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February2011
News Zipper Respectfully Dubs SOCOM 4 The First "Real" SOCOM Game On PS3
Zipper Interactive are super-nice, professional developers
So they're put in a hard place with SOCOM 4. Undoubtedly the franchise's popularity has been hindered by the slightly rubbish PSN release, SOCOM: Confrontation. But that game wasn't developed by Zipper, and so the studio are clearly having to carefully state, "Hey, SOCOM 4 is the first...
News Place Your Bets: Yoshida States Sony Will Confirm Final NGP Name "Later In The Year"
SCE Worldwide Studios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, has told EDGE magazine that Sony will give the NGP a final name later in the year
Well, NGP is the codename weve used since 2008. We will announce the final name of the console sometime later this year, Yoshida told the magazine, presumably looking towards an E3 reveal. While the news in itself is...
News Namco Speaks Openly About Enslaved, Puts Low Sales Down To "Busy Holiday" Period
The more we think back to Namco and Ninja Theory's Enslaved, the more we realise how much we enjoyed it
There were quirks to the visuals and gameplay, but ultimately the package was original, well told and lovingly put together. Unfortunately, the game didn't do anywhere near the numbers it deserved. Speaking frankly with Siliconera, Namco's...
News Duke Nukem Forever: Balls Of Steel Edition Includes A Bunch Of Crap You Don't Really Want
We're not sure where we stand with collector's editions anymore
At first we thought they were a really novel addition to really big releases, but now that every game gets one, they're starting to feel less special. What's more, the stuff that's included is getting a bit predictable. We suppose they are still great for real fans of the franchises...
News What If Kratos Was In Every Game Ever Invented?
There's plenty more where that came from through here
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News Bioware, Rockstar Win Big At The Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
We only just finished Mass Effect 2 due to the game's timed exclusivity period on XBOX 360, but we got to the end just in time to see what all the fuss is about
Bioware's space-RPG was the big winner at last night's Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (part of DICE), scooping gongs for RPG of the year, outstanding achievement in story and, game of...
News We're Not Sure What To Make Of This Hunted: The Demon's Forge Trailer
On one hand, Hunted: The Demon's Forge is a presentable idea: a classic fantasy title designed with Gears Of War in mind
On the other hand, it's a terrible idea: a classic fantasy title designed with Gears Of War in mind. We like the cover-based shooters, but we're kinda bored of the Tolkien cliches. Could go either way this one. Check the trailer...
News Things Ain't Looking So Hot For DJ Hero Developers FreeStyle Games
Fact: DJ Hero, and particularly its sequel, are amazing games
Fact: DJ Hero underperformed at retail. Fact: Activision just killed Guitar Hero. Fact: People are probably going to lose their jobs. Which really sucks because there's clearly piles and piles of talent at the British studio behind the scratch-em-up, FreeStyle Games. Like we said, the DJ...
News DC Universe Online's Playerbase Evenly Split Between PlayStation 3 And PC
Seems like this whole MMO thing can work on consoles; Sony Online Entertainment's surprisingly addictive DC Universe Online has proved that point
The game, which we're enjoying in an on-and-off capacity, has seen its playerbase split pretty evenly between the traditional computer and console platformers. Metrics released by Sony Online Entertainment...
News Heavy Rain Listed Among BAFTA GAME Award Nominations, Get Voting
The 10-game shortlist for the BAFTA Video Game Awards has been revealed this morning
The publicly voted category is now open, with gamers being encouraged to register their votes through here. Among the nominees are Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 2. Hit the jump for the full break-down. Being a public ballot your vote actually...
News Uncharted Movie Director Compares Drake Family To The Sopranos
Director David O
Russell's fanned more flames in the faces of Uncharted fanboys, comparing the movie's family dynamic to The Sopranos. In an interview with IGN, Russell explain that the movie would hone in on the tale of a "tough" criminal family. I think if we take that family dynamic that we have in The Fighter, and put that in terms...
News Blizzard Are Actively Investigating Diablo For Consoles
We've come to the conclusion that we have zero interest in Blizzard's gaming portfolio
Perhaps our ambivalence stems from our console background — as opposed to PC — but either way, the seemingly inevitable announcement of Diablo, Starcraft or Warcraft on PS3 would do nothing to excite us. Of course, Diablo in particular has been on PlayStation...
