News Spartans Stand Tall: God Of War III Platinum Reveals Secret Website...
What's most bonkers is that people have already earned a Platinum trophy in God Of War III
News Once Upon A Time Assassin's Creed Was Coming To The PS2
Assassin's Creed was a pretty early Playstation 3 game
News Ignition Entertainment Detail Upcoming PSN Shooter Blacklight: Tango Down
Ignition Entertainment's dropped a few more details on their upcoming PSN shooter, Blacklight: Tango Down
News Ninja Theory: Heavenly Sword Sales Were Not Enough To Break Even
So you might want to put a boot in our Heavenly Sword 2 speculation from last night
News Surprise: Just Cause 3 Is Probably Going To Come Out At Some Point
When Just Cause 2 shot straight to number one in the British sales charts this week, we bet you didn't expect there to be a Just Cause 3, did you? You did? Oh
News Enslaved Provides Proof That Post-Apocalyptic Games Can Be Pretty
Enslaved is the latest title from Heavenly Sword developers Ninja Theory
News - March, 2010
Wednesday31st Mar 2010
Review Pinball Heroes: Everybody's Golf (PlayStation Portable)
Easily the best of the Pinball Heroes tables, the Everybody's Golf pinball cabinet is a delightful recreation of Clap Hanz's super-accessible golf franchise
Based on Clap Hanz's Playstation golf franchise, the Everbody's Golf table in Pinball Heroes is a loving recreation of some of the game's concepts. Working with the golf theme, the Everybody's...
News Former SCEE Executive David Reeves Joins Capcom Europe
Blimey - Capcom Europe's announced that they've appointed former SCEE exec of 15 years David Reeves as their COO
Reeves, who left Sony last year, starts his new position as of tomorrow. We don't think this is an April Fools joke.I established a close working relationship with Capcom during my time at Sony and have always admired its commitment to...
News Saints Row 3 Will Literally Blow Your Mind According To THQ
Short little sound-byte from THQ's top boffin Danny Bilson regarding Saints Row 3 here: The next Saints Row is mind-blowing
New tech; mind-blowing. I cant talk about that too much but its mind-blowing. THQ are known for Red Faction Guerrilla's GeoMod engine, which would likely be the new tech in question here. If so, prepare for the most...
News Visceral Games Confirm Dead Space 2 Will Get A Demo, Preferably A Better One This Time Around
Sometimes game demos can practically sell a game all on their own
Sometimes game demos can keep a game on the shelf. It's all a matter of doing it right. The original Dead Space did it wrong. It failed convey the ethos of the game, and subsequently put some people off. Executive producer at Visceral Games Steve Papoutsis is all to aware of that, and...
News Yup, More Easter Eggs - There's A Mechanical Shark In Just Cause 2
Thought you'd found all of Just Cause 2's easter eggs? Nope, we're pretty certain people will still be finding them later in the year
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News Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Heading To PS3 In September
If you missed yesterday's blow-out on Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, you'd probably do well to head over here first
Done? Ok, so a few more details for you on Spidey's amazingly/noir outing: the game's story is being penned by Marvel's Dan Slott and will be hitting stores this September. If you're in the US, you'll be able to read more about the...
News US Playstation 3 Greatest Hits Collection Expands With: Killzone 2, inFamous & Resistance 2
Yo Americans, you up for some new quality first-party Playstation 3 content at half the price? You betcha, yo
Looks like Sony's got your backs then, with Killzone 2, inFamous and Resistance 2 all set to join the PS3 Greatest Hits Collection. That's according to a Best Buy flyer that also sees UFC Undisputed 2009 and LittleBigPlanet: Game Of The Year...
News Sony Account For 17% Of GameStop's New Product Puchased In Fiscal '09
Americans bought a lot of new games in 2009, but specifically, you guys over the pond bought a lot of new Sony products
According to an SEC filing for the past year, Sony products accounted for 17% of "new product purchases" from American games retail juggernaut GameStop in fiscal '09. Nintendo won the stakes with 23%, while Microsoft, EA...
News Naughty Dog, Crytek Are Knocking; "Aiming To Set Graphical Benchmark" With Crysis 2
Naughty Dog set the benchmark with Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Santa Monica raised the benchmark with God Of War III. Now Crytek want to take the console visuals crown with Crysis 2. Were aiming to set the graphical benchmark, executive producer Nathan Camarillo told British Playstation magazine, PSM3. Why would anyone not want to play...
News Yep, Looks Like Uncharted 3 Production Is Underway
It'd be fair to assume that production on Uncharted 3 is already underway
Animator David Lam's industry profile lists work on an "Unannounced Project" from Naughty Dog, starting in January 2010. Lam worked with Naughty Dog for eight months during the development of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Y'know, we're absolutely ready for more...
Rumour French Magazine Hints At God Of War III Multiplayer DLC
A mysterious scan of the French Official Playstation Magazine has set message boards alight over night
The magazine's piece seems to purport to some multiplayer DLC for God Of War III. The scans appear to show some kind of Soul Calibur-esque one-on-one fighting mini-game. It'd be neat if it happened but don't hold your breath. Remember - we're...
Rumour Ubisoft Employee's CV Reckons Splinter Cell: Conviction Is Coming To The PS3
Ubisoft may be being coy regarding the potential release of Splinter Cell: Conviction on the Playstation 3, but one employee within the company seems to think it's happening
The game's currently a PC and XBOX 360 exclusive, a strange set of circumstances given Ubisoft are a third-party publisher, and could maximise profits further by publishing the...
News Famitsu Reveals A Little More On Platinum Games' Vanquish
Famitsu's got a huge blow-out on Platinum Games' Vanquish this week, and AndriaSang
com's</a> got your back with all the meaty details. The third-person shooter, being developed by Mr. Resident Evil Shinji Mikami, begins in space on a cylindrical colony known as Providence. This colony is America's 51st state, and has been created in order to...
News Japanese Game Market Shrinks By 0.6% In Fiscal '09
Today's date is March 31st
That means businesses everywhere stop talking about future endeavours, and start talking about... Past endeavours. That's right, the fiscal year has ended, specifically in Japan where publication Famitsu is reporting that the market in the East has shrunk by 0.6%. The publication reports that while software sales were up,...
Tuesday30th Mar 2010
News Ignition Entertainment Detail Upcoming PSN Shooter Blacklight: Tango Down
Ignition Entertainment's dropped a few more details on their upcoming PSN shooter, Blacklight: Tango Down
The game, in development at Zombie Studios, is based around a special military unit known as "Blacklight". Duh! The Blacklight team are essentially hand-picked uber-soldiers, and they work directly for the secretary of defence...
News Surprise: Just Cause 3 Is Probably Going To Come Out At Some Point
When Just Cause 2 shot straight to number one in the British sales charts this week, we bet you didn't expect there to be a Just Cause 3, did you? You did? Oh
Well, that's good then, because Avalanche has claimed that people shouldnt be surprised to see a Just Cause 3. I think there are a lot of connections with [Avalanche and] the IP,...
News Enslaved Provides Proof That Post-Apocalyptic Games Can Be Pretty
Enslaved is the latest title from Heavenly Sword developers Ninja Theory
It's also strikingly pretty despite its post-apocalyptic setting. The game's based on the 400-year old Chinese novel, Journey To The West, and is due later this year.
News Lost Planet 2 Demo Access Codes Start Their Journey To Fans
As promised, Capcom has started sending Lost Planet 2 demos to fans
In order to redeem a free code, you'll need to register for the Lost Planet community site, which in turn will require a Capcom Unity Membership. If you've got all that though, all you'll need to do is head to this site and wait for your code to arrive. Note that the code won't work...
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Way to damn your product to endless comparisons by the fanboys Mark Carson of CaptiveMotion. Mark worked on Microsoft exclusive Alan Wake, but has a thing or two to say about Heavy Rain's own visuals, despite not playing the game. "It's beautiful and brilliant but visually uneven at points, which unfortunately is the nature of the...
News Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Looks Edgy, Appears To Have First-Person Stuff
After the jump is the debut trailer for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
If you want to go watch it, hit the jump. We won't mind. Done? Pretty rad, right? The game's focused on some weird tablet thing that shatters and alters reality. Key thing you should know: there are multiple permutations of Spider-Man. Revealed in this trailer is the classic...
News Amazing: Take Two Settle Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" Claims
You were younger and you were excited
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas had just hit stores, and you were carefully perusing your way through the game. Until vulgarity. The "Hot Coffee" mission put you right off your purchase and you demanded compensation for the explicit scenes of sexual content Rockstar Games had inflicted upon you. If this...
News TikGames & Creat Studios Launch A Specialised PSN Publisher Storefront
Both TikGames and Creat Studios have been one of the strongest supporters of the Playstation Network
Be it the excellent Magic Ball Orbz, or the more recent Wakeboarding HD - they've won over many Playstation owners with their simple, but endearing content. Today the companies have announced that they're set to launch a publisher store-front under...
News PSN Title Planet Minigolf Will Support Playstation Move
One of the coolest things Sony are doing with the Playstation Move, is providing a back catalogue line-up for the controller
You may only be able to afford one launch title with your Playstation Move peripheral, but it looks like Sony are providing enough retro-active support to ensure you'll have something else to use with your Move controller. Be...
News Lost Planet 2 Video Looks Rather Exciting, Then
Capcom's released a new multiplayer trailer for Lost Planet 2
It looks pretty bonkers to be perfectly honest. The video shows off explosions, new v-suits, weapon upgrades and some more explosions. The game's out May 11th. Lucky folk will get into an early demo this week. Yeah, we're starting to be tempted.
News THQ Set To Reveal A New Fighting Game At E3 2010
THQ are on the cusp of revealing a new fighting game during this year's E3, they've announced to CVG
According to the report, it's being worked on by a major developer. When we announce it youll go, oh theyre going with THQ, cool, THQ's vice president Danny Bilson told the website. The fighting group is actually taking on the...
News After Burner Climax Hits The Playstation Network This April 22nd
Yes
After Burner is coming to the Playstation Network, get in! That's right, SEGA Of America has dated their blue-skies flight combat title After Burner Climax for April 22nd in the USA. No price has been announced as of yet, but expect it to be in the $10 ballpark. Update @ 16:47: the date's been confirmed for Europe now too.
News FirstPlay Launches Next Week On The Playstation Network
Future Publishing's just confirmed that the first episode of FirstPlay will launch on the PSN next week for £0
99. That's Thursday, April 8th if you're unsure. Those checking out the first episode will get access to an exclusive in-game item for Just Cause 2.Theres a fantastic buzz about FirstPlay amongst the industry and the gaming community...
Monday29th Mar 2010
News Ninja Theory: Heavenly Sword Sales Were Not Enough To Break Even
So you might want to put a boot in our Heavenly Sword 2 speculation from last night
Ninja Theory has come out all guns firing, claiming they didn't even break-even with their 2007 PS3 exclusive Ninja Theory — even though the game sold just shy of one and a half million copies. Ninja Theory's co-founder Tameem Antoniades told CVG, Heavenly Sword...
First Impressions 3D Dot Game Heroes on PlayStation 3
The first thing you need to know about 3D Dot Game Heroes: it's totally safe for you to go out and pre-order the game right now
We've seen enough to know that this Legend Of Zelda-invoking parody is going to be worth every penny of your money. Delivered with a wink and a nod, everything about 3D Dot Game Heroes invokes nostalgia, and it does so...
News Sony Tried Natal Tech But Opted To Create New Experiences With Move
Microsoft's "Project Natal" is probably the most overhyped nothing in the history of video games
We're not saying the 3D camera peripheral is doomed to failure, not at all. We're merely stating that for a product that's barely been shown, the hype behind a simple premise is staggering. The camera technology has been in development by Israeli 3DV...
Feature The Greatest Of Injustices: Sony's Playstation Portable
Listen up
If you were to listen to (and believe) much of the Western video games media, you'd probably be fooled into thinking Sony's Playstation Portable has been an abysmal failure. Released in 2005, the PSP has mustered sales of over 60million units worldwide in those five years since launch - figures not particularly shy of Nintendo's Game Boy...
News The Incredibles In LittleBigPlanet Are Incredibly Cute
The Incredibles are coming to LittleBigPlanet on April 8th and, guess what, they're looking incredibly cute
This super-hero themed pack not only includes nine costumes, but also a Gallery Level featuring tons of new level building goodies.
News British Gamers Buy Lots Of Copies Of Just Cause 2. Why? Just 'Cause!
That "pun" has been run into the ground and stomped on so many times we really shouldn't have used it
But that's exactly why we did use it. Ha-hah. Incredible. Anyway - without further ado, here's your British sales charts news: Just Cause 2 is number one with a bullet. Or should we say grapple hook? Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2...
News Biggest News Of The Year: David Jaffe's New Game Will Feature DLC
Feign shock and excitement dear readers: David Jaffe - Sony stalwart, industry legend and creator of Kratos - has announced that his new super-secret (ahem
TWISTED METAL.ahem) Playstation 3 title will indeed feature DLC. Stone the crows! We absolutely will be doing DLC with our new game, Jaffe "revealed" shockingly in an episode of the...
News This Dude Eats, Sleeps, Breathes, WEARS Naughty Dog
This is Jacob Minkoff, a game designer at Sony owned studio Naughty Dog
This is his jacket. Where can we get one?
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 29th-4th April 2010 [She's Only 16! Edition]
It's Monday, thus it's time for us to talk about upcoming Playstation software you might take a shine to
There's not much amazing stuff coming this week but there are ladies. Lots of ladies. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Dead Or Alive Paradise It's all about ladies in swimsuits this week, with Tecmo's voyeur-em-up Dead Or Alive...
News Linux Support Removed From The Playstation 3 With Firmware 3.21
We're sure there are going to be about five people in the world who are going to be literally seething at this news
Us? We couldn't care less. Alas - Sony's announced via the Playstation Blog that Firmware 3.21 is incoming, and that it removes the functionality to install an additional operating system to your PS3. This feature is already...
