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23 October 2006

Japanese Developers give their thoughts on next-gen consoles

We’ve done this once before, but it’s nice to see if opinions have changed. Since the entire list would be pretty long, you can check out the whole thing if you want. We’ll just cover the Sony end of this business. Yes, sometimes they don’t add up to 100%, we know. There’s always a margin of error. Read on, brave

12 October 2006

Finally! 50GB Blu-ray movies are here!

Some may say that 50GB of space for a single movie is way too much and is completely useless. Some may be right, but that doesn’t make such things cease to exist. Face it — 50GB Blu-ray movies have arrived. Which can you expect to be bundled with your PS3 upon launch (hypothetically)? Well, Click comes out on October 10th. A more likely contender (although a little more violent… just a little) is Black Hawk Down, releasing on November 14th. Then the fan favorite, Talledega Nights, arrives on December 12th. The movies boast high interactivity, using the new Sony “Blu-Wizard” authoring environment. It should have been called Blu-Mage, then it could learn other movies’ abilities (anyone? anyone? Ah, it’s so lonely being an RPG nutcase). Anyway, cool on the Blu-ray movies. If the interactivity and added features really enhance the experience of owning the movie compared to a “lowly” DVD version, perhaps we will find more people welcoming the format.