News CryEngine Joins List Of Compatible NGP Game Engines
We already know that Epic's Unreal Engine will run on Sony's NGP, but now Crytek has revealed that their CryEngine game development suite is also compatible
News Top PlayStation 3 Titles Join Sony's $30 'Greatest Hits' Label
Sony's expanded its growing collection of PS3 'Greatest Hits' by four, adding the likes of God Of War III, Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Modnation Racers and UFC Undisputed 2010 to the catalogue's growing roster
News - February, 2011
Monday28th Feb 2011
Review Killzone 3 (PlayStation 3)
Send them to Hel(ghan)
Eyes peeled wide open, and like breathing, you only blink when necessary. Your heart pounds in your chest at a million miles an hour while anxiety is released with each bead of sweat that protrudes the skin around the Move controller, with its calm faint glow in the peripheral vision. The building that once was shelter has...
News Serious Sam 3: BFE Features 16-Player Campaign Co-Op, Coming To Consoles This Summer
Croteam's finally lifted the lid on their upcoming prequel to the bonkers Serious Sam series, confirming a Summer release for Serious Sam 3: BFE on "consoles"
We're assuming "consoles" means PlayStation 3. But what does BFE stand for? We don't actually know. Leave it up to your imagination. Croteam's touting 16-player "full...
News If There Was A Killzone Movie, It'd Probably Look A Bit Like This
There's not a Killzone movie (yet
), but if there was, it would probably look like this amazing short by YouTube user 'pwnisher'. Ok, so the costumes aren't great, but the special effects are actually pretty impressive for a fan-made project. They even nailed the ridiculous accents of the Helghast troops.
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Vagrant Story Retold On The PlayStation Network Tomorrow
America, Square Enix are really starting to spoil you
You get Xenogears last week, you're getting Vagrant Story next week, and you'll probably get Parasite Eve this month. Good, eh? Vagrant Story will set you back $6 when it becomes available tomorrow.
News Get Down with StarDrone in Europe This Week
Beats North America
PlayStation Network gets its next PlayStation Move title on Wednesday in the very spacey form of StarDrone from Ukrainian studio Beatshapers. Billed as a mix of arcade action, pinball, Breakout, physics and collect-the-objects, it makes most sense in video form, so we've embedded a gameplay video at the bottom. The game will cost...
News Killzone 3 Beats Bulletstorm to Top UK Charts
Gunning down opponents
The long-awaited Killzone 3 blew up all-comers in the UK charts this week, outselling every other game to make it all the way to the top. The week's other high-profile release was Epic Games' multiplatform Bulletstorm which, in its Xbox 360-exclusive Epic Edition comes with beta access to Gears of War 3, but not even the...
News Sounds Like F1 2011 Is Heading To The Next Generation Portable
A report on Nintendo-Universe (we know
) suggests that a version of F1 2011 is currently in development for the NGP. The news comes via the official Twitter account for Codemasters Benelux, which cites the NGP version of the game via a retweet from a Dutch journalist. Assuming F1 2011 is due during late Summer on other platforms, the confirmation...
News European Customs Seize PlayStation 3s As Part Of Legal Dispute With LG
The Guardian's reporting that South Korean electronics manufacturer LG has won an injunction against the PlayStation 3, banning the system from entering European countries for 10 days
A ruling by the civil court of justice in the Hague has called for all PS3s to be confiscated as they are imported into the UK and the rest of Europe. The injunction...
News GDC 2011: Ninja Gaiden 3 Stabs Us All In The Face Ahead Of E3
There are better ways to tease the announcement of your product, but for Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden series, stabbing viewers in the face seems like an apt solution
The short Ninja Gaiden 3 teaser trailer, released to kick-off this week's GDC event, shows protagonist Ryu Hayabusa drenched in the blood of his victim — which judging by the first-person...
News Are Media Molecule Developing The NGP LittleBigPlanet Spin-Off?
The last time Sackboy appeared on the PlayStation Portable, Sony's Cambridge Studio were put on development duties
But a bunch of eagle-eyed readers have let us know that Media Molecule are on the lookout for some new staff to help develop a new title for a "portable platform". Seeing as LittleBigPlanet has already popped up in numerous...
News Continued Guitar Hero & DJ Hero DLC Coming Due To 'Continued Support' From Fans
DLC for Activision's main-line music games -- DJ Hero and Guitar Hero -- was supposed to have dried up by now, but the publisher's decided to extend support for the platforms due to "continued support" from fans
The cynical side of us reckons Activision's still making good money from this stuff. No word on what's on the horizon, just know that there...
News UK Sales Charts: Killzone 3 & Bulletstorm Prop Up The British Top Ten
Both Killzone 3 and Bulletstorm had strong first week showings according to the UK sales charts, propping up the first and second positions respectively
We had a lot of love for both games in our reviews, which can be found here and here for your convenience. Call Of Duty: Black Ops rounded out a triple-header of first-person shooters, with FIFA 11...
News GDC 2011: Catherine Localisation Announcement Due Tomorrow
Despite the publisher denying that Catherine would be localised for a Western release, all signs appear to be pointing in the opposite direction
Aside from a number of sources tipping us to look out for "big Atlus related news tomorrow", a report on Beefjack claims US retailer Gamestop were listing the raunchy title for pre-order before...
News There's Probably Going To Be A Sonic 4: Episode 2 At Some Point Soon
Remember Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1? Vaguely, right? The downloadable main-line Sonic adventure was good, but not good enough
For SEGA though, it was a big success. Despite the wonky physics and forgettable level design, SEGA made a ton of money off the noscon, and it's looking to get feedback for a follow-up. According to comments made by...
News New PlayStation Network-Exclusive 'Amy' Sounds Like Our Kind Of Game
Paul Cuisset, the dude behind the classic 90's platformer Flashback, has announced his involvement with a new PlayStation Network-exclusive called Amy
The post-apocalyptic survival horror is being developed by Cuisset's VectorCell studio, and puts you in the shoes of a girl called Lana (not Amy!) who's just survived a comet crashing into her...
Saturday26th Feb 2011
News Valve Explains Why You Can't Use Move in Portal 2
For real this time
The German PlayStation blog announced Portal 2 has Move support, then quick as a flash Valve said that Portal 2 doesn't have Move support. Now the company's spoken about the mix-up and revealed why the controller won't feature in its upcoming puzzle adventure. Valve writer Chet Faliszek spoke to Euro
Review Bulletstorm (PlayStation 3)
There's probably a rule written somewhere that states anyone named Grayson must act like a complete and utter dick
Bulletstorm's protagonist, Grayson Hunt, obliges with vigour by getting high off grog, selling out his friends, and chatting about the kind of nonsense you'd be embarrassed to hear in a school playground. Grayson's not the only...
News ESRB Rates Parasite Eve For PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Portable
Looks like Square's readying that digital copy of Parasite Eve just in time for the series' upcoming spiritual successor, The 3rd Birthday
The survival horror classic has been rated by the ESRB for a PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable release — presumably via the PlayStation Store. Don't hold your breath over a European re-release — the game...
News Modern Warfare 3 Reveal Is A Hoax According To Activision
Activision has said that the Modern Warfare 3 countdown website that appeared online yesterday is a hoax
The publisher added that it's equally unaware of the promotional dogtags that were dispatched to the press. The dogtags referenced both the countdown website and characters from the Modern Warfare series. "There seems to be a great deal of...
News Valve Explains The Lack Of PlayStation Move Support In Portal 2
There was a time not too long ago when we were all bouncing in anticipation at the thought of playing Portal 2 with a PlayStation Move controller
Unfortunately translation errors meant we all got the wrong end of the stick, and that Portal 2 does not actually support Sony's motion controller. But why not? Eurogamer went to Valves Chet Faliszek to...
News Plants Vs. Zombots Is The Perfect LittleBigPlanet 2 Recreation
You may have heard of a little game called Plants vs
Zombies</a>. The tower-defence title's been a tremendous success on the iPhone and PC, and recently launched on the PlayStation Network. But there's no need to bother with that version, because this LittleBigPlanet 2 recreation, Plants vs. Zombots, is straight up spot-on.
Friday25th Feb 2011
Review de Blob 2 (PlayStation 3)
Pass with flying colours?
The first de Blob on Wii was a critical success and didn’t sell too badly either, shifting around a million copies for publisher THQ and proving Wii platformers didn’t need to feature a famous mascot to be successful. Now the series has gone multiplatform, with the PS3 version fully compatible with PlayStation Move and...
News Top PlayStation 3 Titles Join Sony's $30 'Greatest Hits' Label
Sony's expanded its growing collection of PS3 'Greatest Hits' by four, adding the likes of God Of War III, Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Modnation Racers and UFC Undisputed 2010 to the catalogue's growing roster
Each of the games will be repackaged at an impressive $30, making them the perfect impulse purchases — even if you own two...
News This SOCOM 4 PlayStation Move Bundle Really Has Everything
It should for $149.99
Earlier we reported on the new 5-player co-operative missions in SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs, and now we have the first sighting of the game's behemoth-like PlayStation Move bundle launching alongside the game on 19th April. Called the Full Deployment Edition, the package contains everything you need to start off with PlayStation...
News Heavy Rain Falls to Low Price on Greatest Hits Range
Only $29.99
Every so often Sony brings new titles into its PlayStation Greatest Hits range, and now Heavy Rain has joined MAG as the second Move-enabled title in the budget selection. Available across the United States and Canada from today for around $29.99, the game bears the "Director's Cut" subtitle denoting it contains the game's...
Rumour Child of Eden Coming to PlayStation Move
The evidence mounts
We know that you'll be able to play Rez successor Child of Eden on Kinect, but although the game is heading to PlayStation 3 there's been no official confirmation from Ubisoft that the game will support the PlayStation Move controller. However, a recent report from IGN has added fuel to the growing speculation that Sony's motion...
News L.A. Noire Nets A Series Of Exclusive Pre-Order Bonuses
As is common-place for any big PlayStation 3 release right now, Rockstar's revealed a bunch of exclusive pre-order bonuses unlocked depending on the retail outlet you order the game from
The in-game goodies range from exclusive missions (or "cases" if you will) to some additional in-game suits. Ironically the suits raise your stats — we...
News SOCOM 4 Rolls Out with 5-Player Co-Op Missions
Stand tall, soldier
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs is the next big shooter lined up for Move, heading to North America on 19th April with a newly announced co-operative mode that puts up to five players in a set of unique missions. There'll be two main modes to tackle, Takedown and Espionage. The first is a search-and-destroy mission against opponents,...
News Mayhem Mixes Sin City With Twisted Metal On PlayStation 3
We're not sure how much car-combat the PlayStation 3 needs now the king is back, but Left Field Studios will certainly be hoping there's room for one more
They've announced Mayhem, a budget racer due next month for $40 on PS3. The game includes old-school 3D support (i.e. there are some glasses in the box), and a "noir comic book...
News Sony Drops The Price Of The PSP To $129.99 In North America
Sony's revealed that its set to cut the price of the PSP to $129
99 in North America as of February 27th. The news comes a month after Sony announced the PSP's successor, the NGP, in Japan. The PSP system set the standard for complete portable entertainment and continues to be the premiere destination for gamers on-the-go, said SCEAs Tim...
News Patapon 3 Drums Its Way Onto PlayStation Portable In April
Patapon 3, we nearly forgot about you
After previewing the game's multiplayer demo late last year, news on Sony's adorable rythmn RPG has been scarce. Thankfully SCEA's come out of the woodwork this morning to slap an April 17th US release date on the Japan Studio developed game. But why the delay? The game's producer, Chris Hinjoso-Miranda, says...
News Guerrilla Announces Steel Rain Map-Pack For Killzone 3
It is a universal truth that all video game stages look better in the rain
Thank heavens for Killzone 3's latest Steel Rain map-pack, then. The DLC multiplayer map-pack includes two new stages — Junkyard and Stahl Arms. The latter, which takes place in a sodden junk processing facility, is designed for Killzone 3's 16-player Guerrilla Warfare...
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Reveal Imminent As Mysterious Website Lights Up The 'Net
Looks like we'll get our first look at Modern Warfare 3 in just under five days, as a mysterious website filed under the domain www
findmakarov.com</a> has hit the 'net this afternoon. Of course, informed folks like ourselves know that next week marks the start of GDC. Megaton incoming. The website was discovered by That Video Game Blog, who...
News SOCOM 4 Gets Bundled Up With PlayStation Move For Full Deployment
If you're looking to take advantage of the uber-accurate PlayStation Move to bust some caps in SOCOM 4, Zipper might have just what you need
Announced earlier today on the US PlayStation Blog, SOCOM 4's $150 'Full Deployment Edition' will come with everything you need to get your motion controlled military action on. The pack comes with a copy of...
News Sorry Australia, You're Not Allowed To Play The New Mortal Kombat
According to reports on IGN AU, Mortal Kombat has been refused classification in Australia
The site states that retail outlets have been asked to remove any promotional material, as well as cancel pre-orders. Which downright sucks for any Australian's hyped about the upcoming brawler. For their part, publisher Warner Bros has said that it's...
News Everything But The Kitchen Sink In MotorStorm Apocalypse
Argh
Just inject it into our veins, already. It's telling that it takes Evolution Studios six-minutes to explain everything that's part of MotorStorm Apocalypse's Wreckreation mode. Long term MotorStorm fans will know what to expect from Wreckreation — quick race, online and local multiplayer, etc — but will be surprised by the amount of depth...
News Guys, Just In Case You Missed It, inFamous 2 Is Coming Out This Summer
Despite the original inFamous charting third in our '09 game of the year round-up, and the sequel drawing huge acclaim in our hands-on preview last year -- we've been a little bit subdued regarding inFamous 2
None of the trailers released thus far have done much to make us stand-up and say, "Good grief, inFamous 2 is coming out!" This...
News Check It Out, The 3rd Birthday's Now In English
Following yesterday's UK release date, Square Enix has released an English trailer for The 3rd Birthday
It's rich with the kind of disjointed dialogue and silly music you'd expect from a hastily translated Japanese game. But we're still pumped. Pretty girls, big guns and a nonsense plot? What's not to love?
