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August2010
GamesCom 2010 Crytek Announce Limited & Nano Editions Of Crysis 2
Fans of special editions will be pleased with the news coming out of Crytek this morning -- Crysis 2's set to get two special editions upon its release next year
The Nano Edition, which will retail for £119.99 / $149.99 will include an 11" statue, a high quality art-book and a specially modelled backpack to house the goods. Obviously, you'll...
GamesCom 2010 David Beckham Jumps Aboard The EA Sports Active Fitness Tra
EA's just confirmed during their GamesCom press conference that England footballer David Beckham will be joining the EA Sports Active 2 team
David has always worked hard to stay in excellent shape and has inspired people around the world to make fitness a priority, said Jens Uwe Intat of EA. Were excited about this collaboration with...
GamesCom 2010 Guerrilla Games Working On Brand New Exclusive IP For PlayStation 3
We'd already heard rumblings about a new IP from Guerrilla Games, but the studio's managing director, Herman Hulst, has just confirmed the project's existince during a speech at GDC Europe
The new IP will not be connected to the Killzone franchise in anyway, and aims to bring back the "level of scope and ambition" the studio had as a...
GamesCom 2010 Dragon Age 2 Hits March 8th In The US, March 11th In Europe
After a stunning CGI trailer during their GamesCom press conference, EA's just confirmed that Dragon Age 2 will hit store shelves on the 8th and 11th of March in the US and Europe respectively
We've included the trailer after the jump.
News Square Enix Reveal Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days DLC
Square Enix has dropped details on Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days' first batch of DLC
The game's not out until Friday here in the UK, but that's not stopping the flow of downloadable extras. There'll be three unique packs available on the PlayStation Store: the Multiplayer Mask Pack, the Alliance Weapon Pack, and the Doggie Bag Pack. All of the packs...
Rumour Lucasarts Cancel The Force Unleashed III Nice & Early
Lucasarts' new president Paul Meegan isn't wasting any time
That's according to a report on Kotaku this morning, who claim the new boss has already chopped a high profile sequel. According to the website, Meegan has seen fit to cancel production of The Force Unleashed III before work even properly begins. Apparently, a huge number of staff who were...
News Sony Launches New Gaming Headsets, Come With A Free Copy Of Medal Of Honor
Sony's announced two new gaming headsets designed and built around the specifications of gamers
The DR-GA500 comes with support for Dolby Pro Logic IIx, offering 7.1 3D surround sound effects. The other, labelled the DR-GA200, promises superb sound quality at a lower budget. Neither of the headsets have been priced, but we're assuming they're...
GamesCom 2010 Rock Band 3 Gets A Mixture Of New Tracks
Rock Band 3's a music game
MTV's announced some new songs for the game ahead of GamesCom today. Names like Roxette get us excited, while Slipknot, Rammstein and HIM make us angry. It's a really mish-mash of tunes, and it's not even the good Roxette song. Consider us completely unexcited. You know what would be a good tune for Rock Band's keyboards?...
News Gam3sCom Twenty10: F.3.A.R. 3 Slips Into 2011, Pregnant Antagonist Alma Is Reportedly Pissed
If you were looking forward to playing the curiously titled paranormal FPS F
3.A.R</a> this year, you'd better sit down. We'll be straight with you: it's been delayed. The game - which was originally due in October of this year - is now expected sometime in 2011. We imagine Call Of Duty has a little something to do with it. That's all we know...
GamesCom 2010 160GB PlayStation 3 Bundles Look Deadset For Today
If you were planning on buying a PlayStation 3 today, first of all: good thinking
May we just recommend you wait 24 hours or so, though. We know you're waiting to jump into Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and all the other fantastic PS3 titles, but have some patience. Just for a short while. Last night, US retailer GameStop put a new "just...
GamesCom 2010 In Case You Were Wondering, This Is What Red Faction: Battlegrounds Looks Like
This trailer's a bit rock and roll for our tastes, but whatever
It's the first look at the downloadable Red Faction game THQ announced yesterday, Battlegrounds. Consider it an isometric take on Twisted Metal. It looks fun, but we're a little concerned that the perspective might make the controls fiddly. We're curious to see more. Next time though,...
Rumour Mass Effect PS3 Announcement Incoming
There's a great stonking rumour over on NeoGAF tonight
According to user "De-Mon", Sony and EA are on the verge of announcing some kind of Mass Effect port entitled Mass Effect: Genesis. "De-Mon" anticipates that the title will be announced during either of the companies' GamesCom conferences tomorrow, but suggests a magazine...
