News Notch Teases Minecraft PS3 With PlayStation Move Support
A wolf in sheep’s clothing?
News 5 Things You Might Not Know About Dragon's Crown
Let us don the Dragon's Crown
News BioShock on Vita Brand New Game
Ken Levine promises Vita's BioShock is not a port
News - 2011, Week 28
Sunday17th Jul 2011
Review Let's Dance with Mel B (PlayStation 3)
Stop right now, thank you very much
While Dance Central on Kinect nailed the dance genre with its first step, many developers are still struggling to turn PlayStation Move into a fruitful dancing experience. Konami's venerable DanceDanceRevolution series had a first go, and Sony's own SingStar Dance had some things going for it, but there's still...
News BioShock on Vita Brand New Game
Ken Levine promises Vita's BioShock is not a port
Ken Levine let us know about BioShock on PS Vita during a brief appearance during Sony's E3 Press Conference, simply revealing that his studio is bringing the franchise to the system in one way or another. But we were still in the dark as to how exactly Irrational Games was going to be doing this...
News Hideo Kojima Talks Fox Engine, Vita and Transfarring
What's the Big Boss up to?
Kojima Production showed off it's latest game engine, Fox Engine, during E3 this year, and in a recent interview with the PlayStation Blog, Hideo Kojima discussed his future plans for the engine, which include taking it beyond the PS3, and perhaps to the PS Vita. For now, FOX Engine has high performance in developing...
News Naughty Dog: Vita & PS3 Can Deliver Wii U Experience
A match made in heaven?
Naughty Dog’s Game Director Justin Richmond was asked during an interview about Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception what he thought of Nintendo's latest console, the Wii U. Richmond says he does find the integration between a console and touch-enabled tablet intriguing, but notes Sony will be able to replicate a similar...
Saturday16th Jul 2011
Rolling out the red carpet
Welcome one and all to VitaGamr, the newest site in the Nlife network. We'll be bringing you all the PlayStation Vita news you need, with previews, reviews, interviews and features all covered too. You can join in the discussion in our PlayStation Vita forums, keep up to date with PlayStation Vita games coming soon and...
News Meet VitaGamr for PlayStation Vita!
The newest site in our empire!
PlayStation fans, meet the newest member of the Nlife gaming network: VitaGamr. VitaGamr will be heaven to anyone interested in PlayStation Vita, bringing you news, reviews, interviews and features about Sony's new handheld gadget. We've already got First Impressions of Little Deviants as well as a PlayStation Vita...
News Shinobido Awakens on PS Vita
With loads of bloody screenshots
Fans of the PS One era will likely have fond memories of the stealthy ninja title Tenchu. Developed by Acquire, it was a ground-breaking title that had gamers sneaking into fortified villages to assassinate clan leaders by any means necessary. The nonlinear levels allowed for the freedom to infiltrate the villages by...
News Fast Draw Showdown Moseys on Down on 19th July
Draw!
Digital Leisure's already released Fast Draw Showdown on WiiWare, but it's ready to reload and take a shot at PlayStation Network on Tuesday. The enhanced version of Fast Draw Showdown launches in North America for $9.99, with all the content of the original release as well as some brand new stuff too, including online leaderboards, Trophy...
On paper it sounds like a dream scenario: a future where Sony and Microsoft work together to build the ultimate system
Sony's knowledge of hardware architecture coupled with Microsoft's dominance in the software sector. Sony's outstanding first-party output supported by Microsoft's (supposedly) superior networking talents. Combining both Sony and...
News Pull Out Your PlayStation Move With Fast Draw Showdown On PSN
If there's one video game genre we love, it's the overlooked "bad FMV western light-gun shooter" genre
Admittedly we're primarily referring to Ground Zero Texas, but it looks like Digital Leisure's got our backs too. Posting on the PlayStation Blog, the developer confirmed that its WiiWare title Fast Draw Showdown is coming to the PSN on July 19th...
