This follows rumors of the head of Team Ico leaving.
Yoshifusa Hayama, the executive producer of the hotly anticipated Playstation 3 release The Last Guardian, has left Sony to work for a Facebook game developer, IGN is reporting. After four years with the company, Yoshifusa will join Bossa Studios as creative director.
The HD remake is done and ready to catch some outlaws.
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD was originally supposed to be released this past Easter. After horribly missing that day, Gamespot has confirmed that the HD remake will be released on December 27, 2011 for the PlayStation Network for $15.
Nathan Drake can retire at any point now.
Uncharted 3 has had impressive sales numbers since its release and we now have some details about the numbers the series has sold as a whole. The Uncharted franchise, since its start in 2007, has shipped over 13 million copies worldwide. This makes the series one of the most popular new IPs of the console generation.
This week we ask the difficult questions. Can anyone afford Vita’s new memory cards? Is there life after Zelda? Will anyone be able to survive my incessant ramblings via our new blog system? Find out this week on PixlTalk.
Join us as Jesse and I return welcoming back Esteban and JD to our dysfunctional family here on PixlTalk. We tackle a number of interesting topics including the aftermath of the holiday release season, the impending future of the Wii, and a number of noticeable changes here on PixlBit. Hope you all enjoy and make sure to contact us at PixlTalk@Pixlbit.com with questions, comments, or suggestions you have for future episodes.
Content left on the cutting room floor is getting a second chance.
BioWare is giving pushed aside content another chance. A segment that was originally cut from Mass Effect 2, a mission that takes place on the Citadel, will be included in Mass Effect 3. The Citadel had a major role in the ending of the first game.
The framerate problems have been addressed.
Update: We learned today that the patch for PC and Xbox 360 will go live this Wednesday. This is a current ETA for the patch, and we will update if things change. The original story follows:
PS2 games won't work either at first.
It was unclear if the PlayStation Vita would be compatible with PSone Classics purchases on your PlayStation account, though it was assumed it would be possible given the fact that it would share the same account.Today, the truth is still shrouded, but it was announced that they won't be compatible at least at launch
Sony's taking a cue from Nintendo.
A trailer has revealed that the PlayStation Vita will have an Augmented Reality suite. Several titles are being developed to take advantage of this technology, which is planned to be available at launch. See how it'll work with the trailer below:
Get ready to bend over and kiss your wallet goodbye...
If you're planning on buying a PlayStation Vita on launch day on February 22, 2012, you're going to need to put quite a bit extra aside. Not for the handheld itself, but for its mandatory memory cards used for downloads and game saves. GameStop has posted a tentative listing for the memory cards, complete with prices.
Players' complaints have been addressed.
Since Uncharted 3's release last month, players have complained that the game's aiming doesn't feel quite right. Naughty Dog, the developer of the series, has now addressed those complaints and released a patch with an option to adjust the settings in the single player mode.
