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News Uncharted 2: Among Thieves On Playstation Home Looks Genuinely Mind-Bendingly Awesome
We've posted our belief for a while that Sony finally understand what people want out of Playstation Home
Today we finally got confirmation of that. Sony have shown off the new Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Home Space on the Playstation Blog today which genuinely looks mind-blowingly awesome. Aside from genuinely looking great, the content is...
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 Abbey-Abbey Road Rocking On Down To Playstation Network This Thursday
Ready for more The Beatles: Rock Band? Of course you are, right? Well, be told that the first DLC album - Abbey Road - will hit the Playstation Store this Thursday, with Sgt
Pepper set to follow in November and Rubber Soul in December. Too much Beatles you say? Never.
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...
News Calling All Cars Servers To Be Shut Down In January
Bummer if you still play David Jaffe's first title with Eat, Sleep, Play
, Calling All Cars. The servers are about to get closed down. Those playing the game have been greeted with the following ominous message:On January 14, 2010 the servers for Calling All Cars will be taken off-line. We would like to thank ya for yar...
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 Sorry Europe, No God Of War III Demo For You Guys
And by "you guys" we actually mean "us" because, awww, we're European baby
Still, there's always the lovely art of import meaning, if you import the God Of War Collection from the US, chances are you'll have access to that lovely God Of War III demo. If you're Japanese you'll need to pick up inFamous to get access to the demo. Still bemusing to see...
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 Critter Crunch Sees Disappointing First Week Sales
Critter Crunch, a PSN game largely received with critical claim, has not had the best first week of sales, despite the game's low $6
99 price tag. A representative of Capybara Games - developers of the cute little puzzle title - made the following statement on NeoGaf:Not selling so hot. Very sad over here too. Hopefully the demo will help, but...
News Zen Studios To Bring Planet Minigolf To The Playstation Network
Zen Studios, the team behind one of our favourite PSN games of the year Zen Pinball, have announced they are to bring minigolf to the Playstation Network with the "does-what-it-says-on-the-tin" title, Planet Minigolf
The game will feature a whopping 144 holes spread around the globe complete with customisable characters and plenty of obstacles...
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 American Playstation Store Updates: 15th October 2009
Updates Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Price Drop (now $9
99) Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars Price Drop (now $4.99)</ul>Playable Content Mushroom Wars ($9.99) .detuned ($2.99) BUZZ! Junior: Monster Rally ($4.99) topatoi: The Great Tree Story ($9.99) Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (PSone Classic)...
News Supersonic Acrobatic Blah Blah Blah Blah Super-Long-Title Cars Gets Really Cheap
If you're yet to pick up Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars because you thought it was too expensive, well you're in luck
If you're American. The game's seeing a sale from today until October 29th, where you'll be able to pick it up for $4.99. You'll even get the free expansion pack too!
News God Of War III Demo Hitting Japan On November 19th
If you're in Japan and you want to play God Of War III, you're going to need to get a code with a copy of inFamous
The demo will then be redeemable from November 19th. If you're in the West, you'll get a code with a copy of God Of War Collection, which releases late next month.
News Sony Shifting Playstation Home's Focus Away From Social Network & Towards "Game Platform"
Sony have discussed the shift of priority Playstation Home has seen over the last year in a San Francisco meeting documented by Gamasutra
"In the early days when we built Home, we really were building a social network for gamers," said platform director Jack Buser, "Through that, over the last year, it's developed into a game...
News Playstation 3 Cross-Game Chat Incoming By The Looks Of Things
Cross-Game Chat is the most requested feature for the Playstation 3, like, ever
Of course Sony are aware of that. Personally we couldn't give two hoots about Cross-Game Chat. But if it shuts people up about it for goodness sake; we're in. Alas, people have been going nuts over comments made on the Playstation Forums by Naughty Dog staffer...
News Mushroom Wars Hitting The Playstation Store Tomorrow, Yo!
Our friends over at Creat Studios have announced that their Real Time Strategy game, Mushroom Wars, is hitting the Playstation Store on October 15th
That's tomorrow, y'all. Mushroom Wars is an - and we quote - all-ages, fast-paced, real time strategy (RTS) game that brings arcade skirmish gameplay to the forefront. Our press release also describes...
News DLC, Patches, Smarties Coming To Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Codemaster's Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising only came out last week (we're ploughing our way through it for a review; it's hard) but that ain't stopping it getting updates
"We've got some very ambitious plans with DLC - our first pack is coming up in a matter of weeks," Sion Lenton, executive producer on the strategy shooter, told the...
