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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 PSP Comics Service Coming To Japan On December 10th
Sony have dated the Playstation Portable comics service to those people in Japan
A firmware update will be available on November 19th, upgrading the PSP to 6.20 a few weeks ahead of the service's launch on December 10th. For the Japanese store, individual comics will cost between ¥50-150 (USD$0.55-$1.70), while collections will run for the uniform...
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...
News Japan To Get A Kingdom Hearts Themed Playstation Portable
How do you guarantee the sale of lots of PSPs? You put Kingdom Hearts stickers on it and sell it alongside the upcoming Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
This special PSP-3000 will be available from January 9th for 22,000 Yen.
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 + -...
News Surprise: Modern Warfare 2 Debuts At The Top Of The UK Charts
Pretend to be surprised for us will you? Thanks
So, guess what? Modern Warfare 2entered the UK charts in the number one position for the week ending November 14th. It managed to sell a whopping 1.78 million copies over the five or so days it was on sale, with a speculated 700,000 or so copies attributed to the Playstation3 version. The rest of the...
As exciting as the Final Fantasy XIII release date announcement was yesterday, it really only served as a wake-up call for me
The first quarter of next year is absolutely chock-a-block. If I just construct a list of games coming early next year that automatically spring to mind, we're looking at: MAG, Bayonetta, Heavy Rain, Dante's Inferno, Dark...
News What About SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3's Multiplayer Options, Then?
The Playstation Blog has multiplayer details for the upcoming SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3
The game will feature 16-player competitive multiplayer across eight maps and seven modes. So, lots of stuff. The modes - which can be played locally or online - include "Leader Mode" where the team designate a captain and "Tug Of War", a...
News adHoc Party Finally Goes Western, Launching In The US & EU This Month
Thank goodness for that
Sony has finally announced that adHoc Party - the Playstation 3 application that allows you to play adHoc PSP games over the Internet - is finally coming to the USA and Europe. Essentially, the application allows you to "trick" your PSP into thinking there are other players in the room, making games like Gran...
News October NPD: Uncharted 2: Among Theives Tops Charts, Playstation 3 Beats Out XBOX 360
Another NPD results post, another month, another fanboy war (we assume)
America's console and games sales charts are in. And they make for minor interesting reading. The Playstation 3's sales are down this month (after a mammoth month in September, that's to be expected) but Sony's high-definition system still managed to beat out Microsoft's XBOX...
News Sony Survey Yummy Potential PSPgo Colour Variants
Seems like Sony are planning some flashy new colours for the PSPgo range
A Destructoid reader was invited to take a survey regarding new colours in the UK. As you can see, there are a lot of yummy colours on the survey. Personally we'd go for the more "out-there" ones, such as Coral and Turqouise. But knowing how boring people are, we...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 9th-15th November 2009
So this week there's only really one release everyone cares about
And chances are you're playing it right now, rather than reading this. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) Well, let's face it, it wasn't going to be anything else was it? Infinity Ward's military tour-de-force should be available worldwide right now...
News Where Are You Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time?
Huge disappointment for Insomniac Games in the UK
They have seen their excellent Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time reach a lowly number 22 in the UK all-formats chart. The game was beaten by Sony's other release of the week, SingStar: Take That, which appeared to get much more marketing in the mainstream press than Ratchet. Alas, with Modern...
News Sony Franchise Pinball Games On The Way, Apparently
A leak from the ESRB suggests that Sony are planning some Playstation Portable themed pinball games based on the artwork from High Velocity Bowling, Hot Shots Golf, PAIN and, most surprisingly, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
There are no real details on the games as yet aside from the ESRB's related descriptions. For the Uncharted themed game they...
News Playstation Hardware Accounts For Over Half Of The Japanese Sales Charts This Week
It may have only been on store shelves for one day, put the PSPgo still managed to shift 29,109 units on its Japanese launch
Couple that with solid figures for the existing PSP (34,911) and continued strength of the Playstation 3 platform (36,061) and you have some real solid numbers for Sony in Japan this week. Nintendo's DSi continued to head the...
