Review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (PlayStation 3)
Could it be magic?
News James Bond Comes to Move with GoldenEye: Reloaded
We've been expecting you
Review Captain America: Super Soldier (PlayStation 3)
Captain America: Super Soldier might not bring many new ideas to the table, but it is an enjoyable third-person action game with an enjoyable emphasis exploration and satisfying combat
News - 2011, Week 29
Sunday24th Jul 2011
News Check Out Starhawk's Stellar Transitions Between Cut-Scenes & Gameplay
The emphasis of the footage coming out of Starhawk's Comic-Con panel is to demonstrate the game's transitions between gameplay and cut-scenes
With Starhawk including inFamous' motion comic cut-scene approach, Lightbox has developed a really neat effect that transforms polygons into art, as demonstrated in the video embedded above. The cut-scene...
Saturday23rd Jul 2011
Review Fast Draw Showdown (PlayStation 3)
Shooting blanks
Ported from the 1994 light gun arcade machine, Fast Draw Showdown makes its debut on the PSN. The setting takes place in the old Western times when arguments often started with booze and ended with lead, and all you need to do is draw your gun from its holster faster than your opponent. Using often corny and scripted video clips...
News Elena Fisher Was Originally Chloe Frazer... Or Something
Elena Fisher began life as a Spanish character named "Elena Vargas", Naughty Dog has revealed
Speaking during a Comic-Con panel devoted to Uncharted, series writer Amy Hennig revealed that she wanted Claudia Black — who later took the role of Chloe Frazer — to voice the character. The panel — which was attended by Hennig, Emily Rose (the real...
Review Call of Juarez: The Cartel (PlayStation 3)
There are some great ideas in Call Of Juarez: The Cartel, but misdirection and sloppy execution let the package down
While the game's emphasis on mindless action can be thrilling at times, a slew of technical mishaps lessen the appeal of the title's more bombastic moments. Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood was one of our favourite games of 2009...
News Icon Games Discusses 'Joy' Of PlayStation Minis Development
To some pockets of the industry, PlayStation Minis is a taboo term
Sony's micro-game initiative has struggled with an identity crisis for some time; offering digestible titles similar to those available on smartphones at double the cost. Despite this, the service has been paramount to the success and growth of some independent games developers. One...
Rumour Resident Evil 6 To Get September 15th Reveal?
RelyOnHorror's running a stonking rumour regarding the announcement of Resident Evil 6 this morning
The site claims it was sent the game's logo by someone able to attend a behind-the-scenes Capcom press conference at Comic-Con. The image shows off what pertains to be Resident Evil 6's official logo, and a 15th September date. Interestingly, that...
News Silent Hill: Downpour Certainly Looks The Part
We're still a touch concerned about Silent Hill: Downpour -- it's in development at an unknown studio and we've still seen very little of the game
But one thing we have seen are a host of glorious screenshots, and while they don't reveal much about the game's narrative or mechanics, they at least conclude that the game is looking super pretty. Check...
News Bulletstorm 'Didn't Make Any Money'
Bulletstorm was a critical success when it released earlier in the year, and we'd figured it was a commercial success too
The game spent a number of weeks propping up the UK sales charts, but according to Epic the balls-to-the-wall FPS failed to make the company any money. Despite that small caveat, Epic does not regret handing the project off to...
News On September 20th, You'll Get The Chance To Replay One Of The Best Games Of All Time
Capcom's attached a date to the North American release of Resident Evil 4 HD
The finest third-person shooter of all time will launch on September 20th, and will be followed by the more traditional Resident Evil: Code Veronica X on September 27th. Both titles will be available to download through the PlayStation Network. The games are being...
News Oh Saints Row: The Third, You So Awesome
THQ's dropped a brand new trailer for its upcoming open-world adventure Saints Row: The Third
Ignore the attempts at constructing a narrative here, and just soak up all the craziness that goes down in this 110 seconds of craziness. There are jet-packs, dildos, stupid masks, cars and wrestling moves. Man, this game just keeps climbing up our most...
Friday22nd Jul 2011
Review Captain America: Super Soldier (PlayStation 3)
Captain America: Super Soldier might not bring many new ideas to the table, but it is an enjoyable third-person action game with an enjoyable emphasis exploration and satisfying combat
SEGA's clearly spent a lot of time playing Batman: Arkham Asylum. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Given the quality of SEGA's most recent Marvel movie...
