Review SingStar Guitar (PlayStation 3)
As far as we're concerned, SingStar's baseline presentation remains head-and-shoulders above the current crop of high profile competition
Review John Daly's ProStroke Golf (PlayStation 3)
Daly goes about his business with gusto, but not necessarily flair
Review Fallout: New Vegas (PlayStation 3)
How do you possibly review a game like Fallout: New Vegas? Isn't it our promise as a publication to see all of a game before we deliver a verdict? In New Vegas' case, that's impossible
Review EyePet (PlayStation Portable)
Remember: a dog is not just for Christmas, but an Eye Pet is
News - 2010, Week 43
Sunday31st Oct 2010
News Start the Party's Japanese Box Art is Truly Amazing
Check out the other updates
Whilst we Western PlayStation owners sometimes get a raw deal when box art makes the trip from Japan – just ask anyone who picked up an American Ico – it's not always a one-day street, as evidenced by this amazing Start the Party! box art from the Far East. The remainder of Move software fares significantly better,...
Saturday30th Oct 2010
News Step to the Oche with Top Darts on PlayStation Store
"Better than any darts game you've ever played before"
PDC Darts is coming to PlayStation Move next month, but it's not the only corkboard title on the way to the controller, as Devil's Details has just announced Top Darts is on the way to PlayStation Network around Christmas time. Whereas PDC World Championship Darts Pro Tour is aiming for a more...
News Sony To Announce New PlayStation Portable When "Timing Is Right"
Talking to investors yesterday, Sony has stated that it will announce a new PlayStation Portable product when the "timing is right
" The declaration comes days after Engadget's reports on the PlayStation Phone, as well as countless more rumours on the supposed PSP2. Interestingly — given their leaks all week — it was
News Watch Sackbots Run Amok In This LittleBigPlanet 2 Featurette
LittleBigPlanet 2 trailers are always amazing
This latest featurette, detailing the game's Sackbots component, doesn't buck the trend. Whether it's Sackbots dancing to Bollywood beats or just running around to some really good synth bass, this trailer's sure to make you smile.</em> LittleBigPlanet has that effect. So good.
Friday29th Oct 2010
Review Fallout: New Vegas (PlayStation 3)
How do you possibly review a game like Fallout: New Vegas? Isn't it our promise as a publication to see all of a game before we deliver a verdict? In New Vegas' case, that's impossible
It really is — there is no way we could possibly see everything the game has to offer and still meet deadlines and cover other games. New Vegas is like a vacuum, it...
News Y'know, For A Darts Game, Top Darts Looks Agonsingly Pretty
We already know about O-Games' PDC World Championship Darts Pro Tour, but how about a little PSN darts developed by Devils Details under Sony's XDev Studio Europe banner? The game is Top Darts
Nice, yeah. Announced today on the PlayStation Blog, the Christmas PSN title looks agonisingly pretty (see screen above) and is set to use the full...
News Move Launch Helps Sony Post Profit in Q2 2010
Software and hardware sales up
Sony's PlayStation division reported a profitable Q2 in the current financial year thanks to increased sales of PS3 hardware, software and PlayStation Move. The latest Sony financial report puts PS3 hardware sales at 3.5m worldwide, up from 3.2m last year, with 35.3m units of software shifted, a huge improvement on...
News There Will Definitely Be A New Uncharted (Novel) Next Year
Cheeky headline, right? Sorry, we couldn't resist
Del Rey Books has announced they will release Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth next year, a book based entirely on a brand new Nathan Drake adventure. The novel's been penned by Christopher Golden, who's done a bunch of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer stuff in the past. We're yet to get into this...
News PlayStation Move Off to a Good Start in Japan
Four titles in top 20
PlayStation Move launched in Japan a week ago, with some encouraging performances from launch titles. The Japanese chart from the 18th to 24th of October put the PS3 2,000 units down on the previous week, shifting 20,128 across the seven day period, but Move software fared well overall. Beat Sketcher reached the heady heights...
News End Of An Era: Keiji Inafune Quits Capcom
Remember when Keiji Inafune said he hated his job and that the Japanese games industry was ruined?
Turns out what we interpreted as melodrama was totally real: the mouthy gaffer has revealed this morning that he's set to quit Capcom after 23 years. A managers work means evaluating your subordinates and speaking your dreams. Anyone who can do...
