Review Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess (PlayStation Minis)
Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess defines the Playstation Minis service in a way that no release before it has managed
Review 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa (PlayStation 3)
The improvements to the actual gameplay may only be subtle, but improvements to the way information is presented and some good online implementation make 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa the best football game on the market
Review Stellar Attack (PlayStation Minis)
Stellar Attack is the latest in a growing line of Minis to get its controls wrong
News Free Realms PS3 To Make Its Debut At This Year's E3
The Playstation 3 has long promised a slew of massively-multiplayer online games
News SingStar Gets Vibrato Support, PSP Remote Control
SingStar's a bit like the gift that keeps giving
News - 2010, Week 17
Saturday1st May 2010
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Gets Revealed In Debut Trailer
It's baaaaaaa~aaaaack
Forget all the Infinity Ward drama, Treyarch's next foray into the Call Of Duty franchise is upon us: Call Of Duty: Black Ops will launch on the 9th November - presumably to gangs of screaming children queuing at the door of their local GameStop. The trailer doesn't really say much - but it does give plenty to excited about. A...
Review Stellar Attack (PlayStation Minis)
Stellar Attack is the latest in a growing line of Minis to get its controls wrong
Which is a shame, because the actual gameplay's a clever puzzle based twist on classic arcade shooters. And the soundtrack's bangin'. Shall we deal with the bad first? There's a lot we like about Stellar Attack but there's one crippling problem that has hindered...
News Toy Story 3 On Playstation 3 Lands Exclusive Zurg Character
Like Batman: Arkham Asylum, Sony's landed some exclusive content for the Playstation 3 version of the Toy Story 3 game
That's right folks, he may not quite be as sinister as the Arkham Asylum's antagonist the Joker, but Zurg is every inch as cool. And he'll be playable in the PS3 version only. Don't foget, Disney Interactive's also confirmed...
News We Don't Care What Anyone Says, Move Party Looks Awesome
"Bu-bu-but Move Party actually looks fun and it takes a simplistic approach to its gameplay
Who cares? Supermassive's Move Party looks like a ton of fun. Will it keep players hooked for extended periods? The jury is out on that. But does it look like an interesting, technically impressive and, most of all, fun augmented reality experience? Yes it...
News First Batch Of Bulletstorm Screens Emerge
These first shots of EA, Epic and People Can Fly's Bulletstorm show less the gritty, war torn environments you might have expected, and more tropical locations with ridiculous violence
Needless to say they look rather good. Check out the screens over at Joystiq and watch your excitement soar by, ooh, 100%.
News Test Drive Unlimited 2 Brings Massively Open Online Racing Back To Playstation 3
It's been a long time since the Eden Studios introduced the world to its conceptual Massive Open Online Racing universe
This fall, it returns with Test Drive Unlimited 2. The game will feature dynamic day/night cycles, vehicle damage and weather effects, aswell as a whole new progressive online world.
Friday30th Apr 2010
News Free Realms PS3 To Make Its Debut At This Year's E3
The Playstation 3 has long promised a slew of massively-multiplayer online games
Sony Online Entertainment announced a long-time ago that the PS3 would usher video games into the MMO-on-consoles era, with ports of Free Realms and their upcoming The Agency and DC Universe Online. It's been a long time since those lofty heights were discussed - but...
News Persona 5 Lead Has An "Introverted Personality"
Persona 5 may not have been formally announced yet - we assume it'll be at TGS or E3 - but that's not stopped the project's director Katsura Hasino from dropping a few tidbits on the game's main character, claiming he'll have an "introverted personality"
The director also told Dengeki Playstation magazine that Persona 3's Aegis will join P5's cast...
Review Lead & Gold: Gangs Of The Wild West (PlayStation 3)
It's certainly a competent online third-person shooter, and the Western twist is strong enough to give the game some personality
Sadly, Lead & Gold: Gangs Of The Wild West lacks the staying power that it'll need to maintain a fan-base post Red Dead Redemption. Wild west games lie fondly in our hearts. This is a statement from the same...
News Playstation 3 Lands Exclusive Content For UFC Undisputed 2010
THQ UK's community leader, Mike Richardson, has detailed on the PS Blog the exclusive content that will appear only in the PS3 version of the upcoming UFC Undisputed 2010
The exclusive content is called the "Ultimate Fight Mode", which allows players to relive famous moments in UFC history. There are five exclusive bouts in the PS3...
