News 30 Glorious Minutes of Resistance 3 Move Analysis
Courtesy of Waggler
News WWE All-Stars Gets New Characters In DLC Pack
The game may carry the title All-Stars, but your copy of WWE All-Stars is without all of the stars
News Street Fighter X Tekken Producer on PS Vita
How will it differ from other versions?
News - 2011, Week 31
Sunday7th Aug 2011
News Be Prepared To Unlock Oodles Of Goodies In Battlefield 3
It will take players "years" to unlock Battlefield 3's array of unlocks according to the latest Battleblog
Developer DICE is promising ten-times the number of unlocks than Battlefield: Bad Company 2, with enormous unlock trees for vehicles, weapons and weapon attachments. The game's big marketing line is "play it your way", which is always...
News GameInformer Busts Out A Bunch Of New Borderlands 2 Details
Super-addictive four-player co-op is back in Borderlands 2, says GameInformer magazine
But according to the publication, virtually every other element of the RPG-come-shooter has been revved up. More interactive environments, friendly NPCs that actually say more than one word, and a new elemental currency are all in. Bonza. All four original...
News DC Universe Online Switches To MegaServers From Tomorrow
Sony Online Entertainment will merge DC Universe Online's servers into "MegaServers" from tomorrow, the company has announced
This will combine the MMOs current 26 server roster into just four, hopefully making the game feel much more populated and opening up some nifty features. Players will be able to easily switch between PvP and PvE gameplay...
Saturday6th Aug 2011
Review OMG-Z (PlayStation Minis)
Great pacing and a satisfying hook make OMG-Z difficult to put down
Some games are more fun when the odds are stacked heavily in your favour. Initial impressions will dupe you into thinking Laughing Jackal's latest PlayStation Mini is a puzzle game, but once you start to earn money and upgrade your equipment it becomes a much more chaotic...
Rumour Official PlayStation Magazine Teases Resident Evil 6
Following the leak of the game's logo and word of a potential Tokyo Game Show reveal, Official PlayStation Magazine's added fuels to the flames of the Resident Evil 6 rumours
The magazine claims that "Operation Raccoon City will be followed up by another canon entry in 2012". As big fans of the Resident Evil series, we're officially...
News The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector's Edition Includes The Usual Stuff
Bethesda's announced the collector's edition for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The classy package includes a 200 page hard-back artbook, a making-of DVD and a statue of a dragon. You'll get the game too, obviously. It's classy, high-quality stuff for sure. The "extremely limited" package will retail for £129.99 / $149.99. We suppose if...
Rumour Mass Effect 3 Lands Multiplayer Component
This isn't a rumour, but until we get official word from EA in our inbox, we'll tag it as such
Mass Effect 3 is getting multiplayer. We're not entirely sure why — Mass Effect 2 was easily one of the worst third-person shooters we've played on PS3. Terrible shooting mechanics, a hokey cover system and boring AI made it a shoddy experience in...
News Edited Heavy Rain To Get European Re-Release
European ratings board PEGI has published an evaluation for Heavy Rain Edition Modifiee, a supposedly toned down version of Quantic Dream's crime-drama epic
The original game carried a PEGI 18 rating, but Edition Modifiee has been awarded a PEGI 16 score. It's unknown what content has been cut, but the PEGI rating mentions an August 3rd release date...
News EA2D Becomes The Fifth Bioware Studio
You can't stop Bioware at the moment
Electronic Arts has announced that its EA2D studio has been renamed Bioware San Francisco, joining the other four Bioware branded studios across the US. EA2D was previously responsible for Dragon Age: Legends and Mirror's Edge 2D.
News Latest Mortal Kombat Kompatibility Pack Includes More Klassic Sub-Zero Kostumes
With each new piece of DLC, NetherRealm's been great about offering players free Mortal Kombat kompatibility packs -- allowing players to play against new characters online without needing to purchase them
These kompatibility packs have typically included new kostumes for the game's existing roster. With Freddy Krueger set to join the brawler on...
