Possession

Britz confirm to Gamesindustry.biz that the Possession team is, infact working and a new game with ideas from Possession. Possession is 100% alive and kicking, from the article: Work on Possession is temporarily on hold but only because we've reassigned the team to work on a major new project on PS3 and Xbox 360, said a senior spokesperson for the company.

PSU contacted Blitz Games about upcoming title Possession and found that the game has been put on official hiatus. The game's engine used Natural Motion's Endorphin Engine, a unique and innovative animation system that allowed for game characters to react realistically to their environments and never show the same animation twice.

Online auction website eBay has imposed strict new regulations on the sales of next generation console pre-orders, while removing all existing listings for the PlayStation 3 until the new procedures are in place. A posting in the eBay Trust & Safety forum includes a statement from the company's customer support department which indicates that due to the high demand and limited supply of this item we are taking stronger measures to protect both buyers and sellers in the eBay community. Currently, eBay is not permitting 'Pre-Sale' of this item, and sellers who list it on eBay must have physical possession of the products at time of listing. In order for subsequent listings to be allowed, sellers will be required to fax eBay additional confirmation of their identity, including driver's license or similar ID, credit card statements and a receipt for the console. Following the start of pre-orders for the PlayStation 3 last week, which were quickly ended the same day as allocations were used up, listings immediately began to appear on eBay offering the console for anything up to $800,000 ¿ with no more than a pre-order receipt as proof that the console would be supplied. With Wii pre-orders also reportedly sold-out, despite much larger allocations compared to the PlayStation 3, eBay appear keen to avoid the significant black market that emerged alongside the launch of the Xbox 360 and which saw the console regularly selling for two or three times its suggested price while stock was still low.

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...

Currently in construction by euro-developer Blitz, Possession blends realtime strategy with zombies - the twist being that players actually get to take charge on the undead. As the Enslaver, your goal is to destroy an entire city using an army of the undead built from its inhabitants. Blitz is promising "carnage at all costs" across the "free-form and reactive city. How you choose to destroy it is up to you." Sounds good to us. No doubt we'll be seeing more of Possession at E3 but for now,