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News GameStop: PS3 Shortages To Last Until The Summer
Some people in the industry are laughing off Sony's claims of stock shortages in the US, but it actually appears to be a genuine issue for the company
According to GameStop Executive VP of Merchandising, the issue of PS3 stock shortages are likely to go on for the next few months. Despite Sony being pestered for more stock, Bartel concluded that his...
News Jack Tretton Promises Killzone 3 & A "Killer" E3
In an episode of GameTrailers TV last night, Sony's Jack Tretton was on-board to talk about the looming E3 2010 Sony conference and what fans can expect
Being pressed on Killzone 3 by host Geoff Keighley, Tretton responded:Well we own Guerrilla studios and they did a great job on Killzone 1 and 2, I dont know whether youll see announcements...
Gizmodo's just been sent an authentic x-ray from a physician who claims to have treated a broken hand caused by excessive God Of War III excitement
"I had a patient who was so caught up in playing God of War III that he rolled over his hand with his knee and broke two fingers. The radiograph is attached (with his information omitted and...
News Playstation Move Title Slider Looks Absolutely Brilliant, Includes Office Furniture
Anyone who has fond memories of the PSones zany Incredible Crisis will be instantly at home with the SCEJ developed Playstation Move title Slider
The pitch is thus: in a cartoon, physics-led environment, you use the Playstation Move to control an office chair and its employee down a steep hill, desperately trying to escape a bunch of angry mobsters...
News Tell Us Sony, Why Is The Playstation Move Called The Playstation Move?
If you read rumours posted on message baords, you might be led to believe that the Playstation Move ended up with that name because the name "Arc" (which the controller was originally rumoured to be named) was trademarked by Microsoft
Whether or not that's the case, Sony's Scott Rodhes has come out to tell IndustryGamers that the name Move...
News Heavy Rain's "The Taxidermist" DLC Launches On April 1st
Sony's announced that the first episode of the Heavy Rain Chronicles DLC, Madison Paige's The Taxidermist, will launch on the Playstation Store this coming April 1st for $4
99. We described the DLC as "horror-led" in our 3/4 scoring review for the content. If you loved Heavy Rain, you should definitely be excited about this one hour slice...
News PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe Gets US UMD Release In April
Dylan Cuthbert, the president of Pixeljunk's Q-Games, has confirmed that PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe will get a UMD release on April 27th in the US
The PSP title was originally released as a download on the Playstation Store, and earned a 4/4 in our review. If you're yet to play it, and can't bare to use up space on your PSP's Pro-Duo, this is well...
News Oh PSP, Japan Still Lurveeeeees You!
Sony's Playstation Portable is still top of the Japanese hardware charts
This week it managed another 39k sales, with the PS3 mustering 26k. The PSPgo continues to flounder at the bottom of the charts with just over 1,000 units sold in the past week. Pretty disasterous. But Sony probably won't care well the regular SKU of their handheld system is...
News Spartans Stand Tall: God Of War III Platinum Reveals Secret Website...
What's most bonkers is that people have already earned a Platinum trophy in God Of War III
You people have beaten Titan Mode - really!?! Blimey. Well, whatever. What's interesting is what happens when you earn said trophy — namely that you get directed to www.spartansstandtall.com. The website shows the ocean and rain. And not much else. There's a...
News Free MAG DLC Incoming, Includes Flashbangs, Uniforms & Guns
Zipper's confirmed that there's MAG DLC incoming next week (March 25th) and that it'll be totally free
The Trooper Gear Pack includes flashbangs, two new uniforms, new SMGs and three new LMGs. Awesome. MAG's going to have a double XP weekend to celebrate the new content. We're so going to be there.
News PushSquare Service Announcement: GOD OF WAR III OUT NOW!
Hey Europeans
Hey Americans. Hey everyone. This week is officially the week of chaos — thus by this point, where ever you are in the world, you should know: God Of War III is out. Yup, it's on store shelves now. We think it's one of the best games on Playstation 3 to date. If you're not convinced, check out our review through here. Then head to...
News Playstation Home Goes All Twisted Metal With A Sweet Tooth Costume
Is Twisted Metal coming? Is Twisted Metal coming
.. Of course it's coming. What better hint could you have than an awesome Sweet Tooth costume rocking its way as part of this week's US Playstation Home update. There's a bollock load of stuff in this week's update, including inFamous and Resistance stuff, a music themed personal space, and more. Hit...
