News - October, 2011
Monday31st Oct 2011
Review inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood (PlayStation 3)
But... does it sparkle?
The dark world Cole McGrath is trying to project just got a whole lot darker. inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood takes place during inFAMOUS 2 in the city of New Marais on a special night called Pyre Night, when the citizens celebrate the removal of the twisted and powerful vampire, Bloody Mary. With Bloody Mary reawakened with...
News Capcom Reloads Two Resident Evil Chronicles for Move
Get the Umbrella
We were surprised when Capcom decided not to implement PlayStation Move controls in Resident Evil 4 HD, particularly considering it had worked them into Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, but the series is about to add two more games to its Move library. Capcom Japan just announced Resident Evil Chronicles HD (well, Biohazard Chronicles...
News GoldenEye Launch Trailer Detonates in 5, 4, 3, 2...
Bond goes boom
James Bond's third appearance on PlayStation 3 is less than 24 hours away in North America: GoldenEye 007: Reloaded is ready to grab PlayStation Move by the tuxedo lapels and make a witty remark. To celebrate the suave spy's first motion-controlled outing on PS3, Activision has created this rather nice launch trailer below that hits...
News PlayStation Move Powered Biohazard Chronicles HD Announced For PS3
When the Nintendo Wii was new and shiny, hardcore gamers screamed for some traditional third-party experiences
Publishers compromised by releasing rails-shooters, with some of the more memorable titles being Capcom's Resident Evil 'Chronicles' series. The light-gun games — entitled Umbrella Chronicles and Darkside Chronicles — fleshed out...
News Answer the Call of Deadmund's Quest Demo This Week
Are you dead enough?
Eagerly anticipated Move-exclusive adventure Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest is just a couple of weeks away, but you get your chance to play it this week as a free demo is due to land on the PlayStation Store. The North American shop should update tomorrow with a playable trial of Zindagi's undead action game. We're not sure...
News Sony Puts Muscle Behind The Biggest Bollywood Release In History
Believe it or not, PlayStation is something of a burgeoning brand in India
While Sony could be forgiven for resting on its strongholds — Europe, Japan and North America — the company is constantly looking to find ways to develop brand loyalty in new regions. And that's why you see PlayStation get a strong push in areas such as Latin America and...
News Sony Santa Monica Staffing Up For God Of War Related Project
Tenuous, this, so slot it under the folder with "Rumour" emblazoned in pink marker pen ink on the front
Sony Santa Monica is apparently staffing up for a new project in the God Of War series. "Mega developer making sequel to ginormous franchise," is definitely not hard to believe — but the job listing TheSilentChief cites is a bit bland...
News Volition Staffers Chat About The Problems With Red Faction: Armageddon
With Red Faction: Guerrilla being widely recognised as a pretty good game, many expected that its sequel, Armageddon, would knock things out the park
The problem is, the game just sort of existed. It'd didn't generate any sort of excitement, released without a whimper, and almost immediately disappeared. Environmental artist Wayne Adams believes the...
News Purchase PlayStation Plus, Get Jurassic Park: The Game For Free
There are two types of people in this world
Those that Plus and those that don't. Regardless of which camp you fall into, SCEA might have an offer that will twist your arm. It's offering a free version of Telltale's Jurassic Park: The Game (that's all four of the game's episodes) to anyone that purchases a year of PlayStation Plus between November...
News Frobisher Says! Inspired By PlayStation Vita's Unique Control Interface
Honeyslug's bizarre PlayStation Vita indie title, Frobisher Says, was inspired by the PlayStation Vita's "bewildering" array of touch inputs, the developer has revealed
Earlier this year,? ?we were asked by Sony Europe whether we wanted to submit a proposal for a Playstation Vita showcase app? -? ?something which would highlight the unique...
News Lollipop Chainsaw Celebrates Hallowe'en The Only Way It Knows How
The latest trailer for Grasshopper's bizarre third-person slash 'em up, Lollipop Chainsaw, pretty much sells itself when it plasters enormous curse words all over the screen
Oh, and the part where protagonist Juliet Starling chainsaws a dude in half, only for him to immediately heal back together and ask, "Did you think that hurt?" Judging...
News EA Outlines Harmony Soundtrack System For SSX
EA has unveiled a new custom soundtrack system for its upcoming snowboarding reboot, SSX
The technology — entitled Harmony — sounds similar to the functionality in Wipeout HD. It essentially dynamically mixes your music in-game, so if you hit a particularly big jump, EA's able to fade out your custom soundtrack and replace it with the soothing...
News Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Shoots Up The Undead In Brand New Trailer
Capcom might be losing faith in its Slant Six developed squad based shooter, but Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City still looks pretty cool to us
This latest cinematic trailer goes heavy on atmosphere, and pretty much knocks it out of the park. There's a smattering of gameplay footage in there too, which looks decent. The game's out in March next...
News The Latest Darkness II Trailer Hones In On All The Gross Stuff
We don't remember The Darkness being so gross
Sure we remember the portions of the campaign when it went really crazy — the Hellish trenches scene continues to haunt us — but geez, this latest trailer for The Darkness II gives Mortal Kombat a run for its money. We suppose it's appropriate for Hallowe'en, but man, if you're eating right now, we...
News UK Sales Charts: Battlefield 3 Shoots To The Top Spot
Given the ten million copies EA shipped, it would have been more surprising if Battlefield 3 didn't take the top-spot of this week's UK sales charts
The heavily anticipated DICE developed shooter has toppled last week's winner, Batman: Arkham City, to claim the number one spot in a largely familiar top-ten. Activision's Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception To Scoop Up Retro DLC Skin Pack
According to the latest issue of Famitsu magazine, the first round of DLC for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception will include a spattering of classic character skins for you to parade around as in the game's multiplayer component
The majority of the skins appear to be ripped directly out of Uncharted 2's multiplayer component, but there are a few new...
News Counter Strike: Global Offensive Skips On Planned October Beta
Valve's Chet Faliszek has confirmed that it's cross-platform PlayStation Network first-person shooter, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, will skip on its planned October beta
With the month being pretty much over at the time of writing, we can't say that we're surprised. Chet revealed the news in an interview with ESEA, citing feedback from...
News Sonic Generations Launch Trailer Spins Online
"Best Sonic game in years," is a phrase we've been dishing out rather liberally in recent months
But it couldn't be closer to the money. SEGA's really hitting the jack-pot with Sonic Generations, providing a campaign that not only appears to nail the two-dimensional aspect of Sonic The Hedgehog's gameplay, but also the three-dimensional portion too...
Sunday30th Oct 2011
News SEGA Has 'No Plans' To Bring Back Classic Sonic
The release of Sonic Generations has ushered many disbelieving gamers into an admission: Sonic games can be good
The upcoming title's combination of throw-back Sonic The Hedgehog gameplay and modern three-dimensional action has proven a hit with gamers ever since SEGA announced the move. But while Sonic Generations is set to become one of the best...
News Asura's Wrath Drops Into North America From February 21st
Battle time
Capcom's announced that its bonkers buddha brawler, Asura's Wrath, is set to drop into the United States on February 21st. There's no date for the European release, but it expect it during the same week. Bizarre Japanese brawlers have become something of a rarity this generation, so enjoy Asura's Wrath while you can. We're going to take...
News Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Opens Its Umbrella On March 20th
We should probably apologise
That headline contained a pun so awful it could probably wipe out humanity through a chorus of collective groans. Seeing as we're still here, writing this story, we're going to guess that we got away with it. On topic: after lowing the game's commercial expectations earlier in the week, Capcom has attached a March 20th...
Saturday29th Oct 2011
News Go Behind the Scenes with BioShock Infinite's Voice Actors
Digging in a bit deeper
It’s sadly been a while since we’ve had the chance to bring you anything news related to BioShock Infinite, but thankfully that's just came to an abrupt end. Irrational Games just released a new video that takes us deeper into the main characters of the game: Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth. Irrational Games' Creative...
Feature Move's First Year - Part Two
The start of 2011
This September we celebrated PS Move’s first birthday by chronicling in Move’s First Year – Part One the most notable news and titles that were released between September and December 2010. We continued with this retrospective theme this month by analysing Move's First Year — The Stinkers, and we forecast the most...
News Metal Gear Solid Announcement Incoming?
The British arm of the Official PlayStation Magazine is teasing something big
And stealthy. In fact editor Ben Wilson can't seem to hold his excitement about the feature, closing his editor's note with the comments: "I promise you that next month is an equally significant issue in our history. I desperately want to say more, but really...
News For England James: GoldenEye 007 Reloaded Gets Launch Trailer
Yes, a new Bond game
It's curious that Activision's decided to release GoldenEye 007: Reloaded so close to Modern Warfare 3, but we're not going to complain. We're always pumped for more 007, and subsequently can't wait to get our hands on this revamped version of last year's Nintendo Wii reboot. It's GoldenEye. What's not to be pumped about? The...
News Capcom Lowers Expectations For Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Perhaps picking up on some distress within the Resident Evil community, Capcom has lowered expectations for its Slant Six developed squad-based shooter, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
The Japanese publisher originally predicted the game would shift 2.5 million units. Six months later it reckons only 2 million. The game's due out next year...
Friday28th Oct 2011
Review Everybody Dance (PlayStation 3)
The real party starter
The wait for a killer app PlayStation Move dancing game seems baffling at times: although Kinect launched with the excellent Dance Central from Harmonix, it took three years for the Wii to really ignite the trend with Ubisoft’s original Just Dance. Here we are, 14 months on since the peripheral first launched and ready to...
News Hydrophobia Prophecy Washes Up Next Week
Sandbags at the ready
Hydrophobia Prophecy is about to whet your appetite for water-based puns: it's out on PSN next week. North America gets it on 1st November with a European release on 2nd November. The best bit is the price: just $7.99 in North America or £5.10 in the UK, the game is free to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Hydrophobia Prophecy...
News ESRB Rating Hints At DarkStalkers PSone Classics Release
Many fighting fans have been clamouring for a new DarkStalkers title for years
And while Capcom might not be willing to invest in a completely new title in the series, it sure as heck won't pass up on earning some additional revenue from an old version. Hence the ESRB has revealed the imminent release of PSone title, DarkStalkers: The Night Warrior...
News Assassin's Creed: Revelations Has... Tower Defense Now?
Y'know, back in 2007 when the original Assassin's Creed got criticised for having no variety, Ubisoft must have taken it really hard
Every subsequent Assassin's Creed game has been packed with objectives, markers and things to do. Why stop when you're winning? No matter how much this latest Assassin's Creed trailer attempts to dress things up, it's...
News Kevin Butler Launches 'Hall Of Play'
What's so special about Michael? We're all PlayStation fans here, we should all be honoured in a commercial of our own
It seems Sony agrees, and has decided to dedicate a commercial to each and every one of us. All you need do is head over to PlayStation's official Facebook page, where platform mascot Kevin Butler will induct you into the Hall Of...
News EA Sent Some Tanks Into London To Celebrate The Release Of Battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 is now available in the UK, after launching earlier in the week in North America
In order to celebrate the game's release, EA figured it was appropriate to drum up some publicity. So it sent some tanks and an APC into the centre of London. We hope you're not missing the connection. (Just in case: Battlefield 3 is a military game and...
News PayDay: The Heist Finally Unlocks The European PSN On November 2nd
Finally
After some unfortunate delays, Sony Online Entertainment has at last attached a date to the European release of PayDay: The Heist. The first-person co-operative rob 'em up is due out next week on the PlayStation Store. That's November 2nd if you want an exact date to mark on your calendar. SOE apologised for the delay and concluded that it...
News SEGA Announces Partnership With Arkedo, Snaps Up 'Project Hell Yeah!'
Those of you that have been keeping a close eye on the PlayStation Store recently will have noticed a slew of games under the 'Arkedo' label
Originally released for XBOX 360 and then ported to the PlayStation 3 by Sanuk Games, these super simple, retro flavoured indie titles gave Arkedo their excellent reputation. They've spent the past nine months...
Back before the PlayStation Network went down Dark Energy Digital promised us a PlayStation 3 release of its former XBOX 360 exclusive Hydrophobia Prophecy
Having been hit by poor critical reception, Dark Energy's frequently gone back to lick its wounds and has stayed faithful to its ambitious water-driven adventure game concept, promising reams of...
News DC Universe Online Goes 'Free-To-Play' On November 1st
Sony Online Entertainment's slapped a big November 1st date on DC Universe Online's transition to free-to-play
Those curious about the game will be able to experience it for free from said date. Anyone that spends more than $5 on content (or has done previously) will see their account upgraded to include an extra set of perks. Those hooked on the...
News EA Ships Over 10 Million Copies Of Battlefield 3
Well, it's not Call Of Duty numbers
But bloody nora, Battlefield 3's early sales figures are still mightily impressive all the same. EA has announced at the company's Q2 sales briefing that it has shipped 10 million copies of Battlefield 3 (which launched this week in North America and Europe). The company as a whole was bolstered by strong sales in...
News Sony's John Koller Dismisses Issues With PlayStation Vita's Non-Christmas Launch
Sony was originally coveting a pre-Christmas worldwide launch for the PlayStation Vita, SCEA's director of hardware marketing John Koller has revealed in an interview with AllThingsDigital
But the company decided that it would be best to delay the launch until next year in order to ensure that there was enough hardware available at launch. Weve...
News We Really Don't Think THQ Can Get Anymore Bonkers
The build-up to Saints Row: The Third has been ridiculous
But it's all been manageable. While we might frown at the appearance of a hostile Hot-Dog wielding an enormous pink dildo as a weapon, we can understand it. But this latest live-action trailer... Well, yeah. Erm.
News Worldwide Hardware Sales Put PlayStation 3 On Top
When it comes to the console wars, worldwide sales are nearly always a point of contention
Sony's PlayStation 3 often comes off second-best in regions such as North America and the UK. Conversely, the PlayStation 3 does much more spectacular numbers in parts of continental Europe and Japan. Unfortunately, we're not often privy to those numbers,...
News Ubisoft Explains Traversal In Rayman Origins
How much "French-ness" can you tolerate this morning? If your threshold is low, then we recommend returning to this trailer when it's more tolerable
Because this Rayman Origins trailer is ultimately very exciting, you just have to fight through all the "French-ness" to get to the exciting part. Seriously though, the game looks ace.
News The Voices Behind BioShock Infinite Chat About Their Alter Egos
It's not often that we get to post a new video pertaining to BioShock Infinite
While the hotly anticipated first-person adventure game is firmly on everybody's radar, it's always seemed a long way off. But no more — with many of this year's big Holiday releases out of the picture, Infinite is due its time in the spotlight. And that starts today...
News Naughty Dog Happy To Pump Out More Uncharted If Fans Want It
Traditionally Naughty Dog has introduced a new franchise for each console generation and produced three main-line titles in that series
Theoretically, that should mean Nathan Drake's adventuring is done with the release of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Potentially, but Naughty Dog's Justin Richmond has told the Official PlayStation Magazine that...
Thursday27th Oct 2011
News Little Deviants PS Vita Bundle Releases One Week Before Launch
If you pre-order
Sony already revealed the North American PS Vita release date — 2/22/12 — but if you simply cannot wait that long, the company is giving you the chance to get your mitts on the system one week early by pre-ordering a newly announced PS Vita bundle. The bundle — which currently is only slated for "select retailers" in...
Forget every big boxing bout of the past 50 years
The head-to-head between Battlefield 3 and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this Christmas is the only one that matters. And the competition is so fierce that not even the Paris Games Week can pick a winner. The best shooter award was, well, a tie. Seriously. Both Battlefield 3 and Call Of Duty: Modern...
News Nolan North & Emily Rose Chat Motion Capture In Uncharted 3
It's very much the calm before the storm
We're sure many of you are just twiddling your thumbs waiting for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception to drop through your letterbox. And desperately trying to avoid spoilers too, right? Urgh. Yeah. In order to ease the wait, Sony's just posted up a behind-the-scenes interview featuring the voices (and bodies) of...
News Sony Buys Out Ericsson For A Tremendous Wad Of Cash
As previously rumoured, Sony has purchased Ericsson's 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson, giving the PlayStation platform holder full control over the mobile unit
Sony swooped in with a deal worth 1.05 billion (or $1.45 billion). So a real hunk of change, then. "We can more rapidly and more widely offer consumers smartphones, laptops, tablets...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 Relaunches at Retail with Special Editions
Sackboy still wants your love
LittleBigPlanet 2 was released months ago, but Sony is keen to keep its clothy character in the forefront of gifters' minds this Christmas with a relaunch of the game in two new packs. First up is the LittleBigPlanet 2 Special Edition, which includes the game and $35 worth of additional content. Top of the list is the...
News Techland Working On Downloadable ATV Racer For Ubisoft
Chances are you never played Techland's Nail'd
We did. It was actually pretty alright. The game had an extreme sports edge to it which meant you spent more time flying through the air than actually driving on the ground. We never thought we'd see a sequel to Nail'd, and to be honest we probably still won't. But that's not stopped Ubisoft from...
News Help SEGA Pick Where To Set Yakuza 5
A portion of Yakuza 5 will be set in the game's famous red-light district, Kamurocho
But like previous games in the series — which have taken protagonist Kazuma Kiriya to the likes of Okinawa — Yakuza 5 will boast a secondary district, that SEGA's allowing fans to choose. The options so far include Sapporo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka. You can...
News Grab PlayStation Vita A Week Early With The First Edition Bundle
While a lot of people choose to get furious at business moves, sometimes you just have to tip your hat and pay respect to a good marketing move when you see one
The PlayStation Vita 'First Edition Bundle' that Sony's announced for North America this afternoon is one of those moments. It's a stroke of genius, and here's why. In North America, those...
News Developer: GoldenEye Was The 'Godfather' Of Shooters
GoldenEye 007 Reloaded is out on PS3 next week
And as regular readers will know, we couldn't be more excited. Part of our excitement stems from nostalgia; GoldenEye is one of our favourite games of all time. With the original game being so fondly remembered, we can only imagine there must be a curious atmosphere at developer Eurocom. A kind of...
News European Dungeon Defenders Delay Explained
Dungeon Defenders was just one of the numerous PlayStation Network titles expected to launch in Europe yesterday but mysteriously delayed at the last minute
We posted up something of a rant about that yesterday. With the evaporation of anticipated games a hot topic over here, Eurogamer grilled Reverb Publishing CEO, Doug Kennedy, about what exactly...
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Outlines Weapon Progression In New Trailer
Every year, Activision somehow manages to add another reason to keep you levelling up your character in Call Of Duty
One of this year's biggest hooks in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is Weapon Proficiencies, which essentially allows you to collect and earn "mini-perks" for your weapons. Proficiencies allow you to improve your performance...
News Sonic Generations Is The Most Pre-Ordered Game In The Franchise's History
Sonic The Hedgehog, as a video game series, has a long and storied history
Spanning more than 20 years, and featuring in massive number of games, the character has been a favourite of video game fans for years. But his latest outing in Sonic Generations is surprisingly the most pre-ordered title in the franchise's history. There's probably two...
