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News David Jaffe Reveals Twisted Metal Reboot Started Life As A PSN Download
Twisted Metal is coming back this year, and we can't wait
Sure we might be in the minority, but there really is nothing better than a slice of car combat for serious competitive multiplayer fun. We sound like a shill, but it's true. And it's been so long since a good developer has sat down and said, "Let's make a really good car combat...
News Sucker Punch Unleash Budding inFamous 2 Mission Designers On April 12th
Do you want to take a shot at designing your own inFamous 2 missions that could appear in the game when it releases in June? Of course you do right? You better pull up a chair and listen carefully then, Sucker Punch has some information to share
The inFamous 2 User Generated Content beta is due to go online in Europe and North America on April 12th...
News PlayStation Move Heroes Finally Gets A UK Release Date... Erm, Next Week!
It feels like we've been waiting forever for a UK release date for Nihilistic Software's PlayStation Move mascot mash-up, the imaginatively titled PlayStation Move Heroes
Now we've got confirmation of a firm release date for Britain: next week. Uh-huh, it's due out on March 25th nationwide. Gives you ten days to put your pre-order in. What do you...
News Sony Pulls MotorStorm 3's Japanese Release
As anticipated, Sony has pulled the Japanese release of MotorStorm 3, known as MotorStorm: Apocalypse in the West
The racer, which throws the traditional MotorStorm formula into a hazardous urban environment, was originally due out on March 17th in Japan. It's now been marked with a "TBA" release window. Like SEGA, the publisher cited...
News Sony Ericsson Slaps March 31st Release Date On The Xperia Play In Britain
Sony Ericsson's confirmed it will launch the Xperia Play in Britain before the month's out, cutting things fine with a March 31st release date
The firm told MCV that the mobile-phone-coming-handheld-games-device will launch with six titles: Crash Bandicoot, FIFA '10 [apparently not '11 - Ed], Bruce Lee Dragon Warriors, Star Battalion, Tetris, and...
News Free Realms Finally Comes To PlayStation 3 On March 29th
After years of speculation, Sony Online Entertainment's finally attached a release date to the PS3 port of its free-to-play MMO, Free Realms
Get your pens and calendars ready, because March 29th is the date to mark. For those unfamiliar with the PC version, Free Realms is a kind of casual MMO that's totally free to play. Think PlayStation Home but...
News DC Universe Online To Launch Digitally On PlayStation 3
Despite the inevitable hard-drive hog, there's no better game we'd like to have sitting comfortably on our XMB than DC Universe Online
We're lazy. By the time we've got up, found the case, and popped Sony Online Entertainment's superhero MMO into our PlayStation 3, we don't actually want to play it anymore. But if it was saved onto our hard-drive,...
News Sony Targets April 22nd Release Date For SOCOM: Special Forces In The UK
Y'know what really, really annoys us
When European and American games have different titles. It makes things so complicated. Do we call the game by its European name and isolate our American userbase? Do we call the game by both its names and write messy looking articles? Gah, it's a never-ending debate in the office whenever a new Hot Shots Gol-...
News Sony Wins Court Injunction Against LG, Held PS3 Stock Released
The little patent disagreement between Sony and LG has been lifted, freeing some 300,000 PlayStation 3s that had previously been seized in Holland
You may remember LG was granted a preliminary injunction against Sony over an infringement on Blu-ray technology, but reports coming out of InsideGamer state that has now been lifted. Latest reports...
News Kaz Hirai Takes One Step Closer To The Ultimate Job At Sony
PlayStation's boss, Kazuo Hirai, has been promoted to executive deputy president at Sony, and is reportedly inches away from taking the top role at the company
A report on Reuters notes that the current head of Sony's network products and services division (which includes the PlayStation business) will take up his new position on April 1st. The new...
Rumour Concept Art For PlayStation Home Reveals Snazzy New Space
Sony's virtual world, PlayStation Home, could be getting a fresh lick of paint in the near future
That's according to some leaked concept art picked up by FourPlayerCoOp.com. The new screens demonstrate a cleaner, web 2.0 Home plaza, with a bigger emphasis on gaming made possible through the service's latest update. The art was apparently sent out...
Rumour Sony's Releasing The NGP A Lot Sooner Than You Might Think
A stonking rumour on trade-magazine MCV's website this morning suggests that Sony are lining up a November 11th European release date for their next hand-held, the NGP
The report clashes with statements made by SCEA boss Jack Tretton earlier in the year, who stated that a worldwide launch was very unlikely. But the site reports that deadlines on...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Firmware 3.60 Brings Online Storage, Enhanced PS3 Security
Hot-on-the-heels of yesterday's Online Storage announcement, Sony has released the latest PS3 firmware update
You'll be prompted to update to the latest firmware when you turn your system on, just scroll to the "System Update" tab on the PS3's menu. The new firmware brings with it the Online Storage feature detailed yesterday. Online...
