Review Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk (PlayStation 3)
'My alchemy brings all the boys to the yard'
News Saints Row IV's 'Merica Machine Gun Is Perfectly Patriotic
Necessary artillery
News Gamers Bombard PlayStation Executives with Used Game Pleas for PS4
Rise against the machine
News Pachter Predicts That PS4 Will Cost $349, Will Sell Out At Launch
Analyst's bullish on platform's prospects
News - 2013, Week 22
Sunday2nd Jun 2013
News Will the New PlayStation Eye Come Bundled with the PS4?
Big brother
Prior to the announcement of the PlayStation 4, a number of outlets reported that the console would come bundled with an improved PlayStation Eye camera. Sony failed to clarify that point when it revealed the peripheral at its PlayStation Meeting earlier in the year, but the implication has always been that the system will be sold...
News Dark Souls 2 Will Make Your Life a Misery in March
Death deploys next year
It’s that time of the year where video game advertisements start popping up all over Los Angeles – but this Dark Souls 2 banner offers a little more than mere pre-E3 excitement. The poster – attached to the building where the big show will take place – features two glum looking warriors and a March 2014 release...
Saturday1st Jun 2013
E3 2013 Sony's Press Conference to Be the 'Strongest in Years'
Geoff Keighley teases shock and awe
There are now less than ten days to go until Sony’s big E3 media briefing, and the excitement is already starting to build. In order to drive some additional enthusiasm, connected industry insider Geoff Keighley has hinted that the Japanese giant’s event looks poised to be the best in some time. Writing on
News Sony Online Entertainment: PS4 Will Be a Great System for MMOs
Something's brewing
There’s already plenty of reason to believe that PlanetSide 2 is coming to the PlayStation 4, but Sony Online Entertainment has added a little more fuel to the fire by telling Now Gamer that the console will be a stellar choice for MMOs. “I would expect that with all of the amazing features that have been announced for the...
News The Last of Us' Demo Doesn't End Where You Think It Does
Play a little bit more
Are you eager to play a couple of extra minutes of The Last of Us? The keen-eyed folks over at Rajman Gaming HD have uncovered an exploit in the PlayStation 3 exclusive’s recently released demo which allows you to sample an additional segment of the survival horror title. All you need to do is select ‘Restart Encounter’...
News Microsoft Praises Sony's Efforts in the Digital Domain
Phil Spencer's fond of Journey
The console war isn’t all about competition. The likes of Sony and Microsoft can also learn from each other, and in a refreshingly complimentary comment, Microsoft Studios’ corporate vice president Phil Spencer has revealed that he feels that the PlayStation maker is doing a “nice job” of building content for...
News Titillating Killer Is Dead Footage Applies Its Beer Goggles
Should have gone to Specsavers
Killer Is Dead looks poised to give Yakuza’s table tennis mini-game a run for its money in the inappropriate gameplay stakes. This brand new clip – completely in Japanese – shows protagonist Mondo Zappa seemingly accumulating points by staring at an aesthetically pleasing female’s assets. After eyeing the...
Friday31st May 2013
Feature Five Things That Sony Should and Shouldn't Do at E3 2013
Press conference commandments
In a little over ten days, the gaming industry will descend on Los Angeles for this year’s E3 – the most important exposition in interactive entertainment. While the convention itself is undeniably the hottest attraction – quite literally, or so we’re told – it’s the pre-show press conferences that...
News PES 2014 Prepares for Kick Off with New Teaser Trailer
Looks a bit Foxy
Konami’s hoping that Pro Evolution Soccer 2014's implementation of Hideo Kojima's new Fox Engine will cause a cup upset this year. This brand new teaser trailer – building up to next week’s full reveal – shows lots of grass, an ecstatic crowd, and some fancy footwork. We’ll get to see the full game during the Japanese...
