Sony Online Entertainment's Scott Gulbransen has confirmed rumours we reported last night regarding the upcoming release of DC Universe Online
News PlayStation Portable's Digital Comics Reader Grabs New Features
Sony's updated the already excellent PlayStation Portable Digital Comics Reader
Review Vibes (PlayStation Minis)
Vibes is a competent rythmn game with a great visual style and a pretty varied track-listing
News This Heavy Rain Cosplay Is The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Not content with dressing up as detective Norman Jayden, this DeviantArt cosplayer went the whole hog and added in Heavy Rain-esque control commands too
Competition Win A Copy Of J-J-J-J-J-JOE DANGERRRRRRRRRR!
Joe Danger is our favourite PlayStation Network title to launch this year
News BBC iPlayer 3 Comes To The PlayStation 3 This Year
The BBC's revealed that the upgraded version of the iPlayer will hit the PlayStation 3 sometime later this year
News - 2010, Week 25
Sunday27th Jun 2010
News Fat Roles DLC Headed To Fat Princess Next Week
It's time to get that Princess plumper with a dose of new DLC for Sony's class-based PSN multiplayer title, Fat Princess
The aptly named "Fat Roles" DLC will launch next week on the PlayStation Store for $4.99 and includes three new classes and four maps. The new classes include pirates, ninjas and giants. There are other goodies headed to...
News Ruh-Roh: EEDAR Report Suggests PlayStation Move & XBOX Kinect Purchase Intent Is Low
A post-E3 EEDAR report spells bad news for Sony and Microsoft's new motion controllers -- apparently purchasing intent is pretty low all around
Apparently, despite "high awareness", purchase intent for both devices "ranked relatively low" in its research. While Kinect showed a slight advantage over the PlayStation Move, EEDAR put...
Saturday26th Jun 2010
Feature Why Trophies Outdo Their Counterparts -- "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
I hate it when people say "me too" in a derogatory fashion
That mentality doesn't make sense to me. The foundations of progress are built upon improvement - taking an idea and making it better. The best most recent example is PlayStation Move. The Wii has proved itself a solid but under-utilised control mechanism, so it pains me to see an improved...
News Konami Gunning For 3 Million Sales Of Peace Walker
A Nikkei interview (picked up by Andriasang) has revealed that Konami CEO, Fumiaki Tanaka, aims to sell about 3 million copies of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Given that the game's a PSP title (where basically everyone is a pirate), that's a pretty high number. But then, this is a Metal Gear game that bares a passing resemblance to Monster...
News The Mighty World Of Marvel Finally Hits LittleBigPlanet
Marvel has (finally
) confirmed</a> that a bunch of their famous characters are heading to the delightfully whimsical world of LittleBigPlanet. The DLC costumes will start dropping from July 7th. They'll be releasing on the PSN every other week. There'll be four different costume packs too, each containing five different costumes. We've...
Friday25th Jun 2010
News Sony's Scott Rohde: Ghost Of Sparta Is The Best Looking PSP Game Ever Made
In our Peace Walker review, we stated: "Peace Walker gives God Of War: Chains Of Olympus a real run for its money in accordance to the beauty stakes
Ready At Dawn take note, youve got your work cut out with Ghost Of Sparta." But Sony's VP of Worldwide Studios, Scott Rohde, has already issued a response of kind. He told IndustryGamers: God...
News Piles Of PlayStation Move Branded Boxart Revealed
Here's your first glimpse at the European packaging for a bunch of PlayStation Move launch titles
The pack shots come courtesy of French site Gamekyo, who somehow managed to get hold of the job-lot. We're not too hot on the "You'll Need These" logo on the front of the boxes, but we guess it gets the job done. Perhaps the most notable point...
News Sorry, We've Got More Jimmy Fallon (But He's Playing Killzone 3 This Time)
We've dealt with what an idiot Jimmy Fallon is
Sadly, he tends to incorporate games into his show, and just like yesterday with Need For Speed, he's got a bunch of Killzone 3 footage. We've embedded it after the jump. The game looks incredible. This is alpha build, guys. Alpha. <object...
