Well, it's been a fun week of news. But all good things must come to an end, and so we say farewell to the Tokyo Game Show as they closed their doors at the convention center. And so, we must wait another year to hear news from the biggest gaming convention (next to E3) around. Of course, just because TGS is over doesn't mean the gaming news stops! And so, as gaming news comes in, we'll be here to spread it out.
As far as gaming conventions go, we still have X'07 left, along with a few other really small ones on the side. But once we receive details about TGS 2008, we'll be sure to let you know as soon as it gets out (since nothing was announced yet)!
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Showing posts with label TGS 2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TGS 2007. Show all posts
Monday, September 24, 2007
TGS 2007: Future Game Awards
Well, as promised here's the awards the CESA gave out for being exceptionally amazing and wasn't released yet. Here are the Top 11 winners, but keep in mind that the only game eligible had to be displayed on the show floor (meaning no Nintendo games could be on it):
Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (aka Yakuza 3, Sega, PS3)
Ace Combat 6 (Bandai Namco, X360)
Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (aka Dynasty Warriors 6, Koei, PS3/X360)
Super Robot Taisen OG Gaiden (Banpresto, PS2)
Haruhi no Yakusoku (Bandai Namco Games, PSP)
Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (Capcom, PS2/Wii)
Takarajima Z (aka Zack & Wiki, Capcom, Wii)
Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom, PS3/X360/PC)
Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix, DS)
Professor Layton and the Devil's Box (Level 5, DS)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (Konami, PS3)
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Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (aka Yakuza 3, Sega, PS3)
Ace Combat 6 (Bandai Namco, X360)
Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (aka Dynasty Warriors 6, Koei, PS3/X360)
Super Robot Taisen OG Gaiden (Banpresto, PS2)
Haruhi no Yakusoku (Bandai Namco Games, PSP)
Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (Capcom, PS2/Wii)
Takarajima Z (aka Zack & Wiki, Capcom, Wii)
Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom, PS3/X360/PC)
Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix, DS)
Professor Layton and the Devil's Box (Level 5, DS)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (Konami, PS3)
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
TGS 2007: Tokyo Game Awards
The Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association (CESA) has just awarded their Tokyo Game Awards as they always do at TGS. Game eligible had to be released between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007.
For game of the year Monster Hunter Portable 2nd for the PSP and Wii Sports won for game of the year.
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Version won in the category of best selling game. The Global Award for Japanese Origin was won by Dead Rising. And the Global Award for best foreign game was won by Gears of War (remember, it's Japan so Gears of War is foreign to them).
The "Special Award" was given to Idol Master and Oshare Majo Love & Berry. Of course, these games were both very "special".
And probably the most understandable category from the awards was forb excellence, in which the following games won:
Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
Okami (Capcom, PS2)
Gundam Musou (Bandai Namco, PS3)
Zelda Twilight Princess (Nintendo, Wii)
Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (Square Enix, DS)
New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo, DS)
Blue Dragon (Microsoft, Xbox 360)
Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl (Pokemon, DS)
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (Konami, PSP)
Yakuza (Sega, PS2)
Professor Layton (Level 5, DS)
Lost Planet (Capcom, Xbox 360)
The CESA will also be announcing more awards tomorrow, in which they will be announcing their "Future Awards" picking the best of upcoming titles.
If this article, was confusing to you, well, your not the only one. :P
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For game of the year Monster Hunter Portable 2nd for the PSP and Wii Sports won for game of the year.
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Version won in the category of best selling game. The Global Award for Japanese Origin was won by Dead Rising. And the Global Award for best foreign game was won by Gears of War (remember, it's Japan so Gears of War is foreign to them).
The "Special Award" was given to Idol Master and Oshare Majo Love & Berry. Of course, these games were both very "special".
And probably the most understandable category from the awards was forb excellence, in which the following games won:
Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
Okami (Capcom, PS2)
Gundam Musou (Bandai Namco, PS3)
Zelda Twilight Princess (Nintendo, Wii)
Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (Square Enix, DS)
New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo, DS)
Blue Dragon (Microsoft, Xbox 360)
Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl (Pokemon, DS)
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (Konami, PSP)
Yakuza (Sega, PS2)
Professor Layton (Level 5, DS)
Lost Planet (Capcom, Xbox 360)
The CESA will also be announcing more awards tomorrow, in which they will be announcing their "Future Awards" picking the best of upcoming titles.
