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News Superhero Sackboy Daily: Daredevil Next Up For The World Of Whimsy
Daredevil may be a blind ninja, but that doesn't stop him from being ridiculously cute
The radioactive superhero is due as part of LittleBigPlanet's massive Marvel update next week. As always, there's more through here.</em>
News SEGA Considering Bringing Saturn Releases To The PlayStation Network
SEGA Yosuke Okunari has revealed that his employers are currently considering the potential of porting SEGA Saturn games to the PlayStation Network
SEGA's already announced that Dreamcast games are set to make the jump onto Sony's digital store, but Okunari worries about the Saturn's popularity. When you look globally, the Genesis and Dreamcast...
News "Protector Trials" Single-Player DLC Headed To Bioshock 2 This August
2K's lifted the lid on the first set of single-player DLC that is headed to Bioshock 2 this August
The pack riffs on some of the best moments from the game's campaign, where you're tasked with protecting a little Sister from a host of Rapture's nasties. The new "Protector Trials" DLC will include six maps "based on favorite...
News The Worst Game Ever Is Teased For The PlayStation Portable
The iPhone's Crap Of Defense is widely considered to be the worst game ever
Not literally, apparently it's actually alright. It's just a marketing thing. A teaser image sent out by iFun4All suggests the game may be on its way to the PSP with a slight name change. Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder is likely to be the same worst game ever made, but on PSP...
News Mortal Kombat Reboot Gunning For The "Most Robust Online" System In The Genre
Mortal Kombat's lead designer, John Edwards, has been talking up his game's multiplayer component
He's told GamingUnion that the reboot will have the most robust online fighting game system ever imagined. Were planning on having DLC for a lot of things, he said. Maybe new characters, new Fatalities, its pretty much open for anything...
News Superhero Sackboy (/GIRL!) Daily: Mystique's Next In Line
The Thing
Iron Man. And now Mystique. We want this costume just for the skull belt. Looks great. There's more on this costume through at Marvel.com.</em>
News Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Continues To Look Properly, Properly Amazing
Scott Pilgrim loves Ramona Flowers (apparently)
The one problem? Her string of exes are standing in the way. It's time to beat them up — 8-bit stylee. Do want! Now! It's coming soon.
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 30th June 2010
Special Offers (available until July 7) Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 1 (was £4
79/5.99 now £0.99/1.49) PixelJunk Monsters (was £3.99/4.99 now £2.39/2.99) PixelJunk Monsters Encore Pack (was £2.39/2.99 now £1.19/1.49) Ferrari Challenge Pack 2 (was £4.79/5.99 now £2.39/2.99) UFC Undisputed...
News Superhero Sackboy Daily: The Thing Rocks Up In LBP
After the excitement of the Iron Man Sackboy reveal, Marvel keep dropping the goods
This time it's the cobbles-infected quarter of the Fantastic Four, The Thing. As always, there's more through at Marvel.com.</em>
Rumour PlayStation Plus Required For Hulu On PS3
And so it starts
Feel free to bombard our inbox with your complaints of value-added services being, heaven forbid, charged for. According to some digging by Technologizer, PlayStation Plus will be required to run the recently announced Hulu Plus on the PS3. The site notes: The instructions below will help you install Hulu Plus on your PS3. Note:...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 29th June 2010
Sales FIFA Soccer 10: FIFA Ultimate Team Sale (now $2
49, original price $4.99) Section 8 Sale (now $14.99, original price $29.99) LittleBigPlanet - Statue of Liberty Costume Free</ul>Price Drops Don't Let Me Down (Slowly) by The Main Drag Permanent Price Change (now $0.99, original price $1.99) Super Stacker Permanent...
The Game Critics' Best Of E3 2010 nominations have got out, with a variety of this year's stand-out titles listed
While it's a particularly strong showing, our heart goes out to Guerrilla Games who were given nothing but praise for Killzone 3 throughout this year's showing and have seemingly been pipped at the post. LittleBigPlanet 2 is also notably...
News PSP Firmware 6.30 Hints At NeoGeo & PC Engine Releases
One of PSP Firmware 6
30's main features</a> is the ability to group downloaded content. That's great, because PSP titles have different sized icons to PlayStation Minis and, honestly, we just can't stand the mess. These folders, however, have a story of their own to tell. Among the usual "PSP", "Minis" and...
