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News Gran Turismo 5's AI To Get A Complete Revamp, Seasoned Franchise Fans Rejoice
One of the most common complaints pertaining to the Gran Turismo series has consistently been the AI
Yes, the cars look and feel right, but the opponent drivers are far too robotic to complete the full illusion. It's something the series' creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, wants to put right with Gran Turismo 5, confirming that, yes, the cars will be more...
News Sony Online Entertainment Actually Mention The Words "The Agency" Again, Universe Flips Out
About 18 months ago, we posted numerous stories about Sony Online Entertainment's upcoming James Bond-esque MMO The Agency
In fact, at the time, people were talking about a PS3 MMO revolution. But as time's passed, the spearhead of that revolution - The Agency, Free Realms and DC Universe Online - have all but disappeared. Well, until today that is...
News Oh Right, White Knight Chronicles 2 Is A Real Product
The original White Knight Chronicles has only just come out in the West, but the sequel is very much a real thing in Japan
So much so, SCEJ has just released a bunch of new shots for the Level-5 collaboration, courtesy of GameWatch. The visuals look pretty similar to the game's predecessor, so we hope these are pretty early days. White Knight...
News Sony Account For 17% Of GameStop's New Product Puchased In Fiscal '09
Americans bought a lot of new games in 2009, but specifically, you guys over the pond bought a lot of new Sony products
According to an SEC filing for the past year, Sony products accounted for 17% of "new product purchases" from American games retail juggernaut GameStop in fiscal '09. Nintendo won the stakes with 23%, while Microsoft, EA...
News Yep, Looks Like Uncharted 3 Production Is Underway
It'd be fair to assume that production on Uncharted 3 is already underway
Animator David Lam's industry profile lists work on an "Unannounced Project" from Naughty Dog, starting in January 2010. Lam worked with Naughty Dog for eight months during the development of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Y'know, we're absolutely ready for more...
News US Playstation 3 Greatest Hits Collection Expands With: Killzone 2, inFamous & Resistance 2
Yo Americans, you up for some new quality first-party Playstation 3 content at half the price? You betcha, yo
Looks like Sony's got your backs then, with Killzone 2, inFamous and Resistance 2 all set to join the PS3 Greatest Hits Collection. That's according to a Best Buy flyer that also sees UFC Undisputed 2009 and LittleBigPlanet: Game Of The Year...
Rumour French Magazine Hints At God Of War III Multiplayer DLC
A mysterious scan of the French Official Playstation Magazine has set message boards alight over night
The magazine's piece seems to purport to some multiplayer DLC for God Of War III. The scans appear to show some kind of Soul Calibur-esque one-on-one fighting mini-game. It'd be neat if it happened but don't hold your breath. Remember - we're...
News TikGames & Creat Studios Launch A Specialised PSN Publisher Storefront
Both TikGames and Creat Studios have been one of the strongest supporters of the Playstation Network
Be it the excellent Magic Ball Orbz, or the more recent Wakeboarding HD - they've won over many Playstation owners with their simple, but endearing content. Today the companies have announced that they're set to launch a publisher store-front under...
News FirstPlay Launches Next Week On The Playstation Network
Future Publishing's just confirmed that the first episode of FirstPlay will launch on the PSN next week for £0
99. That's Thursday, April 8th if you're unsure. Those checking out the first episode will get access to an exclusive in-game item for Just Cause 2.Theres a fantastic buzz about FirstPlay amongst the industry and the gaming community...
Ruh-roh
Way to damn your product to endless comparisons by the fanboys Mark Carson of CaptiveMotion. Mark worked on Microsoft exclusive Alan Wake, but has a thing or two to say about Heavy Rain's own visuals, despite not playing the game. "It's beautiful and brilliant but visually uneven at points, which unfortunately is the nature of the...
News PSN Title Planet Minigolf Will Support Playstation Move
One of the coolest things Sony are doing with the Playstation Move, is providing a back catalogue line-up for the controller
You may only be able to afford one launch title with your Playstation Move peripheral, but it looks like Sony are providing enough retro-active support to ensure you'll have something else to use with your Move controller. Be...
News The Incredibles In LittleBigPlanet Are Incredibly Cute
The Incredibles are coming to LittleBigPlanet on April 8th and, guess what, they're looking incredibly cute
This super-hero themed pack not only includes nine costumes, but also a Gallery Level featuring tons of new level building goodies.