News LittleBigPlanet PSP Hits UK Systems November 20th
We know what you're thinking
You're thinking, "Do-do-do-doo-doo." That's ok though, we are too. SCEE have confirmed to CVG this morning that the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet will hit UK PSPs this November 20th. Yo, that's not far away folks.
News Auditorium Hitting Playstation 3, Playstation Portable Next Year
Auditorium - the awesome reflect the light music puzzler [check it out here - Ed] that won an indie competition to be ported to consoles - is coming to Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable next year according to a press release from publisher Zoo Games
Be warned though, if you do choose to check the game out via the link above, it's unlikely...
News Yummy New PSPs Coming To Japan Before Christmas
If you're Japanese and you don't have a PSP yet (unusual), you might be interested to know that there are ton of awesome new colours heading to the Portable range, the full catalogue of which you can see over at Kotaku
They're out in December and will cost ¥19,800 (US$219.50).
News BlazBlue Portable Heading To The Sony PSP
According to Famitsu (via the Examiner), the Playstation 3's BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger will be ported to the PSP under the guise of BlazBlue Portable
We don't really have any details other than that at this point — but it's an interesting move considering BlazBlue on the PS3 already featured Remote Play support - allowing you to play the game on...
News Popular Playstation Characters Coming To LittleBigPlanet PSP If You Preorder
Would you like to dress your Sackboy up as Nathan Drake, Chloe Frazer, some dudes from Motorstorm, the Helghast or
.. a tank? You're totally going to need to preorder LittleBigPlanet PSP from GameStop then. We really hope these costumes get released commercially too because, well, a Sackboy Drake is just too much for us to resist.
News Kojima Productions Working On An English Peace Walker Demo
The worst thing about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker at the moment is that it makes no sense at all
Obviously, we chortle. We've only played a Japanese demo so, kinda expect things to be in Japanese. Thanfully, Kojima and his team are working on bringing us an English demo however. According to a Kojima Productions podcast, it's actually already in...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 2nd-8th November
Evening all
It's the calm before the storm a little this week. That storm is obviously Modern Warfare 2 themed. PushSquares Playstation Pick Of The Week: Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time - PS3 Insomniac's premier Playstation platforming duo make their third entry on the PS3 in just as many years. Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time took a...
News PSPgo Shifts 28,275 Units On Its First Day Of Retail In Japan
The PSPgo has finally launched in Japan, and has managed to shift a respectable 28,275 units according to Andriasang
com</a>. The unit was supported by a ton of Playstation Network releases including Persona 3, Dissidia Final Fantasy and LocoRoco Midnight Carnival. Domestic lifetime sales for the PSP pre-Go stand at <span>12,797,180...
News DJ Hero Bombs In The UK Charts Despite Actually Being Kinda Rad
Confirmed: you need to have ZZ Top and other rock acts in your game to be successful
Also, you kinda need to be reasonably priced. That's right folks, the UK charts ain't looking too pretty for DJ Hero which debuted at number 20. Despite Freestyle Games doing a pretty stellar job (review forthcoming) on the electro-hip-hop-dance-pop arm of...
News Playstation 3 Holds Strong Around The 30K Mark In Japan
After the initial monster sales of the PS3 Slim in Japan, we always assumed weekly sales would settle down around the 30k mark - 20k higher than pre-Slim's average weekly figures
That's something that's happened for Sony, with figures of 29,997 this week. Many expected the Wii to overtake the PS3 after its pricedrop, but that hasn't happened, with...
News Lego Indiana Jones 2 Trailer Is Rather Cute
We have a confession to make: we've never really liked Indiana Jones that much at all
Still, this trailer for Lego Indiana Jones 2 is pretty darn cute. The magic is in the way the characters emote.
News Playstation 3 Sales Jump, PSP & PS2 Down
The divisions devoted to Sony's Playstation and VAIO businesses are reporting a 24
2 percent decrease in sales over the period ending September 2009 when compared to last year's figures. "This decrease," states Sony, "was mainly due to lower VAIO PC and game sales." Sony also claimed that lower PS2 sales alongside the...
News Zombie Tycoon Launches On The PSP Minis Section Of The PSN Today
Have you been looking forward to some new PSP Minis? Do you have a penchant for the undead? Good, because today sees the launch of a brand new PSP Mini in Zombie Tycoon
"Let's be clear, Zombie Tycoon isn't a port from a phone game, it's a whole new strategy game designed specifically for PSP," producer Martin Brouard boasted on the...
News SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Gets On The Delay Train
SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 is one of those games we weren't sure about
Just the whole concept of SOCOM on a PSP has never sounded too stellar to us. Then we played it, and came away pleasantly surprised. So we're a little disappointed to see the game slip. It was originally due in late November but will now launch on January 12th. SCEA Senior Producer...
News Valkyria Chronicles 2 Getting Japanese Playstation Store Demo On November 2nd
You ready for more Valkyria Chronicles? More importantly, more Valkyria Chronicles on your Playstation Portable? Then you're totally in luck, because the upcoming Valkyria Chronicles 2 - lovingly scaled down to the PSP - is totally getting a demo on the Japanese Playstation Store this coming November 2nd
You've been told.
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Getting Another Demo
Kojima's official blog has brought word that there is another Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker demo headed to the Japanese PSN this Sunday, November 1st
It'll be a tweaked version of the demo that was playable on Konami's Tokyo Game Show booth. Kojima Productions have modified the controls based on player feedback, adding a third control scheme on top...
News Buzz! Continues To Be Awesome With Trendy People
There's a new Buzz
game coming soon, in the form of Buzz! Quiz World. It does a few new things, like the introduction of recorded character names so you can be addressed directly. Which is actually a big deal, right, in a quiz game. There also appears to be a ton more modes and variety. So basically, it's the awesome Buzz! Quiz TV, with a lot...
News Race Those Folks That Made Motorstorm Arctic Edge Today
Are you good enough at Motorstorm: Arctic Edge to beat the folks that made the game? Well now's your chance, as the developers are putting themselves on the line against you guys
They'll be hitting the European servers around 17:30 GMT today, so if you want to race against the fine folks that made the game, be sure to play Motorstorm: Arctic Edge...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 26th - 1st November
Whadda're You Buyin'?
Quite an exciting week in the PushSquare office this week, with two of our personal most anticipated games hitting store shelves. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: DJ Hero - PS2/PS3 Ok, so it's really expensive, but it's crammed to the rafters with music you should like, and the gameplay genuinely looks like a lot...
If you're living under a rock Japan, prepare to flip out
There's a new Monster Hunter game coming to PSP. Announced at a competition (!) in Tokyo, the game is a spin-off featuring the Toro mascots. The game is entitled "Monhan Nikki Poka Poka Airu Mura", or "Monster Hunter Diary Poka Poka Airu Village". There are no real details...
News It's Spaceman Sackboy... On A PSP...
We've been playing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars today
But you know what's exciting — having a PSPgo with both Chinatown Wars and LittleBigPlanet on the same system. Amazing. Still... That has very little to do with this story. We just wanted to say, once again, just how awesome Chinatown Wars is. 'Cos it rocks. A recent LittleBigWorkshop post...
News Prinny's Coming Back To The Playstation Portable
The penguin-men known as Prinny are heading back to the PSP, y'all
We can't tell you the full title for the new game yet because, well, developers Nippon Ichi are only telling us part of it: Prinny 2: Dawn's ? ? ? Epic Battle. The "? ? ?" obviously representing the impaired part. Still, that means we can hold a mini competition. What do...
The Playstation 3 is starting to look steady with a reasonable 30,000 units a week figure in Japan
The system has been heavily boosted since its price drop around the world, and Sony will hope that things continue to stay that way until the expected super boost from the launch of Final Fantasy XIII in December. The Wii and PS3 continue to get...
News James Cameron's Avatar: The Game Launching On December 1st
Looks like Avatar is going to be one of the last games we review this year, as it's just been noted by Ubisoft that the game will launch on December 1st
It'll be on PS3 and PSP. The movie doesn't actually launch until the 16th, so it'll give potential fans of what we assume is going to be a franchise, plenty of time to get engaged into the universe...
News Vempire Launches Today In The USA, Gets A Bit Cheaper In The UK
We rather liked Impressionware's PSP Minis title Vempire
In fact, the only real thing we disliked was the somewhat steep price point. That's now come down in the UK, settling at a more reasonable £2.49 rather than the initial £3.99. It's also worth noting that the game will be available in the USA today as part of their Playstation Store update...
