News PlayStation Move Bowling Ball Looks as Good as It Sounds
CTA Digital strikes out
News Uncharted 2 and God of War III for PlayStation Move at Walmart
But all is not as it seems
News Gladiator Begins Gets May 27th European Release Date
Not many people have heard of Gladiator Begins, but there's a ton of buzz surrounding the GOSHOW developed action RPG online
News Forget Sorcery, Harry Potter is Coming to Move in July
Wands at the ready
Review Mortal Kombat (PlayStation 3)
Mortal Kombat is the most comprehensive fighting game we've ever played
News - 2011, Week 16
Sunday24th Apr 2011
News Sony 'Rebuilding' PlayStation Network Infrastructure, Working 'Around The Clock'
Day four in the Big Brother house and gamers are still being affected by PlayStation Network outages around the globe
Sony's communications manager, Patrick Seybold, has given a further update on the current PSN landscape over night. Writing on the PlayStation Blog, Seybold revealed that the platform holder are working "around the clock"...
Saturday23rd Apr 2011
Review Mortal Kombat (PlayStation 3)
Mortal Kombat is the most comprehensive fighting game we've ever played
It puts its immediate contemporaries to shame with a pool of modes, features and unlockables that have been on the wishlist of fighting fans for some time. What's more, the content is built upon an accessible and satisfying fighting system that's deep enough to hold your...
Downtime
The issues Sony's been having with its PlayStation Network service are well documented across the web. I'm told the folks at this very publication have been frantically clamouring for more information on the situation, but Sony's remaining tight-lipped. Honestly, it's probably for the best. No matter how big or small the problem is, Sony...
News PlayStation Network Slayed By 'External Intrusion', Still No Fix In Sight
This is starting to become a nightmare now
We can deal with a couple of days offline (even if it does hurt our productivity — we have games to review), but the current issues Sony's experiencing with the PSN are starting to sound worse and worse. In its latest update on the PSN outage situation, Sony has cited an "external intrusion" as...
Friday22nd Apr 2011
News Just When Is Child of Eden Coming to PS3?
Nobody knows
The Child of Eden release date saga rolls on, and we're still no closer to a definite date for the 3D and PlayStation Move-enabled version of Ubisoft's organic super-shooter. Last week a Ubi rep said Child of Eden was delayed by 4 to 6 weeks, then yesterday's Ubisoft release schedule just pegged the game for a vague "calendar...
News The Shoot Developer Cohort Studios Ceases Production
That's a wrap
The Shoot wasn't a bad launch title for PlayStation Move, but sadly Scottish developer Cohort Studios has had to close its doors due to the "difficulties of being a console developer in a declining console marketplace", according to a statement released yesterday. Studio CEO Lol Scragg said: It really is with great sadness...
Report PS3 Child Of Eden Pushed Back To September
Earlier in the month we were told that Child Of Eden would launch on the PS3 about 4-6 weeks later than its XBOX 360 counterpart
With the 360 version launching in mid-June, that would peg the PS3 release in early August at the latest. Not true according to IGN, as they are reporting that the PS3 version will not launch until September. A whole month...
News Duke Nukem Forever Insists You Come Get Some
Warning: this trailer is not safe for work
Repeat, this trailer is not safe work. Thank goodness its a Bank Holiday weekend then, eh? There's tits, explosions and all the Duke you can handle in this two-minute Duke Nukem Forever sizzle reel. Enjoy.</em>
News Shadows Of The Damned Pushed Back Slightly
The release date of Shinji Mikami and Suda51's grindhouse horror romp, Shadows Of The Damned, has been pushed back a couple of weeks
The game was originally due out in early June, but has now been given a more firm June 21st date. The change has probably been implemented in order to avoid the E3 media vaccuum that's due to kick off at the start of...
Thursday21st Apr 2011
News Forget Sorcery, Harry Potter is Coming to Move in July
Wands at the ready
While Sony's big Move title Sorcery has been curiously silent since its unveiling last year, EA is ready to step into the magic gap by releasing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II for the controller in July this year. The first part of the Deathly Hallows had no Move support, so it'll be interesting to see how EA Bright...