If this article, was confusing to you, well, your not the only one. :P
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Friday, September 21, 2007
TGS 2007: PS3 Eye Dated and Priced!
Well, I'm not entirely positive this one actually came from Tokyo, but who really cares? Sony's new PlayStation Eye (an upgraded Eye Toy that works with PS3) has now been dated and priced. I'm gonna be short, simple, and sweet. It's $70 and it comes out on October 23rd.
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TGS 2007: My Home has been Moved to Spring!
Catchy title, ain't it? :P Anyway, way over in this crazy place called Tokyo, Japan where Sony's sales are just over 10% of the market, good 'ol Kaz decides to drop the bomb during the press conference that the PS3 Home is being delayed until next Spring! As we have reported previously, PS3 Home, which was announced during GDC 2007, is an online community where you have a virtual character and mingle with other people, like a sort of realistic MySpace.com It's a free download, but heck you can still waste $20 or so on it to give your virtual character a hat that says "Buy MotorStorm!"
But enough of what we already know, here's what's new. During Sony's Press Conference, Kaz lets everyone know that they are delaying Home's release
until Spring 2008, rather than the 4th quarter release we were promised previously. They said it was done to get more feedback on the service and that they'd say more later.
But hey, Kaz isn't able to get out that easy, as he was asked specifically why it was delayed during the Question & Answer session, following the conference. Then, he decided to change his excuse to, wanting Home to have more appeal to wider audiences, though I don't see what they could quite do to this idea. I mean, Home sounds pretty straight forward to me, how could they make any more appeal? Well, I guess we will see in the near future...
(I didn't sound like I was ranting too much in that post, did I?)
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But enough of what we already know, here's what's new. During Sony's Press Conference, Kaz lets everyone know that they are delaying Home's release
until Spring 2008, rather than the 4th quarter release we were promised previously. They said it was done to get more feedback on the service and that they'd say more later.
But hey, Kaz isn't able to get out that easy, as he was asked specifically why it was delayed during the Question & Answer session, following the conference. Then, he decided to change his excuse to, wanting Home to have more appeal to wider audiences, though I don't see what they could quite do to this idea. I mean, Home sounds pretty straight forward to me, how could they make any more appeal? Well, I guess we will see in the near future...
(I didn't sound like I was ranting too much in that post, did I?)
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TGS 2007: LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!
Can you feel it? It moves you. It goes up your arms. It makes everything around you seem that much more real. And it now uses 6-Axis Technology! That's right, a new PlayStation 3 6-Axis controller is in the works and Sony has released a full list of titles that will support the new controller. Even older games will get upgrades to support the rumble feature before it is released, most notably is Resistance: Fall of Man. But of course, you gotta lay out the money for a newer controller before you can feel it!
Here's the complete PS3 Rumble Compatibility list:
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Here's the complete PS3 Rumble Compatibility list:
Japanese Territory
| TITLE | COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Blast Factor | Sony CE |
| Bumpy Trot 2 | Irem Software |
| Burnout Paradise | Electronic Arts |
| Dark Sector | D3 Publisher |
| Devil May Cry 4 | Capcom |
| Dynasty Warriors 6 | KOEI |
| Echochrome | Sony CE |
| Fatal Inertia | KOEI |
| FIFA Soccer [untitled] | Electronic Arts |
| Folklore | Sony CE |
| Formula One CE | Sony CE |
| G1 Jockey 4 2007 | KOEI |
| Go! Sports Ski | Sony CE |
| Heavenly Sword | Sony CE |
| Imabikisou | SEGA |
| Metal Gear Online | Konami |
| Metal Gear Solid 4 | Konami |
