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April2010
News SEGA To "Court" PS2 Crowd With Playstation Move
Remember SEGA Superstars? Probably not but let us tell you it was awesome
Kind of. It was a Playstation 2 EyeToy game that was very much designed with the casual gamer in mind. Simple actions, simple gameplay, pretty cool results for the traditional gamer who could get starry eyed over a new product featuring Nights. SEGA wants to recapture the SEGA...
News This Gran Turismo Fan's A Better Driver Than You Are, We Guarantee It
The photograph may be a little homo-erotic, but there's nothing camp about France's Jordan Tresson - dude's just undergone six-weeks of rigorous training at the GT Academy after emerging victorious from last year's Gran Turismo 5: Time Trial demo
"I never imagined I would end up here when I was on my PlayStation back in December," French...
We've gone a little quiet on the whole Activion, Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainment drama
There's not much to tell really. The once high-profile studio has suffered a pretty enormous exodus, and Activision blogger Dan Amrich reckons there's more to come. Posting on a Bobby Kotick Facebook group (ahem), the Activision man stated there was still...
Rumour Rocksteady Looking To Expand The Original Batman: Arkham Asylum?
Rumours might be popping up in regards to Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 but, word coming out of CVG hints that the first game is due another dose of DLC
The site reports that they've got word of Rocksteady bulking up in order to develop a new downloadable expansion for the hit comic book game. CVG received a message asking if they "<span>want...
News Yamauchi On Putting Top Gear Into Gran Turismo 5
Gran Turismo's mastermind, Kazunori Yamauchi, has explained why he wanted to put the infamous Top Gear test track into the upcoming GT5
Speaking on the Top Gear website, the car-fanatic stated that he wanted the Top Gear track in the game because the program is "funny and interesting". We had a helicopter [to map the track] taking aerial...
News Kevin Butler Dons His Shorts For Modnation Racers' Commercial
Oh man
You've got to love these American Playstation adverts. We've no idea how they keep thinking them up, but seriously, they're onto something gold with fake Playstation exec Kevin Butler. The latest commercial is for Modnation Racers, and it sees Kevin Butler (now VP of Inspiration and Perspiration) don his shorts and 'tash to do his best PE...
News Major League Baseball Streaming Heads To Playstation 3
The New York Times report this morning that Sony is to announce a deal that will allow streaming of live Major League Baseball games directly through the PS3
The report states that sign-ups will be under way by the end of the week for the US-only service, allowing subscribers to watch live games. This is more than just a game console. This is a...
News Firmware 3.30 Readies Playstation 3 For Third-Dimension, Enhances Trophy Features
Sony's readied the Playstation 3 for the upcoming launch of their 3D Bravia TVs, by updating the PS3 firmware to 3
30. The update, which launched last night, "preps the PS3 system for some upcoming new features, including 3D stereoscopic gaming". It also introduces some neat little trophy sorting features, as detailed over at the...
Rumour Next Silent Hill Game To Be A First-Person Shooter
Oh no
Consider our optimism at the announcement of a new Silent Hill game well and truly slashed. Rumours suggest that Vatra Games are to turn Konami's premium horror-franchise into a ten-a-penny first-person shooter. We just died a little inside. The report comes courtesy of GameRep, who claim that the studio's only listed release is an FPS due for...
News HMV Kinda Sorta Expose The Next James Bond Game, James Bond: Bloodstone
Bond's appearance on the big-screen may be put on indefinite hiatus, but that ain't stopping Activision from pumping out a (hopefully) good Bond based video game
Said game has long been rumoured to be rumoured to be a racing game, espcially since Bond's voice-actor for the still secret title Adam Croasdell revealed that the game was to be a mixture...
News Super Street Fighter IV Tournament Mode Gets Trailered
This huge trailer detailing all the new online stuff for Super Street Fighter IV also drops word of the upcoming Tournament mode we told you about yesterday
The mode will be available as free DLC on June 15th and allows you to conduct your own tournaments within the game's environment. We've seen lots of tournaments popping up around message boards...
News 3D Dot Game Heroes Trailer Is Absolutely Genius, "I'm A Tank"
We suppose if you haven't seen this "Old Spice" commercial, you might not get the latest 3D Dot Game Heroes trailer
Thus, we recommend you hit the link in the previous sentence and come back to us when you've watched the video. Seen it? Awesome isn't it? Ok, now watch the video embedded above. Are you laughing? Thought so. You probably don't need...
