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News Downloadable Comics Coming To The Playstation Portable
Remember a few months back when Sony made hints at bringing comics to the PSP? Well today that service was announced in Japan
There's no word of a release date or the type of content to expect, just that comics will be coming to the PSP and will be downloaded from the Playstation Store. We expect the service will eventually launch in the West...
News Sony Not Playing "Catch Up" Anymore, PSN As Strong As Live
Sony rolled out their online service, the PSN, in 2006
Since then it has grown like crazy. Most of the pressure on Sony's PSN came from Microsoft's XBOX Live which in 2006 was miles ahead. Now, not so much. Sony have improved their PSN drastically over the past few years and there seem to be no signs of slowing down."I don't think there's a lot...
News Fight Night Round 4 DLC On The Horizon, Button Controls Slated For September
EA will patch Fight Night Round 4's controls for free sometime in September
EA also announced new content for the game which will be available for free next month; there'll be a new gym, new gameplay sliders and a bunch of new equipment. The new gameplay sliders will allow players to tweak the Counter Punch Window, Boxer Stamina and Punch Accuracy...
News Ghostbusters Collaboration Makes For The Most Awesome Sackboy Costume Ever
Bustin' certainly makes Sackboy feel good
Do you like Ghostbusters? Of course you do. Do you like LittleBigPlanet? Hell yeah! So you're going to want some kind of Ghostbusters LittleBigPlanet DLC then eh? Of course you are. And it looks like it's on its way. The details are yet to be announced but we seriously have our fingers crossed for some...
News Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood DLC In The Pipeline
We really enjoyed Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood
In fact, we're kind of craving more. Good thing developers Techland have our backs then. They've announced that three DLC packs are in the works for their Western shooter - two will be multiplayer maps and a third with be singleplayer. More Call Of Juarez singleplayer?!? Oh my! There are no price...
News The Telltale Engine Doesn't Run On The Playstation Yet
Ever wondered why us Playstation 3 owners don't get to play Sam & Max, Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People and Wallace & Gromit? "It's easy," said Telltale's Dave Grossman, "Our engine doesn't run on the PlayStation yet
" Oh. Please can we request some kind of magic porting device so we can play these great games on the PS3...
News Ghostbusters Heading To LittleBigPlanet
Well it's not a confirmation but it's about as conclusive as you can possible be without making an announcement
A LittleBigPlanet poster is coloured black headed with the text "Who Ya Gonna Call?". If it's not Ghostbusters DLC we'll eat our computer.
News Absolutely Amazing Michael Jackson Tribute Created In Rag Doll Kung Fu
This is definitely the best thing we've seen all week
Michael Jackson may well be sadly gone but the amount effort that's been put into this amazing Rag Doll Kung Fu tribute suggests he'll never be forgotten. Kudos to b00bi0 for making this.
News Battlefield 1943 Is Out Next Week, July 9th
The hotly anticipated Battlefield 1943 will see a Playstation Network release next week, July 9th, as confirmed by the official Battlefield Twitter account
Perhaps you could spend the next week in solitary confinement, ensuring you'll be perfectly focused on the wars you'll be fighting soon.
News Take A Tour Of The New inFamous Playstation Home Space
Here's a quick look at the new inFamous space for Playstation Home which includes a host of new activities including a Reaper zapping minigame
The space also allows you to design your own graffiti, which can be voted on by other Home users. The space will be available from tomorrow, July 2nd.
News Home Survey Makes Hints Towards The Future Of Sony's Virtual World
A Playstation Home survey has been sent out to Playstation owners in order to help gauge the future of the platform
The survey hints at music sharing, video sharing and trophy support among many others. Recipients are asked to rate the concepts based on how likely they are to get them to return to the Home service. One section asks users to indicate...
News Sony Commissions Playstation 3 MMO For The Taiwanese Market
Yeck Entertainment are working on an MMO for Sony Computer Entertainment Taiwan according to Siliconera
The team have worked on the likes of Legend Of Glory in the past. Given the size of the Taiwanese market, it's being speculated that the release will likely be brought to the mainstream rather than just target one small market. Sadly details are...
News Capcom Reveal PSone Classics & Digital Download PSP Releases That Are Coming To The PSN
We all love Capcom games right? Good, now that we've sorted that out, we're sure you'll be pleased to know that Capcom are making good on all those promises they made earlier in the year - lots of PSone titles are indeed scheduled to hit the PSN
The entire (PS1) Resident Evil franchise will be heading to the PSN, as will Dino Crisis. The PSP will...
