Jaffe's Calling All Cars Coming Soon

Via Joystiq, the news on David Jaffe's blog is that Calling All Cars will be released soon via the PlayStation Network. The first downloadable title from one of Sony's AAA developers, this marks the start of what should be a string of high-profile games for the service. The initial post about the game 'going gold' appears to have been taken down but Jaffe reviews the reviews that have been released so far, and gives PS3 owners an idea of what they can expect. "Has it been worth the wait? Reviews are slowly coming in, but IGN is calling it 'Sony's first truly original, must-have title on the PlayStation Network' and claiming it bests just about everything on Xbox Live Arcade. Strong words; we'll see for ourselves [this] week."

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1st Party devs - the Nintendo route?

[ZaMoose]

I find it interesting that Nintendo, the ostensible "loser" of the last gen of gaming platforms, relied heavily upon first part offerings in order to keep the Gamecube afloat. To date, they are continuing this trend, but with other companies noticing the Wii's popularity, even holdouts like EA are pitching in to the Nintendo camp. Will this leave Sony at an impasse similar to Nintendo's previous one?

Here's to hoping the Sony 1st parties at least come up with a decent sequel to Twisted Metal Black. The absence of another TM game for the PS2 remains one of the head-scratchers of that platform, at least in my mind.