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Engage in a struggle on an epic scale as your civilization repels the onslaught of an unrelenting army.
A seamless combination of vast battles in air and on the ground, against other beasts, and armies of thousands.
Unleash your might through large-scale battles that span both the sky and ground.
Turn the tides of war with your ferocious dragon. Scorch the ground with flames and command the skies against vicious enemies.
Immerse yourself in a living, breathing world of voracious beasts, a deep storyline and visceral gameplay.
Fully supports PLAYSTATION®3 SIXAXIS™ wireless controller.

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In a world ravaged by endless conflict and natural disaster, a call for peace turns into a bloodbath of betrayal and deceit. You are Rohn, a warrior riding a voracious dragon trained for deadly aerial and ground combat, and capable of scorching, clawing and smashing thousands of enemies. You must defeat countless armies to save a civilization and together, you and the beast will change the destiny of a world on the brink of extinction. ...

It didn't really have much of a choice in the matter, since squeezing three more game titles into the above headline would have resulted in an incomprehensible mess of letters, numbers and colons. Scheduled to arrive in the Wii's Shop Channel at 9AM PST, the following four games benefit from having largely self-explanatory names:

Adventure Island (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Grab a skateboard and venture onto an island... of adventure! Not to be confused with Ad Venture Island, the tropical billboard simulator.

Donkey Kong Jr. Math (NES, 1-2 players, 200+300=500 Wii Points): Place your child's education in the hands of a monkey! If I'm holding 17 bananas in my left hand and 23 bananas in my right hand, how big are my hands?

Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Don the pointy ears of an elvish treasure hunter (somehow named "Nigel") and seek out the king's shiny goods.

Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points): After two medium-sized adventures, Bonk embarks on his third and largest quest. Size clearly matters this time, since Nintendo's press release reminds us that "you can change your size to bonk your way through" all sorts of situations.

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Guerrilla managing director Herman Hulst and Killzone 2 producer Steven Ter Heide have had a good old fashioned pop at rival machines' capabilities in an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine UK.

Speaking about working on a game for a single platform instead of going down that multi-platform route, Guerrilla managing director Merman Hulst, said, "It's a huge benefit. If you're developing a game on multiple platforms there are restrictions you always have to take into consideration.

"We are taking huge advantage of the architecture of PS3. I firmly believe that what we've shown we can get out of that machine would be difficult, if not impossible, to deliver on a competing machine." If that isn't intended as a a knockout blow to the chops of 360 we don't know what is.

Killzone 2 producer Steven Ter Heide added, "I would say impossible. We literally can't do this stuff on any machine other than the PS3. If you're developing a multiplatform game, and looking at your budgets, you have to find a common denominator between the systems and say: that's what I'm developing for. Whereas someone focused on a single platform can really take advantage of everything it has to offer.


And that's not the first time 360's DVD format has been called into question.

Hulst continued, "Blu-ray isn't important for watching movies; we need it for making games." You can check out the full interview in the latest issues of Official PlayStation Magazine UK, on sale now. ...

via gibiz

Japanese top 20 includes just four non-Nintendo platform titles

Another successful week last week of software sales in Japan for Nintendo saw PlayStation platforms represented by just four titles in the top 20.

According to data from Media Create, three of those came in the top 10, including new number one Sengoku Musou: Moushouden.

However, the rest of the top 20 was entirely made up of titles for the DS or Wii, and there was just one PlayStation 3 title in the entire top 50 – Hot Shots Golf 5, at number 17.

There were once again no titles for the Xbox 360 in the chart last week.

The top ten in full:

1. Sengoku Musou 2: Moushouden (PS2)

2. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate (DS)

3. Pheonix Wright 3 (DS)

4. Mario Party 8 (Wii)

5. My Housekeeping Diary (DS)

6. Dragoneer's Aria (PSP)

7. SD Gundam: G Generation Cross Drive (DS)

8. J-League Winning Eleven 2007: Club Championship (PS2)

9. Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber (DS)

10. Wii Sports (Wii) ...

via gibiz

The PC edition of BioShock has entered the German software chart at number one, with the Xbox 360 version also slipping into the top 10 at number six, according to the latest information from GfK International.

The 2K title managed to disrupt an otherwise Nintendo-centric chart, with DS and Wii titles taking up almost all of the other positions – prevented only by continued strong sales of the World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion.

The full chart is as follows:

1. BioShock (PC)

2. Pokemon: Diamond (DS)

3. Dr Kawashima's More Brain Training (DS)

4. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)

5. Pokemon: Pearl (DS)

6. BioShock (X360)

7. Pony Friends (DS)

8. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)

9. Wii Play (Wii)

10. Big Brain Academy (Wii) ...

via Computer and Video Games


It's going to be a wee while before we claps eyes on games that squeeze every ounce of polygon-powering grunt out of PS3, according to Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai.


We can't wait that long. Can you?

During the interview Hirai also addressed the 'issue' of certain developers finding PS3 tough to develop for. He acknowledging that the console is a more complex animal for developers to work with compared to its rivals, but this appears to be a good thing.

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via gibiz

Nintendo's DS handheld scooped the top four positions in the Spanish chart, according to the most recent data available from GfK International.

There were no surprises in the top 10, with Pokemon, Brain Training, Ratatouille and some PlayStation 2 Platinum releases making up most of the places.

Only three of the ten were non-Nintendo platforms as the company continues to maintain its strong presence in European software sales, while the PC and Xbox 360 platforms were entirely unrepresented.

The full top 10 is as follows:

1. Pokemon: Diamond (DS)

2. Ratatouille (DS)

3. Dr Kawashima's More Brain Training (DS)

4. Pokemon: Pearl (DS)

5. Pro Evolution Soccer 6: Platinum (PS2)

6. Wii Play (Wii)

7. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)

8. WWE Smackdown! vs Raw 2007: Platinum (PS2)

9. Big Brain Academy (Wii)

10. Ratatouille (PS2) ...

via Eurogamer


Capcom has unveiled its line-up for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show, taking place from 20th to 23rd September.

The majority of games on show will be for Nintendo platforms, although the listings show three new titles yet to be announced. Hopefully one of these will be Resident Evil 5, which we are hoping to play at the event.

Wii offerings will include We Love Golf, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, and the hugely promising adventure Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure. Mega Man Star Force 2 and Wantame Music Channel Doko Demo Style will be there for DS.

Elsewhere Devil May Cry 4 will be the headline act for PS3 and 360, with Sengoku Basara 2 HEROES aiming to prove there's still life in the ageing PS2.

We'll let you know as soon as the other games are named. ...

via Eurogamer


The Nintendo Wii is proving three times as popular as PS3 in Japan - but the latest Enterbrain figures show the gap could be starting to narrow.

Bloomberg reports that in the four weeks ending August 26 Nintendo sold 245,653 Wii units. That means they've shifted more than 3.4 million in the region so far.

The figure for PS3 stood at 81,541 units, pushing lifetime sales past the 1.1 million mark. Just 11,288 Xbox 360 consoles were sold, with lifetime sales now at 442,290.
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Wii outsold PS3 by 3 to 1 during August, but the ratio was 4 to 1 the previous month and 6 to 1 in May and June.

Between July and August Wii sales fell by 38 per cent, while Xbox 360 was down 37 per cent. The number of PlayStation 3 units sold dropped by 11 per cent. ...