Also, Capcom announced that Resident Evil 5 will be set in the nation of Haiti, home to voodoo, zombies, and all that fun stuff. The announcement likely came to give a better explanation of the game’s setting after controversy following the game’s E3 trailer.
- Square Enix showed off many of their upcoming titles, including the upcoming game Lost Odyssey that they are working on with Blue Dragon developer Mistwalker. The game is supposedly going to be 4 discs, with 40-50 hours of game play.
But that's not all, as Square Enix also announced three new Kingdom Hearts titles: Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep for the PSP, Kingdom Hearts: Coded for mobile phones, and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days for the DS.
- Ubisoft didn't have much of a presence at TGS, but they did make one big announcement: they will be publishing No More Heroes in North America. Heroes is the latest title from Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda 51. The title is slated for a February 2008 release.
- A new game company came by TGS to say hello. Called The Easy Company, this Czech-based studio is made up of former employees from Illusion Studios has been around for 14 months. They also came packing info on their first game, a PC racing title called Motorm4x. The game will use 4WD vehicles and each one will have a simulated GPS to act as your guide. The racing fan inside of me is actually pretty intrigued.
- Takashi Morinaka spoke on Koei's Dynasty Warriors 6, stating that online play is currently not built into the game, but that could change. Morinaka also said that the game's A.I. is much improved, and that both your allies and enemies will react to your attack patterns, not just stand around like a bunch of idiots.
- Rumor is spreading that Jonathan Mark, creator of the upcoming title Everyday Shooter, is being talked to by Sony about a multi-game deal for the Playstation Network service. No other details are known at this time, but this would be a pretty big victory for Sony against Microsoft and Xbox Live Arcade, as well as Nintendo and the Virtual Console/WiiWare.
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