GameInformer has an interview up with Konami producer Tomm Hulett and Climax game director Mark Simmons about the latest Silent Hill installment.  Here are all the juicy details:
Game Informer: What kind of lessons did you learn about Silent Hill since developing Silent Hill: Origins?
Mark Simmons:  Silent Hill: Origins was our first experience of developing a [...]

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In addition to downloading PSP games onto your UMD-less PSP Go, you will also be able to download non-gaming applications similar to Apple’s iPod Touch and iPhone.  This news is the precise reason why Sony reduced the price of its dev kit by 80%.  The decrease in price would entice more developers (not necessarily gaming [...]

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Will Netflix begin offering its video streaming services on a Nintendo console now?  It seems as if the thought is there, but no confirmation exists at this time.  Back in March, there was a survey that suggested the possibility of Netflix streaming on the Wii.  Now, that same survey resurfaced with a minor change.  Joystiq [...]

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When NXE launched, it was pretty quick; however, over time, the dashboard has become noticeably slower.  Thankfully, even Microsoft acknowledged the problem and a fix is on the way by the end of this year.  However, don’t just call it a performance enhancement for God’s sake.  Taken from Major Nelson’s podcast:
“The team has done some [...]

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When Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars debuted on the Nintendo DS in March, it was met with critical praise.  It was also met with lackluster sales, reaching a maximum of 90,000 units sold (which is mediocre considering the Nintendo DS installed base and franchise recognition).  Not to let a good game go to waste, Rockstar [...]

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This summer, the Nintendo DSi Mobile Tour will travel from coast to coast in order to promote, yep you guessed it, the Nintendo DSi.  If the tour comes to a location nearby, you’re invited to climb aboard a “customized, interactive” tour bus packed with Nintendo DSi systems and games.  Nintendo ambassadors will guide you through [...]

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Could Cliff Bleszinski, design director for Epic Games, be working on a new Silent-Hill style horror game?  Unfortunately he denied these rumors by saying:
“No, I’m not making a horror game next.  Gears is very much near and dear to me…  There’s only been two Gears games, man,” he continued. “There’s still plenty of opportunities for [...]

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A sequel to No More Heroes, a multiplatform game with Shinji Mikami and Q Entertainment, a potential project with Square Enix, and now an unnamed title for the PlayStation 3?  This grasshopper is keeping busy, that’s for sure.
The secretive PlayStation 3 project will be published by Marvelous Interactive, but there seems to be some sort [...]

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Phew, what a title (it’s not graceful at all, I know).  Not too much is known about Namco’s 12th iteration in its Tales franchise, Tales of Graces, exclusively for the Nintendo Wii.  Apparently, the quest will span 70 hours, although I’m pretty sure that’s including most of the sidequests.  The battle system also allows you [...]

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On June 12, 1UP reported that Project Natal would be more than just an accessory for current Xbox 360 owners.  This new tech could be the next Xbox console.  According to 1UP, “Microsoft will not only release Natal as an add-on for the Xbox 360, it will come standard with the next Xbox console. Yes, [...]

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