Rumour Mr. Freeze & Talia al Ghul Set To Appear In Arkham Asylum 2
If there was ever a villain we'd like to see in Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, it would have to be Mr
Freeze. We've always thought he was awesome (even through the Arnie days) after we heard the, "revenge is a dish best served ice cold" — a line they have to sneak into the Arkham Asylum 2 script should he appear. Tweets picked up...
News Dead Rising 2 Trailer Is Deadly Serious To The Point Of Irony
"My name is Chuck," protagonist Chuck Greene exclaims without the slightest intention of irony in this latest trailer for Capcom's upcoming Dead Rising 2
If the whole game's delivered with the "not-quite-self-aware" tone of this trailer, it's going to be properly hilarious. Also, does anyone else think Chuck's face is properly hilarious?
News Dead Rising 2 Gets Multiplayer Co-Op
Dead Rising 2's all about slashing zombies in the face
According to the press release Capcom's just released for the upcoming Dead Rising 2, you'll now be able to enjoy said action in multiplayer, thanks to 2-player co-op. The press release reads: "Co-op play is introduced to the Dead Rising universe for the first time as players can invite...
News Gran Turismo 5 Producer To Be "Angered" By Game's Completion
We all know Kazunori Yamauchi and his team at Polyphony Digital are complete perfectionists
Even though, it's perhaps not Kaz's best PR practice to be telling people that when Gran Turismo 5 finally launches (we still believe that might happen one day in the distant future) he'll be "angry" due to not being satisfied with the product...
News DLC Announced For Super Street Fighter IV, Lost Planet 2
They may not be on store shelves just yet, but Capcom's already announced that there's DLC headed to both Super Street Fighter IV and Lost Planet 2
The former will get a new online tournament mode on June 15th allowing (presumably advanced players) to fight for control of persistent championship titles that prove youre the best in the world...
News Metal Gear Solid 4, Peace Walker Team Switch Over To Metal Gear Solid: Rising
A podcast report released by Kojima Productions confirms that the development team behind Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker have now switched over to support the development of Metal Gear Solid: Rising
Presenter Sean Eyestone confirms: Every once in a while we do this [move around] as one project finishes, then the next...
News Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 Confirmed By Capcom
The embargo has just lifted on Capcom's Captivate event last week, sort of officially confirming what we already know -- Marvel vs
Capcom 3 and Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 are both official games launching on the Playstation 3. The former, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will feature 30 characters. Of those only Wolverine, the Hulk, Iron Man, Street Fighter's...
News Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Will Be "Really Dark" (Yee!), Will Feature Two-Face
According to Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, Arkham Asylum 2's going to be "really dark"
Not dark as in the brightness of your HDTV, dark as in gritty, nasty, and horrible. Which is awesome, because that tone's exactly what made last year's Batman: Arkham Asylum a hit. Its really, really dark, Conroy said during a panel at the Chicago Comics...
News Phil Harrison - Come Back To Sony, We Miss You Man!
Good news: Phil Harrison has left Atari
Bad news: Phil Harrison probably won't be returning to Sony. The former Sony worldwide studios man (now replaced by Shuhei Yoshida) left Sony in 2008 to join Atari. Phil was a key member of each of the Playstation hardware family's launches, even demonstrating the Playstation 3 hardware with the famous ducks...
News Tony Hawk Drops "Tony Hawk: Shred" Bomb
We don't like doing the whole "this dude said this thing on Twitter and that's now become news" too often, but we suppose when Tony Hawk totally just announces the name of his next game, there's a story there
Boasting that he probably just sent a PR team "reeling", Hawk outed that his next game will be called "Tony Hawk: Shred"...
News Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 Trailer Leaked, "You Can Jump"
Capcom's gotta be seething right now
The embargo doesn't lift until later this afternoon but right on cue, the trailer for Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 has also leaked to the Internet. Looks like it's in development at Fatshark - a group of original GRIN employees. Oh, and now you can jump. Which is kind of a big deal for Bionic Commando. Check the...
News Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Teaser Trailer Leaked Onto YouTube, Chris Redfield
It wasn't going to stay secret for long
In fact the announcement had already pretty much leaked onto the Internet. But now the teaser trailer's landed too. It's happening folks: Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The trailer shows a very moody city-scape where Wolverine takes on Ryu, and the Hulk takes on Resident Evil's Chris Redfield. In all, it looks amazing...
News David Jaffe Talks Modnation Racers In This Neat Little Developer Diary
We don't like developer diaries here at PushSquare
Honestly, they're usually really boring. But these Modnation Racers interviews with seasoned Playstation developers (check out the Insomniac one through here) have been nothing but refreshing. The editing is exciting, the subjects are passionate, and the videos are just about the right length...
