PS3 News
April2010
News Bulletstorm Revealed On The Cover Of GameInformer
Coming from EA, Epic Games and the folks over at People Can Fly - Bulletstorm is a new, ambitious first-person shooter heading to the Playstation 3
The game's been teased by various outlets for some time now, but it's finally been revealed on the latest cover of US mag GameInformer. The game's all about Grayson Hunt, the former leader of a black-ops...
News Warner Bros. Trademark Netherrealm Studios
Netherrealm's part of the Mortal Kombat lore
As fans of the franchise will be well aware. Thus it doesn't take a genius to figure out what Warner Bros. recently filed trademarks for "Netherrealm Studios" are all about. We'll literally close down PushSquare if a new Mortal Kombat game doesn't show up at E3. Well, maybe not. But we're pretty...
News Konami's Doing Another SAW Game?
Here's a screenshot for Konami's upcoming SAW: The Video Game 2
It's most surprising not because it looks particularly unpleasant, but because we had no idea there was another game in the works. The first one had some clever ideas, so we're quite excited by the prospect of an improved version of that.</em>
News Sold: More Uncharted 2: Among Thieves DLC On The Way
There's more Uncharted 2: Among Thieves DLC on the way
Yup, big hurrah. The Siege Expansion pack due at the end of the month includes new multiplayer maps, trophies, skins and an entirely new co-op mode. The new co-op mode, entitled Siege, has players working together to try and hold a territory against waves of invaders. In all there'll be two new...
News Get Hype: New "Next Generation" Silent Hill Game In The Works
The last Playstation 3 Silent Hill title, Homecoming, was a bit of a disappointment
But since, the PS2/PSP Silent Hill release, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, has corrected any wrong-doings. The franchise reboot focused on tension, thrills and psychology rather than Homecoming's action - something we hope will carry forward into the next Silent...
News Heavy Rain Shifts Over One Million Copies, On Track For 1.5 Million By Year's End
Armchair analysts predicted Sony and Quantic Dream's unusual experiment Heavy Rain would barely break-even
They were wrong. Extremely wrong in fact, as David Cage has confirmed that the thriller has shifted over one million copies since its release in late February. The visionary told Play3.de: We have sold more than 1 million copies of Heavy Rain...
News Sony's John Koller Explains The Advantages Of Playstation Move Over Natal
Sony's John Koller has dropped a few sound-bytes as to why he believes the company's Playstation Move controller is better than Microsoft's Natal solution in an interview with Destructoid
The Sony man states: is better than Natal for a few reasons, but the biggest reason is what we call draw distance. What Natal has is very XY, youre playing...
News Japanese Hardware Sales Do The Ol' Sony One-Two
Sony's took the top two spots once more in Japan, with the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable topping the Japanese hardware charts
Sony's home console managed 38k sales, where their portable hit the 37k mark. The consoles were followed up by a bunch of Nintendo SKUs, with the PSPgo still floundering at the bottom of the charts. Hit the jump for...
Microsoft's "exclusivity" in regards to Modern Warfare 2's "Stimulus Map Pack" has turned out to be incredibly brief, as publishers Activision has just announced that the DLC's due on Playstation 3 mere weeks after its XBOX 360 debut - on May 4th in the US and May 5th worldwide
That's according to Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling anyway, who made the...
Rumour PSM3 Magazine Reckons Portal 2 Is Coming To The Playstation 3
Valve have long whined about Sony's Playstation 3
We have the articles to prove it. But one magazine cover, PSM3, reckons their latest release Portal 2 is set to finally make the jump. The cover of the magazine hints at the release of Portal 2, alongside the announcement of F.E.A.R. 3. Valve announced the game as a PC and XBOX 360 title a few weeks...
News Get That Zelda Out Of My 3D Dot Game Heroes
3D Dot Game Heroes is Zelda to the point of parody
But how do you make it even more Zelda? Well, you put Link in there of course. That's exactly what GameInformer's Tim Turi has done. You can observe the results after through here.</em>
News Live Action F.E.A.R. 3 Trailer Is Ridiculous, In A Kinda Dumb Way
Here's your first glimpse at the earlier-announced F
E.A.R. 3</a>. You'll note it looks absolutely ridiculous to the point of comedy. Still, if Alma's giving birth again, it definitely means there'll be a new game with things to shoot. Confirmed. We wish people'd use condoms and stop this freaky supernatural stuff from even starting.
