Here are a few screenshots of the engine in action.

Source: arstechnica

Eric Laddin, voice actor for Cole MacGrath in InFamous 2, tweeted about Nolan North’s Nathan Drake and David Hayter’s Snake joining the brawl Sony themed battle royale.

SOURCE: Playstation LifeStyle

After the worldwide success of FIFA 12, EA has their work cut out for them in trying to surpass such a solid game with FIFA 13. EA Sports is bringing five dynamic new features to FIFA 13, and if they are executed well it can take the gameplay from FIFA 12 to the next level. The new features include:

• Attacking Intelligence-The new intelligence system lets players are able to break down the attack of the offense and use off-the-ball vision to alter their runs to put the offense out of position.
• Complete Dribbling-This feature allows attackers to use 360 degree mobility while dribbling. Players are able to keep running in one direction while turning their body to dribble away from the defense.
• FIFA 13 1st Touch Control-This feature adds more realism to the passing FIFA passing mechanics. Poor passes are harder to control and the trajectory and velocity of passes can affect how a player controls the passes.
• FIFA 13 Tactical Free Kicks-The addition to the free kicks allows kicking players to set attacking players over the wall and use dummy runners to confuse opponents. Defenders can move the wall forward a little, add or subtract players to the wall or send bullet men to block passes and shots.
• 2nd Generation Player Impact Engine-EA has improved the Player Impact Engine allowing defenders off-the-ball to use their body to affect an attackers run to force awkward touches.

EA is also enhancing the passing mechanics by adding two new passing options to add versatile attacking options. Players will be able to pass over a defenders leg or kick lower height lofting balls over defenders. EA also promises new animations and better referee decision making. Many of the new features seem to interact with one another to change how players attack and defend. For example, the new Attacking Intelligence seems to work with the new Player Impact Engine to throw off players without the ball forcing bad touches with the new 1st Touch Control feature.

FIFA 13 is certainly adding some very gameplay heavy changes to the franchise but it remains to be seen if there will be any major presentation changes that may bring in some people who are not already FIFA fans. FIFA 13 is set for a September 2012 release.

Disc
+Can show it off
+Can sometimes play without installing, no download time
+Your system’s cost mainly went to reading these
+No download errors/messed up data
-Possible to lose them
-If you don’t take care of them they get roughed up and can skip/crash
-They don’t always work perfectly

Download
+Can usually re-download at no extra charge
+Can’t lose it
+You can delete it to make space if it sucks or you finish it
+Usually has no future problems once properly downloaded
-Download time
-Possibility of missing or incorrect data
-You paid for something that doesn’t exist physically

If you don't download games, you missed out on this gem.

Downloadable games have the upper hand in my opinion but each person has their preferences.  For example, I’m always torn between being able to get rid of the game after I finish it or being able to play it quicker by not having to wait for the download to finish.  I think the biggest fish in the sea here is being able to redownload a game at no charge.  You just can’t do that without having to explain what happened in the real world, so that’s a big deal to me.  No fuss is the best kind of service.  Which side are you on?

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Source: Gamasutra

Earlier this week, a Pokemon animated movie clip was leaked. Now it is confirmed and will be officially released by Pokemon Co as a promotion for the future game. This looks way better and far more interesting than the typical Pokemon animated series, it’s like a true anime picture. Hopefully this will influence the TV show. Click on the video below to watch.

Pokemon Black & White 2 Special Anime Movie

This movie is just meant to introduce players to Black & White 2. It will not be used in the game.

SOURCE: Andriasang

Dammit, dammit, dammit! This is a great freaking rumor! So why did I start this article cursing? Well back in November, I did a post about 3 franchises that sorely need a reboot. The Star Fox series was the #1 series that I felt needed a reboot. What’s worst is that I said that I’d get a Wii U if this game ended up launching with the new Nintendo console. I was planning to get a Wii U closer to the launch of the next Smash Bros but I can’t pass on a new Star Fox if this rumor turns out to be true.

Rumors regarding a Star Fox title on the Wii U emerged as early as last June via Nintendo software producer and director, Katsuya Eguchi’s comment concerning Nintendo franchises making an HD jump:

I think the way we get around those challenges that you mention is, we look at a franchise and find out what’s right for that franchise, utilizing the HD. For example, you saw the HD Zelda demo at the briefing, and how detailed and graphically awesome that looked. So that’s something you can see in a Zelda game. Or for Metroid or Starfox, we could do something really cool, bring those out a little bit more…

Since this was just a few days after E3, it was hard to really put much stock into that comment, however, now we have something much more tasty to chew on:

Techtroid claimed on Friday that, according to a source inside Nintendo, Star Fox Wii U will make its first appearance at E3. Q Games, the creators of Star Fox and the team behind more recent entries like Star Fox Command of Star Fox 64 3D, reportedly won’t be the team behind Star Fox Wii U. Retro Studios, the creators of Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns are allegedly handling the new adventures of Fox McCloud.

Based on the work Retro’s done with Donkey Kong and Metroid Prime, I have a tremendous amount of optimism for Star Fox’s return to consoles. Hopefully we will get to see something awesome at E3. Fox McCloud is long over due for a proper console game.

SOURCE: Digital Trends

Unfortunately, I didn’t own it and borrowed my friend’s copy and rented it from Blockbuster about 4 times. With me having Sega Channel, I more or less made an agreement with my parents that they won’t have to buy me anymore games……..yeah.

Either way, this game stands out freshly in my mind for multiple reasons. I never was big into sports and sports games never attracted me. I remember being in Toys R’ Us one day and seeing a demo kiosk with this game and becoming instantly enamored with the music and presentation. I mean seriously, Rare did a great job making this game feel epic. When I actually got to put my hands on it, I loved how smooth and intuitive everything felt. Ken Griffey Jr’s Winning Run was a very easy game to pick up and play. See one of Rare’s old gems in action in the video below: