[Shipping Out] October 16th
Uh oh, the Fall juggernaut has officially begun.
Published: October 16, 2007
Welcome to Shipping Out, our weekly notice of all them thar games that ship from publishers to retailers in preparation for their street date a day later. In many cases, these games won't be on store shelves until tomorrow, but in the interest of getting the word out, letting the PR departments have their fancy quotes and saving us sanity as the weekly releases pile up, we're going to be consolidating everything down into one handy little news story at the end of the day, along with this description. Neat, eh? And lazy!
It's the TPS way.
[PlayStation 2]
[Fire Pro Wrestling Returns]
What, doesn't the name kinda say it all? Fire Pro Wrestling! Returns! Yeah, okay, so we're just going off of general sentiment from friends here because even the sight of wrestling games causes our skin to boil and our brains to melt, but apparently FPWR is, like, the best. Game. Ever.
“Fans will definitely love how much they will get out of this game. You can spend hours on top of hours customizing super deep characters and designing every dream match imaginable,” adds Mark Johnson, producer for Agetec, Inc.
Thanks, Mark!
[Thrillville: Off The Rails]
The first Thrillville surprised the hell out of just about everyone (including us) at just how popular a game supposedly aimed at kids was. The concept of building a theme park from scratch and then populating it with coasters and mini-games was apparently far more alluring than one would originally believe.
Unsurprisingly, LucasArts kinda likes making money, so they tapped original developer Frontier Devlopments to whip up a quick sequel, giving us 20 more mini-games, more parks, more coasters (including the new WHOA Coasters) and more goodies. Hooray!
[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]
We're thinking it's probably a scaled-down version of the game you can read more about just a wee bit further down this very page, but until we get our final review copies, we'll never know, seeing as Activision hasn't been too eager to show it off. Probably a good thing considering how [review=585]that last PS2 game turned out[/game].
[PlayStation Portable]
[Thrillville: Off The Rails]
Now you might think this is the same game as the PS2 title of the same name, but you would in fact be completely wrong. Oh, no, wait, scratch that, it's the same game. Except portable. So in actuality it is different and you're still kinda wrong. HA! Take that! We win, wooo!
[PlayStation 3]
[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]
Though there's definitely a new kid in town, Activision's money factor-errr, "#1 best-selling action sports franchise" just keep on keepin' on. This year, developer Neversoft tweaked the Nail-the-Trick mode to include grabs and even manuals, built an all new city based on Philly, DC, and Baltimore and loaded the game with an insanely deep career mode that lets you learn skills as a pro skater, a rigger (read: guy who builds his own stuff to skate on) or a hardcore skater in it just for the joy of skating.
Throw in a tighter online mode, new moves and a video editor and you have something that... well, let's just let Neversoft's head honcho, Joel Jewett do the talking:
“With Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, we are giving gamers the chance to express their personal style like never before,” Jewett explains. “They can do everything from skating the way they want, and producing their own classic videos, all the way to pulling-off the newest Nail the Trick maneuvers and tricking out their skate lounge to hang-out with friends.”
[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition]
What was already awesome has been made... uh, more awesome-er with the inclusion of The Shivering Isles the expansion pack that was released for the PC and Xbox 360 shortly after the PS3 release of the original Oblivion. Granted, PS3 owners got the Knights of the Nine expansion on the disc for free, but it wasn't the complete package. With the Game of the Year Edition, however, all current expansions will be packed on a single Blu-ray disc, providing you with enough hours of gameplay to miss a birthday or two. Ah, but what if you already have the PS3 release of Oblivion? Apparently, Bethesda is working on it.
Publishers: want to make sure we've got your games in our weekly Shipping Out blurbs? Just kick over those shipping press releases to ShippingOut@TotalPlayStation.com and we'll make sure they get tossed into the rotation.
It's the TPS way.
[PlayStation 2]
[Fire Pro Wrestling Returns]
What, doesn't the name kinda say it all? Fire Pro Wrestling! Returns! Yeah, okay, so we're just going off of general sentiment from friends here because even the sight of wrestling games causes our skin to boil and our brains to melt, but apparently FPWR is, like, the best. Game. Ever.
“Fans will definitely love how much they will get out of this game. You can spend hours on top of hours customizing super deep characters and designing every dream match imaginable,” adds Mark Johnson, producer for Agetec, Inc.
Thanks, Mark!
[Thrillville: Off The Rails]
The first Thrillville surprised the hell out of just about everyone (including us) at just how popular a game supposedly aimed at kids was. The concept of building a theme park from scratch and then populating it with coasters and mini-games was apparently far more alluring than one would originally believe.
Unsurprisingly, LucasArts kinda likes making money, so they tapped original developer Frontier Devlopments to whip up a quick sequel, giving us 20 more mini-games, more parks, more coasters (including the new WHOA Coasters) and more goodies. Hooray!
[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]
We're thinking it's probably a scaled-down version of the game you can read more about just a wee bit further down this very page, but until we get our final review copies, we'll never know, seeing as Activision hasn't been too eager to show it off. Probably a good thing considering how [review=585]that last PS2 game turned out[/game].
[PlayStation Portable]
[Thrillville: Off The Rails]
Now you might think this is the same game as the PS2 title of the same name, but you would in fact be completely wrong. Oh, no, wait, scratch that, it's the same game. Except portable. So in actuality it is different and you're still kinda wrong. HA! Take that! We win, wooo!
[PlayStation 3]
[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]
Though there's definitely a new kid in town, Activision's money factor-errr, "#1 best-selling action sports franchise" just keep on keepin' on. This year, developer Neversoft tweaked the Nail-the-Trick mode to include grabs and even manuals, built an all new city based on Philly, DC, and Baltimore and loaded the game with an insanely deep career mode that lets you learn skills as a pro skater, a rigger (read: guy who builds his own stuff to skate on) or a hardcore skater in it just for the joy of skating.
Throw in a tighter online mode, new moves and a video editor and you have something that... well, let's just let Neversoft's head honcho, Joel Jewett do the talking:
“With Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, we are giving gamers the chance to express their personal style like never before,” Jewett explains. “They can do everything from skating the way they want, and producing their own classic videos, all the way to pulling-off the newest Nail the Trick maneuvers and tricking out their skate lounge to hang-out with friends.”
[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition]
What was already awesome has been made... uh, more awesome-er with the inclusion of The Shivering Isles the expansion pack that was released for the PC and Xbox 360 shortly after the PS3 release of the original Oblivion. Granted, PS3 owners got the Knights of the Nine expansion on the disc for free, but it wasn't the complete package. With the Game of the Year Edition, however, all current expansions will be packed on a single Blu-ray disc, providing you with enough hours of gameplay to miss a birthday or two. Ah, but what if you already have the PS3 release of Oblivion? Apparently, Bethesda is working on it.
Publishers: want to make sure we've got your games in our weekly Shipping Out blurbs? Just kick over those shipping press releases to ShippingOut@TotalPlayStation.com and we'll make sure they get tossed into the rotation.