| MotorStorm | Sony CE |
| Ratchet & Clank Future | Sony CE |
| Resident Evil 5 | Capcom |
| Resistance: Fall of Man | Sony CE |
| Super Stardust HD | Sony CE |
| Toy Home | Sony CE |
| Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | Sony CE |
| Vampire Rain -Altered Species- | AQ Interactive |
| Warhawk | Sony CE |
North American/ European Territories
| TITLE | COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed | Ubisoft |
| Beowulf | Ubisoft |
| BlackSite: Area 51 | Midway |
| Blast Factor | Sony CE |
| Burnout Paradise | Electronic Arts |
| Chronicles of Riddick | Sierra |
| The Club | SEGA |
| Condemned 2 | SEGA |
| Cops | Pyro |
| The Crucible | SEGA |
| Dark Sector | D3 Publisher |
| The Darkness | 2K Games |
| Devil May Cry 4 | Capcom |
| Echochrome | Sony CE |
| Elefunk | Sony CE |
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | Activision |
| Destroy All Humans! 3 | THQ |
| Dynasty Warriors 6 | KOEI |
| Fatal Inertia | KOEI |
| FIFA Soccer [untitled] | Electronic Arts |
| Folklore | Sony CE |
| Formula One CE | Sony CE |
| Ghost Recon AW2 | Ubisoft |
| Go! Sports Ski | Sony CE |
| GripShift DLX | Sony Online |
| Haze | Ubisoft |
| Heavenly Sword | Sony CE |
| Heroes Over Europe | Red Mile |
| High Velocity Bowling | Sony CE |
| Highlander | Eidos |
| The Incredible Hulk | SEGA |
| Iron Man | SEGA |
| Kane & Lynch | Eidos |
| Legendary: The Box | Gamecock |
| Metal Gear Solid 4 | Konami |
| MLB '08: The Show | Sony CE |
| MotorStorm | Sony CE |
| N-Cube | Creat Studios |
| NBA '08 | Sony CE |
| NBA 2K8 | 2K Sports |
| Pain | Sony CE |
| Planet One | Pyro |
| Prototype | Sierra |
| Soldier of Fortune | Activision |
| Rainbow Six: Vegas | Ubisoft |
| Rage | id Software |
| Rat Race | Sony CE |
| Ratchet & Clank Future | Sony CE |
| Resident Evil 5 | Capcom |
| Resistance: Fall of Man | Sony CE |
| SOCOM: Confrontation | Sony CE |
| Snakeball | Sony CE |
| Stuntman: Ignition | THQ |
| Super Stardust HD | Sony CE |
| TNA iMPACT | Midway |
| To End All Wars | Ghostlight |
| Toy Home | Sony CE |
| Turok | Disney Interactive |
| Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | Sony CE |
| Unreal Tournament 3 | Midway |
| Warbit | Creat Studios |
| WarDevil | Ignition |
| Warhawk | Sony CE |
| The Wheelman | Midway |
| WipEout HD | Sony CE |
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TGS 2007: 3 New Kingdom Hearts Games
Well, Square Enix revealed that they are making 3 new Kingdom Hearts games. All of which are for portable platforms, with a pretty crazy title. And so Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (how am I supposed to pronounce that?) will be coming for the Nintendo DS, PSP, and mobile.
It was revealed in a game reel shown at TGS, but unfortunetely as I am not exactly a Kingdom Hearts fan, I can't say I quite understand it. :P So, here's a snippet from IGN.com's article about the game describing it:
"Story details were sketchy, but it appears Birth by Sleep will be set in "the distant past," according to text in the trailer. 358 / 2 (called 358 over two), whose title, said Square, will apparently make sense once you play the game, will take place somewhere around the events of Kingdom Hearts 2. Coded appears to be set somewhere during the course of the first KH and its sequel, indicated in the trailer with a line of text reading "time has gone by." The overall timeline is a bit muddled, though, something a Square representative admitted to while we were asking for further explanation.
Coded's gameplay had Sora running around various dungeons filled with floating red and black blocks. During battle it's possible to engage a "debugging" mode to clear away the blocks, but their exact nature and implications with regard to gameplay were not clear. 358 / 2 had a darker thematic element than KH games of the past, with all the characters, including Mickey, draped in flowing black robes. It appeared to support some kind of four player mode, though it just may have been one human player with three AI companions. Birth by Sleep featured an unidentifiable playable character during the gameplay portions of the trailer.
Naturally, a host of Disney characters were also present in each of the trailers."
No date has yet been announced for the game.