News Sonic Generations Proves SEGA Still Enjoys Putting Colour In Its Games
Mmmm colour, at least SEGA's using more than grey and brown
Above is a shot from Sonic Generations' City Escape act, a stage which first debuted in Sonic Adventure 2.</em>
Friday5th Aug 2011
News New Resistance 3 Trailer Celebrates Game Going Gold
It's finished!
Resistance 3 is definitely rolling out to stores next month — the game just went gold, and to get you even more amped-up for its release Sony has put together a brand new trailer. Insomniac has spent the past six months tweaking and refining the game based on user feedback, and the game will in fact receive a patch on day one to...
News Casting For The Tester 3 Begins, Ups The Stakes
The Tester has gone from strength-to-strength since its debut a couple of years ago
SCEA's foray into the world of reality TV has been a surprisingly successful endeavour, driving audiences exclusively through the PlayStation Network and promising winning contestants a job in Sony's QA department. The Tester 3 is seriously upping the stakes though...
News Ono Sheds Light On Why Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat Will Never Happen
"I actually get a lot of requests for Street Fighter vs
Mortal Kombat on my Twitter feed and elsewhere," Street Fighter gaffer Yoshinori Ono told the PlayStation Blog. Of course you do: Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat has been on the tip of everyone's tongue since as far back as we can remember. "I understand why people want it, but it's...
Rumour Team Bondi Bankrupt, Folded Into KMM
According to reports on NeoGAF, L
A. Noire</a> developer Team Bondi has gone bankrupt, and is being folded into KMM Studios — the animation outfit currently working on Happy Feet 2. The news follows a series of rumours about the developer's fate. Apparently Depth Analysis, the company Team Bondi formed in order to create L.A. Noire's...
News ICO: Castle In The Mist Novel Releases This Month
ICO is widely considered to be one of the best video games of all time
Fumito Ueda's PlayStation 2 classic is a banner release, set to get a PS3 make-over next month. So of course, such an important release requires a novel. ICO: The Castle Of Mist is due out on August 13th via Viz Media. "A boy with horns, marked for death. A girl who sleeps...
News Sony Announces PlayStation Network PLAY Initiative
Sony's announced a contender to Microsoft's highly successful Summer Of Arcade initiative
The promotion, dubbed PlayStation Network PLAY, is an annual program designed to highlight the very best PSN content. Similar to Summer Of Arcade, PLAY will feature four titles with a fifth given away free (assuming you buy all four titles). There are...
News Sony To Announce PlayStation Vita's Release Date At TGS
Have we all got over the bitter disappointment of yesterday? Yeah, we haven't either
There's a trickle of good news coming out of SCEJ president Hiroshi Kawano's blog this morning though. The exec confirmed that the release date of the PlayStation Vita will be announced at TGS next month. We're assuming that'll be the Japanese launch, but hey, it...
News Final Fantasy XIII-2 Gets More Ambiguous European Release Date
Earlier in the month Square Enix said it was planning a January release for Final Fantasy XIII-2 in the US
It's now revealed its plans for Europe, confirming a more ambiguous "early 2012" launch window. The date discrepancy suggests Europeans might have to wait for Square Enix's promising follow-up, but we imagine it just indicates that...
News Epic Games Starts Work On 'Unannounced IP'
Epic Games is cranking up development on a brand new, unannounced IP
The developer is famous for its involvement with Gears Of War and, more specifically, the Unreal Engine. The news comes via a recruitment call on the developer's website, which states: "Epic Games is looking for Gameplay Programmers to join the team currently working on Gears...
News Maroon 5 Frontman Sues Activison
Joining an ever-growing list of musicians in palpable discontentment over Activision's Band Hero, Maroon 5 front Adam Levine has chosen to pursue legal action against industry scapegoat Activision
As has been the case with previous detractors of Band Hero (and its basis, Guitar Hero), Levine is incensed over his in-game avatar's ability to perform...
News Criterion Working On A New Racer For New Systems
Burnout developer Criterion is staffing up for a new open-world racer on "new systems"
Job listings for both a lead software engineer and AI programmer spilled the beans, stressing that the roles will involve "creating a new extension to the existing Criterion team focusing on developing on new platforms". We wonder if Criterion's talking...