News Activision Assemble Bleachhead Studio To Work On Call Of Duty's "Digital Platform"
You didn't think Activision were going to quit flogging the Call Of Duty brand now that they've killed Guitar Hero did you? Absolutely not
As the publisher pointed out at a financial meeting last night, "about as many people have played Call Of Duty: Black Ops as there are members of Netflix". Naturally Activision wants to "sustain...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops "First Strike" DLC Comes To PlayStation 3 Early Next Month
Call Of Duty: Black Ops fans will pleased to know that Microsoft's timed-exclusive window for the game's "First Strike" DLC isn't particularly long
Activision's announced that the first set of maps will hit the PlayStation 3 on March 3rd. While we're sure the exclusivity period is a good marketing point for Microsoft, it seems crazy short in the...
Feature Competition: We've Got Ten Copies Of Blimp: The Flying Adventures To Give Away!
To celebrate the permanent price reduction of Grip Games' PlayStation Mini, Blimp: The Flying Adventures, we've got ten copies of the surprisingly addictive blimp-em-up to give away
We described the game — which is now available for $1.99 / 1.99 from the PlayStation Store — as "a fun little Mini, built around a strong physics driven...
News The Darkness II To Get Cel-Shaded Visual Make-Over
The original The Darkness had a dark but predictable visual style
The sequel, however, will be cel-shaded. That's according to the game's lead designer, Digital Extremes' Tom Galt, who insisted that the new studio are "carving" their own path for The Darkness II, with a bigger emphasis on action and story. What Starbreeze did well, in a...
News This Is What Happens When Six PlayStation Mascots Get Together
In many ways, PlayStation Move Heroes is a PlayStation fanboy's dream package
There's Sly and Bentley, Ratchet and Clank, heck, there's even Jak and Daxter. What more could any self recognising SCE fanboy need? Each of the characters are voiced by their original actors, with developers Nihilistic citing the cast's personalities as the...
News PlayStation Network Sales Surge By 40%, PlayStation Plus Subscriptions Exceed 100k
Perhaps the most overlooked area of the PlayStation business is the ever-expanding PlayStation Network
Since the PS3 launched we've really watched Sony expand the digital-content service into a fundamental component of the platform, an area they lagged behind Microsoft going into this console generation. With that in mind, digital analysts conclude...
News ALL ABOARD THE L.A. NOIRE HYPE TRAIN, DEPARTING NOW! CHOO-CHOO!
We've been critical of Team Bondi's L
A. Noire</a> in the past, but we're finally well and truly aboard the hype train. This. Looks. Incredible. The first gameplay footage (embedded above) shows off both the free-roaming GTA-esque action, and some of the interrogation options. Starting life as a Sony funded PlayStation 3 exclusive, it makes...
News Custom LittleBigPlanet Shoes Hit eBay For Child's Play
Ever fancied taking LittleBigPlanet everywhere you go -- on your feet? Then these limited-to-one modified Vans, sculpted by shoe-artists KyozoKicks, might be right up your alley
The colourful trainers are heavily inspired by Media Molecule's sticker-heavy PS3 platformer, and are available now from eBay. All of the proceeds from the auction are set...
News Killzone 2 Nearly Got On-Rails PlayStation Move Port
Killzone 3 has full PlayStation Move support, which is pretty awesome once you've spent a couple of hours adjusting to it
Guerrilla's revealed that they nearly used their resources in a different way however, experimenting with a Killzone 2 on-rails PlayStation Move shooter. "When we got the initial prototypes, we had no set plan on how to...
News Anyone Still Playing Metal Gear Online? There's A New Patch...
.. Well, kudos to Konami for supporting their game we suppose. We'd forgotten Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots even had an online component, but here's a new patch for that very mode. The update's able to detect "fraudulent" connections which may slow the game down. Of course, the bigger question is whether anyone's actually still...
News PlayStation 3 Sales Top 1.1 Million In Australia
To be honest, we're amazed any of the platform holders sell any consoles in Australia at all
If Neighbours and Home & Away are accurate portrayals of the country, residents spend too much time drinking coffee and aimlessly wandering around the beach to play any video games. Therefore, it's probably some kind of miracle that Sony's shifted 1.1...
News Amazon Reveals inFamous 2 Hero Edition, Includes Cole McGrath Statue
We often sit at our desk pondering, "Y'know what this work surface needs? A Cole McGrath statue
" Not really, but that's a brilliant lead-in. As discovered by the Examiner, Amazon has unwittingly revealed a collector's edition for inFamous 2. The "Hero Edition" — which leads us to believe there will be an "Antagonist...
Well sort of anyway
Test Drive Unlimited 2 is a strange beast. It's not just about burning rubber and crashing cars, it's about socialising in an enormous open-world too. The game boasts pseudo-MMO components that allow you to get your The Sims on and start creating characters, customising wardrobes and go dancing. It's an unusual marriage, but one...