News Sony PlayStation Division Records Profit In First-Half 2010, PlayStation Portable Winds Down
That PSP's successor couldn't come sooner according to the picture Sony's financials paint
In their fist-half report, Sony's revealed that PSP sales dropped from 3 million in the second financial quarter of last year to just 1.5 million this year. That's a significant drop in demand. It wasn't all bad for the division which holds the PlayStation...
News Can We Get A 'Hell Yes"? Tokyo Jungle's Confirmed For Europe!
Keiji Inafune may have thought the Tokyo Game Show was filled with "awful games", but one title which did get the press buzzing was PlayStation Network exclusive Tokyo Jungle
The game is set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo in which the human race has been completely wiped out, leaving wild animals to rule the city. It's kind of hard to explain, but...
Out Today Friday October 29th 2010 (Europe)
Four titles inbound for Movers
Today is one of the biggest release days of the calendar across all formats, so it's no surprise that PlayStation Move is also receiving a bumper crop of titles, with a stack of motion controlled games making their way to retailers across Europe. Televisual party game TV Superstars arrives alongside televisual shooting...
News Microsoft Pays Move Another Back-Handed Compliment
"It's a great product but..."
Microsoft's Phil Spencer recently said he owned a Move but preferred Kinect, and now Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has thrown his hat in the Move vs. Kinect ring. Speaking to Eurogamer, Greenberg initially attempted to dodge the question with the old reliable "there's room in the marketplace for both" line, but...
News SCEJ: Demon's Souls 2 Could Happen "One Day", Masochists Rejoice
There's a Demon's Souls 2 coming, except it's not called Demon's Souls 2
Project Dark was announced at the Tokyo Game Show by Demon's Souls developer From Software, but it's coming to the XBOX 360. Sony owns the Demon's Souls IP, so while Project Dark might be a spiritual successor to Demon's Souls, it will never adorn the brand on the box. Sony...
News This Fan-Made Twisted Metal Movie Trailer Is Ay-May-Zing
Someone get David Jaffe on the phone
Someone get Sony on the phone. Someone get Columbia Pictures on the phone. This Twisted Metal movie trailer might be fan-made, but we'd pay to go and see the full version. </em>
News The MAG DLC We've All Been Waiting For Hits Next Week
Ever since MAG released we've always stated: "How cool would it be if all three factions from the game got to take part in one massive royal rumble style match-up?" Next week, our dreams come true
Zipper's confirmed that the Escalation DLC — which places 32 players from each faction on the map — will launch for $9.99 next week. The new game-mode...
News We Totally Forgot About The Sly Trilogy...
.. Thank goodness for trailers then, eh? No date on the European version of the remastered Sly Trilogy, but it's due in North America on November 9th.</em>
Thursday28th Oct 2010
Review SingStar Guitar (PlayStation 3)
As far as we're concerned, SingStar's baseline presentation remains head-and-shoulders above the current crop of high profile competition
As such, if you like SingStar — and you've got a couple of Rock Band/Guitar Hero guitars lying around — you'll probably enjoy SingStar Guitar. Someone, somewhere is probably planning on writing an epistle...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Maps Titled In Leaked Screenshot
Call Of Duty fans are crazy
They play one game all year round — imagine that! As such, they're itching for information about Call Of Duty: Black Ops, and we've got some information on the game's multiplayer maps. Just the titles for now, mind. Enjoy!</em>
News Sly Cooper Collection Unmasked for November 9th US Launch
Move minigame screenshots inside!
If you had a PS2, and you didn't play any of the Sly Cooper games... let's just say you missed out on some fine entertainment. It's okay though, you didn't miss out completely: Sony is bringing The Sly Collection (The Sly Trilogy in Europe) to PS3 later this year, and it's coming equipped with PlayStation Move...
News Killzone 3 a Sure Bet for Most OTT Special Edition of 2011
Three little words: giant Helghast helmet
If the current Killzone 3 beta has you so excited about the upcoming shooter you're willing to spend anything to get the best Killzone experience possible, you're about to be very happy indeed. Sony has just announced the ultimate edition of Killzone 3, known as the Helghast Edition, which will retail with...
News Pigsy's Perfect 10 DLC Heading To Enslaved Alongside 3D Support
Pigsy was the worst character in Enslaved as far as we were concerned
Aside from some comical moments, he kinda broke the tone we'd grown to love about the game. That said, Enslaved was absolutely brilliant, so it's hard for us to be too down on the character's central role in the game's first slice of DLC. The DLC, entitled Pigsy's Perfect 10, will...
News Learn the Ropes in New Aragorn's Quest Move Trailer
Swing, slash, parry!