News Modnation Racers Trophies Revealed, Sound Exciting
Our friends over at TheSixthAxis reckon if we don't acknowledge their leg-work in scoring this list of Modnation Racers trophies, they're going to scout us out in an A-team esque van and unleash a swarm of rockets at our towing pinkle
To which we respond - nice try guys but the Dukes Of Hazzard automobile is invincible to rocket-fire, don'tchaknow?...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 19-25th April 2010
Is it Spring yet? They keep telling us it is but it doesn't really feel like it
Apparently plants are growing and stuff. Oh, and video games aren't coming out. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Afterburner Climax Ok... ok. So it's here by default. Kind of. With little in the way of competition, Afterburner Climax kind of has to be our pick...
News Sledgehammer Developed Call Of Duty Game "Will Broaden The Audience"
How exactly do you broaden the audience of one of the biggest selling games in video game history? No idea, but Activision's COO Thomas Tippi [really? - Ed] seems to think newly formed studio Sledgehammer Games' Call Of Duty project will do just that
Speaking with the LA Times, Tippi said Sledgehammer's take will bring "innovation" to the...
Rumour Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Going HD On Playstation 3 "In Late 2010, Early 2011"
Last week Capcom held their lavish pre-E3 "Captivate" event in the exotic setting of Hawaii
Seems like the right place to announce games. We guess? We're yet to hear about any of the games announced (though embargoes are set to lift over the coming week), but the hottest rumour to come out of the show so far's been posted on PlanetXBOX360.com. The...
News Split/Second Footage Is All About Getting Wrecked
Disney's released some more footage of their upcoming racer Split/Second exclusively to GameTrailers
There are none of the massive set-piece moments we're used to in this trailer, just some pure racing and crashing. It does look a lot of fun, though we hope the number of crashes in this trailer aren't indicative of the typical race. Hit the jump for...
It's been a long (long) time coming, but Playstation 3 (and PC
) owners have finally got the opportunity to return to Liberty City as the XBOX 360 "exclusive" DLC has finally launched on Sony's platform under the retail guise of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City. And the game's gotten a pretty hefty bump too - managing...
News Laughing Jackal Drop Stellar Attack On The Playstation Minis Store
Laughing Jackal's just dropped us a new trailer for Stellar Attack, which launched on the European and Oceania Playstation Minis Store last week
The game's billed as a "retro shooter", but it has a great art-style to it. We're getting the impression Laughing Jackal dig their bright colours and thumping soundtracks - what with Cubixx and...
News European Demon's Souls Comes With Fan-Made Strategy Guide
We told you last week that Demon's Souls was finally getting a Western release in part thanks to Namco Bandai who have taken on publishing responsibilities for the Playstation 3 exclusive
We also told you last week that the game comes with a much needed strategy guide. And in heart-warming news, it's just been announced that said strategy guide has...
Feature What's Next For Play Create Share? - "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
Everytime I jump back into LittleBigPlanet I have a mild brain explosion
Having worked tirelessly for several days to create my own LBP representation of Alice In Wonderland back in '08, I know the amount of work that needs to be instilled into these projects in order to create a masterpiece. But everytime I go back to LBP, there's something that...
News Playstation Move Brawler Gets Titled The Fight: Lights Out
Playstation Move brawler Motion Fighter has been given a new title
Now known as The Fight: Lights Out, Sony's gritty beat 'em up has been detailed in a developer diary with producer John McLaughlin. Hands-on impressions from the early build at GDC were not particularly positive, but the build was very early. McLaughlin's stated the team's ...
News Ruh-Roh: Electronic Musician Outs LittleBigPlanet 2
Ever since Sony acquired talented British studio Media Molecule everyone's been questioning what they're going to do next
There's no way Sony would extend their already bulging European first-party suite for LittleBigPlanet costume packs, and naturally that's resulted in the title LittleBigPlanet 2 popping up a fair bit. Looks like the game's just...
Rumour New Open-World, Mature "Play Create Share" Title Headed To Playstation 3 In The Future
Official Playstation Magazine's Ben Wilson may have dropped a huge hint regarding an upcoming Playstation 3 title under the "Play Create Share" banner
In the latest edition of the Official Playstation Magazine podcast, the magazine editor declared that he'd seen an open-world online title that would allow users to create their own missions. While...
