Review Everybody's Tennis (PlayStation Portable)
If you've ever wished for an old-school RPG where the battle system's replaced by smashes and strawberries and cream, then Everybody's Tennis will be a dream come true
Review 5-In-1 Arcade Hits (PlayStation Minis)
5-In-1 Arcade Hits stretches the definition of "arcade hits", but offers enough content to make it an enjoyable way to pass the time
News Comic-Con 2010: inFamous 2's Cole To Be More In-Line With The Original Character
Proof that developers do listen -- after the gigantic backlash aimed at the new-look Cole McGrath in inFamous 2, developers Sucker Punch have decided to switch back to something more in-line with the original character
Feature Late To The Party #1: The Getaway on PlayStation 2
I want to play The Getaway
News Vanquish Gets Casual Auto Mode For Those Confused By The DualShock
Similarly to Bayonetta's automatic mode, Platinum Games has confirmed that their upcoming shooter, Vanquish, is set to benefit from a "Casual Auto" mode -- which will presumably make the game really easy
News - July, 2010
Saturday31st Jul 2010
News Buy Limited Edition Medal Of Honor, Play Battlefield 3 (At Some Point)
EA's confirmed that those who purchase the limited edition version of Medal Of Honor will be given the opportunity to play Battlefield 3 within 12 months of MoH's release
Anyone who owns special package of Medal Of Honor will be invited to the beta, which will be available for a limited time. The limited edition includes a bunch of in-game goodies,...
Sony's line-up has been exceedingly strong this year
In fact, it's probably the strongest the PlayStation 3 has ever had. It's been a banner year for the system, with games such as Heavy Rain and God Of War III all being massive success stories for the brand. It's telling of the industry's state that people should choose to criticise the line-up —...
Given the number of games Sony has already announced this year, we thought the Resistance 3 ship had come and gone
With Insomniac Games announcing their colloboration with EA Partners, we genuinely believed that the next Resistance was on hiatus - despite those billboard posters suggesting otherwise. Today, we've been given more than a scrap of...
News SEGA Posts Impressive Quarterly Profits, Sales Increase By 51%
What the hell? If there was any company we'd have bet on losing money this quarter, it'd be SEGA
Not that we have anything against the company - heck no, we love them - but a lot of their releases this quarter were weak. At least, that's what we thought. Turns out we were wrong. Very wrong. SEGA actually managed profits of 7 billion yen ($80.8...
Friday30th Jul 2010
Review Arcade Darts (PlayStation Minis)
Arcade Darts lacks the tactile response of arrow-throwing that's become a standard on touch screen platforms; but it works with the hardware it's got
You end up with an intuitive arcade sports title with plenty of replay value, even if the learning curve is a bit steep at first. Darts games are hard to make. If you give the player a cursor, they can...
News Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Gets A Bulky Special Edition In Europe
One day, we're going to write a song and it's going to be called "Birth By Sleep"
We know it's quite a devisive title - but it's a hit in the PushSquare office. Quite clever innit. For those of you that couldn't really be bothered by the game's title, but love you some Kingdom Hearts, we have a treat for you. The afore mentioned Kingdom Hearts:...
News UFG Slash Modnation Racers' Load Times, Fix A List Of Issues In Latest Patch
IGN's dropped details of the long awaited patch for United Front Games' Modnation Racers
We loved the game when we reviewed it a few months back, but had stopped playing recently due to a number of issues with the game — namely the load times. While we didn't have a huge problem with the loading at the time, they do kill the multiplayer somewhat,...
It's getting boring: we know you're bored of it too
We're sick of writing about it. How can we keep finding new headlines to say - "Yo, the PSP is the best individual platform in Japan this week". What's more, it's not just the order of the systems that never changes on a week-by-week basis — it's the sales numbers too. The PS3 always...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Is Almost Certain To Receive Hardened & Prestige Editions
Last year Activision announced a collector's edition to end all collector's editions
Night vision goggles came with the $149 SKU of Modern Warfare 2. Looks like they're preparing to do something similar all over again. US retailer buy.com (good name for a website, right?) has listed Hardened and Prestige editions for the upcoming Call Of Duty: B
News Limbo Goes Multiplatform! (Well, Kind Of Anyway)
Limbo is an XBOX Live Arcade exclusive that's garnered a lot of attention due to its bleak looks and interesting mechanics
It's an exclusive that's unlikely to come to the PlayStation 3 soon. Thankfully the PS3 has one of the best level editing tools on the planet (well, until its sequel releases). You can probably guess where this post is going —...
News Team 17: PSPgo's Issues Are Price Related, Not Digital Distribution
We love our PSPgo here at PushSquare, but it'd be fair to say that it's not been the most well received hardware re-release for some time
Talking up digital distribution in an interview with IncGamers, Team 17's Martyn Brown reckons the PSPgo's issues are inherent of price. Digital Distribution is here to stay. I think the issues with the PSPgo...
News First DIRT 3 Trailer Hits This Weekend, Enjoy Your First Peek
That, right there, presented in glistening digital format, is your first look at Codemasters' DIRT 3
We've known that the rally franchise was getting a sequel for some time, but we're about to get a better idea about the game's direction this weekend. The game's set to air its debut trailer on ESPN during the X-Games. No doubt it'll be on YouTube...
News Tiesto Brings Four To The Floor, Epilepsy To DJ Hero 2
Activision's confirmed that the Netherland's own DJ maestro, Tiesto, will join the roster of DJ Hero 2
He'll be providing two unique mixes to the game, aswell as his likeness. Presumably the mixes will include plenty of four to the floor kick patterns and gated synths. 'Cos that's what Tiesto does, innit? As much as we like Tiesto, we can't help but...
News Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Video May Make You Angry, Less Excited For The Game
"Wahhhhhhhhhh
Check it out y'all, we're playing video gameeeeeees on our Play-a-Station Triple. Wahhhh! This Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit game is so hardcore. I'm gonna jump around bopping the air, whilst doing an upside down 'Peace' sign. So cool. I love video games, y'all. Love 'em. Spin some Shifty Shellshock, DJ." Urgh.
News Relive Sucker Punch's inFamous 2 Comic-Con Panel As Though You Were There
The PlayStation Blog's just uploaded a condensed version of Sucker Punch's Comic-Con panel from earlier this month
The panel goes into a lot of detail about the original inFamous' design process, aswell as tackling some hot-topics regarding the sequel. Interestingly, Sucker Punch dropped a "wait and see" line regarding PlayStation Move...
News Well At Least Ubisoft Like 3D Technology, Right?
Ubisoft UK's managing director has confirmed that the company are looking into bringing 3D to their triple-A titles
Cooper told MCV, I do believe that Avatar allowed us just a little bit of advantage in terms of experience with how this market will work." We are working to offer the possibility of 3D on most of our upcoming triple-A...
News Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Continues To Look Awesome
We liked the demo, and we like this trailer even more
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days continues to sit pretty high on our list of "must buy" titles. In fact, we're rather excited about the co-op shooter. This trailer's not helping quell our excitement, only enhance it. Don't you just love it when trailers get all fancy with the audio editing?
Thursday29th Jul 2010
News Vanquish Gets Casual Auto Mode For Those Confused By The DualShock
Similarly to Bayonetta's automatic mode, Platinum Games has confirmed that their upcoming shooter, Vanquish, is set to benefit from a "Casual Auto" mode -- which will presumably make the game really easy
Director Shinji Mikami said of the mode on Platinum's blog, Before we started work on it, I cant say that I had high hopes; however, once we...
News Don't Toy With Our Hearts: Studio Liverpool Rumours Emerge, Dare We Say "New Game"?
The last time we posted about Studio Liverpool it was bad news
From what we understood at the time, the studio had essentially been cut in half, with several projects cancelled. We never really got any more details regarding the state of Studio Liverpool, but we weren't expecting anything new from the team for a long time. An eagle-eyed user at...
Review Young Thor (PlayStation Minis)
Young Thor's another PlayStation Mini that transcends the quality of its peers
The game's relatively short, and the controls can be fiddly and unresponsive — but the action's rewarding enough to warrant the asking price more than twice over. Playing as Thor, the God of Thunder, you're tasked with the rescue mission of three Norn maidens who have...
News Sony Confirms PlayStation Move Pricing For The UK, Is Very Reasonable
Sony's confirmed the pricing of their upcoming PlayStation Move motion controller for the UK
It's very reasonable too. While you may already have pre-orders in for the device based on retailer estimates, this is the final word from Sony. As such your pre-order might drop in price at some point in the near future, which is always nice isn't it?...
News SOCOM 4 Oscar Mikes Itself Into 2011, The PushSquare Office Sob A Little
Man, it crept up on us, but we were really beginning to look forward to play SOCOM 4 this Christmas
SOCOM's not usually a franchise we get excited for, but after seeing some videos of the game being played with the PlayStation Move controller, we were instantly sold. It's therefore bitterly disapppointing to see the game delayed into 2011. Zipper...
News Ferrari: The Race Experience Hits PlayStation Network This September
Eutechnyx - developers of the PlayStation 3's Ferrari Challenge and Supercar Challenge - have announced their next project; Ferrari: The Race Experience will launch on the PlayStation Network this September
Eutechnyx describe the game as their "first AAA game released as download only content". Given the reception of Supercar Challenge,...
News Slow Sales Hurt Capcom For Another Quarter
Capcom's been hit by another hard quarter in which major releases did not perform to expectations
In their latest quarterly financial report - dating April through June - Capcom blamed the slow growth of Lost Planet 2 which put their net sales down 2.4% year over year. Net income dropped an astounding 90% from last year to around 213 million yen...
News Explodemon Does Its Best Buh-Bomb Impression This Winter
Curve Studios has dropped a little tease regarding the state of the upcoming PSN platformer, Explodemon
According to the developer, the game will hit the PSN sometime this Fall. It's been a long time since we last made a post about the quirky little platformer, but it's a game that's very much still on our radar. Hopefully we'll start to hear more...
News Back In Black: PlayStation 3 Hardware Jumps 118%, Reaches Touching Distance Of XBOX 360
Sony's finally back in the black
The company's first quarter earnings (ending June 30th) were fuelled by improved sales of computers, televisions and, yes, the PlayStation 3. Overall revenue increased by 3.8%, giving the company a ¥25.7 billion ($295 million US) net profit. Gloabal PlayStation 3 sales reached 2.4 million for the quarter, with the...
Wednesday28th Jul 2010
News Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Update 1.09 Goes Live
Naughty Dog's been rolling out the latest multiplayer patch for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves today
Update 1.09 resolves a number of issues with the game's multiplayer - including the super-human throws in the "Plunder" game mode. In addition, the patch also makes some tweaks to the game's backend, allowing Naughty Dog to easily alter the...
News Left 4 Dead On PlayStation 3? "Who Knows?" Tease Valve; Portal 2 To Skip Move & 3D
Now Valve's developing for the PlayStation 3, it's worth considering whether they'll bring some of their back-catalogue over to the PlayStation 3
While Gabe Newell was out gobbing about Sony's hardware, Valve released some pretty big games on the PC and XBOX 360; Left 4 Dead and its sequel being the biggest. So will we ever see it on the PS3? Who...
News It's All Hammers & Moody Voices In The Debut Thor: The Video Game Trailer
You know the voices in trailers? The ultra gruff, super low, over-the-top voices? We want you to read PushSquare in that voice from now on
We think it would make things a little more interesting. Especially over the summer months, when there's nothing to talk about but teaser trailers for Thor: The Video Game; which, incidentally, provides no...
News Capcom: The PlayStation Portable Can't Handle Super Street Fighter IV
Capcom's Yoshinori Ono's delivered a scathing explanation as to why the PSP won't be receiving a port of Super Street Fighter IV -- apparently the system can't handle it
Speaking to Famitsu , Ono detailed the decision to bring Super Street Fighter IV to the 3DS rather than Sony's handheld. He explained that the PSP couldn't do justice to the game,...
