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News Lexis Numerique Discuss The Importance Of ICO, Showcases More AMY
In a brand new gameplay trailer for the ridiculously exciting downloadable horror game, AMY, developer Lexis Numerique has discussed some of its influences
None come stronger than PlayStation 2 classic, ICO, which Lexis Numerique heralds as a milestone release in video game history. "The first time you finished ICO, what remained was great...
News Square Enix Brings The 'Winter Of RPGs' To PlayStation Network
If you're already dreading this winter, then Square Enix has got the perfect antidote: crank up the central heating, get yourself comfortable, and tuck into the Japanese publisher's "Winter Of RPGs" PSN offering
The campaign will see some of the publisher's most revered RPGs brought to the North American PSN over coming weeks, with Chrono Cross,...
News Laughing Jackal Teases 'Hungry Giraffe' For PlayStation Network
"Hungry Giraffe is the only giraffe-feeding game on the PSN store," reads a cryptic teaser from British developer Laughing Jackal, "And it's coming soon to PlayStation Minis
" The game — still shrouded in some secrecy — will see you collecting food in order to grow your giraffe's neck. Sounds utterly bonkers. Laughing Jackal is behind some...
News Heads Up: The New PlayStation Home Is Out Now
If you're one of those people that tried PlayStation Home back in the hazy days of 2008, danced around in the main plaza and then decided to devote the next three years of your life to ragging on the social world in forums and blog comments -- then you're about to get a shock
PlayStation Home has been going through a subtle transformation for a good...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 2nd November 2011
Full Games Cars 2 (£31
99/39.99) Hydrophobia Prophecy (£6.29/7.99) Payday: The Heist (£12.99/16.99) Toy Story 3 (£23.99/29.99)</ul>Demos Disney Universe Demo Saints Row: The Third Initiation Station Demo Happy Feet 2 Demo PSone GaiaSeed (£3.99/4.99) Add-On Game Content Batman Arkham City Nightwing Bundle Pack...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 1st November 2011
Downloadable Games Hydrophobia Prophecy ($9
99) Pinballistik ($3.99) Max & The Magic Marker Gold Edition ($9.99) Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe Digital ($19.99) DC Universe Online (free)</ul><strong>Game Demos</strong> Medieval Moves: Deadmunds Quest Demo Max & The Magic Marker Gold Edition Demo Saints Row: The...
News Toki Tori Hatches Onto The PlayStation Network November 16th
Chirpy puzzle-platformer Toki Tori is set to release on the European PlayStation Network from November 16th, developer Two Tribes has announced
The GameBoy Color classic will score new levels, PlayStation Move compatibility, stereoscopic 3D support and more. It will also include an intuitive new easy mode for newcomers. The game will run you a super...
News Take A Tour Of The New PlayStation Home
We've always seen the potential in PlayStation Home as a gaming platform, and its great to see Sony finally deliver on that
In a new video posted on the PlayStation Blog, excitable director Jack Buser has offered a tour of the new features we can expect in the rebooted virtual world. Buser's really keen to emphasise Home's new focus on games,...
News Ruh-Roh: Another Wave Of PlayStation Network Maintenance Coming Your Way This Thursday
Sony's now infamous weekly maintenance is slotted in once again for this Thursday
This time you'll be unable to access key online features betweeen 16:00 and 18:00PM UK time. No reason was given for the maintenance. Feel free to vent your frustration in the comments.
News PlayStation 3 Version Of Machinarium To Be Definitive Version
The PlayStation 3 version of indie favourite Machinarium will be the "ultimate version" when it launches on the PlayStation Network next year
That's according to the game developer Amanita Design's boss Jakub Dvorský. This PlayStation version will be the ultimate version of Machinarium, he told Eurogamer. There will be a few new features,...
News More PlayStation 2 Titles Bound For US PlayStation Store
Sure the current release schedule is stacked with promising fresh content, but the PlayStation community has been keen to announce its desperation for classic games over the past few months
And SCEA's more than happy to oblige. The publisher's announced on the US PlayStation Blog that it is to release three more classic PS2 titles on the PlayStation...
News Purchase PlayStation Plus, Get Jurassic Park: The Game For Free
There are two types of people in this world
Those that Plus and those that don't. Regardless of which camp you fall into, SCEA might have an offer that will twist your arm. It's offering a free version of Telltale's Jurassic Park: The Game (that's all four of the game's episodes) to anyone that purchases a year of PlayStation Plus between November...