News Hulu Plus Heads To PlayStation 3 "Soon"
It's the announcement you've been waiting for -- Hulu is coming to the PlayStation 3
The announcement comes via confirmation of the Hulu Plus service, a $9.99 monthly subscription to heaps of TV content. You can read more about Hulu Plus through here. The service is already available on the PC and iPhone (among others), but is said to be hitting...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: PlayStation Plus Available Now
Hello readers
Just to let you know, Sony's new PlayStation Plus service is totally available for subscription right now. The service - which sets you back £40 / $50 for a year - gets you access to piles of content every month. Here in Europe a yearly subscription rewards you with a downloadable copy of LittleBigPlanet, while in the US you'll get...
News PlayStation Portable Firmware 6.30 Drops, Finally Allows Game Sorting
Let's be honest here, the big feature of PSP's latest firmware (6
30) is to make the system compatible with PlayStation Plus. But it does include one major feature, something we've been screaming about for months now - game sorting. Finally, those little square PlayStation Mini icons will not be clumped with the rectangular icons of our full PSP...
News Coconut Dodge Is Perfect Practice For Your Game Face
This guy's trying to beat Maze 9 of Futurlab's excellent Coconut Dodge
He looks about like us trying to beat it... except we haven't got the same facial hair this dude's got. By the way, we checked out Coconut Dodge's new features and they're pretty rad. The new lives system helps you to get further than ever before, but it still maintains the...
News PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.40 Launches, Adds Facebook & PlayStation Plus Functionality
Heads-up, PlayStation 3's latest firmware update, 3
40, is now available to download. The update includes the functionality for Sony's new premium content delivery service, PlayStation Plus. But that's not all it does. Indeed, there are a host of new goodies added to the PS3 with today's update. For one, the PS3 photo gallery is now enhanced with...
News PushSquare's PlayStation Picks: 28th-4th July 2010
Man, after last weeks pile of post-E3 releases, we've finally hit the Summer drought
Not many games this week, although the US is getting a handful of releases Europe got last week. Let's look at the picks then... PushSquare's PlayStation Pick Of The Week: Hot Shots/Everybody's Tennis The Everybody's (or Hot Shots depending on your neck of the...
News Sony Celebrates PSN Milestone With Sugary Treats, Yum
SCEJ has reached a milestone
There are now five-million PSN accounts in the Japanese wilderness. To celebrate, Sony's sent their publishing partners some commemorative sweets. These edible hard-candies are decorated with PlayStation controllers and PSPs. They were snapped by Shinji Hashimoto, the producer of Front Mission Evolved. Can we have some?
News Sackboy Iron Man Is Just A Little Bit Cute, No?
Is it Sackboy? Is it Iron Man? Nope, it's Sackboy dressed as Iron Man and looking all the better for it
This is the first Marvel and LittleBigPlanet cross-over. We're expecting a whole pile of new costumes in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more. In the mean-time, you can see more of Iron Man Sackboy through here.</em>
Feature Why Trophies Outdo Their Counterparts -- "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
I hate it when people say "me too" in a derogatory fashion
That mentality doesn't make sense to me. The foundations of progress are built upon improvement - taking an idea and making it better. The best most recent example is PlayStation Move. The Wii has proved itself a solid but under-utilised control mechanism, so it pains me to see an improved...
News Lunar Duel Jets Off From The PlayStation Home GAME Space
British retailer GAME's PlayStation Home presence just got a bit more noticeable with the launch of its "Moon Base" space's second mini-game, Lunar Duel
The press release notes: "With the ultimate aim being to battle one-on-one against your opponent until their force field has been reduced to zero, Lunar Duel is a tense game where planning your...
Report Hulu Is Headed To The PlayStation 3 After All
Hulu, the American TV catch-up service, was available on the PlayStation 3
You could totally access it through the PS3's browser. It was later pulled, with speculation suggesting Microsoft had the service wrapped up for their XBOX Live subscribers. Alas, according to a report published by Bloomberg, Sony are close to securing a deal that will bring...
News A Whole Load Of People Visited E3 From Home... PlayStation Home
As announced during Sony's E3 press conference, those unable to visit E3 for real were able to enjoy a meticulous recreation of the Sony booth via Sony's digital world, PlayStation Home
Turns out, that was quite a successful move. As much as people like to rag on Sony's totally free online service, it's got quite a following. In fact, according to...
News 5-In-1 Arcade Hits Does Leaderboards The Old Fashioned Way
PlayStation Minis are PlayStation Minis
I.e. They're miniature versions of PlayStation games. By that very nature, they are restricted to 100mb size limits, low price-tags (sometimes!), and limited functionality. One stipulation of the Minis service pertains to online functionality. Grip Games, developers of upcoming Mini 5-In-1 Arcade Hits, have...