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Sunday28th Mar 2010
News Is Heavenly Sword 2 On The Cards? Ninja Theory Start Work On A New "Secret Project"
Speaking in the latest episode of 4 Guys 1Up, Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has hinted that the company are getting started on a new "secret project"
Weve just started pre-production on a new secret project, he told the show's cast. Its a full scale, its a pretty big project. Its still top secret, but its gonna be...
News Resistance 3 Pops Up Again In A Bizarre Sony Survey
Resistance 3's starting to sound like the worst kept secret in video games
In fact, perhaps it's not even a secret anymore. Erm, yeah - it's not is it? Take this bizarre survey sent to PS3 fans. It asks: "Do you think that there is a future version of Resistance, Resistance 3 being developed?" Erm... The very fact you're asking us Mr. Sony...
News Get Your First Look At Dead Space 2 Right Here, Right Now (Right Here, Right Now)
The crowd greet the 15-second snippet of Dead Space 2's gameplay with an "ooooooh-WHOA AWESOME", so it must be good, right? Duh
The footage shows protagonist Isaac Clarke making his way through a rickety train, before being forced to use some thrusters on his suit to make his way into the next compartment. The snippet's a little Iron Man, so it'll...
Saturday27th Mar 2010
News Once Upon A Time Assassin's Creed Was Coming To The PS2
Assassin's Creed was a pretty early Playstation 3 game
Some of you might remember the hype around Ubisoft's pseudo-historical parkour debut. But did you know that alongside the PS3 version, Ubisoft were working on a PS2 version of the game? Nope, us neither. But that's what Ubisoft's Jonathan Jacques-Belletete has told 1Up. He told the publication...
News Feast Your Eyes On The First King Of Fighters XIII Screens
King Of Fighters XIII is happening
It's a real video game. It was announced in Tokyo this week, alongside a slew of screenshots (Kotaku's got your back) and word of the return of Mai Shiranui - every fan's big-boobed favourite. The game'll no doubt make it's way over to the Playstation 3 at some point. Anyone excited? We thought King Of Fighters XII...
Thursday25th Mar 2010
Review Prison Break: The Conspiracy (PlayStation 3)
Fans of the American TV show will be right at home with Prison Break: The Conspiracy's storyline
It's based around the events of the first season, with Lincoln Burrows wrongly committed of a crime he didn't conduct. You play as Tom Paxton, an undercover agent sent by "the Company" into Fox River Penitentiary to keep an eye on Burrow's...
Friday26th Mar 2010
News Retail List Leaks Big Activision Releases Call Of Duty 7, DJ Hero 2 & James Bond Racing
We don't know how they've done it, but VG247 has got their hands on a release schedule from British retailer GAME
Amongst many interesting discoveries, the listing outs a number of key Activision titles for release in October. Amongst the big hitters are Call Of Duty 7 - the latest foray into the military shooter franchise by spin-off developer...
News Hang On, What? Red Dead Redemption Has Multiplayer?
Rockstar's just confirmed they'll be detailing Red Dead Redemption's multiplayer components during the week of April 5th
If you already knew, please feign excitement alongside us because we had no idea Read Dead Redemption was getting multiplayer. How much are they cramming into this thing?We believe this game sets a new benchmark for open world...
News LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Video Is Strikingly Cute
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's something about the LEGO games from Traveller's Tales that is strikingly cute
This video from LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is from the third book. It's also as brilliantly lovely as you'd expect it to be. It's probably bad to be hyped for this game but whatever, we're stoked.
Rumour Playstation Move Support Allegedly Confirmed For Heavy Rain
Gamer
nl</a> are reporting via Belgian gaming magazine, Chief, that Sony's confirmed Playstation Move support for Heavy Rain. In a segment devoted to the Move's games line-up, Heavy Rain is there clear as day next-door to LittleBigPlanet. It really does seem like a matter of when not if, especially seeing as Cage's original vision for the game...
News Playstation 3 Tops The Japanese Hardware Charts, PSP Second
Perhaps a little something to do with the release of Yakuza 4 in Japan, the PS3 has finally ended the PSP's long run atop the Japanese hardware charts to settle with the crown of glory
Or something. Sony's home console rattled off just over 50k units, with the PSP not too far behind, managing 38k. Nintendo occupied much of the rest of the list, with...
News Oh, Final Fantasy IX Might Come To The Playstation Store Too Then?
Given the levels of success both Final Fantasy VII and VIII have found on the Playstation Store, Square Enix would need to be muppets not to release Final Fantasy IX on Sony's digital service
Well, if Square producer Shinji Hashimoto comments are anything to go by — there's a strong chance it could happen. The dude's been judging opinion as to...
News Lost Planet 2's Due A New Multiplayer Demo, Release Gets Moved Forward
If you're waiting for Lost Planet 2 then
.. Prepare to wait a little less. It seems strange even typing it, but Lost Planet 2's release date has been moved forward a week to May 11th. In addition to that surprisingly pleasant news, Capcom has announced the game'll get a new multiplayer demo next week, accessible via community distributed voucher...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 25th March 2010
Downloadable Games Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 1 ($7
49) Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 1-3 Bundle ($14.99) Anarchy: Rush Hour ($7.99) Hamsterball ($9.99) Wakeboarding HD ($14.99) Section 8 ($29.99)</ul>Avatars<ul> Heavy Rain Avatars (x14) ($0.49 each)</ul>The Tester<ul> The Tester Episode 6</ul>PSone...
News Sorry PS3 Fans - Hydrophobia Goes XBOX Live Arcade Exclusive
If it were appropriate for us to type emoticons on a blog, well, you'd be seeing a big, fat, sad face right about here
Long term PushSquare readers will know that we are were very excited about Dark Energy Digital's survival game Hydrophobia. In fact, in our preview we described the game as "one of the more innovative titles this...
Rumour Sony To Change Playstation Store Updates To Wednesday
For years now the Playstation Store has been updated on a Thursday
That's lead to some frustration for gamers, who are irritated Microsoft's XBOX 360 console gets DLC and downloadable games a day "early", simply because Microsoft's store is updated on Wednesdays. Well, it looks like that trend is finally about to change. An email sent to...
Thursday25th Mar 2010
News Candy Mountain Is Probably The Last Place A Fat Princess Should Go, Just Sayin'!
Alongside patch 1
05 today, Fat Princess will get two new maps: Candy Mountain and Frost Bite. Given their names you can probably assume what they're all about, right? The maps are totally free, which is always lovely. The patch also includes some updates to Fat Princess' core gameplay. The mage's ice attacks no longer stop an opponent dead, they...
News Just Cause 2 Easter Eggs Already Bubble To The Surface
Given that Just Cause 2 is a game devoted to a huge open-world setting, there had to be a few Easter Eggs in there right? Thankfully yes
LOST fans have been literally dancing in excitement over having discovered the mysterious hatch from the television series. We won't pertain to have any knowledge of the LOST franchise but we can imagine how this...
News Yakuza 4 Shifts 384,000 Copies In Its First Week On Sale In Japan
SEGA's Yakuza 4 has topped the Japanese software charts for this week, shifting a hearty 384,000 copies
The numbers are a little lower than those of Yakuza 3, but still extremely respectable. Elsewhere, the God Of War Collection managed to place 13th in the Japanese software charts this week, with Battlefield: Bad Company 2 not far behind it in...
Rumour Sony To Release New Michael Jackson Video Games
It was reported last week that Sony shelled out a whopping $200million for the right to release ten new posthumous Michael Jackson records, DVDs, blu-rays and, yes video games, between now and 2017
Video games? Yes video games. According to the report, before his death, Michael Jackson was actually working on a new video game with his production...
News More People You Probably Don't Know Join The EA Sports MMA Roster
We've never watched MMA in our life, but we're perfectly aware it's a hot topic across the 'States right now
Hence the showdown between THQ's UFC Undisputed franchise and EA Sports', erm, EA Sports MMA. Much of this has caused a war of words regarding which "talent" signs up to EA's game. People that know more about this stuff than we do...
News Try To Be Excited: The Witcher 2 Is Coming To Consoles Aswell
CD Projekt's confirmed during a spring conference today that The Witcher 2's coming to consoles aswell as the PC
A lot of people are super excited about this. The original game was supposed to be coming to consoles too, but the project was canned during some studio changes and cut-backs. The game was formally announced this week and is due for...
News Are Bungie Considering Playstation 3 Development?
Bungie are a studio traditionally associated with Microsoft
But speaking about the companies' next move after Halo: Reach, they've hinted at the possibility of supporting Playstation 3."All options are open right now," Bungie's community manager Brian Jarrard told IndustryGamers. "So long as we find the best possible fit for our...
News European Playstation Store Updates: 25th March 2010
Special Offers Until April 1: 1942: Joint Strike (was £7
99/9.99 now £3.99/4.99) Prince of Persia: Epilogue (Pack) (was £7.99/9.99 now £3.99/4.99) Street Fighter IV Complete Costume Pack (was £9.99/12.99 now £4.79/5.99) Shaun White Snowboarding Mile High Pack (was £3.99/4.99 now £2.39/2.99)...
News Oh Yeah, In Case You Were Wondering: Mafia II's Out In August
We remain upbeat regarding 2K's Mafia II
It looks neat. But it's still some way off, with 2K announcing this morning the game is due in August. It'll hit the US on August 24th, with international folks having to wait just three days until August 27th. If you happen to be heading to PAX East this week, the game will be playable there. And that's...
News Little Big Fat "No" From Sony Regarding LittleBigPlanet 2 "Confirmation"
Heh, it did seem like a bit of a slip of the tongue and an issue of translation that caused Sony's Benelux marketing manager to "confirm" LittleBigPlanet 2 earlier this week
And, yup, as soon as the rumour started, it's been debunked. ConnectedConsoles prompted Sony for comment on the situation, getting the following response: As demonstrated...
News It's Official: The Playstation 3 Is The Greatest Console Of All Time (Or Something)
Japanese video games bible Famitsu have been number crunching
They've been working out the percentage of each video game's library that has earned a prestigious "gold" award from the magazine. A gold award is given to those games which score 32/40 or higher. The magazine's deduction works on the basis of ratio — the higher percentage of...
News Another 10 Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker For Your Viewing Pleasure
Konami's continuing to release big fat chunks of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker gameplay, and this latest video focuses on a co-op boss battle against an angry helicopter
Y'know - when GiantBomb.com claimed helicopters were evil, we think they were onto something. There's not a game goes by that doesn't seem to include a helicopter as some kind of...
News Here's Your Weekly Red Dead Redemption Trailer
What more can we say about Red Dead Redemption really? We always have to find something to make a comment on with every week's new trailer
But we're out - the game looks absolutely awesome. And it's out in May. Nothing more to see here?
Wednesday24th Mar 2010
Review Wakeboarding HD (PlayStation 3)
Wakeboarding HD is exactly what it says it is: it's Wakeboarding in HD
Players will choose from a numerous list of events and take to the water in order to score ridiculous combos and meet a variety of objectives. For those unfamiliar, Wakeboarding is a sport in which you are placed on a board and pulled forward by a speedboat. The speed of the...
News Prepare To Be Excited: Atlus Are Starting Work On Persona 5
We know there's a very strong, niche audience out there for Atlus' Persona franchise
Much of that has been strengthened by GiantBomb's endurance run of the fourth entry in the series. Well - prepare to get excited because Katsura Hashino, the director of the previous two Persona games, has told Japanese magazine Dengeki Playstation that, "We...
News Zen Studios Show Off Planet MiniGolf, Pique Our Interest
Readers of this site will know just how enamored we are with Zen Studios' Playstation Network title Zen Pinball
We loved it. So it's exciting to hear about the company's next PSN game, Planet MiniGolf. Not only will the game take Zen Studios' trademark ball physics onto the green — but it'll allow players to challenge over 140 holes alone or in...
News The Playstation Portable Is Five Years Old In The US Today
Gah, yesterday we had the European birthday of the Playstation 3 -- today we have the American birthday of the Playstation Portable
That's right, the PSP is five years old in the US today, and has since mustered 17 million units in the US alone. Pretty amazing numbers considering it's Sony's first venture into the handheld gaming market. Five...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Teams Up With Mountain Dew In Japan
If you're in Japan, you might want to grab yourself some Mountain Dew
Why? Because the cans are being branded with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker character art. Naturally, the colloboration works two ways - as Mountain Dew is set to make an appearance in Peace Walker. It'll appear as an in-game item. We love it when games do that. [Pic: Andriasang]
News ModNation Racers Will Bring Fun Back To Your Sofa
Remember the mid-late 90's, when you had a N64 with multiple different coloured controllers plugged into the front -- just so you could play four-player Mario Kart? Yeah, United Front Games hope to recreate that kind of nostalgia with the four-player local split-screen multiplayer mode in ModNation Racers
We wanted to make sure we delivered...
News Sony Respond To Nintendo's 3DS Announcement, Pledge Their 3D Focus On Playstation 3
If you didn't hear yet, Nintendo announced a 3D successor to the Nintendo DS yesterday, entitled the 3DS
Apparently the portable can deliver 3D gaming without the need for glasses. SCEA's marketing boss John Koller has spoken to IGN about Nintendo's announcement, and why Sony are focusing their 3D efforts on the Playstation 3 only.Our focus on 3D...
News Guys, There Was A New Wipeout Game In Development At Studio Liverpool
We don't whether to laugh or cry
Here's the crux - we know there was a Wipeout game in development at Sony Studio Liverpool. Sadly, Studio Liverpool, whilst remaining a functioning studio, has been severely hit by layoffs. Thus, whether or not that project still exists is unknown. The news comes via the LinkedIn profile of a former employee, Martin...
News EA: Medal Of Honor Will Lead On The PS3, Maximise The System's Potential
Electronic Arts Los Angeles' Creative Director Richard Farrelly has confirmed that their Medal Of Honor reboot's development is being led on the Playstation 3
Meaning it will maximise what Sony's system can do. Were leading on PS3, weve developed the game on PS3, Richard told CVG. Were working hard to deliver the exact same experience...
News Ruh-Roh: F3AR (Yup, That's FEAR 3) News Incoming
Look, we liked FEAR 2: Project Origin
Really liked it in fact. But no matter how good the third entry in Monolith's horror shooter franchise is - the name F3AR is terrible. Terrible. Alas, it looks like that's the name the game's going to get. According to a scan from a Spanish magazine, F3AR is due a full blow-out in the publication's next issue...
