Review Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (PlayStation 3)
The second cut is the deepest
News Get Fighting Fit with UFC Personal Trainer in June
No more punching above your weight
Interviews Gameloft - Dungeon Hunter: Alliance
We go hunting for answers
News - 2011, Week 14
Sunday10th Apr 2011
News PSP Maintains Its Advantage Over 3DS For A Second Week In Japan
After toppling Nintendo's new handheld recently, the PSP has maintained its lead over the 3DS in Japan, shifting about 15,000 more consoles in the region last week
The PSP managed to muster up a whopping 58,075 sales, while the 3DS settled for around 42k. The PS3 maintained its lead over the Nintendo Wii too, mustering up sales of around 27k units,...
Saturday9th Apr 2011
News Surprise: Battlefield 3 Won't Look Quite As Good On PlayStation 3 Compared To PC
Everything we've seen of Battlefield 3 has looked amazing
But everything we've seen of Battlefield 3 has also been running on a computer as big as Buckingham Palace. It doesn't take a genius to understand that the PlayStation 3 version won't look quite as good. Speaking with VideoGamer, DICE executive Patrick Bach revealed that the console port will...
Review Red Faction: Battlegrounds (PlayStation 3)
Red Faction: Battlegrounds is enjoyable in bursts, but a lack of structure both online and off can make the game's breed of vehicular combat a little too chaotic for its own good
As is becoming customary for all big franchise releases, Red Faction: Battlegrounds is a downloadable taster designed to get us excited for the upcoming retail release of...
Feature Don't Kill The 'Mid-Tier' Game -- 'Twiggy' The Push Square Opinionator Returns
Jeff Cannata coined a phrase on the Weekend Confirmed podcast that will probably stick with me for as long as I write about entertainment products
Desperately struggling to balance his positive opinion of Square Enix's Nier against the game's catalogue of flaws, Cannata concluded that the title is "more fun than it is good". It's a...
News DiRT 3 Likes To Party With Cardboard Robots
Upcoming rally-racer DiRT 3 is a game after our own heart
It totally knows how to party. Screw nightclubs and supermodels, we're all about rally cars and cardboard robots. DiRT 3 gets what's up, yo. According to Rock Paper Shotgun, DiRT 3 will boast a multiplayer party mode consisting of three unique mini-games. On the agenda is Invasion, where...
News Rockstar Promises You Won't Have To Wait Long For L.A. Noire's Preorder Bonuses
Rockstar's only just getting round to releasing Red Dead Redemption's pre-order bonuses on the PlayStation Store
The publisher cites "technical reasons" for the delay. In the case of the RDR, the delay isn't actually such a big deal. The game's pre-order bonuses were pretty low key — adding in golden guns, additional costumes and a new...
News Ubisoft Out For Blood, Wants To Beat EA And Activision
Ubisoft's gaffer Yves Guillemot reckons his company has the oomph to overturn Activision and EA as the world's largest third-party publisher
Fighting talk, yo. Chatting with MCV, the executive said that Electronic Arts' decision to sell off its 20 percent stake in the publisher "changed lots of things for us. We had a competitor owning a share...
News Jack Tretton Says Words, Sets The Internet On Fire
Oh, Jack Tretton
If the Internet goes down today, we're holding you personally responsible. There's fury across the video game webosphere over remarks the SCEA executive made about PlayStation's primary competitors. In an interview with Fortune, Tretton described the Nintendo's portable platforms as "babysitting devices" and Microsoft's...
Friday8th Apr 2011
News Latest Duke Nukem: Forever Trailer Hones In On The Babes
If Duke Nukem: Forever's idea of "babes" are what's depicted in this trailer, we'll be replacing next years Hollyoaks calendar for the one featuring Cristiano Ronaldo in his swimwear -- these girls look like they were rendered on late 90's hardware
Oh wait, they were. (For the record: this game is starting to win us over.)
