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Out Today Tearaway Rips into Retail Outlets Around the World
Crafty classic
Media Molecule has pulled the wrapping off PlayStation Vita exclusive Tearaway today – and with the vast majority of you lusting over the PlayStation 4, we figured that you may appreciate the reminder. The title sees you take control of a miniature messenger named Iota or Atoi, who’s tasked with transporting a top-secret note to,...
News Discover the Best Way to Play with PS4 and Vita Ultimate Bundle
Forever friends
It’s been rumoured for an eternity, but MCV reports that an ‘Ultimate Bundle’ collating the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita is set to hit UK store shelves this year. According to the site, the platform holder has decided to lump the two systems together ahead of Christmas, allowing flush consumers to key into the entire Sony...
News Shuhei Yoshida Reveals His Top Ten Games of the Generation
Our love for this man knows no bounds
In a recent episode of the PlayStation Blogcast, Sony's official brand mascot – and Worldwide Studios president – Shuhei Yoshida revealed his top ten games of the generation. The list, unsurprisingly, is exclusively populated with the platform holder's titles: 1. Journey 2. Demon’s Souls/Dark S
Rumour Leaked Lore Suggests Telltale is Working on Game of Thrones Title
Could be fantasy, though
Award-winning episodic developer Telltale Games could be conjuring up a new series based on George R.R. Martin’s uber-popular Game of Thrones franchise. In a report slightly less fantastical than the property itself, IGN claims that “multiple sources” have confirmed the tidbit, even if the studio itself is refusing to...
News Here's Everything That You Could Ever Want from a Shin Gundam Musou Trailer
Eight minutes of explosions
We're well adjusted to the mayhem that's typically found in Dynasty Warriors games, but through this newest Shin Gundam Musou trailer, we've learned that the series' unadulterated chaos can be taken one step further. Stretching on for almost nine minutes, the vast video covers everything from the storylines that make up...
News Get Your First Glimpse of Freedom Wars' Gameplay Here
What you'd expect
With God Eater 2 making waves in Japan, hope for Sony's portable console is at a high in its home territory right now. Helping matters further is this intriguing gameplay trailer for Freedom Wars – a title that's also partly from God Eater studio Shift. While the video doesn't show too much, it does give a decent look at what...
News Don't Worry if Your PlayStation Network Password's Been Reset
Sony's just keeping you safe
Don’t panic if you’ve had your PlayStation Network password reset – this was just a precautionary measure initiated by Sony’s European branch in order to keep you safe. As one company representative pointed out on the platform holder’s official forums, “We monitor PSN account for any irregular activity. If...
News Japanese Sales Charts: God Eater 2 Bursts onto the Scene with PS Vita TV
Tuned in
You may be forgiven for thinking that the PlayStation 4 was the only new gaming hardware launch last week – but you’d be wrong. While our friends in Japan are forced to wait until February to get their hands on the next generation console, they at least have a new toy to fill the time in the form of the PS Vita TV. The diminutive device...
News Tearaway Launch Trailer Tears onto the Scene
Paper, Please
Charming PlayStation Vita exclusive Tearaway is almost here, and those mischievous geniuses over at Media Molecule have graced us with an adorable launch trailer to keep the hype rolling. The video shows off the game's striking visuals as well as its inventive controls that make full use of the handheld's hardware. In further...
Review Tearaway (PlayStation Vita)
Royal mail
It's been over five years since LittleBigPlanet made a huge impact on the gaming scene – its 'Play, Create, Share' slogan paving the way for what was almost a new genre entirely. With developer Media Molecule's latest title Tearaway we find a smaller but much more focused adventure that's delightfully charming, accessible, and...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - PS4 Special
Greatness arrives
There’s not a whole lot of girth to this week’s edition of ‘What Are You Playing This Weekend’, we’re afraid. We wanted to put together a big PlayStation 4 launch special for you, but didn’t consider that most of our North American team would be too busy actually experiencing greatness to take part. As for our European...
News You Can Play Resogun Even if You're 10 Miles Away from Your PS4
Using Remote Play, of course
Remote Play remains one of the most criminally under advertised features of the PlayStation 4. As Nintendo Wii U owners will attest, the ability to play home console quality games while using the bathroom is a massive boon. And, if a recent test by YouTube user The Phawx is anything to go by, the nifty feature may have...