News Licensing Issues Keeping Lumines Off The Playstation Store
We don't actually like Lumines
But some people don't cosider the PSP complete without a copy. So why hasn't it shown up on the Playstation Store yet? Licensing issues. Tweeting about this very subject, Q Entertainment said yesterday, We would love to bring Lumines/Lumines II to the PSN store but there are complications, music licensing, was...
News Awesome '69 Corvette & '88 Lamborghini Scratch Each Others Paint
This is an advert for Gran Turismo PSP in Japan
It features rather nice looking - presumably expensive - cars scratching each other. If you're into cars, this probably makes you feel sick or something.
News Telltale Hoping To Push Their Content To New Places, PSPgo Mentioned
Telltale have already made a name for themselves developing a number of high profile, episodic, adventure titles
With plenty of avenue to release those games to fresh audiences, all that's restricting Telltale from doing so is technology. Unfortunately that's the tricky part according to Telltale CEO Dan Connors. But that's not stopping them trying...
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars launched in the US on the PSP today, available via both UMD and Digital Download
Rockstar have celebrated the launch with a new trailer, which you can watch above. Not content with trailers though, Rockstar have also rolled out new features for those members of the Rockstar Social Club. The new Peking Duck Hunt mini...
News Piracy Seriously Discouraging Future Pixeljunk PSP Ports
We gave Pixeljunk Monsters Deluxe a perfect 4/4 because it's awesome
Naturally, that makes the game a desirable product. And we all know pirates like to steal products, rather than pay for them. If you're one of those pirates, reading this post, then you should probably be informed that piracy hurts game developers. In the case of Pixeljunk Monsters...
News Oddworld Games Headed To The American Playstation Store This Thursday
You wanted the original PSone Oddworld games - you got them
Sony have announced that both Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exodus will launch on the American Playstation Store this Thursday at $9.99 a pop. So now you know.
News Tretton: We're In The Midst Of One The Most Exciting Times For Playstation
With successful sales reports out of the way, Sony's Jack Tretton obviously felt bullish enough to write a rallying note to the users of the Playstation Blog, describing the coming holiday season as "one the most exciting times for Playstation"
Tretton described the new $299.99 pricetag of the Playstation 3 as a "game changer", and...
News NPD: Playstation 3 Dominates In The US, Conquers Wii & 360, Comes Close To DS
The September NPDs are out
Cue fanboy fights across the world. As expected, the PS3 Slim managed to dominate competition, selling nearly 150,000 more units than closest competitor the XBOX 360, while coming just 32,000 units short of the market leading Nintendo DS. Playstation 3 sales were up nearly double from the previous month, seeing a whopping...
News PushSquare Playstation Picks: 19th-25th October
Y'ello one and all, welcome to our new pick of the week column, a Monday night dive into the week's best Playstation launches across Europe and America
PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Rockstar return to the PSP with the highest rated Nintendo DS game of all time. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars may be a...
News Show Your Hands If You Want Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! On UMD
UMD is not dead
NIS America want to hammer that point home by releasing HIOP,B!WDIDTDT? on UMD. Hence, if you show your hands and actually go and order the game on UMD here, you might just get a copy... If NIS America receive 1,000 orders. If they don't, then hey, you can always buy the digital download, right? You have until November 13th to order...
News Pixeljunk Monsters Deluxe Goes All DIY To Fix Compatibility Problems
If you've been having a few issues with Pixeljunk Monsters Deluxe's multiplayer component - namely Europeans being unable to connect to games of those in Asia or America - there's a solution
Albeit of the do-it-yourself kind. As detailed on the Playstation Blog, the process is simple: Delete your game through the PSP Home Menu (select...
Before the babies come and bombard the site with tales of how Playstation 3 software doesn't sell and the exclusives suck, let's have a moment of clarification: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, one of the best games of the year, has debuted at number two in the British sales charts -- one spot behind Fifa 10, a game that was able to chart all week and was released on seven chartable platforms
So alas, we think that's a big well done to the strength of EA's game (we really liked it) and Naughty Dog's still relatively new exc...