Review Chime Super Deluxe (PlayStation 3)
Chime Super Deluxe may just be the best new puzzle game since Lumines
It looks beautiful, it sounds even better, and it's as addictive as Cadbury's buttons mixed with cheese and onion crisps. It doesn't take many minutes to fall in love with Zoe Mode's super-stylish audio puzzler, Chime Super Deluxe. An updated version of last year's XBOX Live...
News The Cheshire Cat's All Like, "Man, Alice: Madness Returns Gets Curiouser And Curiouser!"
Step into the warped mind of American McGee
Or rather, step into the warped mind of American McGee's interpretation of Alice. Or rather, step into the warped mind of American McGee's interpretation of Lewis Carroll's Alice. Or rather... Whatever! You get the idea. Just make sure you get hype, because Alice: Madness Returns looks incredible. We've...
News Buy SOCOM 4, Get Resistance 3 Beta Access
Seems a fair deal
The ongoing assembly line of Sony first-person shooters and their accompanying betas and demos is a smart move on Sony's part, keeping gamers engaged with a constant supply of anticipation-building action. Just as gamers who picked up Killzone 3 got access to the SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs beta, so those who purchase the full game...
Out Today Brunswick Pro Bowling (Europe)
Alley oop
If you're in the mood to knock down some pins with your Move controller and you haven't yet tried the decent High Velocity Bowling, today sees the European launch of Brunswick Pro Bowling. There's plenty of content to get stuck into with the game, from a Career Mode to a Split Challenge that'll test even the most experience bowlers...
News EyePet Returns to PlayStation Move With a Friend in Tow
Two eggs are better than one
The adorable creature from EyePet: Move Edition is on its way back to PlayStation 3 later this year, as Sony has announced the sequel EyePet & Friends. The biggest change in the game is the addition of a second pet to play with, with Sony promising the two will be able to interact with each other and form bonds...
News Heads Up: PSP Version Of Music Unlimited Powered By Qriocity Is Imminent
Sony's announced that it's bringing its on-demand music service, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity, to the PlayStation Portable next week
The icon has been present on the PSP's XMB for some time. The service — which is available on computers, laptops, Blu-ray players and the PlayStation 3 — allows users to stream from a pool of over seven...
News D3 Publisher To Bring White Knight Chronicles 2 To North America
Despite Sony announcing White Knight Chronicles 2 for Europe a couple of weeks back, word of a North American release has been significantly more muted
That's because Sony's not publishing the game in the US, instead handing off the rights to D3 Publisher. The game will release on PS3 this summer, complete with the new game and the...
News You're Telling Me There's Going To Be Two EyePets On The Screen At Once?
We loved the original EyePet
Admittedly the technology was a little bit fiddly in places, but the augmented reality worked great and it genuinely felt like a fresh and new experience. As such, we're pretty stoked to see the PlayStation Move-enabled series get a fresh new PS3 release. The new game — due out later this year — doubles the trouble,...
News Check It Out, Disgaea 4 Is Coming To PlayStation 3 In September
NIS America's slapped a September release date on PS3 title Disgaea 4
The hardcore turn-based RPG released in Japan earlier in the year. A European release is confirmed, but it's still shrouded in the vagueness of a "fall" window. As you may have guessed, we have nothing to add to this article. FACTS ARE FUN THOUGH, RIGHT?</em>
News Sony Cuts PlayStation Portable Price In Europe, Down 40 Euros
Sony has cut the European price of the PSP by approximately 24 percent in a bid to improve final breath sales in the region
The PSP has been cut from its original price of 169.99 to <span>129.99 and is effective as of today. The price was reduced to $129.99 in North America earlier in the year.</span> "The price cut is aimed at...
News Moore: Persistent EA Profiles Are 'Not Far Away'
EA's hoping to unify all of its games under one persistent player profile, EA Sports' Peter Moore has revealed
"Today we're looking at a seamless experience across all our franchises," he said in a speech watched by Joytsiq. "Regardless of where you are, what platform you have, what game you're playing, that you're constantly...