Tomorrow Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest finally completes its trip to Mt. Doom – well, Europe – so it's the perfect time to find out how the game's Move controls work in practice. Pretty much as you'd expect, actually. Swinging, thrusting and swiping with your Move all executes different moves, hopefully providing Move's...
News Fallout: New Vegas Gets PlayStation 3 Patch (Is Still Totally Zorked)
Fallout: New Vegas has been fixed
Hallelujah. A new patch for the game — the same as the one released for Steam over the weekend — has now been rolled out onto the PlayStation 3 version of the game. Apparently the update includes "over 200 fixes". We booted up our copy of the game to check and noticed an NPC half-stuck in the ground...
News Killzone 3's "Helghast Edition" Is One Of The Best Collector's Editions We've Seen In A While
Killzone 3's special "Helghast Edition" comes with a Helghast helmet
We could leave this story right there couldn't we? A Helghast helmet. But it doesn't stop there — the awesome looking ornament opens out to reveal "an art book, super voucher and Killzone 3 game." The super voucher — which can be redeemed via the PSN — includes a...
Rumour Sony In "Super Powerful Hardware" Shocker, PSP2 Set To Rival The XBOX 360 For Horsepower
The PlayStation Portable scenario is really confusing right now
We have two sets of rumours for two different devices. On one hand there's the PlayStation Phone, which is believed to be a Sony Ericsson device capable of playing first generation PSP games and running on Android technology. On the other hand there's the PSP2, which is rumoured to have...
News Blimey: Zenimax Snaps Up Tango Gameworks & Shinji Mikami
Zenimax -- the parent company of Bethesda Softworks -- has just confirmed that it's bought up Tango Gameworks, and with it Resident Evil mastermind Shinji Mikami
Its refreshing to find a publisher who understands, trusts, and supports the development of blockbuster games and works to make it a collaborative effort, said Mikami. The library...
News Borderlands Level Cap Update Coming Soon, Gearbox Pretty Promise
Are you still playing Borderlands? Thought you might be
That game is big. In fact, if we didn't have a back-log of about 5,264,631 games to review [slight exaggeration - Ed], we'd still be playing it now. And if we were still playing it now, we'd be hotly anticipating the game's level cap raising patch. Speaking of which, Gearbox claim that the...
News Standalone 320GB PlayStation 3 Hardware SKUs Shipping In North America Today
The PlayStation 3's bulky 320GB variant was previously only available when bundled with the PlayStation Move
But Sony's announced that's set to change today, as standalone versions of the beefy hardware ship to stores throughout North America. The system will set you back $349.99 (while the Move bundle retails for $399.99), so it still kinda makes...
News Red Dead Redemption Gets Double XP This Weekend
It's Hallowe'en
What better way to spend it than shooting up the undead in Red Dead Redemption's new Undead Nightmare pack? If you're planning on taking the game online, then you should know that Rockstar are celebrating all weekend with double XP. The fun will begin tomorrow evening (18:00PM in England apparently) and will run right through until...
News Sebastian Vettel Test Drives The Red Bull X1 In Gran Turismo 5
The Red Bull X1 concept car was designed by the Red Bull Racing team in conjunction with Polyphony Digital to show what a vehicle could do without any limitations or restrictions
The result is it being fast. Really, really, really, really fast. 400kph fast. In this Gran Turismo 5 trailer, Sebastian Vettel test drives the car on the Nurburgring...
Wednesday27th Oct 2010
Review Buzz!: The Ultimate Music Quiz (PlayStation 3)
Pretty fly
Buzz! has been around for what seems like ages; released in 2005, there have been no fewer than 18 releases in the Buzz! series in those short five years. Now the latest outing for the be-quiffed host arrives in the form of Buzz! The Ultimate Music Quiz, and it’s brought a few Move rounds with it. If you’ve never played a Buzz! game...
News Jack Tretton Writes Rousing Blog On PlayStation 2's Anniversary
Jack Tretton -- SCEA's top gaffer -- states that the "industry was forver changed by the" PlayStation 2 in a rousing blog designed to celebrate the system's tenth birthday in North America
Tretton cites the system's introduction of the DVD format, internet connectivity and motion technology from the EyeToy as reasons for why the device was so...
Review DJ Hero 2 (PlayStation 3)
The sequel to last year's dance, hip-hop and pop rhythm alternative; DJ Hero garnered a following with the crowd yet to be lulled by Guitar Hero's heavy-rock focus - those searching for a video game equivalent of club culture
It both succeeded and failed — while the original DJ Hero's track-listing was a breath of fresh air, the game suffered from...