News Call Of Duty 7 (This Year's Treyarch One) Announced In Next Month's OPM
Readers snagging their subscriber copies of this month's Official Playstation Magazine are spreading word of a big Call Of Duty unveil due in May
That's right, the magazine'll have an exclusive look at Treyarch's next game in the Call Of Duty franchise when the issue hits stands on May 16th. There's a whole host of Call Of Duty 7 rumours right...
News F.E.A.R. 3 Announced, New Developer On Board
Well, the official announcement's been a long time coming, but Warner Bros
has finally dropped the bomb regarding the upcoming F.E.A.R. 3. It's explicitly written F.E.A.R. 3 everywhere, despite the logo spelling out the rather dodgy F.3.A.R. Alas, the shooter's due on Playstation 3 this Fall. It'll of course feature the series' antagonist Alma,...
News SingStar Gets Free Online Battle Mode Update This Summer
Still playing SingStar? The likelihood is yes, it's definitely the best karaoke game on consoles
Thus you'll be delighted to hear that Sony and Studio London have a new free update in the pipeline for you: Online Battle Mode. Here you'll be able to send invites to your friends and challenge them to a song performance. Both players will need to own...
News Red Dead Redemption's Online "Free Roam" Mode Gets Trailered
A bit like Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption will be getting a 16-player free-roam multiplayer mode
This portion of the game's online multiplayer campaign will allow players to explore Redemption's huge open-world with friends, rolling in posses known as "hombres". Hombres will be able to take down opposing factions, hunt down...
News Sony Plan To "Lead The Way" When It Comes To 3D Gaming
Sony's Simon Benson reckons that 3D is going to be gaming's "biggest revolution" of the modern age, and that Sony are plan to "lead the way" when they update all PS3's to support 3D content later this year
The fact that we have a team dedicated to stereoscopic 3D gaming shows that we are taking this very seriously, he said. We believe that...
News Dead To Rights: Retribution Has A Dog In It
Let's be honest: Dead To Rights Retribution doesn't look like the best game in the world now does it? But there's still every possibility it might be a complete, amazing surprise
And when you've got awesome looking dogs in it, that possibility is increased. We think.
Rumour Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Reveal On The Horizon?
According to a rumour from Team Spooky, backed up by Kotaku, a Marvel vs
Capcom 3</a> reveal is literally sitting on the horizon. Team Spooky, who correctly predicted Super Street Fighter IV's character line-up ahead of release, claim that A Marvel vs. Capcom 3 reveal is coming in May - which would likely tie in with Capcom's pre-E3 Captivate...
News Sigh, Alright, Enough With The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Trailers
We're getting the distinct impression that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's going to be a rather large game
Well, it's going to have to be anyway. Up to this point we've seen about an hour's worth of footage from the game through continuous trailer releases from Kojima Productions. Here's another 8-minute epic from them. Talk about mindshare.
News Crytek Step Up To The Challenge, Aim To Set PS3's Graphical Benchmark With Crysis 2
The original Crysis is largely considered the best looking PC video game of all time
Those with a high-powered rig are able to squeeze unbelievable visuals out of the game. In fact - whisper it - if it weren't for Crysis' amazing visuals, no one would much care for the shooter. So in making the move to consoles with Crysis 2, developers Crytek want...
News FirstPlay Launches This Week, Makes Official Playstation Magazine All Digital
FirstPlay's essentially the British version of Qore - a digital resource that runs directly on your Playstation 3 for all things Playstation
It's being put together by the fine folks at Official Playstation Magazine UK and episode one launches this week. Each episode'll set you back a measley £0.99 (or £8.99 for a 90-day subscription) and will...
News Castlevania Man: Uncharted 2 Didn't "Redefine Action Games" (Erm, Nobody Said It Did?)
Well this is an odd one
We liked Uncharted 2: Among Thieves because it was the best game of 2009. The gameplay mechanics, stunning visuals and fabulous scripting, pacing and voice acting were all key components for its success. Many hail Uncharted 2 as one of the best games this generation - but for some reason, in an interview with PSM3 magazine,...