News Counter Strike: Global Offensive Skips On Planned October Beta
Valve's Chet Faliszek has confirmed that it's cross-platform PlayStation Network first-person shooter, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, will skip on its planned October beta
With the month being pretty much over at the time of writing, we can't say that we're surprised. Chet revealed the news in an interview with ESEA, citing feedback from...
News SEGA Announces Partnership With Arkedo, Snaps Up 'Project Hell Yeah!'
Those of you that have been keeping a close eye on the PlayStation Store recently will have noticed a slew of games under the 'Arkedo' label
Originally released for XBOX 360 and then ported to the PlayStation 3 by Sanuk Games, these super simple, retro flavoured indie titles gave Arkedo their excellent reputation. They've spent the past nine months...
News ESRB Rating Hints At DarkStalkers PSone Classics Release
Many fighting fans have been clamouring for a new DarkStalkers title for years
And while Capcom might not be willing to invest in a completely new title in the series, it sure as heck won't pass up on earning some additional revenue from an old version. Hence the ESRB has revealed the imminent release of PSone title, DarkStalkers: The Night Warrior...
News DC Universe Online Goes 'Free-To-Play' On November 1st
Sony Online Entertainment's slapped a big November 1st date on DC Universe Online's transition to free-to-play
Those curious about the game will be able to experience it for free from said date. Anyone that spends more than $5 on content (or has done previously) will see their account upgraded to include an extra set of perks. Those hooked on the...
Back before the PlayStation Network went down Dark Energy Digital promised us a PlayStation 3 release of its former XBOX 360 exclusive Hydrophobia Prophecy
Having been hit by poor critical reception, Dark Energy's frequently gone back to lick its wounds and has stayed faithful to its ambitious water-driven adventure game concept, promising reams of...
News Babel Rising Moves Onto PlayStation Network
Ubisoft's announced it's bringing popular iOS God game, Babel Rising, to the PlayStation Network
The next-gen version of the touch-based title sees players assuming to role of God, attempting to stop a group of builders from correctly constructed a tower. While the PlayStation 3 is unable to replicate the original title's touch controls, Ubisoft has...
News PlayStation Home Gets Caught Up In Hallowe'en Fever
We'd just like to spend a few moments to thank James Gallagher of the PlayStation Blog
Sarcastically, of course. His latest PlayStation Home update, entitled "What Goes Bump In The Night", has totally got us listening to the AllStars on loop. So thanks for that. Thanks a lot. Anyway. Lots of bits-and-bobs in PlayStation Home this week. New...
News European Dungeon Defenders Delay Explained
Dungeon Defenders was just one of the numerous PlayStation Network titles expected to launch in Europe yesterday but mysteriously delayed at the last minute
We posted up something of a rant about that yesterday. With the evaporation of anticipated games a hot topic over here, Eurogamer grilled Reverb Publishing CEO, Doug Kennedy, about what exactly...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 26th October 2011
Full Games Battlefield 3 (£49
99/69.99) inFamous: Festival Of Blood (£7.99/9.99) Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean The Videogame (£31.99/39.99) Pixeljunk Sidescroller (£6.29/7.99) Ra-One (£10.99/13.99)</ul><strong>Demos</strong> Grease Dance Demo Ratchet & Clank All 4 One Multiplayer Demo Minis Open Emotion...
News Sony Provides European Payday: The Heist Update
Remember Payday: The Heist? What once seemed like something of a banner PlayStation Network exclusive has been shoddily missing in action for the past two weeks in Europe
The game launched in North America without a hitch — well, a small one actually — but like so many other PSN titles, it's missing in Europe. It's actually been common for the...
News Nightwing Smacks The Crap Out Of Goons In New Batman: Arkham City Trailer
Not had enough Batman: Arkham City yet? Nowhere near, you say? Oh, sure thing, but you want more right? Good, because Warner Bros has just dropped a new trailer focusing on the game's upcoming Nightwing DLC bundle
The pack includes the character, two new Challenge Maps and a bonus animated series skin. It's out next week on the PlayStation Network...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: PlayStation Network Maintenance Scheduled Overnight
It's been a while
Almost, what, two weeks since the last wave of PlayStation Network maintenance. But we were never going to get away with it for too long. And sure enough, Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network will go offline overnight while the platform holder tweaks a few knobs and does, erm, general maintenance stuff. The maintenance...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 25th October 2011
Downloadable Games inFamous: Festival of Blood ($9
99) PixelJunk Sidescroller ($9.99) Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone ($9.99) Daytona USA ($9.99) Worms Crazy Golf ($9.99) Call Of Duty: Black Ops ($49.99) Homefront ($29.99) MX vs ATV Alive ($19.99)</ul><strong>Game Demos</strong> Resistance 3 Single-Player Demo Grease...