News Ninja Theory: Heavenly Sword Sales Were Not Enough To Break Even
So you might want to put a boot in our Heavenly Sword 2 speculation from last night
Ninja Theory has come out all guns firing, claiming they didn't even break-even with their 2007 PS3 exclusive Ninja Theory — even though the game sold just shy of one and a half million copies. Ninja Theory's co-founder Tameem Antoniades told CVG, Heavenly Sword...
News Sony Tried Natal Tech But Opted To Create New Experiences With Move
Microsoft's "Project Natal" is probably the most overhyped nothing in the history of video games
We're not saying the 3D camera peripheral is doomed to failure, not at all. We're merely stating that for a product that's barely been shown, the hype behind a simple premise is staggering. The camera technology has been in development by Israeli 3DV...
News Biggest News Of The Year: David Jaffe's New Game Will Feature DLC
Feign shock and excitement dear readers: David Jaffe - Sony stalwart, industry legend and creator of Kratos - has announced that his new super-secret (ahem
TWISTED METAL.ahem) Playstation 3 title will indeed feature DLC. Stone the crows! We absolutely will be doing DLC with our new game, Jaffe "revealed" shockingly in an episode of the...
News Linux Support Removed From The Playstation 3 With Firmware 3.21
We're sure there are going to be about five people in the world who are going to be literally seething at this news
Us? We couldn't care less. Alas - Sony's announced via the Playstation Blog that Firmware 3.21 is incoming, and that it removes the functionality to install an additional operating system to your PS3. This feature is already...
Feature The Greatest Of Injustices: Sony's Playstation Portable
Listen up
If you were to listen to (and believe) much of the Western video games media, you'd probably be fooled into thinking Sony's Playstation Portable has been an abysmal failure. Released in 2005, the PSP has mustered sales of over 60million units worldwide in those five years since launch - figures not particularly shy of Nintendo's Game Boy...
News This Dude Eats, Sleeps, Breathes, WEARS Naughty Dog
This is Jacob Minkoff, a game designer at Sony owned studio Naughty Dog
This is his jacket. Where can we get one?
News Is Heavenly Sword 2 On The Cards? Ninja Theory Start Work On A New "Secret Project"
Speaking in the latest episode of 4 Guys 1Up, Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has hinted that the company are getting started on a new "secret project"
Weve just started pre-production on a new secret project, he told the show's cast. Its a full scale, its a pretty big project. Its still top secret, but its gonna be...
News Resistance 3 Pops Up Again In A Bizarre Sony Survey
Resistance 3's starting to sound like the worst kept secret in video games
In fact, perhaps it's not even a secret anymore. Erm, yeah - it's not is it? Take this bizarre survey sent to PS3 fans. It asks: "Do you think that there is a future version of Resistance, Resistance 3 being developed?" Erm... The very fact you're asking us Mr. Sony...
Rumour Sony To Change Playstation Store Updates To Wednesday
For years now the Playstation Store has been updated on a Thursday
That's lead to some frustration for gamers, who are irritated Microsoft's XBOX 360 console gets DLC and downloadable games a day "early", simply because Microsoft's store is updated on Wednesdays. Well, it looks like that trend is finally about to change. An email sent to...
Rumour Playstation Move Support Allegedly Confirmed For Heavy Rain
Gamer
nl</a> are reporting via Belgian gaming magazine, Chief, that Sony's confirmed Playstation Move support for Heavy Rain. In a segment devoted to the Move's games line-up, Heavy Rain is there clear as day next-door to LittleBigPlanet. It really does seem like a matter of when not if, especially seeing as Cage's original vision for the game...
News Playstation 3 Tops The Japanese Hardware Charts, PSP Second
Perhaps a little something to do with the release of Yakuza 4 in Japan, the PS3 has finally ended the PSP's long run atop the Japanese hardware charts to settle with the crown of glory
Or something. Sony's home console rattled off just over 50k units, with the PSP not too far behind, managing 38k. Nintendo occupied much of the rest of the list, with...
News Candy Mountain Is Probably The Last Place A Fat Princess Should Go, Just Sayin'!
Alongside patch 1
05 today, Fat Princess will get two new maps: Candy Mountain and Frost Bite. Given their names you can probably assume what they're all about, right? The maps are totally free, which is always lovely. The patch also includes some updates to Fat Princess' core gameplay. The mage's ice attacks no longer stop an opponent dead, they...
