News Playstation 3 Firmware 3.15 Is Available For Download Now
Sony has just released Firmware 3
News Playstation 3 Tops Out Metacritic's Annual Game Platform Power Rankings
Sony's Playstation 3 has beaten out all competition to take Metacritics first annual "Game Platform Power Rankings"
News Heads Up: Modern Warfare 2 Patch 1.06 Available On Playstation 3 Now, Javelin Glitch Dead
Quick update , Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling has just Tweeted that the 15mb Modern Warfare 2 update is available now
News First Dead Space 2 Image Reveals A More Badass Isaac
A teaser for the next issue of GameInformer magazine has shown off a more badass looking Isaac Clarke
Review Planet 51: The Game (PlayStation 3)
The problem with Planet 51: The Game is that, although it's not bad, it's just straight-up boring
News Aliens Vs Predator Coming February 19th
MCV reckons that Rebellion's Aliens Vs Predator will launch on February 19th in three versions: Standard, Survivor and Hunter
News - 2009, Week 50
Friday11th Dec 2009
News Disaster Announcement: PushSquare Computer System Is Borked
Hello from the local library
Yes, library. Since last night, the PushSquare office has been aflame with computer errors, crashes and viruses. This is bad news because it means we can't load up Firefox for long enough to tell you about amazing Playstation games. Boo! After many hours, braving the storms of computer code, the PushSquare technicians...
Thursday10th Dec 2009
News Playstation 3 Firmware 3.15 Is Available For Download Now
Sony has just released Firmware 3
15 so next time you jump onto your PS3 you'll be able to perform a system update. You'll get the ability to play Minis on the big-screen (we've tried it, and they work great) aswell as an easy method of transferring data between PS3 systems - great if you're planning on upgrading from a Phat PS3 to the new Slim...
News Playstation 3 Tops Out Metacritic's Annual Game Platform Power Rankings
Sony's Playstation 3 has beaten out all competition to take Metacritics first annual "Game Platform Power Rankings"
The chart uses Metacritic's powerful critic aggregating tool to find the platform with the strongest games lineup over the past 12 months. With five of the top ten over all games, Playstation 3 games managed a median Metascore of...
News Aliens Vs Predator Coming February 19th
MCV reckons that Rebellion's Aliens Vs Predator will launch on February 19th in three versions: Standard, Survivor and Hunter
The Survivor edition comes in a metal-tin case, and features a code for DLC multiplayer maps, coming post launch. The Hunter edtion includes the same goodies, but throws in a Facehugger model, a Weyland Yutani sleeve badge...
News New LittleBigPlanet Trophies Hint At New Levels & Water, At Last
If there's one game we're itching to stick back inside our system it's LittleBigPlanet
We know there's no excuse for not delving back into the ludicrously whimsical world, after all, people are making great content all the time. We just need that lure of professionally developed content to bring us back. And thankfully, a trophy listing on...
News Pre-Order Just Cause 2 Now, Get Exclusive Stuff For Free
If you're in the UK and itching to get your hands on Just Cause 2, then this won't help you get the game quicker
However, if you preorder now (details through here) you'll get all the following goodies for free: Agency Hovercraft: The ultimate in amphibious transport, the Agency Hovercraft is the most flexible form of transport in the game...
News Confirmed: Dead Space 2 Has Multiplayer, Set Three Years After The Original
RelyOnHorror's posted up an absolute wealth of information regarding EA's upcoming Dead Space 2 from an early subscriber's issue of GameInformer
We don't want to delve into too much detail (buy the magazine!), but we'll tell you a few tid-bits. Firstly, the game is set three years after the original on a massive space station named Sprawl. According...
News Playstation 3 Gets Exclusive Version Of Dante's Inferno, "Divine Edition"
We were reading on a forum recently one posters opinion that EA have the most to prove to the Playstation crowd with Dante's Inferno
We kinda shrugged it off at the time, but the more we think about it, the more it makes sense. Dante's Inferno is a character action game with its formula largely borrowed from God Of War — arguably one of Sony's...
News European Playstation Store Updates: 10th December 2009
Special Offers Until December 17: Killzone 2 Flash and Thunder Pack (was £4
79/5.99 now £2.39/2.99) Killzone 2 Map Pack Bundle (was £9.99/12.99 now £7.99/9.99) SOCOM Confrontation (was £19.99/29.99 now £14.99/19.99) The Last Guy (was £6.29/7.99 now £3.99/4.99) Dark Mist (was ...
News Introducing The Sony Playstation... Gem?