News Twisted Metal Trailer Explains The Game's Absence, Releases In October
To be perfectly honest, we've been a little bit worried about Twisted Metal
We've seeen very little gameplay footage since the title's E3 reveal, and even the typically outspoken David Jaffe has been quiet over the last couple of months. But with the latest Twisted Metal trailer, everything makes sense. The Eat Sleep Play have really been working...
News Cole's Got Some Kickin' New Powers In inFamous 2
Man, we wished we were inFamous 2's Cole McGrath
Not only does he get to leg it around cities grinding on rails and telephone cables, but he also gets to star in slow motion trailers where he blows stuff up in slow motion to a killer guitar riff. Some guys get all the luck.</em>
Sony's confirmed that there's a Resistance 3 beta trial on the horizon, with North American players getting in on the action by picking up specially marked copies of SOCOM 4
European players will get to trial Insomniac's new multiplayer component with an active PlayStation Plus subscription. There's no word as to whether Plus subscribers in North...
News Mass Effect 3 Details Hit The 'Net, Offer Few Surprises
It didn't take long for the first Mass Effect 3 details to be leaked out of GameInformer's cover story and onto the 'net
As always, we support print media, so if you want the full story, go and buy a copy of GameInformer. We'll summarise for the sake of convenience here. The biggest take-away from the new set of Mass Effect 3 information is: more...
Thursday7th Apr 2011
Review My Fitness Coach Club (PlayStation 3)
Sweaty beauty
While PlayStation Move's motion-controlled rivals are swimming in fitness games, this is only the second such title to reach Sony's black beauty after Get Fit with Mel B. Ubisoft's effort My Fitness Coach Club (known as Fit In Six in North America) comes from a reasonably successful line of fitness titles on Wii, and now with the added...
Review Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (PlayStation 3)
The second cut is the deepest
Last year's Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 saw Move support patched into the game post-release, and although the core game was solid, the Move controls were a letdown. Six months later, EA has brought the Tiger back out of the cage for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters, but can it make up for last year's errors? Well, yes...
News Get Fighting Fit with UFC Personal Trainer in June
No more punching above your weight
Move gamers probably worked up enough of a sweat in The Fight: Lights Out, but those who wants an even more intense workout might want to keep their eyes on UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System, due for Move in June 2011. Taking the popular mixed martial arts and turning it into an exercise game, UFC...
News See SOCOM 4 In Sharp Shooter Action in New Video
Sony producer shows you the ropes
Now that the beta for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (or SOCOM Special Forces in Europe) is open to all new recruits, curious gamers might appreciate a look at how the game operates with the PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter. Lucky you, then, that senior producer Ken Inagaki is here to save the day. The video is more a...
News Sony: Japanese Disaster Will Not Delay NGP
Responding to comments made by SCEA gaffer Jack Tretton earlier in the week, a Sony Japan representative has told the Wall Street Journal that reports suggesting the NGP could be delayed due to the recent string of Japanese disasters are "wrong"
Tretton had previously said that the events in Japan "may be the straw that says maybe we get to...
News Battlefield 3 vs. Call Of Duty Marketing War To Cost Upwards Of $200 Million
One of the most exciting gaming stories of this year is EA's war with Activision for the first-person shooter crown
In the red corner is EA's Battlefield 3, with the inevitable November Call Of Duty release sitting in the blue corner. Speaking at the Ad Age Conference in New York, EA CEO John Riccitiello revealed that both publishers will drop...
News Weird Monster Hunter Spin-Off Coming To Japanese PSPs This Summer
Capcom's announced Monster Hunter Diary G for the PSP
The spin-off title focuses on the franchise's cat-like creatures, the Felynes. Check out the game's debut trailer above. Aside from looking completely bonkers, it reminds us a little of Patapon.
News SSX: Deadly Descents Drops The Subtitle
EA's toned down the gritty appearance of its next generation SSX title by dropping the game's sub-title
Now named "SSX", EA's keen to win back the fans it lost with last year's action oriented debut trailer. "I've always thought racing was the core of SSX," creative director Todd Batty told Game Informer, "and we didn't...