News Crafts & Meister Busy Crafting PlayStation Move Game
Japanese team working on motion title
The name Crafts & Meister might not mean much to you – a small development studio set up in 2004, it's yet to release a game for home consoles, its only title so far being arcade brawler Super Dragon Ball Z, although Wii adventure Earth Seeker is set for release soon. Studio director Noritaka Funamizu, a...
News Patched for Move: High Velocity Bowling (Free)
At long last, it's here
Up until now, only PlayStation Plus owners have been able to use the Move features in High Velocity Bowling, leading some to speculate that the update would cost non-subscribers. The good news is that the update hit in yesterday's PlayStation Store update and is absolutely free. Other content available in the Store now...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 27th October 2010
Special Offers Until November 10: Voodoo Dice (was £7
99/9.99 now £5.49/6.99) Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom Booster Pack (was £3.49/3.99 now £0.79/0.99) Cuboid Level Editor (was £3.19/3.99 now £0.79/0.99) Cuboid Booster Pack (was £2.39/2.99 now £0.79/0.99)</ul>Playable Content...
News PlayStation Phone Rumours Go Nuclear, Sony Declares Them Fake
We woke up this morning to see the words "PlayStation Phone" trending on Twitter
"Great," we thought to ourselves, "This 'lie-in' lark we've got going on has caused us to miss the biggest announcement of the year." After imploring some followers to get us up to speed, it turns out we didn't really miss much at all. Here's the...
News Legendary Game Developers List Their Favourite PlayStation 2 Games
Furthering the PlayStation 2's tenth Birthday celebrations, a host of legendary game developers have posted about their favourite PS2 title on the PlayStation Blog
The suite of stars include the likes of Sony Santa Monica's Stig Asmussen, Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski and Irrational Games' Ken Levine. We've included the truncated list after the...
News The Fight Steps Back to November 9th Release
Slight delay for fighter
If you've been looking forward to Sony's The Fight: Lights Out since you first picked up your Move, the bad news is you'll have to wait a little longer to smack your friends in full 1:1 control. The game has been pushed back in North America to November 9th, with a UK release date set a few days earlier on November 5th. No...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 26th October 2010
Price Updates MX Vs ATV Reflex Track Pack 1 Permanent Price Drop (PS3) (now $1
99, original price $4.99) MX Vs ATV Reflex Track Pack 2 Permanent Price Drop (PS3) (now $1.99, original price $4.99)</ul> Games Blacklight: Tango Down ($14.99) Superstars V8 Racing ($19.99) Demos (free) Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Demo Blacklight:...
News PlayStation Phone Is "Still Real" According To Engadget
The PlayStation Phone
Pssht the PlayStation Phone. We don't know what the think anymore. Engadget posted shots of the device this morning, NowGamer then claimed they had on good authority from a Sony representative that the device was fake. The website pulled that statement earlier this afternoon though, replacing it with a bog-standard "Sony...
News Ex-Street Fighter Producer Working On New PlayStation Move Title
Ex-Street Fighter producer Noritaka Funamizu has revealed to Famitsu that he's working with Sony's new magic wand, the PlayStation Move
The producer, who worked on most of Street Fighter's 2D releases, didn't drop too many details, but did have high praise for the Move controller. Im actually working on a PS Move game at the moment, he told...
News No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise Lands PlayStation 3 Exclusivity In North America
Konami announced months ago that they'd picked up the publishing rights to the HD Wii port No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise, and were planning to bring the title to Europe with PlayStation Move support
The publishers finally announced that the game's coming to North America too — as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. For those unfamiliar, No More Heroes:...
Tuesday26th Oct 2010
Review EyePet (PlayStation Portable)
Remember: a dog is not just for Christmas, but an Eye Pet is
If we were presented with Eye Pet PSP as a child on Christmas morning, we'd have been beyond delighted. The game's low on content, but the initial "wow" factor of watching a desk, table, car-backseat or garden transform into a variety of environments in which the Eye Pet can play...
News Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Standalone Disc Gets Dated
Red Dead Redemption's "Undead Nightmare" DLC pack is out on the PlayStation Network right now
But what if you don't want to download it? Well Rockstar's planning to release the DLC standalone on November 23rd in North America (26th in Europe). The package will also include all of the DLC packs released for Red Dead Redemption thus far, and will cost...
News Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Goes Live In Europe, Plus Members Get Discount
PlayStation Plus is the gift that keeps giving
Honestly, we totally get why people are against it, and at the end of the day that's fine; it's a completely optional service, either you want it or you don't. But with yesterday's Killzone 3 beta and today's 20% discount on the Red Dead Redemption DLC we'd already planned to buy, it all starts to add...
News Dynasty Warriors 7 Built for Move and Stereoscopic 3D
Resistance is feudal
With Japan only just receiving PlayStation Move a month after the Western world, it's just received a second helping of good news with the announcement from Tecmo Koei that Dynasty Warriors 7 will support the new motion controller. Speaking at a news conference in Japan, the game's producer Akihiro Suzuki confirmed that the next...
News Konami Announces No More Heroes for PlayStation Move... Again
Travis touches down
The official US PlayStation blog gets plenty scoops – it is the official PlayStation blog after all – but not always. Cast your minds back to the early days of Movemodo – our first day of operation, in fact. We brought you news that Konami was bringing No More Heroes to PlayStation 3, and today Konami has announced it's...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops' Protagonist Actually Says Words
Has a Call Of Duty protagonist ever talked? We're sure they have, but we can't think of particular instance
Sure, Soap ended up talking in Modern Warfare 2, but we don't think he ever said anything when he was the main character of Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Either way, as far as we can remember, Call Of Duty protagonists are pretty mute. Call...
The Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta was one of the most exciting things we've played all year
We loved it, and we literally cannot wait to plough hundreds of hours into the component when the full release drops next month. Of course, being a beta, there was plenty about the multiplayer trial that didn't quite feel right. Ubisoft's...
News Parasite Eve Rocks Japanese PlayStation Network Next Month
For as much dancing around the issue as Square Enix did, the original Parasite Eve games were always going to come to the PlayStation Network
Now there's a date placed on the re-releases. The first game in the franchise will hit the Japanese PlayStation Store on November 4th, with the sequel following on November 18th. Both will land plenty of time...
News Microsoft VP: "I Own a Move, but Kinect is Far More Immersive"
Technologies "fundamentally different"
Move and Kinect are two totally different technologies, offering widely varied gameplay experiences: we know this, you know this. Microsoft Game Studios vice president Phil Spencer knows this too, talking up his company's motion sensor ahead of its US launch next week. Whilst Spencer claims to own a Move...
News Kinect Control is "Cumbersome", says Creator of Move and EyeToy
Withering comments from Dr Richard Marks
With all the excitement surrounding Kinect's North American launch next week, not everyone is on board with the idea of controller-free gaming, particularly one of the idea's founding fathers, PlayStation's Dr Richard Marks. The man behind PlayStation Move as well as its predecessor the EyeToy, arguably...
News Ready At Dawn Prepping New Action Game Reveal, Done With PSP
God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta is out in a few weeks and is getting great reviews across the 'Net
(We got our review copy this morning and it's amazing.) Developers Ready At Dawn are already thinking about moving on from the PSP though. It's the platform that's made the studio's name, but they have bigger ambitions. That's fair enough, they're a very...
News The PlayStation 2 Turns 10 In The US Today, Bring Out The Party Poppers
The PlayStation 2 launched exactly 10 years ago in North America today
Sony's still supporting the system with new hardware bundles in the region, which is pretty spectacular when you really think about it. The console's tenth birthday in Europe is just a month away. 1Up's got some fantastic archive footage of the PlayStation 2's American launch...
News Take Another Quick Look At Dissidia 012 [duodecim] FINAL FANTASY
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Did you expect us to say anything else? There are a bunch of new assets for the upcoming Dissidia 012 FINAL FANTASY over on...
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Monday25th Oct 2010
Review John Daly's ProStroke Golf (PlayStation 3)
Daly goes about his business with gusto, but not necessarily flair
Arriving after the feature-packed and Move-supported Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, John Daly’s ProStroke Golf has a lot to live up to, but the Lion does an admirable job of facing up to the intimidating Tiger. Whilst Tiger was as slick and polished as you’d expect from a seasoned EA...
Rumour Apple Poised To Buy Sony? Errr...
Apple are a rich, rich company
Gone are the days of the Mac being the technology sector's punchbag; the success of the iPod has made Apple a global success - and they're only getting stronger with follow-up brands such as the iPhone and iPad. Basically, anyone in the technology sector is watching what Apple do next. And it's keeping a lot of...
News PlayStation Move Makes Plenty of Kids' Christmas Lists
More popular than Barbie
It's the most wonderful time of the year: when kids put together their lists to Santa, asking for all those wonderful treats they've dreamt of all year long. Duracell has put together a report of the most asked-for presents of the year, and PlayStation Move made the top ten. Move came out in 8th position, polling 4% of the...
