News - 2011, Week 48
Sunday4th Dec 2011
News PlayStation 3 Exclusive 'The Last Of Us' Teased, Dissected
There are still surprises in the video game industry
When GameTrailers' Geoff Keighley promised an unbelievable PlayStation 3 exclusive would debut at this year's VGAs, speculation automatically pointed towards the heavily rumoured Sony Smash Bros. But a brand new teaser trailer has proved us all wrong. The Last Of Us is the name of Sony's
Saturday3rd Dec 2011
First Impressions LittleBigPlanet
A stitch up
The PlayStation Vita was made for LittleBigPlanet. Double Eleven and Tarsier Studios’ latest entry in Media Molecule’s sandbox series is one of the most intelligent experiences available in the handheld’s initial wave of software. Everything from the user interface to the game mechanics has been expertly tweaked and adjusted not...
News Game Informer Reveals Details About The Upcoming South Park Game
Game Informer's cover reveal wasn't the megaton many hoped for, but it was still a big surprise
We don't think anybody expected Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment to be working on South Park: The Game. But it is, and the first details of which have emerged. The RPG promises to depict the struggles associated with being a new kid on...
News There Was Going To Be A New Silent Scope Game
Believe it or not, Konami was planning a revival of the Silent Scope series
FEAR 3 developer Day 1 Studios was signed up to handle development duties, but when the publishing deal fell through, the company was forced to lay-off a whopping 95 percent of the team involved with the project. There hasn't been a Silent Scope game since 2002's internally...
Rumour PlayStation Vita Is Locked To A Single PSN Account
Goodwill peaks early during a new platform announcement
It's the aftermath that a platform holder must weather. Nintendo just went through this very thing, with the 3DS appearing almost infallible at last year's E3 only for consumer positivity to be practically diminished by launch. Now it's Sony's turn to weather the storm, and we feel caught in...
News Sony: Plenty Of Surprises Planned For PS3 Before The Year's End
If you think Sony's done with PS3 for the year, you're dead wrong
SCEE's gaffer Jim Ryan has teased that there's still plenty of surprises to come before the year's out, though the suit wouldn't be drawn on specifics. "Theres a bunch of stuff at the back end of the year which Im very excited by, and youll hear about it over the coming...
Friday2nd Dec 2011
Competition Win a PlayStation 3 with Move in PQube Competition
It could be you
With Christmas just around the corner, a PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Move would be an ideal gift for most people. But while it's better to give than to receive, it's even better to win, so it's a good job UK publisher PQube has revealed its Christmas competition. If you want to win a PS3 and PS Move for Christmas then simply submit...
News Sony Negotiating Flash Support For PlayStation Vita, Comments On Proprietary Memory Cards
Despite what Sony says, the PlayStation Vita is as much a multimedia power-house as it is a gaming machine
But while games such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss are stealing all the headlines, some of the PS Vita's lesser known features are getting brushed under the carpet. In an interview with Impress Watch, a selection of Sony's hardware developers...
Competition Name The Enemy In Futurlab's Next PlayStation Mini
Futurlab's Coconut Dodge follow-up may have been in development since before the stone ages, but unfortunately the Brighton based developer still hasn't had chance to come up with a name for its game's evil antagonist race yet
Worry not, though, valued readers — you can help push game's development progress along just that little bit by coming up...
News Square Enix Releases Concept Art For Its Unreal Engine Project
The above image is a piece of concept art from Square Enix's upcoming Unreal Engine project
You're going to have to imagine the texture pop-in and inconsistent frame-rate for yourself. Squint and its possible. The concept art emerged as part of an employment hub for the recently revealed "massive, original action RPG", where Square Enix is...
News Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron Teaser Trailer Gets Us Hyped
High Moon's released a brand new teaser trailer for its upcoming War For Cybertron follow-up, Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron
The game's set to get a full reveal at next week's VGAs. The trailer, while desperately light on content, should get you in the mood. It shows various Transformers characters — including Grimlock — staring moodily at the...