News Early Battlefield 3 Details Seep Onto The 'Net, Features 24-Player Multiplayer On PS3
A few Battlefield 3 tid-bits have seeped out of this month's Game Informer cover story
The publication reports that once again players will have a choice of four classes, a number executive producer Patrick Bach describes as "the sweet spot". Battlefield 3's squad mechanic are also set to be expanded, though specifics aren't mentioned:...
News How Do You Fancy Appearing As A Survivor In Resistance 3?
Look, if the Chimera did ever attack the Earth, we'd like to think that we'd be one of the few remaining survivors
While we're still in the realm of fantasy, Sony's giving a couple of lucky Europeans a chance to live out that very dream, offering an all-expenses trip to San Diego and a spot in Resistance 3. Winners will get their mugs scanned onto...
News PlayStation Move "The Most Accurate" Motion Device For Virtua Tennis 4
In an interview with CVG, SEGA's Mie Kumagai has described the PlayStation Move "the most accurate" motion technology for Virtua Tennis 4
It's reassuring news, particularly after the announcement of Wii and Kinect versions of the game, as we'd worried SEGA might tone down the Move's motion tracking potential. Anyone that's played table-tennis in...
News Naughty Dog Reiterates Its Stance As "A One Game Studio"
Naughty Dog are not working on the Uncharted game for Sony's new portable
They are however working on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception for PlayStation 3. So what gives? Were a one game studio so it would be very challenging for us, Naughty Dog's community manager, Arne Meyer, told EGTV. I know a long time ago we had looked at trying to do that...
News 2K Reveals The Darkness II, Developed By Digital Extremes & Due In 2011
Remember The Darkness? Vaguely
Yeah, us too. We remember watching "To Kill A Mockingbird" with our polygonal girlfriend. Then it all went a bit weird and we had snakes coming out of our shoulders. Then it got even weirder, and we started walking around trenches, except the soldiers in them were all skeletons. Or something. Honestly, we...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 Used For N-Dubz's "Took It All Away" Music Video, AMAZING
So Tulisa doesn't look as good in cloth, and Dappy's neck tattoos aren't as clear -- but N-Dubz's music video for "Took It All Away" is in fact absolutely amazing in LittleBigPlanet 2
The North London pop-group's promo video was created entirely in Media Molecule's game and is believed to be the first video game music video. The tune's a bit iffy,...
News LG Gets Pissy With Sony, Wants The PlayStation 3 Banned In The US
Korean company LG are not very happy with Sony
In fact, that's an understatement. They're pissed. Really pissed. So much so, they want Sony's PlayStation 3 and Bravia TVs banned in the US. Why? Something to do with Blu-ray patent infringements. According to Eurogamer, LG claims that Sony is infringing four of its patents that relates to...
News Explodemon! Launch Trailer Is All Like, "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Y'know when you're proper pumped and you can like tense all your muscles and shake with enthusiasm? Explodemon
's</a> launch trailer is a bit like that. It's all like, "DRAMA! PUZZLES! DILEMMAS! PHASE SMASH! FLOOR SLIDE! DEFLECT! BRUTISH! KITCHEN SINK!" Thankfully for British studio Curve, it looks proper AMAZING! It's out this week...
News Virtua Tennis 4 Reminds Us How Video Games Should Look
Perhaps it's our abnormal tennis game-hype that's causing us to flip-out over this shot of a Virtua Tennis 4 court, but we can't help it
ARGH, so amazing. The SEGA Sky is in place. All the screenshot is missing is the SEGA Rock. Do your best to imagine it though, it's not hard. It's like: power-chord - power-chord - riffy melody - chug - chug...
News Yakuza 4 DLC Confirmed For North America, Gamestop Nets Exclusive Hostess XMB Theme
We know you've been sitting on your chair, anxiously waiting for more news on the North American version of Yakuza 4
Ever since we announced last week's European "Kuro" Edition, we know you Americans have been wondering, "What about us?" Worry not, SEGA's not leaving you out. Every new copy of Yakuza 4 will include all the...
News Upcoming Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 DLC Presumably Makes The Game Really Freakin' Hard
Ever fancied taking on a Capcom QA staffer at Marvel Vs
Capcom in the early hours of the morning? Nope, us neither. We get enough grief from the series on its easiest AI setting. Still, we know there are masochists amongst you who will revel at fighting against Capcom's elite in an upcoming Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 DLC pack. Dubbed "Shadow...
