NVIDIA today announced that Electronic Arts has licensed NVIDIA PhysX technology as a development platform which will be available for EA’s studios worldwide. NVIDIA PhysX technology is the world’s most pervasive development platform for physics acceleration in interactive entertainment.“PhysX is a great physics solution for the most popular platforms, and we're happy to make it available for EA’s development teams worldwide,” said Tim Wilson, Chief Technology Officer of EA’s Redwood Shores Studio. “Gameplay remains our number one goal, with character, vehicle and environmental interactivity a critical part of the gameplay experience for our titles, a
Metal Gear Online: MEME EXPANSION
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced that the latest downloadable content for its Metal Gear Online title for PLAYSTATION3 will be released on November 25th. Entitled MEME EXPANSION, the download adds new characters and gameplay elements to Hideo Kojima's hugely popular online epic. The MEME EXPANSION unveils two new special characters, which are playable for the first time. Liquid Ocelot enters the fray with the ability to manipulate the Sons of the Patriots' lock system using his Guns of the Patriots
The Sims 3 Q&A
Electronic Arts have today released a Question and Answer session discussing the PC exclusive release of The Sims 3. It’s not stated exactly who was asking or answering the questions, but as a piece of PR bumf it’s fairly revealing. The entire Question & Answer session follows below, ad-verbatim. 1. After all these years of creative thinking, Sims Fans have made many interesting Sims, houses and other objects. Will it be possible to t
PLAYSTATION3 Blu-ray Bundles Ship to Stores
Electronic Theatre has today received confirmation that the new PLAYSTATION3 Blu-ray Console Bundles are available to ship to retail stores nationwide. Although a few stores had offered the units previously, it is today that SONY have made stocks generally available for stores in the UK wishing to stock the new bundles. Alongside the recent LittleBigPlanet and stand-alone 80GB model bundles, the new packs contain an 80GB PLAYSTATION3 Console (including one DUALSHOCK3 Controller), a Blu-ray Remote an
Flower, Sun and Rain
Flower, Sun and Rain Grasshopper Manufacture and CEO Suda51 have established quite a reputation over the past few years, and notably so in Europe. With only a handful of titles released being recognisably a work of the designer’s self-indulgent eccentricity, most notably Killer7 and No More Heroes, it’s undoubted that the company’s UK connections have done a good jo
Valkyria Chronicles
Regulars here at Electronic Theatre may well have recognised our strong belief in SEGA’s credentials throughout 2008. Branded as a publisher on the way up, the quality of SEGA’s title’s may have varied wildly – with Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk: The Official Videogame being particular lowlights, and Viking: Battle For Asgard and SEGA Superstar Tennis raising the bar in their respective fields – but the fact that they have devised a strong portfoli