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</em> Simon Prytherch of Lightning Fish Games reckons that the introduction of the Playstation Move will benefit the market for "fitness gamers", and that platform holder's emphasis on motion controls will "see new ways of interacting and new...
News Insomniac Label Infinity Ward Sackings As "Horrifying"
Resistance: Fall Of Man's lead multiplayer designer Jake Biegel has labelled the saga which saw the breakdown of Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward as "horrifying"
</span> He went on to describe that the event "reiterates how good it is to be working at a wholly independent developer." "I have some friends at Infinity Ward...
News Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Gets Deservedly Lavish Art-Book
Some video game art books leave a lot to be desired, but this premium 272-page illustration-laden manuscript is exactly the reason why Naughty Dog are so special
Realising that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves deserves to be more than a flimsy glossy pamphlet, Naughty Dog's teamed up with Ballistic Publishing to release this high-quality publication...
News Gran Turismo 5 Will Be "Totally Different" To Prologue
Just in case you were one of those people on the message boards, spewing rubbish you can't even comprehend, Gran Turismo 5 will be more than an updated version of the Prologue "demo" released in 2008
Series veteran Yamauchi told PSM3 magazine so. Prologue is really only a prologue, he said. Though the look and feel of Prologue and the full...
News Grip Games Bring 5-In-1 Arcade Hits To Playstation Minis
Grip Games has announced they're set to release upcoming Playstation Mini 5-In-1 Arcade Hits to the Playstation Store in the "coming weeks"
5-In-1 Arcade Hits is a collection of five arcade and casual games in a single, concise package. The game's set to bring Solitaire, Pairs, Tetroid, "a fast-paced block breaker game", 15 Puzzle, a...
News Playstation Store Update Days Move Forward
We've known that it's been going to happen for a while, but Sony's now confirmed that Playstation Store updates are moving from their traditional Thursdays, starting in May
That's right, in response to XBOX Live's Wednesday updates, Sony has confirmed that Store updates will take place on a Tuesday in North America, with Europeans having to wait the...
News Playstation Portable Returns To The Top Of The Japanese Hardware Charts
After a brief hiatus in second-place, Sony's Playstation Portable has once again taken the Japanese hardware sales crown from bigger brother Playstation 3, shifting 29K units to the PS3's 28K
The PSPgo managed to pull itself up from the bottom of the sales charts, just gathering enough steam to propel it past Sony's aging PS2. The rest of the chart...
News Demon's Souls Hits Europe On June 25th
Namco Bandai has announced that they will be handling publishing duties of Demon's Souls in Europe, and that the game will hit on June 25th
The game will be released exclusively as a special pack called the "Black Phantom Edition", which includes a soundtrack, artbook and strategy guide. The latter being pretty necessary from what we've...
News NPD March 2010: "Consumer Demand Remains Incredibly High" For Playstation 3
Console shortages are hindering the Playstation 3's performance in the US despite "consumber demand remaining incredibly high", was the message of SCEA's Patrick Seybold this morning
The statement comes in response to the Playstation 3's NPD performance which saw Sony sell 313.9K Playstation 3 systems and dominate the hardware charts. There appears...
News NPD March 2010: God Of War III Shifts 1.1 Million Units
Huge success for Sony and their Santa Monica studio last month, as God Of War III went on to rule the American software charts selling a whopping 1
1 million copies in the country. Kratos managed to oust out March's other big releases in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Final Fantasy XIII, the latter of which performed better on the Playstation 3 SKU...
News NPD March 2010: Playstation 3 Rules Software Charts, Shifts 313.9K
The NPD hardware and software sales for March 2010 are in, and Sony's given a particularly impressive showing in the region that's given them most trouble over the past few years
Despite hardware shortages limiting the PS3's performance, Sony's home system still managed to shift a whopping 313.9K, just shy of the 360's 338K. The most pleasing thing...
News Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype Coming In May, Bringing Bullets & Bass Synths With It
EastAsia's finally locked Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype in for release exclusively on Playstation Network this May
Like its predecessor, the game's all about dodging bullets and shooting down space-ships. Seriously, it doesn't look any easier than its prequel either. In fact, EastAsia's confirmed the existence of a new "Challenge" mode for...
News Assassin's Creed Enters The Guinness Book Of World Records 2010
We've often thought that Guiness World Records could be a bit dumb
There's a probably a world record for eating the most cup-cakes in under 30 seconds while underwater with a pineapple down your trunks. They're silly. And that kind of applies to Assassin's Creed II's "coveted" award of... "video game featured on the most magazine...