Rumour Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 To Be Announced At Comic-Con
Capcom sure loves its re-releases, so it's not hard to imagine an updated version of Marvel Vs
Capcom 3</a> being announced at next week's Comic-Con. We already know the Japanese publisher has a surprise in store, and comics blog The Quarter Bin reckons it's uncovered the secret. The site reckons that Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 will be...
News Uncharted 3's Multiplayer Beta Concludes, Is The Biggest In PS3 History
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's multiplayer beta has come to a conclusion, and Naughty Dog's taken to the PlayStation Blog to reveal that it was the biggest PS3 beta of all time
By the time the beta concluded, Naughty Dog had scooped up a whopping 1.53 million unique players. That's absolutely monstrous for a multiplayer test, and bodes well for...
Friday15th Jul 2011
News Notch Teases Minecraft PS3 With PlayStation Move Support
A wolf in sheep’s clothing?
The surprise announcement at this year's E3 that the massively successful game Minecraft is coming to Kinect instantly got us thinking; wouldn’t PlayStation Move be a perfect fit too? Move launch title Tumble proved the controller could easily select objects and manoeuvre them in a 3D environment with extreme...
News Japan's Hot Shots Golf is Now Move-Enabled, But Ours Isn't
Update rattles into the cup
Yesterday the Move update for Japan's Minna No Golf 5 — aka Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds in North America and Everybody's Golf: World Tour in Europe — went live, bringing stereoscopic 3D support and Move controls to the cutest golf game on PS3. According to iWaggle3D the motion controller is supported in offline play...
Review Me Monstar: Hear Me Roar (PlayStation Minis)
Me Monstar: Hear Me Roar can be a bit too dense for its own good, but its unique premise and lavish visual style make up for any initial gameplay complications
The premise of Cohort Studios' Me Monstar: Hear Me Roar is not too dissimilar to Pac-Man. In this arcade score-driven PlayStation Mini, your primary goal is to advance your character through...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation DLC Launches July 28th On PS3
Activision's slapped a big fat July 28th release date on the third Call Of Duty: Black Ops expansion pack for PS3
Like all Call Of Duty packs, Annihilation includes four new maps and a brand new zombie arena. There's more information on the PlayStation Blog.
News SEGA Lets Off a Round of House of the Dead Screenshots
Goresome
The unflinchingly gory House of the Dead: Overkill — Extended Cut is shambling towards Move later this year, and SEGA has sent over a revolver barrel's worth of new screenshots to celebrate. The shiny new 720p screenshots and pleasingly grindhouse-like artwork and box art show Headstrong is improving pretty much everything that was good...
News Four To The Floor: Child Of Eden Hits PlayStation 3 On September 23rd
Ubisoft's finally confirmed a PlayStation 3 release date for Q-Entertainment's spiritual successor to Rez, Child Of Eden
The PlayStation Move-enabled trance 'em up will launch on September 23rd on Sony's platform, according to the publisher's updated release schedule. Earlier in the year a Ubisoft representative told us to expect 3D compatibility in...
News June NPD: Patrick Seybold You Sly Dog, You
Turns out Patrick Seybold was very crafty with his wording of inFamous 2's sales success
While Sucker Punch's super-hero adventure might have been the top selling single SKU in June, it did not manage to outsell its multiplatform rivals L.A. Noire and Duke Nukem Forever. But that's ok, we'll forgive it that. Finishing up in third on the...
News Sony Brings Western Games To Japan, Reveals World Game Project
Sony wants to educate Japanese gamers on the values of Western titles, and it intends to do so with an event dubbed the "World Game Project"
The initiative will see the platform holder bring a slew of hot Western titles to Japan's famous Akihabara district. Playable titles will include inFamous 2, Resistance 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Shadows...
Rumour Ubisoft To Introduce Uplay Passport With Driver: San Francisco
Ubisoft's looking to get in on the online pass game too
According to Gamerzines, the publisher will introduce a new initiative called the "Uplay Passport" with the release of Driver: San Francisco. Similarly to other programs, the Uplay Passport will allow new buyers of multiplayer titles to play online free of charge. Those buying used...