News PlayStation Home Gets Caught Up In Hallowe'en Fever
We'd just like to spend a few moments to thank James Gallagher of the PlayStation Blog
Sarcastically, of course. His latest PlayStation Home update, entitled "What Goes Bump In The Night", has totally got us listening to the AllStars on loop. So thanks for that. Thanks a lot. Anyway. Lots of bits-and-bobs in PlayStation Home this week. New...
News Levine: BioShock Infinite Is 'My Game'
BioShock creator Ken Levine has no doubts about who wears the trousers at Irrational Games
Chatting with Joystiq, the legendary developer revealed that BioShock Infinite is most definitely his game. This is my game, he said, "I love the fact that we sit down and chat with each other but at the end of the day this things got to be my...
News Avalanche Squashes Just Cause 3 Rumour
Yesterday we posted a report from XBOX World magazine
We should have known better there and then. The report suggested that Just Cause 3 was in development, and due for release next year. Unfortunately, developer Avalanche Studio hasn't got the foggiest idea where the rumours came from. "It's just a rumour and we're not releasing any game in...
News Battlefield 3 Developer Tosses Aside Control Issue Complaints
"You're on crack," Battlefield 3 gameplay designer Alan Kertz responded to a fans' criticism of changes made to the game's control system since the beta
"There's been no controls changes since the beta." Joking or not, tempers are clearly fraught at developer DICE as the studio was clearly pushed to meet the game's pre-Call Of Duty...
News Babel Rising Moves Onto PlayStation Network
Ubisoft's announced it's bringing popular iOS God game, Babel Rising, to the PlayStation Network
The next-gen version of the touch-based title sees players assuming to role of God, attempting to stop a group of builders from correctly constructed a tower. While the PlayStation 3 is unable to replicate the original title's touch controls, Ubisoft has...
News Co-Op Looks A Little Bit Like This In Mass Effect 3
We probably sound like something of a worn out record when discussing Mass Effect 3's multiplayer component, so we're now going to reserve judgement until we actually play it
While we've been heavily critical of Mass Effect's status as a shooter in the past, we'll refrain further comment until we actually play the latest entry. Because, honestly,...
Wednesday26th Oct 2011
Review Dungeon Defenders (PlayStation 3)
Well-built
One of the castle’s gigantic wooden doors creaks open, revealing a swarm of primitively-armed goblins stomping together as part of one monstrous hive mind. On the other side of the hall march similarly stomping archers towards the same target, the Eternia crystals that form the lifeblood of the kingdom. A crash, and an over-sized ogre...
News Who's Competing in Grand Slam Tennis 2?
Roster revealed
Eager to find out who's going to be available to play in EA's Grand Slam Tennis 2? The publisher just revealed the full line-up of stars, past and present, who'll be appearing in the upcoming Move tennis game. The roster includes current players like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams alongside legendary racquet-wielders...
News Uncharted 3 Sackboy Clambers Into LittleBigPlanet
Inevitably Sony has announced an uber-cutesy Nathan Drake sackboy costume to celebrate the impending release of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
The costume will launch on the PlayStation Store next week, though Sony's yet to announce any prices. Awwww.
News Japanese Sales Charts: Dead Island Batters The Top Ten, While Macross Tops
Another week, another set of Japanese sales figures
It was another bumper week for 3DS hardware — get this, Nintendo released a pink system — but PlayStation software continued to rule the roost, despite seeing a minor drop-off in console sales. PlayStation software accounted for seven spots in the top-ten, and half of the chart as a whole...
News Soul Calibur V Scoops Up Official Mad Catz Arcade Stick
Are you a fan of the Soul Calibur games? You might want to prepare yourself for Soul Calibur V with an official Mad Catz Arcade Stick
Entitled the — wait for it — Mad Catz Arcade FightStick Soul Edition, the peripheral's been designed with Namco Bandai's weapon-based brawler in mind. The arcade stick will be made available in Europe, North...
News Shinobido 2: Revenge Of Zen Confirmed For PlayStation Vita's Western Launch
Namco Bandai's confirmed that Shinobido 2: Revenge Of Zen will launch alongside the PlayStation Vita in North America and Europe
The game — developed by Acquire — sees players assume the role of a ninja assassin in a war-torn landscape. With three opposing factions fighting for control, players "must choose which of these forces to support...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: PlayStation Network Maintenance Scheduled Overnight
It's been a while
Almost, what, two weeks since the last wave of PlayStation Network maintenance. But we were never going to get away with it for too long. And sure enough, Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network will go offline overnight while the platform holder tweaks a few knobs and does, erm, general maintenance stuff. The maintenance...
News Analysts Pick Numbers For Grand Theft Auto V
We don't really know anything about Grand Theft Auto V other than that we'll get to watch a trailer of the game next week
But it's not stopping analysts from predicting sales for the hotly anticipated sequel. Sterne Agee of Arvind Bhatia reckons the game will move about 25 million units, figures on par with Call Of Duty: Black Ops. Take Two's shares...
News Sony Reveals LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition
If you haven't played LittleBigPlanet 2 yet, what are you thinking? The Media Molecule developed do-it-yourself imagination engine is still sitting at the top of our game of the year shortlist, and it's going to take a mighty competitor to topple it
Seeing as we're forgiving folks, we'll let you off on not having played LittleBigPlanet 2, so long as...
News Nightwing Smacks The Crap Out Of Goons In New Batman: Arkham City Trailer
Not had enough Batman: Arkham City yet? Nowhere near, you say? Oh, sure thing, but you want more right? Good, because Warner Bros has just dropped a new trailer focusing on the game's upcoming Nightwing DLC bundle
The pack includes the character, two new Challenge Maps and a bonus animated series skin. It's out next week on the PlayStation Network...
News Sony Provides European Payday: The Heist Update
Remember Payday: The Heist? What once seemed like something of a banner PlayStation Network exclusive has been shoddily missing in action for the past two weeks in Europe
The game launched in North America without a hitch — well, a small one actually — but like so many other PSN titles, it's missing in Europe. It's actually been common for the...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 26th October 2011
Full Games Battlefield 3 (£49
99/69.99) inFamous: Festival Of Blood (£7.99/9.99) Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean The Videogame (£31.99/39.99) Pixeljunk Sidescroller (£6.29/7.99) Ra-One (£10.99/13.99)</ul><strong>Demos</strong> Grease Dance Demo Ratchet & Clank All 4 One Multiplayer Demo Minis Open Emotion...
News Battlefield 1943 Is Not Included With PS3 Copies Of Battlefield 3
Despite being announced at E3 earlier in the year, PlayStation 3 copies of Battlefield 3 will not include a free copy of downloadable title, Battlefield 1943
Instead, PS3 owners will get each of Battlefield 3's expansion packs a week early. For most Battlefield fans, that will probably be a fair trade — after all, we've already played 1943 to...
Ready for more ridiculous graphics and terrible accents? Good, because if rumours are to be believed Avalanche is hard at work on a new entry in the Just Cause series
The news comes via XBOX World magazine (sigh, we know), which claims that the game is due for release next year. We'll take a new Just Cause, just less Bolo Santosi this time ta...
News Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Infiltrating Europe On February 3rd
Konami has finally confirmed that it's delaying the European release of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection after heavy speculation
The game — which was previously due out in November — will now launch on February 3rd in Europe. Nice of Konami to clear that up at last. The game's set to launch in two guises in Japan: Peace Walker HD will come...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 25th October 2011
Downloadable Games inFamous: Festival of Blood ($9
99) PixelJunk Sidescroller ($9.99) Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone ($9.99) Daytona USA ($9.99) Worms Crazy Golf ($9.99) Call Of Duty: Black Ops ($49.99) Homefront ($29.99) MX vs ATV Alive ($19.99)</ul><strong>Game Demos</strong> Resistance 3 Single-Player Demo Grease...
News David Jaffe Weighs In On Cinematic Gameplay Debate
Earlier in the week, Eurogamer scored Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception an 8/10
A great score no doubt, but somewhat out of line with the general consensus. While Uncharted 3 garnered 9's and 10's from most publications, Eurogamer's review generated a reasonable amount of vitriol mostly because it seemed to argue against what the franchise tries to...
Rumour Grand Theft Auto V To Feature Multiple Protagonists, Set In Los Angeles
Hot on the heels of yesterday's shock announcement, the rumour mill for Grand Theft Auto V has hit overdrive
Perhaps the most persistent rumour at the moment is that the game will take place in a "Rockstarified" Los Angeles — a rumour that's been running since before the game's announcement. Are we on the cusp of experiencing a...
News Grand Theft Auto V Trailer Countdown Revealed
Seven days
Six hours. Thirty-one minutes. Six seconds. That's how long (at the time of writing!) you've got to wait until you get your first glimpse of Grand Theft Auto V. Aware of the magnitude of the announcement, Rockstar has started counting down to next week's debut trailer. Seven days. Six hours. Twenty-nine minutes. Fifty-eight seconds.
News PlayStation Vita Takes Notes From Apple, Won't Support Flash At Launch
By all accounts PlayStation Vita's browser will be much better than us PlayStation users are accustomed to
But one thing it won't support at launch is Flash. Support for Adobe's sometimes irritating animation tool will come post release. Thankfully, the Vita's browser will support Javascript (v1.7 if you're interested) and HTML 5 out of the box...
News SSX Could Come To PlayStation Vita
SSX is coming to PlayStation 3 in February next year
But if the game's successful, EA hasn't completely written off the potential of a PlayStation Vita release. "One of the big philosophies for EA now, and in particular EA Sports, is fewer and bigger hits and in particular building big franchises," creative director Todd Batty told CVG...
News FIFA Street Takes Place In More Exotic Locations Than Just The, Errr, Street
EA Sports' latest football title -- FIFA Street -- might wear the word 'Street', but this soccer sim is anything but exclusively urban
New screenshots released by the publisher show matches taking place on the roof of buildings, in factories and by the sea. Feast your eyes on the full gallery through here.
News Someone Completed Uncharted 3 In Less Than Three Hours
An in-house tester entrusted with the task of ensuring Nathan Drake's shirt is tucked precisely throughout the entirety of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (probably
), has managed to complete the entire campaign in an incredibly slender span of three hours and eight minutes. That's just a smidgen longer than it took a similar QA expert to complete...
Tuesday25th Oct 2011
Review El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron (PlayStation 3)
God complex
A confident and creatively crafted action adventure, El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron boasts one of the most striking and varied visual styles we've ever encountered. Its gameplay never quite reaches the dizzying heights of its artistic endeavour, but does a good enough job of contextualising the game's bizarre and intriguing...
Breaking Grand Theft Auto V Announced, Trailer Coming November 2nd
If you saw this one coming, you should take up a new position as a psychic or something
Rockstar just officially announced Grand Theft Auto V without even the slightest sniff of a warning. Details are still ridiculously scarce, but Rockstar's promising a new trailer will release on November 2nd. (That rains on Nathan Drake's parade a touch, doesn't...
News Nathan Drake Punches People Where It Hurts In Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Meet the Iron Fist
A tactic in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's multiplayer that allows you to attack an opponent before sliding in and doing some real damage. Preferrably where it hurts. In a new Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception developer diary, Richard Cogburn talks multiplayer tactics and more. You can catch it after the jump.
News Saints Row: Initiation Station Lets You Create Crazy Custom Characters Early
Those of you that purchased the Saints Row: Double Pack or Red Faction Armageddon may have already been invited to participate in the Saints Row: Initiation Station
Everybody else will have to wait until November 1st when the free application launches on PlayStation Network. The downloadable tool will allow players to fiddle with Saints Row: The...
News Meet The Roster Of Grand Slam Tennis 2
EA Sports has served up a new trailer for its PlayStation Move powered tennis sim, Grand Slam Tennis 2
The package is brimming with big names, from Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, through to Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic. Like the original Grand Slam Tennis, there's also some classic names in there such as Bjorn Borg...
News Ubisoft To Open Video Game Studio In Abu Dhabi
Ubisoft has announced plans to open a brand new "major" video game studio in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates
The studio will initially focus its attention on online games in collaboration with other Ubisoft studios, but will eventually branch out into creating original titles targeted at local and international audiences. Ubisoft...
News GAME & GameStation To Open At Midnight For Battlefield 3 Launch
Hundreds of GAME and GameStation stores across the UK will open their doors on Thursday evening to run midnight launches for Battlefield 3
EA's hotly anticipated first-person shooters is destined to be one of the biggest games of the year, and the retailer group is seemingly well prepared. You can peruse the full list of participating stores through...
News PlayStation Vita Save Discrepancy Down To DLC
Remember the furore surrounding certain PlayStation Vita software's inability to save on cartridge? It's down to DLC, according to various online reports
Gamers were dismayed last week when Sony announced anticipated PlayStation Vita titles such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Hot Shots Golf 6 would require a memory card, while others such as...
News Mortal Kombat Developer Considering More Crossover Games
We actually really liked Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe
Yes, without fatalities it kind of lacked some of the "thrill" of Mortal Kombat, but it was still a decent brawler all the same. And developer NetherRealm did a brilliant job of creating interesting fighters out of the DC characters. But with the latest Mortal Kombat title blowing up...
News LittleBigPlanet 2's Scoreboards Back Tomorrow
The fireworks still pop
You can still give your co-operative partner a big slap. But something's been missing from LittleBigPlanet 2's end-of-level experience for some time. The scoreboards have been offline. But according to a post on the LittleBigPlanet forums, the feature will return tomorrow. "As you know, for quite some time now the...
News Warner Bros Ships 4.6 Million Copies Of Batman: Arkham City In One Week
Warner Bros has released some impressive numbers for Rocksteady's latest PlayStation 3 superhero opus, Batman: Arkham City
The publisher has shipped more than 4.6 million copies of the spectacular action-adventure sequel worldwide, more than double that of its predecessor over the same period. The team at Rocksteady put every ounce of effort into...
News Sucker Punch Serves Up More inFamous With Festival Of Blood
If you didn't get enough super-charged Cole McGrath earlier in the year with inFamous 2, then Sucker Punch has got a treat for you
Designed to tie-in with the Hallowe'en season, inFamous: Festival Of Blood sees the electric-powered protagonist bitten by a Vampire when New Marais is invaded by the toothy foes. The game's out in North America today...
News Final Fantasy Type-0 Gears Up For Japanese Launch
Hotly anticipated PSP RPG Final Fantasy Type-0 is set to drop into Japanese retail outlets this week
The game's release means its development team are set to switch their priorities to Final Fantasy Versus XIII, the long-in-development PS3 title announced many years ago. Type-0 is the first PSP game to sport two UMD discs, with disc one containing...
News Or Maybe You'd Like To See Battlefield 3's Trophy List
We'll stop
We know. You're sick of hearing about Battlefield 3. You're bored of first-person shooters. You hate modern military combat. And you just wished your favourite gaming websites (!?) would write about something, anything, other than Battlefield flippin' 3. Right? Right. But one last thing before we properly stop posting about Battlefield 3...
News Sony Gives One Last Push To PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Vita's just around the corner, but Sony's decided to give one final holiday push to the aging PlayStation Portable
The North American bundle includes a PSP-3000, a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo, a UMD version of FIFA 12 and a downloadable copy of Cars 2. The bundle will be available on November 15th for $160. There's more information on...
News Grindhouse Arrives On PlayStation 3 With House Of The Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut
We're so excited
As we've probably written approximately eighteen times now, House Of The Dead: Overkill was one of our favourite Nintendo Wii titles. So we're ridiculously stoked to see the silly on-rails shooter make the jump to PS3 with full PlayStation Move support. The game's vulgar, potty-mouthed and downright ugly, but that's absolutely part...
News Perhaps You'd Like To Watch The Opening Mission Of Battlefield 3...
Not sold on Battlefield 3 yet, despite its impressive sales numbers? No problemo
We've got the game's opening mission running on PlayStation 3 hardware embedded after the jump. It's suitably bombastic. (And pretty.) Catch it after the jump, and decide if you're going to join those three million other gamers who have pledged day-one support to the...
News Battlefield 3 Pre-Orders Close In On Three Million Milestone
Toss out that "two million" pre-order figure we posted previously
To celebrate the game's release in North America today, EA's announced that the game's final pre-order figures were in the three million tally — though it's unclear whether this sum applies to just the US or worldwide. Presumably the latter. Either way, you should probably assume...
News Latest Inversion Trailer Twists You Upside Down
Namco Bandai released a new trailer for Inversion at the Golden Joystick Awards
But seeing as most of you folks didn't attend the ceremony, the publisher's been nice and shared the footage on YouTube. You can catch the goods after the break. You know, for as generic as everything else in Inversion looks, we're actually quite taken with the...
News Catch A Few Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker In HD
One of the best PlayStation Portable games of all time is preparing for its HD re-release, and we've got a couple of minutes of footage to celebrate
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD will launch as part of a Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in the West. Unfortunately Konami's being extremely coy about release details. But you can still stare longingly...
Monday24th Oct 2011
Review Wipeout 2 (PlayStation 3)
Wiped out
There’s just nothing quite like watching people getting bashed in the face, unintentionally flipped in the air or taking a hit where the sun doesn’t shine. Some folks claim that laughter is the cure for a broken heart, but witnessing these types of antics can actually make you laugh until you hurt instead. ABC has harnessed this...
Review The Sims 3: Pets (PlayStation 3)
The Sims 3: Pets does nothing to reinvent the social simulation series, but the inclusion of playable pets definitely adds a layer of complexity to the franchise's existing hallmarks
The Sims has always sort of stressed us out. In real-life, time management isn't a particularly challenging task. You can box your life into a series of coloured...
News Check Out the PS Vita Twitter App
Follow us
Earlier this month Sony revealed the pre-loaded PS Vita Apps launching with the handheld. Aside from those first-party apps however, the system will also house applications for popular social network services like Facebook, FourSquare and Twitter. Engadget just took the latter of those three for a spin, giving us a look at how the popular...
News FIFA Scores a Stunner with First Vita Shots
Back of the net
We've only just seen the first shots, and already we feel like calling EA's FIFA 12 one of the most graphically impressive Vita games. The high resolution shots here show the portable version of EA's soccer stunner is shaping up to be easily the most realistic looking handheld football game ever: check out the detail in Messi's hair,...
News Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain Pushed Back
Despite providing an eager release date announcement for its latest Fighting Fantasy title, The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain, last week -- Laughing Jackal has announced that the game has been delayed in Europe
Last minute technical hiccups are to blame apparently. The November 1st release date for North America remains unchanged.
News Assassin's Creed Movie Domains Spotted
Hot on the heels of last week's movie negotiations post, it has emerged that Sony Pictures has registered a whopping sixteen website domains pertaining to the Assassin's Creed series
Rumours and whispers put Sony as a dead-cert for the project late last week, when industry insiders said Ubisoft was close to signing on the dotted line with the...