News The Last of Us Demo Clicks onto the PS Store via God of War: Ascension
Craft your copy now
Assuming that you purchased a copy of God of War: Ascension earlier in the year – and you really should have done – you’ll be able to unlock a demo for The Last of Us right now. To access the slice of survival horror goodness, all you need to do is select the appropriate icon from the mythological demon slayer’s menu, and...
News Kaz Hirai Asserts the PlayStation 4's Focus on Games
Hip hip Hirai
Speaking at the D11 conference yesterday, Sony overlord Kaz Hirai reiterated that the PlayStation 4 is a console designed for gamers. Microsoft agitated its core fanbase earlier in the month by focusing its Xbox One unveiling on everything but games, but the former SCE president insinuated that an emphasis on strong software is...
News Naughty Dog Sticking with Existing Engine for PS4 Projects
Among thieves
Naughty Dog consistently pumps out some of the best looking games in the industry, so it’s no surprise that the developer’s sticking with its current generation engine for the PlayStation 4. Chatting with Digital Spy, The Last of Us’ game director Bruce Straley admitted that the company went through “turmoil” transitioning...
News Saints Row IV's Box Art Sets the Scene Surprisingly Well
A picture paints a thousand words
Could the box art for Saints Row IV possibly be any more perfect? It shows an image of the President of the United States – that’s you, by the way – sitting in a swish armchair in what appears to be the Oval Office, while a couple of gun-toting girls in pencil skirts point submachine guns at a giant energy...
News Killzone: Shadow Fall Will Be Playable Once You've Downloaded the First Level
It's a kind of magic
Don’t you just love technology? While current generation consoles make downloading games a right old faff – notable exceptions notwithstanding – the PlayStation 4 will make it easier and quicker than a microwave dinner. Speaking as part of yesterday’s Killzone: Shadow Fall trailer, Guerrilla Games revealed that you’
News Killzone: Shadow Fall's Story Aims to 'Positively Surprise You'
Inspired by the cold war
We’ve already established that Killzone: Shadow Fall is a fantastic looking game, but one area that remains open for debate is its narrative. Despite boasting an impressively dense fiction, Guerrilla Games has struggled to take advantage of it in previous entries, delivering great shooters with very shallow stories. With...
News Kickstarter Funded Cloudberry Kingdom Jumps onto PS3 and Vita
Time to save another princess
As Pwnee Studios probably once said, 'you can never have your fingers in too many pies' – or something to that effect. That was presumably after the Kickstarter platformer project Cloudberry Kingdom was announced as a multi-platform release for a whopping five systems, including the PlayStation Network and the Vita...
Thursday30th May 2013
News Pachter Predicts That PS4 Will Cost $349, Will Sell Out At Launch
Analyst's bullish on platform's prospects
There’s no doubt that games will play an important role in the impending console war, but one aspect that some pundits have been keen to gloss over is price. Many of the PlayStation 3’s early commercial struggles can be applied directly to the cost of the console, and while the platform holder’s...
Review Velocity Ultra (PlayStation Vita)
Starship super
One year ago, FuturLab's Velocity was released on the PlayStation Minis label and flew right into a meteor shower of praise. At a glance a vertical shoot 'em up, it excelled above this label, wonderfully welding smart puzzle elements to speedy, frantic laser-play. If you were foolish enough to ignore it when it was originally...
Rumour Ubisoft Reflections' The Crew Pulls onto PlayStation 4
Cruisin' with your posse
DriveClub may not be the only team-based racing game on the horizon, as Driver: San Francisco developer Ubisoft Reflections is reportedly working on a brand new vehicular property for the PlayStation 4 (and possibly the PlayStation 3) named The Crew. According to the original report by the Examiner, the game is being pitched...
News Real Boxing Steps into the Ring on PlayStation Vita This August
Surprise jab
Smartphone smash Real Boxing is set to hook onto the PlayStation Vita this August, developer Vivid Games has announced. The Unreal Engine-powered knockout simulator stung iOS late last year, before picking a fight with Android earlier this month. Now it’s set to spar with Sony’s premium portable, where it will take advantage of the...