News It's Official: The Playstation 3 Is The Greatest Console Of All Time (Or Something)
Japanese video games bible Famitsu have been number crunching
They've been working out the percentage of each video game's library that has earned a prestigious "gold" award from the magazine. A gold award is given to those games which score 32/40 or higher. The magazine's deduction works on the basis of ratio — the higher percentage of...
Rumour Sony To Release New Michael Jackson Video Games
It was reported last week that Sony shelled out a whopping $200million for the right to release ten new posthumous Michael Jackson records, DVDs, blu-rays and, yes video games, between now and 2017
Video games? Yes video games. According to the report, before his death, Michael Jackson was actually working on a new video game with his production...
News Little Big Fat "No" From Sony Regarding LittleBigPlanet 2 "Confirmation"
Heh, it did seem like a bit of a slip of the tongue and an issue of translation that caused Sony's Benelux marketing manager to "confirm" LittleBigPlanet 2 earlier this week
And, yup, as soon as the rumour started, it's been debunked. ConnectedConsoles prompted Sony for comment on the situation, getting the following response: As demonstrated...
News Yakuza 4 Shifts 384,000 Copies In Its First Week On Sale In Japan
SEGA's Yakuza 4 has topped the Japanese software charts for this week, shifting a hearty 384,000 copies
The numbers are a little lower than those of Yakuza 3, but still extremely respectable. Elsewhere, the God Of War Collection managed to place 13th in the Japanese software charts this week, with Battlefield: Bad Company 2 not far behind it in...
News Sony Tease Big Playstation Portable Surprises For This Year
After the major Playstation Portable late last year, Sony's been a little quiet about their handheld
We know ModNation Racers and Metal Gear Solid are coming, but what's next? Today, on the system's US birthday, SCEA's John Koller has teased that there are big announcements coming. "As we move further into 2010, the innovation and...
News The Playstation Portable Is Five Years Old In The US Today
Gah, yesterday we had the European birthday of the Playstation 3 -- today we have the American birthday of the Playstation Portable
That's right, the PSP is five years old in the US today, and has since mustered 17 million units in the US alone. Pretty amazing numbers considering it's Sony's first venture into the handheld gaming market. Five...
News Guys, There Was A New Wipeout Game In Development At Studio Liverpool
We don't whether to laugh or cry
Here's the crux - we know there was a Wipeout game in development at Sony Studio Liverpool. Sadly, Studio Liverpool, whilst remaining a functioning studio, has been severely hit by layoffs. Thus, whether or not that project still exists is unknown. The news comes via the LinkedIn profile of a former employee, Martin...
News ModNation Racers Will Bring Fun Back To Your Sofa
Remember the mid-late 90's, when you had a N64 with multiple different coloured controllers plugged into the front -- just so you could play four-player Mario Kart? Yeah, United Front Games hope to recreate that kind of nostalgia with the four-player local split-screen multiplayer mode in ModNation Racers
We wanted to make sure we delivered...
News Sony Respond To Nintendo's 3DS Announcement, Pledge Their 3D Focus On Playstation 3
If you didn't hear yet, Nintendo announced a 3D successor to the Nintendo DS yesterday, entitled the 3DS
Apparently the portable can deliver 3D gaming without the need for glasses. SCEA's marketing boss John Koller has spoken to IGN about Nintendo's announcement, and why Sony are focusing their 3D efforts on the Playstation 3 only.Our focus on 3D...
News Analyst: Expect The New Playstation Portable To Be Announced Pretty Soon
Blimey oh riley
If you've been on the Internet at all today, you might have read somewhere that Nintendo has announced the successor to their hugely popular handheld: the Nintendo 3DS. Not one to be upstaged by the competition, analysts writing on MCV reckon the successor to Sony's Playstation Portable is just around the corner. Lazard Capitals...
Competition Complete Set Of Aliens vs Predator Playstation Home Getups
Playstation Home can often be a stange and unusual place
A typical day in Sony's virtual world will offer some extraordinary sights. Boys dressed as girls. Weird snowmen doing the robot in their underwear. People actually playing chess. If Lewis Carroll dreamt it all up, we reckon he'd be pretty proud. So when we heard Aliens vs Predator was coming...
News David Cage: Publishers Should Put Greater Emphasis On Creativity
Quantic Dream's David Cage has been talking about creativity again
Speaking to the Guardian, the video game visionary claimed publishers should place "more importance" on creativity. He told the British publication:I always said that the success or failure of Heavy Rain would send a strong message to the game industry: if the game faced...