So, we've been referring to Sony's motion control solution as the Playstation Motion Controller for months now
Why? Because, it doesn't really have a name. The word "Sphere" has been thrown about in previous months, but it hasn't really stuck. Now it seems, John Riccitiello -head of EA - might know a little more than the rest of us...
News Nintendo DS Takes Playstation 2's Crown, Becomes Britain's Biggest Selling System Ever
The Nintendo DS is now the biggest-selling UK video games system of all time
According to reports, the DS just passed the Playstation 2's 10.02million sales mark, earning the crown in just over 4 years. That's a crazy impressive feat. Kudos to Nintendo.
News Sony Confirm "Gem" Was A Prototype Name For The Playstation Motion Controller
Worry not folks, it doesn't sound like the Playstation Motion Controller will end up marketed as "Gem," like we rumoured earlier
The term Gem was an early code name for the product, SCEA bossman Patrick Seybold told Kotaku. We havent announced final name at this point.</blockquote> So the debate rages on. What the hell are Sony...
Reminder PixelJunk Shooter's Out Today
Just a quick heads up to let you know that PixelJunk Shooter is out on the Playstation Store today
Our review is online now, read why we think it's great and worthy of 3/4 right here.
Wednesday9th Dec 2009
News Heads Up: Modern Warfare 2 Patch 1.06 Available On Playstation 3 Now, Javelin Glitch Dead
Quick update , Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling has just Tweeted that the 15mb Modern Warfare 2 update is available now
As we posted yesterday, the update fixes the Javelin glitch alongside some other exploits. Quite a few people wrote in yesterday saying they'd stopped playing MW2 until this stuff got fixed. You can jump back in now eh, guys?
Review PixelJunk Shooter (PlayStation 3)
On the surface, PixelJunk Shooter looks like "just-another" dual-stick shooter
But, like the other games in the franchise, Shooter has a twist. In fact while initial impressions may lead you to believe you're going to get a dual-stick shooter, Q-Games' latest has more in common with adventure and puzzle-solving. Shooter is all about physics. And not...
News Jaffe Calls Out Sensationalist Headlines
Blah, blah, blah
To cut a long story short, we posted a story earlier this week about how David Jaffe had broken his long self-sanctioned silence in order to speak out against the ridiculous Australian ratings board. In that piece, we were keen to make note that it was good to see Jaffe back and to hear someone with some balls speak out against the...
News Yakuza 4 Dated, Screened For Japan, Includes Angry People
No sooner than the West get a release date for Yakuza 3, do the Japanese get a release date for Yakuza 4
SEGA's epic franchise will see its fourth iteration launched on March 18th in Japan. There are a ton of new screens for the game through at Gamikaze. Check 'em out. The game looks amazing.
News Final Fantasy XIII Scores 39/40 In Famitsu Magazine
It's fact
It's official. Japan's gaming Bible, Famitsu, has scored Final Fantasy XIII 39/40. One whole point less than Bayonetta then. We're sure that whole lost point isn't exactly tangible; i.e. the game is pretty rad, full-stop. Prepare for Japan to go nuts in the coming weeks.
News Have A Look At Some Soldner-X2: Final Prototype Screens
Eastasiasoft's retro PSN exclusive Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer was as hard to play as its name is to pronounce
Game was bonkers challenging. Thankfully, those of you with a glutton for punishment are due some more this winter when Soldner-X2: Final Prototype launches. And yes, it includes pretty explosions and lots of bullets. More through here.
News God Of War III Embargo Contains La Smackdown
PlaystationLifestyle just pointed out that there is a series of God Of War III content under-wraps after a recent Playstation event
According to information they've garnered from the Playstation Blog's Jeff Rubenstein, there's set to be a big God Of War III reveal in January. Sony has remained scarily tight-lipped about their biggest action property...
News Time Magazine Get Their Game Of The Year List All Wrong (Opinions Are Like Bums & All That)
Who are we to disregard some other publications opinion? Erm, ok, well, maybe we should leave that up to you valued reader
But screw it, we're not a full on editorial site so we're just going to come out and say it: Time Magazine's Top 10 Videogames Of 2009 list is all wrong. It's not that the content is particularly wrong. It's just that it's all...
News A Very Naughty Bear Is Headed To Playstation 3
505 Games has just announced a new project from Wet developer A2M - Naughty Bear
That's right, their upcoming Playstation 3 title is about a bear. A naughty one. In fact, according to a trademark filed by A2M, this bear is violent. And he's stuffed. As in he's a teddy. Apparently the game is all about hurting other bears. It sounds ridiculous. But...