News Sony Europe Boss Regrets Insomniac Games' Switch To Multiplatform
With both Resistance 3 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One already sitting on store shelves, developer Insomniac Games' parting gift to PlayStation fans is complete
The company's next project is multiplatform co-operative shooter Overstrike. But while the title will still naturally launch on Sony's system, SCEE boss Jim Ryan has expressed his...
News The Jak & Daxter Trilogy Celebrates Ten Years Of Perfect Platforming
Happy Birthday!
Whether you were around day one for the release of the original Jak & Daxter or are only just learning about the series, it's hard to deny the legacy Naughty Dog's platforming duo have left on PlayStation. With the franchise's tenth anniversary quickly approaching, Naughty Dog's teamed up with Mass Media to produce the Jak &...
News Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Version 2012 Out Next Month
Capcom's Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Version 2012 update is in the running for the longest title for anything ever
It's right up there with Ed Vega's "No Matter How Much You Promise To Cook Or Pay The Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again" and I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business. The free patch is...
News Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition Accidentally Outed?
If you still haven't played NetherRealm's most recent Mortal Kombat reboot, you owe it to yourself to give the game a go
But just hang fire before you click that "Add To Basket" button. The BFBC — a British ratings board — has slapped an 18 certificate on the Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition. While the listing doesn't offer any details...
News NeverDead Heads To Retail Early Next Year
We're going to be honest, we don't know a whole lot about Konami's NeverDead
We know it's being developed by British-based studio Rebellion. And we know that the game's protagonist is immortal, able to lose limbs during combat and then pick them up at a later date. But that's about the extent of our knowledge. Perhaps that's all Konami wants us to...
News Battlefield 3's 'Back To Karkand' DLC Blows Up The PlayStation 3 On December 6th
Are you ready to head 'Back To Karkand'? No time to think soldier, you're going anyway
Publisher EA has confirmed that Battlefield 3's debut expansion pack will launch on PlayStation 3 as soon as December 6th. That's a week earlier than on other platforms, as promised by the publisher at launch. The pack's comprised of four maps from previous...
News Ubisoft: Digital Releases Mitigate The Risk Associated With New IP
Ubisoft believes that it is best to release new ideas through digital outlets, in order to mitigate the risk associated with launching new products at retail
Chatting with MCV, digital publishing manager Thomas Paincon indicated that retail products are more likely to fail if they're not built upon popular franchises. There is less risk releasing...
News Uncharted Without Nolan North Is Like Bread Without Butter
Some things go together perfectly: bread and butter, fish and chips, cheese and pineapple
.. You get the idea. Uncharted and Nolan North is one of those things, so it's jarring sitting through footage of the adventure game without the well-timed quips of the video game industries most recognisable voice actor. But if you want to catch a glimpse of...
News Confirmed: Army Corps Of Hell Is Not Our Cup Of Tea
We were willing to overlook Army Corps Of Hell's terrible heavy metal art aesthetic when it was confirmed former Pikmin producers were working on the game
But a batch of new trailers released by publisher Square Enix have confirmed our concerns: this is not a game made for people like us. Considering Feeder's "Seven Days In The Sun" is...
Thursday1st Dec 2011
News Order Up!! for North America in January 2012
More coffee hun?
PS3 cook'em up Order Up!! is out in Europe this month, but UTV Ignition Games have plans to bring it Stateside early next year. The publisher and developer Supervillain Studios today announced the game will see release in North America in January 2012. Here's the press release and a little trailer too. UTV IGNITION GAMES AND...
News Buy A PlayStation 3D Display At Best Buy, Get A PS3 For A Song
Are you one of those people that's yet to jump into the next generation? You've still got a PlayStation 2 hooked up to an old CRT television? Look, we're not going to judge, but we are going to let you know about a great upgrade path if you happen to be based in North America
Sony's announced a special promotion with US retailer Best Buy, which nets...
First Impressions LittleBigPlanet on PlayStation Vita
The PlayStation Vita was made for LittleBigPlanet
Double Eleven and Tarsier Studios' latest entry in Media Molecule's sandbox series is one of the most intelligent experiences available in the handheld's initial wave of software. Everything from the user-interface to the game mechanics have been expertly tweaked and adjusted to not only make the...