News Co-Operative Puzzler Tiny Brains Opens Its Mind to PS4
Hitting current generation consoles first
Tiny Brains, the invention of ex-Assassin’s Creed III director Simon Darveau, is set to challenge the PlayStation 4 shortly after its release on the PlayStation 3 later this fall. The co-operative puzzler – which sees you assume the role of one of four rats, as you attempt to escape from a nefarious...
News Guerrilla Games Look Beyond the Orange Eyes of Killzone: Shadow Fall
Phwoar
Killzone: Shadow Fall is quite the looker, isn’t it? We know that this is a topic that’s been discussed to death since the game’s unveiling in February, but the visuals really are rather impressive. It’s hard not to draw comparisons to last week’s underwhelming Call of Duty: Ghosts unveiling, even if both games are running at...
Store Update 29th May 2013 (Europe)
On the prowl
This week’s European PlayStation Store update is quite the varied feast. Just some of the highlights on offer at the gaming buffet are Wonderbook: Diggs Nightcrawler, Fuse, and The HD Adventures of Rotating Octopus Character. Elsewhere, Quell Memento is also up for grabs, while shameless impostor
News Equip an Umbrella for This New Rain Trailer
Water works
It’s raining, it’s pouring, and Japan Studio is roaring. Seriously, after a number of years of relative irrelevance, Sony’s first-party Eastern outfit is absolutely knocking it out of the park at the moment. Hot on the heels of the brilliant Soul Sacrifice, the company’s still got Freedom Wars, Knack, and the beautiful Puppeteer...
News Limbo Sets Sail on PlayStation Vita Next Week
Are you afraid of the dark?
Arachnophobes are best advised to steer clear of the PlayStation Store next week. Limbo, the popular indie puzzler from Danish developer Playdead, is set to illuminate the PlayStation Vita on 4th June in North America and 5th June in Europe. The port – which has been handled by LittleBigPlanet PS Vita collaborator...
Wednesday29th May 2013
Talking Point Why PS4's Remote Play Requirements Represent a Lesson Learned
Feature diva
You should always be cautious when Sony reveals an exciting new feature. While the platform holder is never short on ideas, it regularly drops the ball on interesting initiatives. Take the Eye Toy: the PlayStation 2 peripheral could be seen as a precursor to the phenomenal success of both the Nintendo Wii and the Xbox 360 Kinect, but...
Review Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (PlayStation 3)
Once upon a time
Ditching the divisive Call of Juarez: The Cartel's modern-day setting, and sauntering into the Wild West once again, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a real return to form for Techland's underrated series. Boasting over-the-top arcade action, stripped back weapons of yore, and a Tarantino-inspired visual style, this downloadable...
News PS4 Developers Required to Support Vita Remote Play
Platform holder mandating nifty feature
Sony has a track record of announcing impressive features that never get used to their full potential. Remote Play is one such idea that, despite showing some promise, fell to the wayside on the PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 3. However, the company’s eager to avoid the same issues with the...
News PS4 Pre-Orders Lagging Behind Xbox One in Some UK Stores
Bloodied nose
The response to the Xbox One’s unveiling may have been predominantly negative thus far, but data bubbling out of a handful of UK stores shows that Sony’s still going to have its work cut out if it intends to win the impending console war. MCV reports that pre-orders for Microsoft’s next generation machine eclipsed
News Metal Gear Solid 5's Main Voice Actor to Be Unmasked Next Week
New trailer focuses on gameplay
Solid Snake’s new voice actor will be revealed during Konami’s pre-E3 press conference on 6th June, according to a teaser image posted on NeoGAF. Legendary performer David Hayter waved goodbye to the character earlier in the year, after insinuating that
News Call of Duty: Ghosts' New Engine Is Actually, Well, Partially Old
Teaching an old dog new tricks
Remember when Activision said that the impending Call of Duty: Ghosts would take advantage of an “all-new engine” on the PlayStation 4? It turns out that the publisher was telling porkies, as the title will merely be operating on a “significantly upgraded” version of the technology that has powered the previous...
