PS3 News
November2009
News Gran Turismo 5 Special Edition Listed On Amazon France
Couple this errant Amazon listing with the news of a three-disc GT5 package from earlier in the year and you might safely assume Polyphony have something planned in the way of a Gran Turismo 5 special edition - but then, what games don't these days? A listing on Amazon France hints at an "Edition Speciale" priced at 74
95; 10 more than the...
News Take A Look At Avatar: The Game's Multiplayer Gameplay
We totally had no idea that Ubisoft's video game adaptation of James Cameron's Avatar would feature multiplayer - but this trailer totally confirms that it does
It looks quite good too. It'll be interesting to see how the different factions are balanced. We're quite looking forward to this game. It certainly looks like Ubisoft have gone to great...
News There's A New Mercenaries Game In Development, Yessir!
Pandemic may be dead, but that's not stopping EA working with their IP
A new Mercenaries game is in the pipeline, entitled Mercs Inc at present. It's being developed by EA LA, the studio where a core group of the Pandemic team were moved to."We are very excited to announce a new instalment in the popular Mercenaries series because it...
News Tony Hawk: Ride's Skateboard Used To Look A Little Bit Like, Erm, This
Ever wondered what prototypes for peripherals look like? Well, there's actually a reason companies don't release them - as this Tony Hawk: Ride prototype is a testament to the "unfinished product"
The board, taped together with duct tape and featuring arcade buttons looks like something out of a horror movie.
News David Guetta DJ Hero Track Pack Hits The Playstation Store
If you fancy getting your groove on to a series of new DJ Hero tracks, look no further than the David Guetta track pack which is available on the US Playstation Store right now for just $7
99. The pack includes: "When Love Takes Over" featuring Kelly Rowland, "Sexy Chick" featuring Akon, and "On The Dancefloor"...
News Official Playstation Magazine Teases A Dead Space 2 Reveal Next Issue
The latest issue of Official Playstation Magazine (UK) seems to hint at a big Dead Space 2 reveal
The tease page for the next issue teases a "big sequel" with some original Dead Space concept artwork hidden on the page. It doesn't really take a genius now does it? Of course, it's likely Geoff Keighley's VGA awards might beat OPM to the...
News Tekken 6 DLC Will Probably Free
Whilst most people probably care more about a Tekken 6 patch than DLC at this point, producer Katsuhiro Harada has commented on uk
playstation.com</a> that any released content for the game is likely to be free. We'll won't argue with getting something for nothing so, we look forward to some content. We look forward to a multiplayer patch even...
News Final Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Is Finally Here, Mad Pretty
Sit back, relax, and get ready to gawp at pretty CGI people talking in Japanese
Yep, it can only be Final Fantasy XIII, and the last trailer Square-Enix intend to release before the game's launch in Japan. We're now taking bets on first-day sales. Where you putting your money?
News Analyst: Wii Bubble "Deflating," PS3 Poised To Dominate The Holidays
In an interview with Gamasutra, Cowen Group analyst Doug Creutz has placed his money firmly on Playstation 3 dominance this holiday season
According to Creutz, the "Wii bubble could be deflating," with the system's core audience holding off on video game purchases compared to last year.While we believe the Wii is likely to be a drag on...
News Square Announce A March Release For The, Frankly Fantastic Looking Just Cause 2
We've not been short on our admiration for Just Cause 2, so imagine the party in the office as we type these words: Just Cause 2 is coming in March
Just to further populate the most ridiculous release schedule, like, ever, Square Enix announced that Avalanche's Just Cause 2 will hit Playstation 3 on the 23rd and 26th of March in the US and Europe...
News Ubisoft: Assassin's Creed II Sold 1.6million In Its First Week
Kudos to the folks at Ubisoft
First of all for making Assassin's Creed II strides ahead of its predecessor. But secondly, for not flippin' delaying a big multiplatform title because of Modern bleedin' Warfare 2. The game's out in stores now, and by all accounts is selling pretty darn well. In fact, according to Ubisoft the game has sold 1.6million...
News Cody, Guy & Erm, Adon [?] Join The Super Street Fighter IV Ranks
Remember Final Fight? The first and last good 2D side-scrolling brawler? Ok, so maybe the Streets Of Rage games fit somewhere into that analogy but whatever - bottom line is: Final Fight was rad
Especially when you were playing as the poncy do-gooders Cody and Guy. Well, soon you'll be able to reaffirm your affinity with Metro City, as scans from...