News Catherine 'Stray Sheep' Edition Coming To Europe
With Catherine due to release in Europe next year, publisher Deep Silver has announced the game's "Stray Sheep" special edition
The collector's pack, named after the Stray Sheep bar from the game itself, is set to cost £54.99 — just a tenner more than the standard game. The set, which comes packaged inside a pizza box, includes a replica t-shirt,...
Rumour Resident Evil 6 To Take Place In China?
It's only been a couple of days since the last Resident Evil 6 rumour, but that's not stopped online super-sleuths from digging up another
According to the resume of Chinese voice actress Wendy Mok, she's currently playing the part of a Chinese villager in Resident Evil 6. Does this point to a new setting for the unannounced game? Wendy Mok has...
News 3D Dot Game Heroes Developer Expands Engine For PS Vita Support
Silicon Studio's 3D Dot Game Heroes was a real gem
The Legend Of Zelda parody not only played great, but it also looked the part. So it's exciting to learn that the Japanese developer has expanded its Orochi engine to include support for the PS Vita. For those unclear, Orochi is a native Japanese language game engine originally designed as a means...
News Saints Row: The Third Website Adds Interactive Stats And Maps
Comprehensive stat-tracking is one of the best features of open-world games, and THQ seems to understand that
Showing a shrewd awareness of its audience, the publisher has levelled up Saints Row: The Third's official website — adding support for interactive stat-tracking and maps. The website also includes leaderboards for many of the game's...
News Pandemonium Titles Rated For European PlayStation Store
European ratings body PEGI has re-rated the classic PlayStation platformer Pandemonium and its sequel for release on the PlayStation Store
The original Pandemonium was developed by Toys For Bob, and launched on PlayStation back in 1996. Its sequel followed a year later courtesy of Crystal Dynamics. We have fond memories playing through the original...
News Sony Offers '12 Gifts Of Christmas' For European PlayStation Plus Subscribers
We've always talked up the value proposition of Sony's PlayStation Plus subscription service, but even we'd admit the last couple of months have been a bit slow
Sony's aiming to bring back the goodwill with its "12 Gift Of Christmas" initiative for European PlayStation Plus subscribers. Similarly to its "12 Deals Of Christmas"...
Report Scott Steinberg And Rob Dyer Leave Sony
Seems like there's some major reshuffling going on at SCEA at the moment
With Peter Dille's office barely cold after his departure earlier in the year, Sony's lost another two executives according a report published by Industry Gamers. The site claims that VP of marketing, Scott Steinberg, and senior VP of public relations, Rob Dyer, are both no...
News Sony Releases PlayStation Vita UMD Passport List, Internet Gets Mad
We're starting to wonder whether Sony would have been better off not announcing any backwards compatability plans for PlayStation Vita at all
The fact that it's offering anything — albeit in the form of the clunky UMD Passport initiative — is just bringing out malice and moaning from online forum users. The latest brouhaha pertains to a list of...
News BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend Confirmed For Europe
Need a little more BlazBlue in your life? Worry not, Arc System Works and PQube has your back, confirming that BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend is set to dragon-punch its way onto European store shelves early next year
The game's poised to release on both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, and includes a bunch of additional features not found in...
News So, Obsidian Entertainment Is Making A South Park Role Playing Game
When editors of Game Informer magazine teased that its next issue would boast one of the most surprising covers in the publication's history, the Internet went mad
Was the heavily rumoured Sony Smash Bros about to get an unveiling? What about the next Sony platform? As is so common in the video game industry, most gamers let unrealistic expectations...
News IO Keen On Creating New IP After Hitman: Absolution
IO Interactive has been one of the few developers committed to new intellectual property
The developer has already produced two new franchises this generation in Mini Ninjas and Kane & Lynch, the latter of which spawned a sequel last year. The Danish studio is currently working on Hitman Absolution, a new entry in the stylish stealth series it...
Rumour Final Fantasy Type-0 To Release Internationally After All?