News Check Out The Chiptunes From Scott Pilgrim vs. The World's Soundtrack
The PlayStation Blog's put up some samples from the soundtrack of the upcoming PSN exclusive Scott Pilgrim vs
The World. The soundtrack's been composed by ANAMANAGUCHI, who are pretty rad at making things sound old. You should definitely check out the tunes through the jump.
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 27th July 2010
Price Updates Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo Sale (now $4
99, original price $9.99) Section 8 Sale (now $9.99, original price $29.99) Blast Factor Sale (now $4.99, original price $12.99) Blast Factor Advanced Research (now $2.49, original price $4.99) Blast Factor Multiplayer Pack (now $1.49, original price $2.99)</ul>Games The...
News Irrational Teases New Project With "WhatIsIcarus.com"
WhatIsIcarus
com</a> may be a smokey charade of nothingness, but its launch suggests one important thing: Irrational Games are about to announce their new project. We hinted as much last week when Irrational announced a special press event scheduled for early August. Despite there being nothing on the page at the moment, we're assume things...
News The Mighty PlayStation 3 Vs. The Humble Green Onion
This bizarre Japanese advertisement depicts an argument between the PlayStation 3 and green onion (stay with us)
The PlayStation 3 points out that it can do 3D, has motion control functionality and is a high-definition video games system. But the green onion argues that it can be used in a number of delicious dishes. We'll call it a tie.
News New Tales Games Heading To The PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
The latest issue of Jump has revealed a slew of new titles in the "Tales" franchise that are heading to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable
First up is a port of the Wii's Tales Of Graces, which will hit Japan later this year with some extra content added. That'll be followed up by a brand new Tales game on the PlayStation 3. There are zero...
News Sony Confirms August 17th Date For GamesCom Press Conference
Last year Sony's GamesCom press conference brought with it news which changed the fortunes of the PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 Slim has been a resounding success world-wide, bringing Sony back into the three horse race it had previously been lagging behind. In many ways, that single announcement at GamesCom defined PlayStation's 2009. Yes, there...
News Because Medal Of Honor Needed More Linkin Park...
Just like Eminem and Call Of Duty; Linkin Park's teamed up with Medal Of Honor to provide some hard-hitting tunes that will really make you think about the consequences of war
Either that, or make you fist-pump as you fire off rounds of your AK-47. The embedded video - which features Linkin Park's "Catalyst" - is a teaser for a new trailer...
Tuesday27th Jul 2010
Feature Late To The Party #1: The Getaway on PlayStation 2
I want to play The Getaway
The initial set-up is fantastic; placing you in a red Rover 75 with a motley-crue of cockney shade-masters. "Who's the bird?" exclaims the appropriately named "Eyebrows", in his thick LDN tones. Across the road, a lady in a tight leather jacket sprints towards the passenger seat of the car. She flicks...
News Killzone 3 Multiplayer To Be Unveiled Fully At GamesCom
European video games press event, GamesCom, is set to play host for Killzone 3's big multiplayer reveal
At least that's according to a Kotaku preview, which contains the following snippet: "Sony won't go into specifics yet, but the game's producer told me that multiplayer is getting an "overhaul," with details set to be revealed at...
News Ninja Theory: Story Is More Important Than Gameplay
We love a good video game story
Story-driven single-player titles are our favourites. But as we proved this afternoon with our Getaway feature, sometimes poor gameplay can kill a good story dead. But Ninja Theory's top-man, Tameem Antoniades, disagrees. To a degree, anyway. He didn't always feel the same way, however. In an interview with...
News Naughty Dog Staffing Up For Uncharted 3?
Eagle-eyed bloggers over at GamerZines have spotted a job listing on Naughty Dog's website
The posting from the Uncharted 2 developers appeals for a game designer to help build "fun third-person action gameplay and levels". Third person action? Uncharted 3? You bet. The listing adds that the candidate will be responsible for "for the...
News PlayStation Move's Accuracy Likened To $100,000 Surgery Simulators
We know that PlayStation Move is a super-accurate motion device
But just how accurate is it? Sony's senior researcher, Dr. Richard Marks, has likened it to $100k surgery devices. At least - that's according to surgeons the Eye Toy creator has spoken to. "I was talking to some surgeons. They were talking about laparoscopic surgery...
News Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition Gets PlayStation Move Support; Standard Resident Evil 5 Does Not
Everybody knows that Resident Evil (or at least iterations post 4) is better when played with a motion control
Something about the style of the gameplay really with precision of a pointing device. The Wii proved that it had the best way to play Resident Evil 4, and subsequently, when Resident Evil 5 released, it felt old and clunky on the DualShock...
News PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.41 Is All About Genius(TM)
For some reason, Sony's decided to release firmware 3
41 today. That's right folks, if you switch on your shiny PlayStation 3 right now, the console will ask you to perform a system update to put your hardware in tip-top condition. But what's Sony giving in return for this inconvenience? Well actually, not a lot. The firmware adds a "You May...
News Sony Kicks Off The PlayStation Logo Licensing Program
Have you ever wanted to show off your inner-PlayStation fanboy by wearing T-shirts adorning the famous PlayStation logo, or perhaps go to bed wrapped in Sony branded bed-sheets? It's a reality not too far away, as Sony has today kicked off the PlayStation Logo Licensing Program
The idea's to basically bring the PlayStation branding (DualShock...
News MAG Gets Upgraded To v1.07 In Early August
Zipper's massive action game, MAG, is preparing to go through another round of updates next month, as the game gets upgraded to version 1
07. Detailed on the PlayStation Blog, the update includes a number of new features including a daily "Happy Hour" mode (which doubles XP for every first hour played in a whole day period) and some...
News Deus Ex: Human Revolution Touted As A Franchise Reboot By Eidos Montreal
Deus Ex: Human Revolution's director, Jean-Francois Dugas, has described the title as reboot of the franchise"
The first game was a smash hit when it launched in 2000, but 2003's follow-up was less successful. Still, it's been over six years since the last game, and developers Eidos Montreal reckon it's time for a refresh. Obviously, we see it...
News How'd You Like To Go Behind The Scenes With F1 2010?
Ever found yourself waking up in the morning and asking yourself, "You know, I wish I knew how Codemasters were making the upcoming F1 2010 game for the PlayStation 3
" You're not alone. At last, however, you're morning curiosity can be streamed into something else, as Codies has released an extended behind the scenes look at F1 2010's...
Report Capcom Upping The Output Of Major IPs
With about a billion new Street Fighter titles in the works, a report from Nikkei suggesting that Capcom are to increase their major IP output comes as no surprise
The report notes that Capcom are to reduce the development cycle on their major IPs, allowing them to release more entries in popular series' such as Resident Evil and Monster Hunter. In...
Monday26th Jul 2010
Review DeathSpank (PlayStation 3)
Loosely tied together by a plot about as thin as its titular heroes' thong, DeathSpank is a hack-and-slash title written by legendary industry comic, Ron Gilbert
DeathSpank spreads its plot pretty thin, sending you on a lengthy quest in order to recover a mysterious object known as The Artifact. What ensues is a series of fetch quests in which you...
News Super Street Fighter IV Characters Get A New Set Of Outfits This Fall
With all the excitement of Capcom's Comic-Con panel being attached to cross-overs, we almost forgot to mention the announcement of new DLC outfits for Super Street Fighter IV
The clothing pack is due this Fall and will feature a new alternative outfit for each character. Kotaku managed to snap a teaser of the new outfits which we've posted above...
News THERE'S A SNAKE IN MY BOOTS! Toy Story 3 Tops The UK Sales Charts!
Licensed game is released alongside movie
Movie goes onto become a box-office smash. Licensed game then compliments movie straight to the top of the charts. The refreshing part? Toy Story 3 is actually a darn good game. No one is getting ripped off here buying into a bad product with a fancy name on it. Oh no. Because Toy Story 3 is a brilliant...
News Fatal Labyrinth Rated For The PlayStation 3
It may already be a part of the SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection, but SEGA's not yet convinced you've had your fill of the classic 16-bit Rogue-like, Fatal Labyrinth
An ESRB listing suggests the game is to get a stand-alone PSN release akin to Gunstar Heroes. Whether it actually deserves one, is another question.
News Jaffe: New Twisted Metal More Varied Than Any Other You've Played
David Jaffe's addressed some fan concerns regarding the roster of Eat Sleep Play's upcoming Twisted Metal reboot
While reaction has been extremely positive, Jaffe notes on his blog that some fans have been concerned by the limited number of characters in the game's campaign. Worry not, however, as Jaffe's got words of reassurance: "Please keep...
News Search Added To The PlayStation Version Of Netflix
Netflix has just become a touch easier to use on the PlayStation 3, thanks to the addition of search functionality
While the PS3's version of Netflix won't be going disc-less for a couple more months, it will in the least be that tad easier to use. Joystiq reports that you'll be able to sort releases by letter, aswell as being more specific if you...
Rumour Grand Theft Auto V's Heading To Hollywood
VG247's posted another of their "infamous" rumours this morning, revealing over pages of exposition that the next Grand Theft Auto game's likely to be set in Hollywood
The website cryptically reveals that the game's likely to be announced at Rockstar's Max Payne 3 event. Talk about over-shadowing the main attraction. To be honest, we don't recommend...
News Nikkei: Sony To Post Quarterly Profit, Stunning Year On Year Turnaround
Japanese business index, Nikkei, are reporting this morning that Sony are to post an operating profit of 10 to 30 billion yen over the period April through June
It's a dramatic turn-around for the company, who posted a loss of 25.7 billion yen over the same period last year. Nikkei cites strong sales in China, strong performance of new SLR camera...
News Afrika's Online Component Comes To A Conclusion
Sony Japan's confirmed that they will be closing down the online component of their photo simulator, Afrika
To be honest, we weren't even aware Afrika had online functionality — but either way, it ends on August 31st. We're informed that the online component allows "players" to take part in photo contests. We doubt too many are going to...
News New GRID (Yes!), Operation Flashpoint (Meh?) In Development At Codemasters
Rejoice fans of good racing games - there's a new GRID title in development at Codemasters' Southam studio
The game's being worked on alongside the already announced DIRT sequel. Get in - the more caps-locked four-letter racing franchises from Codies the better. The news comes from Codemasters' SVP of production, Jamie Macdonald. In an interview...
News Front Mission Evolved Gets Decorated By Metal Gear Solid
One of the less interesting announcements out of last week's Comic-Con came from Square Enix
Sure, decorating your Front Mission Evolved Wanzer with familiar Metal Gear Solid logos might excite some - but it's not exactly the controllable Metal Gear cross-over we'd hoped for. Still, we'll always get behind gaming synergy, so don't let our...
Sunday25th Jul 2010
News Comic-Con 2010: DC Universe Online Hits November 2nd
If you're still getting your breath back after that incredible cinematic trailer for DC Universe Online, well, we apologise
Why? Because we're about to send you on a hype-fit all over again. Shall we just get it over with? Ok — Sony Online Entertainment's upcoming super-hero MMO will drop on November 2nd. That'll be both on PlayStation 3 and PC...
News Comic-Con 2010: Screenshots Like This Get Our Pulses Racing
As an onlooking Servbot watches Tekken's Kazuya kick the crap out of Street Fighter's Ryu, we can't help but feel that the upcoming Street Fighter X Tekken cross-over heading to the PlayStation 3 is probably the best announcement since sliced bread
Sadly, the producer of Capcom's game, Yoshinori Ono, reckons the project is still some time off -...
Feature There's No Place Like Home: Photobombed In The Minis Space
This week wasn't supposed to be like this
I had a whole other series prepared for this week's There's No Place Like Home. I was going to do my best Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and make-over my Personal Space. But in my quest for fancy neon lamps, this happened [see photographic evidence above]. As I clicked the shutter of my PlayStation Home camera, I...
News Comic-Con 2010: The Street Fighter X Tekken Trailer That Will Have Your Fanboy Juices Running
Street Fighter X Tekken
It's a God-honest video game. T'was announced yesterday. For realsies. And here's the game's debut trailer. It shows Street Fighter's Ryu facing up to Tekken's Jin Kazama. It's all inky and blotchy. It looks amazing. Can we wait to play this? No we cannot.