News EA Montreal Are To Shift Focus To Big, Blockbuster Titles
EA Montreal might be behind the Army Of Two franchise, but they've also done some neat, yet lower profile Nintendo Wii stuff aswell
According to comments made by the company's general manager Alain Tascan that is set to change. EA Montreal aim to target the HD consoles with "fewer and bigger things". So basically - less projects, but...
News US Airforce Purchase 2,200 Playstation 3s, Link Them For Super Computer Fun
Imagine how good Uncharted 2: Among Thieves would look if it was developed for 2,200 PS3s
Yeah, mental. Probably like, a step above real life or something. Who knows. We'll probably never find out. Speaking of linked PS3s though, we've just got wind that the US Airforce are to purchase 2,200 PS3s. That's a lot of consoles folks. They intend to hook...
News Obama Teams Up With Sackboy, For Kids Of Course
Read this and then read it again: Media Molecule's humble LittleBigPlanet is headed into American libraries as part of an Entertainment Software Association-backed initiative, aswell as a $300,000 game design challenge
Sony will donate 1,000 Playstation 3s and copies of LittleBigPlanet to libraries and community organisations. Participants will...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 23rd-29th November 2009
It's a Monday
Really? Again? Honestly, the time goes so fast it feels like we're writing a PushSquare Picks every flippin' day. Boo! Alas, here's what we've got for you. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Gravity Crash The first PSN game in a while to adorn Pick Of The Week status, Just Add Water's "Play Create Share" dual-stick...
News So, Erm, Heavy Rain Features Dudes In The Shower!
Thanks to some detective work by GoOnline Games (via Official Playstation Magazine) we can confirm a male shower scene in Quantic Dream's upcoming "let's try and shock everyone" masterpiece Heavy Rain
According to a couple of Tweets from the Official Playstation Magazine Twitter page, "there's a dude in the shower" in the game's preview...
News Surprise: Modern Warfare 2 Holds Onto UK Charts Top Spot, Beats Out Assassin's Creed II
Well, this is about as much a shock as Katie Price being voted for a Bushtucker Trial: Modern Warfare 2 has continued its grip on the British sales charts
And that's with Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed II managing to outperform its predecessor by 12 percent. Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. Wii was the other big debut this week, with very little interest...
News Bayonetta Demo Hitting Playstation 3 Next Week
It's getting rave reviews from the publications gamers are supposed to care about, but we always say that the test is in the taste
Bless SEGA then, for putting their upcoming Bayonetta on a silver PSN shaped platter for us. A Western demo will be released as part of the US/European Playstation Store update next week.
News GIRL STRETCHES HER WAY TO JUPITER!!!1
Remember the over-arching co-operative nature of Namco Bandai's Noby Noby Boy
That's right, we're all increasing GIRL's length in hope of reaching new planets and subsequently unlocking new levels. Know then that GIRL has finally reached Jupiter after stretching to a length of 576,682,810 miles. Hurrah! Well done folks.
News Critter Crunch Dudes Give Sony A Big Verbal Kiss
Capybara's Nathan Vella loves Sony
He told Gamasutra so. Kinda. Speaking of Sony freely available development suite, the Phyre Engine, Nathan said, "any of the parts that are inside Phyre that we didn't know how to fix or we had an issue with, they would fix it for us in a day. Overall, I think Sony's doing a lot of right stuff for small...
News Firmware 3.10 Includes Error Report Functionality
This isn't exactly the most amazing news of the week, but consider it a neat way to improve hardware reliability
Firmware 3.10 includes the functionality to send an error report to Sony everytime your system locks up or freezes for no reason. Of course, this data can then be analysed by Sony tech monkeys and fixes can be released based on it. We...
News Modnation Racers Trailer Continues To Make Us Giddy With Excitement
In all honesty Modnation Racers was one of our favourite things to come out of Sony's E3 press conference
The game just epitomises fun. It knows exactly what it is and never really strives for anything more than that. This latest trailer emphasises that. It seems like the game allows you to customise pretty much everything about your car and racer...
News Sonic The Hedgehog & Friends Are Headed To LittleBigPlanet
Just what we've always wanted: a Sonic the hedgehog costume pack to dress our Sackboy with while we play those countless recreations of Green Hill Zone
Hurrah. Amazingly, this costume pack looks rather awesome, with Dr. Robotnick (Eggman) proving to be the pick of the bunch as far as we're concerned. No word on a price or date yet, just know,...