News New Bethesda Title Is "Pretty Far Along", For PlayStation 3
Bethesda's finally revealed a few tiny details about their next project
It's been two years since we last heard anything from the team, but executive producer Todd Howard had some reassuring words for fans at QuakeCon. He told Eurogamer that the game's "pretty far along" and that 90 people are currently working on it. Howard reckons the...
News Subway & Sony Continue To Be BFFs
We thought we'd seen the end of the Sony and Subway partnership the moment we posted this story earlier in the year
We were wrong. Seems the pairing really are best buddies at the moment. Take Subway's latest promotion, the "Fiery Footlong Frenzy". There's a bunch of PlayStation-related gubbins involved, including: PS3 systems, games, 3D...
News Vidzone Lands EMI Support, Enhanced Software Functionality
The European arm of the PlayStation Blog has revealed that the on-demand PS3 music service, Vidzone, has been bolstered by music from EMI
The label's roster includes over 8,000 music videos from the likes of David Bowie, Daft Punk and Katy Perry. In addition to the playlist update, Vidzone's also getting a software upgrade. Version 1.15's main aim...
News Ubisoft Announce Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator For The PlayStation Portable
Proving there's still plenty of life in the ol' PSP yet, Ubisoft's announced a new game in the Tom Clancy franchise
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator is set in the jungles of Sri Lanka, where players will lead an elite squad on the hunt for terrorists. Sounds like a video game to us. As you're fighting on the enemy's turf, you'll need to use wit,...
News he Zombie Apocalypse Has Arrived! What Should We Do?
Housemarque, the developers of upcoming PSN zombie shooter Dead Nation, has a few tips in the game's latest trailer
It's expected later this year. We got a chance to play this recently and its ace. Read more about that through here.
News David Cage: Heavy Rain's Success "Proves The Market Is Ready For New Paradigms"
Quantic Dream's forward-thinking director, David Cage, has revealed that he didn't expect Heavy Rain to be a success
He told an audience in Cologne that he believes the acceptance of Heavy Rain shows that the market is ready for new paradigms". I think the industry is ready for new ideas, he said . "Games are today based on violent...
News Red Faction Does Arena Combat In Red Faction: Battlegrounds
THQ's just announced Red Faction: Battlegrounds for the PlayStation Network
The game - which is being used as a teaser for the upcoming PS3 title, Red Faction: Armageddon - is described as an isometric, four-player arena combat title by Eurogamer. Apparently playing through the game will unlock exclusive titles in Armageddon. Details are scarce at...
UK Charts Put Time And Effort Into A Movie Tie-In, Top The Charts Frequently Like Toy Story 3
Disney Interactive's Toy Story 3 is still top of the UK sales charts
That's despite a surge of interest in Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption, which jumped back into second position from fifth. Elsewhere, there's plenty of life-style toff for the Nintendo platforms (what the heck is Art Academy!?) and the usual first-person shooter suspects in Modern...
News Square Enix Confirm Front Mission 3 For The European PlayStation Network
With Front Mission Evolved due later in the year, there's never been a better time for Square Enix to re-release the classic PSone strategy title, Front Mission 3, on the PlayStation Network
While Square Enix is yet to commit to a firm date for the PSone classic, we assume it will drop before Evolved in September. For those unfamiliar with the...
News Is Popcap's Plants Vs. Zombies Making Its Way To The PlayStation Network
Popcap's uber-addictive tower-defense title, Plants Vs
Zombies</a>, is heading to the XBOX Live Arcade next month, leaving many wondering when the love will be spread across to the PlayStation Network. In an interview with M2G, the developer remained tight-lipped about the specifics of a PSN port, but did hint at the possibility. We...
News Castle Crashers PSN Coming Soon For $14.99
It's been a long, long, long, long time coming, but The Behemoth's finally revealed that they're gearing up for the release of Castle Crashers on the PSN
According to the developer's blog, the game's currently in the submission process and will cost $14.99 when it releases in the USA. That works out at roughly a Tenner over here. We're expecting...
News Listen To Ninja Theory Talk About Their Upcoming Title, Enslaved
It's always nice to hear people talk about something with passion, and it's hard to find a team more passionate than Ninja Theory
The British developers have been beavering away on Enslaved for some time now, and it's really shaping up nicely. It's taken us a while to get excited about Enslaved, but everytime we see a new chunk of the game we get on...