Saturday24th Jul 2010
There's acres of difference between the PlayStation Move and Kinect platforms
Some bloggers might wish you to believe otherwise, as they compare every intricate difference between the platforms. But if E3 taught us one thing, it's that the platforms are distinctly unique. I see Kinect as a device to entice people into the XBOX platform. I don't see...
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono has put an end to rumours regarding a possible Namco and Capcom cross-over; by announcing Street Fighter X Tekken (pronounced Street Fighter Cross Tekken)
The game's in development for the PlayStation 3. Joined on-stage by Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada, the duo proved the game's existence by playing a round...
News Comic-Con 2010: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition Announced
Capcom's Yoshinori Ono has just confirmed that Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition is in development
Ono wanted to reassure fans at the "Street Fighter IV and Beyond" panel that the company "haven't forgotten about Street Fighter III." Apparently, work's only just started on the game so it won't be out for a while. But...
News Irrational Games Announce August Event, Announcement Presumably Incoming
It's been three-years since Ken Levine's Irrational Games started work on "Project Icarus", but we've still not heard a peep about what's in development
That could all change next month however, as the studio are sending out invites to a New York event on August 11th. One might assume that an announcement will follow. Levine already confirmed in...
News Comic-Con 2010: Unbelievable DC Universe Online Trailer Is... Well, Unbelievable
MMO trailers are always misleading
They succeed in getting you hyped for a product, but they're never really close to being representative to the game they are promoting. It's hard, therefore, to go a bit doo-lally over an MMO trailer, because at the end of the day you're shouting about a piece of CGI. Still, this Comic-Con trailer for DC...
News Comic-Con 2010: Watch, Enjoy, Weep A Little At The Latest LittleBigPlanet 2 Gameplay
This footage shot on the Comic-Con show-floor (courtesy of LittleBigPlanetLand), shows off one of LittleBigPlanet 2's story levels
It looks as brilliantly crafted as you'd expect, with plenty of bouncing about and use of the new grapple-hook mechanic. We can't wait. If you weren't already aware, Sony announced a Collector's Edition for the US...
News Kratos Kicks King Midas' Rear In God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta
Worried God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta wasn't going to carry across the bar-raising brutality of God Of War III? Don't
This latest gameplay footage released via the PlayStation Blog proves that Kratos is no less angry in his latest handheld outing, as he kicks the tail of King Midas. The game's looking sensational.
News Comic-Con 2010: Twisted Metal Will Have Split-Screen Multiplayer, Don't Worry
David Jaffe's confirmed during a Comic-Con panel last night that the Twisted Metal reboot will be getting split-screen multiplayer
However, the game won't be supporting 3D or PlayStation Move, something the crowd were presumably pretty stoked to hear (why you'd want less optional features in a game is beyond us). There's a full break-down of what...
Friday23rd Jul 2010
News Comic-Con 2010: inFamous 2's Cole To Be More In-Line With The Original Character
Proof that developers do listen -- after the gigantic backlash aimed at the new-look Cole McGrath in inFamous 2, developers Sucker Punch have decided to switch back to something more in-line with the original character
Speaking from Comic-Con, IGN's PlayStation editor, Greg Miller, had the following to say on the changes to Cole's character...
News Red Dead Redemption's "Legends & Killers" DLC Has Fat Dudes Jacked Up With Dynamite
The new screens from Red Dead Redemption's upcoming "Legends & Killers" pack might not offer much more information about the game's upcoming premium DLC -- but at least we know it'll involve fat banditos armed to the teeth with dynamite
Rockstar may aswell have our tenner now.
News Medal Of Honor Reboot Team Named "Danger Close"
In somewhat of an unexpected announcement, EA Los Angeles has revealed the creation of a new studio: "Danger Close"
The team are currently responsible for the upcoming Medal Of Honor reboot, and will presumably stick to games with a military theme. Well - you'd think so with a name like that, anyway. As far as we can tell, this seems like a case...
News Sony Korea Outs New PlayStation Move Titles
While confirming a September 15th release date for the PlayStation Move, Sony Computer Entertainment Korea has also outed a couple of new PlayStation titles
First-up is a port of the popular iPhone title Flight Control - a casual strategy game from Firemint which is set to hit the PlayStation Network will full Move support. The other title listed by...
News Crytek "Considered" Making A PlayStation 3 Exclusive
The boss of Crytek, Cevat Yerli, has revealed in an interview that his company has "considered" making a PlayStation 3 exclusive in the past
But don't think because Cevat is speaking in the past-tense, that the idea is totally ruled out. The boss reckons a little something could well be on the cards — but first their first priority is Crysis 2 and...
News Twisted Metal Reboot Started Life As PSN Download, "Sony Wanted More," Says Jaffe
David Jaffe's revealed that Eat Sleep Play's upcoming Twisted Metal reboot started life "as a PSN title"
According to Jaffe however, Sony wanted more from the product, so the team came up with a "drastic, dramatic change" in concept. "Well, it started out as a PSN title. It started out as a very small version of Twisted Metal that...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 Drops November 16th In The US, Gets "Limited" Collector's Edition
Good grief -- LittleBigPlanet 2 is mere months away
It's actually just hit us. The sequel to one of the greatest (and most ambitious) games ever crafted, is just over three months away. That's just a quarter of a year, folks. Get hype. The game was originally slotted in for simply "November", but Sony of America's clarified today that the...
Rumour Hitman 5 Is Real, In Development & Is Due Christmas 2011 "At The Earliest"
Eurogamer's got a pretty beefy rumour regarding IO Interactive's long-standing Hitman franchise
According to the website, Hitman 5 is currently in development at the Danish studio and is due for release Christmas 2011 "at the earliest". Retail sources are backing up Eurogamer's claim, stating that they believe the title would be "most...
News Comic-Con 2010: inFamous 2 Comic Book Cut-Scene Gets Us In The Mood
After checking out this comic-book cut-scene from inFamous 2, we're well and truly in the mood for some more electrified action
We'd forgotten just how well the animated story sequences set the game's tone. We'd also forgotten how gritty inFamous' universe is. It's a cool little cut-scene. Check it out.
News Japanese Hardware Sales: PSP Still The Leading System
Technically - because there are about 50gajillion different iterations of the DS platform - it's another Nintendo win on the Japanese hardware charts this week
But the PSP's still faring well against the Nintendo juggernaut, with the Sony portable hitting the top spot in the individual hardware SKU breakdown. Elsewhere, the PlayStation 3 had to...
News James Bond 007: Blood Stone Opening Credits Are Basically What You'd Expect
Fancy smoke? Check
Swish silhouettes of men pointing guns? Check. Swish silhouettes of ladies touching themselves? Check. Big, orchestral driven audio backing? Check. Diva reminding us how well she can sing? Check. Jewellery and expensive champagne? Check. Fancy cars power sliding in slow motion? Check. Helicopters blowing up huge diamonds? Check...
News Inafune: Play As "The Mega Man Of Your Dreams" In Universe
We're still none the wiser for knowing exactly what Mega Man Universe is - the unusual project teased by way of stop-motion earlier in the week
Still, we're almost certain it's something. Capcom's Keiji Inafune talked about it like it was a real project during a Comic-Con panel today, but details remained scant. "We wanted to preserve as much...
News God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta To Be Longer, Push The PSP's Processor Harder
Kotaku's posted some new stats relating to the upcoming PlayStation Portable character action title, God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta
The website notes that Ready Of Dawn's managed to create a package which is not only 25-30% longer than their last effort (Chains Of Olympus), but will also maximise the number of enemies on-screen. According to the...
News Comic-Con 2010: Green Lantern: Rise Of The Manhunters Announced For The PlayStation 3
To tie in with the upcoming Green Lantern movie, Warner Bros and DC Entertainment have announced an action-adventure title
Green Lantern: Rise Of The Manhunters will put you in the shoes of the ringed rocket, battling bad-guys in presumably derivative worlds. What, this is a movie tie-in after all! If we keep our expectations low, we might be...
News Take A Closer Look At The Award-Winning Multiplayer From Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
There's a lot of hype behind Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's multiplayer
And so there should be, the game just walked away with the E3 Game Critics Award for multiplayer. Rightfully so in our opinion. The thing that's making Brotherhood's multiplayer look so enticing is its originality. With virtually every other multiplayer title trying to play...
Thursday22nd Jul 2010
News Netflix Goes Disc-Free On PlayStation 3 By October
While releasing a disc to get Netflix on PlayStation 3 as early as possible was a good move -- we doubt anyone would prefer having to fiddle about with external media when they could have an app for catching up on movies installed onto the PS3 itself
Thankfully Netflix has got your back, as they're planning to make Netflix Streaming a PlayStation 3...
News Rockstar Target Cheaters With Red Dead Redemption Updates
The wild west may be an appropriate place for liars and cheats, but Rockstar's having none of it in their smash-hit open-world title Red Dead Redemption
A post over on Rockstar's official blog notes that the company are aware of "a few rotten apples" and are actively working on new features to counter against the isolated incidents of...
News Heads-Up: The Sly Cooper Collection Priced At A Bargain $40
You've got to love Sony's "Classics" line
Take the latest in the set — the Sly Cooper Collection. Officially priced at $40, the package is an absolute steal. For your money you get three classic titles upgraded into high-definition (and 3D), some PlayStation Move mini-games and three Platinum Trophies. If that's not a complete and utter bargain of...
News Square Enix Confirms Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together For The PSP
What kind of a title is that? Our sentiments exactly
A bad one, we think. Either that, or a totally unbelievable one. Either way, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together has been confirmed for the PSP by Square Enix - and it's heading to the West. The game's a PSP remake of Square's 1995 SNES title. It was never published in Europe. Square's enlisting...
News Vanquish Was Originally More Open, Reveals Director Mikami
Vanquish director, Shinji Mikami, has revealed that his upcoming action shooter was once envisioned as a more "open" game
However, in a long blog on Platinum's website, Mikami's revealed that the game quickly took on a more linear direction. Vanquish was originally an open battlefield type of game, said Mikami, where the goal was to move...
News Atlus To Maintain Demon's Souls Servers Into 2011
When Demon's Souls launched, there were warnings scattered everywhere that Atlus could close the game's servers within six months of its release
The game's gone on to become a smash-hit worldwide, and so Atlus has decided to sponsor the servers for an extended period. They've announced that the online portion of the "hardest game ever"...
News Comic-Con 2010: More Characters Join The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Roster: Thor & Amaterasu
On the back of yesterday's Marvel vs
Capcom 3</a> announcement, Marvel's outed two new characters in the biggest bust-up since Katie and Peter. Okami's Amaterasu is set to join the fight, while Marvel's Thor is another lock. The latter's a perfect fit given Marvel's hype-machine for upcoming Thor movie. The duo join a heap of other characters...
News PlayStation Move Tech Demo Does Its Best Rendition Of Karma Chameleon
PlayStation Move tech demos have rarely been disappointing
The latest demonstration, captured by DualShockers, shows Sony R&D man, Anton Mikailov, demonstrating Move's ability to turn you into a chameleon. Seriously, it's pretty incredible stuff. But before you get to the Chameleon demo you'll have to sit through some equally impressive footage...
News WE GET TO MAKE A POST ABOUT RESISTANCE 3 AT LAST?!?
Long overdue
Long, long overdue. We're probably alone, but we put more than 35 hours into Resistance 2 (the co-op alone was worth that kind of investment), and, as such, we've been itching to type about Resistance 3. We thought we'd be chatting like mad about it after E3, but alas, it wasn't to be. Don't get your hopes up though. This isn't the...
News MAG's Sabotage Mode Goes Faction Neutral
We stopped playing MAG because SVER always win
SVER always win because their maps are so bloody easy to defend. So thank goodness for Faction Neutrality, a new update to MAG's Sabotage mode. The slight tweak means you'll be able to play in your relative faction, without necessarily defending your own home-turf. For example: perhaps you're a Raven...
News Dead Nation Gets Baseball Loving Zombies
Housemarque's upcoming PSN dual-stick shooter, Dead Nation, continues to look particularly excellent -- even if this latest trailer is only showcasing zombies in baseball shirts
It's all completely cliche, but look at this game's engine - the lighting is sensational. Sony's promising more Dead Nation related announcements at Gamescom next month...