News Beyond Good & Evil 2's Still In Development, Being Worked On By A Small Team
Big Plans
The sequel to fan-favourite, Beyond Good & Evil, is absolutely still in development according to series creator Michel Ancel. While he has big plans for the title, Ancel's stated that he'd like to carry them out within a small team. So expect waiting. According to Ancel, keeping the team small and family-like enhances the creativity...
News Lunar Duel Jets Off From The PlayStation Home GAME Space
British retailer GAME's PlayStation Home presence just got a bit more noticeable with the launch of its "Moon Base" space's second mini-game, Lunar Duel
The press release notes: "With the ultimate aim being to battle one-on-one against your opponent until their force field has been reduced to zero, Lunar Duel is a tense game where planning your...
News PlayStation Move Is Cheapy-Cheap In Japan, For Reals
In America you can get a PlayStation Move Starter Kit (that's a Move controller, PlayStation Eye and copy of Sports Champions) for $99
99. In the UK, the same starter kit without Sports Champions is £59.99 (or £49.99 if you do a bit of shopping). In Japan though, the Starter Kit costs just $67 (5,980 yen). You get the same kit as the US version,...
News Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair Could Eventually Hit The PlayStation Network
Perhaps if we make enough noise that we want Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair on the PlayStation Network, Konami will listen
The XBOX Live Arcade platformer does appear to be being teased for the PSN. Konami's Koji Igarashi told Destructoid at E3 last week that, while his priority is the XBLA version, there might be the possibility of bringing the...
Report Hulu Is Headed To The PlayStation 3 After All
Hulu, the American TV catch-up service, was available on the PlayStation 3
You could totally access it through the PS3's browser. It was later pulled, with speculation suggesting Microsoft had the service wrapped up for their XBOX Live subscribers. Alas, according to a report published by Bloomberg, Sony are close to securing a deal that will bring...
News Sony Aren't Planning 3D In The PlayStation Portable Follow-Up
In an interview with IndustryGamers, Sony's Worldwide Studios VP, Scott Rohde, has stated that 3D is not on the agenda for the inevitable PSP follow-up
Nintendo wowed the games industry with their 3DS during E3, but it sounds like Sony aren't planning to do the same. No, no plans for that, he said when asked about 3D for a future PSP,...
News Japanese Advertisement For White Knight Chronicles 2 Hits The Airwaves
This advert's currently doing the rounds in Japan, hyping up the release of Level-5's RPG monster White Knight Chronicles 2
The game comes packed with the original release, so is a bit of bargain.
Thursday24th Jun 2010
News This Heavy Rain Cosplay Is The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Not content with dressing up as detective Norman Jayden, this DeviantArt cosplayer went the whole hog and added in Heavy Rain-esque control commands too
If we were in charge of the country, this guy would get a medal for his efforts.</em>
Review Sam & Max Episode 302: The Tomb Of Sammun-Mak (PlayStation 3)
Sam & Max: The Tomb Of Sammun-Mak is a clever follow-up to the sometimes formulaic events of the Episode One
The clever story-telling mechanics and challenging puzzles make this episode a solid entry in the season. While the escapades of evil space gorilla Skunka'pe made for a solid return for crime-fighting duo Sam & Max, The Tomb Of...
News Jive To The Coconut Dodge Soundtrack Courtesy Of Futurlab
We know what you've been thinking
You've been wandering if you could listen to the deliciously addictive sounds of the excellent PlayStation Mini, Coconut Dodge, even when you're not playing it. Haven't you? Go on, admit it. Well thankfully, now you can. Futurlab's just released the Coconut Dodge soundtrack for free on their official website. You...