With the current state of the PlayStation Portable in Western markets, you could be forgiven for giving up all hope of the recently released Final Fantasy Type-0 ever making its way outside of Japan
But according to Andriasang, the game may well be on the horizon after all. Inside Square Enix's Ultimania guide for the game, there's an interview with...
Rumour New Army Of Two In Development Using Frostbite 2 Engine
The EA rumours keep coming
Mega-blog Kotaku's just gone live with a report regarding the successor to EA's Army Of Two franchise, claiming that a new entry in the co-operative shooter series is in development. According to the website, the latest Army Of Two will feature four player co-op (Army Of Four?) and is being developed using DICE's top-notch...
News Sony Announces Gran Turismo 5: Spec II Retail Package For Japan
We were eager to dive back into Gran Turismo 5 when it got its Spec II update earlier in the year, but we just couldn't justify sitting through a day's worth of downloads and updates
Given the price of electricity at the moment, it would probably be cheaper for us to just re-purchase an updated version of the game. But up until this morning, a...
News Syndicate Scoops Up Weapons Trailer
EA's released a brand new trailer for its upcoming Syndicate reboot
The latest footage — accompanied by an irritating robotic voice sample — shows off the game's massive weapons roster, which is split across a number of different types. There's assault rifles, snipers, explosives and — most excitingly — special weapons. We especially like...
Wednesday30th Nov 2011
Double-top?
Darts games never really worked until the advent of motion controls and touch screens. Tossing tungsten just never quite felt right with an analogue stick and buttons. Developers tried everything, from wobbly hands to ripping off Hot Shots Golf’s three-click aiming system, but nothing ever really replicated the actual act of playing...
Rumour ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus Developer Fumito Ueda Leaves Sony
The man behind two of Sony's most loved games -- ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus -- has left the company according to a report published by Eurogamer this evening
The website claims that the creative power-house is working on completing upcoming title The Last Guardian in a freelance capacity. Once finished, it's reported that Ueda will leave Sony in...
News SEGA Lifts The Lid On Yakuza: Dead Souls' Character Roster
Like Yakuza 4, SEGA's upcoming zombie spin-off Yakuza: Dead Souls -- known as Yakuza: Of The End in Japan -- will put you in control of four different characters
The roster includes series favourites Kazuma Kiryu and Shun Akiyama, in addition to eye-patch equipped eccentric Goro Majima and Ryuji Goda. "Goro Majima is nuts about zombie...
News Unexpected News: Corpse Party Is Coming To Europe
The PlayStation Vita may be months away from release, but it sounds like XSEED is planning on sending out the PSP with a bang
It's announced that Corpse Party — the excellent looking horror adventure title that launched in North America earlier in the month — is coming to Europe. XSEED didn't provide a date for the game, but urged fans to keep...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 29th November 2011
Games Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus ($9
99) Sly 2: Band of Thieves ($9.99) Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves ($9.99) Voltron: Defender Of The Universe ($9.99) Scene It? Movie Night ($9.99) The Sly Collection Bundle ($29.99) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ($39.99) de Blob 2 ($19.99)</ul><strong id="demos">Game...
First Impressions Top Darts on PlayStation Vita
Darts games never really worked until the advent of motion controls and touch screens
Tossing tungsten just never quite felt right with an analogue stick and buttons. Developers tried everything, from wobbly hands to ripping off Hot Shots Golf's three-click aiming system, but nothing ever really replicated the actual act of playing arrows until...
News Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD Gets Price-Point, Download Size
Despite receiving a super-positive review from Eurogamer today, developer Just Add Water is keeping quiet about the release date of its upcoming high-definition remake of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Still, thanks to our friends over at TheSixthAxis, we've at least got some more details to mull over. According to the website, Stranger's Wrath HD will...
News Capcom Forgets That Monster Hunter 3G Is Coming To The Nintendo 3DS
The Monster Hunter series is one of the biggest franchises in Japan
It's built up a fan-base on Sony's PlayStation Portable system. But in a shock twist earlier in the year Capcom announced that its releasing all of its upcoming Monster Hunter games on the Nintendo 3DS instead. We suspected shenanigans then, and we suspect them now. But at least the...
