'Transformers' Ready for Battle on HD DVD

Paramount home Entertainment has announced it will bring one of the year's biggest blockbusters 'Transformers' exclusively to HD DVD this October.

Grossing over $300 million domestically, the special effects extravaganza from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg transformed into the most successful "original" film of the year (ie: not a sequel or remake), and is easily one of the most highly-anticipated next-gen releases of the holiday season.

Paramount/DreamWorks will debut the film on HD DVD October 16, day-and-date with the standard-def DVD version, and in a two-disc set filled with bonus features and cutting-edge content exclusive to the high-def release.

Extras identical to the HD DVD and DVD include audio commentary with Bay, two 4-part documentaries ("Our World" and "Their World"), the "From Script to Sand" featurette, concept art, and the theatrical trailer.

Exclusive to the HD DVD will be the "Transformers H.U.D. (Heads Up Display)" picture-in-picture mode, giving viewers running text-based behind-the-scenes background information on the production during the feature; the "Transformers Tech Inspector," offering an unprecedented look at the robots through the exquisitely detailed models created by ILM artists; and the web-enabled "Intelligence Mode" with running statistics and tracking of all the robots in the film.

Tech specs include 1080p video (codec still TBA) and Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 Surround audio only -- surprisingly (and disappointing for early adopters) Paramount has not announced any high-resolution audio support for 'Transformers.'

Don't know about you guys i got mine pre ordered lol..

Samsung Lowers Price on Upcoming Dual-Format HD DVD, Blu-ray Player

It only seemed like a matter of time before Samsung would lower the MSRP of its upcoming BD-UP5000 Duo HD player to match LG's recently-announced price-cut for their dual format player.

Samsung now says its BD-UP5000 will hit stores sometime in the fourth quarter at a $999 street price -- down $50 from its previously announced MSRP of $1,049




The price drop is the latest in a series of tit for tat pricing moves between Samsung and LG, who are both marketing dual-format players for the upcoming holiday season.
http://www.highdefdigest.com/

Xbox 360 sales increased 260 percent following the Elite's launch.

UK PSP Sales Hit Record Low, 360 Sales Rocket

According to figures from data monitor ChartTrack, the PSP has just recorded its lowest ever weekly sales figure, MCV reports.



Sony attributed the decline in sales to consumers’ desire to purchase the Slim and Lite PSP, due to hit shelves next week, telling MCV that retailers were ‘thinning out’ stock of the original PSP to make room for the redesigned model.



In sharp contrast, week-on-week sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 rose by 260 percent following the release of the Elite model and a reduction in price of the Core and Premium versions. Sales fell only 20 percent during the Elite's second week of availability.

gothem new pic's blow out!

I'm lost for words, speechless simply speechless

I'm so gutted SHOCK no Crackdown 2!!

No Crackdown 2 Confirms Developer
Real Time Worlds "heartbroken" that there won't be a sequel.
by Rob Burman, IGN UK

UK, September 7, 2007 - One of favourite Xbox 360 titles this year was the stellar leap-and-bound 'em up Crackdown - and not just because it came with a Halo 3 beta key. So, it's with heavy hearts we report that developer Real Time Worlds has confirmed there won't be a sequel.

Speaking to Develop Magazine, producer Phil Wilson said the team is "heartbroken" that there won't be a Crackdown 2 but "Microsoft were a little late in stepping up to the plate to ask for Crackdown 2, and by then we had already started working on bigger, better things".

These "bigger, better things" are likely to be APB, the cops and robbers MMO, and an as yet unannounced secret project. However, don't despair Crackdown fans - it seems the team has learned a lot from its first 360 title.

Wilson revealed that, thanks to the number of fans who stuck their extreme Crackdown stunts up on YouTube, future Real Time Worlds titles will make it much easier for players to share footage: "We want to make it easier to show off what people do. Record something cool and share it with their friends. We're looking at how to integrate that in future."

Images of Burnout Paradise

Sony Vandalize Halo 3 Wikipedia Page

Sony Vandalize Halo 3 Wikipedia Page
by Matt Gibbs

Sony aren't looking forward to the release of Halo 3 and have even gone so low as to attempt, albeit pathetically, to edit the Wikipedia page for the game. Wikiscanner is a tool that somehow discovers the IP address of people who edited Wikipedia pages. Someone made changes to the Halo 3 page, referring to the graphics of the game, and the IP has been traced back to Sony Stuidos in the UK. Oh the shame!

Halo 3, the third game in the best-selling Xbox game franchise Halo, is a highly anticipated first-person shooter video game under development by Bungie Studios for the Xbox 360 and is expected to "set a new high water mark" for next-generation games, although it wont look any better than Halo 2.

The text in bold was added by Sony. Please... Anyway, the page has been locked down at Wikipedia, so no one else from Sony can come in and vandalize it.

pgr 4 pics sweet jesus man oh man!!

360 Fall update to integrate parental timer

According to rumors, the Xbox 360 Fall update will feature a new parental timer. The supposed feature will allow people to set a password protected usage timer on their Xbox 360. Parents can limit the amount of time that their children spend on the console. As Microsoft are clearly going after the casual gaming market (full of young children), this feature would go hand in hand with their new target market.

VF5 - online gamplay video

Master Chief statue

Master Chief statue in the works at Madame Tussauds studios. The statue is about 7 ft tall - A HAK

Guerrilla: Xbox 360 Couldn’t Handle Killzone 2

Speaking about the benefits of working on a game for a single platform instead of going down the cross-platform route, Guerrilla managing director Merman Hulst said that he couldn’t imagine the same quality of content being produced on any machine other than PS3.



"It's a huge benefit. If you're developing a game on multiple platforms there are restrictions you always have to take into consideration.



"We are taking huge advantage of the architecture of PS3. I firmly believe that what we've shown we can get out of that machine would be difficult, if not impossible, to deliver on a competing machine."



Killzone 2 producer Steven Ter Heide backed up Hulst’s comments in no uncertain terms.



"I would say impossible. We literally can't do this stuff on any machine other than the PS3. If you're developing a multiplatform game, and looking at your budgets, you have to find a common denominator between the systems and say: that's what I'm developing for. Whereas someone focused on a single platform can really take advantage of everything it has to offer.



"If you're not willing to make that investment then you're going to lose out on some options. To make it simple, the Xbox 360 doesn't have SixAxis or Blu-ray. PlayStation 3 does. And for us that's a really big thing. The level you've just seen is 2GB. We really need Blu-ray to make the game. I don't know how you could fit it on Xbox 360 without taking some shortcuts."