News Clutching At Straws: Mass Effect 2 Source-Code Hints At Playstation 3 Version
If you ever wanted to clutch at straws regarding the release of an "exclusive" game, then now is the time
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News Want To Know About God Of War III's Sex Mini-Game? [Spoilers?]
The ESRB rating for God Of War III has outed the game's sex mini-game; a common staple for the God Of War franchise
Review BioShock 2 (PlayStation 3)
Set some ten years after the original Bioshock, Rapture is now being led by the menacing Sofia Lamb
News Heavy Rain's Female Cast Are Definitely Not Just "Eye Candy"
NowGamer's Samuel Roberts recently posted a critique on the portrayal of women in Quantic Dream's forward-thinking noire-thriller Heavy Rain
Review Dante's Inferno (PlayStation 3)
Loosely based on the medieval poet, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy provides the basis for Visceral's latest release
News - February, 2010
Saturday27th Feb 2010
News Listen To Some Terrible Metal Music From The God Of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition
The God Of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition comes with practically everything but the kitchen sink
That means you get some heavy metal with it, yo. You can totally sample those tunes by heading over to AOL Radio's, erm, Metal Mosh Pit (sigh) Station. We played one of the songs for all of, oooh, ten seconds. It was horrific.
News David Jaffe Reacts To God Of War III With A Firm "Holy Hell!"
For those of you who have followed David Jaffe's recent interviews with Kotaku and 4Guys1Up, you'll know the God Of War creator is yet to play the final version of God Of War III yet
So it's pretty interesting to see him react to the latest footage uploaded by GameTrailers TV yesterday. Obviously, whilst still not being directly connected to the...
News Blur Looks A Bit Better In Its Latest Trailer
It's a funny one Blur
It's coming from a team with a fantastic heritage — the Metropolis Street Racer and Project Gotham Racing franchises were both absolutely fantastic. But Blur's never looked quite so exciting; particularly not for a Bizarre Creations game. This latest trailer makes more sense however. It's clear Bizarre are aiming for a super...
Feature Multiplayer Cross-Over Is A Bit Of A Nightmare - "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
It seems to me that every video game has multiplayer these days
More or less. And even when it's debateable whether a game should have multiplayer (Bioshock 2 springs to mind), the resulting component tends to be rather impressive. But that causes its own sub-set of problems, particularly for someone like myself who has to play through multiple...
Friday26th Feb 2010
God Of War III really will result in chaos
Not because of Kratos' plight, but simply because this baby looks better than every other video game out at the moment — every other non-Sony developer must be pretty nervous. The latest footage comes as part of a GameTrailers TV special, in which host Geoff Keighley visits Sony's Santa Monica studio,...
News Resident Evil: Gold Edition Tops Japanese Software Charts, Heavy Rain Breaks Top Ten
The Japanese software chart is surprising on two counts this week
Firstly, apparently people are still way into Resident Evil. Despite essentially being a re-release of a year old game, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Alternative Edition in Japan) has debuted top of the Japanese software charts selling a whopping 143,339 copies. The PSP's God Eater...
News Continue Your Yakuza 3 Preperation With A Yakuza 4 Demo On The Japanese Playstation Store
Hey folks, how are you finding the wait for Yakuza 3? Yeah, it's been a long year hasn't it? Still, at least we have a firm March release date to look forward to an announcement of a demo for, erm, Yakuza 4
Yep, Yakuza 4 is on the horizon for Japan, so if you have a Playstation Store account for the region you'll be able to check out the next...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 25th February 2010
Special Offers Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix ($7
49) Hero of Sparta PSP mini Permanent Price Drop ($4.99, original price $6.99) Let's Golf PSP mini Permanent Price Drop ($4.99, original price $6.99) Warhawk ($14.99) Warhawk Booster DLC Bundle ($9.99) Warhawk Fallen Star, Broken Mirror, & Omega Dawn DLC ($4.99)</ul> PSone...
News Jacky-Boy Tretton: Heavy Rain's Gonna Sell "Incredibly Well"
You know, there was a time when we would have scoffed at Jack Tretton's comments regarding Heavy Rain's sales
But now, not so. Tretton has told FastCompany that Heavy Rain will sell "incredibly well", and he's absolutely right. In fact, from what we're hearing around the world it already is. When the game was announced in 2008, we really...
News Dead Or Alive: Paradise Is Heading To Europe On April 2nd
Hooray
If, like us, you're madly excited about ogling ridiculously hot polygonal characters on your PSP while riding the train — you're in luck. Tecmo's announced that Dead Or Alive: Paradise is coming to Europe on April 2nd. Wahey!
News Transformers: War For Cybertron Is Heavy On Optimus Prime, Kinda Awesome
It's been a long time since that semi-decent Transformers game on the PS2
What with the recent Bayformers movies, we'd given up hope of a more traditional Transformers experience. Thank goodness for High Moon Studios, who appear to be keeping our dream alive with Transformers: War For Cybertron. The big shoot-out with Omega Supreme at the end...
News New Gran Turismo 5 Screens Are Typically Pretty (Surprise!)
Above is a picture of cars driving on a race track
They are being rendered by the unbelievably pretty Gran Turismo 5 engine. You can see more through the link at GTPlanet. Can we have a release date now, please?
Thursday25th Feb 2010
Review Half-Minute Hero (PlayStation Portable)
Half-Minute Hero is an innovative, self-referential, comic gem, that just so happens to double as one of the best Playstation Portable titles of all time
Yes, it really is that good. If we were to review Half-Minute Hero in one word, we'd probably write something like: buy. And really, that's all you need to say about Opus' latest PSP gem. It's a...
News God Of War III Gets Unsurprisingly Brutal Trophies
TheSixthAxis has stumbled upon the semi-complete list of trophies you can expect to unlock whilst playing God Of War III next month
As anticipated, the trophies sound particularly brutal, with unlocks for a 1,000 hit combo and beating the game on "Titan" mode. There are sixteen, presumably story related, secret trophies in addition to the...
News Castle Crashers Still Totally Coming To The PS3, Includes Volley Ball
It's been a while since we got an update regarding Castle Crashers, but a post on the European Playstation Blog has confirmed that, yes, it's still happening hurrah
In addition to the game actually existing, the fine folks at The Behemoth have disclosed details of a new volley ball game that is being added into the Playstation 3 version of the game...
News THQ's Metro 2033 Not On Playstation 3 Due To "Business Reasons"
4A Game's Hew Beynon has commented on the reason Metro 2033 is not coming to the Playstation 3
In an interview with VG247 he cites "business reasons" for the decision, but explains that there is no reason why the game couldn't come to PS3. He said:Thats probably more of a business decision, and one that I wasnt part of when I was at...
News Heavy Rain Players Encountering Some Technical Issues
Honestly, we can categorically state we played through Heavy Rain without any noticeable glitches
Sadly, that doesn't appear to be the case for everyone though, as it appears some people are having technical issues with the game. From freezing, to out-of-sync audio, you can guarantee there's someone complaining about it right now - most likely on...
News MAG Patch 1.03 Arrives At Some Point Today, Looks Big
MAG will be upgraded to 1
03 today. Hurrah. That means we get to dissect a massive list of upgrades to our now-favourite online shooter. The upgrades are "dramatic" according to Zipper, and it certainly looks like they've gone to town with improving the experience. Which of course, is totally awesome news. We'd summarise the updates here,...
News SNK Announce King Of Fighters XIII, Some People Cheer
King Of Fighters XII was ok, but kind of a let-down
Let's hope then, that SNK Playmore can hit the jackpot with King Of Fighters XIII - which was announced last night. Aside from the game running on the Taito Taito X2 hardware system, details are scant. We're sure there will be more in the coming weeks.
News Playstation Home Having Difficulty Attracting Advertisers
Playstation Home is actually a pretty busy service considering
Sure, when the Home open beta launched what seems like an eternity ago, it was pretty sparse. But since then the space has grown quite a lot, still not quite delivering on its potential, but still giving users plenty to do. Sadly, according to Brand Week the service isn't quite...
News Alpha Protocol Is Still A Video Game Product You'll Be Able To Buy
Update @ 19:21GMT: SEGA Europe's told us that the game will hit European stores on the 28th May
Awesome.</em> Following a hefty delay, SEGA's announced that Alpha Protocol will finally hit US stores on June 1st. The game was originally due in Q4 of last year, but has been MIA in more recent weeks. Obsidian's espionage RPG will put players in...
News Heads Up: There's A God Of War III Demo On The Playstation Store
If you still haven't played the E3 demo of God Of War III, now's your chance
It's available on the European Playstation Store. Go download it if you've yet to try out the third iteration of Kratos' journey. It's a shame it's not a new demo, but that E3 build was mighty polished.
News Split/Second Coming In May Yo, Promises Big Explosions
Disney Interactive announced last night that Split/Second is coming on May 18th, yo
This is properly amazing news because, well, Split/Second looks amazing. In not so amazing news, a dumb sub-heading has been stuck on the end of the European title, plonking the word "Velocity" on the end. Worry not though American gamers, you'll not have...
News European Playstation Store Updates: 25th February 2010
Special Offers Until March 4: Marvel vs
Capcom 2 (was £11.99/14.99 now £5.49/6.99) Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD (was £11.99/14.99 now £5.49/6.99) Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Old West Map Pack (was £7.99/9.99 now £3.99/4.99) Tom Clancy's End War Faction Elite Pack (was £3.19/3.99 now ...
Wednesday24th Feb 2010
News Check This Out: Olympique Lyon Wear Heavy Rain Branded Football Shirts
Over the weekend, French football team Olympique Lyon thrashed fellow league rivals Sochaux 4-0
They did this whilst wearing Playstation 3, and more specifically, Heavy Rain branded shirts. Awesome. It's part of the latest craze in European football, where teams change their sponsor on a match-to-match basis. It's weird seeing Heavy Rain on a...
News Yakuza 3: Now With Less Hostess Clubs
Sadly, SEGA's confirmed to IGN that the Western release of Yakuza 3 will have less content than the Japanese version
Apparently, due to time constraints and cultural differences, the hostess clubs have been removed from the experience. Hostess clubs are somewhat a Japanese tradition, in which males essentially pay for female company. Sure it sounds...
News Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Rated By The ESRB, Coming To PS3
Swell
An ESRB rating for Telltale's Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse on PS3 has hit the Internet according to VG247. Even more mysteriously, the listing has since been removed. It would be the first time a Sam & Max title hit the PS3, and will likely be distributed via the PSN, like the past two seasons which were put on XBOX Live Arcade...
News No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise Gets A New Trailer
Mere moment after getting an official Japanese release date, Marvelous Entertainment has released a new trailer for the upcoming PS3 port of No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise
It features pretty much everything you'd expect from Suda 51's creation: swords, tattoos and ladies. In all, it looks pretty rad.