News Phineas and Ferb Get Some Evil News
Blu-ray to feature cartoons too.
Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension is coming to PlayStation Move next month, but the pointy-faced duo just got some evil news, as the trailer below shows. The Disney adventurers will be making their first appearance on PlayStation 3 in a new co-operative adventure, and you can use Sony's motion controller...
News House of the Dead: Overkill Trailer is Adults-Only
You have been warned
House of the Dead: Overkill — Extended Cut looks stupendously gory in screenshots, but this new trailer from San Diego Comic-Con puts it just over the top. We should warn you that the trailer is most certainly not for the underage portion of our readership, so if you know you're not old enough to click "play" below...
News First GoldenEye 007: Reloaded Footage Suits Up
Licence to... oh, never mind
After the announcement of GoldenEye 007: Reloaded we've now got the first screenshots and in-game footage from the upcoming Bond-a-thon. The revamped version of last year's Wii adventure comes with support for PlayStation Move, Sharp Shooter and in a surprise turn of events the Top Shot Elite gun used in Cabela's...
News Insomniac Games Posts Resistance 3 Comic-Con Panel Highlights
If you were unable to get to the San Diego Comic-Con last night to witness Insomniac Games' Resistance 3 panel, the PlayStation Blog's got your back
James Stevenson has posted a short highlights video from the panel, featuring Creative Director Marcus Smith, Art Director Grant Hollis, Animation Director Kevin Grow, as well as voice actor Robin...
News Win Fast Draw Showdown in Our Quick Fire Contest!
Fingers at the ready
Fast Draw Showdown is available in the PlayStation Store right now for North American readers, but if your finger has been hovering over the Buy button without ever squeezing the trigger, we have a contest that's just for you. Thanks to Digital Leisure we have three copies of the game to give away to anyone with a North American...
News Team Bondi Blames Blu-ray Space Limitations On Cut L.A. Noire Content
Team Bondi's Brendan McNamara has revealed that content was cut from L
A. Noire</a> due to the limitations of using a single Blu-ray disc — even though L.A. Noire does not use the maximum capacity Blu-ray available. According to McNamara, two desks known as bunko and burglary were written, designed and had art assets created — despite...
News Hang On, The Penguin Is Now British?
Rocksteady's dropped a new Batman: Arkham City trailer right out of the San Diego Comic-Con
The new footage focuses squarely on the Penguin, who's adopted a cockney accent since his last outing. Don't worry though, the Penguin's British-ness totally works, making the character a little more rough-and-ready than previous incarnations. The rest of the...
News Freddy Krueger Joins Mortal Kombat On August 9th
Well, we can't say we expected that
Warner Bros and NetherRealm has announced that Freddy Kruger is the next DLC character to join Mortal Kombat's brawling roster. The character's set to release on August 9th, and will run you $4.99. Check out the trailer above.
News Confirmed: Catherine Travels Overseas To Europe
Just days after Atlus said it was looking for a distribution partner to release Catherine in Europe, Deep Silver has stepped forward
The game will be formally localised in French, Italian, Spanish and German. Catherine is something new, fresh and exciting; unlike anything else in the gaming world a unique mixture of genres. This agreement...
News The War Is On: Battlefield 3 Pre-Orders On Par With Black Ops
We don't know if you've heard: there's a war on
EA and Activision each want to dominate the first-person shooter pie, and that means Battlefield 3 and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are preparing for a head-on collision later this year. It's a ballsy move from EA given Call Of Duty's mainstream popularity, but it's a battle that's thus far been...
News Mark Your Calendars: PlayStation GamesCom Press Conference Kicks Off August 16th
Please date PlayStation Vita for 2011
Please date PlayStation Vita for 2011. Please date PlayStation Vita for 2011. We predict two fates for Sony's GamesCom press conference this year: jubilation or abject disappointment. All eyes are going to be on the date Sony gives PlayStation Vita in Europe and North America. Japan's pretty much confirmed for a...
Rumour Arkham City To Have Downloadable Episodes?
According to Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, the upcoming Batman: Arkham City will be an "ongoing" game with players able to "download future episodes of it"
Conroy was talking to Comic Booked about his role in the title, and concluded that due to the sheer amount of content he'd been "recording for a while". No official confirmation from...