News Gravity Crash Launches Globally Tuesday 24th November On PSN, Mark Your Calendar
Stick it in your PDA
Store it on your mobile phone. Write it in your diary. Tattoo it to your forehead. Do whatever it takes to remember, because this Tuesday (24th November) you're going to want to be sat in front of your Playstation 3. Why? Just Add Water's dual-stick shooter Gravity Crash launches. And as far as we're aware it's rad as hell...
News Resident Evil 5: Lost In Nightmares Trailer Gets Us Excited For Resident Evil Once Again
It only takes a minute of footage and the Resident Evil fanboy inside of us comes out to play
In this case, it took just a short trailer for Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition's "Lost In Nightmares" chapter to get the ol' hairs standing on end and the hype-meter bubbling. Oh it's bubbling alright.
News God Of War Collection Causing Some Freezing Problems Amongst Players
So, you're all excited, you've bought Sony's God Of War Collection and it's really fun but - oh, it's frozen
That's the problem some people appear to be having on the Playstation Forums. While the issue doesn't appear to be widespread (and is mainly only affecting original launch 60GB consoles), it's probably something Sony will want to address as...
Feature Quick Impressions: European Playstation Video Delivery Service
Colour us impressed
Very impressed. We'd known the release date for the European Playstation Video Delivery Service (which we'll refer to as the "video store" for convenience) for a while, but we had no idea exactly how much content SCEE would pump into it before launch. We had the titles of just five or six movies when we got told the...
News Playstation Network To Rake In $500million For Sony This Year, Up 300% Over Last Year
The good news continues to roll for Sony as they've announced revenue for the Playstation Network to be up 300% over last year
In fact, the company expect to see $500million of revenue from the service this financial year. Sony can expect the launch of the European video store and the PSPgo to boost sales on the Network even further.
News Brand Playstation Continues To Dominate In Japan
Sony's grip on the Japanese market continues to stregthen as the company once again account for more than half of Japanese video game sales in their home region
During the week ending November 15th, the Playstation 3 and PSP each tallied over 38,000 units, with the PSPgo dropping to just 6,000. PSP 38,770 PS3 38,498 DSi 33,749 Wii ...
News Find Out How To Play Your PSP Online With adhocParty
Sony's PSP marketing manager, Kristin Neirinckx, has posted a video guide over on the US Playstation Blog detailing how to use the newly launched adhocParty
The programme uses the Playstation 3 to allow adhoc-only PSP games to be playable over the Internet. Looks properly amazing actually.
News Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Continues To Look Outrageously Amazing
At this point, if DICE can match Infinity Ward in general gunplay, balancing and lightning matchmaking, we absolutely have no qualms suggesting that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 might top Modern Warfare 2
It's a huge task, the best parts of Infinity Ward's shooter are the gunplay, but Battlefield possesses the "big war" feel that Modern...
News Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time Becomes The Fastest Selling Game In The Franchise
Congrats!
It may have failed to set the charts alight, but that's not stopped Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time from becoming the fastest selling game in the franchise. In their latest Full Moon podcast, the Insomniac team herald the game as the fastest selling title in the franchise, impressive seeing as Ratchet games in general have seen over...
News Hirai "Confident" Sony Will Shift 13million PS3s This Year
Sony Computer Entertainment boss-man Kaz Hirai is "confident" Sony will shift 13 million Playstation 3's by the end of the fiscal year in March, 201o
Global reported sales for the first two quarters of this year stand at 4.3 million, but sales have been through the roof since then. Whilst 13 million seems like a far-away estimate, we must all...
News Blue Toad Murder Files Looks Like It Might Be Brilliant
You've got to love the style of Relentless' games
The team most synonymous with the Buzz! franchise have just released a teaser trailer for their upcoming PSN detective game Blue Toad Murder Files. The game's set to release near to Christmas. We absolutely can't wait to check it out.
News Advertising To Wipeout HD Returns, Still Causes Load Problems
Remember when Sony removed the advertising from PSN racer Wipeout HD due to fan's concerns over load times? Well, we're afraid to report that those ads are back - and are still causing load problems
A patch bringing the game up to version 2.10 claims to fix loading problems while delivering adverting content. So far, so fine? However, Joystiq...
News Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition Launches In March, DLC In February
So, we reckon Capcom were teasing when they kept referring to the updated version of Resident Evil 5 as "Alternative Edition"
We all thought it was rubbish, and it seems the company agreed. The much spunkier titled Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition has been announced for launch on Playstation 3 in March. Those who already own the game will be able to...
