Armored Core 4 Set For PS3 Launch, Game Tidbits >

	2006/08/10 10:38:30: Posted by DM
	The latest issue of Famitsu magazine has confirmed that the new Armored Core game will be gracing the launch window of the Playstation 3. The game will takes place in a future version of Earth where overpopulation has caused widespread confusion. Six factions attempt to regain control by starting a war, and it all goes downhill from there. In terms of the gameplay itself, From is promising that the game will have some of the fastest combat in a mech game to date. Keep in mind, From also developed Chromehounds, which has some of the best online multiplayer mech combat available. This game is also slated for the XBox360, but that date is still TBA. >Link
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I love the AC series! I didn't like Chromehounds it would've been awsome to have had this one first on the 360.

Amazing launch title ;)

I just want From to hurry up and make another Otogi game for the 360 :)

I just hope the gameplay is a bit less clumsy than in AC2. This is definitely another potential PS3 game to buy at launch (goes in there with LAIR and maybe Resistance) for me.

omg now i want a ps3 SO BAD

why get the ps3 when you can get the xbox360 and a nintendo wii for the same price and you can still get that game for the 360. it's going to be the same game for both systems, one's not going to better than the other but you'll still have 2 systems opposed to just one so called computer system :) so join the american revolution/wii60 lowkey alliance :)

tmb as much as I want the wii I don't think I'd pass up a ps3 for one especially considering its going to receive some killer support from Square Enix.

Why get PS3? Games. Want a list?

1. Heavenly Sword

2. Final Fantasy XIII

3. Final Fantasy Versus XIII

4. LAIR

5. Resistance (this is not 100% sure, because this could just be another FPS, in which case I won't get it)

6. Motorstorm

7. Naughty Dog's new game

8. LA Noire

9. Makai Wars

10. Wipeout PS3

11. Virtua Fighter 5

12. Tekken 6 (what can I say, I like VF and Tekken)

13. Gradius

14. Shin Megami Tensei

15. Devil May Cry 4

16. The Getaway (if they fix the clumsy gameplay)

17. Angel Rings

18. Ratchet & Clank 5

19. Killzone PS3

20. Eight Days

+ many, many more games we know are coming but don't even have names for, like ICO team's new game(the rest are mostly games that were announced at last years Tokyo Games Show). NOTE: I'm not saying every one of the games I listed will be good.

Yup if im gonna buy 2 consoles, then lets be 360 and PS3...i know its a lot of money but you can save Wii's money to buy the other console...

PD: i dont like Wii neither what nintendo has done over this last few years...

Oh, and I'll say this again. In nowhere does it say FROM Software has cancelled the other two projects being done for PS3. They are just paused at the moment so they can get Armored Core 4 out for PS3's launch.

From Software has OFFICIALLY CANCELLED...as in CANCELLED...their TWO rpg games for the Playstation 3.[link removed]riend subscribes to Famitsu and speaks Japanese...it said CANCELLED..not just delayed, but CANCELLED for the Playstation 3. The games Black Blade and Dark are officially cancelled according to quite a few websites.

Armored Core for the Playstation 3 is apparently going to be released because so much work has gone into it; however, Armored Core will not be released as a Playstation 3 launch game--it will be delayed, perhaps into 2007.

By the way: 17 of the 20 games listed by Da Man are not scheduled to be released until at least Spring 2007. Several of the games--such as the Final Fantasy ones--are not supposed to be released until some time in 2008!!!

I will not consider the Playstation 3 until Metal Gear Solid 4 is released, but that game is not scheduled to be released until the fall of 2007!!! A price drop will probably have occurred by then. There is virtually no reason to purchase a Playstation 3 when it launches at such a high price. Almost all of the games being released for the PS3 are also appearing on the Xbox 360 at a lower price...and the great thing is that the third party games appearing on both systems are better on the Xbox 360!!! Games like Fight Night Round 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog are noticeably better on the Xbox 360, while games like The Darkness and John Madden Football 2007 are significantly better on the Xbox 360.

From Software is not the only company that is cancelling and/or delaying and/or announcing that games are no longer exclusive to the PS3. Just look at what has happened over the last couple months. SNK Playmore says they will not support the PS3 until 2009-2010. Atari also recently said they will not support the Playstation 3 for at least a couple years. THQ and Midway also recently announced delays for major PS3 projects. The Playstation 3 is experiencing software "Dumping" similar to what the Sega Saturn did before it was released.

1) I didn't say any of those games I listed were for launch. What I meant was every one of them is coming to PS3 -> I must have those games if they are good -> I must get a PS3.

2) Armored Core 4 has been confirmed to be a launch title FOR PS3, Xbox 360 version is TBA.

3) SNK isn't developing games for Xbox 360 either, Wii is the only one and that's because they can still make games for PS2. PS2 is good enough.

4) Atari said they will not release any games for PS3 THIS YEAR. Some time during 2007 there will quite likely be Atari's games released for PS3.

5) Delaying games is nothing out of the ordinary. UT2K7 is delayed for PC too.