News White Knight Chronicles II, White Knight Chronicles PSP Head To Europe
Remember White Knight Chronicles? Sony and Level-5's RPG series took a long time to come to the West, and when it finally arrived it did so with very little fanfare
That's not stopped Sony from giving the franchise another chance though, as the platform holder's announced that both White Knight Chronicles II for PlayStation 3 and White Knight...
News PlayStation Plus Subscribers Net Online Cloud-Save Storage Service Tomorrow
Remember all that PlayStation Network maintenance? It was totally justified, as Sony's just announced Online Storage, a cloud-based save service for PlayStation Plus subscribers
The service will allow players to store game saves online, with a maximum capacity of up to 1,000 saves or 150mb. The service will be accessible via a new icon on the XMB...
News Sony Shuts Down A "Small Number Of Projects" At Its UK Studios
A report on GamesIndustry
biz</a> has revealed that Sony has opted to close a "small number of projects" at its UK studios. The shift in resources is set to take place at Evolution Studios, Studio Liverpool and Studio London. Media Molecule are reportedly unaffected, while Studio Cambridge were not mentioned. “It has been decided...
News ... And You Thought Mortal Kombat Was The Only Attraction On The PlayStation Store Today
Mortal Kombat's getting an exclusive demo for PlayStation Plus subscribers on the PlayStation Store today
But that's not the only attraction. Evolution's Matt Southern has taken to the PlayStation Blog to confirm that a MotorStorm: Apocalypse demo will also be going live this afternoon. You'll get to play on the Mainline track against fifteen other...
Sony has announced some scheduled maintenance for the PlayStation Network this evening
According to the PlayStation Blog, the service will be down from 16:05 PM GMT this evening through to 03:00 AM GMT tomorrow. You'll be unable to access the PlayStation Store nor manage your account during the downtime. If you want to play online tonight, you'll...
News Peter Dille Leaves Sony Computer Entertainment America
Long-term SCEA marketing big-wig, Peter Dille, has took a sharp stage-right exit from the company
Dille worked with SCEA from 1991 to 1999, and returned in 2006 after a brief spell in charge at THQ. Dille's most recent role within SCEA saw him control marketing and the PlayStation Network. The reason behind Dille's exit is unknown, but the exec...
News Epic Games: NGP Is A "Ridiculously Compelling Experience"
While the tech media continue to ensure the word-of-mouth surrounding Apple's latest device is nothing but rosy, actual game developers have been sharing their enthusiasm for Sony's new handheld the NGP
While the Internet continues to ignore the fact that there actually is a market for traditional handheld games (no matter how big or small!), Epic...
Rumour Team ICO Collection Pushed Into The Holidays
If you were expecting to play Fumito Ueda's avant-garde PS2 releases remastered in glorious HD (and 3D) this Spring, well, we suggest you stop
A representative for K-Mart and Sears has said on the Cheap Ass Gamer forums that the Team ICO Collection has been pushed into the holidays. “Looks like this Holiday, actually, from my last meeting with...
News The PlayStation Network Gets Spring Fever Starting This Week
Admittedly, the sun's been shining a little bit more here in frosty England
It still doesn't feel like spring yet, but there are tell-tale signs everywhere you look. It's about time too, the winter feels like it's been around forever. We don't know how the winter's been across the pond, but SCEA's promising to warm you up regardless. This week marks...
News Helen Mirren & Jason Statham Join The Cast Of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Sort Of!)
Following a behind-closed-doors presentation at GDC last week, Naughty Dog's revealed the main antagonist from Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
The Helen Mirren lookalike — named Katherine Marlowe — is the head of a secret society whose roots date back over four-hundred years to the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Naughty Dog's community manager Arne...
News Oscar-Mike: Zipper Reveal SOCOM 4's Catalogue Of Trophies
According to Zipper's Jeremy Dunham, one of the biggest questions on SOCOM fan's lips these days is, "what kind of trophies can we earn in SOCOM 4?" Well, if you're one of those eager to know what activities are going to make your PlayStation 3 ding with the sound of success, wonder no more -- we've got SOCOM 4's full catalogue of in-game trinkets for you to peruse after the jump
Bronze Elite Ops – Complete a Story Campaign mission on Elite Difficulty N00b – Complete a Competitive Multiplayer game Good Game – Complete a Competitive Multiplayer game of...
News Yoshida: Sony's Returned To Its Studio-Friendly Roots
Sony's Worldwide Studios gaffer, Shuhei Yoshida, has revealed in an interview that the company has returned to its "studio-friendly roots"
The PlayStation 3 is a notoriously complex system to develop for, but with NGP, Yoshida says that the platform holder has put developers first. Shuhei stated that external teams had "been essential" in...