News Playstation 3 & Wii Locked In Home Console Sales Supremacy Bout In Japan
Since the PS3 Slim released the PS3 has seen a steady sales boost that's now starting to level out
The Wii also recently saw its price cut in recent weeks. The result is a heated contest for supremacy in which the Playstation 3 managed to win this week by just 155 units. We're sure things are only going to get closer next week. The sales figures for...
News LocoRoco Midnight Carnival Hits American PSPs October 29th, $15
Ready for some more LocoRoco? Look no further than LocoRoco Midnight Carnival which is launching on the American PSN this October 29th for just $15
The game will feature "16 brand new stages, full competitive and co-op modes, two minigames, and three additional bonus stages," so plenty for your money!
News LocoRoco Heads Home In A Flush Of Bright Colours
Sony are readying a new Playstation Home space to coincide with the launch of LocoRoco Midnight Carnival in Japan this November
The Home space will feature a number of "gimmicks" that will make it feel more unique then any other Home spaces to date report AndriaSang.
News Sony: Third Parties Are Not Required To Publish PSP Games On The Playstation Store
This is bemusing
We'd assumed post the release of the PSPgo, on October 1st, all companies would have to ready a Playstation Store compatible version of any PSP game they launch. Not so according to Sony's Eric Lempel, in an interview with Joystiq. Apparently it's up to each publishers discrestion."It's up to individual third parties to decide...
News Rockstar Love PSP Digital Distribution, Getting Their Own Store Front
Rockstar will launch a complete themed Playstation Store shop-front next week alongside the launch of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Playstation Portable
The company, who wish to support PSP digital distribution as much as possible, will put downloadable copies of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories,...
News Timbaland Using Beaterator For His New Album, Shock Value 2
Man, it's so awesome to post something about Timbaland's new album; mainly because we've been waiting for the record for ever and it ties into PSP
Speaking with Invasion Radio, Timbaland explained that he used PSP application Beaterator for a few tracks. He said, "I made a couple of beats [from the upcoming album in Beaterator]... I had...
News Look At That PSPgo In The Middle Of The Street
Sony used to have a massive PSP billboard in New York's SoHo that got taken down
They've now replaced it with a slightly smaller PSPgo, which is totally cool because, well, the PSPgo is smaller than the original PSP.
News Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Hits PSP & PS2 February 2010 In Europe
Konami have been pretty up and down with the release date of their Silent Hill reboot, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Thankfully, Eurogamer have finally got a date out of them for the Europeans. The game will launch in February 2010 on PSP and PS2, with still no American date provided.
News ESRB Offer Cut Price Rating Fee For PSP Minis Developers
Recently PSP Minis' developers have come into a bit of a brick wall when developing games for Sony's new service
Mainly the games have to be rated by the ESRB, and ESRB rating are through the roof! The ESRB have shot down those claims.The ESRB has a reduced fee of $800 for games that have development costs under $250,000, said ESRB spokesman...
News Ready At Dawn Readying Ready-Made Cross Platform Engine
Ready At Dawn are responsible for some of the best PSP games: namely God Of War: Chains Of Olympus and Daxter
They also handled the Wii port of Okami. Now they've made their own engine for the Playstation 3, PSP and XBOX 360. It's craftily titled: Ready At Dawn Engine. The engine is said to offer a one-stop shop for cross-platform game development...
Following the success of DiRT2, Codemasters have flown out of the gates with another successful debut on the UK sales charts
Their super hardcore first person shooter Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising debuted at number two on the charts, right behind EA's FIFA 10, which enjoyed a second week on the top spot. Need For Speed Shift came in at number...
News Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Will Not Be Buying A PSPgo
Nintendo of America's front man, Reggie Fils-Aime has confirmed he has absolutely no interest in anything Sony do once again
Following on from his, "it's hard to say to say something nice about the PS3" quote from earlier in the year, Fils-Aime has claimed Sony's PSPgo has a "fundamental concept problem". Never one to shy away...
Feature Why Is Everyone So Angry About The PSPgo? - "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
During my time with the PSPgo over the past few week I've come to a conclusion: it's not for everyone
Not exactly the most scientific of reasoning right, but it's useful in trying to depict just why everyone is acting like the PSPgo raped their entire family. It seems like the entire games industry have a bee in their bonnet regarding the system,...
