Raoul's Archive

Stubborn, disillusioned and unencumbered of a sense of respect for his elders, Raoul rejects the hypocrisy and numbness of the games industry to bring you the latest news, rumors and insights. Although, some say he is a closet Sony fan-boy. You can contact him to set him straight at raoul at innerbits.com.

PS3 1.80 SDK

Posted by Raoul on August 21st, 2007

The 1.80 SDK has been in developers’ hands for a few weeks, and we can now report on the latest progress of the Sony system utilities and their memory usage. On this front, the 1.80 release has been nothing but good news for developers (and indirectly, consumers). This release heralds both a slew of new […]

GTA4 Delay: Analysis

Posted by Raoul on August 10th, 2007

A lot of rumor and speculation has been flying around the announcement of the delay of Grand Theft Auto 4 to 2008. While we can’t offer any comments as to why the game was delayed, it is interesting to examine which players are affected the most by it.
Microsoft put in a lot of money, and […]

Home Tidbits

Posted by Raoul on August 8th, 2007

Several new interesting facts to report on Home, Sony’s upcoming free product for the PS3. None of this is especially earth shaking, but many of our readers would be nonetheless interested:

Currently, Home limits the number of users in a single room to 64. This seems to be a performance related issue as the frame rate […]

PS3 Controller News and Rumors

Posted by Raoul on August 1st, 2007

Several fresh items today regarding the PS3 controller:

We can confirm that prototypes of the new rumble-enabled controllers have made their way to various Sony developers. Information on these controllers is still closely held by Sony and their partners, but an official announcement and unveiling is expected in the next two to three months. Leipzig is […]

Game Developers: Get Heard!

Posted by Raoul on July 26th, 2007

We regularly receive enquiries from current and former game developers out there expressing an interest in discussing issues relevant to the industry or simply wanting to voice an informed opinion on matters of importance to them in their own specific area of focus. Below are some basic guidelines to help you get started. Simply get […]