Review Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD (PlayStation 3)
Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes is a real pleasant surprise
The game's clever blend of puzzle and RPG action makes for a refreshing downloadable package that's wrapped up in a gloriously vivid visual style. Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes is the video game equivalent of a warm day in England: you don't anticipate it, but when it comes it's...
News PlayStation Network Goes Down, Down, Down
Sony's confirmed that the PlayStation Network has gone down
Both SCEE and SCEA posted on the PlayStation Blog to update users on the service's status, citing "maintenance" on Twitter. No scheduled maintenance was planned, so we're assuming there's been a hiccup somewhere along the line that's brought everything down. Fingers crossed Sony...
News Now You Can Share Your Best Yoostar Moments on YouTube
Upload away
Yoostar 2 built its whole world around a social experience but one vital piece of the puzzle was missing: access to the world's biggest video-sharing community, YouTube. Not any more though, as the publisher has just announced an update bringing YouTube support to the movie karaoke game. Now you can upload your performances to the web...
News Ubisoft Lets Europe Dance with Mel B in May
Scary returns to Move
Last year's fitness title Get Fit with Mel B may well have sparked gamers' interest in former Scary Spice Mel B, as Let's Dance with Mel B is making a Move in May. Interestingly the original fitness title was published by Black Bean Interactive, but the grooving game has been picked up by mega publisher Ubisoft for release...
News Bloober Team Working on NGP Launch Title
What's cooking?
Bloober Team, the developer responsible for the charming Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder on the PSN says it is currently developing a launch title for the NGP. The studio was also responsible for the tactical PSP Mini Future Fight. Let’s hope this NGP title comes along quicker than Bloober Team's "Zombies on a Plane” horror title...
The PlayStation Network is down and people are pissed off
Like, proper pissed off. The one-hundred comments on our previous story should offer an indication of that. We've been monitoring the situation all day, but it seems like very little has changed. People are still experiencing difficulties logging onto the PlayStation Network, and it sounds...
News Castlevania Composer Snapped Up For Skullgirls Soundtrack
Michiru Yamane is best known for her work on the Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night soundtrack, as well as other Castlevania games
Now she's been signed up to work on her first US-developed game: the awesome looking 2D brawler Skullgirls from Reverge Labs. Yamane's been tasked with writing some "jazzy" music for the game. She said: "I...
Report No PlayStation 4 Until At Least 2014
Sony's not planning on launching a new home console until 2014, according to a source close to Kotaku
Insiders told the website that successors to the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 could still be a long way off, despite rumours suggesting Nintendo is about to pounce with a new system at E3. "Both MS and Sony are telegraphing to each other that...
News The Shoot Developer Closes Down, Blames 'Declining Console Marketplace'
The Dundee based development studio behind PlayStation Move exclusive, The Shoot, has closed down
Cohort Studios started life in 2006, and has since worked on various PlayStation properties. Its final game — a PlayStation Mini called Me Monster: Hear Me Roar — will release on the PlayStation Store in the first week of May. The developer cited...
News Latest L.A. Noire Gameplay Trailer Gets, Well, Gamey
Everything we've seen of L
A. Noire</a> thus far has focused on the game's incredibly realistic facial animation. So it's jarring to see some of the more "gamey" elements revealed in this latest trailer. Intuition points, scores and experience points? It sounds like a video game, but it's not quite what we expected from L.A. Noire,...
We're all over EA's Shadows Of The Damned
Not because it looks particularly fresh, innovative or originial, but because it's from Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) and Suda51 (Killer7). Silliness is guaranteed.</em>
News Mass Effect 3 Screenshots Look A Lot Like Mass Effect 2
If you were expecting some brand-spanking, gob-stopping visual enhancements in Mass Effect 3: stop
GameInformer's got the exclusive reveal of the first Mass Effect 3 screenshots, and they look just like Mass Effect 2. In fact, if you didn't tell us otherwise, we'd assume they were DLC. We'd love to post the screenshots here, but we daren't...
News Sony Continuing PSPgo Production In North America
This is actually quite surprising
Despite Japan announcing that it has ceased production of the PSPgo earlier in the week, America is standing by the platform. SCEA released a statement today confirming "continued production of the PSPgo for North America". Sony's not stupid. We can only assume that the PSPgo is doing better than we expect...
