Fracture News

For:Xbox 360  Also On: PS3 Release Date: 9 October 2008

Initial hurdles of PS3 development have now been overcome.

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At an event for LucasArts' Fracture last week it didn't slip anyone's attention that the game was only playable on Xbox 360, but according to the game's assistant producer Jeffrey Gullett this wasn't to do with the PS3 game lagging behind in development.

Speaking about initial development of Fracture on PS3 Gullett said: "It was one of those things that was really sort of challenging and scary at first," but he want on to say that the team has "gotten over most of the major hurdles and now we've had them running side by side simultaneously, and they look flawless."

So, will gamers be able to spot one game as the superior version? According to Jeffrey we won't.

"You can't even tell the difference," he said. "We've managed to pretty much get everything that we've put into the 360 version in the PS3 as well."

It seems memory is to blame for the problems the team faced at the start of development on PS3, with Gullett stating that "the big thing with the PS3 that I think all the developers are struggling with is when it comes to memory".

To see for yourself if both versions look the same you'll have to wait for the game to hit stores in September/October this year, or play the demo due for release around August.

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RecoN

Here comes the fanboy's! *Tuts*
Posted 14:09 on 03 June 2008
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sweetchild

"the PS3 can display twice as much stuff as the 360?" That is total falsehood. The 360 is the superior machine.
Posted 16:35 on 02 June 2008
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Karlius

Fact is not an excuse!
Posted 09:28 on 02 June 2008
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@ RecoN

I agree. I mean didn't the ghostbuster devs say that the PS3 can display twice as much stuff as the 360? Well I would like them to do that.
Posted 16:45 on 01 June 2008
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WAJ

Just get MS to pay 50 million dollars for a difference in multiplat titles.
Posted 15:12 on 01 June 2008
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RecoN

Im getting a bit bored of devs making games identical when the consoles should have differences to there advantage. Cant wait for this game though :)
Posted 14:13 on 01 June 2008
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Wido

Nice to hear that the PS3 is getting fracture, it does look good. I'm very interested in how the game engine performs, seeing as there not using a regular day to day basis of the Unreal Engine 3.
Posted 13:59 on 01 June 2008