News F1 2010 On PlayStation 3 Looks a Little Bit Like This
Codemasters has released some footage from F1 2010
The game's due out at the end of next month. As you'd imagine, it involves fast cars that go "vwoooooooom". It actually looks proper good too. Aswell as showing off some of the driving, this gameplay sizzle shows a cross-section of the campaign extras. In order to get the full experience,...
News What's That? There's A Mortal Kombat Arcade Compilation Heading To The PlayStation 3?!?
Every three or four years we think to ourselves, "Y'know, we could really settle for some Mortal Kombat right now
" So we seek out a copy; be it a second-hand cartridge off eBay or a PSN download. We sit down, load the game up and lose our first fight. "Wh-?! What?" we declare in anguish, "Why is Mortal Kombat so slow, clunky and...
We already had an idea that hit iPhone title, Flight Control, was coming to the PlayStation 3; but this morning, Firemint's revealed to us the game's full-list of features
And what a list it is. Flight Control HD will hit the European PlayStation Network on September 15th; just in time for the PlayStation Move's release. While it will support...
News Brink's Pre-Order Bonuses Are Actually Worthwhile, Includes Doom Or Fallout Equipment
Bethesda's becoming quite the publishing power-house, as this story evidences
For those of you pre-ordering next year's "one-to-watch" new shooter IP Brink, you'll get access to an additional set of equipment from two big titles in the publisher's growing roster: Doom or Fallout. The Doom pack's exclusive to GameStop and includes armour,...
News Debut Medal Of Honor Campaign Footage Is Surprisingly Rather Good
Hands up if you thought the Medal Of Honor reboot was going to be a weak Call Of Duty rip-off? A few of you, fair enough
You're all right of course, except for the weak part. This debut single-player campaign footage is surprisingly good. Sure, it's all a bit "dudebro", but whatever. The shooting looks good, and the visuals are pretty...
News id's Gorgeous RAGE Confirmed For September 2011
RAGE may look like a bland reskin of Gearbox's Borderlands, but boy does it look like a pretty one
During QuakeCon last night, id committed to a September release date for the post-apocalyptic shooter. The game will hit North America on September 13th, 2011. Europe will have an extra two day wait, as it'll hit store shelves September 15th there...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Gets Zombie Maps, Retailer Spills The Beans [UPDATED]
Update @ 13:02: Treyarch's just confirmed on Twitter that Black Ops will indeed feature zombie co-op
The four maps included with the Hardened and Prestige editions of Black Ops are throw-backs to the original World At War zombie settings. Original story: Treyarch's been pretty tight-lipped about the return of their popular zombie horde mode in Call...
News DJ Hero 2 Is All About Building An Empire
In the original DJ Hero you played tracks and that was about it really
In DJ Hero 2, that's set to change. Freestyle games are introducing a massive career mode called "Empire", in which you'll pick a brand and location and watch your DJ turn into a super-star as your reputation grows. It sounds like a cool way to flesh out the dry...
News HAWX 2 Demo Flies Freely On The PlayStation Network From Next Week
Ubisoft's confirmed that there will be a single-player demo for the upcoming flight combat sequel HAWX 2 available on the PlayStation Store next week
The demo will feature two missions from the game's campaign. The first will put you in a Russian air-craft chasing down a stolen jet, while the other puts you in US shoes and has you taking off from an...
This time last year we were about to experience one of the most pivotal moments in the PlayStation 3's history; the announcement of the PlayStation 3 Slim and the entire platform's re-branding completely rejuvenated Sony's platform and put it back into serious contention with the XBOX 360
The announcement came at GamesCom, a German-based video games...
News DanceDanceRevolution PS3 Includes Support For PlayStation Move, PlayStation Eye
We already know that DanceDanceRevolution PS3 will include support for Sony's motion controller, the PlayStation Move
But now we know to what extent. At its core, DDR PS3 is simply that: DanceDanceRevolution on the PlayStation 3. The game sports a track-list of 45 songs (25 from Konami's in-house artists, 20 from mainstream artists) which seems sort...
News Let's Take A Quick Look At Sackboy Dressed As The Green Goblin
Of all the Marvel themed Sackboy costumes that have been hitting the PlayStation Network over the past month or so, this Green Goblin set is our favourite
Not only is it adorable (in a menacing way), but it's the the little pumpkin hand-grenade thing that gets our heart fluttering like a schoolboy in front of the newsagent's top-shelf. This one's...
News Crytek Confirms Crysis 2 For March, 2011
After details regarding Crysis 2's delay emerged last week, Crytek's been tellingly hush about giving the first-person shooter an alternative launch window
Until now, at least. The studio's just confirmed on Twitter that Crysis 2 will launch in March 2011. More specifically, the game will hit the US on March 22nd and the UK on March 25th.
News Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Has Yoda, It Does
Thought you should know, we did
Lucasarts sent us this trailer, they did. Features Yoda, it does. Cameo in Star Wars: The Force Unleahsed II, he will. Ok, ok... We'll stop. This little segment shows Yoda giving series protagonist Starkiller some advice. Nice bit of CGI, it is. Ok! Moving on...
News Deus Ex: Human Revolution Trailer Includes More Stabbing Than You'd Probably Like To See
If we had weird genetic body upgrades and strange cybernetic suits, we'd probably stab people as frequently as the protagonist of Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Seeing as we're never going to get either things, we can probably type that sentence safe in the knowledge that we're not going to be surrounded by police in the next couple of hours. Stabbing...
News Just So You Know, F1 2010's Hitting UK Stores At The End Of September
Codemasters has committed to a UK release date of September 24th for F1 2010
The date's revealed at the end of a video for the game over on the Formula One website. The game's being made just up the road from us (sort of). Naturally we feel rather excited about it. Thankfully, it's not just our location that's getting us excited — the game...
News American Ratings Board Outs New Buzz! Title
The American ratings board is carrying a listing for a new Buzz
title, Joystiq's discovered. Buzz! Quiz Player is a "trivia game in which players compete to answer questions on a variety of topics, including sports, TV shows, movies, and music". Sound familiar? We love the Buzz! games so we'll be all over this. Hopefully it's a bit of a...
News Eat This, Kazuya Mishima!
Siliconera's got hold of some brand-new shots of Street Fighter X Tekken
The shots, released by Capcom, show Ryu and Chun-Li kicking lumps out of Tekken's Nina and Kazuya. Still seems weird. Looks proper awesome, though.
News Ken Levine On Skipping Bioshock 2 & His Thoughts On The Game
With the announcement of Bioshock: Infinite, many people are asking the question as to why the series' creator, Ken Levine, skipped on Bioshock 2
The answer's simple, he told Joystiq that he "felt like we said what we wanted to say about Rapture". He continued: "That's one of the reasons Bioshock 2 wasn't the right project for us...
News European PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Tomb Raider For PSone Early
If you're a fan of the original Tomb Raider game, then you're in luck
European PlayStation Plus subscribers are being given the option to purchase the original PSone title two weeks before it hits the PlayStation Store proper. It'll cost £7.99. The game's a bit of a PlayStation cult-classic, so we're eager to see how well its aged. There's more...
News Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Multiplayer Skins & Dynamic Theme Hitting Next Week
Sony's announced some new DLC for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves set to drop next week
The sidekick skins pack adds eight new skins to the game's multiplayer, include new costumes for Sully, Chloe and Elena (among others). The pack will retail for $2.99 / £2.39. In addition to the new skins, there's an excellent new dynamic theme being released for...
News July NPD: And It's All Downhill From Here...
Well not literally downhill, but July's NPD sales don't make for particularly pleasant reading whichever way you look at it
The XBOX 360 won out this month (for the first time since 2007, apparently), but on the back of a new hardware launch, even Microsoft must be disappointed with a 2% drop over June. The PlayStation 3 dropped 30%, pulling in...
News Bethesda Adds Arkane Studios To Its Roster
Bethesda's Pete Hines has confirmed at QuakeCon that its parent company, Zenimax, has acquired Bioshock 2 level designers Arkane Studios
The French-based studio was said to be experiencing some "financial challenges" recently, which have presumably disappeared now thanks to this acquisition. Apparently the studio's currently working on an...
Whassup American readers
We're hear to inform you about a game us Europeans have been playing for a while, Coconut Dodge. You might have heard about it, we've posted about it quite a bit over the past few months. That's becuase it's basically amazing. Seriously, prepare to kiss your social lives goodbye. Just ask this guy about that. "We're...
News Bioshock Infinite Announced: Plot Details Uncovered, First Trailer Goes Live
What is Icarus? It's Bioshock: Infinite, the latest title from Ken Levine's Irrational studio
Infinite lifts players out of the depths of Rapture and places them in Columbia, a heavenly estate in the sky. Set in 1912, protagonist Booker DeWitt is sent to the airborne city to rescue an imprisoned child named Elizabeth. The pair's powers are fused...
News Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Gets The Launch Trailer Treatment
It drops next week
Square Enix has got the marketing bucks out big-time for this one; Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days' launch trailer may be a showy sequence of CGI, but, going by our hands-on with the game, it's a pretty good representation of the type of gritty action players can expect from the game.
News Kung-Fu Live Does Controller-Less Brawling With The Humble PlayStation Eye
Kung-Fu Live's bringing controller-less gaming exclusively to the PlayStation Network later this year
It's funny how suddenly everyone's remembering the PlayStation 3 has a controller-less input solution — and fair play to Virtual Air Company Ltd for coming up with something fun and exciting for the PlayStation Eye. The game uses FreeMotion...
How do you top Modern Warfare 2's insane collector's edition (which featured night vision goggles if you'd forgotten) -- you throw in a remote controlled car of course
Yup, we all saw the detonating cars in the game's multiplayer trailer. Well now you can own one of the little gizmos yourself, as part of Call Of Duty: Black Ops' premium Prestige...
News Because Motion Controller Demonstrations Are Always Better With The Fairer Sex At The Helm
Irritating, cheap, annoying
.. cute. We couldn't resist posting this one. Good PlayStation Move promotional work PlayStation Taiwan. Just make sure you turn off the sound.</em>
News Irrational's Going To Tell Us Exactly What Is Icarus Tonight
S'up
One question: What Is Icarus? Well, we don't know. Yet. The much anticipated project from Ken Levine's Irrational studio set to get blown out tonight at rougly 7:00PM BST. Naturally, we'll be there to watch the action unfold. What could it be folks? Rumours are hinting at something completely new, or the Darkness 2. Could be either, but given...
News Public To Get Their First Taste Of DC Universe Online At gamescom
SCEE's told VG247 that the public will get their first hands-on with DC Universe Online at next week's gamescom event in Germany
The super-hero MMO is due in November on both the PlayStation 3 and PC, and a beta is due soon. Those heading to the big exposition in Cologne will be able to get their hands on the game, though we're not sure how much...
News DiRT 3 Gets Weather Effects, We're Singing In The Rain
Do you know what's better than DiRT 2? DiRT 2 in the rain, or, more efficiently, DiRT 3
That's right valued readers, Codies' new racer will feature brand-new weather effects. This target render of a rainy route shows some of Codemasters' ambition with the new title, while other screens show off snow and dusty tracks. But rain! Look, it's raining!...
News Test Drive Unlimited 2 Says "Sayonara" To 2010, "Hola" To 2011
Atari's pushed their upcoming MMO racing game, Test Drive Unlimited 2, out of its release window in 2010 in order to give the game's multiplayer more polish
It's now due to release in 2011. The game's beta, which was due in a few weeks, has also been delayed. Atari's revealed they'll announce a new start-point for the beta soon. Atari had some good...
News It'd Be Nice If Police Cars Actually Did Look Like This, Wouldn't It?
Admittedly we know about as much about cars as we do American Football
That is to say, not a lot. Still, while we're destined to get pulled up in the comments about our non-description of the above pictured car (we think it's a Dodge Viper?), we just want to say that we like the way it looks. In fact, we're pretty certain Need For Speed: Hot...
News Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Diary Puts Ubisoft Employees In Ridiculous Robes
This Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood developer's diary is supposed to give the game's narrative some context
Unfortunately, all we could see was those ridiculous robes. Sniping aside, the game sounds fascinating, and we're actually super-stoked about the multiplayer components too. Sounds like it's going to be a great package. We can't wait.
News Sony Launches The PlayStation 3 In Brazil, Prices Are High, High, High
Roughly nine months after the PlayStation 2's launch in Brazil, Sony's officially brought the PlayStation 3 to the country
It's not exactly cheap, mind. When the PlayStation 2 launched last November it cost roughly $461US. Naturally, the PlayStation 3 carries a higher price-tag. The 120GB system launching in Sony Style stores today will cost...
News Visit PlayStation Home This Week, Dress Up As A PlayStation Move Controller
As far as weekly PlayStation updates go, they don't get much better than this week's Home update
As previously reported, the new PlayStation Move events space within Home will allow you to dress up as a glowing wand. The outfits free to those who visit the Home Presentation Podium. Subsequently, those who wear the costume will gain access to a...
News Borderlands Gets New DLC This September, "Claptrap's New Robot Revolution"
It was nice of Gearbox to mention that there'd be even more Borderlands DLC
Assuming the third pack was the last, we eliminated Borderlands from our growing PlayStation 3 software tower a while ago. Wrong move, PushSquare. "Claptrap's New Robot Revolution" is due in September and will set you back roughly $10. The DLC will include 20 new...