Thursday24th Feb 2011
News Relentless Software Close The Book On Buzz, Series Wasn't Right For PlayStation 3
Buzz
creators Relentless Software have all but closed the book on the PlayStation 3's premium quiz franchise, stating that the series failed to meet the right demographic on PlayStation 3. With the studio going independent after a long partnership with Sony, co-founder Andrew Eades told Eurogamer that the developer is now looking to pursue other...
News Top Spin 4 My Player Trailer Serves Up a Career Mode
Make it your way
2K Sports games are known for their immersive career modes; NBA 2K11 featured a highly acclaimed My Player mode, and upcoming tennis title Top Spin 4 is looking to do the same on a different kind of court. You'll start off a rookie, earning experience points and winning new fans as you progress through a range of tournaments,...
News Joe Danger Developers Start Work On New Game, Staff Up
The British indie developer behind the excellent moto-cross title, Joe Danger, is currently staffing up for a new title
The delightfully named Hello Games has revealed that its in pursuit of a tester to ensure the quality of its next top-secret title. Hello Games wants a tester that "loves gaming, is hard working, ambitious and enjoys...
News Virtua Tennis 4 Announced for May Release in North America
Europe gets it earlier
Move is sure to see a real tennis tussle this year: 2K Sports' Top Spin 4 and Virtua Tennis 4 will go head-to-head on the motion controller, with Sega's title following its opponent onto centre court in May. European gamers get Virtua Tennis 4 on April 29th, with a North American release to follow on May 10th, giving European...
News Crytek Releases PlayStation 3 Crysis 2 Footage, Confirms Multiplayer Demo
Crytek's finally broken the silence on the PlayStation 3 version of Crysis 2, releasing a new gameplay trailer running on Sony's platform
Technically the footage looks fine, but we're still a little concerned by how bland the action looks. Bad editing? We hope so. The trailer confirms that PlayStation 3 owners will get access to a multiplayer demo...
News Test Drive Unlimited 2 Players To Get Free DLC, Hot Cocoa As An Apology For Borked Launch
Confession: we lied about the hot cocoa bit
The free DLC is totally on, though. Test Drive Unlimited 2's launch hasn't exactly been what you might call "smooth sailing". The game's been plagued by huge game-breaking glitches and frequent server outages, but with a patch on the horizon, the future's looking a little brighter. To make up for...
News First Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Footage is Released By Bethesda, Is Exactly What We Expected
We're going to catch a lot of flak for offering an opinion on Bethesda's latest Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim trailer, but we're not all that bothered
As anticipated, the trailer does absolutely nothing to excite us. There are dragons. Woo-hoo, we can hardly contain ourselves. It's more or less what we expected, fantasy games are never likely to appeal to...
News Square Enix Confirms April 1st UK Release Date For The 3rd Birthday
It feels like we've been talking about Square Enix's PSP Parasite Eve spin-off, The 3rd Birthday, for years now
The game's been appearing on "Most Wanted" lists for what seems like an eternity, but the wait's finally coming to an end. Square Enix sent us a press release this afternoon confirming the PSP shooter's UK release date as April...
News Virtua Tennis 4 Smashes Onto PlayStation 3 On April 29th
We're probably the only video games blog consistently singing the praises of this year's suite of tennis titles, but someone's got to do it
With 2K's Top Spin 4 already confirmed for March, SEGA's followed up with an April 29th release date for Virtua Tennis 4 in Europe. North America will be made to wait until May 10th to get their tennis on...
News Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon Does The Buzz-iness On July 5th
We're always caught in two minds when we post news about a game like Earth Defense Force: Instect Armageddon: to pun or not to pun, that is the question
See, we could have just told you that, according to the game's official Facebook page, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is due out on July 5th. But that wouldn't really catch your attention...
News Sony Urges PlayStation 3 Owners To "Take Another Look" At PlayStation Home
While the headline is certain to smack of desperation to those that took one look at PlayStation Home in its infancy and vowed never to return, we'd encourage PS3 owners to take another look at Sony's virtual world too
Just to clarify: we don't have any financial ties to Home. The thing is, it really has improved. Speaking with Develop, PlayStation...
News Robot Entertainment Declares 'Orcs Must Die!', Announces New Title For PlayStation Network
Robot Entertainment -- the studio made up of ex-Ensemble developers -- has announced a new action-strategy title for the PlayStation Network
The cheekily titled Orcs Must Die! is due for release later this year, and challenges you to defend a castle from an army of angry orcs and ogres. The trailer (embedded after the jump) is pretty neat, showing...
News This Is What L.A. Noire's Box Looks Like...
Team Bondi's crime detective title, L
A. Noire</a>, is due out on May 17th in North America and May 20th in Europe. It's a tired cliche, but we cannot wait. Rockstar seems to be making a habbit of scooping the game of the year every 12 months.
News Ubisoft: 'Keep The Faith' For Beyond Good & Evil 2
One Day?
Those holding out on news for Beyond Good & Evil 2 have been told to "keep the faith" by Ubisoft's Wang Xu The Beyond Good & Evil HD producer would not be drawn on further details, adding that he has no idea if the upcoming re-release is being used as a test-bed for the sequel. Beyond Good & Evil 2's been on the radar for...
Wednesday23rd Feb 2011
News Shape Up with DLC for The Fight: Lights Out
Get fighting fit
Move-exclusive brawler The Fight: Lights Out is a real test of any gamer's stamina, requiring plenty of energy to make it through the ranks of the combat underworld. To help you out in your quest, Coldwood Interactive has released a new set of downloadable content to give your fighter a bit of a boost. The Timesaver Pack gives you...
Review Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds (PlayStation 3)
Fighting games are back
That Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is a product in the first-place is a testament to the success of Street Fighter IV and its Super re-release. The Capcom developed comic-book crossover heads up a year that will also see Mortal Kombat rebooted, as well as a sequel to Tekken's greatest iteration, Tag Tournament, in some guise or...
News Dead Space 2's Severed DLC Launches On March 1st
EA's slapped a March 1st release date (March 2nd for Europeans) on the first Dead Space 2 expansion pack, Severed
The DLC depicts the story of Dead Space: Extraction's protagonists Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdoch. As a security officer, Weller comes equipped with a one-of-a-kind security suit and an upgraded, more powerful Pulse Rifle that will...
News What On Earth Have They Done To Lexine's Face In Dead Space: Severed?
The best thing about Dead Space: Extraction was protagonist Lexine Murdoch's hair-band, but from what we can make out from this chaotic Dead Space 2: Severed trailer, her head accessory has disappeared
We could get over the subtle changes to Isaac's girlfriend's face during Dead Space 2's main campaign, but this is unforgivable. She doesn't even...
News Try Out Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 with a Move-Enabled Demo
Coming March 8th
Last year's Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 divided players with its Move controls, but soon you'll be able to decide for yourself if follow-up Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters does a better job with a free demo. Coming to PlayStation Network on 8th March in North America, the demo will be completely Move compatible and shows off the...
News Killzone 3 Retro Map Pack Available on PlayStation Store
In case you didn't pre-order
One of the many flavours of Killzone 3 available to customers who pre-ordered contained the so-called Retro Map Pack, a pair of maps from predecessor Killzone 2: Salamun Market and Blood Gracht. If you weren't able to pick up the maps for free, you're now able to download them from the PlayStation Store for $4.99, or...
News Enormous DC Universe Online Patch Drops In, Says 'Hi!'
Sony Online Entertainment's dropped the first proper patch for their PlayStation 3 MMO, DC Universe Online
The monstrous 2GB update includes a new eight-player Batcave raid, some new missions with Catwoman, the arrival of an auction house, and a new PVP event. We've slapped the patch notes after the jump. New Features New Batcave Raid - 8 players...
So, we're not totally hot on realistic golf games
We prefer our video game golf to involve three button presses, cute characters and annoying accents. Still, the refined PlayStation Move support touted in the upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: Masters Edition certainly has our attention piqued. And if Game Hunters are to be believed, we might get to...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 22nd February 2011
Updates Resident Evil 2 Psone Classic Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $2
99, original price $5.99) Sky Fighters Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Caterpillar Minis Price Change (PS3/PSP) (now $3.99, original price $4.99) Gold Fever Minis Price Change (PS3/PSP) (now $3.99, original price $4.99) Panda Craze Minis Price...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Catherine Shifts A Whopping 141k On PlayStation 3
Looks like all the intrigue surrounding Atlus' puzzle-platformer, Catherine, has really paid off -- the game debuted on top of the Media Create Japanese software sales charts this week, shifting a whopping 141,816 units on PlayStation 3
Despite hardware sales being slightly down, a 25k showing for the PS3 helped Sony secure another one-two, with PSP...
News Guerrilla "Looking At" A Return To Portable Games, PS3 Still The Focus
With Killzone 3 now available on store-shelves across North America, and due in Europe later this week, producer Steven ter Heide has been chatting with Gamasutra about the studio's immediate future
One little tid-bit references the NGP, and whether Guerrilla would be interested in creating a follow-up to their previous (and only) portable title...
News Battlefield 3's 'Back To Karkand' Preorder Expansion Detailed
Hot-on-the-heels of this morning's excellent (if shortlived) Battlefield 3 gameplay reveal, EA's confirmed that all Limited Edition (or first run) copies of the game will come with a digital expansion pack entitled "Back To Karkand"
The themed multiplayer expansion will include four maps from Battlefield 2, re-imagined with Frostbite 2's updated...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 23rd February 2011
Playable Content Alien Breed: Descent (£7
19/8.99) TNT Racers (£7.99/9.99) The Undergarden (£7.99/9.99) Twisted Metal (£3.99/4.99) (PSOne Classics) Dragon Age 2 demo LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars demo Yakuza 4 demo</ul>Add-On Game Content Fallout: New Vegas Dead Money (£7.99/9.99) KillZone 3 Retro Map Pack...
News IO Interactive Staff Up For "One Of The Most Exciting Projects" In Its History
Someone call Kane & Lynch -- tell them they're fired
Why? Because Danish studio, IO Interactive, is staffing up for what it touts to be "one of the most exciting projects" in the studio's history. We're guessing this has more to do with Hitman than Mini Ninjas. The role — for a "Lead Character Artist" if you're interested...
News Battlefield 3's Gameplay Debut Is Short But Sa-weet
If we were Activision, we'd be shaking in our boots right now
If anything stands a chance against the Call Of Duty juggernaut, it's Battlefield 3. While this debut trailer is light as a feather in terms of content, we can't help but feel that this holiday's first-person shooter showdown is going to be bloody. Exciting isn't it?
News We'll Get Our First In-Game Glimpse Of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Tomorrow
To be precise, we'll get our first in-game glimpse of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in approximately 19 hours, 54 minutes and 48 seconds
That's at the time of writing anyway. How do we know? Bethesda's whacked up a handy little countdown clock on their website to help you keep track. 19 hours, 53 minutes and 39 seconds now by the way. Gah. To be...
Tuesday22nd Feb 2011
News Know Your Enemy with Killzone 3's Facebook Application
Warning: causes arguments
It's easy to tell who's your enemy in Killzone 3 – the glowing red eyes and guns pointed at your face are a dead giveaway – but in real life it's not so simple. It's a good job, then, that Sony and Guerilla Games has created the Killzone 3 Know Your Enemies app for Facebook that aims to help you sort your friends from...
News Activision Cancels UK Release Of British Developed NASCAR Game
Here's an odd one that actually makes sense: Activision has cancelled the UK release of NASCAR: The Game 2011
It's odd because the game is being developed in Gateshead, England by Eutechnyx. It makes sense because no-one in Britain gives two hoots about NASCAR. The game was delayed recently, but is now due at the end of March.
Feature Killzone 3 on PlayStation 3 Multiplayer Impressions
As we're sprinting through the tropical corridors of Killzone 3's 'Kaznan Jungle' map, we can't help but acknowledge the sense that things have changed for the better
The changes won't please everyone, but they're enough to engage us on a level Killzone 2 never could. We pirouette on the upper-tiers of the map. Blue lights. We snap down into the...
Out Today Killzone 3 (North America)
At last!
After the betas and the demos stoked your bloodlust, you can finally purchase Killzone 3 across North America today. Fully playable with PlayStation Move for enhanced accuracy, the game also supports the new PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter accessory that houses the Move and Navigation in a beefy-looking rifle. If you're jumping into Killzone...
News Buzz! Developer Concerned by Move's Popularity
Eyeing up the opposition
Relentless Software has put out two Move-enabled titles already, melodic competition-fest Buzz! The Ultimate Music Quiz and cheery homicide investigator Blue Toad Murder Files, that have both been reasonably well-received. Company co-founder Andrew Eades spoke to Eurogamer about the studio's future in the motion market and...
News Eutechnyx Looking To Appease The Throngs Of British NASCAR Fans
Worry not Barns, developers Eutechnyx still care about British NASCAR fans even if we don't
Following Activision's cancellation of the British release, developer Eutechnyx has said it's looking into making the game region-free so fans can easily import the title. Of course, this is a complete non-story because the PlayStation 3 is already...
News Red Faction Armageddon Brings The Chaos May 31st In North America, June 3rd In UK
Gah, you know what the best thing about Red Faction Guerrilla was? Hitting stuff with a sledgehammer
Y'know what's likely to be the best thing about Red Faction Armageddon? Ok, so you got it first time — hitting stuff with a sledgehammer. Our "sledgehammer" button is literally itching for the May 31st North American release date THQ's...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Killzone 3 Is Out This Week, The Vines Celebrate
Beware: there are huge spoilers in Killzone 3's launch trailer
In fact, as good as the gameplay montage is, we don't recommend you watch it. Look, we like The Vines too, but these spoilers just aren't worth it, yo. Go pick up the game instead. It's out this week!
News Square Enix: Sorry, That's It For Dissidia
There'll be no more Final Fantasy spin-off action once the upcoming Duodecim hits store shelves next month
Creator Tetsuya Nomura has said as much in the latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation magazine. "There is no next," he revealed, presumably meaning 'no sequel'. "We're thinking about ending this pattern of Dissidia here. There also...