News Bumper Rumour: NGP Blowout Coming At E3, New Polyphony Digital Title Within Next 12 Months
A forum post on Gamekult has been gathering traction across the 'net this morning
The supposed post details much of Sony's E3 announcement plans, as well as some specifics beyond. The leak hints that an NGP price and release date will be announced at E3, in addition to the device's real name. Seven first-party titles are set to be announced for the...
News Yakuza: Of The End Rescheduled For June 9th Japanese Launch, Sales Will Support Red Cross
Our import pre-order of Yakuza: Of The End has been sitting in limbo ever since the recent string of disasters struck Japan
Pushed out of its original March launch window, SEGA's given the apocalyptic spin-off to its soap-opera series a June 9th release date in Japan. That's still some time off, so you're probably best to reign in your excitement...
News New Sonic The Hedgehog Game Revealed, Dashing Onto PlayStation 3 This Year
No matter how many bad Sonic games we've played over the past decade, we always get excited by the prospect of a new title
As previously promised, SEGA has released the first teaser trailer for a brand new Sonic The Hedgehog title due out on PlayStation 3 this year. The game's set to mark Sonic's 20th anniversary. The trailer — which you can watch...
News Is There Anything Left For Us To Say About L.A. Noire?
Good grief, Rockstar's pulled it off again
Sure, we actually need to play L.A. Noire before we go out spewing too much hyperbole, but we can't think of a single game due out this year (including Uncharted 3) that looks as promising as this. Bloody nora.</em>
News Mass Effect 3's The Cover Story For The Latest Issue Of GameInformer
We've still not adjusted to writing about Mass Effect as a PlayStation franchise yet
It's so weird that the franchise's has jumped from being a pseudo-XBOX exclusive (we know there were PC versions) to being closely associated with the PlayStation 3. Don't get us wrong — we're absolutely not complaining. It's just a bit weird. Maybe it's just us?...
News Quantic Dream 'In Discussions' With Sony For E3 Announcement
E3's coming guys, hold onto your hats
Quantic Dream boss, David Cage, has just dropped the most exciting E3 tid-bit of the year thus far — that his studio is "in discussions" with Sony for an E3 announcement of its new project in June. This is in discussion right now with Sony, Cage told CVG when asked about an E3 reveal. Well...
News We Have No Interest In UFC, But We Kinda Want This Training Game
We've watched some UFC
We've played some UFC games. We have about as much interest in the "sport" as we do professional Starcraft. But somehow, UFC Personal Trainer appeals to us. Regular readers will know we have a fairly long standing relationship with these new crop of fitness games. Both EA Sports Active 2 and The Fight spend a lot of...
News Dungeon Siege III Delayed Until June 17th In Europe, June 21st In North America
Square Enix has pushed back the European release of Dungeon Siege III by a couple of weeks, the publisher has announced today
The Obsidian developed game was originally scheduled for release on May 27th. It'll now launch on June 17th. No announcements regarding the US release date were made. Update @ 19:46 BST: Square Enix has just confirmed that...
News By The Way: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Is Coming As DLC
The website ConsoleTech just got black-balled by Capcom for life
Hope the hits were worth it guys. The ballsy site has posted a trailer from Capcom's heavily embargoed Captivate event. The footage concludes what we all hoped: Super Street Fighter IV will get a fresh set of DLC updating it with the new characters and features from the Arcade Edition...
News Assuming We Don't Have To Do Any Mountain Climbers, We'll Be Cool With UFC Personal Trainer
Ignore the Kinect branding and you get a good idea what THQ's PlayStation Move-enabled UFC Personal Trainer will be all about
Presumably you'll hold PlayStation Move controllers in each hand to throw punches and complete various UFC style workouts. Assuming we can skip the mountain climber exercises, we're looking forward to it. Urgh, mountain...
