Many of us were hoping to see a big announcement from Sony at E3 or Leipzig 08 about the new game from Team ICO, the team that brought us gems like Shadow of the Colossus and Ico. Sony's Shuhei Yoshida, when asked about whether or not the title will be ready to be shown by the Tokya Game Show, had the following to say: "I cannot tell, but But I can say that they’ve been working very hard since the release of Shadow of the Colossus." He does go on to say that we would be seeing the new title "soon". It would be great if it was ready by the Tokyo Game Show but for now we can do nothing but wait until any news is released. Team ICO's new project is being made for the PS3 only as far as we know and there is no indication if the game will be available on any other platforms just yet.

Well how’s this for blatantly obvious, the extra storage capacity of Blu-Ray hasn’t made a blind bit of difference to 2K Games in the process of porting Bioshock over to the PS3. Since it fitted happily onto the 360”s DVD I don’t think this is much to get excited about though apparently this is big news? Melissa Miller from 2K …

Okay last rounds… I was meant to already have given an answer back to the few guys who are on the short list already but unfortunately we are unable to make a decision right now… So we have decided to take the easy way out and give ourselves a bit more time 🙂 Saying that, if there is anyone else …

I have mentioned before that I think people like Denis are great for the industry and we need more characters like him. However that didn’t stop me moaning when Nick mentioned he was once again defending his creation to the world, this time through a Joystiq video interview. The first part is above and you can click through to listen …

While there are very few who would disagree that Heavy Rain is looking really interesting, there are a few things that needed to be pointed out about the direction that it is taking. What makes what I am about to say even more interesting is the fact that today, David Cage, the boss of Quantic Dreams actually said that he considered Heavy Rain to be "the most important title for next year". Really? Why on earth would he say that? There is no doubt that the game is looking visually stunning and the concept is interesting to say the least, but after looking at some gameplay footage and watching a developer interview I really have to wonder what the buzz is all about. In the developer interview, the previously mentioned David Cage speaks about how Heavy Rain is a different interactive experience and how it allows people to interact and not only watch a story. The gameplay footage says otherwise though. From what we have seen so far, the game looks to be the equivalent to a movie that breaks for some quicktime events. Now while we have seen very little of the game so far, this is the footage that they decided to show off as their first gameplay video. While the story may prove to be a deep and emotional experience it kind of feels like they are basically making a movie and then adding some mini-games onto it to make it interactive. This is an interesting concept as far as I can see and may indeed may be an interesting way to tackle storytelling in the future but does it make this game important? I'm interested to learn more about the game as more details pour out onto the internet but I fail to see what exactly it is that the developers are aiming for here and whether or not this game could truly be considered a game rather than an interactive "film". What do you guys think? Do you think the game is onto something or do you think that it may just be too early to really tell what it's going to offer?

Could it possibly be true, the game that we all were waiting for around 10 years ago may actually be nearly ready? According to George Broussard of 3D Realms, Duke Nukem Forever has several hours of gameplay completed and is now undergoing testing. However before you get to excited by this and think that the game may actually be released …

No, this is not a practical joke. This is in fact a real story. Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain is being developed by Gameloft for mobile platforms and will have the player kicking the snot out of "baddies" left, right and centre. Another interesting feature that the game is going to have is going to be the ability to take photos of your friends and then create enemies using their faces. I'm sure that there will be many a math teacher wondering why kids all wants photos of them all of a sudden. The game will feature bosses such as Kim Jong-il and Fidel Castro which just goes to show that the Chuck is willing to slap the toss out of just about anyone to ensure that justice is served and that everyone learns that no one messes with The Chuck. What impresses me the most is that Gameloft have apparently found a way to contain all the awesomeness that is Chuck Norris onto a phone without it exploding in an amazing shower of roundhouse kicks and denim jeans. It's incredible what people can do with technology these days. I wonder if we will be seeing a Vernon Koekemoer port, because that would obviously just be awesome.

Holy Crap! I don't know if this trailer is trying to make me want this game more or less cause it looks so insanely hectic. I am getting rather tired of saying that I can't wait for a title to come out, but the truth is that there are just so many great games coming out at the end of this year and getting me excited and this is most definitely one of them. This new trailer for Left 4 Dead gives a great indication of the incredibly stressful situations that this game is going to put players in and it looks like it's going to be nothing but pure unadulterated zombie-killing fun. They had better not screw up the netcode with this one because I want to spend a lot of time playing co-op and it had better work without any issues because if there is anything that I need in this world, it's my zombie-mashing fix. Here They Come! Bring it.