Develop 08: Elite sequel is scheduled

David Braben has been talking at Develop 08 in Brighton about his forthcoming title The Outsider and the possibility of a new Elite.

Braben says, in this piece at GameSpot, that Elite IV is scheduled - only not until he has finished other projects.

Of course, that doesn't tell us much in terms of whether Elite IV will be PC-bound or will feature on our favourite black monolith, but in case Mr. Braben is reading, we'll point you once again to the incredible middleware from Qube we believe could help realise a 21st century Elite.

LocoRoco Cocoreccho trailer from Develop 07

I couldn't make it down to the Develop Conference this time around, which was especially galling as it was held only 40 minutes away from where I live... oh well.

Fresh from the show though here's a trailer of LocoRoco Cocoreccho as it will be called in Europe at least - otherwise known as LocoRoco 2 or Buu Buu Cocoreccho by LocoRoco. Regardless of what you call it in your region, the gameplay looks as great as ever and check out the numbers in the top left corner... yes, that's up to 200 LocoRocos on screen and under your control at once! Crazy!

Tsutomu Kouno announced as a keynote speaker at Develop

The Develop Conference is nearly upon us, taking place on the 24th to 26th July in Brighton, UK.

Adding to the list of speakers already announced, we're going to hear what the director of LocoRoco has to say about creating the phenomenon. We hope he will go into details about the PS3 version and what is coming in the next instalment of the popular franchise.

Other keynotes come from Richard Garriott of Tabular Rasa and NCSoft fame,
who will be talking about online gaming in general.

Unfortunately we can't be at Develop this year - just a clash of diaries. If you're going to be at the conference drop us a line at news@ps3attitude.com so we can publish your take on anything PS3 related.