News Twisted Metal Misses October Release Date, Jaffe Focusing On Polish & Love
In an extremely earnest post on the PlayStation Blog, Eat Sleep Play's David Jaffe has revealed that Twisted Metal will not hit its October release date
Jaffe's reason was as candid as ever, the game is "just not ready yet". The game will instead launch in "early 2012". As disappointing as the news is, it's really hard to be...
News The Awesome Arkedo Series Is Coming To PlayStation Network
We love Sanuk Games at the moment
Not only is the company's spokesperson, Yan Marchal, an hilarious host in each of the developer's trailers, but the studio's actually bringing some really awesome content over to the PlayStation 3. Today the developer's announcing that the Arkedo Series is coming to PSN. The trio of colourful titles originally...
Thursday4th Aug 2011
News These Chinese Move Controllers Don't Look Bad, Actually
Bit costly though
Third-party Move controllers are still thin on the ground, but Chinese company FirstSing has put together its own Move and Navigation and they don't look too bad actually. The bundle sells for just $44.80, a huge saving on the price of real accessories, but unfortunately with worldwide shipping at a steep $60 it's not such a sound...
News Street Fighter X Tekken Producer on PS Vita
How will it differ from other versions?
Street Fighter X Tekken Producer Yoshinori Ono recently discussed the unique features Capcom is hoping to bring to the PS Vita version of the game, detailing the cross-over fighter during EVO 2011. Ono confirmed that his team is working hard to integrate Continuation Play, which allows users to seamlessly...
Feature PlayStation Vita Launching 2012 in Europe and North America
Japan in 2011
Bad news everyone — PlayStation Vita will miss 2011 in Europe and America. Sony Computer Entertainment vice president Kaz Hirai made the pronouncement minutes ago. The console will still make it to Japan this year, however. Hirai didn't go into much detail about the reason for the delay, but did say that it was to make sure the...
News Latest Call Of Duty: Black Ops DLC Takes Players To The Moon
Activision's got another Call Of Duty: Black Ops map-pack in the works
The latest release — Rezurrection — will release in September on PS3 and will feature five new zombie stages. Four of the maps are remakes from World At War, included with the Hardened edition of Black Ops. The fifth map though, takes players to the moon. Yup. The DLC's also...
We always knew it was a likely scenario, but we chose to believe otherwise
Sony never officially said the PlayStation Vita would get a worldwide launch this year, only ever really committing to a Japanese launch. "Phased global rollout" was the textbook buzzword Sony used. But we believed because it made sense. How could Sony not put the...
News Bloody Hell, This New Resistance 3 Trailer's A Bit Exciting
We haven't really seen much of Resistance 3's story thus far
Yes, we know Capelli will feature as the game's protagonist, and that he's now married, but other than that we've only really seen gameplay slices from Insomniac's upcoming alternate-history first-person shooter. But this latest trailer uploaded by IGN details the back-story to Resistance...
News Reef Entertainment's Making A Rambo Game For PlayStation 3
MCV's running a report that suggest UK-based publisher Reef Entertainment is working on a "triple-A" Rambo game for the PlayStation 3
The game's due out on PlayStation 3 at the end of next year. So yeah, there's that.
News Catherine Sold 200,000 Copies In Its First Week
Bloody nora
When Atlus said it had enjoyed its best launch ever with Catherine, we weren't expecting numbers anywhere near the 200,000 mark. But that's exactly what Catherine pulled off in its first week on sale, which is a resounding success for such an unusual title, and a big "oorah" for folks that are getting a bit bored of Shooty...
Breaking PlayStation Vita Not Launching In US Or Europe Until 2012
Sony Computer Entertainment gaffer Kaz Hirai has just confirmed that PlayStation Vita will not launch until 2012 in the US or Europe
Japan will get the device before the year is out. The news comes via an Associated Press report on MSN Money, which states that the anticipated device "won't be going on sale in the US or Europe in time for...
News Evidence Of David Cage's Next Endeavour Surface
Quantic Dream's working on a title called Infraworld
At least that's the implication of a new trademark filed by SCEE and picked up by video game super-sleuth Superannuation. The trademark was filed by SCEE in the US on May 17th and pertains to the name Infraworld, a project Quantic Dream has long been associated with. The title was believed to be...