News GeoHot Develops Custom Playstation 3 Firmware 3.21OO, Brings OtherOS Support Back
So if you've not been following the dramas of console hacking, here's the story: GeoHot claimed to hack the Playstation 3 a few months back, essentially allowing him to manipulate the system in anyway he pleased
That led to security concerns within Sony who decided to remove the OtherOS functionality found it older PS3 models. The removal of this...
News FIFA World Cup 2010 Demo Hits The Playstation Network Tomorrow
Ready you get your World Cup on? Of course you are
.. There's what, two or three months to go? E3, World Cup and Summer? It's going to be the best ever, yo. If you really want to speed up time to the start of June, you might want to get into the World Cup spirit a little early, y grabbing the demo for FIFA World Cup 2010 which is due on the PSN...
News Kojima Reckons Games Consoles As We Know It Are On The Way Out
Speaking during this morning's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker conference (which resulted in the announcement of a Monster Hunter collaboration), Kojima made a prediction that console gaming as we know it will be "phased out in the near future"
The Kojima Productions man predicted that console gamers should have their fix "on the go" in the...
When we were younger, we dreamt of being a Transformer
We'd be a Ford Capri, with missile launchers coming out of our headlamps, and big Batman prongs on the top of our head. It's exciting, then, to hear that the upcoming Transformers game Transformers: War For Cybertron (which incidentally looks really good) includes a character creation mode...
News Crysis 2 Gets Debuted At, Erm, Times Square In New York
Here's a new way of making your debut - put it on the big-screen at New York's Times Square
That's exactly what Crytek's done with their upcoming shooter Crysis 2. The footage doesn't really reveal much: people are missing, aliens have invaded, New York's ruined, there are people in big suits. Still. What did you expect? Gameplay? Pssht.
News Quantum Theory Due To Hit Consoles This Summer
Tecmo's Quantum Theory has been marred by some unusual circumstances in honesty
Initially it was a Playstation 3 exclusive. Now it's multiplatform. Then it was due at the start of 2010. Now it's due in Summer. Yup, that's right, Tecmo have committed to a Summer release date for their Gears Of War-esque third-person shooter. That's all according to...
News If Only There Were A Dot-Mart In Real Life As Opposed To 3D Dot Game Heroes
The Dot-Mart stocks all your worldly needs
No, we're not talking bottles of Iced Tea, packets of Custard Creams and the latest issue of Nuts with Kitty Lea on the front. We're talking useful stuff - like Candles, Potions and Tents. Duh. If only the Dot-Mart would take over that infernal Tesco down the road. If you haven't already, you should...
News Together, Let's Watch A Little Bit More Of Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Like, right now.
Square Enix has just dropped an extended trailer for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - their upcoming co-operative shooter with a twist. Much of the trailer includes footage we've covered before, but there is a good chunk of new stuff too so it's worth a look. Besides, the game's actually looking like it might be a lot of fun,...
News Confirmed: Split/Second's Multiplayer Is As Awesome As You May Expect
Check out the embedded video courtesy of 1Up
It depicts some multiplayer gameplay from Disney Interactive and Black Rock Studio's Split/Second. Does it look killer? Does it ever. The frame-rate looks super solid in this video, so we've just got our fingers crossed that performance will carry over into the final game. It looks fantastic, but with the...
News Mark Your Diary: Sony Confirm Their E3 Conference For June 15th
It's getting closer
Scarily. It feels like it was only just Christmas. Whatever. June's coming. That means E3 is coming. And that means Sony are preparing for what might be one of the most important E3 conferences in the last four or five years. We've just got word of the date too - June 15th. The event's set to kick off at the Shrine Auditorium...
News SEGA Confirms San Francisco Studio's Closure
SEGA's confirmed this morning that their San Francisco studio - responsible for the Iron Man and Golden Axe: Beast Rider games on the PS3 - has been shut down
SEGA issued a statement to IndustryGamers offering condolences to those employees whom are now unemployed. "Sega of America is sad to announce the closure of Sega Studios San Francisco...
News Hori Create A Portable Playstation 3 (Kind Of)
Are you ever out and about thinking to yourself: "Damn, I wish I could play the Playstation 3 right now
" Probably not many of you. But for the few of you in that situation, Hori's got your back with this ridiculous Sony-licensed LCD docking station. The devices attaches a neat little 1,366 x 768 LCD screen and Stereo speakers to your PS3...