News House Of The Dead: Overkill Looks Purrrdy In High-Definition
When we say "purrrdy", we also mean "a bit gross"
But that's the whole point; House Of The Dead: Overkill is a nasty, gory on-rails shooter. And it's brilliant. Hot on the heels of yesterday's big blow-out, SEGA's sent us some brand new screens of the upcoming PS3 title. Embedded above is a shot from Overkill's Carnival level. Yes — there are...
News How Do You Make The Best Trailer Of E3? Crystal Dynamics Explains...
Crystal Dynamics has released a bumper making-of documentary for its staggering Tomb Raider E3 trailer
In the 12-minute video, Tomb Raider's brand manager Karl Stewart reveals how Crystal Dynamics worked with Square Enix's internal CG team to craft the game's moody debut. It's a fascinating watch if you're into making-of videos. Man, we wished...
News Laughing Jackal Announce Early August Release Date For OMG-Z
Oh my god, zombies are coming
The undead will shuffle their way into North America on August 2nd with the release of Laughing Jackal's latest PlayStation Mini OMG-Z. Europeans will get an extra day to prepare for the onslaught, with the "gore-splattered chain-reaction shooter" set to launch on August 3rd across the Atlantic. The game will...
News Bizarre: Microsoft Registers Sony Domains
Strange tid-bit coming out of Internet supersleuth Superannuation's Twitter account this morning: Microsoft has registered a slew of Sony-related website domains
The US company owns the URLs for Sony-Microsoft.com and Microsoft-Sony.com. We suspect this has got something to do with a non-video game related collaboration. After all, despite being...
News Ubisoft Confirms Uplay Passport For Driver: San Francisco, Future Releases
As anticipated, Ubisoft has confirmed its own version of the online pass craze that is currently sweeping the games industry
The Uplay Passport will first feature in the upcoming Driver: San Francisco, and will restrict online play to those that have redeemed a code included in new copies of the game or purchased a code from the PlayStation Network...
News BloodRayne: Betrayal Rounds Out The Summer
WayForward's two-dimensional twist on the BloodRayne series, BloodRayne: Betrayal, has been pushed out of its "early August" release window for a firm spot at the end of the month
The game will now launch August 30th on the PlayStation Network.
News Lightbox Interactive Explains How To Create A New Universe
Creating new IP must be one of the most exciting and daunting tasks for any game designer
On one hand, it must be extremely satisfying to see your ideas brought to life in front of you. But on the other hand, it must be a serious creative challenge. Great ideas flourish at good teams, but they don't always grow on trees. Thus it's interesting to...
News inFamous 2 Shocks June NPDs, Takes Top Spot
It's not often that a PlayStation 3 exclusive tops the American sales charts, so let's all celebrate the news that Sucker Punch's inFamous 2 dominated the NPD software charts for the month of June
According to the latest NPD report, PlayStation continues to see growth in software with a strong demand for exclusive PlayStation 3 franchise...
News Development Of Final Fantasy Type-0 Is Nearly Done
PlayStation Portable exclusive Final Fantasy Type-0 is nearly finished, Square Enix has revealed
Director Hajime Tabata said on the game's development blog that the final tasks involved tuning and debugging the game. Final Fantasy Type-0 has been in development for a whopping three-and-a-half years. But Tabata defended the game's development,...
News SEGA Issues Captain America: Super Soldier Launch Trailer, Doesn't Look Awful
SEGA's movie tie-ins aren't known for their high level of quality, but we have to say that its Captain America game is looking pretty decent
The title's out today in Europe and next week in North America.</em>
Thursday14th Jul 2011
News Japanese Version Of Minna No Golf 5 Secures PlayStation Move & 3D Support
As has been speculated for a few months now, Sony has released a title update for Minna No Golf 5 (Everbody's Golf: World Tour, Hot Shots Golf: Out Of Bounds) which brings PlayStation Move and 3D support to the PS3 classic
Unfortunately the update is currently limited to the Japanese version of the game, and is unlikely to make its way into the...