6) You don't know if 3rd party games are is "significantly better" on Xbox 360, actually the devs said that Bluray is the thing that gives the PS3 version edge over Xbox 360 with their game. Actually 3rd party games will quite likely be better on PS3, you'll just see that.

mike yea, we posted that yesterday :) thanks though!

Da Man,

SNK originally had plans to support all three of the new systems; however, they are now only supporting the Wii and the Xbox 360. King of Fighters Maximum Impact 3, which is a new 3D version of the game, is still scheduled to be released for the Xbox 360...but it has now been officially cancelled for the Playstation 3.

You are correct that Atari has said they will not support the PS3 "this year." However, if Atari's business executives analyze the PS3 market in early 2007 and conclude that they should support the system, it will mean that the soonest we would see a PS3 game from them is sometime in mid 2008! PS3 games are WAY too complex to develop; they take a very long time.

Unreal Tournament 2007 was originally supposed to be a PS3 launch game, and it was only announced for PS3 (even though everyone on the planet knew it was going to be released for the PC and Xbox 360, just like with Assassins Creed). But when the announcement from Midway occurred about UT2K7 being delayed, the PS3 version was actually not named! Many of the websites actually speculate that it has been cancelled for the PS3.

Da Man, I was at the 2006 E3, and I saw many of these games side-by-side. EA originally announced Fight Night Round 3 "exclusively" for the PS3 the year before. But Fight Night Round 3 is out NOW for the Xbox 360. Just because games like Final Fantasy and Metal Gear are announced for the PS3, you need to take it with a grain of salt...especially with Square Enix. After all, they announced Final Fantasy VII exclusively for the Nintendo Ultra 64, and then they only released it for the PSOne.

Graphically, Fight Night Round 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog are very similar to each other on the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Actually, most people have trouble telling the difference--except for the fact that the PS3 version will cost more, since it is on Blu-ray. This is not a third-party advantage; it is a consumer disadvantage! Games like Sonic the Hedgehog don’t even come close to using that much information! As far as Fight Night and Sonic go, there are certain elements that if you look closely, you can "notice" that they are superior on the Xbox 360.

But in regard to the word "Significantly," there is ABSOLUTELY no doubt that the third-party games I mentioned looked better on the Xbox 360. I mean, when you saw the two versions side-by-side, there was not doubt that the Xbox 360 version was better. Some of the Playstation websites used the excuse that you are comparing a second generation Xbox 360 game to a first generation PS3 game. But, those websites also acknowledged that the Playstation 3 would always be one generation behind the Xbox 360 in terms of software evolution.

Da Man I've never heard so much rubbish in my life. This is in regards to third party games being better on the ps3...

The Darkness developers have stated already that with the 360 they have more space in memory for textures whereas thanks to blu ray the ingame televisions (which are running video footage) will be of higher quality due to the extra space on the blu ray disc.

Now... I'd take better textures ANYDAY over better quality video. Better Textures translates to the 360 version of the game is better. Had they not used the same shader source code for both games then the 360's video card advantage would have a significant impact as well because I don't think there is any question that the 360's shader capabilities are better than the ps3's. Unified Shaders are just waiting to be taken advantage of 48 shader units capable of being dedicated to vertex shading is waiting to be taken advantage of and many other things I wont go into.

I notice people like to quote me (which I don't mind) and a thread was created about it in the forums, but it'd be rather interesting if I were to go back and quote the very misinformed on here that said last year Fight Night Round 3 wasn't possible on the 360 only for the actual 360 game to look better than the realtime tech demo they showed off at E3 when everyone thought it was a ps3 exclusive title.

There were many titles that were thought to be ps3 exclusives GTA being the most talked about and bragged about by ps3 fanatics (all of 2005) until they found out it was on the 360 as well. Be very careful in assuming the 360 wont see real final fantasy games ;)

That's probably because they are developing the game on 360 and then porting it to the PS3. If they wanted to, they could take advantage of the RSX ability to access the system memory, but it looks like they are probably not even going to take advantage of the SPEs. Just building it on 360 then moving it to PS3 and they are done.

Porting games will be so much easier once IBM comes out with the Octopiler. It's suppose to be able to translate code written for x-86 based code and translate it into code that the Cell will understand in a really fast way. That would be a huge plus for all developers, as now they could use easy code and still be able to take full advantage of PS3 hardware ;]. But thats still to come in the future.

As for this game, the E3 2006 trailer made me want this game. It looks like the gameplay will be faster than ever and i cant wait 8)

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WHHY NOT GET A PS3 ..WITH THE CONTROLLER OF WII AND THE ONLINE PLAY OF XBOX AND THE UNMATHCED POWER OF SONY ? AND EXCLUSIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS..3 IN 1 ppl...PS3 IS GOT IS ALL..1

In my opinion, 360 will never see real Final Fantasy games. If you want proof of that, look how 360 is doing in Japan. If there is going to be a 360 FF game, then its going to be part of the FFXII Fabula Nova Crystallis thats just a side story.