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Ubisoft announces Beyond Good and Evil HD
Sadly it’s not BG&E 2, but an HD rerelease of the 2003 original (For Xbox, PS2, GameCube, and PC: Watch the trailer).
It could be in anticipation of a major announcement about the sequel that was originally teased in 2008 and has since been rumored canceled on and off for the past year or two because of a total media blackout. This footage leaked back around E3 2009 and was never shown officially.
“BG&E” is often called a “Zelda clone that is better than Zelda”. I’m sure Zelda fanboys would disagree, but it’s one of the great games that you just shouldn’t miss-out on. Thankfully this already beautiful game is being rereleased in HD for download on Xbox Live and PSN sometime in 2011 so you can check it out if you missed it the first time.
Hopefully a new HD trailer will be out soon, I’ll be sure to post it.
Night Watch & Day Watch Trailers (HD).
Direct links: Night Watch Trailer | Day Watch Trailer.
A cool 2-part Russian sci-fi movie saga that any geek should see. I was reminded of how much I like them while browsing my Blu-Ray movie Wish List on Amazon, so I found the trailers.
The first trailer tries to promote it as more of a Vampire horror flick, but it’s really just a somewhat dark action sci-fi focused on supernatural characters.
Gizmodo got it’s hands on a new 2010 iPhone prototype. Looks great. Let’s see if Apple gets them to pull the post and photos.
UPDATE: A great blog post by Andy Ihnatko about this leaked device. He speculates that if it is indeed real, this may not be a finished shell design due to a few cues that make it look a bit cheaper than standard Apple hardare. He also brings-up ethical implications that Gizmondo seems to have ignored by keeping this prototype for at least a week without returning it to Apple, and then posting about it to obviously drive traffic.
I might also add that the round volume buttons really through me off… They look out of place, and very “un-Apple” along with the gaps in the metal frame. It reminds me of the PSP. I don’t mind the basic more flat and simple design, but it’s those few details that come to the surface that make it look like either a fake or early’ish pre-production prototype.
WipEout HD Expansion Pack preview. Looks great and has great music as usual. [via PlayStation Blog]
Apple.com HD movie trailers on your PS3 (with a Mac)
Yesterday night I just had to put the new 1080p Star Trek and Watchmen trailers on my PlayStation 3 so I could enjoy the new trailers on my 40” 1080p TV at near Blu-Ray quality. The best source for 1080p trailers is Apple.com/trailers. (If you don’t have QuickTIme pro to save the trailers you can use this site http://www.davestrailerpage.co.uk)
I use MediaLink to get my video files onto my PS3 from my Mac. The only issue is that the PS3 does not support QuickTime .mov files. After a bit of research and a few failed attempts at re-encoding trailers in MP4 format I discovered that you don’t need to re-encode the trailers if you use the right tools.
MPEG Streamclip is all you’ll need. Just drop the downloaded .mov trailers in MPEG Streamclip and select “File > Save As..” and pick MP4 as the format you want to save as. It will only take a moment to save the file and the trailer will be ready to play on your PS3.
Note that if you are using MediaLink over WiFi; your router is likely too slow to play the HD videos from your Mac over the network without sputtering and skipping, you should copy the file to your PS3 before playing.
Netflix “Watch Instantly” Now Available to Mac Users
The beta is now open to Netflix subscribers. (See link for details) Worked great during the minute I tested it, I can’t wait to test it more. Between this and the new Xbox 360 firmware later this month I’ll be in Netflix heaven.
WipEout HD Hits PS3 Sep 25
OMG! The torrent of great games starts this month. WipEout HD will be $20 for download on PSN in just over a week. I was a big fan of the first PSP version; WipEout Pure so I’m really excited for this. [Via PS3Fanboy]