News You'll Want to Rip These Tearaway Bundles Off Store Shelves
They'll tear a hole in your wallet
Sony has today announced these fantastic European PlayStation Vita bundles that are set to include Media Molecule's upcoming papercraft title Tearaway. The first package features a Wi-Fi Vita model and the whimsical platformer. Bundle number two also contains the same handheld model, as well as a voucher to...
News PS4 Shooter Resogun Reloads in Gigantic European PS Plus Update
GRID 2, Sonic Racing, and more up for grabs
And so it begins. Next month’s European PlayStation Plus update includes the very first batch of PlayStation 4 content, with Housemarque’s delicious shoot-‘em-up Resogun and Compulsion Games’ intriguing puzzle platformer Contrast available for free for subscribers. They’re just two of an enormous...
News Oh Boy, Sony Hears Your Pleas for Shenmue on PlayStation
Let's get sweaty
Sony is eager to bring SEGA’s seminal Dreamcast exclusive Shenmue to the PlayStation platforms. Earlier in the year it announced that it had constructed a new division designed to localise and oversee ports of popular third-party releases on its systems, and speaking with Kotaku at an event in New York City this wee
News Don't Worry, Sony Hasn't Forgotten About Tearaway Entirely
Platform holder unfolds new ad
Tearaway is a killer-app. The imminent Media Molecule papercraft platformer may have got lost in the shuffle of the next generation excitement, but the PlayStation Vita exclusive is shaping up to be one of the system’s best games. Fortunately, the platform holder does intend to promote the title on television, with...
News You'll Now Be Able to Buy PSN Content Directly from Amazon
Game changer
This is potentially huge. As if there wasn’t enough excitement already cycling the PlayStation brand, Amazon has announced that it has launched its own version of the PlayStation Store – bringing competition to the console digital download space for the first time since the inception of Sony’s virtual plaza. What does this mean?...
News Feast Your Eyes on These Gorgeous New Final Fantasy X HD Screenshots
A thing of wonder
It's been well over a year since Square Enix revealed Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster, a compilation featuring the studio's seminal PlayStation 2 role-playing games. Fortunately, the Japanese company recently summoned a date for its home nation, confirming that fans will be able to dive back into Spira on the 26th December on both...
News What's Happened to the PS4 Version of Minecraft?
Building blocks
Sony announced all the way back at GamesCom that Minecraft would deploy on the PlayStation 4 within the system’s launch window, but that’s looking somewhat unlikely at this point in time. 4J Studios, the British-based developer responsible for porting the release, has
News UK Sales Charts: PS4 Games Are Already Selling Strongly
Call of Duty: Ghosts gets off to a decent start on the system
Sony’s next generation console may be right around the corner in North America, but there are still a few weeks before it settles its blue and black chassis on UK stores shelves. That’s not stopping the console’s initial roster of software from performing fairly well, though, as the...
News You're Now Free to Befriend 2,000 Buddies on the PSN
Socialite
If you have more contacts than a regional directory, then you may be delighted to learn that your PlayStation Network friends list has ballooned to 2,000 slots. Following the latest PlayStation Vita firmware update – and some meaty backend maintenance earlier in the week – the platform holder has boosted its online service’s buddy...
Review Furmins (PlayStation Vita)
Fuzzy feeling
Furmins is likely to feel familiar. It's a mixture of Lemmings and Cut the Rope: a physics based puzzler that challenges you to construct a passage for the titular creatures to roll through, all while collecting sweets, avoiding death, and reaching the goal in a fast enough time to gain three stars. These stars can then be used to...
News Tearaway Trailer Unfolds the Game's Community Features
You won't be able to tear yourself away from this one
It's no secret that the PlayStation Vita is struggling. A lack of exciting exclusives coupled with a seeming absence of consumer interest means that the sleek handheld is failing to shift units. However, Media Molecule's delightful adventure game Tearaway may be set to change all that. If the...
News Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f Hits the High Notes on PS Vita
God-tier tune
Following a surprisingly successful localisation on the PlayStation 3, SEGA’s rock hard rhythm release Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f is set to stretch its vocal cords on the PlayStation Vita in Europe and North America next year. The title – which stars Japan’s most popular computer generated pop star – actually deployed first...
Store Update 6th November 2013 (Europe)
Take your pick
Call of Duty: Ghosts is the headline addition in this week’s European PlayStation Store update, but it’s accompanied by a cavalcade of smaller digital downloads. Vying for your attention are CastleStorm, Final Exam, and many more. Also worthy of note is Oddworld: The OddBoxx, which bundles four games for £15.99.
