Review Split/Second: Velocity (PlayStation 3)
Split/Second's a game which puts its best foot forward first
News God Of War Art Exhibition Promises To Be Particularly Gruesome
If you're free this Saturday May 29th and you're in the Hollywood area, you should hit up the Gnomon Gallery who are showcasing a ton of art from God Of War III
Review Coconut Dodge (PlayStation Minis)
Like its name, Coconut Dodge is simplistic as it gets: dodge the coconuts, collect the treasure
News Keyboards Headed To Rock Band 3
If you have any interest in Green Day then you've probably checked out the demo for Green Day: Rock Band
News Here Are Your Free PSPgo Games (They're Good)
Remember a little while ago we told you Sony were planning to include 10 free games with all new PSPgo registrations (post April 1st, 2010)
News - 2010, Week 21
Sunday30th May 2010
News Sony: PSP2? You'll Find Out At E3...
The eagle-eyed bloggers over at Connected-Consoles have picked up on an off-the-cuff remark on the American arm of the Playstation Blog
Grilled about the existence of the PSP2, Senior Social Media Specialist Sid Shuman claimed that while the company can neither confirm or deny the existence of a portable successor, "you'll find out for yourself...
News PAIN Does Broken Arms And Splintered Shins In 3D From Next Week
Unofficial Playstation Store blog, PSNStores, are suggesting that the 3D update for PAIN will land this week
They note that the pack's due for Hong Kong next week and assume that it'll be coming to the UK and US too. The pack includes two new game modes: Alien Toss and Ice Breaker, the latter of which has you tossing explosives at an ice fortress...
News Another Week, Another Magazine, Another Leak: inFamous 2 Outed
Are you taking this in? Sony are on an unbelievably powerful roll
After the strength of this year first couple of quarters - MAG, Heavy Rain, God Of War III, Modnation Racers - many people were assuming Sony would have nothing left. But it's been consecutive week-after-week announcements from the company, and this all comes before E3. We've had...
Saturday29th May 2010
News Sony Looking To Bring More Playstation Collections To PS3
Playstation users have been sent a survey asking which titles they'd like to see "in a future collection"; a la God Of War Collection
The survey notes: "What titles would you like to see in a future collection (2 or more PS2 titles upgraded with similar features to God of War Collection)?" Our response - Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus...
Feature Racing Games... Too Many Racing Games - "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
Burnout Paradise predates this website
It was released in January 2008, at a time when I didn't have to play every game that released. I picked it up sometime in September. Being a fan of arcade racers, it still bemuses me that I didn't buy it earlier, and I honestly can't for the life of me recall why. But I didn't - I picked it up late. At the...
News Check Out Joe Danger's Level Editor
Play Create Share is all the rage on Playstation right now
So much so, we're surprised the other platform holders haven't jumped on the bandwagon. Nintendo already has of sorts — their WarioWare D.I.Y. game allows you to create mini-games on your Nintendo DS. But nothing from Microsoft yet. Expect that to come. With Modnation Racers already out,...
News Insomniac Details Their Canceled PS2 Project, "Girl With A Stick"
Insomniac's dropped some details on their canceled PS2 project, "Girl With A Stick"
The project came about after Insomniac had spent many years working on the Spyro platform titles. Studio head Ted Price described the project as "exciting" as the company had spent so long making sequels. "Girl With A Stick" was pitched as being a...
Friday28th May 2010
Review Split/Second: Velocity (PlayStation 3)
Split/Second's a game which puts its best foot forward first
The first few races you'll experience are among some of the most exciting moments in video games. The premise is simple - you're part of a mad futuristic game-show, in which competitors race around an ever-changing track rigged to the teeth with explosives. Ambitious driving will reward...
News Here Are Your Free PSPgo Games (They're Good)
Remember a little while ago we told you Sony were planning to include 10 free games with all new PSPgo registrations (post April 1st, 2010)
Well, details of those free games have emerged this morning via a German website. The list of games is as follows: LittleBigPlanet Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Assassins Creed: Bloodlines FIFA World Cup...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops To Feature Four-Player Online Co-Op
As part of an embargo-lift around the world today, Treyarch's revealed that their upcoming Call Of Duty: Black Ops title will feature four-player online co-op
Speaking at an Activision press-conference earlier in the week, Treyarch's Mark Lamia declared: "The game will also feature distinct multiplayer and co-op modes, and though specifics...
