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News Gran Turismo 5 To Get A Second, Monster Collector's Editiom
We already know about the American collector's edition for Gran Turismo 5
It includes a Kyosho model of the Nissan GT-R, a 300-page car guide, and a key-chain, amongst other bits and bobs. While this edition has yet to be confirmed for the Europe, it's thought that a package similar to this will be GT5's first collector's edition. But, according to...
News Introducing Marcus "PSP" Rivers...
When Sony announced they were taking a Kevin Butler-esque approach to their latest PSP campaign, we were a little concerned
The PSP's aiming for a younger audience, and we just didn't think the Kevin Butler approach was going to work. Turns out, with Marcus "PSP" Rivers, they've sort of nailed it. There are a ton of adverts to check out...
News Work It Tiger! Rev That Engine! Awww Yeah!
The embedded video includes a quick little look at Gran Turismo 5's photo mode
As you can see, the whole things rather pervey. Good grief though, the whole thing looks ridiculously pretty. You'll be able to take your cars out to a range of lush settings to snap them amongst nature. Does anyone know if you can select camera? We're serious — we...
News Superhero Sackboy Daily: Doctor Octopus Clamours Into LittleBigPlanet
Spider-Man's greatest nemesis, Doctor Octopus, is bringing those famous bionic tentacles into the world of LittleBigPlanet as part of the massive Marvel update due next week
Looks pretty sweet, doesn't he? There's more information available over at Marvel.com.</em>
News Want Cash? It's Double All This Weekend In Uncharted 2!
It's a shame video games don't pass-on your spoils
Imagine if you were playing Borderlands, and everytime you picked up amazing piece of loot it came shooting out of the front of your console. Same for Uncharted 2. There'd be treasure everywhere. Amazing. We really wish that was the case this weekend, as Naughty Dog's opened up double-cash for the...
News Patapon 3 Multiplayer Demo Incoming Next Week
If you'd rather pump beats in your multiplayer gaming, then rejoice
Sony's confirmed over on the PlayStation Blog that they're releasing the Patapon 3 multiplayer demo on the PlayStation Store next week, July 6th. You'll get to check out new characters, online multiplayer and a bunch of other things. Check out the PlayStation Store for more details...
The graphics
Good grief, the graphics. Sucker Punch has released the first footage of inFamous 2 and... Man, is it incredible. Seriously. Sometimes we get excited here at PushSquare. But this goes beyond our usual excitement. Whatever your opinion on the new Cole, watching him glide through the city before fighting a helicopter is truly incredible...
News Eye Of Judgement's Servers To Close In September
Eye Of Judgement's never quite been a break-out success for Sony
The augmented reality card game still carries a fan-base though. If you're one those people still playing the game, well, hold onto your hat. Sony's announced that they're closing the game's servers on September 30th, according to a post on the European PlayStation forums. A few people...
News David Cage Closes The Door On Heavy Rain DLC
Listening to David Cage in recent months, we've always got the impression that DLC for Heavy Rain was very much an afterthought
So, honestly, we're not surprised there have never been hard details on the prequel Chronicles. But, according to a Eurogamer interview, it seems Move implementation is what's killed the mini episodes. "Our approach...
News Japan Moderately Interested In Upgrading To 3D According To Survey
Sony loves 3D
They're pushing it so hard it's almost startling. They've made a bet on this technology, and they're determined to lead with it. While other electronics manufacturers are pushing the tech too, nobody is pushing it quite as hard as Sony. There is risked attached — 3D is clearly in its infancy and Sony are aware of that. But there has...
News Yoshida: It's "About Time" For Lightbox Announcement
Starhawk
We write the title like it's an announced product, but actually, no one has a clue what Dylan Jobe and his team at Lightbox are up to. It's strongly anticipated that whatever the team's working on will play into the Warhawk franchise, but only the people working on it know for certain. So when will we find out for sure? Grilled by Joystiq ,...
News Isomniac Would Get Behind A Ratchet & Clank Collection
We love the Ratchet & Clank games
Love them. But they're all a bit, well, similar aren't they? We're not sure how well a collection would work. Still, if Sony decided they wanted to put one together, Insomniac would be right behind the idea. They confirmed in a Tweet that, while they wouldn't make a Ratchet collection, they'd definitely put...