News First Set Of Bulletstorm DLC, Gun Sonata, Announced
People Can Fly's dudebro shooter, Bulletstorm, is not even out in Europe, but it's not stopping EA from announcing the first batch of DLC
Entitled, Gun Sonata, it features three new maps for the Anarchy multiplayer campaign: the Sewers of Stygia, the ruins of Hotel Elysium, and the Villa. The DLC also includes a couple of new Echoes maps, which are...
News Sony: PlayStation 3 Profitability More Important Than The Console War
Sony's put a boot into ficticious depictions of the console war, claiming the company is far more concerned with turning a profit than conquering the XBOX 360 in life-time sales
PlayStation's senior software brand manager told IndustryGamers that, contrary to popular belief, the platform holder is not obsessed with catching up to the XBOX 360...
Monday21st Feb 2011
Review Test Drive Unlimited 2 (PlayStation 3)
While Gran Turismo strives to recreate the perfect car model, Test Drive Unlimited 2 is all about imitating fantasy racing culture
It's built around indulgent escapism: expensive cars, snazzy haircuts, tropical islands and designer clothes. Whilst utterly materialistic, TDU2 is daftly addictive. Some players will balk at the game's peripheral...
News Move Can Be Used to Measure the Earth's Rotation
Take that, Kinect!
Move's not had quite as many cool non-gaming applications as Kinect, but this video does a lot to redress the balance. As you know, the PlayStation Move controller contains plenty of motion-sensing technology, including a magnetic field sensor and three gyroscopes, which make it accurate enough to detect something none of us...
News Plus Members Join Forces with Move Heroes Next Week
Free demo on 1st March
Upcoming mascot 'em up PlayStation Move Heroes is Sony's big, non-Killzone 3 Move release in the next month, and players who subscriber to the company's premium PlayStation Plus service will get to try out the title weeks before its launch. Subscribers in North America will receive early access to the PlayStation Move Heroes...
News UK Sales Charts: Call Of Duty: Black Ops Takes The Top-Spot, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Just Behind
Marvel Vs
Capcom 3's</a> missed out on a place aloft the UK sales charts, thanks to a 192 percent increase in sales for Call Of Duty: Black Ops. The surge saw Activision's shooter jump straight to the top, with Capcom's tag-team brawler claiming a respectable second place finish. Elsewhere, last week's winner, Test Drive Unlimited 2, held...
News PlayStation Move Heroes Dev Diary Emerges from Wormhole
Or California, one of the two
Californian developer Nihilistic Software is the studio entrusted with bringing three key Sony franchises – Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper – to PlayStation 3, and now the studio has opened its doors for a behind-the-scenes video to explain the process that brought the six heroes together...
News Xenogears Marches Onto The US PlayStation Network This Week
Confession: we don't know a thing about Xenogears
Excuse: it never came out in Europe. We know some PlayStation fans will be going bonkers at the prospect of playing Square Enix's classic role-playing game again on PS3/PSP. Listed in the American PlayStation Blog's weekly run-down, the PSone Classic's due out on the PlayStation Store tomorrow. We'd...
News PlayStation Plus Subscribers Hook Up With The PlayStation Move Heroes Next Month
Demo too
PlayStation Plus subscribers in North America will continue to get the privileged treatment next month, as Sony unloads exclusive early access to the PlayStation Move Heroes demo on March 1st. Players will get to test out the PlayStation Move controlled mascot cross-over title at least three weeks before its release in North America, while...
News Mass Effect 2 Patch Accidentally Outs 'Arrival' DLC
Itching for more hands-on time with Commander Shepard? Sure, us too
Well it looks like we're in luck. In addition to patching the recent PlayStation 3 version of the space RPG, Bioware's extended the game's trophy roster by three with new achievements for a DLC pack entitled "Arrival". Some theorists on Bioware's forums believe the new DLC...
News Deep Silver Confirms Risen 2: Dark Waters For PlayStation 3
Deep Silver's come good on their promise of a second game announcement in just as many weeks, confirming that Risen 2: Dark Waters will launch on PlayStation 3 in the near future
The original fantasy-themed role-playing game did not appear on Sony's platform, so it's a first for the franchise on PlayStation 3. The sequel's set some years after the...
It's the "will they, won't they" drama that's consuming the 'net now Gran Turismo 5 is actually a shipped product available on store shelves -- will DICE ever confirm the existence of a Mirror's Edge sequel? Last we heard the first-person parkour platformer had been scrapped, but EA's been pretty vocal about the importance of the franchise since then
Now there's perhaps a little more fuel to power the Mirror's Edge coloured fire. In a video tour of DICE's studio, studio manager, Karl-Magnus Troedsson, has confirmed the developer has &quo...
News Deep Silver Prepping New Title Announcement Today
After whipping the Internet into a frenzy with last week's Dead Island trailer, small-time publisher, Deep Silver, is linining up another announcement today
The publisher's head of US PR wrote on Twitter, Tomorrows a holiday, but Ill be working because Im announcing ANOTHER game tomorrow! Oy! A tenner says it's not as good as the Dead...
News Gran Turismo 5 Moves Software Aplenty
Looks like Sony's premium racing franchise, Gran Turismo, has brought home the bacon once again, with updated shipment figures from developers Polyphony Digital pitching the latest entry of the series well beyond the 6 million figure milestone
The numbers count up until the end of December 2010. Gran Turismo 5 launched late last year amidst much...
Saturday19th Feb 2011
News CryEngine Joins List Of Compatible NGP Game Engines
We already know that Epic's Unreal Engine will run on Sony's NGP, but now Crytek has revealed that their CryEngine game development suite is also compatible
The news comes as part of an SCE press-release which rattles off compatible game engines and middleware that's likely to end up powering a lot of NGP content in the future. Notable entries...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops' Easter Eggs Unlocked For President's Weekend
We're noticing a pattern
This President's Weekend must be a big deal. (Perhaps?) Not only is Uncharted 2 on board, but now Call Of Duty: Black Ops is deciding to celebrate too. Activision's decided to unlock two of Black Ops' hidden Easter Eggs for the weekend, including the Dead Ops Arcade game and the Presidential zombie fight unlocked at the end...
News Guerilla Releases Killzone 3 Beta Results and Patch Details
Patching up the Helghan
The Killzone 3 Beta is now officially over, and while all those hours spent fragging away may seem like just a good bit of free fun, they've actually helped to turn Killzone 3 into the definitive multiplayer experience for the PlayStation 3. The multiplayer team at Guerrilla Games was nice enough to post a list of the...
News LittleBigPlanet 2's 'Hansel & Gretelbot' Community Pack Out Now, New Patch Too
Up for more stellar community content in LittleBigPlanet 2? You might want to queue up the brilliant community constructed "Hansel & Gretelbot" then, a new series of levels constructed by top LittleBigPlanet creators
There's a full campaign on offer, with voice acting, prizes and an original score. In addition to the release of Hansel &...
News Shift 2: Unleashed Nets Exclusive Pagani Huayra, Slight Delay In Europe
EA's proudly boasting that their upcoming racing simulator, Need For Speed Shift 2: Unleashed, will be the first video game to feature the Pagani Huayra
We're informed it's a desirable car or something. Despite the vehicle's Italian heritage, EA's delayed Shift 2 in Europe. But it's only a minor set-back, pushing the game back a week from March 24th...
News Grab Triple Cash In Uncharted 2 This Pesident's Day Weekend
We've no idea what "President's Day Weekend" is (though we can probably have a good guess)
All the same, it means Naughty Dog's decided to triple the cash earned across Uncharted 2's various multiplayer game types. The additional multiplayer rewards will run right through until 10AM PST on Tuesday. Get shooting.
News Oh Hey, Sniper: Ghost Warrior Comes With A Bunch Of Exclusive Content On PS3
Not only are City Interactive promising that Sniper: Ghost Warrior on the PlayStation 3 will fix many of the issues players had with the PC and XBOX 360 versions, but they are also offering a bunch of exclusive levels, missions and content
Check out the trailer embedded above to get a glimpse of what's in store. S'out next month.
Friday18th Feb 2011
News de Blob 2 Trailer Awash with Colourful Antisocial Undertones
Get INKT
THQ's colourful platformer de Blob 2 reaches PlayStation Move next week, with a new rendered trailer setting up the ongoing battle between the evil INKT Corporation and the underground rebellion. There's full stereoscopic 3D support for owners of 3DTVs as well as PlayStation Move controls to boot, which should hopefully prove worthy...
News Gran Turismo 5 Bumped Up To Version 1.06, Brings New Features Galore
Gran Turismo 5's got a bunch of new features as of this morning, thanks to the release of a new patch bringing the game up to version 1
06. The 300mb download includes support for remote racing, allowing you to access B-Spec GT5 races via your web browser. Other features include Performance Points for online matchmaking, and the introduction of...
News Get Involved In The Development Of A Real PlayStation Mini
Sony's launched a game design competition on the European arm of the PlayStation Blog this morning
The contest will have entrants pitching game ideas to Swedish outfit The Bearded Ladies Consulting via the PlayStation forums. The winning entries will then be voted on by the PlayStation community, and finally implemented into a real PlayStation Mini...
News Kevin Butler Lands a Double Advert Whammy for Killzone 3
Shows Sharp Shooter too
All our readers know there's only one way to play Killzone 3, and that's with PlayStation Move. Fictitious Sony Vice President Kevin Butler knows this too, and he wants to spread the word the only way he knows how: advertising. The first video shows the PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter in Butler's paws while the second focuses...
News Danger Close Confirms The Development Of A New Medal Of Honor
In a surprisingly low-key blog entry on the official Medal Of Honor blog, Danger Close producer Greg Goodrich has confirmed that the studio is working on a new Medal Of Honor title
He wrote: "Yes, Danger Close is currently working on the next Medal of Honor. "Just recently, EA announced that the reboot of Medal of Honor was a big success...
Correction Portal 2 Does Not Support The PlayStation Move
Yesterday we reported comments made by Valve's Chet Faliszek, in which he confirmed that the PlayStation 3 version of Portal 2 would support the PlayStation Move motion controller
Valve spokesman Doug Lombardi has since issued a statement clarifying that "this quote was 'lost in translation' - Portal 2 does not include support for Sony's motion...
News Apparently Portal 2 Does Not Have Full Move Support
Confusion reigns
Yesterday we reported that Portal 2 will feature PlayStation Move support, owing to a German interview translated by Eurogamer. Now developer Valve has stepped in to say "remember when someone said PlayStation Move support was coming to Portal 2, and you were like, 'No way!' and then I was all, 'well actually it's not.' That...
News inFamous 2 Launches June 7th In North America, Special Editions Detailed
Sony's just slapped a big fat June 7th North American release date on Sucker Punch's anticipated super-hero adventure, inFamous 2
No word on the European date yet, but there's no reason to expect much of a delay. SCEE's announced two special editions to coincide with the game's release in Europe, while SCEA's just got one. Europe's first special...
News January NPD 2011: LittleBigPlanet 2 Charts High As Dance Games Dominate
One things for sure, whether we "get" dancing games or not -- they just aren't going away
Of the ten top selling games in North America last month, four of them were dancing games. Four. Just Dance 2, Zumba Fitness: Join The Party, Dance Central and Michael Jackson: The Experience. What the heck is going on? We understand the room for one dance game...
News Kevin Butler Lines Up The Position Of First Person Sensei For Killzone 3
As is a tradition for every big PlayStation 3 release in North America, Kevin Butler's back with a couple of new advertising slots
The commercials, which focus on the PlayStation Move Sharp-Shooter peripheral and Killzone 3 itself, are not Kevin Butler gold like previous spots, but are definitely worth a look if you're a fan of the fake executive...
News Bizarre Creations Bids A Poignant Farewell
As of today, British studio Bizarre Creations are no more
The Liverpool based developer were behind some of the best racing games ever, including Metropolis Street Racer, Project Gotham Racing, and even the more recent Blur. Hopefully Bizarre's talent finds work elsewhere. Thanks for the memories guys, it's been a great ride.
News PlayStation 3 Owners "Can Probably Hope For" A Crysis 2 Demo
Considering Crysis 2 is a multiplatform game, Crytek's been mighty silent about the shooter on PlayStation 3
While both PC and XBOX 360 gamers have had access to a demo of the sci-fi shooter for a while, PlayStation 3 hasn't gotten so much as a sniff. But executive producer, Nathan Camarillo, told PSU that we "can probably hope for a...
News Evolution's Pleased As Punch With The Next Generation Portable
MotorStorm: Apocalypse developers, Evolution Studios, are pleased as punch with Sony's next handheld, the NGP
Speaking about Sony's approach designing the hardware, director Matt Southern said developers were given a massive influence on the design, even as far as the system's rear track-pad feature. Weve all been looking at odd-looking devices...
News Sony Smashes 4 Million PlayStation 3 Milestone In The UK
Sony's announced that the PlayStation 3 has now exceeded 4 million units sold in the UK
The system launched on March 23rd, 2007. Sony celebrated the news by throwing a party in London last night. Hot Chip were on hand to spin some record. As you can probably tell, we're trying to drag this paragraph out as far as possible because there's really...
Thursday17th Feb 2011
News CTA Digital Creates Three Move Sniper Rifles in One
For when one just isn't enough
There are tonnes of PlayStation Move accessories available, including sniper rifles, pistols and assault rifles, but what about a shell that combined all three? That's the thinking at CTA Digital, the company behind a new customisable add-on. An accessory that can be transformed into an assault rifle, shotgun or...
Review Explodemon! (PlayStation 3)
Explodemon
's</a> dewy-eyed regard for the 16-bit era is charming, but not endearing enough to subsidise the game's predictable level design and mundane boss battles. It's a miracle we got to review Explodemon! at all. The game's status in development limbo has long been depicted by the platform-hopping drama that's surrounded it since its...
Rumour Sony S1 Tablet Computer Runs On Android, Is PlayStation-Certified
Every consumer electronics company right now has a tablet computer
They are hot business since Apple proved that people will buy needless, oversized electronics. So of course Sony's got something in the pipeline. A rumour on Engadget hints that Sony's actively developed a tablet touted the "S1", which will run on a custom version of...
