PS3 News
November2024
News Resistance's Release on PS Plus Premium Proves There's Still a Fanbase for the FPS
Hale to the king
This week’s PS Plus Premium update announcement temporarily stopped the heart of this author – and the hearts of thousands of PlayStation fans around the world. When we saw PS3 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man and its sequel Resistance 2 listed alongside other PS1 classics like Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, we thought Sony had...
News Sonic X Shadow Generations Producer Wants to Remake the Worst Game in the Series for PS5
06, here we go again
Sonic has enjoyed plenty of highs, but he’s also experienced some extreme lows. Chief among those was the PS3 game Sonic the Hedgehog, known colloquially by fans as Sonic 06. It was a disaster, earning a Metacritic rating of 43. But Sonic X Shadow Generations producer Shun Nakamura, speaking at a fan event in Indonesia,...
October2024
News PlayStation Community Reflects on Iconic Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for 15th Anniversary
"Is that an ancient Tibetan ritual dagger in your pocket?"
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is a phenomenal video game, which isn't a very controversial opinion to hold. It put the series, from Sony-owned first-party developer Naughty Dog, on the map in a way that the first game didn't quite manage, informing the stylish, cinematic direction of many of...
September2024
Guide The Last of Us 1 Guide: Walkthrough, All Collectibles, Tips, and Tricks
A 100% completion guide to The Last of Us 1
The Last of Us 1 is a survival horror game created by PS Studios developer Naughty Dog which first released in 2013. This The Last of Us 1 walkthrough, which includes all collectibles, is based on
News Dragon Age: Inquisition Massively Oversold Projections, Remains BioWare's Biggest Game
Commander who?
In a mildly surprising revelation a decade on from the launch of BioWare's Dragon Age: Inquisition, it turns out the developers' last venture to Thedas was wildly successful and "massively" oversold EA's internal projections. In addition, Inquisition shifted a monstrous 12 million copies, making it BioWare's best-selling game to date;...
August2024
News Konami 'Aware' That Metal Gear Solid 4 Is Still Stuck on PS3
As it's asked about Volume 2 of the Master Collection
Thanks to the recent Master Collection that brought back Metal Gear Solid, 2: Sons of Liberty, and 3: Snake Eater to PS5, PS4, the MGS series from Konami is easier to access than ever before. By way of PS5 backwards compatibility, Ground Zeroes and V: The Phant
News As Hohokum Turns 10, the Game's Developers Celebrate with Special Anniversary Livestream
Tune in today
Update: The stream is over, but you can watch the VOD on YouTube, embedded above. Original story: Somehow, Hohokum is now 10 years old. This artsy, zen-like game released for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita back in 2014, and though it isn't everyone's cup of tea, its laid-back design and timeless art direction mean there's little else like it...
Random Divisive Dark Souls 2 Is Seeing a Resurgence and Some Revisionist History
Actually, we always thought it was good
Dark Souls II is something of an odd duck. Following the breakout success of the original Dark Souls, FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki supervised the sequel but turned his attention to Bloodborne, which was developed in parallel. Love it or loathe it, the perception that Dark Souls 2 is somehow lesser,...
July2024
Random PS3 Is Now the Only Console from Its Era with a Functional Store
We didn't hear no bell
Microsoft has officially shuttered the Xbox 360 store, following in the historic footsteps of Nintendo, which closed
June2024
Rumour Sony's Still Working on PS3 Emulation for PS5
Here we are again
Ah, PS3 emulation on a current Sony console — the eternal dream. This is a talking point that dates all the way back to the very early days of the PS4, when it was confirmed that the last-gen machine wouldn't be backwards compatible with its predecessor's games. The conversation has rumbled on ever since, exploding into life...
News Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition Confirmed for Limited Run Games Showcase
Fancy that, a flying pig
We had a feeling Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition might rear its head soon (despite missing its anniversary year), reassured by the Trophy list that recently popped up online. Well, it's official now: Ubisoft has announced it will share news about the game during tomorrow's Limited Run Games showcase on 20th...
News Betrayal as OG Mass Effect Citadel Sprinting Revealed to Be a Lie
Sprintgate 2.0
Developer BioWare has been pulling the wool over the eyes of fans for more than a decade, convincing gamers through clever technical tricks that they were going fast when, in fact, they were not. The veil was lifted after Dragon Age Inquisition's "horse sprinting" was revealed to be an illusion, and now it seems that Shepard never...