We loved 2009's Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood so much that we pitched it as being "to the wild-west what Call Of Duty 4 was to modern warfare"
So when we saw the words Call Of Juarez: The Cartel popping up on gaming websites across the 'net this afternoon, we jumped into our inbox with a tangible sense of optimism. Sure enough, we had a press...
News Ubisoft To Release New Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Map Upon Facebook Milestone
Ubisoft's been good to us
They've already given us two free Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood packs, and now they want something in return. The publisher's promised another free AssBro multiplayer map will be released once the franchise's official Facebook page hits one million "Likes". Basically, do some of Ubisoft's marketing for them and...
News Atlus Pulls The Plug On Catherine's PS3 Demo
Atlus has removed the PlayStation 3's Japanese demo of Catherine, stating the teaser was oddly in "limited quantities"
We're assuming this has more to do with the level of international interest more than anything else. With the PlayStation 3 making it so easy to create regional accounts, we're assuming the Catherine demo got slaughtered with...
UK Charts Dead Space 2 Keeps The Jump Scares Up Top
There's a lot of movers and shakers in this week's UK sales charts, but nothing really of notable discussion
Dead Space 2's continued its reign aloft the UK sales charts for a second consecutive week, beating out the usual convoy of FIFA 11, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Call Of Duty: Black Ops. Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet 2 has kept its...
News Back To The Future Travels Through Time, Hits PlayStation Network February 15th
TellTale's slapped a big fat February 15th release date on the first episode of their five-part episodic adventure series, Back To The Future
PS3 players will be able to purchase a season pass for $20, which is 20% cheaper than the PC price.
News Yakuza 4 Special Edition Listed By British Retailer
All over our face: British retailer GAME has listed a special edition of Yakuza 4
The packaged, named Kuro Edition (or Black Edition), includes a SteelBook case and some additional in-game content. The DLC includes wrestling outfits, a survival boss "rush mode", a racing mode and an underground fighting arena. Sounds like the special...
Sony Online Entertainment's announced a new, discounted "lock-in" rate for DC Universe Online in North America
The reduced plan will offer players a three-month subscription for $29.99 — significantly cheaper than the standard $41.99 price point. Players that maintain an active subscription will receive the discounted rate forever. The promotion...
News Namco To Break PlayStation Tradition, "No Plans" For Ridge Racer NGP
If memory serves us correctly -- and it's going to look mighty embarrassing if we're wrong -- every PlayStation platform has launched alongside a new Ridge Racer
But sadly, it looks like Namco's about to break tradition, as the publisher's told Eurogamer that there are "no plans" for a Ridge Racer game on NGP. "There is no solid plan...
News This Top Spin 4 "Legends" Trailer Cannot Be Serious...
.. The chalk came up all over the place. Look you cannot be serious, man. You cannot be serious. John McEnroe should be in the Top Spin 4 game. Chalk flew up, he should clearly be in. How can you possibly leave him out? You guys are the absolute pits of the world, you know that?
News Inversion Walks On The Ceiling February 7th, 2012
While most publishers duke it out over their catchy November 2011 release date, Namco Bandai's jumped straight to 2012 with Saber Interactive's zero-g shooter Inversion
The game was originally due to release last year, but has been pushed back to February 7th, 2012. We don't know about you, but we hate talking about 2012 right now. It sounds so far...
News Namco Announces The Tongue-Twisting Ridge Racer: Unbounded For PlayStation 3
Ridge Racer is back, but not as you know it
Announced today in San Francisco, Ridge Racer: Unbounded is an upcoming PlayStation 3 title in development at the promising Bugbear Entertainment. Racing fans will know that Finnish developer previously crafted the chaotic arcade racer FlatOut, a trait which looks to have been adopted by the new Ridge...
News Fallout: New Vegas "Dead Money" DLC Coming To PlayStation 3 On February 22nd
Great little exclusive Microsoft
The first Fallout: New Vegas DLC, "Dead Money" (which hit the XBOX 360 before Christmas), is coming to the PlayStation 3 on February 22nd. Furthermore, Bethesda's confirmed that three more New Vegas DLC packs will release in the coming months, simultaneously on PS3, 360 and PC. What was the point Microsoft?
News DiRT 3 Dated For May 24th Worldwide Release, We're Quite Excited
We loved DiRT 2
The game's combination of simulation and arcade rally racing was perfect, leaving us gagging for more after seriously prolonged sessions behind the wheel. Naturally, we're a little bit hyped for DiRT 3, which has just been given a May 24th worldwide release window. Codemasters reckons that DiRT 3 will have double the track...