News Jive To The Coconut Dodge Soundtrack Courtesy Of Futurlab
We know what you've been thinking
You've been wandering if you could listen to the deliciously addictive sounds of the excellent PlayStation Mini, Coconut Dodge, even when you're not playing it. Haven't you? Go on, admit it. Well thankfully, now you can. Futurlab's just released the Coconut Dodge soundtrack for free on their official website. You...
News PixelJunk Racers, Erm, Races [Good One! - Ed] Onto The PSN This July 1st
Racers, racing? Did you like that one? It took an entire degree in journalism for us to be able to come up with stuff like that
Bet you wish you went to Uni now don't you? Anyway, yes. PixelJunk Racers - the black-sheep in the PixelJunk franchise. It's not that it wasn't any good (it was), it's just that the game's been overshadowed by the likes of...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 23rd June 2010
Special Offers Until July 7: Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 1 (was £4
79/5.99 now £0.99/1.49) PixelJunk Monsters (was £3.99/4.99 now £2.39/2.99) PixelJunk Monsters Encore Pack (was £2.39/2.99 now £1.19/1.49) Ferrari Challenge Pack 2 (was £4.79/5.99 now £2.39/2.99) UFC Undisputed 2009 ...
News Hey Europe, Fancy A Free Copy Of LittleBigPlanet?
Anyone planning on signing up to the new PlayStation Plus service should prepare for a huge bonus -- the entire retail copy of LittleBigPlanet comes free with any yearly subscriptions placed between 29th June and 3rd August
We should add, this offer is limited to Europe only. Still, it's pretty awesome isn't it? Not only is this news great for...
News DC Comics Join The PlayStation Network Digital Comics Service
Finally
DC Comics (and with them their host of world famous IP) have finally jumped aboard ship PlayStation Digital Comics. Starting today, DC will begin distributing the massive collection of comics via the PlayStation Network, with an initial selection of over 80 comics priced from $0.99 to $2.99. Some of the offerings include Batman, Superman,...
News Grab The Free Update For Coconut Dodge From The PlayStation Store Today
Futurlab's Coconut Dodge is without a doubt one of the best PlayStation Minis out there
The joy comes from its unbridled simplicity. It's not trying to do anything but be fun. Today's free update will only extend that fun. New features, based on community feedback, include: a new three lives system, Quit and Restart from the pause menu, updated...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 22nd June 2010
Sales Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Add On Bundle Sale (now $6
49, original price $12.99) Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing DLC 2 Metal Sonic & Death Egg Zone Track Sale (now $5.49, original price $7.99) Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Ryo with Forklift Character Sale (now $3.49, original price $4.99) Sonic The...
News Blue Toad Murder Files Boxset Hits The European PlayStation Store Tomorrow
Relentless Software has posted on the PlayStation Blog that they're preparing a bundle for the Blue Toad Murder Files from tomorrow on the European PlayStation Store
The bundle will grant you all six episodes of the detective party package for £17.99 / 21.99. Additionally, just because they are nice, Relentless are reducing the price of Episode...
News Hot Shots Tennis Hits The PlayStation Portable Next Week
SCEA's dated the upcoming tennis-RPG, Hot Shots (Everybody's here in Europe) Tennis for June 29th
We've contacted SCEE for a European release date and we'll let you know as and when we get confirmation. The game will launch in the US on both UMD and digital download from the PlayStation Store. Key features include RPG-style gameplay, game sharing...
News Telltale: Jurassic Park To Be Much More Cinematically Serious
As you may be aware, Telltale - makers of fine adventure games such as Sam & Max and Strongbad - are to embark on a new series of episodic titles based around the Jurassic Park franchise
Many of wondered how Telltale's traditionally cartoon vibes will translate into the dinosaur world. The answer? They won't. In an interview with Joystiq ,...
News Dreamcast Ports Not Quite The Masterful Remasters You Might Think They Are
We have to preface this post by stating that any Dreamcast ports on the PlayStation Network are better than none
So keep that in mind while we tell you the damage. First up - Crazy Taxi. As expected, the PSN re-release of this title will be without its licensed gubbins. That means no Offspring, no Bad Religion, no "Ya, Ya, Ya, Ya, Ya!"...
Competition Win A Copy Of J-J-J-J-J-JOE DANGERRRRRRRRRR!
Joe Danger is our favourite PlayStation Network title to launch this year
The mix of great-handling, collect-a-thon hooks and Tony Hawk-esque combo building has had us hooked for more hours than we'd wish to disclose. Now, courtesy of the fine folks at Hello Games, we have two brand spaking copies of the motorcycle title to pass on to you lucky...