News Blu-Ray Discs Are A-Getting Bigger
Blu-Ray discs are pretty huge
Traditionally they hold from 25-50GB on a single-layer, and 50-100GB on a dual-layer. Their size makes content such as God Of War III possible. But what if they were to get bigger? Well, they are. New 128GB BDXL discs are ready to go, but only for commercial usage. They won't work in your current PS3 because, well, the...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 5th-11th April 2010
It's Tuesday
That means we're a day late for our Playstation Picks. But indeed, we're only a day late because yesterday was a Bank Holiday. Huzzah. (There's not much to talk about). PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Freekscape: Escape From Hell Being the only game we're aware of that's launching this week, Freekscape: Escape From Hell...
News Sony: The Age Of "Arrogance" Is Long Gone, Kevin Butler Has Changed Perception
At the launch of the Playstation 3 and for many years later people perceived Sony as completely arrogant
Launching a system for $600 and promoting it with crying babies didn't exactly help. But SCEA veteran Peter Dille reckons we're long past that, stating that "whole positioning was a bit intimidating to people". Dille told IGN that...
News Nintendo Wii Dancing Game Tops The UK Sales Charts, Not Much To Talk About
This week's UK sales chart has to be the most generic list in a long time
You've got Ubisoft's Wii Just Dance dacing game at the top, with last weeks leader Just Cause 2 in the runner-up spot. You've then got Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2. Then Pokemon. Then Wii Sports. Then Pokemon. Then Fifa. The Wii Fit. Then Super Mario. It's...
News Creat Studios Announce New Playstation Mini For Release This Week, Freekscape: Escape From Hell
Creat Studios has announced today that they will launch a new Playstation Mini for both the PS3 and PSP this week (April 8th) on the Playstation Store
Freekscape: Escape From Hell has been developed by Kidguru Studios in Brazil, and is a side-scrolling platformer set in 3D environments. Players control a demon named Freek, who happens upon a holy...
News New Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess Trailer Is Brilliant
We told you about Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess a few months ago
The Mediatonic title is set to push the potential of the Playstation Minis platform, and the latest trailer from the game certainly looks to do that. Gameplay appears to be a cross between a platformer and something akin to the iPhones' Doodle Jump. But it's the stunning visual...
News US Super Street Fighter IV Ad Is Blingin'
Yo-yo, y'all down? Let's blaze this
S-to-the-S-to-the-SSF-ooooour! Uh. C'mon. Ya got new Ultra Combos, new mul-tie-playuh. And best of all, ma homie - Dudley from the big high-A, the UK. Super Street Fighter IV. Only $39.99 y'all! Preorder now.</em>
News Hammer Wars Launches On Playstation Minis
Hammer Wars certainly looks different
The game just launched on the European PSN Store for the PSP and PS3, and promises "high quality graphics, fascinating storyline and off-beat characters". The game's based on a unique physics system that's tied to the analogue stick — allowing you to swing weaponry one-to-one while flying in a unique...
News No, Actually Killzone 2 Won't Be Getting A 3D Update
News coming out of SCEA's PSN magazine Qore last week hinted that Killzone 2 was to get an update into the third dimension, courtesy of Sony's new Bravia range and updated PS3 firmware
That news was incorrect. Sony's said so: That last feature included interviews, footage from CES 2010, and a brief montage of SCEA titles intended as examples of...
News It's Easter Monday: Have A Pile Of Stunning Gran Turismo 5 Footage
It's a new week
It's a bank holiday. And that means there's more footage leaking out of Gran Turismo 5. Honestly - there's more unofficial footage of this stuff right now than there is official. These videos were picked up by Mimaximax , and feature footage of the McLaren F1, TVR Tuscan Speed 6, Mercedes SLR, and Nissan GTR V-Spec. Oh, it looks...
News Ninja Theory Gaffer Not Stoked By "Limited" 3D Console Tech
Ninja Theory's boss man Tameem Antoniades has told CVG that 3D effects in current gen consoles are limiting
The leader of the team responsible for Heavenly Sword reckons framerates are the culprit. The problem is that to do 3D properly you need to render 60 frames per second, per eye. And at least a 720p resolution [per eye]. So in essence...