Store Update 5th November 2013 (North America)
Boo
There’s no doubt that this week’s biggest deployment comes draped in a big white sheet. Call of Duty: Ghosts has secured a day-one digital release on the North American PlayStation Store, and is available in two packages. The Hardened Bundle – which costs a whopping $119.99 – includes the game, a bonus map, and Season Pass. Less...
Review CastleStorm (PlayStation 3)
Shocking, in a manner of speaking
Building castles, slaying enemy troops, and launching farting sheep. CastleStorm is built around the idea of both building and destroying castles using a variety of customisable methods. You'll control a massive ballista, which you'll employ to send out a variety of troops, some awesome special attacks, and a...
Game of the Month October 2013 - Beyond: Two Souls
Here's your award, David
November is finally here, the month in which Sony's next generation console is set to be unleashed in North America and Europe. The anticipation is becoming almost unbearable, but PlayStation's promising future hasn't stopped us from glancing back into its past to decide upon which of October's releases deserves our coveted...
News MLB 14 The Show Hits a Home Run on PS4, PS3, and Vita
Out of the park
The highest-rated sporting series in history is set to hit a humdinger on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita this coming spring. Following a few days of teasing, Sony San Diego has pulled back the curtain on MLB 14 The Show, the latest iteration in its critically acclaimed baseball series. If you’re upgrading to...
News Sony's PocketStation Plots a Return as a PS Vita Application in Japan
Replay puny peripheral's minigames
It’s always nice to know that Sony has its priorities in the right place. The struggling PlayStation Vita may be the most powerful portable platform on the market, but the manufacturer has opted to invest resources into a PocketStation application, allowing you to play a handful of the under supported PSone...
News PlayStation Vita Firmware Update v3.00 Provides the Missing Link
Will this reVITAlise the system?
If there's one thing that Sony loves, it's a good old fashioned PlayStation Vita firmware update. And a recent post on the PlayStation Blog proves that, yet again, the company's got us well and truly covered. Overnight, the platform holder announced that system software v3.00 is on its way, and depending on where you...
News UK Sales Charts: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Gets the Wind in Its Sails
Battlefield 4 anchored in second
The excellent Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag outpaced Battlefield 4 to take this week’s UK sales charts crown, despite both titles being bitten by the next generation bug. Neither release managed to sell as many copies as their predecessors, with many consumers no doubt waiting for the PlayStation 4 versions of...
News Sony Liberates Freedom Wars Footage on 21st November
Good behaviour
Crikey, all of the components are in place for a killer month of PlayStation, aren’t they? Not only is Sony’s next generation console set to deploy in North America and Europe this month, but the firm’s also readying the launch of the promising PS Vita TV in Japan, teasing something to do with its
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 17
Turn around
Well, this is your last chance. The next time that we post a ‘What Are You Playing This Weekend?’ article, the PlayStation 4 will be available in North America. That means that this is your final opportunity to clear out your backlog before the next generation officially begins. In order to celebrate the occasion, we’ve compiled a...
News MLB 14: The Show Catches PS4 Out on 4th November
Home run
It may not have the global appeal of Gran Turismo or God of War, but Sony San Diego’s flagship baseball series is very much a system seller in North America. As such, the impending announcement of MLB 14: The Show is sure to leave you batting the air. The official Twitter account of the critically acclaimed series posted a teaser message...
News Rainbow Moon Brightens Up PS Vita from 3rd December
Pot of gold
If you’re hungry for a little more strategy action on your PlayStation Vita, then German indie SideQuest Studios should have you covered. After a year of tailoring its engine for Sony’s slick handheld, the developer is finally ready to deploy its pocketable port of role-playing game Rainbow Moon. For those that missed out on our...
News Sony Slips Out of Profitability, Adjusts Annual Profits Forecast
Holding out for a Hirai
Sony’s brief period of profitability came to a cruel conclusion with its second quarter financial report earlier today, as it posted a net loss of ¥19.3 billion ($197 million) for the period spanning July to September. The company had previously recorded profits of ¥3.5 billion ($35 million) in the first quarter of 2013,...
