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News Zombie Apocalypse - Because The World Needs More Games Featuring Zombies
Zombie Apocalypse is Konami's latest nod to the argument that video games are relying on the old fashioned zombie a little too much
Once a rarity in video games, the Resident Evil effect has since decided that virtually every game is worthy of their own seperate zombie section. Cue Konami's take on the zombie in Zombie Apocalypse, a PSN shooter akin...
News Fallout 3 DLC Finally Confirmed For Playstation This Coming June
Just recently, we've been sitting around mulling over the fact that we'll probably never get to experience the Fallout 3 DLC
The DLC, which was in some kind of exclusivity deal with Microsoft, was rumoured destined to never be released on Playstation 3 - until Bethesda revealed otherwise today. Starting from late June PS3 owners will be given access...
News echochrome Gets A Major Patch
echochrome is getting a pretty sizable upgrade in Japan this week
The update will include Playstation Eye support and a brand-new, public space for user-created levels. The public space sounds really cool. Alas we haven't a clue why this game needs Playstation Eye support.
News Sony Pick Up Three New Indie PSN Games
Oh Sony, how we love your Playstation Network releases
Only last week did we score the brilliant Zen Pinball 4/4. And it seems like there is more indie stuff on the horizon. Hurrah. The recent Get In The Game project, where five developers were each given £10,000 to create a new game concept, has seen Sony definitely pick up 2 titles with rumours...
News Rag Doll Kung Fu For Free
Just a heads up to let you all know Rag Doll Kung Fu is free from the US Playstation Store all this week
Not that you need to read a review, but, you can check out our review all the same right over here.
News European Playstation Store Updates: 14th May 2009
Playable Content Bejeweled 2 full game (£6
29) Buzz! Junior: RoboJam full game (£3.99) Texas Cheat Em full game (£9.99) Zen Pinball full game (£6.29) Zen Pinball demo (free) Bionic Commando Rearmed price drop (Was £9.99, now £4.99)</ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add-on Content</span> PAIN Sore Spots...
News SCEE's Playstation Home To Actually, You Know, Get Updated
Thank you SCEE community manager "Ted The Dog"
You've finally admitted what we've been thinking. The European Playstation Home is way, way, way behind other regions. And that means there's less for us Europeans to do, less for us to see and less reason for us to visit. All in all - sort it out. Which Ted The Dog fully intends to do:"[This...
News Critter Crunch! Coming To The Playstation Network
The popular iPhone food-chain-em-up Critter Crunch
</a> is heading to the Playstation Network. The game - "which is all about feeding critters into each other until they burst" - will be remade in 1080p and will feature trophies aswell as versus/co-op multiplayer.
News Sony To Extend PSN Through Other Hardware Platforms
Sony Corporation bigwig Howard Stringer has today announced via Nikkei Electronics Asia that Sony are to extend the arm-span of PSN to "other hardware platforms"
We've adopted a slightly different approach now, and are evolving the PS3 into a platform for Web services. "Next we will be expanding the PlayStation Network to hardware other...
News Fancy A New Playstation Home Apartment With A Tree In The Middle?
We've often sat around in the office wishing our Playstation Home apartment had a tree in the middle
Thank goodness for the new "Chamber Apartment" which will be available for free between the 14th and 21st of May. It has a tree in the middle.
News American Playstation Store Updates: 7th May 2009
Playable Content Qore May 2009 edition ($2
99 or $24.99 for yearly subscription) Puzzle Quest: Galactrix full game ($19.99) Savage Moon demo (free) X-Men Origins: Wolverine demo (free) Bowling PS1 game ($5.99) R-Type Delta PS1 game ($5.99) Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage PS1 game ($5.99)</ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add-on...
News Siren: Blood Curse Coming To Playstation Home This Week
Siren: Blood Curse really is a gem that should be played by more people
In fact we have a whole new article (we just thought it up - Ed) planned for that. The new Home space will feature plenty of co-operative Siren themed mini-games aswell as a HorrorBowl bowling tournament which will be held at 4PM on May 12th. Competitors stand the chance of...
News Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Lands On PSN June 29th
Are you excited for Marvel vs
Capcom 2</a> yet? We know we are. We can barely contain our excitement from overcoming our brain and forcing us to dress up like a cross between Mega Man and the Incredible Hulk. Which is why we're so pleased to finally have a release date to focus our attention on: June 29th. Which is in fact a Monday. Whether...