News New War Of The Worlds Trailer Invades The Internet
War Of The Worlds is still a few weeks away from release on PlayStation Network, but that hasn't stopped developer Other Ocean Interactive from releasing a brilliant launch trailer for the ambitious downloadable game
We recently got the chance to sit down with Other Ocean to chat about the moody title, which you can read through here. Make sure you...
News Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain Pushed Back
Despite providing an eager release date announcement for its latest Fighting Fantasy title, The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain, last week -- Laughing Jackal has announced that the game has been delayed in Europe
Last minute technical hiccups are to blame apparently. The November 1st release date for North America remains unchanged.
News NBA 2K12 DLC Slamdunks Onto PlayStation Network This Holiday
Man, we always wanted to play cel-shaded basket ball
And now we've got the chance. As part of a new multi-faceted DLC pack for NBA 2K12, the publisher's chucking in a cel-shaded game mode set in the heart of New York's Times Square just for the fun of it. The $10 DLC pack will also include 150 of the NBA's all-time greatest players, new mini-games,...
News PixelJunk Sidescroller Drops Onto The PlayStation Store Next Week
Q-Games has attached an October 25th / October 26th release date to PixelJunk Sidescroller in North America and Europe respectively
The old-school space blaster is based on the secret Road To Dawn bonus stage in PixelJunk Shooter 2. "I really can't emphasise enough how really, really good old school fun SideScroller has turned out to be,"...
News Free Realms Scores 20 Million Registered Users Milestone
Crack-like Sony Online Entertainment social MMO Free Realms has hit 20 million registered users, the publisher has announced
The game launched on PC back in 2009, and recently hit the PlayStation 3 in both the US and Europe. To celebrate, anybody that logs in between October 21st and October 31st will receive a free in-game jacket to commemorate the...
With Other Ocean Interactive preparing to unleash its dark re-imagining of H
G. Wells' timeless War Of The Worlds novel onto the PlayStation Network, we sat down with producer Andrew Acerbo to discuss the game, some of the team's influences and what it's like to work with Jean-Luc Picard himself, Sir Patrick Stewart. What attracted you to the War Of...
News Sony's Tablet S Unlocks PlayStation Store Access
While we'd never consider purchasing an expensive tablet computer for access to PSone games, we're sure it's nice to have the functionality
Those that did splash out on Sony's swish new Tablet S will get the opportunity to pick up a variety of old favourites, with PlayStation Store access opened up on device from today. Games include Destruction...
News Laughing Jackal Confirm Latest Fighting Fantasy Title For October 26th In Europe
Laughing Jackal's slapped an October 26th European release date on its second Fighting Fantasy PlayStation Mini, Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain
Those in North America will need to wait a few extra days for the digital novel, when it releases on November 1st. The game's set to retail for £3.49 / $4.99. Catch a trailer after the...
News Amazon Pulls PlayStation Network Content
Amazon has ceased selling PlayStation Network content on its website without offering an explanation
The American arm of the online retailer previously sold PSN games and voucher codes directly from its website, but pulled such content overnight. We have no announcements regarding this change in selection, however we can confirm that Amazon...
News EA Sports Announces NFL Blitz Reboot For PlayStation Network
If there's any series that can prompt us to take interest in American Football, it's NFL Blitz
Hot on the heels of its horribly mismanaged NBA Jam reboot, EA's hoping to come good with a new version of NFL Blitz. Due out in January 2012 on the PlayStation Network, NFL Blitz will feature the same balls-to-the-wall arcade action as its predecessor...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 18th October 2011
Games Okabu ($14
99) Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken ($11.99) Beat Hazard Ultra ($9.99) Dead Space ($19.99) Ridge Racer 7 ($19.99) Sam & Max: Beyond Time And Space Full Season (Episodes 1-5) ($19.99) Dungeon Defenders ($14.99) Real Steel ($9.99) Payday: The Heist ($19.99)</ul>Game Demos Payday: The Heist Beat Hazard Ultra Need for...
News Latest Sonic CD Trailer Spins Online
Fact: Sonic CD is one of the best Sonic games
Fact: very few people played it because it originally launched as part of the ill-fated Mega-CD disc-based extension. But SEGA's hoping to rectify all that with the PlayStation Network re-release of Sonic CD due out later in the year. There's a new trailer after the jump.
