Prince of Persia Set For Desember Release

I'm not talking about the movie adaptation. So all of you movie goers can save your drool and sit patiently because last time I checked, the Prince of Persia movie is being pushed back to 2010. Right now, I'm talking about the next Ubisoft's acrobatic action adventure game franchise. It is the first next generation Prince of Persia game and marks a new beginning for the franchise. After the adventures in the Sands of Time trilogy that ends with the 2005 release Prince of Persia: The Two Throne, the new Prince of Persia game will have a new Prince with a new art style as well as a new gameplay mechanics. Players will work their way through the game with a beautiful sidekick, Elika. She is one of the last remaining Ahuras and considers it her duty to return the evil spirit Ahriman to his prison inside the Tree of Life. She is gifted with magical powers and an acrobatic match for the Prince.

The game will land in US stores on December 2, with the Europe, Middle East, and Africa later on December 4. The UK will get this game on December 5. The game will be released for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Another X360 Price Cut

This can be a good news or bad news to you. If you don't have Microsoft's latest gaming console yet, it's good news. But if you bought an Xbox 360 recently, especially the 20GB one, you'd feel cheated by this latest announcement.
Starting from September 5, you can buy an Xbox 360 cheaper. This price cut brings a 120GB Elite Xbox 360 to $399, the 60GB model and the Core model are priced at $299 and $199 respectively.
So, a price cut is always good right? Um, no their not, because the now discontinued 20GB Xbox 360 was priced at the same $299 and it hasn't been a month since Microsoft introduced the 60GB model for $349. Now you all that bought the 20GB model recently would feel cheated, wouldn't you? I would if I were you.

Xbox 360: Another Price Cut?

Yes, according to an early copies of September Radio Shack's circular. The circular hinted at a $399 Elite and $199 Arcade.
If it's true, then it will benefit the future purchaser.

A Redesigned Xbox 360 Controller

At this week's event at Leipzig, Germany, people has been spotted a new redesigned Xbox 360. Well, it's hard to tell the difference with the old controller physically. So which part that has been reworked? Now, the Xbox controller has been known for its unresponsive d-pad and apparently the engineer at Microsoft's R&D was working hard to solve it. The new controller addresses the problem and offer more instant control with an eight way input taking place of previous four. It will be released this year at the same time as the next Pro Evolution Soccer game.

Which Gaming System is the Most Favourite?

Game Developer Research has surveyed more than 2000 members of the video game industry to find out which gaming platforms they were spending most of their time with. All the participants polled were from North America.
According to the survey, 70% of all the applicants who replied said that they were making game for either the PC or the mac. The console platforms combined as a whole, amounted to 43% of the pie while 28% said that they were designing games for web platforms. The handheld was at the last place with 16% of the pie.
73% of the console developers surveyed said that they were making games for Microsoft's Xbox 360, and 58% said they're developing for Sony's Playstation 3. It is important to note that these percentages include cross-platform games. Nintendo's Wii is in the third place with 42% and Playstation 2 is next with 15% of the pie.
On the handheld side, 75% of the developers were making Nintendo DS games while 45% of them making PSP games.

UK Gets X360 60GB

After rumours that were later confirmed for North America at E3 2008, it is now Britain's time. From August 15, UK customers will find the new Xbox 360 consoles now come with a 60GB hard drive. The recommended retail price remains unchanged at £199. Meanwhile, there's no change to the storage capacity or pricing of the other Xbox 360 models.
Although the 20GB model received a $50 price reduction in the US following the 60GB announcement, a Microsoft UK spokeperson confirmed that Microsoft has no current plans to reduce the price of 20GB model still in stores on the Queen's land. Hmm, that's just plain weird.