Wednesday6th Apr 2011
Interviews Gameloft - Dungeon Hunter: Alliance
We go hunting for answers
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance launched on the European PlayStation Store today, and we sat down with the game's product manager Sane Lebrun for a spot of Q&A. Movemodo: Firstly, please introduce yourself and your role in Dungeon Hunter: Alliance. Sane Lebrun: My name is Sane Lebrun and I’ve been a Product Manager at...
News Child of Eden Will be Playable with PlayStation Move
Finally, a confirmation
The ongoing Child of Eden PlayStation Move debate has been bubbling away since the game's first showing in 2010. Recently we reported a rumour that Child of Eden was coming to PlayStation Move, and now we've heard word from Ubisoft that yes, the motion controller is supported. The Ubisoft representative we spoke to couldn't...
News Virtua Tennis 4 Will Get a Move-Enabled Demo
Get a slice of the action
Sega's Virtua Tennis 4 is hurtling towards its launch date at the speed of an Andy Roddick serve, but cautious gamers keen to try before they buy might want to hang fire and pick up one of the PlayStation 3-exclusive demos coming to PlayStation Network in the near future. The first demo reaches PlayStation Store next week...
Out Today Dungeon Hunter: Alliance (Europe)
Gameloft's action RPG steps in
Fans of Diablo-style gaming, rejoice! Dungeon Hunter: Alliance lands on the European PlayStation Network today, with four player online co-op, randomly-generated dungeons and of course PlayStation Move support. The game will soak up £9.99/€12.99 from your PlayStation wallet, although PlayStation Plus members can get...
News Killzone 3 DLC 'Steel Rain' Falls on European PlayStation Store
PS Plus members get it free
For some, Killzone 3 came and went in the blink of an eye, but those still waging war on Helghan's surface can explore new battlefields with extra downloadable content available from the PlayStation Store. The Steel Rain pack contains two multiplayer maps inspired by locations from the campaign mode: Junkyard, a...
News Sniper Elite V2 Coming To PlayStation 3 In 2012
505 Games has announced that it will publish Sniper Elite V2 on the PlayStation 3 next year
The game is being developed by Rebellion. Its very exciting to be working with one of the new breed of major publishers like 505 Games, said Rebellion CEO, Jason Kingsley. Sniper Elite was an important, genre-defining property and were hoping to...
News Start Your Virtua Tennis 4 Career Early With Exclusive PlayStation 3 Demo
This time next week we'll be pulling a sickie
We don't even care if Sony announces the PlayStation 4, you won't find us in the PushSquare office. Why? Because SEGA's just confirmed that a PlayStation 3 exclusive Virtua Tennis 4 demo is on the way. And it's not a one-set taster either. The demo will allow you to get a taste of Virtua Tennis 4's...
News Sony Online Entertainment: NGP 'A Perfect Machine' For MMOs
Sony Online Entertainment's gaffer John Smedley reckons that the NGP is the "perfect machine" for MMOs
The executive made the comment while answering GamesIndustry.biz on the subject of free-to-play MMOs on consoles. Having just launched Free Realms in North America, Smedley was naturally supremely positive about the prospects of the genre on both...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 6th April 2011
Special Offers (available until April 13) Faery: Legends of Avalon (was £11
99/14.99 now £7.19/8.99)</ul>Playable Content MAG (£24.99/29.99) Dungeon Hunter: Alliance (£9.99/12.99) Red Faction: Battlegrounds (£6.29/7.99) Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 And 2 Bundle (£11.99/14.99) SOCOM: Special Forces...
News Domain Name Sleuth Outs Sonic Generations
Sonic turns 20 years-old this year -- but don't worry, we're sure he won't be tossing aside his rad attitude for a more mature lifestyle and a placement at University
(More's the pity.) Given that it's a milestone year for SEGA's mascot, video games super-sleuth Superannuation has been digging for dirt. The Internet investigator has pulled up two...