News Media Create Puts Weekly PlayStation Hardware Second & Third
A revised piece of hardware and a Monster Hunter exclusive saw XBOX 360 sales rise 800% in Japan this week
.. And still fall 2,000 units short of the PlayStation 3 which shifted a comfortable 19k units. The PSP managed a few more, with 23k sold. Sadly it lost out to the Nintendo DS' price-cuts and perve software. Never change Japan. The PSPgo was...
News Look! It's The Top Gear Test Track In A Video Game!
People like Top Gear
We're told it's a show about cars. It looks more like a show about buffoon's egos to us, but what do we know? Not a lot. Although, we do know when something's pretty. Like this shakey-cam footage of the Top Gear Test Track in Gran Turismo 5. Gorgeous.
News Surprise: Sony Confirm They'll Be Showing Stuff At TGS
E3's only just finished, GamesCom's on the horizon and then
.. Well, then there's TGS. A partial list of Tokyo Game Show exhibitors has been released, including plenty of familiar faces. SEGA, Square Enix, Capcom, Konami; they'll all be there. As will Sony. Over 138 companies are currently confirmed for the show, with that number certain to rise as...
News Echochrome II Continues To Look Amazing, Includes A Level Editor
Echochrome II may just be the over-looked gem in PlayStation Move's launch line-up
Riffing off the concept of shadows, Echochrome II has you using the PlayStation Move controller as a flash-light, pointing at blocks to create stages for your character to walk on. Interestingly, Echochrome II features a level editor, which allows you to draw out...
News Buser: PlayStation Home Is A Very Good Business Model, Quite Profitable
The only people still hating on PlayStation Home these days are those who haven't given it a second chance
To be fair, a service shouldn't take two chances to win people over, but Home's vision has taken a while to realise. In our opinion, it's finally got there. While we understand why the service might not be for everyone, it's definitely come on...
News Sony Aware Of Fan Demand For ICO/Shadow Of The Colossus Re-Release
Sony's Worldwide Studios honcho, Shuhei Yoshida, has revealed that Sony are "very aware" of the fan-demand for an ICO/Shadow Of The Colossus re-release on the PlayStation 3
So he should be aswell, with the exception of cross-game chat, it's perhaps the most talked about unannounced PlayStation topic. In a video interview, he told Joystiq: As soon...
News Superhero Sackboy Daily: Daredevil Next Up For The World Of Whimsy
Daredevil may be a blind ninja, but that doesn't stop him from being ridiculously cute
The radioactive superhero is due as part of LittleBigPlanet's massive Marvel update next week. As always, there's more through here.</em>
News Sony To Nintendo: Stop Hating On Our Glasses, Yo
There was a mildly comical moment during Nintendo's E3 press conference when exec Reggie Fils-Aime had a good bash 3D glasses
He was building up to the announcement of his company's 3DS, a glasses-less portable device which uses clever screen technology to create a three-dimensional effect. Sony's Worldwide Studios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, reckons...
News Superhero Sackboy (/GIRL!) Daily: Mystique's Next In Line
The Thing
Iron Man. And now Mystique. We want this costume just for the skull belt. Looks great. There's more on this costume through at Marvel.com.</em>
News Superhero Sackboy Daily: The Thing Rocks Up In LBP
After the excitement of the Iron Man Sackboy reveal, Marvel keep dropping the goods
This time it's the cobbles-infected quarter of the Fantastic Four, The Thing. As always, there's more through at Marvel.com.</em>
News White Knight Chronicles Heads To The PlayStation Portable
The latest issue of Famitsu magazine has revealed that White Knight Chronicles is making its way to the PlayStation Portable
Going by the game's title - White Knight Chronicles: New Project - we're assuming its progress is pretty early. No other details were given. The same issue's also the PS3's White Knight Chronicles 2 a 33/40. That's out in...
Rumour PlayStation Plus Required For Hulu On PS3
And so it starts
Feel free to bombard our inbox with your complaints of value-added services being, heaven forbid, charged for. According to some digging by Technologizer, PlayStation Plus will be required to run the recently announced Hulu Plus on the PS3. The site notes: The instructions below will help you install Hulu Plus on your PS3. Note:...
News PlayStation Move Stealthily Added To PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.40
What's that lurking beneath the depths of PlayStation 3's latest firmware update? PlayStation Move calibration? Yup, looks like Sony are planning ahead, with the "Calibrate Motion Controller" option that's magically appeared in "Settings" section of the XMB
The controller's due out in September. Until then, you can at least pretend to calibrate your...
