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News Sony Extend Trophy Functionality For American Whores
Hey American trophy whores
Guess what? SCEA are implementing the trophy features currently available on the European Playstation website to the ol' USA this week. The update comes with a "live-update" image of player's current trophy roster. The image will update automatically via Sony's background programming magic and will be embeddable...
News You're Totally Going To Get Preorder Bonuses For PSP Downloads
Something we have been pondering in the comments section for a while here at PushSquare are PSP preorder bonuses
With bonuses seemingly the standard for every release these days, and PSP games getting in on the action, how are us PSP Go owners going to reap the benefit of extra content for our purchasing loyalty. Sony are on hand to let us know...
News The Beatles: Rock Band DLC To Include Sgt. Pepper's, Rubber Soul & Other Albums
If you're releasing DLC for The Beatles: Rock Band, you're restricted to songs by The Beatles
Right? Makes sense. Thus you'll be happy to know that DLC for the mainstream darlings favourite upcoming music game will take the form of full albums. So you'll be able to play the songs that you liked, but never hit the mainstream. Like Maxwell's Silver...
News Out With The Old, In With The New; Ex-GRIN Staffers Form Outbreak Studios
GRIN may be on its last legs, but as is usually the case, it doesn't mean their employees are down and out
Introducing the team of ex-GRIN staffers: Outbreak Studios. Having worked on big retail releases such as Bionic Commando and Wanted: Weapons Of Fate, Outbreak's moniker is much less risky. They intend to make games for "Xbox 360 (XBLA),...
News MAG Beta Enrollment Begins
Some of you lucky people (read: not us - Ed) might have a tantalising email in your inbox right now
It's headed with the words "MAG" and ends with "Public Beta". Check your emails. We'll wait. Ok, so we're assuming those of you that got that email probably won't be paying much attention to the rest of this post. For those of you...
News GamesCom 09: Sony To Unveil PSN Video Store In Europe
It's not quite E3 hype, but we're getting very excited about Sony's GamesCom conference next week in Germany
Not only is the thing scheduled to run a decent length of time, there are also likely to be announcements on the PS3 Slim among others. One such thing to be announced - the much anticipated European video store. If you're in the US you may...
News Sony Europe Blame Publishers For PSN Game Delays
We know how annoying it is when a game is due out on the European PSN but never comes
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix was a perfect example. Speaking openly on the Playstation Blog, Sony's Angela Madronero tried to clear some of those issues up. Talking about first party titles, Angela claimed, "We know how important this is to you, and...
News New Playstation Home Space From The Excellent Xi Team Around The Corner
Remember Xi? The alternative reality game that made Playstation Home a real living place to be
Yeah, it was awesome wasn't it? People always think we're being sarcastic when we talk about Home being awesome, but we think the developers and its audience are really starting to find their niche. There are a surprising number of people who spend a lot...
News Dino Crisis & Resident Evil All Rated For Playstation Store
What's up classic Capcom games? We know you're coming, but we hope you're coming soon
What's that? The ESRB have rated you? Rejoice. Listings on the ESRB have practically confirmed the released of classic Capcom titles Dino Crisis, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. The update in listings also serves to suggest that perhaps the content...
News Gitaroo Man Lives & Other Cult PSP Awesomeness Hits The Playstation Portable
Do you own a PSP? Chances are you have some investment in Playstation if you're visiting this site, so we're going to assume yes
Are you in Japan? Our website stats tracker suggests you're not (just 0.73% of our visitors come from the land of the rising sun). We guess we're just going to have to be content with being jealous than informative then...
News If You Wanted Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 In A Box It's Totally Still Happening
Not a formal announcement of kinds, but an announcement of such
Ever since GameStop listed a retail version of Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 for the Playstation 3, we've been waiting for confirmation. The above image comes from Capcom's own Unity forums from a moderator. The box does not contain a disc, instead you'll get a download voucher, an eight
News Agonisingly GRIN Are In Big, Big, Big Trouble
It hurts a little to type this
Not only because we know someone who used to work at Swedish outfit GRIN, but also because of the two games they've put out this year, we thought they were both pretty darn good. Bionic Commando was a clever platform-esque shooter. Sure there were issues with the design, but we certainly had fun playing it. Wanted:...