News So Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Really Is Metal Gear Solid 5...
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a Playstation Portable title
It has no "number". But apparently there was a time when the game did. Look at this logo. It's an old one that was posted on Kojima Productions' developers blog by Jiro Oishi. It says "Metal Gear Solid 5" on it. As we all know, the number was dropped before the E3...
News Terrible News: Sony Computer Entertainment No Longer Called Sony Computer Entertainment
Update @ 11:18GMT: In light of further press releases and what-not we're actually really bloody confused
But what we understand is that Sony Computer Entertainment will become SNE, then the Playstation business will be separated back out into a new company called, erm, Sony Computer Entertainment. Ridiculous, right? That's what appears to be the...
News GameTrailers TV Blow Out God Of War III This Week
Geoff Keighley's promised to blow the lid off God Of War III this week, with an episode of GameTrailers TV coming straight from Sony Santa Monica
In the teaser trailer Geoff promises an exclusive gameplay blowout, aswell as an interview with God Of War III director Stig Asmussen.
News No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise Coming To PS3 On April 15th
We're personally hotly anticipating the port of the original No More Heroes onto PS3
And it's exciting to see the game get dated for release on April 15th in Japan. Which is awesome if you want to play the game in HD. The game will have English voices and Japanese text. A Western release isn't terribly likely.
News Leaked Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Screenshots Are Practically Brimming With Win
Study the above image carefully
It is from Sonic The Hedgehog 4 (shhh, don't tell, it's kinda leaked). It depicts an old-school boss battle with the Eggman himself. It looks properly amazing. There's more through here, only, don't tell.
Tuesday23rd Feb 2010
News Heavy Rain's Female Cast Are Definitely Not Just "Eye Candy"
NowGamer's Samuel Roberts recently posted a critique on the portrayal of women in Quantic Dream's forward-thinking noire-thriller Heavy Rain
Having played the game to death already for review here in the PushSquare office, we took issue with Samuel's particular point. [Some very mild spoilers through the link] Without wanting to tread too far...
News Dude Behind Black: "Current First-Person Shooters Are Boring!"
You may have heard that Stuart Black, the dude that created PS2 shooter Black, is now working with Codemasters on a new FPS IP
Indeed, the likelihood is that Codemasters' latest will be a spiritual successor to the popular Black. And the dude has fire in his belly, as he's told OXM he's bored of current shooters:"There's a lot of cover-based...
Rumour Killzone 3 Coming This Christmas
The Killzone 3 rumours apparently will just not die
According to Play.TM, Killzone 3 is due this Christmas and will support both 3D and Playstation Motion Controller support. To be honest, there probably couldn't be a better franchise for Sony to push their latest technology (particularly 3D), but is a Christmas slot to soon for Killzone 3? Well the...
News Blimey: Warner Bros Buy Arkham Asylum Developers Rocksteady
Good grief Rocksteady
First you were an unknown, developing a game published by Eidos. Then all of a sudden you're winning awards and being bought by Warner Bros. Just shows what happens when your studio make an amazing game. That's right, newly crowned big boys Rocksteady have been bought by Warner Bros, and are currently hard at work on a sequel...
News Visceral Games To Focus On One Project Per Year, Working On PSN Titles
Perhaps corroborating rumours we heard earlier this month, Visceral Games has announced they are working on PSN titles alongside their big-box release Dead Space 2
Just like the packaged goods space and the big AAA space, [the download PSN market] comes down to quality and innovation and being able to bring something thats interesting to the...
News Final Fantasy XIII "Superior" On The Playstation 3 According To Insomniac
Shhh, let us tell you a secret: we're playing Final Fantasy XIII right now and
.. What's that? Oh yeah, we're still not allowed to talk about it. But we can talk about what other people say about the game. And that includes the opinion of Insomniac's James Stevenson, who reckons the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII is "superior" to the...
News God Of War III Will Not Have A Mandatory Install
Sony's exclusive developers have once again shown why they are the some of the best in the world, announcing that God Of War III - despite being a complete graphical powerhouse - will not have a mandatory install like other PS3 titles
It'll need 5MB to save your game data, but, yo, we're sure you can spare that. God Of War III's due out next month.
News Check Out SCEE's Heavy Rain Commercial [It's Pretty Alright]
Surprise
Sony are going to actually promote Heavy Rain as a product. On the television. Blimey! Sony, television, advertising? Who'd have thunk it, eh? That advert sticks with SCEE's "Start" tag-line, still not as good as the "Only Does Everything" commercials in America, but the more serious tone probably fits this game...
News Look, It's A Trailer For The Prison Break Game
Y'know, we have to confess we've not watched much Prison Break before
We assume it's probably all about prison and stuff though. Certainly the latest trailer for Prison Break The Conspiracy leads us to believe that. The game's coming from Deep Silver and is due for release on March 26th. Gah March. Why does everything have to come out in March?
News Awesome News: Borderlands DLC Coming To PSN This Week
Oh hell yes
We're ready for more Borderlands - and that's exactly what we're going to get this week. Gearbox has announced that the latest pack, The Secret Armory Of General Knoxx, will launch on PSN this coming Thursday. That's like, 2 days away guys! It'll cost $8.99 on the American store, so expect something like £7.99 here in the UK. We'll have...
News Playstation Motion Controller "Could Work Fantastic" With Red Steel 2
The first Red Steel game on Nintendo Wii was a bit of disappointment
The follow-up looks hella awesome. And Ubisoft reckon it "could work fantastically" well on Sony's upcoming Playstation Motion Controller. He told VideoGamesDaily:I think it could work fantastically with the Sony wand, he said. With this kind of game you need a...
There's no denying that as Sony faithfuls we've seen the Playstation Motion Controller lose all its buzz since E3 because of a barrage of Microsoft press regarding the Natal motion controller
Interestingly, shortly after both Sony and Microsoft's presentations at E3, gamers perception was little different — most coming away extremely impressed...
News Playstation Portable Lineup To Be "Robust" In 2010
Remember the PSP? Yeah, there's not been so much great content on the system early this year, but it had a rip-roaring lineup in 2009
Sony's Rob Dyer reckons players shouldn't worry, as the PSP will be getting a pretty "robust" lineup in 2010. He told IndustryGamers:I think we had a great lineup last year, said Dyer. The biggest...
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Monday22nd Feb 2010
Review Aliens vs Predator (PlayStation 3)
Aliens vs Predator is an exciting prospect
It sees original UK-based developers Rebellion return to the franchise that made them known in the first-place. Aliens vs Predator was a massive hit when it launched on the Atari Jaguar - and later the PC - in the mid-late 1990's. With three completely separate single-player campaigns, Aliens vs Predator...
News Bioshock 2 Single Player & Multiplayer DLC Announced By 2K
There's new DLC incoming for Bioshock 2
And while the first batch is totally all about the multiplayer, 2K's promised there is single-player DLC incoming too. 2K described the "on-the-horizon" single-player pack as a means to provide more narrative, new tools and new challenges that extend the lore and fiction of the failed Utopia under...
News Aliens vs Predator Shoots Straight To The Top Of The Pops... Erm, Charts
Another week and another shooter has taken the crown from Ubisoft's current Wii phenomenom, Just Dance
Amazingly for Rebellion, Aliens vs Predator has become the fastest-selling game in 2010, topping last week's record holder, Bioshock 2 (now in third). Of course, they're both gonna get crushed by Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Either way, big congrats...
News Sony Files New PS3 SKUs To The FCC
Sony's filed two new PS3 SKUs to the FCC, hinting perhaps at a fresher version of the PS3 Slim
The filing - listed under Sony's secret alias The Sand Dollar Enterprise - reveals two new hardware SKUs listed as CECH-2101A and CECH-2101B. As Engadget point out, the the alphabetical difference points towards the different hard-drive sizes. Apparently...
News Be Super Awesome & Individual With A Half-Minute Hero T-Shirt
It's no secret: we love Half-Minute Hero (like, lovvvvvvve)
So, consider us extremely tempted by these excellent "official" shirts designed by Bag Of Bees. They're available now. If you're nerdy (like us) you should probably buy one. ... We kinda just did.
News SCEE: MotorStorm Website Registation Is Not A Confirmation [Wink, Wink]
Sony's told VG247 that the registration of a MotorStorm 3 website should not be interpreted as an announcement"
Whoopsies, and there was us going all wild with our jet-ski fantasies.Its not uncommon for us to secure the URLs containing the names of our successful IP, and those actions should not be interpreted as an announcement of a new...
News Literally Not Very Interesting "News": God Of War III Is 35GB In Size
In probably the most dull story to break over the weekend, Sony Santa Monica's tech-dude Tim Moss has announced that God Of War III is roughly 35GB in size
Amazing news, no? Erm. Ol' Timmy followed up by stating the European version is in the low 40's. "Thank goodness for Dual Layered blu-ray," he proclaimed. To which we respond — thank...
News Michael Pachter Is All Like, "Natal Will Outsell Playstation Motion Controller 5:1"
We like Michael Pachter
We don't think he's particularly biased, and we don't often disagree with his opinion. But the dude is unreal when it comes to Microsoft's much-hyped but not-so-much-shown camera device "Project Natal". In his latest report, the American analyst has once again declared his love for the Microsoft philosophy, claiming...
News Capcom Are Readying A Whopping Great Big April Announcement
When we think "whopping great big announcement" and Capcom, we think: "FIDDLESTICKS THIS IS GOING TO BE RESIDENT EVIL 6 ISN'T IT?
" Is no-one else in the same boat? Awesomely, the announcement has come via the US-arm of the Playstation Blog (yay, Capcom still love Playstation), from the firm's John Diamonon, who said in the comments, Oh, one...
News Watch People Like Samuel L. Jackson Talk About Heavy Rain
You know what? Heavy Rain is a much bigger deal than most ordinary games
We're sorry to say it because we look all pretentious and dumb, but it really is. And so, on its launch week, it deserves more than just another trailer. It deserves a highly produced video featuring people like Samuel L. Jackson answering the question, "how far would...
News Let It Rain, Let It Rain, Let It Rain...
We just wanted to remind you folks that this week is indeed the week you've been waiting for
Heavy Rain is launched in Europe and USA, meaning you'll finally get to find out just who the origami killer is. We already know, but our lips are sealed firmly shut. In our 4/4 review last week we described Heavy Rain as "captivatingly original"...