May2024
News Fallout Franchise Sales Explode Like Megaton in Amazon Show Aftermath
Every entry is up
Curious about the kind of profound effect a popular television show can have on the sales of video game franchise? Just look at these latest numbers for the Fallout series in the aftermath of Amazon’s enormous adaptation. In the United States, sales of all titles in the post-apocalyptic property jumped significantly...
March2024
News The Elder Scrolls Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Gives a Small Update on TES 6
As the scrolls foretold
It's officially been 30 years since the release of The Elder Scrolls: Arena, if you can believe it. The MS-DOS title first launched on the 25th March, 1994, and spawned what would eventually become one of the most successful RPG franchises ever made. Of course, it wasn't until The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion that the series...
February2024
News Leaked LittleBigPlanet Hub PS3 Footage Is a Blast from the Past
Grub hub
Once upon a time, Sony announced LittleBigPlanet HUB, a free-to-play PS Store exclusive for the PS3. The game would apparently combine all of the content from LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2, and would allow fans to Play Create Share without the entry fee. It was an ambitious concept, and one that presumably gave the platform holder...
News Outgoing PlayStation Exec Says Sony Must Continue to Entertain, Surprise, and Delight
"We're an entertainment business"
Jim Ryan is hanging up his DualSense and leaving PlayStation after a wildly successful 30-year career next month. While his misunderstood, deeply dry sense of humour has landed him in hot water with enthusiasts on numerous occasions, no one could criticise his achievements at the company, which has seen Sony become...
Random Feared Lost, Fallout New Vegas Fred Durst Mod Resurfaces
Jonesin' for your fix of that Limp Bizkit mix
Fallout New Vegas, the black sheep of the core Fallout franchise, is a wonderfully weird game. Released in 2010 on PS3 (where it remains stranded), many Fallout fans consider it the best depiction of Bethesda's bizarre universe, which has had an exceptionally long tail over on PC. The modding community...
January2024
Poll Which Persona Game Has the Best Opening?
Now it's personal
Atlus revealed the opening for Persona 3 Reload earlier this week, and it's so good that it got us wondering: which Persona game has the best title sequence? In case you don't know, each game in the series typically introduces itself with an animated opening, featuring a unique song and some gorgeous artwork. There's no doubt...
November2023
News Did You Know? PlayStation Partnered with NCSOFT Over a Decade Ago
Nothing came of it, though
Sony announced a partnership with NCSOFT earlier this week which will likely culminate in the release of an MMO adaptation of the Horizon franchise, but if you’ve been getting déjà vu from this press release, you’re not alone. The company actually revealed a similar relationship with the South Korean titan over a...
News Life is Strange Crosses Hella Impressive 20 Million Player Mark
"When a door closes, a window opens... Or something like that"
Developer DON'T NOD (formerly known as DONTNOD Entertainment) rose to prominence with 2015's angsty tale of teenage time travel, Life is Strange. Announced today, the title that would go on to spawn multiple sequels has crossed the hella good 20 million player mark. There's an important...
Guide Best Yakuza / Like a Dragon Games Ranked: Which Yakuza Games to Play and Where to Start
That's rad!
SEGA's Yakuza or Like a Dragon series has been around since the days of the PlayStation 2, but only over the last half a decade or so has it really started to seep into the consciousness of a wider Western audience. This is largely thanks to 2017's Yakuza 0, which sparked a whole new wave of interest on PlayStation 4. It helped, of...
News Former Rockstar Dev Sheds Light on Fate of Lost PS3 Exclusive Agent
Blast from the past
We first wrote about Rockstar Games' ambitious PS3 exclusive, Agent, all the way back in 2009 and have noted its absence over the many years since. While we always held out hope the spy thriller, set in the 1970s, would one day see the light of the world, Rockstar ultimately scrubbed mention of the game from its website a
October2023
News Given a Chance, Dead Space 3 Producer 'Would Redo It Almost Completely'
“We weren’t allowed to make a horror game from the beginning”
Dead Space 3 is the black sheep of the storied survival horror franchise, mainly because it instead focused on being a cooperative third-person shooter. It was scary for mostly unintended reasons, but in a revealing interview, and with the context of the successful Dead Space remake...
September2023
News Jim Ryan Praises PlayStation Home for Being '10-15 Years Ahead of Its Time'
Other "game-type metaverse" projects in the works
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has shared praise for Sony's PS3 project PlayStation Home in newly revealed documents part of the court case concerning Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While talk surrounding the Metaverse has somewhat died down as of late, Ryan believes PlayStation Home was...
