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News New Resistance 3 Demo Brings PlayStation Move, 3D Support
Insomniac Games has taken to Twitter to confirm a new Resistance 3 single-player demo
The demo, unlike the beta, will support both Playstation Move and 3D play, two features absent from the beta that are set to be included in the final copy. The developer's Twitter page released a few further details. It will be available on the PSN...
News Insomniac Could Hand Resistance To Another Developer
Resistance 3 could be Insomniac's last title on the series
With the studio now preparing to go multiplatform, creative director Marcus Smith told Gaming Union that he "can definitely see" the Resistance franchise being handed off to another developer. "As far as Resistance being the flagship, I think Insomniac has always branched...
News Here's Your First Look At The Next Evolution Of PlayStation Home
Earlier today we reported that Sony is looking to completely redefine PlayStation Home as a social gaming platform in the Fall
New genre specific districts will be complimented by a new 'Hub' system — the entrance into PlayStation Home's new world. The aim is to make Sony's digital platform less of a sophisticated chat-room, and more of a...
News Little Big Planet Vita Trailer Showcases Robot Dinosaurs
Built from scrap
The newest trailer for LittleBigPlanet on PS Vita is all about radical prehistoric creatures. Not only does it have a dinosaur riding a skateboard, but one created out of a speaker, clothes pins, a tentacle and a coffee cup. Using the Vita's camera, the trailer shows how you can snap photos from the real world and then bring them...
News Famitsu To Reveal New PlayStation Vita Titles Each Week In The Build Up To Tokyo Game Show
It's funny, hop on any video game message board and you'll note posts berating the PlayStation Vita's third-party software offering
The concern — as we understand it — stems from a lack of title announcements in one deft stroke. At E3 Sony focused on it's first-party content, at GamesCom it focused on very specific brands. There's a perception...
News DanceStar Party Tracklist Rocks the Party
Get on the floor
Sony's intending to go up against the dancing behemoth that is Just Dance 3 with its own dancing game, Everybody Dance aka DanceStar Party in Europe, and here's the tracklist you'll be grooving to when the game launches later this year. There's the usual mix of classic and contemporary tunes, from Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas to...
News Please Make Sure You Wave At The Driver If You See One Of These inFamous 2 Trucks
Sony likes splashing out on expensive truck liveries
A couple of years back it bought up some God Of War III advertising space on a couple of lorries, and now the platform holder's giving inFamous 2 protagonist Cole MacGrath a ride around mainland Europe. These trucks will be touring the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and...
News Analysts Don't Think PS3's New Price-Point Will Have An Impact On Vita
Last week Sony reduced the price of the PlayStation 3 to $249
The entry-model PlayStation Vita will also cost $249. This has driven some speculation that the two devices might cannibalize each other's sales, but industry analysts disagree. I dont believe the PlayStation 3 price drop will impact the perceived value of the $249 Vita, EEDARs...
News Sony Looking To Reboot PlayStation Home As A Social Games Platform
We've been saying it for years
In fact, we feel like we were one of the few publications that even noticed. PlayStation Home has transitioned. It is less about interaction — though that's still a key component — and more about gaming. And that's absolutely the right direction for the service. But we've seen nothing yet. According to a series of...
News Start the Party, Drink Your Drink, Save the World
Just a normal night in for us
Having released Start the Party to mixed reviews, Supermassive Games has higher hopes for its sequel: it reckons it might be able to save our planet. Start the Party: Save the World was officially announced at Gamescom last week, and we have the first trailer below showing more of the augmented reality motion controlled...
News MotorStorm Apocalypse Move Support "Coming Soon"
It's not ready yet
Two weeks ago, the official PlayStation Blog announced a massive update had added PlayStation Move support to MotorStorm Apocalypse. While the update did indeed land, the motion controls did not — but they're coming. Although the game launches with the familar PlayStation Move start-up screen — and a Move controller will...
News Sony: Motion Control Is Still In Its Infancy
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida believes that motion controls will grow out of their "many limitations" as time progresses
Yoshida likened the current crop of motion controls — including PlayStation Move and Micrsoft's Kinect — to the very first generation of video game consoles. As far as Im concerned, the motion control of...
Report PlayStation 3 Sales Up 65% Post-Price Cut
The effects of last week's PlayStation 3 price-cut have already had an impact on UK retail according to a report by MCV
The website notes that sales of Sony's premier home system jumped by as much as 65 percent week-on-week following the decision to reposition the system's base model at an RRP of £199.99. It's promising news, especially seeing as...