News Sony Tease Big Playstation Portable Surprises For This Year
After the major Playstation Portable late last year, Sony's been a little quiet about their handheld
We know ModNation Racers and Metal Gear Solid are coming, but what's next? Today, on the system's US birthday, SCEA's John Koller has teased that there are big announcements coming. "As we move further into 2010, the innovation and...
Tuesday23rd Mar 2010
News Wanna See Something Weird? Watch Scott Shelby Playing Scott Shelby In Real Life...
Scott Shelby is a character from Heavy Rain
He is played by Sam Douglas. Sam Douglas is a real actor who played a bit-part in the 2005 Clive Owen movie Derailed. The scene featuring the actor shows Douglas wearing a long trench coat, playing an investigator, and generally acting like Detective Scott Shelby... Hit the jump for a video delight...
Competition Complete Set Of Aliens vs Predator Playstation Home Getups
Playstation Home can often be a stange and unusual place
A typical day in Sony's virtual world will offer some extraordinary sights. Boys dressed as girls. Weird snowmen doing the robot in their underwear. People actually playing chess. If Lewis Carroll dreamt it all up, we reckon he'd be pretty proud. So when we heard Aliens vs Predator was coming...
Review NormalTanks (PlayStation Minis)
It can take a while before you get a feel for NormalTanks' control setup, but once you do you'll find a solid, action-oriented old-school shooter with some great feeling weapons, plenty of variety and pretty visuals
The first thing we noticed about NormalTanks is the sense of impact you get from shooting an enemy. This game is from BeatShapers, the...
News Naughty Bear Causes Mischief On Store Shelves This June 8th
If you've been reading PushSquare for a while, you'll know that we are very excited about A2M's upcoming title, Naughty Bear
Purely stylistically, it's like nothing else we've ever seen, and if the gameplay matches the ambition it could turn out to be a bit of a sleeper hit. If you're not yet aware what Naughty Bear's all about - it's essentially a...
News UK BlazBlue Release Date Gets Pushed Back A Week
To be honest, if you've waited this long for BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, an extra week isn't going to hurt
We've just been informed by publishers Zen United that the UK release of the 2D-brawler has been pushed back by a week, and is now expected to land on April 2nd. We'll have a review of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger pretty soon, so keep checking...
News If SEGA's Yakuza Franchise Was In 8-Bit, It'd Look A Bit Like This...
Kotaku's got their hands on an artist's impression of SEGA Yakuza franchise all sprited up
Looks lovely, eh?</em>
News David Cage: Publishers Should Put Greater Emphasis On Creativity
Quantic Dream's David Cage has been talking about creativity again
Speaking to the Guardian, the video game visionary claimed publishers should place "more importance" on creativity. He told the British publication:I always said that the success or failure of Heavy Rain would send a strong message to the game industry: if the game faced...
News Square Enix To "Explore The Possibility" Of Remaking Final Fantasy VII
Megaton? Maybe
Square Enix's CEO, Yoichi Wada, has said at Final Fantasy XIII's launch party that the company are to "explore the possibility" of remaking the insanely popular Final Fantasy VII. Before you get too excited though, the company prez did reserve that some complication as to "whether or not we're going to do it, if we're...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Invades The Littlest Of Big Planets
Sony's just announced that there's a new LittleBigPlanet pack on the horizon - completely based around SEGA's Sonic The Hedgehog
The pack includes a variety of Sonic costumes including: Sonic, Tails, Eggman, Knuckles, and, erm... the Werehog. In addition to all the costumes you'll land some neat new stickers to help you recreate your very own...
Rumour LittleBigPlanet 2 "Confirmed", Will Support Playstation Move
According to a report on Dutch website Tweakers (via VG247), LittleBigPlanet 2 is a genuine product that will support Sony's upcoming Playstation Move motion controller
The website notes, via a marketing manager from Sony Benelux, that a "suitable" Move title at launch appears to be the in-development LittleBigPlanet 2, and that the game...
Stop what you're doing
The latest trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is balls-to-the-wall amazing. It features some startlingly in-your-face J-pop and ridiculously pretty Playstation Portable visuals. The game's not far off now, thus you should probably go buy Sony's portably system if you don't already have one. You're going to need a PSP...
News Oh Look, It's Time For Every Man & His Dog To Have A Countdown On Their Website
Bioware's put a countdown on their website
It counts down to sometime on Monday. Why are we telling you about this? Well, because we kinda hope Bioware are finally going to man up and release the first two Mass Effect games for PS3. It seems ludicrous not to, right? Meh... Feel free to flame us if this turns out to be something totally bollocks.
News Happy, Happy Birthday European Playstation 3!
Guess what Europeans - the Playstation 3 is officially three years old today in your neck of the woods
That's right, the system went on sale in Europe precisely three years ago today - March 23rd. It's been a bit of a roller-coaster ride for Sony since then, with initial PS3 sales tempered by a high price-tag. It is, however, with the launch of the...
News Your Red Dead Redemption Boxart's Gonna Look Like This...
It's red
Real red. That's because the game's called Red Dead Redemption we suppose. Dunno though, it all looks a bit empty, don'tchathink?</em>
News Analyst: Expect The New Playstation Portable To Be Announced Pretty Soon
Blimey oh riley
If you've been on the Internet at all today, you might have read somewhere that Nintendo has announced the successor to their hugely popular handheld: the Nintendo 3DS. Not one to be upstaged by the competition, analysts writing on MCV reckon the successor to Sony's Playstation Portable is just around the corner. Lazard Capitals...
Monday22nd Mar 2010
Review Mega Man 10 (PlayStation 3)
Few franchises can stand the test of time quite like Mega Man
Despite being the second NosCon Mega Man title to release on Playstation Network, Mega Man 10's retro-stylings and razor-sharp MIDIs are as engaging as they've ever been. Factor in the new "Easy" mode that makes the game actually beatable and you have an old-school package that...
News Kratos Hitches A Ride Around Mainland Europe
Be careful if you're driving across mainland Europe this Summer
Thanks to Playstation Czech Repulic and Slovakia, you may just come into contact with the God Of War himself as you're speeding down a European highway.</em>
News Super Street Fighter IV Dojo Edition Includes Dudley Apparel
We can get behind any product that includes Dudley related content
Take this Super Street Fighter IV pack entitled "Dojo Edition". It's available for US shoppers via the Capcom Store. Not only does it include a gym bag, USB stick and a headband — but it also includes a Dudley T-shirt. Sold. Head to the Capcom store to order the pack now.
News Killing Gods Is Kratos' Second Hobby, On The Weekends He Maintains A Small Allotment
As seen on Penny Arcade: The God Of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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News God Of War Trilogy Boxset Looks A Little Bit Like This...
SCEE announced earlier that they will release a God Of War Trilogy boxset in European regions that's set to include both God Of War III and the remastered God Of War Collection
The pack's due to release at the end of April and will be package up in this pretty little boxset. Neat, huh?
News Hamster Ball "Rolls" (Geddit?) Onto The Playstation Network This Week
TikGames just sent us word of another PSN title they're due to release on the Playstation Store this week
Hamster Ball is a bit like Super Monkey Ball and a bit like Marble Madness according to the company, where the gameplay is all about racing an animal trapped in a ball through various maze-like stages. The game features a single-player mode,...
News Just In Case You Were Wondering: Modnation Racers Has Split-Screen
Dig deep into your earlier years and you might recall having numerous hours of fun playing multiplayer split-screen in Nintendo's Mario Kart 64
With Modnation Racers essentially being Mario Kart for the future - you might be pleased to hear that developers United Front Games have added in an entirely new feature. And it's thanks to people like you,...
News Laughing Jackal Announce Stellar Attack & Pulse For Playstation Minis
They may just have the worst names in the history of generic video game names -- but Laughing Jackal's just sent us word of two new Playstation Minis they're excited about
The first of the two games - Pulse - is described as a "new era of rhythm", giving players a huge variety of music tracks to jam out too. You'll need to "follow the...
News Playstation 3's Buzz!: Quiz World Gets Full Facebook Integration
Buzz
: Quiz World</a> is set to become the first video game (ever!) to feature full Facebook social interaction. A patch going live today for Relentless' quiz-em-up includes full compatibility for Facebook, allowing players to update their friends about personal achievements within the game. The functionality is capped at five updates per day,...
News Sony Show Off Some Amazing Playstation Move Tech On The Engadget Show
Sony's Dr
Richard Marks and Anton Mikhailov recently made an appearance on a live episode of the Engadget. The reason for their appearance? To show off the Playstation Move and what it's capable of. Engadget are yet to upload a full repeat of the show on their website yet, but we did manage to find this YouTube video via VG247. The video shows a...
News Iron Man 2 Trailer Features Chugging Guitars, Giant Robotic Crab Things
The latest trailer for Iron Man 2 reveals just a glimpse of what you will be fighting in SEGA's latest tie-in
Among the highlights: giant robotic crab like beings. Sweet. The game's looking good so far, with some great character models. We'll be watching this one closely.
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 22nd-28th March 2010
It's a Monday, it's a new week, and that can only mean one thing right, guys? It's time to sit back and hand-pick Playstation's creme de la creme
PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Just Cause 2 What the demo lacked in control stability it more than made up for in just sheer breadth of content. So long as the game gives us freedom to...
News SCEE Announce God Of War Collection For Europe & Trilogy Boxset
Sony's just announced that the God Of War Collection - a single PS3 blu-ray containing remastered versions of God Of War I & II - will launch in the UK on April 30th (28th for mainland Europe)
Very strange for SCEE to release the game so late after God Of War III but, better late than never, right? Sony also confirmed that a "trilogy...
Sunday21st Mar 2010
News Snare - Snare - Snare-Kick - Snare-Kick: No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise Intro Is Familiar
Hey, remember this introduction to a video game? Yeah, it was used on the Wii version of the original No More Heroes
Except now it's roughly 7.21% better as it's been remade in high-definition for the PS3 re-release of No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise. The game's out in Japan next month. Cheers to AGB for the footage.
Saturday20th Mar 2010
News Jack Tretton Promises Killzone 3 & A "Killer" E3
In an episode of GameTrailers TV last night, Sony's Jack Tretton was on-board to talk about the looming E3 2010 Sony conference and what fans can expect
Being pressed on Killzone 3 by host Geoff Keighley, Tretton responded:Well we own Guerrilla studios and they did a great job on Killzone 1 and 2, I dont know whether youll see announcements...
God Of War III is being criticised for being too familiar to its predecessors, but it's a line of critique I feel intrigued to counter
Playing God Of War III, I couldn't help but notice the ways in which Sony Santa Monica took something familiar and made it better. On a surface-level, the tweaks aren't particularly apparent, but there are so many...
News Batman: Arkham Asylum "Steals" Best Video Game BAFTA, Uncharted 2 Walks Away With Four Gongs
There's something a little iffy about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves' denial of Best Game during last night's video game BAFTAs
Despite beating everything to win four gongs at last night's awards show, Batman: Arkham Asylum managed to walk away with the Best Game gong — despite being beaten by Uncharted 2 in numerous other characters. Don't get us...
News Naughty Bear Continues To Look Amazing In Latest Trailer
Naughty Bear is a game that should be on everyone's radar
This Aliens parody trailer continues to confirm that point. We don't know what to expect from Naughty Bear's gameplay yet, but the package just looks so different, and so ridiculous that it can't be bad, right? Right?
News GameStop: PS3 Shortages To Last Until The Summer
Some people in the industry are laughing off Sony's claims of stock shortages in the US, but it actually appears to be a genuine issue for the company
According to GameStop Executive VP of Merchandising, the issue of PS3 stock shortages are likely to go on for the next few months. Despite Sony being pestered for more stock, Bartel concluded that his...
News Aksys Confirms BlazBlue: Continuum Shift For North American Release
If you like 2D fighting games then you should probably be stoked right about now: Aksys has confirmed that the follow-up to BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, will get a US release this year
The game's not a full update, but includes three new characters. There are also new stages, music, moves and "tutorial" content to...
Friday19th Mar 2010
News Spartans Stand Tall: God Of War III Platinum Reveals Secret Website...
What's most bonkers is that people have already earned a Platinum trophy in God Of War III
You people have beaten Titan Mode - really!?! Blimey. Well, whatever. What's interesting is what happens when you earn said trophy — namely that you get directed to www.spartansstandtall.com. The website shows the ocean and rain. And not much else. There's a...
News Stretch Hummer Reminds Japanese Gamers: Yakuza 4 Is Out Now
This stretch hummer rolled around Shinjuku, Shibuya and Roppongi in order to celebrate the release of Yakuza 4 on the Playstation 3
Is it awesome? You bet it's awesome. (Now get to work on that Western port SEGA. Please. We only want subtitles.)</em> [Pic: Ryugagogotoku]
News Free MAG DLC Incoming, Includes Flashbangs, Uniforms & Guns
Zipper's confirmed that there's MAG DLC incoming next week (March 25th) and that it'll be totally free
The Trooper Gear Pack includes flashbangs, two new uniforms, new SMGs and three new LMGs. Awesome. MAG's going to have a double XP weekend to celebrate the new content. We're so going to be there.
News Codemasters Detail F1 2010's Online Component, Sounds Good
The producer of F1 2010, Paul Jeal, has revealed the very first tid-bits of information regarding the online component of the upcoming racer
Jeal confirmed that there will be three gameplay types for the racer, including Quick Race (a three lap slice of action), Endurance Race (a longer, eight lap race with mandatory pit-stops) and Custom Race...
News Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Website Gets Updated, Includes Splash Hill & Free MP3
Hey, whaddup Sonic fans - excited? You bloody should be, 'cos SEGA's just updated the Sonic The Hedgehog 4 website including new screens, character information and a free MP3
It's all related to Splash Hill Zone, presumably Sonic 4's Green Hill. Get all the content through the link. The song's great.
News Tell Us Sony, Why Is The Playstation Move Called The Playstation Move?
