PS2 - Timeline
Tuesday4th May 2010
News 2010 Fifa World Cup KO's Ryu & Co, Tops The British Sales Charts
EA's excellent World Cup soccer-sim, 2010 Fifa World Cup, has topped the British sales charts this week, a position it's unlikely to stray far from as the worlds biggest sporting event nears
It beat out the other big release of last week - Super Steet Fighter IV - which managed to debut in second-position. It's pretty much as you were elsewhere on...
Monday3rd May 2010
News THERE'S A NEW (Old) SYPHON FILTER COMING TO THE PLAYSTATION... 2.
If the PS2 re-release of 2007's Playstation Portable title Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow wasn't a hint at the re-emergance of the Syphon Filter franchise, an upcoming PSN digital comic probably is
But first, the former: Sony Bend's just been on the Playstation Blog to announce that Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow will be making the jump to PS2 this...
Friday30th Apr 2010
News Japanese Hardware Charts Look The Same As They Always Look
We used to look forward to sharing all the interesting anecdotes pertaining to Japan's shifting hardware charts
No more. Sony's been doing the ol' weekly one-two with the PSP and PS3 for months now. What's worse, is that the numbers rarely change either. PSP always sells 28k a week. PS3 always sells 25k a week. Feel free to skip this post if you...
Monday19th Apr 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 19-25th April 2010
Is it Spring yet? They keep telling us it is but it doesn't really feel like it
Apparently plants are growing and stuff. Oh, and video games aren't coming out. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Afterburner Climax Ok... ok. So it's here by default. Kind of. With little in the way of competition, Afterburner Climax kind of has to be our pick...
Friday16th Apr 2010
News Playstation Portable Returns To The Top Of The Japanese Hardware Charts
After a brief hiatus in second-place, Sony's Playstation Portable has once again taken the Japanese hardware sales crown from bigger brother Playstation 3, shifting 29K units to the PS3's 28K
The PSPgo managed to pull itself up from the bottom of the sales charts, just gathering enough steam to propel it past Sony's aging PS2. The rest of the chart...
News NPD March 2010: God Of War III Shifts 1.1 Million Units
Huge success for Sony and their Santa Monica studio last month, as God Of War III went on to rule the American software charts selling a whopping 1
1 million copies in the country. Kratos managed to oust out March's other big releases in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Final Fantasy XIII, the latter of which performed better on the Playstation 3 SKU...
News NPD March 2010: Playstation 3 Rules Software Charts, Shifts 313.9K
The NPD hardware and software sales for March 2010 are in, and Sony's given a particularly impressive showing in the region that's given them most trouble over the past few years
Despite hardware shortages limiting the PS3's performance, Sony's home system still managed to shift a whopping 313.9K, just shy of the 360's 338K. The most pleasing thing...
Monday12th Apr 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 12-18th April 2010
Here's what's coming to PS3 this week
After the big news regarding Activision, EA and Infinity Ward's sacked duo, you might be seeking a little rest and relaxation to calm down. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes From Liberty City It's been out on the XBOX 360 for what seems like an eternity, but Microsoft's...
News UK Software Sales Charts Remain Pretty Darn Boring
Not much to see on the UK's software sales charts this week
Ubisoft's Just Dance is still number one, with Just Cause 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 shuffling places. Elsewhere, there's a lot of Nintendo. JUST DANCE BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 JUST CAUSE 2 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 WII SPORTS RESORT WII FIT PLUS POKEMON SOULSILVER FIFA...
Saturday10th Apr 2010
Some interesting comments came out of Castlevania producer David Cox's pie-hole this week
The dev spoke candidly to PSM3 magazine about Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 and its baring on the industry. In that interview Cox dropped a bomb of a quote, declaring that Uncharted 2 couldn't set a genre benchmark because it was a single-platform release. It left...
Friday9th Apr 2010
News Japanese Hardware Sales Do The Ol' Sony One-Two
Sony's took the top two spots once more in Japan, with the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable topping the Japanese hardware charts
Sony's home console managed 38k sales, where their portable hit the 37k mark. The consoles were followed up by a bunch of Nintendo SKUs, with the PSPgo still floundering at the bottom of the charts. Hit the jump for...
Tuesday6th Apr 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 5th-11th April 2010
It's Tuesday
That means we're a day late for our Playstation Picks. But indeed, we're only a day late because yesterday was a Bank Holiday. Huzzah. (There's not much to talk about). PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Freekscape: Escape From Hell Being the only game we're aware of that's launching this week, Freekscape: Escape From Hell...
News Nintendo Wii Dancing Game Tops The UK Sales Charts, Not Much To Talk About
This week's UK sales chart has to be the most generic list in a long time
You've got Ubisoft's Wii Just Dance dacing game at the top, with last weeks leader Just Cause 2 in the runner-up spot. You've then got Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2. Then Pokemon. Then Wii Sports. Then Pokemon. Then Fifa. The Wii Fit. Then Super Mario. It's...
