Sega announces World Pool 2007

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 | 2:09 PM
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Sega today announced World Pool Championship 2007 for PSP, PS2, Xbox 360 and PS3. Hopefully they'll concentrate on the graphics the upcoming months, considering how it looks compared to Table Tennis. The game will be released this autumn, so they still have time. First images inside.

Next-gen images

PSP images

Se777eN

Commented on 2006-04-27 14:33:08

MAn i hope there not the Gfx there bloody awful.

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Ezekiel_Xz

Commented on 2006-04-27 14:44:33

lol hmmmmm those nextgen sure look current gen. You sure they aint ps2 shots?

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twoism

Commented on 2006-04-27 14:50:09

Well they are in 720p resolution... that scares me though.

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WooHoo

Commented on 2006-04-27 14:53:47

That looks utterly pathetic. I don't think it will improve that much. It should look stellar.

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xiler8er360

Commented on 2006-04-27 14:54:03

it almost looks like they were in a lower res and then scaled to 720 as its that bad at the moment.

so many jpg compression artefacts on screen 5.

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jamesbee

Commented on 2006-04-27 15:04:22

I got to play 3 hours or so with Rockstar Table Tennis a few days ago and I can tell you it's the bar for Next Gen sports games visually. It looks amazing, never seen such detailed player models and such fluid animations and cloth dynamics. Really fun game too!

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Acert93

Commented on 2006-04-27 15:12:04

This should be an XBLA title...

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school

Commented on 2006-04-27 15:13:19

Don,t look next gen, i would class those screen as current gen.

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Nomis1

Commented on 2006-04-27 15:28:32

And why is Steven Hendry sitting behind his seat?? lol

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satoshi

Commented on 2006-04-27 15:41:01

sega...wtf?
vf5 and vt3 dont look like a big gfx leap but this looks like.....

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Kronth

Commented on 2006-04-27 16:27:35

Doesn't look any better than Bankshot to me.
Unless it has ALOT more gaming options, this one is a pass for me.

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Panzer83

Commented on 2006-04-27 16:45:23 In reply to Ezekiel_Xz

Posted by Ezekiel_Xz

lol hmmmmm those nextgen sure look current gen. You sure they aint ps2 shots?

It's a bloody billiards game......

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munkieNS

Commented on 2006-04-27 16:52:32 In reply to twoism

This is from the same company that brought us Virtua Tennis 3 and Virtua Fighter 5, right? Good Lord, did they forget to change the graphics from the PS2 version? Look at Table Tennis if you need an idea of fantastic graphics in a small environment like this.

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LightHeaven

Commented on 2006-04-27 17:36:15

Blim, the sega e3 site says its only for Ps2 and PSP:

World Pool Championship 2007 will be available on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and World Pool Challenge 2007 will be available on the PSP™ portable entertainment system.

http://www.sega.com/e3/2006/announcements_tp.php?i...

Are tou sure about the next gen part?

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rjpaez

Commented on 2006-04-27 17:56:07

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Splicer261

Commented on 2006-04-27 17:58:48

People actually buy pool games? i thought it was just a myth

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LEBATO

Commented on 2006-04-27 18:04:21

When will the ports stop!?

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bloodforge

Commented on 2006-04-27 18:27:51 In reply to LEBATO

Posted by LEBATO

When will the whining stop!?

Fixed.

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INDIGO

Commented on 2006-04-27 20:13:05

It better be cheap. Bankshot 2 is already a great billiards game.

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BrianGr1ff1n

Commented on 2006-04-27 21:05:22

ummm i think the 360 arcade pool game is every bit as good as this ($4 worth of credits?)

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Strongbad

Commented on 2006-04-27 21:36:35

What?? They're not even trying...

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chewbacaattack

Commented on 2006-04-27 21:43:19 In reply to bloodforge

Posted by bloodforge

Fixed.

When developers get their asses moving?

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Aquan0x

Commented on 2006-04-27 21:52:30

I know that gameplay is everything, control's reponse are the most important thing, blahblahblah... but this... I'm sorry but this is the most pathetic looking next-gen game I have ever seen.

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Prez

Commented on 2006-04-27 22:48:27

lol
Who cares?
Play San Andreas, there is a Pool Game aswell.

Next Gen Images are looking poor.

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Prez

Commented on 2006-04-27 22:52:09 In reply to Aquan0x

Posted by Aquan0x

I know that gameplay is everything, control's reponse are the most important thing, blahblahblah... but this... I'm sorry but this is the most pathetic looking next-gen game I have ever seen.

Yeah, and it wont change till Release.
But i dont think anybody cares abot a billard game.

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