NewsSpots: Sony, Fallout 3, Simpsons, GRAW2, Combat Mission

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Jul 5, 2007 2:38 pm PT

Sony hints at E3 content; sci-fi RPG gets pics and theme pack; Groening to cameo in cartoon game; PC shooter demo'd, golden; Paradox wargame preorder details.

PlayStation Store gearing up for E3
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced its Bringing It Home campaign to deliver E3 Media and Business Summit content to Xbox Live users. And while Sony won't actually be able to bring it to Home until October, the PlayStation 3 maker did tip its hand on a presumably similar effort today. A new banner has been added to Sony's PlayStation Store that reads, "E3: Get Ready for Something New, Santa Monica July 11-13." No content has yet been posted to the space, nor has Sony revealed what it has in store.

Xbox Live feeling Fallout
The mere mention that Bethesda is working on the next installment in Interplay's sci-fi role-playing Fallout series was enough to set most interested gamers aquiver with excitement. But Bethesda is apparently looking to build that hype to a fever pitch before Fallout 3's Q4 2008 release. In addition to last month's teaser trailer, Bethesda has added a Fallout 3 theme and picture pack to Xbox Live this week. The theme pack displays the various bits of concept art, including the wasted Washington, DC scene first revealed in May, and runs for 150 Microsoft points ($1.88). Featured in the picture pack are iconic Fallout 3 images of Vault Boy and the Brotherhood of Steel, and it runs for 100 Microsoft points ($1.25).

Simpsons creator makes cameo
It may have taken nearly 20 seasons and more than 400 episodes, but it appears Homer will finally get a chance to meet his maker. Describing the next installment in the long-running Simpsons line of games to Eurogamer, series creator Matt Groening revealed not only that he would be in the game, but also that he serves as a primary antagonist for his creations to defeat. "It's a videogame about videogames; and I'm in the videogame," he said. "I'm a boss that you have to fight at the end of the game. It was really fun recording a million ways of dying, going 'UGGH, ARGGH, EUURGH!'"

GRAW2 gets single-player sampler, goes gold
Last month, Ubisoft gave PC gamers a glimpse of the squad-based action in Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 with a multiplayer demo. Today, the publisher sends word that a single-player demo is now ready for the tactical shooter. In the demo, players will reacquaint themselves with Captain Mitchell in the first level of the game. Ubisoft also revealed that the PC version has gone gold and will ship to store shelves July 17. A highly acclaimed Xbox 360 version of the game was released earlier this year.

Bonus kit for Shock Force revealed
Battlefront.com today announced a preorder package for the next installment in its critically lauded wargame series Combat Mission. Those who order the game in advance will receive $10 off its retail price, as well as a 200-page manual, a mouse pad, and a 14x14-inch map of Syria as portrayed in the alternate-reality simulation. In Shock Force, players will lead a US task force into Syria to restore order after a military coup ousted the country's leadership. Combat Mission: Shock Force is rated T for Teen and is slated to deploy July 27.

45 Comments

  • GHO5T-464

    Posted Jul 10, 2007 6:16 pm PT

    bethesda is the bomb! fallout 3 is gonna be great no matter what anyone thinks, if you read game informer and the other magazines with the game in it, you'll know just how sweet the game's gonna be.

  • cherrybomb257

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 7:32 pm PT

    The only thing Fallout 3 conveys me to do is to vomit in a toilet.

  • DreFullCircle

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 1:24 pm PT

    matt groening's inclusion in the game is genius. it fits in with the show's fourth wall-breaking moments and kicks it up a notch. i'm glad they're taking this latest game in a new direction.

  • interpolred

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 12:30 pm PT

    Hopefully this Simpsons games is good, like Hit & Run was. But hopefully it's not pure driving missions. Some more platforming would be great.

  • Paul_TheGreat

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 10:06 am PT

    I'm glad Sony is doing the same as Microsoft.

  • abu123

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 6:06 am PT

    I hope the simpson game is all about racing like it was before.

  • Reetesh

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 3:08 am PT

    IT will be great if the playable demo at E3 for some of the games will be released on PSN!

  • viliamos

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 2:56 am PT

    Fallout 3 might just be a really good game.. I'm Bethesda is doing it! And Bethesda makes really good games if you ask me!

  • football_legend

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 2:29 am PT

    I am gonna keep tabs on e3 by live! and gamespot.

  • Homes225

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 10:30 pm PT

    Cool Demo.

  • bigmick07

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 10:09 pm PT

    i really must need to upgrade my graphics card if i need 4 times the amount of vRam.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 8:29 pm PT

    I will getting that demo

  • jazilla

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 7:38 pm PT

    Downloads should be free for consoles like the ones we get on PC's via patches and modder creations. No offense to console fans, but I don't buy em anymore.

  • xcollector

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 6:43 pm PT

    EA better not screw up the Simpsons game. I'm nervous because EA is doing it. Remember Simpsons Road Rage?

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 6:39 pm PT

    I wish Bethesda would see through the gamers' eyes and put they themes for free like Rockstar and Epic Games did for GTA IV and Gears of War.

  • asmodeus_z

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 5:58 pm PT

    If Bethesda wants to build up the hype, they should released the picture pack free - especially the iconic Vault Boy!

  • JamesL007

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 5:27 pm PT

    I hope that sony takes a page out of microsoft and does bring it home for the playstation store, I would love to download some new trailers of up and coming PS3 games or listen to the press conference. Peace

  • ptown58

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 5:26 pm PT

    GRAW2 demo ? where, where, ?

  • Aldebaran91

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 5:24 pm PT

    DoctorFu

    what??? no no johnny bravo and Courage the Cowardly Dog is the best show on the planet.

  • Darth_Homer

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 5:03 pm PT

    Every time I hear more about the Simpsons game I want to play it even more...

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