The Game Critics' Best Of E3 2010 nominations have got out, with a variety of this year's stand-out titles listed
While it's a particularly strong showing, our heart goes out to Guerrilla Games who were given nothing but praise for Killzone 3 throughout this year's showing and have seemingly been pipped at the post. LittleBigPlanet 2 is also notably...
News PSP Firmware 6.30 Hints At NeoGeo & PC Engine Releases
One of PSP Firmware 6
30's main features</a> is the ability to group downloaded content. That's great, because PSP titles have different sized icons to PlayStation Minis and, honestly, we just can't stand the mess. These folders, however, have a story of their own to tell. Among the usual "PSP", "Minis" and...
News Hulu Plus Heads To PlayStation 3 "Soon"
It's the announcement you've been waiting for -- Hulu is coming to the PlayStation 3
The announcement comes via confirmation of the Hulu Plus service, a $9.99 monthly subscription to heaps of TV content. You can read more about Hulu Plus through here. The service is already available on the PC and iPhone (among others), but is said to be hitting...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: PlayStation Plus Available Now
Hello readers
Just to let you know, Sony's new PlayStation Plus service is totally available for subscription right now. The service - which sets you back £40 / $50 for a year - gets you access to piles of content every month. Here in Europe a yearly subscription rewards you with a downloadable copy of LittleBigPlanet, while in the US you'll get...
News PlayStation Portable Firmware 6.30 Drops, Finally Allows Game Sorting
Let's be honest here, the big feature of PSP's latest firmware (6
30) is to make the system compatible with PlayStation Plus. But it does include one major feature, something we've been screaming about for months now - game sorting. Finally, those little square PlayStation Mini icons will not be clumped with the rectangular icons of our full PSP...
News PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.40 Launches, Adds Facebook & PlayStation Plus Functionality
Heads-up, PlayStation 3's latest firmware update, 3
40, is now available to download. The update includes the functionality for Sony's new premium content delivery service, PlayStation Plus. But that's not all it does. Indeed, there are a host of new goodies added to the PS3 with today's update. For one, the PS3 photo gallery is now enhanced with...
News Sony Celebrates PSN Milestone With Sugary Treats, Yum
SCEJ has reached a milestone
There are now five-million PSN accounts in the Japanese wilderness. To celebrate, Sony's sent their publishing partners some commemorative sweets. These edible hard-candies are decorated with PlayStation controllers and PSPs. They were snapped by Shinji Hashimoto, the producer of Front Mission Evolved. Can we have some?
News Sackboy Iron Man Is Just A Little Bit Cute, No?
Is it Sackboy? Is it Iron Man? Nope, it's Sackboy dressed as Iron Man and looking all the better for it
This is the first Marvel and LittleBigPlanet cross-over. We're expecting a whole pile of new costumes in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more. In the mean-time, you can see more of Iron Man Sackboy through here.</em>
News Amazon France Drop Team ICO Collection Bombshell
We all know it's happening
The Team ICO Collection, that is. To be honest, it's probably already finished. "Why's it being held back then?" you scream. Marketing. Launch the Team ICO Collection a few months before The Last Guardian and you raise that studio's profile. Dramatically. Amazon France seem to know something we don't anyway.
News EA: The PlayStation 3 Is "On Fire"
Not literally
Don't call the fire-brigade... Yet. These are just the words of EA executive John Schappert. He's talking about one of the most exciting features of the Sony E3 press conference: Sony's alignment with third-party publisher EA. The PlayStation 3's getting a whole pile of exclusive content courtesy of EA, and people are curious to know...
News More PlayStation 2 Collections On The Horizon, Ico Pweeeease
As anticipated, it sounds as though there are going to be more PlayStation 2 HD collections coming to the PlayStation 3
If the Sly Cooper Collection boxart wasn't a big enough giveaway, Sony's Worldwide Studios top-dog, Shuhei Yoshida, has told IGN "we are looking to continue to do these HD conversions". It sounds like there are a load...
News PSP-4000 Launching This Year According To Japanese Retailer
You know what the world needs? Yet another iteration on the original PSP hardware
Well, at least one Japanese retailer believes so, as they are showing a device called the PSP-4000 that's due out this year. Oh? Literally no other details on this yet. Could it be an update to the current PSP hardware? Or perhaps it's that new PSP everyone except Sony...
News Ruh-Roh: EEDAR Report Suggests PlayStation Move & XBOX Kinect Purchase Intent Is Low
A post-E3 EEDAR report spells bad news for Sony and Microsoft's new motion controllers -- apparently purchasing intent is pretty low all around
Apparently, despite "high awareness", purchase intent for both devices "ranked relatively low" in its research. While Kinect showed a slight advantage over the PlayStation Move, EEDAR put...
