Justin has been a gamer since the Intellivision days back in the early 80′s. He started writing about and covering the video game industry in 2008. In his spare time he is also a bit of a gun-nut and Star Wars nerd.
For the second time this week, Rockstar Games has seen fit to bless us with another Grand Theft Auto V asset dump consisting of three all-new screenshots. Why, it's just like Christmas morning! Again, for the second time!
Nintendo sent out invites today for a Wii U press event being held on September 13th in New York City, where the company will tell us "more about how the Wii U will change the future of gaming and entertainment". Which is super-secret PR code for the console's release date, price point, and software launch lineup.
Late last week, Bethesda rolled out a redesign for their website and in the process removed all traces of Prey 2, leaving many fans to wonder if the title was still in development. Bethesda has since issued a statement on the missing game, reconfirming the good news that it has not been canceled. The bad news is that it sounds as if Bethesda has placed it on the furthest part of the back burner.
GoNintendo is reporting that an "anonymous source" has sent them a small image from a "Best Buy employee newsletter" stating that "industry-wide" Wii U pre-orders will start in September. Assuming the image is real, this would indicate that Nintendo is on the verge of announcing the consoles price and release date.
Last week at Gamescom Crystal Dynamics' global brand director Karl Stewart told Eurogamer that the second half of Tomb Raider will be less bleak and feature a "stronger" Lara Croft than what was shown in the E3 demos and trailers.
Back at E3 Sony announced that Tokyo Jungle, the Japanese "Urban based animal survival" PSN title, would be released in North America, but it took until today for SCEA to put an official date and price on the game...
Despite the ongoing efforts to obscure PlayStation Vita sales numbers in their quarterly financial reports, the limited data available seemed to indicate that Sony's handheld was gathering dust on retailer shelves. Thanks to a Sony executive at Gamescom last week, we now have some hard sales numbers to attach to the system, and things are far worse than most suspected.
Speaking to Famitsu, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida revealed that the Cross Buy program, which gives PS3 software buyers a free PlayStation Vita copy of the same game, is not scheduled for Japan or North America but is "at present, just for Europe".
Speaking With Kotaku last week, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated that they don't want consumers to feel "cheated or deceived" with the company's first downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. 2, and promised that it won't consists of anything that was held back from the main game.