News David Jaffe Drops Hints That Eat, Sleep, Play's PS3 Title Is "Falling Into Place"
David Jaffe - legendary Playstation developer - has dropped some pretty big hints that his company's latest title (hotly tipped to be a Twisted Metal reboot) is on the cusp of an announcement
The God Of War creator wrote on his blog that the project is "starting to fall into place", and that Playstation fans will get a glimpse of the title...
News XBOX Man: Web Browsing On PS3 Is "A Nightmare"
We don't know about you lot, but we actually use the PS3 web browser all the time
It's often a broken, slow and clunky experience - no doubt about it. But we'd be lost without. When the computers are all switched off, we're in the middle of a game, and we need to quickly get an update on a story or something happening around the web — the first...
News Sony: Hardcore Gamers "Look Down Their Nose" At Motion Control
Peter Dille, SCEA's top marketing honcho, made a few comments regarding the Playstation Move this weekend that have been a little misconstrued
Speaking of motion control, Dille noted that the Wii has been supremely successful "but at the end of the day it's not a very precise experience". So far so, true? So what has got the Internet's...
High Velocity Bowling has been on my Playstation 3's hard-drive for a long time
I think I bought it while it was in one of SCEE's ludicrously cheap sales. I played it for maybe five-minutes after purchase and then never touched it again. But yesterday was a Bank Holiday here in the UK - a.k.a. "Sit On Your Ass And Do Nothing For 12 Hours"...
News Split/Second Trailer Is As Amazing As They Come
It's the Easter weekend
We should be as far away from the office as possible. But we just saw that Disney's released a new trailer for their upcoming "reality TV" racing game, Split/Second. As you might expect, it looks completely killer, with pounding beats, slow-motion and explosions. May's going to be awesome for racers: Modnation...
News Final Fantasy IX Gets Confirmed For Release On The Japanese PSN
It's happening folks
We hinted at it a few days ago, but Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy IX will be making the short journey over to the PSN. It was confirmed by Square Enix president Yoichi Wada via the firm's Japanese Twitter page. It wouldn't make sense not to put it on there, given how well both Final Fantasy VII and VIII have sold...
News Killzone 2 Enters The Third Dimension This Summer
As part of an upcoming firmware update for the PS3, Sony's box of tricks will be able to handle full 3D when used in collaboration with a 3D-compatible TV
But what games will support the new tech? Well, a hot rumour shooting its way out of Sony PSN-download show Qore suggests Killzone 2 will be one game in the line-up, alongside LittleBigPlanet,...
News Peter Dille: God Of War III Sales Passed A Million In "Just A Couple Of Days"
Good news for Sony and their Santa Monica studio, SCEA's VP of marketing Peter Dille has confirmed that God Of War III has sold over one million units in "just a couple of days"
No word on whether that figures worldwide, or just the US. The NPD sales data for America are due next week, so we'll know for sure just how well God Of War III (and indeed...
News Not Fed Up Of Red Dead Redemption Videos Yet?
What's that? You were screaming out for another Red Dead Redemption video
Well, here you go. Commentary is pretty much dead in regards to Red Dead right now. Yes, it looks awesome. Yes, we want to play it now. No, we don't have anymore to say.
Ok Ubisoft, you've got us
Despite Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands being a reboot of a franchise we already thought was rebooted in 2008, this game looks kind of awesome. The PS2 Prince Of Persia games were already great for their time, and a little bit more of that really can't do any harm. And that's exactly what this latest gameplay trailer...
News Gran Turismo 5's AI To Get A Complete Revamp, Seasoned Franchise Fans Rejoice
One of the most common complaints pertaining to the Gran Turismo series has consistently been the AI
Yes, the cars look and feel right, but the opponent drivers are far too robotic to complete the full illusion. It's something the series' creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, wants to put right with Gran Turismo 5, confirming that, yes, the cars will be more...
News 2K Sports Planning To Take Advantage Of Motion Controls
Stop us if you've heard this one before: 2K Sports plan to get involved in the upcoming motion control revolution
It would make sense to be honest, their baseball game in particularly would really benefit from the extended interactions offered by the Playstation Move. 2K Sport's VP of marketing Jason Argent recently told TheAListDaily to "stay...
News Sony Online Entertainment Actually Mention The Words "The Agency" Again, Universe Flips Out
About 18 months ago, we posted numerous stories about Sony Online Entertainment's upcoming James Bond-esque MMO The Agency
In fact, at the time, people were talking about a PS3 MMO revolution. But as time's passed, the spearhead of that revolution - The Agency, Free Realms and DC Universe Online - have all but disappeared. Well, until today that is...