News Let's Look At The 46 Games Confirmed To Support PlayStation Move In Some Way
With PlayStation Move just a month away, we've been amazed at just how much software support the device has been receiving
We always expected the practicality of the device and the simplistic nature of its implementation (be it optional, or required) would make for a strong software line-up, but we never imagined the catch would be quite so large...
News Oh Right, Yeah, Naughty Bear's Still A Video Game; Gets Free DLC
We'd almost forgotten about Naughty Bear
While we loved the game's concept, we found the reality of its gameplay sorely lacking. Sadly, we weren't the only ones drawn in by that initial batch of comical trailers. Plenty of you bought the game, and we suppose some of you want a bit more. Thankfully, A2M and 505 Games are going the right way about it...
News Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game Launch Trailer Should Be Enough To Push You Over The Edge
You're probably wondering -- "Should I buy Scott Pilgrim vs
The World</a>?" We'd recommend you wait for our definitive review but... whatever. This trailer's going to push you over the edge anyway. Do you know why? Because it looks properly, properly amazing. That is all.
News European Dead Rising 2 Release Date Moves Forward
Like a zombie out of 28 Days Later, Dead Rising 2's release date likes to move around a lot
Capcom's just told us that the game's European release date has been moved forward to September 24th. The US release date will remain unchanged, it's due on the 28th September there. No more last minute changes please Capcom.
News DanceDanceRevolution PS3 Joins The Long List Of PlayStation Move Supported Titles
PlayStation Move is getting support quicker than a snowball rolling down an ice-capped mountain
Since the motion controller's announcement at GDC, announcements have come frequently and steadily. There's going to be no shortage of games to play with the glowing ball wands. The latest game to support Sony motion controller is the recently revealed...
Wow, THQ are really gunning for the hardcore market aren't they? After the coup of Tomonobu Itagaki just before E3, you'd think they might be happy to rest on their laurels for a little why
Nuh-uh, they've just announced a deal to publish Costume Quest, the first downloadable title from Tim Schafer's studio Double Fine. Costume Quest will be the...
News Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Is A "Rebirth" For The Series
After yesterday's fantastic trailer, many have been wondering if Ace Combat: Assault Horizon would mark a reboot for the franchise
Namco Bandai's kinda confirmed as much in today's press release. Apparently, Team Aces wanted to create a game that not only told a compelling story but also presented the most explosive air combat possible. "For...
News So, Who Thought Brink Would Actually Have An Interesting Story?
We like a lot of what we've seen of Splash Damage's Brink, but the last thing we were expecting was an interesting narrative behind the first-person shooter
Apparently, we were very wrong to assume. It seems like the studio have gone some way towards setting up an interesting fiction. There's a utopia, floating city - the Ark. But it's over...
News Yakuza PSP Comes With A Cool Shaving Razor... No, Really, It Does!
If you're lucky enough to understand Japanese, you're probably going to be wanting the upcoming PSP Yakuza title, Black Panter: New Yakuza Chapter
If you're picking it up, make sure you buy it from Bic Camera. They're giving away Yakuza branded razors with the game. Doesn't really get much cooler than that now does it?
First Impressions Mafia II on PlayStation 3 Demo
"Take out the fat guy," our partner declares as we point a sub-machine gun out of an upstairs window
Just moments earlier we'd been knocking back coca-cola while perusing a copy of Playboy magazine. Such is the life of a gangster. There's a good sense of place in Mafia II. Almost meticulously so. Take for example the afore-mentioned Playboy...
News PixelJunk Racers: 2nd Lap Hits PlayStation Plus Two Weeks Early
US PlayStation Plus subscribers will get a nice treat in the form of PixelJunk Racers: 2nd Lap from today
The add-on, which will be made available as a free update to existing owners of Racers, will be a PlayStation Plus exclusive for the next two weeks. Plus subscribers will also get a discount on the price of the main game. PixelJunk Racers:...
News Transform Your World With Carrot Top
This new Shaun White Skateboarding game actually looks pretty cool
The skateboarding video game genre's a hard one to get into. It was previously ruled by the Tony Hawk franchise, and now it's all about Skate. But Shaun White Skateboarding might have actually carved out a little niche for itself. The hook is that you're skating in a dank, drab and...
News There Are People Lending Their Voices For Fallout: New Vegas
While its safe to assume that the characters in Fallout: New Vegas will be about as animated as a desert rock, at least there's a bunch of "celebrity" talent being brought in to voice them
That might give the lifeless lumps of digital meat some character, right? (Sorry, we really did like Fallout 3 but, let's not pretend it didn't have issues.) A...