News Resistance 3 Multiplayer Beta Begins Kicking Chimera Ass In Early August
Sometimes we wake up in the middle of the night covered in a cold sweat, itching to play Resistance
Insomniac's first-person shooter series has been a staple of our PlaytStation 3 diet for years now. We ploughed hours into Fall Of Man, only to spend a similarly ridiculous amount of time with Resistance 2. But the latest title — Resistance 3 —...
News Latest House Of The Dead: Overkill Extended Cut Trailer Comes Out Swearing
We've said it once and we'll say it again: House Of The Dead: Overkill Extended Cut is one of our most anticipated PlayStation 3 games of the year
The original Wii title was a roller-coaster ride of eff-bombs, gore and zombies giving birth to other zombies. So we can't wait to experience the whole affair in high-definition with PlayStation Move...
News PlayStation Gamers Raise Over ?1 Million For Japanese Earthquake Relief
Give yourselves a huge pat on the back
Seriously, this is genuinely brilliant news. Sony's announced that PlayStation gamers have donated over £1.01 million to the Japanese Earthquake appeal. That's a staggering number. North American PSN users raised £260,995, while Europe stumped up £538,122, and Asian countries offered £16,673. Japanese...
News PlayStation Smartphone Application Reaches Version 1.1
Sony's updated the official PlayStation smartphone application to version 1
1, fixing log-in issues that have persisted since the app was previously updated to 1.05. New features allow you to sort and search you PlayStation Network friends, as well as compare trophies. You'll also be able to comment on PlayStation Blog articles with the app. There's...
Review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (PlayStation 3)
Could it be magic?
Last year EA made the horrendous mistake of bringing Kinect support to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, ignoring PlayStation Move entirely. The result was a predictably sloppy affair – but with the sequel's Move support, surely there's still chance of redemption. Well, no, there isn't. Purge any thoughts of...
Thursday21st Jul 2011
News Poison, Steve Fox & Yoshimitsu All Confirmed For Street Fighter X Tekken
Capcom's confirmed Poison as a playable character in its upcoming cross-over brawler, Street Fighter X Tekken
The Final Fight bad-girl (bad-guy?) will join Yoshimitsu and Steve Fox when the game launches at an undisclosed date next year. The game itself is coming together brilliantly. We continue to be in awe of the way Capcom's managed to...
Activision's kicked off Comic-Con with a slew of North American release date announcements
Prototype 2 was the first to get a date, with the distant April 24th, 2012 being the target. Next up was Silicon Knights' X-Men Destiny, a game that, admittedly, we've seen very little of. That game's scored a September 27th release date. Finally, Activision...
News Atlus On Catherine In Europe: We Need A Partner
Promising looking puzzle-platformer-cross-dating-simulation, Catherine, does not yet have a European release date
That's because publisher Atlus has no plans for a European release — but it's not for the want of trying. According to the publisher, there are currently no plans because the publisher is in need of a distribution partner. Previous...
News God Of War 'Master Collection' Spotted On Amazon Germany
Never played God Of War ever before? Sony's got the perfect solution for you
Popping up on Amazon Germany is a retail listing for the "God Of War Master Collection", a gigantic PS3 collection that includes every God Of War game ever made — aside from that shoddy mobile phone title. If you're having trouble keeping up, that's: God Of War,...
News The E3 Announcement That Time Forgot
Ever heard of Carnival Island? No, us neither, but surprisingly it's a Sony published PlayStation Move party title in development at Magic Pixel and Sony Santa Monica
Apparently Sony just forgot to tell us all about it. The Carnival Games series has been a huge success on the Nintendo Wii, so it's surprising to see Sony completely ignore Carnival...
News Heads Up: PlayStation Store Down For Maintenance Today, Don't Cancel Your Credit Cards
Just a quick heads-up: Sony's bringing down the PlayStation Store today for a couple of hours maintenance
We're posting this because we know how frightening outages can be in the post-PSNgate climate. We just wanted to let you know that, hey, if you try to log on to the PlayStation Store this afternoon and it flips out — everything is fine. Don't...
News Ubisoft's Uplay Passport To Cost ?7.99 In The UK
Ubisoft's just let us know some concrete details about its Uplay Passport initiative
The program will require players to register a code (included with new copies of compatible games) in order to redeem key features such as online multiplayer and other "exclusive features". Those buying participating Ubisoft titles used will need to pay...