News The House Of The Dead: Overkill Extended Cut Is Longer, Harder & Gorier On PlayStation 3
When an updated version of one of the best Nintendo Wii games gets announced for PlayStation 3, you should probably take notice
That's exactly what SEGA's House Of The Dead: Overkill Extended Cut is, a self-proposed "longer, harder and gorier" version of the ultra-sweary Wii light-gun shooter. Posting on the PlayStation Blog this...
News Section 8: Prejudice Comes To PlayStation Network July 26th/July 27th
TimeGate Studios finally put a date on the PlayStation Network version of Section 8: Prejudice, revealing that the multiplayer first-person shooter will launch on July 26th in North America and July 27th in Europe
With the game already available on the XBOX 360, TimeGate's made up for the delay by including a few additional bells and whistles to the...
Now we're over the hurdle of the PlayStation Network hack and are well on the way towards getting back to normal, it's strange timing for a Sony employee to describe the downtime as a "really good time"
But that's exactly what Tim Schaaff has said in an interview with GamesBeat. "Great experience, really good time," Schaaff said of the...
News Capcom Confirms Development Of Four PlayStation Vita Titles, One To Be Available At Launch
Capcom has hinted that a new Monster Hunter title is in development for the PlayStation Vita, in addition to revealing that it has four titles on the horizon for Sony's new handheld -- one of which is set to be a launch title
In an interview with MEGamers, Capcom Europe boss (and former SCEE gaffer) David Reeves suggested that the company has lots...
News Latest Binary Domain Trailer Fills You Full Of Holes
There's nothing especially outstanding about the firearms and explosives featured in Binary Domain's "Weapons" trailer, but the game continues to look mighty compelling from where we're sitting
The game's uber-clean, futuristic urban setting makes for an impressive visual style, and we're especially taken by some of the showcases of scale in this...
News Joint Sony/Namco Bandai Studio Handling Development Of Ridge Racer Vita
A studio originally founded by Sony and Namco Bandai to work on R&D for the cell processor is developing Ridge Racer for the PlayStation Vita
Namco Bandai gaffer, Hideo Teramoto, revealed that Cellius was developing the Vita-bound racer in an interview with Gamasutra, and gave a bit of background on the studio. Ken Kutaragi who was running...
News Capcom Art Contest Hints At Unannounced Devil May Cry Game
Capcom wants budding artists to pull out their pencils and paintbrushes in order to concoct a masterpiece for an "unannounced Capcom game"
The competition is designed to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Devil May Cry franchise, so rest assured that the new title's probably got something to do with the hectic slasher. Sounds to us like Capcom's...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Uncharted 3 Beta Extended By 24 Hours
Naughty Dog's announced that its extending the multiplayer beta for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception by 24 hours, giving you until July 15th to pop some pirate skulls
The beta will close on the aforementioned date at 9AM PST / 12PM EST / 5PM BST. Yesterday Naughty Dog announced that a bug had caused it to permenantly lose the statistics of some...
News Sonic Generations Nets Mysterious Special Edition At GAME
Whether you're personally excited by it or not: Sonic Generations is set to be a big game this holiday
As with all big games, SEGA's got a special edition planned, which has been spotted on the website of UK retailer, GAME. The PS3 version of the special edition notes the inclusion of a bonus "Casino Nights" stage, which supposedly...
News Insomniac Release Resistance 3 Lab Video, First Up The Mutator
Resistance 3's art-direction is stupidly strong, is it not? The grainy, flickery effect in this Lab Video gives the footage an old-fashioned vibe
It's almost like you're watching a genuine 1950's science experiment. The weapon at the forefront of this trailer is the Mutator, a bioligical blaster that causes the Chimera to suddenly sprout fatal...
