Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - Posts

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:54 PM

Need for Speed: Carbon Release Date Announced

Electronic Arts announced today that the release date of Need for Speed Carbon will be November 10, 2006, on all consoles (the complete list of platforms below). Developed by EA Black Box in Vancouver, British Columbia, Need for Speed Carbon is EA's next game in the series that will combine Underground and Most Wanted gameplay. The game will be available for the 360, PS3, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, DS, PSP, GBA and PC.

This the first time a Need for Speed game is set in an actual city or location from the real world - Carbon Canyon in California. Another unique thing about this game compared to the other games in the series is that your teammates will have unique characteristics and will help you bring those pesky enemies off the road. All their skills will be very important during the canyon races, especially ramming them off the road.

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:51 PM

Flaw Found In Pelican FM Modulator

A QJ reader, who goes by the name of Kay, sent a word of caveat to PSP owners who purchased the recently-released PSP FM Modulator (or Transmitter, if you want to avoid the redundancy). It was discovered that the said modulator has a bug. Apparently,  it doesn't maintain the audio of Burnout Legends after about a minute of gameplay. So, if you bought the product to let your friends hear the awesome sound effects of the game in your car stereo, then prepare for a face-saving excuse.

Kay said, "I called the techs and we discussed them putting out a compatibility list of games for it. I'll let you know if anything else is put out."

This is bad news for Pelican, who over the past months have gotten the ire of consumers due to the release of faulty PSP power bricks.

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:47 PM

Off-Topic: Disney joins format wars with Blu-ray plan

Upping the ante in the battle for the new generation of DVDs, Disney is to become the first Hollywood studio to provide original, high-definition content in the Blu-ray format.

The company will produce a series of short films, entitled Blu-Scape, which will be shot in high-definition. They will be directed by Louis Schwartzberg, whose previous work includes America's Heart and Soul, a feature-length snapshot of US society.

The shorts will accompany nine movies Disney is expected to release on Blu-ray DVDs this autumn, such as Glory Road, a basketball drama, and Eight Below, a story of survival set in the Antarctic. Disney says the shorts will be "inspired" by these films.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney's decision is a critical step in establishing Blu-ray as the DVD format film fans will have to buy in the future. In recent years, Toshiba and Sony have been battling each other to impose their own versions - Toshiba with HD-DVD and Sony with Blu-ray.

The rivalry is heated because big money is at stake. In the US alone, it is expected that consumers will spend $10bn (£5.4bn) on new generation DVDs by 2010. The battle is reminiscent of the 1980s showdown between VHS and Betamax to become the standard videotape format - which ended with VHS's overwhelming market dominance. Disney's expected announcement will make it the fourth studio to announce DVD releases on Blu-ray, tipping the scale in favour of the format. The HD-DVD has so far three backers.

Guardian Staff & agencies
July 18, 2006

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