News Techland's Dead Island Due Late 2011, Has "Heavy Focus" On Melee Combat
And just as we decide to post the game's amazing trailer, we get a gush of new information about Techland's resurrected survival horror title, Dead Island
First of all, yes, despite the initial mix-up, it is coming to the PlayStation 3. Publisher Deep Silver has slapped a late 2011 release date on the title. Unsurprisingly, Dead Island takes place...
News Music Unlimited (Powered By Qriocity Of Course) Launches In North America This Afternoon
We've had access to Sony's cloud music streaming service -- the tongue-twisting Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity -- here in Europe for a while now
The cool little PlayStation 3 application (also available on Bravia televisions, VAIO laptops, and even Blu-ray players), provides instant access to a catalogue of over 6 million songs for a small...
News Literally Everyone's Talking About This Dead Island Trailer (It's Pretty Good)
When IGN started hyping up the trailer to a long forgotten game, we were a little dismissive
Long forgotten means not very good, right? Otherwise it wouldn't be forgotten. Turns out we've never heard of Techland's Dead Island before. Apparently it was announced in 2007. We don't remember so, yes, long forgotten is apt. But why didn't we report on...
News Portal 2 to Feature Complete PlayStation Move Support
Updated: Might be a lie
Update: As new details have come to light, read our updated post Apparently Portal 2 Does not Have Full Move Support. Original post follows. Upcoming first-person teleportation puzzler Portal 2 will receive complete PlayStation Move support, according to Eurogamer. Valve's Chet Faliszek described the feature as an apology for...
News Valve Confirms PlayStation Move Support For PS3 Version Of Portal 2
After playing Killzone 3 with Sony's motion controller, we're itching to experience more first-person games with the PlayStation Move
No better game fits the bill than Valve's puzzle-shooter, Portal 2. Thankfully the publisher is ahead of the curve. Writing on the German PlayStation Blog, Valve's Chet Faliszek confirmed support for the Move, stating...
News Kaz Hirai Mentions PlayStation 4, Claims Sony Aren't Even Debating About It
PSwhen?
With the PlayStation 3 slowly coming into its own, and the excellent looking NGP on the horizon, SCE boss Kaz Hirai has revealed that the platform holder aren't even thinking about the PlayStation 4 right now. Which probably doesn't mean there's not an R&D team working on it, but it's clearly not part of the company's immediate plans...
News The Da Vinci Disappearance DLC Announced For Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Hooray, more Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood DLC is on the way
Ubisoft's just confirmed that The Da Vinci Disappearance will launch at the end of March for an undecided sum on the PlayStation Network. The additional content adds both single-player and multiplayer content, with the former detailed in Ubisoft's press release: "After the fall of the...
News ... And The Catherine Demo Is Back On The PlayStation Store
The saga of Atlus' Catherine demo is almost as bemusing as the game itself
After being pulled from the Japanese PlayStation Store due to "limited quantities" a few weeks back, Atlus has decided to restore the taster. Presumably they've stocked up on binary and have got plenty to go around this time. Until Midnight, February 20th anyway...
News EA Comments On Mirror's Edge Sequel, Franchise "Still Important" To Publisher
Hot-on-the-heels of rumours that an in-development Mirror's Edge title has been cancelled, EA has told 1Up that the series is still "important" to them
The publisher, however, refused to comment on rumours that a sequel has been squashed, stating it has "nothing further to announce" regarding the immediate plans of the franchise. Our guess...
News Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow DLC Sadly Delayed Until March
Having played the brilliant Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow as one of our Christmas catch-up games (yes, even we have those), we were rather looking forward to MercurySteam's continuation of the narrative with the previously announced "Reverie" DLC
Unfortunately the additional single-player content has been pushed back until March as per an...
News Did Someone Ask For More Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit DLC?
Ask nicely and ye shall receive
Emphatically in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit's case, as EA's just revealed not one, not two, but three new sets of DLC for Criterion's high-octane racer. First up is the Armed And Dangerous pack. That's due next Tuesday (Wednesday for Europe?) and includes two new game modes: Most Wanted and Arms Race. The former pits...
Wednesday16th Feb 2011
Feature What's In The Fight's "Fitness Pack" DLC?
Dropping like a ninja as part of today's PlayStation Store update is a "Fitness Pack" extension for Sony's motion brawler, The Fight
If, like us, you've spent the past few months using The Fight as a substitute for a gym membership, you might be interested to learn that the Fitness Pack includes a number of new training methods to help target your...
News Funky Lab Rat Drops in Price in US Store Update
Rat goes cheap
As well as the Killzone 3 single-player demo, a few pieces of Move-related DLC received price reductions in yesterday's American PlayStation Store update. Telekinetic puzzle-platformer Funky Lab Rat dropped in price to $6.99 from $9.99, and downloadable content for R.U.S.E. and MAG also had a healthy amount snipped off their price...
News Ubisoft Officially Announces Dance on Broadway for March 17th
Gives it the ol' jazz hands
We've known for a while that Dance on Broadway was coming to Move, but now Ubisoft has announced an official release date for the title and given a little insight into the game's tracklisting too. Dancers can get their groove on with one controller each or double-up for more advanced play, shaking it to tracks including...
News Sony Set To Talk About The NGP At GDC Next Month
An update to GDC's lecture roster has confirmed that Sony will have a word or two to say about the NGP
SCEA's platform manager David Coombes will head the talk, entitled "Next Generation Portable Platform". It'll be the first public discussion of the device outside of last month's unveiling. The lecture synopsis notes: In this...
News North American Killzone 3 PS3 Hardware Bundle Confirmed
If you're a North American reader and you've still yet to pick up a PlayStation 3, SCEA's announced a pretty good deal for you
The Killzone 3 hardware bundle not only includes a copy of Guerrilla Games' latest shooter, but also a 160GB PS3 for $300. Essentially, you're getting the game for free. Not a bad deal, eh? The bundle's out February 22nd,...
News SCEJ Boss: NGP Creators Feel Like An Integral Part Of The Hardware Design Process
The technical challenges of the PlayStation 3 are well documented
While most developers are now up-to-speed with the ambitious hardware, it's taken a good for years to get to this point. A mandate Kaz Hirai set when he took over as president of SCE was to get Sony's Worldwide Studios involved in hardware development. In the latest issue of Famitsu,...
News Sony Kicks Off The PlayStation Network Gamers' Choice Awards
There were a lot of quality PlayStation Network releases last year, and Sony wants to honour the best of the best with the inaugural PlayStation Network Gamers' Choice Awards
Nominees are after the jump. Voters will cast their ballot by downloading an exclusive theme of each category winner from the PlayStation Store. Sony's pledged to cut the price...
News The Joker's Looking Rough In Batman: Arkham City
Warner's released some new shots of Rocksteady's highly anticipated Arkham Asylum sequel, Batman: Arkham City
That Joker dude, how on Earth does he pull girls like Ms. Harley Quinn? Must be the lip-stick.</em>
News Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Nabs Seven BAFTA Nominations, Heavy Rain Grabs Six
The video game BAFTA nominations are out, and Ubisoft's brilliant Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is leading the charge with a whopping seven nominations
It's up for Best Game, as well as Action, Artistic Achievement and more. Heavy Rain managed to scoop up a respectable six nominations, battling in similar categories to Assassin's Creed. Hit the jump...
PlayStation Plus, we're truly beginning to adore you
So much content. And it's free (in kinds). The latest batch of goodies for subscribers comes from SEGA, with a bunch of Mega Drive Genesis classics pledged for the PlayStation Network at a grand cost of zilch. While the European PlayStation Blog is a little more cagey with details (don't worry,...
News Is Warhawk's Successor Finally Going To Get An Announcement?
Dylan Jobe's Lightbox Interactive have been curiously silent over the last couple of months
It's nothing to worry about, the studio hotly believed to be working on a successor to Warhawk — tipped to be called Starhawk — often drop off the radar, before making a dramatic reappearance like a bumped-off soap star. Today just so happens to be one of...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 15th February 2011
Updates Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 And 2 Bundle Sale (PS3) (now $2
99, original price $14.99) Tales Of Monkey Island Full Season Sale (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $19.99) Let's Golf Minis Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $0.99, original price $4.99) Funky Lab Rat + Trial Sale (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99) Blacklight:...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 16th February 2011
Permanent Price Reductions Assassin's Creed (now £15
99/19.99) Gottlieb Pinball Classics (now £3.99/4.99)</ul>Playable Content TNT Racers (£7.99/9.99, trial and unlock) Dragon's Lair (£7.99/9.99) Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition (£7.99/9.99) TestYourself: Psychology (£2.39/2.99) Modern Combat: Domination...
News EA Boss Says The Words 'Dead Space 3', Internet Goes Nuts
Dead Space 2's only just launched to critical (and commercial) acclaim, but already EA's uttering the words Dead Space 3
Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, EA gaffer John Riccitiello said that the Dead Space franchise could reach the "five million unit cadence" [pssht, pretentious, John - Ed] with the release...
Tuesday15th Feb 2011
News Disney Announces Cars 2: The Video Game, Same Team As Toy Story 3: The Video Game
We'd have thrown this press-release regarding Cars 2: The Video Game in the recycle bin if it weren't for a little tid-bit about the developer
"Cars 2: The Video Game is created by the same studio that brought you the acclaimed Toy Story 3: The Video Game last year." Cast your mind back to the hazy days of Summer '10 and you might remember...
Out Today Killzone 3 Single-Player Demo (North America)
Give 'em Hel(ghan)
If you've been dabbling in the Killzone 3 multiplayer beta you might be ready for a new challenge, in which case we have good news: the single-player demo is available for North American PlayStation Network members right now. The demo was released to PlayStation Plus subscribers last week but is now freely available for all...
News Arcana Heart 3 Brings Bonkers Anime Girl-On-Girl Action To The PlayStation Network
Aksys has whipped fighting fans into a frenzy, confirming that a localised version of the bizarre Arcana Heart 3 will be released on the North American PlayStation Store this Spring
The 2D fighter released as a retail product in Japan, but considering the niche status of the product, Aksys are smart to distribute it through the PSN here in the West...
News Sony Chats PlayStation 3 Pricing, Won't Make The Same Mistakes With NGP
Considering the amount of technology Sony packed into the PlayStation 3, its famous $599 launch-price wasn't quite as bad as people claim
Sure it was an absurd price to launch a console, but it was actually cheap considering what the box was capable of. The problem was more to do with the console simply being too expensive to manufacture, than...
News Six Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Characters Get Fresh Garments
It starts
With Marvel vs. Capcom 3 already available in North America, and due shortly in Europe, Capcom's beginning to tease the first of what's certain to be many downloadable costume packs for the game's enormous roster. The first slice of clothing content will be available on the PSN from March 1st, offering alternative clobber for Thor, Captain...
News Guerrilla: Killzone's Not Going To Go Away Anytime Soon
In an interview with Eurogamer TV, Killzone 3's senior producer Steven ter Heide has claimed that the franchise is "not going to go away anytime soon," hinting at the possibility of a Killzone 4
While we know that Sony Cambridge are beavering away on a Killzone title for NGP, Guerrilla have stated numerous times that they are moving onto a new IP...
News Gameloft Promises Plenty Of Launch Content For Xperia Play
Gameloft -- the makers of mobile phone games that look like games you like -- have pledged their support to Sony Ericsson's upcoming Xperia Play device in a big way
The PlayStation-certified unit will get 10 launch titles from the French developer, including: Assassin's Creed, Modern Combat: Black Pegasus, Brothers In Arms and Let's Golf! 2. Two of...
News Modern Warfare 2 Security Patch Is On The Horizon
We've all heard the horror stories regarding Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer recently
Those still playing Activision's shooter online have found themselves susceptible to stat-hacks and various gameplay exploits. Seems like Infinity Ward's on the verge of regaining control though, with community manager Robert Bowling teasing the release of an...
News Newest Alice: Madness Returns Trailer Earns A Big Fat 10/10 From Us
Long-time readers of PushSquare will already be aware of our minor obsession with anything Alice In Wonderland related
It's rather appropriate then that the sequel to American McGee's Alice — formally titled Alice: Madness Returns — should rank pretty highly amongst our most anticipated PlayStation 3 titles. We think the game's latest trailer...
Monday14th Feb 2011
Review Stacking (PlayStation 3)
Stacking is the second downloadable title from Tim Schafer's creative power-house, DoubleFine
The last game, Costume Quest, launched around Hallowe'en to generally positive acclaim, providing a unique spin on the traditional turn-based RPG formula. Similarly to Costume Quest, Stacking works a charming concept into some traditional adventure game...
News DISSIDIA 012 [duodecim] FINAL FANTASY Launches In Europe On March 25th
Square Enix has just put a date on the most pretentious name in video game history
DISSIDIA 012 FINAL FANTASY will launch in Europe on March 25th, a week before Square Enix's other blockbuster PSP title, The 3rd Birthday. As with the Parasite Eve spin-off, DISSIDIA's retail UMD package will come with a few additional goodies, included downloadable...
News Move Creator Keen to Open Controller Up to PC Coders
On your Marks
We reported recently that we could see an update to allow PlayStation Move to work on PC, and it seems the driving force behind such an update could be none other than Dr Richard Marks, the controller's creator. Speaking to Ars Technica, Dr Marks mentioned his desire to open the controller to a wider range of creative folks: For a...
News UK Sales Charts: Test Drive Unlimited 2 Takes Pole Position
The only notable new release last week has rushed to the top spot of the UK sales charts
Test Drive Unlimited 2 saw enough sales to beat Dead Space 2 into second position. The Eden Games developed racer mixes an unusual blend of racing with social networking. The XBOX 360 SKU saw the most sales, with the original Test Drive Unlimited being a big hit...
News Mirror's Edge 2 On Hold, Watch As We Weep Silently Into Our Pillow
Mirror's Edge was a sequel away from perfection
EA and DICE's brilliant first-person parkour title was so unique that it didn't get everything right first time around. We're convinced that with a couple of years additional development, and the benefit of hindsight, Mirror's Edge 2 could have been something magical. But the original launched in 2008...