News Mafia II Demo Drops On August 10th
Curious about Mafia II but not sure whether you want to drop the cash for the gangster package? 2K's got your back
According to an advertisement in the latest issue of trade magazine MCV, the game's getting a demo on August 10th, a couple of weeks before its official release date. We're looking forward to checking it out. Don't forget, the PS3...
News Majin And The Forsaken Kingdom Does Its Best ICO Impression This November
Namco Bandai's slapped a November release date on their upcoming ICO-esque title: Majin And The Forsaken Kingdom
The game, which is based around the lovable stone giant Majin (we bet he dies at the end!), will hit North America on November 30th, and is due in Europe soon after. It looks cute, if not a little derivative. Still, it might tide you over...
News Echochrome ii Continues To Look Like The Secret Weapon In This Motion Control War, Stunning
No-one's talking about Echochrome ii and it's a crime
With both Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo having already blown their collective motion control load, it's gutting to see games like Echochrome ii shoved under the curtain. Yes - we know about Microsoft and Sony's attempt at the Wii Sports market, but what about something new? Something different...
News Transformers: War For Cybertron Gets New DLC Next Week
We've been searching for a reason to return to Transformers: War For Cybertron's surprisingly good multiplayer component for a few days now
Right on cue, developers High Moon Studios has dropped details on some upcoming DLC for the fan-friendly product. Aswell as adding in War For Cybertron's pre-order exclusive characters - Shockwave, Demolishor...
News Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 Lands September 3rd In Europe
Ubisoft's air-combat title, HAWX 2, will take flight in Europe on September 3rd the publisher's confirmed
A US date's yet to be confirmed, but it's assumed it will be in and around the European date. American retailers have it down as September 7th.
News Stick Some Kingdom Hearts Onto Your PlayStation Portable
If you were planning on ordering Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep in the US, then you should know that you'll be getting some adhesive goodies for your endeavour
The PlayStation Portable decals will turn your ordinary system into a stickered spectacle. They're available from GameStop, Amazon and Best Buy.
News Comic-Con 2010: New Trailer Reveals Co-Operative Shank Action
You know what's better than Klei's PSN download Shank? Klei's PSN download Shank with two people
That's exactly what the game's Comic-Con trailer focuses on — showing countless dudes being iced by multiple players. Remember the front cover of Rival Turf on the SNES? "SIMULTANEOUS TWO PLAYER ACTION". Yeah, Shank should have that on the...
Wednesday21st Jul 2010
News Seasoned Protagonist Kazuma Kiryu Returns In New Yakuza Title
Don't fret -- Goro Majima may have been the first character name out of the hat alongside the Yakuza 5 announcement, but SEGA's announced that he's not the last
Seasoned Yakuza protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu, is set to make a return in the next franchise entry. It seems like SEGA are taking the multiple character route again, which was a huge success for...
Review Star Hammer Tactics (PlayStation Minis)
Star Hammer Tactics does its best Advance Wars impression with mixed results
The gameplay is solid, but the lack of variety and a downright depressing visual style detract from the overarching experience. Clearly inspired by Nintendo's own flag-ship strategy title, Advance Wars, Star Hammer Tactics is a simple turn-based title for the PlayStation...
First Impressions Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days on PlayStation 3 Demo
Is it any good?
Kane & Lynch is a franchise that will long be marred by the controversy that took place outside of the product. The original game was a bit of a mess, with poor shooting mechanics taking centre stage in an interesting, but under-developed piece of fiction. Despite that, you'd be forgiven for thinking a sequel wasn't necessary...
News Comic-Con 2010: Go Behind The Scenes With Sucker Punch & inFamous 2
You know what -- Sucker Punch are really interesting guys
This behind the scenes documentary with the studio discussing their influences is heart-warming and interesting. inFamous was a smash-hit when it dropped last year, and it's so exciting to be in the build-up to the sequel to that game. Expect to hear much more about inFamous 2 tomorrow as...
News Art Hints At New Hitman Title For 2011 [UPDATED]
Looks like you're going to get a new Hitman title next year
Some artwork posted by Great Graphics (since removed) includes a poster of the skin-headed protagonist from the Hitman franchise and a 2011 date. Great Graphics worked with IO Interactive on Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, so it doesn't seem implausible that they'd be working on promotion art...
News Sony Patents Bonkers Multiplayer Stereoscopic Television System
Have you ever disagreed with someone else in the house over who gets to watch what on the television? Sony's kinda got the problem sorted, with a new multiperson stereoscopic TV system that could essentially allow different people to watch different content on the same TV
Mad, right? You'd need glasses to do it - we're not going to get into the...
News A Little More About Dead Space: Ignition, Dead Space 2's Downloadable Prequel
Dead Space: Ignition is due this Fall and will set-up the events Isaac Clarke's set to encounter in Dead Space 2
During a showcase last night, EA presented a little of the downloadable prequel. The product's got a comic-book aesthetic, but is fully voiced and will allow you to choose your own adventure ending in four unique conclusions. Completing...
News Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Confirmed For October
Konami's confirmed that Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow will hit the PlayStation 3 this coming October
That's actually not too far away folks. There's no exact date announced yet, but presumably that's coming during GamesCom. PS3Valut's also got hold of a shot of the game's boxart. We've embedded that above. It looks... Disappointing.
News Sony Does The "Why Our Product Is The Best" Chart With PlayStation Move
According to Kotaku, the above image is scanned out of a Sony Holiday Guide
It breaks down the features of the PlayStation Move when compared to the motion control alternatives. It also paints the new hardware in a positive light. A bit like the pricing guide Microsoft released for their Kinect product yesterday. Both comparisons are equally...
Capcom's unleashed a wave of new Marvel vs
Capcom 3</a> content in time for Comic-Con. Fresh faces have been added to the already beefy roster, with Devil May Cry's Trish, Chun-Li, Doctor Doom and Super Skrull all added to the line-up. We've added a bunch of new trailers after the jump, and VG247 has a pile of new screenshots too. Check it all...
News Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Continues To Look Like The Best Thing Ever
Plinky-plonky chip-tune tracks, we love thee
Temporary PSN exclusive, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, is due on PlayStation Network early next month and it looks incredible. This is the Comic Con trailer. 10th August folks. Excited?
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 21st July 2010
Special Offers Until August 4: Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online (was £14
99/19.99 now £11.99/14.99) Revenge of the Wounded Dragons (was £6.29/7.99 now £3.99/4.99) Mortal Kombat 2 (was £3.99/4.99 now £2.39/2.99) Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic (was £7.99/9.99 now £3.99/4.99) Rag Doll Kung...
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Tuesday20th Jul 2010
As Alf Stewart would say: stone the flamin' crows
GameInformer's dropped a rumour of megaton intensity, claiming that Capcom and Namco are joining forces for two new games. No, that's not a misprint in our headline. Apparently both Capcom vs. Namco and Namco vs. Capcom are set to be announced this weekend. Whether they'll both come on the same disc...
News The White Rabbit Joins Twitter, Teases Alice: Madness Returns Announcement
Update @ 22:17BST -- it's official
Of all the places we expected to see Alice In Wonderland's White Rabbit, we'd rate Twitter pretty low. Still, that's where the mad little furry has appeared, teasing an announcement of American McGee's second Wonderland-tinged outing due later today. The rabbit Tweets: "Follow me and stay tuned for a major...
News DC Universe Online Preorder Bonuses Are Revealed
In addition to the beta details released this morning, Sony Online Entertainment has also revealed the slew of pre-order bonuses you can expect to get hold of if you put your name down for DC Universe Online early
There are a number of goodies you can grab hold of depending on which retailer you order from: an exclusive 2v2 arena battle where you...
News Call Of Duty Subscription Fees Debunked Once Again
Yesterday we posted a video which seemed to suggest that Modern Warfare 2 (and presumably the franchise as a whole) was on the verge of getting some kind of subscription fee
But it's not. Infinity Ward's community manager Robert Bowling clarified: For the record, nobody has to pay to play COD or MW2 multiplayer, nor will they. Josh Olin of...
News EA Announce Fight Night: Champion For 2011 (Please Support PlayStation Move)
EA's just announced the next entry in the Fight Night franchise, Fight Night: Champion
The game's due in 2011. According to developers EA Vancouver, the biggest bullet-point is the game's new single-player mode, which will break the mold of what is expected in a single-player sports game. Players will be introduced to an entirely new way to step...
News Sony Announce PlayStation Beta Rooms Event In Birmingham
Sony's announced a special event called PlayStation Beta Rooms which will take place in Birmingham, England later this month
The event, which is scheduled to take place on the weekend of July 31st across August 1st, will be held at the Custard Factory in central Brum. Classy. Games playable at the event will include Killzone 3, Gran Turismo 5,...
News Did We Remember To Tell You That Top Gun's Coming To The PSN?
We forgot didn't we? It's ok, don't worry
We'll just get shouted at by the game's PR team. We'll take it though. Our mistake. Ok, so, you ready? Top Gun's coming to the PlayStation Network. In development over at DoubleSix (you know, the Burn Zombie, Burn! guys), Top Gun's a PSN air combat title due later this Summer. We've been informed that the...
News SEGA Announce Thor: The Video Game, Due 2011
SEGA's announced today that they're bringing the God Of Thunder to the PlayStation next year
If Thor: The Video Game isn't the perfect place to try and imitate the God Of War formula, we don't know what is. The game will take players on a journey involving an array of enemies from Norse mythology. Thor will be able to use his hammer to command a...
News Alice: Madness Returns Is Official, Gets Amazing Teaser Trailer
It's official guys, and it's just shot straight to the top of our most anticipated games of 2011: American McGee's confirmed that Spicy Horse are working with EA Partners to bring the successor to the classic PC title, Alice, to PlayStation 3
Alice: Madness Returns is set 11 years after the original game, with Alice having been released from an...
News Sony Online Entertainment Open Up Beta Sign-Ups For DC Universe Online
DC Universe Online is an MMO
As such, it's going to need a beta before it launches proper. Sony Online Entertainment need people like you to help them out with stuff like that, so they're accepting registrations right now via the game's official website. You'll be able to specify whether you'd prefer to test out the PlayStation 3 version of DC...
News Multiplayer A Mainstay For The Assassin's Creed Franchise Going Forward
Some might not be too happy with the addition of multiplayer into the Assassin's Creed franchise, but it seems Ubisoft have put a lot of work into making the experience both unique and relevant
So we're totally happy with the idea of multiplayer being a fundamental part of the Assassin's Creed franchise going forward. And it seems like Ubisoft are...
News Shank Hits The PlayStation Network On August 24th
EA's announced that Klei's upcoming side-scrolling action game, Shank, will hit the US PlayStation Network on August 24th
The game will cost $14.99. Expect European pricing and release details to follow.
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010
If, like us, you were away on LocoRoco Island last week, you may have missed our specially compiled countdown of the office's most anticipated PlayStation games of this Holiday season
These are the games you're going to want to sell your kidney to buy. The games that we think should be on your pre-order list. Let's recap: Time Crisis: Razing Storm
News EA Announces Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning From 38 Studios, Due In 2011
EA's just took the mystery shrouded wrapper off 38 Studios' secret project, which was once known as "Project Mercury"
The distinctly not-Mercury flavoured Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning is a single-player "open world" RPG, presumably of the flavour you'd expect from a game with a title like that. The game will compliment 38 Studios' long...
News Camera Games Are Back On The PlayStation, Kung Fu LIVE Gets A New Trailer
Do you remember on the PlayStation 2? There was a camera
It was called the Eye Toy. It was pretty dumb but that SEGA Superstars game was amazing. There's also a camera on the PlayStation 3. It's been pretty much useless until recently, when Microsoft decided that they'd make an Eye Toy for the XBOX 360. Oh, and Sony also implemented the...