News Guerrilla: "Psssht... We Can Still Do Loads With The Playstation 3"
Killzone 2 was is one of the best looking games available right now
Sadly, it's visuals have been somewhat undermined by a slew of other Playstation content. Uncharted 2 took the baton that Killzone set, and now God Of War III has run away with it. But Guerrilla don't seem phased by the internal battle for Playstation 3 exclusive visual quality...
News Sony: Playstation Move Has A Big "Advantage" Over The Wii
Sony's Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde has spoken out to IndustryGamers regarding the difference between the Playstation Move and the Nintendo Wii Remote
Both devices are thematically similar, where the player gestures with a controller and has their actions represented on the screen. But Rohde reckons that's where the similarities end, using...
News Sony Launches Playstation.Blog Share, A Digg Like Method For Fan Feedback
Well this cool: Sony's launched an extension to the Playstation
Blog today entitled "Share"</a>. The system is designed for users to submit their own Playstation-specific ideas, in which other users can vote for. The objective being to get some great community feedback on the kind of features Playstation fans want most for the...
News Kevin Butler Shows Off The Playstation Move The Only Way He Knows How, Through Time Travel
Kevin Butler - Sony's faux vice president of various departments - has been one of the best things to come out of Playstation marketing since crying babies
Today he's back, as the "VP of realistic movements". This is a Playstation Move centric ad from SCEA and, frankly, it's brilliant. As all the Kevin Butler commercials are. You've gotta...
News Digital Foundry Go Knee Deep With Playstation Move Lag
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry has posted a pretty in-depth look at the kind of lag present at Playstation Move's blow-out during San Francisco's GDC event last week
Their 60FPS footage manages to showcase some lag, but the results are somewhat questionable. The lag seems to focus on those titles in which the camera is present (look to Move Party) as...
The more Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime comes out to talk down the Playstation Move, the more we reckon Nintendo are rattled
What's that Reggie — you heard that there's a system going to be offering significantly better motion controls, alongside blu-ray, video delivery, and HD graphics? Oh.So Im a consumer and Im having a great experience with...
Feature God Of War III's Length Should Be The Last Point Of Discussion
How short is too short in video games? Well, how short's a piece of string? It's astounding to see the number of people commenting unfavourably on God Of War III's length
"But God Of War III is only eight hours and Final Fantasy XIII is fifty - I'll rent Kratos' epic last hurrah instead." Quality over quantity - how many have heard that...
News Peter Molyneux's All Like, "Heavy Rain Is The Future And Stuff..."
Microsoft's Peter Molyneux never fails to deliver a quote that's worth reading
Whether he's hyping up his own game as the relative second coming of Elvis Presley, or simply stating something ridiculous — the dude's a master of spin. Turns out that in his latest interview with Joystiq he wants to hype a Playstation product, rather than his own...
News Press X To Jaaaaaaaaaaaaason!!!1
Those of you who played Heavy Rain may remember Ethan Mars' tense-search for his son in a busy shopping mall
The command prompts enthused you press the "X" button - the result? "Jaaaaaaaaaaaasoooon!" Perhaps on purpose, this Flash game on Heavy.com decides to completely miss the point. Forget the origami killer - this is all...
News Sony: Plenty Of Teams Working On 3D Content For Playstation 3
Ian Bickerstaff, senior engineer of Sony's UK-based 3D team, has told Gamasutra that there are plenty of teams working on 3D content for the Playstation 3, and that he remains optimistic about the tech, but is also being "cautious" with expectations
Were taking a cautious approach, he told the website. I think [3D gaming uptake is] going to...
Rumour Killzone 3 Saying "Hi" In April 2011
Despite countless rumours suggesting that Killzone 3 is indeed coming this year, 1Up has gone out on a limb to suggest that the game will make its debut in April 2011 -- roughly two years after the previous game
... And as far as is always typical with rumours of this kind, there's absolutely nothing more to say. We just thought you might like to...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gets A Green PSP Bundle In The US
Looks like SCEA are going to give Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker a pretty ample push, announcing that the PSP title will get a special bundle
The bundle is set to include a Green PSP-3000, the game on UMD, a Playstation Network movie voucher, and a 2GB pro-duo memory stick for $199.99. Sounds like an excellent deal. Peace Walker will also release...
News God Of War III's Launch Trailer Should Have You Salivating On The Floor
God Of War III is out in America
We've already played and completed it. It's actually one of the most satisfying video games this generation (on reflection, we're comfortable saying that). Even if you're not a fan of the genre, game or characters, you should probably play through this. Anyway, even if you're not yet convinced, this trailer will...
