There are several different big name publishers in the video game industry with players like EA and Activision coming to mind. However, Take-Two has been moving along quite nicely with their share of games including the behemoth Grand Theft Auto.
Recent reports suggest that Take-Two’s success has caught the eye of Activision. In fact, these reports suggest that Activision is actually going to make a push to fully acquire Take-Two. If this were the case, Activision would be looking to get their hands on highly valuable titles like Red Dead Redemption and the above mentioned Grand Theft Auto.
Of course, this has far from been confirmed so we’ll have to keep you posted with further developments.
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What you see above is a supposedly leaked concept art image of a new Tomb Raider game that is in the works. Furthermore, the image was accompained by a few details of the game.
Reportedly, the next Tomb Raider game will feature open-world gameplay with a reworked combat system. And, a hint at the game’s plot lets us know that it will be an origin story of Lara Croft showcasing how she came to be.
I don’t know about you guys, but the image art shows a close resemblance to that of what would be featured in a Final Fantasy game. It would make sense considering Tomb Raider’s developer, Eidos, was bought out by Final Fantasy‘s Square Enix.
Read (Joystiq)
Apple’s iTunes music store is a hit, thats no secret, Sony’s PSP, not so much. However, if sources are to be believed Sony may be planning their own version of iTunes made especially for the PSP.
CNET is behind this one so it’s certainly a credible rumor with the website stating that Sony has been talking to some record labels to see who may be interested with a PSP Music Store.
Now it’s nice and all that Sony is giving PSP owners another reason to, well, use their PSP but how about focusing on expanding the consoles game library? I mean, I don’t even know the last time I heard about a PSP game that I wanted to buy.
Sony has been tight lipped on the existence of plans to create a UMD-less PSP so far but dribs and drabs of information made it through the cracks and kept the rumors going. The download-only nature of Patapon 2 threw gasoline on the fire, since if Sony is testing the potential for the PSP to adopt a digital distribution scheme it means they’ve got some time and money invested in it.
1Up is coming forward with information from sources directly working on the project. According to their report the new PSP is set to be revealed to the public this year at E3 in June. Several of the rumors about its redesign features are said to be correct, including a sliding screen that slides up to reveal the face buttons and a lack of a UMD slot, but no second analog nubbin. The sources claim that the new PSP will have a subtitle rather than a numerical designation and the existence of ‘Go!’ branded peripherals suggest it might be called the PSP Go!.
The new PSP will be launching in September in Japan, October or November in the USA. Over a hundred PSP titles are planned to be available for download at launch, with two SKU’s available, one with eight gigabytes of flash memory and the other with sixteen. (Note: the picture above is not an actual image of it, simply a mock-up from 1Up)
After word got out that Skype could “technically be possible” on the Nintendo DSi, rumors began circulating over Nintendo possibly picking up the VoIP software.
I mean, the front facing webcam-like camera coupled with built-in microphone featured on the Nintendo DSi would make for a perfect Skype platform, right?
Unfortunately Nintendo, being the party poopers they are, responded to the buzz stating: ”We have no plans to release a Skype application for Nintendo DS or DSi.” Total bummer, I guess the homebrew community will have to take matters into their own hands.
Read (CVG)