News Feast Your Eyes On Five Minutes Of Resistance 3's Multiplayer
Go boom
Insomniac Games officially lifted the curtain on Resistance 3's competitive multiplayer mode last week, revealing a slimmed down, more "intimate" mode compared to the previous game's bombastic 60-player epics This first gameplay footage shows off component for the first time, highlighting the personal tone of Resistance 3's...
News Sony Wants To Sell PlayStation Network Content In Retail Stores
SCEE's gaffer, Andrew House, has told trade-magazine MCV that the company is looking for a way to sell PlayStation Network titles in retail stores
American readers will already be aware of a similar program in the US, where digital content can be bought from GameStop shops, but there's currently no such initiative in Europe. Not yet, anyway. “We...
News David Jaffe Explains Twisted Metal's GDC Vanishing Act
We should have got a bunch more information about Eat Sleep Play's Twisted Metal reboot as part of GDC last week, but unfortunately the game was a complete no-show
In response to speculation surrounding the game's disappearance, David Jaffe has taken to his blog to explain that the showing was pulled in favour of a less-busy window. "We were...
News Lara Looks A Little Less Rough In PlayStation 3's Tomb Raider Trilogy HD Re-Release
Spot of make-up and a touch of botox and look at that, good as new
Crystal Dynamics has released some comparison shots for their upcoming PlayStation 3 Tomb Raider Trilogy. The pack — which includes PS2 titles Tomb Raider Legends & Anniversary, in addition to PS3 game Underworld — has been remastered in HD (well the PS2 games have anyway)...
News Attention Budding Race-Car Drivers: GT Academy 2011 Kicks Off Today
How would you like to race in the Dubai 24-hour International Race in a Nissan 370Z GT4? Yeah, we're sure there are plenty of you dangling your arms in the air right now
But could you actually do it? Fine. Prove it — win the GT Academy 2011 competition. In order to compete you'll first need to set a top lap-time on a time-trial track in Gran...
News Nobody Told Us SodiumTwo Is Essentially Wipeout
As part of GDC this week, Sony took to the stage to announce a new milestone update for PlayStation Home
Version 1.50 brings with it a suite of new technology that's set to bring Sony's virtal home closer to the reality we've been dreaming of for some time — a real gaming portal. At present the best experience you can have in Home is by navigating...
News SOCOM 4's Beta Kicks Off This Month For PlayStation Plus Subscribers
Sony's slapped a big-fat date on SOCOM 4's beta trial, and PlayStation Plus subscribers will once again get the nod ahead of everybody else
The multiplayer trial will kick off on March 22nd (23rd in Europe) for premium members, while the rest of the PSN community is forced to wait until April 5th (6th in Europe) to try out the military shooter. US...
News Cage: Quantic Dream's Working On Two Very Different Projects, Wants To Make War Game
David Cage has been far too quiet since Heavy Rain launched
We miss the French visionary's view on the future, and ambitious remarks on the video game industry. Thank heavens for GDC then, where Quantic Dream's top boffin has been rambling on about all sorts of post-Heavy Rain implications. As well as revealing that over 70 percent of players...
News PSPgo Drops To $149.99 (Apparently!)
Sony's official PSP website has been updated to reflect the range's recent price-drop
Hang on, wait a minute, what's this? The PSPgo is now $149.99. We knew the PSP-3000 was dropping down to $129.99 but no-one mentioned anything about the PSPgo, retailers included — they're still
News GDC 2011: NGP Games Will Ship On 2GB And 4GB Cards With Room For Save Data, Patches, Etc
Aside from an augmented reality dinosaur, fresh NGP details at Sony's GDC panel were hard to come by
One little tid-bit that was captured by various outlets though (we'll source Joystiq) pertained to the NGP's storage methods. According to a slide in Sony's presentation, the NGP will ship with 2GB and 4GB game-cards. The medium is significantly...
It's GDC week so there's always time for boring slides about console sales and things you'd see on a spread sheet
Sony's PlayStation Network Analysis panel for example was filled with comments and research that you'd expect business men to talk about. Sony's pinned console sales at over 41.6 million worldwide, which is a pretty solid number for the...
News GDC 2011: The Last Guardian, Art, Computer Entertainment, And 'Oh My Goodness We Can't Wait!'
There's a beauty to The Last Guardian that's evident each and every time the game is shown
It's not necessarily a technical thing — the game is definitely pretty, but certainly not on par with the likes of Uncharted or Killzone. It's something to do with the art, colour palette, and perhaps, most importantly, the animation. There's an endearing...