News Sony Shows Off Resistance 3's 'Survivor Edition' With New Trailer
Sony's put out a trailer for Resistance 3's bumper "Survivor Edition" collector's set
The pack is crammed with luxury goodies such as Resistance themed toy soldiers, Capelli's backpack and an SRPA branded hip-flask. Admittedly, much of the content included in this pack is needless tat — but it's dangerously tempting for Resistance fans like...
News Gotham City Imposters Looks Surprisingly Rad
Ok, ok, so it's just a CGI trailer
But after some initial concerns, we're quite taken with the concept behind Monolith's upcoming downloadable squad-based shooter, Gotham City Imposters. The title's concept is simple — when Batman's away, the goons will play. So you'll play as either a Batman or Joker imposter, brawling it out in a variety of...
News Street Fighter III: Third Strike Launches August 23rd On PSN
In addition to announcing Ultimate Marvel Vs
Capcom 3</a> at Comic-Con yesterday, Capcom has confirmed an August 23rd release date for Street Fighter III: Third Strike on PlayStation Network. The title will set you back $14.99. The updated version of the late 90's arcade title includes online play, leaderboards and replays.
News Sony: 3D Can Enhance Experiences, But Only When Done Properly
With Sony so heavily invested in 3D content, you'd think they'd be pushing every visual media outlet to develop content in the extra dimension
But that's not the case. Speaking with Eurogamer at the Develop conference in Brighton, Sony's 3D gaffer, Mick Hocking, revealed that 3D needs to be done properly and appropriately to be truly successful...
News Rayman Origins Shows Off In Comic-Con Trailer
Ubisoft's released a minute-long Rayman Origins trailer at Comic-Con
The drop-dead gorgeous platformer boasts about its slew of E3 awards, and shows off some new gameplay footage at the same time. The game's due out on PlayStation 3 in November. It'll make a nice change of pace from all those blockbuster shooters later in the year.
News EA Releases Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Trailer, Features Guns
EA's released some new footage for Battlefield 3's hotly anticipated multiplayer component
It looks great. Admittedly we're struggling with the hyperbole some folks are showering this game in. Don't get us wrong, the game looks fantastic. But we can't help but feel that if this trailer concluded with a big Call Of Duty logo, it would be met with...
Wednesday20th Jul 2011
News LOL: Sasha Grey Is Going To Be In Saints Row: The Third
Perfect
While we'd never have guessed that legendary pornstar (and serial knitter) Sasha Grey would make an appearance in THQ's upcoming trashy third-person action game, Saints Row: The Third, the casting makes too much sense. Grey will not play a porn-star in the game though — no, she will play one of two sisters that run the Syndicate's...
News James Bond Comes to Move with GoldenEye: Reloaded
We've been expecting you
Last year's GoldenEye 007 on Wii was a particularly enjoyable slice of James Bond action, bringing the beloved N64 original up to date with online play, experience and all that good stuff. If you were looking on from the sidelines, filled with jealousy, that can stop soon: Activision has announced GoldenEye 007: Reloaded is...
News Media Molecule Talk Candidly About Leaving LittleBigPlanet Behind
Media Molecule is moving on from LittleBigPlanet
While it will continue to support past releases, the British studio wants to put all of its future energy into creating something new. According to the studio, making this decision felt like a child leaving home. "It's a bit like, if you think of LBP as having a child, Sackboy was our child, you...
Review Cars 2: The Video Game (PlayStation 3)
Cars 2: The Video Game is not the most ambitious of releases, but it achieves much of what it sets out to do
The game's kart-racing fundamentals are fluid and enjoyable, especially when experienced in multiplayer. With an expansive and likable roster of characters, Cars 2: The Video Game is a decent alternative to Mario Kart, though the game's...
News Activision Officially Announces GoldenEye 007: Reloaded For PlayStation 3
As we suspected when details about the game leaked yesterday, Activision has officially confirmed GoldenEye 007: Reloaded for the PlayStation 3 this afternoon
The title is an HD remake of last year's Wii-exclusive GoldenEye, err, redux. Yeah, we're trying hard to get our heads around that too. See, last year's GoldenEye 007 (for Wii) was a complete...
