Heavy Rain to get playable demo

David Cage, boss of Quantic Dream, the studio behind the highly anticipated PS3 exclusive game, Heavy Rain, has told G4 that the game will indeed get a playable demo.

"We are currently working on a demo, which is a real challenge," Cage said. Finding one scene than convey what we're trying to achieve with Heavy Rain is really difficult."

"If we show an action scene, some players will think that this is what Heavy Rain is all about, and it's the same thing if we show an exploration scene. The problem is that each scene of the game offers contextual game play, which is something very difficult to explain and convey in a single demo. Demos are often a double-edge thing: if you don't release one, players may think that you have something to hide."

The game will be out early next year.

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11/03/09 Ernice Gilbert

Yamauchi: We could release GT5 anytime we want

Gan Turismo, for decades has been the number one racing sim hands down, it has grossed over $1 billion in sales with over 52 million copies sold from it's inception on the PS1, to Prologue on the PS3. The racing sim has left all else in its dust.

Fast forward 2009, and you have a company named 10 Turn and their recently released Forza Motor Sport 3. The title received excellent reviews across the board and countless websites have compared the two games graphically, drawing much debate from gamers the world over.

Thing is, there would not have been so much drama between said games if the guys at Turn 10 would just stop the perceived insults and the apparent need to compare their game to GT5. Recently, just before FM3 was released, product manager Amritz Lay went on record voicing, "we beat GT5 on many features." Needless to say, such wording sparked a huge outcry.

I guess nothing's wrong with 10 Turn promoting their game, and most, I believe would agree, but it's the manner by which they go about doing it that caused all the tension.

Yamauchi on the other hand has had nothing to say concerning Forza and 10 Turn, instead Polyphony Digital has remained focused on the task at hand, and although progress may be creeping along, that does not mean they couldn't release the game at anytime. On the contrary, Yamauchi can place GT5 in your hands right now as a finished product. Speaking to Famitsu (translated by 1up) the perfectionist had this is say:

"The scale of this title is just dizzying, so daily process is slow, but it's still going forward at a steady clip," he said. "All the basic stuff are complete, but we're trying to give everything that little bit extra at present."

"We could release it anytime we want, really, but I want to have that classic GT style 'did we really have to go this far?' feel going. I want to go way beyond gamer expectation."

Well my expectation is that the game be released yesterday! Can you make that happen Mr. Yamcuhi? Huh?

10/14/09 Ernice Gilbert

Sony Dev tried to make God of War III a FPS, wasn't successful

Yep, you read the headline right, SCEA Ken Fieldman has admitted to CGSociety that he "unsuccessfully" tried to lobby God of War III as a first person shooter to the game's director Stig Asmussen.

"I tried unsuccessfully to convince Stig to make 'God of War III' a first-person shooter," Ken Divulged.

"Kratos could have some truly bad*** weapons that rip gods to shreds. Unfortunately he didn't see the genius in the idea," he concluded.

Genius in the idea? you got to be kidding me, and they say Kotick's nuts; sorry, I'll stick to "God of War" not "God of Guns;" there are enough FPSs out to quench my first, (rolls eyes).

God of War III will be released on March 10th 2010 exclusively for the PS3.

Thanks vg247

10/02/09 Ernice Gilbert

Kazunori Yamauchi: GT6 will be released faster than GT5

Fans have waited many years to test drive the next installment of the Gran Turismo series, and finally next year their thirst will be quenched. The highly anticipated racing simulator will launch in Japan March 31st of 2010, and soon following will be the North American and European territories. The length between each Gran Turismo release has been reasonable, but for the PS3, it's been extremely painstaking. Polyphony Digital recognized the dilemma, hence the release of Prologue, which although being a well produced demo, went on to sell over 3 million copies, a testament to Gran Turismo's immense popularity. Kazunori has heard the cries of gamers, and according to him, the next game will be out noticeably faster.

The GT boss has been making media stops on major gaming websites, and in a recent interview with joystiq, Yamauchisan explained:

"Gran Turismo 5 is a title that was pretty much remade from scratch, but because we did that, the next version is actually going to be faster - the time period it's going to be released," Yamauchi said. "But I think when Gran Turismo 5 comes out, we're still going to have things that are left undone,and whether we complete that in Gran Turismo 6, or the next version for PSP, I'm not sure yet."

Kazunori it seems, flourishes in hard work, and has no intension of slowing, and although we here at Gamesthirst believe in taking a break every now and again, I must confess It feels good to know GT's boss has no mind of quitting, at least not yet. He went on:

"I've been working very hard for the last 15 years, and I think that hard work is only going to continue."

Keep working Sir, take a vacation once in a while, but you just keep on working.

09/29/09 Ernice Gilbert