Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign Considered for Next-Gen
Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign from Arc System Works is being considered for next-gen consoles. The game was previously announced for Japanese arcades.
“Currently, we are brainstorming,” Arc System Works president Minoru Kidooka told Siliconera at E3. “Guilty Gear Xrd is a title we’re considering to bring to the next generation.”
Sony Details PS4 PlayStation Plus Changes
Sony has detailed the changes we can expect of the PS Plus subscription on the PS4. Auto-updates and the “social features of PS4″ will not require paid subscription to access. Catch-up TV and online movie services will be free for all PS4 users, although an additional cost may be required to access back-catalogue PS3 titles once the Gaikai stream service kicks off.
PS Plus subscription is required to to access PS4′s multiplayer functionality. This will allow Sony to focus both more time and effort on the PlayStation Network to reduce downtime and improve its performance.
“It is time to charge, but it is time to charge and still continue to deliver phenomenal value,” SCEE UK & Ireland MD Fergal Gara told VideoGamer.com during E3.
“A PlayStation Plus subscriber for PlayStation 4 comes away with a hell of a lot. First of all, the subscription applies across all three platforms [PS4, PS3 & PS Vita], so if you have the three platforms then you have an instant game collection on all three. So that’s hugely powerful in its own right. But it is true to say that the online multiplayer element for PS4, you do require the subscription in order to [make use] of that.
“If you choose not to subscribe we are still gating relatively little in many senses, so access to online catch-up TV and online movie services sit outside of the gate, for example. The social features of PS4 and PS4 games sit out of the subscription service… things like auto-updates on PS4 sit outside of PlayStation Plus, so we’re trying to be as balanced and as fair as we possibly can. If you choose to pay the subscription, yes, you get one important element of modern-day gameplay, but you also get fantastic value in games, including the PlayStation Plus Edition of DriveClub.”
Auto-update functionality was previously only available for PS Plus subscribers. The social features haven’t been detailed as of now, so we don’t know what that’s referring to. It’s still undecided whether or not people needs to pay to access PS3 titles via Gaikai.
“In short, we haven’t decided,” said Gara when asked whether the firm plans to introduce additional PlayStation Plus tiers to accommodate backwards-compatibility streaming. “The Gaikai developments are exciting. The Remote Play feature which we’re particularly excited about not just benefits PS4 but PS Vita – that uses some Gaikai technology.
“But secondly, the full cloud gaming service comes a bit later – we announced that 2014 will start to see that introduced for PS3 titles in the US, and we’ll start to see a gradual increase in consoles, titles, devices and countries involved as we go forward, so there is a plan there to bring the PlayStation experience to more devices out of the cloud using the Gaikai that will broaden over time.”
“Will that be part of PlayStation Plus? I genuinely don’t know. Will that require some other, different charging mechanism? Perhaps. We just haven’t sat down to answer that question yet.”
The Elder Scrolls Online PS4 and Xbox One Versions Detailed
ZoominGames interviewed the creative director of The Elder Scrolls Online game, Paul Sage, during E3. In the interview he discussed the one major difference between all of the different versions, not just the PS4 and Xbox One versions.
Sage believes that the only big difference is that of the control scheme and UI (user interface). Every platform is slightly different from each other, thus the game needs to altered slightly to fit.
Watch the interview below:
E3 2013 Attended by Nearly 50,000 People
E3 2013 was attended by nearly 50,000 people. The ESA reports that 48,200 video game industry professionals, investor analysts, journalists, and retailers from 102 countries were at the expo.
“This year’s E3 showcased the best that our industry has to offer and channeled the immense energy, drive, and enthusiasm for video games onto a global stage,” said Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of the ESA, the trade association that represents U.S. computer and video game publishers. “Thanks to our members and exhibitors’ boundless capacity for innovation, billions of consumers are seeing the future of our industry through this outstanding landscape of creativity, technology and content.”
A total of 28,000 hotel room was rented during the nights. A revenue totaling $40 million was collected.
World of Tanks’ Xbox 360 Beta Sign-Ups Opened
The beta sign-ups for World of Tanks‘ Xbox 360 version has been opened. In order to partake in the beta you’ll need an Xbox LIVE Gold account. Sing up by clicking here.
The game was announced during E3. It will be released sometime this summer.
Metal Gear Solid V Comes With User-Created Missions, “Vast” Multiplayer
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will come with support for user-created missions and an online component. Hideo Kojima spoke about this both at E3 and to CVG. Speaking to the latter, Kojima talked about the game’s open-world and how he wanted “to make sure that we were doing the most difficult and challenging thing.” He also discussed the use of devices such as tablets and smartphones.
“Using tablets and smart phones you can also enjoy Metal Gear Solid V and create user-generated missions within the world,” Kojima said. “That’s another reason we had to go open-world—if it was linear we wouldn’t be able to do that.”
The game’s online component is in development at Kojima Productions Los Angeles in co-operation with the Tokyo team. “We’re working closely to create a vast multiplayer for all the fans,” he said.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Gameplay Walkthroughs
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII gameplay walkthroughs have been posted online. Several outlets have posted off-screen footage shot during E3.
IGN Walkthrough:
GameXplain Walkthrough:
GamesRadar Walkthrough:
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Screenshots Released from E3
Screenshots from the E3 presentation of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been released. In the screens we see Geralt battling monsters both in the open but also in the forests.
Kingdom Hearts III Announced “A Little Early”
Kingdom Hearts III has been announced during E3. However, director Tetsuya Nomura believes the game was announced a little early.
“I was thinking of all the many fans who have been impatient for it since Kingdom Hearts II and the continued spin-offs, so I revealed it beside Final Fantasy XV,” he said. Nomura promises “flashy combat and a new aerial fighting” for Sora.
The game is being developed on the Luminous engine with “over-specifications”, most likely in a PC environment. From there the game will be ported to both PS4 and Xbox One. A special l “Kingdom Shader” will also be used to give Sora and the rest, “visuals adjusted differently for each world to suit its motif.”
As you can see in the announcement trailer above, the last few scenes show some footage which we belied was actual gameplay. Nomura admitted it was not gameplay, but a movie. Due to time constraint they couldn’t prepare actual gameplay. However, he claims it represents the “visual possibilities that are capable in real-time.”
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z E3 Videos, Screenshots
All of the E3 trailers from Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z have been uploaded on YouTube, screenshots are available, too! In the upcoming game we play as a new protagonist named Yaiba Kamikaze who is out for revenge against Ryu Hayabusa. Hayabusa is the original protagonist of the Ninja Gaiden series, who kills Kamikaze in the beginning of the game. Read More…
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