Rumour Grasshopper Working On Cheerleader Zombie Slaying Game Called Lollipop Chainsaw [Updated]
Original story: If this rumour had any other developer's name attached to it, we'd call it rubbish
But this is a rumour for Grasshopper Manufacture's latest title; y'know, the Suda51 joint. That means it's hard to treat any rumours as nonsense — the crazier they are, the more likely they are to be true. Take Lollipop Chainsaw, the studio's latest...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 19th July 2011
Updates Bioshock 2 Exclusive Characters Sale (PS3) (now $0
99, original price $1.99) Bioshock 2 Minerva's Den Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Bioshock 2 Protector Trials Sale (PS3) (now $2.49, original price $4.99) Bioshock 2 Rapture Metro Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Bioshock 2 Sinclair Solutions Tester...
News Sony Initially Intended LittleBigPlanet To Be Free-To-Play
You can see the origins of a free-to-play game in LittleBigPlanet
The accessibility of the PlayStation Store within the game makes the package ripe for freemium potential, and when you factor in DLC content packs for costumes, stickers and materials it's easy to see how the title could adapt to that business model. In fact: that was the original...
News LOL: Respawn Entertainment's First Game Not Releasing Until 2015
Today has been the best day for video game news in a long time
Seriously, we've been sitting here grinning like cats all afternoon. First we got some behind-the-scenes chatter from Media Molecule. Moments later we got word that Sasha Grey would be lending her voice to THQ's Saints Row: The Third. Then we learned about
News In The Interests Of Proving That Lollipop Chainsaw Is A Genuine Product
Some of you may have seen our story on Lollipop Chainsaw earlier in the afternoon
The project may have drawn a stern, "Yeah, whatever, it's not even April fools," from the most cynical amongst you. We can confirm that the girly zombie slayer is indeed an actual product. In fact, Famitsu has released a batch of new screenshots to prove as...
News PlayStation Network Outage Did Not Stop LittleBigPlanet From Growing
More than 1
5 million new players have jumped into LittleBigPlanet 2 since the PlayStation Network outage earlier in the year. Media Molecule confirmed the figures as part of a panel at the Develop conference this morning. "I like that stat because it's growing," revealed Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans. "LittleBigPlanet is not...
News We Will Probably Read Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth
While you all settled down with your high-brow novels last night, we tucked into bed with a copy of Killzone Ascendancy
Don't get us wrong, we like quality literature as much as the next person, but sometimes you just feel like something trashy, right? Speaking of which, we have high hopes for Christopher Golden's upcoming Uncharted novel, The Fouth...
News The Darkness II Gets Delayed Out Of October, Into February
It's that time of the year again
The time of the year where publishers of not-quite-blockbuster-games delay their big fall releases because of the looming threat of Call Of Duty and Uncharted and Batman and Battlefield. 2K Games' The Darkness II is the first notable title to be pushed out of its release window, presumably for marketing reasons. The...
News Capcom Announces Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3
Let's deal with the white elephant in the room: we know Capcom released Marvel Vs Capcom 3 less than six months ago
But that game's already old news, as the Japanese publisher has just announced Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3. And it's coming out as soon as November. The "mid-range" re-release (read: $40) will include 12 new fighters and...
News Bonus Content To Be Bundled With The Team ICO Collection
One could argue that getting high-definition remasters of Team ICO's massive PlayStation 2 adventure titles, ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus, are bonuses enough, but Sony's got some extra goodies to bundle with the upcoming Team ICO Collection to make the package that touch more tempting
Included with new copies of the game will be a download voucher...
News Shadows Of The Damned Director Leaves Grasshopper
Shadows Of The Damned director Massimo Guarini has left Grasshopper Manufacture to set-up a new studio
Guarini's upstart, Ovosonico Productions, will be based on "games, music and films with an attitude" according to the company's website.
News Latest Sonic Generations Trailer Goes Through The Ages
It may have escaped your attention, but Sonic The Hedgehog is 20 years old this year
In order to celebrate, SEGA's putting together the promising looking Sonic Generations — a PS3 title designed to celebrate the origins of the character. The above trailer includes footage from all Sonic's most famous outings. And there are a few morsels from...
News Final Fantasy Type-0 Releases October 13th In Japan, Check Out Some Gameplay
After over three years of development (
!!), Square Enix is readying Final Fantasy Type-0 for release in Japan. The ambitious PlayStation Portable RPG — which spans two UMD discs — will release on October 13th in the region, according to information published by Andriasang. There's a celebratory trailer, and seven minutes of gameplay footage...