News Spyro Rated For PS3/PSP; Capcom Bringing 20-40 PS1 Titles To The PSN
This is a bit of a double barrel of news regarding the slowly growing PS1 section of the Playstation Store
First up - the ESRB have rated Spyro 2 and Spyro: Year Of The Dragon for release on the US Playstation Store. Of course that doesn't mean they're coming soon - both Klonoa and Vib Ribbon were rated too - but it always means they could be rolled...
News First Set Of Vin Diesel Wheelman DLC On The Way
Wheelman was a bit of surprise to us
We jumped in expecting nothing, but what we got was a totally hollow but still entirely enjoyable game. It's throwaway fun and if we could have more of it we'd bite Ubisoft's hand off. So it's with some happiness that we can announce five new "Street Showdown" missions for $4.99. Not willing to splash...
News Gunstar Heroes Rated For The Playstation 3
Who likes Gunstar Heroes? *counts pointed hands* - quite a lot of you, then
Good, because chances are it's coming to the PSN. Both the ESRB and PEGI have rated the game. An XBOX Live achievement list has also leaked, practically confirming the games existence. If the price is right, we are all over this.
News Linger In Shadows Goes .deTuned, Gamers Groan While PushSquare Do Cartwheels
We don't care what anyone says, we're adamant that Linger In Shadows was a great £1
00 spent. We know people didn't "get" it, and we're certainly not the type of publication who want to go all pretentious about it - but we enjoyed it. The music and the art-style were two things that will live in our memories for a while to come — the...
News Killzone 2 Has Over One Million Players
Well, there you have it; 2 months after hitting store shelves, Guerilla's Killzone 2 has had over one million accounts log-in and play the online portion of the game
It's worth noting that this only logs individual accounts, but it's still a pretty good number for Guerilla regardless. We'll be looking to jump back into Killzone 2 as soon as the new...
News First Pixeljunk 1-4 Trailer, Give The Game A Name
We'd just like to begin this article by instructing you to check out the amazing Pixeljunk 1-4 trailer above
It's pretty obvious from the trailer that the game is about using water in order to douse flames and lava. All set to amazing music. The game appears to be a cross between retro arcade shooting, Pixeljunk Eden and puzzle games. Which is...
News Noby Noby Boy iPhone Is "Bait" For PS3 Updates
Keita Takahashi, creator of Noby Noby Boy, had some interesting things to say with Eurogamer today
The paragraphs that stuck out as "repostable news" are reposted as news below. Speaking of the upcoming iPhone version of Noby Noby Boy, Takahashi says:"We used too much time and money to develop Noby Noby Boy, and there won't be any...
News Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Trailer Manages To Get Us Even More Excited
Here's the trailer for the upcoming Marvel vs
Capcom 2</a> on Playstation 3. The first thing to say is: the particular remix used in the video is terrible. Aside from that though, we think it's impossible that we could be any more excited. Who do you guys play as? Gambit, Ken and Jill Valentine here. Word.
News SCEE Boss Reckons He Hasn't Heard Of Crackdown Developers
David Reeves is retiring from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe after many, many years
He's practically the figurehead of what has made the Playstation such a success in Europe. He's pretty important etc. Rumours were that when he announced his retirement he would be going to work for Realtime Worlds, developers of the XBOX 360 exclusive title...
News What Effect Does Marvel vs. Capcom 2's New Graphic Filter Have?
Marvel vs
Capcom 2</a> has been announced. It's also been announced that will include a graphics filter. But what difference does that make? Well, the above screen, courtesy of Kotaku, suggests to us that the "Crisp" filtering will be best, but basically, with three choices on offer you're bound to find something you like. Did we...
News Mavel vs. Capcom 2 Confirmed For Playstation Network, Demo Lands April 30th
As we suspected, Marvel vs
Capcom 2</a> has just been announced for Playstation Network. The game will sell for $15 (roughly £11.99 we assume) and will introduce a new visual filter and online play. The game is being developed by Foundation 9 and has been built from the Dremcast code. A demo has been confirmed for the American Playstation...
News GiantBomb.com Go Hands-On With Fat Princess
If you didn't know already, GiantBomb
com</a> is our second favourite video games website (PushSquare being first of course - Ed). Being somewhat industry leaders, those lucky scamps have got access to Sony's upcoming PSN release Fat Princess. Read - we should have something on the game soon. Until then, take a look at 20-minutes of the game...