News Dead Space 2 Gets A Slew Of Amazing Artwork
Still hyped over yesterday's phenomenal Dead Space 2 reveal? Yeah - us too
Well prepare to get stoked all over again - as EA's released a slew of artwork pertaining to the new horror release. You can check out the moody imagery courtesy of Kotaku.
News Sony Register inFamous 2 Web Domain... Duh!
Our buddies over at PlaystationLifestyle have continued the recent trend of DNS sleuthing, by uncovering an SCEA filing for www
infamous2thegame.com. Hmm - yes, wonder what that could be about? Maybe it's about the hotly anticipated sequel to last year's breakout superhero sandbox hit, inFamous? Ya'think!? Pfft. Quick note: we're absolutly STOKED...
News Bungie Aim To Better Halo With New IP
Ex-Halo developers Bungie have signed a deal with Activision, bringing their new IP to "multiple platforms"
And the studio believe the new IP can be "bigger and better" than the Halo franchise which made them famous. “We’re in a really strong position with, I think, a lot of really good plans,” writer Joe Staten told Gamasutra. “This...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 29th April 2010
Price Updates PixelJunk 3-in-1 Pack (Bundle) (Sale price $9
99, regular price $19.99) PixelJunk Racers (PS3) (Sale price $4.99, regular price $6.99) PixelJunk Eden (PS3) / PixelJunk Monsters (PS3) / PixelJunk Shooter (PS3) (Sale price $4.99 each, regular price $9.99 each)</ul>Updates LittleBigPlanet: Street Fighter Costumes Sale –...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Officially Set For Release November 9th, 2010
We told you it was going to be called Call Of Duty: Black Ops didn't we? Well now it's official
That is according to the website Activision's just launched which states as much. The site notes that the game's due for release on November 9th, 2010 - and well that's about it. But - we'll just go out on a limb here and predict that the game will...
News Japanese Hardware Charts Look The Same As They Always Look
We used to look forward to sharing all the interesting anecdotes pertaining to Japan's shifting hardware charts
No more. Sony's been doing the ol' weekly one-two with the PSP and PS3 for months now. What's worse, is that the numbers rarely change either. PSP always sells 28k a week. PS3 always sells 25k a week. Feel free to skip this post if you...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Will Be The "Most Intense, Gripping Experience Possible"
We get criticised for being a little jaded about the Call Of Duty franchise here at PushSquare, but Treyarch's upcoming Call Of Duty: Black Ops has us excited
Not only is it coming from a development team who are constantly shrugged off by their fanbase [the point being that they have something to prove], the speculated Vietnam-to-Cold War plotline...
Thursday29th Apr 2010
News Red Faction's Set To Bring About Armageddon
Superannuation's been up to their DNS sleuthing yet again, and discovered a slew of domain name records pertaining to the Red Faction franchise
And guess who registered them? That's right - Mr. THQ. The URLS indicate that "Red Faction Armageddon" and "Red Faction Origins" may be the full names of the promised RF sequel.THQ...
News Joe Danger Excite Bikes Himself Onto Playstation Network "Late May/Early June"
One PSN time you should be anticipating like summer sunshine and ice-cream, is Hello Games' Joe Danger
Question: do you like Excite Bike? Answer: yes. Good, because Hello Games' co-founder Sean Murray has told Eurogamer that their PSN bike 'em up may be available as early as "late May/early June". The busy man explained that "fingers...
News IGN Pull Apart Dead Space 2 Trailer, Decode Encrypted Messages
IGN's pulled out their unitology scrolls and sat down to some serious work decoding the latest Dead Space 2 trailer
Hidden messages include "Reborn as one 614" - perhaps hinting at EA's E3 conference scheduled for June 14th. Less interesting are the words "Key", "Konverge" and "Altman", which tend to have no...
News Spartan Figure Stands Tall On God Of War Teaser Website
We're a little proud of our community here at PushSquare
Ever since we posted about the Spartans Stand Tall God Of War teaser page, folks on this very site have been leading the discussion as to what it all means. There looks set to be plenty more to talk about aswell, as the site's just gotten its second biggest update: the appearance of a...