News 5-In-1 Arcade Hits Does Leaderboards The Old Fashioned Way
PlayStation Minis are PlayStation Minis
I.e. They're miniature versions of PlayStation games. By that very nature, they are restricted to 100mb size limits, low price-tags (sometimes!), and limited functionality. One stipulation of the Minis service pertains to online functionality. Grip Games, developers of upcoming Mini 5-In-1 Arcade Hits, have...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 23rd June 2010
Special Offers Until July 7: Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 1 (was £4
79/5.99 now £0.99/1.49) PixelJunk Monsters (was £3.99/4.99 now £2.39/2.99) PixelJunk Monsters Encore Pack (was £2.39/2.99 now £1.19/1.49) Ferrari Challenge Pack 2 (was £4.79/5.99 now £2.39/2.99) UFC Undisputed 2009 ...
News Ni No Kuni On PlayStation 3 Is Eye-Wateringly Pretty
We dropped the first details of Ni No Kuni just yesterday
The game, which is also coming to the Nintendo DS, is the fruits of a colaboration between anime house, Studio Ghibli, and Professor Layton developers, Level 5. As of yesterday, we could only confirm that the game was coming to the PlayStation 3. Now we have screenshots, of which there are a...
News Trademark Submitted For Alice: Madness Returns, Oh Boy Yes
One of our most anticipated games of forever is the sequel to American McGee's Alice
"He's making a sequel?" we hear you cry. Well, yes. It has been kind of hush-hush hasn't it? He definitely is though, we've even posted a frightening trailer. If you're of a nervous disposition, you probably shouldn't click that link. Anyway, last time we...
News A Whole Load Of People Visited E3 From Home... PlayStation Home
As announced during Sony's E3 press conference, those unable to visit E3 for real were able to enjoy a meticulous recreation of the Sony booth via Sony's digital world, PlayStation Home
Turns out, that was quite a successful move. As much as people like to rag on Sony's totally free online service, it's got quite a following. In fact, according to...
News Enslaved's Confirmed For An October 8th Launch
Enslaved's come out of no-where
Openly, we had no interest in Ninja Theory's adventure title. But a couple of trailers later, we're sold. All we needed was a release date to allow us to plan our time accordingly. Thanks to Eurogamer, we've now got that. Enslaved's hitting UK store shelves on October 8th. No official word on a US launch yet, but...
News First Ni No Kuni Trailer Proves Its Delicious Art-Style To You
First there were simply details
Then there were screenshots. Now there's true, motion footage: Level 5's just released a trailer for their upcoming Studio Ghibli tie-up, Ni No Kuni. See those anime-esque visuals? Yeah, they're in-game.
News Fist Of The North Star Will Have Its Japanese Voices In-Tact
Fist Of The North Star's coming to Europe? The video-game, that is
Awesome. It's not only making the jump over here, mind. According to a Tecmo-Koei spokesperson speaking to Eurogamer, the anime-flavoured Dynasty Warriors-esque affair will ship over here with all its original Japanese voice-acting in tact. Nice. There'll still be an English dialogue...
News Have A Final LEGO Harry Potter Trailer On Us
Gah, what more can we say? It's LEGO
It's Harry Potter. It's the first four years. It's out tomorrow? Dum-de-dum. Yup, here's your LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 launch trailer. Rockin'. We love you Hazza.
News PixelJunk Racers, Erm, Races [Good One! - Ed] Onto The PSN This July 1st
Racers, racing? Did you like that one? It took an entire degree in journalism for us to be able to come up with stuff like that
Bet you wish you went to Uni now don't you? Anyway, yes. PixelJunk Racers - the black-sheep in the PixelJunk franchise. It's not that it wasn't any good (it was), it's just that the game's been overshadowed by the likes of...
![PixelJunk Racers, Erm, Races [Good One! - Ed] Onto The PSN This July 1st](https://images.pushsquare.com/5617e3bc545c9/130x95.jpg)
Wednesday23rd Jun 2010
News BBC iPlayer 3 Comes To The PlayStation 3 This Year
The BBC's revealed that the upgraded version of the iPlayer will hit the PlayStation 3 sometime later this year
A Techradar interview with the BBC's Simon Cross has revealed that the player is on the "roadmap for this year". The upgrade brings new social functionality to the iPlayer, such as a "For You" section which generates...