News Fat Princess Patch Live In The US, Hitting The UK Next Week
Hey America, Fat Princess now works
At least that's what we've heard from people in the region who have downloaded the latest game-fixing patch for the title. The patch is designed to improve server stability, reduce lag, and fix a few bugs. Europe are to get the patch sometime next week (presumably the rigorous SCEE quality control policy is...
News Tekken 6 On The PSP Will Feature Downloadable Content
This is so awesome but at the same time we feel terrible
We'd forgotten that Tekken 6 was coming to the PSP. But it's so awesome that it is. Because we'll be rocking some King on the train. Anyway, the handheld version of Namco's weapon-less brawler will have "pretty much everything [from the] console version," said PR man Arne...
News There's A Shatter Demo In The Works, Multiplatform Release Is Likely
What do you mean you haven't played Shatter yet? Are you mad
? We gave it 4/4. Get on it. So if you're still not sure, we reckon you should probably hold out for the demo that Sidhe are preparing for you. Alas, if you're fanboy enough to prefer your games while they're exclusive (why?), be told that Sidhe will probably put this game out on...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 6th August 2009
Qore Qore Annual Subsciption ($25) Qore Episode 15: August 2009 ($3) Playable Content Crystal Defenders full game ($10) Spec Ops: Covert Assault PS1 game ($10) Rag Doll Kung Fu demo (free) Batman: Arkham Asylum demo (free) Crystal Defenders demo (free) Worms demo (free) Add-on Content Savage Moon Waldgeist Add-On ($4
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News Zen Studios Announce Super Street Fighter II Turbo Themed Pinball Table
As hinted at yesterday, Zen Studios are to bring a Street Fighter II themed table to their acclaimed pinball game Zen Pinball
"Here at ZEN Studios, we are long time Street Fighter fans and have a great relationship with Capcom, so the idea came naturally," ZEN Studios' managing director Zsolt Kigyossy told Joystiq.</blockquote> We're...
News Persona Will Launch On The Playstation Network & UMD
Persona is releasing on UMD this September 22nd
That's just a week short of the PSP Go. What are Atlus going to do about it? Release simultaneously on the PSN and UMD that's what. Atlus' title will mark the first time such an event has ever taken place. The UMD version of the game does come with a soundtrack however. And not just any old soundtrack...
News Sony Trademark "P.S. Thanks", Potential Reward Scheme Likely
A Kotaku discovered trademark seems to hint at the possibility of a Playstation based reward scheme akin to Nintendo's Club Nintendo
The aptly titled "P.S. Thanks" hints at an "incentive rewards program geared toward quantifying, identifying and motivating top consumer base with the goal of promotion and sale of video game hardware...
News Zen Studios Tease Street Fighter Themed Pinball Table For Zen Pinball
We really enjoyed Zen Pinball when it launched earlier in the year
It's currently one of our favourite PSN releases this year. So we're really happy to hear that the team behind the game, Zen Studios, are working on some DLC for the game. We don't really have much to go on yet (hint: it might not be much but it's a big bloody clue) except this...
News Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars Expanded Via Patch
The heartily titled Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars has been expanded via a free DLC patch
The new content adds two new levels: "Galleon" and "Stadium" — the former being set on a pirate ship. A number of enhancements have been made to the replay system, camera control, friends list, server browser, HUD, music...
News Playstation 3 VidZone App Passes One Million Downloads
We believe congratulations are in order for the fine folks at VidZone
Their excellent on-demand music video service has already topped the one million downloads mark, despite only being available in Europe. In addition to the one million downloads, 100 million videos have been streamed via the service, numbers not to be scoffed at. Alas, we can't...
Feature Why Choose The Sony PSP Go?
Ever since E3 2009, we've been approached by a number of people all hampered with the question, "Why should I buy the PSP Go?" In this piece, we'll look at the reasons for choosing the PSP Go over its older brother the PSP-3000, and discuss the platforms strengths and possible weaknesses
The Portable Platform The Playstation Portable was named just...
News More Legendary Wild West Content Heading To Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood
Launching this Thursday on the Playstation Network will be the Old West Map Pack for Ubisoft's Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood
New legendary battles heading to the western shooter include Little Bighorn, Vulture Mine, Fort Worth and Union's Elmira Prison Camp. Princing is yet to be announced.
News The Real Optimus Prime Hits Revenge Of The Fallen Via Downloadable Costume
Transformers: The Revenge Of The Fallen is getting a bit better this Summer
Namely through the form of downloadable content which will make Optimus Prime look a bit more like Optimus Prime. The new version of Soundwave will also make an appearance. But we don't care for new versions right?