News Another Naughty Bear Trailer!?!?! Now You're Spoiling Us...
Another day, another Naughty Bear trailer
And guess what? The nastiest stuffed teddy this side of toy-land is up to his old tricks again. This time he's making candy-fluff. Eat around the buttons, they were once a helpless bear's eyes.
News Aerialbots & Stunticons Join The War For Cybertron
Long-time readers of the site will know we're overwhelmingly excited at the prospect of a good "traditional" Transformers game in Transformers: War For Cybertron
And thus with the announcement of representation from both the Aerialbots and Stunticons, our excitement goes up that little bit more. Both Air Raid and Breakdown will break away from their...
You know what we've been craving from Playstation Minis? That's right, an old-school FMV based horror game
Indeed, thank goodness for Hysteria Project, "a groundbreaking gaming experience where you are the hero of an entirely filmed adventure". It looks a bit like Heavy Rain crossed with FMV. Check out the Playstation Blog for more on the...
News Free 3D Playstation 3 "Taster" Titles To Be Included With New Sony TV
As summer nears, so to does Sony's push for 3D technology
There'll be a new range of televisions from the electronics manufacturer, alongside a Playstation 3 firmware update that will bring the system and its blu-rays into the third-dimension. But, we're also expecting content. Gran Turismo 5 is a given for the launch of the new technology (hey -...
News Demon's Souls Is Almost Definitely Coming To Europe It Seems
Ok, you've got us
While From Software's incredible underground hit Demon's Souls was only available as an inport, we could fend off the background noises that told us to get a copy from overseas. But if the game's coming to Europe, we're going to have to play the unique RPG aren't we? Word of a long overdue European Demon's Soul release comes from a...
News These Fine Folks From Brighton Want To Tell You More About Split/Second
We went to Brighton once
It was cool. There are loads of old indie record shops down back-alleys, which is always a win in our book. We don't know if they're still there. Maybe one of the developers working on Split/Second could tell us? Drop us a line in the comments. Oh yeah, and there's this making-of the game video embedded above too. It's going...
Let's cut to the chase - Super Street Fighter IV's producer Yoshinori Ono has revealed that, while future games in the main-line Street Fighter franchise won't include motion controls, exercise spin-off games "could be a possibility"
The Street Fighter man notes a "lower barrier entry" as an incentive to bring new players to the Street...
News Class Of Heroes Graduates To Playstation 3 This Year
Acquire's poorly received PSP title Class Of Heroes is to graduate to the Playstation 3 this year
The old-school dungeon crawler has a pretty niche audience, despite its critical issues, and while the game is unlikely to see Western release (Atlus passed on an American port of the PSP title), the Playstation 3 version is supposedly under...
News Latest Naughty Bear Trailer Has "Game Of The Year" Written All Over It
At this stage, does it even matter whether Naughty Bear is desperately awful as an actual video game? The answer is no, because we're having way too much fun laughing at the stupid self-awareness of these teaser trailers
And also, we just want a game that casts a murderous teddy bear as its protagonist to be a massive hit.
News Houser: Red Dead Redemption Was A Technical Nightmare To Develop
Red Dead Redemption looks absolutely fantastic, so whatever hurdles the team at Rockstar San Diego faced during development, they passed with flying colours
Still, in an exclusive chat with NowGamer, Rockstar's co-founder Dan Houser has revealed that development of the game was a "complete nightmare" on a technical level, simply because of...
News More Zen Pinball Has Us Practically Delighted, Excalibur Joins The Ranks
Zen Studios has locked down an April 15th launch date for their latest Zen Pinball table
The Knights Of The Round Table themed pinball setting will cost just $2.49 when it hits the American Playstation Store this week, and will naturally include new trophies aswell as tons of interesting things to see and unlock. Did we mention that Zen Pinball...
News Crysis 2 Squeezing More Juice Out Of The Playstation 3, Performs Better Than On XBOX 360
Hats-off to Crytek
Rather than going for platform-parity (and essentially gimping everyone), they are trying to squeeze every inch of performance out of each of the three platforms their upcoming shooter Crysis 2 is to be released on. And that means the company has admitted that they are getting "slightly more performance" out of the...
News Check Out Some New White Knight Chronicles 2 Screenshots
RPGLand's got a host of new screenshots from the upcoming SCEJ and Level-5 Playstation 3 exclusive White Knight Chronicles 2
Check 'em out if that's your thing.
