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Feature Playstation 3 Dynamic Themes Round-Up
Firmware 3
0 brought the ability to render 3D animations behind the XMB and since then there have been a trickle of Dynamic Themes to choose from. In this round-up, we'll be taking a look at some of the Dynamic Themes available for the PS3, and scoring them based on their interactivity, gneeral look and usability. Heavy Rain: Probably the best...
News Namco Gets Hit Hard, Sheds Profits & Staff
Namco's recorded a whopping $129million loss for the nine months ending December 31st, compared to a profit of $99
4million in the same period the year previous. That's a lot of money, yo. As a result the company has announced they are to cut the employment of roughly 10% of their workforce. That's gutting news for about 630 people.Since the...
News God Of War III Snatches An 18 Rating Here In The UK, There's A Surprise
God Of War III's passed rating in the UK with no cuts made
It scored an 18 from the BBFC. No surprise there for a game that has you ripping someone's head off. The God Of War Collection has also been rated at an 18. Better make sure you've got that fake ID* ready for March then, eh? *- PushSquare do not condone the act of using fake IDs. Sometimes
News For The Love Of: SCEE Mention "Gran Turismo 5" & "Fall Release" In The Same Sentence
Enough Sony, SCEE, Polyphony or whoever is involved with making Gran Turismo 5 take so bleeding long to come out
We were expecting it early 2009. It didn't come. We were expecting it late 2009. It didn't come. We were really expecting it early 2010. It ain't coming. Now you're talking about Fall? Really? Yes, really. SCEE Portugal's honcho James...
News Playstation 3 To See Greatest Year Over Year Growth In January
Hardly a surprising revelation, but one analyst believes that Playstation 3 will see the greatest YoY growth in next week's January NPD report
Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee reckons that the PS3 will keep its momentum throughout January and "will have the best year-over-year growth in January among all consoles." This is on the back of the...
News 128 S.V.E.R. Dudes Get Together To Just, Y'know, Say Hi
The bitter Raven player in us wants to make a snarky comment about this group of S
V.E.R. players who were winning so comfortably</a> on Domination they decided to just, y'know, hang out in the middle of the map. Apparently, still no one was able to take their Cooling Towers. Yeah, us Ravens know why, eh? 'Cos the S.V.E.R. map is horrifically...
News Japanese Last Guardian Website Opens Its Doors
SCEJ has launched the official website for Team Ico's upcoming The Last Guardian today
There's not a lot of new stuff to see on the website, but its launch will come as a welcome reminder that the game is still coming soon. We'd put money on a Japanese launch this year.
News Sony Studio Liverpool To Be Cut In Half?
Last week we reported the sad news that there was a "restructuring" process going on at Sony's Studio Liverpool
News this morning from Develop suggests that the "restructuring" is likely to result in a cull of 50%. An affected staff member told Develop that the layoff was looking "heavy", estimating around half us may be...
News Heavy Rain Gets Slapped With A Fairly Large HDD Install
Just to get it out there, Heavy Rain requires installation before you play it
It'll need 4.2GB of space to run in-fact, presumably to keep load-times reasonable. Don't worry too much about the horrific install screen progress bar though; Quantic Dream's come up with a clever way to keep you occupied - teaching you how to make your own Origami bird.
News Sony: Heavy Rain Is A Total "Gamble", Yo
Heavy Rain literally looks bonkers
The latest game from David Cage and his team at Quantic Dream dares to think outside the box. In that, it's a huge gamble for publishers Sony, but one they are giving their full support. Product manager Lucy Duncan told CVG:Being Sony, I suppose we have a little more luxury to take a gamble on more original and...
News Sony: More Final Fantasy Versus XIII News Incoming [Updated]
Sony's Jeff Rubenstein has hinted that there is more information on Final Fantasy Versus XIII incoming
Perhaps as soon as next month. In response to a query regarding Square Enix's latest title, Rubenstein commented, I have [some more info on FF Versus XIII], and theyre [Square Enix] eager to get some posts on the blog in February. Awesome...
News MAG Stands Strong, Enters The UK Charts At Number Four
We were kind of worried about MAG's sales
Oh, there are plenty of people playing the game to make the servers active, and the actual game is worthy of 4/4 on this very website — but if the initial sales were bad then, yo, it might mean less post-support from the folks at Zipper. Which is where MAG is likely to thrive. So it's pleasing to see MAG...