News Report Hints At American Playstation 3 Stock Shortages Hindering God Of War III Sales
March: officially the biggest month in Playstation 3's history
Not only has the month already seen the arrival of Final Fantasy XIII, a traditionally Playstation franchise, but it's also about to witness the arrival of one of Playstation's biggest exclusive franchises: God Of War III. Sadly, there's a hitch. While Sony have two of the biggest games...
Sony's announced that there will be three pre-order bonuses available on launch day for their Play Create Share racer Modnation Racers
Those preordering from GameStop will net an exclusive Kratos character model and his Kart Of Chaos, whilst preorders from Amazon will land Ratchet & Clank. Finally, those ordering from Best Buy will score Nathan...
News Do You Want This God Of War III Playstation? You Can't Have It!
If you're into watching SpikeTV and what-not, then might know there's some kind of televised God Of War trivia competition on the channel tonight
As horrific as all that sounds, the winner of said trivia competition is going to come home with this uber-limited edition God Of War III Playstation 3. There's only one in the world so you're not getting...
News UK Retailer GAME Head To The Moon (In Playstation Home)
How strange
GAME, the UK's largest video game retailer, has announced they are to debut in Playstation Home - albeit on the moon. Yep, as we thought, it sound even weirder when typed. But it's true. The new Playstation Home space will feature video screens, billboards, Internet browser stations and free astronaut costumes. Could this be any better?...
News Modnation Racers Get Some Sick Ass Colourful Boxart, Hits The US On May 18th
So, what you're trying to tell me is that Modnation Racers is a game about driving cars in ridiculously colourful environments and sticking stickers? Word
</em> <em>Sony's also confirmed that the game's hitting the US on May 18th, with a European release planned for the same week.</em>
News Asmussen: "Cut" God Of War III Ending Might Find Itself Released As Free DLC
God Of War III has an amazing ending
But originally it was going to be longer. It ended up getting cut, and Stig Asmussen was asked about the content returning as DLC on the Kotkau podcast. He responded:There was a pretty large thing that we chopped from the ending that I had regrets about, but then something we added at the end that helps make...
News Codemasters' VP Ain't All That Impressed With The Playstation Portable
Codemaster's VP Gavin Cheshire has had a right rant at the PSP and its younger sibling the PSPgo in the latest issue of EDGE magazine
In the interview, he describes the system as bollocking useless waste of space.Well, speaking as a person who bought a PSP, the problem was that I always thought because it was a better screen than iPods...
News Playstation Portable Still Top Of The Japanese Hardware Charts
We're quickly running out of things to say about the PSP's performance in Japan
It's consistently shifting lots of units and, erm, yeah - surprise it's top again! Betcha didn't expect that did you? Mwahaha. Sigh. The figures are after the jump. PSP 64,808 Wii 33,880 PS3 28,824 DSi LL 23,611 DSi 15,017 DS Lite 4,316 Xbox 360 ...
News Playstation Move Is A System Seller According To Sony's Michael Denny
Sony's European Worldwide Studios VP Michael Denny has described Playstation Move as a system-driver in an interview with GamesIndustry
biz</a>. When asked by the publication whether Sony's motion controller will drive sales, Denny responded:Its going to do absolutely both of those things. If youve already got a PlayStation then its a...
News Playstation Home Is Now Twelve Million Users Large
Playstation Home's usership has grown to a whopping 12million, according to director Jack Buser
He announced the figure as part of a panel at last week's GDC, emphasising that the population of the virtual world had grown by 2million since December 2009. Sony also stated that these figures on based on "one-off" visits; according to their...
News He Said, She Said: Gran Turismo 5 Coming In October?
According to a report on Italian website 4News
it</a>, Gran Turismo 5 is coming in October. That's according to a proclamation made by a Sony rep during last week's GDC. Apparently, the Sony dude also mentioned that the game will have out-of-the-box 3D support, likely to be pumped out to all PS3s as part of Firmware 3.20. To be honest, Gran...
News GDC 10: thatgamecompany To Not Release A New Game Until 2011
thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen told atendees at GDC last week that they shouldn't expect a follow-up to hit PSN title flower until 2011
Speaking to Kotaku, Chen claimed, "2011? Were not going to have a game by 2011. On the GDC award his company won for flower, Chen stated it was not a concern to him.For a while I was caring about the...