News Red Dead Redemption Robs The Bank, Scores £10million Over Opening Weekend
Despite serious stock shortages
Rockstar's breached the vault doors and robbed the bank with Red Dead Redemption if MCV's reports are anything to go by - they claim the company earned a cool £10 million from the game in its opening weekend. "The launch went incredibly well", HMV's Jonathan Hayes said. "As a relatively new brand, it's almost done...
News Japanese RPG Adopts The "Freemium" Model
An upcoming Japanese RPG from Acquire and Zero Div will launch at the grand price of nothing
The title, Bakumatsu Revolution, will be a free download from the PSN including a full 10-hour campaign. Additionally, IGN reports that players will be able to share the game via wireless connectivity. That's almost viral. Of course, while the game's very...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Screens Feature Guns, Furrowed Brows
VG247's posted up a heap of Call Of Duty: Black Ops screenshots, aswell as some hands-on impressions if that's your bag
The screens showcase a variety of environments, confirming that the upcoming Treyarch shooter will be a mixed bag of locales. The whole thing's looking very pretty too.
News Red Dead Redemption Will Get More DLC, Claim Rockstar
Rockstar's confirmed they will release more DLC for Red Dead Redemption beyond the "Outlaws To The End" co-op pack which is planned for release next month
Dropping details on Rockstar's official site, more details on the free pack will be released soon. But there'll still be plenty to look forward to beyond that. Also know that there will...
News Battlestar Galactica Composer Scores "Shifting" Soundtrack For SOCOM 4
Bear Mcreary (apparently yes, that is his real name) has announced on his blog that he'll be scoring the soundtrack to Zipper's upcoming SOCOM 4
Bear's best known for his music in the Battlestar Galactica series, but is stoked to be working on SOCOM. Ever since I was a kid, Ive dreamt of a video game score that would feel as if it were being...
News Blur Invades The Streets Of London
Blur and its Mario Kart-rippin' buddies have taken to the Old Street Magistrates Court in London to promote Activision's racers
The game's out today in the UK today. The painting took over 30 hours to complete and was painted by British artist Gary Nolan. If you've yet to see the advert it's immitating, click through here. It's essential.
News Naughty Bear Hates People With Private Speed Boats...
.. You're not alone Naughty Bear. You're not alone.
Rumour Gran Turismo 5 To Launch On 27th August?
Eagle-eyed PushSquare reader, Adam White, has just let us know that UK retailer Argos are touting an August 27th release date for Gran Turismo 5
The date, mere months away, would fit in line with comments made by Sony that the game is coming "very soon", and will likely get a confirmation at next month's E3 event. Course, this could just...
News Japanese Hardware Sales Stay Static
Hey valued reader, would you like to play a game? It's called "What came first and second in the Japanese hardware sales this week?" Here's a big clue - look through our archives and you'll note it never changes
So yes, valued reader, you're correct. The PSP was in first, the PS3 second. And right at the bottom? Yup the PS2 and PSPgo. Everything...
News F.E.A.R. 3 Looks A Little Bit Like This...
.. Roar. Yup, as you may have expected before hitting the link, there are horrible nasty things lurking in this set of F.E.A.R. 3 screenshots. Get the full load via AGB.
News Pure Football Gets The Launch Trailer Treatment
We must be bad at our jobs or something - we had no idea Pure Football was out today
Did you, valued reader? Did anyone? The game's hook appears to be football without rules. The animations look a bit janky in this trailer, mind. Hmm.
News First Killzone 3 Footage Is Awesome... For Reasons You Might Not Expect
Man, overtime we've come to learn that Killzone's fan-base is super hardcore
People love Killzone. Adore it in fact. This "new" footage is testament to that. Remember yesterday we posted an interview from the Playstation Blog that had the game running in the background? Well someone's cut the game footage away from the interview, stretched...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops To Be Like "Three Games In One"
It's hard to deny the value of a game that can provide excellent single-player, multiplayer and co-operative campaigns
On the whole, the Call Of Duty titles typically manage that Neapolitan of experiences, without particularly shirking quality in any area. The announcement of Call Of Duty: Black Ops' four-player co-operative mode is strengthened by...
Thursday27th May 2010
News Tekken 7 Announced, We Seem Like The Only Ones Excited
We love Tekken
Granted, the series has felt a little flat in recent iterations (particularly the hit-and-miss Tekken 6), but we still believe it's a solid fighting franchise, and due a return to its former glory. So it's with some excitement that we read a recent Eurogamer Portugal report, which declares that Tekken 7 is a real product currently in...