News Modern Warfare 2 Developer Infinity Ward Continues To Bleed Employees
Infinity Ward is dead at this point
Seriously, if you're still clinging onto that Call Of Duty and Modern Warfare brand, you may aswell stop. That's not to undermine Treyarch's efforts. They're a good studio that make good games. It's just that Infinity Ward are were the life-blood of the franchise. But that's studio's now all but dead. With gaffers...
News Hey Y'all, X-Com Is Totally Back As A First-Person Shooter, Skipping PS3 Release
We've got to be straight-up: as a publication PushSquare has no affinity with the 90's turn-based strategy game X-Com
A lot of people do though, and are giving mixed reaction to the announcement of a new game in the series coming from Bioshock 2's development house 2K Marin. The thing that's confusing most people? The new X-Com's not going to be a...
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Sam & Max finally kick off Season 3 of their episodic adventures this week, with the "Penal Zone" finally hitting the Playstation 3. If you're still not totally convinced about hitting that "Subscribe" button on the Playstation Store - which grants you access to each monthly episode of...
News This Week's FirstPlay Nets You GameShastra's Playstation Mini D-Cube Planet
We said in our hands-on impressions of Future Publishing's FirstPlay that you probably shouldn't invest in the digital magazine based on the promise of freebies
FirstPlay's a content experience first and foremost, and while we loved that Lion bar attached to our issues of Mr. Dreamcast magazine as a kid, we bought it mainly for the writing inside...
News Dead Space Literature Depicts The Events Before The Game
It's awesome when a franchise becomes so big that it earns its own spin-off novel
Resident Evil has a whole line of novels dedicated to the escapades of Jill and Chris Valentine. And now Dead Space is about to get the same treatment. Written by B. K. Evenson, and published by Tor Books - Dead Space: Martyr follows the story of Michael Altman, the...
News Laughing Jackal Reveal Vibes, Thumping New Playstation Mini
Laughing Jackal's last Playstation Mini release, Cubixx, is still one of the most stylish games on the store, but their upcoming title Vibes seems ready to take that crown
The gameplay appears to riff of the likes of Guitar Hero, Rock Band Unplugged and Amplitude, having you mash the Playstation's face buttons to various rythmns. It looks awesome,...
First Impressions FIFA World Cup 2010 on PlayStation 3 Demo
It's probably impossible to make a commercial flop when you've got an official license adorning the package of your product
Particularly when it's a game based on the massive event that is the World Cup. But EA's turned over a new leaf in recent years, taking a new found interest in the quality of the products they release. As such, the FIFA video...
News Magic Orbz Gets Another Dose Of DLC, Heads To The Jungle
Everybody loves TikGames/Creat Studios' Magic Ball Orbz
Despite the name change, the game's definitely one of the best block breakers on the PSN (and there are lots, so it earns that accolade); using a unique physics engine to have you smash up real polygonal objects rather than coloured squares. So yeah, now we've established that everyone loves...
News Lavish SCEA Presentation Puts Ted Price In The Modnation Racers Driving Seat
This super lavish SCEA production has Insomniac Games' CEO Ted Price waxing lyrical about Sony and United Front Games' upcoming "Play Create Share" kart-racer Modnation Racers
We love you Ted, and yes, we're excited about the game too.
News Bioshock Man Is Working On An "Original Title"
Ken Levine created Bioshock
But over the last few years he's been working on a new project we still don't know about. A business piece in the LA Times today fails to uncover any new details about Levine's next project, but does offer some interesting soundbytes. The interview with Take-Two man Strauss Zelnick reveals that Levine was...
News Retail Partners For God Of War Trilogy "Still Being Worked Out"
If you're worrying about your order for the God Of War Trilogy being cancelled, then you can stop now
There's no real need to worry, but there is the need to be annoyed. Apparently, Sony's yet to work out the retail partners that will be distributing the God Of War Trilogy special edition. I.e. not all shops will be stocking the product, hence your...
News Popular Indie Game Shoot 1Up Looking To The Playstation Network
Shoot 1Up is a popular XBOX Live Indie Game developed by small outfit Mommy's Best Games
The game turns the tables on more tradition sh'mups, giving players the opportunity to build up an army of ships and toss out as many devastating projectiles as possible. I.e. you're dishing out the bullet-storm rather than avoiding it. And according to...
News Confirmed: Heavy Rain Knocks Up Figures Of One Million Plus
Sony's just confirmed via the Playstation Blog that Quantic Dream's ambitious Playstation exclusive, Heavy Rain, has totalled a million sales plus worldwide since its release just five weeks ago
We fell head over heels in love with Heavy Rain when we reviewed the game in February, describing the experience as "captivatingly original". If...
