history-tinkering - what if the taxi accident that hobbled Winston Churchill was fatal instead, and without him ...
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Aug 31, 2006

Ridge Racer 7 features new online options on PS3

PS3 News from N4G | Ridge Racer 7

PS3 - Ridge Racer 7 - Ridge Racer 7 features new online options on PS3

Namco Bandai revealed in the latest Famitsu magazine that Ridge Racer 7 on PS3 will support up to 14 players to have online head-to-head races or team up for co-op races with relay, time attack, team battle, pair attack, and lots more options.
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Aug 31, 2006

Sony juggles lasers

PS3 News | PlayStation 3

Thursday 31 August 2006 Sony's attempts to storm the high-definition disc market with its Blu-ray format have seemingly hit a snag: its manufacturers can't produce enough blue lasers to support both stand-alone Blu-ray players and PS3 for the Christmas season. In response, the company is putting all its technological eggs into the PlayStation basket - shifting priorities so that the majority of Blu-ray lasers are assigned to PS3s, not players. It's not the first time Blu-ray has caused trouble ...
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Aug 30, 2006

Assassin's Creed Loses PS3 Exclusivity

PS3 News from N4G | Assassin's Creed

PS3 - Assassin's Creed - Assassin's Creed Loses PS3 Exclusivity

August 30, 2006 - When Ubisoft unveiled Assassin's Creed at E3 earlier this year, it was touted as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. And ever since then rumors have been flying around hinting that the game's "exclusivity" may be more temporary than Ubisoft initially let on. Whispers of an Xbox 360 port are nothing new, but yesterday came reports of a PC version as well.
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Aug 30, 2006

Fight Night Round 3 Confirmed for PS3 Launch

PS3 News from N4G | Fight Night Round 3

PS3 - Fight Night Round 3 - Fight Night Round 3 Confirmed for PS3 Launch

The game will include a number of PS3-exclusive gameplay features -- including a first-person mode called "Get in the Ring", and a new damage system that wasn't present in the Xbox 360 version.
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Aug 30, 2006

Ridge Racer 7 Update

PS3 News from N4G | Ridge Racer 7

PS3 - Ridge Racer 7 - Ridge Racer 7 Update

Namco Bandai disappointed many with its E3 showing of Ridge Racer 7 for the PS3. The company didn't actually show the PS3 title, instead opting for a pre-rendered video designed to show its vision for future installments of the series.

Four months later, and we're at last set to get a first look at actual Ridge Racer 7 material. While Namco Bandai will be updating the game's Japanese website later this week, the latest issue of Famitsu got the scoop with a few new details.
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Aug 30, 2006

Newsdump

PS3 News | PlayStation 3

Remakes you won't be playing Gotta love blogs. Yes, they bring us cool news really damn fast. On the other hand, they're even less reliable than IGN. Today, Wii Fanboy posted a cropped scan of a Chinese magazine with Resident Evil for Wii on its on its cover - or so it claims. The artwork, however, is taken from the Resident Evil remake for the GameCube. Let's stop and think about this for approximately 30 seconds. Let's begin with the source. Is Game Next - a Chinese mag we've never heard of ...
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Aug 30, 2006

PS3 bundle bungle

PS3 News | PlayStation 3

Wednesday 30 August 2006 Catalogue superstore Freemans has begun listing PS3 bundles for the console's rapidly-nearing 17 November launch - clocking in at a heftier price than Sony UK's previous estimate of around £425. Freemans' bundles start at £549 for a PS3 console and Sonic the Hedgehog, then jump up to £609 for a console with Sony-published title MotorStorm - a leap of £60 over Sonic. We contacted the store to ask after the first-party title clocking in at twice ...
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Aug 29, 2006

Newsdump

PS3 News | PlayStation 3

Red Steel stays offline Word out of Nintendo of Europe's site - via an interview with Ubisoft's Stephanie Langlois, which you can't read, since you're not a European, have not purchased a European Nintendo game and thus have not obtained the code you need to do so - is that Red Steel won't have online play... at least, not at launch. Nintendo's online service Connect 24, which pushes new features to Wii games while you sleep (if it works, anyway) could change that... but who knows? Best to ...
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Aug 29, 2006

Burnout 5

PS3 News | Burnout Paradise

EA announced today that its enslaving Criterion Games for yet another iteration of the famed car-crushing racer Burnout. In this latest installment (currently called Burnout 5) menus are completely eschewed in favor of an open, seamless city where the only thing that will limit the carnage is your imagination and the structural integrity of your automobile. Touting the virtues of the next-gen hardware, Criterion exclaims that Burnout 5 will offer the most brutal smashups in the series' ...
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