Graphic Engines That NGP Will Support

Graphic Engines That NGP Will Support

According to pushsquare NGP will support some of the latest graphic & physics engines ,with Cryengine been one of the surprises on the list.

Game Engines
• Blitz Games -BlitzTech
• Crytek – Cryengine
• Epic Games – Unreal Engine
• Terminal Reality – Infernal Engine
• Trinigy – Trinigy
• Vicious Cycle – Vicious Engine

Physics/AI/Animation
• Havok
• NaturalMotion 

Audio
• Audiokinetic
• CRI Middleware
• Firelight Technologies
• RAD Game Tools 

User Interface
• AiLive
• Scaleform

Prinny 2: Dawn Of Operation Panties, Dood! Review

Prinny 2: Dawn Of Operation Panties, Dood! Review

Prinny 2: Dawn Of Operation Panties, Dood! Review.

Prinny: Can I really be a hero received pretty good reviews went it came out and it was a commercial success. The result of this success was the game company to get a contract to make a sequel.
Prinny 2 has a basic menu,that it’s easy to navigate and configure the game to your likings,
There are 3 difficulty options to choose from Standard which is something like Normal, Baby which is Easy and Hell’s Finest! In Standard you get 2 chances before you get to the game over screen, in baby mode you get 3 chances plus safety blocks and in hell’s finest which is the most difficult of all you get only one chance.
The game starts with a few bomb-Prinnies been thrown to Prinnies and that’s all you get for intro, the next thing you do is playing the first level! Let the adventure begin!
So in the first level you fight your way to the castle where the Lord is. When you arrive at the castle your Etna’s Panties have been stolen from a guy named Phantom Thief and you have been chosen to bring them back. In Order to do so, she gives you some magical powers and the real adventure begins…

Take that you filthy nazi-like-pig!

Graphics:
In terms of graphics Prinny 2 is really good! The colorful 2D cartoonish graphics combined with high quality 3D graphics gives this game a unique feeling. Most of PSP games have very poor graphics and repetitive textures, this is tiring most gamers. That’s not the case with Prinny 2,be sure to enjoy a colorful graphics with various textures and some high quality 3D models!

Prinnies can swim too!

Music:
The music on Prinny 2 in the game various from electric guitar sounds to pop and electronic elements! The music is well combined and fit the style of the game, it just feel rights as a whole. The quality it’s top notch and the sound effects are simple but entertaining, you will actually get bored of listening to “dood”.

Flamethrower FTW!

Gameplay:
The gameplay was okay, I found the controls a bit unresponsive, but not all the time, most of the time the game feels and plays good. The actions of the player are well-assembled to the keys and after 30 minutes or so of playing the game you get the hang of it.The game it’s a bit challenging though, it’s not that easy as you may think and it will get you a couple a tries until you get past some boss fights.
I found the game really enjoyable and it worth’s it’s money till the last cent. It’s Obvious that the developers have put a lot of work on this and the deserve your support. If you liked the first Prinny or you have to experience a good challenging PSP game for a long time then go get it!

My rating: 8/10

Carmack: 3DS and NGP may be the last “specialized handheld game consoles ever built”

Carmack: 3DS and NGP may be the last “specialized handheld game consoles ever built”

John Carmack is of the opinion that Nintendo’s 3DS and Sony’s NGP could be “the last generation of specialized handheld game consoles ever built.”

Speaking with The Dallas Morning News, the id Software wizard believes the new handhelds will be the last of their kind due to the insurgence of the smartphone and tablet market.

“The smart phone may turn out to be 80 percent as good at gaming as a dedicated gaming platform,” he said. “People are going to carry their smart phone, and if it’s an 80 percent gaming device, how many people in the gaming market will be satisfied with that? One of the things that we’ve seen is the type of games that people play on the smart phones, at the moment, tend to be pretty casual games.

“If that’s what the consumers are going to trend towards on there, there may not be much as developers we can do about that. You don’t always get to build pyramids just because you want to.”