First Impressions Yakuza 3 on Playstation 3
It took about, ooh, five minutes
We were excited. We've wanted to play Yakuza 3 for a long, long time and finally we got to go hands-on. It took about five minutes and then it dawned on us. "Dude, we're playing Yakuza 3." SEGA's hesitation to release Yakuza 3 in the West rings loud in much of the game's design. This is Japanese, and it...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 22nd-28th February 2010 [There Will Be Rain Edition]
It's finally that week folks
The week the rain falls. Heavily. That's right guys, Quantic Dream's major innovation Heavy Rain is due out this week, and you'll finally be able to get to the bottom of who actually is the Origami Killer. Hooray. PushSquare's Playstation Pick: Heavy Rain A shoe-in for our pick of the week, Heavy Rain is not just our...
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Sunday21st Feb 2010
News MotorStorm3.com Registered By Sony Computer Entertainment
To be honest, we've been hearing MotorStorm 3 rumblings for months and months
But this is the first "concrete" piece of evidence we've been privvy to regarding the follow-up to Evolution Studio's popular arcade racer. It's not a lot to go on but, according to the WhoIs of motorstorm3.com, Sony Computer Entertainment registered the domain...
Saturday20th Feb 2010
Feature I Love Games Set In The Wild-West - "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
Growing up, I've never had any interest in movies set in the wild-west
Sure, I can remember cold winter afternoons, sitting next to the fire with my Grandmother, watching some tired old tosh set about Pawnee Bill; but I've never once considered the genre a favourite. Which is strange, because anytime I think of wild-west games, I think of them with...
News Valve "Reconsidering" Playstation 3 Development At Long Last
We've been very vocal about Valve and their refusal to develop on Playstation 3
But thing have changed since Valve last shot their mouth off. Sony essentially re-marketed the Playstation 3 in the backend of last year, and the console has since emerged as a worthy contender in the console war, rather than a straddler. That's not totally changed...
News Sony On Nintendo: "There's Not A Lot Of New IP"
Following our, now favourite Sony exec, Rob Dyer's verbal attack on Microsoft, it's awesome to see the dude come out and hate on Nintendo too
Well, awesome in a childish console war business kind of way. Rob said of Nintendo's system:"Unless they've got a particular franchise that's worked well on the Wii, you don't see a lot of innovative new...
News Sony's Playstation Portable Continues To Top The Japanese Hardware Charts
This week's Japanese hardware chart looks vaguely similar to the week before it
The Playstation Portable still tops the charts, with the PSPgo in dead last at the other end of the spectrum. Somewhere in the middle is the Playstation 3, with some Nintendo platforms above it and the XBOX 360 far below it. Check the numbers after the jump. PSP -...
News Just Cause 2 Will Just Not Stop Looking Awesome
You know what, we've called it a hundred time but there's no harm in calling it again: Just Cause 2 is definitely going to be this year's sleeper hit
Do many people care about the game at this point? It seems not. But you know what, you absolutely should. And if you want a reason, watch the trailer embedded above.
News Over 3.5 Million Have Tried Out The Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Demo
EA has announced that between the Playstation Network and XBOX Live, over 3
5 million people have downloaded and tried out the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo. Which indeed bodes well for the DICE developed title which is set to launch next month. EA will hope they can replicate a degree of Modern Warfare 2's success.
News God Of War III's Totally Done, Finito, What They Call "Gold"
According to a Tweet from Sony Santa Monica's Christer Ericson, "God Of War III has gone gold [
.] Whee!" That means, valued readers, that the game is done, and is currently in production, ready for you grubby lot to get your greedy mitts all over it. Awesome.
Friday19th Feb 2010
News Want To Know About God Of War III's Sex Mini-Game? [Spoilers?]
The ESRB rating for God Of War III has outed the game's sex mini-game; a common staple for the God Of War franchise
The ESRB write:Players will encounter a goddess and her two hand maidens, all topless, all holding and caressing each other. If players wish to, they may join the goddess (and only the goddess) in bed. Actual sex is never depicted...
News PixelJunk Racers "2nd Lap" Presumably On The Horizon
A mysterious rating by the ESRB for PixelJunk Racers "2nd Lap" suggests we're due a dose of new PixelJunk Racers content anytime soon
It almost seems traditional for a PixelJunk title to get some extra DLC somewhere down the line, so if you were a fan of Racers we suggest keeping your ears to the ground for an official announcement of 2nd Lap.
News David Jaffe: "Soon, B***h - Eight Or Nine Months!"
At DICE's AIAS awards last night, acclaimed Playstation developer David Jaffe may well have caved to speculation that he's working on a Twisted Metal reboot
The outspoken God Of War creator received chants of "Twisted Metal" from the crowd at the AIAS, to which he responded, "Soon, b***h - eight or nine months!" That kind of...
News Sonic Team Not Working Solo On Sonic The Hedgehog 4, Joining Forces With Dimps
Sonic Team has enlisted on developer Dimps to help them create Sonic The Hedgehog 4, so Joystiq has confirmed
Dimps previously worked with Capcom on Street Fighter IV, so it seems like a fitting collaboration. Interestingly, Dimps also developed the excellent Sonic Advance titles for GameBoy Advance. Sonic Team's output has been rocky lately, so the...
First Impressions Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing on PS3
It's just typical isn't it?
You wait four or so years for a great Mario Kart clone on your platform of choice and then two come along at once. Modnation Racers looks to have all the makings of a great kart racer, and then some; though we are concerned with the some of the performance issues that were apparent in the beta. Sonic & SEGA All-Stars...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 18th February 2010
Special Offers Marvel Vs
Capcom 2</em> ($7.49) Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood - Old West Map Pack ($5.99) Shaun White Snowboarding - The Glamour Pack ($2.49) Tom Clancy's End War - Faction Elite Pack ($1.99) Brothers in Arms D-Day ($7.49) Price of Persia Revelations ($4.99) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ($9.99)</ul>PSone Classics...
News Get The God Of War III Demo By Preordering Now
According to a listing on UK retailer GAME's website, anyone who preorders God Of War III before February 25th will get exclusive access to the demo that, well, most of us have already played
But if you haven't played it, hey, now's your chance right? Sony's committed to a public release of the demo in the future, but are yet to specify a date on...
News Medal Of Honor Screens Look Exactly As You'd Expect Them To
EA's released a few new screens of their Medal Of Honor reboot
The full set of shots can be seen at Kotaku, but before you hit the link, just stop and think for moment. How do you imagine Medal Of Honor might look? Got an image in your head? Yep, it looks like that.
News Celebrate The Impending Release Of Yakuza 3 With, Erm, Yakuza 4
We may well be waiting for Yakuza 3 here in the West, but for the folk in Japan, that game is old news
Y'see, the Japanese are hotly anticipating the release of Yakuza 4. And as you would imagine, the latest trailer for that game is sick as hell. We've embedded it above for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.
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Thursday18th Feb 2010
News XBOX 360 Disc Limitations Mean Less Content For You, Playstation 3 Owners
Ruh-roh
This is going to cause a huge backlash. Capcom's producer for Lost Planet 2, Jun Takeuchi, has essentially admitted that content has been cut from the sequel because of limitations on the XBOX 360 disc. Limitations that, yo, aren't really relevant to Playstation 3's blu-ray."There wasn't especially any big trouble [with the development...
News More Playstation Motion Controller Wireless Nunchuck Reports Hit
We've been led to believe that developers of the Playstation Motion Controller have received a wireless nunchuck component in addition to the "wand-like" device Sony has already shown
Our source, who wishes to remain un-named, has backed up claims made by PSUni, that Sony are to include a wireless nunchuck as part of their motion control solution...
News Feldman: God Of War's Kratos Was Nearly A Little "Elf" Dude
Imagine the scene: you're climbing up Mount Olympus on the back of Gaia
You're in pursuit of Zeus and the Gods of Olympus. Gonna rip their heads off and stuff. Ahead of you, a legion of skeletal enemies approach you. You dip into the sack resting uneasily on your shoulder and... Lob pixie dust at them. Well it could have happened, as the iconic...
News Amazing News: Yakuza 3 Demo On The European Playstation Store Today
Rejoice
Dance. Sing. Whatever. SEGA's announced that a demo for the upcoming Yakuza 3 will hit the Playstation Store today. As you can imagine, this is properly amazing news. Yakuza 3 joins another SEGA title, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing aswell as DLC for Assassin's Creed II and Resident Evil 5. Expensive day on the Playstation Store then. Get...
News Blade Kitten Features Little Girls Dressed As Kittens, Is Headed To The PSN, Looks Awesome
Krome Studios just sent us word of their latest PSN game - the aptly titled Blade Kitten, a two-part action game featuring a girl that's dressed like a kitten
Ok, ok - we hear you, it all sounds a bit pervey. But in a tingley way, right? Don't deny it. Interestingly, the game's based on a comic of the same name, which is handled by Krome Studios'...
News We Always Wanted More Star Wars In Playstation Home...
.. Finally our wish has come true, as SCEA and LucasArts has announced a bunch of Star Wars themed content is coming to Playstation Home. In fact, you won't just be getting Star Wars content, LucasArts has also pledged Indiana Jones goodies via a new themed store front in the Home mall. There are a ton of screens over at Kotaku. Check them out if...
News European Playstation Store Updates: 18th February 2010
Special Offers Until March 4: Marvel vs
Capcom 2 (was £11.99/14.99 now £5.49/6.99) Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD (was £11.99/14.99 now £5.49/6.99) Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Old West Map Pack (was £7.99/9.99 now £3.99/4.99) Tom Clancy's End War Faction Elite Pack (was £3.19/3.99 now ...
News SCEA: Nintendo's Loss Is Of Course Playstation's Gain
Sony's Rob Dyer has told IndustryGamers that third-party publishers are "coming back" to the Playstation 3 after they've seen a string of Wii titles fail
He added that he believes publishers no longer see the Wii as the "hot" thing on the market, and are not putting the resources into the platform they once were.What publishers have said...
News Latest Yakuza 3 Trailer Screams Win From Every Frame Of Animation
If you want to watch crazy awesome Japanese dudes fighting, staring and generally kicking ass, then this latest trailer for Yakuza 3 is going to seriously float your boat
Ignore all the low budget production that appears to be going into these trailers and preorder the game now, because it's going to rule. Go on. We'll wait.
News Watch Super Street Fighter IV's Dudley In Action, Long For The Game's Release
We all know that the addition of Dudley to Super Street Fighter IV's roster is the best thing that could happen to the game
So it's nice to get a glimpse of the British boxer in action. "Let's begin," he declares in his BBC newsreader-like accent before beating Balrog to a pulp. In fact, with Dudley announced, we're probably not going to...
Wednesday17th Feb 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 16th-21st February 2010
It's another week in PushSquare HQ, and things are really starting to get hectic
Our pile of games just keeps getting bigger and bigger, demanding more and more of our attention. We wish the sun would come out and give us the energy we crave to actually be able to play these games. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Aliens vs. Predator...