Report Ubisoft Finally Confirms Child Of Eden Will Be Playable With PlayStation Move
Date incoming
After much hush-hush pertaining to Child Of Eden's potential PlayStation Move compatibility, our friends over at MoveModo have finally drawn a confirmation out of a Ubisoft representative. According to the site, the PlayStation 3 version of Q's spiritual Rez successor will support the PlayStation Move controller when it launches later...
News Demand Obscure Japanese Games, Win Persona 3 Portable Stuff
Ghostlight -- the publishers of Persona 3 Portable in the UK -- are giving away a rare, factory sealed Aigis action figure on their official website
All you need to do to win the prize is tell the publisher which obscure Japanese game you'd like bringing to Europe. The benefits are two fold — a) you stand a chance of winning the uber-rare Persona...
News Red Faction: Battlegrounds Isn't Twisted Metal, But It Should Tide Us Over
While we desperately cling on to the hope that Sony might say something about Twisted Metal at some point in the near future (seriously, that game has dropped off the radar entirely), we guess Red Faction: Battlegrounds might be able to fulfill our car-combat cravings for a while
Especially seeing as it's free for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Note...
News Stacking's Lost Hobo King DLC Launches On PlayStation Network
The first slice of Stacking DLC is available now from the North American PlayStation Network, presumably with the European version following as part of today's PlayStation Store update
Entitled "The Lost Hobo King", the additional content adds new dolls, challenges and narrative to DoubleFine's rustic adventure. It costs $4.99 in the...
News Sony Online Entertainment's Gunning For 100 Million Free Realms Players Milestone
Sony Online Entertainment wants Free Realms' player-base to reach 100 million users
SOE gaffer John Smedley envisioned that the free-to-play MMO — available on PC and PS3 — could hit enormous numbers within the next five to six years. He said, "I don't see any reason why [Free Realms] can't go to 100 million , because there are so many kids...
News Famitsu Promises Capcom Blow-Out Next Week
Capcom is currently holding its Captivate press event in the US
But with information embargoed until April 12th, we still don't know exactly what the publisher's showcasing. Thankfully, this week's Famitsu magazine has a few hints . The menu includes: Street Fighter X Tekken, Asura's Wrath, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and the mysterious...
Tuesday5th Apr 2011
News Phineas and Ferb Leap Across the Second Dimension to Move
Due this summer
Fans of pointy-faced cartoon characters, rejoice! Disney Interactive Studios is bringing Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension to PlayStation Move this summer. The announcement doesn't go into much detail about what Move owners can expect from the game, but as it's also due out on Nintendo Wii we fully expect a Move-enabled...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops 'Escalation' DLC Revealed By Retailer
Call Of Duty: Black Ops is set to get another slice of DLC later in the year, a retail mess-up has revealed
The news was leaked by an Australian branch of GAME, revealing five new maps: a zoo, a hotel, a convoy, a stockpile, and a new locale for the bemusingly popular zombies mode. No price was listed. The reveal noted a May release date, but seeing...
Swarm is a surprisingly sporadic puzzle-platformer that's let down by some frustrating progression requirements and unresponsive controls
The reality of Swarm is not what we expected. Basing our judgement on screenshots and artwork, we dived in expecting a slow-paced, Pikmin-esque strategy game. We were wrong, but not necessarily in a bad way. The...
News Sony Sign-Up French Studio For Exclusive PlayStation 3 Action-Adventure Title
This one slipped right under our radar, which is surprising given the significance of the news
Apparently SCEE has teamed up with unknown French studio Dontnod to publish a new action-adventure title exclusively for PlayStation 3. The game, which SystemLink reports is called Adrift, has been in development since last year, when video games...
News Sony Warns Earthquake Could Delay NGP Release
Still recovering
Sony may have previously hoped to release its next handheld gaming system, NGP, worldwide by November 2011, but now the Tokyo-based company is warning that production of the device has slowed due to the cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, and may push back its release. Sony has closed numerous production facilities...