News Dwango Developing Nico Nico Video Service For PlayStation Vita
At last week's GamesCom press conference, Sony announced it was bringing Facebook, Twitter and FourSquare applications to the PlayStation Vita
But what about applications designed for Japan? Well, according to a report on Andriasang, Dwango is developing a version of its popular Nico Nico video service (a kind of Japanese YouTube) for Sony's new...
News Sony To Host PlayStation Vita Lounge At Tokyo Game Show
Japan gets all the luck
Not only is it getting Sony's spanking new handheld, the PlayStation Vita, later this year, but it's also getting the opportunity to test out the portable device in a luxury lounge adjacent to this year's Tokyo Game Show. The invite-only event will be open to one-hundred PlayStation Plus subscribers, and a further fifty...
Feature Sony Bullish After Another Promising GamesCom -- 'Twiggy' The Push Square Opinionator
Each year, the hardcore video game community ignites with debates over which platform holder 'won' E3
It's a topic that's been adopted by industry analysts and high-profile journalists, with fictional grades awarded to the manufacturers with the most surprises and best content. But GamesCom — now the world's largest video game event — has a very...
News PS3's Wireless Stereo Headset Hits North America On September 6th
Sony's attached a September 6th release date to its promising looking official wireless headset for the PS3
The $100 wireless device offers virtual 7.1 surround sound, a retractable mic and on-screen power and volume updates when used with the PS3. There's a trailer (really!) after the jump.
News Get Physical After Hours with New Move Triple Pack
Turn the lights low
No, it's not a new We Dare trilogy: Sony's putting three Move-controlled sports titles onto one Blu-ray disc and calling it After Hours Athletes. The trio comprises PSN titles Hustle Kings, High Velocity Bowling and Top Darts, complete with all their downloadable content too. Rather like puzzle pack Move Mind Benders there's no...
News Move Mind Benders Holds Three Puzzlers in One
Best of all, it's got Lemmings
Some of Move's best content is available on the PlayStation Store, but what about those PS3 owners who aren't able to get online: should they miss out on the motion-controlled treats? Of course not. That's why Sony's preparing a pair of Blu-ray compilations, putting together the best Move has to offer. Move Mind...
News GameStop's Testing Out A Console Game Streaming Service
US retailer GameStop is testing a new cloud gaming service expected to release next year, according to GamesIndustry
biz</a>. GameStop purchased Spawn Labs earlier in the year with the aim of facilitating a cloud gaming service and offering a wide selection of high-definition video games on demand on any internet-enabled device"...
News US Retailers Note Increased Demand For PlayStation 3 Post Price-Cut
With the PlayStation 3 now down to $249 in North America, US retailer GameStop has started to detect an upswing in demand for the platform
"We have seen a significant acceleration in the sale of PlayStation 3," GameStop president Tony Bartel told GamesIndustry.biz. GameStop wasn't the only US retailer to notice an increase in sales for the...
News Yoshida: RAM The Reason For PlayStation 3's Missing Cross-Game Chat
We're not the most sociable of gamers in the world
So it continues to baffle us how much PlayStation 3 owners yearn for cross-game chat — the supposed XBOX 360 (and now PlayStation Vita) super-feature that allows players to communicate regardless of what game they're playing. Don't get us wrong, we definitely come from the "more is...
News Escape Plan Trailer Can't Escape the Internet
Captured for your pleasure
Sony has got an all-new game for the PS Vita straight out of Gamescom, and by the looks of it, Escape Plan is one of the more stylised and puzzling titles making its way to the system. The game has players guiding two differently proportioned protagonists, Lil and Laarg, through a variety of dangerous rooms. Players use...
News Fawn Over PlayStation Vita's Operating System And Apps
It's at this stage of a platform launch build-up that everybody gets a bit crazy, desperately looking for screenshots and video footage of said system in action
With the PlayStation Vita launch still some way away, anticipation is transforming into desperation. The crazy (and super smart) people at NeoGAF have collected together a massive library of...
News Nihilistic Finding PlayStation Vita Development Similar To PS3
Nihilistic is currently developing PlayStation Vita spin-off Resistance: Burning Skies, but has previously worked on PlayStation 3 titles such as PlayStation Move Heroes
Making the jump between home console and handheld hasn't been too difficult for the studio however, as it told the PlayStation Blog that it "really hasn't been that big of a...
