PUBLIC MARKS from mrongos with tags psp & "PS3 Previews"

God of War’s David Jaffe had dropped hints on his blog a long time ago about not wanting to make just epic titles, expressing also his desire to make more casual games. What he meant, nobody knew. Initially, he had a game titled HL in work for the PSP, but it got shelved for now. Jaffe expertly drops a few hints on the new casual title he’s working on: “It’s totally NOT a game like HL was going to be, or God of War for that matter. It has stuff in common with Twisted Metal, Bomberman, and…well, a few other things that I ain’t gonna talk about yet!” So… it’s like a destructive party game? The game wasn’t at TGS, but it’s supposed to be floating around the “air waves” in the next couple of months. Let’s piece this together. It’s a smaller, casual title. It’s like Bomberman and Twisted Metal meets “other things”. It’ll be floating around the “air waves” this holiday season. Jaffe is a Sony employee. The game runs in 1080i. Can you say: launch title for Sony’s e-distribution? Let’s hope so, since we’ve seen very little on the online experience from Sony.

Funny accents aside, the boys at Playstation 3 Magazine (PSM3) have scored big, posting video of an actual PS3 powering up and then loading Motorstorm. The PS3 seems to have skipped the inclusion of a snazzy boot screen… it simply dumps you into the PSP-ish menu system. Boot and load times seem a tad long, but it’s not too much more than the current batch of consoles (and nothing like you’d see on an actual PSP). We’re looking forward to more clips from the PSM3 team… let’s see Motorstorm in action (is this the only game they have?).