Two games get smacked with a delay

This generation of gaming is shaping up to be the generation of delays. Which makes sense because developers could make a good game in two years until now, where games take much longer to polish to release quality. Well, anyway, back to the point of this post. Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. and Tiberium Wars have both been delayed to Q1 2009. No word on whether this delay is to spread out games like Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 or if both games need more development time. Obviously annoying, but as I've said about twenty times, delays always make a better game. Except for Haze. We are just going to ignore that.

Firmware 2.42 Released

Originally, 2.42 was supposed to be released July 31st, but it looks like Playstation owners are getting the firmware a little bit early. As of now, it can only be downloaded from the PS3 directly. Sony has not updated their site to include the 2.42 download. Hopefully this firmware won't break PS3s like the original 2.40 patch did. Especially since this patch is supposed to fix all of the problems that 2.41 created.

LittleBigPlanet Info Explosion

Kotaku has posted a huge list of features in LBP. These range from costumes to more info on level creation. They even threw in the tip to not name your levels "Mario" or "Sonic", because those will be deleted on sight. The level design is starting to sound as deep as creating maps for Counter Strike: Source, but extremely easy to use.

Kotaku

Brother's In Arms: Hell's Highway Delayed

I don't even know how to start this! The game has been delayed AGAIN. Only for a month this time though, from August to September. However, to make up for this atrocity, there will be a special edition of the game. For an extra $10 you will get a action figure, a comic book, and a map. This is great! This more than makes up for the delay. Well not really, but a more polished game is always worth the delay.

Shack News

Greatest Hits On Sale Today?

According to PS3 Fanboy, greatest hits go on sale today for America. At E3 Sony announced that they would be available later this year, towards the holiday season. So I don't know if this is legit. Will poke around to see if this is legit.

Edit: Checked the Best Buy website and all of the games are $30. So I guess this is confirmed. No word on whether these are the red cases though.

PS3 Fanboy

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Demo Confirmed

In a video interview (linked below), the marketing manager at LucasArts confirmed a demo for TFU in August for both PSN and XBLM. The demo will take place on a modified Tie Fighter Construction Facility level, will include special powers and a special ending, making the demo special compared to the full game. All of which will not be included in the full game. Kind of stupid to put a power in the demo, that won't be in a full game, but there is most likely a reason to this madness.

LucasArts Interview

One More Resistance 2 ARG Site

Ok, this is starting to get a little ridiculous. This is the third Resistance 2 site. Why not keep to just one? This one is largely different from the others, so I guess this one can slide. When you access this site, you are given a command prompt-esque java script. All of the commands for it are located over at PS3 Fanboy. With the command prompt, this should be the last site, seeing as new information can be accessed with new commands instead of a whole new site.

ARG Site
PS3 Fanboy

Wii Music Dated In Japan

So looks like the 6th (something like that) music game has been slated for a October 16th release in Japan. It ships with over 50 songs and 60 instruments. Remember, no peripherals because everything is done with the WiiMote. Makes you wonder how the Piano will work though. Maybe like Tom Hanks in Big?

Uncharted Trophies Coming August 22nd

According to a Playstation Nation podcast, Naughty Dog is planning on releasing Uncharted's trophies August 22nd. The game will include the coveted Platinum trophy. This will surely boost your trophy level by a whole level, if not more. Looking at how hard the trophies were in SSHD, this will not be an easy feat. The patch will of course be free to everyone. Looks like its time to pick up Nathan Drake once again.

Talk Playstation

Wipeout HD Gets Extra Features

I didn't post about this, but in case you didn't know, WOHD got delayed because it failed the epilepsy test. I've never heard of a game failing this test, but that's besides the point. While part of the development team fixes the epilepsy problems, the other part is just going to be sitting on their asses, right? Wrong. They are going to add more tracks, ships, trophies, and a few other features. Delays are bittersweet. On one hand, the game doesn't come out till a later date, but on the other a ton of great features are added to the game. Definitely some great news to a seemingly depressing bit of news.