News Good Grief, Duke Nukem Forever's Campaign Is 16-18 Hours Long
The general consensus seems to be that Duke Nukem Forever is an old-school shooter
Run into a room, face a hundred monsters, circle strafe and shoot, rinse and repeat. There's nothing wrong with throwback at all, in fact games like Bionic Commando Rearmed and Super Street Fighter IV have had tremendous commercial success because of their reverence...
News Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Sells A Colosseum Full Of Copies
Probably the most interesting tid-bit from Ubisoft's financial call today -- aside from the publisher's 'dancing game' business being a success of 'hammertime' proportions -- was the news that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has surpassed 6
5 million units shipped. That's a helluva lot of back-stabbing. We always thought it was mankind's guilty...
News Fight The Tears: Bizarre Creations Closes On Friday
Despite releasing the brilliant Blur last year, Develop's reporting that British studio, Bizarre Creations, will close their doors on Friday
The Merseyside team has been behind some of our favourite games over the years, including Metropolis Street Racer and Project Gotham Racing. Despite releasing two good games last year — James Bond 007: Blood...
News Laughing Jackal Announce Cubixx HD For PlayStation Network
Laughing Jackal's been behind some of the better PlayStation Minis to date, with their cheeky three-dimensional twist on Qix, Cubixx, drawing most acclaim
We described the game as "intense" in our review last year, so it's with some anticipation we can reveal that Laughing Jackal's preparing another entry in the Cubixx line. The studio's...
Sanuk Games' stunning looking PlayStation Mini, Pix'N Love Rush, will be available on the European PlayStation Store from March 2nd, PSNStores reports
PlayStation Plus subscribers will get in on the action first, with a free copy of the game two weeks before its general release on March 16th. Peasants will be able to purchase the title for 1.99 /...
News We're Still Not Sure About Shadows Of The Damned...
When Shinji Mikami revealed he was working on a new PS3 title with Grasshopper's Suda51, we immediately jumped to all the wrong conclusions: survival horror, bonkers art-style, weird psychological narrative, awesome
Unfortunately, the reality of the collaboration, Shadows Of The Damned, has done nothing but disappoint us. Maybe our expectations were...
News Sony's Now Shipped A Whopping 150 Million PlayStation 2 Consoles Worldwide
.. And last generation's leading console continues to see strong sales. Sony's just announced that they've now shipped 150 million PlayStation 2 consoles worldwide, with no signs of the platform slowing down. The console has now exceeded its ten-year lifespan, with Sony anticipating continued demand for the platform in Eastern Europe, South...
News High Moon Behind Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Movie Tie-In
As you might be aware, The Bayformers are back this year, promising more hap-hazard writing and slow-motion CGI
With them, come more mediocre video game tie-ins from Activision. Except there's a little ray of sunshine hidden in Transformers: Dark Of The Moon's press release — High Moon are handling the PlayStation 3 version of the game. You may...
News Transformers: Dark Of The Moon's Video Game Tie-In Looks A Bit Like This...
Following this afternoon's announcement, High Moon Studios has released a teaser trailer for Transformers: Dark Of The Moon's video game tie-in
We've just got one question still lingering from the release of the original Michael Bay movie: why is Bumblebee so cool? He was a twit in the original animated series.</em>
News Nippon Ichi Confirms NGP Rumours, New Title Due This Year
Nippon Ichi has confirmed rumours that it is working on a new title for Sony's NGP platform, confirming that the game is due some time this year
Destructoid reports that the developer's vice president, Johanna Hirota, announced the in-development title at an event in San Francisco this week. While Hirota wouldn't specify details, rumours suggest...
News Rocksteady Reiterates That Batman: Arkham City Is A Single-Player Only Experience
Rumours about Batman: Arkham City's multiplayer status have been swirling ever since the game was announced some time ago
Fans even went to the trouble of constructing some elaborate hoax material to try and dupe gamers (and bloggers) into thinking the Arkham Asylum sequel would have multiplayer in some form. But Rocksteady's top-bod, Sefton Hill,...
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Saturday12th Feb 2011
Review Mass Effect 2 (PlayStation 3)
Ultimately Mass Effect 2's obsessive attention to detail is its greatest strength
At times the game's intricate references to obscure fiction can be overbearing, but those that take the time to engross themselves in the world will be richly rewarded. The problem with late ports such as Mass Effect 2 is that they can fall foul to hype. Bioshock left...
News Play With Dead Space 2's Developers This Weekend, Earn In-Game Suit
We're not totally convinced by the longevity of Dead Space 2's competitive multiplayer mode, but it's a fine addition to the package
The gameplay is fun in short-bursts, and while we don't expect it to have anywhere near the tail of other multiplayer titles, it's a nice palette cleanser between long stretches with the game's campaign mode. Those...
News LittleBigPlanet 2's "Hansel & Gretelbot" Project Is Just Glorious
Are you done with LittleBigPlanet 2's wonderful story mode?
Craving more Sack-inspired narrative action? Then you're in luck, as Media Molecule's just announced the "Hansel & Gretelbot" project, a seven-level LittleBigPlanet 2 adventure created by 12 of the very best community creators. There's a trailer after the jump, and it looks incredible...
Friday11th Feb 2011
Guides How to Be Better with PlayStation Move in Killzone 3
Kill the competition
PlayStation Move has now seen its controls implemented into a few FPS games such as MAG and Modern Combat: Domination (ModComDom) with good overall results. The Killzone 3 Beta is available now through the PlayStation Store with spot-on Move integration, and we at Movemodo want to help our readers out with our very own pro-tip...
News Original Final Fantasy Remakes Heading To The PSN In Europe
And so it starts
.. With confirmation that original PSP titles purchased through the PlayStation Store will be backwards compatible on the NGP, publishers are beginning to think it might be a good idea to release their backcatalogue on the PSN. First-up are Square Enix's PSP remakes of Final Fantasy 1 & 2. Both will cost 9.99, with the first...
News What If Kratos Was In Every Game Ever Invented?
There's plenty more where that came from through here
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News Bioware, Rockstar Win Big At The Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
We only just finished Mass Effect 2 due to the game's timed exclusivity period on XBOX 360, but we got to the end just in time to see what all the fuss is about
Bioware's space-RPG was the big winner at last night's Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (part of DICE), scooping gongs for RPG of the year, outstanding achievement in story and, game of...
News Zipper Respectfully Dubs SOCOM 4 The First "Real" SOCOM Game On PS3
Zipper Interactive are super-nice, professional developers
So they're put in a hard place with SOCOM 4. Undoubtedly the franchise's popularity has been hindered by the slightly rubbish PSN release, SOCOM: Confrontation. But that game wasn't developed by Zipper, and so the studio are clearly having to carefully state, "Hey, SOCOM 4 is the first...
News Yoshida: NGP And PSP Will Coexist "For The Time Being"
Sony's new handheld device, the NGP, will not replace the current PSP when it launches later in the year
Sony's Worldwide Studios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, told EDGE magazine that both devices will coexist for some time going forwards. "The NGP features everything Sony can and wants to do today," he said. "It's a platform looking forward...
News Who's Ready For More PixelJunk Shooter Next Month?
Q-Games has finally placed a firm March release date on their upcoming puzzle-shooter sequel, PixelJunk Shooter 2
The game will launch in North America on March 1st, following in Europ on March 2nd. The game includes a bunch of new mechanics, as well as a quirky online versus mode that's had the critics raving. In addition to the release date,...
News inFamous 2 Gunning For "More Believable" Moral Choices, New Footage Within
"With great power, comes great responsibility," is one of the most famous lines in comic book history, so we understand why it's imperative inFamous 2 nails its morality system
The original game featured player choices, but they were very binary, and a bit mechanical. It's a criticism developers Sucker Punch have recognised, and gone some distance...
News Duke Nukem Forever: Balls Of Steel Edition Includes A Bunch Of Crap You Don't Really Want
We're not sure where we stand with collector's editions anymore
At first we thought they were a really novel addition to really big releases, but now that every game gets one, they're starting to feel less special. What's more, the stuff that's included is getting a bit predictable. We suppose they are still great for real fans of the franchises...
News Namco Speaks Openly About Enslaved, Puts Low Sales Down To "Busy Holiday" Period
The more we think back to Namco and Ninja Theory's Enslaved, the more we realise how much we enjoyed it
There were quirks to the visuals and gameplay, but ultimately the package was original, well told and lovingly put together. Unfortunately, the game didn't do anywhere near the numbers it deserved. Speaking frankly with Siliconera, Namco's...
News Place Your Bets: Yoshida States Sony Will Confirm Final NGP Name "Later In The Year"
SCE Worldwide Studios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, has told EDGE magazine that Sony will give the NGP a final name later in the year
Well, NGP is the codename weve used since 2008. We will announce the final name of the console sometime later this year, Yoshida told the magazine, presumably looking towards an E3 reveal. While the news in itself is...
Thursday10th Feb 2011
News Heavy Fire: Afghanistan to Blast Move with On-Rails Action
War comes to Move
There's no shortage of gritty first-person shooters on PlayStation Move – Killzone 3 and MAG both stand out – but they can sometimes be confusing for gamers not used to controlling movement and guns at the same time. That won't be a problem with Heavy Fire: Afghanistan, an on-rails shooter for Move from Polish developers Teyon...
Review VT Tennis (PlayStation Minis)
VT Tennis is a bit like an out-of-season bowl of strawberries
Tasteless, but a passable reminder of the summer. Contrary to quick glance deceptions, VT Tennis is not Virtua Tennis. We're sure developers Virtual Toys would love you to make the mistake though. That's not to say they haven't tried to create the illusion, mind. Minutes after opening VT...
News Get Fit with Mel B Gets iPhone App to Track Your Progress
Never be away from your fitness goal
Move fitness title Get Fit with Mel B is one of the better keep fit titles available on PS3, and now its take on getting up and active has been beefed-up with an official application for iOS devices. The app lets you keep track of your exertions in conjunction with the Get Fit with Mel B website, letting you...
News Here's Looking at Yoostar 2's Complete Clip Collection
Amounts to more than a hill of beans
Scenes from cinematic classics including Casablanca, The Godfather and The Princess Bride rub shoulders with Along Came Polly and The Nutty Professor in Yoostar 2, the movie karaoke game coming from Blitz Games Studios and Yoostar Entertainment Group coming to Move next month. It's not all Hollywood cinema:...
News DC Universe Online's Playerbase Evenly Split Between PlayStation 3 And PC
Seems like this whole MMO thing can work on consoles; Sony Online Entertainment's surprisingly addictive DC Universe Online has proved that point
The game, which we're enjoying in an on-and-off capacity, has seen its playerbase split pretty evenly between the traditional computer and console platformers. Metrics released by Sony Online Entertainment...
News Heavy Rain Listed Among BAFTA GAME Award Nominations, Get Voting
The 10-game shortlist for the BAFTA Video Game Awards has been revealed this morning
The publicly voted category is now open, with gamers being encouraged to register their votes through here. Among the nominees are Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 2. Hit the jump for the full break-down. Being a public ballot your vote actually...
News My Fitness Coach: Club Release Date Confirmed as March 18th
We Dare slips too
The other day we posted a news story that My Fitness Coach: Club was set to be released on February 18th, but we've just received clarification from publisher Ubisoft that the game is in fact down to launch in Europe on Friday March 18th 2011. There was a double-whammy of release date changes from Ubisoft, in fact, as bizarre...
News Uncharted Movie Director Compares Drake Family To The Sopranos
Director David O
Russell's fanned more flames in the faces of Uncharted fanboys, comparing the movie's family dynamic to The Sopranos. In an interview with IGN, Russell explain that the movie would hone in on the tale of a "tough" criminal family. I think if we take that family dynamic that we have in The Fighter, and put that in terms...
News Activision Assemble Bleachhead Studio To Work On Call Of Duty's "Digital Platform"
You didn't think Activision were going to quit flogging the Call Of Duty brand now that they've killed Guitar Hero did you? Absolutely not
As the publisher pointed out at a financial meeting last night, "about as many people have played Call Of Duty: Black Ops as there are members of Netflix". Naturally Activision wants to "sustain...
News Things Ain't Looking So Hot For DJ Hero Developers FreeStyle Games
Fact: DJ Hero, and particularly its sequel, are amazing games
Fact: DJ Hero underperformed at retail. Fact: Activision just killed Guitar Hero. Fact: People are probably going to lose their jobs. Which really sucks because there's clearly piles and piles of talent at the British studio behind the scratch-em-up, FreeStyle Games. Like we said, the DJ...
News PlayStation Move Heroes Story Trailer Sets the Scene
Join the Interuniversal Hero Games
Ever wonder how the six lead characters in PlayStation Move Heroes came together for the first time in Sony history? If you guessed "a gravitational anomaly has opened a rift in space-time, creating a wormhole into another world" then give yourself a big pat on the back. In order to decide which of the...
News Blizzard Are Actively Investigating Diablo For Consoles
We've come to the conclusion that we have zero interest in Blizzard's gaming portfolio
Perhaps our ambivalence stems from our console background — as opposed to PC — but either way, the seemingly inevitable announcement of Diablo, Starcraft or Warcraft on PS3 would do nothing to excite us. Of course, Diablo in particular has been on PlayStation...
Rumour Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! NGP Title On The Horizon
Sony's announced nothing in regards to the NGP's third-party line-up, so it's pretty cool picking out these little tid-bits from the developers themselves
The latest little snippet comes via the Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! team, who used the Twitter account of one of the game's main characters (don't ask!) to tease an NGP spin-off. We've never...
News We're Not Sure What To Make Of This Hunted: The Demon's Forge Trailer
On one hand, Hunted: The Demon's Forge is a presentable idea: a classic fantasy title designed with Gears Of War in mind
On the other hand, it's a terrible idea: a classic fantasy title designed with Gears Of War in mind. We like the cover-based shooters, but we're kinda bored of the Tolkien cliches. Could go either way this one. Check the trailer...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops "First Strike" DLC Comes To PlayStation 3 Early Next Month
Call Of Duty: Black Ops fans will pleased to know that Microsoft's timed-exclusive window for the game's "First Strike" DLC isn't particularly long
Activision's announced that the first set of maps will hit the PlayStation 3 on March 3rd. While we're sure the exclusivity period is a good marketing point for Microsoft, it seems crazy short in the...