News Sony Should Stump Up The Cash For Shenmue III
A recent interview with SEGA in Japanese gaming publication, Famitsu, hinted that the company are curious to dole out the Shenmue franchise to any buying platform-holder
In fact, the translation hints that the company would be willing to develop the elusive final installment in the acclaimed franchise exclusively so long as a party such as Sony...
News David Jaffe Says Words "Twisted Metal", Internet Flips Out
In a recent personal blog-post, former God Of War director David Jaffe discussed his personal sense of gratification at Kratos receiving his own flavour of Slurpee in the build up to God Of War III
In one of Jaffe's renowned vlogs, the outspoken developer talked about his pride in the Kratos character, and how he hoped his latest project could reach...
News Sony: iPad Great For Playstation Portable Sales
In a quote that could be misconstrued as a little arrogant, Sony's director of hardware marketing John Koller has told the Wall Street Journal that devices like the iPad are great for sales of the PSP
The iPad was announced by Apple this week, and is essentially an inflated iPod Touch, capable of supporting the numerous millions of Apps on the...
In 2004 I fell in love
My XBOX Live subscription had been running for about 6 months and I'd had many enjoyable sessions on Project Gotham Racing 2. But Live never truly demonstrated its potential until later that year. Halo 2 released. Prior to Halo 2, my only real exposure to online shooters on a console had come via Quake III Arena on the...
News Confirmation: MLB 10 The Show Will Look Absolutely Amazing
If you know anything about baseball, you know that MLB 10 The Show is due to be the best baseball game there is
It's also going to be the best looking. As these new set of screens from Kotaku prove.
News The Heroes Of White Knight Chronicles Are Headed To LittleBigPlanet
This amazing LittleBigPlanet character pack based around Sony and Level-5's White Knight Chronicles is due for release on February 25th
It'll come with a pack of stickers so you can create your own WKC themed levels in Sackland.
News Super Spoilers You Might Want To Avoid: New Heavy Rain Footage
GameTrailers has published some exclusive footage from Heavy Rain's "Mall" scene
We'd love to tell you about it but we're not watching it. That's right, this editorial team just went on hiatus. Well, only when it comes to Heavy Rain footage. Because we're so excited about the game, there's no way in hell we're ruining it for ourselves. You can catch...
News Sony Studio Liverpool Lay-off Whispers Frighten Us No End
We've made it no secret that we want another Wipeout game this year
In fact, right up until this point we'd assumed the excellent Sony Studio Liverpool were quietly crafting away a new iteration. But whispers over on WipeoutZone and TheSixthAxis suggest that isn't the case. In fact, WipeoutZone are reporting that close to the entire studio has been...
News Sony Already Reach God Of War III Marketing Saturation Point, Announce Kratos Slurpee
Sony are to market God Of War III on a range of Kratos-themed Slurpees if you buy your iced drink from any 7-Eleven convenience store
Cups will be laced with PS3 codes, including downloads for armour, dynamic themes and much more. The blackberry/lime flavours of Slurpee are to be entitled "Kratos Fury" right through February into March...
First Impressions Modnation Racers on Playstation 3 Beta
Picture the scene: we're bombing it through a barren environment
It's one of the higher-rated tracks, crafted by the hands of a budding race-course designer. We're dressed as Kratos from the God Of War franchise, driving in the Ghostbusters car. Both are works of art in there own right, rated five stars by the community. The Joker's just in front of...
News SCEE Aiming To Release God Of War III The Same Week As The US
God Of War III is still without a date here in Europe, but SCEE has announced on the Playstation Blog that they're "aiming" for a launch on the same week as the US version
The US date was confirmed to be the 16th earlier, so that would likely mean the 17th in continental Europe and the 19th in the UK. We can't wait.
News God Of War III Officially (Finally) Dated For March 16th In The US
Finally the Playstation Blog has confirmed that God Of War III will launch on March 16th in the US
There will only be chaos, etc. That means the game will likely hit the UK on March 19th. There'll be a brand new God Of War III trailer debuting on GameTrailers this coming February 11th, so mark your diaries for that. Sony's also confirmed that the...
News Shock Horror: Sony Actually Make Some Money, Expected To Report Profit
According to a report from Nikkei (through the lovely folks at Reuters), Sony are expected to announce a profit of ¥100 billion ($1
1 billion) for the period of October through December 2009. It'll basically be the first profit Sony has posted in what seems like an age. The profit's believed to come from improved Playstation 3 sales (the Slim model...
