News Final Fantasy X HD, FFXIII-2 Confirmed for PS Vita
Get your Blitzball on!
News Sony Exhibits PS Vita Game Cartridge and Case
Keeping media physical
News PS Vita Gets Tales of Innocence R
Mystery "Tales of" title revealed
News Move Controllers 50% Off, Games for $9.99
GameStop offers deal "while supplies last"
News - 2011, Week 37
Sunday18th Sep 2011
News TGS 11: New Suikoden Coming To PlayStation Portable
Konami's closed out the Tokyo Game Show with the announcement of a new Suikoden title for the PlayStation Portable
Named Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki, the game's yet to be fleshed out with too many details but there is at least a trailer after the jump. Release date and pricing are still to be announced. Catch the trailer after the...
News Keiji Inafune On Working With Grin And The Failings Of Bionic Commando
"Things got really messed up between the two companies," Keiji Inafune explained about the relationship between Capcom and Grin
Inafune was discussing the troubled development of the Swedish companies (not that) terrible Bionic Commando reboot for PS3 — a game that eventually helped shutter the company entirely. The game wasn't helped by its...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita The Top Attraction At Tokyo Game Show
Unfortunately we weren't at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but chatting to the people that were indicates an exciting amount of anticipation for Sony's new handheld system
Lines for titles such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss were multiple hours long according to reports from various parts of the media, and that's just one game in Sony's huge showing...
News TGS 11: Why Is Korn In The Trailer For Silent Hill: Downpour?
You know what? Silent Hill: Downpour actually looks pretty good
Sure, we doubt it will ever live up to the heights of the series, but then we don't expect it to. The original couple of Silent Hill games were extraordinary, so it's no surprise. What we don't understand is why Konami is doing its very best to give fans a bad impression. This TGS...
News No, There Won't Be A Ridiculous Prestige Package For Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Infinity Ward creative strategist, Robert Bowling, has confirmed on Twitter that there won't be an over-the-top Prestige Edition released for Modern Warfare 3
The game will instead settle for a $99.99 Hardened Edition, priced some $20 steeper than previous versions. The Hardened Edition includes a 12-month subscription to Call Of Duty: Elite, so...
Saturday17th Sep 2011
Review Resistance 3 (PlayStation 3)
How far would you go to save your family?
It’s been four long years since the dramatic events of Resistance 2 came to a close, and the war is over. Chimeran terraformers hover in the skies, transforming Earth into an icy wasteland reminiscent of the alien invaders' home world. Like enslaved prisoners, the few remaining survivors have taken refuge...
News Sony Exhibits PS Vita Game Cartridge and Case
Keeping media physical
Sony has some all-new PS Vita cases and cartridges on display at Tokyo Game Show this week, giving us a closer look at the plastic shells that will be adorning our shelves. Sony is going with blue semi-transparent plastic for the case, much like those found on your everyday Blu-Ray movie. The cartridges themselves are small,...
News Move Bites inFAMOUS 2 and inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood
Double dose
Move owners will be able to get a double helping of motion-controlled Cole in the coming months, as Sony has confirmed that the already-released inFAMOUS 2 and upcoming standalone game inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood will both include PlayStation Move support. The vampire-themed Festival of Blood takes place in a single night and doesn't...
News External Battery Extends Vita's 3-5 Hour Life
Battery add-on enables 9-15 hour lifespan
PS Vita lasts about 3-5 hours on its own, but the optional external battery peripheral just announced by Sony will give perpetually unplugged consumers the opportunity to buy themselves some more time. The company released info on the device on Sony's Japanese site. PS Vita runs 3-5 hours only if players...
News The PixelJunk Series Will Make You Move
Get the party started
Q-Games' fantastic PixelJunk series has played a major role in bringing PSN to life. Titles like PixelJunk Monsters and PixelJunk Shooter are instantly familiar to most PS3 gamers: not only do they boast superb gameplay quality, but with each new title they somehow manage to also bring an addictive gameplay style that entirely...
News Katamari Damacy Expands to PS Vita
This ball gets around
The Prince's giant, ever-growing ball of indiscriminate junk adds one more handheld to the heap as Namco Bandai announce Katamari Damacy for PS Vita. The game utilises the Vita's touch screen to direct the ball about the world, while the rear touch pad enables the player to pull at the ball's dimensions to squeeze through tight...
News TGS 11: Catch A Glimpse Of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 On PlayStation Vita After The Jump
There's some footage of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 on PlayStation Vita after the jump
But we didn't pay too much attention to the game. Make no mistake, it looks great — comparable to the home system version — but look at the hardware. It's so sleek, sexy and expensive. We want it now — we need it now. Japan gets the system December 17th.
News TGS 11: Wide Area Augmented Reality On PlayStation Vita Looks Nuts
During this week's Tokyo Game Show, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida held a keynote to demonstrate some of the PlayStation Vita's features
One of those features was augmented reality. Vita will provide augmented reality in three different ways: without a marker, with a marker and with multiple markers. It's the latter of these...
News TGS 11: What Is Lord Of Apocalypse?
Square Enix has released the first assets for its upcoming PlayStation Vita RPG, Lord Of Apocalypse
From what we can tell the title's pretty standard fare. But then we can't read Japanese. Perhaps it's about a cybernetic race of mutated kittens instead. We just don't know.
News TGS 11: Shuhei Yoshida Confirms PlayStation Vita Is Region Free
While we've known that the PlayStation is probably region-free for some time, we've yet to get an official confirmation of kind
Until today anyway, when SCE Worldwide Studios gaffer Shuhei Yoshida has taken to Twitter to confirm the platform's region free status. Quizzed on Twitter about the feature, Yoshida simply responded, "Yes it is"...