News Devil's Third Due Sometime Before April 2013
THQ's attached a loose date to Tomonobu Itagaki's latest game, Devil's Third
At a financial call, the publisher noted that the game "is currently scheduled for release in THQ's fiscal year ending March 31, 2013". Some way off then.
News This News Probably Won't Excite You: My Aquarium Is Coming To The PlayStation 3
If a recent ESRB rating is anything to go by, Hudson's surprisingly popular $5 WiiWare title, My Aquarium, is heading to the PlayStation 3
The "game" is basically a virtual fish-tank in which you can "learn facts about a variety of different species". You can also customise your tank with "rocks, plants, and coral...
News Secret Batman: Arkham Asylum Map Shows Arkham City Was Under Our Noses All Along
Rocksteady must be having a good old laugh at the video games community
While we all haplessly described the Batman: Arkham Asylum sequel as "Arkham Asylum 2", they'd hidden a map of Arkham City (the sequel's true name) within its predecessor. GameInformer's posted up a video of the secret room, revealing its secret entrance for the first...
News Ninja Theory: "Never Say Never" To Heavenly Sword Sequel
After all the crying Ninja Theory's Tameem Antoniades has done about Heavenly Sword, we're surprised to hear him utter the words "never say never" in response to the possibility of a sequel
GameIndustry.biz were the ones asking him the question, which usually ends up with Tameem ranting about how the studio didn't profit from the game. Weve kind...
News Insomniac's Announcement Is Ready To Roll, But What Will It Be?
Whether it'll be a new Resistance or a new Ratchet & Clank, it seems like Insomniac's PlayStation 3 announcement is mere moments away
We'd bet everything we had on the news dropping during Sony's gamescom conference next week, but whenever it drops, it sounds like Insomniac are ready to go. The team Tweeted earlier today: "Back in the...
News Tumble Appears To Be Another Under-Rated Gem In PlayStation Move's Launch Line-Up
We recently posted about Echochrome II - the PlayStation Move controlled shadow-manipulation puzzle title - not getting the attention it deserved
Seems we've been skipping over Tumble too. Set to release on the PlayStation Network day-and-date with the Move controller, Tumble's a physics-led puzzle title which has you using the PlayStation Move to...
News Read Carefully: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's Limited Edition Includes A Jack-In-The-Box
As Limited Editions get more elaborate, they are also getting a lot less predictable
Back in the day you used to get a steel case and DVD, now you get night-vision goggles and bookends. This Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood package proves our point — it includes a jack-in-the-box. Doesn't get much more elaborate than that now does it? For your $99.99...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Teaser Trailer Is Bonkers, Brilliant, Exciting
Activision's teased the very first look at Call Of Duty: Black Ops' multiplayer component, and it echoes everything we've said about Treyarch's latest attempt at the prestigious shooter franchise -- they're genuinely poised to knock it out of the park with this one
There's tons to pick out of this trailer: exploding crossbow arrows, maps that take...
News Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Hits Next Year, Brings Explosions & Chugging Guitar Riffs With It
Phew
Good trailer? You bet. After a pretty lengthy hiatus, Namco Bandai's just confirmed the return of Ace Combat. Next year's Ace Combat: Assault Horizon will be the first game in the franchise to hit the PlayStation 3. Namco's confirmed single-player and online multiplayer modes for the game, but details are pretty tight right now. The clip's...
News Mafia II Demo Goes PlayStation Plus Exclusive For 24 Hours
Look, getting a demo 24 hours earlier than everyone else doesn't exactly justify the purchase of PlayStation Plus -- but as subscribers we can't help but feel like it's a nice little feel-good gesture
As the PlayStation Blog notes, European PlayStation Plus subscribers will get access to the Mafia II demo via automatic download or the Plus front-end...
News gamescom & PlayStation Move To Head Home This Month
Sony's confirmed that they'll be opening two new PlayStation Home event spaces this month
The first will launch this week and will be used to build up to the launch of Sony's upcoming motion controller, the PlayStation Move. Hilariously, the Move space is set to include "lots of PlayStation Move fun including a unique PS Move costume to wear...
Feature Competition: Name The Video Game Starlet, Win PlayStation Minis!
Grip Games -- the developers behind the PlayStation Mini 5-In-1 Arcade Hits -- want you to name their cover girl, and they're giving away PlayStation Minis in reward for your creative juices
We've got five copies of 5-In-1 Arcade Hits to give away to the best five submissions. And you thought naming babies was hard... 5-In-1 Arcade Hits is a fun...