Rumour Dead Space To Go First-Person And More
Kotaku's dumped a slew of EA rumours this morning, starting with the Dead Space franchise
The publication claims that the publisher is looking at "new ways to expand" the survival horror space series, and has a first-person shooter in the works. But apparently, that's not all. The publisher also has a Dead Space flight game in development...
News MotorStorm Boss Feared Apocalypse's Bad Fortune Would Spell The End Of Evolution
MotorStorm: Apocalypse's bad fortune is well documented
Not only did the brilliant post-apocalyptic racer have to contend with a real-world disaster, but it also launched during the worst of the PlayStation Network outage earlier in the year. Such a run of bad luck would have finished off most other developers, and for a while Evolution Studios'...
News Battlefield 3 Sells A Whopping Eight Million Copies
It might be struggling to topple Activision's latest Call Of Duty title, but EA's Battlefield 3 is certainly no slouch
Chatting at the Baird Technology Conference yesterday, EA financial gaffer Eric Brown revealed that Battlefield 3 has sold a ridiculous eight million copies. According to Brown, the publisher has shipped 12 million copies of the...
News New Firmware Update Prepares The PlayStation 3 For The PS Vita
With the PlayStation Vita's arrival imminent in Japan, Sony has released a new firmware update for the PS3 transforming the home console into a content management device for the upcoming handheld
"It will allow users to copy their media content such as games, music, photos, and videos between PS Vita and PS3, back up PS Vita save data to your...
News Sony Believes PlayStation Vita Will Break UK Launch Records
Some gamers may have a negative opinion of the PlayStation Portable, but believe it or not the system still holds the UK's biggest hardware launch records
The portable, which released in September 2005 in the UK, sold over 185,000 units at launch — a number yet to be beaten. But SCEE boss Jim Ryan believes that the PlayStation Vita will easily...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PlayStation Platforms Continue Chugging Along
Despite a smattering of new software releases, it was pretty uneventful seven days for PlayStation in Japan this week
Hardware sales were down after the enthusiasm of new colours last week, with the PlayStation 3 shifting 34k units and the PSP just behind with 33k units. After its tremendous debut last week, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 dropped to...
News Sony To Take 'More Tailored Approach' To PlayStation Vita Software Pricing
With the smartphone gaming sector still a hot point of discussion, Sony has said that it intends to offer multiple price-points for PlayStation Vita software in order to counter the burgeoning threat of mobile phones
While the company's still keeping those pricing details close to its chest, SCEE executive Jim Ryan told GamesIndustry.biz: "I...
Rumour Multiplayer Dragon Age In Development
EA really is aiming to incorporate multiplayer into all of its franchises
According to a Kotaku report, the publisher is pushing Bioware to release an online arena based battle system as part of its action RPG series. The site claims that dragons will be playable in the multiplayer component, but is unclear whether the mode will be released as a...
Tuesday29th Nov 2011
News Official PS Vita Memory Cards Priced for US
Get your funds in order
The PS Vita will house a proprietary memory card, meaning you won't be able to plug in any of those Pro Duo Memory Sticks you bought for the PSP. You have to buy new ones. Seeing as many PS Vita Games (like Uncharted: Golden Abyss) won't even boot without a memory card, you should probably consider bundling one with your...
News Explore Skyrim With An Enormous Printable Map
We have a rule: never read a novel with a map inside the front-cover
It's just not worth it. Thus if Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was a novel, we'd avoid it like the plague. Thankfully, it's a video game, and a gigantic one at that. Indeed, Skyrim is so big that it's easy to get lost. And that's where the helpful folks at GameBanshee come...
News NBA 2K12 Legends Showcased in New DLC
Back to court
NBA 2K12 is one of the best sports games of recent times, even though its PlayStation Move features aren't everything we'd hoped for. Anyone still rattling the rim with Jordan, Bird and company might want to check out the new Legends Showcase DLC that hits the PlayStation Store this week. Costing £6.30 in the UK or $9.99 in North...