News TGS 11: Uncharted: Golden Abyss Blows Minds In Just Over Ten Minutes
Sony's released footage of its entire Uncharted: Golden Abyss TGS demonstration
Needless to say the game looks absolutely cream-crackers. Miserable critics will probably be able to find ways to put the portable title down — the lighting is certainly a bit softer than in the PS3 versions of Uncharted — but otherwise we'd argue that Golden Abyss...
News Grand Theft Auto IV Sales Surpass 22 Million Shipped
Grand Theft Auto IV is still selling
Rockstar's brilliant open-world crime adventure has now shipped 22 million units since its release in 2008. The PS3 title has surpassed the sales for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, with the franchise reaching a total of 114 million units shipped since 1997. Rockstar's also announced that Red Dead Redemption has...
News Eufloria Grows Onto PlayStation Network From October 4th
Sony's announced that the latest title in its Pub Fund initiative is preparing for its latest PlayStation Network release, Eufloria, on October 4th
The ethereal strategy game promises to satisfy "both ends of the art game/strategy game spectrum". We'll let developer Omni Systems do the explaining: "Eufloria PSN isnt really like...
Friday16th Sep 2011
News New Ninja Gaiden III Trailer Deals Consequences
Pierce deeper within the man behind the mask
Team Ninja is definitely taking a new route with Ninja Gaiden III, and not only by implementing PlayStation Move controls. It seems that the new entry will take a deeper look into the series lead ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, starting with its chilling new trailer. Back when Tecmo Koei first announced the game,...
News Max and the Magic Marker Moves to PSN
A delightful doodler
The indie title Max and the Magic Marker has generally received high marks all-around on the Wii, DS and PC: our sister site Nintendo Life reviewed the WiiWare version of the game at an above average score of 8 out of 10. This colourful physics-based platformer allows you to draw objects with the pointer controls, or "magic...
News Timbers Get Shivered in Captain Morgane PS3 Trailer
Buckles swashed too
Point-and-click adventure Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle just got a European date: it'll reach PlayStation 3 shores on Friday 4th November, three weeks before it launches on other consoles. The Move-enabled game is a spin-off of the popular So Blonde series and is written by Steve Ince, renowned for his work on classic...
News TGS 11: BlazBlue's Noel Vermillion Pops Up In PlayStation Vita Visualiser
Here's a quirky one for you to ponder over your lunch
Arc System Works has announced a music visualiser for the PlayStation Vita. Available as a free download, the application promises to infuse rhythm action with traditional visualisation. The app even includes BlazBlue cover star — Noel Vermillion. [Thanks Andriasang]
News Japanese Icon Tomonobu Itagaki To Be Playable In Saints Row: The Third
Haha
This is brilliant. Legendary video game designer Tomonobu Itagaki has been confirmed as a playable character in bonkers open-world title Saints Row: The Third. According to GameSpot the character will be a pre-set character in the game's character customisation mode. The connection — while bizarre — makes sense when you consider that...
News Just Dance, Errr, Kids Comes To PlayStation Move
Lady GaGa? Katy Perry? Pssht
They're too trendy for children. Just Dance Kids — announced for PlayStation Move — is all about "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and "The Hokey Pokey". You know, those songs that make you want to kill yourself at kid's parties. The game's out November 4th, and includes a number of nifty features...
News TGS 11: Street Fighter X Tekken To Share DLC Across PlayStation Vita, PS3
Capcom doesn't always get DLC right
Overpriced costumes and on-disc content are just some of the controversies in the publisher's recent history. But it's doing right by Street Fighter X Tekken, announcing that any DLC purchased across the game's home console and portable SKUs will be cross compatible. "With the PS3 and the Vita, yes, they're...
News inFamous 2: Festival Of Blood Out From October 25th
Prepare for Hallowe'en in style this year, by watching inFamous protagonist Cole McGrath do his very best Twilight impression in inFamous 2: Festival Of Blood
The standalone downloadable title is due out October 25th in North America and October 26th in Europe. It'll cost you $14.99. Festival Of Blood sees Cole McGrath bitten by a vampire, and left...
News TGS 11: Sony Releases Brand New Gravity Daze Footage
Nothing annoys us more than regional name discrepancies
But Gravity Daze or Gravity Rush — it's all the same to us. Team Siren's debut PlayStation Vita platformer thing looks incredible. Don't believe us? Catch the latest trailer after the jump.
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita To Get External Battery Add-On
Disappointed with the PlayStation Vita's 3-5 hour battery cap? Sony has revealed an optional external battery add-on, that could extend the Vita's life to anywhere from 9 to 15 hours
The battery has a capacity of 5000mAh, which when added to the 2200mAh already included on board with the Vita should provide enough juice to keep the system powered...
News TGS 11: Yakuza: Black Panther 2 Gets Full Story Trailer
Yakuza: Black Panther 2 for PSP is getting its playable debut at the Tokyo Game Show this week
And to celebrate SEGA's released a full four minute trailer for the part-adventure-part-brawler action title. Catch the new footage after the jump.
News TGS 11: Ni No Kuni To Jump Stateside Early Next Year
Level 5's confirmed that its cutesy tag-team with Studio Ghibli, Ni No Kuni, is set to get a North American release early next year
The studio wouldn't give a more specific time-frame, but did confirm that production on the English language version was already well under way. Level 5 added that there's additional content coming to the PS3 version of...