Bungie, the legendary development studio responsible for creating the entire Halo franchise (to date) has announced that they've signed a ten-year publishing agreement with Activision who will remain exclusive rights to the studios "next big action game universe"
The deal notes that Activision will have the rights to publish said games on...
News Bungie: New Game Might Make An Appearance At E3
According to Bungie's Brian Jarrard, who spoke with VG247 just hours after the studio announced a massive deal with Activision, their "Next Big Thing" project may surprise us all by making an appearance at this year's E3
“You know, it might,” the community boss said. “It’s really important for us that we don’t lose sight of Reach [Halo: Reach...
News Sony: Bungie Deal Is "Great News For Gamers"
Sony's issued a semi-gloating statement in regards to the announcement that legendary Halo developers Bungie will go multiplatform with their next IP
The company described the deal with Activision as "great news for gamers". “This is great news for all gamers,” said SCEA's Patrick Seybold in a statement. “When Bungie’s amazing talent...
News Dead Space 2 Trailer Appears... Then Disappears... Is Due Today
If you wanted to know what Isaac Clarke looks like in Dead Space 2 then - voila
Now you know. Joystiq captured the shot of the now toughened-up protagonist via a Dead Space 2 trailer that somehow leaked onto YouTube a day early. The trailer is in fact due to go live officially today - so if you want to see it you should probably tune in to...
News Bungie: We're Still Independent Yo, New IP Has A "Concrete Path"
Unless you missed our post earlier (how
?), you should know that Bungie's signed a "ten-year contract" with Activision today regarding the publication of their next "multiple platforms" IP. Despite the announcement, Bungie's keen to stress that they will be staying completely independent. In addition to that, Bungie's community...
News UK Election 2010: Kinky Cleggy, Bully Brown & Dealer Dave Join The 3D Dot Game Heroes Plight
PushSquare: bringing you all the UK General Election 2010 news you need
Like these hand-crafted party leaders in pixel form courtesy of 3D Dot Game Heroes. Sure to swing the polls. [And yes, we fully appreciate these look NOTHING like their namesakes - Ed.]</em> It's hard to deny these images are infinitely more exciting than tonight's...
News New Call Of Duty Game To Be Announced This Week On GameTrailers TV
Geoff Keighley's done it again
He's gone and scored one of the biggest exclusives imaginable. The next teaser trailer for this year's upcoming Treyarch Call Of Duty game. Apparently the trailer will "put all the rumors to rest." Juicy. The show's on really late Friday, but rest assured the trailer will be uploaded to GameTrailers and...
News Dead Space 2 Trailer Is Now Official As A Panini Sticker Album
It might have leaked last night, but EA's just revealed the official trailer for the upcoming Dead Space 2, erm, officially
That's indeed correct folks, the video short, entitled "Dementia", features dead people, necromorphs and protagonist Isaac's actual face. Awesome. Let us know what you think.
Wednesday28th Apr 2010
News SingStar Gets Vibrato Support, PSP Remote Control
SingStar's a bit like the gift that keeps giving
For years Sony's karaoke platform has evolved - delivering iteration upon iteration to its core, yet somewhat niche, fanbase. And Sony's showing no sign of stopping that support with the addition of Vibrato. The new feature will allow you to pull your best Leona Lewis and actually score points for...
News Infinity Ward To Be "Essentially Closed" After Next Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack Is Released
Here's some incentive for those of you still working hard at Infinity Ward crafting Modern Warfare 2's next over-priced DLC pack: Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey reckons the studio will be closed when the content's finished up
What with all the legal drama and defections going down at the once market leading studio, Hickey reckons the studio will...
News Fake E3 "Wetdream" Leads Jaffe To Suggest No Game Announcement At The Big Show
Embedded above is a supposedly "leaked" list showing both Microsoft and Sony's E3 game line-up
Its true origin is unknown, though our source - TSA - state that it emerged somewhere "on Twitter". And it piqued David Jaffe's interest. The legendary Playstation developer, thought to be working on a PS3 reboot of the Twisted Metal franchise...