News Check Out A Cluster Of Playstation Power, Amazing
Remember when we posted about the US Air Force's plans to order in 2,200 PS3s to crunch data with? Well, erm, here's a teaser
Kotaku report that the above is a photo of the backroom of the USAF Research Laboratory's information directorate. There are 336 consoles in here. Imagine what those new 2,200 are going to look like. Yush.
News Look, It's More Dead Space 2 Artwork
We really are scraping the barrel for Dead Space news these days
It's just, we want to see Dead Space 2 now. Like, right now. But, we can't. So we'll have to make do with these little teaser images that are floating about the net. You saw the image of a new Isaac yesterday; how about a look at the franchise's mystical "marker."...
Tuesday8th Dec 2009
News First Dead Space 2 Image Reveals A More Badass Isaac
A teaser for the next issue of GameInformer magazine has shown off a more badass looking Isaac Clarke
The magazine will be among the first to detail EA's upcoming horror sequel, Dead Space 2, and it certainly looks like the game's protagonist has come a long way since his wary everyman persona in the original game. Remember, if you want to know more...
Review Planet 51: The Game (PlayStation 3)
The problem with Planet 51: The Game is that, although it's not bad, it's just straight-up boring
Licensed game reviews usually start with the word "terrible." But Planet 51: The Game is not offensive enough to warrant the word "terrible." In fact, for what it does, it fares adequately. The problem is, when an entire game is as...
News Modern Warfare 2 Patch 1.06 In Certification, Fixes Javelin Glitch & Infinite Care Packages
Infinity Ward are finally readying a patch to fix Modern Warfare 2's much-famed Javelin glitch
The glitch, which makes people go really fast and be all explosive, is already in certification according to Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling. Aswell as the Javelin glitch, patch 1.06 will also fix the infinite care package exploit, aswell as stopping...
News Alien Breed Evolution PS3 As Late As June
Team 17 has confirmed to Gamerzines that their franchise reboot, Alien Breed Evolution, will not hit the Playstation 3 until as late as "perhaps June
" The announcement comes after Team 17 announced a December 17th release for the XBLA version of the game, timed exclusivity they contribute to the "way of the world." No offence Team...
News SEGA Confirm Yakuza 3 For Western Release, PushSquare Champers Flows
We don't really need to type much here: Yakuza 3 is coming to the West
Confirmed. In March 2010, SEGA will publish Yakuza 3 exclusively for the Playstation 3 in Europe and America.Yakuza 3 was one of the most requested titles for localisation by our European SEGA community," said SOE's Gary Knight, "So we are delighted to be able to...
Rumour PS3 Firmware 3.15 Launching This Week?
According to unconfirmed reports on NeoGAF, the PS3 is due to get a firmware update this coming December 10th
The NeoGAF thread suggests that the firmware updated, number 3.15, will include a fix for DualShock 3 pairing issues, the ability to transfer data between to PS3s via an ethernet cable and, the afore mentioned ability to play PSP Minis on...
News Viewtiful Joe May Yet Make A Long Overdue Return
According to Platinum Games' Hideki Kamiya, he'd love to make more Viewtiful Joe games
Sadly, as he reveals in an interview with Game Informer, the chances of it happening are slim.Up until very recently I really felt someday I wanted to make a sequel to Okami, and there were others who wanted me to as well, he said. But then the other day I...
News Confirmed: PSP Minis Head To Playstation 3 In Firmware 3.15
As rumoured mere minutes ago, Sony has confirmed that Firmware 3
15 will launch "very soon." As rumoured, the update includes the ability to play PSP Minis on the Playstation 3. If you've already bought some Minis for your PSP, worry not, you'll be able to download them again to your PS3 and enjoy them on the big-screen. The other big...
News Playstation Motion Controller Patent Goes Attachment Mad
It's been a while since we heard about the Playstation Motion Controller (there's no way it's releasing in Spring, right?), so it's perhaps good timing to see some new patents filed by Sony Computer Entertainment
The patent for "Expandable Control Device Via Hardware Attachment" deals with a series of control options. The patent seems to...
News Modnation Racers Beta Coming To US/Europe Soon, New Developer Walkthrough
Sony has announced via the Playstation
Blog this morning that a localised European Modnation Racers beta is planned for 2 weeks in early 2010. According to the European blog, this will include exclusive content to the US version, which is planned for Qore and LBP users from December 18th. There's a new developer walkthrough after the jump...
News This Is What Harry Potter Looks Like In LEGO Form
Finally, a debut trailer for the terribly titled LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4
Ignore the concise wording though, and you have charm galore. Look at it: it's Harry, Ron and Hermione in LEGO form. How can you not like it?