News These Are The Multiplayer Modes In Call Of Juarez: The Cartel
Ubisoft's released a trailer detailing the multiplayer modes in Call Of Juarez: The Cartel
There's a good mix of objectives based modes on offer, the most interesting of which being Robbery Crew, in which you have to plunder several suitcases of cash from a heavily defended bank. The multiplayer in Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood was really good, so...
News Hang On, Final Fantasy Versus XIII Has Not Even Hit Production Yet?
We were optimistic yesterday
We extrapolated comments made by Tetsuya Nomura regarding Final Fantasy Versus XIII's voice acting process to mean that the game was nearing the end of production. We were wrong. Dead wrong. The game is, in fact, only just starting production. According to Andriasang's translation of Nomura's Famitsu interview, the...
News Spoil Yourself With 30 Minutes Of Resistance 3 Footage
We suspect if you're still undecided about Resistance 3, you might want to watch this half-hour video of the game's first level
If you've already decided to pick up Insomniac's latest shooter though, perhaps skip on the details of the embedded video because this is spoilerific. You've been warned. A bunch of previews for Resistance's opening seven...
Wednesday13th Jul 2011
News 5 Things You Might Not Know About Dragon's Crown
Let us don the Dragon's Crown
George Kamitani is a master of 2D gaming. Developing titles that boast hand-drawn animations, amazing artwork and an attention to detail not found in many games today, his studio Vanillaware has opted for 2D style and flair in a gaming world increasingly obsessed with 3D realism. The studio's latest game, Dragon's...
First Impressions Resistance 3
Fight the opposition
If the third entry in the Killzone series wasn’t enough sci-fi shooter action to keep you busy, then the upcoming release of Insomniac’s Resistance 3 is shaping up to Move you back into action in just a few short months. We recently survived some hands-on time with the Resistance 3 demo and have returned to give you some...
News Final Fantasy XI Online May Hit PS Vita
For massive damage
During an interview published in the latest issue of Famitsu, Final Fantasy XI producer Hiromichi Tanaka revealed that his epic MMORPG may be getting a revamp in the form of a PS Vita port. Final Fantasy XI was first released in Japan nearly a decade ago, and eventually spread to multiple regions and systems. It was available on...
Review Alien Zombie Mega Death (PlayStation 3)
A simple but addictive arcade shooter, Alien Zombie Megadeath is the perfect antidote to what's medically referred to as "lazy weekend syndrome"
Alien Zombie Megadeath is the latest in a growing list of popular PlayStation Minis to get a full high-definition upgrade. Pom-Pom's obnoxiously titled two-dimensional arcade shooter released last year as...
News Naughty Dog Explains The Lack Of Dedicated Servers In Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Naughty Dog has blamed long-term costs as the reason for Uncharted 3's lack of dedicated server support
Were not going to have dedicated servers, made that decision long time ago we built the current player host-client architecture, Naughty Dog stated on Twitter. decision for that server architecture was to be better able to support our...
News Resistance 3 Impressions Hit The 'Net, Are Super Positive
With the backlash of Resistance 2 still ringing in the ears of Insomniac Games, this must be quite a nervous time for the Burbank-based studio
High-profile members of the American press got access to the first seven stages of Resistance 3 this week, and have gone live with their impressions this evening. Thankfully, it looks like Insomniac's...
News EA Shuts Down Another 18 Online Multiplayer Services
EA's announced another batch of multiplayer titles that it is to cease supporting as of this coming August 11th
The original Army Of Two, Skate and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 will all get the boot across PlayStation platforms, with Madden 10 and NHL 10 set to be closed at the start of October. We've included the full list of shutdowns after the jump...
News Euro PS Plus Members Get Free Castle Crashers Today
All that bickering and moaning seems to have done the trick, as Sony has revealed the first of its "anniversary treats" for European PlayStation Plus subscribers this morning
On top of the huge roster of content currently available for July, Sony is also giving away free copies of Castle Crashers — The Behemoth's awesome looking four-player beat...