News Sony Scrap Wipeout HD Advertising Due To Fan Reaction
Never say Sony don't care about their fans
Following some bad responses from fans of Wipeout HD regarding the inclusion of advertising on the game's loading screens, Sony have pulled the feature."The ad has been removed from [span.tagautolink autolink]WipEout HD", a Sony rep told Eurogamer, "and we are investigating the situation to...
News Fat Princess Patch Incoming Quicker Than A Waddling Princess
Fat Princess is a great game
We said so in our review. Problem is, it's kind of unplayable right now. We've been trying to hop on to the game for two days and the multiplayer has just been broken. Thankfully a patch has reached its testing stage and will probably hit the public soon. Developers Titan Studios have detailed the fixes the patch deals...
News In-Game Advertising Headed For Wipeout HD
According to Gamasutra, video game advertising company Double Fusion have brought in-game advertising to Sony's Wipeout HD game
The popular PSN futuristic racer is to get hit by dynamic content during the game's loading screens. It's a bit disappointing that they're tarting up the loading screens with advertising, we actually think it would be more...
News Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo Launches This Friday, August 7th
A demo for one of the most hotly anticipated superhero games, Batman: Arkham Asylum, will hit the Playstation Network this Friday, 7th August
Strangely it won't come as a part of the usual Thursday update, presumably to keep all things fair between the various platforms the game is being released on (the XBOX 360's online marketplace gets updated on...
News Fat Princess Multiplayer Fix In The Works
Fat Princess launched to mixed success
We actually managed to get a full five hours with the game in multiplayer before, ping, all was broken. We haven't been able to play the game since. Thankfully developers Titan Studios have confirmed via their blog that a patch is in the works and a number of fixes are on the way. We adore the game, as you'll...
News "Purchased Levels" Option Available In LittleBigPlanet PSP
Siliconera have discovered an option within LittleBigPlanet PSP that hints at purchasable download levels for the new portable platformer
Downloadable levels are one of the more requested additions to the already well supported LittleBigPlanet PS3 title, so it would make sense to build that functionality into the PSP title. But only if there are...
News Braid Is Heading To The Playstation Network
The XBOX Live Arcade's indie darling, Braid, is set to make an appearance on the Playstation Network - many would argue the right home for adventurous title
The impressive title from Jonathan Blow won a steam of awards last year when it launched on the XBOX 360. The game has been rated for Germany by a classifications board in the region, and has...
News World Record Listing Hopes For Sony's "Toro Station" Newscast
In Japan there is a semi-interactive Playstation app known as Toro Station
The application provides users with minigames and news programming delivered by two comical cats. The application is about to feature its 1000th update - something Sony believe to be enough of a milestone to get in touch with the Guiness Book Of World Records. They're aiming...
News This Is What Burn, Zombie, Burn! Looks Like When You're Stuck In Space
Should you ever find yourself stuck aboard a space-ship, billions of miles away from the planet Earth, when a zombie invasion happens to break out, you might wish you'd have played the upcoming Burn, Zombie, Burn
</a> In Space... expansion. Because more than likely that will teach you to set fire to zombies and cut them up with chainsaws...
News Shatter Becomes The Second Most Downloaded PSN Title
Remember Battlefield 1943 becoming the most popularly downloaded PSN game ever recently? Well hats off to Sidhe (no, we still don't know how to pronounce it - Ed), because they're currently sitting right behind the big boys at DICE
Their fantastic block-breaker Shatter has gone on to reap the second most downloaded game of the week spot according to...
News Burn, Zombie, Burn! Patch Includes Custom Soundtracks & YouTube Video Uploading
Seriously we don't understand why more games don't include YouTube uploading
LittleBigPlanet for example is a game that would thrive from the functionality. Still, we guess it makes it all the more special when a game does include YouTube uploading. Like Burn, Zombie, Burn! which has just got a patch to support the functionality. The new patch will...
News New Single Player DLC Coming To F.E.A.R. 2
We quite enjoyed F
E.A.R. 2</a> when it launched earlier in the year. The roller coaster levels and competent AI made it a decent shooter that we'd hoped for more of. Thankfully our hopes are being answered in the form of new single player DLC. The content will allow players to see the end of the game from a different perspective: through the...
