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GameFlirt Most Wanted chart for February (News)

Feb 5, 2008

Exclusive to PS3 Attitude; February's PS3 rental charts for GameFlirt, one of the UK's top games rental companies.

Continuing their new monthly feature and with details not available anywhere else, PS3 Attitude will reveal the top current rentals and most wanted future titles as a thermometer for what's hot in the PS3 world.

GameFlirt Most Wanted Chart for January (News)

Jan 11, 2008

Exclusive to PS3 Attitude; PS3 rental charts for GameFlirt, one of the UK's top games rental companies.

In a new monthly feature and with details not available anywhere else, PS3 Attitude will reveal the top current rentals and most wanted future titles as a thermometer for what's hot in the PS3 world.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma & Virtua Tennis on US PSN Today (News)

Apr 26, 2007

Without warning, like the shadowy figures known only through whispers in the night, Ninja Gaiden Sigma has made its presence known on the PlayStation Store. The demo will be available today in the US, one day prior to its Japanese release, alongside a demo for Virtua Tennis.

Also coming out today are trailers for Gauntlet II, The Wheelman, John Woo's Stranglehold and The Godfather. The full version of Ninja Gaiden Sigma is set for a June release (on disc).

**Update**
It is the 27th in Japan, which happens to be the 26 in the states, so by paper it is 1 day gap.

Virtua Tennis 3 for PS3, Xbox 360 at $44.99 (News)

Mar 26, 2007

Retailer Fry's Electronics this week discounted Sega's Virtua Tennis 3 for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 to $44.99.
The latest entry in the tennis franchise typically sells for $59.99.

Virtua Tennis 3 (Screenshots)

Mar 20, 2007

Virtua Tennis 3 (Review)

Mar 20, 2007

This will make you love tennis. No, really. Even if you loathe the sport and grit your teeth when Wimbledon distorts the TV schedules, Virtua Tennis 3 is so realistic that it forces you to appreciate the sports intricacies - in a stealthy education dressed as addiction. And while the latest game in the much-loved series is no massive departure - its still a tennis game, for instance - theres enough new gameplay tweaks and content to tempt veterans as well as newcomers. It looks like an ...

RUMOR: Leaked Phil Harrisons GDC Keynote (News)

Mar 2, 2007

The hype train is now rolling and it's getting faster and faster.
The Keynote of Phil Harrisons is not a secret anymore if a forum post over at Neoseeker is to be believed. Firmware update available on the 8th for North America/Japan and Asia. European PS3's will be preloaded with this latest update.

Virtua Tennis 3 - Gameplay 02-21-07 (Video)

Feb 21, 2007

Virtua Tennis 3 (Preview)

Feb 8, 2007

Exactly what does physics mean to you? Sleep? Bearded old men? Hieroglyphic formulas? Fair enough. But its really, really important in games with balls. Honestly, it is - thats why Winning Eleven Soccers so brilliant, why the FIFA games are suddenly not shit and why the Virtua Tennis games work so well. The simple bounce of a tennis ball and the way it moves through the air got nailed with Virtua Tennis 2, to such an extent that it doesnt need fiddling with. That, and the accessible, yet ...

Virtua Tennis Online on Xbox 360 Only (News)

Feb 7, 2007

Sega put another dagger in the PlayStation 3 this week revealing that Virtua Tennis fans looking for the best experience in the next generation will find that only on the Xbox 360.

The company said that Virtua Tennis 3 would be the first Xbox 360 game playable in 1080p - so-called Full HD. The game was already revealed to be one of the first 1080p games on the PS3.

A bigger blow is that only Xbox 360 players will be able to take Virtua Tennis 3 online. While PS3 owners will have to settle for playing in their homes only, Xbox 360 owners will find a full Xbox Live experience including singles and doubles ranked and unranked matches.

Also exclusive to the Xbox 360 is VT: TV - an online spectator mode where you can watch other players duke it out.

Five reasons you'll love Virtua Tennis 3 (Preview)

Jan 25, 2007

5. The gameplay is a "smash" hit It's a bold statement, but Virtua Tennis 3 could be the most accurate sports sim you'll play. From delicate drop shots and powerful smashes to the way the momentum acts perfectly on different surfaces, VT3 feels superb so ...

Virtua Tennis 3 - updated hands-on (Preview)

Jan 10, 2007

We love Virtua Tennis. Its colorful blend of arcade smashery and addictive gameplay caught our attention immediately and each successive update has only enhanced the appeal. Now Virtua Tennis 3 is heading out on to the next-gen court later this year, and so we've picked up our racquets for the PS3 build to see what Sega can do. Unsurprisingly, Virtua Tennis on PS3 looks so sharp it's a wonder your eyeballs aren't left in two cleanly hewn pieces. What we like most of all are the crisp, glowing ...