News EA Sports Complex Rolls Out Onto Playstation Home
EA are supporting Playstation Home bigstyle
There's already the Godfather II home area with a rather excellent game of Texas Hold 'Em, and released today is the first part of the EA Sports Complex. Which includes a racing game. It'll also act as a massive hub for EA Sports fans including trailers of upcoming releases. Nice one EA. Home is continuing...
News PixelJunk 1-4 Sells By The Truck Load... In A Fictional Facebook Reveal
PixelJunk 1-4 is on its way
We don't what it's about. We don't know what the aim of the game is. We just know it's coming. And that's because the viral marketing has started — via none other than the worlds current second-favourite Internet dossing point, Facebook. On the Facebook page, a tiny screenshots have been revealed. It looks a lot like...
News DoubleSix "Absolutely" Delighted With Burn, Zombie, Burn! & Sony's "Pub-Fund" Scheme
Announced during GDC 2009, Sony's "Pub Fund" was a scheme that independent developers must have come away thinking rather positively about
Essentially, the program matches a PSN game's production costs in royalties, in exchange for PS3 exclusivity. It's something which Burn, Zombie, Burn! devs have touted as "invaluable".James Brooksby,...
Rumour Capcom Are Counting Down To A Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 PSN Announcement
Marvel Vs
Capcom 2</a> has already been rated for the PS3 by the ESRB. Eagle-eyed shoppers have also noticed a Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 tournament stick in the Shopto.net database. In fact, all that's left for Capcom to do really is formally announce the game because we're already certain it's coming. Which is where the website www.tu4ar.com comes...
News Help Earth Day, Sony Donating Up To $10,000 To Celebrate, Trash Panic Announced
Sony have revealed plans to donate $1 per each unique purchase on the Playstation Store during Earth Day (April 22nd)
The donation will go to Conservation International. This goes hand in hand with the current "Earth Day" section of the Playstation Store; featuring loosely related titles such as Flock! and Burn, Zombie, Burn!. This also...
News European Playstation Store Updates: 16th April 2009
Playable Content OutRun Online Arcade full game (£7
99)</ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add-on Content</span> PixelJunk Eden Encore expansion (£2.39) Midnight Club LA South Central Vehicle Pack (£2.39) 3x Valkyria Chronicles add-on packs (£3.19 each) FEAR 2 Multiplayer Map pack (free) Magic Ball Wicked...
News Zen Pinball Coming To The Playstation Network
We're not sure we can think of a trailer in which a pinball game genuinely looked fun
This however is an exception. Zen Studios have announced that their PSN-exclusive pinball-em-up will launch this Spring on the Playstation Network. Zen Pinball will have four tables, mission objectives, online play, worldwide tournaments and probably much more...
News Killzone 2's "Steel & Titanium" DLC Pack Coming April 30th
We're still none the wiser as to whether Killzone 2's "Steel & Titanium" pack will be free
However, we can tell you that it's coming soon. April 30th is the date that has been confirmed by the Playstation Blog and we simply can't wait to get fragging on "that train level from single player that everyone thought was awesome".
News Updates Coming For Magic Ball, Cuboid & Mahjong Tales
What's that you say, updates for Magic Ball? Sold
That's right, Creat Studio's just sent us word of updates coming to their three, highly acclaimed PSN games Magic Ball, Cuboid and Mahjong Tales. Each release will come with its very own downloadable pack adding the following extras: Magic Ball ($2.99) - "Wicked Witches" level pack...
Hey Japanese readers
Sony want you to know that there are tons and tons of awesome stuff on the Playstation Store. So much so, that if you were to put it all in a shopping bag, the bag would literally break and vomit out dozens upon dozens of games until you drowned in them. Fantastic marketing Sony — take note Western Sony sales people.
News Fat Princess Available June 18th?
We're all excited for Fat Princess right? Good
.. because it might be on its way soon. The multiplayer title from Titan Games has appeared on a New Zealand Playstation release schedule, followed by the date June 18th. Hopefully, this is a hint that the game will be landing in worldwide pretty soon. We certainly hope so because we're not sure we can...
News Final Fantasy VII On Playstation 3 & PSP, Available In Japan Now
The cult-classic Final Fantasy VII is now available for download from the Japanese Playstation Store
Coming mere weeks before the blu-ray release of Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete (and the Final Fantasy XIII demo that comes with that), the PSone re-release will costs just 1500 yen (£10/$15) and weighs in at 1.7GB. No word on a western...
News Outrun Online Arcade Drifts Onto The PSN April 16th, ?7.99
We had a minor party when we heard the Outrun Online Arcade announcement
Outrun is one of our favourite racing games ever. To be honest, the announcement back then led us to believe we'd be playing the game in January — evidently there's been some kind of holdup. But that doesn't matter anymore, because SEGA confirmed the game will be available...