News Rock Band 3 Drops October 26th, Some People Are Excited We Assume [UPDATED]
Rock Band 3
Yes, Rock Band 3. That's a video game (apparently). And it's not too far away — the keyboard flavoured music game is set to attack US stores this October 26th. We're going to assume some people are excited by this development. As with any new game release, there are a host of pre-order bonuses. Wal-Mart people will get a $10 e-Gift...
News Sorry New Zealand, There's Only One Kevin Butler
Dear New Zealand TV channel TV3, We get that Kevin Butler's a sensation and all, and we really do love your accents, but you could have tried a little harder in ripping off someone else's advertising campaign
Yeah, you could have stolen the ethos, the concept, etc. But c'mon. This is just a carbon copy. And it's a lame one at that. No wonder we...
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Monday19th Jul 2010
News Guerrilla To Fix "Controller Lag" Complaints With Killzone 3
When Killzone 2 launched, there was a bit of an uproar
The game didn't control exactly like a Call Of Duty, and as such, many deemed it sluggish. It wasn't, it was just a bit different. Given the number of complaints however, Guerrilla's had to go back to the drawing board with Killzone 3. Their challenge? Creating something that satisfies the...
News Spoof God Of War Movie Trailer Takes An Unexpected Direction
Imagine a God Of War movie
We'll wait. Ok, go... Got it? We're guessing you imagined a dark, repulsive gore-fest with lots of angry men and blood, right? Yeah, exactly. That's why this fan-made spoof God Of War movie trailer is so clever — because it shifts the whole concept into an indie-flick mould. It's actually kind of brilliant. It just...
News Stuart Black Walks Away From Bodycount, Codemasters
Welcome to bizarre-o-world
After months of slagging off various PlayStation shooters, and tipping the upcoming Bodycount as the next big-thing, Codemasters has confirmed that Stuart Black - the dude behind the PS2 shooter Black - will be leaving the company in October. Bodycount, which was seen by many as a spiritual successor to Black, will not...
News Hideo Kojima Tied To Adventure Game Project
In an interview with Japanese website 4Gamer (picked up and kindly translated by AndriaSang), the CEO of publisher 5pb, Chiyomaru Shikura, revealed that his upcoming collaboration with Hideo Kojima could well be an adventure game
"Kojima said that he wanted to make an adventure game," Shikura explained, adding, "we're still at the...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 Dev: Our Dream Is For User-Created Content To Get Reviewed On Games Websites
When Media Molecule released LittleBigPlanet, they weren't thinking small
And that same mentality is evident in the build-up to LittleBigPlanet 2. Media Molecule's studio co-founder, Mark Healey, has told NowGamer that the studio has a "secret dream" for user generated content to be so good that it gets reviewed by traditional gaming...
News Welcome To The Party: Tarsier Studios Join SCE First-Party
Just when you thought Sony's first-party couldn't possibly get any stronger (with the exception of Quantic Dream and Clap Hanz perhaps); Tarsier Studios - developers of the PSN version of Rag Doll Kung Fu - has just announced that they've joined Sony's first-party
The company announced on their website: Tarsier Studios has signed an exclusive...
News Valkyria Chronicles II Pre-Order Content Outed
SEGA's dropped details on the slew of extra content you can expect to get out of Valkyria Chronicles II should you choose to pre-order it
The extras include two missions:Exercise vs. Class E An exterminatory war exercise against rival class E using all the areas of Leanbluff Forest. Destroy all enemies in each area to win this challenge...
News Ruh-Roh: Call Of Duty To Implement Subscription Fee?
Ruh-roh? Do you like Call Of Duty? Chances are you probably do
Well get ready to pay for it, because those rumours about Activision prepping a separate subscription fee for Call Of Duty's multiplayer may have just been turned up a notch. A video (embedded after the jump) posted by a 360Junkies member clearly shows some form of subscription model...
News Killzone 3's Load Times Are Non-Existent, Claim Guerrilla
Guerrilla Games are an unbelievable power-house
Their upcoming PlayStation 3 title, Killzone 3, will basically support the suite of everything Sony has to offer. PlayStation Move, 3D, cutting-edge visuals, yadda yadda yadda. Guerrilla's now also claiming that they've removed load-times. Guerrilla's Steven Ter Heide told AusGamers that loading...
News Netflix Heads To Canada-Land This Fall
Are you Canadian and in need of streamed video content? Rejoice -- Netflix has announced plans to extend into "America's hat" this Fall
The service will be streaming-only and will be coming to "a range of consumer electronics devices capable of streaming from Netflix". So the PlayStation 3 then? Probably. There's no confirmation yet, but...
News Licensed, Genuinely Good Family Games Fill-Up The UK Sales Charts
What do Toy Story 3 and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 have in common? They're both surprisingly good licensed games, designed with families in mind
Yup. They're also both sitting amongst a heap of familiar software in the UK sales top ten. Somehow, the desperately disappointing XBOX 360 exclusive, Crackdown 2, is sitting atop the sales charts. That's...
News Codename Announce New Original Indie Games For PlayStation Home
PlayStation Home has grown so much since it launched
We get it now. It's truly time for everyone to give it a second-chance. The service has found its identity, its beginning to fulfill its potential. And that potential is basically meta-games within a bigger world. You may have checked out our report on Home's Carnival space — a brilliant...
Saturday17th Jul 2010
News ModNation Racers Goes Casual Friendly (If You Can't Hack The Homing Rockets)
Apparently some people aren't very good at ModNation Racers or something
We see them lamenting the single-player career a fair bit across the Internet. United Front's taken note, as they've posted on the PlayStation Blog that there's to be a new "Casual" friendly difficulty mode added to the racer's main campaign. Apparently it will make...
News Introducing James Bond 007: Blood Stone, All-Racing, All-Shooting Action From Bizarre Creations
If ever we had a weakness, file it under James Bond games
We were probably the only publication who genuinely loved (and played to death) the last James Bond game, Quantum Of Solace. So good. Perhaps then, our excitement for James Bond 007: Blood Stone should be tempered a little. GoldenEye aside, Bond games aren't traditionally good. But they are...
News Sony: PlayStation 3 Retail Shortages "Resolved"
Just a quick heads-up really -- Sony's issued a statement alongside last week's June NPD report noting that the PlayStation 3 hardware stock shortages are now resolved
PS3's have been pretty thin on the ground for the past few months, but apparently, now they are not. That's all there is to say in honesty — no reason was given for the resolution,...
News Sony Online Entertainment Bring Swords & Soldiers To The PlayStation Network This Fall
On it's way
Hit WiiWare side-scrolling RTS, Swords & Soldiers, has been confirmed for the PlayStation Network by Sony Online Entertainment. The PSN version will bring 20 trophies, updated HD graphics and online multiplayer. The game's due out early this Fall. There's more over at Joystiq. We've whacked a trailer after the jump.
News It's An Oddworld Indeed... A Very Odd World
How strange
Just Add Water's confirmed via their official website that the Oddworld franchise is to make an unexpected return. The Gravity Crash developers claim to be working with Oddworld Inhabitants on "multiple projects, across multiple platforms ... starring all of your favorite Oddworld characters." Apparently, Oddworld's creator,...
News If You Hadn't Seen It Already, This Is What Hulu Plus Is Like On The PlayStation 3...
A preview for Hulu Plus launched on the PlayStation 3 this week, despite a number of stipulations
(Yeah, you should probably click that last link). Anyway, if you've any interest at all in PlayStation's TV streaming service, TechThrow's put together a pretty comprehensive look at the new preview app. It's all rather swish and what-not.
News Lara Croft & The Guardian Of Light Goes XBOX 360 Exclusive... For A Few Weeks
Don't sweat it
Lara Croft & The Guardian Of Light may be going XBOX 360 exclusive... But it's only for a few weeks. Four to be precise. In order to be part of the Summer Of Arcade promotion Microsoft runs every year, Crystal Dynamics has confirmed that the upcoming downloadable Tomb Raider adventure, Lara Croft & The Guardian Of Light, will...
News Sony Limiting The Use Of 1080p In 3D Games
You can count the number of games that fully utilise the full 1080p resolution on a couple of hands
Gran Turismo 5, Wipeout HD... Erm... Exactly. So it's no surprise to hear Sony's senior development manager, Simon Benson, declare that the company are capping 3D gaming on PS3 at a screen resolution of 720p. According to Benson, who spoke at the...
News CryEngine 3 Licensed For PlayStation 3 Arena Shooter, Nexuiz
You know Crytek's new engine majig, CryEngine 3, that's running the particularly pretty Crysis 2? Well, there's hope that the pretty little video game tech will end up replacing the current off-the-shelf standard, the Unreal Engine
At least, there's hope from our corner, because we think Epic's engine looks like smeared turds up the bathroom wall...
News PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Early Access To The Kane & Lynch 2 Demo On July 20th
Sweet
If, like us, you're looking forward to IO Interactive's upcoming low-fidelity shooter, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, you're going to want to be a PlayStation Plus subscriber. The demo will be available a week earlier for premium subscribers, giving users the opportunity to download the sample on July 20th. Non-subscribers will get access to...
News Have A Big Long List Of All The Artists Participating In DJ Hero 2
Would you like to know which artists are participating in DJ Hero 2? Of course you would
There are a whopping 108 musicians/bands/producers taking part. Rather than us sitting here typing a load of waffle, allow us to just pick out some of the listed artists that take our fancy: Basement Jaxx, Chic, Lady GaGa, Metallica, M.I.A., Stevie Wonder,...
News June NPD: Hardware Jumps Through The Metaphorical Roof, Red Dead Redemption Remains Perched
The American NPD numbers are in
They paint a particularly pretty picture for hardware sales after May's disappointment Both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable were up nearly 100%, shifting 305,000 and 121,000 units respectively. The XBOX 360 lead the home console charts thanks to the rejigged system re-release, though it still lost out to...
News Gravity Crash PSP Jets Onto The Handheld Next Week
Just Add Water's confirmed that the portable version of their PSN title, Gravity Crash, is set to hit PSPs via the PlayStation Store next week
If you hit up Just Add Water's website, you'll be privy to a whole pile of information about what's been added to the portable shooter. Huzzah. Click here for more.
News Mega Man Universe Announced For The PlayStation Network
Capcom's confirmed that the oft-touted Mega Man Universe is a real product and is set to make an appearance as part of their Comic-Con line-up
The company has teased the potential cross-over title with a pretty rad stop-motion trailer. Catch that above. We are thrilled to finally be able to announce Mega Man Universe, said Capcoms Kenji...
Friday16th Jul 2010
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: Gran Turismo 5
What could we possibly have left to say about Gran Turismo 5? The franchise is an institution among car lovers, and the wait has been long, hard and tiring
But the definitive racing simulator is finally upon us, packing a feature-set that's out of this world. Perhaps the most impressive feature is the game's ridiculously beefed-up roster. When it...
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: LittleBigPlanet 2
How could we possibly have an anticipated list without mentioning Sackboy? LittleBigPlanet 2 is indeed our most anticipated game of Holiday 2010
While we're looking forward to all the games on this list, LittleBigPlanet 2 appears to be a step beyond everything else on offer. Despite being two years since the original LittleBigPlanet, the concept is...
Thursday15th Jul 2010
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: God Of War Ghost Of Sparta
Ask anyone to list their favourite PlayStation Portable games of all time and chances are God Of War: Chains Of Olympus will be up there
The Ready At Dawn developed PSP hack-and-slash title was a technical masterpiece. Taking the formula from the home console versions of God Of War, Chains Of Olympus down-sized the action without losing anything in...
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: Need For Speed Hot Pursuit
When you tell us that Criterion are making an arcade racing game, you don't really need to give us any more information
We're sold at that point. Hey, guess what? Criterion are making an arcade racing game. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit takes the franchise all the way back to its roots. Do you remember the original game on the 3DO? ("Wanna go...
Wednesday14th Jul 2010
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: Sports Champions
Table tennis
That's all we want. That's all we've ever wanted. Well to be honest, that's not strictly true. A good motion controlled tennis game is truly what we've always wanted. But for now, table tennis will do. Yes, we know you can play it on the Wii, but Sports Champions looks to take those Wii Sports Resort concepts an elevate them to an even...
