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News Atlus To Maintain Demon's Souls Servers Into 2011
When Demon's Souls launched, there were warnings scattered everywhere that Atlus could close the game's servers within six months of its release
The game's gone on to become a smash-hit worldwide, and so Atlus has decided to sponsor the servers for an extended period. They've announced that the online portion of the "hardest game ever"...
News Echochrome ii Continues To Look Like The Secret Weapon In This Motion Control War, Stunning
No-one's talking about Echochrome ii and it's a crime
With both Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo having already blown their collective motion control load, it's gutting to see games like Echochrome ii shoved under the curtain. Yes - we know about Microsoft and Sony's attempt at the Wii Sports market, but what about something new? Something different...
News Heads-Up: The Sly Cooper Collection Priced At A Bargain $40
You've got to love Sony's "Classics" line
Take the latest in the set — the Sly Cooper Collection. Officially priced at $40, the package is an absolute steal. For your money you get three classic titles upgraded into high-definition (and 3D), some PlayStation Move mini-games and three Platinum Trophies. If that's not a complete and utter bargain of...
News Sony Does The "Why Our Product Is The Best" Chart With PlayStation Move
According to Kotaku, the above image is scanned out of a Sony Holiday Guide
It breaks down the features of the PlayStation Move when compared to the motion control alternatives. It also paints the new hardware in a positive light. A bit like the pricing guide Microsoft released for their Kinect product yesterday. Both comparisons are equally...
News Comic-Con 2010: Go Behind The Scenes With Sucker Punch & inFamous 2
You know what -- Sucker Punch are really interesting guys
This behind the scenes documentary with the studio discussing their influences is heart-warming and interesting. inFamous was a smash-hit when it dropped last year, and it's so exciting to be in the build-up to the sequel to that game. Expect to hear much more about inFamous 2 tomorrow as...
News Sony Patents Bonkers Multiplayer Stereoscopic Television System
Have you ever disagreed with someone else in the house over who gets to watch what on the television? Sony's kinda got the problem sorted, with a new multiperson stereoscopic TV system that could essentially allow different people to watch different content on the same TV
Mad, right? You'd need glasses to do it - we're not going to get into the...
News Sorry New Zealand, There's Only One Kevin Butler
Dear New Zealand TV channel TV3, We get that Kevin Butler's a sensation and all, and we really do love your accents, but you could have tried a little harder in ripping off someone else's advertising campaign
Yeah, you could have stolen the ethos, the concept, etc. But c'mon. This is just a carbon copy. And it's a lame one at that. No wonder we...
News DC Universe Online Preorder Bonuses Are Revealed
In addition to the beta details released this morning, Sony Online Entertainment has also revealed the slew of pre-order bonuses you can expect to get hold of if you put your name down for DC Universe Online early
There are a number of goodies you can grab hold of depending on which retailer you order from: an exclusive 2v2 arena battle where you...
News Sony Online Entertainment Open Up Beta Sign-Ups For DC Universe Online
DC Universe Online is an MMO
As such, it's going to need a beta before it launches proper. Sony Online Entertainment need people like you to help them out with stuff like that, so they're accepting registrations right now via the game's official website. You'll be able to specify whether you'd prefer to test out the PlayStation 3 version of DC...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 Dev: Our Dream Is For User-Created Content To Get Reviewed On Games Websites
When Media Molecule released LittleBigPlanet, they weren't thinking small
And that same mentality is evident in the build-up to LittleBigPlanet 2. Media Molecule's studio co-founder, Mark Healey, has told NowGamer that the studio has a "secret dream" for user generated content to be so good that it gets reviewed by traditional gaming...
News Codename Announce New Original Indie Games For PlayStation Home
PlayStation Home has grown so much since it launched
We get it now. It's truly time for everyone to give it a second-chance. The service has found its identity, its beginning to fulfill its potential. And that potential is basically meta-games within a bigger world. You may have checked out our report on Home's Carnival space — a brilliant...
News Guerrilla To Fix "Controller Lag" Complaints With Killzone 3
When Killzone 2 launched, there was a bit of an uproar
The game didn't control exactly like a Call Of Duty, and as such, many deemed it sluggish. It wasn't, it was just a bit different. Given the number of complaints however, Guerrilla's had to go back to the drawing board with Killzone 3. Their challenge? Creating something that satisfies the...
News Spoof God Of War Movie Trailer Takes An Unexpected Direction
Imagine a God Of War movie
We'll wait. Ok, go... Got it? We're guessing you imagined a dark, repulsive gore-fest with lots of angry men and blood, right? Yeah, exactly. That's why this fan-made spoof God Of War movie trailer is so clever — because it shifts the whole concept into an indie-flick mould. It's actually kind of brilliant. It just...
