Courtesy of homebrew developer NTAuthority, you can now use your iPhone and iPod Touch to hack the PS3. The PSFreedom codebase has been ported over, with one not-so-small caveat: it only works on 2G and 3G iPhone models and 1G revisions of the Touch.
Additionally, as this is considered a preliminary release, there’s a little bit of manual labor involved in setting things up, as noted in the supplied readme. Nothing terribly daunting, though: more »
As one of the most addictive and well constructed offerings in the RPG space, Final Fantasy is a prestigious household name that needs no introduction. In an effort to expand its offerings in the mobile market, Square Enix decided to take a trip down memory lane, giving iPhone and iPod Touch users an innovative new way to play Final Fantasy I and II – on a touchscreen.
As part of an effort to reinforce its emphasis on digital distribution, THQ announced today that it has renamed its Juice Games and Rainbow Studios development studios to THQ Digital Studios Warringtonand and Phoenix. The two studios will focus their attention towards driving THQ’s presence in the vast and rapidly-growing market of digital distribution.
Specifically, their development duties will entail working on THQ’s “core game brands,” in addition to assisting in the creation of new original intellectual properties. THQ says the first games from both studios are slated for a release in the company’s fiscal 2011 year. As you’d expect, the games are due out on across a variety of digital-focused outlets and platforms, including Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, iPhone, and iPad.
While the PSP and DS aren’t exactly direct competitors to the iPod Touch, Apple is touting the fact that games are cheaper on their platform as a selling point for iPod hardware. During its press conference earlier today, which highlighted the arrival of a third-generation iPod Touch, shown on-screen was a slide pinpointing the “expensive” price points of such titles.
Apple also took a casual jab at both platforms for “no multi-touch user interface” and a minuscule library of games. Not exactly a fair comparison, when considering the quality ratio is lacking on the App Store compared to efforts on PSP and DS. At any rate, it’s interesting to see that Apple is acknowledging portable devices other than their own for once. Perhaps the increased focused on digital distribution with the DSi and PSPgo has edged them towards taking precautionary measures.
Sega America president Simon Jeffery has packed up and left the company to pursue an opportunity at mobile development house Ngmoco as head of publishing.
Helmed by former Electronic Arts exec Neil Young, Ngmoco is launching a publishing network dubbed Plus+, led by Jeffery. As a prominent iPhone developer, Ngmoco will offer to publish and market iPhone titles under its Plus+ brand in exchange for a revenue split based on varying promotion tiers. more »
Oh Kojima, how you tease us so. Turns out, that cryptic teaser was indeed for a new Metal Gear title, but not on the platform many were thinking of. Konami announced today that the series will make its debut on the iPod Touch and iPhone next year in the aptly titled Metal Gear Solid Touch. more »
