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Originally Posted by wraggster

The PlayStation Vita version of Street Fighter x Tekken looks as good as the PlayStation 3 version, Capcom has claimed.

So good, in fact, that it's a "one-to-one match".

In the run up to Sony's announcement of the powerful portable, reports claimed the Next Generation Portable, as it was codenamed, was capable of reproducing PlayStation 3-quality graphics.

While this isn't the case for the vast majority of games, Capcom reckons it's nailed it

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Originally Posted by wraggster

NES made Metal Gear famous but series creator Hideo Kojima abhors that version of the game, calling it "pitiful", an "abomination" and a stain on his career.

Kojima designed and made Metal Gear for Microsoft's MSX computer in 1987. He did not make the game for NES.

"I had absolutely no participation in the development of the NES version," Kojima told Nintendo Power (via GameSetWatch). "The NES version was a pitiful title developed

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Square Enix is yet to decide whether its Dissidia: Final Fantasy series for PSP will make the jump to PlayStation 3.

Series producer Yoshinori Kitase told Siliconera the company had yet to mull the prospect over, although there were no immediate plans.

"The concept of remastering PSP titles for PS3 is a new idea and initiative from Sony," Kitase explained. "We have not had enough time to think through and plan our actions."

This year

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Originally Posted by wraggster

OnLive boss Steve Perlman believes games with visuals as good as those seen in the stunning CGI Batman: Arkham City trailer, below, will be possible on the online gaming tech.

OnLive, which launches in the UK this autumn, allows users to play high-end games using the internet as opposed to a home console.

This, Perlman believes, means games with stupendous visuals could be possible on OnLive, as games are powered by scores of distant servers.

"People

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Ars Technica writes one of their most negative reviews of a game in a long time, referring to Duke Nukem Forever as 'barely playable' and 'one of the worst games from a major studio in quite some time. The jokes border on hateful. The graphics are a blurry mess. The shooting is unsatisfying.' Their verdict? Skip this one.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/0...-Nukem-Forever