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Tuesday19th Jul 2011
News Sega's Mystery PS Vita Game Re-appears
New IP gets a job listing
A little while back, Sega promised to bring an "extremely innovative and purpose built new IP" to the PlayStation Vita. Other than mentioning it was exclusively built for the PS Vita, there wasn't much more announced. But now a job listing for a Tools Programmer over at MCV unveils a genre and release window for...
Review One Epic Game (PlayStation Minis)
One Epic Game is a well presented, addictive autorunner that manages to present a surprisingly humorous slant on the current state of the video game industry
Autorunners are all the rage. Popularised by the iOS, the genre can be best identified by having a protagonist that runs from left-to-right at a perpetually increasing speed. In order to...
News New Uncharted Movie Director 'Starting From Scratch'
David O Russell is no longer involved with the Uncharted movie
He left the project earlier in the month citing creative differences between himself and Sony Pictures. With Russell's antique-hunting motion picture out of the window, new director Neil Burger is planning on starting from scratch — and he's making all the right noises about the video...
News Third Time Lucky: DONTNOD To Attend GamesCom
We just received a press release from DONTNOD Entertainment -- the studio believed to be working on an upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive called Adrift
While the press release was agonisingly ambiguous about the specifics of DONTNOD's debut project, it did provide a few morsels of information. The game's plot has been crafted by Alain Damasio, a...
News Splinter Cell HD Trilogy Now Launching In September
Eagle-eyed Joystiq readers have spotted that Ubisoft's oft-delayed Splinter Cell HD Trilogy will now release on September 27th in North America
That's according to updated listings posted by Amazon, GameStop and GameFly. The HD collection was previously scheduled for an August release date after bein
News Darksiders Developer: PlayStation 3's 'A Pain In The A**'
Did we just fall asleep and wake up in 2006? Darksiders developer Vigil Games has decided it timely to mouth off about the challenges of PlayStation 3 development
It must be 2006, right? "It's a pain in the a** to work on," Darksiders 2 developer, Marvin Donald told Eurogamer, "Five years later, getting used to it? That means it's a...
News Sony Signs Exclusivity Contract With LittleBigPlanet Vita Developer Double Eleven
Sony has signed an exclusivity contract with LittleBigPlanet Vita developer Double Eleven
The British studio (comprised of former Rockstar Leeds employees) will develop titles exclusively for PlayStation platforms going forward. The firm is currently hard at work on LittleBigPlanet Vita, but will move onto new titles for various Sony platforms in...
News Do Want: Amazon France Lists GoldenEye Reloaded For PlayStation 3
We love James Bond video games
We've spent countless hours with both Quantum Of Solace and Blood Stone on PS3, despite poor review scores and a general sense of ambivalence towards the games. So we're super excited to learn that last year's Wii exclusive GoldenEye reboot could be coming to the PlayStation 3 in high-definition. The rumours first...
News El Shaddai Gets Pushed Into August
Ignition's ambitious (and colourful
) religious brawler, El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron, has been pushed out of its original July release window and into August. Ignition's director Shane Bettenhausen confirmed to Joystiq that the delay was due to "logistical reasons". The game will officially release on August 16th in the US...
News Ubisoft Gaffer The Latest Exec To Start Banging On About PlayStation 4
Is anyone else getting tired of the constant "next generation" chatter? If analysts are correct and the next PlayStation is not coming out until 2013 at the earliest, does that mean we have to endure another two years minimum of this hypothesising? Urgh
Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot is the latest video games boss to drop the "next-gen is...
News Here's Everything That's Inside Catherine's Ostentatious Collector's Edition
It takes seven-minutes for the over-enthusiastic Atlus employee in this unboxing video to reveal everything that's included in Catherine's "Love Is Over" collector's edition
That's because there's a lot of stuff included. And while most of it might be junk, you've got to appreciate Atlus for releasing its game in a pizza box and including a pair of...
Monday18th Jul 2011
News Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge Looks Scrum-tious
Odd ball
Veteran rugby developer Sidhe Interactive is working on Vita's first representation of the sport with the funny-shaped ball: Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge. The former All-Black star has signed up for the game, which features 93 licensed teams from around the world, player customisation tools and online play for up to eight players, according...
Feature Capcom COO: Monster Hunter Vita Has To Happen
Good news all around
One game made the PSP a success in Japan: Monster Hunter. With series sales in the tens of millions, it proved the system had a lot to offer and became a genuine phenomenon. Capcom would be foolish not to bring the series to Vita of course, and chief operating officer David Reeves knows it. Speaking to MEGamers, Reeves spoke of...