News Dudley Confirmed For Super Street Fighter IV, We Go Preorder
What's that you say? The brazen British boxer Dudley is set to make an appearance in Super Street Fighter IV? Excuse us one moment
Rushes to Amazon, pre-orders Super Street Fighter IV. Sorry about that, it's jsut, the dude is absolutely our favourite character from Street Fighter III. Dudley'll join Makoto and Ibuki as new characters in Super Street...
News MAG Patch 1.02 Launches Today, Improves Medics
Zipper Interactive have confirmed via the Playstation Blog that MAG will be updated to version 1
02 today in the form of a patch. The patch will improve functionality for those playing as a medic, importantly removing the "medic" icon from those players with only a medical kit, and also the downed players icon only showing for those with...
News Leaked Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Footage Revealed, Ever So Slightly Concerning
[Whoops, the video's been pulled readers, sorry about that
] The leaked footage from Sonic The Hedgehog 4 above is almost definitely work in progress. Thus it would be wrong for us to offer our opinion a little too strongly. But something looks wrong. The jumping looks floaty and the running looks slow. Other than that though, Sonic The Hedgehog 4...
News Possibly Earth Shattering News: Monster Hunter Tri Heading To PSP
Look, we're just as bemused as you are
Monster Hunter is a game we just don't get. But Japanese folk love it, and they love it best on the PSP. Sure Monster Hunter Tri fared fine on the Wii, but can you imagine the numbers a PSP version would do? The PSP has practically become a viable platform because of Monster Hunter. It'd be earth-shattering we...
News Sony Get Back To The Old Days: Trash-Talking The Competition
After a successful six months or so for Playstation 3, Sony are feeling pretty buoyant
It's a mood emphasised by Sony's VP of Publisher Relations Rob Dyer, as he talks 360 in a recent interview with IndustryGamers.We do better for our publishing community than 360 does, the SCEA man said. As our installed base starts catching up and gaining on...
News Console War Showdown: Microsoft Retaliate
Tell your Playstation-fan mates that we're all meeting in the park later
Fight going down, yo. A bit like the one from your highschool days where it was Netherstowe vs. King Eddies. Except this time it's all about Playstation vs. XBOX 360. Post Sony's Rob Dyer taking a dump on the XBOX 360 this morning, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has come out and...
News Watch Leona Lewis Say Nice Things About Final Fantasy XIII
In possibly the most bonkers promo video for a video game ever, you can watch Leona Lewis playing Final Fantasy XIII and telling you how amazing it is
The Internet are still debating which platform is actually being played, despite the prominent DualShock 3 — there's an XBOX 360 version too y'see.
News Ruh-Roh: Final Fantasy Versus XIII May Not Be Shown At E3
Final Fantasy XIII is practically a done deal now
It's out in Japan and is merely weeks away here in the UK. That means we should be hearing about Final Fantasy Versus XIII pretty soon, right? Wrong. The game's director Tetsuya Nomura has revealed in this weeks Famitsu that the game probably won't be shown at this year's E3. The reason? Changes to...
News Here's Your Assassin's Creed II: Bonfire Of Vanities Trailer
Don't you just love that phrase: "Bonfire Of Vanities"
If someone has used it already, it'd certainly make a fantastic song title. We're thinking some dirty electro-grime trip-hop. Anyway, cool song names aside, Bonfire Of Vanities is the title for the latest Assassin's Creed II DLC, which should hit the PSN tomorrow.
News Rumour-Time: Cross-Game Chat Coming To PSN Subscription
According to a comment in the US edition of Official Playstation Magazine, Cross-Game Chat will come to the Playstation 3 as part of the oft-mentioned "paid" PSN subscription service
The magazine writes:Aside from the 3D goodness, cross-game party chat is the obvious next big feature, even though it might be restricted to paid...
Tuesday16th Feb 2010
News L.A. Noire Is All Fancy Hats & Pin-Stripe Suits
Soak it in folks
This is the first ever screenshot (ever) of Team Bondi's L.A. Noire — the thriller that's been in development for almost forever. There are more shots over at GameInformer. If you have even a passing interest in the title, then you're probably no longer reading this.
News Burnout Paradise Complete Edition Gets Slapped With A "Soon" Date For Europe
If you want value for money, you should probably buy Burnout Paradise
Either that, or wait a little while for the PSN release of the Burnout Paradise Complete Edition which is heading to the PSN "soon". There's no word on pricing yet, but TheSixthAxis has the full feature list. Breathe-in. Burnout Paradise Full Game with all free updates...
News Assassin's Creed II: Bonfire Of The Vanities Launching On Thursday
Ubisoft has confirmed that the second piece of DLC from Assassin's Creed II, "Bonfire Of The Vanities" will launch this coming Thursday on the Playstation Network
They said as much in a Tweet a little earlier. No word on pricing as yet.
News Put Street Fighter IV On My Playstation Portable Capcom!
Following the announcement of Street Fighter IV for iPhone yesterday, whispers have been murmered regarding a Playstation Portable version -- arguably the superior platform for a game in the vein of Street Fighter
Might just happen. In a Japanese blog-post by SFIV's project manager Natsuki Shiozawa, the Capcom employee expresses her (and her...
News MAG Wasn't On The NPD Top Ten, Does That Mean It Tanked?
Not at all, valued reader
The NPD has detailed the top-twenty games in January, continuing our coverage from last week. With five days on sales MAG managed to outsell the XBOX 360 version of Bayonetta which pulled in somewhere above 100,000 sales. It's safe to assume then that MAG easily beat out 100,000 unit-sales, but the official numbers are yet...
News Japan's Playstation 3 TV Ma-Jig Launches On March 18th
Sony's trophy-enabled television watching device, the Torne, is due to launch on March 18th in Japan
The device is similar to Europe's PlayTV, and will cost ¥9980 (roughly £70) on its own, or ¥42,800 (£300) with a 250GB Playstation 3. If you want trophies for watching TV, better go buy Japan.
News Motion Controls Would Be "Too Exhausting" For Final Fantasy
Yoshinori Kitase has told CVG that motion controls aren't like to show up in Final Fantasy, erm, Fifteen
Why? Too tiring.These new type of controllers are very interesting, but were not sure that people would like to spend up to 100 hours playing a conventional Final Fantasy title with these type of controllers, said Kitase. It could be...
News Playstation Motion Controller To Be At GDC Next Month
Sony's announced that they'll be bringing their Playstation Motion Controller, commonly referred to as Arc, to GDC next month
As part of an hour-long session, "Introducing The Playstation 3 Motion Controller", it's likely we'll get a better look at Sony's upcoming motion technology. Despite being a convention for game developers, it's...
Monday15th Feb 2010
Review BioShock 2 (PlayStation 3)
Set some ten years after the original Bioshock, Rapture is now being led by the menacing Sofia Lamb
Assuming the position of Subject Delta, you awaken in the search for your bonded Little Sister, Eleanor Lamb, who curiously ends up being the biological daughter of Bioshock 2's tyrant. The game is set-out in pretty much the same way as the original...
News Resonance Of Fate, Good Luck Launching A Week After Final Fantasy XIII
Guess when Resonance Of Fate is due to release in America? That's right, March 16th
Fine, we guess it's just about passable for an RPG to launch alongside God Of War III. But just 7-days after a Final Fantasy game — Final Fantasy XIII, no less. It's just commercial suicide. C'mon SEGA, really?
News Future Publishing Announce Playstation Network Magazine, FirstPlay
Future Publishing has today announced FirstPlay, a digital Playstation Network magazine for the UK in a similar style to America's Qore
The weekly magazine will cost just 99p per episode, or £8.99 for a monthly subscription, and is being developed by the team behind Official Playstation Magazine UK.Future has an outstanding track record in...
News Bioshock 2 Takes The UK Charts' Top Spot, Bayonetta Re-Enters
Apparently Bioshock is still a big deal, as Bioshock 2 has shot straight to the top of the UK charts, removing previous leader Mass Effect 2
Interestingly, after a slew of price-cuts (and perhaps that Playstation 3 patch), Bayonetta has re-entered the charts in number 10 (up from 36). Elsewhere, Fifa 10 and Modern Warfare 2 are still strong...
News Hey Look, It's Toshihiro Nagoshi Talking About Yakuza 3
Are you excited about Yakuza 3? Of course you are, it's going to be properly amazing
And what better way to slip into the mood, than listen to franchise creator Toshihiro Nagoshi wax lyrical in the first of a series of Yakuza 3 developer diaries. The game's due early next month. We're stoked.
News Square: We're "Not Planning" Any Final Fantasy XIII DLC
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama has confirmed there's probably not going to be any DLC available for Final Fantasy XIII
Regarding the DLC content, we feel that the final product is 100% enjoyable its the complete package. So were not planning any DLC at this time, said one the...
Sunday14th Feb 2010
News Remember This When You're Sitting All Alone This Wintery Valentines Day...
Happy Valentines Day from the PushSquare crew
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Feature First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First-Time - 6
Twiggys playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever
Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if youre still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.</em> "Mouth to mouth!?" I exclaim. "She's just a girl." Ahh, Final Fantasy VII's repressed...
News GamesRadar Are All Like, "Hey, Want A PS3 Announcement?"
Not much to go on really, but media conglomerate GamesRadar are Tweeting some kind of Playstation 3 reveal for tomorrow
The Tweet is very unspecific, stating simply, "<span>Anyone interested in a World Exclusive PlayStation 3 announcement? Try 8am UK time Monday 15 Feb on GamesRadar.com..."</span> <span><span>It...
Saturday13th Feb 2010
I know Sony won't pay for exclusives and I think that's admirable
After all, would I prefer Grand Theft Auto IV DLC exclusivity for 12 months, or a whole new Wipeout game? The $50million Microsoft paid for that GTA DLC is probably in a similar ball-park to what would be spent on a mid-large PSN release (perhaps less) and thus, absolutely I'd take...
News Sony: Playstation 3 Stock To Be Tight Over The Next Few Months
Sony's warned that Playstation 3 stock will be tight over the coming months
SCEA's director of communications, Patrick Seybold explained the company are working hard to ensure stock is available for everyone. "We're working very hard with our retail partners to meet consumer interest, but the demand is tremendously high for the PS3 and we...
News Modern Warfare 2 Gets Patched All Over Again
It never seems to be longer than a few days before we're posting about yet another Modern Warfare 2 patch
We know the popularity of the game has lead to plenty of exploits but, this is kind of ridiculous. The latest patch should fix the predator missile on care package exploit, plus more rebalancing for the shotguns. Oh and earning negative XP no...
News Nippon Ichi To Focus On Playstation 3, New Disgaea Incoming
Japanese publisher Nippon Ichi may have lost $3
3million last year, but they're set to turn that around with a focus on the Playstation 3, and the prioritisation of internal projects. Disgaea is clearly the company's biggest franchise, and so they aim to build on that by releasing a new version of the game for Playstation 3. It's part of a new...