News Topatoi Heading To The European Playstation Store Like A Cyclone
The European Playstation Blog have confirmed that Topatoi will be heading to the European Playstation Store this week
The game is being developed in the Ukraine by Boolat Games. It's a platforming game involving lots of spinning and apparently the release this week will mark "the first part of the saga". The game will include split screen...
News A Second Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Demo Is Incoming
Did you enjoy the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves beta demo thing? Yeah, it was pretty awesome wasn't it
We loved it. Well hey, guess what, Naughty Dog are going to hold another multiplayer demo closer to the game's release later this year. Apparently the second multiplayer demo will be "available to an even wider group this time" so hopefully...
News Three New Red Faction Guerrilla Packs On The Way
We really enjoyed Red Faction Guerrilla so we're kinda pleased to hear that the DLC will cover new ground
Demons Of The Badlands will release on August 13th for $9.99 and will take players on a new single-player quest probably involving explosions. Two more expansion packs are planned but there have been no announcements on them as of yet.
News The Playstation Network Is Undergoing Some Routine Maintenance
One worried PushSquare reader just sent us an email claiming Sony had "shut down" the Playstation Network, claiming that neither he nor his friends could log on
Sony want you to know, "hey don't worry - we're doing a spot of maintenance". Those of you in Europe, like us, should be back up and running by now (we are) with Sony claiming:The...
News Terrible Bands That Weird People Like Heading To Rock Band Unplugged
Everybody cheer with me now - Avenged Sevenfold are coming to the PSP's awesome Rock Band Unplugged
No cheers? Oh, that's because nobody likes Avenged Sevenfold. Actually, that's not strictly true. People do like Avenged Sevenfold. They're just a bit weird. A bit like the people who like Dream Theater, Motley Crue and Stone Temple Pilots. Meh, it's...
News If You Want Serious Sam HD To Come To The PS3 (Hint: You Do), Then Say So
We almost shed tears of disappointment when we heard Serious Sam HD wasn't going to be coming to the Playstation 3
We have fond, fond memories of the Serious Sam game and always believed it would get a remake. Hearing it was indeed making a return raised our hopes exponentially, until we noted the glaring absence of a Playstation 3 version being in...
News New "Hot Shots" Title Headed To The Playstation Portable
The "Hot Shots" series (or "Everybody's" elsewhere) has spawned some excellent golf and tennis games over the years
But now it's time for a new sport, as developers Clap Hanz have teased. The teaser hides the wording of the sport but it won't be long before we find out what it is; a demo is planned alongside the game's announcement this Friday. The...
News Experience Trine For A Little Less Cost On Playstation Network
Trine has been getting glowing appraisals from all those who gave the recently released PC demo a try
However, people have questioned the game's price, at $40 for the full PC release. We haven't been sure how a $40 PSN download would be received. Thankfully clarification from Joystiq suggests that the PSN version of Trine will retail at just $20,...
News Trophy Portal Gets Expanded On The European Playstation Website
Trophies are getting to where they need to be, but we can't help but feel it's taking a bit too long
Sony must be aware that users are crying out for more detailed, instantly accessible stats and avatar/forum signature type images. While Sony Europe did provide the portable trophy cards, they're really a nightmare to keep updated. Alas, signs that...
News Statue Of Liberty Sackboy Says "Whaddup?"
Look how cute LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy looks when dressed as the Statue Of Liberty
Awww. Don't you just want to squeeze him and tickle his tummy? No. Oh ok. Still, at the grand total price of £0.00 you'll be able to download this Statue Of Liberty costume for your own little Sackman. The costume will be available from July 2nd. Get it while it's...
News Microsoft's Greenberg: "Sony Did A Good Job At E3, I Have A PS3 & Play Games On It"
Reading a comment like this really warms our heart
We prefer it when companies say nothing about each other, but if they're going to talk, at the very least be respectful. And that's exactly what Aaron Greenberg has been in an interview with Major Nelson. Despite claiming the Microsoft show historic, he also mentions his thoughts on Sony's press...
News Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Coming At The End Of July
Shattering reports from almost two months ago, a Tweet from the Capcom Twitter page has dashed hopes of a June Marvel vs
Capcom 2</a> release, instead pushing the game right the way back to "the end of July". So alas, no Marvel vs. Capcom 2 tomorrow guys. You're going to have to wait that bit longer.