Review Coconut Dodge (PlayStation Minis)
Like its name, Coconut Dodge is simplistic as it gets: dodge the coconuts, collect the treasure
The key to its success, therefore, is its bold simplicity — after all, this is what Minis were made for, right? We have the utmost respect for Coconut Dodge's developers, FuturLab. Their website notes a torrid tale in which the recognised Flash studio...
News Playstation Home To Leave Beta This December
Two years after the services launch, Sony's ambitious virtual world, Playstation Home, will finally leave beta
Veemee's Kirk Ewing - whose company working on the Audi space - confirmed as much at an event in Dundee last weekend. Home is due to come out of its beta-testing phase in December of this year. One in three PS3 owners use Home...
News Hang On, Naughty Dog Are Working On A PSP Game?
Betcha didn't expect this on your Monday morning, did you? The LinkedIn profile of one Naughty Dog employee suggests that, hey, Naughty Dog were working on one
Ben Weston - currently a programmer at Rebellion in the UK - notes that during his time at Naughty Dog he worked on an "Action Game" for the PSP alongside Uncharted: Drake's...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Will Exceed Expectations, Say Treyarch
Well we've been saying it for a while, and it sounds like Treyarch truly believe it -- emerging from the shadows of the Infinity Ward love-affair are Treyarch, a developer who has been nothing but loyal and dignified in their development duties
But perhaps tired of being shoved under the rug by their counter-parts, Treyarch's clearly ready to take...
News Pachter: Killzone 3's 3D Isn't A "Game Changer"
Everyone's favourite (or least favourite) industry analyst Michael Pachter has had a word or two to say about Killzone 3's 3D implementation
He's told CVG: "I don't think that 3D support is a huge game changer, as I don't think that a significant portion of the population will have 3D displays any time soon." We're lost for words. When...
News Wild Arms Developer Working On New Playstation 3/Playstation Portable Game
Media Vision, whom are best known for the Wild Arms franchise, are working on a new Playstation 3/Playstation Portable game
That's according to a job listing which notes the project is still early in production, and is expected to be a massive project that will span a long term". Interestingly, the job listing also notes that the game will have...
News Red Dead Redemption Shortage In The UK To Be Solved, Claims Rockstar
Our local Tesco still hadn't got copies of Red Dead Redemption when we checked yesterday
There was just a bare empty space where the game should be. We don't know how much luck people are having up and down the country - but the fact is, whether you can find a copy or not, Red Dead Redemption is suffering a shortage here. Thankfully, Rockstar's been...
News Good Grief Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Looks Pretty!
Stop what you're doing
Just stop ok. Now hover your mouse cursor right about here, and click. Thank goodness. Sit back and enjoy the amazingly amazingness of these Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 screens. Did we mention they were amazing? They're amazing. Get hype, indeed!
Rumour So Rock Band 3 Features A Keytar, Then
Given our certainty earlier this week that Rock Band 3 would feature some form of light-up keyboard, a report from Ars Technica sounds kind of disappointing
They're claiming that Rock Band 3 will feature a keytar. A keytar? Come on that's lame. Ars are all speculating that a new "Pro" mode will be included "that will require proper...
News Gears Of What? Killzone 3 Goodies Blow The Roof Off!
Killzowned
It was a prominent coining around February last year, ahead of the release of the anticipated Killzone 2. We expect the phrase will re-emerge soon due to Killzone 3. A host of hands-on reports for the game have come out of the US tonight, and they're particularly glowing. They address control concerns, to visual upgrades, to general...
News Ubisoft Drop Details On HAWX 2, Will Feature Four-Player Co-Op
Ubisoft's dropped some new details on the upcoming Tom Clancy's HAWX 2
Most notably, the game will feature four-player co-op throughout the game's entire campaign, alongside traditional eight-player competitive multiplayer. Ubisoft are gunning to feature "all aspects of aerial combat," including take-offs and landings in HAWX 2. There'll...
News White Knight Chronicles 2 Gets A New Trailer
Ooooh - moody, mysterious, romantic, engaging
This new White Knight Chronicles 2 trailer has a bit of everything. The game's due in Japan within the next couple of months. Seeing as the Western version only just launched... Don't hold your breath for an English-language release just yet.
E3 2010 Driver Confirmed For Ubisoft's E3 Line-up
Ubisoft's dropped a list of its E3 titles, and that list includes the new Driver game -- tipped to be called Driver: The Recruit
The game will be shown alongside the likes of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Shaun White Skateboarding, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and presumably a few surprises. Ubi's press conference takes place on Monday, June 14th.