News TGS 11: Gundam Extreme VS Trailered For PlayStation 3
Namco Bandai has released the first trailer for its long awaited conversion of Gundam Extreme VS for PlayStation 3 today
The trailer hones in on some of the game's new features, such as Extreme Burst, Trial Mission Mode and Online Battle. Catch it, as always, after the break. [Thanks Andriasang]
News TGS 11: Namco Teases Ridge Racer Vita
Namco's maintaining a tradition by getting a new Ridge Racer title ready in time for the PlayStation Vita's launch
The problem is, the publisher doesn't have much time left — and we're still yet to really see anything of its new racer. Fair enough there's a teaser trailer after the jump but we'd have expected a good few minutes of gameplay footage...
News TGS 11: Namco Releases Prologue For Dark Souls
Is the masochist inside of you still burning strongly? Thought it might be
Then you're probably excited for Dark Souls right? Catch the prologue after the jump.
News TGS 11: Katamari Damacy Rolls Onto PlayStation Vita
Katamari Damacy was once a truly original delight
It's been overplayed since, but even though the concept's not so quirky anymore, the series feels like a natural fit for PlayStation Vita. Namco Bandai was keen to share the news about the Vita version of the title on the PlayStation Blog, where the system's rear touch-pad will be used to squeeze and...
News Mortal Kombat Sells 3 Million Units Worldwide
Warner Bros has trumpeted the sales figures for Mortal Kombat this evening, confirming that the well received remake has sold 3 million units worldwide
The publisher claims it's the highest selling brawler of the year. NetherRealm Studios delivered a high quality game which has exceeded our sales goals. Wed like to thank our entire team and all...
News TGS 11: Wipeout 2048 Trailer Outlines Features, Gets Us Hot Under The Collar
Oh Wipeout, how we love thee so
Take Wipeout 2048 on PlayStation Vita — not content with being a crazy collection of high octane racing, it also boasts AR rewards, Near support, cross-platform play and a new online campaign. If only all franchise's were as good as thee.
News We'd Buy Daytona USA All Over Again
Looks like SEGA's preparing to revisit another of its classic franchises
A listing for a new version of Daytona USA has popped up on the website of an Australian Classifications Board. Daytona USA previously popped up on SEGA Saturn and Dreamcast. If we had to bet, we'd guess this rating is part of SEGA's downloadable Dreamcast catalogue, which has...
News Resident Evil 4 To Be Bargain Price For PlayStation Plus Subscribers
Now you have no excuse
Resident Evil 4 is one of the best games of all time. And with the downloadable HD remake getting a 50% discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers — making the classic a ridiculously cheap £7.99 / $9.99 — we'll literally demand legitimate excuses if you pass up on an offer this good. Sony's even going throw in a set of...
News TGS 11: SCEJ Gaffer Not Concerned About 3DS Nor Smartphones
SCEJ president Hiroshi Kawano has told Reuters that he doesn't believe the Nintendo 3DS nor burgeoning gaming compatible smartphones are a threat to the PlayStation Vita
Kawano considers that the devices are different. Kawano believes that the Nintendo 3DS has a different look, target audience and price-point. All true. Moreover Kawano believes that...
News TGS 11: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Launching November 23rd In Japan
Konami's confirmed that the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection will infiltrate its way onto Japanese store shelves on November 23rd
The news emerged from Konami's stage show event earlier this evening. Konami also revealed that the PlayStation 3 version of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection will include a download voucher for the original Metal Gear...
Thursday15th Sep 2011
News Sony: Ask Capcom About Monster Hunter 4 On PS Vita
The shock announcement of Monster Hunter 4 as a 3DS title took the wind out of many sails this week
Capcom's curiously popular franchise transformed the PlayStation Portable into the system to beat in Japan — and while Capcom has frequently maintained the series multiplatform status, many expected the next Monster Hunter to be announced for...
Feature Competition: Win El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron on PlayStation 3!
To celebrate the European release of El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron, we've got five copies of Ignition's Biblical action game to give-away
Oooh, exciting. El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron is a third-person action game with platforming elements. The game is defined by it's imaginitive art-style, and follows the narrative of Enoch — a...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Suite SDK To Launch In November
Sony's been curiously quiet about PlayStation Suite since the PlayStation Vita's announcement, but at a keynote overnight the company announced plans to release a new PlayStation SDK (software development kit) -- allowing developers to create PlayStation Vita compatible Android games
Sony Japan's Kissei Matsumoto briefly demonstrated the system,...
News Updated PlayStation Network Terms And Conditions Protect Against Class Action Lawsuits
Sony's updated the PlayStation Network's Terms & Conditions to protect itself from class action lawsuits similar to those that emerged earlier in the year after the PlayStation Network outage
A new section in the terms — discovered by Eurogamer — includes a "Class Action Waiver", which in non-lawyer language means that no class...
News Codemasters Releases Debut F1 2011 Trailer For PlayStation Vita
Codemasters has released the first trailer for F1 2011 running on PlayStation Vita
It's pretty much what you'd expect — showing F1 cars racing around a track from first-person. The trailer is keen on pointing out that the game's a work in progress, and it certainly shows. The game, honestly, looks a bit disappointing in the visual department. But...
News TGS 11: Torne Application For PlayStation Vita Allows For Remote TV Recording, Viewing
Sony's Japanese-only Torne TV hardware product is coming to PlayStation Vita in application form
Shuhei Yoshida demonstrated the tool during a keynote overnight, showing how the Vita can be used to navigate TV listings, remotely set-up recordings, and stream television. Yoshida didn't set a date, but implied the application would launch alongside...