News Shatter Soundtrack & Dynamic Theme Hit The Playstation Network This Week
Sidhe's Shatter was one of the best Playstation Network releases of last year
In fact, no, it's one of the best PSN releases of all time. As a rather awesome little nod to their fans, Sidhe's decided to release the game's fantastic soundtrack on the PSN. It'll set you back $5.99 but comes bundled with a dynamic theme and concept art. That's a great...
News Avatar Sets New Blu-Ray Sales Record, Shifts 2.7 Million Copies
Those lanky blue Avatar creatures have given Batman a bite in the bum, by surpassing the Dark Knight's Blu-Ray sales record and shifting a whopping 2
7 million copies in the first four days on sale (Batman took 18 months to sell 2.5 million copies by comparison). What does this prove? Well firstly, that James Cameron has done it yet again. He's made...
News FuturLab Make The Jump From Flash To Playstation Minis With Coconut Dodge
Seasoned Flash developers, FuturLab, have announced that they're to make the jump from Adobe to Sony Playstation with the launch of their upcoming Mini Coconut Dodge
The game, as featured in more detail over on the Playstation Blog, puts you in the shoes of a crab. Gah - why crabs? We really hate crabs. The objective of the game is to guide the...
News Of Course We Want To See Things Go Boom In Split/Second
Split/Second's serious business
In a tongue-in-cheek, very silly kind of way. As this trailer proves with its ridiculous narrator and Michael Bay-esque close-ups of things going "boom". Why? For the hell of it! Got a problem with that?
News Jazz, Demolishor & Shockwave All Join Transformers: War For Cybertron, Get Trailered
In this post we've included three teaser trailers for Jazz, Demolishor and Shockwave -- all of whom are "in" Transformers: War For Cybertron
.. As pre-order bonuses. That's right, if you buy the game from Best-Buy, Amazon or GameStop (US folks) you'll respectively be rewarded with Jazz, Demolishor or Shockwave. Naturally it's best to go the...
News Sony Offers PS3 Hard-Drive Upgrade Service In Japan
It's pretty easy to upgrade your PS3's hard-drive
Honestly, it was designed that way. But if you're frightened about messing with electronics yourself, and you want someone within Sony to handle the pressure - then you can. But only in Japan. For the costly price of ¥18,000 (~$184), Japanese players will be able to send their PS3 directly to Sony...
Tuesday27th Apr 2010
Review Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess (PlayStation Minis)
Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess defines the Playstation Minis service in a way that no release before it has managed
The underlying gameplay is simplistic enough to fit the micro-game service's ethos, while the production values feel whole-heartedly Playstation. An important release. The build-up to Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess...
News Farsight Studios: Playstation Move Head-And-Shoulders Above Competitors In Terms Of Versatility
Sony's released a new Playstation Move developer diary with Farsight Studios, the team working on a PS3 version of Brunswick Pro Bowling
In the video, Farsight's president Jay Obernolte describes the Playstation Move controller as head-and-shoulders above the competition "in terms of versatility". He continues to state that "it's...
News Cohort Studios Praise The Accuracy Of Playstation Move Over Wiimote
Cohort Studios' CEO Lol Scragg
"The PlayStation Move is a great piece of hardware," said Scragg, whose studio is working on the tentatively titled Move rails-shooter The Shoot. "It has a fantastic feel to it and it's incredibly accurate. We've had no issues with it, and the hardware and the libraries have come on well. "Having used both controllers...
News SLY COOPER RETURNS TO PLAYSTATION 3! (Calm Down - In Modnation Racers Form)
Sorry about the headline
We couldn't resist sending fans' hearts a-fluttering by mentioning the words "Playstation 3", "Sly Cooper" and "Returns". Still, crafty headlining it might be, this Modnation Racers developer "Spotlight" picks on Sucker Punch's Nate Fox, who's keen to recreate inFamous' Empire City in...
News Broken Sword Man: Heavy Rain Was "Deeply Flawed"
Revolution Software's Charles Cecil has told MCV how he admires David Cage's work with MCV, but still finds the experience of Heavy Rain to be deeply flawed
“Half way through I thought it was a work of absolute genius,” said the Broken Sword man . “When I finished it, I still thought it was a work of genius but deeply flawed. There’s a lot of...