News Wow, Ridge Racer Will Get A Lot of DLC
The schedule in full
The news that Ridge Racer will only launch with three courses and five cars attracted some raised eyebrows, but for Namco Bandai it's all part of a bigger plan: a plan that will see the game milked for all its worth increase its value proposition over the coming months. We should also point out that Ridge Racer will cost...
News Sony Steps Up Move Awareness with European Campaign
New mini site too
If PlayStation Move sales really are catching up with Kinect, a new campaign might just tip the balance in Sony's favour. The PlayStation Move mini site from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe contains information, videos and a Move competition. The videos might not make much sense — something about gorillas and giant donuts —...
News Frobisher Says Is the Weirdest Vita Game So Far
We have no words
Frobisher Says is one of the most peculiar games we've ever seen. Designed to use every one of the Vita's control inputs, it's a collection of over 50 challenges using more than 20 different art styles, some of which you can see in the frankly bizarre screenshots below. While the idea of a bizarre mini game compilation might sound a...
First Impressions Super Stardust Delta
Blast from the future
There’s no bigger advocate for the PlayStation Vita’s dual analogue sticks than Super Stardust Delta. Housemarque’s intergalactic shooter series has been a poster child for the PlayStation Network for years, and on PlayStation Vita it is no less important. The game offers a smattering of play options, divided between...
News We Should Probably Post Something About The PS Vita's Memory Sticks
The Internet has gone nuts again
GameStop has listed place-holder prices for the PlayStation Vita's memory sticks, prompting everyone to go crazy. Pre-orders were publicly cancelled on message boards, people said rude words about Sony and everyone got in a bit of a flap over nothing. The usual, really. But let's all have a moment of composition. The...
First Impressions Super Stardust Delta on PS Vita
There's no bigger advocate for the PlayStation Vita's dual-analogue sticks than Super Stardust Delta
Housemarque's intergalactic shooter series has been a poster child for the PlayStation Network for years, and on PlayStation Vita it is no less important. The game offers a smattering of play options, divided between traditional and modern controls...
News Ridge Racer Vita To Get Additional Cars & Tracks Via DLC
Following the revelation of Ridge Racer Vita's limited on-cartridge content, publisher Namco Bandai has confirmed that it intends to bolster the package's volume with a variety of DLC set to launch this coming winter
According to Famitsu, the deluge of DLC will begin on December 22nd with a free music pack. The content will allow you to race to...
News Sony Counts Down To Christmas With Twelve PlayStation Network Deals
Advent calendars are good, but we want to countdown to Christmas in style
Thankfully SCEE's got our backs. Announced on the European arm of the PlayStation Blog, the platform holder's revealed a seasonal PSN initiative offering 12 amazing deals through the dark months of December. The catch is that each deal will only be open for 48 hours, so you'll...
After a failed attempt with FirstPlay, Future Publishing's officially endorsed PlayStation Access TV show has soared straight to the top of the PlayStation Network's free content chart
The show — which shares a name with SCEE's community event initiative — has also amassed 14,500 Facebook fans since launching earlier in the year. SCE UK's Ian...
News Battlefield 3 Client Update Set To Deploy On PS3 Tomorrow
The official Battlefield 3 Twitter account has announced plans to launch the latest edition of its client update on PlayStation 3 tomorrow
PC players received the same update last week, which improves a variety of issues with the game across single-player and multiplayer. We've listed the full extent of the fixes after the jump. Feel free to moan in...
News Skyrim The First Ever Western Game To Get 40/40 In Famitsu
What has happened to Japan? Only last week Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 toppled Ni No Kuni in the region's sales charts, and now Famitsu has awarded the Western developed Skyrim a perfect score
It's the 17th game to be awarded top-marks from the publication, joining the likes of Ocarina Of Time and the original Soul Calibur.
News Resident Evil 6 Spotted On Voice Actor's Portfolio
The Resident Evil 6 speculation has died down a touch recently
The game was supposedly set to get a reveal at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but after the Japanese exposition came and went without a trace of the survival horror series, speculation has been unsurprisingly muted. Until now. Eagle-eyed Internet sleuths have uncovered the portfolio of...