News Heads-Up: Resistance 3 Has Gone Gold
After more than three years in development, Insomniac has announced that Resistance 3 has gone gold in time for its early September release
That means copies of the game are being pressed at manufacturing plants around the world as we type. The good news is that Insomniac's work is not done. Community manager James Stevenson noted on the PlayStation...
News EA Details Battlefield 3's Pre-Order Bonuses
EA's announced Battlefield 3's variety of retailer exclusive pre-order bonuses
There's no official word on participating retailers in the US or UK just yet, but expect the usual outlets: Amazon, GAME, GameStop, etc. The goods themselves come in addition to the Back To Karkand expansion pack, which is included with all Limited Editions of the game...
Wednesday3rd Aug 2011
News 30 Glorious Minutes of Resistance 3 Move Analysis
Courtesy of Waggler
Itching for Resistance 3? It's a month away — not long now. Want to see the game's Move controls in action before you can buy the game? Then scroll down, friends. Our friend over at iWaggle3D has put together a Resistance 3 PlayStation Move analysis video showing how the game handles with Move and Navigation in hand, from the...
News WWE All-Stars Gets New Characters In DLC Pack
The game may carry the title All-Stars, but your copy of WWE All-Stars is without all of the stars
At least — right now it is. THQ's just released a new set of characters on the PSN. For $2.99 / £1.99 you'll get an extra three characters added to the game's roster: Big Boss Man, Michael Hayes, and "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry.
News Introducing Abe From Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD
Just Add Water's craftily uploaded a full character render of Abe from Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD, the upcoming high-definition re-release of the XBOX classic
Munch's Oddysee HD is due out on PS3 in October, with a PlayStation Vita version planned. [Thanks TGL]
News Crystal Dynamics: Quick Time Events Not The Core Of Tomb Raider
Lara Lara
Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider E3 demonstration was one of the high-points of the video games convention in June. Packed with stunning camera work and tons of tension, the gameplay slice showed a real white-knuckle ride as Lara desperately tried to escape from a hazardous underground cave. But the demo wasn't faultless, and it did leave...
News Rejoice: 2K Games Makes Borderlands 2 Official
Forget those rumours from yesterday, 2K Games has officially confirmed Borderlands 2 this afternoon
The game's due for release somewhere between April 2012 and March 2013. 2K's keeping a nice wide window open for the time being. The game's featured on the September cover of US games magazine GameInformer, and will be on-hand at this month's...
News PlayStation Vita Clears FCC Testing
Well, at least you guys in the US have something to be pleased about
After this morning's rumours that PlayStation Vita might be delayed in Europe, Engadget's reporting that the device has passed FCC clearance in North America. Engadget explains that this "is widely regarded as the final step before a consumer electronics device is shipped to...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 2nd August 2011
Updates Auditorium HD Sale (PS3) (now $4
99, original price $9.99) Caterpillar Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $2.49, original price $4.99) Gold Fever Minis Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $2.49, original price $4.99) Panda Craze Minis Sale (PS3/PSP) (now 2.49, original price 4.99) Rocks N' Rockets Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $2.49, original price $4.99)...
News Sucker Punch: Sony Purchase Won't Change Daily Operations
Sony may have bought inFamous developer Sucker Punch, but it's unlikely to have much of a change on the daily operations at the studio
Having worked closely with the PlayStation platform holder for over ten years, it's back to business as usual for Sucker Punch now that the deal has been made public. I dont think it will have much of an effect...
News Catherine Breaks Sales Records For Atlus USA
Ever since the first images of Catherine leaked out of Japanese gaming bible Famitsu, there's been an intrigue surrounding the odd-ball puzzle title
It's strange to us that so many people latched onto the game while ignoring other intriguing Japanese titles such as Shadows Of The Damned, but the video game market continues to prove its...
News Grasshopper Goes Dieselpunk With PSN Shmup Sine Mora
We had to look up "dieselpunk" on Wikipedia
Apparently the buzzword represents "a sub-genre of the pop surrealist art movement, as well as a budding subculture, that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through the early 1950s with postmodern technology and sensibilities". Right. To be honest, all you really need to know is...