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It was revealed in a game reel shown at TGS, but unfortunetely as I am not exactly a Kingdom Hearts fan, I can't say I quite understand it. :P So, here's a snippet from IGN.com's article about the game describing it:
"Story details were sketchy, but it appears Birth by Sleep will be set in "the distant past," according to text in the trailer. 358 / 2 (called 358 over two), whose title, said Square, will apparently make sense once you play the game, will take place somewhere around the events of Kingdom Hearts 2. Coded appears to be set somewhere during the course of the first KH and its sequel, indicated in the trailer with a line of text reading "time has gone by." The overall timeline is a bit muddled, though, something a Square representative admitted to while we were asking for further explanation.
Coded's gameplay had Sora running around various dungeons filled with floating red and black blocks. During battle it's possible to engage a "debugging" mode to clear away the blocks, but their exact nature and implications with regard to gameplay were not clear. 358 / 2 had a darker thematic element than KH games of the past, with all the characters, including Mickey, draped in flowing black robes. It appeared to support some kind of four player mode, though it just may have been one human player with three AI companions. Birth by Sleep featured an unidentifiable playable character during the gameplay portions of the trailer.
Naturally, a host of Disney characters were also present in each of the trailers."
No date has yet been announced for the game.
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TGS 2007: MotorStorm 2 Announced
TGS is proving to be a nice place for loads of game announcement. With the PS3 price cut, Sony also began including copies of MotorStorm with the PS3. And now, Evolution has announced that MotoStorm 2 is now in development. Like many newly announced games, not much more was revealed than that.
What we do know is that it will ship on a Blu-Ray Disc. And as a side note Evolution also announced there will be more downloadable content for the original MotorStorm will be coming soon through the PlayStation Network.
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What we do know is that it will ship on a Blu-Ray Disc. And as a side note Evolution also announced there will be more downloadable content for the original MotorStorm will be coming soon through the PlayStation Network.
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TGS 2007: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops 2 Announced
Well, Metal Gear Solid news has been huge at TGS showing off their new trailers and what-not. But it has just been announced that Metal Gear 4, won't be the last game in the franchise after all. Metal Gear is returning to the PSP to bring about a sequel to their last handheld game in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops 2.
Nothing more than its own existance has been announced so far, but it's decent guess to say it will follow the storyline of its predecessor.
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Nothing more than its own existance has been announced so far, but it's decent guess to say it will follow the storyline of its predecessor.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
TGS Videos
Every year there is an abundance of videos ranging from simple gameplay footage to full trailers at TGS. So, instead of posting every single on here, you can see them all over on our YouTube Channel. Also, a select few will be posted onto the podcast feed as well. The YouTube Channel can be found at:
YouTube.com/GCvids
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YouTube.com/GCvids
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TGS Starts Today!
Today one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world began today over in Tokyo, Japan. For the 2007 Tokyo Game Show. All of the biggest names in the gaming industry (except for Nintendo) are there. And the show floor is always filled with updates! So keep it here with GamersCast to get your fix of TGS 2007.
All updates from the show floor will be posted here and will also be discussed on episode 25 of GamersCast.
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All updates from the show floor will be posted here and will also be discussed on episode 25 of GamersCast.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
E3 2007 Ended....
Alright, I have been getting some comments wondering why I didn't post more during E3 this year. Well, the reason being is because most of the news came during the Press Conferences, which I already posted, and all the news from those conferences only required one post (though this may change by E3 2008). We will soon be making our press conference commentaries, and have our special post-E3 Edition of GamersCast. We have all 3 of the E3 Conferences over on our podcast feed and below (Quicktime Required). And of course, if you are viewing this on your Wii, you'll need to hop on your PC and head to GamersCastPodCast.com/news to see the videos.
Nintendo's Press Conference (Download: "Right-Click -> Save Target As..."):
Microsoft's press Conference (Download: "Right-Click -> Save Target As...")
Sony's Press Conference(Download: "Right-Click -> Save Target As...")
Now, don't be sad, E3 may be over, but the 2007 Tokyo Game Show (TGS) is just a couple weeks away! And of course, GamersCast will keep you up-to-date on everything happening on the show floor!
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Nintendo's Press Conference (Download: "Right-Click -> Save Target As..."):
Microsoft's press Conference (Download: "Right-Click -> Save Target As...")
Sony's Press Conference(Download: "Right-Click -> Save Target As...")
Now, don't be sad, E3 may be over, but the 2007 Tokyo Game Show (TGS) is just a couple weeks away! And of course, GamersCast will keep you up-to-date on everything happening on the show floor!
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