News Stylised Super Street Fighter IV Trailer Is Pretty Rad
It's Valentines Day tomorrow
That means you want footage of Super Street Fighter IV's new starlet Juri versus the much loved Chun-Li, right? Right? Well you got it anyway.
Friday12th Feb 2010
News SEGA Update Aliens Vs Predator Demo For PS3
If you downloaded the Aliens vs Predator demo and were unable to play the game, then, yo, you were not alone
It was borked. The matchmaking didn't work.. Alas, SEGA's just sent us word that the old demo has been removed, and replaced with a new, working version. Hurrah. So if you want to check out the demo, you totally can now. Just check with this...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 11th February 2010
Special Offers Burnout Paradise Complete Edition Bundle ($29
99) Burnout Paradise Complete Downloadable Content Bundle ($19.99) Sonic Unleashed "Unleash Your Desire" Bundle ($11.99) Valkyria Chronicles "Love Conquers All" Bundle ($9.99)</ul>PSone Classics Dirt Jockey ($5.99) Populous: The Beginning ($5.99) Sim Theme...
News PSP Continues To Top The Japanese Hardware Charts
The Playstation Portable once again topped the Japanese hardware charts this month
The handheld shifted over 43k units in Japan this week, beating out its nearest rival, the Wii, by 7k. The PS3 managed 25,450, while the PSPgo lost out to the Playstation 2 at the bottom of the charts. Full figures after the jump. PSP 43,163 Wii 36,149 DSi LL...
News New God Of War III Trailer Is Actually Full-On Mental, Amazing
As promised, GameTrailers has just uploaded the new God Of War III trailer
It's full on mental. You could totally just watch it in the video we embedded above but we recommend clicking through and watching it in HD. Particularly the last 10 seconds or so, which are ridiculous.
News Sony Fare Well In January NPDs, Lose Out To Microsoft & Nintendo
Despite a decent month for January in the US, Sony's PS3 lost out to both the XBOX 360 and Nintendo Wii for the month of January, according to the NPDs
Sony shifted 276.9k units during the month, a respectable number, but they were some way off Microsoft's 332.8k tally. Regardless, both Sony and Microsoft fell to the might power of Nintendo once...
Feature First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First-Time - 5
Twiggys playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever
Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if youre still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.</em> If I didn't know any better at this stage, I'd say Sephiroth likes reading books. He's in the basement of the...
News SCEA Exec Jack Tretton Hails A Great Year For Playstation
SCEA's head Jack Tretton has written a buoying rally on the US Playstation Blog, declaring '09 a great year for Playstation, thanking fans especially for all their support
The post came hours after the NPD report, which saw solid figures for Playstation 3, but the XBOX 360 and Wii still some way in front. Despite that, Tretton was quick to point out...
Thursday11th Feb 2010
News Fifa World Cup 2010 England Line-Up Is Uncanny Valley
The England team line-up in FIFA World Cup 2010
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News Transformers: War For Cybertron Barely Announced, Getting Preorder Bonuses
Y'know, we might be just having a blonde moment, but until we read about Transformers: War For Cybertron's preorder bonuses, we didn't even know the game had a multiplayer component
It must do though, because if you preorder the title from GameStop, you'll unlock Shockwave as a playable character in the multiplayer mode. Awesome. Does the game even...
News Playstation The Official Magazine Says, "Hey, inFamous 2's Coming In 2010."
The US-arm of Playstation The Official Magazine has hinted that inFamous 2 may make an appearance before the year's out
A feature in the magazine apparently "spills the beans" on three of the hottest sequels in 2010, naming inFamous 2 as one such game. The magazine suggests that the game will " up a significant time after the first...
News God Of War III Scores A Nine In Its World-First Review
It may still be a month off, but God Of War III has scored a nine in its first review via the UK's Official Playstation Magazine
In the review, Nathan Ditum notes, The game is inches away from scoring 10/10, and its only the familiarity of the core gameplay that makes it feel less than the very, very best." God Of War III's really good...
News "All You Need Is Love" Coming To The Playstation 3, At Last
At last year's E3, Microsoft announced they would release "All You Need Is Love" for The Beatles: Rock Band exclusively on the XBOX platform
Well, lo-and-behold, that exclusivity is totally over, and the song is due to be released on the PSN from March 4th for £0.99.
Rumour Is This Debug PS3 Outputting Video In 3D?
VG247's nabbed some shots of a debug PS3 option for outputting 3D video
The shots come after last night saw various outlets speculating that Firmware 3.20 is now released on debug kits, and in the hands of developers. That 3.20 update is apparently just "months away" for consumers. Alas, if you've not got a 3D capable TV, don't get your...
News Square Enix "Interested" In A 3D Iteration Of Final Fantasy XIII
Speaking in an interview on the official Playstation Blog, Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase highlighted his "interest" in 3D technology, and hinted at the possibility of Final Fantasy XIII launching in a further dimension
We dont know how possible it is to build the game in 3D but we are interested in it, he said. In fact, we have already...
Rumour Killzone 3 Details Coming In The Next Few Months
Various uncited sources around the 'net have been commenting on Killzone 3 lately, but this is the first time we've heard rumours from a more respectable source
It's PSM3 magazine (via CVG) that are saying the words "Killzone" and "Three" in the same sentence right now, as they rumour details are due over the next few months...
News SEGA: It's Too Late To Change The Yakuza 3 Boxart
Fact: Yakuza 3's Western boxart is terrible
You know that, we know that, even SEGA know for goodness sake. Which has actually pushed SEGA's assistant community manager Aaron Webber to make comment on the Playstation Blog, in which he explains it's sadly too late to change the art. Apparently, SEGA will remember next time. Pssht... Hopefully there is...
News European Playstation Store Updates: 11th February 2010
Special Offers Until February 18: Comet Crash (was £6
29/7.99 now £4.79/5.99) UNO (was £6.29/7.99 now £3.99/4.99) Tank Battles (was was £6.99/3.99 now £5.49/3.19) Nucleus (was £6.29/7.99 now £3.99/4.99) Snakeball (was £6.29/7.99 now £3.99/4.99 Lilo and Stitch: Trouble in Paradise (PSone)...
Wednesday10th Feb 2010
News Hi Barry Burton & Rebecca Chambers, You're In My Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Famitsu's announced two more characters for Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition today: Rebecca Chambers and Barry Burton will pop up in the Mercenaries component of the game
The game's due on Japanese consoles no sooner than next week.
News This Is Your Fist Look At Fallout: New Vegas
AGB have a few scans from Fallout: New Vegas in the latest issue of PC Gamer
Unsurprisingly they look rather a lot like Fallout. We wished there was perhaps something more to get excited about here, but Fallout's never been the strongest game visually and the scans aren't much to crow home about. Indeed, Fallout is all about the setting, and we're...
News Famitsu Score Heavy Rain A Whopping 37/40
Famitsu's dropped their review of Heavy Rain today, scoring it a whopping 37/40 and acknowledging its "fabulous story"
The embargo for much of the video games press is up tonight, meaning a deluge of reviews are due to hit at around 5PM this evening (GMT). Of course, we'll be there for that. The game currently holds a 93 on Metacritic.
News Activision Confirm New Call Of Duty, Guitar Hero & Tony Hawk By Year End
Activision's confirmed during a consumer call tonight that there will be new iterations Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk and Spiderman by the time 2010 is done and finished
The Call Of Duty title in development is believed to be set in Vietnam, and is being developed by Activision's secondary CoD team Treyarch. Robomodo confirmed they are...
News Demon's Souls 2 Teased For Fall Release In Japan
Demon's Souls is officially the hardest game ever
Probably. And it looks like it's set to get a sequel in Japan this Fall, according to comments made by Dengeki magazine on their podcast. There's still no mention of a European release for the original Demon's Souls, which has gone on to become something of a sleeper hit in the US since Atlus ported...
News "Many Stories" To Tell In Bioshock Lore, Claim 2K
Bioshock 2's Michael Kamper has told CVG that there are many stories to be told in the franchise's universe, mainly thanks to the uniqueness of Raptures setting
Rapture is probably one of the most unique places ever invented. I have to imagine that there are many stories that could be told within its walls. But right now were just focused on...
News Heavy Rain Falls, Reviews Drop, Words Are Fantastic
The embargo for Heavy Rain has just lifted in the US, in typical super-early Sony review tradition
And the word is good. Very good indeed. Here's what a variety of notorious publications had to say about Quantic Dream's latest interactive drama. IGN - 9"Heavy Rain wont be for everyone (namely kids or people just looking to blow stuff up) but...
News Red Dead Redemption Invades New York City
Hello New York City
This is a poster for Rockstar's upcoming Red Dead Redemption and it wants you to take notice. What do you mean you didn't guess? The thing's bloody huge. And striking. It can be seen on the corner of Canal & Greene, which incidentally is not far from Rockstar's NY offices. It's awesome, huh? Let us know if you've seen it in...
News Pachter: Cheapest Motion Controller Will Win "The War"
2010 shall hereby be known as the war of the motion controller
With Sony due to release the Playstation Motion Controller (rumoured to be entitled Arc), and Microsoft their body-cam Project Natal, the war for second place appears to really be hotting up between XBOX 360 and Playstation 3. As ever where there's a sniff of the console war, Michael...
First Impressions Half-Minute Hero on Playstation Portable
Half-Minute Hero is brilliant
The most off-putting thing about any RPG is the blank canvas at the start. A mountain of literature and 50 hours of your life lay in front of you, and you ask yourself "Is this going to be worth it?" Half-Minute Hero does away with the doubt, condensing each "universe" into 30-seconds. A cross...
News Rockstar Announce A Bucket-Load Of Preorder Incentives For Red Dead Redemption In The UK
Red Dead Redemption's coming late in April, and Rockstar would love you to know about the variety of preorder bonuses they have planned for you
There are a whole truckload of them, so bare with us while we compose ourselves. Alright then, let's go: GAME: Deadly Assassin outfit and improved slow-mo shooting regeneration. Amazon: Golden Guns pack,...
Feature First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First-Time - 4
Twiggys playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever
Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if youre still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.</em> Final Fantasy VII just became road-rash. I'm riding on the back of a huge motorcycle, wielding my elongated...
News Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Teaser Is Light On Content, Heavy On Breathy Muttering
Here's your first teaser trailer for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, which was announced for PS3 yesterday
The trailer doesn't say much, although the active-camo revealed at the end of the trailer suggests this is more Future Soldier than Modern Warfare. Which is good.
Tuesday9th Feb 2010
Review Dante's Inferno (PlayStation 3)
Loosely based on the medieval poet, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy provides the basis for Visceral's latest release
Essentially lifting the structure popularised by the God Of War franchise, Dante's Inferno combines elements of hack-and-slash, puzzle and platforming gameplay from a fixed camera perspective. The game - adapted from the original poem...