News Microsoft "Exclusive" Hydrophobia Will Come To The Playstation 3... Eventually
Proving that once again a Microsoft "exclusive" is not quite what it says on the tin, Dark Energy Digital - developers of the episodic downloadable water-physics based shooter Hydrophobia - has confirmed about an hour into the GameHounds podcast that there will absolutely be a Playstation 3 version of the game
Going on past performance, Microsoft...
News The Sims 3 Is Coming To Playstation 3 This Fall
As was already promised, EA's confirmed that The Sims 3 is indeed in development for the Playstation 3 and is due on the system in time for the end-of-year holidays
The console version of the PC game will include new features such as "Karma Powers" which determine whether your Sim can "get lucky" or, on the flipside, suffer an...
Monday26th Apr 2010
Review 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa (PlayStation 3)
The improvements to the actual gameplay may only be subtle, but improvements to the way information is presented and some good online implementation make 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa the best football game on the market
Until FIFA 11 comes out anyway. The stop-gap summer cash-in with a heart - for years people have questioned the relevance of...
News Parasite Eve: The 3rd Birthday Confirmed For 2010 Release
A brief chat with Square Enix's gaffer Yoichi Wada - published by Nikkei's trending website - has revealed some of the company's big scheduled games in 2010
The exec name drops the likes of Kane & Lynch 2, Nier, Deus-Ex: Human Revolution and Parasite Eve: The 3rd Birthday - which is presumably confirmed for Japanese launch this year. Details of...
News Just In Case You Were Wondering: Red Dead Redemption's Gonna Be Mature
American ratings board, the ESRB, has served up a big fat "M" for Mature in regards to Rockstar San Diego's upcoming Western sandbox, Red Dead Redemption
As you'd expect, Redemption gets the full suite of mature content: Blood, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs. It all makes sense when you remember this...
News Sony Pushes Closer To Console Profitability With More Efficient, Cheaper Graphics Chip
According to PocketNews (translated by PSU), Sony's updated the Playstation 3's hardware once again with a new improved, cheaper RSX graphics chip that reduces the likelihood of the console being affected by the infamous YLOD (yellow light of death)
It also uses 15 percent less power. The 45nm version of the RSX chip replaces the older 65nm chip...
News Stuff Magazine Go Hands-On With Playstation Move, Like What They See
The lucky folks at Stuff magazine have got a chance to go hands-on with Sony's new Playstation Move motion controller, a device they describe as "pleasingly accurate"
The British mag checked out the likes Table Tennis, Eye Pet, SOCOM 4 and Move Party - giving a glowing preview of all the content they played. Playstation Move's due later this year...
News Pachter: You Will "Absolutely" See Splinter Cell Conviction On Playstation 3
Let's be honest here folks
Splinter Cell Conviction not appearing on the PS3 at some point makes about as much sense as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I.e. NONE AT ALL. And seasoned video game industry analyst Michael Pachter agrees. The Wedbush Morgan analyst stated on his GameTrailers slot PachAttack that "Ubisoft gets it" and that...
News Worry Not, Shadow Of The Colossus Is Still Going To Be A Real Movie
Honestly, what could you want more than a Shadow Of The Colossus film? Oh, you don't want a Shadow Of The Colossus film - well tough luck
According to a report in the LATimes, it's absolutely still happening. The story emerged out of an interview with the movie's screenwriter Justin Marks, the same dude that did the terrible Kristin Kreuk Street...
News So This Is What You Get In The Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Collector Edition
Just as a quick side-note - the music in the trailer embedded above sounds exactly the same as a God Of War track
Y'know, we're not trying to start anything here, we're simply stating. When it's not sounding like God Of War mind, the trailer above shows you what you get as part of the upcoming Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Collector Edition...
News Our Survey Says: Something About A Very Small Cross Section Of PS3 Owners
A PS3 price comparison website has "revealed" via a survey of 1,000 of their users that most Playstation 3's are bought second-hand
Conclusive. The site asked 1,017 people how they got their system, and found that 33 per cent of respondents had bought a used machine. This beat out the 24 per cent of users who'd paid for a new system. Bizarrely, the...
News UK Software Charts Are As You Were In The Top Three
Ubisoft's double-billing of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Just Dance continue to head the UK software charts this week, with Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: Episode From Liberty City coming in just behind them
The only real change to this week's charts is the entry of the Wii's Monster Hunter Tri, which we're desperately fighting the impulse to order...