News Sony Readying A "Cellphone-Game Hybrid"
According to the Japanese business daily Nikkei, Sony are readying a cellphone-videogame combination platform to rival the iPhone
According to the paper, Sony will be setting up a "project team" next month that will combine a Sony Ericsson phone with, presumably, a PSP Go-style download service. In fact, it would kinda be odd if they...
News inFamous Heading To Playstation Home
SCEA's Katy Field has revealed that inFamous' demo became the first to ever reach 1,000,000 downloads
Hopefully everyone that downloaded the demo ended up buying the game. Still, a successful number for the Sucker Punch team that, at the very least, showcases a lot of interest in the game. In fact, evidently such was the interest that a Playstation...
News Sony Want To Create Synergy Between Products By Next Year
One of the biggest problems Sony has had in the past few years is that they're a victim of their own success
You may not relate to it instantly, but Sony are an absolutely gigantic company. They're a record label, a movie licensing and production house, an electronics producer, a video game publisher, a hardware manufacturer, a mobile phone company...
News Sackboy Highlights The Scale Of Awesome Beards
Oh Media Molecule
How we love thee. The Druid costume is out now.
News Two Retail Stores We've Never Heard Of Don't Want To Stock The PSP Go, Sony Shudder In Fear
For the record, we're from England and we've never heard of Chips nor Grainger Games
Alas, if you are aware of one of these stores please let us know via post-card or the comments section. Anyway, said imaginary stores are not very impressed with the PSP Go."From my point of view I've got to think, Do I want to stock this?' Right now I can't...
News Kaz Hirai Gets A New Deputy Type Right Hand Man
Playstation boss Kaz Hirai got himself a sub-boss today, as Kunimasa Suzuki presumably moved his stuff into the Playstation super-office
Suzuki has been with Sony since 1984 and will "assist in managing the day-to-day operations of the PlayStation business". He starts his new position on July 1st. Thanks to Kotaku for the picture.
News Playstation Home Used By Around One In Three
Playstation Home has gained 7 million users to date
To be honest we think that's a rather decent number. Joystiq disagree. They report that with over 21 million PS3s in the wilderness, adoption rate for home is probably less than 33%. It's certainly a valid point but not necessarily one that we think matters. Seeing as Home is making a rather decent...
News Who Wants To Play The Best Looking Pool Game Ever?
Let's be honest, pool games are exceptionally fun if they are bought at the right price
Sometimes developers try to build a full package out of a pool games and it doesn't quite seem worth it; but with the explosion of the PSN we've always been in hope of a really great pool game. We thought Inferno Pool had filled that hole, but given our...
News Take A Look At The PSN Exclusive The Punisher: No Mercy
It's strange how The Punisher: No Mercy seems to have no hype attached to it
Especially when it looks as sweet as this trailer depicts it.
News Downloadable PSP Titles Will Average At Around 700MB
We're still concerned about space restrictions of the PSP Go
16GB of on board memory just doesn't sound like a lot to us. Especially when Sony themselves are confirming that game sizes will average out at around 700MB. That means you'll be able to store roughly 17 games on the system at once. Sure, the memory slot will allow you to add another 16GB...
News Bethesda Reckon The First PS3 DLC Pack Is Nearing Completion
We sat waiting patiently for the first of the PS3 Fallout 3 DLC today
It never came. We got quite upset about it and trundled away from our PS3 back to the tennis. Alas, Bethesda predicted people must have been waiting and have quelled some fears, claiming Operation Anchorage is nearly ready for PS3 release. Unfortunately a date was not given.
News There's Absolutely No Reason To Not Buy Super Stardust HD Today
Hands up if you haven't played Super Stardust HD
Ok, we see maybe one hand out of a room full of people. Well what's your excuse then? It's too expensive?! Well, hm, ok, you really should have bought it earlier but hey, you know what, we'll let you off because today the game is celebrating its second birthday and as such will set you back just...
News Get A Closer Look At The PSPGo, Non-Gaming Applications Possible
In this early look at the PSP Go, CNET talk to Playstation's Al De Leon where when pressed he concludes that downloadable content for the handheld "will mostly be games, but there's an opportunity to look at non-gaming applications
" He cites the lower development costs as a reason for this possibility. Personally we're more interested in the...