News Don't Groan Just Yet: Dead Space 2 Is Probably To Have Multiplayer
The best thing about Dead Space was the wrought feeling of isolation
We're sure EA and Visceral Games are totally aware of that. Still, the EA studio are hiring a Senior Online Level Designer for the Dead Space franchise on Xbox 360 and PS3. So, what happens when you take the isolated corridors of Dead Space and put them online with other loud...
News Yakuza 3 Announcement Trailer Is All Kinds Of Rad In 44 Seconds
The champers is still flowing from the Western Yakuza 3 announcement mere moments ago, but now we've popped open another cork
SEGA only really needed to show us some cut-scenes glued together alongside ridiculous orchestral music to get us stupidly excited — so that's exactly what they've done. The trailer includes a dude getting stabbed in the...
News New Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition Screens Include Dead Folk
Andriasang has a bunch of new screens for the upcoming Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Presumably, all the screens are from the Lost In Nightmares expansion. More screens right through this bright little clicky text.
Monday7th Dec 2009
News Quantum Theory No Longer Playstation 3 Exclusive, Heading To XBOX 360
Furthering the death of the third-part exclusive, Tecmo has confirmed in Tokyo that their Gears Of War-esque shooter, Quantum Theory, is heading to the XBOX 360 too
The game had somehow found a niche on the Playstation 3, offering the gritty kind-of Gears Of War environments already so common on the XBOX 360. Thus it's interesting to see Tecmo yank...
First Impressions Bayonetta on Playstation 3
After the amount of negative press surrounding Bayonetta on the Playstation 3, we went into SEGA's port of Platinum Games' latest brawler expecting the absolute worst
Perhaps this was the agenda of the press all along. By instilling the harshest of negativity into the consumer's mindset, the game can't realistically ever look as bad as they claim...
News New UFC Undisputed 2010 Game To Be Unveiled At Spike's VGAs
Ok Geoff Keighley
We get it. You think your awards show has lots of cool stuff happening. But for goodness sake, much as we love you, we're getting a bit bored of hearing about you now. Stop using Twitter for five minutes, Geoff. Please. You're making us work. Too much. Don't frown at us. We love your sm
News Hello! Dead Space 2 Is As Officially Official As A Necromorph Is Dead
Savour this moment fellow PushSquarians (for which you will be henceforth known): EA has just confirmed that Dead Space 2 is coming
Like, it's a real thing. We've kinda known that it may exist for a long, long time. But you can't beat those consoling words of confirmation. According to EA, Isaac's going to be "taking the fight to the...
News Just Cause 2 Continues To Look Like 2010's Sleeper Hit Of The Year
Website visitor statistics tell us where public interest lies
For example, a post about Modern Warfare 2 sends the crowds running. But no matter how positive we are about Just Cause 2, no one seems to care. We're sorry Avalanche, but that's just what we're seeing on our end. Still, that's not indicative of the game's quality at all. Hence our...
News Quantum Theory Confirmed For Europe Next Spring
One-time Playstation 3 exclusive Quantum Theory has been announced for European release in Spring
The announcement is hot on the heels of Tecmo confirming the game will be multi-platform. Nothing really else of interest to say at this point, aside from the fact that the game sports a "shape-shifting battlefield." Yeah.
News Analyst Suggests The Unsuggestable, Grand Theft Auto May Have Peaked
We loved Grand Theft Auto IV as much as the next guy, but in all honesty, going back to the game in recent months is hard work
We played for 10 minutes, noticed how sluggish it all was, and put the game back in its box. It'll probably never see the light of day again. It's an odd case, as a game that represented a snap-shot in time. Brilliant within...
News Snore: Modern Warfare 2 Still Top Of The UK Charts
Haven't you bought it yet already? Well, we suppose there's not much else coming out
That's right folks: Modern Warfare 2 is still top of the UK sales charts. Hurrah, whoopee and all that. Fifa 10's second, Assassin's Creed II's third. Not much else to say. Knock yourselves out. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 FIFA 10 ASSASSIN'S CREED II NEW SUPER...
News Pachter Predicts Playstation 3 Hardware Sales Are Up 85% In The US
Pulling out his crystal ball for, presumably, the last time this year; seasoned American analyst Michael Pachter reckons Sony shifted 700,000 PS3 consoles in the last month
That'd be up 85% on Sony's performance in the same period last year.We [Pachter's organisation, Wedbush Morgan] estimate sell-through of 1,050,000 Wii hardware units (down 49%...
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