News Playstation Motion Controller To Launch With 10 Games This Year
A report from Nikkei (via Andriasang
com</a>) suggests that the Playstation Motion Controller will launch with 10 games this year. Sony delayed the controller earlier this month, and our own columnist "Twiggy" discussed the advantages of the move from Spring to Fall here. No other details were given by the report, but "pet and...
News Once More With Feeling: New Heavy Rain Trailer Is Brimming With Awesome
Wow
Heavy Rain may be a little too experimental to be a commercial success; but who really cares about the sales figures when we're on the verge of playing a game this different? The latest (not so spoilery) Heavy Rain trailer, embedded below, is literally packed to the brim with feeling. Sony would do well to market this game next to crime dramas...
News New God Of War III Artwork Includes A Moody Bell Tower, True
As seen via a full-set of "leaked" art on UGDB
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News God Of War II Could Have Been A Playstation 3 Launch Title According To Yoshida
SCE Worldwide Studios honco Shuhei Yoshida has told GameInformer that God Of War II could have been a Playstation 3 launch title
We had a lot of debates about it, actually. I always firmly stood by keeping it on PS2, said Yoshida. Many people, including marketing, suggested that maybe it should be moved to PS3. What I believed was that God...
News Episode Three Of The Blue Toad Murder Files To Be Free
One of our most anticipated PSN titles is the next episode of the Blue Toad Murder Files
So it's exciting to hear that Relentless are giving away episode three for free between February 25th (its launch) and March 25th. Episodes four to six will follow on April 8th and will be bundled as a pack for £9.99. You can see our reviews for the first two...
News SCEE Plan To Release God Of War Collection Separately In Europe
VG247 are reporting this morning that SCEE intend to release the God Of War Collection separately in the UK, outside of the God Of War III Ultimate Collection
They were coy on dates however. It really feels like SCEE have dropped the ball with the God Of War Collection. Not only is it effectively a means of printing money from a game already...
News Zipper: Others Couldn't Do MAG, PS3 Makes It Possible
Zipper Interactive has told VideoGamer
com</a> that MAG is "is what the PS3 can do and few others can."I don't even know if it's possible for multiplatform, senior designer Scott Rudi said. We're using so many architectural features unique to the PS3, like the Cell system, that I would be hard pressed to and I'm not a...
Rumour Sony Put $20million Worth Of Funds Into Multiplatform L.A. Noire
An unusual Twitter account under the pseudonym Veracious_Shift has popped up this morning, claiming to know the secrets of upcoming PS3 title Agent's exclusivity, and the fiasco regarding the oft-lofted, rarely shown L
A. Noire</a>. Veracious Shift writes:To McNamara [dude what did The Getaway - Ed], The Getaway was a tainted brand by Sony's...
News Zipper Interactive Switch On The MAG Servers
We've had our review copy of MAG sitting on the shelf since mid-last week
As an online-only release, we've been waiting for the servers to kick-in. But with copies being sent out ahead of the game's launch this week in the US and Europe, it seems Zipper have finally hit that switch on their massive action game. We had a 37mb patch to download, and a...
News God Of War III Gets March 19th UK "Tracking" Date
Despite rumours you may have seen floating around the 'Net today; SCEE has told us (and a few others) that the touted March 19th UK release date for God Of War III is merely a "tracking date", and not a confirmed release date
Sony are being rather coy with God Of War III at the moment; with the game presumably just a few months away, there's still a...
News Hong Kong International Airport Gets Playstation 3 Kiosks
The plane's delayed, you're bored stiff, and you want to play Gran Turismo 5
Good job you're in Hong Kong International airport, eh, where a host of Playstation 3 kiosks have been installed for bored travelers. There'll be kiosks with Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed II and Final Fantasy XIII. Awesome.
News David Cage: Heavy Rain Is Not Meant For "Tabloids"
Perhaps preparing himself for the inevitable Daily Mail backlash - David Cage has explained that his upcoming Playstation 3 noir thriller, Heavy Rain (which is riddled with themes of child murder and sex), is not meant "for the tabloids"
When you write something or you develop a project like Heavy Rain, you dont write for tabloids. You dont...
Feature Push Square's Sammy Hits 2,000 Trophies: At Last!
20 days later than the original specified date, I've finally hit my 2,000 trophy target
Ta very much Vancouver 2010, Dark Void and Army Of Two: The 40th Day review duty! Now I have 2,000 trophies, I feel very much the same as I did while I was sitting in the 1,900's - wishing I had the patience to replay older games just to pick-up all those...