Wednesday9th Feb 2011
Interviews Sanzaru Games - The Sly Collection
Sneaky sneaky
The Sly Collection is a compendium of three of the best-loved PlayStation 2 adventure platform games, with some additional PlayStation Move minigames too. To find out more about how the three titles made their journey to PS3, we sat down with Glen Egan, President of Sanzaru Games, to talk Move, minigames and shiny, shiny trophies...
Review Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 (PlayStation 3)
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 tries to appeal to two disparate audiences, and gets lost as a result
The core gameplay is still fun, if not as fluid as its predecessor, but ultimately it's the lavish production values and floor-pumping soundtrack that will keep you going. You could probably plot the beginning of the downloadable games scene's rise to...
News SEGA: Move is the Most Accurate Way to Play Virtua Tennis 4
So come out swinging
As Sega's flagship sporting franchise, Virtua Tennis 4 isn't just coming to Move: you'll also be able to play Virtua Tennis 4 on Kinect and Wii as well, but the game's producer Mie Kumagai believes Move has the edge. In an interview with Computer and Video Games, Kumagai explained that only Move offers the precision of a hand...
News Anti-Hacking Patch Coming to Modern Combat: Domination
So play nice
You can't beat a cheap first-person shooter, especially one with Move controls, but not everyone in Modern Combat: Domination is interested in playing fair. Since the game's release in January several gamers have exploited the game, but developer Gameloft is about to roll out a patch that, it hopes, will put an end to these hacks. The...
News Amazon Reveals inFamous 2 Hero Edition, Includes Cole McGrath Statue
We often sit at our desk pondering, "Y'know what this work surface needs? A Cole McGrath statue
" Not really, but that's a brilliant lead-in. As discovered by the Examiner, Amazon has unwittingly revealed a collector's edition for inFamous 2. The "Hero Edition" — which leads us to believe there will be an "Antagonist...
News Custom LittleBigPlanet Shoes Hit eBay For Child's Play
Ever fancied taking LittleBigPlanet everywhere you go -- on your feet? Then these limited-to-one modified Vans, sculpted by shoe-artists KyozoKicks, might be right up your alley
The colourful trainers are heavily inspired by Media Molecule's sticker-heavy PS3 platformer, and are available now from eBay. All of the proceeds from the auction are set...
News PlayStation Network Sales Surge By 40%, PlayStation Plus Subscriptions Exceed 100k
Perhaps the most overlooked area of the PlayStation business is the ever-expanding PlayStation Network
Since the PS3 launched we've really watched Sony expand the digital-content service into a fundamental component of the platform, an area they lagged behind Microsoft going into this console generation. With that in mind, digital analysts conclude...
News Killzone 2 Nearly Got On-Rails PlayStation Move Port
Killzone 3 has full PlayStation Move support, which is pretty awesome once you've spent a couple of hours adjusting to it
Guerrilla's revealed that they nearly used their resources in a different way however, experimenting with a Killzone 2 on-rails PlayStation Move shooter. "When we got the initial prototypes, we had no set plan on how to...
Feature Competition: We've Got Ten Copies Of Blimp: The Flying Adventures To Give Away!
To celebrate the permanent price reduction of Grip Games' PlayStation Mini, Blimp: The Flying Adventures, we've got ten copies of the surprisingly addictive blimp-em-up to give away
We described the game — which is now available for $1.99 / 1.99 from the PlayStation Store — as "a fun little Mini, built around a strong physics driven...
News Anyone Still Playing Metal Gear Online? There's A New Patch...
.. Well, kudos to Konami for supporting their game we suppose. We'd forgotten Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots even had an online component, but here's a new patch for that very mode. The update's able to detect "fraudulent" connections which may slow the game down. Of course, the bigger question is whether anyone's actually still...
News Virtua Tennis 4 Move Footage Shows a Lot of Balls
Murray vs. Federer in action
Sega says Move is the most accurate way to play Virtua Tennis 4, and the tail end of this new footage shows the game's first-person viewpoint in action with PlayStation Move. Graphically the game appears superb, with excellent presentation and character models, although it's worth bearing in mind this footage is...
News Japanese Gamers Really, Really Want Sony's NGP
If the PSP is a muted success globally, it's a rip-roaring Goliath in Japan
Sony's first portable gaming system is frequently the most purchased gaming system in Japan, despite waning support worldwide. So it's little surprise Japanese gamers are hyped for the console's successor. In a reader poll published in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine,...
Well sort of anyway
Test Drive Unlimited 2 is a strange beast. It's not just about burning rubber and crashing cars, it's about socialising in an enormous open-world too. The game boasts pseudo-MMO components that allow you to get your The Sims on and start creating characters, customising wardrobes and go dancing. It's an unusual marriage, but one...
News The Darkness II To Get Cel-Shaded Visual Make-Over
The original The Darkness had a dark but predictable visual style
The sequel, however, will be cel-shaded. That's according to the game's lead designer, Digital Extremes' Tom Galt, who insisted that the new studio are "carving" their own path for The Darkness II, with a bigger emphasis on action and story. What Starbreeze did well, in a...
News Guerilla's Move Groundwork Started with On-Rails Killzone 2
Quickly abandoned
Guerilla Games' Killzone 3 looks set to raise the bar for motion-controlled shooters, but how did the company set about sketching out ideas for its pointer-based system? Lead programmer Tommy de Roos explained to Ars Technica that the studio began its experiments with past title Killzone 2, looking to create an on-rails version of...
News Activision Scraps Guitar Hero Franchise & True Crime: Hong Kong
Activision's just set the Internet on fire by announcing that it has canned development on the almost-finished True Crime: Hong Kong and, perhaps more importantly, completely "disbanded" the Guitar Hero brand
The publisher stated during its 2011 financial report that due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 8th February 2011
Updates Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo Sale (PS3) (now $4
99, original price $9.99) DC Universe Online 3 Month Subscription Sale (PS3) (now $29.99, original price $41.99) Ultimate Board Game Collection Price Change (PSP) (now $7.99, original price $9.99) Blimp: The Flying Adventures minis Price Change (PS3/PSP) (now $1.99,...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 9th February 2011
Playable Content Plants vs
Zombies (trial and unlock, £11.99/14.99) Ricochet HD (trial and unlock, £6.29/7.99) Stacking (trial and unlock, £8.99/11.25) Tales from Space: About a Blob (trial and unlock, £9.99/12.99) Assassin's Creed II (£23.99/29.99) Explodemon! (£7.99/9.99) Bugriders: The Race of Kings (£3.19/3.99) Filmy...
Listen to the games media and you'll hear one converging opinion: "People are done with playing actual games on the go and would rather fiddle about with birds on their iPhone
" It's an endorsement we're not sure we agree with. Clearly there are lots of people happy enough with their smartphone gaming applications, but they also belong to the...
News PlayStation 3 Sales Top 1.1 Million In Australia
To be honest, we're amazed any of the platform holders sell any consoles in Australia at all
If Neighbours and Home & Away are accurate portrayals of the country, residents spend too much time drinking coffee and aimlessly wandering around the beach to play any video games. Therefore, it's probably some kind of miracle that Sony's shifted 1.1...
News ALL ABOARD THE L.A. NOIRE HYPE TRAIN, DEPARTING NOW! CHOO-CHOO!
We've been critical of Team Bondi's L
A. Noire</a> in the past, but we're finally well and truly aboard the hype train. This. Looks. Incredible. The first gameplay footage (embedded above) shows off both the free-roaming GTA-esque action, and some of the interrogation options. Starting life as a Sony funded PlayStation 3 exclusive, it makes...
News This Is What Happens When Six PlayStation Mascots Get Together
In many ways, PlayStation Move Heroes is a PlayStation fanboy's dream package
There's Sly and Bentley, Ratchet and Clank, heck, there's even Jak and Daxter. What more could any self recognising SCE fanboy need? Each of the characters are voiced by their original actors, with developers Nihilistic citing the cast's personalities as the...
Tuesday8th Feb 2011
News MLB 11 The Show Only Supports Move in Home Run Derby Mode
That's all, folks
As the latest entry in Sony's flagship baseball series, it's no surprise that MLB 11 The Show will support the company's flagship motion controller, PlayStation Move. When MLB 11's Move support was announced it was thought only the game's Home Run Derby mode would be playable with Move, denying pitchers the chance to use Move's...
News Ubisoft Gives Move a Striptease with We Dare
You read that right
If you've got Move and want a party with your family, Start the Party, Buzz the Ultimate Music Quiz and TV Superstars pretty much have you covered, but what if you want a party that's a little less clean-cut? Ubisoft is about to have you covered with We Dare, coming to European PlayStation Movers this Friday. While the game blurb...
News Yes SEGA, We Would Love Virtua Tennis On The NGP Please!
SEGA's told Eurogamer that while there are no plans for a Virtua Tennis game on NGP right now, "if people want it then we'll obviously answer wishes"
Ok, here we go: please, please, please SEGA, we'd love Virtua Tennis on NGP. "They should write on forums and elsewhere on the internet that they want it." Virtua Tennis: World Tour was a...
News Naughty Dog Reiterates Its Stance As "A One Game Studio"
Naughty Dog are not working on the Uncharted game for Sony's new portable
They are however working on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception for PlayStation 3. So what gives? Were a one game studio so it would be very challenging for us, Naughty Dog's community manager, Arne Meyer, told EGTV. I know a long time ago we had looked at trying to do that...
News Yakuza 4 DLC Confirmed For North America, Gamestop Nets Exclusive Hostess XMB Theme
We know you've been sitting on your chair, anxiously waiting for more news on the North American version of Yakuza 4
Ever since we announced last week's European "Kuro" Edition, we know you Americans have been wondering, "What about us?" Worry not, SEGA's not leaving you out. Every new copy of Yakuza 4 will include all the...
News Early Battlefield 3 Details Seep Onto The 'Net, Features 24-Player Multiplayer On PS3
A few Battlefield 3 tid-bits have seeped out of this month's Game Informer cover story
The publication reports that once again players will have a choice of four classes, a number executive producer Patrick Bach describes as "the sweet spot". Battlefield 3's squad mechanic are also set to be expanded, though specifics aren't mentioned:...
News SOCOM 4 Confirmed for 3D, Beta Coming with Killzone 3
War gets beta
It's wall-to-wall betas on PlayStation 3 at the moment: just as many gamers are ripping through the Move-enabled Killzone 3 beta, Zipper Interactive is bringing a beta of upcoming shooter SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals to PlayStation 3 owners soon. For a limited time, copies of Killzone 3 will contain access to the beta, which will be made...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 Used For N-Dubz's "Took It All Away" Music Video, AMAZING
So Tulisa doesn't look as good in cloth, and Dappy's neck tattoos aren't as clear -- but N-Dubz's music video for "Took It All Away" is in fact absolutely amazing in LittleBigPlanet 2
The North London pop-group's promo video was created entirely in Media Molecule's game and is believed to be the first video game music video. The tune's a bit iffy,...
News Killzone 3 Dev: "Shooters Will be Played Like This in the Future"
Sees bright future
Many Move owners have been putting the controller through its paces in the Killzone 3 multiplayer beta, and developer Guerilla Games is so happy with the controller's prowess it foresees a big future for pointer-controlled first person shooters. Principal programmer Tommy de Roos of Guerilla Games spoke to CVG about the...
News PlayStation Move "The Most Accurate" Motion Device For Virtua Tennis 4
In an interview with CVG, SEGA's Mie Kumagai has described the PlayStation Move "the most accurate" motion technology for Virtua Tennis 4
It's reassuring news, particularly after the announcement of Wii and Kinect versions of the game, as we'd worried SEGA might tone down the Move's motion tracking potential. Anyone that's played table-tennis in...
News LG Gets Pissy With Sony, Wants The PlayStation 3 Banned In The US
Korean company LG are not very happy with Sony
In fact, that's an understatement. They're pissed. Really pissed. So much so, they want Sony's PlayStation 3 and Bravia TVs banned in the US. Why? Something to do with Blu-ray patent infringements. According to Eurogamer, LG claims that Sony is infringing four of its patents that relates to...
News 2K Reveals The Darkness II, Developed By Digital Extremes & Due In 2011
Remember The Darkness? Vaguely
Yeah, us too. We remember watching "To Kill A Mockingbird" with our polygonal girlfriend. Then it all went a bit weird and we had snakes coming out of our shoulders. Then it got even weirder, and we started walking around trenches, except the soldiers in them were all skeletons. Or something. Honestly, we...
News Explodemon! Launch Trailer Is All Like, "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Y'know when you're proper pumped and you can like tense all your muscles and shake with enthusiasm? Explodemon
's</a> launch trailer is a bit like that. It's all like, "DRAMA! PUZZLES! DILEMMAS! PHASE SMASH! FLOOR SLIDE! DEFLECT! BRUTISH! KITCHEN SINK!" Thankfully for British studio Curve, it looks proper AMAZING! It's out this week...
News Virtua Tennis 4 Reminds Us How Video Games Should Look
Perhaps it's our abnormal tennis game-hype that's causing us to flip-out over this shot of a Virtua Tennis 4 court, but we can't help it
ARGH, so amazing. The SEGA Sky is in place. All the screenshot is missing is the SEGA Rock. Do your best to imagine it though, it's not hard. It's like: power-chord - power-chord - riffy melody - chug - chug...
News How Do You Fancy Appearing As A Survivor In Resistance 3?
Look, if the Chimera did ever attack the Earth, we'd like to think that we'd be one of the few remaining survivors
While we're still in the realm of fantasy, Sony's giving a couple of lucky Europeans a chance to live out that very dream, offering an all-expenses trip to San Diego and a spot in Resistance 3. Winners will get their mugs scanned onto...
Monday7th Feb 2011
News My Fitness Coach Club Gets Europe Sweaty on February 18th
Hits North America in March
Ubisoft has so many fitness franchises it's probably struggling to keep up with their names itself: Wii owners have played My Fitness Coach and Your Shape, and Kinect gamers have probably played Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, but the company's about to take its first steps onto PlayStation Move with My Fitness Coach: Club...