News PS3 Classics Oblivion and Fallout 3 are Reportedly Being Remastered
But we wouldn't bet on them coming to PlayStation
Another highlight from Microsoft's extensive information leak is a document that reveals Bethesda's entire development and release schedule. The document itself is from 2020, which means that the information may no longer be accurate, but two titles still stick out: remasters of both The Elder...
News Sony's E3 2010 Press Conference, the One with Kevin Butler, Revived in 1080p
It only does everything
The fine folks over at Noclip are currently undertaking a huge restoration project, digitising hours and hours of gaming-related footage from a forgotten archive of tapes. If you hit up the YouTube channel, where all of this stuff is free to watch, you'll see old video game trailers, footage of cancelled projects, and old E3...
August2023
News Red Dead Redemption PS4's Platinum Less of a Grind In Unexpected Bright Side
Same game, less Trophies
Rockstar's upcoming and relatively featureless port of PS3's Red Dead Redemption for PS4 has been garnering a lot of attention of late, mostly negative. We prefer to
News Don't Worry, Activision Totally Has the Source Code for Those Awesome PS3 Transformers Games
"When a company eats a company that eats a company, things get lost"
As reported by our sister site Time Extension earlier in the week, the whereabouts of hard drives containing the all-powerful source code for a number of Transformer games was initially in dispute, with both Activision and Hasbro representatives pointing the finger at the other...
News Fans Vote Clive the Second Best Final Fantasy Protagonist
Guess the winner
Wow, people really like Clive Rosfield. The main character of the recently released Final Fantasy 16, the leather-clad hero seems to have really struck a chord with players, as he was voted the second best protagonist in Square Enix's mainline series. That's according to several thousand Final Fantasy fans, all of whom voted in our...
July2023
Poll Who's the Best Final Fantasy Protagonist?
There can only be one
Now that we've all had time to settle into a reality where Final Fantasy 16 exists, this is our chance to revisit a question that's reverberated around the Final Fantasy fandom for decades: just who is the series' best protagonist? Now, for the sake of this poll, we're going to streamline things and focus on mainline Final...
News New Red Dead Redemption Logo Fuels More Remake Rumours
Also a new RDR codename
Suggestions a Red Dead Redemption remake or remaster is in the works from Rockstar are doing the rounds again as Internet sleuths have uncovered a new logo for the PS3 title recently uploaded to the developer's website. First spotted by Twitter user Tez2, a site update from earlier today included a new reference within the...
News Sony's Infamous E3 2006 Conference Now Viewable in Clear 1080p
Giant Enemy Crab has never looked this good
Few video game press conferences are remembered more for all the wrong reasons than Sony's 2006 E3 briefing. It set the tone for a PS3 generation that didn't really get going until the PS3 slim steadied the ship, and now you can watch the two-hour disaster in crystal clear 1080p quality. Uploaded by Danny...
May2023
Poll What's the Best PlayStation Startup Sequence?
PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5?
When you think of PlayStation, does a specific console startup come to mind? Sony's crafted some iconic system screens over the years — complete with some iconic sounds — but which one's the best? We know that's a potentially difficult question — and it might be wholly dependent on how old you are! — but it should...
Another accolade under the belt
Naughty Dog was already an award-winning studio, many times over, in fact, but Sony's shiniest first-party studio has another feather to put in its proverbial cap: The Last of Us has officially been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. Previous titles honoured have included Age of Empires, Angry Birds,...
April2023
Random Horizon Forbidden West DLC Pays Homage to Classic Killzone 2 Moment
Cloud nine
Killzone 2’s trailer intro sequence is iconic. It was part of the infamous original E3 demo which turned out to be smoke and mirrors, but was later replicated in a re-reveal trailer for the final PS3 game. And now Dutch developer Guerrilla Games has paid tribute to it in a trailer for Horizon Forbidden West’s expansion Burning Sho
News Jack Black Calls for Red Dead Redemption Movie, Story 'Even Better Than The Last of Us'
We just need money, Arthur
We're in a pretty positive space with video games being adapted to movies and TV shows. The Uncharted movie, while critically panned, did very well at the box office, Sonic the Hedgehog and its sequel broke records, and HBO's The Last of Us show has been extremely well received. The latest doing the rounds is the
Soapbox Hold On, Is the PS3 a Retro Console?
Rory is having a time crisis
The passage of time. Weird one, init? Never mind the fact I just turned 30 this month and – dodgy knees aside – still feel about 21, there’s something else that’s got me all messed up this week. While plumbing the depths of the Twitterverse the other night, I stumbled across something that I didn’t...