News TGS 11: Sony Promises To Revolutionise Augmented Reality With PlayStation Vita
No Nintendo fans, augmented reality is not a new concept invented by your favourite company
Sony has been experimenting with augmented reality in games for years — so it's really no surprise to see Sony double down on the technology for PlayStation Vita. During its Tokyo Game Show keynote, Sony confirmed that PlayStation Vita will not need a...
News TGS 11: Sony Steps Up Remote Play With PlayStation Vita
Remote Play has, for a long time, been untapped potential
The ability to play PlayStation 3 games via your PSP was a brilliant one, but so little software took advantage of the feature that it quickly became worthless. With PlayStation Vita, Sony's planning on stepping up its Remote Play functionality. Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida...
News Dead Island DLC Delays Possible As Techland Focuses On Bugs
Deep Silver's warned that delays to Dead Island's DLC are a possibility as developer Techland focuses on quashing the game's well documented bugs
Chatting with Kotaku, a Deep Silver representative stated that the developer is working on fixes "across all platforms so that we can take care of all of the fans who have been so supportive of our...
News Sonic Generations Teases Mega Drive Era
Sonic Generations features stages from three different eras of Sonic: Mega Drive (not Genesis), Dreamcast and Modern
In order to build hype ahead of the game's November release date, SEGA's released a new trailer showcasing Generations' Mega Drive stages — Green Hill, Chemical Plant, and Sky Sanctuary. The nostalgia is almost painful. Catch the...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita Box Art Looks Like This
Kotaku's sneakily got its eyes on one of PlayStation Vita's boxes -- which is always one of the most exciting things about a new platform launch
Wrapped in a shocking blue colour — that Vita appears to have adopted as its branding style — and similar in layout to the current PS3 boxes, these should fit comfortably next to your current collection...
News TGS 11: Lumines Returns To PlayStation Vita
One of the standout releases in the PlayStation Portable's original catalogue was Lumines
A brand new puzzler — heralded as one of the best since Tetris — Lumines combined fantastic music with a quirky, but addictive, mechanic. And now the series is back to redefine the PlayStation Vita. Originally announced at GamesCom and blown out at the...
News TGS 11: Capcom Goes Big With New DmC Trailer
Controversial as it may be, Capcom's pushing on with its Ninja Theory developed Devil May Cry title
The publisher has released a new trailer of the title as part of this week's Tokyo Game Show. You can catch it after the jump. (We still think it looks rad).
News TGS 11: Michael Jackson: The Experience Revealed For PlayStation Vita
We wished Michael Jackson: The Experience on PlayStation Vita was a spiritual successor to Moonwalker on Mega Drive
Alas, we'll have to make do with another rhythm action game. There's a trailer after the jump.</em>
News TGS 11: Final Fantasy XIII-2 Gets Dated, Special PlayStation 3 Hardware Bundle
Square Enix has confirmed that it will release Final Fantasy XIII-2 days before the PlayStation Vita in Japan -- on December 15th
And adding to what should be an enormous week for PlayStation hardware, the company also confirmed that it is partnering with Sony to release a new 320GB PS3 hardware bundle in black and pink. The package will run you...
News TGS 11: Localised Yakuza: Of The End Would Have Tweaked Controls
Yakuza: Of The End is actually a really fun game
Criticised for its archaic controls by a cautious Western audience, we actually rather enjoy the mindless nature of the Japanese franchise's zombie spin-off. But Yakuza 3's director, Daisuke Sato, has said that the game's controls would be tweaked if the game were to get a European or North American...
News Just Add Water Lifts The Lid On Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD For PlayStation 3
Just Add Water's taken to the PlayStation Blog to finally reveal the first trailer for its hotly anticipated Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD remake
Just Add Water's been working with Oddworld Inhabitants on the title for some time — with HD versions of Much's Oddysee and Abe's Odysee also on the horizon. Stranger's Wrath it due out on PS3 this Fall...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita Demoed As PlayStation 3 Controller
When Sony said that PlayStation Vita could work as a PlayStation 3 controller, we figured it was a reactionary comment to the announcement of the Wii U
We certainly didn't think the platform holder would get the technology up and running so promptly. But it seems the technicians in the Sony labs have been hard at work, concocting a demo with...
News TGS 11: Final Fantasy Type-0 Reminds Us It Exists
Tokyo Game Show might be all about PlayStation Vita this year, but there's still a little room for Final Fantasy Type-0 -- Square Enix's PlayStation Portable swan-song
Catch the trailer after the jump.
News Dead Island Ships One Million Copies In North America
Dead Island publisher Deep Silver announced that it's shipped one million copies of its open-world survival horror RPG in the US -- in just one week
Moreover, the publisher expects to have shipped two million copies worldwide by the end of this week. "The critical 'first week' of game sales has been an enormous sales success for Deep...
News TGS 11: Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer Released By Square Enix
It wouldn't be Tokyo Game Show without Final Fantasy, so it's no surprise to see a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2 released this afternoon by Square Enix
The trailer accompanies a batch of formal release dates announced by the publisher earlier today. Catch the trailer after the jump. [Thanks Game News]
Wednesday14th Sep 2011
News Final Fantasy X HD, FFXIII-2 Confirmed for PS Vita
Get your Blitzball on!
Square Enix’s Shinji Hashimoto has confirmed that an HD remake of Final Fantasy X will release on PS Vita to mark the game's 10th anniversary. It will also release on PS3. Square also confirmed another Final Fantasy game for the handheld, but it is not the Final Fantasy XI Online HD remake the company was rumoured to be...