If you read rumours posted on message baords, you might be led to believe that the Playstation Move ended up with that name because the name "Arc" (which the controller was originally rumoured to be named) was trademarked by Microsoft
Whether or not that's the case, Sony's Scott Rodhes has come out to tell IndustryGamers that the name Move...
News Playstation Move Title Slider Looks Absolutely Brilliant, Includes Office Furniture
Anyone who has fond memories of the PSones zany Incredible Crisis will be instantly at home with the SCEJ developed Playstation Move title Slider
The pitch is thus: in a cartoon, physics-led environment, you use the Playstation Move to control an office chair and its employee down a steep hill, desperately trying to escape a bunch of angry mobsters...
News Heavy Rain's "The Taxidermist" DLC Launches On April 1st
Sony's announced that the first episode of the Heavy Rain Chronicles DLC, Madison Paige's The Taxidermist, will launch on the Playstation Store this coming April 1st for $4
99. We described the DLC as "horror-led" in our 3/4 scoring review for the content. If you loved Heavy Rain, you should definitely be excited about this one hour slice...
News SCEE Put The Brakes On Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City
Delayed
Well, we've waited months and months for Grand Theft Auto IV's XBOX 360 "exclusive" content Episodes From Liberty City, right? What harm's a couple more weeks going to cause, right? Rockstar's announced this morning that they've delayed the PS3 version of GTAIV: Episodes From Liberty City by two weeks due to some minor changes demanded by...
News European Playstation Store Updates: 18th March 2010
Special Offers Until April 1: 1942: Joint Strike (was £7
99/9.99 now £3.99/4.99) Prince of Persia: Epilogue (Pack) (was £7.99/9.99 now £3.99/4.99) Street Fighter IV Complete Costume Pack (was £9.99/12.99 now £4.79/5.99) Shaun White Snowboarding Mile High Pack (was £3.99/4.99 now £2.39/2.99)...
Gizmodo's just been sent an authentic x-ray from a physician who claims to have treated a broken hand caused by excessive God Of War III excitement
"I had a patient who was so caught up in playing God of War III that he rolled over his hand with his knee and broke two fingers. The radiograph is attached (with his information omitted and...
News PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe Gets US UMD Release In April
Dylan Cuthbert, the president of Pixeljunk's Q-Games, has confirmed that PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe will get a UMD release on April 27th in the US
The PSP title was originally released as a download on the Playstation Store, and earned a 4/4 in our review. If you're yet to play it, and can't bare to use up space on your PSP's Pro-Duo, this is well...
News Oh PSP, Japan Still Lurveeeeees You!
Sony's Playstation Portable is still top of the Japanese hardware charts
This week it managed another 39k sales, with the PS3 mustering 26k. The PSPgo continues to flounder at the bottom of the charts with just over 1,000 units sold in the past week. Pretty disasterous. But Sony probably won't care well the regular SKU of their handheld system is...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 18th March 2010
Price Updates 1942 Joint Strike Sale (now $4
99, original price $9.99)</ul> Downloadable Games Groovin Blocks ($9.99) Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Pre-order ($29.99) The Tester The Tester Episode 5 PSone Classics One ($5.99) Jigsaw Madness ($5.99) Game Demos Brain Challenge Trail <span style="font-weight:...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: GOD OF WAR III OUT NOW!
Hey Europeans
Hey Americans. Hey everyone. This week is officially the week of chaos — thus by this point, where ever you are in the world, you should know: God Of War III is out. Yup, it's on store shelves now. We think it's one of the best games on Playstation 3 to date. If you're not convinced, check out our review through here. Then head to...
Thursday18th Mar 2010
News Playstation Home Goes All Twisted Metal With A Sweet Tooth Costume
Is Twisted Metal coming? Is Twisted Metal coming
.. Of course it's coming. What better hint could you have than an awesome Sweet Tooth costume rocking its way as part of this week's US Playstation Home update. There's a bollock load of stuff in this week's update, including inFamous and Resistance stuff, a music themed personal space, and more. Hit...
News Advertorial: Here's Who We Think's Going To Win The Video Game BAFTAs
Guess what? It's the BAFTAs tomorrow night
And that means all the glamorous folks involved in putting together the games you loved last year will be heading to the red-carpet to (hopefully) collect a copious number of gongs. We've teamed up with VoucherCodes.co.uk to bring you our definitive list of predictions ahead of tomorrow's big event...
News Toy Story 3, Brunswick Pro Bowling Get Confirmed Playstation Move Support
Say hello to another Playstation 3 title getting Playstation Move support: Sony's confirmed that the movie tie-in Toy Story 3 will be compatible with their new controller
The game will be compatible with both Move and/or Dualshock 3. Sony also confirmed that Brunswick Pro Bowling will be getting Playstation Move support too. The list's growing.
News Sony: Playstation Move Has A Big "Advantage" Over The Wii
Sony's Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde has spoken out to IndustryGamers regarding the difference between the Playstation Move and the Nintendo Wii Remote
Both devices are thematically similar, where the player gestures with a controller and has their actions represented on the screen. But Rohde reckons that's where the similarities end, using...
News Capcom Confirms April 15th Date For Final Fight: Double Impact
Capcom's just sent word that Final Fight: Double Impact (which includes Magic Sword) will hit the Playstation Store on April 15th
The game includes various graphical filters, aswell as the all important addition of drop-in, drop-out online co-op. Awesome. The game's gonna cost $9.99 in the US.
News Latest 3D Dot Game Heroes Trailer Is Weird
What's the point in blending in? Sure, you totally could release another first-person shooter set in a contemporary conflict -- or you could be 3D Dot Game Heroes
Apparently the game has the most interesting hero in 3D. Well, that's according to this trailer, which deserves some kind of award for being straight-up bonkers.
News Kevin Butler Shows Off The Playstation Move The Only Way He Knows How, Through Time Travel
Kevin Butler - Sony's faux vice president of various departments - has been one of the best things to come out of Playstation marketing since crying babies
Today he's back, as the "VP of realistic movements". This is a Playstation Move centric ad from SCEA and, frankly, it's brilliant. As all the Kevin Butler commercials are. You've gotta...
News Guerrilla: "Psssht... We Can Still Do Loads With The Playstation 3"
Killzone 2 was is one of the best looking games available right now
Sadly, it's visuals have been somewhat undermined by a slew of other Playstation content. Uncharted 2 took the baton that Killzone set, and now God Of War III has run away with it. But Guerrilla don't seem phased by the internal battle for Playstation 3 exclusive visual quality...
News Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Sells Lots & Lots Of Copies In Europe, US
Stop me if you've heard this one before: a military, multiplayer shooter has sold a ton of copies in Europe and the US
That's right: EA's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has mustered sales of over 2.3 million over the last couple of weeks. Interestingly, aswell as the hard sales figures, EA has provided some more light-hearted facts pertaining to the...
News Bizarre Creations, You Mean You're Not Just Working On Blur?
CVG are reporting that Liverpool based developer Bizarre Creations are not just working on their upcoming combat racer Blur
Nuh-uh, they've got two projects up their sleeve. Ged Talbot, Blur's co-lead designer told CVG:"We do have a couple of other projects on the go and they haven't been restricted or slowed down [by Blur's development]...
News Sony Launches Playstation.Blog Share, A Digg Like Method For Fan Feedback
Well this cool: Sony's launched an extension to the Playstation
Blog today entitled "Share"</a>. The system is designed for users to submit their own Playstation-specific ideas, in which other users can vote for. The objective being to get some great community feedback on the kind of features Playstation fans want most for the...
News Worry Not: Final Fantasy Versus XIII Will Have A World Map
Final Fantasy Versus XIII's director Tetsuya Nomura has alleviated fears regarding the linearity of the next big-budget Final Fantasy release: the game will have a world-map
There'll also be airships with which you can use to travel around said map.Not everything is connected together, so the various areas have different levels of progress...
News We Betchya're Ready For More Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Right?
After last week's 10-minute epic look at Konami's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, we didn't think there'd be a new video for some time
How wrong we were. Hey, how do you fancy another ten minutes of gameplay? You do. Well - cool beans then. Press the play button and digest.
Wednesday17th Mar 2010
Review Yakuza 3 (PlayStation 3)
Yakuza 3 once again focuses on the Fourth Chairman of the Tojo Clan, Kazuma Kiryu
The slow paced opening has Kazuma running an orphanage in Okinawa. However, a series of shootings and the overbearing polictical activity taking place in Tokyo sees Kazuma return to Kamurocho in search of a traitor within the Tojo Clan. Yakuza 3's main storyline will...
Feature God Of War III's Length Should Be The Last Point Of Discussion
How short is too short in video games? Well, how short's a piece of string? It's astounding to see the number of people commenting unfavourably on God Of War III's length
"But God Of War III is only eight hours and Final Fantasy XIII is fifty - I'll rent Kratos' epic last hurrah instead." Quality over quantity - how many have heard that...
News Peter Molyneux's All Like, "Heavy Rain Is The Future And Stuff..."
Microsoft's Peter Molyneux never fails to deliver a quote that's worth reading
Whether he's hyping up his own game as the relative second coming of Elvis Presley, or simply stating something ridiculous — the dude's a master of spin. Turns out that in his latest interview with Joystiq he wants to hype a Playstation product, rather than his own...
The more Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime comes out to talk down the Playstation Move, the more we reckon Nintendo are rattled
What's that Reggie — you heard that there's a system going to be offering significantly better motion controls, alongside blu-ray, video delivery, and HD graphics? Oh.So Im a consumer and Im having a great experience with...
News Digital Foundry Go Knee Deep With Playstation Move Lag
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry has posted a pretty in-depth look at the kind of lag present at Playstation Move's blow-out during San Francisco's GDC event last week
Their 60FPS footage manages to showcase some lag, but the results are somewhat questionable. The lag seems to focus on those titles in which the camera is present (look to Move Party) as...
News Press X To Jaaaaaaaaaaaaason!!!1
Those of you who played Heavy Rain may remember Ethan Mars' tense-search for his son in a busy shopping mall
The command prompts enthused you press the "X" button - the result? "Jaaaaaaaaaaaasoooon!" Perhaps on purpose, this Flash game on Heavy.com decides to completely miss the point. Forget the origami killer - this is all...
News Stop What You're Doing: New Red Dead Redemption Video Is Balls To The Wall Amazing
Y'know, with each video that comes and goes for Red Dead Redemption we're getting closer and closer to the words "game of the year potential"
There's been about 8,753 trailers for Red Dead Redemption (trust us, our inbox can vouch) but every trailer has something different in it. Tell us this: which other game can have a truck-load of trailers, with...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gets A June 8th US Release Date
Konami's announced that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will hit the American PSPs on June 8th
This follows the announcement of yesterday's Peace Walker hardware bundle, which incidentally will be released on the same day. We're excited. Are you, valued reader?
News Oh Look, It's People Talking About That F1 2010 Game
Codemasters has released a video which contains some footage from their upcoming F1 2010 game
The video features a number of key dudes from the game's development talking about the game and cars and stuff. It's also got that famous "niaaaaaaaaooooow" sound a lot. Looks like Codies have nailed it.
News Skate 3 Hits The Playstation 3 This May
EA has announced that the third iteration of their skateboarding game Skate 3 will launch in May
They've pitched the game for a release of the 11th in America and 14th in the UK. We can confirm that the game has skateboards in it.
News Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Hits The West This Summer
Square Enix has confirmed that Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep will hit the PSP exclusively in the US this Summer
They've since also confirmed that the game will hit Europe during the same period. According to Square Enix the Western release will have a few additional features including an "extra boss and a few additional multiplayer...
Tuesday16th Mar 2010
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gets A Green PSP Bundle In The US
Looks like SCEA are going to give Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker a pretty ample push, announcing that the PSP title will get a special bundle
The bundle is set to include a Green PSP-3000, the game on UMD, a Playstation Network movie voucher, and a 2GB pro-duo memory stick for $199.99. Sounds like an excellent deal. Peace Walker will also release...
News Sony: T'Was A Mistake To Not Publish Demon's Souls Worldwide
Demon's Souls is a rare beast
The game, developed in conjunction between Sony and From Software, has gone on to become one of Playstation's system sellers in the US - all due to favourable word of mouth. The game's sold nearly over 250,000 copies. So why did Sony pass the publishing off to Atlus then?That was a mistake, said SCE localisation...
News SEGA Announce Yakuza 5 In Japan... Brapppp!
We only just got Yakuza 3 in the West last week
Japan gets Yakuza 4 this month. And guess what? SEGA's just announced Yakuza 5. SEGA announced the game at a press event in Tokyo last night. The trailer SEGA showed starts with a shot of Yakuza's Kamurocho night-spot, followed by the words, "A young guy appeared in Kamurocho. The young guy knew...
Sony's announced that there will be three pre-order bonuses available on launch day for their Play Create Share racer Modnation Racers
Those preordering from GameStop will net an exclusive Kratos character model and his Kart Of Chaos, whilst preorders from Amazon will land Ratchet & Clank. Finally, those ordering from Best Buy will score Nathan...
News Report Hints At American Playstation 3 Stock Shortages Hindering God Of War III Sales
March: officially the biggest month in Playstation 3's history
Not only has the month already seen the arrival of Final Fantasy XIII, a traditionally Playstation franchise, but it's also about to witness the arrival of one of Playstation's biggest exclusive franchises: God Of War III. Sadly, there's a hitch. While Sony have two of the biggest games...
News Harmonix Reiterate That Rock Band 3 Will Be A Big Step Forward, Will Debut At E3
Harmonix's CEO Alex Rigopulos has stated that Rock Band 3 will be a "big step forward" for the series when it launches later in 2010
The exec told GameRant that gamer's can expect a big reveal at this year's E3:Unfortunately I cant say anything about Rock Band 3 at this point except that its coming this fall and its a big step forward for...