Wednesday26th May 2010
News God Of War Art Exhibition Promises To Be Particularly Gruesome
If you're free this Saturday May 29th and you're in the Hollywood area, you should hit up the Gnomon Gallery who are showcasing a ton of art from God Of War III
Artists from Sony Santa Monica will be on hand to talk about their work, with the display ranging from concept art to 3D renders. You can get more details through here.
News Ape Escape PS3 A Lock For E3 2010, The Sequel To Piposaru 2001
There's been some movement on the Ape Escape PS3 Twitter page over the last few days
The feed has been promoting an unusual fan-page, which is being slowly updated with information regarding previous Ape Escape releases. You can check out the Geocities-esque mid-nineties fan-page through here. As the page updates with information on the likes of Ape...
News Target Out MLB 10: The Show Playstation 3 Bundle
It's only been a couple of weeks since a Target employee last outed a special MLB 10: The Show Playstation 3 bundle
Now Joystiq's picked up a listing for the bundle on Target's very own website. No denying it now chaps! The pack includes a 250GB PS3 and a copy of the MLB 10: The Show game. Makes perfect sense seeing as the PS3 can now stream live...
Rumour Ico & Shadow Of The Colossus Getting HD Blu-Ray Re-Release
We tried to buy a copy of both Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus from eBay not too long ago
At £70 we were outbid. Damn those games for being so rare and so sought after. Which is why, ahead of Team Ico's upcoming PS3 exclusive The Last Guardian, it would be lovely to get an HD re-release of the classic PS2 titles. That's exactly what's being rumoured...
News Alien Breed: Impact Coming To Playstation 3 This Summer
Team 17's finally announced that Alien Breed: Impact - an expanded version of XBOX Live Arcade exclusive Alien Breed: Evolution - will launch on the Playstation Store this summer
Alien Breed: Impact's a new entry in the classic Alien Breed franchise. It's a game where you shoot things. Lots of them. The press release notes: "Alien Breed: Impact...
Rumour Team Ico Collection To Launch In Q1, 2011
Blimey, hot on the heels of VG247's Team Ico Collection rumour this morning, our buddies at TheSixthAxis have followed up with an even more specific tease: they reckon the touted HD re-release of PS2 classics Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus will hit PS3 next year
In Q1 if you want specifics. Again, there's not much else that we can say at this point...
News Sony: "Games Are A Perfect Fit" For 3D Technology
Speaking on the Playstation website, SCEE's president Andrew House has claimed that "games are a perfect fit with 3D" and expects them to "lead the way in consumer understanding of how 3D enhances the entertainment experience"
This follows the announcement of Killzone 3 earlier in the week which is set to implement stunning 3D visuals. "Games...
News Sorry, But This Trailer Has Completely Put Us Off The New Splatterhouse Game
Urgh, good grief
Our excitement for Splatterhouse was already relatively low. But when we open up a trailer still relatively early in the morning, and get our ears blown off by chugging guitars with way too much overdrive applied to them - consider our mood dwindling and our day ruined. Going by this trailer, Splatterhouse just doesn't look like a...
News Sony To, Erm, Give-Away 10 Free Games With Future PSPgo Purchases
Blimey
According to MCV, Sony's set to announce a new deal for future PSPgo buyers — that will see consumers receive 10 free games. Anyone registering their device after April 1st will be entitled to 10 free game vouchers, including full games such as FIFA 10, LittleBigPlanet and Grand Theft Auto. On PSPgo weve decided to innovate with that...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 25th May 2010
Sales and Price Drops Sale: Prince of Persia Classic ($4
99; regular $9.99); offer good through Monday, May 31 Sale: Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars: Battleball Arena ($4.99; regular $9.99) Sale: Wakeboarding HD ($7.49; regular $14.99) Permanent Price Drop: Heracles Chariot Racing - Permanent Price Drop ($2.99; original price...
News Analyst: Playstation 3 Eating Away XBOX 360's Global Share
According to a report by Strategy Analytics , the PS3 is set to enjoy a bumper year, which will see Sony eat away the XBOX 360's global share
In the first quarter of 2010, Sony increased their market share to 31%, largely at the expense of the XBOX 360. Strategy Analytics predict that the PS3 will shift 14 million units globally this year, second to...
News European Playstation Store Updates: 26th May 2010
Special Offers Until June 9: Wakeboarding HD (was £11
99/14.99 now £6.29/7.99) Numblast (was £3.99/4.99 now £2.39/2.99) Magic Orbz Bundle Pack (was £9.99/12.99 now £5.19/6.49) Magic Orbz Booster Pack (was £2.39/2.99 now £1.19/1.49) Magic Orbz Winter Pack (was £2.39/2.99 now ...