News Hideo Kojima Teases "Devil Project", We're Clueless
Hideo Kojima, ever the tease, has started Tweeting about something he's deeming the "devil project"
We've absolutely no idea what it is, but we've included a series of messages from the Metal Gear mastermind for your convenience: Have to give priority to another lines scenario etc., so now I cannot work on the devil project and...
News PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get DoubleFine's Stacking For Free... On Launch Day
After the wonderful Costume Quest, DoubleFine's upcoming Russian doll adventure, Stacking, is pretty high on our most anticipated PSN games list
We suspect, valued readers, that it's on your radar too. Feel free to dance a joyous jig of celebration with us then, as we reveal that Stacking will be free for all PlayStation Plus subscribers from next...
News LittleBigPlanet 2's PlayStation Move Update To Include New Levels Too
We're always ready for more LittleBigPlanet 2 content
The game has more than 3.6 million levels already, but we'll always welcome a couple more. So we're excited to learn that LittleBigPlanet 2's upcoming PlayStation Move patch won't just include motion control integration, but new levels from the Media Molecule team too. The developer explained,...
News Battlefield 3 Confirmed, Releases This "Fall", 'Net Goes Gaga
Watch out Call Of Duty -- EA and DICE have slapped a "fall" release date on the hotly anticipated Battlefield 3 overnight
The game was revealed as GameInformer's cover during the early hours of this morning, and has since been followed by a teaser trailer which you can catch after the jump. While much of the early information is concerned with the...
Feature Killzone 3 Multiplayer Demo First Impressions: Shooting Higs In The Helgh-ho!
We never enjoyed Killzone 2's multiplayer
We tried. We really tried. But after 25 hours of gameplay it never really clicked for us. The hefty controls made the gameplay too slow; before long we found ourselves itching for something a little less gritty. We appreciate what Guerrilla did with Killzone 2, and we know there are plenty of people that...
News EA Confirms Dragon Age II Demo For PlayStation 3
After a couple of weeks of speculation, EA has come out and confirmed that Dragon Age II will be getting a demo on February 22nd
The demo will place players in the game's prologue, giving them the choice between three character classes. Perhaps most interestingly, completing the demo will reward players with a special weapon — Hayder's Razor. The...
News Heads Up: Killzone 3 Multiplayer Beta Available Now From The European PlayStation Store
Just in case you've missed it: Sony's put the open Killzone 3 multiplayer beta on the PlayStation Store this morning
The US version's due up at 10AM PST. The beta is available to anyone with a PlayStation Network account. It weighs in at 802MB and will run through until February 15th. The demo opens up one multiplayer map, the MP05 Frozen Dam...
News THQ Confirms Saints Row 3 For The Fall
If you're one of those weird people that's excited for Saints Row 3: go out, grab a bottle champagne and have a party
THQ's just slapped an Fall release date on the (weirdly) anticipated sequel. The company teased news on the game's release date yesterday. CEO Brian Farrell made the announcement at THQ's quarterly earnings call this morning,...
News Shame On You: Enslaved Sales Sit Below The 500,000 Unit Milestone
Ninja Theory's Enslaved: Odyssey To The West was not a perfect game, but it was still a very good one
Above all, it was refreshing to play something unique. While the game clearly took a lot of inspiration from the likes of Uncharted, it was well written and lovingly put together. In short: Enslaved deserved your money. Sadly consumers disagreed...
News PlayStation 3 Sales Rise To 47.9 Million, Within Touching Distance Of XBOX 360
Look, fanboys hat off, we've all known that unless Microsoft's Kinect was a global cultural phenomenon, PlayStation 3 was always going to overtake the XBOX 360 in worldwide sales at one point
While Kinect's success is constantly being rammed down our throats by the American press, we're just not seeing the same story in Britain. Has Kinect flopped?...
News We're Ashamed To Admit That We Will Play Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) For Trophies
Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) is widely considered one of the worst games on PlayStation 3
We're big fans of Sonic and SEGA games in general, but even we have to admit that the early PS3 title was shoddy at best. Having said that, we've already committed to playing through the game again. Why? Trophies. The game mysteriously appeared on this morning's...
News What's Included In Killzone 3's Retro Map Pack?
Guerrilla's lifted the lid on the Retro map pack that was announced as part of the Helghast and Collector's editions of Killzone 3 last year
The downloadable content is also available as a pre-order bonus from participating retailers. The map pack includes two popular multiplayer layouts from Killzone 2, including one of our favourites: Salamun...