News Scribble Shooter Launches In PlayStation Home
As PlayStation Home continues to push into a more gaming oriented direction, Sony's announced that it's launching Scribble Shooter this week
Scribble Shooter is a retro sh'mup with hand drawn artwork and tons of unlockable items and rewards. In addition to Scribble Shooter, GAME's launching top-down arcade shooter Savage Cosmos in the Moonbase...
News DICE Is Clearly Not Keen On Annualising Battlefield
Battlefield's series producer, Patrick Bach, has reiterated that the developer has no plans to annualise the Battlefield franchise, citing that treating it like Activision's Call Of Duty would effectively kill the series
The business goals for us are not to release a game every year, Bach revealed in a chat with Gamerzines. If we were to...
News Still Not Played Red Dead Redemption?
Looks like Rockstar might have your back -- a Game Of The Year edition of Red Dead Redemption has popped up on the website of a British ratings board
Often developers stick the ol' Game Of The Year tag onto their popular game in order to get re-release onto store shelves, but in the case of Red Dead Redemption it's totally warranted — we gave the...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: PSN Scheduled Maintenance Kicks Off Again Tomorrow
Sony's announced that the PlayStation Network will be undergoing maintenance starting Thursday 4th August from 16:00PM BST through to 03:00AM BST Friday morning
During which time you'll be unable to access Account Management, the PlayStation Store and PlayStation Home. Online game titles may also be affected, Sony's noted. Those signed into the...
Rumour PlayStation Vita Not Releasing Before 2012 In Europe
It's the news we've all been dreading, especially after we've had so many indications pointing towards a 2011 release, but NowGamer's citing retail sources that state the PlayStation Vita will not launch in Europe before 2011 is out
Only last week we got a retail flier indicating that Vita could launch on October 28th, but we stated at the time that...
Tuesday2nd Aug 2011
News PS Vita Doubles as a PS3 Controller
Watch out Wii U
Naughty Dog already started the Wii U vs PS Vita debate ealier this month, claiming that the handheld system, when paired with the PS3, could deliver an experience similar to the Wii U. Sony too confirmed that games like Ruin allow players to seamlessly switch between PS3 and PS Vita gameplay, much the same way the Wii U tablet can...
News There Are Now About A Billion Batman: Arkham City Pre-Order Bonuses
So we're exaggerating in the headline, but it has seemed like a new pre-order bonus for Batman: Arkham City pops up everyday
Things have gotten so confusing that fan-site Arkham City.co.uk has compiled a small guide detailing where you can get what. All of Batman: Arkham City's pre-order bonuses pertain to original skins for the character, but...
News Rugby World Cup 2011 Gets PS3 Demo On PlayStation Network Tomorrow
Perhaps the bigger story here is that there's a rugby game coming out
Developed by HB Studios and published by 505 Games, Rugby World Cup 2011 is due out at the end of the month. But those eager to learn how the sport of rugby can possibly translate to video games will find a demo on the PlayStation Network tomorrow. The demo features England and...
News And Here's Your Tekken Hybrid Boxart...
Little bit small...
.. Albeit in shoddy low resolution, but you totally get the idea right? Tekken Hybrid is a PlayStation 3 exclusive game plus movie bundle, that features Tekken Tag Tournament HD, CG movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance and a demo for the upcoming Tekken Tag Tournament 2. It does that blue/red gradient thing that virtually every other...
News Sony: PlayStation Vita Can Be Used As A PlayStation 3 Controller
Sony's revealed that the PlayStation Vita can work as a controller for the PlayStation 3, potentially matching the capabilities showcased in Nintendo's new Wii-U system
Sony explained the potential to Eurogamer at last month's Develop conference. "What could you do with all of this?" Sony R&D boffin Phil Rogers questioned a room...
News Katsuhiro Harada Talks Stereoscopic 3D, Tekken Hybrid, Fireballs & PlayStation Vita
The PlayStation Blog's uploaded a jumbo interview with Tekken gaffer Katsuhiro Harada regarding many phases of Tekken's upcoming line-up
The focus of the conversation was on Tekken Hybrid — a PlayStation 3 exclusive package due this holiday with an HD version of Tekken Tag Tournament and CG movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance. But what's Namco done to...