News Dance Central Could Hit The PlayStation 3, Claim Harmonix
Microsoft's saving grace during a lacklustre E3 was their most casual title
Dance Central, the Kinect only groove game, has been getting rave reviews from those who checked it out during the course of E3. And it could be coming to the PlayStation 3. That's according to a report posted by Kotaku, who claim that Harmonix are considering using the...
News Final Fantasy Versus XIII Looks Just A Little Bit Pretty, Then
A notable absentee from last week's E3, Final Fantasy Versus XIII is still a product and it's still coming to the PlayStation 3
The latest issue of Japanese magazine Dengeki PlayStation has confirmed as much, most importantly noting that the game will be on show at the Tokyo Game Show later in the year. The Dengeki PlayStation write-up also notes a...
News Grab The Free Update For Coconut Dodge From The PlayStation Store Today
Futurlab's Coconut Dodge is without a doubt one of the best PlayStation Minis out there
The joy comes from its unbridled simplicity. It's not trying to do anything but be fun. Today's free update will only extend that fun. New features, based on community feedback, include: a new three lives system, Quit and Restart from the pause menu, updated...
News Studio Ghibli's Ni No Kuni Jets Onto The PlayStation 3
Level 5 and Studio Ghibli's 2008 Nintendo DS tie-up, Ni No Kuni, is set to hit the PlayStation 3 according to Famitsu magazine
According to the piece, <span>"You'll be able to adventure in a world that has the feel of a Studio Ghibli anime." There's no date for the game yet, though the Japanese press are expecting more details later...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 22nd June 2010
Sales Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Add On Bundle Sale (now $6
49, original price $12.99) Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing DLC 2 Metal Sonic & Death Egg Zone Track Sale (now $5.49, original price $7.99) Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Ryo with Forklift Character Sale (now $3.49, original price $4.99) Sonic The...
News DC Comics Join The PlayStation Network Digital Comics Service
Finally
DC Comics (and with them their host of world famous IP) have finally jumped aboard ship PlayStation Digital Comics. Starting today, DC will begin distributing the massive collection of comics via the PlayStation Network, with an initial selection of over 80 comics priced from $0.99 to $2.99. Some of the offerings include Batman, Superman,...
News Hey Europe, Fancy A Free Copy Of LittleBigPlanet?
Anyone planning on signing up to the new PlayStation Plus service should prepare for a huge bonus -- the entire retail copy of LittleBigPlanet comes free with any yearly subscriptions placed between 29th June and 3rd August
We should add, this offer is limited to Europe only. Still, it's pretty awesome isn't it? Not only is this news great for...
News Michael Pachter's Way Into Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Industry analyst Michael Pachter has exclaimed that Criterion's Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is the game that gave him his "oh my God" moment at this year's E3
He told CVG: "Although I was most impressed with shooter games [at E3], there were a remarkable number of high-quality titles. I think that consumers are going to split a much bigger...
News Plenty Of Gran Turismo 5 Announcements To Come Nearer To Release
Sony's Chris Hinojosa-Miranda has told VG247 that there are plenty of Gran Turismo 5 features to be announced before release
The associate producer told VG247 that E3 was just the beginning of a siege of information regarding the racer. E3 is a big event for us, and this is where we start releasing information, said Hinojosa-Miranda. Launch...
Tuesday22nd Jun 2010
News PlayStation Portable's Digital Comics Reader Grabs New Features
Sony's updated the already excellent PlayStation Portable Digital Comics Reader
The update to 2.01 brings the ability to quickly delete titles from your collection, aswell as browse titles by publisher and automatically sort by genre. Nice. An additional feature allows you to move seamlessly between comics in a series if you own more than one...
Review Vibes (PlayStation Minis)
Vibes is a competent rythmn game with a great visual style and a pretty varied track-listing
It's unlikely to hold your attention for longer than five minutes at a time, but afterall, this is what PlayStation Minis were designed for. Our favourite thing about Vibes is likely to be everyone else's least favourite: the tracklisting. This isn't a...