News Ummm: Square-Enix Looking Into Bringing Final Fantasy XI To PlayStation Vita
Final Fantasy XI is an MMO for the PlayStation 2 and PC
Square Enix is looking at ways of bringing the title to Sony's new handheld, the PlayStation Vita. Hiromichi Tanaka broke the news in this week's Famitsu magazine. He said nothing was concrete, and that the publisher was merely looking into the possibility of porting the title. With a Vita...
News Sony To Invest $20 Million Into Its Exclusive PlayStation Network Portfolio
Sony's put out some huge PlayStation Network exclusives over the past four years
Ranking amongst our favourites are PixelJunk Monsters, Shatter, Joe Danger, flower and Critter Crunch. Today Sony has pledged to invest a further $20 million into extending its exclusive portfolio of PlayStation Network games. The company's planning to use the money to...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 12th July 2011
Summer Sale Pac-Man Championship Edition DX Full Game (now $6
99, original price $9.99, PlayStation Plus price $4.89) PixelJunk Shooter 2 Full Game (now $6.99, original price $9.99, PlayStation Plus price $4.89) Hard Corps: Uprising Full Game (now $10.49, original price $14.99, PlayStation Plus price $7.34) Hard Corps: Character: Harley...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 13th July 2011
Playable Content Dead Nation (£9
99/12.99, trial and unlock) PixelJunk Shooter 2 demo</ul>Minis Arcade Pool & Snooker (£3.49/3.99) Awesome Summer Minis Bundle (£4.99/5.99) Gamocracy One : Legend Of Robot (£4.15/5.19) Add-On Game Content DanceDanceRevolution: New Moves — DDR Supernova 2 Greatest Hits...
News How Would You Like To Know A Few Things About Final Fantasy Versus XIII?
As promised, Tetsuya Nomura has given Famitsu magazine an update on the upcoming Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Hilariously, Nomura spent much of the update apologising for the game's long development cycle, promising more substantial updates in the future. But there were a few snippets of interest, as reported by Final Fantasy Union. Firstly, Versus...
Tuesday12th Jul 2011
News PS Vita Dev Kit is Undoubtedly Retro
Retro already?
It’s quite hard to fathom the thought of the PlayStation Vita as retro before it has even seen its release, especially when the upcoming handheld is unquestionably powerful and chocked full of unique features. But, the dev kit that developers have been working with looks awfully familiar to Vita's younger sibling; PSP Go. Eurogamer...
News Resistance 3 Is Making a Right Bloody Mess
Guts everywhere
When it's released in September, Resistance 3 has a few tricks up its sleeve to entice PS3 owners to pick it up. As well as arriving with demos of Killzone 3, Motorstorm Apocalypse and Infamous 2 on the Blu-ray, letting you try some of Sony's biggest 2011 titles out before you buy, the game will also come with a fantastic-sounding...
Rumour The Last Guardian to Support PlayStation Move
Stranger things have happened
We reported on The Last Guardian's PlayStation Move support last year, when Fumito Ueda commented the game 'may' receive optional Playstation Move controls. The trail went cold after that though, but now it's heating up again. As spotted by iWaggle3D, the Sony Computer Entertainment America press site listed The Last...
Review Heracles: Chariot Racing (PlayStation Minis)
Who doesn't enjoy a good kart racing game? As we browsed through the PlayStation Store's roster of PlayStation Minis looking for something to occupy us during the summer drought, Heracles: Chariot Racing stuck out like glowing beacon of brilliance
"A Mario Kart clone featuring characters and stages from Greek mythology?" we exclaimed...
News Insomniac Games Discusses The Return Of The Weapon Wheel In Resistance 3
One of the most exciting prospects about Resistance 3 is the return of Fall Of Man's "Weapon Wheel"
The feature, which was conspicuously absent in Resistance 2, resulted in a massive back-lash from fans of the series. The "Weapon Wheel" is such a key aspect to the Resistance series, that Insomniac's managed to base an entire developer...