News Final Fantasy XIII Tops The UK Sales Charts, PS3 SKU Wins The War
Final Fantasy XIII has shot straight to the top of the UK sales charts, with the PS3 version of the game managing 54% of the sales
Not the hugest of discrepancies between the SKUs, but it's often rare a PS3 multiplatform game outsells its XBOX 360 rival - particularly when Microsoft have broken the metaphorical bank marketing the game exclusive to...
I've been searching the archives: Bioshock? No way
Goldeneye? The bungie jump was cool. Shenmue? "Fuku-san!". No matter how deep I dive, I can't find an opening as strong as God Of War III's. A sixty-minute period in which everything that makes the God Of War franchise a success is crammed, turned on its head, and amplified to 11. As of...
News GDC 10: Nintendo's Reggie "Blushing" Over Playstation Move
Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime has spoken to IGN about the Playstation Move, noting that the announcement made him a tad "flushed"
If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery then Im blushing Im so flattered, the Nintendo man told IGN. You know, I didnt see the announcement. I did spend some time at the booth and saw some...
Rumour Insomniac Games To Go Multiplatform
It's never more than a few months before the Insomniac Games rumours jump to the forefront of the industry
The independently owned company have long maintained a strong partnership with Sony, but once again industry bumblings and anonymity are hinting that Insomniac will go multiplatform. Sony own both the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance...
News Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg Chips In On The Playstation Move
Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg isn't one to keep quiet in affairs relating to Sony and his own company
And so it was inevitable that he'd have something say about Move and Natal.Xbox 360 has a strong history of innovation: Halo, Xbox LIVE and instant-on 1080p HD, Greenberg told TheBitBag. With each of these, we had our sights set on the future...
News Denny: Plenty More Playstation Move To Feature At E3, PSN Titles Will Take Advantage Of Move
Sony's Michael Denny has condemned views that GDC is not a venue for announcing things
He told Eurogamer that he felt the event was the "right" place to go public with the Playstation Move.Its just a very exciting time to show it off, said the exec. The time felt right to announce something new at GDC. Weve already released a...
News Gran Turismo 5 Gets A Properly Stunning Trailer, We're Excited All Over Again
After the bitter disappointment of Gran Turismo 5's delay, it's taken just one trailer to get our excitement levels rampant once again
This trailer is included on God Of War III in the US, and we had a lower-resolution post of it last week. But now you can enjoy it in lovely high quality. Watch and weep.
News GDC 10: Peter Molyneux Would "Love To" Work On Playstation Move
Peter Molyneux - head of Microsoft Game Studios Europe - has spoken to Eurogamer regarding the Playstation Move, describing it as "not as advanced" as Natal, but still something he'd "love to work on"
Speaking in an interview as to whether he'd seen Playstation Move, Molyneux responded:"We're not really surprised, are we? I mean at E3 last...
News GDC 10: Naughty Dog Would Love To See Nathan Drake On The PSP
Naughty Dog's president Evan Wells has told Joystiq that there is a lot of story to tell in the Uncharted universe, and he'd love some of that story to hit the Playstation Portable
Speaking this week at GDC, Wells said:"I think it would be fantastic to see the game (move) onto a handheld system," Wells told Joystiq. "Each one of the...
News GDC 10: Playstation Move Has A Very Low System Footprint
Perhaps opening the door for "optional" Playstation Move controls in a range of different content, and certainly suggesting that Playstation Move games can look as good as their DualShock counterparts, Sony has announced that Move takes just 1-2mb of the PS3's memory to run
The tiny amount of processing was announced as part of Sony's tech...
News Stig Asmussen: More To Come From God Of War III Engine
God Of War III's director Stig Asmussen reckons the engine powering the game is only running at "50%"
He told Destructoid:Well, I think our studio will use this engine again, he said, speaking to Destructoid at GDC this week, and itll get better. And I think were probably about 50- or 60-percent at it right now. I think theres a lot...
News GDC 10: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Obviously) Wins Big At The GDC Awards
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was the big winner at the GDC awards last night, scooping a total of five gongs -- one for the coveted game of the year accolade
It won awards for Best Writing, Best Technology, Best Visual Arts and Best Audio, but Batman: Arkham Asylum stole the award for Best Design. thatgamecompany also won in the Best Downloadable Game...
News February NPD: Playstation 3 Fares Well, Beaten By Wii & XBOX 360, Heavy Rain Starts Strong
Despite losing out to the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii and XBOX 360, there are very positive signs for the industry in general in February's NPD
Namely that every major piece of hardware sold pretty well, with just 62,000 units between the XBOX 360 and the Playstation 3. Sony shifted 360,100 units for the month of February, a pretty impressive...