News The Oddworld Games Are Headed To The Playstation Store
The original Oddworld games are headed to the Playstation Store
That means you'll be able to relive the world of Abe on your Playstation 3 or Playstation Portable. According to BitMob, series creator Lorne Lanning has inked a deal with Sony to release the original Oddworld games on the PSN "very soon". We have a confession to make: none of...
Feature PushSquare's Sammy Barker Goes Hands-On With Beaterator on Playstation Portable
Hi, I'm Sammy Barker
I write for PushSquare.com but I also try to make music in my spare time (check out Sammy's "single" Gin & Tonic here/iTunes). As an experienced amateur music producer - I say experienced because I spend most of my time getting angry that nothing sounds right - I really wanted to give Rockstar's Beaterator a go...
News This Ain't No PSP Go, Yo!
The above image is not of a PSP Go
It is indeed a PSP Faux (thanks for the pun Joystiq). This imitation device (also known as the Side Panel Retro) has an emulator for 16-bit games, a camera, FM radio, and MP3 player. It also totally rips off on Sony's new handheld's design.
News Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars On PSP Is Looking Great
What do you get when you take the highest rated Nintendo DS game of all time and put it on the PSP? Well you get the same great game, with better graphics minus a few touch screen minigames
Welcome to our PSP's Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars — we can't wait to play you. Check out these new screens over at Kotaku to see just how far the game's...
News Sony: Publishers Are Responsible For PSP Minis Pricing Strategy
If there's been any kind of backlash to Sony's PSP Minis programme since its launch last week, it's been based upon the prices
Which are pretty high to be fair. Sony have admitted to Joystiq this is not their fault. Sony's Eric Lempel said of the service, "As far as pricing goes, the publisher of the title sets the pricing." So it's...
News New Sony Handheld Studio Launches In Santa Monica, Welcome Broodworks
Broodworks are a new Santa Monica based studio formed with the intention of working on Sony portable platforms
The team is headed up by former Sony Santa Monica executive producer Shannon Studstill. Shannon's worked on God Of War II, Twisted Metal: Head On and Warhawk among other things and now intends to develop "medium casual video...
News EA: Fifa 10 Is The Best Selling Sports Game Ev-errrr!
Fifa 10 has sold pretty darn well
Pretty amazingly well actually. EA claim that the game is the fastest selling sports game of "all time"; selling 1.7 million copies in its first week. EA also went on to describe the game as their biggest "European launch in history". The high sales figures can probably be attributed to the...
News Amazon.com Selling Playstation Network Content
For all those worried that Sony would have the monopoly on Playstation Network content (and thus not push the price of PSP games down), look no further than Amazon, who are now selling Playstation Network content
You'll get free vouchers for PSN stuff with any console purchases (PSP or PS3), plus there's all your usual PSN downloads. There doesn't...
News PSP Sales Triple In Japan After The System's Price Cut
Playstation Portable sales are up in Japan after Sony announced they would slash the PSP-3000's price by 15%
The system, which was also bolstered by the launch of Gran Turismo PSP, saw sales of around 49,000 during the previous week ending Sunday. According to Reuters, Sony's stock rose by 2.9% due to the price cut.
News Obscure: The Aftermath Hits PSP In Europe This Week
Playlogic have announced that their pocketable survival horror romp - Obscure: The Aftermath - will hit the PSP in Europe this October 9th
The game will be available via UMD or PSP Go download, so the choice is yours. The story follows a group of students who attend Fallcreek University and discover a mysterious black flower, which has...
News Rockstar Vs. MySpace Music Artists - It's On!
Are you a MySpace music artist? Fancy winning $5,000? Then it's time to get your creative hat on and get working on some tunes in Rockstar's latest portable game music studio Beaterator
To apply for the chance to compete you'll need to apply over at IGN; 100 musicians will then be chosen to take part in the competition for big money. The winning...
News Sony: PSP Go Sales "In Line With Expectations"
It seems some parties are intent on ensuring the PSP Go fails
Despite having no personal interest in the product, many people like to trash talk it. It's a bit like when the PS3 got cheaper but wasn't backwards compatible. We cue it down to insecurity. Whatever, we digress. Point is, PSP Go sold fine according to Sony. PSP hardware is up 120 per...