News Original Sonic The Hedgehog Unlockable Hidden Within Sonic Generation
What we've played of Sonic Generations has really impressed us
We thought we were going to be taken by the game's reimagined 2D stages, but it's actually the modern Sonic stuff that's got us replaying levels over and over in order to beat our best time. We hope that the game features good leaderboard support so the competitive nature of the title...
News New Medal Of Honor Title Teased In Copies Of Battlefield 3
We know Danger Close has been working on a sequel to Medal Of Honor for a good year now
It seems that EA's strategy to conquer Call Of Duty is to release iterations of Medal Of Honor and Battlefield on alternate years, and true to our prediction EA has teased the latest version of Medal Of Honor inside US copies of Battlefield 3. There's really not...
News Drake's On A Plane: Uncharted 3 Scores Huge As First Reviews Drop
There's a heavy sense of expectation hanging on Nathan Drake's shoulders
An expectation that we're certain is probably shared by developer Naughty Dog. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was such a brilliant, run-away success that it increased the expectations of the series indefinitely. As such, we were expecting Uncharted 3 to see some decline in terms of...
News Pachter Predicts Jumbo Sales For Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Seasoned video games analyst Michael Pachter has pulled out his crystal ball for the months ahead, predicting that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will sell twice as many copies as its rival Battlefield 3 during the fourth quarter of 2011
Chatting with Forbes, Pachter predicted that Modern Warfare 3 will sell about 16 million units during the fourth...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 Recognised By Children's BAFTAs
LittleBigPlanet 2's been named among the nominations for the Children's BAFTAs
The Media Molecule developed PlayStation 3 exclusive is joined by stiff competition from Kirby's Epic Yarn, LEGO Pirates Of The Caribbean and Pokemon Black & White. A number of PS3 titles have also been included in the Kids' Choice awards, with Need For Speed: Hot...
News Let's Take A Moment To Stare Longingly At Wipeout 2048
Wipeout is one of our favourite PlayStation franchises of all time
We love Sony Liverpool's series so much that we get angry if anyone says anything bad about our preferred racing faction. (Assegai for those curious). Needless to say we're hopelessly stoked for the PlayStation Vita's latest Wipeout title — Wipeout 2048. Sony's dropped some new...
News Netflix Heading To The UK Next Year
Popular US movie streaming service, Netflix, is heading to the UK next year according to a report
The company intends to start its European roll-out across the UK and Ireland "via a range of consumer electronics devices capable of streaming from Netflix, as well as on PCs, Macs and mobile tablets and phones". While Netflix is remaining...
News Insomniac Games Trademarks 'Space Beasts' And 'Galaxy Beasts'
With both Resistance 3 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One already on store shelves, developer Insomniac Games' relationship with Sony appears to have come to an end
While the developer might end up working on additional PlayStation exclusive products, it seems like the studio is keen to move on to its own set of new IP. Announced at E3, Overstrike...
News UK Sales Charts: Batman Arkham City Glides Into The Top Spot
It also happens to be Warner Bros' biggest game release ever. Like, ever.
Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros has enjoyed the fourth biggest launch in the UK this year, with Batman: Arkham City shooting straight to the top of the sales charts. Batman: Arkham City was joined by The Sims 3: Pets, which had a reasonable debut in number six. Ratchet...
News Bethesda Releases Amazing Live Action Skyrim Trailer
Dragons are a bloody nuisance aren't they? You've just got your village how you'd like it and suddenly, boom
Gone in a jiffy. At least there will always be mute protagonists wearing spiffing armour to save the day. As is the case in this breath-taking live-action Skyrim trailer. Top-notch stuff.
News Exactly How Does Twitter Work On The PlayStation Vita?
The PlayStation Vita will launch with a variety of on-board applications, including the likes of Twitter and Facebook
But how exactly will the applications work on Sony's new handheld? Well, a lot like a smart-phone actually — as this Engadget video proves. Catch the demonstration after the jump.
News FIFA Vita Could Be The System's Killer App In Europe
The biggest game in Europe right now is not Call Of Duty -- though of course Activision's first-person series still does gangbusters over here -- but instead FIFA
For years EA's soccer simulation lived in the shadows of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer, but that's changed this generation. FIFA is the top-dog. And so when EA says that its planning on...
News New War Of The Worlds Trailer Invades The Internet
War Of The Worlds is still a few weeks away from release on PlayStation Network, but that hasn't stopped developer Other Ocean Interactive from releasing a brilliant launch trailer for the ambitious downloadable game
We recently got the chance to sit down with Other Ocean to chat about the moody title, which you can read through here. Make sure you...
Saturday22nd Oct 2011
News Activision Drops Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Launch Trailer
Well that didn't take long, did it? Just a day after EA dropped the launch trailer for Battlefield 3, Activision's followed up with a jaw-dropping minute of footage from Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Both trailers feel like statements of intent from their respective publishers. It's nice to hear the dulcet tones of Captain Price again. We're also...
News NBA 2K12 DLC Slamdunks Onto PlayStation Network This Holiday
Man, we always wanted to play cel-shaded basket ball
And now we've got the chance. As part of a new multi-faceted DLC pack for NBA 2K12, the publisher's chucking in a cel-shaded game mode set in the heart of New York's Times Square just for the fun of it. The $10 DLC pack will also include 150 of the NBA's all-time greatest players, new mini-games,...
News Map Editor In Development For Portal 2
If you've overcome each and every puzzle Portal 2 has to offer -- including the recent Peer Review DLC pack -- then you might be wishing for more
Valve's concocted the natural solution to your content hunger, by announcing a map editor is in development for the popular first-person puzzle title. The map editor will allow players to easily create...
News Touch My Katamari: A Short Story
Picture the scene
It's February 22nd and you're going to pick up your PlayStation Vita. You've got a wad of cash bulging in your pocket (most of which is assigned to that over-expensive memory card) and you know which launch games you desire. "Can I help you, sir?" asks the kind, helpful cashier. "Yes," you respond jovially,...
News Call Of Duty: Elite Hones In On Competitive Aspect
At its core, Call Of Duty's multiplayer is all about competition
So it's important that Activision's subscription based stat-tracking component, Call Of Duty: Elite, should hone in the competitive nature of the series. In a new behind-the-scenes video, developer Beachhead Studios discusses the various ways players will duke it out for glory, with...
Friday21st Oct 2011
Review Batman: Arkham City (PlayStation 3)
Crisis city
A gluttony of content; Batman: Arkham City takes everything that made its predecessor brilliant and improves upon it. It's really not hard to recall the period before Batman: Arkham Asylum released. At the time, the video game media was embroiled in a discussion about how the promising looking licenced title couldn't possibly turn out...
Feature First Vita Third-Party Launch Titles Revealed
What's out on day one?
Now we know PlayStation Vita's release date it's time to start learning what games will be available alongside the console on 22nd February in Europe and North America. Long-time Sony supporter Namco Bandai has just come out and revealed which three titles it's sending out from the very start. To nobody's surprise, Ridge Racer...
With Other Ocean Interactive preparing to unleash its dark re-imagining of H
G. Wells' timeless War Of The Worlds novel onto the PlayStation Network, we sat down with producer Andrew Acerbo to discuss the game, some of the team's influences and what it's like to work with Jean-Luc Picard himself, Sir Patrick Stewart. What attracted you to the War Of...
Rumour Bethesda Temporarily Postpones Development Of Doom 4
Oh wow
Rumours are flying that Bethesda has temporarily postponed development of Doom 4 after the recently released RAGE didn't meet expectations. Apparently parent company Zenimax has "a serious lack of confidence in the project management at id," following the technical issues and luke-warm reviews surrounding RAGE. We thought the game...
News Portal 2 Named Ultimate Game Of The Year At Golden Joysticks
The Golden Joysticks award winners are out, with PlayStation 3 titles such as Mortal Kombat, Gran Turismo 5 and Fallout: New Vegas all scooping up awards
But it was Portal 2 that came out on top, winning the ceremony's Ultimate Game Of The Year award. Yesterday, Sonic The Hedgehog was confirmed as the Golden Joystick's first ever Outstanding...
News Free Realms Scores 20 Million Registered Users Milestone
Crack-like Sony Online Entertainment social MMO Free Realms has hit 20 million registered users, the publisher has announced
The game launched on PC back in 2009, and recently hit the PlayStation 3 in both the US and Europe. To celebrate, anybody that logs in between October 21st and October 31st will receive a free in-game jacket to commemorate the...
News Analyst: Sony To Get PlayStation 4 Out Ahead Of Next XBOX
We told you it was starting
Only yesterday did we post a report claiming that a number of internal Sony studios had started work on the next generation of hardware, and now we've got PS4 stories popping out of our ears. The latest report comes courtesy of US analyst Colin Sebastian, who believes that neither Microsoft nor Sony will have new hardware...
News Some People Are Flipping Out About The PlayStation Vita Requiring A Memory Card
We remember purchasing our first PlayStation 2 many years ago
For some reason we did so without a memory card. We picked up a Sony branded stick the very next day. In this new age of hard-drives and on-board memory, those memory card worries have become something of a side concern. You get plenty of storage space on a new PS3 to save your games,...
News SEGA Details Binary Domain's Pre-Order Bonuses
Hot on the heels of Binary Domain's multiplayer announcement, SEGA's detailed the game's first couple of pre-order bonus packs
The first, entitled the 'Dan Marshall Pack', unlocks a brand new weapon and skills for the game's protagonist Sergeant Dan Marshall. "Dan is a member of the international Rust Crew charged with infiltrating robot...
News PixelJunk Sidescroller Drops Onto The PlayStation Store Next Week
Q-Games has attached an October 25th / October 26th release date to PixelJunk Sidescroller in North America and Europe respectively
The old-school space blaster is based on the secret Road To Dawn bonus stage in PixelJunk Shooter 2. "I really can't emphasise enough how really, really good old school fun SideScroller has turned out to be,"...
News Uncharted 3 Asks What It Means To Be A Hero
Sony has released the short Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception documentary it commissioned from Shakespeare In Love director Ed Zwick
Entitled 'The Hero's Journey', the short observes what it means to be a hero, and features the comments of a variety of faces from Michelle Rodriguez, through to Sam Rockwell and Diane Kruger. The thoughts of Naughty...
News Bethesda Labels Doom 4 Rumours 'Complete Bollocks'
Bethesda has emphatically denied reports that development on Doom 4 has been suspended, labelling the rumours as "complete bollocks"
Responding to a series of Twitter queries regarding the matter, marketing gaffer Pete Hines explained, "Games are done when they are done and no title under development at id has been postponed - indefinitely or...
News DICE Prepares You For Battlefield 3 The Only Way It Knows How
Much has been said about Battlefield 3 and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 pre-release
But now it's time for the games to deliver. It's DICE's turn first, and to get you in the mood the EA owned developer has released a trailer from the game's single-player campaign. We know it's running on a technical juggernaut but... Good grief. The game's out...
News Sony Discusses The Origins Of PlayStation Vita
In a new video documentary posted on the PlayStation Blog, Sony has discussed the origins of its new platform, the PlayStation Vita
In the video, SCEA marketing suit John Koller claims that Sony had much bigger ambitions for PS Vita than simply creating a "PSP2", and so it banned discussion of alternative mobile devices and portable gaming...
News Rayman Origins Still Looks Uber Appealing
It's been years since we played Rayman
The original PlayStation title is one of our favourite platformers of all time, but Ubisoft's been keen to neglect the limbless protagonist in recent years. Thankfully, Rayman Origins sees the uber-french hero back at the forefront, and the game looks genuinely amazing to boot. Boasting a silky smooth art-style...
News Namco Bandai Preparing Itself For Western Vita Launch With Trio Of Titles
Namco Bandai's pledged support behind Sony's February 22nd Western release for PlayStation Vita
The publisher's planning a trio of games in Europe and North America, including: Ridge Racer, Shinobido 2: Revenge Of Zen and the brilliantly named Touch My Katamari. As with all PlayStation Vita games, the titles will be available digitally or at retail...
News Bioware Confirms Demo For Mass Effect 3
Not entirely sold on the third-entry in Bioware's space opera series Mass Effect 3 yet? No, we're kind of not either
But if you're planning on picking up Battlefield 3 — you know, because Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield are totally comparable series — then you'll get early access to Mass Effect's hotly anticipated multiplayer mode some time in...
News SSX Out In Time For Valentine's Day
EA has confirmed it has delayed snowboarding title SSX a month with a new trailer
The latest footage concludes with a February 14th release date. The game was originally expected to release in January. The new date will see SSX go up against Sony's heavily anticipated Twisted Metal reboot in the United States. European dates have yet to be...
News Soul Calibur V Slashes Onto Consoles On January 31st, Ezio Officially Confirmed
What the heck? We'd seen the rumours claiming Ezio was set to make a guest appearance in Soul Calibur V, of course
But we avoided posting them because, well, we thought they were fake. We were wrong. We're sorry. Namco Bandai has just confirmed that Assassin's Creed protagonist Ezio Auditore de Firenze will appear as a secret unlockable character in...
News Private Starhawk Beta Kicking Off In November
There's a lot of great games coming out this Holiday, but do you wish Warhawk's space-bound successor, Starhawk, was one of them? It's totally understandable we suppose
But there's a solution. Lightbox Interactive has announced a private beta will start for the game as soon as next month. Players will receive a "special email" denoting...
Thursday20th Oct 2011
News inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood Trailer Really Bites
Screens and facts inside too
You finally get to grapple with Cole McGrath and PlayStation Move next week, as Sony releases inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood on PlayStation Network this coming Wednesday. Now we have the game's final fact sheet, screenshots and trailer to get you all fired up. Festival of Blood is a standalone game in its own right rather...
News Sony's Futuristic Headset Out In Time For Christmas In The UK
Sony's super swanky 3D headset will arrive in time for Christmas in the UK, with industry publication MCV slapping a December 8th release date on the device
The stocking filler will retail for a whopping £800, roughly a pound per inch of screen it simulates — with the headset capable of emulating a 750" 3D screen when placed firmly on top of...
News Sony's Tablet S Unlocks PlayStation Store Access
While we'd never consider purchasing an expensive tablet computer for access to PSone games, we're sure it's nice to have the functionality
Those that did splash out on Sony's swish new Tablet S will get the opportunity to pick up a variety of old favourites, with PlayStation Store access opened up on device from today. Games include Destruction...
News Let The Silliness Commence: Yahoo Scores Arkham City 6/5
It's that silly part of the year where all the good games release at once
And nothing can quite prepare you for "silly season" like a publication's complete disregard for its scoring scale. The staff over at Yahoo have scored Batman: Arkham City a nonsensical 6/5, explaing that the game "improves on the original so much that it feels...
News Rayman Origins To Get Uber Cutesy Collector's Edition In Europe
Ubisoft's limbless hero Rayman is about to get his first starring role in years, and fans in Europe will be able to celebrate the arrival of the uber-French protagonist by splashing out on a specially prepared Collector's Edition for Rayman Origins
The premium package bundles a 50-page artbook, original soundtrack and whimsical diorama-esque...
News Sony Swoops In For Assassin's Creed Movie License
Sony Pictures is on the verge of signing a deal with Ubisoft in order to bring the Assassin's Creed franchise to the big screen, so reports claim
The stealth series has been coveted by a number of big industry players, including Universal, but it seems Sony is closest to signing up the historical blockbuster. Variety reports that both Ubisoft and...
News L.A. Noire: Complete Edition Cofirmed For PlayStation 3
If you didn't get a chance to dive into L
A. Noire</a> yet, Rockstar's confirmed that the game's Complete Edition is coming to PlayStation 3 on November 15th and November 18th in North America and Europe respectively. The Complete Edition comes with the main campaign (obviously) as well as all the pre-order gubbins and DLC. It means you'll be...
News Amazon Pulls PlayStation Network Content
Amazon has ceased selling PlayStation Network content on its website without offering an explanation
The American arm of the online retailer previously sold PSN games and voucher codes directly from its website, but pulled such content overnight. We have no announcements regarding this change in selection, however we can confirm that Amazon...
News PlayStation 3 To Get 'New Owner's Kit' Bundle From October 25th
If you're new to PlayStation 3 then first of all: what took you so long? But seriously though, if you are new to PS3 then you might be in the market for a couple of extra peripherals to go with your shiny new system
A new bundle due out in North America from October 25th should get you sorted. The so-called "New Owner's Kits" includes a...
News Laughing Jackal Confirm Latest Fighting Fantasy Title For October 26th In Europe
Laughing Jackal's slapped an October 26th European release date on its second Fighting Fantasy PlayStation Mini, Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain
Those in North America will need to wait a few extra days for the digital novel, when it releases on November 1st. The game's set to retail for £3.49 / $4.99. Catch a trailer after the...
Report Sony Studios Start Work On PlayStation 4 Projects
So it starts
Ironically on the week we've spent a lot of time pondering PlayStation 4. We got to thinking about Sony's next system when we came to the conclusion that Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception would probably be Naughty Dog's final PlayStation 3 game. We figured that by analysing the portfolio of Sony's internal studios, we could probably...
News Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone Announced For PlayStation Network
You remember Zombie Apocalypse right? The Konami published dual-stick zombie murdering acti---you don't remember? Admittedly, we're struggling
Problem is, there are that many dual-stick zombie shooters around these days they all tend to merge into one. Konami reckons the world is in need of just one more though, as it's announced Zombie Apocalypse:...
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Trailer Details 'Strike Packages'
A new video for Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has detailed the game's most dramatic shake-up: Strike Packages
These come in three different flavours: Assault, Support and Specialist. Assault essentially entails Call Of Duty's vanilla offensive killstreaks, while Support includes goodies like UAVs and turrets. Finally, Specialist features no...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Scoops Up Outstanding Contribution Award At Golden Joysticks
SEGA's mascot, Sonic The Hedgehog, has been awarded the first annual Outstanding Contribution award by the Golden Joysticks
We are so excited that Sonic has been awarded the first-ever Outstanding Contribution Award at the Golden Joysticks, Sonic brand director David Corless said. In todays ever changing market its rare for a character...
News GoldenEye 007: Reloaded Highlights Action
In the last GoldenEye 007: Reloaded gameplay trailer, developer Eurocom opted to showcase the game's stealth features
But just because you can play the game in stealth, doesn't mean you have to. Bond's been involved in some pretty crazy fire-fights over the years, and that's definitely the focus of this latest walkthrough. The gun-play looks fast...
News Naughty Dog Discusses Play, Create, Share In Uncharted 3
Those of you that participated in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's multiplayer beta will be well aware of the range of customisable options in the game
From clothing, to emblems, Uncharted 3 can be tuned to your individual preferences. But the game goes deeper than that. Any matches you participate in can be cut and edited, allowing you to create...
News Square Considering Bringing Final Fantasy XIV Support To PlayStation Vita
With Final Fantasy XIV preparing to get a complete overhaul -- and a promising one at that -- excitement is back on the PlayStation 3 version of the game
But what of the PlayStation Vita? It sounds like Square's got some ideas. Were doing a reconstruction of our server system [with Final Fantasy XIV and] were going to make sure that the...
