• BEYOND: Two Souls New Trailer at Tribeca Film Festival

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    BEYOND: Two Souls

    BEYOND: Two Souls

    The upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive game by Quantic Dream, BEYOND: Two Souls, was present at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. David Cage took the stage to reveal around 35 minutes of gameplay showed for the first time in public. Sony has also revealed a new trailer.

    Witness the powerful storytelling and performances that earned BEYOND the first Official Selection by Tribeca Film Festival for a PlayStation exclusive video game

    The trailer titled, Breathe Me, and highlights game protagonist Jodie Holmes (played by actress Ellen Page) on her way while growing up. Be ware, the trailer has a good amount of spoilers if you want to avoid that completely.

    Watch the trailer below:

    Watch the 35-minute gameplay debut below and tell us what you think:

    From the visionary mind of David Cage, director of the award-winning Heavy Rain™, comes the most powerfully emotional experience on PlayStation® 3. A singularly unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances, BEYOND: Two Souls™ takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.

    Born with a connection to a mysterious entity with incredible powers, Jodie was different. In an adventure spanning 15 years of her life, your actions will determine Jodie’s fate as she faces extraordinary challenges, danger, and heartwrenching loss on a journey to discover the truth of who she is. Beyond promises an emotionally-charged journey unlike any video game before.

    • Dive into a gripping and unpredictable psychological action thriller starring Academy Award-nominees Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe.
    • Explore stunning and varied settings across the world in an epic journey through 15 years of a character’s life.
    • Control Jodie and an invisible entity through spectacular action sequences and puzzles with unique controls.
    • Experience cutting-edge technology from Quantic Dream in one of the best-looking games ever seen on the PlayStation®3.

  • Heavy Rain’s Dev Quantic Dream Introducing New Real Time Tech Demo: Kara

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    New Real Time Tech Demo: Kara

    New Real Time Tech Demo: Kara

    The footage you are going to see was created by Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream. It’s not a pre-rendered cutscene but made entirely in real time. CEO and founder David Cage showcased the studio’s new tech at GDC on the PlayStation 3.

    Quantic Dream

    Quantic Dream

    Kara Demo was created by the the studio’s new engine and according to Eurogamer:

    Kara‘s not just the product of new tech and a better understanding of the PlayStation 3’s architecture – she’s also the result of a new approach to motion capture at Quantic Dreams, and an investment in the more sophisticated techniques that have become the norm in Hollywood’s CG industry as the studio moves across to using full-performance capture.

    David Cage had this to say about Kara and what they are trying to accomplish,

    What we call full-performance capture is shooting the body, the voice and face at the same time. Most studios right now in the game industry use what we call split performance, which means you shoot the face and voice on one side and then you use the body, and not in one take

    It works okay – there have been some great games made using this process, and Heavy Rain was done this way. But we felt that if we wanted more emotion, and more performance from the actor we needed to have everything from the same take, and we needed to shoot everything at the same time.

    So we invested a lot in our motion capture studio. Heavy Rain was shot with 28 cameras, and we’ve upgraded the studio to 65 cameras. Now we can shoot several actors – their body and their face – at the same time. It’s not a small change, but at the same time this is how Avatar and Tintin were shot, and it’s how the CG industry works because they know how much you gain from shooting face, voice and body at the same time.

    Kara voice performed by Valorie Curry. Watch the clip, and tell us what you think:

  • Sony Announces PlayStation 3 Official Wireless Headset With 7.1 Virtual Surround Sound

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    Away from all the buzz and security issues Sony seems confident to announce their new official wireless headset / microphone that promises to take game to a higher level.

    The headset features 7.1 virtual surround sound and will be available for about $99.

    The official PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset will be available for $99.99 (MSRP) at retailers nationwide this September. Many more of your favorite franchises, such as Killzone and Gran Turismo, were also designed for surround sound audio. Featuring 7.1 virtual surround sound, the Wireless Stereo Headset lets you hear all the minor in-game audio clues clearly, whether you are in a firefight in a first-person shooter game or racing for the checkered flag.

    Connecting the Wireless Stereo Headset with PS3 is made easy with the included USB Wireless Adapter. Precise volume controls and accessible microphone mute make it so you never have to interrupt gameplay to fumble for buttons. You can easily stay informed about battery status, sound controls, etc. with on-screen headset status updates. On top of that, the Wireless Stereo Headset also offers the highest quality voice chat for crystal clear online conversations. The mic is retractable so you can put it away if you just want to listen to music or play a single player game.

  • iPad 2 Jailbreak By GeoHot is Coming

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    Geohot may be interested in coming back to Jailbreak world as hinted by Chronic Dev Team key member Joshua Hill, and this time to make iPad 2 jailbreak which is the only device left with no solution yet.

    @p0sixninja has tweeted:

    I challenged geohot to dump the iPad2 bootrom before me. Maybe having a worthy opponent will motivate me to work harder =P

    @p0sixninja confirmed that GeoHot has accepted his challenge:

    he accepted, he said he didn’t have an iPad yet but he’s getting one really soon

    This is a good news after Geohot busy days he spent fighting against the lawsuit by Sony for hacking into Playstation 3 firmware and both parties settled down finally, however. Hope we get a  bootrom level exploit instead of userland jailbreak this time.

    We are waiting impatiently as no ETA provided yet.