Review Section 8: Prejudice (PlayStation 3)
Section 8: Prejudice is potentially one of the most dense multiplayer experiences available on the PlayStation 3, which is staggering considering its budget price-point
If you're able to ignore the bland art direction and cliche sci-fi setting, there's a lot to get out of this downloadable first-person shooter. Over the past three-or-four years...
News Monochrome Racing Looks Like A Neat Little Top-Down Racer For PlayStation Minis
Regular readers will know that we adore arcade racing games
Unfortunately, there's a real lack of these types of games on PSP. Yes, there's SEGA Rally and Split/Second, but they don't really work as well as on their PlayStation 3 counterparts. Perhaps then, top-down racing is the best way to ensure an accessible arcade driving experience on PSP...
News Sucker Punch Goes First-Party: Sony Acquires inFamous & Sly Cooper Developer
Wow
What a story to wake up to on a dreary (but strangely humid) Tuesday morning. Sony has announced that it's acquired Sly Cooper and inFamous developer Sucker Punch, adding them to the platform holder's enormous roster of first-party developers. Sucker Punch are actually the 16th development house to join Sony's Worldwide Studios, and will develop...
News Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Joins The PlayStation Network
From tomorrow, you'll be able to purchase a copy of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood from the PlayStation Store for a reasonable £23
99. In addition to the game, Ubisoft's releasing a set of ten Brotherhood themed avatars for £0.40 each. Two of the avatars — the harlequin and Ezio images — will be exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers and...
Rumour Borderlands 2 Announcement On The Horizon
Eurogamer's reporting that Borderlands 2 is in development at Gearbox and is due to be announced by 2K Games soon -- presumably at Gamescom
According to Eurogamer's source, the game will launch on PlayStation 3 next year. It's not the first we've heard of Borderlands 2 — the game has been rumoured for months, showing up on developer CVs and in...
News Square Enix Snaps Up True Crime: Hong Kong From Activision
Many of you may remember the furore from when Activision announced it was cancelling True Crime: Hong Kong
The United Front Games developed sandbox title was getting mixed reception in the press, but many noted the game's promise despite its subsequent cancellation. Turns out publisher Square Enix spotted that promise too, as its announced overnight...
News EA Sports Launches Season Ticket Subscription
EA Sports has talked about subscription services for its roster of annual franchises for a while, and today its launched the first stages of that vision -- EA Sports Season Ticket
For an annual fee of $24.99 — the service is not currently available in Europe on PS3 — EA Season Ticket will allow you to get early access to EA Sports titles,...
News Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time Trailer Introduces The Villainous El Jefe
Hot off the heels of a showcase at last week's Comic-Con, Sony's released a new cinematic from the upcoming Sanzaru developed Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time
The footage looks suitably Sly Cooper-esque, and the tongue-in-cheek humour is definitely still in tact. Exciting stuff, indeed.
News Hysteria Project 2 Stumbles Its Way To PlayStation Minis
The original Hysteria Project was a flawed product, but there was merit in its ideas
So we're excited to see if its sequel can fair any better. For those that don't know, Hysteria Project is essentially an FMV horror game where you need to make choices and react to the environment in order to stay alive. Definitely a cool concept. Hysteria Project...
Monday1st Aug 2011
News Naked Terror in PS3-Only House of the Dead: Overkill Stage
Aiiieeeeee!
House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut isn't just a polished-up Move version of the Wii original — it's got brand new content too, with SEGA showing off the first of two brand new stages in the upcoming gore 'em up. Naked Terror puts you inside a strip club full of zombies, gives you a gun and lets you work the rest out for...
News PS Vita UK Release Date and Price Listed by GameStop
Pound for pound
Back in June, Sony announced a PS Vita release date and price for both North America and Europe, marking the device at $249/€249 for the Wi-Fi model and $299/€299 for 3G. But the release date was left open, merely stating a global 2011 launch for the device, and never mentioning a United Kingdom price. Now GameStop UK has set up...
Talking Point Does PlayStation Vita Have Nintendo Worried?