Wednesday19th Oct 2011
Review 1000 Tiny Claws (PlayStation Minis)
1000 Tiny Claws doesn't quite live up to the expectations carved out by Mediatonic's previous releases, but it's still a worthy arena-combat title with a handsome visual style and some genuinely laugh-out-loud gags
Given Mediatonic's previous PlayStation Minis titles involved chasing colossal monsters to the precipice of a monumental structure and...
Feature PlayStation Vita Release Date Announced
Better start saving those pennies
It seems the wait for Sony's upcoming PlayStation Vita won't be quite as long as once expected. Sony has just announced at the Web 2.0 conference that it will be launching Vita in North America, Europe and Australia on 22nd February 2012. The PlayStation Vita will be sold in two configurations: a 3G/Wi-Fi model for...
Review Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (PlayStation 3)
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is an intriguing action platformer that -- despite being laugh-out-loud funny at times -- carries an unusual, sombre tone throughout much of its presentation, resulting in a unique experience intertwined with some clever puzzle design and satisfying combat
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken has already won numerous...
News More Than 80 Vita Games In the Works Right Now
As we speak
Now we know the PlayStation Vita release date is 22nd February it's time to look ahead to the games. Sony has just announced that more than 80 games are in development for PlayStation Vita from a range of first and third-party studios. The list includes Sony titans including LittleBigPlanet, Wipeout 2048, Resistanc
News Move Takes to the Skies With Combat Wings in February
Watch your six!
After the perfectly passable Air Conflicts: Secret Wars, Move owners are in for some more aerial dogfighting action next year when Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII lands on PS3. City Interactive just announced the game will see the light of day in North America on 7th February before reaching Europe just a few days later on...
News House of the Dead Takes You Down to the Carnival
Will you hit a winner?
SEGA's gratuitously gory House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut is just a few days away from launch, with SEGA cranking up the excitement by showing off another new trailer, this time of the game's carnival stage. Not to be confused with Sony's upcoming Carnival Island, of course — they're very different beasts — the...
News Winter Stars Warms Up with New Teaser Trailer
Cheesy family a must
While the footage of Winter Stars below is all based on the Kinect version, we expect the Move release to be pretty much identical — with the exception of glowing controllers of course. Winter Stars is, of course, a frost-covered compilation of sports due for release later this year, with the usual multiplayer options as well...
News Sony UK Stumps Up ?5 Million Marketing Budget For Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
It's arguably the most anticipated game of the year
With its predecessor having scooped up almost every game of the year award going, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception has some big boots to fill. But we don't think anyone has any doubts as to whether Naughty Dog are up for the challenge. Whether the game can better Uncharted 2: Among Thieves or not,...
News PlayStation Vita Scores February 22nd Western Release Date
Man
We didn't really expect to wake up to a release date for PlayStation Vita this morning. But that's exactly what's happened. Let's get the hard details out of the way before we start all the rampant cheering and jubilation: PlayStation Vita will launch in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East, Australasia and Canada on February 22nd,...
News House Of The Dead: Overkill Takes You On A Trip To The Carnival Of Fun
Some people are absolutely terrified of clowns, but we don't really understand their trepidation
So they have hideous hair, abnormal grins and way too much make-up, but what's so frightening about... Oh right. Yeah, perhaps we do get it. If clown clowns frighten you when they're being worn by normal human-beings, then you probably shouldn't think...
News Two New SOCOM 4 DLC Packs Revealed
Zipper Interactive's hoping to breathe new life into SOCOM 4 (known as SOCOM: Special Forces in the UK) with a couple of DLC packs due out on the PlayStation Store this week
The first set of DLC brings the return of Demolition mode, an all-time SOCOM favourite which sees teams competing over a single bomb and attempting to detonate it in the...
News FIFA 12 Outselling Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 By 25:1
Despite FIFA 12 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 being closer in quality than years prior, it really feels like EA Sports' franchise is starting to take a strangle-hold of the genre
According to an interview conducted by MCV, FIFA 12 is outselling Konami's alternative by a ratio of 25:1 based on each title's first weekend sales. "When you look at...
News EA Sports Announces NFL Blitz Reboot For PlayStation Network
If there's any series that can prompt us to take interest in American Football, it's NFL Blitz
Hot on the heels of its horribly mismanaged NBA Jam reboot, EA's hoping to come good with a new version of NFL Blitz. Due out in January 2012 on the PlayStation Network, NFL Blitz will feature the same balls-to-the-wall arcade action as its predecessor...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 18th October 2011
Games Okabu ($14
99) Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken ($11.99) Beat Hazard Ultra ($9.99) Dead Space ($19.99) Ridge Racer 7 ($19.99) Sam & Max: Beyond Time And Space Full Season (Episodes 1-5) ($19.99) Dungeon Defenders ($14.99) Real Steel ($9.99) Payday: The Heist ($19.99)</ul>Game Demos Payday: The Heist Beat Hazard Ultra Need for...
News Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Takes Aim In March 2012
City Interactive's dished the dirt on a couple of its upcoming titles
First up is Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2, the sequel to the budget — but surprisingly alright — first-person shooter that debuted on PS3 this year. The follow-up — which is now powered by CryEngine 3 — will debut on March 16th, 2012 in North America and March 20th, 2012 in...
News Harrison Ford Drops By To Promote Uncharted 3 In Japan
While Sony UK might be preparing to splash £5 million on promoting Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, it looks like SCEJ has won the marketing war
The Japanese branch of the PlayStation business has lined up Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford, to promote the game domestically. Catch the commercial after the break.
News Square Announces Two Special Editions For European Release Of Final Fantasy XIII-2
Square Enix has confirmed its bringing two special editions to Europe in order to celebrate the release of Final Fantasy XIII-2
The "Limited Collector's Edition" and "Crystal Edition" will be carried at various retailers around the UK, though no pricing has been announced. The "Limited Collector's Edition" includes the...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Ace Combat Rules The Skies, Dead Rising Charts
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon topped the Japanese sales charts this week, scooping up just shy of 150,000 units sold
It was a pretty uneventful week for PlayStation software elsewhere, with Dead Rising 2: Off The Record the only new entry. PlayStation hardware numbers remained static, with Sony's home system sitting at sales of around 28k and the PSP...
News Blimey, This Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Trailer Is Absolutely Nuts
Battlefield 3's proved just how fickle gamers can be
The game that could do no wrong at this year's E3 has been hit by a huge backlash after a "disappointing" beta. But regardless of the upswings and troughs, DICE has come out all guns blazing with a breath-taking multiplayer trailer that shows off each of the game's multiplayer maps. This...
News CCP Scales Back To Focus Development On EVE Online And Dust 514
The developer of upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive DUST 514 has admitted to making "mistakes" and taking on more than it can handle, prompting a major shake-up within the company and resulting in the redundancies of around 20 percent of its current workforce
"We have come to the conclusion that we are attempting too many things for a company...
News Final Fantasy Type-0 Scoops 39/40 In Famitsu
Expect the PlayStation Portable to do gangbusters in Japan when Final Fantasy Type-0 finally drops onto store shelves
The game's just scooped up an almost-perfect score in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine, landing a 39/40 and presumably sending Japanese gamers into a hype frenzy. The game's out next week in Japan. Expect PSP to do some serious...
News Sledgehammer: We'll Probably Cancel Third-Person Call Of Duty
Once upon a time Sledgehammer Games was working on a third-person, action adventure iteration in the Call Of Duty series
But shortly thereafter Infinity Ward went kaput, and the Glen Schofield fronted studio was dragged into Modern Warfare 3 development duties. The rest is history, and it means we'll probably never see Sledgehammer's third-person...
News Latest Sonic CD Trailer Spins Online
Fact: Sonic CD is one of the best Sonic games
Fact: very few people played it because it originally launched as part of the ill-fated Mega-CD disc-based extension. But SEGA's hoping to rectify all that with the PlayStation Network re-release of Sonic CD due out later in the year. There's a new trailer after the jump.
News Sit Back And Soak Up The Launch Trailer For Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
It's funny
Naughty Dog released the launch trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception overnight, but it hasn't really got that many views. We pondered on this point for a while. Is the game just not as popular as we think it is? Nah — we don't think so. We think people are just outwardly avoiding anything that could spoil the surprise of Naughty...
News Shining Blade Coming To PSP Next Spring In Japan
SEGA's announced a new game in the Shining series in this week's Famitsu magazine
The game — Shining Blade — will launch on PlayStation Portable next Spring in Japan. Further details are scarce to the point of obscurity.
Tuesday18th Oct 2011
Review WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship (PlayStation 3)
A functional experience, but never a particularly exciting one; WRC 2 manages to replicate the feel of participating in a real rally with its driving model, but somehow manages to squander all of the excitement through drab presentation and a lack of personality
The thrill of slipping around corners at breakneck speed is hard to beat. But it's best...
Review FIFA 12 (PlayStation 3)
The beautiful game
Revamped mechanics enhance the authenticity of FIFA 12 and complement a range of new modes and features. It's a package that brims with care and attention, going the extra mile in almost every facet of its presentation. You only need to spend a few moments with FIFA 12 to understand just how much the developers love the sport it's...
News Beatshapers Bundle Up Carnivores Titles For PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3
We know the feeling
It's 3AM but you just can't sleep. You're thinking about dinosaurs and how you'd like to hunt them. Well think no more, friends, as you'll soon be able to do your very best Jurassic Park impression at a low, low price courtesy of Beatshapers. The Stardrone developer's just dropped word that is bundling up both Carnivores:...
News Warner Bros Preparing LEGO Batman 2, The Hobbit Movie Tie-In
Warner Bros is hard at work on a sequel to co-operative platformer LEGO Batman, and a video game tie-in for next year's The Hobbit movie, the publisher has revealed
Warner Bros — who released the hotly anticipated Batman: Arkham City in North America today — dropped the details in an interview with the L.A. Times, before teasing a mystery title...
News PlayStation Access Magazine To Launch Across The UK This Week
PlayStation Access is slowly becoming a big deal in the UK
What started as a series of relatively low-key community events across the country now boasts a weekly digital video series and a magazine. The first issue of the magazine is set to be distributed across "retailers, bars, restaurants, students unions, gigs and events across the country...
Report Japanese Gamers Opting For 3G PlayStation Vita Over The Vanilla System
Here's a turn up for the books: according to retailer Sinobi, more Japanese gamers are plumping up pre-orders for the 3G version of the PlayStation Vita ahead of the vanilla Wi-Fi SKU
The retailer reports that 65 percent of reservations for Sony's new handheld were for the 3G version, while just 35 percent were for the standard model. The retailer...
News Naughty Dog: Uncharted 3's Graphics To See A Small Boost Over Uncharted 2
The difference between Uncharted: Drake's Forune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was enormous
Not only did Naughty Dog massively improve on the franchise's existing gameplay, but it also kicked the series already impressive visuals into a whole new world. But that was two years ago, and now Naughty Dog has warned against fans expecting the same kind...
News PlayStation Vita Pre-Orders Scooping Up Huge Sums On eBay
The PlayStation Vita is officially in short supply
After selling out at every online Japanese retailer, and then prompting queues of up to 1,000 people outside popular gaming stores, Sony's new handheld is in hot demand. And this is just the pre-order phase. There are still a couple of months to go until the PlayStation Vita's actually released onto...
News Japan Sure Knows How To Sell Us On Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One is out in North America today
We were going to post some trailers and screenshots to celebrate the game's launch, but you can get all of that from the PlayStation Blog. Instead, we're more interested in this Japanese commercial. Labelling it "bonkers" would be selling it short. Also: Ratchet's Japanese...
Report PlayStation Network Trophy Cap Level Raised
Trophy whores rejoice
According to an IGN report, Sony has raised the level cap of the PlayStation Network's Trophy system. Readers will remember we posted about legendary Trophy whore Hakoom's feat earlier in the year when he hit the level cap. But — presumably responding to the news — Sony has now updated the Trophy system allowing players to...
News Naughty Dog Announces The Fortune Hunters' Club For Uncharted 3
If like Nathan Drake you're constantly in pursuit of treasure, then Naughty Dog and Sony's got a deal for you
Starting from today on the US PlayStation Store, you'll be able to sign up for the Fortune Hunters' Club, a sort of pre-order commitment package for each of Uncharted 3's upcoming DLC packs. Entry to the Club will cost you $24.99, and will...
News Sony Launches Non-Mandatory PlayStation 3 Firmware Update
You know how everybody complains when there's a new PlayStation 3 firmware update, even though it takes about 5 minutes to download and install? Well, Sony's decided to completely side-step all the moaning by making firmware update 3
73 non-mandatory. The software update — which is available now — promises to add statibility to PS3 software...
News Winter Stars Does The Whole 'This Could Be Your Family' Malarkey
Admittedly we're rather curious about Deep Silver's Winter Stars
Not because it looks particularly outstanding or anything, but just because we're suckers for motion controlled sports games. Sadly, the game's latest "trailer" is low on gameplay details, opting for blinding smiles ahead of useful information. Just look at what you started...
News ... But Of Course: Gran Turismo 5's DLC Gets Delayed In North America
Haha, you couldn't make it up could you? Never one to show up to a party on time, Gran Turismo 5's hotly anticipated DLC has been delayed in North America
To make matters worse for American fans, European players can pick up the DLC right now from the PlayStation Store. SCEA's promised it'll offer players a "special bonus" in order to make...
News Levine: BioShock Vita Won't Be A Port
Arguably one of the biggest names in PlayStation Vita's upcoming catalogue, the announcement of BioShock Vita raised many eyebrows when it was revealed at E3 earlier in the year
But while the game itself is hotly anticipated, details are actually extremely scarce. At E3, Irrational Games gaffer Ken Levine said that the game was merely a nugget of an...
News EA: Battlefield 3 Pre-Orders Are At 'A Couple Of Million'
Battlefield 3 pre-orders are at about "a couple of million", EA's product manager Kevin O' Leary has revealed on US television
Chatting with FOX Business, O' Leary commented that the game is tracking "very, very well". "[We've got] a couple of million out there. We already announced some great numbers so far. [There's] a couple more...
News Check Out A Full Level Of LittleBigPlanet Vita From The EB Games Expo
Sony dropped by at the EB Games Expo in Australia over the weekend to showcase an entire level from LittleBigPlanet Vita
The demo — presented by XDev Europe producer Jon McLaughlin — demonstrated a variety of the PlayStation Vita's input options, with the device being tilted and touched in order to solve a variety of puzzles and help Sackboy...
News Heads Up: Batman Arkham City Launches In North America Today
Emerge from that rock you've been hiding beneath, the big end-of-year games rush starts now
And it starts with Batman: Arkham City, which is out on PlayStation 3 in North America today. Those of you living in the UK will need to wait until the end of the week. The race is now on to see who can complete the game before the spoilers start popping up...
Monday17th Oct 2011
Review Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 (PlayStation 3)
Mistaken identity
As the temperature starts to take its yearly dip and the vibrant colours of summer fade unto the pastels of the autumn, it can mean only one thing: it's hunting season. The time has finally arrived to polish up your rifle, unpack your camouflage and trek out into the wilderness to land that trophy buck. Coinciding with the opening...
News iWaggle Compares Child of Eden Move and Kinect
Which comes out on top?
If you're a multiformat owner and are unsure whether to get the superb Child of Eden on PlayStation 3 or Child of Eden on Kinect, our friends over at iWaggle3D have just put together a very useful video guide explaining the differences between the two. The in-depth video — it's 30 minutes long — should answer pretty much...
News BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II To Get 'Manga Edition' In Europe
How much do you like BlazBlue? Arc System Works is hoping quite a bit, as it's announced a limited Manga Edition collector's pack designed to accompany the European release of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
The bundle — available directly from the publisher's online store — includes the game, a localised version of the BlazBlue "Phase Zero...
Feature Free Realms on PlayStation 3 Hands-On Impressions
Sony Online Entertainment's free-to-play PS3 MMO, Free Realms, is a little bit like a drug addition
We know it's rubbish and bad for us, but for some reason we can't help getting pulled back in. There's a relaxing tone to the casual MMO that causes hours to fly by, even when you're doing very little of anything at all. Available on the PC for some...
News THQ Takes Part In Some Top-Notch Trolling, Parodies Modern Warfare 3 & Battlefield 3
Haha
THQ's really setting the bar for great trailers with the build-up to its bonkers open-world action adventure game, Saints Row: The Third. The game's latest clip parodies the style of Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3's trailers, complete with wire-frame buildings and deafening bass sounds. Top stuff. Catch it after the break.
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Displaced, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 Stumbles
For the first time in many years, Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 has not debuted at the top of the UK sales charts
Far from it in fact, the game only managed to scrape into fifth position during its debut week, a disappointing entry considering Konami's significantly stepped up its game this year. FIFA 12 couldn't hold onto the top-spot this...
News Dark Souls Defeated In Under Ninety Minutes By Subhuman Masochist
We've never understood the fascination with speed-runs
Apparently the draw is all about pushing a game beyond its defined boundaries. That's all well and good for a game like Super Mario 64, but when you're talking about Dark Souls — notably one of the most challenging games ever released — you're clearly clinically insane. Embedded after the...
News SEGA Dishes The Dirt On Binary Domain's Multiplayer Component
We were pretty hot on what we saw of Binary Domain earlier in the year
The futuristic squad-based shooter is certainly a change of pace for the team ordinarily behind the fantastic Yakuza series, but it's got some neat ideas that set it apart from its immediate competitors. While SEGA's been keen to promote the single-player experience of Binary...
News Step Back And Drool Over Ni No Kuni's Latest Trailer
Ni No Kuni is officially coming to Europe and North America, so there's no need to dream
Your wish has come true. Exactly how long it will take adopted publisher Namco Bandai to localise the Level-5 and Studio Ghibli collaboration is still unclear, but the game's due out sometime in 2012. With the Japanese release date nearing, there's going to be...
News Battlefield 3 Beta Bugs Squashed
If you're worried that invisible floors and missing textures might make it into the final version of Battlefield 3, don't
DICE has said its aware of the bugs present in the Battlefield 3 beta and that they will be resolved in time for the game's full release later in the month. It wasnt like when things surfaced in the beta we were caught by...
News Sledgehammer Gaffer Compares Modern Warfare 3's Engine To A Porsche
Sledgehammer Games' gaffer Glen Schofield has hit back at critics complaining that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's graphics engine is nothing but a cut and paste job
Chatting candidly with CVG, Schofield told fans to expect a "huge difference" in Modern Warfare 3's visual quality when compared to its predecessor, Modern Warfare 2...
News Free Heroes & Heralds DLC Coming To Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Post-Launch
Capcom knows you're probably a little bit peeved about having to buy an updated version of Marvel Vs Capcom 3 less than a year after the previous version, but hey, at least it's doing everything within its power to cheer you up
Announced at New York Comic Con, Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3's "Heroes & Heralds" mode is a free update due...