News Finish Him: Mortal Kombat Goes Gold On The PlayStation 3
Mortal Kombat is finished
We just got word from Warner Bros that the game has gone gold and is currently being manufactured as we type. So exciting. The game looks poised to be the best fighting game of the year (sorry Marvel vs. Capcom 3) when it launches on April 19th (US) and April 21st (UK). Seriously: we cannot wait. Who's ready to take on our...
News PlayStation UK Boss Departs After 17 Years
Veteran Sony Computer Entertainment gaffer, Ray Maguire, has departed the company after 17 years
Maguire joined Sony back when the original PlayStation launched, and worked his way up to the position of SCEUK managing director during his 17 year service at the company. "Having been here right from the start and after a lot of soul searching, I...
News PlayStation Network Donantions Drum Up $1.3 Million In Japanese Relief Aid
Sony's announced that the Japanese donation area of the PlayStation Store has raised a whopping $1
3 million over the past couple of weeks. We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those affected by Great East Japan Earthquake, said SCE boss Kaz Hirai. While we continue to make every effort to help the recovery of the affected...
Rumour FIFA 12 Coming To NGP Alongside Other Platforms
Another day, another example of resume sleuthing
JustPushStart has picked up on the LinkedIn profile of EA software engineer, Juan José Galera Pérez, who lists FIFA 12 as a current project. Nothing surprising there, but the twist is in the platforms. Alongside PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3, Juan references "PSP2"...
Out Today StarDrone (North America)
On the beat
Beatshaper's pinball-racing-score attack hybrid StarDrone arrives in North America today for $7.99, with PlayStation Plus members able to pick it up for just $4.99. An unapologetically difficult game, StarDrone mixes all kinds of genres to create something truly unique, with the developers recommending the game is played with PlayStation...
Amidst all the furore surrounding EA's re-release of NBA Jam last year, you'd be forgiven for forgetting that the game actually released on PlayStation 3 last year
We saw it in a shop once. Originally intended as a pre-order bonus, then a PSN release, before ending up as a boxed retail title, most people had forgotten they wanted NBA Jam by the time...
News Jack Tretton Says Sony's In 'Growth Mode, Not Cruise Control'
SCEA's gaffer Jack Tretton has said that the platform holder has not peaked yet with PlayStation 3, and that it is still in "growth mode"
The exec told Fast Company that the platform was just getting going with regards to line-up, accessories and new features such as 3D. When you look at all the games Sony still has left to release this year, it's...
News Ninja Gaiden 3 To Boast 'Complex' Multiplayer Component
Speaking in the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine (US), Ninja Gaiden 3's project lead, Yosuke Hayashi, has said that the title will feature a "complex" multiplayer mode
The developer did not offer a comparison to Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2's online co-op mode, suggesting it will be something different. The good news for budding Ninja Gaiden...
News Brink Continues To Look Fab-u-larse In Its Latest Gameplay Trailer
We're not entirely sure why Brink is flying under the radar so badly
It seems to have all the core elements people want: deep but accessible competitive multiplayer, tons of unlocks, vibrant and unique art-style, loads of weapons, great online integration. On paper it looks like the perfect video game. In fact, we're convinced Splash Damage is going...
Report Sony Tablet Out This Summer
Every consumer electronics company needs its own tablet computer on the market
Not one to buck the latest trends, a report on Bloomberg suggests Sony will release its long-rumoured tablet computer this summer. The report cites company CEO, Sir Howard Stringer, confirming as much to Japanese newspaper Nikkei. The device will apparently run Android...
News Albert Wesker Hypes Up Resident Evil's 15th Anniversary
Yes
There are like five Resident Evil games coming out this year. Sure, they're not all releasing on PlayStation platforms (though we still have high-hopes that an enhanced port of Resident Evil: Revelations will get ported from 3DS to NGP), but that doesn't make the line-up any less exciting: Resident Evil: Code Veronica X HD, Resident Evil 4 HD,...