News PS Vita Gets Tales of Innocence R
Mystery "Tales of" title revealed
Namco Bandai teased us earlier this month with the promise of a PS Vita Tales of game, and is making good on the gesture by officially unveiling Tales of Innocence R for PS Vita. The "R" in the title may as well stand for "re-imagining," as the game will be a complete revamp of the original DS...
News Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Confirmed for Vita, New Screens
Ghost Rider in your pocket
The PS Vita is turning out to be quite the home for fighting games. On top of BlazBlue and Street Fighter X Tekken making their way to the system, Capcom has also confirmed that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be crossing over to PS Vita as well. This latest edition of the game adds 12 new characters to the mix,...
News TGS 11: God Eater 2 Confirmed... For PlayStation Portable
With that gaping Monster Hunter shaped hole still stinging in the PlayStation Vita's line-up, God Eater 2's announcement isn't quite the consolation we'd all hoped for
The title's been confirmed for PlayStation Portable, and is set to take place three years after the events in the original game. There'll be new weapons, new creatures and more. But...
News Kojima's New IP, Metal Gear and Zone of Enders HD Collections Hit PS Vita
Fox Engine goes portable
Hideo Kojima took the stage during Sony's Tokyo Game Show press conference with news that two of his most beloved franchises will be headed to PS Vita in the form of HD collections. Kojima also confirmed that his new PS3 Fox Engine game will utilize transfarring, meaning it will also be available on PS Vita. The Zone of...
News PS Vita Launches December 17 in Japan
Who's importing?
Sony pushed back the Western PS Vita release date to 2012, but lucky gamers in Japan will be able to get their mitts on Sony's brand new handheld by year's end, as the system officially launches on December 17th in the region. Sony unveiled the official launch date during their press conference at the Tokyo Game Show. There's much...
News TGS 11: Sony Announces Scarlet Red And Splash Blue PS3 Systems For November
Sony's announced a couple of new PlayStation 3 colour variations for the Japanese audience
Both the Scarlet Red and Splash Blue systems are due to release on November 17th for ¥29,800, with 320GB hard-drives included.
News TGS 11: Ninja Gaiden 3 Brings The Melodrama
It wouldn't be Ninja Gaiden without a bit of melodrama, and that's exactly what Tecmo Koei's brought to the fray with its TGS trailer for the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3
The footage focuses on sweeping shots and forced melodrama, but it gets the job done. Catch it after the jump.
A triple-header of GoldenEye 007: Reloaded news this evening
Activision's announced that the title will launch on November 1st in North America. The game will be promoted under a brand new 'Double 0' package Sony's cooked up, featuring a copy of the game, a PlayStation Move and Navigation controller combo, PlayStation Eye camera and SharpShooter...
News Mediatonic Returns To PlayStation Minis With 1,000 Tiny Claws
Mediatonic -- the developer of some of the best PlayStation Minis to date -- has announced it's making a long awaited return to the platform with 1,000 Tiny Claws
The Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess and Who's That Flying?! developer has a fantastic pedigree, and it sounds like 1,000 Tiny Claws is going to maintain the studio's comittment to...
News TGS 11: Toro & Kuro Join Street Fighter X Tekken
If you though Street Fighter X Tekken was already pushing it with the inclusion of inFamous 2's Cole McGrath, Sony's has announced the inclusion of another of its mascots -- Toro (aka the Sony Cat) will enter the fray as a playable character, in addition to his neighbour, Kuro
Best news of TGS? We think so. [Thanks Joystiq]
News TGS 11: We Think We're Falling In Love With Street Fighter X Tekken
Just a screenshot to confirm the inclusion of Toro the Sony Cat in Street Fighter X Tekken
Game of the forever? We think so.</em> [Thanks Andriasang]
News That GoldenEye 007: Reloaded 'Double 0 Edition' Looks Like This
Those of you wanting to get your hands on a full set of PlayStation Move kit alongside Activision and Eurocom's upcoming GoldenEye 007: Reloaded will need to get your hands on the 'Double 0 Edition'
Detailed earlier this afternoon, Activision also announced a couple of bits of exclusive content for the PS3 title.</em>
Feature Tokyo Game Show 2011: The PlayStation Headlines So Far
The Tokyo Game Show is go, with Sony already holding its big coming out party
The general consensus from the video game community was one of disappointment — while Sony's been announcing PlayStation Vita titles left right and centre for the past couple of months, the lack of any real megatons was a real blow. Many were expecting Monster Hunter,...
News TGS 11: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Confirmed For PlayStation Vita's Launch
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will launch alongside PlayStation Vita's December 17th Japanese launch date, Capcom has confirmed
The title — which was previously only confirmed for PlayStation 3 — will include all of the content from its parent home system version, in addition to online play at a silky smooth 60 frames-per-second. The game will...
Hideo Kojima has confirmed that both the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and Zone Of The Enders HD Collection will launch on the PlayStation Vita next year
Kojima also confirmed that he's working on a brand new, original title for both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. "It will take a while" for us to learn more about the title though,...
News TGS 11: Square Enix Reveals Two New IPs For PlayStation Vita
The video game industry might be reeling over what blockbuster franchises the PlayStation Vita does (and does not) have right now, but new IP is always important around the launch of any new system
In addition to its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita re-release of Final Fantasy X, Square Enix also confirmed it has two new titles in development for...
News TGS 11: Team Ninja Unveils Dead Or Alive 5 For PlayStation 3
Remember Dead Or Alive? It's the fighting series that's never quite had the profile of Street Fighter, in spite of its curvy cast
Regardless of status, Tecmo Koei's eyeing a comeback for the series — having announced Dead Or Alive 5 as part of its Tokyo Game Show press conference. The game's coming to PlayStation 3 in 2012. It marks the first time...