News Check Out An Entire Stage Of Sonic Generations In 2D And 3D
A bunch more gameplay for the brilliant looking Sonic Generations has popped onto the 'net this afternoon
Not only does it look uber-pretty, but the gameplay actually looks fun in both 2D and 3D. Regular readers will remember that SEGA confirmed all stages in Sonic Generations will be playable in both dimensions, making it an exciting proposition...
Wednesday20th Apr 2011
News Gladiator Begins Gets May 27th European Release Date
Not many people have heard of Gladiator Begins, but there's a ton of buzz surrounding the GOSHOW developed action RPG online
The game launched in Japan and North America last year, and now it's coming to European PSPs on May 27th. Zen Untied and PQube are handling the release. There's good news for those unsure about whether to purchase the game on...
News SOCOM Pro Access is Free to Everyone in Europe
Sorry, North America
Here's something that might put bees in a few bonnets: tomorrow's European launch of SOCOM: Special Forces doesn't come with a SOCOM Pro access code because this access is free for European PlayStation Network users. North American SOCOM Pro access is only free with the purchase of a new game — players who pick up the game...
News No More Heroes: Red Zone Includes Levels Cut from Wii Version
Travis scores a touchdown
It's been a long time since we've heard anything about Konami's No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise, but Siliconera has unearthed a few details about extra content in the game's Japanese release, titled No More Heroes: Red Zone Edition. Famitsi (via Siliconera) reports the game will feature 10 missions cut from the Wii version...
News Wow, PlayStation Move has Inspired a 32-bit Knock-Off
Motion on the Move
Remember when Wii came out and discount stores were flooded with cheap plastic imitations? History has a knack of repeating itself, and while we thought this horrible PlayStation Move imitator was bad enough, here's another one to impress you. Manufactured by the brilliantly named Ever Sparkle Technologies, the Motion on the Move...
News Confirmed: New Copies Of Madness Returns Include Original American McGee's Alice
Well that's just secured your pre-order right? Confirming rumours from earlier in the week, EA has revealed that new copies of Alice: Madness Returns will come coupled with a downloadable version of the original American McGee's Alice
This is amazing news. The addition fulfills EA's "Online Pass" mandate, and as such will cost players $10...
News Dry Your Eyes, Mate: The Last Guardian, Team ICO Collection Delayed
Deep down, we all knew it was coming
But now it's official: Sony's confirmed that both The Last Guardian and Team ICO Collection will miss their respective Holiday and Spring 2011 release windows. We'll give you chance to have a little sob... Producer Fumito Ueda was regretful on the PlayStation Blog, apologising for the delay but stating it was...
News Portal Has Sold Lots Of Copies, Probably Not Many On PS3
Portal 2 on the PlayStation 3 is arguably the best console version of the game
The original Portal on PS3 is not. At the time, Valve gaffer Gabe Newell hated the PlayStation 3. Now he loves it. Business, etc. With Portal 2 now readily available worldwide, the developer has confirmed that the original game was a bigger success than many first...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 20th April 2011
Playable Content The Fancy Pants Adventures (£7
99/9.99) Battle: Los Angeles The Game (£7.99/9.99) ModNation Racers (£24.99/29.99) Red Johnson's Chronicles Episode 1 (£7.99/9.99) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (£3.99/4.99) Virtua Tennis 4 World Tour Demo</ul>Add-On Game Content Ar Tonelico Qoga Harvestasha Alternative ...
News Eufloria Brings Flowers & Classical Music To The PlayStation Network
Dead giveaway: if your game features flowers and classical music then it must be proper abstract and indie, right? The Undergarden tried it, but we didn't buy it
So hopefully Eufloria does a better job of being all meaningful. Eufloria's pitched as a "wondrous space exploration and conquest game". Amazingly it's being developed by just two...
Rumour Harmonix to Unveil PlayStation Move Title at E3
What do you want to see?
Harmonix, creators of the highly acclaimed Dance Central on Kinect, have dropped a hint or two that they may unveil a new PlayStation Move title at the upcoming E3 conference in early June. The studio's vice president of product development, Greg LoPiccolo, spoke to IndustryGamers about a possible big announcement in June,...
