GDC

Nvidia, Havok Team For GPU-Powered Physics Solution

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8583

Looks like a bit of bad news for the standalone card from Ageia…

Sony Confirms PS3 Presence On Show Floor:

PlayStation 3 kiosks, showcasing the latest hardware and development tools for the next-generation console including Unreal Engine, COLLADA, PlayStation Graphics Library (PSGL) and performance analysis tools.

Playable PSP and PS2:

Playable titles, demonstrations of games that highlight the new and unique features of the PlayStation platforms. Games confirmed by Sony to appear in the booth include PS2 and PSP titles including Tourist Trophy, Loco Roco, and Me and My Katamari.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8626

Yay, Loco Roco!

MotorStorm Pimpage, sorry I have to be biased about our game…

Compared to the E3 presentation, the game looked surprisingly like its promise. The game featured buggies and motorcycles running through a rugged desert. The game’s advanced new mud physics were incredible, leaving ruts behind in the mud using real physics. For example, a motorcycle was seen cutting a deep groove in the mud while kicking up muck at a white truck following it. The particle effects, however, were not nearly that level, looking a little temporary at this stage.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/697/697633p1.html

This ought to be a good acid test for crowd reaction – apparently a real-time MotorStorm demo is on display. MotorStorm was one of the most controversial of the E3 videos last year, but early reports from our man (yes, it is a man) suggest that there’s plenty of mud flying around and dust going everywhere, HDR effects and highly detailed visuals. Hmm, mud-slinging… Wheels leave wet mud trails which are persistent, says Harrison; as they dry out, they change the contours of the ground and mess with your suspension realistically. Vehicles get dirty from the mud, with wet spray that dries over time (it’s all very hair-drier-fun-time, isn’t it?), and, naturally, we’re to expect more at E3.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=63535

[Pimp]

“The first thing we saw was a real-time gameplay demo of a buggy. The buggy looked good, but this is where disappointment kind of set in. It sort of looked… eh. It’s a work-in-progress though, but we couldn’t help but think Smuggler’s Run… at least, until they started showing off what makes the title sweet.

As the buggy made its curves around this massive mud field, you could see how the tires would carve into the ground, wet mud kicking up. The mud actually didn’t look all that good as it kicked up, but the carves looked fantastic and realistic. They even slowed the buggy down and showed how each tire moved independently when going over these curves. Great stuff!”

[/Pimp]
http://blogs.gamedaily.com/blogs/PermaLink,guid,ecac1b92-8a84-4b65-b4fc-5f9d9096bd95.aspx?category,Level%208-2.blog

I’m baised but I think MotorStorm looks great, pity all the stuff on the web is low quality.

The Getaway looks nice too, but I’m not interested in it :p