News Former EyeToy Man Laments The Dangers Of Natal, Playstation Motion Controller
Jamie MacDonald was the former vice president of Sony Worldwide Studios, and was directly involved with the launch of the Playstation 2's EyeToy unit
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the former Sony man has given some pointers to both his previous employer and Microsoft regarding their respective motion control devices. He told the website...
News Playstation 3 Is Clawing Back Global Market Share
Increased sales, a fairer attitude, an entirely new marketing campaign - there's no doubt that the Playstation 3 is making somewhat of a comeback
It's a thought emphasised in a report by Research & Markets, which suggests the system is gathering steam worldwide. According to the report, "The PS3 is dominant in Japan and Korea and as of...
News All Of EA's Games In 2011 Will Feature Online Integration In Some Form
EA announced at their financial call last night that all of the company's titles released in fiscal 2011 will feature either online multiplayer or downloadable content
Every one. Considering Dante's Inferno will let you pay for some extra "souls" (which you totally earn from killing enemies in the game anyway), we're not surprised EA are...
News Is Dead Space: Extraction Coming To The Playstation Network?
Kotaku are reporting this morning that two more entries in the Dead Space franchise are headed to the Playstation Network
Most interestingly so, one rumoured title is Dead Space: Extraction, last year's Wii shooter that sold all of five copies worldwide. A survey forwarded to the video games blog hints at the same "guided first-person...
News Get The Lowdown On All This Year's Big EA Titles In One Place, Yo
EA dropped some big names at their financial call last night, detailing the planned release windows for a host of killer franchises over the next 12 months or so
Amongst the big Summer titles, EA's announced that their big, futuristic reboot Medal Of Honor is due between July and September 2010. That means you can expect a huge push at this year's...
News Ezio Goes To Rome In Latest Assassin's Creed, Will Feature Multiplayer
Ubisoft's committed to the latest Assassin's Creed including an "innovative" assassination multiplayer mode
Few details were given on the mode, but Ubisoft stated that generally each new title will include multiplayer in some form. Ubisoft would not comment on whether or not they intend to make Assassin's Creed a yearly franchise.
News Pach-Attack: Playstation 3 Hardware Sales Up Massively In January
Everyone's favourite video games analyst Michael Pachter has come away from the glitz of his GameTrailers TV spot to talk hardware sales, and most importantly the Playstation 3's performance this January
Pachter reckons it's looking pretty good. In his pre-NPD report, the analyst cited that he reckons the PS3 will be up 62 percent over January 2009,...
News Zipper Interactive To Introduce "Balancing Adjustments" To MAG
If we get beaten by S
V.E.R. one more time... Seriously! MAG is a fantastic shooter, that's only really been hindered in early months by its slight balancing issues. Y'see, those who have played MAG will know - S.V.E.R. rarely lose on their home turf, whereas Raven often lose at home. The problem isn't always strictly dependent on the quality of...
News Spore's Totally Coming To Consoles Too
EA has really dropped a bomb of information at the moment
We don't know if we can keep up. The latest little snippet? Spore is coming to consoles in Q1 2011. There are no real details on the console versions yet. The announcement comes after The Sims 3 was confirmed for consoles this Holiday. There are a ton of other tentative EA release dates...
News Rockstar Confirms L.A. Noire For The Fall
Rockstar's just announced over Twitter that Team Bondi's ambitious thriller L
A. Noire</a> is due this fall. The company Tweeted, We have not announced a specific release date yet, but L.A. Noire is coming this fall. Stay tuned. GameTrailers' Geoff Keighley claimed it would be out in September this week.
News Worry Not: Ghost Recon Future Soldier Is Coming To Playstation 3 Too
Despite being announced on XBOX Live this morning, with no real platforms announced, we kind of assumed Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier would come to the Playstation 3
Ubisoft has just confirmed exactly that via Twitter, announcing the game will launch day and date with the 360 version. So there you have it. The HD twins prevail once again.
Remember when Square Enix's honcho Yoichi Wada said Final Fantasy XIII was to be the last game of its kind? Well, Square Enix developers Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama have no idea what he was talking about
They said as much during an interview with the Playstation Blog.We dont know exactly what he meant by that. We dont really know...
News Ubisoft Announce New Ghost Recon Title, "Future Soldier"
Modern Warfare
Future Soldier. Modern Warfare. Future Soldier. Ok game developers, now that Ubisoft has officially announced Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, can you quit with your obsession with, erm, modern warfare? Already this year we're due Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Medal Of Honor, and now "Future Soldier". It's getting...
News Playstation 3 One Of Ubisoft's Biggest Earners
Ubisoft has released a breakdown of their Fiscal Year Q3 sales, showing Playstation 3 titles accounting for 30% of revenue earned for the three month period
Europe accounted for 49% of Ubisoft's sales, with the US just behind at 46%. For the nine months starting from April 1 2009, and ending December 31st 2009, the Playstation 3 accounted for 26% of...
News The Sims 3 Is Headed To Playstation This Christmas
EA's announced that the Playstation version of The Sims 3 is due to release this Christmas
No specific SKUs were mentioned, but we expect the game will launch on the Playstation 3 and possibly Playstation Portable. The Sims 3 launched on PC last June.
News EA Bringing EA Sports Active To "Multiple Platforms", Obviously PS3
It's pretty much official at this point: EA Sports Active is heading to the Playstation 3
Speaking at a financial call last night, EA's John Schappert confirmed that the Wii exclusive is heading to "multiple platforms." Careful use of words there John, but we're totally going to assume you mean "Playstation 3". Yes. See you at...
Monday8th Feb 2010
News LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Coming Later This Year
Activision's announced LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is coming to the Playstation 3 and PSP later this year
The game's set during the first couple of seasons of the animated series, which you probably haven't watched.The LEGO Star Wars franchise is a massive hit with fans, bringing in sales of over 20 million units worldwide. Were thrilled...
News Ain't No Sunshine For Dante's Inferno In The Middle East
Who would have thought? Visceral Games' Dante's Inferno will not be released in the Middle East
Probably the biggest shocker of the year, right?Electronic Arts has decided not to release Dantes Inferno in the Middle East after an evaluation process which is based on consumer tastes, preferences, platform mix and other factors, said a...
News So, Killzone 2 Ain't Getting A Playstation Motion Controller Patch
Well that rumour popped up and was quashed in minutes wasn't it? We like it that way
TheSixthAxis reported this morning that Guerrilla Games' Killzone 2 is due a Playstation Motion Controller patch. But SCEE says, "Uhhh. No it's not." And that's the end of that, valued reader.
News Sucker Punch Bulking Up Their Workforce For inFamous 2
Sucker Punch has listed a host of new job positions on their website, presumably in relation to inFamous 2
The positions listed include a concept artist, game designer, texture artist and - most interestingly - a network programmer. The job position for network programmer requests "professional candidates to implement the on-line component for...
News Guess What? Square Enix Made Money Last Year.
Japanese developers might be ruined right now, but if you're Square Enix, you're doing just fine
Particularly when you've just launched games with Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest in the title. Which Square Enix has just done. Then there was the acquisition of Eidos who published last year's sleeper hit, Batman: Arkham Asylum. Aimed at mid-and...
News Keighley: L.A. Noire Coming To PS3 This September
GameTrailers TV's very own Geoff Keighley has been Tweeting world exclusives once again
This time via a leaked copy of the L.A. Noire themed GameInformer he's read. He's let slip that the Playstation 3 title is due to hit sometime in September. We're convinced Keighley knows the meaning of life.
News MAG Stays In The UK Charts' Top Ten, Dante's Inferno Enters At Number Four
Very little change this week in the UK's all-formats chart, with Mass Effect 2 still holding the top-spot
Visceral Games' reimagining of Dante's Inferno entered fairly strongly at number four this week, knocking Sony's MAG to a respectable seventh. By the way, why did Ubisoft moan about Avatar's sales? It's been in the top ten for months now...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 8th-14th February 2010
It's a pretty big week for video games this one, as it officially starts the Q1, 2010 phenomenon commonly referred to as Game-ageddon; where one big title drops practically every week until way into April
PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Bioshock 2 Perhaps the most unnecessary sequel of all time, Bioshock 2 may seem surplus to...
News Sequel To Pixeljunk Shooter Confirmed By Q-Games' Dylan Cuthbert
Q-Games' boss Dylan Cuthbert has told G4 that his company are currently working on a sequel to last year's PSN hit Pixeljunk Shooter
He told the website:Normally sequels are just a re-hashing of the ideas in the original. But for PixelJunk Shooter we still have a ton of ideas on the drawing board and the engine has lots of potential we want to...
News Hi China, You Get Final Fantasy XIII In May, Yo
SCE Hong Kong are going to bring Final Fantasy XIII to China in May
If you can't wait, yo, we suggest an import for your lovely non-locked down Playstation 3. Yup. The Chinese version will obviously be localised and is due in May. Western folks, we get it next month.
News Kingdom Hearts III Is Definitely Going To Happen At Some Point, Fanboys Rejoice
We've never quite understood the lure of the Kingdom Hearts franchise, but if you're one of the many people who wish every night for a third-installment in the franchise, rejoice: Tetsuya Nomura has told Famitsu that it will happen at some point
The series creator told the Japanese magazine: "Fans and partners alike are pressing us for it, so...
News EA Sports Boss: Playstation Motion Controller Is Different To Wii
Smashing consensus that Sony's Playstation Motion Controller is a "Wii copy", EA Sports' Peter Moore has claimed the experience with Sony's device is "different" to that with Nintendo's
Its a different experience than Wii and were watching it with great interest. As you might imagine, were working on stuff in particular on what sports...
News The Prince Of Persia Movie Continues To Whet Our Whistle
A new trailer for the upcoming Prince Of Persia movie was shown off at last night's Super Bowl
It continues to look surprisingly amazing. So we take issue with an American being cast as a Brit for the lead role of the Prince Of Persia, but, yo, look at all that sand. Also: Gemma Arterton.
Sunday7th Feb 2010
In a double-sweep of disappointment for Final Fantasy fans, Square Enix's production duo Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama have poo-pooed the HD remake of Final Fantasy VII, declaring traditional RPG towns (as seen in Square's classic) are "too hard" to do in HD
"Considering the amount of work to make graphics that deserve HD, it is hard to...
News Rebellion To Fix Aliens vs Predator Matchmaking Issues On PS3
SEGA's told VG247 that Rebellion are working on some matchmaking issues apparent in the PS3 version of the Aliens vs Predator multiplayer demo
Since our earlier update regarding successful patching of the PC demo of AvP, weve been working with Sony and SEGA on investigating reports of a similar issue from some PS3 owners, a SEGA spokesperson...