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: Call Of Duty Black Ops
How predictable
Another Call Of Duty game. Fantastic, right? Well, yes, apparently. We didn't think Call Of Duty Black Ops would ever make this list either, but everything we've seen of the game over the past 12-months has truly stunned us. For a while now we've been discussing how the fallout from Infinity Ward might affect the team from Treyarch...
Tuesday13th Jul 2010
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: Enslaved
We're confident that Enslaved is destined to be one of this years great unsung heroes
Who knows, there's time for the game to get its plaudits yet — but based on pre-release anticipation, we're not convinced. Namco-Bandai want the game to be their equivalent of Uncharted 2, loft anticipations for a new IP indeed. But with Ninja Theory at the...
When we first heard the news about Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood we were a little confused
"Another Assassin's Creed game?" we exclaimed. "Already?" Our fears were elevated when we found out that the game was to have a multiplayer focus. "MULTIPLAYER!?! In Assassin's Creed? Now you're joking, right?" Turns out our fears...
Monday12th Jul 2010
One of two PlayStation Portable games on this list, Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep is a prequel to the PlayStation 2 game, taking place some ten years prior to the events of the original
Again its set to be a loving marriage between Disney and Square Enix in an action RPG guise. What stands out about Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep is not so much the...
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: Time Crisis: Razing Storm
It's a rails-shooter on a motion control platform - how utterly predictable
But, there was a time when most people would go out of their way to get to an arcade with the latest Time Crisis game, and the franchise still holds a warm place in our hearts. So when you tell us you're bringing Time Crisis: Razing Storm, aswell as Time Crisis 4 and...
Sunday11th Jul 2010
Feature There's No Place Like Home: A Carnival Without Coconuts?
We've never been to a carnival
Not a real carnival like you see in the movies anyway. We've been to fairs, fetes and gatherings. But never a carnival. PlayStation Home's new Midway Carnival space is the kind you never see in real-life — its set at night time in a vast opening. There's a gothic feel to the place, it's almost like stepping into the...
Saturday10th Jul 2010
Feature Multiplayer Shooters Stress Me The Heck Out -- "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
I just don't get it
As a reviewer, I can see the positives and negatives in every game I play. But on a personal level, I just don't get multiplayer shooters. I'm talking about the games that have Team Deathmatch as the default game-mode — your Modern Warfare 2s, Medal Of Honors and even Uncharted 2s. I've always questioned whether I truly have...
Friday9th Jul 2010
Review 5-In-1 Arcade Hits (PlayStation Minis)
5-In-1 Arcade Hits stretches the definition of "arcade hits", but offers enough content to make it an enjoyable way to pass the time
5-In-1 Arcade Hits is not a compilation of Time Crisis, Crazy Taxi, WrestleMania, House Of The Dead 2 and OutRun. Sadly not. It's more a classic games compilation — meh, whatever, semantics. We could get caught up...
News Consider This Your Yearly Rumour Update On Medievil III
The last time we posted about Medievil III was August 2009
There's still not been an announcement, but rumours have re-emerged today thanks to an article in PSM3 magazine . To be honest, nothing's been added to the story we reported on in August, but the fact that the rumour just won't die is perhaps testament to its reality. According to PSM3, the...
News Reaper On The PlayStation Portable Looks Vibrant & Lovely
Ever heard of Fried Green Apps? No, us neither, but they're the developer behind this promising PlayStation Portable platformer, Reaper
People may like to assume the PSP's dead, but it's shaping up to have one hell of a line-up. Reaper's a two-dimensional action platformer in which you play as an unnamed figure of death, harvesting the land for...
News Kojima: "The Younger Generation Of Japan Is Losing"
Hideo Kojima has revealed that he believes Japan are in a "losing" battle due to the recent boom of Western games development
The Metal Gear man said that he feels the younger generation of Japanese game developers have lost their motivation. He came to conclusion after watching a TV documentary about foreign exchange students who were passionate...
News Just So You Know: Vanquish Is Hitting North America On October 19th
Completing the set of Vanquish release date announacements, SEGA's confirmed that the Shinji Mikami produced shooter will hit North America on October 19th
If you pre-order the game at GameStop, you'll get exclusive access to the three guns announced alongside the European version of the game.
News "Last Chapter" DLC On The Horizon For Soldner-X 2
Eastasiasoft's confirmed that they'll be releasing DLC for their PSN shooter, Soldner-X 2, later in the year
The DLC, which is entitled "The Last Chapter", will add three additional stages to the game, aswell as a new ending, some music and trophies.
News Ubisoft Back The 3D Horse Big Time, To Be In Every Home 3 Years From Now
We were behind the curve a little with 3D but we finally got our first taste of the tech earlier this week
We'll say this much — don't believe the hate and scepticism and try it for yourself. Our demo honestly blew us away. It's incredible. We're not sure what's shaping people's dislike for the movement, but whatever. We went into our demo...
News First God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta Footage Is Pretttttttttty!
Despite not having all its audio-cues in place, this debut gameplay footage of God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta is pretty
Pretty to the max. The shot of Kratos fighting harrowing beasts on the ocean is particularly pleasant. Certainly it looks like more God Of War, but that's exactly what we want from the PSP game. We're looking forward to this.
News 505 Games Bring Deep Black To The PlayStation 3
505 Games are one of the newer publishers on the block
They've already dropped Naughty Bear on us. And now they've announced Deep Black, a game from Russian studio Biart Games. It's basically an underwater third-person shooter, in which you'll use specialised equipment (harpoons!) to take out a bunch of underwater threats. Neat concept. Expect to...
News Take A First Look At Tom Clancy's HAWX 2
When we look back at the original Tom Clancy's HAWX, we have rather fond memories of the game
Sure, it had its issues from what we recall, but it was still a decent change of pace from all the first-person and third-person shooters littering the shelves. Air-combat is fun. So we're looking forward to Tom Clancy's HAWX 2. The debut trailer's...
News Enslaved Drops In European Retailers On October 8th, USA Get It On The 5th
Ninja Theory's Enslaved is definitely one of those games that's been growing on us
Growing on us like hairs, or some other better metaphor you might choose to come up with. [Whatever - Ed]. Point is: it looks good. And it's coming out here in Europe on October 8th. Folks in the USA will get it October 5th. That's the same week, just a few days...
News Mmmm... Gran Turismo 5 Isn't Half Pretty
Kotaku's got a new video of Gran Turismo 5 which features some new and some familiar footage
The key thing to remember though, is just how pretty it all looks. The dusk. The night-time racing. The cockpits. The dusk. Oh man. Give it to us now, now, now.
News Sony's Making Money With the PlayStation Move
Sony's long been known for releasing cutting edge technology with high price-tags
Sometimes the cutting edge technology out-stips the retail price. Take the PlayStation 3 for an example of that, which has only just began to make money. Despite treating the PlayStation Move like a platform launch, Sony will not be retreading the same mistakes with...
Thursday8th Jul 2010
News Rockstar Detail Future Red Dead Redemption DLC
50 hours and counting
We're only just starting to get into the multiplayer, but we've passed the two-day mark in Red Dead Redemption. Things could end up very messy before this year is out. We're thinking 100 hours is not out of the question. Especially now Rockstar's detailed their future DLC plans for Red Dead Redemption. The first update's due in...
First Impressions Patapon 3 on PlayStation Portable Demo
What better than banging drums alone? Banging drums with friends, of course
Patapon 3's come out of nowhere. A short countdown clock on SCEJ's website culminated in a montage appearance from the drum 'em up. Now, just a few weeks after E3, we've all got our hands on the next entry in Japan Studios' Patapon franchise. And unusually for a handheld...
News Dragon Age 2 Is A Real Product That You'll Be Able To Buy
EA's confirmed that Dragon Age 2 is a real video game, currently in development
There have been murmurings about the game for some time, but EA's finally confirmed the game's existence in a press release.Currently announced projects at BioWare include the development of ongoing downloadable content for Mass Effect 2, one of the highest rated video...
News Sony: PlayStation 4 Will Probably Come After The Next XBOX & Nintendo Hardware
Sony makes systems that last
The PS2's been around for over a decade now and it's still worthy of discussion. That's kind of insane when you think about it. Sometimes though, long hardware cycles doesn't work to Sony's advantage. The PlayStation 3 suffered somewhat from being so late to the market. While the gap has closed between the XBOX 360 and...
News "Technical Problems" The Cause Of Final Fantasy XIV's Delay On PlayStation 3
Final Fantasy XIV comes out sometime in September on the PC
PlayStation 3 players, however, will have to wait until March of next year. Why is this? Well, the game's producer, Hiromichi Tanaka, has revealed that "technical problems" are at the core of the delay. We understand the wrath of players, and developers are sorry because they...
News Hang On What, Rockstar Are Re-Releasing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City? [UPDATED]
Update @ 15:54 BST: according to VG247, the rating is simply tied to back catalogue PC business
No PSN re-release here. Though we're sure Rockstar are taking note of the reaction. Original story: Hang on, what's that? A rating has been filed for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City? Yes it has. As Kotaku point out, Australia's OFLC has placed a...
News Sony's Kaz Hirai: Core Gamers Are Our Top Priority
Yesterday, Sony said that they were surprised by Microsoft's decision to go for the casual gamer
And it's little wonder. SCE's top-man, Kaz Hirai, has said that PlayStation Move, like all of Sony's gaming products, is aimed at the core gamer "first and foremost". "We've always believed that whatever it is we're doing, it's something...
News Level-5 CEO Hints At North American Release For Ni No Kuni
If you're a fan of Level-5, then prepare to be excited
Big style. Talking with Nintendo Power magazine, Level-5's president, Akihiro Hino, confirmed that DS titles Inazuma Eleven and Ni No Kuni could make it Stateside. Seeing as he's talking about the DS version of Ni No Kuni, you're going to have to read between the lines a touch. But that PS3...
News Hey Look, Here Are Some More Screenshots Of Fallout: New Vegas
Bethesda's whacked up some new screenshots from Fallout: New Vegas
It continues to look like a Fallout game. They are pretty-ish. Well, pretty as far as Fallout games go anyway. Which isn't very pretty. We know people like to rag on us for thinking Fallout games don't look very good, but they don't. And let's be honest — miles of desert is not...
News Dead Space: Ignition Gets You Ready For Dead Space 2 Before The Game Drops
Sounds like downloadable prequels are the new in-thing
THQ's planning one for Red Faction, and Capcoms got one planned for Dead Rising 2 (albeit an exclusive). Now Visceral Games has announced Dead Space: Ignition, a downloadable prequel for the upcoming Dead Space 2. According to Dead Space franchise executive producer Steve Papoutsis, it's...
News Sony On Insomniac Switch: "We Grew Up Together"
Apparently no one is more sad than Sony regarding Insomniac's recent decision to go multiplatform
According to Shuhei Yoshida, Sony and Insomniac "grew up together". The Sony Worldwide Studios boss has told Develop magazine that Sony were aware of Insomniac's intentions way back in 2008. Insomniac signed a deal with EA Partners earlier...
News Vanquish Hits Europe On October 22nd
SEGA's confirmed that Shinji Mikami's space-shooter, Vanquish, will hit European PlayStation 3s on October 22nd
That's just a day after Japan gets the game. In addition, SEGA's confirmed that certain retailers will be giving out exclusive weapons access to anyone who pre-orders the game. The press release notes:"The Tri-Weapon pack contains a...
News Awww Shucks, We're Gonna Have To Buy The Dead Rising 2 Collector's Edition Now Aren't We?
Aswell as revealing Dead Rising 2's pack-shot, Capcom's also announced that the PlayStation 3 zombie-slasher is to get an amazing collector's edition in Europe
The Outbreak Pack includes a 12" zombie figurine with various accessories including - yes, you did see it correctly - a Servbot head. You'll also get a token for some extra downloadable...