News We'd Pay $1,000,000 For These S.V.E.R. Sneakers
Look, we're Raven dudes, ok?
We pledged our allegiance during the MAG beta, we swore on the oath. But you know what, forget it, because these S.V.E.R. sneakers are properly amazing. They've been designed by Cory Repp; alongside a faction-specific sneakers for both Valor and Raven. But they're a bit cack - we want the S.V.E.R. ones. It would be the...
Inevitably the Playstation Motion Controller was delayed until Fall this week
No surprises there, we're still reporting on rumoured names here in the PushSquare office, and aside from that very impressive E3 tech-demo, we have nothing at all to go on. But what effect will that delay have on Sony's new hardware? More time will ensure better prepared...
News Hey Look, Sony Own The Domain PlaystationArc.com
Yo, you know we told you that the Playstation Motion Controller was almost probably going to be called the Playstation Arc? Well, erm, yeah
Sony has filed for the domain PlaystationArc.com. The domain's empty but the WhoIs totally says it was purchased by none other than Sony Computer Entertainment. We expect Sony will announce the name at GDC. [Ta,...
News Fat Princess On PSP Looks A Lot Like, Erm, Fat Princess On PSP
Supervillain Studios have released a few new screens for Fat Princess: Fistful Of Cake, the upcoming PSP iteration of the popular PSN multiplayer title
Supervillain reckon the game is pretty much ready to go for a simultaneous worldwide launch, however publishers Sony are yet to detail that. We reckon it'll be soon though.
News SCEE: 3 Million Playstation 3s Sold In The UK
It's milestone time for SCEE, as they've just confirmed that 3 million Playstation 3s have been sold in the UK to date
There's really not much else to say. As Brits ourselves, Sony's efforts have very much been brushed under the carpet by the mainstream here; but still outstanding marketing, pricing and, just sheer brilliant exclusive games have...
News Uncharted 2 DLC, Demo Due Next Week On Playstation Store
Remember the awesome Uncharted 2: Among Thieves DLC we told you about yesterday? Sony's confirmed it's coming next week, alongside a demo if you're yet (why not
?!) to play the game. The DLC, entitled the "Playstation Heroes Skin Pack" brings Cole and Zeke from inFamous, Nathan Hale and the Chimera from Resistance and Sev and the Helghast...
News Rockstar Pledge Good Year For Playstation 3
During the "Asked & Answered" aspect of Rockstar's website, the company have pledged a "very good" year for Playstation 3 users
When prompted about the exclusivity of the Grand Theft Auto IV DLC, Rockstar responded with positivity for Playstation 3 users, stating, "We know that it continues to be an often-asked question and believe us,...
News Kevin Butler Returns For MAG Commercial
Kevin Butler's back, this time to promote Sony's 256-player shooter MAG as the VP of "first person shooter relations"
Brilliant. MAG's due next week. We'll have a review in the very near future.
Feature Against All Odds: Uncharted Quality vs. Modern Warfare Quantity - willxcore Discusses
Someone grab that little dude with the funny suit from Braid because I'm about to take you on a trip through time
Rewind the clocks back to November 2006 when Sony released the Playstation 3 upon the world. It was met with feverish anticipation and was considered the second, err, third coming of the great Playstation home console series. All was...
News Amazing Gran Turismo 5 vs. Real-Life Video
Polyphony Digital's released a video comparison of a lap in a real car against a lap in a Gran Turismo 5 car
The results are kinda awesome. The video's essentially a tech demo for the Data Logger Visualization, that tracks the bumps and movements a driver makes in a car. It's pretty awesome.
News Pachter Reckons Epic "Regret" Microsoft Exclusivity, Want Gears Of War On Playstation 3
Gears Of War is considered one of the biggest XBOX 360 exclusive titles
It also happens to be developed by a semi-third party developer. The Gears Of War franchise is bound by an exclusivity agreement, something analyst Michael Pachter reckons Epic regret.I think the Epic guys cant wait until they can start doing multiplatform games, Pachter...
News SCEE: Heavy Rain Demo Due February 11th (If You Really Want To Play It)
We understand why people might need to play a demo of Heavy Rain to be fully sold on the game's "interactive drama" nature, but for us, we so don't want to play a demo
We're sure the scene's been picked specifically to not only crush the "QTE" rumours, but also show the scope of Heavy Rain's plot without giving anything away. But you know...
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