News ModNation Racers Takes A Road Trip On PlayStation Vita Next Year
Beyond the shock and awe of Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Gravity Daze on PlayStation Vita, one first-party title has always looked like the perfect fit: ModNation Racers
Boasting a full showcase of the PlayStation Vita's multiple input options, as well as being delightfully suited to portable play, United Front's latest customisable kart racer is...
News Devil May Cry HD Collection Confirmed For 2012 Release
Fans of flashy combat, prepare to be excited: Capcom has formally announced the Devil May Cry HD Collection for release on PlayStation 3 next year
The compilation package will bundle all three PS2 Devil May Cry titles remastered in high-definition. Yes, that includes Devil May Cry 2. You can probably skip replaying that one if you want to. You'll...
News DICE Reveals Final Five Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Maps
DICE has revealed the final five mutliplayer maps for Battlefield 3 on its Battleblog website, bringing the game's total roster to nine
According to product manager Tommy Rydling, the final selection represents "the best of the best, the maps that shone the brightest in our playtests, and the ones that combined bring out everything we want...
News Updated Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Out Before The Year's End
Capcom's confirmed that it will release a rebalanced Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition patch before the year's end
The update will hit Japan on December 3rd, before going live worldwide on the 13th.</em>
News Sonic Generations To Scoop Up Second Demo Ahead Of Release
If you've already forgotten how fun the original Sonic Generations demo was, then SEGA's preparing to jog your memory
A second demo for the athletic hedgehog's latest adventure is set to hit the PlayStation Store this week. The demo will centre on Sonic's dash through Green Hill once again, but this time featuring hands-on time with both Classic and...
News Heads Up: Want In On Uncharted 3's Multiplayer Component Early?
So, you want to play Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
You want to play it now, but sadly you're not a PlayStation Plus subscriber. No problem, IGN's got a whopping 10,000 multipler codes to give away. Click through here to claim your code. What are you waiting for?
Sunday16th Oct 2011
News Dance Magic Sounds Better Than We'd Thought
ESRB rating details game
It's refreshing to see a dance game try something different, and that's exactly what Dance Magic is offering. On the surface it appears to be a straightforward follow-the-arrows affair, but you'll actually take part in "magical dance battles", according to a recent rating by the ESRB. The moves you pull off...
News EA Aiming For 'Best-In-Class' PlayStation Move Integration In Grand Slam Tennis 2
This is music to our ears
Regular readers will know just how much we love tennis games, and how long we've dreamed of a tennis game that gets PlayStation Move integration spot on. Well, EA's making all the right sounds when it comes to Grand Slam Tennis 2 on PlayStation 3. In an interview with Eurogamer, producer Thomas Singleton explained why the...
News The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Tie-In Confirmed, Goes Open-World
As previously rumoured, Beenox has confirmed it is already hard at work on a movie tie-in game for the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man movie reboot
The game was announced at the New York Comic Con in front of hordes of excited fans. Drawing the biggest cheer was developer Beenox's admission that the game will return to Spidey's open-world routes...
News Prototype 2 Loves Slow-Motion Camera Panning
One thing's clear about Activision and Radical Entertainment's upcoming open-world superhero adventure -- it loves slow-motion
The latest trailer for Prototype 2 shows the gravel-voiced protagonist out in pursuit of the previous game's hero, Alex Mercer. And being a Prototype game, there's some pretty gross-out gore along the way.
News Lights Out At EA Bright Light
According to information reported by GamesIndustry
biz</a>, the candle's gone out at Harry Potter developer EA Bright Light. The British developer — based in Guilford — was formerly known as Bullfrog Productions, the legendary studio behind the likes of Theme Park and Theme Hospital. It's spent the last few years working on the official...
News Galactus To Be Playable In Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3
Boss fights in fighting games are always terrible
But at least Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3's final brawl looked cool. The ten-storey tall Galactus was a formidable foe, but a fun one. Apart from when he, y'know, killed you for the hundredth time. But thankfully in Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, you'll have the chance play as the over-powered, cheating...
News Put Your Earplugs In For The Latest Battlefield 3 Commercial
Blimey, oh riley
Talk about clipping. The latest Battlefield 3 commercial includes nothing but noise. We suppose that'll grab the attention of unexpected TV viewers. But really, our ear-drums are actually hurting.
Saturday15th Oct 2011
News UMD Owners May Get Digital Discounts for PSP Games on Vita
Here we PSP Go again
Sony's has posted a PS Vita FAQ to its Japanese PlayStation site, revealing that the company may plan on offering discounted digital downloads for the UMD games PSP gamers have amassed over the years. The FAQ includes the question "Can PS Vita play PSP Games?" The answer is yes, but only via digital downloads. Sony...
News Toki Tori Flaps Onto PSN This Winter
No spring chicken
Playlogic Games and Two Tribes have announced that they will be bringing popular puzzle platformer Toki Tori to the European PlayStation Network during "holiday season". Toki Tori was originally released on Game Boy Color way back in 2001, but in recent years enhanced remakes have been seen on Nintendo WiiWare, PC, iPod...
News Capcom Announces Street Fighter X Tekken Special Edition
Going hand-in-hand with Street Fighter X Tekken's March 6th release date, Capcom has also announced a special edition for the crossover title
The limited edition package includes a variety of goodies, including a rather slick "build it yourself" arcade cabinet bank and a selection of in-game "gems" which can be used to customise...
News GameStop Planning On Providing Free Catwoman Codes With Used Copies Of Arkham City
Warner Bros' decision to lock portions of Batman: Arkham City's single-player campaign to new copies of the game -- significantly those missions involving Catwoman -- prompted a bit of a backlash this week
But GameStop looks like it's happened upon a solution. Apparently those purchasing used copies of the superhero block-buster from the US retailer...
News Japan Waits In Line For PlayStation Vita Pre-Orders
Sony opened pre-orders for the PlayStation Vita overnight, with many Japanese gamers forming lines outside of popular stores in order to register their interest in the device ahead of its December 17th release date
According to Famitsu more than 200 people were in line at the famous Akihabara Yodobashi Camera by midnight, with the queue up to about...
Feature Gamers Are Far Too Influenced By Sales Figures -- 'Twiggy' The Push Square Opinionator
A game is only as good as its sales figures
At least, that appears to be the mentality of some forum posters, unevenly illustrating their opinion in forums across the Internet. The NPD group released sales figures for the North American market this week, ranking Resistance 3 in seventh position for the month of September. "Reasonable," I...
News Namco Bandai Publishing Ni No Kuni In Europe, North America
Level 5's announced that Namco Bandai will be handling publishing duties for Ni No Kuni in North America and Europe
As previously alluded, the game will travel to the West under the name, Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch. It's due out sometime in 2012. Ni No Kuni is a traditional RPG featuring the artwork of Japanese animation giant Studio...
News Sony's Unhcarted 3 TV Commercial Is Pure And Simple
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception doesn't need a fake executive or ambitious cosplay to sell
It just needs gameplay footage and a logo. And that's exactly what Sony's pieced together for Uncharted 3's first commercial. Beware: some of the set-pieces within have a tendency to manufacture something called "floppy jaw" syndrome. You've been...
News Street Fighter X Tekken Confirmed For March Release
We're Tekken fanboys, so obviously the idea of being able to kick Ryu's head-in with our much-loved Kazuya is appealing on its own
But from what we've played of Street Fighter X Tekken, it's actually a genuinely brilliant versus brawler. And thus we've been hotly anticipating a release date for some time. Capcom's finally lifted the lid, revealing a...
Friday14th Oct 2011
News Hori Announces Licensed Mouse & Keyboard Controller For PlayStation 3
If you're a member of the so-called 'gaming elite', you're probably of the mindset that first-person shooters can't be played on anything other than a mouse and keyboard
Thankfully Hori's got your back, with this licensed controller set-up for the PlayStation 3. Entitled the Tactical Assault Commander 3, the peripheral bundle consists of an optical...
News Pre-Order inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood for $9.99
Cheap Cole
PSN vampire download inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood is out soon, and you can pre-order it from the PlayStation Store now for just $9.99. PlayStation Plus members can get a further reduction on the price, bringing it down to a rather good $7.99. Remember you don't need either of the original inFAMOUS games to play Festival of Blood, but...
News Give DanceStar Party a Twirl with New Demo
You know you want to
We nearly missed this little downloadable demo in the European PlayStation Store, but nothing gets by us here at Movemodo, so we're happy to let you know you can download a free demo of DanceStar Party, known as Everybody Dance in North America. The full game is out in just a few weeks, but if you can't wait then this trial...
News PlayStation Access Episode 4 Features Very Familiar Faces
Special guest stars
Sony's online show PlayStation Access is a good way to keep up with all the happenings in the world of PlayStation, and the most recent episode is certainly no exception. The show takes in the recent Eurogamer Expo, where PlayStation Vita was available for hands-on impressions in the UK for the very first time. But wait a second...
News What's Happened To Snow's Hair In Final Fantasy XIII-2?
It's rare that we'll comment on the hair or fashion sense of a video game character
Particularly not a Japanese video game character. But we feel compelled to rattle out something about Snow's new hair-cut in Final Fantasy XIII-2? Who is responsible for this atrocity?</em>
News House of the Dead Crossbow Trailer Hits You Where it Hurts
Between the eyes, that is
In just two weeks we'll be playing the first-ever PlayStation House of the Dead game — how about that? If that thought isn't enough to make you come over all unnecessary, perhaps the crossbow-themed trailer below might just tip you over the edge. Of course the crossbow isn't the first weapon that springs to mind when you...
News Captain Morgane Runs Aground, Sets Sail Next Year Instead
It be a shame for sure
We were looking forward to exploring the mysteries of Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle later this year, but publisher Reef Entertainment has decided to delay disembarking until February next year. Citing "critical and fan feedback", Reef's commercial director Craig Lewis says: This is a very important launch...
Review Rochard (PlayStation 3)
Rochard is an engaging puzzle platformer consisting of some quality mechanics and concise puzzle design
The game's let down by an overemphasis on combat and cumbersome controls, but an endearing protagonist and charming visual style make up for its shortcomings. Mining engineer John Rochard doesn't have the best luck. Within the opening moments of...
Rumour Beenox Working On Amazing Spider-Man Movie Tie-In?
Spider-Man: Edge Of Time is barely cold on store shelves
But already speculation is high about Spider-Man developer, Beenox's next project. According to sneaky photographs snapped by IGN at the NYCC, that project is a tie-in to next year's Sony Pictures' Spider-Man reboot. A poster snapped at the convention clearly shows The Amazing Spider-Man with...
News Sonic Generations Teases Boss Fights In New Trailer
Sonic Generations is mere weeks away
(We know, we're excited too.) And in order to celebrate the game's release, SEGA's decided to release a new trailer spoiling teasing each of the game's boss encounters. There's Eggman, Metal Sonic and... Nah, we won't spoil it. Watch if you dare.
News There's Some Great Sound Design In This Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron Teaser Trailer
The Transformers universe always tends to bring out the best sound designers
This teaser trailer for High Moon Studios' upcoming War For Cybertron sequel, Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron, is no different. Sure it might not include many details about the actual game — but boy does it use some brilliant mechanical sound effects.
News Skyrim Can Be Completed In A Reasonable Time-Frame
Worried you're going to have to set aside hundreds of hours in order to complete The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? There's hope for you
Sort of. Bethesda's announced that Sam Bernstein, a member of the publisher's quality assurance team, has finished the game in over two hours, beating level designer Jeff Browne's time. Bernstein was previously...
News Final Fantasy: Type-0 To Be Supported By Free DLC
Post-release support for Square Enix's upcoming Final Fantasy: Type-0 will be free, according to director Hajime Tabata
Free DLC will apparently include new outfits and more. The game's due out in Japan later in the month. Expect PSP sales to sky-rocket as a result.
News September NPD: Madden Tops, FIFA Shocks, Industry Drops
Madden NFL 12 was the top-selling video game in North America for the month of September
But proving that those living overseas do have some semblance of taste, FIFA 12 wasn't too far behind it, finishing up in fourth. Dead Island did ridiculously well, propping up the charts in third position of the back of that trailer and, well, zombies we...
News Final Fantasy XIV Is Still Coming To PlayStation 3 Next Year
Square Enix's revival effort of the heavily maligned Final Fantasy XIV is in full-swing, and amazingly the publisher is making progress
With version 2.0, the publisher has announced it is set to finally start charging for the online world, after a catastrophic launch period resulted in the company letting players participate for free. With the game...
News Naughty Dog Would Rather Focus On Its Next Game Than Single-Player DLC
Naughty Dog's warned fans not to expect any single-player DLC for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
"There's a very specific reason," game director Justin Richmond told Eurogamer. "Whenever we sit down and think we should do some single-player DLC, someone pitches something and we realize - that's a five hour level. "We'd rather...
News Words Cannot Express How Amazing This Latest House Of The Dead: Overkill Trailer Is
Normally we'd stop by here for a witty comment or two
But there are just no words. Remember when we rated House Of The Dead: Overkill as one of our most anticipated PlayStation 3 games of the year? This trailer is why.</em>
News The First Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Verdict Is In...
Naughty Dog's hotly anticipated third-person shooter, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, has received its first review courtesy of Spanish magazine Playmania
And the verdict is a resounding "not perfect". Well, not quite anyway. The magazine plucked up a dramatic 9.9 for Nathan Drake's latest outing, awarding the highest score in the...
News PlayStation Vita Sells Out At Multiple Japanese Online Retailers
If you're in Japan and you're looking to pick up a PlayStation Vita at launch, it looks like you're about to be embroiled in something of a bloodbath
Two major online retailers appear to have sold through their launch allocation of Sony's new system almost immediately after going on sale, suggesting that there's likely to be heavy shortages come...
News Batman: Arkham City Sure Knows How To Get Us Hyped
After today's raft of uber-positive Batman: Arkham City reviews, it's not too surprising to see Rocksteady capitalise with a launch trailer of epic proportions
The footage is largely spoiler free, but watch at your own peril. That said, we'd recommend against it for now. This is the ultimate hype trailer. Waiting for the game's release is going to...
News Assassin's Creed Developer Talks Up Annual Release Schedule
While fans worry that Assassin's Creed's yearly development cycle could water down the series, mission design director Falco Poiker believes the high-pressure environment is actually beneficial to the franchise's production
A lot of people complain about [the short development cycle], I mean Im talking internally people say theres not...
News Army Corps Of Hell Assembling For PlayStation Vita's Launch In North America
We already know Square Enix's bonkers Pikmin-esque PlayStation Vita exclusive, Army Corps Of Hell, will be prepared in time for both the PlayStation Vita's European and Japanese launches, but now the publisher has confirmed it will be joining the party in North America too
Developed by Entersphere, Army Corps Of Hell is being steered by Nintendo...
News Heads Up: First Deus Ex DLC Out Next Week
Square Enix has finally attached a date and price-point to the first batch of DLC for Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The additional content will launch on October 18th with a price-point of $14.99. The big question is: are you even done with Deus Ex's main campaign?
News Get Yourself Comfortable For Final Fantasy XIII-2's 'Change The Future' Trailer
With a near nine-minute running time, the latest trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2 is certainly an epic
But it's also packed with information about the upcoming sequel's plot and gameplay. We're getting gradually more excited for Final Fantasy XIII-2. Let's just hope there's a much greater emphasis on exploration this time around.
Thursday13th Oct 2011
Review NBA 2K12 (PlayStation 3)
The legend returns
Last year's NBA 2K11 was a sublime tribute to the league's greatest ever player, Michael Jordan, and one of the finest sports games ever created. This year's follow-up NBA 2K12 takes things a step further, bringing in 14 more legendary players and a host of new game modes. Whereas last year's effort was built around the famous...
Review SEGA Bass Fishing (PlayStation 3)
Dat bass!
Deriving from the old arcade classic, SEGA Bass Fishing isn’t a fishing simulator but SEGA’s arcade style, user-friendly take on bass fishing. There’s not a whole lot to this game other than trying to catch the biggest fish possible in a certain amount of time. In Arcade mode, the player will be sent to one of a few different...
News Johann Sebastian Joust Has No Graphics, Just Jousting
Intrigued?
In the race for every Move game to have the most realistic graphics and motion control, one game is going to prove hard to beat. Called Johann Sebastian Joust, it's a game that takes Move away from the TV to pit you against other real players. The official description probably makes more sense: The goal is to keep your accelerometer...
News Load Up for GoldenEye 007: Reloaded Multiplayer Action
Gunning for you
The other day we brought you a stealth video for GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, but let's face it, we all want a bit of multiplayer GoldenEye action on PlayStation Move. That's exactly what the trailer below delivers. There's also a spate of new screenshots available in our gallery showing everything from cheater's favourite Oddjob to the...
First Impressions Move Fitness on PlayStation 3
Nobody told us PlayStation Move's inevitable fitness package, Move Fitness, was being developed by Coldwood Interactive -- the Swedish studio behind the unfairly maligned motion controlled brawler, The Fight: Lights Out
Regular readers (and followers of our PlayStation Network account) will know we developed a bizarre addiction to The Fight: Lights...
News Carnival Island Trailer Has all the Fun of the Fair
And more
Nobody could have guessed that Sony's Santa Monica Studio would graduate from the God of War series to Carnival Island, yet here we are with video footage to prove that that's exactly what's going on. The trailer below shows some of the game's 35+ attractions, from frog-tossing to face-distorting, all controlled with PlayStation Move of...
News Cabela's Adventure Camp Trailer Brings Summer Into Fall
Shooting party
What two things go together better than peanut butter and jelly, bangers and mash or other foods? Hunting animals and party games, of course. That's the theme of Cabela's Adventure Camp, a new party game from Activision that puts you and your family outdoors and makes it fun. The trailer below shows all sorts of activities, from...
News Winning Eleven 2012 Tops Japanese Software Charts, Hardware Remains Consistent
The PlayStation 3 version of Winning Eleven 2012 was the top-selling game in Japan this week, beating out curious PSP dating sim AKB1/48
But despite another strong showing for PlayStation software — which dominated the Japanese top twenty, taking up twelve of the available slots — hardware remained static, with the PlayStation 3 scooping up...
News Get Up and Dance Trailer Shakes its Groove Thing
Or "thang", maybe
O-Games' Get Up and Dance is going all-out in the promotion stakes as its early November release date approaches. Fresh from the golden oldies recently revealed for the game, we now have a new trailer showing exactly how you play. Well, sort of: while the in-game footage is clearly from the PS3 release (witness the Move icons above...
In order to celebrate the release of the Red Dead Redemption: Game Of The Year edition, Rockstar's announced it's opening up Triple XP for its rootin', tootin' sandbox shooter this weekend
Players with any version of Red Dead Redemption will be able to hop online from 9PM GMT, Friday, October 14th and enjoy enhanced multiplayer rewards all weekend...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Drops Into PlayStation Home
Sony's really starting to pack PlayStation Home with promotional mini-games
Already this year we've had supplementary experiences for Resistance 3 and Dead Island, and now Naughty Dog's Uncharted 3 is about to receive its own space in Sony's social world. A new mini-game set in the "sun-baked streets of Yemen" challenges you to step into...