News Beatshapers Bundle Up Carnivores Titles For PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3
We know the feeling
It's 3AM but you just can't sleep. You're thinking about dinosaurs and how you'd like to hunt them. Well think no more, friends, as you'll soon be able to do your very best Jurassic Park impression at a low, low price courtesy of Beatshapers. The Stardrone developer's just dropped word that is bundling up both Carnivores:...
Report PlayStation Network Trophy Cap Level Raised
Trophy whores rejoice
According to an IGN report, Sony has raised the level cap of the PlayStation Network's Trophy system. Readers will remember we posted about legendary Trophy whore Hakoom's feat earlier in the year when he hit the level cap. But — presumably responding to the news — Sony has now updated the Trophy system allowing players to...
News PlayStation Access Magazine To Launch Across The UK This Week
PlayStation Access is slowly becoming a big deal in the UK
What started as a series of relatively low-key community events across the country now boasts a weekly digital video series and a magazine. The first issue of the magazine is set to be distributed across "retailers, bars, restaurants, students unions, gigs and events across the country...
News Levine: BioShock Vita Won't Be A Port
Arguably one of the biggest names in PlayStation Vita's upcoming catalogue, the announcement of BioShock Vita raised many eyebrows when it was revealed at E3 earlier in the year
But while the game itself is hotly anticipated, details are actually extremely scarce. At E3, Irrational Games gaffer Ken Levine said that the game was merely a nugget of an...
News Toki Tori Flaps Onto PSN This Winter
No spring chicken
Playlogic Games and Two Tribes have announced that they will be bringing popular puzzle platformer Toki Tori to the European PlayStation Network during "holiday season". Toki Tori was originally released on Game Boy Color way back in 2001, but in recent years enhanced remakes have been seen on Nintendo WiiWare, PC, iPod...
News Heads Up: First Deus Ex DLC Out Next Week
Square Enix has finally attached a date and price-point to the first batch of DLC for Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The additional content will launch on October 18th with a price-point of $14.99. The big question is: are you even done with Deus Ex's main campaign?
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 12th October 2011
Special Offers Call of Duty Classic (Was £11
99/14.99 Now £6.29/7.99) Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack (Was £7.99/9.99 Now £3.99/4.99) Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 (Was £7.99/9.99 Now £3.99/4.99) Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 (Was £7.99/9.99 Now £3.99/4.99) Call of Duty: World at War...
News Daytona USA Confirmed For PlayStation Network, Europeans Made To Wait
You want the good news or the bad news? We'll start with the good: Daytona USA is indeed coming to the PlayStation Network on October 25th in North America
The bad news is that Europeans will be bafflingly made to wait until late November. No justification was offered. The classic racer has apparently been "tuned up and overhauled" for its...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 11th October 2011
Games Sideway: New York ($9
99) Metal Slug 2 ($8.99) The King of Fighters '96 ($8.99)</ul>Game Demos Sideway: New York NBA Jam: On Fire Edition Stardrone The Cursed Crusade PSOne Classics XS Junior League Football ($5.99) Add-ons Resistance 3 Survival Pack ($3.99) LittleBigPlanet 2 Add on Costumes ($.99-2.99 each) Duke Nukem Forever:...
News Heads Up: Sony's New Security Team Put To Test, Reminder To Be Vigilant
Right, first of all, let's not all lose our head
Sony hasn't been "hacked" again. Quite the contrary. It seems someone else got hacked, and that resulted in a massive spike of log-in attempts across the PlayStation Network. The good news is that Sony's new security team seems much better prepared for potential rogue activity. Perhaps too...
News PlayStation Network Suffers Fresh Hack Attack
93,000 accounts compromised
While nowhere near the magnitude of the attack back in April, Sony has confirmed its PlayStation Network service has been victim to a new act of digital devilry. The company has announced it's detected attempts form hackers to test a set of IDs and passwords across the PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment,...
News PlayStation Home Is The 'Easiest Point Of Entry' For PlayStation Network Developers
As PlayStation Home continues its transition into a gaming platform, director Jack Buser has stated that he believes the social network is the "easiest point of entry" for budding PlayStation Network developers
Speaking with Shacknews, Buser commented that a "lot of developers" start in PlayStation Home. Home is all scripting (LUA), and...
News DUST 514 Ready to Change the Online Shooter Forever
Will it succeed?
DUST 514 isn't your average run-and-gun online shooter: set in the persistent world of EVE Online, it's as much about economics as it is headshots, and the official PlayStation Blogs have carried an interview with the game's executive producer Brandon Laurino. The interview details the game's exceptionally ambitious concept — a...