Tuesday25th May 2010
News Keyboards Headed To Rock Band 3
If you have any interest in Green Day then you've probably checked out the demo for Green Day: Rock Band
We're kind of hoping your interest in Green Day spans the Dookie-era and, well, only the Dookie-era. Anyway, irrelevance. What's important is the teaser image at the end of the Green Day: Rock Band demo. It shows teaser images of guitars, bass,...
News Guerrilla Shooting To Better Uncharted 2 & God Of War III With New Killzone Game
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was a power-house that surpassed all console games visually
God Of War III then surpassed that. And now Guerrilla Games' Hermen Hulst has told VG247 about his "needs" to surpass the aforementioned titles with Killzone 3. Describing the race for technical superiority between first-party brethren Naughty Dog and...
News Red Dead Redemption's Soundtrack Available Now On iTunes
Rockstar Games has announced that Red Dead Redemption's soundtrack is now available for download on iTunes
The score was composed by Bill Elm and Woody Jackson. It's available throughout Europe and the US, and you can buy it by clicking here.
News Final Three 5-In-1 Arcade Hits Games Trailered
Grip Games has lifted the lid on the final three games in the 5-In-1 Arcade Hits Playstation Minis package
They include a number tile puzzle, solitaire and a memory game for up-to two players. The other games seemed more interesting than this pair, but if the pack's at the right price, we won't be complaining.
News Shaun White, Erm, Skateboards Himself Onto The Playstation 3
We thought Shaun White was a snowboarder but apparently he's a skateboarder too
Wikipedia told us as much. Apparently he's really good too, with a ton of medals and video games to his names. And now he's about to get one more, as Ubisoft's just announced they're due to publish Shaun White Skateboarding. The game's due a full reveal at next month's...
News Insomniac Games Jump Into Bed With EA, Announce New Project For Playstation 3 & [Yes] XBOX 360
Well it's happened
It's been on the cards for, well, basically forever. Insomniac Games has finally announced that they're ready to try out multiplatform development. Insomniac's announced today that they are jumping into bed with the EA Partners programme (essentially a publishing deal that allows Insomniac to keep the rights to whatever games they...
News Killzone 3 Is As Officially Official As An Official Thing
Killzone 3 wasn't supposed to be announced until next week
But certain magazines have forced developers Guerrilla Games' hand. Hence the bringing forward of a massive embargo, and the release of some early hands-on impressions (they are glowing like a Helghast's blinkers). Sony's not really saying anything about the game that wasn't already
Rumour Mysterious Sources Confirm "PSN+" Subscription Package At E3
Those mysterious sources are back
This time they are "sources" of blogging website Joystiq and they're talking about "PSN+". Joystiq reckon the service is going to be announced at E3 2010, which corroborates other rumours we've heard ahead of the big show. According to Joystiq, unlike Microsoft's XBOX Live service, PSN+ will f
News Sony: We'll Continue To Build A "Strong Relationship" With Insomniac Games
Sony's responded to Insomniac Games' slightly predictable multiplatform announcement earlier today, stating that they will continue to build a "strong relationship" with the independent company
SCE told CVG: <span>"Sony Computer Entertainment and Insomniac Games will continue to build upon a strong, successful 14-year partnership that...
News Liverpool Captain Steven Gerrard Talks Up Ubisoft's Pure Football Game
Ubisoft are dicing with death making a football game if you ask us
There's barely enough room for the once massive Pro Evolution Soccer franchise anymore - so adding Pure Football to the mix seems like pure suicide. Still Stevie-G seems excited about being in the game doesn't he? And if that excitement translates to him actually helping England win...
News Sony: There Are More Games In The "Pipeline"
If you thought Sony had already blown their load pre-E3 well, think again
The early reveals of Killzone 3 and LittleBigPlanet 2 may have come and gone but there's plenty more where that came from. Explaining the reasons behind the early announcements, Sony's James Gallagher commented on the Playstation Blog that, "Our PR team will have their...
News If You Live In LA You Should Probably Read This God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta Story
Hey LA (or nosey non-LA) residents
How do you like God Of War? Tons, cool. How do you like God Of War on the PSP? Yeah, we thought Chains Of Olympus was rad too. Well good — because Sony are looking for some play-testers for the upcoming God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta game on PSP. Nice. You can find all the details through here. Let us know if you...
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