News Oh Right, White Knight Chronicles 2 Is A Real Product
The original White Knight Chronicles has only just come out in the West, but the sequel is very much a real thing in Japan
So much so, SCEJ has just released a bunch of new shots for the Level-5 collaboration, courtesy of GameWatch. The visuals look pretty similar to the game's predecessor, so we hope these are pretty early days. White Knight...
March2010
News Sony Account For 17% Of GameStop's New Product Puchased In Fiscal '09
Americans bought a lot of new games in 2009, but specifically, you guys over the pond bought a lot of new Sony products
According to an SEC filing for the past year, Sony products accounted for 17% of "new product purchases" from American games retail juggernaut GameStop in fiscal '09. Nintendo won the stakes with 23%, while Microsoft, EA...
News Japanese Game Market Shrinks By 0.6% In Fiscal '09
Today's date is March 31st
That means businesses everywhere stop talking about future endeavours, and start talking about... Past endeavours. That's right, the fiscal year has ended, specifically in Japan where publication Famitsu is reporting that the market in the East has shrunk by 0.6%. The publication reports that while software sales were up,...
News Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Heading To PS3 In September
If you missed yesterday's blow-out on Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, you'd probably do well to head over here first
Done? Ok, so a few more details for you on Spidey's amazingly/noir outing: the game's story is being penned by Marvel's Dan Slott and will be hitting stores this September. If you're in the US, you'll be able to read more about the...
News Naughty Dog, Crytek Are Knocking; "Aiming To Set Graphical Benchmark" With Crysis 2
Naughty Dog set the benchmark with Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Santa Monica raised the benchmark with God Of War III. Now Crytek want to take the console visuals crown with Crysis 2. Were aiming to set the graphical benchmark, executive producer Nathan Camarillo told British Playstation magazine, PSM3. Why would anyone not want to play...
News Yep, Looks Like Uncharted 3 Production Is Underway
It'd be fair to assume that production on Uncharted 3 is already underway
Animator David Lam's industry profile lists work on an "Unannounced Project" from Naughty Dog, starting in January 2010. Lam worked with Naughty Dog for eight months during the development of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Y'know, we're absolutely ready for more...
News Saints Row 3 Will Literally Blow Your Mind According To THQ
Short little sound-byte from THQ's top boffin Danny Bilson regarding Saints Row 3 here: The next Saints Row is mind-blowing
New tech; mind-blowing. I cant talk about that too much but its mind-blowing. THQ are known for Red Faction Guerrilla's GeoMod engine, which would likely be the new tech in question here. If so, prepare for the most...
News Yup, More Easter Eggs - There's A Mechanical Shark In Just Cause 2
Thought you'd found all of Just Cause 2's easter eggs? Nope, we're pretty certain people will still be finding them later in the year
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News Famitsu Reveals A Little More On Platinum Games' Vanquish
Famitsu's got a huge blow-out on Platinum Games' Vanquish this week, and AndriaSang
com's</a> got your back with all the meaty details. The third-person shooter, being developed by Mr. Resident Evil Shinji Mikami, begins in space on a cylindrical colony known as Providence. This colony is America's 51st state, and has been created in order to...
News Visceral Games Confirm Dead Space 2 Will Get A Demo, Preferably A Better One This Time Around
Sometimes game demos can practically sell a game all on their own
Sometimes game demos can keep a game on the shelf. It's all a matter of doing it right. The original Dead Space did it wrong. It failed convey the ethos of the game, and subsequently put some people off. Executive producer at Visceral Games Steve Papoutsis is all to aware of that, and...
News US Playstation 3 Greatest Hits Collection Expands With: Killzone 2, inFamous & Resistance 2
Yo Americans, you up for some new quality first-party Playstation 3 content at half the price? You betcha, yo
Looks like Sony's got your backs then, with Killzone 2, inFamous and Resistance 2 all set to join the PS3 Greatest Hits Collection. That's according to a Best Buy flyer that also sees UFC Undisputed 2009 and LittleBigPlanet: Game Of The Year...
