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News Remember Destructive Racer Cel Damage? It's Coming to PS4, PS3, and Vita
Crash, bang, WTF?!
Some high-definition upgrades you can spot a mile off, but we don’t think that anyone was expecting cult Twisted Metal-esque car combat game Cel Damage to make the jump to Sony’s latest suite of systems. IGN reports that the former PlayStation 2 wreck-‘em-up will launch as a cross-buy title across the PlayStation 4,...
News At Last, the PS4 Is Finally Set to Get a Tower Defence Game
None shall pass
No console is complete without a tower defence title to keep you occupied between big blockbusters, and the PlayStation 4 is set to receive a corker in the form of Anomaly 2. A sequel to Anomaly: Warzone Earth, the title repurposes the offensive format of its predecessor, while also introducing a “dynamic” multiplayer mode which...
News Persona 4 Will Dance All Night on Your PlayStation Vita
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax also entering the ring
When it rains, it pours – and Atlus appears to have taken that old adage to heart. Fresh from revealing that hotly anticipated sequel Persona 5 will arrive in North America next year, the publisher has also confirmed that PlayStation 3 fighter Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and bizarre PlayStation Vita...
News Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Puts the PS3 Behind Bars
Prison bat
Much like Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation before it, handheld superhero spin-off Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is being blown up to the big screen. Following a slew of rumours regarding the release’s fate, publisher Warner Bros has confirmed that the Dark Knight will return in a Deluxe Edition of the game on the PlayStation 3,...
News Fairy Fencer F Takes the PS3 by Surprise This Year
Man made weapons
What's better than a cute anime girl? A cute anime girl that you can use to lop people's heads off with, of course. And that is exactly what you'll be signing up for in NIS America's latest acquisition, Fairy Fencer F. Indeed, the localisation specialist recently confirmed that the turn-based role-playing game will arrive on the...
News Futuridium EP Deluxe Pumps Up the Volume on PlayStation Vita
A lot like WipEout on LSD
Studio Liverpool may have been cruelly closed down a while back, but its legacy is set to live on in Italian indie MixedBag’s upcoming PlayStation Vita shoot-‘em-up Futuridium EP Deluxe. A former smartphone favourite, this enhanced handheld release will see you blasting blocks in colourful environments reminiscent of...
News SteamWorld Dig Tunnelling Its Way to PS4, PS Vita in March
Gem in the rough
Swedish developer Image & Form has announced that its steampunk mining platformer SteamWorld Dig is coming to both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. It will be digging a hole in the PlayStation Network next month for €8.99/$9.99. The game will feature cross-buy, meaning that once you purchase it on one console you'll be...
News The Announcement Trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Has Rolled Out
Will you protect or destroy Earth?
In an accidental reveal yesterday morning, Amazon created a listing for an unannounced game called Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark. Details were scarce, but before it was quickly taken down, the hypothetical PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 release was described as "perfect for veteran fans and newcomers”...
News Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Performs Its Best Poker Face on PS Vita
Would you like to play a game?
You may be celebrating the release of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc right now, but you haven’t got long to wait until its sequel arrives. During a press event overnight, NIS America announced that Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair will shoot down more lies on the PlayStation Vita in Europe and North America later...
News No Heroes Allowed Turns To Puzzles In New Vita Adventure
It's free-to-play, too
No Heroes Allowed may not invoke many memories, but you may remember the niche PSP dungeon builder Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman, What did I do to deserve this?, and although their titles may be different, they are indeed a part of the same family of weirdly wonderful games, with the freshly announced No Heroes Allowed: No...
News PS Vita Hits a Home Run with MLB 14 The Show This Spring
Fez and The Wolf Among Us also due out soon
Following on from the news that the Sly Cooper Trilogy and God of War Collection are coming to the PlayStation Vita soon, Sony has also confirmed that baseball sim MLB 14 The Show, indie darling Fez, and episodic adventure
News Want a Bigger Backlog? Add Sly Cooper Trilogy to Your Swag Bag
Heist alive
Still not got enough content to keep your PlayStation Vita constantly switched on? As part of a cavalcade of announcements in Los Angeles earlier this evening, Sony has revealed that the Sly Cooper Collection is coming to the pocketable console, too. The sneaky set – which is already available for the PlayStation 3 – includes Sly...
News God of War Collection Causes Chaos on the PS Vita in May
Slimmed to scale
It’s currently raining PlayStation Vita games so hard that we’re going to need to prop up an umbrella shortly. Not content with officially unveiling Borderlands 2 at a swish event in Los Angeles earlier today, the platform holder has also confirmed that the God of War Collection will be wrapping its blades around the diminutive...