Tuesday30th Mar 2010
News Amazing: Take Two Settle Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" Claims
You were younger and you were excited
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas had just hit stores, and you were carefully perusing your way through the game. Until vulgarity. The "Hot Coffee" mission put you right off your purchase and you demanded compensation for the explicit scenes of sexual content Rockstar Games had inflicted upon you. If this...
Monday29th Mar 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 29th-4th April 2010 [She's Only 16! Edition]
It's Monday, thus it's time for us to talk about upcoming Playstation software you might take a shine to
There's not much amazing stuff coming this week but there are ladies. Lots of ladies. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Dead Or Alive Paradise It's all about ladies in swimsuits this week, with Tecmo's voyeur-em-up Dead Or Alive...
News British Gamers Buy Lots Of Copies Of Just Cause 2. Why? Just 'Cause!
That "pun" has been run into the ground and stomped on so many times we really shouldn't have used it
But that's exactly why we did use it. Ha-hah. Incredible. Anyway - without further ado, here's your British sales charts news: Just Cause 2 is number one with a bullet. Or should we say grapple hook? Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2...
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Saturday27th Mar 2010
News Once Upon A Time Assassin's Creed Was Coming To The PS2
Assassin's Creed was a pretty early Playstation 3 game
Some of you might remember the hype around Ubisoft's pseudo-historical parkour debut. But did you know that alongside the PS3 version, Ubisoft were working on a PS2 version of the game? Nope, us neither. But that's what Ubisoft's Jonathan Jacques-Belletete has told 1Up. He told the publication...
Friday26th Mar 2010
News Playstation 3 Tops The Japanese Hardware Charts, PSP Second
Perhaps a little something to do with the release of Yakuza 4 in Japan, the PS3 has finally ended the PSP's long run atop the Japanese hardware charts to settle with the crown of glory
Or something. Sony's home console rattled off just over 50k units, with the PSP not too far behind, managing 38k. Nintendo occupied much of the rest of the list, with...
Thursday25th Mar 2010
News It's Official: The Playstation 3 Is The Greatest Console Of All Time (Or Something)
Japanese video games bible Famitsu have been number crunching
They've been working out the percentage of each video game's library that has earned a prestigious "gold" award from the magazine. A gold award is given to those games which score 32/40 or higher. The magazine's deduction works on the basis of ratio — the higher percentage of...
Friday19th Mar 2010
News Oh PSP, Japan Still Lurveeeeees You!
Sony's Playstation Portable is still top of the Japanese hardware charts
This week it managed another 39k sales, with the PS3 mustering 26k. The PSPgo continues to flounder at the bottom of the charts with just over 1,000 units sold in the past week. Pretty disasterous. But Sony probably won't care well the regular SKU of their handheld system is...
Thursday18th Mar 2010
News Advertorial: Here's Who We Think's Going To Win The Video Game BAFTAs
Guess what? It's the BAFTAs tomorrow night
And that means all the glamorous folks involved in putting together the games you loved last year will be heading to the red-carpet to (hopefully) collect a copious number of gongs. We've teamed up with VoucherCodes.co.uk to bring you our definitive list of predictions ahead of tomorrow's big event...
Tuesday16th Mar 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 15th-21st March 2010 [There Will Be Chaos Edition]
This week's Playstation pick is probably the easiest will ever have to write
There are other games this week, but with all due respect, only one game matters. And that is... Pushsquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: God Of War III Probably the best game on the Playstation 3 to date, God Of War III is a complete and utter spectacle from start to...
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Monday15th Mar 2010
News Playstation Portable Still Top Of The Japanese Hardware Charts
We're quickly running out of things to say about the PSP's performance in Japan
It's consistently shifting lots of units and, erm, yeah - surprise it's top again! Betcha didn't expect that did you? Mwahaha. Sigh. The figures are after the jump. PSP 64,808 Wii 33,880 PS3 28,824 DSi LL 23,611 DSi 15,017 DS Lite 4,316 Xbox 360 ...
News Final Fantasy XIII Tops The UK Sales Charts, PS3 SKU Wins The War
Final Fantasy XIII has shot straight to the top of the UK sales charts, with the PS3 version of the game managing 54% of the sales
Not the hugest of discrepancies between the SKUs, but it's often rare a PS3 multiplatform game outsells its XBOX 360 rival - particularly when Microsoft have broken the metaphorical bank marketing the game exclusive to...
Tuesday9th Mar 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 8th-14th March 2010
It's a really crazy month here in the PushSquare office
Game-a-geddon is in full swing and no sooner are we done with one game, than we have to move on and get to work on another. Still, at least you're not going to be bored this month, as not only is there lots to talk about, there's lots to play. So let's get started with what's releasing this...