News TGS 11: Yup, Dead Or Alive's Back Alright
In addition to the trailer for the newly announced Dead Or Alive 5, Team Ninja's also released a piece of promotional concept art
And you were wondering where all the hot girls had got to, huh?</em>
News TGS 11: What Else Is In Development For PlayStation Vita?
Sony has dropped an enormous list of "in-development" titles for PlayStation Vita
The list of 74-strong titles compliments the system's 26 launch titles we detailed earlier this morning. Sony anticipates that 100 titles will have launched for the PlayStation Vita come March 2012, but that seems like a stretched promise given that a number of titles...
News TGS 11: Q-Games' Awesome PlayStation Move Music Tool Now Known As PixelJunk 4am
Q-Games and Baiyon's impressive looking/sounding motion controlled music sequencer will be known as PixelJunk 4am when it launches
The game was originally announced as PixelJunk Lifelike. The game — which is hard to explain — allows you to use the PlayStation Move controller to manipulate music in 3D space. In essence: it's a niche but...
News TGS 11: Here's Your First Look At Ridge Racer On PlayStation Vita
Namco Bandai's released the first screenshot of Ridge Racer on PlayStation Vita
The game will be released in time for the system's launch, maintaining an age-old PlayStation tradition. The game promises a new visual style in addition to online multiplayer. The screenshot looks a bit rough, but we're looking forward to seeing the game in motion...
News TGS 11: Cave Bringing Content To PlayStation Vita
Legendary cult developer Cave has announced two new titles for the PlayStation Vita as part of this week's TGS
Its first title will be a traditional shooter, drawing on the company's bread-and-butter. Despite not having a name, Cave has confirmed that the title will take advantage of the Vita's various touch inputs. Cave didn't share many details...
News Worldwide PlayStation 3 Sales Hit 51.8 Million Units, PSP At 71.4 Million
Sony's updated its sell-through numbers for both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable
The platform holder has confirmed that the PlayStation 3 now has an install base of 51.8 million units worldwide, while the PSP has an impressive 71.4 million. Sony revealed the numbers during its Tokyo Game Show press event this morning, which saw...
Rumour Resident Evil 6 To Debut During Tokyo Game Show
Following on from previous rumours, EGM has hinted that Capcom might be preparing to announce Resident Evil 6 at TGS this week
Chatting with an anonymous source, the site's shadowy associate revealed that the series will go "back to its roots" with a revamp, with the main priority defining what made Resident Evil so great to begin...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita Launches December 17th In Japan
The consensus is that Sony had a terrible press conference in Japan overnight, but at least it's finally attached a release date to its (still) heavily anticipated piece of portable hardware
The PlayStation Vita will launch on December 17th domestically. Sony reiterated that the Wi-Fi version of the device will retail for ¥24,980, while the 3G...
News TGS 11: Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy X HD For PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3
Square Enix has announced an HD re-release of Final Fantasy X HD is coming to the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3
The game is being developed in order to celebrate the original release of the game nearly a decade ago on PlayStation 2 (the game launched in 2002 in North America). Very few details about the title were shared, other than that the...
News TGS 11: Sony Reveals Full Suite Of PlayStation Vita Accessories
The PlayStation Vita will not launch with a memory stick
If you want to download (or even save) games, you'll need to buy some extra storage. It's the most disappointing PlayStation Vita announcement thus far — even an included 1GB card would have been welcome. Memory sticks will range from 4GB to 32GB iterations, costing from ¥2,200 ($28)...
News TGS 11: Namco Bandai Confirms Tales Of Innocence R For PlayStation Vita
As previously anticipated, Namco Bandai has confirmed Tales Of Innocence R for the PlayStation Vita
The title's (presumably) a sequel to Nintendo DS Tales Of Innocence title, promising full support for PlayStation Vita's multitude of input options. The game's not due out until 2012, but will be playable on Sony's booth during this weekend's Tokyo...
News Codemasters Shuts Down Bodycount Developer, Focuses On Racing Games
Codemasters has announced its closing down its Guildford studio, the team responsible for Bodycount
The closure will affect 66 employees, who were informed today the news. "As we look to take greater leadership in the racing category, Codemasters is proposing a studio structure that adds resource and strengthens our best-in-class racing...
News TGS 11: Enormous PlayStation Vita Japanese Launch Line-Up Revealed
A whopping 26 titles will make up PlayStation Vita's launch line-up when it releases December 17th in Japan
That's a lot of content. Titles include: Ridge Racer, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Hot Shots Golf Next and (obviously) lots, lots more. Sony's announced that a number of the launch titles will be download only. That includes: Little Deviants,...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita's Battery Life To Last 3-5 Hours
Battery life was always going to be a concern for a device as powerful as the PlayStation Vita, and it looks like Sony's just about managed to deliver on its promise of a similar running time to the PSP
In an updated technical fact-sheet, the company has confirmed that Vita will give you 3-5 hours of gameplay at full pelt. That will extend to five...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 14th September 2011
PlayStation Plus Additions Renegade Ops - 20% off as part of PLAY (until 21st September) From Dust 20% off (one week only) Alpha Mission (SNK minis) 20% off Playable Content Renegade Ops (£9
99/12.99) From Dust (£11.99/14.99) Bulletstorm (£23.99/29.99) Bodycount (£39.99/49.99) Fast Draw Showdown (£7.99/9.99)...
Tuesday13th Sep 2011
News Move Controllers 50% Off, Games for $9.99
GameStop offers deal "while supplies last"
If you have been holding off on picking up a Move, there's no better time than now. GameStop is unloading its Move controllers and accessories at a huge 50% off discount. That means you'll be able to pick up a Move controller for $24.99, the SharpShooter for a cool $19.99, and a Navigation controller or...