News Borderlands 2 Is the Purple Loot Your PS Vita Deserves
Cross-save, six expansion packs, online co-op, and more
Sony’s on a crusade to resurrect the PlayStation Vita in North America, as its dropping bombs all over the shop in Los Angeles right now. In addition to confirming the handheld’s slimmed down model mere moments ago, the company has also deployed some details on the system’s previously...
News Curve Studios Celebrating February with Weekly PlayStation Reveals
PS4 port of Stealth Inc sneaks out first
We’re convinced that the friendly folks at London-based indie outfit Curve Studios don’t sleep. Fresh from converting a cavalcade of content to the PlayStation 3 and Vita last year, the company has now revealed that it has plans to announce four fresh projects throughout February. It’s currently unclear...
News PS4 Exclusive Ready to Run Parks on Your Platform This Year
No, it's not a Dixie Chicks song
You’d have to have a heart of well-polished plastic to not enjoy remote controlled cars – at least, that’s what Ukrainian developer Beatshapers is counting on. The studio has teased its PlayStation 4 racer in numerous interviews with us in the past, but it’s now confirmed that Ready to Run is accelerating...
News Tropico 5 Laying Foundations on the PlayStation 4
Sun, sand, and taxes
Niche tongue-in-cheek construction simulation Tropico 5 has extended its release blueprints to the PlayStation 4, meaning that the franchise will make its debut on a Sony system later this year. Previous entries in the series have remained exclusive to PC, Mac, and Xbox 360 platforms, but the simplistic architecture of the...
News PlayStation Vita Slim Weighs Down UK Retail from 7th February
Hardware revision will cost you £180
In the words of former American politician Ron Paul, it’s happening. As expected, Sony took to a rather small stage at a swanky event in London moments ago to announce the PlayStation Vita Slim for the UK. The smaller, ligh
News Move Aside BlazBlue, This PS4 and Vita Fighter Is Stranger Than You
An unfortunate episode involving blades
Arc System Works’ weird and wonderful BlazBlue may want to watch its back, as upcoming PlayStation 4 and Vita title The Chainsaw Incident looks to be gunning for its crazy crown. Quietly announced as part of a beautifully animated teaser trailer last week, the Origo Games and Crazy Piranha collaboration is...
News PS4 Putter The Golf Club Comes Out Swinging
Green grass of hope
EA Games may be spending this year in the clubhouse while it finds another big name to brand its next PGA Tour title with, but that’s not stopping Canadian company HB Studios from having a crack at the tricky genre. The developer quietly announced The Golf Club for the PlayStation 4 this week, and it sounds like a solid...
News EverQuest Next Could Be PS4's Most Ambitious Game
Finally confirmed for Sony's console
The last time Sony Online Entertainment mentioned a console port of ambitious series reboot EverQuest Next, the developer suggested that it was focused on creating a “kickass” game for computers first – but that stance has since changed. Speaking as part of a Reddit question and answer session overnight,...
News PS Vita Title Monster Monpiece Will Be Slightly Less Raunchy in the West
Definitely coming overseas, though
Wow, it seems that there’s still enough time left in the day for one more controversial story, so bear with us while we pop on our politician’s hat and attempt to tackle this topic with a professional level of tact. As rumoured late last week, PlayStation Vita role-playing game Monster Monpiece
News Waiting for Next-Gen's Killer App? Tetris Plops onto PS4 Soon
In an infinite spin
Content hungry PlayStation 4 owners may feel like pulling shapes shortly, as Ubisoft has announced that it's bringing a brand new version of Tetris to the next generation console. According to a shock press release slammed into our inbox earlier today, the French publisher has snapped up the rights to the classic Russian puzzler,...
News Sony Japan President Kawano Teases Various Incoming PS4 Games
Why so secretive?
Hiroshi Kawano, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and Asia, has hinted that the upcoming release schedule for the PlayStation 4 is going to be pretty full. Well in Japan, anyway. In an interview with Famitsu.com, the executive stated: "We plan to release new games at a regular pace. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground...
News Spider-Man 2 Developer's Energy Hook Latches onto PS4 and Vita
Swing low sweet chariot
The great gaming gods often dictate that licensed titles must suck, but they benevolently made an exception with the amazing Spider-Man 2 on the PlayStation 2. Published by Activision in order to tie-in with the Tobey Maguire movie, the sandbox swing-‘em-up was a real breath of fresh air, allowing you to explore Manhattan...
