Drake’s Fortune is a third person – Action / Platformer / Shooter hybrid game. The player assumes the role of Nathan Drake, who is on a quest to find the fabled treasure of Sir Francis Drake’s El Dorado. (more…)
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Drake’s Fortune is a third person – Action / Platformer / Shooter hybrid game. The player assumes the role of Nathan Drake, who is on a quest to find the fabled treasure of Sir Francis Drake’s El Dorado. (more…)
Lair is a “T” for Teen rated action video game developed by Factor 5 exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The player assumes the role of Rohn, a warrior who rides a voracious dragon. (more…)
Finally some good news for PlayStation3 fan boys and dads.
According to a test conducted by “PS3 Vault” – a PS3 fan site, the console appears to have a very well designed cooling system. Even SCEA’s senior director of corporate communications Dave Karraker took note and promptly blogged about the experiment on his official PlayStation Blog, while making sure to bash Microsoft’s 360 along the way. (more…)
Assuming you just paid $600+ for a PlayStation3, you would definitely expect the best graphics available compared to any other -lower priced- gaming console, right? Wrong!
According to the second “Xbox 360 versus PlayStation 3 Graphics Comparison” by gaming enthusiast website Gamespot.com, Sony’s PS3 clearly can’t match the graphical quality and detail of Microsoft’s Xbox360. For the second time Gamespot tested a variety of different games from multiple genres, all of which favored the Xbox360. Also the results were not as devastating as in the first test conducted in December 2006, the test still proves that Sony’s PS3 is far from being the graphical overlord that it claims to be.
The images below demonstrate the difference in graphical detail. Compare the texture of the building wall and windows. PS3 Spiderman looks fuzzy.
Many Parents may have heard the term “Console Wars” either from their children or in Radio, TV or on the Web. But what really is this war all about? And why do our kids care?
“Console Wars” is a term widely used by mainstream and enthusiast media to refer to periods of intense competition for market shares between video game console manufacturers. The winners of these “wars” are debated based on different standards: market penetration and financial success and the fierce loyalty and numbers of the fans of the system’s games.
Although a “Console War” can be thought of as a battle between competing console manufacturers, much of the controversy and notoriety is associated with the supporters of each console (e.g. our kids), who often pledge loyalty to a console even before its release and engage in intense arguments over the merits of their chosen console.
………PlayStation 3……………Nintendo Wii…………….Xbox360………
The current generation war is between the new consoles of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo: the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii respectively. The Xbox 360 was the first console to be released in this generation, followed by the PlayStation 3 and the Wii nearly a year later. All three consoles have had major shortages both at their launches and directly afterwards, with the Xbox 360’s continuing for months after release and Wii’s still continuing; the PlayStation 3 saw high demand for its first week of release, but did not continue -possibly due to the high price point and lack of software.
………Nintendo DS……………..Sony PSP………
Nintendo and Sony originally denied competing with each other with their handheld products, it was widely believed that a new handheld war had begun with the releases of the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable (PSP) in late 2004 and early 2005, respectively. Today Sony’s PSP is widely regarded as a failure, while Nintendo’s DS continues to be the best selling gaming device worldwide.