A little earlier today, a slide on a Sony business presentation seemed to suggest that the company planned to start charging subscriptions for the Playstation Network
Kaz Hirai (via VG247) quashed these reports, ensuring that the PSN is to remain free to use, with subscriptions for "premium content" to be introduced.SCE will further...
News Sony Shoots For Catch-All Playstation Network Service
Sony said a while back that they planned to make all their products compatible with the Playstation Store
The company have further reinforced that aim today, with further details of a united Sony Online Service. According to a Sony presentation delivered this morning, Sony plan to use the same core infrastructure as the Playstation Store to deliver...
News No More Heroes Looks Gorgeous In High Definition
No More Heroes was a great looking game on the Wii, so the thought of it running in HD on the Playstation 3 is really exciting
The folks over at ScrawlFX have managed to temporarily cure our excitement, with some early screenshots from the PS3 version of the game. They claim more screenshots will be revealed tomorrow so for now you'll have to make...
News European Playstation Movie Store To Get 50+ New Films Each Week
Having had chance to browse around the Playstation Video Store this morning, we have to say we are very impressed
The pricing is more than reasonable and the range of content on offer is already staggering. It's a flawless update from the folks at SCEE, and we have to congratulate them on that. But with 2000 movies already on offer from the service,...
News Playstation 3 Sales Up 70% In The USA, PSN Downloads Up 60%
When we look back on the Playstation 3 in years to come, we may just consider the announcement of the PS3 Slim a turning-point for the system
Sony have announced that the PS3's October performance in the US is up 70% on 2008. That's not all though, as PSN downloads have also increased by 60%, with October seeing more revenue from the service than...
News Sony To Bring 3D Gaming To Playstation 3 By 2011
A stealthy announcement discovered in the latest Sony press release (via the Examiner) hints that Sony are to introduce fully featured 3D gaming to the Playstation 3 by 2011
The press release, which details Sony's 3D plans, hints at "3D gaming on PlayStation 3 in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011." It seems like the industry, and...
News The ESRB Out A2M's Revenge Of The Wounded Dragons
The developers behind WET, A2M, trademarked the title Revenge Of The Wounded Dragons a while back
Now information from the ESRB hints that the title is almost ready for announcement. With publisher Sony Online Entertainment on board, the title will likely be a PSN-exclusive and sounds a lot like a Double Dragon inspired game."This is a 2D...
News Hello Playstation 3 Firmware 3.10!
So, firmware 3
10</a> is totally now available for download when you boot up your Playstation 3. The firmware update allows you to sync your trophy achievement status with Facebook, aswell as providing improved Photo navigation in the XMB and coloured trophy cards. We've tried out the Facebook thing and it totally works. It's pretty cool...
News The European Playstation Store Now Includes Video Content...
.. And that means, like, right now! Trust us, we checked. There are an absolute ton of movies to buy or rent (in SD or HD). To be precise, more than 2000 movies are available. It's a pretty impressive roll out from SCEE, and a service we're looking forward to using. Renting a movie in HD costs around the £4-mark in the UK, with SD a bit cheaper...
News Uncharted 2: Among Theives Nominated For Game Of The Year By The VGAs
It's time to get voting for Spike TV's annual VGA awards show
The nominees are out and the contenders for game of the year include Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The Playstation 3 exclusive will go up against Batman: Arkham Asylum, Left 4 Dead 2 and Modern Warfare 2. Naughty Dog are also up for the award of best studio, with Uncharted 2...
News Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition Has A Second Episode Under Wraps
A report in the latest issue of Famitsu suggests that there is to be another additional chapter added to Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition alongside the "Lost In Nightmares" flashback episode
According to details in the magazine, the additional chapter is currently being kept under wraps. When purchased as DLC, the two new chapters will cost just...
News SEGA Considering Bayonetta Patch To Improve Load Times
It's well catalogued now that SEGA's port of Platinum Games' Bayonetta is far from perfect
One such problem is the game's extortionate load times (25 seconds for a level!!!). A patch is currently "under consideration" but SEGA don't have a time-frame yet. Hopefully they can at least get the game loading properly before the Western release...
News Officially Official: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Announced For 2010
Follow up
The original may have lost Jeff Gerstmann his job, but that ain't stopping IO Interactive announcing a sequel to Kane & Lynch. Set in the "gritty Shanghai underworld," Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is going to have a real innovative style, with an undercover documentary vibe going on. Sounds very interesting indeed. "Gamers are...