News Dragon Age 2 Is Proper On Now, GameInformer Cover Says So
Hey Dragon Age fans
Remember we told you to keep your eyes peeled to the Internet today? Well here's your reward: Dragon Age 2 is official as it gets, gracing the cover of the latest issue of GameInformer. Bioware's also lifted the lid on Dragon Age 2's official website. Details are scarce but the website does note that you are set to be "forc
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Wednesday7th Jul 2010
Review Everybody's Tennis (PlayStation Portable)
If you've ever wished for an old-school RPG where the battle system's replaced by smashes and strawberries and cream, then Everybody's Tennis will be a dream come true
This is a fun (and surprisingly deep) sports game dressed in an uber-cutesy Japanese exterior. The Everybody's (or Hot Shots if you're an American type) franchise has always been...
News Get The Undead Away From My Fat Princess
The Fat Princess DLC just came out
It features pirates and ninjas and giants. All cool additions. But future additions could be even cooler — chilling in fact. A mysterious in-game tip - pointed out on the PlayStation Forums - seems to hint at the undead gate-crashing the scoff 'em up. I think Zombies are coming soon, run! We're running. Far...
Report Sony's Working On New Handheld Hardware, Yo
Our PSP's getting more play-time than our PlayStation 3 at the moment
The system's also topping the Japanese hardware charts. But with the 3DS on the horizon, and, y'know, pretty much every other person in the world hating on Sony's handheld, you can't help but feel like they could do with a refresher. Sony that is. The PSP2's long been rumoured...
News Ubisoft Confirms That RUSE Will Support PlayStation Move
Chalk this up as another reason to pick up Sony's new PlayStation Move controller -- Ubisoft's confirmed in London today that their real-time strategy title, RUSE, will take advantage of Sony's new motion controller for greater accuracy
Using the PlayStation Move as a pointing device, players are able to select units, build structures and pan the...
News German Ratings Board Classifies EA's NBA Jam Reboot For PlayStation 3
BOOM
Boom to the power of boom! No longer will you have to put up with sub-high definition visuals in your NBA Jam... Because it's just been rated for the PlayStation 3. Granted, the rating was carried out by a German board (and those guys are probably too high on World Cup fever to be thinking straight), but it's vary rare that a professional...
News Vanquish Says, "Whaddup Japan, Y'alright?" On October 21st
Vanquish is the next game by industry veteran Shinji Mikami
It looks bonkers. It also looks rad. The game's due out on October 21st in Japan. Apparently a European date is on the way. We're looking forward to it. Of all the mountains of shooters planned for this year (and there are lots of them), Vanquish looks to be the most "different"...
News There's Some Announcement Going To Be Made About Dead Space 2 This Week
Just so you know - Visceral Games are teasing something to do with Dead Space 2
They're teasing hard. A mysterious piece of artwork has popped up on their Facebook profile, with the words: "If you look closely you might find that there's a hint hidden in here about a big announcement we'll be making this week. Let the guessing begin!"...
News Don't Hold Your Breath For A Second Alpha Protocol
SEGA's West president Mike Hayes has stated that there's unlikely to ever be a sequel to Alpha Protocol
Talking to CVG, the SEGA exec put the situation very bluntly, "Let's speak very commercially; the game hasn't sold what we've expected, therefore we won't be doing a sequel." Simples. Hayes added that the espionage RPG title never...
News You Know How You Thought DJ Hero Bombed? Nuh-Uh!
We liked DJ Hero
We liked DJ Hero a lot actually. We bought it launch day. Launch day! Y'know, when it cost like a bajillion pounds. It had an understandably slow start, debuting at number 20 on the UK charts and managing to shift just 122k units in the US during its launch month. The game had legs though. Probably in thanks to numerous price cuts,...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 6th July 2010
Sales Hamsterball -- Sale (now $4
99, original price $9.99) Death Track: Resurrection Sale (now $7.99, original price $14.99) Worms Sale (now $7.99, original price $9.99) Hamster Ball Unleashed Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Breakquest Minis Sale (now $2.99, original price $3.99) Normaltanks Minis Permanent Price...
News Driver: San Francisco Drops November 26th In The UK
Eurogamer are reporting that Driver: San Francisco will hit the UK on November 26th
Their source is the British retail chain, GAME, who'd probably know a thing or two about release dates. Interestingly, HMV are also reporting a date of November 26th. Both retailers have the recently announced Collector's Edition up f
News FIFA 11 Does The Ol' Switcheroo On A PlayStation 3 Near You This October 1st
EA's confirmed that FIFA 11 will launch in Europe on October 1st
The Americans will get it a few days earlier on September 28th. They think football is played with the hands though, so y'know. EA's also revealed one of the game's new features. The Creation Centre allows you to create players and teams using a web-based application on FIFA's official...
News Sony Surprised By "Casual" Microsoft
While Sony's been forthcoming about making PlayStation Move seem like an extension to a variety of different game types and genres, Microsoft's been very much gearing their "controller-less" Kinect device as something for the casual audience
According to Sony's Worldwide Studuios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, this move has been a surprising one. "In...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 7th July 2010
Special Offers Until July 21: After Burner Climax (was £7
99/9.99 now £3.99/4.99) Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West (was £11.99/14.99 now £5.49/6.99) Worms (was £7.99/9.99 now £5.19/6.49) LittleBigPlanet Monsters Level Kit (was £3.19/3.99 now £1.59/1.99) LittleBigPlanet Monsters...
News Split/Second Makes The Jump Onto The PlayStation Portable
Disney Interactive's confirmed that their home-console racer Split/Second will be making the jump onto the PSP
We're a little more thrilled about this news than we probably should be. Understand that we like racing games on portable systems a lot. The handheld version of the game will feature four-player local multiplayer, aswell as a new track not...
Tuesday6th Jul 2010
News Official Sweet Tooth DLC Brings The Twisted Metal Carnage To Modnation Racers
If we had to list our favourite PlayStation characters in order, Sweet Tooth would be somewhere around the latter half of the top-ten
The dude's a clown with fire for hair. What's not to like about that? To celebrate the announcement that Sony are to reboot the Twisted Metal franchise next year, they're releasing some premium DLC for Modnation...
News Modern Warfare 2's Resurgence DLC Hits The PlayStation 3 This Week
If you've been clamouring for more Modern Warfare 2 DLC, you'll be pleased to know that Microsoft's timed-exclusivity deal lifts this week -- meaning American gamers will get their hands on Modern Warfare 2's Resurgence pack today when the PlayStation Store updates
Europeans, you'll have to wait until tomorrow. Come on - 24 hours isn't long. You've...
News New PlayStation 3 SKUs Confirmed For Japan; Look! There's A White One!
Ever fancied an albino PS3? Duh, we've all been there
Thankfully, Sony Japan's now got you covered — announcing a bunch of new PlayStation 3 SKUs for the region. The most obvious announcement here is that Japan's to get white casing options. Naturally, matching stands and DualShock 3's are to be made readily available in the region to match the...
News Gameshastra Announce Flick Fishing, Bee Wars & Crime Spree For PlayStation Minis
Gameshastra's announced three new PlayStation Minis for release this Summer
Flick Fishing (which sold over 2 million copies on the iPhone) brings, well, fishing to the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3. Elsewhere, the Indian based games developer are planning Crime Spree - "star as a member of the mafia in a police car chase that has...
News Winners Announced For The E3 Game Critics Awards 2010
The winners of the E3 Game Critics Awards 2010 have been announced
Nintendo's 3DS handheld managed to scoop the coveted "Best Of Show" award, while PS3 titles Portal 2 and Rage walked away with two awards a piece. God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta scooped the "Best Handheld" award, while Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood got the best...
News Hulu Plus On PlayStation 3 Will Not Require A PlayStation Plus Account
Hulu's put an end to rumours that PlayStation 3 users wishing to take advantage of the upcoming Hulu Plus service will require a PlayStation Plus account
Turns out PlayStation Plus subscribers will get access to a unique preview evaluation period, but standard PSN users will be able to download and use the Hulu Plus service without an enhanced...
News David Cage Talks Motion Controls & Creativity
David Cage will release his first, fully-supported motion control game soon; it may not be a new title, but Heavy Rain will be considered as one of the first "hardcore" titles to make use of Sony's new PlayStation Move controller
Cage thinks that motion controls have the potential to appeal to the mainstream, but he also told Eurogamer that...
News Japan, Here's Your PlayStation Move Launch Line-Up
Sony's finally dropped a bomb of details regarding the Japanese launch of the PlayStation Move controller
As was already announced, the controller will arrive in Japan for ¥3,980 ($45), with additional Navigation Controllers selling for ¥2,980 ($34). Sony will also be releasing a Starter Kit Bundle which includes the PlayStation Eye, a PlayStation...
News Killzone 3 Screens Are All About Flying Debris & Boom, Boom, Boom
Killzone 3 continues to look proper despite its pre-alpha state
A new batch of screenshots published over at GamersMint prove as much. You want the boom-boom? You're going to need Killzone 3 next year. Gah, it's in 3D too isn't it? Yeah, you're going to need a new Telly too.</em>
News White PlayStation 3s a Possibility For The UK
We dropped word this morning that Sony were to release a white version of the PlayStation 3 in Japan
Apparently that hardware could make it to the West. Speaking to IncGamers, a Sony representative has confirmed that <span style="color: #000000;">they "will consider every possibility based on the market demands, but have...
News First Episode Of Rayman Origins Due On PlayStation 3 This Christmas
The official blog for Ubisoft's digital Rayman platformer, Rayman Origins, has revealed that the 2D reboot will hit the PlayStation 3 this Christmas
Rayman's original creator, Michael Ancel, is working overlooking the project. You can check out the game's E3 trailer through here.
News Sony: Developers Will Help Shape The Next PlayStation
Speaking in the latest issue of Develop magazine, Sony's Worldwide Studios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, has explained how Sony has learnt from its past mistakes, and is turning to its suite of first-party developers to shape the next PlayStation hardware
The aim? To make the next PlayStation highly accessible for the next string of game developers. When...
News Ape Escape's Definitely Coming To The PlayStation 3 After All
After a no-show at E3, we were beginning to wonder if those Ape Escape PS3 rumours were to be believed
"Pfft," we exclaimed earlier this week, "There's no Ape Escape in development at all, is there?" Cue Family Fortunes buzzer: Nugh-urgh. See, look what we just found. Amongst a Japanese PlayStation show-reel [about 2:40 into the...
Monday5th Jul 2010
Review Singularity (PlayStation 3)
As Captain Renko, a modern-day military operative, you're sent by the US to investigate an unusual Russian Cold War-era research island known as Katorga-12
It's clear bad stuff is going down there, because after a pretty brutal helicopter crash, you find yourself warped from the ruined propaganda-laden halls of the island in the present day, to the...
Feature Competition: Get On Down With The Shatter Soundtrack!
We've got a bunch of copies of the excellent Shatter soundtrack [PSN version] to give-away to five lucky PushSquare readers, courtesy of the fine folks at Sidhe
All you need to do is hit the jump and fill in the form before Friday 9th June, 00:00 BST. Winners will receive a download redemption code which they'll need to feed into a European...
News Sweet Tooth, Twisted Metal, David Jaffe Headed To ComicCon
David Jaffe's confirmed (though we're not sure if we can trust that guy) that his newly announced Twisted Metal reboot will be getting a panel at ComicCon this year
So, if you want to know why Sweet Tooth's hair is on fire, you'll never get a better chance. He's also revealed that there's a possibility the game might be playable at PAX, but no word...
News Sucker Punch: Naughty Dog's Feedback Invaluable
Sony's first-party is the best in the world
We really don't care about subjection and opinion — it's fact. Nobody can touch those guys, they are incredible. As such, it's always refreshing to see how the internal teams help each other — be it with elements of their engine, programming for the PlayStation 3, or simply giving feedback on each...
News Gran Turismo 5 To Get A Second, Monster Collector's Editiom
We already know about the American collector's edition for Gran Turismo 5
It includes a Kyosho model of the Nissan GT-R, a 300-page car guide, and a key-chain, amongst other bits and bobs. While this edition has yet to be confirmed for the Europe, it's thought that a package similar to this will be GT5's first collector's edition. But, according to...
News Introducing Marcus "PSP" Rivers...