News Just To Confirm: Dark Souls Is Basically Demon's Souls In Everything But Name
Ok, are we wrong for thinking things are getting a little shady here? Maybe the Sony Defence Force inside of us is taking over, but From Software's Dark Souls just looks
.. shady. When people said "it's the spiritual successor Demon's Souls", we were like, "alright, cool, it won't be exactly the same". But it is. In fact the only...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Killzone 3 Multiplayer Demo Goes Live 11AM GMT
Sharpen up soldier; Sony's slapped an 11AM GMT time-frame on the Killzone 3 multiplayer demo
The open "beta" will be available to everyone with a PlayStation Network account until February 15th. Plenty of time to sharpen up your skills ahead of the proper launch then.
News Evolution Studios "Squeezing Everything Out Of The PS3" With MotorStorm: Apocalypse
When we first saw alpha-code of MotorStorm: Apocalypse, our jaw was close to the floor
It's amazing how "alpha" for some PlayStation developers is better than "finished" for others. Perhaps it's just indicative of the talent within Sony's first-party. Speaking at a London event this week, Evolution's Matt Southern revealed that...
SEGA's confirmed that a demo for Yakuza 4 -- probably one of our most anticipated games of the year -- will be going live on February 23rd
PlayStation Plus subscribers will get in on the action a week early, on February 16th. The demo promises to offer a taste of each of the game's four protagonists. Yes! There's a new trailer after the jump...
News Killzone 3 PS3 Bundle Looks Like A Lock For Europe
Despite not being officially announced, a number of European retailers are listing Killzone 3 PS3 bundles expected on the same day as the game's launch
Amazon.fr peg the package at 348.38, noting that the bundle includes a 320GB PlayStation 3 Slim and copy of Killzone 3. Expect official confirmation soon.
News EA Prepping "Very Exciting" First-Person Shooter "Later In The Year"
Let's get any guessing or mystery out of the way first: EA's mystery first-person shooter title is Battlefield 3
There's no need for speculation, that's fact. Deal with it. In fact, we're so certain it's Battlefield 3, we're not even sure why EA are teasing it. Still, the story stems from EA's financial call last night. CEO John Riccitiello was...
News If We Were The Gambling Type, We'd Put A Fiver On The Impending Announcement Of Saints Row 3
You've got to love modern journalism
More news comes via Twitter than it does traditional sources. Take Danny Bilson's response to a fan's Saints Row 3 query. When asked about the game, the THQ VP of core gaming responded that there was a "big announcement coming soon". Ok. Anyone want to bet a fiver then? We think we've got this locked...
News Batman: Arkham City Looks Particularly Pretty, Don'tchathink?
Batman: Arkham City's lead gaffer Sefton Hill was talking up the game's bigger environment open-world environment yesterday
Just to remind you there's been no visual sacrifice, have a new screenshot. There's more over at VG247.</em>
News LEGO Pirates Of The Caribbean You Say? Sure, Why Not?
It feels like Traveller's Tales make a new LEGO game for practically every franchise worth a damn, but who cares when they are traditionally rather good? Take LEGO Pirates Of The Caribbean: you have to admire the way the studio's managed to capture Captain Jack Sparrow's rogue charm within a rendered LEGO block
Good work.
News Crazy Machines Elements Brings Amateur Invention To The PlayStation Network
Crazy Machines Elements, an upcoming PlayStation Network title due this Spring, promises to appeal to the "amateur inventor" in all of us
If you've ever considered wearing a lab coat and wire-frame glasses, the physics driven puzzle title might be made exclusively for you. While it's not the first game in the Crazy Machines franchise, Elements does...
News Let's Dissect These Four Minutes Of Resistance 3 Gameplay
We've already established just how brilliant Resistance 3 looks in trailer form, but some quick slices of gameplay footage aren't really the best indication of how a game looks (and plays) without the fancy editing
Eurogamer.pt's got their hands on four minutes of Resistance 3 gameplay footage (without the editing). We've embedded the gameplay in a...
News We'd Totally Be OK With Scarlett Johansson Playing Elena In The Uncharted Movie
There are few women we fancy more than the polygonal model of Elena in the Uncharted games, but Scarlett Johansson ranks among them
So while we're not totally stoked about director David O. Russell's vision for the video game adaptation, we can at least appreciate his taste in female actresses. According to Russel, the movie script is being written...
News Fact: Robotic Dudes With Katana Blades Will Always Kick Your Ass
One thing we've noticed about Japanese developed fiction is that they love to marry the future with the past
A popular character choice is a hulking robotic dude armed to the teeth with classic Japanese blades. Take Zero, a character in Platinum Games' Anarchy Reigns. He's a ninja with a katana sword, but he looks like a robot. There's a trailer...