News There's Another New Member Of The Family Here At The PushSquare Office
We're just a month on since there was last a new member of the family in the PushSquare office
But it's time to beef up our system selection again with yesterday's launch of the PSP Go. Sadly we had to wait an extra day for our system to drop at the office but we've got our hands on the thing now and are falling in love. It's tiny, light and really...
News Playstation Is Coming To Indonesia! Hi Guys!
Sony Computer Entertainment Asia have announced that they are to bring the Playstation business to Indonesia
Starting this October, the PS3, PSP and PSPgo will be available for 4,499,000rb, 2,599,000rb and 3,599,000rb respectively. SCE Asia has been expanding into various territories for a while; other subsidiaries include Hong Kong, Taiwan,...
News Naughty Dog Talk Uncharted On PSP, Jak & Daxter On PS3, Plus Much More
An interview with Naughty Dog's Evan Wells conducted by the Examiner has unearthed some new statements regarding the situation of the Jak & Daxter franchise, aswell as the future of Uncharted
When prompted if Naughty Dog's next project would be Jak & Daxter on Playstation 3, Evan responded, "I think you know I cant answer that...
News EA Sports Join The Playstation Store In A New Specially Branded Section
Alongside the American Playstation Store's huge overnight update, Playstation Lifestyle bring news that EA Sports have been added to the roster of "publisher pages" -- i
e. they have their very own section within the Playstation Store. They join Capcom to be the second publisher to get their own branded portion of the Playstation Store. Currently on...
News Sony Pictures To Bundle PSP-only Digital Copies With Blu-Ray Discs
Upcoming Sony blu-ray releases will include digital copies of movies for exclusive use with the PSP
That means, simply, when you buy a blu-ray movie from Sony, you'll have a digital copy on-hand ready to copy across for portable consumption on your PSP. The first blu-ray releases to feature PSP copies will be Godzilla and The Ugly Truth, both of...
News Kojima Productions Are Tweaking Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's Control Scheme
Having now played Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, we thought the controls were pretty good
Certainly not ideal - what PSP games are? - but pretty passable. Kojima though, ever the perfectionist, has listened closely to player feedback from the recent Tokyo Game Show and is ready to tweak. Big time. At the TGS demo there were two control types...
News Playstation Portable Firmware 6.10 Is Available Now, Includes Mobile Phone Tethering
If you've just picked up a PSP Go this morning or you have an existing PSP, go look at the system updates section on your handheld -- firmware 6
10 is available now. Playstation Network's Eric Lempel describes this as a "big update" which adds Sony's newly announced "SensMe" music mood software. That's not the big part of the...
News The PSP Go Is Available In (Most) Stores Right Now!
Morning everyone
We hope you're spending the morning unboxing your new PSP Go and taking a look at the bulked up Playstation Store (which may or may not have updated when you read this, we're typing from the past and making assumptions). If you've picked up a PSP Go this morning, let us know your stories and thoughts in the comments. We love to hear...
News Flash Based Gran Turismo Minigame Earns You Free DLC
Well this awesome for two reasons
One reason is that the actual Flash minigame game is fun. We've played it three times and finally earned our free DLC, which is a free Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren for Gran Turismo PSP; gotta catch 'em all right? Secondly, is the fact that, like we just mentioned, you get free DLC from performing well in the minigame...
News Ghostbusters Hit The Playstation Portable This November
Remember the Ghostbusters video game? Well now you can experience it all over again - except this time, in your pocket
That's right, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is coming to the PSP. And going by this trailer posted on Joystiq, it's going to be a pretty faithful recreation of the game on Playstation 3.
First Impressions SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 on PSP
The SOCOM franchise has been moderately successful in its conversion to the PSP
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 looks set to continue that trend with solid co-operative gameplay and interesting mission set-ups. We recently got our hands on one of Fireteam Bravo 3's single player campaign missions ahead of the game's November launch and these...
News Sony Launch Awesome New Worldwide Studios Website
It's no secret Sony own and operate a massive number of studios across the world
Sony want to let you know more about them via their new Worldwide Studios website. The site keeps track of what is being built and where and even has job listings. Essential if you harbour dreams of working for Sony at some point in your career.