Store Update 28th May 2013 (North America)
Calm before the storm
In a few weeks, Naughty Dog will deploy The Last of Us on the PlayStation 3 – and you can pre-order your copy right now from the PlayStation Store. The special digital version will allow you to play the game while it’s downloading – a first for the PS3. This week’s North American update also boasts the survival...
News The Last of Us' Season Pass Searches Out Single Player Content
Tales from the apocalypse
The Last of Us’ mysterious multiplayer mode will not be the only area explored in the game’s season pass, as developer Naughty Dog has confirmed that there’s new single player content on the way. “The journey and cast of characters in The Last of Us lends itself to thorough narrative exploration, and we’ve got...
News Flower Looks Like It's Blooming on PlayStation Vita
Listed as part of IndieCade's lineup
The imminent summer breeze looks set to blow a gift in the form of thatgamecompany’s beautiful Flower onto the PlayStation Vita. While publisher Sony’s yet to officially confirm the port, the title rooted itself on IndieCade’s exhaustive E3 lineup, prompting the folks over at Shacknews to take notice...
News Tales of Xillia Flexes Its Muscles in New Gameplay Trailers
Manhunt for mana
Namco Bandai's Tales series is currently celebrating its 15th anniversary, and the party mood has left us practically itching for the JRPG franchise's next instalment, Tales of Xillia, which is due out on 6th August in North America and 9th August in Europe. The story follows the journey of medical student Jude Mathis and his...
Rumour Mirror's Edge 2 Retail Listings Sprint into Sight
Got to have Faith
The original Mirror’s Edge was a sequel away from being brilliant. The first-person free-running adventure offered a unique experience in a saturated genre, but suffered from some hokey shooting sections and cheap comic book cut-scenes. It failed to cross publisher EA Games’ sales threshold, and a successor was subsequently...
Tuesday28th May 2013
Review Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk (PlayStation 3)
'My alchemy brings all the boys to the yard'
The Atelier franchise has been running for a long time – sixteen years to be exact. And in those sixteen years, developer Gust Corporation has produced fifteen entries in the main series and a further seven side games. With so many Atelier titles on offer, it's easy to completely dismiss Atelier Ayesha:...
News Saints Row IV's 'Merica Machine Gun Is Perfectly Patriotic
Necessary artillery
If there’s anything that Americans hate more than commies, it’s not being armed to the teeth. Fortunately, Saints Row IV’s wonderfully tongue-in-cheek ‘Commander in Chief’ special edition recognises that fact, bundling the ultimate ‘Merica machine gun. The Swiss army knife of firepower boasts mini-guns, flamethrowers,...
Talking Point The Increasingly Complex Issue of Used Games on PS4
#PS4NoDRM
The significance of Sony’s stance on used games is spiralling by the day. While the platform holder has categorically stated that the PlayStation 4 will support pre-owned content, the comments made by the likes of Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida seem a bit vague in the wake of last week’s Xbox One gate. But just how complex...
News Here's What One Artist Reckons That the PS4 Will Look Like
Box of tricks
Ever since Sony released its sly PlayStation 4 teaser trailer, artists around the globe have been eager to produce some mock ups of the system’s final shape. We’ve already seen some nifty diagrams, but this latest attempt by
E3 2013 You'll Be Able to Watch Sony's Press Conference on Your Vita
Tretton in technicolor
If small screens are more your thing, Sony has confirmed that you’ll be able to watch the company’s impending E3 press conference on your PlayStation Vita. European PlayStation Blog manager Fred Dutton confirmed the snippet on the, er, PlayStation Blog, noting that the company is still “finalising plans”, but that...
News Yakuza Could Be Flirting with the PlayStation Vita in the Future
Dragon of Dojima
There are few nights where we don’t weep at the lack of Yakuza 5 in our lives. The hotly anticipated PlayStation 3 adventure launched in Japan last year, but still hasn’t received a western release. Despite this, the series is still massively popular in its native market – and in a recent interview with an Eastern publication,...
News BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend Punches onto North American PS Plus
Rebel one
Fans of fighters will be able to snag another humdinger for their PlayStation Vita this week, as Sony has confirmed that BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend is set to join the Instant Game Collection later today. The beautiful brawler will be available for free for PlayStation Plus subscribers, alongside timed trials for both FUSE
News Rayman Legends Prances onto PlayStation Vita in New Trailer
Limbless luminary
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s official announcement, Ubisoft has deployed a brand new trailer for the PlayStation Vita version of Rayman Legends. The video shows off a slew of levels from the game, in addition to the exclusive costumes and stages that will only appear in the handheld iteration of the release. Are you planning...
News UK Sales Charts: Resident Evil: Revelations Sails to the Summit
Sea slick
Middling survival horror up-port Resident Evil: Revelations has bobbed straight to the top of the UK sales charts, proving that last year’s disappointing Resident Evil 6 hasn’t ruined the series’ reputation for good. The white-knuckle shooter fought off strong competition from last week’s frontrunn
News The HD Adventures of Rotating Octopus Character Spins onto PSN This Week
Like a record, baby
Dakko Dakko’s colourful platformer The HD Adventures of Rotating Octopus Character is set to spin onto the PlayStation Vita this week, the Welsh outfit has announced. The game – which originally deployed on the PlayStation Minis platform – sees you controlling an anthropomorphic cephalopod mollusc through increasingly...
News Insomniac Games Sticking to Its Guns, Plotting Plenty More Fuse
Hoping to light a spark
Despite being hit by a tirade of middling reviews, Insomniac Games is aiming to stick with its fledgling Fuse franchise. Writing on the company’s official website earlier today, a candid Ted Price admitted that the developer is aware of the negative response to the title – but the studio’s going to stick with the...
Monday27th May 2013
News Gamers Bombard PlayStation Executives with Used Game Pleas for PS4
Rise against the machine
While the bungled messaging coming out of Microsoft isn’t doing the Xbox One any favours at the moment, we still don’t actually know Sony’s official stance on used games for the PlayStation 4. The company’s said that its console will support pre-owned content, but
Review Resident Evil: Revelations (PlayStation 3)
Float your boat
Resident Evil: Revelations’ seafaring setting may bob and weave like a luxury cruise liner should, but beyond the nautical accessories that dress the Queen Zenobia’s corridor walls, this is a game that feels much more familiar than its crafty subtitle would lead you to believe. A high definition port of last year’s Nintendo 3DS...
News Sony: Dozens of PlayStation Vita Games in the Pipeline
Plenty to play
PlayStation Vita evangelist and indie game aficionado Shahid Kamal Ahmad has taken to Twitter once again to tease the handheld’s impending line-up. Writing on the social networking site, the senior business development manager insinuated that there are “dozens” more titles on the way for the fledgling handheld. The exact nature...
News Square Enix Conjures First PS3 Footage of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Till kingdom come
After an incredible four years, Square Enix is on the verge of summoning Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn onto the PlayStation 3. The title – which is due out on 27th August – was originally announced during Sony’s E3 press conference back in 2009. The game launched on the PC a year later, only to be completely rebuilt from...
News You're Probably Going to Want This Gorgeous Golden PSone
Green with envy
Sony may have wooed the likes of Jonathan Blow with its aggressive indie initiative, but it’s still yet to tempt the don of the underground development scene. Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has yet to announce anything for the various PlayStation platforms – but that’s not stopped the company from resorting to...
News Rayman Legends Leaps onto PlayStation Vita with Exclusive Content
We're already legless
Former Wii U exclusive Rayman Legends is hopping onto yet another platform: the PlayStation Vita. Ubisoft confirmed the handheld port earlier today, adding that the title will launch on the same day as its console counterparts. For those of you out of the loop, that’s 30th August in Europe and 3rd September in North America...
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