Rumour Killzone 3 Saying "Hi" In April 2011
Despite countless rumours suggesting that Killzone 3 is indeed coming this year, 1Up has gone out on a limb to suggest that the game will make its debut in April 2011 -- roughly two years after the previous game
... And as far as is always typical with rumours of this kind, there's absolutely nothing more to say. We just thought you might like to...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 15th-21st March 2010 [There Will Be Chaos Edition]
This week's Playstation pick is probably the easiest will ever have to write
There are other games this week, but with all due respect, only one game matters. And that is... Pushsquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: God Of War III Probably the best game on the Playstation 3 to date, God Of War III is a complete and utter spectacle from start to...
News Sony: Plenty Of Teams Working On 3D Content For Playstation 3
Ian Bickerstaff, senior engineer of Sony's UK-based 3D team, has told Gamasutra that there are plenty of teams working on 3D content for the Playstation 3, and that he remains optimistic about the tech, but is also being "cautious" with expectations
Were taking a cautious approach, he told the website. I think [3D gaming uptake is] going to...
News Wakeboarding HD Gets An Exclusive PushSquare Trailer
We told you a little about Wakeboarding HD yesterday
So, today we're happy to share with you some unique new footage of the game you won't see anywhere else. Well, apart from on your television screen when the game launches in Europe on Thursday (America, you have to wait an extra seven days we're 'fraid). If you're into pretty water splashes and...
News God Of War III's Launch Trailer Should Have You Salivating On The Floor
God Of War III is out in America
We've already played and completed it. It's actually one of the most satisfying video games this generation (on reflection, we're comfortable saying that). Even if you're not a fan of the genre, game or characters, you should probably play through this. Anyway, even if you're not yet convinced, this trailer will...
News Monster Hunter Portable 3rd Is A Product, Coming To Japanese PSPs This Year
Practically confirming that Sony's Playstation Portable will go on to sell at another 2million units in Japan, Capcom's confirmed at a press event last night that Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is due for release on the handheld this year in Japan
Traditionally the Monster Hunter games on PSP have driven handheld hardware through the roof. There's not...
News Prison Break: The Conspiracy Gets A Trailer Heavy On Fisty-Cuffs
Deep Silver's dropped us another trailer for their upcoming Prison Break video game, Prison Break: The Conspiracy
The game continues to look pretty neat actually, with lots of shaven heads and people punching each other in the trailer. We're interested in checking this game out actually, some of the footage has a very Batman: Arkham Asylum vibe to...
News Do You Want This God Of War III Playstation? You Can't Have It!
If you're into watching SpikeTV and what-not, then might know there's some kind of televised God Of War trivia competition on the channel tonight
As horrific as all that sounds, the winner of said trivia competition is going to come home with this uber-limited edition God Of War III Playstation 3. There's only one in the world so you're not getting...
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Monday15th Mar 2010
News Playstation Move Is A System Seller According To Sony's Michael Denny
Sony's European Worldwide Studios VP Michael Denny has described Playstation Move as a system-driver in an interview with GamesIndustry
biz</a>. When asked by the publication whether Sony's motion controller will drive sales, Denny responded:Its going to do absolutely both of those things. If youve already got a PlayStation then its a...
News Wakeboarding HD Announced For PSN, Launching This Week In Europe
Rejoice: acclaimed PSN developers Creat Studios and Tikgames are back
And that means you should probably take notice! They've just sent us word that Wakeboarding HD will launch on the PSN this week in Europe (March 18th), with the US version coming just seven days later (March 25th). According to the press release the game features...
News Kojima: MGS: Peace Walker Is A "True Metal Gear Game"
Because it's a PSP title, many people are writing off Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker as some kind of spin-off saga
Not true, Hideo Kojima has been keen to emphasise over and over, this is the real deal. Over on Twitter, the Kojima Productions head honcho wrote:PW is going to be released as a portable game, but it is a TRUE MGS game in the saga,...
News Modnation Racers Get Some Sick Ass Colourful Boxart, Hits The US On May 18th
So, what you're trying to tell me is that Modnation Racers is a game about driving cars in ridiculously colourful environments and sticking stickers? Word
</em> <em>Sony's also confirmed that the game's hitting the US on May 18th, with a European release planned for the same week.</em>
News Final Fantasy XIII Tops The UK Sales Charts, PS3 SKU Wins The War
Final Fantasy XIII has shot straight to the top of the UK sales charts, with the PS3 version of the game managing 54% of the sales
Not the hugest of discrepancies between the SKUs, but it's often rare a PS3 multiplatform game outsells its XBOX 360 rival - particularly when Microsoft have broken the metaphorical bank marketing the game exclusive to...
News Asmussen: "Cut" God Of War III Ending Might Find Itself Released As Free DLC
God Of War III has an amazing ending
But originally it was going to be longer. It ended up getting cut, and Stig Asmussen was asked about the content returning as DLC on the Kotkau podcast. He responded:There was a pretty large thing that we chopped from the ending that I had regrets about, but then something we added at the end that helps make...
News GDC 10: thatgamecompany To Not Release A New Game Until 2011
thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen told atendees at GDC last week that they shouldn't expect a follow-up to hit PSN title flower until 2011
Speaking to Kotaku, Chen claimed, "2011? Were not going to have a game by 2011. On the GDC award his company won for flower, Chen stated it was not a concern to him.For a while I was caring about the...
News Modern Warfare 2 Trumps San Andreas, Becomes Second-Best Selling Game In The UK Ever
We're shaking our heads here
Bemused. Look, we know Modern Warfare 2's a good game. We said as much in our review. But really, it's not that good. It's a shooter, you have guns, they fire. Man, the UK's video games sales data people GfK Chart-Track have just announced that Modern Warfare 2 has become the second best selling game of all time. It's...
News UK Retailer GAME Head To The Moon (In Playstation Home)
How strange
GAME, the UK's largest video game retailer, has announced they are to debut in Playstation Home - albeit on the moon. Yep, as we thought, it sound even weirder when typed. But it's true. The new Playstation Home space will feature video screens, billboards, Internet browser stations and free astronaut costumes. Could this be any better?...
News Final Fantasy Versus XIII To Focus On Story-Driven Gameplay
During a session at GDC last week, Final Fantasy XIII's director Motomu Toriyama announced that both Final Fantasy XIII offshoots - Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII - will be aiming to deliver story-driven gameplay
His GDC keynote seemed to suggest that both titles will take the linear story-telling approach found in Final...
News These Old Dudes Are In Red Dead Redemption Believe It Or Not
Gaming might be all about youngsters, but the Wild West - that was for the experienced gun-slinger
Men who look wizened, old and, frankly, hard. Kotaku's got some shots of the older generation of Red Dead Redemption. The game continues to look bloody awesome.
Feature Justified: Why You Need Yakuza 3 In Your PS3 Collection
We've been playing Yakuza 3 this weekend and have fallen in love
We're in head-over-heels admiration for Sony's risky Japanophile experiment. But why's it so good? Well ahead of our review (check back mid-week for that), we wanted to justify the reasons why you should rush out to your local game store and pick up this under-rated gem right now...
News Codemasters' VP Ain't All That Impressed With The Playstation Portable
Codemaster's VP Gavin Cheshire has had a right rant at the PSP and its younger sibling the PSPgo in the latest issue of EDGE magazine
In the interview, he describes the system as bollocking useless waste of space.Well, speaking as a person who bought a PSP, the problem was that I always thought because it was a better screen than iPods...
News He Said, She Said: Gran Turismo 5 Coming In October?
According to a report on Italian website 4News
it</a>, Gran Turismo 5 is coming in October. That's according to a proclamation made by a Sony rep during last week's GDC. Apparently, the Sony dude also mentioned that the game will have out-of-the-box 3D support, likely to be pumped out to all PS3s as part of Firmware 3.20. To be honest, Gran...
News Playstation Portable Still Top Of The Japanese Hardware Charts
We're quickly running out of things to say about the PSP's performance in Japan
It's consistently shifting lots of units and, erm, yeah - surprise it's top again! Betcha didn't expect that did you? Mwahaha. Sigh. The figures are after the jump. PSP 64,808 Wii 33,880 PS3 28,824 DSi LL 23,611 DSi 15,017 DS Lite 4,316 Xbox 360 ...
News Are We Gonna Get A Direct Sequel To Final Fantasy XIII?
If you didn't know, the Final Fantasy timeline is kind of broken
Final Fantasy XIII is not a direct sequel to Final Fantasy XII, it's its own thing. So, if we were to get a direct sequel to Final Fantasy XIII, it would be called Final Fantasy XIII-2 or something. And it's something that sounds possible according to Yoshinori Kitase, "[Because...
News Wakeboarding HD Gets Trailered, Looks Extremely Rad
This Wakeboarding HD trailer doesn't do much to inform us exactly how Wakeboarding HD will play -- but who cares when you've got water this pretty? Mmm water
We're pretty darn certain this game is going to quell our WaveRace hunger for a little while [Motorstorm 3 with jet-skis please Evolution! - Ed]. Remember, the game's due this week Europeans,...
News Playstation Home Is Now Twelve Million Users Large
Playstation Home's usership has grown to a whopping 12million, according to director Jack Buser
He announced the figure as part of a panel at last week's GDC, emphasising that the population of the virtual world had grown by 2million since December 2009. Sony also stated that these figures on based on "one-off" visits; according to their...
Saturday13th Mar 2010
I've been searching the archives: Bioshock? No way
Goldeneye? The bungie jump was cool. Shenmue? "Fuku-san!". No matter how deep I dive, I can't find an opening as strong as God Of War III's. A sixty-minute period in which everything that makes the God Of War franchise a success is crammed, turned on its head, and amplified to 11. As of...
News GDC 10: Nintendo's Reggie "Blushing" Over Playstation Move
Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime has spoken to IGN about the Playstation Move, noting that the announcement made him a tad "flushed"
If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery then Im blushing Im so flattered, the Nintendo man told IGN. You know, I didnt see the announcement. I did spend some time at the booth and saw some...
Rumour Insomniac Games To Go Multiplatform
It's never more than a few months before the Insomniac Games rumours jump to the forefront of the industry
The independently owned company have long maintained a strong partnership with Sony, but once again industry bumblings and anonymity are hinting that Insomniac will go multiplatform. Sony own both the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance...
News So What You're Trying To Tell Me Is That Medal Of Honor Is Call Of Duty?
Oh look - it's a new trailer for Medal Of Honor
It features guns, shooting and some American-dude talking about war and stuff. It looks a lot like Call Of Duty. Which is actually a good thing we suppose. Though we kind of wish someone would make a shooter about big monsters and stuff instead of military men. Oh well.
Friday12th Mar 2010
News Square Enix Start Work On A Next-Gen Engine, Use Cloud Strife To Promote It
Square Enix has started work on a next-gen engine, and they've used an image of Cloud Strife to announce it
Take from that what you will. Check out Square Enix's recruit page to see the promotion. The company recruitment form reads:"At Square Enix, in anticipation of the appearance of next generation platforms, we've started development on a...
News Stig Asmussen: More To Come From God Of War III Engine
God Of War III's director Stig Asmussen reckons the engine powering the game is only running at "50%"
He told Destructoid:Well, I think our studio will use this engine again, he said, speaking to Destructoid at GDC this week, and itll get better. And I think were probably about 50- or 60-percent at it right now. I think theres a lot...
News GDC 10: Naughty Dog Would Love To See Nathan Drake On The PSP
Naughty Dog's president Evan Wells has told Joystiq that there is a lot of story to tell in the Uncharted universe, and he'd love some of that story to hit the Playstation Portable
Speaking this week at GDC, Wells said:"I think it would be fantastic to see the game (move) onto a handheld system," Wells told Joystiq. "Each one of the...
News Rejoice: DiRT 3 Is In Development, Confirms Codemasters
Codemasters' VP Gavin Cheshire has confirmed that DiRT 3 is absolutely in development at the studio
Speaking with EDGE on the studio's status as one of the last big publishers based in the UK, Gavin stated:Really, its all about letting the teams just innovate. Theres some great stuff coming from Birmingham thats going into Dirt 3, and...
News GDC 10: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Obviously) Wins Big At The GDC Awards
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was the big winner at the GDC awards last night, scooping a total of five gongs -- one for the coveted game of the year accolade
It won awards for Best Writing, Best Technology, Best Visual Arts and Best Audio, but Batman: Arkham Asylum stole the award for Best Design. thatgamecompany also won in the Best Downloadable Game...
News GDC 10: Playstation Move Has A Very Low System Footprint
Perhaps opening the door for "optional" Playstation Move controls in a range of different content, and certainly suggesting that Playstation Move games can look as good as their DualShock counterparts, Sony has announced that Move takes just 1-2mb of the PS3's memory to run
The tiny amount of processing was announced as part of Sony's tech...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 11th March 2010
Price Updates Chessmaster: The Art Of Learning Sale (now $9
99, original price $19.99) Tom Clancy's End War Sale (now $14.99, original price $29.99) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 Sale (now $9.99, original price $19.99) Cellfactor: Psychokinetic Wars Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Far Cry 2 Fortunes Pack Sale (now...
News GDC 10: Peter Molyneux Would "Love To" Work On Playstation Move
Peter Molyneux - head of Microsoft Game Studios Europe - has spoken to Eurogamer regarding the Playstation Move, describing it as "not as advanced" as Natal, but still something he'd "love to work on"
Speaking in an interview as to whether he'd seen Playstation Move, Molyneux responded:"We're not really surprised, are we? I mean at E3 last...
News February NPD: Playstation 3 Fares Well, Beaten By Wii & XBOX 360, Heavy Rain Starts Strong
Despite losing out to the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii and XBOX 360, there are very positive signs for the industry in general in February's NPD
Namely that every major piece of hardware sold pretty well, with just 62,000 units between the XBOX 360 and the Playstation 3. Sony shifted 360,100 units for the month of February, a pretty impressive...
News Kojima: Metal Gear Solid: Rising Will Bring In "New Users"
Hideo Kojima has suggested via Twitter that the new Metal Gear Solid: Rising game, being developed by a band of Kojima Productions upstarts, will bring new people to the franchise
He posted:The next MGS RISING. this game will create new users, be developed by the new generation, a new MGS."</blockquote> Very little is known about...
News Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg Chips In On The Playstation Move
Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg isn't one to keep quiet in affairs relating to Sony and his own company
And so it was inevitable that he'd have something say about Move and Natal.Xbox 360 has a strong history of innovation: Halo, Xbox LIVE and instant-on 1080p HD, Greenberg told TheBitBag. With each of these, we had our sights set on the future...
News GDC 10: Crytek Show Off CryEngine 3 For The First Time
Finally - we might be staring at the end of the Unreal Engine
Let it be known - here at PushSquare we hate the Unreal Engine. It's such a bummer when a new game drops in the office and that familiar "U" pops-up the moment we push the disc into our system. The problem is: all Unreal Engine games look the same. Shiny, fuzzy, no personality...
News Denny: Plenty More Playstation Move To Feature At E3, PSN Titles Will Take Advantage Of Move
Sony's Michael Denny has condemned views that GDC is not a venue for announcing things
He told Eurogamer that he felt the event was the "right" place to go public with the Playstation Move.Its just a very exciting time to show it off, said the exec. The time felt right to announce something new at GDC. Weve already released a...
News Gran Turismo 5 Gets A Properly Stunning Trailer, We're Excited All Over Again
After the bitter disappointment of Gran Turismo 5's delay, it's taken just one trailer to get our excitement levels rampant once again
This trailer is included on God Of War III in the US, and we had a lower-resolution post of it last week. But now you can enjoy it in lovely high quality. Watch and weep.
Thursday11th Mar 2010
News GDC 10: Sony Keynote Full Recap & Impressions; Everything You Need To Know
Sony held a keynote in San Francisco as part of GDC tonight
Lots of things were announced including Sony's new motion control solution, the Playstation Move. Here's a full recap of tonight's events: Playstation Motion Controller unveiled. Will appeal to the hardcore and casual gamers. The controller will be officially named the Playstation...
News Playstation Move To Have Sub Frame Latency
Sony's announced that the Playstation Move will have latency "under one frame", making it precise enough to handle quick and subtle actions
Sony told Develop Magazine:"The latency for the PlayStation Move is as robust as the DualShock 3 and Sixaxis wireless controller under one frame."</blockquote> That's some speedy response...
News There's A New Red Faction Game Coming In 2011 Folks
Any Red Faction Guerrilla fans here? Yup, us too
Thank goodness for a new entry in the franchise then — one due as soon as March, 2011. Well, that's what THQ's Danny Bilson has told Joystiq, claiming the game will be a hybrid between the first two Red Faction games and Guerrilla.The new game takes [Red Faction] to a whole new place, it kind of...
News GDC 10: Sports Champions Is Playstation Move's Answer To Wii Sports Resort
During their GDC keynote last night, Sony showed off a sports game collection for the Playstation Move with some similarities to Nintendo's own Wii Sports Resort
The game, Sports Champions, features archery, table-tennis and a gladiator-esque game (massive potential for future third-person action adventure titles there). Check the screens after the...
News GDC 10: Introducing Playstation Move's Motion Fighter
One of the most interesting tech demoes during Sony's GDC keynote last night was a gritty looking game called Motion Fighter
The game's essentially a one-on-one street fighting title with a highly stylised look to it. Players use a Playstation Move controller in each hand to mimick their punches. The difference here is that unlike Nintendo Wii...
News Oh, How About 9 Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Konami's just dropped a nine-minute long look at the upcoming PSP foray into the Metal Gear franchise, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
There's tons of new stuff to see here that wasn't included in the recent demo. Well worth checking out (if you have the time!). Apparently, more videos are planned.
News GDC 10: The Shoot Is Playstation Move's First Attempt At A Rails-Shooter
The Shoot is a new rail-guns shooter game being developed for Sony's new Playstation Move controller
The game allows you to aim and shoot with the Playstation Move, aswell as lean and dodge incoming fire. Think Police 24/7. Aswell as being able to lean, players can initiate special moves by shooting off screen. Time can also be slowed by spinning on...
News SCEE Promo-Reel Details The New Playstation Move
If you're still scratching your head over exactly what the Playstation Move can do, well, firstly you should have read our recap
But if you haven't, we won't hold it against you. This SCEE promo-reel details pretty much all the functionality of the Playstation Move. Check it out if you're curious to know more about Sony's new tech.
News GDC 10: Playstation Move Gets Its First Wii Title
Didn't take long did it? Warner Bros have confirmed to Kotaku that Lord Of The Rings: Aragorns Quest - previously a Wii title - will be headed to the Playstation 3 too as part of Playstation Move
It must have been part of Sony's philosophy to create a device which pushes Microsoft's controller-less device out of the way, and it appears to be working...
News GDC 10: Move Party Brings Augmented Reality Mini-Gaming To Playstation Move
Despite some pretty "core" focused Playstation Move titles, Sony weren't being coy about bringing the new peripheral to the "extended" gamer
Move Party is a title aimed firmly at that, providing a range of whacky mini-games taking advantage of the accuracy of the Playstation Move controller, and the augmented reality possibilities of the Playstation...
News GDC 10: Sony Announce Playstation Motion Controller Is... Playstation Move
Sony's announced as part of their GDC press conference tonight that the Playstation Motion Controller will in fact be titled
.. the Playstation Move. Lots of demos were shown, including brawling, ping-pong and an updated LittleBigPlanet. We've got a full recap of tonight's proceedings here. Sony announced the controller will launch this fall, and...
News GDC 10: Here's Your First High-Res Look At The Playstation Move
Sony announced their latest PS3 peripheral at a keynote as part of GDC last night
The Playstation Move will launch in the Fall of this year, alongside a host of software titles. Move works alongside the Playstation Eye to offer precise, lag-free motion control gaming steps ahead of Nintendo and Microsoft's offering. The key is in the precise depth...
News Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Maps Hit March 30th
DICE has announced that anyone who's redeemed their VIP code for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will receive mode updates for both the Arica Harbour and Laguna Presa maps on March 30th
That's the same day as the XBOX 360 version of Modern Warfare 2 gets new multiplayer maps. Interesting. Anyway, if you've redeemed your VIP code, you'll totally get this...
Wednesday10th Mar 2010
News GDC 10: Stream Sony's GDC Conference Right Here
We'll be providing insightful commentary over on Twitter during Sony's big press conference tonight, but if you wanted things of a more visual flavour -- well here's a live stream for you
Things kick off in 10 minutes, where-ever in the world you are.
Thursday11th Mar 2010
News GDC 10: Medal Of Honor Screenshots Look Like You'd Expect Them To
EA's released some new screenshots for their Medal Of Honor reboot which you can catch over at Joystiq
We'd love to offer some insightful commentary, but they look exactly like you'd expect them to. It's Medal Of Honor in a post-Call Of Duty era.
News Everything You Need To Know About The Playstation Move
We've been busy here in the PushSquare office
It's been a bit like E3 over the past-12 hours. The reason? Sony officially announced their motion control device, the Playstation Move. With us posting like madmen over the past half-day, there's every chance you might have missed something. So allow us to break down all the news for you in one...
News GDC 10: Who's Making Games For The Playstation Move Then?
Sony's announced that, aswell as themselves, a grand total of 36 publishers are signed up to work on the Playstation Move
The tally includes numerous big names such as SEGA, Konami, Square Enix, Activision, Capcom and EA. Check out the full list after the jump. 505 Games U.S. Activision Publishing, Inc. AQ INTERACTIVE Inc. ARC SYSTEMS WORK...
Wednesday10th Mar 2010
Review Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (PlayStation 2)
Essentially a remake of the original game, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories puts you in the unfortunate shoes of Harry Mason - a father who's experienced a car-crash during a particularly heavy bout of severe weather
When he comes around, Harry realises his daughter Cheryl is nowhere to be seen, and thus enters the town of Silent Hill for...
Review Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PlayStation 3)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is darker and more mature than its predecessor
That's not to say it's without its own unique brand of goofiness though; the Bad Company are as ridiculous as ever. The plot revolves around a Japanese secret weapon that dates back to World War II, something which is detailed in a moody flashback mission. Fast-forwarding back...
News Soundwave Superior... Constructicons Inferior!
Bored of the Bayformers and Megan Fox pouting? Us too
We want a real Transformers experience, and thankfully Activision's latest title, War For Cybertron, looks set to capitalise on that. Aside from being a new Transformers game that actually might be good, the game's going to have three-player online co-0p, multiplayer, and epic God Of War-esque...
Rumour New Playstation 3 SKU To Drop Another 200g In Weight
Japanese retailers are claiming that an updated SKU of the Playstation 3 hardware will drop an extra 200g from its total weight
No details have been given on what's changed to get the system lighter, but AndriaSang report the change has something to do with a new PS3 model number CECH-2000A to CECH-2100A. This corroborates stories earlier in the...
News Huge Playstation Home Update Incoming Tomorrow
Sony's announced via the Playstation Blog that they will upgrade the Playstation Home client to version 1
35 tomorrow - binning the old World Map navigation tool and replacing it with a new interface. The Navigator will help you to find your friends and "Featured Spaces" much quicker, and looks to resemble Sony's XMB interface. Aswell as...
News GDC 2010: EA Sports Active 2.0 Announced For Playstation 3 [Kinda Looks Properly Awesome]
Is it wrong that we're stoked for EA Sports Active 2
0</a>? EA Sports' foray into the fitness field was previously a Wii-exclusive, but the company have announced today that the game will hit Playstation 3 with a few neat little peripherals to boot. The game will launch with two motion sensors and a heartbeat monitor (amazing, right?) when it...
News Sony Santa Monica Has Two New Projects In Pre-Production
A week ahead of the launch for God Of War III, Sony Santa Monica's John Hight has confirmed to MTV that the company have two other projects undergoing pre-production at the moment
Were jumping right back in, Ive got a small concept team working on our next product for us. Were actually gonna do something different this time, were gonna...
News Square Enix Ship 5million Copies of Final Fantasy XIII Worldwide
Square Enix has just announced that they've shipped 5million copies of their flagship RPG Final Fantasy XIII worldwide
Of that amount, 3million have been shipped to the US and Europe alone. The franchise as a whole has shipped a whopping 96million units since its inception 20 years ago. Of course, shipped copies don't necessarily mean sold copies...
News Hakan Joins The Cast Of Super Street Fighter IV
Capcom's finally officially revealed the identity of Super Street Fighter IV's final warrior
Hakan will be in the game's lineup when it launches at the end of April.</em>
Rumour Playstation 3 To Get 3D Support On June 10th
A translation that's popped up on NeoGAF appears to suggest that the Playstation 3 will get 3D support as part of Firmware 3
20 on June 10th. Many are suggesting the date to be extremely likely, given that June 10th is the day Sony release their new set of 3D capable TVs in Japan. Better get saving, eh?
News Sony Trademark "Playstation Move" In Europe, What Could It Mean?
Update @ 19:26 - VG247 are reporting that the name Playstation Arc - what was commonly thought to be the official name of Sony's device - has been dropped
</em> Sony filed a trademark for the name "Playstation Move" in Europe yesterday. Apparently, the name's for a control device which might hint at yet another name for the...
News GDC 10: Follow Us On Twitter For All The News & Up-To-The-Second Info
We're gearing up for a big night here in the PushSquare office: first we're off to watch Manchester United qualify for the next round of the Champions League, then we're all huddling around the Playstation for some God Of War III
Finally, we'll be Tweeting the latest news and opinion breaking from Sony's GDC conference tonight. We're assuming if...
News Developer Diary For Playstation Motion Controller Reveals Insane Tech
It's been a while since we've seen Sony's Playstation Motion Controller
In many ways, the hugely impressive tech Sony showed at E3 has been forgotten. Well prepare to remember the serious potential of 1:1 augmented reality control folks, because this first in a series of developer diaries is seriously impressive. More news is expected during this...
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Tuesday9th Mar 2010
Review Greed Corp (PlayStation 3)
It'll take a while before you feel comfortable playing Greed Corp, but once it clicks there's plenty of fun to be had, particularly in multiplayer
Greed Corp is essentially a strategy board-game based in the fantasy world of Mistbound. The game's main focus - aside from staples such as building and development - is sweet, sweet destruction, and some...
News Bodycount Hitting Playstation 3 In Q1, 2011
Codemasters has announced that Bodycount, the new first-person shooter from ex-Criterion dude Stuart Black, will hit the Playstation 3 in the first quarter of 2011
At this stage, details are extremely scarce, but one thing we do know is that the game will run on Codemasters' fantastic EGO engine (DiRT 2, Operation Flashpoint). Black told Joystiq,...
First Impressions Just Cause 2 on Playstation 3 Demo
At first we were a little disappointed with Just Cause 2
It's a game we've been following closely here at PushSquare, namely because the original was somewhat of a flawed gem. Getting hands-on time with the recently released demo is the first time we've had a chance to play Just Cause 2 here at PushSquare towers, and honestly it didn't leave the...
News Bodycount Man: Black 2 Was In Development At Criterion, Was Canned Soon After
Stuart Black, the man behind the PS2's excellent Black and upcoming PS3 shooter Bodycount, has revealed that Black 2 was in development at Criterion
The head told Gamespot that the game was shelved after the team lost their "direction".I certainly did some preliminary pre-production work on Black 2 once we finished Black, the first...
News Aliens vs Predator To Get Downloadable Content Next Week
If you've not been torn away by Battlefield: Bad Company 2 yet, SEGA would like you to know that they have DLC planned for Aliens vs Predator next week
The content's the same as what you might have got if you bought the Special Edition SKU of the game when it launched last month. For those of you that didn't get the SE though, you'll get four bonus...
News Dead Space 2 Competition Is All About Creative Dismemberment
One of the best things about the original Dead Space were the moments when you died
Usually, it's extremely frustrating when you die in a video game because it's a condition of failure. But in Dead Space, you actually got a grotesque reward for your failure - a clever little cut-scene that varied depending on the enemy showing Isaac get dismembered...
News Sony To "Convert Wii Developers To PS3" With Nunchuck Enabled Playstation Motion Controller
It's GDC and Playstation Motion Controller speculation is at an all time low
Namely regarding the Playstation Motion Controller's nunchuk accessory, which we reported on earlier in the year. Already aware of the accessories existence, Develop has practically shut the lid tight on the peripheral, stating that Sony's new Playstation Motion Controller...