Saturday6th Feb 2010
This week news broke that there is redundant PS3 code in the PC version of Mass Effect 2
Naturally this brought up a whole host of rumours that Bioware had a PS3 version of the game running somewhere, and it was only a matter of time before one of the year's highest rated games hit Sony's machine. Bioware were quick to dispell the myths, reiterating...
News Wall Street Journal: PS3 Losses Cut To $18 Per System
According to an article on the Wall Street Journal, Sony has cut the losses of each PS3 system sold to just $18
They might still be losing money, but Sony's turned the costs of their system around in record time. It's actually fascinating. Last December the company were estimated to be losing $37 per system, so it's only a matter of time before they...
Feature First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First Time - 3
Twiggys playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever
Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if youre still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.</em> If the blaring "battle music" is anything to go by, I'd say we're in a panic. The Don's told us that...
News DJ Kiva Launches First PSP Produced Record "BTR8ION"
Check it out
We knew Beaterator was cool when we reviewed it, but we never expected anyone to actually record and produce a full album-esque mixtape on the thing. But that's totally what DJ Kiva has done, using his PSP to loops samples and beats on his record BTR8ION. You can listen to the mixtape here, it's actually pretty cool. PushSquare's very...
News Gran Turismo PSP Does Insane Numbers For A PSP Title, Closes In On 2 Million
Who said the Gran Turismo franchise carries no weight these days?
Sony and Polyphony have just announced that Gran Turismo PSP, launched last Winter, has shifted over 1.8million copies. That's a startling number for a PSP game without "Monster Hunter" in the title. Polyphony's also released the worldwide sales for each Gran Turismo game...
Friday5th Feb 2010
News New Aliens Vs. Predator Trailer Is Pretty Pretty
Aliens Vs
Predator</a> is not too far away. Which means it's time for SEGA to tell us about a new trailer, demo, or thing-ma-jig relating to the game every 5 seconds. Well nearly. But yo, y'know, this trailer is actually pretty awesome. Those lighting effects at the start are great. If you want to try the game out for yourself, a multiplayer...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 4th February 2010
Price Updates Madden NFL Arcade Temporary Sale (now $9
99, original price $14.99)</ul>Qore Qore Annual Subscription February 2010 ($24.99) Qore Episode 21 February 2010 ($2.99) Downloadable Games Fret Nice ($14.99) Game Demos Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Aliens vs. Predator Fret Nice Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce...
News Star Ocean 4 Producer Stealth-Trolls The XBOX 360
Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope - International launched in Japan yesterday
It means that Playstation 3 owners finally get the opportunity to play Star Ocean 4, which has been exclusive to XBOX 360 for about a year. And it would appear Yoshinori Yamagishi - Star Ocean 4's producer - is pretty pleased to see it make the jump. When asked if there were any...
News European Edition Of Yakuza 3 Gets Some Extra Goodies
If you're planning on buying Yakuza 3 here in the Europe, know that SEGA are going to drop you some free goodies
Included in the standard European edition is a soundtrack CD, four DLC packs and an interactive CD for the PC, detailing the series thus far. You'll get all that for £40 or so. Make sure you order the game now.
News Still Like Grand Theft Auto IV's Multiplayer? Jump On The PS3 Tonight.
Rockstar are holding a multiplayer event for Grand Theft Auto IV tonight on the Playstation 3
It's a doubles event so you'll need to buddy up with someone who hasn't turned on GTA's campaign just yet. It's running from like, 9PM to 12AM here in the UK (from 4PM EST). You'll need to add the following PSN names:...
News Check It Out: Final Fantasy XIII On An Old Record Thing
If you're like us, you probably have like a bag of vinyls next your computer
Well, we totally do. If you don't - boo to you. Know what would be a cool complement to our vinyl collection? Final Fantasy XIII's soundtrack. Which is totally happening. The limited edition vinyl is available exclusively through Square's e-shop. Like right now. We suggest...
News L.A. Noire Gets GameInformer Blowout, Grab It Now
If you're in the market for a video games magazine, might we suggest the latest issue of GameInformer, which includes a 10-page cover feature on Team Bondi and Rockstar's noir-esque thriller L
A. Noire</a>. The features focuses on everything from facial animation, to the reconstruction of 1947 L.A. Pick up the magazine for more.
News Oh Right, Modnation Racers Is Coming To The PSP Then
Well how about that, it had been rumoured, but Sony's just announced that Modnation Racers is coming to the Playstation Portable
Like, officially. The portable version will totally feature local and online multiplayer (6 players) and all the same Create tools you may have experienced in the home console version. There's a trailer after the jump, and...
News God Of War III Ultimate Trilogy Packaging Is Mighty Impressive
SCEE's revealed the packaging for the upcoming God Of War III Ultimate Trilogy edition
The package includes tons of goodies including God Of War III, the God Of War Collection, tons of game content, and audio bonuses. You can read more about the special edition through here.
News High Voltage Working With Playstation Motion Controller, Reckon It's "Amazing"
In some nice, none-hype lead news, The Conduit's developers High Voltage are rather taken with Sony's Playstation Motion Controller, rumoured to be entitled "Arc"
All we can say is we have development kits in-house and it is an amazing device, said CEO Kerry Ganofsky told IGN. It works exactly as advertised, added CEO Eric...
News Heavy Rain Demo Available Now For Wannabe Detectives
Remember the Four Days challenge for Heavy Rain? Well, turns out it's not just a marketing tool
(Actually it kinda is but stay with us.) Y'see, those of you who have completed the game, will gain access to the Heavy Rain demo. Early access that is. Everyone else will get it next week. A couple of sites have explained exactly how to complete the...
Thursday4th Feb 2010
Feature The Most Notable: Playstation Characters So Far This Generation
Making Roots
There have been a number of stand-out Playstation characters who define this generation of Playstation content, but we've hand-picked the cream of the crop Those who have made the list represent exceptional character design, and go some way to defining the Playstation 3's line-up thus far. Nathan Drake (Uncharted): Perhaps the most...
In a spot of news that probably has us more exciting than it should, Gameshastra has announced a host of new sports Playstation Minis this week; including Steve Davis Pool, Ronnie O'Sullivan Snooker and Phil Taylor Darts
Gameshastra's signed a deal with P1 Sports, in order to convert a host of their mobile phone sports titles - including fishing,...
News Square Enix Working On 5 Unannounced Games
Square Enix has announced that they are working on five unannounced titles at the moment
They also announced that at least two of them are set to launch in 2010. No mention of whether that's just Japan or worldwide. We reckon the titles are Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy XVI, Final Fantasy XVII, Final Fantasy XVIII... You get the idea. What else...
News Naturally Enlarge Your "Weapon" With 3D Dot Game Heroes
Oh innuendo, our good friend whom never fails to raise a smile across our wizened, jaded old lips
Take this trailer for the upcoming PS3 exclusive 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's supposed to be about increasing the size of your weapon, but we can't seem to say that without sounding filthy. Atlus are playing a joke on us, right?
News Global PS3 Sales Hit 33.5 Million, Close The Gap On XBOX 360
Sony's reported that they are just 5
5 million systems behind the XBOX 360 now, with a strong showing for the Playstation 3 this Christmas driving the system up to 33.5 million global sales. Sony also reiterated that they will hit their 13 million systems sold target during the fiscal year, with 10.8 million systems sold for the nine months ending...
News Minds Blown: SEGA Announce Sonic The Hedgehog 4
It's been roughly 15 years since Sonic The Hedgehog 3
But it seems SEGA has finally realised what their audience what, as they've announced Sonic The Hedgehog 4 for the Playstation 3. This is pretty much mind-blowing news. The game will release digitally in episodic iterations, the first of which landing this Summer. It'll be a 2D game with 3D...
News Fallout: New Vegas Teased, Coming Autumn 2010
Bethesda's just confirmed to us that Fallout: New Vegas will hit the Playstation 3 this Autumn
There's not much on the actual game itself yet, but it has been confirmed that the Obsidian developed spin off will take all the action, humor, and post-apocalyptic grime and grit of this legendary series, and raise the stakes. There's a new trailer...
News Final Fantasy VIII Hits The European Playstation Store Today
Sony's just announced via the European arm of the Playstation Blog that Final Fantasy VIII will indeed launch as part of today's Playstation Store update
Does any other content truly matter? Well, perhaps the small matter of the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Aliens Vs Predator multiplayer demos might tempt you. Full list through here.
Feature First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First Time - 2
Twiggys playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever
Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if youre still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.</em> I'm starting to realise why everyone loves Final Fantasy VII so. When I left you last time, I'd been hanging with...
News SCEA: Arc Is A "Code Name" For Playstation Motion Controller
The guessing game goes on
Despite us being fairly certain that the Playstation Motion Controller is to be entitled the Playstation Arc; SCEA's Patrick Seybold has thrown a spanner in the works - suggesting that name is just a "rumoured codename". The exec Tweeted last night, "<span>No. We haven't announced the name of our...
Wednesday3rd Feb 2010
Review Dracula: Undead Awakening (PlayStation Minis)
Dracula: Undead Awakening is a respectable nod towards classics like SmashTV, but the awkward controls cause some issues in this Minis release
With plenty of progression options, some fantastic graphics and a host of modes, you'd be forgiven for thinking Dracula: Undead Awakening was an essential Minis release. As it happens it comes agonisingly...
News Dante's Inferno Super Bowl Commercial Is Actually Very Good
We've no idea who came up with the idea of mixing Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" with a video game adaptation of Dante's Inferno, but bloody hell does it work
This is EA's much touted trailer for Dante's Inferno that will air during the Super Bowl. It's a stroke of marketing genius. Seriously, if anyone reading this came up with the advert, give...
News Aliens Vs Predator Multiplayer Demo Incoming Tomorrow
SEGA's announced there'll be a demo for Aliens Vs Predator on the Playstation Network tomorrow
Sadly, those looking for some single-player goodness will have to make do with some multiplayer modes, as the demo is multiplayer only.Multiplayer was a huge part of our original AvP game back in 1999, and weve kept the spirit of that classic...
News Sequel To MotoGP 09/10 Could Have Stereoscopic 3D, Head-Tracking
MotoGP 09/10 is coming pretty soon
But MotoGP 10/11, well that's a little way off. And it's giving Capcom the opportunity to consider future tech for those titles; namely head-tracking and stereoscopic 3d.One of the things that Im really excited about is that the PS3 going to support 3D technology. So when you combine that with the PS Eye and...
News Sony "Confident" PS3 Will Beat XBOX 360 In Life-Cycle
SCEA's Peter Dille has claimed confidence that the Playstation 3 will overtake the XBOX 360 in unit-sales over the next 10 years
I dont think [360 will] be around in 10 years so Im very confident well pass them within that time frame, said the exec, speaking to IGN. I mean, weve got 31 million [units sold] worldwide right now ...