News Take A Look At Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood's Multiplayer Components
In an age where multiplayer seems to be tacked into every single game, we're really getting interested in those games that try to make their multiplayer components a little different and a little more suiting to the source material
Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood appears to have everything you'd expect, but it also plays into its fiction. The...
News Want Rockman Complete Works On PSone? Impossible, We're 'Fraid!
Capcom have just released the PS1 remake of the original Rockman (a
k.a. Mega Man) on the Japanese PSN. Sadly, it's pretty impossible to get. In order to celebrate the belated release of Mega Man 9 on the store, Capcom is holding a competition for those who purchase the game. Winners can either claim a T-shirt or a download code for the Rockman...
News Gamestop Lists PS3 Retail Collector's Box For Marvel vs. Capcom 2
An interesting listing on Gamestop seems to point to the possibility of a retail box for Capcom's upcoming Marvel vs
Capcom 2</a>. Of course, like other retail editions of downloadable games, there'll be no disc - just a redemption code. Alongside the download code, Gamestop suggest there will be a DVD case, a disc containing exclusive...
News Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? Becomes A PSN Only Release
Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman
What Did I Do To Deserve This?</a> is probably one of the best titles for a video game that has ever been. It also looks immensely fun. Alas, those of you PSP owners without PSN accounts (are there any of you?) will be disappointed to hear that the game will be a download-exclusive when it releases in the near...
First Impressions Hydrophobia on Playstation 3
Hydrophobia could well end up as being one of the more innovative titles of this generation
Billed as a "survival-adventure" title by developers Dark Energy Digital - the team behind the excellent Inferno Pool - Hydrophobia uses an innovative new water based engine that will see players dynamically control H20 in order to complete puzzles...
News As Of Now There Are 25 Million Playstation Network Accounts
So here's a big figure for you to mull over whilst drinking your afternoon tea
There are 25 million Playstation Network accounts at the time of writing. That's rather a lot. Despite some people making more than one account for different regions, we're sure this all averages out at approximately one PSN account per Playstation 3 sold which is quite a...
News Final Fantasy VII Downloads Surpass 100,000 Sales
Indicative of the cheers that erupted due to the announcement of Final Fantasy VII's release on the PSN during Sony's E3 press conference, the Square title has gone on to sell over 100,000 copies in just two weeks
Quite astonishing sales figures really. It makes you wonder what would happen if they fully remade the game doesn't it?
News The Punisher: No Mercy Coming This July 2nd To The PSN
The Punisher: No Mercy certainly sounds like an ambitious release on paper
The game aims to provide a complete first-person single-player and multi-player experience based on the Marvel comics. Being developed by Zen Studios, the team behind the excellent Zen Pinball, we're certainly anticipating the game's release which has been announced as July...
News Capcom Aren't Dropping The Playstation Platform In A Hurry
Concerned gamers may be getting their panties in a twist over Activision's threats last week, but when asked by worried Capcom fans over the companies future with the Playstation brand, there was a resounding level of confidence from the major third-party publisher's community manager Shawn Baxter: "I dont see that happening [dropping the Playstation platform]
Monster Hunter has sold over 8.5 million on the PSP worldwide."</blockquote> Pretty much enough said then we think. Rather ironically the PS3 version of Prototype - an Activision published title - stayed in the top 5 of t...
News Howard Stringer Gets President Title, Aims To Save $3.1Billion Over The Coming Fiscal Year
Sony have been losing a fair amount of money over the past few years
The company involved with consumer electronics, music and movies - aswell as our beloved Playstation - made their first fiscal loss in 14 years last year. As such Sony have embarked upon a restructuring plan that has seen the American Howard Stringer taking the title of president...
News Fat Princess Actually Won't Be Released This Month
Despite us reporting that Fat Princess would be out this month, we're afraid that won't be happening anymore
The game has been pushed back (again). The game is now pencilled in for "at some point this summer" — which could mean anywhere between July or August. So we'll probably be playing it in December. Seriously though, it's right that...
News Call Of Duty: World At War Map Pack 2 Sells One Million Copies Over The Weekend
Have you heard? Call Of Duty is big news
Call Of Duty: World At War is ridiculously big news actually, having just sold over 1 million copies of its new premium DLC: Map Pack 2. The DLC, whcih we saw actually being advertised all over the place, spans the PS3 and XBOX Live versions of the game. It's likely the new map pack will trump the milestone...
