Destroying humans, killing tire vandals, GTA, and still more...

The Four Horsemen Cometh

I was just writtening to see if the report that this game was still being developed is still happening. I searched a alot of sites but only found the report here... So is it still a go ?

-- Vorador

Four Horsemen is still in production. The developers behind the game formed their own company, Four Horsemen Entertainment L.L.C., and purchased the license from a collapsed 3DO. No publisher has yet been announced, but the game is expected to be a next-generation title (placing it between 2006 and 2007). This will give the developers time to create a new experience and more time to flesh out comic books and graphic novels based on the Biblical concept.

-- Ivan

Slug You!

seriously, is there any chance for metal slug 3 to be released on ps2 or am i going to have to buy one of those bags of bricks they call an xbox. ive played slug 3 on my friends xbox for probably more hours then most people play...ohhhh...lets say warcraft, and i want it on ps2.

-- Matt

Nope. A year ago we heard, "Yes, of course it's still coming." Now we hear, "Uh... Did you see Metal Slug 4 & 5 Combo?" Turns out Metal Slug 3 didn't get Sony approval on time. Looks like 4 & 5 will be the only Metal Slugs we get early 2005. But, we're still hopeful an all encompassing Metal Slug compilation box will be released on PS2 sometime later in 2005.

-- Ivan

PSP Price Point

Can You give a estimate how much the PSP will be?

-- Jonathon

Probably $249. That's not official, mind you. It could be $199 or $299, or one hundred million dollars, but I've heard it will likely be around $249 at launch.

-- Ivan

We Come in Peace

Awhile back I read an in-depth preview of "Destroy All Humans" in some magazine. It looked promising and was wondering if you, Ivan, have any info or should I just sit back and have my expectations crushed?

-- Adam

Destroy All Humans still looks promising. I last saw the game at E3, so any and all information I might have is just as up-to-date as any information IGN might have (try a search in the top left if you're curious).

In a nutshell, Pandemic is creating a more freeform title not too dislike Grand Theft Auto in terms of approachability. Only, instead of melee combat and car chases, Destroy All Humans focuses heavily on destruction and the comedy associated with obliterating small town Americans with a variety of superior alien weaponry. Good stuff. I'm looking forward to it, but I'm also hoping it doesn't turn into a really pretty Rampage.

-- Ivan

Names Across the Zone

I just want to know if this is true,I hope not but.....In the online mode of Killzone that you at IGN got the chance to play, could you really see the name tags of people no matter how far away they are? That kinda sucks if so, because it changes the whole experience and takes away most of the excitement of sniping and what not. O yeah, and do u think there is any chance of this game being a Halo 2 killer? Thanx

-- Smoke

I've never actually played the multiplayer mode of Killzone and thus would not know how the nametags function. I'm scheduled to see the title the second week of August. When I do, I'll let the world know all about Killzone's nametags.

It will be good, but it will not "kill" Halo 2. Halo 2 is amazing fun.

-- Ivan

Ms. Incoherent Gets Answered

I fine when e3 playstation2 will have a convention in L.A area again.?

-- Katy

I don't want to alarm you, Katy, but I suspect there might be a giant hammer sticking out of your skull.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo happens once every year in May. The next big games Expo in Los Angeles is next May's E3.

I fine.

-- Ivan

Wake Up, Dragon

I am a big fan of the broken sword series and I was just wondering if broken sword 3 sleeping dragon will be coming out for ps2?

-- Jimmy

Not in North America. Sleeping Dragon is import only.

-- Ivan

Pre-Something or Other

I was wondering what kind of impact does selling prepaid games have on the vgame industry. In a way it should cut down sales (maybe in a similar way of piracy)for publishers while boosting retailer's.

-- J

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Prepaid games? Like paying for an allocated amount of time and then paying for more time the longer you want to play -- the same way an expiring calling card works? That's absurd.

If you're talking about pre-played games (as in used or refurbished products), that's totally fine. Legally reselling product is a form of commerce. There's nothing wrong with it. Retailers benefit strongly from this business model (some even depend on it) and publishers probably don't care. Selling a used game still implies the game was initially purchased new.

-- Ivan

Teases

Could you guys at IGN please send SquareEnix a letter or something telling them to make Final Fantasy Advent Children into a game. The DVD looks good, but its just a tease to those of us who have been waiting for a true sequel. Why can't these amazing screens be transformed into the CG for a game? Or even better, just make FF7 over with PS2 graphics, new CG, and then release Advent Children with the game. I think that would satisfy all of us FF fanatics somewhat. So please, I know you probably heard this before, but for the love of a fellow gamer, and for the love of one of the greatest RPG's in history, could you please see if you can get this information to someone even slightly involved with SquareEnix.

-- Smilez

Square has been told.

-- Ivan

No Hard SOCOM

Is it safe to assume that you guys could fill up the Marinara Trench with all the emails you've gotten on this subject? Obviously, the Trench is not where they end up........your cubicle trash can (or more likely the virtual trash can on your desktop) is where they go.....and about 99.9% of them go unresonded......but PLEASE, I'm begging you, as a fellow member in the Brotherhood of Gaming, please respond to me with any news or details you may have come across regarding any content for the HDD and Socom 2!!! Please tell me that I did not make Sony $100.00 richer for nothing..

-- Javier

If I had anything at all, I'd tell you, honest. But, I have absolutely nothing new to report. Sorry, bud.

-- Ivan

Game Advancement Failure

when i get to planet gorn, i am to defeat the thugs for less fleet....i have since then defeated all 4 ships many times but i only earn bolts for it and do not get to advance to the next plant. my question is why and what can i do about it. i have shut down the ps2 and did restarts from memory card, but again i only recieve bolts??

-- John

This is quite possibly the greatest email I have ever received. The subject was simply: "game advancement failure." Now I'm certainly a bit dorky, but even I can't figure this one out. Ratchet & Clank 2, maybe?

-- Ivan

San On Other Consoles

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Will you be putting this game title on aney other platform?

-- Red Viper

Yeah, I'll be jamming it into my GameCube just to see what happens. But I don't think Rockstar / Take-Two will actually publish the title on any other platform within a twelve month window of the PS2 release (PC being the potential exception).

-- Ivan

Till Next Time

Well folks... So I park my car in San Francisco's Mission district around eight on Friday. It's a perfectly normal parking job. There's not a single car in front of me and I leave a good foot or two between my back-end and the car directly behind me. Nice. It pleases me. I go out, drink a bunch, and return at six in the morning to find a note on my windshield. It reads:

"You damaged my car. How's your conscience feeling?"

Say what? I look around and notice there is now one car directly in front of me and one car directly behind me. Both are new. I don't see any damage, so I get in my Civic and start to drive off. This is when I realized that someone popped my tire. Oh yeah.

If I ever find the complete and total idiot who popped my tire thinking I damaged his stupid car, even though I was the first person to park there, I am going to kill him. I'm not going to talk, call the cops, pick a fight, or seek some kind of practical vengeance, I'm just going to straight up murder him. I don't care if he is a she, or a grandparent, or a child, or some kind of pig-alien. I am going to kill. Dead. Murder. No life. I will kill you.

"How's your conscience feeling?" I'm going to ask this sack of ass that very question when I'm repeatedly stabbing him in the face.

-- Ivan "Deez Nuts" Sulic