News Modern Warfare 2 Makes Activision Lots & Lots Of Money
It doesn't matter that DJ Hero was a flop because Activision are now wiping their bottom with cash
Why? Mainly because Modern Warfare 2 managed to earn the company a whopping $550million in five days. Apparently it trumps a number of huge entertainment launches such as The Dark Knight and Harry Potter.
News RIDDDDDDDDDGE RACER! (Accelerated)
Remember when SCE's Kaz Hirai said "Riddddddddddge Racer"? Yeah, that's all we could think about when we heard Namco Bandai has trademarked the title Ridge Racer Accelerated
If, indeed, it's a Playstation 3 game, we hope they let Kaz announce it. Just for sarcasm's sake if nothing else.
News Yakuza 4 Continues To Look Pretty Damn Rad
GameWatch have put up some awesome screen comparisons of Yakuza 4's "living" world at various points through the day
Day, dusk, night; the world looks vibrant at all periods, with some amazing ambient lighting going on. Please SEGA. Please bring this and Yakuza 3 to the West. If you won't let us have Shenmue III, then at least give us this.
News LittleBigPlanet Hits 1.3million User Created Levels
User generated levels in Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet have now hit 1
3million. That's a whopping amount of content to get through - and even if 99% of it is rubbish, still leaves 1,300 good levels to check out. Speaking at the Montreal Game Summit, lead architect Paul Holden said, The figures are obviously changing daily. The last figures I...
News Media Molecule Want To Share Playstation 3 Memory Tool With Other Developers
During the development of LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule developed a tool entitled HeapMon, which allowed software to manage numerous requests of the PS3's hardware memory
Media Molecule now want to make that tool available to other developers, so long as Sony agree. Speaking at the Montreal Game Summit, Media Molecule lead architect Paul Holden...
News Gearbox: Borderlands Is The Fastest Selling New IP Of The Year
Michael Pachter said Borderlands was being "sent out to die
" He was wrong. Gearbox's new IP sold at an alarming rate, faring incredibly on the XBOX 360, and still rather well as part of a congested PS3 line-up. In fact, Gearbox are claiming Borderlands to be the fastest selling new IP of the year, an accolade we won't argue with. Basing it on...
News Facebook Hits The Playstation 3... Today, Y'All!
If you're desperate to share your trophy earning escapades with those on your Facebook account, then fear not: Firmware 3
10 is launching "sometime" today, featuring all the functionality we detailed yesterday. Of course, that also means that today is the end of horribly ugly friends lists.
News No More Heroes Is Coming To The Playstation 3! Jive With Us People, Jivvvve!
Arguably the best third-party Nintendo Wii franchise, No More Heroes, is due to make an appearance on the Playstation 3 according to scans from the latest issue of Japanese gaming Bible, Famitsu
The game, entitled No More Heroes: Eiyuutachi no Rakuen (Heroes' Paradise), has been on the cards for a while going on comments by franchise creator Suda...
News European Vidzone Release Dates Announced
It's easy to forget while we're dancing around to Glockenpop that other regions across Europe are yet to receive the Playstation 3's Vidzone application yet
Worry not though Europeans. The service is on its way. In fact, here's a list of the where and whens. November 23: Austria, The Netherlands, and Portugal December 3: Denmark, Finland, Norway...
News Rockstar's Agent Was Originally Being Developed For Playstation 2
According to information dug up by Shogun Gamer, Rockstar Games' upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive, Agent, was originally in development for the first XBOX and Playstation 2
The resume of a 3D modeller features work on the game Agent way back in 2003. Interestingly, it seems the game was in development at Rockstar San Diego at the time. Agent is...
News Sucker Punch Are Hiring A Network Programmer, Adding Online Support To Next Game
With the recent recasting of Cole McGrath, it certainly seems likely that Sucker Punch are currently working on a follow-up to their hit open-world title inFamous
Even more interesting though, is the company's posting of a job position, which requires a network programmer who has "experience building on-line components of video games." If...
News Assassin's Creed II's Launch Trailer Reminds Us The Franchise Is Good Because It's Different
Watching the embedded launch trailer for Assassin's Creed II reminded us of one major thing
The franchise is different. If you've been living under a rock, you'll know that the latest game in Ubisoft's franchise is set in a renaissance Italy. That's awesome. It doesn't really matter what the actual game's like (it's great - Ed), hats off to Ubisoft...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 16th-22nd November
Word up to one and all, we'll be taking a trip back in time to the Renaissance this week
Will you? PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Assassin's Creed II (EU/USA) Ubisoft's biggest new IP of the generation returns for a second dose in the renaissance period this week across Europe and the US. Looks like Ubisoft have really stepped up the...