News PushSquare's PlayStation Picks: 21st-27th June 2010
Whaddup PushSquare-erm-ers
Gah, I vouch never to use the term "PushSquarers" ever again. D'oh, already broken my vow haven't I? Oh well, whatever. There's a ton to make up for our dishonesty this week - E3 is out of the way and video games are releasing again. Lots of them, actually. PushSquare's Pick Of The Week: Transformers: War For...
Sony Online Entertainment's Scott Gulbransen has confirmed rumours we reported last night regarding the upcoming release of DC Universe Online
According to Scott, the game will indeed require a $14.99 subscription fee, which will gain you access to the game's massive superhero laden world. Scott's also confirmed that the game will launch on the...
News PlayStation Video Delivery Service Hits Canada On July 1st
You've been patient, Canadian readers
But finally, finally, you're going to get the PlayStation Video Store. That's right, from July 1st, Sony will launch the PlayStation Video Store service in your region, allowing you to rent and buy HD movies of your choice. Hurrah. Remember, they'll work on your PSP and PS3. Rad, right?
E3 2010 Trine 2 Brings Online Co-Op To The PlayStation Network
Trine was a fantastic physics-driven platformer on the PlayStation Network with notable omission - online co-op
That's something developers Frozenbyte are aiming to fix with Trine 2, which is set to hit the PSN Spring 2011. The familiar trio of characters will return in Trine 2, each with a new ability to complement the game's direct approach to...
First Impressions E3 2010: Journey on PlayStation 3
thatgamecompany's flower made us feel empowered like no other game
There's a moment, nearing the end of the game's relatively short campaign, where you guide your team of petals up an angled high-way. That moment is unlike any other we've ever experienced in a video game - there's a sensation of pure, unbridled freedom. It touches on pretense, but...
E3 2010 Worry Not, Hydrophobia Is Bringing Its Outrageous Water Physics To PS3
A few months back we learned, with some disappointment, that Dark Energy Digital's episodic water-physics driven title, Hydrophobia, would be an XBOX 360 exclusive
We were understandably gutted but we should have known better. Like most XBOX 360 exclusives, the game's not really an exclusive to the true definition of the word. It's timed, and it's...
E3 2010 Pac-Man Championship Edition Heads To The PlayStation Portable & PlayStation 3
Namco's confirmed that the delicious Pac-Man reboot, Pac-Man Championship Edition, is set to make the jump across to PSP and PS3 via Sony's PlayStation Minis service
The Minis due this fall, and should land alongside the full PlayStation Network release of Pac-Man Championship Edition DX. So, basically, plenty of Pac-Man for your PlayStation this...
E3 2010 Patapon 3 Heads To The PlayStation Portable
Despite rumours claiming Patapon 3 was about to make the jump to the big-screen, Sony's revealed that the latest iteration in the rhythmn RPG is set to release on the PSP
This time, the game's all about playing with friends via ad-hoc or Internet Infrastructure, a pretty big change to the franchise. There are even competitive modes in this new...
E3 2010 Sony Reveal PlayStation Plus To Enhance The PlayStation Network
First of all, don't worry
If you don't want to pay, the PlayStation Network (as you know it) is going to be completely free. Alas, for those of you who do want to pay, Sony's announced the new PlayStation Plus service, which will cost just $49.99 (49.99/¥5,000) a year. You'll also be able to pay for a three month subscription, which will cost...
E3 2010 Join PushSquare.com For The Sony E3 Press Conference
We're stoked
We're smiling. We're super-excited. Sony's E3 2010 press conference is upon us, and we're getting excited. Sammy'll be on Tweeting right the way through Sony's press conference with live reaction to every announcement made, so if you want to know what we think of everything PlayStation, jump over to our Twitter account for that. Then,...
E3 2010 Ubisoft Reveals Michael Ancel Is Working On A 2D Rayman Title
Ecstasy
Ubisoft's bringing Rayman back to franchise's roots. Rayman: Origins will release on the PlayStation Network at an unannounced date. It looks absolutely drop-dead gorgeous to boot. It's being worked on by Ubisoft's legendary developer Michael Ancel, who gave birth to both the Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil franchises. Consider us stoked...
E3 2010 Eric Chahi Brings Project Dust To The PlayStation 3
Remember Another World? Yeah, we do too
It was designed and developed by a French dude called Eric Chahi. Folks, now he's back. That's right - Chahi is working on a new downloadable title for the PlayStation 3 called Project Dust. Chahi's been missing from the game's industry for a good while (something like 12 years), but this project - which is to...
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