News Sony On PSP Go: We Expected A Lot More Negative Responses From Retailers
A number of retailers around the world have cited that they don't want to stock Sony's upcoming PSP Go handheld
The reasons being a focus on digital distribution - something that undercuts the brick and mortar retail outlets. Still, bad as those instances may be, Sony expected much worse.We were very aware of concerns when we went into it and I...
First Impressions PSP Minis Spotlight: Kahoots by Honeyslug
Three-person team Honeyslug are to unleash their upcoming Lemmings-esque PSP Minis title onto the Playstation Store tomorrow
The title, Kahoots, will mark the biggest release in Honeyslug's relatively short history, with a fairly large push from Sony themselves as they get the PSP Minis service off the ground. Ironically, as big as this title is,...
News Welcome To The PSP Minis Portal!
Here at PushSquare we are supremely excited about the glut of micro-games headed to the Playstation Store entitled PSP Minis
Thus we'd love to introduce you to our second home for all PSP Minis content — the PushSquare PSP Minis portal. We don't add in new content categories here at PushSquare very often, we like to keep content compact and our...
News Fieldrunners Hits The PSP This October 1st (A.K.A PSP Go Launch Day), Will Cost ?3.99
The biggest day in Playstation Store history just got one bigger with the announcement of an October 1st release date for iPhone megahit Fieldrunners
The PSP Mini will hit the Playstation Store to coincide with the launch of the PSP Go. The game's pricing of 5 Euros (£3.99) may also be indicative of PSP Minis pricing structure, although we...
News Sony Detail PSP Go Launch Plans, Announce Retailer Sold "Game" Vouchers
It's weird that a new system is launching next week
There's little to no presence anywhere for Sony's upcoming PSP Go, even though it will be available from October 1st. Still, Sony have finally highlighted some plans regarding the type of content we can expect from the new system. And it sounds like it's going to be the biggest Playstation Store...
News "What PSP Minis Can I Indulge In As Of Next Week?"
- Well valued reader, we have the answers right here (via PSPMinis
com</a>). There are currently 11 titles announced for an October 1st launch date, with a further four speculated that have yet to be announced. We will be trying to review as much PSP Minis content as we can, so keep your eyes peeled for that. Here are the titles: Hero of...
News No UMD-To-PSP Go Conversion Process For North America
Sorry North America
You're not getting much joy when it comes to the PSP Go. Here in the UK we're getting Gran Turismo PSP and three free games. Despite some early speculation that Sony would offer a "goodwill program" to those upgrading to the PSP Go, an SCEA rep has confirmed this plan has been put on hold, "We were evaluating a UMD...
News TGS 09: Q-Games Somewhat Peeved With Sony
Q-Games, the developers behind the PixelJunk games, are a little disgruntled with Sony of Japan
On his Twitter page, company big-wig Dylan Cuthbert has expressed his displeasure with Sony's treatment of their upcoming PSP port of PSN title PixelJunk Monsters. He wrote:I'm pretty annoyed that Sony Japan put Crystal Defenders PSP on their booth at TGS...
News TGS 09: Yet Another Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Trailer Epic
We don't even know why you've stopped to read what we have to say about this
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a game that demands your attention with every trailer released. This trailer is no different. In this 9 minute long epic, Hideo Kojima showcases exactly why Peace Walker is billed as the natural progression from Metal Gear Solid 4. It's...
News TGS 09: Playstation Home Is Coming To The PSP... Sort Of!
Well this has taken bloody long enough
We've been expecting this for months. Sony have taken the idea of Playstation Home and scaled it down for the PSP — readers, meet Playstation Room. Playstation Room will be added to the PSP's XMB and will offer a complete digital service for designing 3D avatars and spaces, along with blog, album, group...
News TGS 09: LittleBigPlanet PSP Will Hit This December In Japan
VG247
com</a> have discovered a little tid-bit as part of a TGS fact sheet — LittleBigPlanet PSP is due to release in the East this December. We're still listed as an "autumn" release here in Europe, hopefully Sony can provide a few more concrete details over the coming months.
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