News Rag Doll Kung Fu, Patapon & Norse Mythology Coming To LittleBigPlanet
The Playstation Blog just gave some insight on what we can expect from LittleBigPlanet this month
Among the costume updates is a new free "Creator Pack" which allows some new functionality for level designers including an infinite lives checkpoint and tetherless jet pack. To be included over the next couple of months: Ragdoll Kung Fu:...
News Explodemon! Coming To The PSN, Inspired By Yoshi's Island
2D platformers are a rare thing these days and we're not entirely sure why
We don't think the genre is "worn out" so to speak, and we'd happily welcome a bunch of new platformers are on our super HD box (new 2D Sonic game SEGA?). Imagine our delight when we saw the debut trailer for Explodemon! (above). Being developed by Curve Studios...
News New Smash Cars Trailer Is Rather Exciting
Creat Studios have just put out a new trailer for their upcoming PSN racer, Smash Cars
It looks a lot like Excite Truck (Wii racer), with the player earning "Stars" for completing stunts. It's actually looking really good in these early stages, we're quite excited about seeing more. Until then you'll just have to make do with the...
Feature Why Doesn't The PSP Have Trophies Yet?
Here in PushSquare towers, we're currently playing the PSP version of Buzz
: Brain Of The UK</a> [expect a review in the next couple of days - Ed]. One thing we noticed was the way the game has it's own inbuilt trophy system. It's a theme that's shared by other PSP games; Resistance Retribution and No Gravity: The Plague Of The Mind spring to...
News Project V To Be Revealed At This Years E3
SCEE have partnered with development studio "Just Add Water" to create a brand new, downloadable, Playstation Network game for both PS3 and PSP
"Project V" will mark the first time a simultaneous PSP/PS3 PSN release. Keep your eyes peeled at this years E3 for more.
News GDC '09: Single Player Story Is Planned For Fat Princess, Releasing In The Summer
New details on upcoming PSN exclusive Fat Princess have been revealed at this years GDC
"The Legend Of Fat Princess" is a traditional story-led quest type mode explaining how "cake came to the realm" (really!), which sounds most intriguing. Also included is a "Gladiator" mode where players take a fully levelled...
News GDC '09: Sony Encourage PSN Exclusivity
Sony have today announced a scheme that may ensure a slew of new exclusive PSN content
The scheme entitled "Pub Fund" has Sony matching the development costs of PSN exclusives."We're looking for a number of great games, and in return for exclusivity we'll match your development budget with guaranteed royalties," Sony's Chris Eden...
News American Playstation Store Updates: 27th March 2009
Playable Content Burn Zombie Burn ($9
99) Worms ($12.99)</ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add-on Content</span> LittleBigPlanet <span style="font-style: italic;">Buzz!</span> mini-pack ($1.99) PAIN El Chile character pack ($0.99) Resistance 2 Aftermath map pack ($5.99) 7x Resistance 2...
With the arrival of Xi recently, many of you might have dipped back into Playstation Home for a while
But we suppose you've run out of stuff to do until the next set of Xi missions right? Seems like many of you are just running out of reasons to visit Home. Which is why Sony have just announced their plans to "refresh" the experience with...
News Ragdoll Kung-Fu Producer Details Upcoming PSN Release
Ragdoll Kung-Fu: Fists Of Plastic is shaping up to be a brilliant multiplayer release for Playstation owners
The above video, an interview with producer Joshua Miller, details chmu of the gameplay. The most interesting reveal is that the game includes SixAxis motion controls, which may split the games audience in half. The controls are said to be...
News PS3 Firmware 2.7 Will Probably Make An Appearance This Week
One of the things on our GDC '09 wishlist was that we'd get details on the next firmware update for Playstation 3
Apparently that's looking almost certain right now. The first hint is in the Resistance 2 DLC reveal we published yesterday. One of the new features claims to allow players to enjoy Co-Op locally, whilst still logging scores for their...
News GDC '09: Pixeljunk Eden Was Completely Profitable After One Day Of Sales
According to Q-Games' Susan Panico Pixeljunk Eden had made a "return on investment within 24 hours
" That means, any sales after the first day on the PSN became clear, green, lovely profit. While sales were likely to be the highest within the first 24-hours, we've no doubt that Pixeljunk Eden has gone on to sell reasonably well in the...
