Microsoft developer Rare has revealed that it is working on new content for its two Xbox 360 launch games, Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo: Elements of Power. Players of futuristic FPS Perfect Dark Zero can expect a selection of new multiplayer maps, while fantasy adventure Kameo is getting a co-op mode playable over Xbox Live as well as some additional downloadable content. Rare stated that more solid details on these info titbits - which it sneakily slipped out on the letters page of its ...
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While it's still unclear as to whether Perfect Dark Zero will be a 360 launch title - it's still officially scheduled for a "holiday 2005" release - we can at least offer some Joanna Dark-flavoured goodness in the shape of these new shots. The Rare-developed FPS is the belated prequel to 2000's superb N64 shooter and, along with Project Gotham Racing 3, is surely the most eagerly-awaited of the first wave of Xbox 360 games. Anyway, a batch of new shots of the game - which also features ...
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Rare has released the first proper information on its very-long-time-in-the-making prequel Perfect Dark Zero, which is currently due to be released for Xbox 360 at the end of the year. Still in development at Rare, who have been working on the game since 1973, Zero is set around a secret war that has begun between shadowy corporations bent on, yes, world domination. Joanna Dark and her father, Jack, are caught up in the fight for the planet's future after a seemingly routine bounty ...
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We're already expecting it be one of the must-have titles for Xbox 360, so it's with no small amount of excitement that we've managed to uncover the first ever screenshots of Perfect Dark Zero. The sequel to N64's classic Perfect Dark reportedly makes use of Xbox 360's camera to scan gamers' faces into it, allowing you to, in effect, play as yourself. Other features include 22 weapons, ranging from guns to grenade launchers, and a jet pack collectable, which will allow gamers to fly ...
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The latest image to surface from Xbox 360 teaser website ourcolony.net is a frustratingly cut-off piece of artwork depicting a more realistic, yet still ginger, Joanna Dark, star of Perfect Dark Zero. Previously, details regarding with two people who had already played the game at an advanced showing of Xbox 360, at a Microsoft/MTV bash in LA late last week. One of the features confirmed in the interview was a more realistic looking experience compared to the cel-shaded demo shown when ...
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Following on from the (further reinforcing our confidence in the we revealed last month), details of Rare's long-awaited Perfect Dark Zero have also seeped on to the web thanks to an interview by Gamertagradio.com. The interview was with two excited gamers who were lucky enough to sample the Xbox 360 first hand at Microsoft's MTV event and was originally posted as a 30 minute MP3 file. The two interviewees - one from female gaming clan PMS - waxed lyrical about the abilities of the ...
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A variety of sources have started to point towards what we can expect from Xbox 360's line-up of launch titles - and it's likely to include Perfect Dark Zero and Project Gotham Racing 3. When Xbox 360 hits shelves in November, around 15 titles are anticipated to be available on day one, of which as many as six will be racing titles, including the aforementioned Gotham 3 as well as Need for Speed Underground 3 and Test Drive. It also seems to be a possibility that we'll see Burnout 4 and ...
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Reckon you're pretty good at PES 2009? Then chances are you're already signed up to PES Rankings - the global online scoreboard for PES players. If not, sign up now! Why? Because you'll then be eligible to enter a sweet-looking tournament event in Coventry, England, on April 5.

Yup, forget the game's superb online play for the moment, this is a proper face-to-face encounter with the top PES players in the ...

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Crikey, is it that time again already? The next annual PES instalment starts teasing us with its screenshots as from today and we have to admit they've got us very excited ...

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411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Phantasy Star Portable, The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match, and Sukashishipanman DS: Shokotak Koto Nakagawa Shouko Produce!

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Phantasy Star Portable (PSP)
With Phantasy Star Portable, Sega basically took Phantasy Star Universe, fixed a lot of the problems people had with it, tweaked it to be more single-player friendly, and added more story elements. Some of those who hated PSU are actually saying that they like this version of the game. I find that hard to believe, but it's possible. If anything, this will at least give us something to do while waiting for Phantasy Star Zero.

Here is what you can expect from PSP:

- New story missions that take place between the original Phantasy Star Universe and Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus
In Phantasy Star Portable you will team up with a Cast named Vivienne as she investigates recent terrorist attacks on the colony as well as animal outbreaks on the surface of some of the planets. Space adventure and mayhem follow. I thought that PSU's story was ok; it wasn't groundbreaking or very memorable but it was still decent. So, if Sega was able to craft a story that is at least on par with the first game's, these missions could be worth plaything through at least once.

- Local as well as online play (with the help of a PS3 or your PC)
As expected, you can play with three other friends locally using the PSP's ad hoc mode. Those wishing to play over the Internet have two options - one that requires a PS3 and another that requires a computer. To use your PS3 you have to download the Ad-Hoc Party application from the Japanese PSN store and do a little tinkering. You can find instructions on how to do this at the PSO-World forums here. If you want to use your PC there's XLink Kai. Note that these two options work for the Japanese and English dem...
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