News Batman: Arkham City Includes Online Pass For Catwoman Content
Like so many other blockbuster releases, Batman: Arkham City will include an online pass designed to deter used game sales
Those that purchase the game second-hand will find themselves unable to participate in the game's Catwoman content, which is tied to a code inlcuded with all new copies of the game. If you do happen to buy the game used, you'll...
News Activision Announces New Men In Black Game
Activision's confirmed it's working on a new Men In Black game, set for release on "consoles and handhelds" -- presumably PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
The game's due out next year and is being developed by Romanian studio Fun Labs. It's designed to tie-in with the movie Men In Black 3, which is also due out next year. Activision explained that...
News Sony Describes PlayStation Vita As 'Super Oval'
What shape is the PlayStation Vita? Well according to SCEA's Chris Norden, it's a "super oval"
Norden revealed the fascinating snippet during a panel at a GDC Online panel watched by Joystiq, continuing that both the Vita's touch panels run at a "higher resolution than the screen itself" — meaning the system is capable of sub-pixel...
News Assassin's Creed: Revelations To Get 3D Support On PlayStation 3
Stealthily confirmed in a post over on the PlayStation Blog, Ubisoft has revealed that Assassin's Creed: Revelations will ship with full stereoscopic 3D support on PS3 for those with compatible televisions
It's just one of a number of tweaks heading to Ezio's final outing. Perhaps most excitingly is the option to send assassin recruits to capture...
News Sony Confirms 20MB PlayStation Vita 3G Download Limit
Like most smartphones, PlayStation Vita downloads taking place over a 3G network will be capped at 20MB
SCEA's senior staff developer support engineer Chris Norden confirmed the information at a GDC Online session overnight. The limit means you won't be able to download the likes of Uncharted: Golden Abyss while sitting on a park bench, but you will...
News Security Alert: Payday The Heist Launches Next Week On PlayStation Network
Following a short delay, Sony Online Entertainment and Overkill Software's confirmed that it's bringing the heat on October 18th with the hotly anticipated launch of Payday: The Heist
The co-operative robbery title features six unique campaigns, with the Slaughter House scenario the subject of the trailer embedded after the jump. We can't wait.
News Gran Turismo 5 DLC Priced For The UK
Sony's attached UK price-points to its debut batch of Gran Turismo 5 DLC
The course pack — which features two new tracks including Spa and an indoor go-kart arena — will retail for a reasonable £3.19. It'll be joined by a racing car pack for £6.29. Additional DLC includes the racing gear pack and paint pack, both of which will cost £1.59...
News We're Secretly Stupidly Excited For Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
There's something a little big exciting about a game / toy hybrid isn't there? And Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is ridiculously ambitious in that regard
Activision's launch trailer sums the whole thing up, complete with irritating voice actors and try-hard punchlines. But even though the tone of the game doesn't particularly appeal to us, we think...
News PlayStation Move Ships 8.3 Million Units Worldwide
Sony's updated its sales figures for the PlayStation Move, announcing that it has shipped 8
3 million units of the motion controller worldwide. The number was announced by SCEA's Gabe Ahn during a GDC Online presentation this week. It's the first sales figure that Sony's announced for the PlayStation Move since it confirmed shipments of 4.1 million...
News Be The First To Sample Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception In London This Weekend
Many of you are probably already playing Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's multiplayer component as we type
But it's the single-player that we expect you're waiting to get your hands on. Those of you living in the UK will get the opportunity to try out the game's closely guarded campaign this weekend, as Sony's PlayStation Access community arrives in...
News Latest Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Trailer Highlights The Game's Biggest Co-Operative Set-Pieces
We're in!
Despite taking the Ratchet & Clank series in a completely new direction, All 4 One will still be laced with a selection of a jaw-dropping set-piece moments. In its latest trailer, developer Insomniac Games has shown off some of the game's most exciting scenes. The variety looks great — we're really looking forward to finally getting...
News Syndicate Scoops Up Ten-Minute Gameplay Demo, Looks Hot
We know, we know, another first-person shooter
But despite having such a drawn out announcement period, Starbreeze's Syndicate reboot actually looks really cool. In addition its sharp, sci-fi visual style, the game's packing some pretty cool gameplay mechanics, including the ability to persuade enemies to fight on your side. It's probably not going...
Rumour PlayStation Vita Unable To Play Downloadable PSone Titles?
No publication's mentioned PSone support on the PlayStation Vita because it was pretty much presumed up until this point
The PSP can play PSone games. The PS3 can play PSone games. Why wouldn't the PlayStation Vita? But in a Japanese FAQ uploaded onto the official PlayStation website this afternoon, Sony has cast doubt over legacy game support. The...
Wednesday12th Oct 2011
Review Speedball 2 Evolution (PlayStation Minis)
Speedball 2 Evolution offers an alternative to the increasingly realistic sporting experiences available elsewhere on the various PlayStation platforms, delivering a futuristic competitive game with a complimentary throw-back core
It's just a shame that the actual gameplay itself is so over-complicated and unbalanced, even if it is impossibly...
News PlayStation Network Suffers Fresh Hack Attack
93,000 accounts compromised
While nowhere near the magnitude of the attack back in April, Sony has confirmed its PlayStation Network service has been victim to a new act of digital devilry. The company has announced it's detected attempts form hackers to test a set of IDs and passwords across the PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment,...
News Heads Up: Sony's New Security Team Put To Test, Reminder To Be Vigilant
Right, first of all, let's not all lose our head
Sony hasn't been "hacked" again. Quite the contrary. It seems someone else got hacked, and that resulted in a massive spike of log-in attempts across the PlayStation Network. The good news is that Sony's new security team seems much better prepared for potential rogue activity. Perhaps too...
News Level-5's Time Travelers Heading To PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable
Level-5's one-time Nintendo 3DS exclusive Time Travelers is also coming ot PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable, the developer has announced
The news was revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine, translated by Andriasang. Little is known about the game at the moment, but we expect more to be shown at Level-5's Japanese keynote over the...
News Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Showcased In New Trailer, Online Pass Confirmed
If we were being cynical, we'd argue that Mass Effect 3's four-player co-op component was solely designed to justify the inclision of an online pass -- but we're not feeling that negative today
That said, we're still not totally hot on Bioware's decision to include multiplayer into its premier sci-fi RPG. There's a look at the controversial...
News The Darkness 2 Shines In New Brotherhood Trailer
We'll be honest, we've not been that excited by what we've seen of The Darkness 2 so far
Sure the game's got a neat art-style, but it's a universe we hadn't really considered returning to. But the game's latest trailer — narrated by a complete an utter odd-ball — is actually really cool. Not only does it make the fiction seem totally engaging,...
News PlayStation 2 Classics 'Are Coming' To European PlayStation Store
Maligned PlayStation Store manager Andy Stewart has told commenters on the PlayStation Blog that the much anticipated PlayStation 2 titles released as part of last week's North American update "are coming to Europe"
When, exactly, remains something of a mystery. Stewart would only conclude that the games are "en route". Niche favourites...
News Insomniac Releases New Resistance 3 Patch, Includes New Maps
Insomniac Games has released a new patch for its PlayStation 3 exclusive first-person shooter Resistance 3
The new patch addresses a number of issues with the online component of the game, as well as implementing two new maps: the Creek and the Granary. The patch compliments the game's first DLC pack, available from the PlayStation Store today. The...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception To Include Starhawk Beta Code
Exciting news PlayStation people, Sony has announced that all new copies of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception will come packaged with an early access beta code for Lightbox Interactive's Starhawk
The Starhawk beta will launch in 2012. Uncharted 3 will also include four behind-the-scenes videos detailing Starhawk's development. Smart move? We think so...
News Limited Beta Of PlayStation Suite SDK To Launch Next Month
We're a little bit concerned at the time it's taking Sony to get its PlayStation Suite strategy up and running
Make no mistake, we think the philosophy of the platform is a strong one, but with the program only set to go into "limited beta" next month, it's taking a long time to get off the ground. SCE's Shigeru Sugimoto outlined the...
News Rocksmith's European Release Pushed Back
Little known Ubisoft music game Rocksmith has been delayed in Europe
The guitar game — which allows players to plug a real guitar into the PlayStation 3 — was pushed back due to music licensing and "other external factors" according to a post on the game's Facebook page. Ubisoft warned against importing the game, noting that services...
News Daytona USA Confirmed For PlayStation Network, Europeans Made To Wait
You want the good news or the bad news? We'll start with the good: Daytona USA is indeed coming to the PlayStation Network on October 25th in North America
The bad news is that Europeans will be bafflingly made to wait until late November. No justification was offered. The classic racer has apparently been "tuned up and overhauled" for its...
News Nope, Valkyria Chronicles 3 Isn't Getting Localised
What's that? You were holding out hope for a Western release of Valkyria Chronicles 3? Really? Yeah, don't
SEGA has told Gamespot that a localisation of its third PSP strategy RPG is totally off the cards. The reason? Well the PSP isn't popular enough in Western markets apparently. That and Valkyria Chronicles 2 — which did get localised — sold...
News Ni No Kuni TV Commercials Hit Japan
With the PS3 release of Ni No Kuni nearing, Level-5 has released the game's first commercials on YouTube
You can catch them after the jump in all their promotional glory.</em> Spoilers: the game still looks uber-pretty.
News Good Grief, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded Knows How To Push Our Buttons
We honestly couldn't be more excited for GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
Even a lousy hands-on hasn't managed to put us off. And this multiplayer trailer has turned our hype levels right back up to 'eleven' once again. Four-player split-screen is back, but it's the new 16-player multiplayer that we're hyped for. Guys, GoldenEye. Heck yes.
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 11th October 2011
Games Sideway: New York ($9
99) Metal Slug 2 ($8.99) The King of Fighters '96 ($8.99)</ul>Game Demos Sideway: New York NBA Jam: On Fire Edition Stardrone The Cursed Crusade PSOne Classics XS Junior League Football ($5.99) Add-ons Resistance 3 Survival Pack ($3.99) LittleBigPlanet 2 Add on Costumes ($.99-2.99 each) Duke Nukem Forever:...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 12th October 2011
Special Offers Call of Duty Classic (Was £11
99/14.99 Now £6.29/7.99) Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack (Was £7.99/9.99 Now £3.99/4.99) Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 (Was £7.99/9.99 Now £3.99/4.99) Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 (Was £7.99/9.99 Now £3.99/4.99) Call of Duty: World at War...
Tuesday11th Oct 2011
News Golden Oldies Revealed for Get Up and Dance
Elton, Dusty and Lionel
O Games' Get Up and Dance wants to give players of all age something they can shake their hips (or replacements) to, with the publisher announcing four new old tracks for the song's playlist. From Donna Summer's classic Hot Stuff — best known for its role in The Full Monty of course — to Lionel Richie's feel good song...
News Square Enix Unleashes Complete Hitman: Absolution Gameplay Demo
As promised yesterday, IO Interactive has released a full eight minute gameplay demonstration of Hitman: Absolution
The demo takes place in an abandoned Canadian library and shows off the game's moody atmosphere really well. Some of the lighting is phenomenal. A number of legacy fans aren't too happy with some of the game's modern mechanics, such as...
News DUST 514 Ready to Change the Online Shooter Forever
Will it succeed?
DUST 514 isn't your average run-and-gun online shooter: set in the persistent world of EVE Online, it's as much about economics as it is headshots, and the official PlayStation Blogs have carried an interview with the game's executive producer Brandon Laurino. The interview details the game's exceptionally ambitious concept — a...
News Gran Turismo 5's New Indoor Karting Arena Looks Glorious
"Enough," we hear you scream
Three Gran Turismo 5 posts in one day is more than enough for anyone. (You obviously weren't around last year.) But we get it. We just wanted to very quickly draw your attention to a screenshot of Gran Turismo 5's upcoming indoor go-kart arena. It'll launch as part of the game's new "Course Pack" DLC alongside...
News Electonic Arts Teams Up With Adidas For Limited Edition Need For Speed: The Run Sneakers
These are great
Electronic Arts and Adidas have teamed up to produce a limited run of 100 Need For Speed: The Run style trainers. The trainers — which admittedly don't look very Need For Speedy — are great if you're into your retro footwear. "Our goal with Need for Speed is to be more than just a video game franchise, as we view ourselves...
News Warner Bros Outlines First DLC For Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City isn't out yet
(Not long to wait though, we promise.) Either way, as has become traditional for the video game industry, Rocksteady's already turned its attention to post-release support. And given the sheer wealth of pre-release content available for Batman: Arkham City, we imagine it's going to be copious. The first DLC add-on...
News Someone Managed To Leak Skyrim's Instruction Manual Onto The Internet
Such is the furore surrounding Bethesda's upcoming colossal RPG, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, that someone has took it upon themselves to leak the game
.. 's instruction manual. That's right, the entire manual has been uploaded onto Imgur. We've decided against re-producing it here for obvious reasons, but we will include a friendly link for you...
News GoldenEye 007: Reloaded Pre-Order Bonuses Include Paintball Mode
Activision's playing on some real nostalgia with GoldenEye 007: Reloaded isn't it? One of the game's North American pre-order bonuses -- available from GameStop -- brings the original's legendary Paintball mode to split-screen and private online multiplayer matches
Remember Paintball mode? If that wasn't enough, GameStop's also handing out...
Rumour Jak & Daxter HD Collection Confirmed?
It's happening
According to fellow PlayStation fansite, PlayStationSpill, developer Naughty Dog has confirmed the already hotly rumoured Jak & Daxter HD Collection. The site claims that Naughty Dog's Justin Richmond confirmed the compilation's existence during a presentation in Oslo, Norway. According to Richmond's Twitter account, the...
News Gran Turismo 5: Spec II Update Goes Live, First DLC On The Horizon
Gran Turismo 5 is no more
It's now Gran Turismo 5: Spec II. The long awaited update launched overnight, carrying a hefty 1192MB file-size. But if you own the game it's completely free to obtain, and includes a number of game-changing features including a standard cock-pit view for non-premium cars, improved loading times, enhanced physics and AI, a...
First Impressions Ridge Racer Unbounded on PlayStation 3
It's certainly a unique sight: a demo kiosk labelled with the Ridge Racer name, showing vehicles smashing through stone pillars and crashing into each other
Regardless of whether Ridge Racer Unbounded turns out to be the best racing game ever conceived, Namco's got its work cut-out convincing long-time fans that a more destructive racer is what they...
News Prices Attached To A Number Of PlayStation Vita's Launch Titles
Up until today only one publisher had announced the price of their PlayStation Vita software; Square Enix attached a price to Army Corps Of Hell late last month
But the latest issue of Famitsu magazine has published the prices for a variety of PlayStation Vita's most-wanted, including Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Ridge Racer. Nathan Drake's latest...
News PlayStation Home Is The 'Easiest Point Of Entry' For PlayStation Network Developers
As PlayStation Home continues its transition into a gaming platform, director Jack Buser has stated that he believes the social network is the "easiest point of entry" for budding PlayStation Network developers
Speaking with Shacknews, Buser commented that a "lot of developers" start in PlayStation Home. Home is all scripting (LUA), and...
News Watch Gran Turismo 5 Spec II's New Intro Movie
Whether or not you intend to dive back into Gran Turismo 5 for its new Spec II update, the game's updated intro movie should get you pumped
Featuring a remixed version of Daiki Kasho's '5oul On Disply', the new intro includes glimpses of Gran Turismo 5's upcoming DLC and some pretty impressive cinematic shots. It's hard not to get excited, really...
News Bioware Officially Confirms Mass Effect 3's Multiplayer Mode, Teases 'Galaxy At War' Component
Yes, Mass Effect 3 has a multiplayer component
Bioware has finally confirmed the game's co-op mode in a Q&A on its forums. The new (optional) four-player missions take place outside of the main campaign, and aren't affected by your previous Mass Effect progress. "Players can choose from a variety of classes and races, form an elite Special...
News Players Will Need To Work For Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC
Final Fantasy XIII-2 will get approximately one-two DLC updates a month, producer Yoshinori Kitase has told Japanese magazine Dengeki PlayStation
DLC will span a range of items, including costumes, weapons and enemies. The DLC will be more involved than simply hitting the download button though — players will need to physically unlock the content...
News Sony To Offer UMD Titles At A Discount For PlayStation Vita Owners
Backwards compatibility
It's a discussion constantly on the minds of people upgrading to a new system. But it's an odd one really. The ability to play legacy titles is always welcome of course, but who actually upgrades their hardware to play old games? Still, it might not be an important issue to us, but it is to a lot of others. And so Sony's got...
Monday10th Oct 2011
Not even slight texture streaming issues can deter from RAGE's technical ambition
With stunning textures and a consistent 60 frames-per-second, id's latest release is one of the best looking titles available on the PlayStation 3. But for as good as the game looks, the experience is marred by a number of inconsistencies. An offensive save system and...
News Stealth is the Key in New GoldenEye: Reloaded Video
Shhh...
We're just two weeks away from GoldenEye 007: Reloaded's release on PlayStation 3, and a new video released by Activision wants to put you firmly in the espionage mood. The new "stealth" trailer below is exactly what it says on the tin, impressing on players the importance of taking things slowly instead of running in all guns...
News DUST 514 Promises To Change The Console Shooter Forever
It's been a while since we heard anything of CCP Games' ambitious PS3 exclusive MMO shooter, DUST 514
But speaking in a candid interview on the PlayStation Blog, executive producer Brandon Laurino has promised the title will change the console shooter genre forever. DUST 514 hooks into CCP's most recognisable project, Eve Online, giving players the...
News XSEED's Corpse Party Is Much More Than Just A Visual Novel
Corpse Party is a game ab0ut a haunted elementary school filled with dead children
Sounds depressing, huh? The premise is already well established, but what of the game itself? Writing on the PlayStation Blog, XSEED localisation wizard Tom Lipschultz suggested it was a "horror adventure game" and certainly much more than an...
News Tomb Raider, LittleBigPlanet & Grand Theft Auto To Feature In British Design Gallery
A number of Britain's greatest video game exports -- including Tomb Raider, LittleBigPlanet, Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto -- will all feature in a British design showcase, conceived to exhibit 64 years of British innovation
Entitled British Design 1948-2012: Innovation In The Modern Age, the event will contain 350 British works designed to span the...
News Sledgehammer: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Not At War With Battlefield 3
Sledgehammer Games' gaffer -- and former Dead Space top-man -- Glen Schofield has dismissed any rivalry between Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3, insisting his competition lies with Modern Warfare 2
For those unclear, Sledgehammer Games is working alongside the depleted Infinity Ward to prepare Modern Warfare 3 for release this...
News Hideo Kojima Hopes Metal Gear Solid Will Continue After His Death
We're not sure who's going to make sense of the current storyline, but Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima hopes that the stealth series will continue after his death
The 48-year old (!!!) video game legend told an audience at the University of Southern California that he will continue to make Metal Gear Solid titles for as long as fans want them...