News Final Fantasy XIII Gets New Playstation Home Content
Square Enix has announced a host of new Playstation Home content set to release this Thursday 11th March in order to tie in with Final Fantasy XIII's release today
The content includes a new Personal Space set on the planet Eden, alongside a slew of Final Fantasy XIII inspired furniture. You can get the full details over at the Playstation Blog.
News GDC 2010: Sony Announce PhyreEngine Is Expanding To The PSP
Sony's today an announced an update concerning their free to use middleware application the PhyreEngine
The application, which was first announced in 2008, was originally designed to help smaller developers bring their games to the PS3, and has since found success with Critter Crunch, flower and Shatter. Today's update brings compatibility to the...
News GDC 2010: EA To Publish "Project Mercury", First Title From 38 Studios' Acquired Big Huge Games
EA's announced that they will publish "Project Mercury" - an RPG set in the Copernicus universe by R
A. Salvatore - from 38 Studios' subsidiary Big Huge Games. Apparently, the game's an "epic single player" RPG and it's heading to the PS3 at some point in the future. No other information is known at this point.
News Rock Band 3 Coming This Year, Will "Revolutionize" The Music Genre
Harmonix's confirmed that they'll release the anticipated sequel to Rock Band 3 this year
Speaking on their Facebook page, the company wrote:Harmonix is developing Rock Band 3 for worldwide release this holiday season! The game, which will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts, will innovate and revolutionize the music...
News GDC 2010: Sony Sign Deal To Deliver Content From All Six Major Movie Studios For PSN
Sony's announced that they have signed deals with 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner
Bros. to deliver even more content on the PSN Video Delivery Store.Securing high definition content from these studios is another significant milestone further validating PlayStation Network as a complete entertainment...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Hey, Final Fantasy XIII Is Out Today
Just in case you were wondering/weren't quite sure: Final Fantasy XIII is available in stores across the West today, so if you're ready to get your melodrama on - you better head down to your local store
Of course, the likelihood is you're not reading this. You're instead listening to the annoying high-pitched vocal tones of Vanille and co. If...
News GDC 2010: EA Confirm Playstation Motion Controller Support For Tiger Woods 11
Stocks in Tiger Woods may have dropped in recent months, but golf video games with well implemented motion controls have become no less fun
Thus, it's extremely exciting to hear that Tiger Woods 11 will include support for Sony's upcoming Playstation Motion Controller to "give gamers an authentic interactive swing experience". There aren't...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 8th-14th March 2010
It's a really crazy month here in the PushSquare office
Game-a-geddon is in full swing and no sooner are we done with one game, than we have to move on and get to work on another. Still, at least you're not going to be bored this month, as not only is there lots to talk about, there's lots to play. So let's get started with what's releasing this...
News First Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Details Invade Official Playstation Magazine
CVG has put up a few teases regarding Ubisoft's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier; which is due to be revealed in the next issue of Official Playstation Magazine (UK)
Apparently the game takes place 10-15 years after Advanced Warfighter, meaning the Ghost squad have seriously advanced gear in this game. You'll get to mess around with Stealth Cloaks,...
News Bodycount Will "Rip Apart The FPS", Be "Genre Defining"
Lofty claims are being made about Codemasters new FPS Bodycount
The words "genre" and "defining" have popped up in Codemasters' press release piece - suggesting they're apparently taking this game pretty seriously.Our core focus for Bodycount is to deliver best-in-class gun play that places the gamer at the heart of the...
News FIFA World Cup 2010 Trailer Is Exactly What You'd Expect, Has Great Music
What to say about FIFA World Cup 2010 - it's a FIFA game designed to cash-in on this year's World Cup
The difference being - FIFA games are actually properly amazing these days, suggesting even if it's only a small enhancement over FIFA 10, it's still going to be really fun. Plus this trailer has amazing music. Makes us feel all summery, despite...
News So Lost Planet 2 Looks Pretty Awesome After All Then
We've not been sure about Lost Planet 2
The original wasn't particularly brilliant, and the demo (beta?) to the sequel didn't do much to inspire us with confidence. However, this epic trailer featuring trains, massive enemies, character customisation and ridiculously polished production has our attention again. Here's hoping the final game's as good...
News GDC 2010: Playstation Motion Controller To Get An "Aggressive" Push At Launch
Sony's Patrick Seybold has told VG247 that the Playstation Motion Controller will get an "aggressive" push at launch
Seybold was also quoted as claiming that the Playstation Motion Controller is a "step ahead of anything" currently or soon-to-be available, i.e. Nintendo's Wiimote and Microsoft's Project Natal camera.While I wont...
News Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Includes An Exclusive Final Fantasy XIV Code
If you've picked up Final Fantasy XIII this morning, you should probably know that there's an extra little surprise hidden in the box
If you take a little peek at the manual compartment, you'll note there's a Square Enix Members Card. This will allow you to register on the Square Enix Members website, and will earn you a bonus item in Final Fantasy...
Monday8th Mar 2010
Review Switchball (PlayStation 3)
If you're itching for an HD version of Marble Madness, you'll probably be super stoked to play Switchball
For everyone else, this is something that'll divert your attention for the odd five minutes. Switchball's kind of an old game. It launched on XBOX Live Arcade a few years ago, and was probably pretty neat in those earlier days of the digital...
News Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Character Casting Will "Please Fans"
In Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode I, Sonic is going it solo
But in Episode II, it looks like he's getting some company (sigh). Speaking in the latest issue of GameInformer, SEGA's Takashi Iizuka c0nced that fans will be very pleased with the cast in Episode 2. Obviously, fans are most pleased when Sonic's doing his thing against Eggman alone —...
News God Of War III Cost A Lot Of Money To Make, $44million To Be Precise
Blimey
Want to know how much God Of War III cost Sony Santa Monica to make? A cool $44million! That's the number announced by the studio's John Hight in an interview over at GiantBomb. That's a lot of moolah guys. Sounds like it was worth it though; the reviews embargo which lifted earlier has revealed nothing but praise for Kratos' final...
News Chaos Ensues: God Of War III Reviews Round-Up
Most of the world's major publications have gone live with their God Of War III reviews
And the verdict is... pretty damn amazing, with a whole host of 9's and 10's for Kratos' last hurrah. We've compiled a handy quick find guide below. Make yourself a brew, secure your God Of War III preorder, and then revel in the lavishing words of praise ahead...
News Oh Snap: Sony Releasing "LBP2" This Year (That's Probably LittleBigPlanet 2 Folks)
We knew there was more to Sony's Media Molecule purchase than was originally being let on
And VG247 might just have slipped the first hint of a rumour on the matter. They claim that Sony are set to release a product called "LBP2" this year — have a wild stab at what that game might be, folks. Media Molecule categorically stated they...
News God Of War III Reviews Hit At 5PM GMT Today, There Will Be Chaos
Arguably, Gran Turismo 5 aside, God Of War III is the biggest and most important Playstation 3 release to date
And you know what? It hits next week. That's crazy soon folks. With the release date so near, the embargo for reviews lifts this evening. While we're still waiting on our review copy, we'll be watching with sheer anticipation as other...
News Fallout: New Vegas Screens Scream "Oh Yup, That's Fallout Alright"
We know we're going to get screamed at for this but, Fallout 3 is not a good looking game
And we're going to assume that Fallout: New Vegas is going to look like ass too. Particularly after seeing this first batch of screenshots from CVG. Will the game rock? Absolutely. Does it look like the most unappealing game ever based on its screenshots?...
News Surprise: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Tops The British Gaming Charts
Winning the war
Heavy Rain's affair with the number one spot of the British gaming charts is over (though it still sits at a respectable fourth place). Indeed, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has taken the top spot this week, with 31 per cent of the sales being accountable to the PS3 SKU. SEGA got a double hit with Aliens vs Predator and Sonic &...
News Get Your First Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Footage Here
Here's your first-look at the new Prince Of Persia game set to release alongside the upcoming movie
Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is being developed on the Assassin's Creed engine and is set between the PS2's Sands Of Time and Warrior Within. To be honest, as much as most people want to hate movie tie-in type things, it looks proper amazing.
News If You're After More Black, Look No Further Than Bodycount
OXM UK's revealed that the top-secret shooter Codemasters shooter from Black developer Stuart Black is
.. Bodycount. Utterly generic names aside, the magazine claims that the game is "the Ultimate Shooter". Presumably it'll have lots of explosions and whatnot. Unfortunately no other details are known at this point.
News Oh Look, We Told You the Playstation Motion Controller Was Getting A Nunchuck
Without being smug: we told you so
Sources coming out of GDC are confirming that, yes, Sony's Playstation Motion Controller will have a wireless nunchuck device. One GAF poster, "ichinisan", claimed to have seen images of the Playstation Motion Controller and its nunchuck. He wrote:"Nunchuck has an analog stick at the front, below...
News Firm Playstation Motion Controller Details Expected Tomorrow
According to VG247, Sony will release information on the Playstation Motion Controller and its partners tomorrow
The announcement will come just a day before Sony host a GDC-related press conference in San Francisco. We're still clutching at straws for more concrete information here, but we do believe the controller's going to be compatible with...
News Gran Turismo 5 Trailer Showcases Night Racing, Looks Mind Boggling
Included on the American God Of War III disc is a new trailer for Gran Turismo 5
With the embargo set to lift on God Of War III reviews this very evening, a high-quality capture of the trailer has been posted to YouTube via PSNation.org. Guess what: it looks mind-meltingly beautiful. The trailer features shiny cars, unbelievable lighting, and some...
Saturday6th Mar 2010
Over the past months I've had the privilege of playing two extremely unique games
Heavy Rain and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories are both arguably flawed titles if you pick them apart. But let them stand on their own merits and they're inspiring. I don't want to do other games a disservice in my appraisal, I have plenty of love for more formal...
News New Lara Croft Game Looks Like "WTF, I Did NOT Expect That!"
Well this is weird
Remember we announced the new Lara Croft game to be downloadable the other day. Yeah, well that was strange enough, but did you expect it to be an isometric co-op arcade-esque game? Noooo. As described in a first-look by GameSpot, Guardian Of Light will feature two playable characters: Lara (obviously
News Sony Santa Monica Has "No Idea" What They're Doing Next
Get this - God Of War III is just around the corner
Literally weeks away. And with that, Sony Santa Monica are kinda turning their attention elsewhere — namely, like what they're going to make next. Talking to IndustryGamers, Senior Producer Steve Caterson revealed his studio really don't know what they're going to do next.I have no idea! I...
Friday5th Mar 2010
News Digital Foundry Declares Playstation 3 Version Of Final Fantasy XIII Far Superior
Honestly, cross-game comparisons aren't our thing
But when it comes to such a high profile port as Final Fantasy XIII, it's very interesting indeed to note that the XBOX 360 version is a "lot worse than it should have been". The website writes:The rumours are true. Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 isnt anywhere near as impressive as it...
News Watch The SOCOM 4 Trailer Again... With Commentary
Did you miss any of the key points from last night's SOCOM 4 reveal? Perhaps, right? Well worry not then, because Zipper Interactive's creative director, Ed Byrne, has decided to commentate on the full reveal
Of course, last night's trailer was a complete teaser so he actually has very little to say but, y'know, if you're a hardcore SOCOM fan...
News Hey Looks, Kazunori Yamauchi Is Talking About NASCAR In Gran Turismo 5
Want to know a little more about the NASCAR features in Gran Turismo 5? Of course you do
(Maybe). Then look no further than the embedded video, in which Polyphony Digital's Yamauchi talks about the marriage between Gran Turismo 5 and NASCAR. Word.
News Playstation Portable Still Stands Atop The Japanese Hardware Charts
It's another week on top of the Japanese hardware charts for the Playstation Portable this week, despite stiff competition from the various Nintendo DS SKUs (there are about a billion of them)
The Playstation 3 sits just below the Wii in third-place, shifting 27,763 units, with the PSPgo and PS2 at the bottom. Hit the jump for the full round up...
News Want To Play God Of War III Next Week? Head Over To GDC, Yo!
SCEA's confirmed there will be a community meet-up for God Of War III at next week's GDC event in San Francisco
Those attending will get hands-on time with the game, an "un-named musical performance" and the chance to meet director Stig Asmussen. We're assuming there'll be hot-dogs too. The event's taking place on the Wednesday evening of...
News If You Like SOCOM, You're Probably Going Nuts Right About Now
SOCOM 4 is a video game
It's happening, and it's being created by the franchise's creators, Zipper Interactive. This trailer's pretty heavy on CGI but it should give you a taste of what to expect from the fourth entry in the SOCOM franchise. Guns, shooting, and lots of squad control. On a personal level, we're not particularly huge fans of...
News Sony Patent Suggests Degradable Demos
A patent filed by Sony has revealed that the company may have plans to release some form of degradable demo functionality
It essentially details a taster for a full game, in which elements are taken away depending on how far you've progressed or how long you've been playing. Those elements can then be restored, should the user decide to purchase the...
Thursday4th Mar 2010
News Next PSP To "Blur Distinctions Between Netbook, e-Reader & PSP"
A report from the Wall Street Journal seems to hint that Sony are planning on taking on Apple in their own patch; suggesting a device that blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PSP, that will be released to compete againt the iPad
The report hints that the device will be compatible with Sony's new global device media platform,...
Rumour IGN Scores God Of War III A Titan-Whipping 10/10
Eagle-eyed IGN users have spotted a leak, suggesting that the website will score Kratos' last hurrah a mighty 10/10
If true, it'll be the first 10/10 since Metal Gear Solid 4 in 2008. Big stuff. The score's since been pulled from the website, but this isn't the first time this has happened. A 9.5 appeared on the Modern Warfare 2 page a few weeks...
News Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday Dear Playstation 2, Happy Birthday To You
Who'd have thunk it: the Playstation 2 is officially ten years old today
Indeed, ten years ago to the day, the Playstation 2 launched in Japan alongside Ridge Racer 5 and Street Fighter Ex 3. The system launched later that same year in Europe and America. In its ten years, the PS2 has sold over 140 million units, becoming the best selling...
