The Super Soldiers

In an attempt to squeeze every last morsel of life from the Playstation 2 brand, Sony has announced another price drop to its console, along with a pink make over. SCEE is set to drop the price of its flagship product at this weeks Leipzig festival, in preparation for the lucrative Christmas market, and will now charge £94.99. It is the first time the slim-line console has dropped below the £100 mark, and is almost certainly an effort to guzzump the upcoming release of the Wii.
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Electronic Arts has licensed Epic Games’ Unreal 3 Engine for upcoming titles. No specific games were mentioned, but EA says “several next-generation titles” will be using the engine. Financial details have not been released.

The Unreal 3 engine is used in several current and upcoming Xbox 360 games including BioWare’s Mass Effect and Gears of Wars. It is part of development kits for the upcoming Sony Playstation 3 console.
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A project supported by many of the British companies in competitive gaming hopes to have gaming recognised as a sport by the British government. The UKEGI (or UK Electronic Gaming Initiative) is comprised of those who work in the management and broadcasting side of professional gaming. Their main aim is to promote gaming to a wider audience, with their first port of call being to the UK Sports Council and Department of Culture. They claim that:

“With many other countries in Europe working along the same lines and several countries around the World already giving this status to gaming it is only natural that we should do the same in the UK.

With gaming being utilised in a variety of areas including education and advanced simulation moving to have it accepted and recognised should be the next step and allow those people that make it their careers to do so without being discriminated against.”
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The CEO of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, sat down with USA TODAY recently and firmed up some lingering questions on the upcoming Wii launch. Though the discussion revolved largely around the business behind the Wii, there are some gold nuggets about Ninty’s online plans that every gamer would be interested in.

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Despite games depicting criminal activities, such as stealing cars, killing people and prostitution - very little has been heard about real organised crime operating within the games themselves. However, earlier this week Microsoft warned gamers that hackers may be attempting to attack their systems in an attempt to gain access to user’s accounts. Once the hacker gains access to the account they then sell all the hard earned valuables, such as gold, weapons and armour before finally flogging the actual character itself.
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On Monday, it was reported that the legendary Star Trek captain, William Shatner had agreed to voice his character in new Trek game, Legacy. Well, there’s now more good news that will make Trek fans get positively salivating.

All four other captains have signed up to play their characters too. That means:

• Kate Mulgrew - Janeway, Voyager
• Avery Brooks - Sisko, Deep Space 9
• Scott Bakula - Archer, Enterprise
• Patrick Stewart - Picard, Next Generation

The game is due out in the autumn of this year for PC and Xbox 360.

Well, it had to happen at some point. Jack Thompson has temporarily postponed his border-line crusade against Grand Theft Auto to go after Rockstar Games / Take-Two Interactive’s, Bully. Of course we all knew it was going to happen at some point, it was just a question of when.

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Nintendo is confirming that 27 titles, thats Twenty-Seven, will be available at launch time for the upcoming Nintendo Wii. They are listed in alphabetical order from Top to Bottom after the jump.
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William Shatner, the personification of Star Trek, has heralded himself as the man who can revitalise the waning science fiction series. The former Captain of the Starship Enterprise will reprise his old character in the upcoming “Star Trek: Legacy” game.

Legacy, which is being developed by Elder Scrolls creators Bethesda, will be a space-sim covering all 40 years of the Trek experience, ranging across the original series, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise. It certainly looks like it will be a big hitter when it is released in October, with great looking graphics, extensive features and legendary Star Trek story scribe D.C. Fontana responsible for the plotline.

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Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, has signed a development agreement with Spark Unlimited™ to create an action game for next-generation consoles. Sierra Entertainment will work with Spark Unlimited on the project which is expected to ship in 2007. More information about the title will be released later this year.