News Child of Eden Hits Europe on 23rd September at Low Low Price
Going for a song
The wait for Child of Eden to make the way over from Kinect might test the patience of some PlayStation Move owners, but this should take the sting off: the game is going to cost a lot less on PS3. Ubisoft has announced the game will hit Europe on 23rd September, with a price of just £19.99 listed on the publisher's digital shop...
News Ghostlight Announces Legend Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky For PSP In Europe
Ghostlight's announced that it's bringing Nihon Falcom's PSP RPG Legend Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky to Europe
The game — which released in the US last year courtesy of XSEED — is recommended for its excellent story-telling, visuals and battle system. No release date has been confirmed yet, but Ghostlight has stated it will be putting together a...
News The Future Of PlayStation Is Green! (According To Joseph Dumary Anyway!)
Meet Joseph Dumary, a product designer with a penchant for PlayStation
We've seen hundreds of futuristic PlayStation mock-ups over the years, but Joseph's take on the PlayStation 4 is surprisingly grounded. While the device itself looks like a fairly natural evolution of the PlayStation 3, Joseph has a greater vision for the future of Sony's gaming...
News What's In The Batman: Arkham City Collector's Edition?
We bet you can guess
No seriously, we really do bet you can guess. Both GameStop and Best-Buy has posted pre-order pages for the inevitable big-box edition of Batman's latest PS3 outing, and the contents are as predictable as the day turning to night: premium statue? Check. Art book? Check. Early access to DLC? Check. Pric
News Sony's Experimenting With VR, Has An FPS In Development
Sony is experimenting with virtual reality
Mick Hocking, senior director at Sony's Worldwide Studios, told Develop that that platform holder is experimenting with the technology in a variety of projects, including a first-person shooter. "We've got a new head mounted display that we showed at Consumer Electronics Show," Hocking said...
First Impressions Catherine on PlayStation 3 Demo
Video games can be quite immature
Even when they come attached with mature age ratings, the content inside can often feel like the opposite. Enormous guns, vats of gore and over-sized breasts are not necessarily indicative of what it means to be mature, in fact they are the antithesis. Few games capture the essence of adulthood. For all its faults,...
News GAME: Modern Warfare 3 On Track To Stomp Black Ops' Records
With each iteration of Call Of Duty, the console market grows
There are no shortage of people picking up PlayStation 3s and XBOX 360s, and so it's no surprise to see the Call Of Duty fanbase grow with each release. According to UK retailer GAME, this year's Modern Warfare 3 is set to break the myriad records set by last year's Call Of Duty: Black...
News Child Of Eden Scores Budget PlayStation 3 Price-Point
As champions of original video game concepts, we were a little disappointed to see Q-Entertainment's ambitious audio-visual experience, Child Of Eden, bomb at retail
But with every cloud there's a silver lining, as Ubisoft has announced that the upcoming PlayStation 3 release of the title will retail for a cut-price £19.99. That's half the price of...
News Crystal Dynamics: Lara Croft Was 'Losing Relevance'
Fact: we couldn't be more excited for Crystal Dynamics' upcoming Tomb Raider
The game looks phenomenal. But with Lara Croft established as a house-hold name, what pushed Crystal Dynamics to reboot the historical franchise? Brand director Karl Stewart told Rock Paper Shotgun that the character and series was "losing relevance". The problem,...
News UK Sales Charts: Shoot Us Now
At this point we're questioning whether Zumba Fitness is a good product or not
Five weeks at the top of the UK sales charts must count for something, right? Apparently not — our friends at MoveModo awarded the game a 3/10 earlier in the year. Urgh. Let's just move on already. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon managed to climb into the second-spot on...
News Activision's Not Happy With Modern Warfare 3 URL Gaffe
Remember when we jokingly reported about ModernWarfare3
com</a>? The popular URL was snapped up by a Battlefield fan, and comically redirected to the official Battlefield website. Naturally Activision's not too happy about this. The publisher has filed a $2600 complaint against the domain to the Nation Arbitration Forum, demanding that the...
News Final Fantasy XIII-2 Secures January 2012 Western Release Window
Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will launch in January of next year in Western regions
The date was referenced in the company's Comic-Con line-up, though no specifics were mentioned. We suspect that the release window is subject to change. The company confirmed a December release date for the Japanese version of the game earlier...