News Killzone 3's Load Times Are Non-Existent, Claim Guerrilla
Guerrilla Games are an unbelievable power-house
Their upcoming PlayStation 3 title, Killzone 3, will basically support the suite of everything Sony has to offer. PlayStation Move, 3D, cutting-edge visuals, yadda yadda yadda. Guerrilla's now also claiming that they've removed load-times. Guerrilla's Steven Ter Heide told AusGamers that loading...
News Licensed, Genuinely Good Family Games Fill-Up The UK Sales Charts
What do Toy Story 3 and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 have in common? They're both surprisingly good licensed games, designed with families in mind
Yup. They're also both sitting amongst a heap of familiar software in the UK sales top ten. Somehow, the desperately disappointing XBOX 360 exclusive, Crackdown 2, is sitting atop the sales charts. That's...
News Welcome To The Party: Tarsier Studios Join SCE First-Party
Just when you thought Sony's first-party couldn't possibly get any stronger (with the exception of Quantic Dream and Clap Hanz perhaps); Tarsier Studios - developers of the PSN version of Rag Doll Kung Fu - has just announced that they've joined Sony's first-party
The company announced on their website: Tarsier Studios has signed an exclusive...
News Gravity Crash PSP Jets Onto The Handheld Next Week
Just Add Water's confirmed that the portable version of their PSN title, Gravity Crash, is set to hit PSPs via the PlayStation Store next week
If you hit up Just Add Water's website, you'll be privy to a whole pile of information about what's been added to the portable shooter. Huzzah. Click here for more.
News Sony Limiting The Use Of 1080p In 3D Games
You can count the number of games that fully utilise the full 1080p resolution on a couple of hands
Gran Turismo 5, Wipeout HD... Erm... Exactly. So it's no surprise to hear Sony's senior development manager, Simon Benson, declare that the company are capping 3D gaming on PS3 at a screen resolution of 720p. According to Benson, who spoke at the...
News Sony: PlayStation 3 Retail Shortages "Resolved"
Just a quick heads-up really -- Sony's issued a statement alongside last week's June NPD report noting that the PlayStation 3 hardware stock shortages are now resolved
PS3's have been pretty thin on the ground for the past few months, but apparently, now they are not. That's all there is to say in honesty — no reason was given for the resolution,...
News If You Hadn't Seen It Already, This Is What Hulu Plus Is Like On The PlayStation 3...
A preview for Hulu Plus launched on the PlayStation 3 this week, despite a number of stipulations
(Yeah, you should probably click that last link). Anyway, if you've any interest at all in PlayStation's TV streaming service, TechThrow's put together a pretty comprehensive look at the new preview app. It's all rather swish and what-not.
News ModNation Racers Goes Casual Friendly (If You Can't Hack The Homing Rockets)
Apparently some people aren't very good at ModNation Racers or something
We see them lamenting the single-player career a fair bit across the Internet. United Front's taken note, as they've posted on the PlayStation Blog that there's to be a new "Casual" friendly difficulty mode added to the racer's main campaign. Apparently it will make...
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: LittleBigPlanet 2
How could we possibly have an anticipated list without mentioning Sackboy? LittleBigPlanet 2 is indeed our most anticipated game of Holiday 2010
While we're looking forward to all the games on this list, LittleBigPlanet 2 appears to be a step beyond everything else on offer. Despite being two years since the original LittleBigPlanet, the concept is...
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: Gran Turismo 5
What could we possibly have left to say about Gran Turismo 5? The franchise is an institution among car lovers, and the wait has been long, hard and tiring
But the definitive racing simulator is finally upon us, packing a feature-set that's out of this world. Perhaps the most impressive feature is the game's ridiculously beefed-up roster. When it...
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: God Of War Ghost Of Sparta
Ask anyone to list their favourite PlayStation Portable games of all time and chances are God Of War: Chains Of Olympus will be up there
The Ready At Dawn developed PSP hack-and-slash title was a technical masterpiece. Taking the formula from the home console versions of God Of War, Chains Of Olympus down-sized the action without losing anything in...
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2010: Sports Champions
Table tennis
That's all we want. That's all we've ever wanted. Well to be honest, that's not strictly true. A good motion controlled tennis game is truly what we've always wanted. But for now, table tennis will do. Yes, we know you can play it on the Wii, but Sports Champions looks to take those Wii Sports Resort concepts an elevate them to an even...
