Rumor: Konami cancels PS3 Coded Arms

 

Sounds like Konami might have taken the Coded Arms: Assault criticism to heart. The latest rumor suggests that the PlayStation 3 FPS has been canceled. Most reports indicate that Famitsu broke the news, but there has been no official confirmation form Konami. The rumor can be traced back to German site GameFront.
GameFront's original entry is short, and reads (as translated by Google): "The Shooter Coded of arm: Assault of Konami is to appear allegedly no more. That comes out from Japanese trade price lists. Konami did not express itself to the report yet and the attitude of Coded of arm: Assault so far officially does not confirm." From this, it's unclear how Famitsu became involved in the rumor. Perhaps the Japanese magazine published its own report based on the alleged trade price lists; or perhaps Famitsu has been wrongly tied to the cancellation rumor.
True or not, the loss of Coded Arms would hardly deal a crushing blow to PS3's image. Good riddance. (May we remind you that there are more important Konami titles at stake?)

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Source: Rumor: Konami cancels PS3 Coded Arms
Originally published on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:55:00 GMT

Separated at birth?

 

On the right, the new PS3 game Resistance: Fall of Man.

On the left, Alien Brigade for the Atari 7800.

On the right, the new PS3 game Resistance: Fall of Man.

On the left, Alien Brigade for the Atari 7800.

According to atariage.com:

“In Alien Brigade, you must stop an alien force that is preparing to take over the earth by taking over the bodies of US soldiers”

According to me, “In Resistance you must stop an alien force preparing to take over earth by taking over the bodies of British soldiers.” It’s somewhat rare on the Atari console, and garnered pretty high reviews from Atari-type sites. It’s also a light gun game, so that it in of itself is a rarity on systems back then.

Retrosite Flipsiderunner has a full on review up on their site, where I discovered the game looking for asteroids box art. Talk about weird circumstances.

Gameplay and graphicially the games obviously don’t have much in common, but the similarities between the box art story gave me a chuckle.

Nintendo Vs. Sony Stock In 2006

January 2nd, 2007 by Matt Stone

After a record year for Nintendo, both hardware and software wise, the value of its stock doubled in 2006. The DS has been e best seller all year long, while the Wii was the best selling new console this holiday season, where a reported 3 million were sold in five weeks.

Sony’s stock on the other hand, has had a rollercoaster ride in 2006, ending at the same value as it begun in January. There wasn’t one month without bad news for Sony, from defect laptop batteries, to PS3 production issues, delays, and even more delays.