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 Nathan Drake, Ratchet & Clank All Phone Home
Sure, why not?
Ever fancied a Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time themed four player tower defence or an Uncharted 2: Among Thieves two player tresure hunt? Thank goodness for Home then, eh, as 1Up report spaces for the both franchises will be launching in Playstation Home fairly soon. The Ratchet space will also allow you to travel through time,...
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 Europe Gets, Erm, Wolverine Claws For Playstation Home
As far as we're concerned, our Playstation Home avatar has always been missing something
That's right, Wolverine claws. Rather awesomely, you can get these babies for free. All you'll need to do is sit through the 2 minute-long X-MEN Origins: Wolverine trailer and they'll pop up in your threads menu. Sweet, right?
News Harmonix Taking "Wait And See" Approach To The Beatles: Rock Band DLC
Worry not, The Beatles: Rock Band DLC is coming
There are three records already announced. However, beyond that, support for the game is looking a little shakey. Namely because working with The Beatles' back catalogue is an expensive business. Harmonix's John Drake told BBPS, "It costs thousands to produce DLC." "It's not like Rock...
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 Super Street Fighter IV Producer Wants To Expand The Online Options
Speaking with Japanese gaming Bible Famitsu, Super Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono has hinted at a number of new features that may (or may not) end up in Super Street Fighter IV
According to Andriasang's translation from the interview, Ono is looking to expand online play. More importantly, he specifies the online component "feeling...
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 American Playstation Store Updates: 8th October 2009
Playable Content Critter Crunch ($6
99) Pandemonium! (PS1 Classics) ($5.99)</ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add-on Content</span> LittleBigPlanet Original Music Pack 1 ($1.99) IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey ($4.99) DiRT 2 Trust Fund ($4.99) DiRT 2 Access All Areas ($4.99) Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta ($9.99) Fallout...
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 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 Digger HD Launches On The European Playstation Store Tomorrow
If you're keen to jump into Creat Studio's reimagining of the eighties' Digger in HD, then the European Playstation Store has your back
Digger HD will launch tomorrow in Europe, with the original "vintage mode" in tact for those who prefer it to shiney HD graphics. The game has 60 levels and will launch at £7.99.
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 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 The Playstation Network Is Down, Down, Down
Sorry folks, the Playstation Network is offline right about now
Sony have just a few words to say about the matter, "Site Maintenance Notice: The server is currently down for maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later". Apparently the maintenance should be all sorted in a few hours so you'll have to do...
News Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries Of Little Riddle Coming December 17th
Relentless - famous for their Buzz
games - are prepping the first episode in their adventure game series, Blue Toad Murder Files. The first episode - The Mysteries Of Little Riddle - will launch December 17th. Perfect for pre-Christmas gaming. The game will be the studio's first self-publish game and focuses on the classic British...
News Home v1.3 Causing Some Problems For A Minority Of Users
Playstation Home had one of its biggest updates ever recently
The v1.3 update added lots of new content, including support for the Home camera amongst other things. Sadly, a small minority of users are reporting numerous errors since the update. Home manager Locust_Star says this could be down to a number of in-game objects, such as the Fat Princess...
News Final Fantasy XIV Beta Will Be On PC Only We're 'Fraid
If you were hoping to get some early access to the upcoming Playstation 3 Final Fantasy MMO then you're going to have to wait a little while we're afraid
There will be a beta, but sadly it will be PC only, as confirmed by Final Fantasy XIV director Hiromichi Tanaka. The beta will start out closed with just 10,000 people but will eventually open up...
News PSN Idiot Gets His Court Case, Well, Crumpled Up & Spat On
Remember Erik - the PSN user who'd acted like a jerk on PSN and then tried to sue Sony when he got banned? Dudes legal proceedings didn't hold much water
Erik Estavillo tried to sue Sony on the basis that following his ban he was being denied services he had paid for. He also came up with some sob story regarding agrophobia. Regardless, the case all...
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 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 Playstation Home v1.3 Lands Tomorrow, Adds Universal Game Launching & A Ton Of Other Stuff
Sony will update their virtual world tomorrow
Playstation Home will reach v1.3, a milestone update that will bring universal game launching among other updates. Universal game launching will allow you to party up with anyone you meet within Sony's world and jump straight into a multiplayer game. That's pretty awesome. In addition to that, v1.3 also...