Rumour EA To Announce Closure Of Pandemic Today
Sources close to the folks over at Kotaku have hinted that EA's Pandemic studio is to be closed down today
The team were due to release their latest game, The Saboteur, early next month - but it now seems like EA Montreal will be left with the task of finishing the game. If true, it's a real shame that EA wouldn't even let the Pandemic team finish...
News Cross Game Chat Is Almost Definitely Coming To The Playstation 3
So, the Playstation Network's product manager James Thorpe (via TSA) probably just made himself the most popular person on the t'Internet
Overstatement, perhaps, but in a comment on the Playstation.Blog he's made hints that Cross Game Chat is coming to the Playstation 3. He writes on the blog, I wish I could just give you a date, I really...
News Double-Shot Espresso: Two Peggle Games Headed To The PSN This Thursday
How much do you want Peggle on the PSN? Afterall, it's been a long time coming
That much, eh? Well know that two games are headed to the PSN this Thursday: Peggle and Peggle Nights. The PS3 games will feature YouTube support - so you'll be able to upload amazing replays directly from the PS3 to your YouTube account, storing all those "oh...
News 3D Dot Game Heroes Is Coming To North America On May 11th
Last night Atlus announced that 3D Dot Game Heroes will be coming to the US on May 11th
The game looks like a modern re-imagination of Nintendo's excellent Zelda franchise, so those of you across Europe might want to get your import on thanks to the wonders of Playstation 3's region-free design. Interestingly, American retailer GameStop are listing...
News Capcom Detail Team Battles & Endless Mode For Super Street Fighter IV
The more we hear about Super Street Fighter IV the more we're interested in it
Yes, it absolutely does sound like a repackaged Street Fighter IV, but it sounds like the online modes are really going to be stepped up in this version. Considering how threadbare Street Fighter IV's online modes were, it's great that Capcom are going out of their way to...
News Buzz! Developer Dude Reckons Home Is Hitting Its Stride Right About... Now
The executive director of Relentless Games, Andrew Eades, reckons Playstation Home is totally not for him
"Home doesn't appeal to me personally that much," he told VideoGamer.com. Bad news? Not quite, as Eades reckons Home is just starting to reach its potential. He reckons that Sony should focus on " the tools to allow people to...
Rumour Russia Recalls Modern Warfare 2 Due To The "No Russian" Scene
Well, let's be honest, it was absolutely inevitable that some Russians were going to get upset over that scene in Modern Warfare 2
We'd tell you all about it, but we don't want to spoil things for folks who haven't played the game yet. Chances are, if you have played the game, you know what we're talking about. According to a Hellforge translation,...
News Sony Announce Firmware 3.10 With Facebook Integration Coming Soon
We told you it was coming
Now Sony has announced it on the Playstation.Blog. Firmware 3.10 is "coming soon" and will include full Facebook integration. Given this is a feature Microsoft has been touting as a "system-seller" for the XBOX 360 over the past few months, it must be a kick in the teeth that Sony announce the...
News Rockstar Dude Says The Words "Grand Theft Auto Five"
Rockstar's Dan Houser has casually mentioned the prospect of Gran Theft Auto V in a lengthy interview with the Times
In it, he says that, "We'll think of a city first, then the characters." The game's eventual script will run to around 1,000 pages, nearly ten times as much as a feature film. It's been the first real hint we've caught of...
Rumour Modern Warfare 2's "Ghost" To Become Protagonist
Remember Ghost from Modern Warfare 2? Yeah, he sounded a lot like Gaz
That's because the character probably was Gaz. But speculation aside, the voice actor for both characters - Craig Fairbrass - has blurted out some interesting tid-bits regarding the nature of a potential spin-off title starring the masked military dude.I did in the last game a...
News Square Enix Working On A "Global Game" In Montreal
As gaming prominence in the West continues to grow and grow, so must the attitudes of traditionally Eastern developers - like Square Enix
Cue, Square Enix's president - Yoichi Wada - confirming that the company's first "global game" is in development in Montreal. The game is being developed alongside Thief 4 and Deus Ex 3 in Eidos'...
News Konami Confirms Metal Gear Solid For European Playstation Store Release This Thursday
Hurah-guzzah and all that
Kojima's mainstream master-piece, Metal Gear Solid, will see release (at long last) on the European Playstation Store this Thursday. Konami say the game will cost £7.99, and of course, it'll be playable on either Playstation 3 or PSP. Konami also say that Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and its sequel - Portable Ops + -...