New Games In The PS3 Demo Kiosks (Japan) (News)

Dec 30, 2006

Sony says that in the PS3-Demo-Kiosk ' PlayStation Store ' that are playable in Japan the following demos are now available.

- Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
- Virtua Tennis 3 [Power Smash 3] (Sega)
- Gran Turismo HD (Sony)
- Genji (Sony)
- Formula One Championship Edition (Sony)
- Motorstorm (Sony)
- Resistance (Sony)
- Kidou Senshi Gundam: Target in Sight (Bandai Namco)
- Ridge Racer 7 (Bandai Namco)
- Enchant Arm (From Software)
- Video With 33 New PS3-Games

There are 1,006 PS3 demo kiosks set up in Japan.

Virtua Tennis 3 minigame shots (News)

Dec 6, 2006

Just a glance at these new shots from Virtua Tennis 3 is enough to confirm that the racquet-swinging threequel retains all the bonkers brilliance that we love about Sega's tennis sim, and then some. Both minigames shown look to mirror the training tasks from Virtua Tennis World Tour on PSP - the 10 pin bowling service game will be familiar to pros of the handheld outing, while the giant tennis ball and fruit action already has us wondering about the crazy court-based escapades Virtua Tennis 3 ...

Virtua Tennis serves up tilt controls (News)

Nov 3, 2006

Virtua Tennis 3, the PS3-bound update to Sega's sports series, will bounce on to Sony's next-gen hardware complete with SixAxis-supporting motion-sensitive controls. By tilting the pad you'll be able to move your player around the court - a bit like in Super Monkey Ball - or slam a shot across the net by wielding the pad like a tennis racquet. To move you would tip the pad in the required direction - rolling it forward to go up the court, right to go to the right, and so on. And, as you can ...

Virtua Tennis 3 supports SIXAXIS tilt-sensor (News)

Nov 3, 2006

Sega announces they will support the SIXAXIS tilt-sensor in Virtua Tennis 3. Instead of using your buttons and anologe sticks, you'll be using the complete controller to move your player and the racket

Gamestop's PS3 Software Release List (News)

Oct 10, 2006

A list printed today from Gamestop that lists all the games they have in their database and their release dates.

Virtua Tennis online service is out (News)

Sep 25, 2006

Virtua Tennis 3 for PlayStation 3 may not include an online multiplayer mode, after Sony failed to provide the game's developer with the right specs to make network matches possible, according to producer Mie Kumagi. This would make Sega's tennis sim the second game that could potentially drop its online gaming features for PS3. Last week it was rumored that Tony Hawk's Project 8 was having the same problem, with Neversoft claiming it did not receive Sony's networking specs in time to ...

[PS3] The Ultimate PS3 Games List - 160 Titles! (News)

Sep 25, 2006

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~
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- 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...

No Online for PS3's Virtua Tennis 3? (News)

Sep 25, 2006

According to a Finnish website, the PS3 version of Virtua Tennis 3 will not feature an online mode. Apparently, Producer Mie Kumagai from Sega said that Sony has not delivered the necessary information about their online network to make coding the online mode possible. Rumor mill for now, but since this exaclty scenario happened with Tony Hawk's Project 8 as well, we believe it.

Virtua Tennis 3 - hands-on (Preview)

Sep 23, 2006

We've been waiting for this one a very long time. Virtua Tennis and its sequel defined the racquet genre, giving us more multiplayer fun than the real thing could ever offer - and without the need for physical exertion. Virtua Tennis 3, you'll be happy to know, gives to players even more generously than Sharapova gives to grunt fetishists. The game was running at TGS in full progressive mode - polystyrene labels taped to the Sony monitors confirmed 'Full 1080p, 60FPS' by way of a great boast - ...

PS3 Virtua Tennis 3 in 1080p (News)

Sep 17, 2006

The "holy grail of full HD" is confirmed for Sega's PS3 tennis title. At its press event in Tokyo yesterday, Sega revealed, or rather boasted, that Virtua Tennis 3 runs in 1080p on the PS3. Displaying the game on slick HD sets with 1080p placards next to them, it looked absolutely glorious in high-res.

This makes Virtua Tennis 3 the second PS3 title confirmed to run in 1080p, next to Gran Turismo HD, and demonstrates that third party publishers are able to achieve what's been dubbed the holy grail of full HD on PS3. Sony has touted the PS3's ability to render 1080p images as a large benefit over the Xbox 360, which is incapable of generating them at such a resolution.

