We may be seeing much more feature extensive titles hitting the Xbox Live Arcade as it was recently announced that the file size limit for titles offered on the service will now be capped at 2GB.
News comes to us from Microsoft‘s Scott Austin who took center stage at TGS ’09 to say the following:
In order to continue fostering the creation of great titles on the platform, Microsoft has increased the file size limit of XBLA titles to 2 GB. We pride ourselves in being the premier destination for downloadable games, and the new file size limit allows developers to push their creative boundaries.
With this new file size increase the line between an Xbox Live Arcade title and a full fledged title will be drawn even thinner.
While Microsoft is evidently having a hard time implementing Project Natal into pre-Natal titles, Sony is hard at work showing off just how well the Playstation Motion Controller works with older titles. What you see above is a video from this year’s Tokyo Game Show that features a modified version of Resident Evil 5 being played with the said motion controller. As you can see, the person playing the game is holding both a regular PS3 controller in addition to a Playstation Motion Controller wand. There’s no telling if this is actually how games will be played when the new controller ships or if it was just used for demonstration purposes.
What’s even better is this version of Resident Evil 5 will actually be made available for purchase as the game’s Director’s Cut in Spring of 2010.
A trailer for Ōkamiden: Chiisaki Taiyō has popped up on the web. It’s relatively short to standard trailers, but it gives a nice glimpse to how the game looks so far. Ōkamiden is a direct sequel to the original Ōkami, although the game’s protagonist is Chibiterasu, who bares a great resemblance to Amaterasu.
The game will be hitting Japan next year for the Nintendo DS. No word on an international release as of yet.
