The newest rumor going through the mill on Sony’s soon-to-be-announced PSP2 hints at some serious power. An IGN report puts the capabilities of the upcoming handheld at near-PS3 levels, citing a source boasting “direct, hands-on experience” with the system. Naturally, the report also suggests that the PSP2 will have high levels of connectivity with the PS3.
Fans of Amnesia or the Penumbra series, get excited. Recently added to the Frictional Games site is a new game in development, which is a good sign and could be an entirely new game or a possible sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent, which would be our assumption.
No annoucements have been made about it, and the only links for it right now are for the ‘Games‘ page on their site and one link to an empty page.
Have any ideas on what this could be? Post in the comments!
Zynga has announced that their recently announced CityVille has become the fastest growing game of all time. In a mere twelve days, the game has managed to attract over 26 million users, of which 12 million use the game on a daily basis. After a fairly slow start, with only a million users trying the game within the first five days, nearly 25 million users signed up for the game in the past 7 days, with 4.9 million new users this Tuesday alone. Whether Zynga will be able to hold on to these players remains to be seen, as these types of social-networking games generally suffer from a high percentage of one-time visitors.
Earlier this year, Zynga had over 260 million users who played a Zynga game at least one per month. This number has started to dwindle over recent months as Facebook, the largest social networking platform on which these games are featured, has begun to crack down on the ability for Apps to post a large number of messages to user walls. In November, a total of 198 million users played at least one Zynga game. (more…)
Danny Bilson, the Vice President of Core Games at THQ has told StuffWeLike.com that the three games that will comprise THQ’s collaboration with movie director Guillermo Del Toro will take between eight and ten years to finalize. inSANE, a survival-horror game that is being developed by THQ-owned studio Volition Inc. and directed by Del Toro, was officially revealed at the VGA last weekend. Del Toro confirmed that the game has only been in development for about six months, and indicated that the first game won’t be released until 2013.
Though it might seem strange for a movie director to take the reins of a video game, Del Toro stated that he understands that the “narrative medium of videogames is entirely different [from those of movies]. […] The rules are different, the way you tell the story is different. You don’t come into this world and try to apply the same rules. I’m here to learn and try some crazy shit.” (more…)