News Sony Santa Monica Talk About God Of War III's Chimera
SCEA's released a making-of video for the upcoming God Of War III
The document catalogues the development of one of the game's enemies - the Chimera. Those of you who have played the God Of War III E3 demo will have encountered the Chimera, a cross between a lion, a snake and a goat. There's also some footage of God Of War III's updated build; with...
News Yakuza 3 Gameplay Trailer Screams Shenmue, Features Mason Vs. Princess Superstar
Aside from the fitting choice of Mason Vs
Princess Superstar as its soundtrack, this Yakuza 3 gameplay trailer rocks because it's all like, "Yo, this could easily be a Shenmue game." Apart from all the blood and brutality. 'Cos Ryo was a bit of a lover, really. Beneath all the revenge and beatings. Anyway, you should absolutely order this...
News Ueda: Tons Of The Last Guardian Information To Be Released This Year
Rejoice
Fumito Ueda and his pals at Team Ico are to blow the doors of The Last Guardian at some point this year — the type of video game no other company can match. Microsoft may have Master Chief and the frat boys of Gears Of War, but Sony have a boy and his giant cat-bird thing. Could the differences be any more apparent? Ueda mentioned there...
News Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Demo Comes To US PSN Tomorrow
Despite initial reports that the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo would only hit the European PSN tomorrow, EA has announced that it'll also hit the US PSN too
Hurrah. The multiplayer demo is now due in both the European and American regions tomorrow. Erm... And that's all.
News Sony Considering The "Best Way To Approach" PSN Subscriptions
SCEA's Peter Dille has told IGN that Sony are "actively thinking" about charging customers for the PSN, but are still considering the "best way to approach" it
Its been our philosophy not to charge for from launch up until now, but Kaz recently went on the record as saying thats something were looking at, said Dille. I can confirm...
News Bioshock 2 Launch Trailer Is Properly (Properly) Amazing
This epic 3-minute Bioshock 2 launch trailer is properly the best trailer we've seen thus far this year
It's totally all CGI but it captures the game perfectly. We'd forgotten how subtley creepy the universe of Bioshock is too. If you weren't hyped for the game, you probably will be now.
Tuesday2nd Feb 2010
News Clutching At Straws: Mass Effect 2 Source-Code Hints At Playstation 3 Version
If you ever wanted to clutch at straws regarding the release of an "exclusive" game, then now is the time
A cracked piece of Mass Effect 2 source code seems to retain two-lines of code retaining to the apparent existence of a Playstation 3 version of the game. Source code from the PC version of the game,...
Feature Playstation 3 Dynamic Themes Round-Up
Firmware 3
0 brought the ability to render 3D animations behind the XMB and since then there have been a trickle of Dynamic Themes to choose from. In this round-up, we'll be taking a look at some of the Dynamic Themes available for the PS3, and scoring them based on their interactivity, gneeral look and usability. Heavy Rain: Probably the best...
News Battlefield: Bad Company 2's Multiplayer "Simply Better" Than Modern Warfare 2
The executive producer of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Charles Magnusson, has told Eurogamer
de</a> that he believes Battlefield: Bad Company 2's multiplayer is simply "better" than Modern Warfare 2."I certainly respect our colleagues and they have made a first-class title on the legs, but I think we simply have a better, richer...
News God Of War III To Feature Almost Three-Hours Of Bonus Content
Honestly, one of our favourite things about the original God Of War games has been the additional "making of" content
That sounds sorta dumb, we know, but we find that stuff fascinating. Obviously if the actual games weren't so good, we wouldn't care about it; but God Of War game are always good, so we're stoked to get that extra content...
News EA Blow Dante's Inferno Advertising Budget On Super Bowl Blowout
As much as we think Dante's Inferno looks to be a decent hack and slash title, we've always wondered why they're putting a God Of War inspired title up against well, the real thing
With Dante's Inferno due this week in Europe (next week in the US) and the real deal God Of War III coming just a month after that - it seems like commercial suicide...
News God Of War III Snatches An 18 Rating Here In The UK, There's A Surprise
God Of War III's passed rating in the UK with no cuts made
It scored an 18 from the BBFC. No surprise there for a game that has you ripping someone's head off. The God Of War Collection has also been rated at an 18. Better make sure you've got that fake ID* ready for March then, eh? *- PushSquare do not condone the act of using fake IDs. Sometimes
News Namco Gets Hit Hard, Sheds Profits & Staff
Namco's recorded a whopping $129million loss for the nine months ending December 31st, compared to a profit of $99
4million in the same period the year previous. That's a lot of money, yo. As a result the company has announced they are to cut the employment of roughly 10% of their workforce. That's gutting news for about 630 people.Since the...
News 128 S.V.E.R. Dudes Get Together To Just, Y'know, Say Hi
The bitter Raven player in us wants to make a snarky comment about this group of S
V.E.R. players who were winning so comfortably</a> on Domination they decided to just, y'know, hang out in the middle of the map. Apparently, still no one was able to take their Cooling Towers. Yeah, us Ravens know why, eh? 'Cos the S.V.E.R. map is horrifically...
News Quantum Theory Pushed Back Until "Later In 2010"
Thought that announced March release date for Quantum Theory was suspect? Yup, us too
We guess it's little surprise then, that the game's been pushed back until later in the year. A rep for Tecmo Koei told VG247 that the game has been delayed for "quality" reasons and that the team were committed to delivering the "very best...
News For The Love Of: SCEE Mention "Gran Turismo 5" & "Fall Release" In The Same Sentence
Enough Sony, SCEE, Polyphony or whoever is involved with making Gran Turismo 5 take so bleeding long to come out
We were expecting it early 2009. It didn't come. We were expecting it late 2009. It didn't come. We were really expecting it early 2010. It ain't coming. Now you're talking about Fall? Really? Yes, really. SCEE Portugal's honcho James...
News EA Release Screenshots Of Their Dante's Inferno Super Bowl Advertisement
EA are on assault with Dante's Inferno
In fact, they're about to promote their product on the Super Bowl, one of the US' biggest sporting events. Because this is such a big deal (an estimated $2.5million is being spent on each spot) EA's decided to release some screens from the advert. They're CGI. Interestingly, according to Kotaku the CBS are not...
News Dante's Inferno DLC Brings Online Co-Op, User Generated Content
Australian gamers who already have their copies of Dante's Inferno have uncovered a trailer for an upcoming DLC pack for the game
The DLC, entitled "The Trials Of St. Lucia", will allow players to create there own player-based combat challenges and share them with friends — think LittleBigPlanet. The DLC will also add online co-op aswell...
News Playstation 3 To See Greatest Year Over Year Growth In January
Hardly a surprising revelation, but one analyst believes that Playstation 3 will see the greatest YoY growth in next week's January NPD report
Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee reckons that the PS3 will keep its momentum throughout January and "will have the best year-over-year growth in January among all consoles." This is on the back of the...
Monday1st Feb 2010
News Carlsberg Don't Make Open World Games, But If They Did, They'd Probably Be A Bit Like Mafia II
Mafia II's senior producer, Denby Grace, has told IncGamers that 2K's upcoming noir open-world title is pretty much better than all the competition
He might be right too. The game looks phenomenal. Said he:No other open world city comes close with the texture quality, attention to detail and destructibility of our environments. As well as the...
News MAG Stands Strong, Enters The UK Charts At Number Four
We were kind of worried about MAG's sales
Oh, there are plenty of people playing the game to make the servers active, and the actual game is worthy of 4/4 on this very website — but if the initial sales were bad then, yo, it might mean less post-support from the folks at Zipper. Which is where MAG is likely to thrive. So it's pleasing to see MAG...
News Vinyl Fantasy 7 Mashes Hip-Hop With Final Fantasy, Results Are Amazing
Twiggy's in agreement - Team Teamwork's Final Fantasy VII/hip-hop mash-up is phenomenal
Aside from a brief appearance of the frighteningly folk Tom Waits, this "pay-what-you-want" record is the perfect compliment to our First-Time Fantasy series. Go download it from here.
News Sony Studio Liverpool To Be Cut In Half?
Last week we reported the sad news that there was a "restructuring" process going on at Sony's Studio Liverpool
News this morning from Develop suggests that the "restructuring" is likely to result in a cull of 50%. An affected staff member told Develop that the layoff was looking "heavy", estimating around half us may be...
News Japanese Last Guardian Website Opens Its Doors
SCEJ has launched the official website for Team Ico's upcoming The Last Guardian today
There's not a lot of new stuff to see on the website, but its launch will come as a welcome reminder that the game is still coming soon. We'd put money on a Japanese launch this year.
News Lego: Harry Potter Confirmed For Release In May
The latest mash-up between Lego and another popular franchise, Lego Harry Potter, is due in May according to a trailer published on Eurogamer today
The game certainly looks to have a lot of potential. It's coming to PS3 and PSP.
News Heavy Rain Gets Slapped With A Fairly Large HDD Install
Just to get it out there, Heavy Rain requires installation before you play it
It'll need 4.2GB of space to run in-fact, presumably to keep load-times reasonable. Don't worry too much about the horrific install screen progress bar though; Quantic Dream's come up with a clever way to keep you occupied - teaching you how to make your own Origami bird.
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 1st-7th February 2010
It's a new month again, and that means more video game releases
In fact, February brings a whole host of anticipated Playstation 3 content, including Heavy Rain. But if you need something to tide you over until then, fear not, there's a decent amount of content to pick from this week. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Dante's Inferno So,...
News Sony: More Final Fantasy Versus XIII News Incoming [Updated]
Sony's Jeff Rubenstein has hinted that there is more information on Final Fantasy Versus XIII incoming
Perhaps as soon as next month. In response to a query regarding Square Enix's latest title, Rubenstein commented, I have [some more info on FF Versus XIII], and theyre [Square Enix] eager to get some posts on the blog in February. Awesome...
News Sony: Heavy Rain Is A Total "Gamble", Yo
Heavy Rain literally looks bonkers
The latest game from David Cage and his team at Quantic Dream dares to think outside the box. In that, it's a huge gamble for publishers Sony, but one they are giving their full support. Product manager Lucy Duncan told CVG:Being Sony, I suppose we have a little more luxury to take a gamble on more original and...
Feature First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First-Time - 1
Twiggy's playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever
Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if you're still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.</em> Apparently Square want me to know two key things about the cast of Final Fantasy VII: they like nothing more than riding...
News Kojima Gutted About Peace Walker Delay, Describes It As A "Crime"
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker has been delayed
Director Hideo Kojima is pretty gutted about that. He wrote on his blog:I always preach to the staff, You must not have a delay after a release date has been announced. There is no greater crime as a game developer.Official announcement of a release date is nothing less than a promise to fans...
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