News Resident Evil Is Going To Be 'Totally Different', Cross Your Fingers For Horror
We really liked Resident Evil 5
We know we're in the minority, but we thought that game was friggin' fantastic. Resident Evil 4, of course, is in our top five games of all time. Despite that, we still definitely feel that Resident Evil needs another dramatic change at this point in its lifespan. Capcom's Masachika Kawata agrees. Kawata is currently...
News PSPgoingnowhere: Sony Japan Confirms Death Of Digital Only Handheld, To Concentrate On NGP
Yesterday we hypothesised that Sony might want to kill of production of the PSPgo in order to make way for mass NGP production
Turns out sometimes we get things right. Sony Japan has confirmed this morning that it has ceased production of the digital-only handheld, adding to AV Watch that it is to "concentrate on NGP" going forwards. We...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 19th April 2011
Updates Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Sale (PS3) (now $6
99, original price $14.99) Blue Toad Murder Files Episodes 2-6 Upgrade Bundle Sale (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $13.99) Blue Toad Murder Files: Episode 1 Sale (PS3) (now Free, original price $0.99) SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs Soundtrack Sale (PS3) (now $6.99, original price...
Rumour God Of War IV Coming Next Year
UK PlayStation magazine, PSM3, is teasing the release of a new God Of War game
The magazine has it on good authority that God Of War IV is in development and gunning for a September 2012 release date. That date would probably suggest some kind of E3 reveal too. Rumours have been bubbling about a new God Of War ever since a CV referenced a "God...
News PlayStation Home Bumped Up To Version 1.50 Today
Sony's confirmed that PlayStation Home will be updated to version 1
50 today. The update, which was announced at GDC, enhances Home's engine to aid developers in creating high-performance games for the virtual world. The big example of Home 1.50's new features, SodiumTwo, is not quite ready yet, but Sony is releasing a new Sodium themed personal...
Tuesday19th Apr 2011
Review Michael Jackson: The Experience (PlayStation 3)
Bad, and not in a good way!
Last year saw Ubisoft release Michael Jackson: The Experience on Wii, the first video game to feature the King of Pop since Sega's Space Channel 5: Part 2. Essentially a Jacko reskin of runaway chart-topper Just Dance 2, the game shifted 2 million copies and has now landed on PlayStation 3, but has Ubisoft harnessed...
News Uncharted 2 and God of War III for PlayStation Move at Walmart
But all is not as it seems
When a new game gets patched for Move there's generally a press release at least, so imagine our surprise when reader Fasturn sent in a photos from his local Walmart showing Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and God of War III bearing the familiar blue PlayStation Move logo as part of the Greatest Hits banner. Upon closer...
News Nyko Skill Shot Aims to Blow Your Wallet Wide Today
Shoot to thrill
Nyko's PlayStation Move support continues today with the launch of the Skill Shot, a "tactical rifle attachment" for Move that arrives just in time for the launch of SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs. Costing $19.99, the Skill Shot is half the price of the PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter and offers support for left or right-handed gamers via...
Out Today SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (North America)
Ready for action
It's been a long wait for Zipper Interactive to release a SOCOM game on PlayStation 3 following Slant Six's disappointing SOCOM Confrontation in 2008, but the wait is finally over as SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (known as SOCOM: Special Forces in Europe) launches on PlayStation 3 today. We'll bring you a full review of Zipper's latest...
Exclusive Start Learning With the Pooyoos on 4th May
Move gets an education
Yesterday we reported that PlayStation Move controls are on the cards for Red Johnson's Chronicles, and now we have another exclusive from developer Lexis Numérique. Learning with the Pooyoos is heading to the European PlayStation Store on 4th May with PlayStation Move support from day one. The series has already enjoyed...
News Yup, This Looks Like A Third Saints Row Game Alright
THQ has released the first set of Saints Row: The Third screenshots to outlets not under the label "GameInformer"
The above image caught our eye. It shows a under-dressed lady running away from an exploding police car. In the background there's a dude wearing a luchador mask with a grenade launcher. Sure, why not? We're not overly keen on the game's...