News Sony Announces Brand New PlayStation Network Video Show For The UK
Sony's announced a brand new weekly HD video show for the British PlayStation Network today
The show — which has been created in conjunction with Future Publishing — will replace the now defunct FirstPlay, and will be free to PSN subscribers in the UK. Similarly to SCEA's Pulse, the show will feature up-to-the-minute HD previews, interviews and...
News Levine: BioShock Vita Will Be 'Strange And Surprising To People'
Irrational Games boss Ken Levine doesn't do things by half, so it's not necessarily surprising to hear the video games luminary tease his upcoming PlayStation Vita project as being "strange"
In an interview with IGN, the legend reiterated that the game would be something new, and not simply a port of a previous BioShock title. Thats a new game...
News Sony's 'Welcome Back' Plan Actually Boosted PlayStation 3 Sales
Remember all the doom and gloom during the PlayStation Network outage? Many wondered if the PlayStation business was finished for good
Sony desperately tried to claw back goodwill by announcing the PlayStation Network "Welcome Back" package, a plan involving a number of free games as way of apology for the inconvenience caused by the...
News It's A Slow News Day: Where Does ModernWarfare3.com Direct You To?
Activision's not been keeping on top of its website domains
The URL for ModernWarfare3.com takes you to Battlefield 3's homepage. Given that both titles are currently engaged in a deadly war to the grave, that's pretty funny. The website was registered by an anonymous owner in the US. We suspect it's the work of a long-time Battlefield fan, rather...
News Rain Likely With New Mortal Kombat DLC
NetherRealm's lifted the lid on Mortal Kombat's latest DLC kombatant, Rain
The character — who originally debuted in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 — will be available to download from the PlayStation Network on July 19th. He'll run you approximately £3.19. As the character's name suggests, Rain is able to manipulate water and lightning to his deadly...
News How Come Limbo's Only Just Releasing On The PlayStation 3?
PlayDead's ambitious downloadable adventure title, Limbo, has been available on the XBOX 360 for over a year now
Next week the title will debut on the PlayStation Network — but why's the game taken so long to hit Sony's platform? "Initially, Arnt Jensen, my partner and game director for Playdead, was interested in releasing Limbo as a PC...
News Sony: Industry Needs To Support 'Garage' Developers
Sony's Shuhei Yoshida has continued to prove that he's the most level-headed employee at SCE right now, telling Develop that the industry will "stall" if it does not support garage developers
As an industry, we have to support those smaller teams, and let them try out their ideas, Yoshida told Develop. Without doing so, the whole industry will...
News Board Up The Windows: EA Purchases PopCap For A Whopping $750 Million
EA executives were clearly hard at work this afternoon
"Damn," one EA employed businessman suddenly declared, "It's such a slow news day, we need to do something about it." "Well we have always courted the idea of purchasing Plants Vs. Zombies developer, PopCap Games," came the response of a stern looking businesswoman,...
News Hang On Wait, Burnout Crash! Is Coming Out Next Month?
EA's confirmed that Burnout Crash
</a> will release next month on the PlayStation Network. The isometric, downloadable spin-off being developed in-house at Criterion, was previously confirmed to have an Autumn release date. Now it's dead-set for August. Of course, the game looking a bit rubbish is best left for another discussion.
Monday11th Jul 2011
News Dust 514 Won't Be Entirely Free After All
Want in? Cough up.
Innovative Move shooter Dust 514 takes place in the world of EVE Online, and although the game is free to play you'll still have to pay to download it. Developer CCP confirmed you'll have to pay a "cover charge" to get in, which will be refunded to you as in-game credits. In the beginning you have to pre-buy credits, so...
News 15 Glorious Minutes of BioShock Infinite Await
What are you waiting for?