News Tretton: Japan Disaster Could Limit NGP Release To Just One Region
SCEA gaffer, Jack Tretton, has said that the recent disaster in Japan may limit the NGP's release to just one region this year
You may remember Tretton making a similar comment around the same time as the device's announcement. Back then Tretton suggested a worldwide launch would be unlikely. Now the exec seems to think that the device would be...
Monday4th Apr 2011
Review Dance on Broadway (PlayStation 3)
Mamma mia
Dance on Broadway turned out to be quite a hit for Ubisoft when released on Wii a few years back: riding off the success of its insanely popular Just Dance series, the all-musical soundtrack had a niche all to itself that resulted in big sales for Ubisoft. Now the Move edition has entered stage left, but it barely passes the audition. The...
Feature Meet the PlayStation Move Heroes: Ratchet and Clank
Packed to the brim with charm, and a whole lot of guns!
PlayStation Move Heroes is now readily available on store shelves, and the time has finally come to travel the galaxies in search of our final two heroes: Ratchet and Clank. In December 2002 Insomniac Games released Ratchet and Clank for the PS2, starting a long-running franchise that has found...
News Team Ninja Keeps Quiet about Move Support in Ninja Gaiden 3
Is no news good news?
Here's a series we didn't think we'd see on Move: super-hardcore hack-and-slash Ninja Gaiden, a franchise with so much action our arms are sore just thinking about playing it with Sony's motion controller. The most recent issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine features an interview with Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi in...
Review Ghostbusters: Sanctum Of Slime (PlayStation 3)
Ghostbusters: Sanctum Of Slime achieves exactly what it sets out to do, but the game is almost cynically unambitious
There's some fun to be had in multiplayer, but the game's biting repetition is evident online or off. "Great. The cemetery again?" points out our perceptive unnamed Ghostbuster. The statement's intended to draw comic relief...
News Ratings Board Outs Possible Burnout Crash Game For PSN
What's your favourite part of the Burnout series? Sure, weaving through oncoming traffic at a slick 60 frames-per-second is a highlight, but the real joy is participating in those puzzle-esque crash events that have been a staple of the series for a long time now
According to information leaked via the Australian Ratings Board, a PSN release of...
UK Charts Crysis 2 Sticks To The Top-Spot As EA Conquers The Full Line-Up
We imagine there are plenty of chuffed faces around EA UK this morning -- no less than four of the publisher's games occupy the top ten this week
Crysis 2 is still at the number one spot, with new release Shift 2: Unleashed a few spots behind in fourth. Elsewhere for EA, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 took the sixth spot, while FIFA 11 continues to do...
News Rockstar Reminds Us All That Max Payne 3 Is A Video Game With Big EDGE Magazine Feature
Hot-on-the-heels of the first Max Payne 3 screenshots in years last week, EDGE has uncovered a massive cover story on the long forgotten sequel
Not ones to be left behind, Rockstar's confirmed that Max Payne 3 will feature a new multiplayer mode. The magazine also shows that since his hiatus, Payne has grown some hair. When the game was shown off...
News Naughty Dog Looking To Make Uncharted 3 The "Go-To Game" For Multiplayer On PlayStation 3
Despite early concerns, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves multiplayer was brilliant without impacting the quality of the game's single-player campaign
With the frame-work in place, Naughty Dog wants to improve on Uncharted 3's multiplayer component, making it the "go-to game" for online play on PS3. In an interview published by GamePro magazine,...
News Final Fantasy V Nets PlayStation Network Release
The PSone edition of Final Fantasy V is headed to the PlayStation Network according to a press release distributed by Square Enix this afternoon
The game originally launched on the SNES in 1992, but later got re-released on PlayStation with additional cut-scenes. The game will be in good company — Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX are all currently...
News Let's Take Another Look At BurgerTime HD
Nope we still don't know what the heck is going on in MonkeyPaw's HD remake of cult retro title, BurgerTime
There are definitely burgers involved though. We can confirm that much.</em>