News Channel the Spirit of David Bowie with Let's Dance on Move
Put on your red shoes
It's a wonder there haven't been more dedicated dance games on Move considering the proliferation of the genre on other consoles, but that under-developed genre is about to get one more entry in the form of Let's Dance, as leaked by Play.com. The game's product page reveals absolutely nothing about the game, other than its...
Review Tales From Space: About A Blob (PlayStation 3)
Tales From Space: About A Blob is an enjoyable platformer with an emphasis on controller dexterity and clever puzzle design
It's an easy scenario to picture: developers Drinkbox Studios gathered around a large conference table laced with paper, pencils and plates of those round biscuits that aren't quite Custard Creams nor Jammie Dodgers. "How...
UK Charts Dead Space 2 Keeps The Jump Scares Up Top
There's a lot of movers and shakers in this week's UK sales charts, but nothing really of notable discussion
Dead Space 2's continued its reign aloft the UK sales charts for a second consecutive week, beating out the usual convoy of FIFA 11, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Call Of Duty: Black Ops. Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet 2 has kept its...
There's no better platform for promoting a product in North America than the Superbowl
We don't know what it's like in other parts of the world, but here in Britain most people hit the channel changing button when the commercials start up. Judging by years of online anecdotal evidence, that's when Americans start to take interest in the Superbowl...
News Atlus Pulls The Plug On Catherine's PS3 Demo
Atlus has removed the PlayStation 3's Japanese demo of Catherine, stating the teaser was oddly in "limited quantities"
We're assuming this has more to do with the level of international interest more than anything else. With the PlayStation 3 making it so easy to create regional accounts, we're assuming the Catherine demo got slaughtered with...
News Upcoming Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 DLC Presumably Makes The Game Really Freakin' Hard
Ever fancied taking on a Capcom QA staffer at Marvel Vs
Capcom in the early hours of the morning? Nope, us neither. We get enough grief from the series on its easiest AI setting. Still, we know there are masochists amongst you who will revel at fighting against Capcom's elite in an upcoming Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 DLC pack. Dubbed "Shadow...
News AvP Developer Rebellion Get Down And Dirty With Sony's NGP
A Develop report states that British outfit Rebellion -- the guys behind the infinitely popular Aliens Vs
Predator — are actively involved with Sony's new NGP handheld platform. The report notes that the studio has successfully reworked its Asura Engine to take advantage of Sony's portable "in preparation for a new series of internally-built...
We loved 2009's Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood so much that we pitched it as being "to the wild-west what Call Of Duty 4 was to modern warfare"
So when we saw the words Call Of Juarez: The Cartel popping up on gaming websites across the 'net this afternoon, we jumped into our inbox with a tangible sense of optimism. Sure enough, we had a press...
News Ubisoft To Release New Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Map Upon Facebook Milestone
Ubisoft's been good to us
They've already given us two free Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood packs, and now they want something in return. The publisher's promised another free AssBro multiplayer map will be released once the franchise's official Facebook page hits one million "Likes". Basically, do some of Ubisoft's marketing for them and...
Saturday5th Feb 2011
Interviews Trendy Entertainment - Dungeon Defenders
We go mining for information
Yesterday we brought you new Dungeon Defenders screenshots with the promise of an exclusive interview letting you know more about this upcoming PlayStation Network title. We recently interviewed Trendy Entertainment's Philip Asher about what players can expect from this colourful dungeon crawler. Movemodo: Firstly,...
News Yakuza 4 Special Edition Listed By British Retailer
All over our face: British retailer GAME has listed a special edition of Yakuza 4
The packaged, named Kuro Edition (or Black Edition), includes a SteelBook case and some additional in-game content. The DLC includes wrestling outfits, a survival boss "rush mode", a racing mode and an underground fighting arena. Sounds like the special...
News Back To The Future Travels Through Time, Hits PlayStation Network February 15th
TellTale's slapped a big fat February 15th release date on the first episode of their five-part episodic adventure series, Back To The Future
PS3 players will be able to purchase a season pass for $20, which is 20% cheaper than the PC price.
Friday4th Feb 2011
News 2K Sports, Your Top Spin 4 Mullet Technology is Really Something
Agassi comes to life
Next month you can take Move to the court with Top Spin 4, 2K Sports' latest update in its long-running tennis series that's set to include some of the greatest players of the game. Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras and more all feature in the trailer below, but the real focus is the pre-order bonus version of Andre Agassi...
News LittleBigPlanet 2's Move Update Will Bring New Levels Too
Not just a motion add-on
We don't know when LittleBigPlanet 2's Move update will find its way to our consoles, with Media Molecule only giving a vague "in a few months" release window, but at least we have a little more idea of what the pack will actually include. Just a little, though. In an open chat on Facebook, as reported by...
News Hideo Kojima Teases "Devil Project", We're Clueless
Hideo Kojima, ever the tease, has started Tweeting about something he's deeming the "devil project"
We've absolutely no idea what it is, but we've included a series of messages from the Metal Gear mastermind for your convenience: Have to give priority to another lines scenario etc., so now I cannot work on the devil project and...
News This Top Spin 4 "Legends" Trailer Cannot Be Serious...
.. The chalk came up all over the place. Look you cannot be serious, man. You cannot be serious. John McEnroe should be in the Top Spin 4 game. Chalk flew up, he should clearly be in. How can you possibly leave him out? You guys are the absolute pits of the world, you know that?
News Brand New PlayStation Move Heroes Screenshots Whip In
See a raccoon with a laser whip
How much more needs to be said about PlayStation Move Heroes? Six of Sony's top characters – Sly, Bentley, Ratchet, Clank, Jak and Daxter – uniting for the first time in a Move-exclusive adventure. You likely already know if you're going to buy it or not, but these screenshots might entice you into keeping a...
News New Dungeon Defenders Screenshots Explode with Colour
Not your usual grimy grind
Upcoming Move-enabled PlayStation Network title Dungeon Defenders – also known as DunDef – is coming together well in anticipation of its release on the PlayStation Store later this year. Developer Trendy Entertainment just sent over some brand new screenshots, along the game's announcement trailer, for you to feast...
News Fallout: New Vegas "Dead Money" DLC Coming To PlayStation 3 On February 22nd
Great little exclusive Microsoft
The first Fallout: New Vegas DLC, "Dead Money" (which hit the XBOX 360 before Christmas), is coming to the PlayStation 3 on February 22nd. Furthermore, Bethesda's confirmed that three more New Vegas DLC packs will release in the coming months, simultaneously on PS3, 360 and PC. What was the point Microsoft?
News Namco Announces The Tongue-Twisting Ridge Racer: Unbounded For PlayStation 3
Ridge Racer is back, but not as you know it
Announced today in San Francisco, Ridge Racer: Unbounded is an upcoming PlayStation 3 title in development at the promising Bugbear Entertainment. Racing fans will know that Finnish developer previously crafted the chaotic arcade racer FlatOut, a trait which looks to have been adopted by the new Ridge...
News Namco To Break PlayStation Tradition, "No Plans" For Ridge Racer NGP
If memory serves us correctly -- and it's going to look mighty embarrassing if we're wrong -- every PlayStation platform has launched alongside a new Ridge Racer
But sadly, it looks like Namco's about to break tradition, as the publisher's told Eurogamer that there are "no plans" for a Ridge Racer game on NGP. "There is no solid plan...
News DiRT 3 Dated For May 24th Worldwide Release, We're Quite Excited
We loved DiRT 2
The game's combination of simulation and arcade rally racing was perfect, leaving us gagging for more after seriously prolonged sessions behind the wheel. Naturally, we're a little bit hyped for DiRT 3, which has just been given a May 24th worldwide release window. Codemasters reckons that DiRT 3 will have double the track...
News EEDAR Suspects NGP Will "Handsomely Surpass Sales Of" PSP
Now Sony's Next Generation Portable has been announced, the question on most people's lips is "price, price, price"
Analyst group EEDAR predicts that the system will cost "between $299 to $349" for the Wi-Fi only model, adding that it will "not exceed $399 in the United States". The firm furthers that some regions may not see the...
Report NGP Is A "Developer's Dream", Due In 2011
Eurogamer's managed to unearth the details from a top-secret SCEE presentation that took place in London yesterday
Attended by roughly 20 developers, Sony shared a wide range of information about its Next Generation Portable, including details on launch plans, specifications and marketing. One attendee, who's sensibly keeping himself anonymous,...
News LittleBigPlanet 2's PlayStation Move Update To Include New Levels Too
We're always ready for more LittleBigPlanet 2 content
The game has more than 3.6 million levels already, but we'll always welcome a couple more. So we're excited to learn that LittleBigPlanet 2's upcoming PlayStation Move patch won't just include motion control integration, but new levels from the Media Molecule team too. The developer explained,...
News PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get DoubleFine's Stacking For Free... On Launch Day
After the wonderful Costume Quest, DoubleFine's upcoming Russian doll adventure, Stacking, is pretty high on our most anticipated PSN games list
We suspect, valued readers, that it's on your radar too. Feel free to dance a joyous jig of celebration with us then, as we reveal that Stacking will be free for all PlayStation Plus subscribers from next...
News Battlefield 3 Confirmed, Releases This "Fall", 'Net Goes Gaga
Watch out Call Of Duty -- EA and DICE have slapped a "fall" release date on the hotly anticipated Battlefield 3 overnight
The game was revealed as GameInformer's cover during the early hours of this morning, and has since been followed by a teaser trailer which you can catch after the jump. While much of the early information is concerned with the...
Sony Online Entertainment's announced a new, discounted "lock-in" rate for DC Universe Online in North America
The reduced plan will offer players a three-month subscription for $29.99 — significantly cheaper than the standard $41.99 price point. Players that maintain an active subscription will receive the discounted rate forever. The promotion...
News Inversion Walks On The Ceiling February 7th, 2012
While most publishers duke it out over their catchy November 2011 release date, Namco Bandai's jumped straight to 2012 with Saber Interactive's zero-g shooter Inversion
The game was originally due to release last year, but has been pushed back to February 7th, 2012. We don't know about you, but we hate talking about 2012 right now. It sounds so far...
Thursday3rd Feb 2011
Review Super Street Fighter IV (PlayStation 3)
Streets ahead
Make no bones about it - Super Street Fighter IV is essentially the same game that was released last year, only considerably beefed up. With several new characters, Super Street Fighter IV takes a step into "Vs" territory, with a roster of names practically bulging at the seams. Factor in a slew of new stages, a considerably...
Feature Killzone 3 Multiplayer Demo First Impressions: Shooting Higs In The Helgh-ho!
We never enjoyed Killzone 2's multiplayer
We tried. We really tried. But after 25 hours of gameplay it never really clicked for us. The hefty controls made the gameplay too slow; before long we found ourselves itching for something a little less gritty. We appreciate what Guerrilla did with Killzone 2, and we know there are plenty of people that...
Out Today Killzone 3 Multiplayer Beta (Global)
Get it while it's hot
The much-anticipated, Move-enabled multiplayer beta for Killzone 3 is on its way to PlayStation Network users across Europe and North America today. Take to the battlefield in the Frozen Dam level in one of three online game modes – Guerrilla Warfare, Warzone and Operations, or the offline Botzone gametype. You'll only be...
News Leaking Like A Burst Pipe: Xperia Play Commercials & Demo Booths Hit The 'Net
Sony's well known for suffering some infamous leaks, but the Xperia Play (or "PlayStation Phone") is in a whole different league
The device has yet to be announced, but we still know pretty much everything about it. Now we have a commercial courtesy of Norwegian site, Droidnytt. The advert, posted here on Youtube, shows the Android mascot being...
News Heads Up: Killzone 3 Multiplayer Beta Available Now From The European PlayStation Store
Just in case you've missed it: Sony's put the open Killzone 3 multiplayer beta on the PlayStation Store this morning
The US version's due up at 10AM PST. The beta is available to anyone with a PlayStation Network account. It weighs in at 802MB and will run through until February 15th. The demo opens up one multiplayer map, the MP05 Frozen Dam...
News Shame On You: Enslaved Sales Sit Below The 500,000 Unit Milestone
Ninja Theory's Enslaved: Odyssey To The West was not a perfect game, but it was still a very good one
Above all, it was refreshing to play something unique. While the game clearly took a lot of inspiration from the likes of Uncharted, it was well written and lovingly put together. In short: Enslaved deserved your money. Sadly consumers disagreed...
News THQ Confirms Saints Row 3 For The Fall
If you're one of those weird people that's excited for Saints Row 3: go out, grab a bottle champagne and have a party
THQ's just slapped an Fall release date on the (weirdly) anticipated sequel. The company teased news on the game's release date yesterday. CEO Brian Farrell made the announcement at THQ's quarterly earnings call this morning,...
News PlayStation 3 Sales Rise To 47.9 Million, Within Touching Distance Of XBOX 360
Look, fanboys hat off, we've all known that unless Microsoft's Kinect was a global cultural phenomenon, PlayStation 3 was always going to overtake the XBOX 360 in worldwide sales at one point
While Kinect's success is constantly being rammed down our throats by the American press, we're just not seeing the same story in Britain. Has Kinect flopped?...
News EA Confirms Dragon Age II Demo For PlayStation 3
After a couple of weeks of speculation, EA has come out and confirmed that Dragon Age II will be getting a demo on February 22nd
The demo will place players in the game's prologue, giving them the choice between three character classes. Perhaps most interestingly, completing the demo will reward players with a special weapon — Hayder's Razor. The...
Wednesday2nd Feb 2011
News We're Ashamed To Admit That We Will Play Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) For Trophies
Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) is widely considered one of the worst games on PlayStation 3
We're big fans of Sonic and SEGA games in general, but even we have to admit that the early PS3 title was shoddy at best. Having said that, we've already committed to playing through the game again. Why? Trophies. The game mysteriously appeared on this morning's...
News NGP Wi-Fi vs 3G: Costs and Capabilities
Feature face-off
When it was first announced, the NGP touted a built-in 3G connection as one of its most drool-worthy features, enabling the device to connect to the Internet anytime, anywhere for web browsing, downloading titles from the PS Store or getting in some online gaming on the go, leaving gamers worldwide dreaming of Killzone-ing their...