Rumour I Am Alive Is, Well, Alive On PlayStation Network (Apparently)
I Am Alive was originally intended to be a unique, first-person survival horror game in a natural disaster setting
Since its exciting unveiling, the game's gone through a bit of a turbulent time. Original developers Darkworks were yanked off the project, with Ubisoft Shanghai put in charge. Ubisoft promised that the new studio would "totally...
News Yakuza 4 Has Enough Cut-Scenes To Fuel Three Feature Length Movies
Yakuza games are brilliant
They're over-the-top, silly and a little bit self-indulgent, but brilliant all the same. We could soak up their obsessive reverence for Japanese culture over and over again. So it's nice to know that Yakuza 4 has over six hours of cut-scenes. Digest that: six hours. That should keep us satisfied.</em>
News Oh Hey, Cole Still Has To Make Moral Choices In inFamous 2
The original inFamous had a heavy emphasis on the morality of your actions
Choices were binary and contrived, but the whole mechanic shaped the way the world responded to you as well as Cole's looks. In inFamous 2, Cole will need to make moral decisions once again, but this time they will be represented by character-driven dialogue and 3D mocap...
News Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Makes Even The Ugliest Of Carnivorous Fish Look Friendly
Qwarkward
The only problem with Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One is that only one player can assume the role of Captain Qwark. We predict straw drawing and angrily exchanged PlayStation Network messages. See while Ratchet's side-kick Clank, and nemesis Nefarious are cool, they pale in significance to the adorably arrogant Qwark. The latest gameplay...
Resistance: Fall Of Man was brilliant
Resistance 2 had its moments. But judging by this new gameplay clip of Resistance 3, Insomniac's really stepped up their game. The footage includes a quick glimpse at Resistance 3's "Weapon Wheel" — one of fan's most demanded features after it was removed from Resistance 2. It also looks pretty...
News If This .gif Doesn't Get You Excited For Resistance 3, Nothing Will
Insomniac Games is turning to the techniques of popular video game forum, NeoGAF, to promote their upcoming PS3 exclusive, Resistance 3
The web forum is well known for its slew of Killzone and Uncharted .gif files, but Insomniac themselves are getting the ball rolling with moving screenshots for Resistance 3. The .gif, posted via Insomniac's Twitter...
News Rocksteady: Arkham City "Five Times Bigger Than Arkham Island"
Rocksteady's top man Sefton Hill has said that Batman: Arkham City's location setting is "five times bigger" than Batman: Arkham Asylum's island setting
The clue, perhaps, is in the name. The footprint of Arkham City is about five times bigger than Arkham Island, but our primary intention was never to create a bigger gameworld just for the sake...
News This Crazy Person Perfectly Recreated Peggle In LittleBigPlanet 2
If you've got a spare five minutes this afternoon, you might want to try out Makotoi's faithful recreation of Peggle in LittleBigPlanet 2
Queue the level up through here. We played it earlier and it's pretty damn good.
News Project Dark Renamed Dark Soul, Has Nothing To Do With Demon's Souls At All (Apparently)
Remember From Software's Project Dark announcement at last year's Tokyo Game Show? Forget the Project name, as the game is now officially called Dark Soul
From Software would also like to remind us that the game has absolutely nothing to do with Demon's Souls. We're really not sure they're kidding anyone. The name change seems to be a way for From...
News PlayStation Move Support Coming To The PC? GDC Panel Information Says So
According to information listed in an upcoming GDC panel blurb, Sony is set reveal something called "PlayStation Move Server" at the panel
Apparently it will detail official PC support for Sony's motion controller. The panel synopsis notes that the Move Server initiative will make it possible for academics and hobbyists to develop software using...
News Splinter Cell Collection Infiltrating PlayStation 3 In March
Ubisoft's slapped a March 22nd US release date on their upcoming PS3 Splinter Cell Collection bundle
The package — which includes the original Splinter Cell, Pandora's Tomorrow and Chaos Theory — will also be available from the PlayStation Network. The game will support both high-definition visuals and 3D. Bizarrely, still no word on when...
News Satin Silver PlayStation 3 Model Coming To Japan In March
Sony's announced a new "satin silver" model of the PlayStation 3 is to launch in Japan on March 10th
The 160GB console will launch with all the trimmings (DualShock 3, etc) for ¥29,980. It looks purrrdy.