News Yoshida: Almost All Internal Sony Studios Looking Into 3D
We were quite surprised by the sheer amount of content announced for Sony's new 3D enabled PlayStation 3 during E3
Seems like there are currently a lot of developers on-board, and that means more incentive to pick-up the technology. One sub-set of studios you'd expect to adopt the new tech are Sony's in-house development teams. Speaking in an...
Review Sam & Max Episode 301: The Penal Zone (PlayStation 3)
Ultimately, it's clever story-telling and interesting puzzles that are going to make you want to check out Sam & Max's third season debut, The Penal Zone, even if the episode does overstay its welcome
Providing a story more mind-boggling than the sheer fact that Telltale are able to churn out these adventure games at such an alarming rate, Sam...
News Sucker Punch Gunning For Uncharted 2 Visuals With inFamous Sequel
If there was perhaps any complaint attached to the original inFamous, it was that the game just didn't look very good
Empire City was a mess of jaggy lines, grubby textures and foggy city-scapes. In many ways, the game was supposed to look like that. inFamous' setting was dark and foreboding. But also, inFamous lacked that next-level beauty that so...
First Impressions E3 2010: Yakuza 4 on PlayStation 3
Yakuza is a franchise firmly fixed in familiarity
Of the three Yakuza games that have launched on the PlayStation in the past, not much has changed. Yakuza 4 hasn't changed much either - instead it's tweaked one pivotal element that separates it from its predecessors. Here, Kazuma Kiryu is no longer the lead protagonist - instead he shares that...
News FIFA 11 To Support Custom Audio Settings
Are you loving the sound of vuvuzelas or detesting them? FIFA 11's got you covered either way
One of the game's newest features will allow you to tweak custom audio settings. Users will be able to upload sound clips — "Fivvvve Cantonas" — and mix them into the stadium ambience in accordance to events in the match. Which is basically...
News Hot Shots Tennis Hits The PlayStation Portable Next Week
SCEA's dated the upcoming tennis-RPG, Hot Shots (Everybody's here in Europe) Tennis for June 29th
We've contacted SCEE for a European release date and we'll let you know as and when we get confirmation. The game will launch in the US on both UMD and digital download from the PlayStation Store. Key features include RPG-style gameplay, game sharing...
News Naughty Bear: Game Of The Year?
We haven't got a clue what you actually do in Naughty Bear
Not one clue. We think it's some kind of open-world stealth game but honestly, we don't know. For all we know, it could just be a series of hilarious clips sewn together. Either way, we know we'll find out this Friday when our copy arrives. That's right guys, Naughty Bear is out this Friday...
News Blue Toad Murder Files Boxset Hits The European PlayStation Store Tomorrow
Relentless Software has posted on the PlayStation Blog that they're preparing a bundle for the Blue Toad Murder Files from tomorrow on the European PlayStation Store
The bundle will grant you all six episodes of the detective party package for £17.99 / 21.99. Additionally, just because they are nice, Relentless are reducing the price of Episode...
News Sly Cooper HD To Include Three Platinum Trophies On One Disc
The God Of War Collection came with two games and, as such, two platinum trophies
The Sly Cooper Collection, due later this year, will launch with three games and, yes, you guessed it, three platinum trophies. The Sly Cooper Collection will include all three Sly Cooper games remastered in high definition, alongside 3D support in Sly Cooper 3 and...
News Heads-Up: Red Dead Redemption's Outlaws To The End DLC Available Now
Just a quick heads-up, the free Red Dead Redemption co-op pack, Outlaws To The End, is available from the PlayStation Store right now
The free pack adds a bunch of trophies and new co-op multiplayer missions to the already massive Red Dead Redemption package. It's just a 15mb update too, so not much downloading on your part.
News Ubisoft Reflections Detail Driver: San Francisco
After the jump we've embedded Ubisoft Reflections' E3 demo for the upcoming Driver: San Francisco
One of the key phrases you'll hear brought about a lot in this demo pertains to San Francisco's return to Driver's roots — namely the return of protagonist John Tanner and his main counter-part Jericho. The most interesting new mechanic is titled...