News British Retailer GAME Earmark DLC Games
What do Battlefield: Bad Company 2, SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3, and Dragon Age: Origins have in common? They all come with unique content that's freely available to those who buy the game new, but is restricted or premium if to those who buy the game used
A growing concern for retailers around the world dealing in the sale of used video games. But UK...
News Level-5 Working On Five Unannounced Games, To Reveal Them This Week In Famitsu
Level-5 over-ruler Akihiro Hino has Tweeted that the company are to announce five games in this week's issue of Japanese gaming bible Famitsu
While Level-5 are best known for their Nintendo DS Professor Layton releases, the team are also known for working on Sony's own White Knight Chronicles - of which there's a sequel in the works. Exactly how...
News Pachter: Respawn Announcement Is "The Ultimate Screw You To Activision"
If you read PushSquare yesterday you'd know that the fired Infinity Ward gaffers, Vince Zampella and Jason West, have formed a new studio with EA under the guise Respawn Entertainment
Industry analyst Michael Pachter reckons this is a huge "screw you" to Activision. This is the ultimate screw-you to Activision and the ultimate...
News Re-Elect Mike Haggar With This Week's Playstation Store Update
Capcom's just confirmed to us that (all being well) Final Fight: Double Impact will hit the Playstation Store when it updates this Thursday
No confirmation of price just yet, but expect the game in the $9.99/£7.99 ball-park. Final Fight: Double Impact not only brings full drop-in/drop-out co-op to the arcade classic, but also offers a range of new...
News Japan's Bought Quite A Lot Of Playstation 3 Consoles
How many Playstation 3 systems are there out in the Japanese wilderness? It's a question we often ask ourselves
Thankfully, as of April 11th, Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has the answer. Over 5 million. That's right - over 5 million consoles have been sold to Japanese gamer folks. The biggest domestic games to date are Final Fantasy XIII, Metal Gear...
News Capcom: Original Dead Rising Felt "Too Japanese"
The original Dead Rising did not come out on the Playstation 3, but was largely considered as something of a flawed gem
The sequel is being developed by Candian house Blue Castle Games. Since the original was developed in-house at Capcom Japan, why the switch to a Western developer? Producer Shinsaku Ohara told CVG, the change was simple as Capcom...
Rumour Heavenly Sword's Ninja Theory Working On Devil May Cry 5
According to rumours coming out of the latest issue of GameInformer, Ninja Theory, the developers of Sony exclusive Heavenly Sword, have been set to work on the fifth iteration of Devil May Cry 5
The last Devil May Cry title launched on the PS3 in 2007. Reports coming out of the Cambridge-based British studio late last month suggested that the team...
Report PS3 Has Highest Proportion Of Internet-Connected Users
You'd think given the constant touting of the XBOX Live service that Microsoft's XBOX 360 would have the most Internet-Connected users, but according to a survey by the Diffusion Group, that's just not true at all
In fact, their findings note that in a study of 2,000 broadband users in the US, 78 percent of users hit the Internet high-road with...
News Machinarium Devs Look To Sony After Microsoft Pass On Publishing
A report on XBLAFans
com</a> late last week made some pretty bold claims regarding the PC's critical darling Machinarium and a potential publishing deal with Microsoft. A deal the company rejected according to claims. According to the article, Microsoft refused to publish the game because the product was not an XBOX exclusive, having already...
News Respawn Entertainment To Focus On New IP, Not Battlefield Or Medal Of Honor
A few rumours circulating immediately after the announcement of Zampella and West's return to EA earlier today suggested that the duo's new studio, Respawn Entertainment, might be about to take control of either the Battlefield or Medal Of Honor franchises
That's absolutely not true according to EA Games boss Frank Gibeau. Speaking with Kotaku, the...
News New Episodes From Liberty City Trailer Is Bustin' On The Dance Floor
Lemme hear y'all: hooray
Grand Theft Auto's long awaited Episodes From Liberty City are finally coming to the Playstation 3, and that means two complete new campaigns for GTAIV. The expansions are to be available on a new retail blu-ray and via digital download from the PSN. We'll see you all back in the big town.
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 12-18th April 2010
Here's what's coming to PS3 this week
After the big news regarding Activision, EA and Infinity Ward's sacked duo, you might be seeking a little rest and relaxation to calm down. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes From Liberty City It's been out on the XBOX 360 for what seems like an eternity, but Microsoft's...