Rumour PSPgo To Become A Bit Of A Collector's Item (Maybe?)
Rumours fizzing around the Internet this morning suggest that Sony has ceased production of the PSPgo
The much maligned handheld rarely set the charts on fire, so it wouldn't be a huge surprise to learn of the device's cancellation. The rumour stems from a blog post written by a Japanese Sony Shop employee. Translated by Andriasang, the post points...
News Take A Tour Of Call Of Duty: Black Ops' Second Expansion Pack
Activision's released a video walkthrough of the second DLC pack for Call Of Duty: Black Ops
The map-pack, entitled "Escalation", is due out on XBOX 360 next month. Unfortunately, PlayStation 3 owners will have to wait until later in the summer to get their hands on the additional content due to a contractual agreement with Microsoft. At...
News Deus Ex: Human Revolution Does The Whole Collector's Edition Thing
What big release doesn't come neatly packaged in a tidy collector's edition these days? Not ones to shy of current trends, Square Enix has announced that, yes, Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be available as part of a big box set
To be fair, it does look classy. The collector's edition includes a ton of goodies. First up, there's the super slick...
News Place Your Bets: What Do You Think Was The Best Selling PS3 Game In Japan Last Year?
This one caught us by surprise
Despite launching late in the year, we assumed Gran Turismo 5 would probably be the highest selling PlayStation 3 title in 2010. Either that, or some weird mech game we've never heard of. But no, the top-selling Japanese PS3 game of 2010 was actually the fantastic Yakuza 4. The numbers, reported by Siliconera, note...
News Enslaved Gets Nominated For An Ivor Novello Award
Enslaved was one of the most under-rated games of last year
Anything it lacked in gameplay polish was more than made up by the game's beautiful art direction and fantastic characterisation. While the game might not have been recognised as widely as it should have been amongst the gaming community, it can at least add a feather to its bow in the form...
News Well Of Course There's Going To Be A Fallout: New Vegas Game Of The Year Edition
Did any recognisable outlet give Fallout: New Vegas their game of the year award? Hmm
Whatever, Amazon UK is listing a Game Of The Year edition of the Obsidian developed RPG. Well, it was, until the listing got removed. Unfortunately, source VG247 forgot to take a screen capture. But we trust 'em. Naturally you can assume that the game of the year...
News Check Out inFamous 2's Play Create Share Features
inFamous 2 might not be the most instantly obvious "Play Create Share" release, but some of the stuff that's possible in the game's level designer is absolutely wild
The PlayStation Blog's stuck up a short walkthrough of the feature that will allow players to create and share entire inFamous 2 missions online with others. The highlight of the video...
Monday18th Apr 2011
News PlayStation Move Bowling Ball Looks as Good as It Sounds
CTA Digital strikes out
The Wii is notorious for hosting some of the most ludicrous accessories known to man — BigBen's Cyberbike is one of our favourites — but PlayStation Move isn't exempt from the plastic add-on craze. CTA Digital, the company behind the PS3 transforming sniper rifle and Move sub machine gun, is set to r
Review Mad Blocker Alpha (PlayStation Minis)
Mad Blocker Alpha mixes traditional puzzle gameplay with an outrageous visual style and haunting soundtrack
The game's bizarre presentation is destined to split opinion, but it also gives the game personality beyond its simplistic mechanics. We hope we're not the only ones that found SEGA's gem-matching puzzle title, Columns, a little bit...
Exclusive Move on the Cards for Red Johnson's Chronicles
Should come after release
Here's a change of pace for you: Lexis Numérique, developers of cutesy WiiWare series Learning with the PooYoos, is bringing a sweary murder mystery game to PSN in the form of Red Johnson's Chronicles. While no PlayStation Move support has been announced by the developer, Movemodo can exclusively reveal that a post-release...
News European Gamers Not Invited to SOCOM Pro Club
Access code: denied
We recently told you about the SOCOM 4 "Pro" Access Code to be included in the American release of SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (known as SOCOM: Special Forces in Europe). Following in the footsteps of EA and THQ, the code is a once-use only affair that limits online access for gamers who pick up the game pre-owned, while...