News Ezio's Costume To Appear In Final Fantasy XIII-2
You couldn't escape Assassin's Creed protagonist Ezio Auditore if you tried
Not content with making a cameo appearance in Namco Bandai's upcoming Soul Calibur V, the Italian assassin is set to show up in, erm, Final Fantasy XIII-2 too. Well, his costume is anyway. The Assassin's Creed: Revelations clobber will be available as an alternative outfit...
News Ubisoft Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Jumbo PlayStation Network Sale
Ubisoft's celebrating its 25th anniversary from November 30th to December 7th, and everybody's invited to the party
Sort of anyway. The French publisher's announced that to celebrate its silver milestone, it is discounting a massive chunk of its PlayStation Network content range. That includes 50% off games such as Outland and Beyond Good & Evil...
News Unbelievable PlayStation 3 Exclusive To Debut At Next Month's VGAs
All aboard the hype-train
Geoff Keighley's confirmed that next month's VGAs will play host to a PlayStation 3 exclusive debut "you won't believe". Of course this has set tongues wagging that the reveal will pertain to the heavily rumoured Title Fight — a Sony exclusive mascot mash-up featuring all of PlayStation's most memorable...
News Square Enix Developing 'Massive, Original Action RPG' Using The Unreal Engine
Remember when Square Enix signed up the Unreal Engine to develop a smattering of high-profile projects using the graphics technology? Famitsu's got the first scoop on what the Japanese publisher's cooking
In its latest issue, the Japanese gaming encyclopedia notes that the publisher is preparing a "massive, original action RPG" with...
News Ninja Gaiden Sigma Slashes Onto PS Vita In Japan This February
There's a lot of games confirmed for PlayStation Vita, but very few of them involve cutting a man's head off with a sword
Thankfully fans of beheading won't have to wait long to get their fix, with Team Ninja confirming that its PlayStation Vita update of Ninja Gaiden Sigma is slashing onto Sony's new handheld this coming February in Japan. The game...
News Sony: 'PlayStation Vita Is A Gaming Device'
SCEE's new gaffer Jim Ryan isn't coy when talking about the PlayStation Portable
According to the executive, Sony's first attempt at capturing the handheld market tried to do too much, and confused consumers as a result. The PlayStation Vita, reckons Ryan, will not make that same mistake. I think with PSP we tried to position it as a rather broad...
Monday28th Nov 2011
Review Heavy Fire: Afghanistan (PlayStation 3)
A war that doesn’t break the budget
Heavy Fire: Afghanistan puts you in the shoes of an soldier sent to the frontlines of modern day Afghanistan to rescue hostages held deep behind enemy lines. Taking part in this arcade light gun shooter you’ll travel by any means necessary to complete your objective: by foot, helicopter and even behind a...
News Vita Won't Play PSOne Games Right Away
Backwards incompatibility
Sony's Japanese Vita website has confirmed that the upcoming portable will not run original PlayStation games right out of the box, as rumoured in an issue of Famitsu last month. As reported by Andriasang the Japanese site asks "can Vita play PlayStation Game Archives games?", which refers to PSOne and...
News PlayStation Vita Will Not Support PSone Titles At Launch
After a batch of rumours, Sony has officially confirmed that the PlayStation Vita will not support PSone titles at launch
The news was revealed in a Japanese Q&A translated by Andriasang. The question read, "Can Vita play PlayStation Game Archives games?" to which Sony responded, "It won't be supported at the time of the PS Vita...
News LEGO Batman 2 Features Other DC Superheroes
An image of the upcoming LEGO Batman 2 has been revealed, showing off fellow DC superheroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern
The game's expected to release next year alongside upcoming Batman flick The Dark Knight Rises. LEGO also apparently has a fleet of new superhero toy-boxes to roll out next year in order to complete the...