Review Costume Quest (PlayStation 3)
Costume Quest is the latest initiative from Tim Schafer's innovative Double Fine studio
Burned by the saleability of their retail releases, Double Fine's unique, quirky concepts feel right at home on the PlayStation Store. If Costume Quest is an experiment, then it definitely seems to have paid off. Double Fine's games will certainly meet much...
UK Charts Fallout: New Vegas Tops, While Vanquish & DJ Hero 2 Dally (Much To Our Dissatisfaction)
Perhaps we're biased by the games being fresh in our memory, but if you asked us our favourite games of the year right now, Vanquish and DJ Hero 2 would certainly be up there
It's sad to see both games miss out on solid spots in the UK sales top ten, then. Vanquish only managed a spot at number 12, while DJ Hero 2 was way behind at 25...
News ... And I Do Declare, That Henceforth, October 25th Shall Be Known As "Killzone 3 Day"...
.. And we shall all frag, and stare at beautiful visuals (like these posted by StrategyInformer) all day long. At least, if you downloaded the Killzone 3 theme quick enough the other week!</em> Keep checking your emails for that beta code, folks.
News Move Support "Not a Good Fit" for Twisted Metal
David Jaffe squashes hopes for breakfast
Twisted Metal is on its way to PlayStation 3, but the game won't let you make use of your favourite motion controller, according to a Tweet from director David Jaffe. davidscottjaffe: @iawt No, no move support for TM. Doesn't seem like a great fit. The first footage of the game shows off a flaming-headed...
News Ubisoft CEO Sees Geographic Split for Move and Kinect
Gadgets to dominate one territory each
It's the showdown that gamers and industry insiders alike are anticipating to determine the future of PS3 and Xbox 360: Kinect vs. Move. "You are the Controller" vs. "It Only Does Everything", "No Buttons" vs. "Yay Buttons" and so on. Yves Guillemot, CEO of global...
News This Week's Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Demo Focuses On Autolog Features
The most exciting part about Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit - outside of Criterion's class-leading race mechanics - are the social interaction features
The mechanics Criterion are labelling as "Autolog". Instead of simply giving players a taste of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit's racing, the game's demo - set to release this week on PSN - will...
Rumour PSP2 Set To Launch In Fall 2011, Has Larger "HD" Screen
And those PSP2 rumours just won't die
Except they're not really rumours anymore are they? All the information we appear to be hearing from "sources" seem to converge at a similar point - that the PSP2 is coming next holiday, is a beast in terms of power and will include a touch-screen on the reverse of the unit. Kotaku's the latest to...
News PSPgo Gets Price Slashed In The US And Japan
The PSPgo is cheaper today than it was yesterday
Sony's officially dropped the price of the device by $50 in the US, bringing the unit down to an RRP of $199.99. While that cut is substantial, the drop in Japan is enormous. SCEJ has whipped a whopping ¥10,000 (US$124) off the price, giving the device a new RRP of ¥16,800 ($208) compared to the...
News Insomniac Champion Longer Development Cycles
Insomniac are known for releasing a game every year
They've put more big budget titles onto PlayStation 3 than any other developer, but in 2010 they're having a break. Both Resistance 3 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One will launch in 2011, two years after Insomniac's last PS3 release, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time. Resistance 3's creative...
News God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta "Redemption" Trailer Goes Live, Looks Wicked
Not long now until Sony drop their PSP killer-app for 2010, God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta
The game, which is being developed by Ready At Dawn, is popping up with 9's all over the Internet. It does looks balls-to-the-wall awesome, doesn't it? The game hits North American on November 2nd, and Europe on November 11th.
News There Are TV Ads For Downloadable Content Now? What Madness Is This?
We know that Red Dead Redemption's "Undead Nightmare" pack is a big deal
The sheer number of emails we've had from Rockstar PR confirm that much. But is this the first case of DLC being promoted on TV? Did the GTAIV DLC get the same treatment? Either way - it's kinda mad.
News Ninja Theory Hiring For "Unannounced" Title (Bring Trip Back, Just Sayin')
Enslaved and Heavenly Sword developer, Ninja Theory, has revealed on Twitter that they are staffing up for an "unannounced" title
The company detailed that they're looking for a new "lead designer" for the title. We'd like to think Enslaved did well enough to warrant a sequel. We did think it was really good to be honest. Ninja Theory are...