News Happy, Happy Birthday European Playstation 3!
Guess what Europeans - the Playstation 3 is officially three years old today in your neck of the woods
That's right, the system went on sale in Europe precisely three years ago today - March 23rd. It's been a bit of a roller-coaster ride for Sony since then, with initial PS3 sales tempered by a high price-tag. It is, however, with the launch of the...
Stop what you're doing
The latest trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is balls-to-the-wall amazing. It features some startlingly in-your-face J-pop and ridiculously pretty Playstation Portable visuals. The game's not far off now, thus you should probably go buy Sony's portably system if you don't already have one. You're going to need a PSP...
News Wanna See Something Weird? Watch Scott Shelby Playing Scott Shelby In Real Life...
Scott Shelby is a character from Heavy Rain
He is played by Sam Douglas. Sam Douglas is a real actor who played a bit-part in the 2005 Clive Owen movie Derailed. The scene featuring the actor shows Douglas wearing a long trench coat, playing an investigator, and generally acting like Detective Scott Shelby... Hit the jump for a video delight...
News Your Red Dead Redemption Boxart's Gonna Look Like This...
It's red
Real red. That's because the game's called Red Dead Redemption we suppose. Dunno though, it all looks a bit empty, don'tchathink?</em>
Rumour LittleBigPlanet 2 "Confirmed", Will Support Playstation Move
According to a report on Dutch website Tweakers (via VG247), LittleBigPlanet 2 is a genuine product that will support Sony's upcoming Playstation Move motion controller
The website notes, via a marketing manager from Sony Benelux, that a "suitable" Move title at launch appears to be the in-development LittleBigPlanet 2, and that the game...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Invades The Littlest Of Big Planets
Sony's just announced that there's a new LittleBigPlanet pack on the horizon - completely based around SEGA's Sonic The Hedgehog
The pack includes a variety of Sonic costumes including: Sonic, Tails, Eggman, Knuckles, and, erm... the Werehog. In addition to all the costumes you'll land some neat new stickers to help you recreate your very own...
News Playstation 3's Buzz!: Quiz World Gets Full Facebook Integration
Buzz
: Quiz World</a> is set to become the first video game (ever!) to feature full Facebook social interaction. A patch going live today for Relentless' quiz-em-up includes full compatibility for Facebook, allowing players to update their friends about personal achievements within the game. The functionality is capped at five updates per day,...
News Killing Gods Is Kratos' Second Hobby, On The Weekends He Maintains A Small Allotment
As seen on Penny Arcade: The God Of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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News Kratos Hitches A Ride Around Mainland Europe
Be careful if you're driving across mainland Europe this Summer
Thanks to Playstation Czech Repulic and Slovakia, you may just come into contact with the God Of War himself as you're speeding down a European highway.</em>
News God Of War Trilogy Boxset Looks A Little Bit Like This...
SCEE announced earlier that they will release a God Of War Trilogy boxset in European regions that's set to include both God Of War III and the remastered God Of War Collection
The pack's due to release at the end of April and will be package up in this pretty little boxset. Neat, huh?
News Just In Case You Were Wondering: Modnation Racers Has Split-Screen
Dig deep into your earlier years and you might recall having numerous hours of fun playing multiplayer split-screen in Nintendo's Mario Kart 64
With Modnation Racers essentially being Mario Kart for the future - you might be pleased to hear that developers United Front Games have added in an entirely new feature. And it's thanks to people like you,...
News SCEE Announce God Of War Collection For Europe & Trilogy Boxset
Sony's just announced that the God Of War Collection - a single PS3 blu-ray containing remastered versions of God Of War I & II - will launch in the UK on April 30th (28th for mainland Europe)
Very strange for SCEE to release the game so late after God Of War III but, better late than never, right? Sony also confirmed that a "trilogy...
News Sony Show Off Some Amazing Playstation Move Tech On The Engadget Show
Sony's Dr
Richard Marks and Anton Mikhailov recently made an appearance on a live episode of the Engadget. The reason for their appearance? To show off the Playstation Move and what it's capable of. Engadget are yet to upload a full repeat of the show on their website yet, but we did manage to find this YouTube video via VG247. The video shows a...
God Of War III is being criticised for being too familiar to its predecessors, but it's a line of critique I feel intrigued to counter
Playing God Of War III, I couldn't help but notice the ways in which Sony Santa Monica took something familiar and made it better. On a surface-level, the tweaks aren't particularly apparent, but there are so many...