Saturday6th Mar 2010
Over the past months I've had the privilege of playing two extremely unique games
Heavy Rain and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories are both arguably flawed titles if you pick them apart. But let them stand on their own merits and they're inspiring. I don't want to do other games a disservice in my appraisal, I have plenty of love for more formal...
Friday5th Mar 2010
News Playstation Portable Still Stands Atop The Japanese Hardware Charts
It's another week on top of the Japanese hardware charts for the Playstation Portable this week, despite stiff competition from the various Nintendo DS SKUs (there are about a billion of them)
The Playstation 3 sits just below the Wii in third-place, shifting 27,763 units, with the PSPgo and PS2 at the bottom. Hit the jump for the full round up...
Thursday4th Mar 2010
News Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday Dear Playstation 2, Happy Birthday To You
Who'd have thunk it: the Playstation 2 is officially ten years old today
Indeed, ten years ago to the day, the Playstation 2 launched in Japan alongside Ridge Racer 5 and Street Fighter Ex 3. The system launched later that same year in Europe and America. In its ten years, the PS2 has sold over 140 million units, becoming the best selling...
Tuesday2nd Mar 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 1st-7th March 2010
Worry not guys, the ApocalyPS3 has totally 101% passed, and you might be looking to pick up some games to make up for it
Well, what with the month being March, there's plenty to choose from, so let's hop to it. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Just about edging out MLB 10: The Show, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is...
Monday1st Mar 2010
News Heavy Rain Tops The UK Sales Charts & Rightly So
"Bu-Bu-But Heavy Rain sucks because it's not going to sell
" It may be a comment you've read on a message board somewhere. Well those people are not only stupid, but they're also officially wrong: Heavy Rain just topped the UK sales charts. As in — outsold every other video game in the UK in the past seven days. We thought it was...
Friday26th Feb 2010
News Resident Evil: Gold Edition Tops Japanese Software Charts, Heavy Rain Breaks Top Ten
The Japanese software chart is surprising on two counts this week
Firstly, apparently people are still way into Resident Evil. Despite essentially being a re-release of a year old game, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Alternative Edition in Japan) has debuted top of the Japanese software charts selling a whopping 143,339 copies. The PSP's God Eater...
Wednesday24th Feb 2010
News Terrible News: Sony Computer Entertainment No Longer Called Sony Computer Entertainment
Update @ 11:18GMT: In light of further press releases and what-not we're actually really bloody confused
But what we understand is that Sony Computer Entertainment will become SNE, then the Playstation business will be separated back out into a new company called, erm, Sony Computer Entertainment. Ridiculous, right? That's what appears to be the...
Tuesday23rd Feb 2010
News Dude Behind Black: "Current First-Person Shooters Are Boring!"
You may have heard that Stuart Black, the dude that created PS2 shooter Black, is now working with Codemasters on a new FPS IP
Indeed, the likelihood is that Codemasters' latest will be a spiritual successor to the popular Black. And the dude has fire in his belly, as he's told OXM he's bored of current shooters:"There's a lot of cover-based...
Monday22nd Feb 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 22nd-28th February 2010 [There Will Be Rain Edition]
It's finally that week folks
The week the rain falls. Heavily. That's right guys, Quantic Dream's major innovation Heavy Rain is due out this week, and you'll finally be able to get to the bottom of who actually is the Origami Killer. Hooray. PushSquare's Playstation Pick: Heavy Rain A shoe-in for our pick of the week, Heavy Rain is not just our...
News Aliens vs Predator Shoots Straight To The Top Of The Pops... Erm, Charts
Another week and another shooter has taken the crown from Ubisoft's current Wii phenomenom, Just Dance
Amazingly for Rebellion, Aliens vs Predator has become the fastest-selling game in 2010, topping last week's record holder, Bioshock 2 (now in third). Of course, they're both gonna get crushed by Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Either way, big congrats...
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Saturday20th Feb 2010
Feature I Love Games Set In The Wild-West - "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
Growing up, I've never had any interest in movies set in the wild-west
Sure, I can remember cold winter afternoons, sitting next to the fire with my Grandmother, watching some tired old tosh set about Pawnee Bill; but I've never once considered the genre a favourite. Which is strange, because anytime I think of wild-west games, I think of them with...
News Sony's Playstation Portable Continues To Top The Japanese Hardware Charts
This week's Japanese hardware chart looks vaguely similar to the week before it
The Playstation Portable still tops the charts, with the PSPgo in dead last at the other end of the spectrum. Somewhere in the middle is the Playstation 3, with some Nintendo platforms above it and the XBOX 360 far below it. Check the numbers after the jump. PSP -...
