Reign of chaos in Liberty City unleashed on 29 of April 2008

Finally there is a final release date for GTA IV it will be out on the 29 of April 2008 worldwide. So in around 3 months we can run around once more in Liberty City and unleash hell upon the city, at least I will do that. I really like to just run around shoot, blow stuff up and get as many stars as possible to play with the Army. Rockstar said also why the game was delayed, according to the it was the fault of the PlayStation 3. That comment is a bit strange as I recall last year Rockstar was always complaining about the Xbox 360 and that the hardware is not good enough and that they are not allowed to use hard drive installation.

Well end good everything good, more or less. The only bad thing is that they say both versions are identical. I don't know, but the development for the game started as PS3 exclusive and then they switched also to make a Xbox 360 version, after they received a minor amount of money from Microsoft. And at the end because of that PS3 users have to play a version that can run on a Xbox 360? I'm sure the game will be cool and I will buy the special edition, but I would prefer a version that uses the PS3 hardware instead of being downsized so it can run also on the Xbox 360. That game could be so much better and nicer with even better textures and bigger area due to Blu-Ray discs instead of reducing it so it can fit on a DVD. At the end the PS3 hardware is superior compared to the Xbox 360. I know on the paper Xbox 360 GPU is better and so on, but after playing GT 5 Prologue it is quite clear that such a graphic could never be achieved on a Xbox 360. I have both systems, but I will stick for sure with the PS3 version even after they are only identical and playing to long on my 360 could cause some funny red lights. :)

So long and now I want the Soundtrack list

Happy Birthday Tifa

Hey Tifa at gaia, happy birthday and enjoy one more time my video. :)

Gordon on the radio

I like things that happen in America like the radio show Coast to Coast about paranormal things and other stuff. This time there was a person calling who is very well know, or let's say well know besides of the guy who is working for the radio show. The person who called was no one else then Dr. Gordon Freeman himself, more or less. He was complaining that some person is watching him and he and his friend call this strange person the G-Man plus that he works on a portal technology. As said the person who makes the shows has obviously never played any of the Half-Life games and believed evrything. :)

So long I'm making a note here: This was a triumph

Heroic sales for Guitar Hero

Well looks like Guitar Hero (All versions) could get 1 billion US $ in North America within 26 months and that seems to be a new record. Thats only for North America here in Europe there where also one or two copies of the game soled, so worldwide a bit more money then the 1 billion US $. Congratulation to all who have worked at some point on the game and who I know. I guess that will then be tomorrow the main news in the office. :)

Source here

So long keep on rocking

Kingdom under Fire: Circle of Doom demo out in Europe

Well the demo for Kingdom under Fire: Circle of Doom, or short Kuf: CoD, demo is out in Europe. Or as I called it during the work MS under Fire: Red Ring of Death (at that time the RRoD was always a good joke :D ). Some people maybe want to give it a try, but better don't play it in German. The last German version that I tested had some ugly issues like the weapon names if they have some extra enhancement the article is wrong and as far as I know there where no changes made after I finished working on it. I guess the release is so late after project end because they don't wanted to release for Christmas while all the big games are getting released.

It's not the best game, but also not that extremely bad at all. For people who want to give the full version a try, there is also a story for each character. The only problem is that the story is hidden, so you need to go the dream world and talk with the NPC there. Many dialogues are time triggered so you have to leave the dream world Hack`n Slay some enemies for at least 10 minutes and then go back to the dream world to get the next quest or dialogue. The story is only optional and if the developers didn't changed anything the player does not have any idea that there is a optional story. At least the Online Coop mode can be fun. Also funny I started on Kingdom under Fire almost exactly one year after Kingdom Hearts 2 and both start with Kingdom and both have in the English version John DiMaggio (Bender from Futurama) as voice actor, but I guess thats only funny for me. :)

So long and enjoy the demo and thanks to all the other people who worked on the game.