News GDC 2011: Insomniac Tighten Up Resistance 3's Multiplayer, Lower The Player-Count
While Resistance 2's epic 60-person multiplayer battles were kind of fun in a chaotic way, ultimately they suffered from uneven pacing and a real lack of focus
Insomniac recognised that, and is taking Resistance 3's multiplayer in a wildly different direction. Rather than escalate the player-count, the studio's decided to keep things a little more...
News Soon You'll Be Able To Stagger Gran Turismo 5's Endurance Races
Gran Turismo 5's strive for perfection is distinctly the developer's intention, but sometimes Polyphony Digital goes a little too far
Take the game's endurance races — we don't all have the time to race the same laps over and over and over and over and... Thankfully Kazunori Yamauchi's got a trick-up his sleeve. Save-points. The Polyphony Digital...
News GDC 2011: Sony Announces Move.Me For Aspiring Tech-Types
Even we concede that some of the stuff budding developers have done with Microsoft's Kinect camera has been amazing
But what we really want is a super accurate light-sabre simulation using the PlayStation Move. Move.Me — a new initiative announced by SCEA as part of GDC this week — might make that happen. But what is it? "In short, Move.Me...
News GDC 2011: inFamous 2 Joins The Roster Of 'Play Create Share' Titles
We'd heard about an open-world game including "Play Create Share" features a long time ago, but we never clicked onto it being inFamous 2
But that's what Sucker Punch announced as part of GDC last night — a complete level editor. As development director Chris Zimmerman stated on the PlayStation Blog, "Sandbox games are a ton of fun. There’s...
News MotorStorm Apocalypse Gets Super Stealth Beta Test
Looks like the Apocalypse has already kicked off for some lucky PlayStation beta testers
According to a report on Joystiq, invites are being sent out for a top secret test-run of MotorStorm Apocalypse's multiplayer servers. The beta's set to run for two weeks over four scheduled event nights, and is intended to stress-test the online servers as much...
News GDC 2011: Sucker Punch Teases "Big Secret", Announcement Coming Today
inFamous and Sly Cooper developer, Sucker Punch, has teased the announcement of a "big secret" at GDC today
In a Facebook status update the developer revealed, "Today is very exciting day. We've been holding a big secret for the last two years and at GDC later today... We get to tell you all about it." Sucker Punch has outright stated...
News PlayStation Network Themes Go All Three-Dimensional
Heads up all ten of you with a three-dimensional television, Sony's beginning to support your fancy new screen with some spiffing new dynamic themes
As spotted by PSNStores.com, a 3D PixelJunk Shooter 2 theme is available right now from the HK PlayStation Store right now. Keep your eyes on the US and European store updates this week to see if the...
News The Last Guardian Features A Fake Language, Contrary Animal
A bunch of new information on the hotly anticipated PlayStation 3 exclusive, The Last Guardian, has rolled out of this week's Famitsu magazine
The Japanese gaming bible has a four-page feature on the game, as well as an interview with Team ICO boss, Fumito Ueda. According to the interview, Torico — the cat, rat, dog thing from the trailers —...
News Sounds Like F1 2011 Is Heading To The Next Generation Portable
A report on Nintendo-Universe (we know
) suggests that a version of F1 2011 is currently in development for the NGP. The news comes via the official Twitter account for Codemasters Benelux, which cites the NGP version of the game via a retweet from a Dutch journalist. Assuming F1 2011 is due during late Summer on other platforms, the confirmation...
News European Customs Seize PlayStation 3s As Part Of Legal Dispute With LG
The Guardian's reporting that South Korean electronics manufacturer LG has won an injunction against the PlayStation 3, banning the system from entering European countries for 10 days
A ruling by the civil court of justice in the Hague has called for all PS3s to be confiscated as they are imported into the UK and the rest of Europe. The injunction...
News Are Media Molecule Developing The NGP LittleBigPlanet Spin-Off?
The last time Sackboy appeared on the PlayStation Portable, Sony's Cambridge Studio were put on development duties
But a bunch of eagle-eyed readers have let us know that Media Molecule are on the lookout for some new staff to help develop a new title for a "portable platform". Seeing as LittleBigPlanet has already popped up in numerous...
News If There Was A Killzone Movie, It'd Probably Look A Bit Like This
There's not a Killzone movie (yet
), but if there was, it would probably look like this amazing short by YouTube user 'pwnisher'. Ok, so the costumes aren't great, but the special effects are actually pretty impressive for a fan-made project. They even nailed the ridiculous accents of the Helghast troops.
News Plants Vs. Zombots Is The Perfect LittleBigPlanet 2 Recreation
You may have heard of a little game called Plants vs
Zombies</a>. The tower-defence title's been a tremendous success on the iPhone and PC, and recently launched on the PlayStation Network. But there's no need to bother with that version, because this LittleBigPlanet 2 recreation, Plants vs. Zombots, is straight up spot-on.