First Impressions Fat Princess on Playstation 3
If you're normal, you've probably got a twitching feeling of excitement in the pit of your stomach right now
That's because today is the day Sony finally unleash the highly anticipated Fat Princess into the hands of you greedy Playstation owners. Having beaten the single-player campaign, we're on hand to offer some impressions. Fat Princess is a...
News PaRappa Creator Considering A Return To The Playstation Platforms
PaRappa The Rapper and Vib Ribbon were iconic characters of the Playstation era
But since 2004, Masaya Matsuura - the genius behind said games - has not touched a Playstation console. But that might change. Speaking with EDGE Online, Masaya has cited the Playstation 3 as the system he'd "most like to explore at the moment" because...
News New R-Type Command Game Readying For Release, Has "Chocolate" In The Title
According to an article over at IGN, Famitsu have confirmed plans to release a sequel to the PSP strategy game, R-Type Command
The game which is wonderfully titled R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate is said to include more content and a branching storyline. The game will release in Japan on October 29th as both a digital download and UMD.
News Trine Is Delayed, Hitting The Playstation Network "Soon"
Observant readers may have noticed that today marks the last PSN update in July 2009; a period when publisher Frozenbyte confirmed that Trine would be available
Those of you who took the time to read our PSN updates article would totally know, hey, there's no Trine coming out. Correct, the game has been delayed due to a "last minute bug"...
News MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Game Launching Heading To Playstation Home
Hey MotorStorm: Pacific Rift fans
Up for meeting some likeminded gamers in Playstation Home and launching a game of your favourite off-road racer? Wicked. It's heading to Home as part of tomorrow's update so now you've got your bases covered. The Playstation Blog are also teasing big announcements for Home/MotorStorm connectivity.
News Brilliant New Fat Princess Themed Quest Launches In Playstation Home
As part of a brilliant new Fat Princess themed Playstation Home quest, the Princess needs cake
And you're going to stuff her full of it. You'll participate in a quest for slices of cake throughout the Home based adventure and eventually unlock gigantic gateux to stuff her majesty. Fantastic stuff. This launches tomorrow. We'll see you in there.
News First Screens Of The Playstation Home Fat Princess Space
PSNow have some of the first screens of the new Fat Princess themed Playstation Home space
An announcement of the space is expected before the launch of the PSN game tomorrow.
News Record Of Agarest War Heading To The Playstation Network
Who's up for playing a niche JRPG featuring suggestive content? Despite what you might already think, Record Of Agarest War is infamous among Japanese circles
And now it's coming to the West courtesy of BlazBlue's publisher Aksys Games. The game will be released on the Playstation Network, and while the details are yet to be revealed, we suspect...
News NBA 2K10 Draft Combine Coming To The Playstation Network Next Month
Building up to the release of NBA 2K10 in October, 2K Games will release a $5 PSN release in NBA 2K10 Draft Combine that lets players build a character and take part in a series of mini-games to improve their stats
Naturally, these players can then be imported into the final game when it releases in two months time. It'll be interesting how some...
News inFamous Costumes Coming To LittleBigPlanet This August
LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy is getting ready to don inFamous' Cole McGrath's outfit come this August 8th
The DLC will allow you to dress Sackboy as an heroic/evil iteration of the inFamous protagonist. Check out the evil Cole Sackboy after the jump.
News Sony Promote echoshift As A "Self Co-Op" Kinda Game
Sony want you to know that their upcoming echoshift (redubbed from echochrono) is a a game all about "self co-op"
Player's must solve puzzles by using past actions to solve puzzles. Of course you'll be playing as echochrome's recognisable mannequin characters. The final game will feature 45 levels and 30 puzzle types with the promise of DLC in the...
News Turbografx-16 Games Headed To The American Playstation Store
Have you been patiently anticipating the announcement of Bonk for the Playstation Network ever since we reported that Japan were getting PC Engine games? You have?
Well you should know that if you're American, you're in luck. The Turbografx-16 is on its way to the American Playstation Store. While a time-frame wasn't announced, it was confirmed that...
News Team 17's Head Gets Arsey About Timed Exclusivity & Pissy Playstation Owners
Team 17 are to release Alien Breed Evolution as a timed exclusive on the XBOX Live Arcade
Studio head Martyn Brown had the following words of "comfort" for disappointed Playstation 3 owners. "I appreciate PS3 owners getting pissed off because it's not on their platform immediately, but that's up to Sony I guess to address that."...