News Evolve Is a Next-Gen Exclusive Co-Op Shooter Coming to PS4
Hopefully evolving a genre
Has the hype behind Game Informer's latest cover been worth it? Well, only you can decide that, but the title in question sounds somewhat promising at least. Built upon co-op multiplayer, Evolve is a shooter developed by studio Turtle Rock, and is being published by 2K Games. The title was one of the new IPs up for auction...
News Alien: Isolation Stalks PS4, PS3 Later This Year
Believe it or not
Are those the cogs of the press cycle being kicked back into gear, or are we being pursued by a great leathery Martian? We’re going to assume it’s the latter, as SEGA has decided to give the ol’ Ridley Scott thing another bash, confirming that Total War developer Creative Assembly is working on Alien: Isolation for the...
News PlayStation Home Developer Dreaming Up Ambitious PS4 Exclusive
In reverie
While many gamers consider PlayStation Home to be a bit of a flop, the online plaza has enabled a number of companies to grow at a rapid rate over the past five or so years. One such outfit is nDreams, the British-based developer behind the virtual world’s free-to-play Aurora space. However, as the online service teeters towards...
News PS4 Sim Pure Pool Proves That Girls Can Play Too
Rack 'em up
We’re really not sure what to make of this debut trailer for VooFoo’s upcoming PlayStation 4 billiards simulation Pure Pool. On the one hand, the balls look absolutely exquisite – but we’re not overly sold on the frankly frightening character models. Beyond the Daisy Dukes and silicone breasts, though, the British-based developer...
News Indie Survival Horror Kodoku Sneaks onto PS4 and Vita in 2015
Not a maths puzzle
The preponderance of indie games on Sony consoles is arguably one of the platform holder's greatest strengths. We all remember that impressive spread at E3, and now we have yet another title to add to the ever growing list. Kodoku is a survival horror game developed by fledgling studio
News Hello Games' Hugely Ambitious No Man's Sky Explores the Sea and Stars
The final frontier
The only real danger in No Man's Sky is that developer Hello Games has lost its mind, as this looks wildly ambitious. The release — announced during the VGX Awards earlier this evening — hints at a massive open world in which you can start out swimming and then jump into a spacecraft and explore the stars. It's not exactly a...
News Telltale Sits Atop the Game of Thrones with New Episodic Series
Crown jewels
Not content with making every other game in the universe, Telltale Games has confirmed that it's working on another episodic series based on George R.R. Martin's popular Game of Thrones. Yes, that's in addition to The Walking Dead: Season Two, The Wolf Among Us, and the just announced
News Telltale Games Teams with Gearbox for Tales from the Borderlands
Borderline bonkers
The trailer may have been irritatingly vague, but at least the VGX Awards have started off with a legitimate surprise. Gearbox has revealed that it’s teamed up with The Walking Dead creator Telltale Games to create a new episodic series based on, er, Borderlands. We don’t necessarily associate the shoot-‘n’-loot franchise...
News Toukiden: The Age of Demons Slays European Vitas in 2014
Demonic delivery
Selling over 420,000 copies since its Japanese debut, Tecmo Koei's original demon-slaying property will be making its way to Europe in 2014, ready to carve up Sony's portable device on the 14th February. With an art style that closely resembles some of the publisher's other franchises - namely Samurai Warriors - Toukiden: The Age...
News Get Your Groove On, Persona 4 Dancing All Night Is Coming to Vita in 2014
We love you Risette
Imagine eagerly awaiting the reveal of a certain Persona 5, only to be shown the craziness that is Persona 4 Dancing All Night. Regardless of fans' disappointment at the time, this rhythm game has already got us grooving in the office. The dance-'em-up is set to spin into Japan in Autumn 2014 as a PlayStation Vita exclusive. In...
News Persona 5 Jumps Out of Your Dreams and into Reality
Choo choo, all aboard
After announcing a 3DS spin-off, perplexing our speech with Persona 4 Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold, and revealing a Persona 4-based dancing game, it looked like fans' dreams of a Persona 5 announcement had been crushed during Atlus' streaming event today. Thankfully, the incredibly ta
News Batman: Arkham Collection Will Glide Across the UK Next Week
Just in time for the holiday season
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has announced that the Batman: Arkham Collection Edition – a compilation of the main Batman: Arkham series – will be swooping onto the PlayStation 3 next week. Stealthy. Due for release on the 22nd November in the UK, the bundle will include Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman:...