March2023
News Pour One Out for Team Fortress 2 on PS3, Which Is Now Offline After 15 Years
A good run
Back when The Orange Box first released on PS3, it was marked down as a disaster. Due to the complicated architecture of Sony’s system at the time, Valve passed on the project, and the port was handled by EA UK. The results were far from optimal: the game suffered from framerate issues, slow loading, and various other bugs. Despite all...
Soapbox I Can't Stop Thinking About Kung Fu Rider on PS3
Bums on seats
While casually browsing the Nintendo Switch’s painfully slow digital storefront this week, one game in particular caught my eye: it’s called, amusingly, Gekisou! Benza Race -Toilet Shooting Star- and the typo-laden description explains that you’ll be riding a bog in various racing scenarios. The provided screenshots look scrappy,...
Random Lars' Tekken 8 Rage Art Is a Reminder of His Time in Naruto Storm 2
Into the storm
Here's a random bit of trivia for you: Lars' new Rage Art in Tekken 8 — his super move, if you don't know what a Rage Art is — seems to be based on his ultimate attack from Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. And yes, before you ask, Lars was in PS3 anime brawler. The maligned son of Heihachi Mishima featured as a playable...
News Mirror's Edge Will Not Be Delisted from PS Store After all
Gotta have Faith
Update: The primarily single player Mirror’s Edge will no longer be delisted from the PS Store, after prior communication from EA had announced it would. The publisher says this was just an error, and it’ll remain in situ as long as the storefront remains open. The trio of Battlefield titles, however, will still be gone come the...
News Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes Was an Experiment Fans 'Didn't Understand'
Kojima had plotted a full-scale episodic series
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes was a standalone prologue, designed to ease players into the eventual full game, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. However, speaking on the game’s ninth anniversary, auteur Hideo Kojima has revealed that he also used the release as an experiment, which could have...
Feature ICO At 21 - Remembering Fumito Ueda's Seminal PS2 Classic
ICOnic
ICO is a video game that makes me feel things. Things that I can’t quite describe. Ever since I first stepped foot in the castle’s plundered hallways, heard Ico’s footsteps echo through the abandoned corridors, and practically felt the gentle breeze roll through its silent, long-forgotten courtyards, it’s a feeling I just haven’t...
News Widespread PS3, PS Vita Issues Preventing Fans from Downloading Games
It only does nothing
Sony’s legacy systems, the PS3 and PS Vita, are throwing a wobbly it seems. There are widespread reports, right around the globe, of purchased games not downloading properly from the PS Store. It’s unclear what the exact cause is: PS3 received a firmware update recently, which could potentially be related – but that...
February2023
News What Year Is It? There's a New PS3 Firmware Update Out Now
Strong and stable
The year may be 2023, but Sony’s just released a new firmware update for the PS3! No, that’s not a typing error: the Japanese giant has just updated its 17-year-old last-last-gen system. Don’t expect any major new features in version 4.90, though: this one is all about that all-important stability. “This system software...
January2023
Video Watching HBO's TV Show? Dig Deeper into The Last of Us' Lore
Smashing through that mighty thin ice to delve deep
The Last of Us is more popular than ever thanks to both the HBO TV series and The Last of Us: Part I remake. Regardless of whether you are watching the show or playing the game for the first time, there is a ridiculous amount of lore just waiting to be explored that neither medium fully uncover...
December2022
News Iconic PlayStation Franchise Gran Turismo Surpasses 90 Million Copies Sold
As series celebrates 25th anniversary
Gran Turismo, arguably the most iconic PlayStation franchise of all time, has surpassed 90 million units since its inception. As the series celebrates its 25th anniversary, creator Kazunori Yamauchi – who remains a force at developer Polyphony Digital – revealed the milestone in a reflective PS Blog post, in...
Random Infamous PS3 Hacker Quits Twitter After One Month
He was asked to fix it
All four of you may remember Geohot, the infamous code junkie who cracked Sony’s console in what was – worryingly – a gigantic PlayStation news story circa 2009. He recently re-emerged as part of Elon Musk’s ongoing social media soap opera, when he was tasked with “fixing” Twitter by the real-life Tony Stark...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for December 2022?
Plus or minus?
A whopping 22 games are coming to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium next week for December's big update. Highlights include the excellent Judgment, a trio of Far Cry titles, the two Middle-earth games, and inspired CRPG Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
November2022
Random Oddball PS3 Catapult Game PAIN Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Feelin' it
The early days of the PS Store were drastically different from what we all know and love today; the plaza was, effectively, a web page in those very early PS3 days. But it represented an important period of experimentation for Sony, and its output in that inaugural era of digital downloads reflected as much. One such game released...
