40Gig PS3 Official

Those of you who can't afford to get your hands on a PS3 but have enough money for an Xbox 360 should stop crying now as Sony just officially announced the 40gig PS3. Set to be sold in europe for €399, this version of the PS3 will definitely bring those who have yet to get their hands on this big black behemoth.

Note though, the 40gb unit no longer includes its PS3 backwards compatibiliy and the multiple memory card slots. Plus, it only has 2 USB ports instead of the usual 4. But hey, it's cheaper now! Although, I'd still recommend you get the 60gig soon before it runs out.

See What Will Be Your Home

The PlayStation Home's avatar creation tool has been claimed to be very deep and not until recently do we get a video on how this tool works. The following videos show how you can really customize your character in Home in the Beta version as well as how you can fill your Home space with pictures and furniture.

Halo 3 Tops Jap Chart

One of the most interesting jump in Japan is Halo 3's number 1 sale on the Japanese Chart. Interesting how this is happening in Japan, the land where Microsoft is thriving hard to get on top. Halo is no RPG nor is it a quirky game but to achieve number 1 in top sale in the land of their weakest console sale is not short of amazing. Seems like the Halo 3 superhype is really world wide.

Congratulations Microsoft!

Level 1 Uncharted

Here's another video of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Ever since it really got my attention, I went around the Internet searching for it. The video at the bottom of this post is taken from one level of the game.

As I mentioned two posts ago, the graphics look beautiful. Stone walls look old and overgrown with vegetations, looking just like how it would in real life. The lighting looks real, dropping only on certain areas as shadows cover the ground on certain areas covered by trees and buildings. Explosions look different. When a grenade explodes on soft grounds, you'll see earth skyrocketting high towards the sky. When it's on rock solid floor, you'll see little dust flying but a medium size mushroom cloud forming. My favourite thus far from what I see in the video is the blur effect. You make a turn, parts of your surrounding blurs. You enter the shade from the bright lights, the bright areas blur. You get into a large area, the distant area blurs. You get into melee combat, everything blurs but you and your opponent. It's so hollywood! Oh and btw, melee combat looks hot!

Another thing worth noting, you don't get a health bar. When you get shot, blood images show on your screen ala Gears of War style. And when your health is low, the colour on your screen starts to fade. Because of this, you'll see less things on your HUD. Actually, there isn't much of a HUD. Which is great. Then you get to see the environment better.

But, what's the deal with the character animation? It looks good most of the time but when he's jumping from ledges to ledges, it seems so... fake. It looks too fast. I mean, who jumps tenths of ledges and do not get tired? Who jumps ledges to ledges and still get to do it pretty quickly? Tomb Raider's latest adventure did the jumping animations perfectly. I think this game would do good to look at that game. Also, it's not just the jumping animation, the way he walks need some work too. He walks a bit, it looks like he's being pushed. That's old style animation.

Also, I was looking forward to a destructive environment like Heavenly Sword but you don't see it here.

Otherwise, this game looks promising, even despite those little animation problems. Have a look at the video yourself, enjoy and let us know what you think.

Halo 3 is 640p?

I'd like to get my hands on a Halo 3 but I'm extremely broke and I haven't got enough kaching! to spare for another 360. Not right now. Not with the amount of games on my wishlist that's coming out soon for the PS3. Still, I'd go over to my friend's house just to get my hands on Halo 3. But the only friend of mine who owns a 360 is all the way in Malaysia. Even then, the last time he was here, he told me his 360 broke. But I hope to God that when he comes back next week, he'll have fixed that and get himself a Halo 3.

Speaking of Halo 3, there's been a huge amount of talk lately about the game being a 640p native and upscaled to 720p. Apparently, those people who have too much time in their hands at Beyond3D forums figured it out. The reason for all the chaos? The fact that the box said 1080p. Now I've seen 1080p. If you are used to it and you've seen the difference between 1080p and 720p, you'll notice something is funny. But thank God the game is fun - or so I've heard. Halo - oh my old love. I'd like to re-love you again one more time. But I'll stay with Warhawk for now.

The Jungle Is Alive

When Uncharted was first revealed, I never really was into it like everyone was. Re-creating the jungle environtment in a game has never been made great by anyone. There was always a lot of things missing that you would find in the trees. I'm a big fan of hiking and I go through the jungle a lot - heck, walking to Niah Cave showed a good deal of environment that I thought games wouldn't be able to replicate. Note, I thought.

Came Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. I'm not sure whether its the fact that the game is in Blu-Ray that gives it enough space for textures or the great talents at Naughty Dog but the jungle just looks so full of trees and plants and - it just looks like a jungle. It feels like a jungle. Heck, the water in the game looks better than any water I've ever seen in any games, period. Add that to the amazing looking gameplay. Melee combat looks so fun and the transition from gun shooting to hand-to-hand combat just looks so fluid. This has definitely jumped itself onto my wish list.

Here's an inside the game look from GameTrailers for you to wow at it as well.

LBP Character Creation

Finally, something I've been waiting for - well, other than the game itself. I've always loved LittleBigPlanet's videos. They just make you want... more. They just make you want to have the game... now! It's taking too damn long Sony!

Anyway, last time I posted a video of the level creation tools. Now, Gametrailer released a video of the character creation. Check it out!

Cheaper PS3?

Now, I don't usually post rumours because they're not facts and they're just not news worthy but this one's different just because I know some of you wants a PS3 but can't afford it or just can't resist the fact that the xbox 360 and Wii can be *ahem* y'know.

Anyway, this rumour has been around for awhile but apparently, proof has been shown all over the Internet that a US$399 PS3 is bound to be released before or on November 16th. It is up to you to wait until then if you want a PS3 but I am telling you, I am not waiting for you guys on Wahawk. I am flying high baby!

Warhawk in the skies

Sorry for the lack of news lately. Warhawk's been filling up my time and I haven't really been doing a lot of reading on the vast universe we call the Internet. Yes, Warhawk's that good and addicting. And mind you, points don't matter anymore in Warhawk once you've played a heck of a lot of it. It's not about the ranks these days for me, it's about medals, ribbons and badges. Yes, those damn things need to be mine!! *insert evil laughter sound effect*

Anyway, I thought I'd mention to you guys that we've started a Bruneian Warhawk group in Multiply since that hasn't been exposed to the BruGamers.com crowd (I know some of you know not of our multiply group or you just don't want to join) but if you are a Warhawk player or would like to know about Warhawk, please, feel free to join us. It would be great to know other Bruneians in the Warhawk battlefield.