News Crazy Machines Elements Brings Amateur Invention To The PlayStation Network
Crazy Machines Elements, an upcoming PlayStation Network title due this Spring, promises to appeal to the "amateur inventor" in all of us
If you've ever considered wearing a lab coat and wire-frame glasses, the physics driven puzzle title might be made exclusively for you. While it's not the first game in the Crazy Machines franchise, Elements does...
News Funky Lab Rat Gets a Sneaky Price Cut in Europe
Cheap and cheesy
Funky Lab Rat is a Move-enabled platform puzzle game featuring Diego, the titular rodent who must escape a laboratory using his powers of telekinesis and time control, of course. If it's taken your fancy, and you live in Europe, you can now grab it for a chunk less change than before, as it's received a price drop in this week's...
Did you know that ATV stands for all-terrain vehicle? If nail'd is to be believed, thin-air is a form of terrain
As the title's improper spelling suggests, this is a game made by people who spent their youth listening to Papa Roach records and drawing tattoo designs on their food technology exercise books. nail'd is the very definition of the phrase...
News Just To Confirm: Dark Souls Is Basically Demon's Souls In Everything But Name
Ok, are we wrong for thinking things are getting a little shady here? Maybe the Sony Defence Force inside of us is taking over, but From Software's Dark Souls just looks
.. shady. When people said "it's the spiritual successor Demon's Souls", we were like, "alright, cool, it won't be exactly the same". But it is. In fact the only...
News Killzone 3 PS3 Bundle Looks Like A Lock For Europe
Despite not being officially announced, a number of European retailers are listing Killzone 3 PS3 bundles expected on the same day as the game's launch
Amazon.fr peg the package at 348.38, noting that the bundle includes a 320GB PlayStation 3 Slim and copy of Killzone 3. Expect official confirmation soon.
News What's Included In Killzone 3's Retro Map Pack?
Guerrilla's lifted the lid on the Retro map pack that was announced as part of the Helghast and Collector's editions of Killzone 3 last year
The downloadable content is also available as a pre-order bonus from participating retailers. The map pack includes two popular multiplayer layouts from Killzone 2, including one of our favourites: Salamun...
News Killzone 3 Multiplayer Beta Delayed Until Tomorrow
Just a little longer
If you missed out on the PlayStation Plus and invite-only beta for Killzone 3, today was supposed to be your chance to wage war on Helghan, but the beta's seen some last minute technical hitches and now won't launch until tomorrow. From 10am Pacific Standard Time tomorrow, you'll be able to battle in the game's Frozen Dam level...
SEGA's confirmed that a demo for Yakuza 4 -- probably one of our most anticipated games of the year -- will be going live on February 23rd
PlayStation Plus subscribers will get in on the action a week early, on February 16th. The demo promises to offer a taste of each of the game's four protagonists. Yes! There's a new trailer after the jump...
News Let's Dissect These Four Minutes Of Resistance 3 Gameplay
We've already established just how brilliant Resistance 3 looks in trailer form, but some quick slices of gameplay footage aren't really the best indication of how a game looks (and plays) without the fancy editing
Eurogamer.pt's got their hands on four minutes of Resistance 3 gameplay footage (without the editing). We've embedded the gameplay in a...
News Evolution Studios "Squeezing Everything Out Of The PS3" With MotorStorm: Apocalypse
When we first saw alpha-code of MotorStorm: Apocalypse, our jaw was close to the floor
It's amazing how "alpha" for some PlayStation developers is better than "finished" for others. Perhaps it's just indicative of the talent within Sony's first-party. Speaking at a London event this week, Evolution's Matt Southern revealed that...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Killzone 3 Multiplayer Demo Goes Live 11AM GMT
Sharpen up soldier; Sony's slapped an 11AM GMT time-frame on the Killzone 3 multiplayer demo
The open "beta" will be available to everyone with a PlayStation Network account until February 15th. Plenty of time to sharpen up your skills ahead of the proper launch then.
News Kaz Hirai: Sony Aiming To Match And Exceed PSP's Install-Base With NGP
The PlayStation Blog's put up an interview with Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai regarding the NGP
While the interview is naturally light on new details, a tired looking Kaz does discuss some of the reasoning behind the handheld's January announcement (nothing to do with 3DS, honest), as well as talking about Sony's success barometer...
News North America Can, Ahem, Get To Grips With Aya Brea From March 29th
Parasite Eve is back
(Sort of.) Square Enix has readily slapped a March 29th release date on Square Enix's PE spin-off, The 3rd Birthday. Bizarrely, the game will only release on UMD, with "no plans" for a digital version. We don't get it. What's the disadvantage of releasing the game on UMD and the PlayStation Store? Weird. In addition to...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 2nd February 2011
Playable Content Beat Sketcher (£7
99/9.99) Tetris (£7.99/9.99) Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 (£11.99/14.99) X-Men Arcade (£6.29/7.99) Killzone®3 Multiplayer Open Beta (Available from 11am GMT, Thursday 3rd February) EA Sports Fight Night Champion demo Crash Bandicoot 2 (£3.99/4.99)</ul>Add-On Game Content ModNation Racerso...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 1st February 2011
Games Assassin's Creed II Deluxe Edition ($29
99) The UnderGarden ($9.99) Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 ($14.99) Tales From Space: About A Blob ($14.99) Mega Man 2 (PSone Classic Import) ($5.99)</ul>Demos Fight Night Champions Demo Trinity: Souls of Zill O'Li Demo The UnderGarden Demo Add-ons EyePet Butterfly Pack (free) ModNation Racers...
News LEGO Pirates Of The Caribbean You Say? Sure, Why Not?
It feels like Traveller's Tales make a new LEGO game for practically every franchise worth a damn, but who cares when they are traditionally rather good? Take LEGO Pirates Of The Caribbean: you have to admire the way the studio's managed to capture Captain Jack Sparrow's rogue charm within a rendered LEGO block
Good work.
News EA Prepping "Very Exciting" First-Person Shooter "Later In The Year"
Let's get any guessing or mystery out of the way first: EA's mystery first-person shooter title is Battlefield 3
There's no need for speculation, that's fact. Deal with it. In fact, we're so certain it's Battlefield 3, we're not even sure why EA are teasing it. Still, the story stems from EA's financial call last night. CEO John Riccitiello was...
News If We Were The Gambling Type, We'd Put A Fiver On The Impending Announcement Of Saints Row 3
You've got to love modern journalism
More news comes via Twitter than it does traditional sources. Take Danny Bilson's response to a fan's Saints Row 3 query. When asked about the game, the THQ VP of core gaming responded that there was a "big announcement coming soon". Ok. Anyone want to bet a fiver then? We think we've got this locked...
News Batman: Arkham City Looks Particularly Pretty, Don'tchathink?
Batman: Arkham City's lead gaffer Sefton Hill was talking up the game's bigger environment open-world environment yesterday
Just to remind you there's been no visual sacrifice, have a new screenshot. There's more over at VG247.</em>
Tuesday1st Feb 2011
News We'd Totally Be OK With Scarlett Johansson Playing Elena In The Uncharted Movie
There are few women we fancy more than the polygonal model of Elena in the Uncharted games, but Scarlett Johansson ranks among them
So while we're not totally stoked about director David O. Russell's vision for the video game adaptation, we can at least appreciate his taste in female actresses. According to Russel, the movie script is being written...
News Yakuza 4 Has Enough Cut-Scenes To Fuel Three Feature Length Movies
Yakuza games are brilliant
They're over-the-top, silly and a little bit self-indulgent, but brilliant all the same. We could soak up their obsessive reverence for Japanese culture over and over again. So it's nice to know that Yakuza 4 has over six hours of cut-scenes. Digest that: six hours. That should keep us satisfied.</em>
News If This .gif Doesn't Get You Excited For Resistance 3, Nothing Will
Insomniac Games is turning to the techniques of popular video game forum, NeoGAF, to promote their upcoming PS3 exclusive, Resistance 3
The web forum is well known for its slew of Killzone and Uncharted .gif files, but Insomniac themselves are getting the ball rolling with moving screenshots for Resistance 3. The .gif, posted via Insomniac's Twitter...
News Satin Silver PlayStation 3 Model Coming To Japan In March
Sony's announced a new "satin silver" model of the PlayStation 3 is to launch in Japan on March 10th
The 160GB console will launch with all the trimmings (DualShock 3, etc) for ¥29,980. It looks purrrdy.
News Oh Hey, Cole Still Has To Make Moral Choices In inFamous 2
The original inFamous had a heavy emphasis on the morality of your actions
Choices were binary and contrived, but the whole mechanic shaped the way the world responded to you as well as Cole's looks. In inFamous 2, Cole will need to make moral decisions once again, but this time they will be represented by character-driven dialogue and 3D mocap...
News Sony Cool With Expanding PlayStation Suite To Other Platforms, Focusing On Android For Now
While Sony's PlayStation Suite will have humble beginnings as a PSone emulation service for Android devices, Sony's clearly aiming bigger with their mobile gaming initiative
We already know Sony plans to extend the service with new bite-sized content, but it sounds like the platform holder's also keen to bring the program to as many platforms as...
News Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Makes Even The Ugliest Of Carnivorous Fish Look Friendly
Qwarkward
The only problem with Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One is that only one player can assume the role of Captain Qwark. We predict straw drawing and angrily exchanged PlayStation Network messages. See while Ratchet's side-kick Clank, and nemesis Nefarious are cool, they pale in significance to the adorably arrogant Qwark. The latest gameplay...
News Square Enix Reveal The 3rd Birthday's Pretty Awesome Looking Twisted Edition
Square Enix has formally revealed the Twisted Edition of upcoming PSP shooter, The 3rd Birthday
The Europe-only (for now) package includes a number of premium items, all of which focusing on the game's, err, lovely protagonist Aya Brea. There's an artbook, lithographs and more. It sounds like all UMD copies of The 3rd Birthday will ship as the...
News This Yoostar2 Trailer is Ready For its Close-Up Now
Name that film
Every year, around Oscar season, cinema goers marvel at the acting talents of big name icons whilst often thinking, "I could do better than that". Well, Yoostar2 is going to give you the chance to put your money where your popcorn-filled mouth is, with its unique take on movie karaoke. The idea is simple: using the...
News Project Dark Renamed Dark Soul, Has Nothing To Do With Demon's Souls At All (Apparently)
Remember From Software's Project Dark announcement at last year's Tokyo Game Show? Forget the Project name, as the game is now officially called Dark Soul
From Software would also like to remind us that the game has absolutely nothing to do with Demon's Souls. We're really not sure they're kidding anyone. The name change seems to be a way for From...
Rumour I Am Alive Is, Well, Alive On PlayStation Network (Apparently)
I Am Alive was originally intended to be a unique, first-person survival horror game in a natural disaster setting
Since its exciting unveiling, the game's gone through a bit of a turbulent time. Original developers Darkworks were yanked off the project, with Ubisoft Shanghai put in charge. Ubisoft promised that the new studio would "totally...
Resistance: Fall Of Man was brilliant
Resistance 2 had its moments. But judging by this new gameplay clip of Resistance 3, Insomniac's really stepped up their game. The footage includes a quick glimpse at Resistance 3's "Weapon Wheel" — one of fan's most demanded features after it was removed from Resistance 2. It also looks pretty...
News SEGA Confirms SEGA Rally Online Arcade For PlayStation Network, We Go Nuts
Easy right
Over jump. Long medium left. Checkpoint. Easy left, maybe. Racing games really don't get much better than SEGA Rally (we're ignoring boxart in that assessment). It's why we're properly pumped over a press release that landed in our inbox last night: SEGA Rally Online Arcade is coming to the PlayStation Network this year. The announcement...
Naughty Dog's reassured fans that they are set to work hard with developers Sony Bend to ensure Uncharted NGP is a "great addition to the franchise"
Speaking at London's PlayStation Experience event, Naughty Dog revealed they are collaborating with Sony Bend to make sure the game lives up to the quality of the series. "We're not actually...
News Splinter Cell Collection Infiltrating PlayStation 3 In March
Ubisoft's slapped a March 22nd US release date on their upcoming PS3 Splinter Cell Collection bundle
The package — which includes the original Splinter Cell, Pandora's Tomorrow and Chaos Theory — will also be available from the PlayStation Network. The game will support both high-definition visuals and 3D. Bizarrely, still no word on when...
News PlayStation Move Support Coming To The PC? GDC Panel Information Says So
According to information listed in an upcoming GDC panel blurb, Sony is set reveal something called "PlayStation Move Server" at the panel
Apparently it will detail official PC support for Sony's motion controller. The panel synopsis notes that the Move Server initiative will make it possible for academics and hobbyists to develop software using...
News This Crazy Person Perfectly Recreated Peggle In LittleBigPlanet 2
If you've got a spare five minutes this afternoon, you might want to try out Makotoi's faithful recreation of Peggle in LittleBigPlanet 2
Queue the level up through here. We played it earlier and it's pretty damn good.
News Fact: Robotic Dudes With Katana Blades Will Always Kick Your Ass
One thing we've noticed about Japanese developed fiction is that they love to marry the future with the past
A popular character choice is a hulking robotic dude armed to the teeth with classic Japanese blades. Take Zero, a character in Platinum Games' Anarchy Reigns. He's a ninja with a katana sword, but he looks like a robot. There's a trailer...
News With This Next Generation Portable Footage We'd Like To Launch A Public Appeal
You can sell anything with quick cuts and a catchy chorus, but thankfully the Next Generation Portable looks like it's actually going to be pretty rad
Still, we're not here to talk about how good Uncharted NGP looks and how excited we are for a new Wipeout. We're here to launch a worldwide public appeal. What is the name of that song? We've tried...
News Rocksteady: Arkham City "Five Times Bigger Than Arkham Island"
Rocksteady's top man Sefton Hill has said that Batman: Arkham City's location setting is "five times bigger" than Batman: Arkham Asylum's island setting
The clue, perhaps, is in the name. The footprint of Arkham City is about five times bigger than Arkham Island, but our primary intention was never to create a bigger gameworld just for the sake...