News Sony: There Is A Market For Rich Portable Gaming
Sony's done its research, and concluded that there is a market for rich portable gaming, despite the opinion of numerous online armchair analysts stating the opposite
When you look at the type of consumer thats playing cell phone games currently, its someone that enjoys smaller kill time gaming and has not gravitated to the larger,...
First Impressions Resistance 3 Multiplayer Beta on PlayStation 3
The most striking thing about Resistance 3 is the way it looks
Insomniac's poured love into every facet of the game's presentation; from the surprisingly minimalistic hand-drawn menu back-drops, to the slick and industrial user-interface — the game's presentation is lavish. We'd read some criticism of the game's visuals prior to going hands-on...
News Sony Laughed Off PlayStation Vita RAM Rumours
Just a few months ago the Internet was reeling over the "revelation" that Sony had cut the on-board RAM in the PlayStation Vita
The speculation at the time suggested that the system's capabilities had been slashed in order to meet a mass-market price. Of course, those rumours weren't true, and Sony has said that it laughed off such claims when they...
News Insomniac Reveals Resistance 3's Sledgehammer In New Developer Diary
In the latest Resistance 3 developer diary, Insomniac Games has offered a little more background on the human weapons from the game
While the likes of the Carbine and Marksman will be familiar to fans of the Resistance series, it's the introduction of the sledgehammer that comes as a complete surprise, allowing you to smash Chimeran brains all over...
GamesCom 2011 Frobisher Says! For The PlayStation Vita Is Nuts, Amazing
Frobisher Says
.. What the heck? Kahoots developer Honeyslug has announced a brand new title for the PlayStation Vita over night entitled Frobisher Says!. The game appears to be a nuts blend of WarioWare and Rhythm Heaven, taking advantage of each of the PlayStation Vita's unique input properties. For example, Frobisher might ask you to scratch his...
News Shuhei Yoshida: Team ICO 'Making Progress' With The Last Guardian
Shuhei Yoshida has admitted in an interview with VG247 that Team ICO is "making progress" with The Last Guardian, despite development not moving as quickly as hoped
"The Last Guardian team has been making progress," Shuhei told the website. "Its been very difficult in terms of seeing the progress: not as fast as wed been hoping...
News This is What Move Fitness Looks Like in Motion
Sony steps up
While the announcement of Move Fitness was a surprise to some, it really shouldn't be: Sony's lack of a fitness title has meant it's missed out on a lucrative market for PlayStation Move, but that will change later this year. Here's the official Gamescom trailer showing you just how much fun fitness can be when you've got PlayStation...
GamesCom 2011 Gravity Daze Renamed Gravity Rush In Europe, New Trailer Proves It
Looks like Team Siren's Gravity Daze has gone through a name-change in Europe
The aerobic-based PlayStation Vita exclusive is irritatingly book-ended by the name Gravity Rush in its official GamesCom trailer. Perhaps we're being petty, but we can't stand it when games have different names across multiple regions. Given that this website gets an...
GamesCom 2011 Latest Ratchet & Clank All 4 One Trailer Outlines The Game's Premise
Insomniac's released a new trailer for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
The trailer serves as an introduction to the game's co-operative premise, and, in traditional Ratchet & Clank fashion, is laugh-out-loud funny. Watch the trailer after the jump.
It's been a few months since we heard anything new from Polyphony Digital
The studio released the long anticipated Gran Turismo 5 late last year, and gobbled up the time of many car enthusiasts in the process. But with the project now seemingly in the past, many are starting to wonder what's next for Sony's premium racing game developer. According...
GamesCom 2011 Resistance Burning Skies To Side-Step Loading Times
The PlayStation Portable was famous for its crunching loading times
Partly the fault of Sony's conspicuous portable UMD format, loading completely broke the pace of a number of PSP titles. But if Nihilistic Software's upcoming PlayStation Vita FPS, Resistance: Burning Skies, is indicative of future releases on Sony's new handheld platform, loading...
News Sony Prices PlayStation Vita Development Kits Surprisingly Low
If you didn't think Sony was serious about making development on the PlayStation Vita as straight-forward as possible, then perhaps this will change your mind
The platform holder's announced that Vita development kits will be available for as low as 1,900 — a staggeringly low price considering PlayStation Portable kits cost 15,000. The PS...
GamesCom 2011 Latest Journey Trailer Is Nothing Short Of Beautiful
If you're yet to see thatgamecompany's third PlayStation Network exclusive, Journey, in action, then we recommend you drop everything and hit the jump
It's difficult to use words to describe this game, and that's not us (nor the developer) being pretentious, that's just a fact. Watch the new footage after the jump.