News New Screenshots of Ragnarok Odyssey for PS Vita
And a trailer
Game Arts, developer of such RPG classics as Grandia and Lunar, is bringing the Korean MMORPG series Ragnarok Online to PlayStation Vita, titled Ragnarok Odyssey. The last time Ragnarok went portable, it was for Nintendo DS, and while that game was a reboot of the original, this entry is an all new adventure. It allows up to four...
Rumour L.A. Noire Game Of The Year Edition Coming November?
A number of European video game retailers are listing the release of a Game Of The Year edition for L
A. Noire</a>, due for release this November. And yes, you'd be right for pointing out that L.A. Noire has yet to win any Game Of The Year awards — largely because the game only released in May of this year. Still, the package promises to...
News Sony Releases Launch Trailer For The Latest God Of War Collection
The God Of War Collection Volume II (or God Of War: Origins Collection if you're in North America) launches this week, and in order to celebrate Sony's released a brand new trailer for the latest collection of bloody brawlers
The latest God Of War collection compiles Ready At Dawn's PSP series outings, with both Chains Of Olympus and Ghost Of Sparta...
News SingStar: Back To The 80's Dons Its Shoulder Pads And Eye-Liner This Autumn
If you know your Wham
's from your Duran Duran's, then you're probably going to love SingStar: Back To The 80's. The latest in a long-line of Studio London developed SingStar spin-offs brings a collection of favourite eighties tunes to the PS3, transforming your console into a home karaoke system with more make-up than Boy George. We're all-in for...
News Rockstar Confirms Red Dead Redemption: Game Of The Year Edition For PlayStation 3
Rockstar has announced a Game Of The Year edition of Red Dead Redemption for PlayStation 3
The package will include all of the previously released DLC expansion packs, and will release on October 11th in North America and October 14th in Europe. The full breakdown of content can be viewed after the jump. Original Red Dead Redemption game with a...
News Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Will Work In Single-Player Too
Phew
Don't worry if you're an unsociable so-and-so -- you'll still be able to play Insomniac Game's co-operative platformer, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, in single-player if you prefer. The game will work with an AI partner helping you through co-operative puzzles and the like. It totally won't be the same as playing the game in four-player...
Review The Baconing (PlayStation 3)
The Baconing certainly represents value for money, but it lacks imagination in places
The tweaks to the combat make it a much more challenging affair, detracting from the franchise's strengths. But fans of the previous DeathSpank games will at least enjoy the game's writing and dialogue which, while not for everyone, is top-notch as usual. If...
News Ace Combat: Assault Horizon's 'Helicopter Assault' Gameplay Trailer Looks Amazing
We're not even going to bother with whitty quips and layered comments: just hit the jump and watch the latest Ace Combat: Assault Horizon gameplay trailer after the jump
It looks amazing. The demo's out this week ahead of the game next month.
News Let's Have A Quick Look At That Persona Brawler
Arc System Works is developing a brawler for PlayStation 3 based on the Persona franchise
It's called Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena. As you might anticipate, it looks nuts. Catch the first trailer after the jump.
News Starbreeze Defends Direction For New Syndicate First-Person Shooter
Starbreeze has a great pedigree, but then so does the Syndicate franchise it's decided to reboot
Those that still hold nostalgia for the original Bullfrog series are disappointed with reboot's first-person direction, but director Neil McEwan believes "time has moved on". "It was always going to be an FPS," he told OXM. "The...
News Saints Row: The Third To Receive '40 Weeks Of DLC'
We've made it perfectly clear over the past six months or so that we think Saints Row: The Third looks absolutely phenomenal
So to hear THQ gaffer Brian Farrell chat about the game's DLC plans is exceptionally exciting. The executive told an audience at a keynote in San Jose that the publisher is planning 40 weeks of DLC for the ambitious open-world...
News Heads Up: LittleBigPlanet 2: Move Pack Launches Tomorrow
LittleBigPlanet 2's long anticipated PlayStation Move expansion pack officially launches tomorrow with a host of new tools in addition to an entirely new story campaign
The campaign is named "Rise Of The Cakeling" and provides a full demonstration of the new tools included with the Move expansion pack. The DLC will retail for 7.99 in...
News Ragnarok Odyssey On PlayStation Vita Looks Like This
GameArts has released the first screenshots of its upcoming PlayStation Vita RPG, Ragnarok Odyssey
They look purrdy. (And colourful). Catch the full set courtesy of Andriasang.</em>
News Angry Birds Scoops Up Over 350 Million Downloads
Regular readers will know we're not the biggest fans of Angry Birds, but even we have to tip our hat to Rovio's latest sales figures for the fowl flinging application
The developer's general manager, Andrew Stalbow, has confirmed in an interview with Venturebeat that the title has surpassed a whopping 350 million downloads, with users playing the...
News War Of The Worlds Comes To PlayStation Network Early Autumn
Other Ocean Interactive has confirmed its bringing its downloadable War Of The Worlds title to the PlayStation Network this Autumn
The title is pitched as "an upcoming 2D cinematic platformer inspired by the seminal work of beloved author H.G. Wells that pits players in a story of survival as a lone person trying to escape chaos and destruction...
News Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Grabs Surprise PlayStation 3 Demo Tomorrow
Fans of flight combat titles will get the opportunity to put their fingers on Ace Combat: Assault Horizon from tomorrow, when a demo for the title launches on the PlayStation Store in Europe
The single-player demo will put you in control of Bishop during a dogfight in Miami, and then D-Ray during a high-risk helicopter rescue mission. The game's out...