Store Update 30th October 2013 (Europe)
Day late friend
We’re a teensy bit late to the party with this week’s European PlayStation Store update, but fortunately the content has remained fresh over the past 24 hours. There are a fair few noteworthy arrivals this week, including Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Battlefield 4, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD...
News Resogun, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, and Soul Sacrifice Front NA PS Plus Update
How do you like it, how do you like it?
It’s true that SCEA has been criticised for its supposedly weak PlayStation Plus lineups in the past, but we doubt that anyone could feel let down by November’s absolutely enormous selection. With the PlayStation 4 set to deploy midway through the month, the company’s latest offering includes free copies...
Review Proteus (PlayStation 3)
Kaleidoscope eyes
On our journey through Proteus, we witnessed history, mythology, nature, industry, death, ascension, and enlightenment. We experienced all of these things, but there's a chance that you may not, because part of the appeal of the release is that it's entirely subjective. As such, this is one of the most thought-provoking titles on...
News Ys Memories of Celceta Dashes onto European Vitas in 2014
Ys please
Always on the lookout for a new adventure, the Ys series' red-haired protagonist Adol Christin will be journeying to Europe in early 2014, as he races like a maniac through the PlayStation Vita's Ys Memories of Celceta. As foretold earlier in the year, the release is due out imminently in North America. Tackling an expansive overworld...
News Demon Gaze Casts a Monstrous Eye Upon European PS Vitas
It's rude to stare
As part of a flurry of announcements earlier today, niche publisher NIS America has confirmed that European gamers will be able to point their pernicious peepers at Demon Gaze in early 2014. The dungeon crawler – which deployed in Japan in January – sees you assume the role Oz, a brave adventurer with the ability to seal...
Store Update 29th October 2013 (North America)
Catch of the day
There’s plenty to plunder on Sony’s primary platforms this week, starting with Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. The seafaring sequel is the definite highlight in the latest North American PlayStation Store update, but it’s accompanied by a competent crew including Proteus, WWE 2K14, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow –...
News The Walking Dead: Season Two Stumbles to PS3 and Vita This Year
Dead good news
Bigby Wolf and his band of fairytale friends may be drawing all of the plaudits at the present, but Telltale Games is showing no signs of slowing down. As teased earlier in the week, the developer has confirmed that a second season of its award winning
News OlliOlli's Campaign Will Put Your Skating Skills to the Test
Shove it
Tony Hawk may be weeping into his oversized skateboard peripheral as we type, but that’s not stopping British indie Roll7 from capitalising on the superstar’s video game nosedive. While it may not be garnering as much press as it deserves, OlliOlli is actually one of the more addictive titles that we’ve played on the PlayStation Vita...
News TuneIn Begins Broadcasting to PS3 and Vita from This Week
On the air
Entertainment applications are swiftly becoming as much a part of the console experience as games. As such, it’s exciting that Sony is continuing to expand into this space, announcing that worldwide radio service TuneIn is set to send a signal to the PlayStation 3 in North America this week and PlayStation Vita next week. For those out...
News UK Sales Charts: Batman: Arkham Origins Stalks Grand Theft Auto V
Back to Bats
Batman: Arkham Origins has jumped ahead of Grand Theft Auto V to the summit of the UK sales charts. The latest entry in Warner Bros’ third-person property garnered a similar number of sales to Batman: Arkham Asylum – but failed to outpace its hotly anticipated successor Batman: Arkham City. To date,
Rumour Is Sony Bend's Next Title Venturing onto PS4?
Brave new world
Uncharted: Golden Abyss developer Sony Bend could be working on an action title for the PlayStation 4, if a leaked resume is to be believed. The eagle-eyed folks over at NeoGAF uncovered the Linked In profile of Rick Stalder, a senior user interface artist who’s working on an unannounced title for the impending system out of the...
News Wait, How Does the PS3 Deal with the PS4's Larger Friends List?
We have answers, but they're complicated
With the launch of the PlayStation 4 next month, there’s a good chance that you’ll have three unique systems each connecting to a single PSN account. That brings with it some headaches, as there are some differences between the devices that will make managing features such as your Friends List more...
News PlayStation App Squeezes onto Your Smartphone Next Month
There's an app for that
It’s all starting to feel rather real, isn’t it? Back at GamesCom, the PlayStation 4 felt like it was an eternity away, but now we’ve reached the point where we’re writing about imminent firmware updates and file sizes. Furthering that is the confirmation that Sony’s pr