GamesCom 2011 Wipeout 2048 Brings The Beats
To celebrate GamesCom, Sony's released a brand new trailer for Studio Liverpool's upcoming PlayStation Vita launch title, Wipeout 2048
While the trailer doesn't bring any new information, it does show off some of the game's more speculative tracks. And of course, in true Wipeout fashion, it sets the action to some killer electronic beats. We can't...
GamesCom 2011 Resistance 3 Gets All Artistic In Its Latest Trailer
You may have noticed that the boxart for Resistance 3 is a bit unusual compared to everything else that's out there
The cover was crafted by Olly Moss, a British artist know for his simplistic style. In order to celebrate Resistance 3's imminent launch, Insomniac has released a new Resistance 3 trailer inspired by Moss' work. It looks like the...
GamesCom 2011 PlayStation Move Mind Benders Bundles Sony's Best Motion Controlled Puzzle Titles
Secretly announced during last night's GamesCom press conference, Sony has released the first trailer for Move Mind Benders, a reail compilation including PlayStation Move's best puzzle titles
The package includes Tumble, Echochrome II and Lemmings. Interestingly, Lemmings doesn't currently support the PlayStation Move, but the trailer clearly shows...
GamesCom 2011 Sony Announces Start The Party: Save The World
Move Fitness wasn't the only new PlayStation Move software announcement Sony made during its GamesCom press conference last night
The platform holder also announced a follow-up to the surprisingly fun four-player augmented reality mini-game compilation, Start The Party. Start The Party: Save The World looks like it's more of the same, with the...
Feature PlayStation At GamesCom 2011: The PushSquare Round-Up
Phew
Thus concludes another bonkers day in PlayStation land, and we're sure the announcements won't stop coming as GamesCom fever takes hold over the course of the week. Sony's GamesCom press conference was, all told, a fairly muted affair with not an enormous number of huge announcements to shout about. But despite the lack of mind-shattering...
GamesCom 2011 Sony Announces Graffiti Application For PlayStation Vita
A trailer for Tag -- what looks like a simplistic, downloadable graffiti application for PlayStation Vita -- has popped up on Sony's YouTube channel this evening
The video demonstrates the creation of simple pieces of graffiti which can then be placed and shared within the world, presumably taking advantage of Vita's 3G connectivity. The trailer...
GamesCom 2011 New Uncharted Golden Abyss Trailer Introduces New Faces
Sony's released a brand new trailer for Uncharted: Golden Abyss, revealing the game's fresh cast of characters and giving some background on the title's plot
Check the trailer after the jump.
News Updated PlayStation Vita Specifications Discredit RAM Rumours
Earlier in the year the Internet went mad with stories that Sony had cut the PlayStation Vita's on-board RAM in order to meet a more approachable price-point
But according to new system specifications released this evening, those rumours were wrong. The updated specification sheet [posted on NeoGAF], denotes that the PlayStation Vita includes 512MB...
GamesCom 2011 Naughty Dog Unleashes Mind-Melting Uncharted 3 Footage
Easily the stand-0ut of Sony's GamesCom 2011 press conference, Naughty Dog demonstrated an unbelievable ten-minute sequence of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Those ten-minutes have been condensed into a short-but-sweet trailer after the jump. This one's well worth watching folks. [Thanks Godisageek]
GamesCom 2011 Sony Confirms Dedicated Facebook, Twitter & FourSquare Apps For PlayStation Vita
In addition to the PlayStation Vita's own catalogue of unique social functions, the device will also ship with dedicated applications for Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare and Skype
GamesCom 2011 PlayStation Branded 3D Display Makes Its Way To Europe
Remember the "affordable" PlayStation branded 3DTV that Sony announced at E3? The platform holder's announced that the 24" stereoscopic display is making its way to Europe this year too
The TV will retail for 499 across Europe during the Autumn. Sony executive Jim Ryan boasted the television's ability to offer an "accessible entry to 3D...
GamesCom 2011 Sony Announces Move Fitness For PlayStation 3
.. And so the circle is complete. With both Microsoft and Nintendo already offering their own fitness titles, it was only a matter of time before Sony jumped on board. Move Fitness — as the agonisingly to-the-point name explains — gets you active with the PlayStation Move. A short teaser trailer for the game made things perfectly clear, showing...