The portable gaming war is about to heat up
Very seldom do you see a company like Nintendo drop the price of its brand new console by $80 less than 6 months after release, but with sales of the system lagging over the past few months Nintendo's taken the drastic measure. On 27th July, Nintendo announced that 3DS will drop to $169.99 in North...
News Canned PS3 Exclusive Eight Days Was 'Jaw Dropping'
Early into the PlayStation 3's life, one of Studio London's in-development titles, Eight Days, looked like a life-line for the addled system
The game — which depicted a sensational desert shoot-out in its opening trailer — was cancelled in 2008. But developers that worked on the game have told Eurogamer that what was in development was "jaw...
News EA Announces Battlefield 3 Novel By Andy McNab
Ex-SAS operator turned author, Andy McNab, will pen an original Battlefield 3 novel to tie in with the game's release this October
The book, subtitled The Russian, will focus on a character named Dima, one of two characters featured in the game's single-player campaign. McNab's working alongside Peter Grimsdale on the novel. [Thanks VG247]
News Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition To Get Free Balance Patch
Don't worry, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Version 2012 is not a new game
It's a patch that rebalances existing copies of Arcade Edition. And it's free. During a panel at this weekend's fighting game tournament, Evo, Street Fighter gaffer Yoshinori Ono said that the update would be location tested at major Japanese cities towards the end of...
News YES! Warner Bros Confirms Western Release Of Lollipop Chainsaw In 2012
Grasshopper Manufacture's bonkers looking zombie slasher, Lollipop Chainsaw, will be published in Europe and North America by Warner Bros next year, the company has announced
The pop-music inspired slasher will feature Suda 51's outrageous design and Akira Yamaoka's audio skills. There's now an official website for the game through here. Our...
News Ubisoft Get Complex With Driver: San Francisco's Multiplayer Options
We understood the first sixty seconds of this Driver: San Francisco multiplayer blow-out
Then Ubisoft just kept dropping more and more details. Persistent unlocks, shift attacks, swaps, base defending, old-school split-screen, argh! One thing's for sure, there's going to be a lot to this game's multiplayer. We just hope Ubisoft's able to convey it...
News UK Sales Charts: You Guessed It
To be fair -- not much else launched in the UK last week to challenge Zumba Fitness' unbeatable reign
There was movement elsewhere however. Cars 2 climbed into second, while Call Of Juarez: The Cartel sticked to the top three. Elsewhere there's really not much else to say: regular favourites DiRT 3, FIFA 11 and Call Of Duty: Black Ops all charted...
News SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida To Keynote At TGS
This year's Tokyo Game Show will host keynote speeches from SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, in addition to Square Enix's CEO Yoichi Wada
Wada's keynote will focus on the "Essence Of Game Industry Revolution", while Yoshida will introduce the PlayStation Vita. Yoshida's speech in particular promises to shed more light on the...
Rumour TimeSplitters 4 To Return Soon
A rumour in the latest Official PlayStation Magazine hints that the TimeSplitters franchise may be on the verge of making a come-back
The magazine notes, "Gun-wielding monkeys are finally making a comeback! A fourth TimeSplitters title is to be announced soon." Crytek UK — the studio behind the TimeSplitters titles — has previously...
News Latest Supremacy MMA Trailer Throws Some Heavy Punches
505 Games has released a new trailer attempting to prove why its upcoming Supremacy MMA is the "dirtiest MMA game yet"
We think the subtle use of classical music adds to the effect. The visuals aren't great, but the game certainly looks gnarly.</em>
News Sony Confirms Emulated International PSone Classics For Europe
Visit the European PlayStation Blog at any point in the week and you'll no doubt spot a large number of people moaning in the comments
Often these complaints stem from the lack of quality PSone re-releases on the PlayStation Store. SCEE's been pretty open about the challenges of bringing some of this content over in recent months, and so today its...
News Looks Like Kuma's Confirmed For Street Fighter X Tekken
If you don't like Kuma -- Tekken's resident bear character -- then we don't want to be associated with you
Seriously. How can you not like Kuma? The dude's a bear for goodness sake. A bear. Anyway, it looks like the character's set to show up in Street Fighter X Tekken. This is good news for sane people that adore Kuma. There are more teaser...