News EA Formally Send Word Of Bulletstorm For Release In 2011
EA's just sent us word of the upcoming People Can Fly and Epic Games title Bulletstorm
The game was sort of revealed over the weekend via a GameInformer cover, but now you can consider the PS3 title official. People Can Fly has created a wildly fun first-person shooter that looks gorgeous running on the latest Unreal Engine 3...
News UK Software Sales Charts Remain Pretty Darn Boring
Not much to see on the UK's software sales charts this week
Ubisoft's Just Dance is still number one, with Just Cause 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 shuffling places. Elsewhere, there's a lot of Nintendo. JUST DANCE BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 JUST CAUSE 2 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 WII SPORTS RESORT WII FIT PLUS POKEMON SOULSILVER FIFA...
News Fired Call Of Duty Staffers Zampella & West Sign Up With EA, Form Respawn Entertainment
Remember those fired Infinity Ward staffers Vince Zampella and Jason West? Y'know, the ones who practically created the Call Of Duty franchise
Yeah, erm, they just signed a new publishing deal with EA. Their new studio's named Respawn Entertainment. The new studio will retain full control over the IPs they develop, while EA will handle worldwide...
News Modern Warfare 3 Being "Held Hostage" By Fired Infinity Ward Staff
If you've not been keeping up with the whole Activision vs
ex-Infinity Ward men debacle, you probably wouldn't know that Jason West and Vince Zampella - ex-gaffers at Modern Warfare 2 studio Infinity Ward - were fired by the company's parent Activision and later reacted by issuing legal action against the company. Well Activision's just released a...
News Zone Of The Enders 3 Hinted At By Hideo Kojima
With Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker wrapped up and out of the way (sort of ), video games mastermind Hideo Kojima appears to have turned his attention to a new project
One featuring mechs. "I'm thinking about the casting for my next title," Kojima Tweeted, as translated by Andriasang. "The project plan still hasn't reached a detailed...
News Castlevania Devs "Looked At" Playstation Move But "Decided Against It" For Lords Of Shadow
There's a new Castlevania game coming out
It's called Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow. It would probably be pretty cool with the Playstation Move, but ultimately developers MercurySteam "decided against" using Sony's new motion controller. This information comes via a Tweet from producer David Cox: "No we arent using the Playstation...
News Playstation Move Nunchuck Unit Gets Tagged "Navigation Controller"
Look, let's not beat around the bush - the Playstation Move's analogue stick attachment is a wireless Wii nunchuck
That's not as offensive as some people would like it to be - the nunchuck was a fantastic idea and Playstation Move would be limited without it. It's the name that's gotten some people's back up. We're not sure why it can't just be...
News Konami Bring Re-Armed Eighties Arcade Classic To The PSN This Fall
Awesome
Konami's announced that they are set to bring an updated version of their Eighties arcade smash Rush'n Attack to the Playstation Network - with Rush'n Attack: Ex Patriot. Ex Patriot's got a 2.5D look to proceedings with a typically Eighties-esque cold war plot taking you through three different environments. The game's in development at...
News Crytek UK (That's Free Radical To Most Of You) Are Working Solely On Crysis 2's Multiplayer
There's a lot going into Crysis 2
Not only will the game be the showpiece for Crytek's new multiplatform engine, the CryEngine 3, but it's also got an entire team - the respected Crytek UK, formerly Free Radical (TimeSplitters, Haze) - working on its multiplayer. This goes against initial claims which suggested that Crytek UK were working on a new...
News God Of War 3's "Zipped Up Too Tightly" For Certain Types Of DLC, Says Stig Asmussen
According to Sony Santa Monica's Stig Asmussen, there's only so much the team can do with regards to God Of War III DLC as the game's "zipped up so tight"
He told Destructoid: Maybe we could do the epilogue that Im talking about. The full epilogue, just something fun to do. Theres skins and theres challenges, we could do those things. The...
Some interesting comments came out of Castlevania producer David Cox's pie-hole this week
The dev spoke candidly to PSM3 magazine about Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 and its baring on the industry. In that interview Cox dropped a bomb of a quote, declaring that Uncharted 2 couldn't set a genre benchmark because it was a single-platform release. It left...
News Capcom: Super Street Fighter IV Will Be The Last Iteration Of SFIV
If you were anticipating a release of "Super Street Fighter IV Ex Turbo" after this month's Super Street Fighter IV - stop
It's not going to happen. That's according to Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono anyway who told OXM that he's "aware of the mistakes Capcom has made in the past" in regards to multiple permutations of the same game...
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