News TowerFall Ascends on PS4 in Early 2014
Oooh, yeah
Former Ouya exclusive TowerFall is coming to the PlayStation 4 in early 2014, Canadian indie developer Matt Thorson has announced. The competitive platformer was revealed for the next generation console during Spike TV's big next generation launch event overnight, and was the cause of Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida's...
News Rayman Legends Leaps onto the PS4 in February
Let's get legless
Beautiful not-quite Nintendo Wii U exclusive Rayman Legends is set to hop onto the PlayStation 4 in February, publisher Ubisoft has announced. The port was nonchalantly unveiled by head-honcho Yves Guillemot during a drab financial call earlier today, in which he merely mentioned that the platformer is heading to “next-gen”...
News Can't Wait for Gran Turismo on PS4? Project Cars Should Help
Simulation racer putting its foot down
Project Cars, the crowd-funded simulation racer by Need for Speed Shift developer Slightly Mad Studios, has taken a turn away from current generation consoles, with the studio announcing that its ambitious vehicular excursion is set to launch on the PlayStation 4 as opposed to the originally planned PlayStation...
News Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f Hits the High Notes on PS Vita
God-tier tune
Following a surprisingly successful localisation on the PlayStation 3, SEGA’s rock hard rhythm release Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f is set to stretch its vocal cords on the PlayStation Vita in Europe and North America next year. The title – which stars Japan’s most popular computer generated pop star – actually deployed first...
News MLB 14 The Show Hits a Home Run on PS4, PS3, and Vita
Out of the park
The highest-rated sporting series in history is set to hit a humdinger on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita this coming spring. Following a few days of teasing, Sony San Diego has pulled back the curtain on MLB 14 The Show, the latest iteration in its critically acclaimed baseball series. If you’re upgrading to...
News Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Uncloaks in Spring 2014 on PS4 and PS3
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Only legendary developer Hideo Kojima could make the announcements of his titles more confusing than the plots embedded within them. We always assumed that Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – which was revealed quite a while back – had become The Phantom Pain, but it turns out that it’s actually a different game. Perhaps the most exciting...
News The Walking Dead: Season Two Stumbles to PS3 and Vita This Year
Dead good news
Bigby Wolf and his band of fairytale friends may be drawing all of the plaudits at the present, but Telltale Games is showing no signs of slowing down. As teased earlier in the week, the developer has confirmed that a second season of its award winning
News EA Sports Clubs Tiger Woods, Teases PS4 PGA Tour Title
End of an era
EA Sports may have stuck with Tiger Woods during the darkest period of his career, but the publisher has finally decided to step away from the sporting hero after 15 years. The company’s golf chief Daryl Holt said that the firm had made a “mutual decision” to end its long-running partnership, making this year’s Tiger Woods PGA...
News Trine 2: Complete Story Points Its Sword at PlayStation 4
Two warriors, one wizard
If you aren’t already satisfied with the outrageous roster of indie games heading to the PlayStation 4, then hopefully Trine 2: Complete Story will win you over. The outrageously beautiful puzzle platformer from Finnish outfit Frozenbyte is set to strike the system soon, and will be self-published by the company on the...
News Sony Flinging PAIN onto the PSN for Free
Bring the pain
In 2007, agony was brought upon the PlayStation Network in the form of PAIN, a ludicrous yet hilarious title which enabled you to chuck a human being at buildings, vehicles, and various surrounding landmarks with the objective of causing as much mayhem as possible. At the Brazil Game Show, Sony announced that the injury inducing...
News The Wolf Among Us Flashes Its Teeth on PlayStation Vita
Once upon a time
Push Square video editor Ben Potter has been howling at The Wolf Among Us harder than at a glamour model dressed in one of those saucy Little Red Riding Hood costumes – and now developer Telltale’s announced a PlayStation Vita port for the wannabe werewolf to slobber over. Yeah, we’v
News NASCAR '14 Driving on to PS3 in Early 2014
Release date to be confirmed
NASCAR '14 will be tearing up the tracks on the PlayStation 3 in early 2014, publisher Deep Silver has announced. Developed by Eutechnyx – who previously worked with the publisher on Ride to Hell: Retribution – the aforementioned game will come complete with new features, and promises to offer the ultimate racing...
News Velocity Ultra Boosts onto PS3 Courtesy of Curve Studios
Show thumb respect
One of the PlayStation Vita’s very best games is strapping itself up and teleporting onto the PlayStation 3. Velocity Ultra, the sublime vertical shooter from award-winning Brighton-based developer FuturLab, is set to fire onto the current generation console later this year, alongside all of the features that made the handheld...