Thursday18th Feb 2010
News Feldman: God Of War's Kratos Was Nearly A Little "Elf" Dude
Imagine the scene: you're climbing up Mount Olympus on the back of Gaia
You're in pursuit of Zeus and the Gods of Olympus. Gonna rip their heads off and stuff. Ahead of you, a legion of skeletal enemies approach you. You dip into the sack resting uneasily on your shoulder and... Lob pixie dust at them. Well it could have happened, as the iconic...
Wednesday17th Feb 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 16th-21st February 2010
It's another week in PushSquare HQ, and things are really starting to get hectic
Our pile of games just keeps getting bigger and bigger, demanding more and more of our attention. We wish the sun would come out and give us the energy we crave to actually be able to play these games. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Aliens vs. Predator...
Monday15th Feb 2010
News Bioshock 2 Takes The UK Charts' Top Spot, Bayonetta Re-Enters
Apparently Bioshock is still a big deal, as Bioshock 2 has shot straight to the top of the UK charts, removing previous leader Mass Effect 2
Interestingly, after a slew of price-cuts (and perhaps that Playstation 3 patch), Bayonetta has re-entered the charts in number 10 (up from 36). Elsewhere, Fifa 10 and Modern Warfare 2 are still strong...
Friday12th Feb 2010
News SCEA Exec Jack Tretton Hails A Great Year For Playstation
SCEA's head Jack Tretton has written a buoying rally on the US Playstation Blog, declaring '09 a great year for Playstation, thanking fans especially for all their support
The post came hours after the NPD report, which saw solid figures for Playstation 3, but the XBOX 360 and Wii still some way in front. Despite that, Tretton was quick to point out...
Tuesday9th Feb 2010
News Former EyeToy Man Laments The Dangers Of Natal, Playstation Motion Controller
Jamie MacDonald was the former vice president of Sony Worldwide Studios, and was directly involved with the launch of the Playstation 2's EyeToy unit
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the former Sony man has given some pointers to both his previous employer and Microsoft regarding their respective motion control devices. He told the website...
Monday8th Feb 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 8th-14th February 2010
It's a pretty big week for video games this one, as it officially starts the Q1, 2010 phenomenon commonly referred to as Game-ageddon; where one big title drops practically every week until way into April
PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Bioshock 2 Perhaps the most unnecessary sequel of all time, Bioshock 2 may seem surplus to...
News MAG Stays In The UK Charts' Top Ten, Dante's Inferno Enters At Number Four
Very little change this week in the UK's all-formats chart, with Mass Effect 2 still holding the top-spot
Visceral Games' reimagining of Dante's Inferno entered fairly strongly at number four this week, knocking Sony's MAG to a respectable seventh. By the way, why did Ubisoft moan about Avatar's sales? It's been in the top ten for months now...
Saturday6th Feb 2010
News Gran Turismo PSP Does Insane Numbers For A PSP Title, Closes In On 2 Million
Who said the Gran Turismo franchise carries no weight these days?
Sony and Polyphony have just announced that Gran Turismo PSP, launched last Winter, has shifted over 1.8million copies. That's a startling number for a PSP game without "Monster Hunter" in the title. Polyphony's also released the worldwide sales for each Gran Turismo game...
Monday1st Feb 2010
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 1st-7th February 2010
It's a new month again, and that means more video game releases
In fact, February brings a whole host of anticipated Playstation 3 content, including Heavy Rain. But if you need something to tide you over until then, fear not, there's a decent amount of content to pick from this week. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Dante's Inferno So,...
News MAG Stands Strong, Enters The UK Charts At Number Four
We were kind of worried about MAG's sales
Oh, there are plenty of people playing the game to make the servers active, and the actual game is worthy of 4/4 on this very website — but if the initial sales were bad then, yo, it might mean less post-support from the folks at Zipper. Which is where MAG is likely to thrive. So it's pleasing to see MAG...
Thursday28th Jan 2010
News Shock Horror: Sony Actually Make Some Money, Expected To Report Profit
According to a report from Nikkei (through the lovely folks at Reuters), Sony are expected to announce a profit of ¥100 billion ($1
1 billion) for the period of October through December 2009. It'll basically be the first profit Sony has posted in what seems like an age. The profit's believed to come from improved Playstation 3 sales (the Slim model...
Wednesday27th Jan 2010
News This Is What FIFA World Cup 2010 Looks Like
EA's announced this morning that FIFA World Cup 2010 will launch this summer, ahead of the actual competition's kick-off on June 11th
Interestingly, the game will not only focus on those teams who actually made it to the finals, but also those who didn't. In fact, you'll be able to opt to start as any of 199 international teams and play right...
Tuesday26th Jan 2010
News Hey, Guess What? EA Are Making A World Cup Football Game!
Who'd have thunk it? EA are to showcase their upcoming World Cup tie-in game tomorrow according to CVG
The game's due in the summer (really!?!). There'll be a first screenshot tomorrow apparently.