Monday12th Sep 2011
News First Look at Santa Monica Studio's Mysterious Move Game
No war in sight
There’s a mysterious new video floating in cyberspace, and its raising some interesting questions across the video game industry. It features a beautiful windy autumn forest, filled with a mysterious fog. A life-like human hand floats gently in the air. Slowly moving through a handful of short scenes, the hand glides its fingers up...
Rumour Sonic Generations, Yakuza 5 Coming To PlayStation Vita
We predicted some time ago that SEGA's celebration of its blue-spined mascot would make the jump to PlayStation Vita, and if current rumours are to be believed it sounds like we were correct
TSSZ cite an anonymous source that notes the existence of a Vita version of Sonic Generations. The website predicts that the game will launch alongside the...
News UK Sales Charts: New Video Games Are Finally Released
It's finally that time of the year where developers and publishers alike start to release new video games
This week's UK sales chart is evidence of that alone. It's dominated by the release of brand new titles with Dead Island, Wahammer 40K: Space Marine and Resistance 3 all taking spots in the top five. They're joined by relatively new releases in...
News Super Monkey Ball Rolls On To PS Vita
Of course.
SEGA have today announced that the latest title in the popular Super Monkey Ball series is coming exclusively to the PS Vita early in 2012. With PS Vita's Sixaxis system this announcement comes as no great surprise, it's a perfect match for Super Monkey Ball. The puzzling primates return with all-new worlds, original mini-games and...
News Saints Row: The Third Does Tron, Still Looks Amazing
Good old Saints Row: The Third
THQ's bit of open-world nonsense looks different with every trailer — hopefully an indication of just how much is crammed into this little package of madness. The game's latest trailer riffs on Tron, and, well, it needs to be seen to be believed. Catch the footage after the jump. So good.
News Online Pass Justified: Quantic Dream Lost Nearly ?10 Million From Used Sales Of Heavy Rain
Quantic Dream's CEO, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, has revealed that his company lost an estimated 10 million from used sales of Heavy Rain
But the executive didn't blame the consumer, more the recent recession which he believes has lessened spending in the video game sector: I would say that the impact that the recession had, especially on AAA...
News New Street Fighter X Tekken Trailer Is Amazing, Confirms Rufus
Street Fighter's flabbiest fighter, Rufus, will form a portion of Street Fighter X Tekken's character roster if the game's latest trailer can be treated as confirmation
The stylish short focuses on much of the cast already confirmed for the cross-over brawler. Catch it after the jump.
Rumour Super Monkey Ball Rolling Onto The PlayStation Vita
It's a shame that SEGA's excellent Super Monkey Ball series has dropped in importance in recent years, but we still hold a torch for the quirky platforming series and are excited to see a new title get teased for PlayStation Vita today
The game was accidentally revealed on the company's website, with a batch of new Super Monkey Ball screenshots...
News Final Fantasy XIII-2 Is Pretty Much Finished
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is about 90 percent complete according to Square Enix
The publisher has told fans to expect a firm release date at this week's Tokyo Game Show. The game's director, Motomu Toriyama, also revealed some tasty pre-TGS details, announcing that those with a Final Fantasy XIII save on their system will unlcok bonuses in its sequel. In...
News EA Finally Confirms Syndicate Reboot For PlayStation 3, Coming Early 2012
We've known about EA and Starbreeze's Syndicate reboot for a while now
It's what the industry would like to describe as a "poorly kept secret". So it's apt that after the latest glut of leaks, EA has finally got around to revealing the project which has been known as "Redlime" for some time. "We are excited to finally reveal...
After this morning's screenshot blunder, SEGA has officially confirmed Super Monkey Ball for PlayStation Vita
The title will launch alongside Sony's new handheld platform early next year, and will take advantage of the device's suite of input options. SEGA's promising plenty of new worlds, mini-games and even four-player multiplayer. The fan...
News Next Tales Title Teased, Probably Coming To PlayStation Vita
Namco's opened up a teaser website for the next title in the Tales series, which is almost certainly coming to the PlayStation Vita after the franchise's series producer hinted as much last week
The site mentions a "new Tales Of" title is coming soon. Japan's currently going nuts.
News Sonic Generations Grabs November 4th UK Release Date
SEGA's promising looking Sonic Generations will release on November 4th in the UK
The date was officially confirmed in the publisher's updated release schedule. SEGA confirmed a Europe-exclusive Collector's Edition for Sonic Generations last week. [Thanks VG247]
News Bethesda Releases Twenty Minutes Of Skyrim Gameplay Footage
It's fitting that a game that will take you about 100 hours to play through should get a trailer of similarly silly length
Bethesda's released a brand new gameplay blow-out for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and it's a mere 20-minutes in length. The footage is narrated by Todd Howard and is based on the same stretch of gameplay that the publisher...
News Assassin's Creed: Revelations Beta Extended
Enjoying the Assassin's Creed: Revelations beta on PlayStation 3? Continue doing so, as Ubisoft has announced its extending the multiplayer test through to next Sunday
That means you'll have more time to ruthlessly stab your buddies in the back. Win-win, huh? [Thanks VG247]
News Final Fantasy Versus XIII Enters Full Production (At Last)
You may be fooled for thinking Final Fantasy Versus XIII has been in development for like six years
It has. But only sort of. Despite the length of the game's ridiculous development time, it's yet to actually hit full production. That is, until now. Square Enix developer Yoshinori Kitase confirmed the news during a fan meeting in Tokyo this weekend,...