Feature There's No Place Like Home: A Carnival Without Coconuts?
We've never been to a carnival
Not a real carnival like you see in the movies anyway. We've been to fairs, fetes and gatherings. But never a carnival. PlayStation Home's new Midway Carnival space is the kind you never see in real-life — its set at night time in a vast opening. There's a gothic feel to the place, it's almost like stepping into the...
News Sony's Making Money With the PlayStation Move
Sony's long been known for releasing cutting edge technology with high price-tags
Sometimes the cutting edge technology out-stips the retail price. Take the PlayStation 3 for an example of that, which has only just began to make money. Despite treating the PlayStation Move like a platform launch, Sony will not be retreading the same mistakes with...
News Ubisoft Back The 3D Horse Big Time, To Be In Every Home 3 Years From Now
We were behind the curve a little with 3D but we finally got our first taste of the tech earlier this week
We'll say this much — don't believe the hate and scepticism and try it for yourself. Our demo honestly blew us away. It's incredible. We're not sure what's shaping people's dislike for the movement, but whatever. We went into our demo...
News Consider This Your Yearly Rumour Update On Medievil III
The last time we posted about Medievil III was August 2009
There's still not been an announcement, but rumours have re-emerged today thanks to an article in PSM3 magazine . To be honest, nothing's been added to the story we reported on in August, but the fact that the rumour just won't die is perhaps testament to its reality. According to PSM3, the...
News Mmmm... Gran Turismo 5 Isn't Half Pretty
Kotaku's got a new video of Gran Turismo 5 which features some new and some familiar footage
The key thing to remember though, is just how pretty it all looks. The dusk. The night-time racing. The cockpits. The dusk. Oh man. Give it to us now, now, now.
News First God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta Footage Is Pretttttttttty!
Despite not having all its audio-cues in place, this debut gameplay footage of God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta is pretty
Pretty to the max. The shot of Kratos fighting harrowing beasts on the ocean is particularly pleasant. Certainly it looks like more God Of War, but that's exactly what we want from the PSP game. We're looking forward to this.
News Sony: PlayStation 4 Will Probably Come After The Next XBOX & Nintendo Hardware
Sony makes systems that last
The PS2's been around for over a decade now and it's still worthy of discussion. That's kind of insane when you think about it. Sometimes though, long hardware cycles doesn't work to Sony's advantage. The PlayStation 3 suffered somewhat from being so late to the market. While the gap has closed between the XBOX 360 and...
First Impressions Patapon 3 on PlayStation Portable Demo
What better than banging drums alone? Banging drums with friends, of course
Patapon 3's come out of nowhere. A short countdown clock on SCEJ's website culminated in a montage appearance from the drum 'em up. Now, just a few weeks after E3, we've all got our hands on the next entry in Japan Studios' Patapon franchise. And unusually for a handheld...
News Sony's Kaz Hirai: Core Gamers Are Our Top Priority
Yesterday, Sony said that they were surprised by Microsoft's decision to go for the casual gamer
And it's little wonder. SCE's top-man, Kaz Hirai, has said that PlayStation Move, like all of Sony's gaming products, is aimed at the core gamer "first and foremost". "We've always believed that whatever it is we're doing, it's something...
News Sony On Insomniac Switch: "We Grew Up Together"
Apparently no one is more sad than Sony regarding Insomniac's recent decision to go multiplatform
According to Shuhei Yoshida, Sony and Insomniac "grew up together". The Sony Worldwide Studios boss has told Develop magazine that Sony were aware of Insomniac's intentions way back in 2008. Insomniac signed a deal with EA Partners earlier...
Report Sony's Working On New Handheld Hardware, Yo
Our PSP's getting more play-time than our PlayStation 3 at the moment
The system's also topping the Japanese hardware charts. But with the 3DS on the horizon, and, y'know, pretty much every other person in the world hating on Sony's handheld, you can't help but feel like they could do with a refresher. Sony that is. The PSP2's long been rumoured...
News Sony Surprised By "Casual" Microsoft
While Sony's been forthcoming about making PlayStation Move seem like an extension to a variety of different game types and genres, Microsoft's been very much gearing their "controller-less" Kinect device as something for the casual audience
According to Sony's Worldwide Studuios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, this move has been a surprising one. "In...
News Ubisoft Confirms That RUSE Will Support PlayStation Move
Chalk this up as another reason to pick up Sony's new PlayStation Move controller -- Ubisoft's confirmed in London today that their real-time strategy title, RUSE, will take advantage of Sony's new motion controller for greater accuracy
Using the PlayStation Move as a pointing device, players are able to select units, build structures and pan the...