When Sony announced they were taking a Kevin Butler-esque approach to their latest PSP campaign, we were a little concerned
The PSP's aiming for a younger audience, and we just didn't think the Kevin Butler approach was going to work. Turns out, with Marcus "PSP" Rivers, they've sort of nailed it. There are a ton of adverts to check out...
News LEGO Harry Potter Holds Onto Command Of The UK Sales Charts
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is spending its second week top of the UK all-formats chart, keeping Westerner Red Dead Redemption just behind in second
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 managed to debut in fourth position, while the likes of Naughty Bear and Demon's Souls slipped after last week's performance. Get the full top-twenty after the jump. LEGO HARRY...
News Worry Not, The 3rd Birthday Is Coming To Europe
NowGamer's reporting confirmation from Square Enix that the PSP's spiritual successor to Parasite Eve, The 3rd Birthday, will indeed launch in Europe
There had been concerns that the game would not make it over here, but it's probably best to stop worrying. At least for now. No date's been confirmed as of yet.
Sunday4th Jul 2010
News Work It Tiger! Rev That Engine! Awww Yeah!
The embedded video includes a quick little look at Gran Turismo 5's photo mode
As you can see, the whole things rather pervey. Good grief though, the whole thing looks ridiculously pretty. You'll be able to take your cars out to a range of lush settings to snap them amongst nature. Does anyone know if you can select camera? We're serious — we...
Saturday3rd Jul 2010
News Superhero Sackboy Daily: Doctor Octopus Clamours Into LittleBigPlanet
Spider-Man's greatest nemesis, Doctor Octopus, is bringing those famous bionic tentacles into the world of LittleBigPlanet as part of the massive Marvel update due next week
Looks pretty sweet, doesn't he? There's more information available over at Marvel.com.</em>
News Patapon 3 Multiplayer Demo Incoming Next Week
If you'd rather pump beats in your multiplayer gaming, then rejoice
Sony's confirmed over on the PlayStation Blog that they're releasing the Patapon 3 multiplayer demo on the PlayStation Store next week, July 6th. You'll get to check out new characters, online multiplayer and a bunch of other things. Check out the PlayStation Store for more details...
The graphics
Good grief, the graphics. Sucker Punch has released the first footage of inFamous 2 and... Man, is it incredible. Seriously. Sometimes we get excited here at PushSquare. But this goes beyond our usual excitement. Whatever your opinion on the new Cole, watching him glide through the city before fighting a helicopter is truly incredible...
Feature Sometimes, I Don't Want Big Blockbusters -- "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
I'm playing two games at the moment that very few people care about
They're not the type of games that are gracing magazine covers and website home-pages. They probably have mild targets and low budgets. They're hardly blockbusters. But they've got me completely excited. It's made me realise that, sometimes, you don't always need a blockbuster...
News Want Cash? It's Double All This Weekend In Uncharted 2!
It's a shame video games don't pass-on your spoils
Imagine if you were playing Borderlands, and everytime you picked up amazing piece of loot it came shooting out of the front of your console. Same for Uncharted 2. There'd be treasure everywhere. Amazing. We really wish that was the case this weekend, as Naughty Dog's opened up double-cash for the...
Friday2nd Jul 2010
News Media Create Puts Weekly PlayStation Hardware Second & Third
A revised piece of hardware and a Monster Hunter exclusive saw XBOX 360 sales rise 800% in Japan this week
.. And still fall 2,000 units short of the PlayStation 3 which shifted a comfortable 19k units. The PSP managed a few more, with 23k sold. Sadly it lost out to the Nintendo DS' price-cuts and perve software. Never change Japan. The PSPgo was...
News Isomniac Would Get Behind A Ratchet & Clank Collection
We love the Ratchet & Clank games
Love them. But they're all a bit, well, similar aren't they? We're not sure how well a collection would work. Still, if Sony decided they wanted to put one together, Insomniac would be right behind the idea. They confirmed in a Tweet that, while they wouldn't make a Ratchet collection, they'd definitely put...
SEGA's just confirmed that Valkyria Chronicles 2 will launch on September 3rd in the UK
In addition, they've also confirmed that Phantasy Star Portable 2 will launch a couple of weeks later on September 17th. To be honest, that's all we've got to tell you. Take note though - two big games on PlayStation Portable. Y'know, the system does still get...
News Buser: PlayStation Home Is A Very Good Business Model, Quite Profitable
The only people still hating on PlayStation Home these days are those who haven't given it a second chance
To be fair, a service shouldn't take two chances to win people over, but Home's vision has taken a while to realise. In our opinion, it's finally got there. While we understand why the service might not be for everyone, it's definitely come on...
News David Cage Closes The Door On Heavy Rain DLC
Listening to David Cage in recent months, we've always got the impression that DLC for Heavy Rain was very much an afterthought
So, honestly, we're not surprised there have never been hard details on the prequel Chronicles. But, according to a Eurogamer interview, it seems Move implementation is what's killed the mini episodes. "Our approach...
News Surprise: Sony Confirm They'll Be Showing Stuff At TGS
E3's only just finished, GamesCom's on the horizon and then
.. Well, then there's TGS. A partial list of Tokyo Game Show exhibitors has been released, including plenty of familiar faces. SEGA, Square Enix, Capcom, Konami; they'll all be there. As will Sony. Over 138 companies are currently confirmed for the show, with that number certain to rise as...
News Yoshida: It's "About Time" For Lightbox Announcement
Starhawk
We write the title like it's an announced product, but actually, no one has a clue what Dylan Jobe and his team at Lightbox are up to. It's strongly anticipated that whatever the team's working on will play into the Warhawk franchise, but only the people working on it know for certain. So when will we find out for sure? Grilled by Joystiq ,...
News Eye Of Judgement's Servers To Close In September
Eye Of Judgement's never quite been a break-out success for Sony
The augmented reality card game still carries a fan-base though. If you're one those people still playing the game, well, hold onto your hat. Sony's announced that they're closing the game's servers on September 30th, according to a post on the European PlayStation forums. A few people...
News Japan Moderately Interested In Upgrading To 3D According To Survey
Sony loves 3D
They're pushing it so hard it's almost startling. They've made a bet on this technology, and they're determined to lead with it. While other electronics manufacturers are pushing the tech too, nobody is pushing it quite as hard as Sony. There is risked attached — 3D is clearly in its infancy and Sony are aware of that. But there has...
News Look! It's The Top Gear Test Track In A Video Game!
People like Top Gear
We're told it's a show about cars. It looks more like a show about buffoon's egos to us, but what do we know? Not a lot. Although, we do know when something's pretty. Like this shakey-cam footage of the Top Gear Test Track in Gran Turismo 5. Gorgeous.
News May NPD: PlayStation's Up The Rear, Red Dead Redemption The Big Winner
The NPD results are in for the month of May, and they're painting a particularly pleasant picture for fans of Westerns
Red Dead Redemption managed to shift 1.5 million copies in the US across both the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360, with a decent proportion of sales (567k) coming off the PlayStation SKU. UFC Undisputed 2010 was the other PlayStation 3...
News Echochrome II Continues To Look Amazing, Includes A Level Editor
Echochrome II may just be the over-looked gem in PlayStation Move's launch line-up
Riffing off the concept of shadows, Echochrome II has you using the PlayStation Move controller as a flash-light, pointing at blocks to create stages for your character to walk on. Interestingly, Echochrome II features a level editor, which allows you to draw out...
Thursday1st Jul 2010
News Superhero Sackboy (/GIRL!) Daily: Mystique's Next In Line
The Thing
Iron Man. And now Mystique. We want this costume just for the skull belt. Looks great. There's more on this costume through at Marvel.com.</em>
News Superhero Sackboy Daily: Daredevil Next Up For The World Of Whimsy
Daredevil may be a blind ninja, but that doesn't stop him from being ridiculously cute
The radioactive superhero is due as part of LittleBigPlanet's massive Marvel update next week. As always, there's more through here.</em>
News Transformers: War For Cybertron DLC Fetches A Packet Online
Depending on the retailer you ordered Transformers: War For Cybertron from, you got a bunch of different DLC codes
Soundwave, Jazz and Demolisher were all rewards for pre-ordering the game. Now they're fetching over $100 on eBay. Seriously. A listing ending on Monday scooped a whopping $105 for the Amazon bonus, Demolisher. Crazy. The other codes...
News Metro 2034 Could Come To The PlayStation 3
Metro 2033 was an XBOX 360 and PC exclusive
Of kinds. This wasn't an exclusive bought with Bill Gates dollars, it was a result of time and small teams. Apparently, converting the original game would have taken 4A-Games six months. Not really the best use of the studios time, especially when they could be making the sequel, Metro 2034, and making...
News Sony To Nintendo: Stop Hating On Our Glasses, Yo
There was a mildly comical moment during Nintendo's E3 press conference when exec Reggie Fils-Aime had a good bash 3D glasses
He was building up to the announcement of his company's 3DS, a glasses-less portable device which uses clever screen technology to create a three-dimensional effect. Sony's Worldwide Studios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, reckons...
News The Worst Game Ever Is Teased For The PlayStation Portable
The iPhone's Crap Of Defense is widely considered to be the worst game ever
Not literally, apparently it's actually alright. It's just a marketing thing. A teaser image sent out by iFun4All suggests the game may be on its way to the PSP with a slight name change. Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder is likely to be the same worst game ever made, but on PSP...
News "Protector Trials" Single-Player DLC Headed To Bioshock 2 This August
2K's lifted the lid on the first set of single-player DLC that is headed to Bioshock 2 this August
The pack riffs on some of the best moments from the game's campaign, where you're tasked with protecting a little Sister from a host of Rapture's nasties. The new "Protector Trials" DLC will include six maps "based on favorite...
News Mortal Kombat Reboot Gunning For The "Most Robust Online" System In The Genre
Mortal Kombat's lead designer, John Edwards, has been talking up his game's multiplayer component
He's told GamingUnion that the reboot will have the most robust online fighting game system ever imagined. Were planning on having DLC for a lot of things, he said. Maybe new characters, new Fatalities, its pretty much open for anything...
News Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Continues To Look Properly, Properly Amazing
Scott Pilgrim loves Ramona Flowers (apparently)
The one problem? Her string of exes are standing in the way. It's time to beat them up — 8-bit stylee. Do want! Now! It's coming soon.
Rumour L.A. Noire Pushed Back Again?
Will L
A. Noire</a> ever release? The latest issue of XBOX 360-World magazine suggests it's still some time away - they're hinting at a Spring 2011 release for the innovative detective title. To be fair, Take Two revealed the date as the fourth-quarter of their fiscal 2010, which ends in March, 2011. Technically Spring starts around there so...
News SEGA Considering Bringing Saturn Releases To The PlayStation Network
SEGA Yosuke Okunari has revealed that his employers are currently considering the potential of porting SEGA Saturn games to the PlayStation Network
SEGA's already announced that Dreamcast games are set to make the jump onto Sony's digital store, but Okunari worries about the Saturn's popularity. When you look globally, the Genesis and Dreamcast...
News Sony Aware Of Fan Demand For ICO/Shadow Of The Colossus Re-Release
Sony's Worldwide Studios honcho, Shuhei Yoshida, has revealed that Sony are "very aware" of the fan-demand for an ICO/Shadow Of The Colossus re-release on the PlayStation 3
So he should be aswell, with the exception of cross-game chat, it's perhaps the most talked about unannounced PlayStation topic. In a video interview, he told Joystiq: As soon...
News Square Enix's Lord Of Arcana Announced For The PlayStation Portable
Square Enix has announced that their PSP multiplayer action title, Lord Of Arcana, will hit the PlayStation Portable
The multiplayer fantasy game will have you take on the role of a slayer in search of the power of Arcana. Did anybody say Monster Hunter? The artwork's been designed in collaboration with numerous successful illustrators, aswell as...
News Plain Sight Heads To The PlayStation Network With Move Support In Tow
According to the latest issue of EDGE , the third-person PC action title, Plain Sight, is coming to the PlayStation Network
But not only will the game land exclusively on Sony's digital store, it will also come complete with PlayStation Move support - a key feature seeing as the game's loose mouse-based camera controls were the hook of the PC...