News Konami Confirms What We All Knew: Silent Hill Downpour Is Not Coming Out This Year
We don't think anybody expected Silent Hill: Downpour to release this year
It's just taken a long, long time for Konami to announce anything official. But according to Eurogamer the game's not coming until next year, somewhere between the dates January and March 2012. The game was originally due out in November, but Konami's been keeping schtum...
News Leisure Suit Larry Returns To PlayStation 3 In High-Definition
After the disastrous Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust on PlayStation 3, we never thought we'd live to see the saucy protagonist feature on Sony's system again
But according to an EGM report, Replay Games has picked up the rights to the original Leisure Suit Larry series and will re-release the original title on PlayStation Network next year in...
News Feign Excitement: Mass Effect 3 Has A Multiplayer Component
Ahhh, Mass Effect
A series we enjoy for its intense gun-fire and high octane shootouts... Wait a minute. Wrong game. Mass Effect. Yeah, that's not a game we enjoy for its shooting at all. Quite the opposite in fact. So you can probably imagine how delighted we are that Mass Effect 3's getting a needless multiplayer component. It's been on the cards...
News Square Enix Releases Debut Hitman: Absolution Gameplay Teaser
Hunted by the police, completely unarmed, Agent 47 seeks refuge in an abandoned Chicago library," reads Square Enix's pitch for Hitman: Absolution's debut gameplay teaser
Running on IO Interactive's new Glacier 2 engine, Hitman: Absolution promises to combine the "much loved classic gameplay with completely new and exciting features for the...
News Double Fine Teasing 'Multiple' Announcements In New Press Invites
Invitations sent out to the US press have hinted at multiple game reveals from creative powerhouse Double Fine
The October 14th event teased "six incredible products to behold" as well as "multiple exciting announcements". Double Fine's been pretty quiet on PlayStation 3 since the release of Costume Quest and Stacking on the...
News UK Sales Chart: FIFA 12 Holds Onto Top Spot, RAGE & Dark Souls Debut
We told you FIFA 12 would hold onto the top of the UK sales charts for a good number of weeks
Not even an onslaught of new releases — RAGE and Dark Souls no less — could push the soccer sim from its perch, with both titles finishing second and third respectively. Elsewhere, there was room for Resistance 3 to re-emerge in the top-ten, while usual...
News Sleepy Jack Exclusive To Xperia Play For One Month
SilverTree Media's whimsical dream-scape title, Sleepy Jack, is out now and exclusive to the Xperia Play handset for one month, Sony Ericsson has announced
There's more information via the Android Marketplace. We've included a trailer after the jump.
News Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken Cracks Shells On October 19th In Europe
Ratloop Asia's already confirmed an October 18th release date for its feathery PlayStation Network exclusive Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken in North America
But now it's announced that fowl lovers in Europe will not have long to wait to get their hands on the cinematic bird-blaster — with the game due to release on the European PlayStation Store...
Sunday9th Oct 2011
News Bit.Trip Presents: Runner 2 Confirmed For PlayStation Network
The Bit
Trip series has already made a name for itself on the Nintendo Wii, and now it's preparing to conquer the PlayStation Network too. Confirmed over-night, developer Gaijin Games and publisher Aksys has announced that Bit.Trip Presents: Runner 2, Future Legend Of Rhythm Alien will debut on the PlayStation Network next year. The game will boast...
News Green Lantern: Extended Cut Blu-ray Includes Batman: Arkham City Sinestro Corps Skin
There's that many additional Batman: Arkham City costumes we're starting to lose count
Yet still the announcements keep flowing. Joystiq reports that those purchasing the Extended Cut Blu-ray edition of Green Lantern will receive a Sinestro Corps themed character model for the PS3 version of Batman: Arkham City. For those unsure of their Green...
News Sony & EA Dishing Out Free Games For The Xperia Play
If you own an Xperia Play then you're in luck
Sony and EA's teamed up to give a way a collection of compatible games for free, including: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Dead Space, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and Need For Speed: Shift. The titles can be claimed by following the instructions through here. You've got until January 15th 2012 to grab the...
Saturday8th Oct 2011
News Sony Aiming To Neutralise Smartphone Gaming With PlayStation Suite
Enter any PlayStation Vita thread and at least one smartphone warrior will emerge
"Yeah Uncharted: Golden Abyss looks great, but I can get hundreds of cheap games for my mobile phone for the same price." It frustrates us unlike anything else, but as time goes on we've come to the realisation that this is something we're going to have to...
News DICE Discusses Mirror's Edge... Again
We think it's pretty much set in stone how much fans want another Mirror's Edge game (we're right there with you
), but with DICE heavily involved in this year's first-person shooter showdown with Battlefield 3, you could be forgiven for thinking the series is off-limits for the time being. Realistically you'd probably be right, but that's not...
News Binary Domain Trailer Hones In On Consequence System
We were suitably impressed with Binary Domain when we got to check it out earlier in the year
In fact, given our monumentally low expectations it actually kind of blew us away. A unique art-style, some great shooting and fantastic presentation all contributed to our positive impressions. But we also came away intrigued by Binary Domain's consequence...
News Activision Raises Its Hand With Amazing New Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Trailer
It's bizarre to think that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been flying under the radar this year
The latest entry in the most popular franchise in the world has lost some mind-share amongst hardcore gamers to Battlefield 3. But we've always felt like Modern Warfare 3's had the better showings up until now — the E3 demo involving scuba divers,...
News LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 Tackles The More Interesting Half Of The Story
The first few Harry Potter books are obviously great
But they're all about Harry coming of age. It's the conclusion that's the most interesting part, where taking potions lessons becomes a distraction from the overarching plot about the world being plunged into chaos, etc. So naturally, we'd expect LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 to be far more...
News Sonic Generations Trailer Shows Off Modern Era
Sonic Generations spans three different eras
The Mega Drive era, the Dreamcast era and the Modern era. Seeing as we've already seen the previous two eras in actions, SEGA's released a final trailer focusing on the stages pulled out of Modern "favourites" such as Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Colors. Catch the footage after the jump.
News Updated PlayStation 3 Remote Controller To Launch Later This Month
Sony's prepping an updated PlayStation 3 remote controller for "late October"
The updated device will include support for various Sony products, in addition to Netflix. In order to enable these additional functions, the peripheral will include new channel and volume buttons at the base of the unit. No price has been announced yet, but expect it to...
Friday7th Oct 2011
News Just Dance 3 Moonwalks Back to December
Oww!
Wii and Kinect owners can both play Just Dance 3 this month, but poor old PlayStation 3 fans must wait two months to get their groove on. Ubisoft's high profile party game has slipped to 6th December in North America and 9th December in Europe. We've approached Ubisoft for a comment to explain the delay, but so far none has been forthcoming...
News NCIS Drama Investigates PlayStation 3
Can you crack the case?
The massive hit television series, NCIS, is soon making the leap to the video game world, letting you finally experience what it’s actually like to be a part of the NCIS crew. The show’s writers have written the scripts for four unique cases, which can only be viewed by playing the game. With PlayStation Move being your...
Review X-Men Destiny (PlayStation 3)
A bizarrely involving character customisation system makes X-Men Destiny suprisingly playable, even if it never comes close to reaching its full potential
Not every game needs to be a blockbuster. Developer Silicon Knights has taken that advice to heart with the functional but flawed X-Men Destiny. This is a game brimming with ambition, but it lacks...
News Live Hockey Streaming Returns To PlayStation 3
Apparently people in North America and Canada enjoy ice hokey or something
American sports are so weird. Regardless, it's cool to see Sony transforming its system into something of a portal for live sports, with the NHL Gamecenter application returning to the PS3 this week. Non-NHL Gamecenter Live subscribers can enjoy a range of content, spanning...
News The Cast Of South Park Signs Up For Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Curious one this
Deep Silver has announced a new DLC pack for its PSN release of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire -- bringing with it the cast of South Park. Seriously. The add-on will include a plethora of new questions based on the self-referential series, five character avatars and an updated Phone-A-Friend mode provided by key characters from the...
News We Really Hope Dead Or Alive 5 Is As Cinematic As Its Trailer
Tecmo Koei's released the full version of its Tokyo Game Show Dead Or Alive 5 announcement trailer
And it's amazing. But we just don't believe it's real. The footage shows a straight forward one-on-one brawler with bonkers amounts destructibility. We like a bit of flash in our games, and if Tecmo can measure the pizazz against some genuinely...
News Online Exclusive Tekken Hybrid Bundle Is The Biggest Yet
We've already established that Tekken Hybrid on its own is a bumper package
Spanning Tekken: Blood Vengeance the movie, Tekken Tag Tournament HD and a prologue version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, it's quite the collection. But, as we reported earlier in the week, the Collector's Edition includes even more — with art-books and soundtrack CDs thrown...
News Marvelous AQL Has Three New Games In Development For PlayStation Vita
Marvelous AQL might have spent its press conference announcing smartphone and 3DS games yesterday, but it's not forgotten about Sony's PlayStation Vita
The company has three games in development for the system, including a "fantasy RPG", a "fantasy action RPG" and a new "action adventure game". As Joystiq points out,...
News Mortal Kobat Arcade Kollection Tops Inaugural PSN Chart
Sony's announced that it is planning to publish a monthly top twenty of the most popular PlayStation Network content from this month forward
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection has topped the inaugural chart, with Resident Evil 4, From Dust and Angry Birds all placing within the top five. Check out the top twenty after the jump, or alternatively on the...
News People Can Fly Were Shocked By The Amount Of Swearing In Their Own Game
The air around People Can Fly's potty-mouthed shooter, Bulletstorm, was blue
But the hilarious thing is, the Polish developer didn't even realise it. Chatting in the October edition of Game Developer's magazine, Adrian Chmielarz said that he couldn't believe the extent of the game's expletives once he saw the game's Polish translation. "Do you...
News Why There Are No Vehicles In The Battlefield 3 Beta
Battlefield 3 producer Patrick Liu has told The Guardian that the game's current beta test is lacking vehicles because it is
.. well, a beta — the insinuation being that it's a real test rather than a glorified demo. "We ran the alpha tests with a Rush map and we wanted to have some sort of reference so we could compare results so we...
News Confirmed: Battlefield 3 Still Looks Stupidly Pretty
We like a bit of online multiplayer from time to time, but we're primarily single-player people
We enjoy spending time with a great narrative and being involved in a story. So while we think Battlefield 3's multiplayer actually looks pretty cool, it's certainly not the highlight for us. That accolade belongs to the campaign. And when the campaign is...
News Team Bondi Owed Lots Of Money To Lots Of People
L
A. Noire</a> developer Team Bondi owed debts to the tune of AU$1,425,156 ($1.4 million USD / £900k) before it was closed. EDGE reports that more than a million dollars were owed to staff, with executives claiming up to $100k a pop. Unbelievably, Team Bondi closed owing $150k to Depth Analysis, the company that created the MotionScan facial...
News Debut Warhammer 40K: Space Marine DLC Out October 25th
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine will get a free shot of DLC on October 25th, THQ has announced
The DLC includes two, four-player co-operative scenarios that pitch the Space Marines against hordes of Orks and Foes. Developer Relic is said to be working on more DLC, with future packs available in both gratis and premium guises. [Thanks Eurogamer]
News Gotham City Imposters Could Actually Be Pretty Cool
We were really cynical about Gotham City Imposters when it was first announced
The Monolith developed downloadable title sees a bunch of wannabe Batman and Jokers duke it out in a class-based first-person shooter. But as time's progressed, the whole concept has grown on us. And this animated short (embedded after the jump) goes some way towards...
News Capcom Aims To 'Make The Best Use' Of Resident Evil Brand With Multiple Experiences
If there's one aspect of the Resident Evil franchise that fans are most critical of, it's that the series has lost its survival horror origins
Mysterious plots, brilliantly executed jump scares and resource management have all been replaced by a heavy action flavour. For fans, the franchise's change of direction can be epitomised by Resident Evil:...
Rumour Sony Readying Ericsson Buyout?
Not strictly gaming related this one, but interesting none-the-less
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Sony is planning to buyout Ericsson from its joint mobile venture. The move — which would cost between $1.3 and $1.7 billion — would see Sony take sole control of the business, allowing the company to better integrate its smartphone...
News Brand New Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Footage Emerges
Naughty Dog's released some brand new gameplay footage from Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
This is normally the part of the article where we'd start making some appropriate and (hopefully) witty observations about the video within. But we didn't watch the trailer. As we've mentioned before, writing about games can be dicey at times. Sometimes you...
Thursday6th Oct 2011
Review Child of Eden (PlayStation 3)
Virtuosic viruses
Child of Eden's story involves the creation of a human personality, Lumi, for A.I. system Eden, but when it actually comes down to it the narrative is of no consequence. This is not a game that you play to follow a plot – it's a mesmeric feast, a perfect marriage of sound, visuals and movement designed to flood your brain with...
News Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One's Collector's Edition Is Neat But Expensive
Cash grab
As with any other big release, Sony and Inomniac Games is prepping a Collector's Edition for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One. The package includes a copy of the game, a 3D lenticular cover, an 8" Ratchet plushie, a bunch of DLC items including character skins and weapons, four exclusive PSN avatars and a dynamic theme. The downside? It...
News Army Corps of Hell Invades Europe 2012
Metalocalypse
Army Corps of Hell, Square Enix's PS Vita game that blends Pikmin-like gameplay with pure death metal, has just been confirmed for a 2012 release in Europe. The game has players controlling "goblin soldiers" that come in a variety of classes, each with unique abilities and powers. Players use the Vita's touch controls to...
Review Mercury Hg (PlayStation 3)
Mercury Hg is an endearing little puzzle title with an attractive price-point and some striking presentation
The periodic table's never got us particularly excited. We distinctly remember it hanging on the wall in the science lab at school, surrounded by various drawings and exemplary pieces of work designed to make us feel guilty. We'd often try to...
News Disney Universe Does Aladdin In Its Latest Trailer
Disney Universe's roster of represented properties keeps on growing
With stages based on Pirates Of The Caribbean, Alice In Wonderland and the Lion King already confirmed, Disney's turned its attention to Aladdin. We agree, it's still hard to shake the overbearing influences of LittleBigPlanet, but as our recent hands-on testified, the game looks...
News Ninja Theory Blames Marketing For Poor Enslaved Performance
Y'know, we really liked Enslaved, but there's an irony to developer Ninja Theory's whiny public perception
Prior to Enslaved's release, studio gaffer Tameem Antoniades talked up the benefits of going multiplatform after its previous PlayStation 3 exclusive project — Heavenly Sword — didn't meet expectations. But since Enslaved sold similarly...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 5th October 2011
Special Offers Borderlands Game Of The Year edition (Was £27
99/34.99 Now £11.99/14.99)</ul>Playable Content Eufloria (£7.99/9.99) NBA Jam: On Fire Edition (£9.99/12.99) Ape Escape (£19.99/24.99) Crysis (£15.99/19.99) De Blob 2 (£19.99/24.99) Homefront (£27.99/34.99) Saints Row 2 (£15.99/19.99) Sega Bass...
News Laughing Jackal Announces Orbit For PlayStation Minis
Laughing Jackal -- the developer behind Cubixx HD and OMG-Z -- has announced its latest PlayStation Minis title
Details are scarce about the tentatively titled Orbit, short of releasing an ambiguous concept statement reproduced below: Help Doc, the Institute of Space Research Institutes last remaining astronaut, as he explores the Solar System...
News Max Payne 3 Dual-Wields In New Screens
Forget one gun, Max Payne doesn't do things by halves
In a batch of new screenshots for Max Payne 3, Rockstar has shown off the moody character clasping weapons in both hands. It's all looking rather dark and gritty. Which we suspect is exactly what fans of the series have been clamoring for.</em>
News Sony Highlights The Importance Of Physical Media For PlayStation Vita
The PSPgo was an experiment
It came about at a time when players clamoured for digital media on their handheld platform. Such enthusiasm quickly vanished, and the PSPgo concluded a failed experiment. But Sony's learned from that experience, and subsequently its not shunning packaged media for its new handheld platform. We believe, for some...
News Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron Announced In Latest Game Informer
After a breif hiatus working on the not-entirely-awful Transformers: Dark Of The Moon movie tie-in, High Moon Studios is back with a brand new original entry in the Transformers series
Announced in the latest issue of Game Informer magazine, Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron continues the story of the ongoing civil war between the Autobots and...
News Okabu Has The Most Uplifting Visual Style And Soundtrack
With its October 18th release date just weeks away, Hand Circus has started to lift the lid on its upcoming PlayStation Network exclusive Okabu
The game sees you take control of a group of cloud mounted heroes as you manipulate their powers in order to save the world from the industrial threat of the Doza. A dark premise for such a happy-go-lucky...
News Naughty Dog Puts The Lid On Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is done
Sony will begin manufacturing the blockbuster within the next few days. Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer confirmed the news at an event in Jordan over the weekend. The game's due out next month. [Thanks Meristation]
News Square Enix Confirms Army Corps Of Hell For Europe
Square Enix has confirmed that it's bringing Entersphere's Army Corps Of Hell to Europe
The game — "packed with dark vicious combat, dark humour and lightning quick action" — sees players take control of an army of a hundred goblins in a gameplay mechanic that's reminiscent of Nintendo's classic series, Pikmin. The title's exclusive to...
News Gearbox Is Still Putting Out Duke Nukem Forever DLC
We'd be curious to see the numbers for Duke Nukem Forever's multiplayer component
Are any readers still playing it? Well, if you are (why?) Gearbox has got some new DLC for you. The content includes three new multiplayer modes: Freeze Tag, Hail To The King and Hot Potato. It also includes four new maps parodying various popular first-person...
News UK Developers Investing More Heavily In PlayStation Network
The PlayStation Network is two-times more popular than XBOX Live Arcade for UK developers, concludes a report published by Develop
The figure comes from new data collected by Tiga in a survey of 100 British studios. The numbers showed that while approximately 30 developers are working on new PlayStation Network content, only 16 are developing for...
News Level 5 To Stream Japanese Press Conference
Level 5 is too big for the Tokyo Game Show these days
Instead it's holding its own press conference in a couple of weeks time. The main event will be open to the Japanese public, but only press will get entry to the company's keynote. Thankfully, said conference will be streamed online. The focus of the event is expected to be on Level 5's announced...
Wednesday5th Oct 2011
Feature Move's First Year - The Stinkers
The ugly ducklings that couldn’t
Here at Movemodo we’ve been a joyous lot, as we’re still celebrating Move’s first birthday. We’ve taken our first step into looking back at the past year with Move's First Year: Part One, and even looked ahead to some Four Must-Have Move Games for the Future. While we’ll continue this journey further as...
Sony drummed up the hype last week
A mysterious teaser appeared on the platform holder's YouTube channel, laced with fan service and tempting us to "look beyond the door on October 5th". The video went on to spark massive conversation within the gaming community, with more than two million fans speculating about the imminent announcement...
News PlayStation Access Roadshow Heads To Manchester, Kicks Off UK FIFA Interactive World Cup
See you there?