News It Only Did Everything, Follow Up to Vita Means Life, Will Chronicle the Glory Days of the PS3
PlayStation's unofficial historian is at it again
Author Sandeep Rai is back at it again, launching a Kickstarter project to produce a comprehensive history of the PS3 in a lovely-looking hardback format. It Only Did Everything will chronicle the good times and the bad, from the console's turbulent launch to its triumphal comeback and everything in...
Guide All Resident Evil Games Ranked and Best Places to Start
A comprehensive guide to Resident Evil
The Resident Evil series is one of gaming's most popular and recognisable franchises, dating back to the PlayStation 1 and encompassing more than 25 years of history. With a hardcore following across the globe that hotly anticipates all upcoming entries — no matter where it's a mainline instalment or spin-off...
News PS Plus Premium Gets Five Ratchet & Clank Games on 15th November
Ratchet up
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Ratchet & Clank series, Insomniac Games is bringing five of the entries released on PS3 to PS Plus Premium. Available for streaming from 15th November 2022, the games are: Ratchet & Clank Ratchet & Clank: Going
October2022
News Beloved RPG Fallout: New Vegas Was First Meant to Be Fallout 3 DLC
Quickly realised it couldn't be
Fallout: New Vegas was originally designed as a huge expansion to Fallout 3, it's been revealed. Spotted by Eurogamer in a video celebrating Bethesda's 25th anniversary, executive produ
News Red Dead Redemption No Longer Playable on PS5, PS4 in a Troubling Sign of the Times
Git along, little Dogies
Red Dead Redemption was a landmark achievement in game design, one that few studios have managed to replicate in the more than a decade since the cowboy epic was released. But, like the age of the Wild West itself, Red Dead Redemption has become a relic of a bygone era, with the title no longer playable on modern PlayStation...
News Sony Cocks Up PS Plus Reveal, Swaps Two PS3 Games for PS4
Ooops, they did it again
As has become a monthly tradition, Sony mucked up the PS Plus reveal for October 2022. Many had questioned why PS Plus Premium additions Limbo and Ultra Street Fighter IV were only being offered with cloud streaming on the PS3, when there are perfectly competent
News Jailbroken PS5 Deep Dive into Demon's Souls Unearths Legendary Ring of the Chieftain
Leave no stone unturned
Last week we brought you the titanic news that the PS5 has been jailbroken, allowing modders to delve into previously unexplored depths digitally and uncover secrets of rare repute. Well, Lance Mcdonald is at it again, and this time he has unearthed a fun easter egg left in the Demon's Souls remake by developer BluePoint...
News Mortal Kombat Celebrates 30 Years of Fatalities with Mind Blowing Montage
Get over here and watch it
Mortal Kombat is celebrating 30 years of brutality, and while fans had been hoping for a new game announcement – or, perhaps, a compilation of old ones – this montage trailer will have to suffice. To be fair, it’s impressive: it segues between classic retro footage of the old arcade Mortal Kombat games and modern...
September2022
News Last Call on Those Older Ubisoft Titles, Online Services to Get the Kibosh on Saturday
Farewell, my lovely
Ubisoft is about to make good on its promise of shuttering the online services of some of its older PS3 titles. If you have any lingering digital business that needs tending, now is the time, as the plug will officially be pulled this Saturday, 1st October. The full list of affected titles can be seen below. Assassin's Creed II
News PS3 Classic MotorStorm Pacific Rift Looks Sensational in 4K, 60fps on PC
Now fully playable with RPCS3
Good ol’ MotorStorm: Pacific Rift: you wouldn’t believe it’s nearing its 15th (!!!) anniversary based on this updated version for PC emulator RPCS3. While the rather static art direction is a tell-tale sign of its age, the arcade racer more than holds up running at 60 frames-per-second in 4K – in fact, it’s...
Soapbox Bring Back Warhawk on PS5, You Cowards
Pretty please
Republished on Wednesday 21st September 2022: It's the 15th anniversary of Warhawk, so we thought we'd bring back this Soapbox from the archives to celebrate the classic PS3 shooter. The year 2007 was a particularly good vintage for online multiplayer. Most notably, this was the year Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare launched, and its...
News Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Is Old Enough to Apply for Its Learner's Permit
Series celebrates 15th anniversary
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, the first game in Naughty Dog’s buccaneering franchise, celebrates its 15th anniversary this year – meaning its virtually old enough to apply for its learner’s permit in most American states. The game, first released in 2007 on the PS3, represented a seismic change in approach...
News PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Premium PS5, PS4 Games for September 2022 Announced
Every PS Plus tier revealed
Update: Sony has now confirmed PS Plus lineup for all tiers of its subscription. That means, as previously reported, Toem (PS5), Need for Speed Heat (PS4), and Granblue Fantasy Versus (PS4) join the list of All PS Plus Games as
August2022
Poll Sleeping Dogs Turns 10 Years Old - Are You Still a Fan?
Going Wei back
Sleeping Dogs just turned ten years old! The sandbox title first launched for the PS3 on the 14th August 2012, and it's safe to say that it's fondly remembered. At the time, Sleeping Dogs didn't set the world alight with rave review scores or super high sales figures, but it did gain significant traction over the years that followed...
News Apologies PS3 Anime Fans! Crunchyroll Is Closing Down
Service will continue on PS5, PS4
If you’re still using your PS3 as a media centre, then you should probably be aware that Crunchyroll is closing down on the console. Despite Sony now owning the streaming service, the company is ceasing support for a number of older devices – including the ol’ Triple, as well as the Xbox 360 and Wii U. RIP to...
July2022
News Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 Seemingly Return to PS Store Soon
By way of the HD Collection
The Metal Gear series turns 35 today, and Konami is marking the moment by confirming it will be resuming the "sales of titles that have been temporarily suspended". Not the most exciting birthday present in the world, is it? The post made on Twitter is most likely referring to Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty HD...
News GTA 6 Is Rockstar's Focus as Red Dead Redemption, GTA 4 Remasters Reportedly Shelved
Kotaku corroborates reports
Rockstar has put development of remasters of Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto IV on ice according to a new report from Kotaku. This is so the developer can put all of its efforts into Grand Theft Auto 6. Rumours of such a move had been swirling over the past couple of days because of a
News Ubisoft Is Shuttering Online Services for Some of Its Older PS3 Titles Later in 2022
The clock is ticking
Ubisoft has announced that it will be deactivating online services for some of its older PS3 titles later in the year, so you may want to take care of any unfinished business you have before 1 September. Thankfully, this will not be the case for remasters like Far Cry 3 or Assassins Creed 3, which will be unaffected. The...
News This Is the Closest You'll Ever Get to a PS3 Devkit
Early PS Vita devkit also showcased
Here’s a fascinating video from Linus Tech Tips: a PS3 development kit pulled apart and showcased in all of its enormous glory. The giant 2ft behemoth was used by developers to create games for Sony’s last-last-gen console, and the clip even includes development build footage of titles like Life Is Strange,...
Quite the technical feat
Do you ever wish you could hook that dusty old EyeToy up to your shiny new PS5? Us neither, but the use of older peripherals with modern hardware appears to be something Sony is interested in, according to a recent patent filing spotted by Game Rant. The patent (which is absurdly tech
June2022
News PS Plus Extra, Premium List Games Leaving Soon, Shadow Warrior 3 Gone on 5th July
Syberia leaves PS Plus Premium soon too
The new PS Plus service has a tab buried at the bottom of its PS5 home page dedicated to telling you all the games that will be leaving soon. It's called Last Chance to Play and is found just below the Ubisoft+ Classics list. Currently, it reveals two games will be leaving PS Plus Extra and
News Dragon's Dogma 10th Anniversary Event Announced for This Week
Dearest Arisen
Dragon's Dogma fans tuned in to the Capcom Showcase hoping for something, anything on the future of the franchise — but we didn't get anything. At least, not yet. Capcom actually announced a '10 Years of Dragon's Dogma' digital event, which will air later this week, on Thursday 16th June. It begins at 3PM PT / 6PM ET / 11PM BST /...
Poll Will You Buy The Last of Us: Part I?
Or is it a remake too far?
The Last of Us: Part I is real, and it's coming to PS5 on the 2nd September. The long-rumoured announcement was meant to be Geoff Keighley's big finale for Summer Game Fest Live, but Sony somehow managed to leak the entire thing through its own PlayStation Direct store just hours before the show. Perhaps that leak...
News Japanese PS Plus Premium Lineup Shares First Look at PS3 Games
Ratchet! Resistance! God of War!
PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium are launching in Japan right now, and just like the Asian release, the complete list of games included in the service is being pulled from an official website page rather than a promotional push from