IGN says PS3 aces 360 in Virtua Tennis (News)

Aug 25, 2006

As IGN was checking out the new Virtua Tennis 3 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 at Leipzig, they made note of the "slight" differences between the two versions saying that the PS3 edged out the 360 when it came to graphical dominance.

GC'06: New Features Confirmed For Virtua Tennis 3 (News)

Aug 23, 2006

SEGA Europe has today announced a raft of new features and improvements for the upcoming Virtua Tennis 3.

Besides the refinement of the World Tour Mode, ten new mini-games (and two classics) will make the line-up, together with Court Games - mini games for up to four gamers. Five set matches will also be added to Virtua Tennis 3 for epic games.

'Virtua Tennis 3' (PS3/X360) Also Coming to PSP/PC (News)

Jul 7, 2006

Virtua Tennis 3 gives gamers the opportunity to experience new levels of realism never thought possible on a home console system. A press release issued by SEGA earlier today mentioned Virtua Tennis also coming to PSP, and PC.

Virtua Tennis shots served (News)

Jul 5, 2006

What with Wimbledon on and everything, it seems a perfect time to serve up some more Virtua Tennis 3 shots - the arcade tennis game from Sega that will be out for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 early next year. Career mode will be making a return where you take one created player on a world tour of competitions and minigames in order to develop their game and their bank balance. The remarkable gameplay will remain largely untouched which means the most notable thing about this second sequel is ...

Virtua Tennis 3 in-game shots (News)

Jun 22, 2006

Thursday 22 June 2006 The court-side world of next-gen sports smasher Virtua Tennis 3 is insanely detailed - just take a look at the jam-packed surroundings in this new in-game image, or hit the images tab for a handful of other fresh racquet-swinging screens. Virtua Tennis evolves Sega's brilliant tennis action for PS3 and Xbox 360, and we can hardly wait for its release next spring. Just feel the detail here. Working timers and serve-speed meters in the background, ranks of TV cameras, ...

New screens of Virtua Tennis 3 (News)

Jun 21, 2006

We got a handful of new screens of Sega's upcoming tennis champion Virtua Tennis 3. Depicted are two scenes of the standard, behind-the-back gameplay that has made this one of the most well-loved series in the realm of video tennis, and four photo-realistic grabs of characters close-up. Showing off the impressive detail that this series is known for, these screens flaunt intricate shadows and emotive facial ...

Virtua Tennis 3 hands-on (Preview)

Jun 19, 2006

Wednesday 10 May 2006 While gamers are queuing up to sample tennis Wii style over at Nintendo's stand, the jostlers hugging Sony's PS3 pods will find an altogether more familiar virtual take on the racquet-wielding sport in the form of Sega's Virtua Tennis 3. Apparently only 30% complete, it's no surprise that the E3 demo only offers a men's singles game with two players - Taylor Dent and Tommy Haas - and two different courts to try out. Yet despite the game's far from finished state, this is ...

Virtua Tennis 3 - trailer (Video)

Jun 12, 2006

See Virtua Tennis 3 in action (News)

Jun 12, 2006

Sega has served up a new video for Virtua Tennis 3, the next generation in the best tennis series around, and it looks brilliant. It's not so much the super-sharp visuals that impress the most, but the new, liquid-smooth animation that the next-gen power of PS3 and Xbox 360 can throw around. All the regular Virtua Tennis features make an appearance - career mode, technique-enhancing minigames and a superbly intuitive control system. And Virtua Tennis 3 is set to add more of everything, with ...

E3 06: Virtua Tennis 3 hands-on (Preview)

May 10, 2006

In the Sony booth, Sega debuted a playable version of Virtua Tennis 3 for the PS3 (it's also due for the Xbox 360.) The game, which has arcade-style, simple-to-understand play, has been a favorite of gamers who like a realistic but fun game of tennis. It really shines in multiplayer. Unfortunately, the demo was for one player only, and was limited to a simple single match. While we can't see the full list of tennis pros Sega plans to include, we were able to scope how detailed and realistic ...

The next generation of Virtua Tennis (News)

Apr 25, 2006

The popular Virtua Tennis series will be continued on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the form of Virtua Tennis 3 and will be released in spring 2007, Sega has confirmed. The game will feature photo-realistic graphics and improved opponent intelligence for its next-gen debut. Sega has also promised new gameplay features but hasn't mentioned any specifics, only confirming that the minigame-heavy career mode will return. In fact, there are very few details on any of the gameplay, probably as ...

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Sep 17, 2007

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Jul 5, 2007

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