News Dino Crisis 2 Dead Set On PlayStation Classics Release
Admission: we've never played Dino Crisis
But we might yet get our chance, with the ESRB rating Dino Crisis 2 for a North American PlayStation Network release. The first Dino Crisis is of course already available on the US PSN. Dinosaurs will probably rule the world once more for real when the European release actually comes round.
News Child of Eden for PlayStation Move Delayed by 4 to 6 Weeks
No shooting in June
The recent good news that Child of Eden will support PlayStation Move and 3DTVs has been tempered by the announcement that the game will launch several weeks behind its Xbox 360 brethren. A representative for Ubisoft confirmed to PushSqua
News PlayStation Store Will Be Under Siege on 27th April
Better late than never
It's been a long road to the PlayStation Store for Under Siege: originally set for release in December last year, the game was beset by delays but is finally set for release in Europe on 27th April for £11.99/€14.99. Seed Studios' real-time strategy game launches with PlayStation Move support, a built-in map editor and...
News Sonic Generations Officially Announced For PlayStation 3
The Sonic cycle may well become a thing of the past this year, as SEGA has officially announced Sonic Generations for the PlayStation 3
The game, which was teased last week, blends an intriguing mix of 2D and 3D Sonic gameplay — a first for the series. As you'd expect, the narrative set-up is utter tripe, with Sonic stuck in weird "time...
News SOCOM 4 To Ship With Download Code For Additional Multiplayer Content
Those intending to purchase used copies of SOCOM 4 will find themselves locked out of multiplayer content, as Sony has announced that new copies of the game in the US will ship with a SOCOM Pro downloadable code
The code will primarily earn players access to Pro Custom Game queues. "Not only will these queues be ranked, but they'll also be...
Rumour Sports Champions Developer To Prove The Potential Of PlayStation Move For A Second Time?
Sports Champions is one of the most heavily under-rated releases of 2010 in our opinion
It's not that the game scored unfavourably, it's just that it didn't manage to register on the radar of most players. Which is a deep shame, because as far as we're concerned, the sports compilation's interpretation of table-tennis is hands-down the most accurate...
News UK Sales Charts: Nothing To See Here...
Umm...
Instead of talking about this week's UK sales charts — there's nothing to say, Zumba Fitness is still top — let's hypothesise on next week's results It's a big release week, buoyed by the addition of a Good Friday — giving games an additional day to sell. The big releases include: Portal 2, Mortal Kombat and SOCOM 4. We suspect...
News Rejoice: Alice Madness Returns Is Set To Include PlayStation 3 Port Of Original
Huzzah
While not yet officially publisher endorsed, an interview with American McGee on CVG suggests that Alice Madness Returns will release with a PlayStation 3 port of the original PC-exclusive Alice. McGee dropped the bomb while explaining the challenges of adding a DLC tail to a strictly single-player experience: "There will be DLC in the...
Naughty Dog's lifted the lid on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's ambitious multiplayer component
The jury has been out ever since the developer revealed it wanted to be the "go-to game for multiplayer on PS3", but the latest stream of details released on the PlayStation Blog hints at the studio fulfilling its aims. Where to begin then?...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception To Boast Innovative Social Network Hooks
Naughty Dog's revealed to USA Today that Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception will step into "uncharted territory by bringing Facebook and other social media connections directly into the game"
Naughty Dog's no stranger to bringing social media connectivity to its games, but this new functionality is a far cry from Uncharted 2's irritating Twitter...
News PlayStation Network Exclusive Under Siege Releases On May 3rd
Under Siege was due to release back in November
But the game's been stuck in QA hell for the past six months. Finally the PlayStation Move enabled RTS from Seed Studios have been given a release date of May 3rd. It's been a long time coming. Seed realises that its made its fans wait, so has decided to release a free comic book based on the game as a...
News Sonic Generations Is The Sonic Game You've Always Wanted
It took a long time, but it looks like SEGA finally understands what Sonic fans want
Sonic Generations' blend of 2D and 3D Sonic gameplay looks stunning in this short 60 second gameplay sizzle. The game was formally announced for the PlayStation 3 this afternoon. Watch the trailer and believe.
