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DoA Ultimate Joins World Cyber Games Sure, you're good -- but could you be a contender? By David Adams January 24, 2005 - The World Cyber Games will include two new titles for the 2005 competition in Singapore, according to an announcement from the WCG Committee today. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Dead or Alive Ultimate join the official list of the competition, which is expected to draw 1.25 million players. The new titles replace Unreal Tournament 2004 and Project Gotham Racing 2, which were part of last year's roster. Release Details for Tecmo Twosome Fights and frights coming to Europe in February. Tecmo is one of only a few Japanese developers that have experienced success on Xbox. And while other companies focus their attention on PlayStation 2, Tecmo is readying two more games for release in Europe on the rival console.  Dead Or Alive Ultimate is a compilation of earlier instalments in the popular Dead Or Alive 3D fighting game series. The package contains reworked versions of the original Dead Or Alive and Dead Or Alive 2, both of which have had support for online multiplayer over Xbox Live added. IGN Xbox: We know about a number of Team Ninja projects in the works (Code Cronus, DOA 4, Ninja Gaiden 2). What order can we expect them in? Which is next? Itagaki: DOA 4 is the main project for now. Without DOA4, there will be no Ninja Gaiden2, DOAX2 or Cronus. IGN Xbox: What aspects of the Dead or Alive series do you want to change? In other words, what can we expect from DOA 4? Itagaki: Increased soothing sensation. Sensation for the intellect and visual sense. IGN Xbox: Some people love the reversal system, others aren't big fans. Will reversals be changed at all in DOA 4? Itagaki: DOA is made for people who love DOA. This is my answer. IGN Xbox: You've introduced new characters in both DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball and Ninja Gaiden. Any chance that these characters will appear in DOA 4? Itagaki: Anything is possible. I just came out of a planning meeting where we talked about this exact issue. IGN Xbox: DOA 2 had in-game cut-scenes for endings and DOA 3 had some awesome CG movie endings. Which will we get for DOA 4? Itagaki: I'm going to make a pre-rendered ending movie. It's going to be really good. I'll be in China next month to photograph some locations for Lei Fang's ending CG. IGN Xbox: How will the arenas differ in DOA 4? Will they be larger? More interactive? Will they affect a fight even more than they do now? Rob Fahey 15:28 11/22/2004 Nakamura predicts Xbox 2 success, accuses Sony of losing focus on videogames Junji Nakamura, president of Japanese publisher Tecmo, has slammed Sony's plans for the PlayStation 3, accusing the firm of allowing its ambitions in the home appliance space to overshadow its commitment to games. Speaking to investors at a conference held by the firm to mark its half-yearly results, Nakamura-san also expressed his confidence in Microsoft's ability to build on its experience with Xbox and succeed in the next generation. "There's not much information from Sony," he told a questioner who asked about the firm's progress on next-generation development, according to a report on Bloomberg Japan. "The situation with Microsoft is very different." Speaking directly about PlayStation 3, he said that "the CPU was developed for a next-generation game machine, but the hardware is conceived by an appliance manufacturer... I feel that they're probably trying to use games as a way to increase their power in the home appliance industry." |