News Toy Story 3 Tops The British Sales Charts, Modern Warfare 2 Jumps Back Into Second
Disney Interactive's surprisingly brilliant Toy Story 3 has topped the British sales charts this week, holding off a surge of interest in Activision's Modern Warfare 2 which finished up second
Elsewhere, dance titles are clearly the "in" thing, as both Just Dance and Dance On Broadway make up two slots in the top ten. Sigh, imagine when...
News Yamauchi Trolls The Internet One Last Time, Claims Gran Turismo 5 Still Ain't Finished
Don't worry
Don't worry, ok! Gran Turismo 5's still going to meet its November release date. Kazunori Yamauchi — Gran Turismo father [a.k.a. the Internet's top troll] — has revealed that GT5 still ain't finished. He recently Tweeted, "GT5 is getting to where it will be finished shortly." He went on to add that each GT release is...
News Mafia II "Behind The Scenes" Trailer Talks About Technology
Making open world games is hard
This "Behind The Scenes" trailer with the developers of Mafia II details just how hard. They make an excellent point when they state that Mafia II is not a "sci-fi game and therefore people have an understanding how things should work within the gameworld". And it's true — watching people wait...
Rumour Splinter Cell, Prince Of Persia Collections To Hit PlayStation 3?
Going by the branding on the Sly Cooper Collection's boxart, the "Classics HD" initiative (i
e. taking PS2 games, making them run at a slick frame-rate in upscaled 1080p and adding trophies) is a program Sony's likely to champion over the coming months. It seems like it might not be limited to first-party stuff either. Amazon France has mysteriously...
News Oh, So Tony Hawk: Shred Will Involve Snowboarding Too!
While pro-snowboarder Shaun White is living it up in Ubisoft's new skateboarding game, pro-skateboarder Tony Hawk is set to hit the ice in the upcoming Tony Hawk: Shred; Robomodo's latest attempt at Activision waning board franchise
Shred, which can be played with last year's ill-fated Ride board, will put players on both skateboards and snowboards...
News What's This Killzone 3 Beta Site All About?
Most multiplayer shooter these days get a beta
While betas these days are used more for nifty promotional purposes, rather than genuine server stress tests — you can typically rest assured that there will be a window to try out an upcoming multiplayer shooter before release. Killzone 3 looks unlikely to be any different. A website dug up via VG247...
News New Split/Second Content Drops Throughout August & September
Black Rock Studio's confirmed that the slightly disappointing Split/Second will be getting new DLC content right through until the end of September
The developer revealed via their Facebook page that there will be three DLC packs "in the next couple of weeks", aswell as a fourth in September. While the first three packs consist of cars and...
Feature There's No Place Like Home: Stomping Scorpions In Sodium One
The moment I realised the true potential of PlayStation Home was when I visited the Sodium One game space
I urge anyone who's still got negative impressions of Sony's virtual world to visit Lockwood's meta-game space and pick-up the gear you need to access the full game. Sodium One is a complete experience tied into the PlayStation Home engine —...
News Heavy Rain: Move Edition Will Hit "Pre-Christmas", Patch Will Be Free For Everyone
SCEE's product manager, Ross Alexander, has confirmed via the PlayStation Blog that the PlayStation Move-enabled version of Heavy Rain will drop before Christmas
He was keen to stress that those who already bought the game will be able to download the control update for free from the PlayStation Store. A retail re-release with Move controls...
News Fumito Ueda Joins Twitter, Teases Tokyo Game Show Announcement
Fumito Ueda, the PlayStation legend behind titles such as Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus, has revealed on his newly formed Twitter account that his team will be showing "something" at Tokyo Game Show later in the year
Amidst a bunch of lifestyle related Tweets, Ueda declared: "We should be able to show something at Tokyo Game Show, so look...
You know what's more predictable than the day turning to night -- LittleBigPlanet 2's reviews
Don't get me wrong, I expect the new game to be received just as well as the first game (if not better). But there's going to be that one paragraph in every review that states — "You know, the Create mode's really good, but it's kind of...
News FuturLab Tease Their New Project With Mysterious Artwork
FuturLab's Coconut Dodge is one of the best games currently available on Sony's PlayStation Minis service
Seriously, if you haven't played it yet — go read our review and then pick it up. Naturally, we're rather excited about their next project. While an announcement still appears to be some way off, FuturLab's got to teasing their new project...
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