Sony's announced that it will be holding the first round of the FIFA Interactive World Cup at a PlayStation Access event in Manchester this week. Players will get the opportunity to compete from Thursday through Saturday in addition to getting their hands on a bunch of other unreleased PS3 games. Games outside of FIFA 12 include...
News Japan Sales Charts: PlayStation Software Dominates
PlayStation software took slots in four of the top five selling Japanese games this week, with PSP title Legend Of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki taking the top-spot
It was followed by Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends on PS3 and last week's front-runner Dark Souls. Sadly hardware was down across the board, with PS3 filling the second spot at 30k and PSP just...
News Gran Turismo 5 Gets Bumper Spec 2.0 Update On October 11th
When Gran Turismo 5 launched, Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi said it was only the start of the journey
And true to his word, GT5 has received updates on an almost monthly basis, fixing issues and implementing new features that players requested. Now, on October 11th, Gran Turismo 5 will get its biggest update to date. Spec 2.0 will include a...
News Catch The Introduction To Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken's Co-Op Mode
Ratloop Asia's released the first details on Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken's co-operative campaign
While the main game focuses on the narrative of a rebel rooster named Hardboiled, the co-operative mode includes a ten chapter narrative of its own. It's up to you and your buddies to save the General's daughter. You'll need to choose from six...
News Amy Continues To Look Like The Most Exciting Title In The PSN Pipeline
Vectorcell and Lexis Numerique's Amy has us stupidly excited
The PlayStation Network survival horror has been shrouded in secrecy for some time, but the developer is just starting to lift the cover on the ambitious title. In a brand new trailer the developer details the contamination aspect of the game, which affects the protagonist Lana. Lana can...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 5th October 2011
Games Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition ($29
99) Crysis ($19.99) NBA Jam On Fire Edition ($14.99) Shift 2 Unleashed Digital ($39.99) Eufloria ($59.99) SEGA Bass Fishing ($9.99) Space Channel 5 Part Two ($9.99)</ul>Game Demos Eufloria Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 Demo PSOne Classics Chrono Trigger ($9.99) PS2 Classics Odin Sphere...
News DICE: Battlefield 3 Beta Has Six Times More Simultaneous Players Than Bad Company 2
In an effort to prove Battlefield 3 is a much bigger deal than Bad Company 2, DICE has revealed that the threequel's current open beta has six times the number of simultaneous players than its previous release
The news should stop there really, but Videogamer decided to do a bit of digging. The website reports that Battlefield: Bad Company 2's beta...
News Ubisoft Launches UnlockTheAnimus.com
In order to build anticipation for the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ubisoft has announced UnlockTheAnimus
com</a> — a competition website packed with puzzles, boasting a four-night stay in Istanbul as the grand prize. Players registered to the website will be required to overcome a series of challenges, culminating with a final...
News Hooray: Yakuza Of The End Confirmed For Western Release, Now Dead Souls
Celebrate good times, come on
SEGA's just announced that it's bringing Yakuza: Of The End to Europe and North America under the new title Yakuza: Dead Souls. The game — which sees the franchise's famous Kamurocho district invaded by the undead — will release in March 2012 with its full plot in-tact and a new mini-game called Pachislot...
News Ace Combat Demo Downloaded 1.2 Million Times
Namco Bandai's released some impressive figures for its Ace Combat: Assault Horizon demo
According to the publisher the sampler has been downloaded more than 1.2 million times. The game itself launches next week. Admittedly it is a slow news day. [Thanks Eurogamer]
News Worry Not, The PlayStation 3 Can Run Crysis
Back when Crysis was the graphical benchmark for every PC gaming enthusiast out there, one very specific question was passed between fans: "Can it run Crysis?" Well the PS3 can, as an updated version is now available from the PlayStation Network
There's a trailer after the jump.
News L.A. Noire Developer Team Bondi Is No More
What an extraordinary story
L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi was subject to enormous critical acclaim before getting hit by an employment scandal. And now it is no more. The studio entered administration in late August, with its assets supposedly sold to Australian production company Kennedy Miller Mitchell. Despite critical and commercial success, a...
News FIFA 12 Scores Killer Debut Week
FIFA 12 has enjoyed the largest first-week sales than any other sports video game to date
Electronic Arts estimates that the soccer sim scored an impressive 3.2 million sales between September 27th and October 2nd. The company added that sales are up 23 percent over last year, and that October 1st was the busiest day for online gaming in EA Sports...
Tuesday4th Oct 2011
Feature Europe's Vita Box and Launch Apps Look Like This
Start cooing now
Vita may not be out until next year, but that doesn't mean you can't find out exactly what you'll be seeing on shop shelves when the console launches. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe hardware product manager Adam Grant took to the PlayStation Blog to reveal the console's box and pre-installed applications. The box itself isn't...
Review Arkedo Series - 002 SWAP! (PlayStation 3)
Swap is an evocative name
The second title in the Arkedo Series — ported to PlayStation Network by Sanuk Games — is a simplistic puzzle title in which you — that's right! — swap blocks in order to create chains of four similarly coloured squares, and ultimately dismantle a growing tower of primary colours. Like the previous title in the...
News Final Fantasy XIII-2 Scoops Up A Variety Of Pre-Order Bonuses
As is now common-place for new releases, Square Enix has revealed the various pre-order bonuses for Final Fantasy XIII-2 in North America
They range from weird to potentially sensual to the ostentatious. Let's start with the weird. Amazon's giving away the "Omega Boss Battle" pack, an exclusive "coliseum battle" that adds Omega...
News Crystal Dynamics Celebrates 15 Years Of Tomb Raider With Interactive Art Gallery
We'd rather Crystal Dynamics marked the 15th anniversary of Tomb Raider with the release of its awesome looking series reboot, but seeing as that title's still a year away we'll have to make do with a digital art exhibition instead
The developer has commissioned a variety of pieces designed to showcase Lara's look in the new game, while also...
News DunDef Due Date Is A Done Deal
PSN version out first
Here's a turn-up for the books: much-anticipated PSN game Dungeon Defenders is coming to the PlayStation Store before Xbox Live Arcade and Steam. Traditionally it's been Microsoft's stance that multiformat download games must launch on XBLA first, but Trendy Entertainment is bucking that trend and coming to PSN before other...
News Harada Reveals PlayStation 3 Exclusive Tekken Hybrid Collector's Edition
Tekken Hybrid is already a pretty comprehensive package
Not only do you get CGI movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance on Blu-ray, but the package also includes Tekken Tag Tournament HD and a prologue version of the upcoming Tekken Tag Tournament 2. But if you pick up the game's Collector's Edition, you'll be privy to a bevy of additional bonuses, including...
News SEGA Teases 'Mysterious' New Game With Bunny Rabbit Trailer
A PlayStation 3 release of Daytona USA has been on the cards for some time now
The game has previously popped up on the website of various ratings boards, hinting at its impending arrival. Never ones to do things by the numbers, SEGA has released a new trailer teasing the release of a "mysterious" new game. We say "teasing" but...
News Ezio Narrates Assassin's Creed: Revelations' 'End Of An Era' Trailer
It's going to be sad to see Ezio go
Even though he's somewhat overlooked, we actually think he's one of the best characters in games right now. Rounded, tough and well written. It's great to see the character get his dues in the build-up to his concluding story, Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Listen to him narrate the game's latest trailer after the...
Rumour Syphon Filter Returning On PlayStation Vita?
Syphon Filter's been out of the spot-light for some time
Once a mega franchise in the original PlayStation's arsenal, the series trundled through the PSP and PS2 era with some impressive but overlooked releases. But according to Official PlayStation Magazine, franchise creator Sony Bend is lining up a new entry in the series once it's done with...
News More Dead Space 3 Plot Details Emerge
Dead Space 3 hasn't even been announced yet, but we're already massively familiar with it
The game's previous leak was huge, detailing settings and characters. But now Siliconera's uncovered more on protagonist Isaac Clarke's deteriorating mental state, confirming that the beleaguered engineer will now be haunted by a secondary personality. The...
News First Import PSone Classics Confirmed For European PlayStation Store
You asked for it, and you got it
Sony has confirmed that it's bringing a variety of "as is" PSone import classics to the European PlayStation Store, starting with Arc The Lad, infamous homo-erotic shooter Cho Aniki and Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special. All three titles will be released in their original format, so don't expect translations...
News Security Can Take A Breather: Payday Gets Pushed Back Until 'Late October'
Excellent looking PlayStation Network exclusive co-op shooter, Payday: The Heist, has been pushed back until "late October", developer Overkill Software has announced
The game was originally due any day now, with those participating in Sony's PSN Play offer getting the title for free. Worry not though, the promotion still applies. You'll just have...
News Pre-Orders For The Darkness II Upgraded To Limited Edition
If you've already registered interest in The Darkness II or are just about to -- then you're in luck
2K Games has announced that it will be upgrading all pre-orders of the game to a Limited Edition version. This includes a Crazy Abdul darkling outfit and two ability upgrades: Gourmet Hearts and Relic Hunter. You'll also net an illustration by Marc...
News We Really Like The Way Payday: The Heist Looks
Payday: The Heist's visual style has been growing on us
At first we thought, "Urgh clown masks, that's a bit cliche." But now we love it. The game — which is a cross between Left 4 Dead and every bank heist movie ever — is due out on the PSN this month. Sony's been putting a lot of weight behind the game, so it obviously has high...
News Infinity Ward Drops A Good Five Minutes Of Modern Warfare 3's Spec Ops Survival Mode
Get it out of your system: we know the "hardcore" gamer can't stand Call Of Duty anymore
How dare mainstream video game players enjoy a video game, right? You good? Good. To be honest, we get the criticisms. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 does look agonisingly like more of the same. And that's a shame. But while the "new" Spec Ops Survival...
News Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Deploys March 6th
Ubisoft has confirmed a March 6th release date for the upcoming Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on PlayStation 3
The date applies to North America, with no European release currently confirmed. A multiplayer beta is currently expected early next year. [Thanks Joystiq]
Monday3rd Oct 2011
Feature Four Must-Have Move Games for the Future
Gaze into our crystal ball
While many will argue that the PlayStation Move launched with a weak line-up, the number and quality of games available has risen sharply since its launch. An increasing number of game developers have decided to implement Move controls into their games, immersing players like never before. We've taken a look into the...
News Vote for Tiger Woods' Cover Co-Star for PGA Tour 13
Has to be a golfer, though
There's no Tiger Woods golf game due out this year — in fact, there are no golf games of any sort out before 2012, which may be some sort of record, we reckon. The next outing from the Tiger is the cleverly named Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, and it's due out next March. You can start your participation now by helping EA to...
Review F1 2011 (PlayStation 3)
While it doesn't quite pack the same punch as last year's entry, F1 2011 is still a tense and satisfying racing experience -- if you're willing to put in the hours required to master the game's merciless learning curve
When F1 2010 released on PS3 last year, it was a revelation. Codemasters breathed new life into the creaky racing genre — earning...
Rumour Nightwing To Be Playable In Batman: Arkham City
Rocksteady's already confirmed the appearance of Batman, Robin and Catwoman as playable characters in Batman: Arkham City
It hasn't said anything about Nightwing. But eagle-eyed fans of the series have noticed the appearance of a set of trophies alluding to the character's inclusion, with two of the digital trinkets paying reference to a Nightwing...
News Ni No Kuni Nets 'Wrath Of The White Witch' Subtitle For Western Release
Sometimes you have to make a compromise
There's a chance Ni No Kuni might never have released in the West, so you have to take the good with the bad. It's getting a sub-title in time for its Western release: Wrath Of The White Witch. We know, we know. Terrible. But whatever. The super pretty PS3-exclusive RPG is still getting a Western release and...
News Rocksteady Promises More Batman Games If There Are 'Stories To Tell'
Don't expect Batman: Arkham City to be the last superhero title from Rocksteady Studios
In an interview with CVG, marketing game manager Dax Ginn said that more titles were on the cards if the developer has "stories to tell". "I mean I think as long as we're still enjoying it and as long as we feel we can contribute to the Batman...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Tops, Team ICO Does Decently
FIFA 12 has topped the UK sales charts for the week
No real surprise there. Expect it to maintain its position at the top until Battlefield. The new arrival sees F1 2011 pushed down into third, with Zumba Fitness, Dead Island and Deus Ex: Human Revolution in fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Sony's ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus Collection had...
News Sony Puts Weight Behind PlayStation Network Exclusives, Announces Digital Versions Of PS2 Games
"Only On PSN" is a phrase you might have read on this website or forums, but it's never been an official marketing label until now
Realising that it has a huge opportunity to differentiate its platform through exclusive digital content, Sony has adopted the phrase in order to better promote those PSN titles that aren't available anywhere else. Sony...
News Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Pass Uncovered
Just get on with it EA
You're not fooling anyone. We know Mass Effect 3's going to have a multiplayer component of kinds. You may as well just announce it. It's pretty much confirmed anyway. A scan of a South African magazine lists the contents of a Mass Effect 3 collector's edition, with a "multiplayer pass" being amongst the goods...
News Sony Reveals PlayStation Vita's Box
Drink it up readers
This is the packaging your shiny new PlayStation Vita will be contained within when you pick up the hardware next year. Sony's European PlayStation Vita product manager, Adam Grant, unveiled the boxart on the PlayStation Blog this morning. In addition, Grant's outlined each of the PlayStation Vita's on-board apps. The post...
News Sony Confirms PS2 Titles For European PlayStation Store
Do you want the good news or the bad news? We'll start with the bad
SCEE's decided not to promote its PSN exclusive titles as heavily in Europe as in North America. "'The Only On PlayStation Network programme is for the SCEA region only," a Sony spokesperson revealed when asked by Eurogamer. Silly idea? We think so. We don't really...
News Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Open To European PlayStation Plus Subscribers
Jealous of Nathan Drake's cross-promotion with Subway in the US? Don't be
You don't even need to eat fresh to get in the Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception multiplayer test here in Europe. All you'll need is a little glowing plus icon next to your username — so a PlayStation Plus account, then. The "multiplayer experience" will go live on...
News Sony Predicts Financial Gloom Due To Falling Euro
Sony never gets much luck
This year alone it's been a hit by an Earthquake, widely publicised hack-attack and riots. Now it's predicting financial trouble due to the falling Euro and its inability to protect itself from the changes. Without diving too heavily into an unbelievably dry Bloomberg report — many of Sony's exports are to European...
News Assassin's Creed: Desmond's Tale To Be Done & Dusted By December 2012
Assassin's Creed: Revelations isn't out yet
But while that game promises to wrap up the story of Ezio and Altair, Ubisoft's already turned its attention to modern-day protagonist Desmond and his story. Which according to Revelations producer Alexandre Amacio will conclude before December 2012. In Assassins Creed we set up a timeline with this...
News Sonic Generations Release Brought Forward In Japan
Presumably running away from the coming PlayStation Vita release, SEGA's pushed the Japanese launch date of Sonic Generations forwards a week
It'll now launch domestically on December 1st, as opposed to the previously announced December 8th date. The European release will stay remain unchanged, dropping November 4th. [Thanks Andriasang / VG247]
Sunday2nd Oct 2011
Review Max and the Magic Marker: Gold Edition (PlayStation 3)
Pencil it in
Occupied with a pad of paper and a stack of crayons, Max is minding his own business, making a colourful mess as only a child can. That is, until an unexpected letter drops onto the door mat addressed to him. Curious, Max tears open the envelope to find a brand new marker pen, and it doesn’t take him long to get creative with this...
News Resistance 3 - Patch 1.04 Update and Double XP Weekend
Get your Sharp Shooter ready!
Insomniac Games has finally confirmed that the 1.04 patch is going to be rolled out this weekend, fixing the ADS issues when using the PlayStation Move control method in Resistance 3. Aside from fixing the Move issues, the patch will also introduce a few balance fixes to matchmaking, as well other minor tweaks to better...
News Sideway: New York Looks Like A Pretty Great Idea
The PlayStation Blog's got a massive feature on upcoming PSN title Sideway: New York
The Playbrains developed puzzle platformer sees its main character, Nox, painted onto walls as graffiti — so you must navigate across three-dimensional backdrops as a two-dimensional character. It's a cool set-up, and looks to provide plenty of scope for some...
News EA Solving Issues With Battlefield 3 Beta
We really like the Battlefield 3 beta, and to be honest we haven't had that many issues with it
But the whole point of these kind of multiplayer stress-tests is to isolate issues that might not have occurred during standard QA testing. And so naturally DICE has sifted through feedback from across the web to prepare a list of fixes that will be...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Will Make Use Of PSN Pass
It didn't take a genius to figure this one out did it? Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception will take advantage of Sony's PSN Pass system
Like Resistance 3, new copies of the game will come bundled with a one-time use code unlocking access to the multiplayer component of the title. Those buying a used copy will need to splash out an addition $10 in order...
Saturday1st Oct 2011
News Watch Nathan Drake Promote Subway
Only winners eat at Subway
That's according to Nathan Drake in a new TV spot cross promoting the sandwich establishment and Sony's upcoming mega-game, Uncharted 3: Among Thieves. The crude commercial is promoting the fact that North American gamers can get access to the entirety of Uncharted 3's multiplayer component right now, simply by purchasing...
News SSX Characters To Slam Dunk Into NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
EA's always been great at cross-promotion
Play a game of FIFA 12 right now and you can't move without seeing an SSX logo. And the same will be true of NBA Jam: On Fire Edition. Kinda. The publisher has announced that three characters from its arcade snowboarding title will be jumping out of the snow and into the fire, as Elise, Kaori, and Mac all...
News South African Retailer Prompts Jak & Daxter HD Collection Rumours
It's happening?
Now God Of War, Sly Cooper and Team ICO have each received an HD collection, speculation is sky-high as to which PS2 franchise Sony will pick next for PS3. It seems BT Games, a South African retailer, knows something we don't — as the store has added the (currently) unannounced Jak & Daxter HD Collection to its product...
Feature Variety Is The Spice Of Life -- 'Twiggy' The Push Square Opinionator
Earlier in the week Deep Silver announced a PlayStation Move enabled sports mini-game compilation called Winter Stars
The news was met with little fanfare, but I couldn't help but feel a flutter of anticipation. Thing is, I adore games packed with variety. I love the idea of being able to play around with different mechanics, jumping from one...
News Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Sneaks In Limited Edition
The Metal Gear Solid HD Collection may not be an entirely new product, but it's still an important one
You didn't think Konami was going to side-step collector's edition for such an anticipated release, did you? No, us neither. The limited edition package includes custom artwork by lead artist Yoji Shinkawa and a 248-page 'The Art Of Metal Gear...
News Portal 2 Runs A 'Peer Review' From October 4th
Portal 2's heavily anticipated debut DLC pack -- 'Peer Review' -- will bend minds from October 4th, Valve has announced
The DLC will be available for free and continues the tale of P-Body and Atlas as you attempt to make your way through a new set of co-operative levels — and come into contact with the devious GLaDOS once again. The DLC also...