News Rainbow Six: Patriots Acknowledges Heavy Rain In New Target Trailer
Suspecting a leak, Ubisoft has released an internal target trailer for its upcoming modern military shooter Rainbow Six: Patriots -- and there's more than a hint of inspiration from Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain on display
The moody target trailer — designed to provide the game's development team with a visual guideline during development — shows a...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Patch Includes Alternate Aiming Option
Naughty Dog has responded to fan criticism regarding the aiming mechanics in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, updating the game to version 1
0.2 overnight. The update includes the previously promised "alternate aiming" fix, which seems to have quelled concerns online. Other updates to the single-player include the addition of a cut-scene...
News Fresh Batman: Arkham City DLC To Transport You To The Batcave
If there was ever an appropriate time to pull out the old Bat-symbol transition sound effect, this is it: Rocksteady has announced that its latest round of Arkham City DLC is set to take gamers to the Batcave
Doo-la-da-doo-la-la-laaa. Brilliant. The challenge room map pack is set to include missions inside Penguin's Ice Lounge and Jokers Carnival,...
News UK Sales Charts: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Clings On To Top-Spot
Unsurprisingly, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has maintained its position aloft the UK sales charts
Despite seeing a sales dip of 41%, the Activision published shooter maintained its position at the top of the charts. Assassin's Creed: Revelations finished up in second, while the excellent Saints Row: The Third climbed up into third...
Square Enix has made its annual reference to Final Fantasy VII, telling OXM (?) that if it were to remake the game -- hypothetically, of course -- it would not be able to resist the temptation of tweaking the classic
"If I may speak as a game creator, if we were to produce a remake of VII, for example, I would be really tempted to delete things...
News Where Do You Want The Next Assassin's Creed To Take Place?
Ubisoft has sent out a survey quizzing Assassin's Creed fans on which location they'd like to see a future instalment of the historical series take place in
"Among the following propositions, in which of the following historical periods and locations would you like one of the next Assassin's Creed games to take place? the survey asks, listing...
News Hong Kong's Got The Hots For PlayStation Vita
Pre-orders for the PlayStation Vita opened in Hong Kong this weekend, prompting all of the expected madness
Hong Kong is the second region to get its hands-on Sony's new handheld, prompting prospective consumers to mob retailers and online stores in order to secure their system. According to an eye-witness report from Engadget China's Richard Lai,...
News Battlefield 3 Scores New 'Gulf Of Oman' Trailer
EA has deployed a brand new trailer for Battlefield 3's upcoming Back To Karkand DLC pack
The footage focuses on the Gulf Of Oman map, and puts a big emphasis on vehicular combat. Boom, boom, boom. The DLC's set to launch next month. Hit the jump to check the map in action.
News David Jaffe 'Super Jazzed' But Unaware Of Rumoured Sony Brawler
David Jaffe has broken his silence on the rumoured Sony mascot brawler said to be in development at SuperBot Entertainment
Leaks over the weekend revealed development snaps of the project, which featured two of David Jaffe's characters: Sweet Tooth and Kratos. Prompted on Twitter, Jaffe claimed that while he knew nothing about the project, he hoped...
News L.A. Noire Creator Working On Whore Of The Orient
The man responsible for L
A. Noire</a>, Brendan McNamara, is to have his next project produced by Kennedy Miller Mitchell. The game, according to a report published by the Financial Review, is entitled Whore Of The Orient — another name for the city of Shanghai. Much of Team Bondi, the studio responsible for L.A. Noire, got folded into KMM...
News Players Claim Skyrim Patch Is Available For PlayStation 3 Now
Users on Bethesda's official forum are reporting that the promised patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has launched in parts of Europe
The 92MB fix is designed to solve stuttering issues that occur when players have invested a significant number of hours into the enormous open-world RPG, and initial feedback is positive. "Yeah, it fixed...
News Turns Out Using Twitter On PlayStation Vita Is Pretty Simple
The PlayStation Blog's uploaded a video showing off the PS Vita's on-board Twitter application
Unsurprisingly using the popular social networking service on Sony's new handheld is pretty straight-forward. Twitter will be joined by Facebook, Foursquare and Flickr as part of the PS Vita's "Social Essentials" feature. Check it in action after...
