Gamers Evolved

Microsoft announced that they would be releasing a 60GB version of the 360 for only $349 - which put the 20GB for sale at only $299. In retaliation Sony announced that they will be cutting their prices as well. They know how to play hardball!

Sony will be increasing the storage from 40GB to 80GB - but they will keep the price at $399. It remains to be seen whether the formerly 40-gigabyte model will get any feature updates, like card readers or the like, but as of now, it’s just looking like a little more room for your new movie downloads.

One of the more popular games on PS3 – Metal Gears Solid DLC – is making its way to Xbox 360 gamers and I think we can all agree that this is something we have been looking forward to for quite some time. For now this is just a rumor and we are still waiting for the official announcement from Microsoft.

However, good sources are telling us to start celebrating and to prepare our pocketbooks. There shouldn’t be any problems with the game converting to Microsoft. In fact they may find that this will boost their sales and give them an edge in the console war.

EA has put a stop to all production for the PS3 version of Red Alert 3. They will be focusing all of their attention on the PC and Xbox 360 versions to make sure that they are released on schedule.

 “We can confirm that the development of Red Alert 3 for PS3 has been put on hold. EALA is focusing resources on development for PC and Xbox 360 which will ship simultaneously this autumn,” said EA PR manager Jonathan Goddard.

Launching on May 20th, 2008 in the United States is Sony PS3’s Singstar a music game. This game has already been in the European market for some time. The Sony Playststion Blog showed details of the PS3 Singstar game.

The Singstar disc will come with thirty songs, in addition to that you can go to the Singstore that will have about two hundred downloadable songs for about a buck and a half a piece. Each song will come with a video performance, you can expect Sony to add 20 to 50 songs to the Singstore monthly.

Rock Revolution was revealed this week at the Konami Gamer’s Night and it was confirmed that it would be released on the PS3, Wii, DS, and Xbox 360. The game is said to feature more than 40 cover songs on the disc which will be “the most realistic drum peripheral on the market.” It will also support guitar and bass as well as the vocals and drums. 

Interesting, Wii and DS versions will seemingly be stripped down and/or optimized for their respective strengths. Online multiplayer will not be supported on either, but the Wii version supports air drumming and air guitar like Disney’s forthcoming Ultimate Band, and the DS version will support vocals.