There's no bigger third-party Move game than BioShock Infinite, and here's 15 minutes of video from Irrational Games' heavenly-looking shooter. We've not seen much of the game's PlayStation Move controls yet, but if they can live up to the quality currently demonstrated by the rest of the game it'll be happy days indeed...
Feature What Do You Mean You're Not Playing SuperSonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars?
The online communities of PlayStation Network titles tend to dwindle quickly
But despite being released in the hazy days of 2008, the obnoxiously titled SuperSonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars is still brimming with activity. Given a new lease of life via PlayStation Plus this month, we hopped into the part-racer, part-soccer title to find...
News Burnout Crash! Started Life On Nintendo Wii
When Burnout Crash
</a> was rumoured, we were expecting a bite-sized PlayStation Network release of Burnout's popular crash mode. We weren't necessarily expecting the isometric, cartoon spin-off that Criterion actually announced. The British studio has now revealed that Burnout Crash! started life as a Nintendo Wii game. We can't say that...
News Dust 514 Is Free-To-Play, Except Not
Despite CCP insisting Dust 514 will be free-to-play, it's actually not
Well it is, but it isn't. Contradictions? We'll let CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson explain. In the beginning you have to pre-buy credits, so you pay something like $10-$20 to enter the game and you get the equivalent number of credits in the game once you do that. We call this...
Grip Games has released a new trailer showcasing One Epic Game's challenge mode
These challenges provide new ways to play the autorunner-come-two-dimensional-shooter, including avoiding enemies entirely or only killing marked targets. The game's due out on July 19th and July 20th in North America and Europe respectively, with a 50% discount promised...
News UK Sales Charts: Keep On Dancing
Urgh
Zumba Fitness is still top of the UK sales charts this week, beating out Codemasters' DiRT 3 and Activision's Transformers: Dark Of The Moon to take the top spot again. The top ten was familiar territory this month, with Top Spin 4 and Virtua Tennis 4 both taking up slots in the aftermath of Wimbledon, and favourites such as L.A. Noire, Brink...
News Square Enix Releases Fresh Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screenshots
Something bizzarre's happening with Final Fantasy XIII-2: there's just no enthusiasm
While the original Final Fantasy XIII was certainly a flawed experience, it wasn't so terrible that the sequel should be ignored entirely. And yet despite having a huge showing at this year's E3, few publications took the time to really put the title in the...
News Saints Row: The Third's Professor Genki Pre-Order Trailer Is The Best Thing You'll Watch Today
The summer drought is in full effect now, leaving us desperately searching the 'net for interesting things to post about
Thankfully, this trailer for Saints Row: The Third's Professor Genki pre-order bonus is sensational. The pack includes a "man-a-pult", octopus cannon and leisure stunt suit. But it's not the items that are the most fun...
News 'Stay Tuned' For Mass Effect 3 Demo
Sounds like there's a Mass Effect 3 demo on the horizon
Bioware's Casey Hudson told fans to "stay tuned for demo plans" in a Tweet over the weekend. Mass Effect 3 was delayed into 2012 earlier in the year, but we wouldn't rule out the possibility of a pre-Christmas demo release to keep fans engaged. And with multiplayer hotly tipped for...
News Fantastic News Promised For Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Panel At Comic-Con
Brace yourself for "fantastic news" if you're planning on attending this year's Comic-Con
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 producer Ryota Niitsuma has promised to give attendees of the game's official panel a sneak peak at something new in the series. Whether it's new DLC, or (our bet) a full "Super" upgrade remains a tightly-sealed secret. Attendees...
News Riddle Me This: Latest Arkham City Trailer Goes Heavy On The Cryptic Criminal
Rocksteady's released a new Batman: Arkham City trailer this afternoon focusing on the Riddler
The dapper antagonist is one of a number of new foes set to feature in Rocksteady's hotly anticipated sequel. The editing in this trailer is erratic, but there's a few snippets of gameplay. We're already super excited for Batman: Arkham City. Trailers are...