News SEGA Confirms SEGA Rally Online Arcade For PlayStation Network, We Go Nuts
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Over jump. Long medium left. Checkpoint. Easy left, maybe. Racing games really don't get much better than SEGA Rally (we're ignoring boxart in that assessment). It's why we're properly pumped over a press release that landed in our inbox last night: SEGA Rally Online Arcade is coming to the PlayStation Network this year. The announcement...
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News Just In Case You Forgot Final Fantasy Versus XIII Was Still A Video Game...
.. Have a new screenshot. We won't charge, freebie this one. Keep enjoying the long wait until you can play this one.</em>
News DarkStalkers 3, Cyberbots, Mega Man 4 & More Coming To Japanese PlayStation Network
Capcom's confirmed on Twitter that they are bringing four more PlayStation classics to the Japanese PSN
Star Gladiator, Darkstalkers 3, Cyberbots and Mega Man 4 are all set to be added to the Game Archives. No word on pricing or release yet.
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops To Double The XP This Weekend
Celebrating the release of timed exclusive XBOX 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops map pack, Treyarch's decided to double up the XP on all versions of the game from February 4th - February 6th
News Those Waiting To Try Out PlayStation Move Heroes Should Not Worry, A Demo Is On The Way
Sony's confirmed via the comments section of the PlayStation Blog that upcoming mascot crossover title, PlayStation Move Heroes, will get a demo before its late March release
Sony promises there'll be more information in February.
UK Charts Dead Space 2 Tops While LittleBigPlanet 2 Holds Strong
Unsurprisingly Dead Space 2 has topped the UK sales charts this week, destroying the numbers of its predecessor by a good 70 percent
And people wonder why publishers release sequels rather than new IP. Speaking of which, Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet 2 continued its dally with the top of the charts, finishing this week in a respectable second...
News Chime Super Deluxe Announced For PlayStation Network
British studio Zoë Mode has announced an updated version of XBOX 360 and PC puzzler, Chime, for the PlayStation Network
Chime Super Deluxe will launch on the PlayStation Network "soon" according to a post by the developer on the PlayStation Blog. While sliding blocks to complete puzzles, "players will create a unique remix of the...
News PlayStation Move Heroes To Get North American PlayStation Move Bundle
Killzone 3 aside, PlayStation Move Heroes looks like it's the next big title for Sony's motion controller
The title — which lets you play as Sly Cooper, Bentley, Ratchet, Clank, Jak and Daxter — is due out in the US on March 22nd and it looks like Sony's teamed up with Toys 'R' Us to offer a new Move bundle including the game. The $99.99 package...
Rumour PlayStation Cloud-Saving Coming To Plus Subscribers In Next PlayStation 3 Update
Perhaps preparing the waters for NGP's rumoured cross-connectivity features, Kotaku reports that cloud-saving is coming to the PlayStation 3 as part of the system's next firmware update (3
60). As anticipated, the feature will be restricted to PlayStation Plus subscribers and will presumably allow players to back-up their game progress in the cloud...
News Go Behind The Scenes With Killzone 3's Helghast Edition
Guerrilla's posted a preview of the "Behind The Scenes" documentary that's included in Killzone 3's Helghast Edition
The documentary includes interviews with actors Ray Winstone and Malcolm McDowell. There's more information over on the PlayStation Blog. Catch the preview after the jump. The game looks stunning. <object id="viddler"...
News SEGA Release The First Trailer For Platinum Games' Anarchy Reigns
SEGA's debut trailer for Platinum Games' latest master-piece, Anarchy Reigns, is more of a teaser
However, it shows enough for us to type four simple letters: S-O-L-D.</em>
News Plants Vs. Zombies Finally Comes To The PlayStation 3 In February
PopCap's finally bringing popular tower defence title, Plants Vs
Zombies</a>, to the PlayStation 3 next month. The port will come via the casual game developer's long term relationship with Sony Online Entertainment. No specific release date or price has been announced yet, but we expect that to follow nearer to release. SOE also intends to...
By the way, the PlayStation 3 got a new firmware update the other day
We would have reported on it, only we were struggled to stay alive during the onslaught of NGP news. The firmware promised a bunch of "security updates", though it was cracked within minutes by the lovely homebrew folks that we don't talk about on this site. Seems there...
News Square Enix Recommend You Keep Your Final Fantasy XIII Saves For XIII-2
Got a progress file for Final Fantasy XIII? Square Enix duo Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama recommend you keep hold of it preperation for Final Fantasy XIII-2
The duo didn't release any information about what the file might unlock, but you can expect some additional in-game gizmos as a reward for playing the first game.
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