News Get The Undead Away From My Fat Princess
The Fat Princess DLC just came out
It features pirates and ninjas and giants. All cool additions. But future additions could be even cooler — chilling in fact. A mysterious in-game tip - pointed out on the PlayStation Forums - seems to hint at the undead gate-crashing the scoff 'em up. I think Zombies are coming soon, run! We're running. Far...
News Hulu Plus On PlayStation 3 Will Not Require A PlayStation Plus Account
Hulu's put an end to rumours that PlayStation 3 users wishing to take advantage of the upcoming Hulu Plus service will require a PlayStation Plus account
Turns out PlayStation Plus subscribers will get access to a unique preview evaluation period, but standard PSN users will be able to download and use the Hulu Plus service without an enhanced...
News David Cage Talks Motion Controls & Creativity
David Cage will release his first, fully-supported motion control game soon; it may not be a new title, but Heavy Rain will be considered as one of the first "hardcore" titles to make use of Sony's new PlayStation Move controller
Cage thinks that motion controls have the potential to appeal to the mainstream, but he also told Eurogamer that...
News Killzone 3 Screens Are All About Flying Debris & Boom, Boom, Boom
Killzone 3 continues to look proper despite its pre-alpha state
A new batch of screenshots published over at GamersMint prove as much. You want the boom-boom? You're going to need Killzone 3 next year. Gah, it's in 3D too isn't it? Yeah, you're going to need a new Telly too.</em>
News Sony: Developers Will Help Shape The Next PlayStation
Speaking in the latest issue of Develop magazine, Sony's Worldwide Studios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, has explained how Sony has learnt from its past mistakes, and is turning to its suite of first-party developers to shape the next PlayStation hardware
The aim? To make the next PlayStation highly accessible for the next string of game developers. When...
News White PlayStation 3s a Possibility For The UK
We dropped word this morning that Sony were to release a white version of the PlayStation 3 in Japan
Apparently that hardware could make it to the West. Speaking to IncGamers, a Sony representative has confirmed that <span style="color: #000000;">they "will consider every possibility based on the market demands, but have...
News Ape Escape's Definitely Coming To The PlayStation 3 After All
After a no-show at E3, we were beginning to wonder if those Ape Escape PS3 rumours were to be believed
"Pfft," we exclaimed earlier this week, "There's no Ape Escape in development at all, is there?" Cue Family Fortunes buzzer: Nugh-urgh. See, look what we just found. Amongst a Japanese PlayStation show-reel [about 2:40 into the...
News Japan, Here's Your PlayStation Move Launch Line-Up
Sony's finally dropped a bomb of details regarding the Japanese launch of the PlayStation Move controller
As was already announced, the controller will arrive in Japan for ¥3,980 ($45), with additional Navigation Controllers selling for ¥2,980 ($34). Sony will also be releasing a Starter Kit Bundle which includes the PlayStation Eye, a PlayStation...
News New PlayStation 3 SKUs Confirmed For Japan; Look! There's A White One!
Ever fancied an albino PS3? Duh, we've all been there
Thankfully, Sony Japan's now got you covered — announcing a bunch of new PlayStation 3 SKUs for the region. The most obvious announcement here is that Japan's to get white casing options. Naturally, matching stands and DualShock 3's are to be made readily available in the region to match the...
News Official Sweet Tooth DLC Brings The Twisted Metal Carnage To Modnation Racers
If we had to list our favourite PlayStation characters in order, Sweet Tooth would be somewhere around the latter half of the top-ten
The dude's a clown with fire for hair. What's not to like about that? To celebrate the announcement that Sony are to reboot the Twisted Metal franchise next year, they're releasing some premium DLC for Modnation...
News Sucker Punch: Naughty Dog's Feedback Invaluable
Sony's first-party is the best in the world
We really don't care about subjection and opinion — it's fact. Nobody can touch those guys, they are incredible. As such, it's always refreshing to see how the internal teams help each other — be it with elements of their engine, programming for the PlayStation 3, or simply giving feedback on each...
News Sweet Tooth, Twisted Metal, David Jaffe Headed To ComicCon
David Jaffe's confirmed (though we're not sure if we can trust that guy) that his newly announced Twisted Metal reboot will be getting a panel at ComicCon this year
So, if you want to know why Sweet Tooth's hair is on fire, you'll never get a better chance. He's also revealed that there's a possibility the game might be playable at PAX, but no word...