News David Jaffe Talks About Lying To Everyone
Amazingly, we'd actually talked ourselves out of Twisted Metal on the PlayStation 3 being a thing
We knew Jaffe was working on something that involved car combat, but we'd given up on that project being Twisted Metal. We'd certainly given up on it making an appearance at this year's E3. But appear it did, in somewhat glorious fashion, and the...
Monday21st Jun 2010
Sony Online Entertainment's Scott Gulbransen has confirmed rumours we reported last night regarding the upcoming release of DC Universe Online
According to Scott, the game will indeed require a $14.99 subscription fee, which will gain you access to the game's massive superhero laden world. Scott's also confirmed that the game will launch on the...
Competition Win A Copy Of J-J-J-J-J-JOE DANGERRRRRRRRRR!
Joe Danger is our favourite PlayStation Network title to launch this year
The mix of great-handling, collect-a-thon hooks and Tony Hawk-esque combo building has had us hooked for more hours than we'd wish to disclose. Now, courtesy of the fine folks at Hello Games, we have two brand spaking copies of the motorcycle title to pass on to you lucky...
News Ninja Theory: We'd Love To Have Done Heavenly Sword 2 If Sony Didn't Own The IP
We're getting a bit bored of Ninja Theory evangelising the multiplatform game
Look guys, we get it, your company is out to make money and you got totally burned releasing an exclusive in the early days of the PlayStation 3. That's fine. We don't blame you, studio boss Tameem Antoniades, for answering CVG's question in this instance, presumably...
News Red Dead Redemption's Free "Outlaws To The End" Co-Op Pack Slings Six Shooters Tomorrow
Rockstar's reiterated that Red Dead Redemption's free "Outlaws To The End" co-op pack will hit the PlayStation Network tomorrow
We've whacked a new trailer from the pack after the jump. It's pretty awesome. You can get more details about the individual missions through the link. Exciting stuff, innit. <object...
News PlayStation Move Hits The Japanese Wilderness
Sony's put the PlayStation Move in front of Japanese gamers for the first time this Summer at the World Hobby Fair
Sony were offering live demos of both Eye Pet and Machi Suberi (which we know as Slider). Sony also had the full range of Move hardware on display, including the awesome PlayStation Move zapper and charging station. Other titles such as...
News Would You Like To Hear A Few Juicy Gran Turismo 5 Rumours?
A rather juicy rumour emerging from the British PlayStation Magazine has lead a few forums to literally ignite into flames this afternoon
Honestly. According to the magazine, and more importantly an interview with Sony Worldwide Studios honcho, Shuhei Yoshida, Gran Turismo 5's going to have go-karting, dynamic weather and a track editor when it...
News PushSquare's PlayStation Picks: 21st-27th June 2010
Whaddup PushSquare-erm-ers
Gah, I vouch never to use the term "PushSquarers" ever again. D'oh, already broken my vow haven't I? Oh well, whatever. There's a ton to make up for our dishonesty this week - E3 is out of the way and video games are releasing again. Lots of them, actually. PushSquare's Pick Of The Week: Transformers: War For...
News Telltale: Jurassic Park To Be Much More Cinematically Serious
As you may be aware, Telltale - makers of fine adventure games such as Sam & Max and Strongbad - are to embark on a new series of episodic titles based around the Jurassic Park franchise
Many of wondered how Telltale's traditionally cartoon vibes will translate into the dinosaur world. The answer? They won't. In an interview with Joystiq ,...
News Dreamcast Ports Not Quite The Masterful Remasters You Might Think They Are
We have to preface this post by stating that any Dreamcast ports on the PlayStation Network are better than none
So keep that in mind while we tell you the damage. First up - Crazy Taxi. As expected, the PSN re-release of this title will be without its licensed gubbins. That means no Offspring, no Bad Religion, no "Ya, Ya, Ya, Ya, Ya!"...
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