Carmack added that some developers are a bit reluctant at the moment to consider smart phones and tablets as gaming devices, because consumers are still willing to fork over $40 or $50 for a DS or PSP title. These same consumers, Carmack believes, are still a bit shy when it comes to spending money on a downloadable game on their smart phone or tablet, no matter how inexpensive.

PlayStation Meeting 2011 reveals NGP

PlayStation Meeting 2011 reveals NGP

Well, the Sony PlayStation Meeting 2011 has just finished in Japan and we know now all the latest juicy tidbits about the newest member of the PlayStation family, the PSP2. Which is apparently now called the NGP, at least for the moment. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai took the stage to start off the event, which didn’t just focus on the new handheld. First, Hirai talked about the PlayStation Suite.
The PlayStation Suite will be on Android devices sometime in 2011. It will provide original PS1 game emulation and be hardware neutral. The PS1 games purchased from the Android PlayStation Store will be PlayStation Certified to be the highest quality possible and look the same on all Droid devices.
Aside from the brief opening statements discussing the PlayStation Suite, the event focused solely on the PSP2. The codename for the device is NGP - Next Generation Portable. The system shown was oval shaped and black, with two micro analog sticks on the front of the system, directly below the standard directional pad and X, O, square and triangle buttons. A 5” OLED touch screen is directly in the center of the system and, as rumors have been stating, it has a 5” touch panel on the back as well. The system overall looks to be the same size as a current PSP-3000 unit, and has built-in front and rear cameras and six-axis controls. The device is also flash memory-based, with 3G and WiFi enabled. Good news for us, it will supposedly be out this holiday season, before 2011 ends!
Players will navigate their NGP using LiveArea, the new user interface. It will rely on touch screen controls, and will let users access the PlayStation Store, learn more about available games, see what your friends are playing and comment on what they are doing. The system will also have Near installed on it, which is like a tag mode. You can see what other NGP owners in your area are doing or playing around you. The LiveArea mock-up screen shown at the event also had a button representing trophies!
Sony also decided to announce a few games that will be headed to the NGP. Here’s what you have to look forward to!

• Broken
• Gravity Daze
• Hot Shot Golf
• Hustle Kings
• Killzone
• LittleBigPlanet
• Little Deviants
• Reality Fighters
• Resistance
• Smart As
• Uncharted
• Wipeout

Shuhei Yoshida, Worldwide Studios president, actually played Uncharted at the event. The back touch pad could be used to move Drake around, and the six-axis controls could be used to make him jump. Yoshida was also able to touch the front OLED screen to make Drake jump or move. I hope you like multiple control schemes!
Yoshida later went on to play Little Deviants, further showing off the rear touch panel control scheme. He used two fingers on the back to control the characters on screen and, since both the front screen and touch panel are 5”, they directly correspond to one another. He also went on to play a bit of Hot Shots Golf, to show how the touch screen controls and how moving the NGP could change the in-game point of view.
You won’t have to just rely on the NGP titles mentioned. It will also be compatible with the games that are made available through the PlayStation Suite, mentioned earlier. The NGP will also be backwards compatible with downloadable PSP games and Monster Hunter Portable 3rd was even shown playing on the device. In addition, Capcom, Sega, Konami, Activision, Epic and Koei representatives appeared at the event, stating that all six developers are making games for the NGP. Konami’s Hideo Kojima did say that the company would have an PS3/NGP game announcement at E3 2011. Epic Games’ Tim Sweeny showed a Dungeon Defenders NGP clip. Of course, Activision made sure to announced that there would be a NGP Call of Duty game.
A few tech demos were also shown off, to show the NGP could be capable of PS3 quality games. Here’s what each company showed off:

• Capcom showed Lost Planet
• Sega showed Yakuza 4
• Koei showed a Sengoku Musou (Dynasty Warriors) game
• Konami showed Metal Gear Solid 4

Bear in mind, these demos don’t mean that those games will be ported to the NGP, so don’t get your hopes up!
The PlayStation Meeting 2011 also gave Sony a chance to offer some updated numbers about the PlayStation Network. apparently, there are over 69 million accounts, and those accoung holders have downloaded over 1.4 billion items from the PlayStation Store. They also made sure to point out that the whole PSN network experience is free.

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