News "Surprise Sony Sequel" Isn't David Jaffe's Game
Cross Twisted Metal off your list of potential Playstation 3 announcements tonight
Jaffe's updated his blog stating, We are working hard on our game and were looking forward to showing it to you today on GTTV oh wait thats not us." So it ain't Twisted Metal then. Latest rumour's hinting towards some kind of Killzone 3 announcement...
News Lara Returns, Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light Announced
Square Enix Europe's just announced that there'll be a new Lara Croft game this year; note: not Tomb Raider
Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light will be a digital download released, presumably, on the Playstation Store. Though we've not been told concrete platforms as of yet. Apparently, the game's going to be completely different to what you might...
News Sony Announce Zipper Interactive Developed SOCOM 4
Sony's just announced that Zipper Interactive will indeed be making a "suprise sequel" to the SOCOM franchise
A pretty amazing announcement considering MAG is just a few weeks old. The game, which has been confirmed to be SOCOM 4, is the "surprise Sony" title we've been debating for the past few days. The story of the latest game, as...
News Yep, There's More Borderlands DLC Incoming
It's been out for roughly six months now, but we're still talking about Borderlands
Why? Well mainly because it's awesome, but partly because 2K keep committing to new content for the game. Take-Two's committed to even more content for the game with CEO Ben Feder stating, "Well continue to support the title with more digital content."...
News Get PushSquare's Final Fantasy XIII Review At 00:00AM GMT Tonight
There's a reason Twiggy's had to halt progress on his Final Fantasy VII playthrough
Namely, we've been ridiculously busy behind the scenes. Why? Well, aside from it being game-a-geddon out there (where every major publisher decides to release every major game in the span of three months), we got Final Fantasy XIII. And we've been playing it to...
Rumour Killzone 3 To Push All Sony's New Tech, Will Be 3D & Support Playstation Motion Controller
News coming out of CVG this afternoon suggests that Killzone 3 will support Playstation Motion Controller and stereoscopic 3D as Sony embark on showcasing their new tech with a serious killer-app
Whether or not this Killzone 3 rumour ties into tonight's big "secret sequel" announcement is unknown, but it certainly sounds possible. When it...
News Suda-51 Will Create New IP For Playstation Motion Controller
Grasshopper Manufacture's Suda-51 has revealed to GameSpot that he's extremely interested in making games for the Playstation Motion Controller and will create "new IP" to fit it
I will make some original IP to fit that control system.</blockquote> Suda-51 also expressed some interest in making a Heavy Rain-esque game, but cited it could...
News Red Dead Redemption Delayed For An Extra Layer Of Polish
Red Dead Redemption has been pushed back until May 18th (21st in the UK)
Boo! It was originally due in April, but Rockstar have told Kotaku it's been delayed for an extra layer of polish.We at Rockstar have always prided ourselves on the uncompromising quality of our games and will always opt to take a bit longer to polish and fine-tune a...
News ModNation Racers Continues To Look Proper Amazing
Sony's just uploaded a new trailer for ModNation Racers, showing off some new weapons in the game
As always, the game continues to look completely bonkers and totally amazing. We can't wait for this one.
News Insomniac: Surprise Sony Sequel Ain't Resistance 3
Well that narrows things down a touch
Insomniac's come out and said that the "surprise Sony sequel" due to be revealed this week ain't got nothing to do with Resistance 3. Posting on NeoGAF, Insomniac's community manager James Stevenson claimed to know what the big Sony title being revealed was, but claimed that it is "not a game from...
News Ubisoft Announce A New... Football Game, Looks Kinda Cool
We're huge fans of the recent entries in the FIFA franchise
So good are those games, we never really imagined anyone else going out and making a new football game (yes, This Is Football is dead folks). But man, something about the ridiculous melodrama in this trailer has us moderately excited. (Oh, before we forget, the game's called Pure Football).
Wednesday3rd Mar 2010
News Kevin Butler, VP Of Apologetic Apologies, Apologises For ApocalyPS3
The ApocalyPS3 is long over, and we've all returned happily to our Playstation 3
But Kevin Butler, SCEA's figure-head marketing man, has had a word or two to say on the proceedings. Namely that he's sorry. He wrote on his Twitter page:"Sorry you had to do something else for 24 hours. I empathize. I game too. Kevin Butler, VP of Apologetic...
News Hustle Kings & AvP Hit Playstation Home
Hustle Kings has officially hit Playstation Home, occupying the Playstation Events Space
Players will be transported to a huge pool table where they'll have to live life on the edge, avoiding multiple shots from all over the table. Survive ten shots and you'll earn yourself a cape for your avatar. Top the leaderboards and you'll earn a crown too. In...
Feature Realistically, What Could Be The "Surprise Sony Sequel"?
Geoff Keighley's promo video for this week's GameTrailers TV threw a surprise for most Playstation fans
During a show-reel of Playstation 3 games, Keighley announced that this week's episode of GTTV would see the unveiling of a "surprise Sony sequel". But what could that game be? Obvious choices would boil down to Killzone 3 or Resistance...
News Enjoy The Worst God Of War III Commercial You're Ever Likely To See
The European commercial for God Of War III was semi-awesome
But this American GameStop commercial takes the biscuit. It's promoting the GameStop exclusive "Phantom Of Chaos Skin" and features the Chimera-thing from the demo. Talking in a ridiculous manner. Sigh. "Woahhhh - hisss-is that your new outfit Kratossss?"
News L.A. Noire Goes Beyond Motion Capture, Claims To Set New Bar For 3D Performances
Team Bondi's claimed that L
A. Noire's</a> motion capture goes above and beyond traditional methods. "MotionScan" is said to bring "to life the subtle nuances of the chaotic underworld", which would be impossible with "tradional motion capture". Apparently. The tech uses "32 high-definition cameras to capture...
News Activision Practically Kill Call Of Duty In A Sweep Of Announcements
Remember Call Of Duty? Yeah it was a big deal for a little while
It'll continue to be a big deal for a while longer. But it kinda sounds like the franchise is done. In a whole pile of drama starting yesterday, Activision has fired the Infinity Ward bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West. Activision's also filed a document citing a human resources...
News Mikami Confirms Vanquish Is Coming To Playstation 3, Due In The Winter
Platinum Games and Shinji Mikami's latest title, Vanquish, will release this year (in Japan at least)
The game's been announced for release on the Playstation 3 in this week's Famitsu. Mikami's revealed that the game is 80 percent finished and, contrary to popular belief, is a third-person shooter. We posted the debut trailer a few weeks back.
News Six Days In Fallujah Is A Finished Video Game, Still Being Released
Blimey
Remember Six Days In Fallujah - the "realistic" shooter set in Iraq? Yeah, we all thought it was canned. Nuh-uh. IGN are reporting this morning that the game's actually kinda finished, and developers Atomic Games intend to release it as a real product. If they've spent all this time making it, we suppose a release makes sense. Erm,...
Tuesday2nd Mar 2010
Review Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing (PlayStation 3)
It's Mario Kart with Sonic
Really. Developed by Outrun's Sumo Digital, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is a marriage of all things SEGA in the guise of a really simple racing game. There's drifting, power-ups and tons of SEGA heritage in a neat little package of nostalgia. What's great about Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is that it'll appeal...
Review SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 (PlayStation Portable)
If you're looking for a multiplayer shooter on your Playstation Portable, SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 is probably the best you're going to get
It's a pretty staggering technical achievement, providing all the staples you'd expect from a standard console multiplayer shooter, on a system that fits inside your pocket. The campaign is fine, but it's the...
News Ruh Roh: British Newspaper Metro Runs Frontpage On PS3 Errors
If you want hilariously out-of-date news, go pick-up the Metro from your local bus-stop or train-station
The paper, released this morning, runs with the headline "Millions Hit By PS3 Meltdown". Not great PR for Sony, but kinda ironic given that by the time people were reading this "news" all PS3s had been back online for roughly...
News Fuuuuuuuuu-: "Surprise Sony Sequel" To Debut On GTTV This Week
The latest promo for this week's GameTrailers TV has a very exciting tease for Sony fans
During a reel of Playstation 3 exclusives, host Geoff Keighley reveals a "surprise Sony sequel". Sony have been throwing exclusives at GTTV left and right in recent months, with God Of War III episodes and a ton of exclusive MLB 10: The Show...
News Make Your Ears Bleed: The God Of War III EP Hits iTunes
Fancy a host of terrible metal music without buying the God Of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition? You're in luck - the God Of War: Blood & Metal EP has just hit iTunes (in the US at least)
It includes bands such as Killswitch Engage ("This is my lassst serenade - ROAR RAH ROARRRRRR!"), Opeth and Trivium. As much as we love God Of War...
News Sony Strengthen European First-Party, Acquire Media Molecule
Media Molecule and SCE has today announced that they're getting hitched
That is — Sony has acquired Media Molecule making them an official first-part studio under the SCE Worldwide Studios banner. Obviously, if you didn't know, Media Molecule made the brilliantly innovative LittleBigPlanet.Since they burst onto the gaming scene, Media Molecule...
News Blur Brings Its Destructive Racing To The PS3 On May 28th
Bizarre Creations' announced that its power-up focused racing title Blur will hit the UK on May 28th
The game was due in November but has since been pushed back for an extra lick of polish or two. Interestingly, that's in a similar window to Disney's destructive racer Split/Second. Decisions, decisions. Although arcade racing games are one of our...
News Playstation 3: It Only Does Self-Resurrection, Bugged Consoles Back To Full Working Order
As we speculated yesterday, at 00:00AM GMT last night a whole host of borked Playstation 3 systems fixed themselves
There was a simple glitch in the system clock that caused the Playstation 3 to think March 1st was actually February 29th; in turn causing older systems to flip out. Everything should be back to normal now though, regardless of which...
News Splinter Cell's Almost Probably (More Like Definitely) Coming To PS3
Ubisoft's Max Beland has hinted what we all assumed, Splinter Cell is coming to the Playstation 3 at some point in the near future
Whether it'll be Splinter Cell: Conviction or not - Beland ain't so sure. But he definitely thinks Splinter Cell is coming to the PS3 at some point.I joined Splinter Cell after the exclusivity deal with Microsoft had...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 1st-7th March 2010
Worry not guys, the ApocalyPS3 has totally 101% passed, and you might be looking to pick up some games to make up for it
Well, what with the month being March, there's plenty to choose from, so let's hop to it. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Just about edging out MLB 10: The Show, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is...
News MLB 10: The Show Gets A Launch Trailer, Looks Amazing
Just a little more visual confirmation that MLB 10: The Show is one of the best looking Playstation games available right now for you
This is the launch trailer for today's (USA) release. It looks fantastic.
News Sony Registers "Arc" In Japan, Playstation Motion Controller Meet Your Name
Perhaps fuelling the fires that Sony's Playstation Motion Controller will eventually be called the Playstation Arc, Siliconera's found a Japanese trademark filing for the name
Couple that with a website registration a few weeks ago and you have your name. It doesn't really take a genius, eh?
Monday1st Mar 2010
News Disaster: PS3s Conk Out, PSN Serves Blackout, Trophies Lost, Armageddon Nears
Update @ 15:35GMT - it's now commonly believed the issues are related to a system clock error
</em> When we went to bed last night, everything seemed sugar and rainbows. Over night though, all hell has broken loose. The PSN has gone tits up, bombarding users with a host of 8001050F error codes. The frightening error basically locks you out of...
News New Line Cinema Own The Rights For A Heavy Rain Movie, Won't Ever Happen
What if interactive drama wasn't quite so interactive? It would be a movie right? Of course it would
And while it would never happen, it's been discovered that copyright documents exist for such a thing. Apparently, in May 2006 New Line Cinema grabbed the rights for a Heavy Rain movie. It's totally never going to come out of course. But y'know. It's...
News Split/Second Is The "Uncharted 2" Of Racing Games, Reckon Black Rock
Black Rock's Jason Ried has pitched racer Split/Second up there with the best, telling CVG: Its a tough one
[Activision's] Blur is obviously competition its racing and its doing things slightly different as well. But we almost feel were closer to Call of Duty or Uncharted in what we do than other racing games." Animation-wise,...
News Heavy Rain Stock Shortages Are Being Dealt With
If your PS3 is totally working right now, you might be suffering from a whole new problem this evening: you can't find a copy of Heavy Rain
According to MCV, Quantic Dream's thriller is suffering from shortages in some retail circles after the game shot straight to the top of the UK charts this morning.We have been extremely delighted with the...
News Keighley: Wait Until You See What The God Of War Team Are Doing Next
GameTrailers TV's Geoff Keighley has given the first hint on Sony Santa Monica's next project, simply stating on his Twitter page, "Wait until you see what they're doing next
" It comes in response to a fan's Tweet to Keighley, in which he stated "Can't believe how amazing God Of War III looks." God Of War III already appears to push...
News God Of War III Advert Pops Up, Features Silly Voices
We're torn by this God Of War III advert that will be shown in the UK
On one hand, it does everything you'd want it to: show the actual gameplay, show the scale, show the violence. On the other hand though, the narrator's voice is bloody ridiculous. We definitely think this trailer could do with an "Actual gameplay footage" note though, as...
News Sony Issue Statement On PS3 Bug Situation, Hope To Fix The Problem Within The Next 24 Hours
Sony's released a press release regarding the impending "apocalyPS3" which has seen millions of Playstation 3s borked since Sunday evening
As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today. This problem affects the models other than the new slim PS3. We believe we have identified that this problem is...
News God Of War III Previews Laud The Opening 30 Minutes
An embargo for God Of War III has lifted this afternoon, with much of the American press evangelising the game's opening scene
Kotaku describe the opening boss fight as "unforgettable", while Destructoid suggest "you're not ready" for it.
News Heavy Rain Tops The UK Sales Charts & Rightly So
"Bu-Bu-But Heavy Rain sucks because it's not going to sell
" It may be a comment you've read on a message board somewhere. Well those people are not only stupid, but they're also officially wrong: Heavy Rain just topped the UK sales charts. As in — outsold every other video game in the UK in the past seven days. We thought it was...
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