News Fat Roles DLC Headed To Fat Princess Next Week
It's time to get that Princess plumper with a dose of new DLC for Sony's class-based PSN multiplayer title, Fat Princess
The aptly named "Fat Roles" DLC will launch next week on the PlayStation Store for $4.99 and includes three new classes and four maps. The new classes include pirates, ninjas and giants. There are other goodies headed to...
Feature Why Trophies Outdo Their Counterparts -- "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
I hate it when people say "me too" in a derogatory fashion
That mentality doesn't make sense to me. The foundations of progress are built upon improvement - taking an idea and making it better. The best most recent example is PlayStation Move. The Wii has proved itself a solid but under-utilised control mechanism, so it pains me to see an improved...
News The Mighty World Of Marvel Finally Hits LittleBigPlanet
Marvel has (finally
) confirmed</a> that a bunch of their famous characters are heading to the delightfully whimsical world of LittleBigPlanet. The DLC costumes will start dropping from July 7th. They'll be releasing on the PSN every other week. There'll be four different costume packs too, each containing five different costumes. We've...
News Japanese Advertisement For White Knight Chronicles 2 Hits The Airwaves
This advert's currently doing the rounds in Japan, hyping up the release of Level-5's RPG monster White Knight Chronicles 2
The game comes packed with the original release, so is a bit of bargain.
News Piles Of PlayStation Move Branded Boxart Revealed
Here's your first glimpse at the European packaging for a bunch of PlayStation Move launch titles
The pack shots come courtesy of French site Gamekyo, who somehow managed to get hold of the job-lot. We're not too hot on the "You'll Need These" logo on the front of the boxes, but we guess it gets the job done. Perhaps the most notable point...
News Lunar Duel Jets Off From The PlayStation Home GAME Space
British retailer GAME's PlayStation Home presence just got a bit more noticeable with the launch of its "Moon Base" space's second mini-game, Lunar Duel
The press release notes: "With the ultimate aim being to battle one-on-one against your opponent until their force field has been reduced to zero, Lunar Duel is a tense game where planning your...
News Sony Aren't Planning 3D In The PlayStation Portable Follow-Up
In an interview with IndustryGamers, Sony's Worldwide Studios VP, Scott Rohde, has stated that 3D is not on the agenda for the inevitable PSP follow-up
Nintendo wowed the games industry with their 3DS during E3, but it sounds like Sony aren't planning to do the same. No, no plans for that, he said when asked about 3D for a future PSP,...
News Sorry, We've Got More Jimmy Fallon (But He's Playing Killzone 3 This Time)
We've dealt with what an idiot Jimmy Fallon is
Sadly, he tends to incorporate games into his show, and just like yesterday with Need For Speed, he's got a bunch of Killzone 3 footage. We've embedded it after the jump. The game looks incredible. This is alpha build, guys. Alpha. <object...
News Sony's Scott Rohde: Ghost Of Sparta Is The Best Looking PSP Game Ever Made
In our Peace Walker review, we stated: "Peace Walker gives God Of War: Chains Of Olympus a real run for its money in accordance to the beauty stakes
Ready At Dawn take note, youve got your work cut out with Ghost Of Sparta." But Sony's VP of Worldwide Studios, Scott Rohde, has already issued a response of kind. He told IndustryGamers: God...
Report Hulu Is Headed To The PlayStation 3 After All
Hulu, the American TV catch-up service, was available on the PlayStation 3
You could totally access it through the PS3's browser. It was later pulled, with speculation suggesting Microsoft had the service wrapped up for their XBOX Live subscribers. Alas, according to a report published by Bloomberg, Sony are close to securing a deal that will bring...
News This Heavy Rain Cosplay Is The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Not content with dressing up as detective Norman Jayden, this DeviantArt cosplayer went the whole hog and added in Heavy Rain-esque control commands too
If we were in charge of the country, this guy would get a medal for his efforts.</em>
News A Whole Load Of People Visited E3 From Home... PlayStation Home
As announced during Sony's E3 press conference, those unable to visit E3 for real were able to enjoy a meticulous recreation of the Sony booth via Sony's digital world, PlayStation Home
Turns out, that was quite a successful move. As much as people like to rag on Sony's totally free online service, it's got quite a following. In fact, according to...