Rumour French Magazine Hints At God Of War III Multiplayer DLC
A mysterious scan of the French Official Playstation Magazine has set message boards alight over night
The magazine's piece seems to purport to some multiplayer DLC for God Of War III. The scans appear to show some kind of Soul Calibur-esque one-on-one fighting mini-game. It'd be neat if it happened but don't hold your breath. Remember - we're...
News Former SCEE Executive David Reeves Joins Capcom Europe
Blimey - Capcom Europe's announced that they've appointed former SCEE exec of 15 years David Reeves as their COO
Reeves, who left Sony last year, starts his new position as of tomorrow. We don't think this is an April Fools joke.I established a close working relationship with Capcom during my time at Sony and have always admired its commitment to...
Rumour Ubisoft Employee's CV Reckons Splinter Cell: Conviction Is Coming To The PS3
Ubisoft may be being coy regarding the potential release of Splinter Cell: Conviction on the Playstation 3, but one employee within the company seems to think it's happening
The game's currently a PC and XBOX 360 exclusive, a strange set of circumstances given Ubisoft are a third-party publisher, and could maximise profits further by publishing the...
News Lost Planet 2 Demo Access Codes Start Their Journey To Fans
As promised, Capcom has started sending Lost Planet 2 demos to fans
In order to redeem a free code, you'll need to register for the Lost Planet community site, which in turn will require a Capcom Unity Membership. If you've got all that though, all you'll need to do is head to this site and wait for your code to arrive. Note that the code won't work...
News THQ Set To Reveal A New Fighting Game At E3 2010
THQ are on the cusp of revealing a new fighting game during this year's E3, they've announced to CVG
According to the report, it's being worked on by a major developer. When we announce it youll go, oh theyre going with THQ, cool, THQ's vice president Danny Bilson told the website. The fighting group is actually taking on the...
News TikGames & Creat Studios Launch A Specialised PSN Publisher Storefront
Both TikGames and Creat Studios have been one of the strongest supporters of the Playstation Network
Be it the excellent Magic Ball Orbz, or the more recent Wakeboarding HD - they've won over many Playstation owners with their simple, but endearing content. Today the companies have announced that they're set to launch a publisher store-front under...
News Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Looks Edgy, Appears To Have First-Person Stuff
After the jump is the debut trailer for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
If you want to go watch it, hit the jump. We won't mind. Done? Pretty rad, right? The game's focused on some weird tablet thing that shatters and alters reality. Key thing you should know: there are multiple permutations of Spider-Man. Revealed in this trailer is the classic...
News Ignition Entertainment Detail Upcoming PSN Shooter Blacklight: Tango Down
Ignition Entertainment's dropped a few more details on their upcoming PSN shooter, Blacklight: Tango Down
The game, in development at Zombie Studios, is based around a special military unit known as "Blacklight". Duh! The Blacklight team are essentially hand-picked uber-soldiers, and they work directly for the secretary of defence...
News Enslaved Provides Proof That Post-Apocalyptic Games Can Be Pretty
Enslaved is the latest title from Heavenly Sword developers Ninja Theory
It's also strikingly pretty despite its post-apocalyptic setting. The game's based on the 400-year old Chinese novel, Journey To The West, and is due later this year.
News FirstPlay Launches Next Week On The Playstation Network
Future Publishing's just confirmed that the first episode of FirstPlay will launch on the PSN next week for £0
99. That's Thursday, April 8th if you're unsure. Those checking out the first episode will get access to an exclusive in-game item for Just Cause 2.Theres a fantastic buzz about FirstPlay amongst the industry and the gaming community...
Ruh-roh
Way to damn your product to endless comparisons by the fanboys Mark Carson of CaptiveMotion. Mark worked on Microsoft exclusive Alan Wake, but has a thing or two to say about Heavy Rain's own visuals, despite not playing the game. "It's beautiful and brilliant but visually uneven at points, which unfortunately is the nature of the...
News PSN Title Planet Minigolf Will Support Playstation Move
One of the coolest things Sony are doing with the Playstation Move, is providing a back catalogue line-up for the controller
You may only be able to afford one launch title with your Playstation Move peripheral, but it looks like Sony are providing enough retro-active support to ensure you'll have something else to use with your Move controller. Be...
News After Burner Climax Hits The Playstation Network This April 22nd
Yes
After Burner is coming to the Playstation Network, get in! That's right, SEGA Of America has dated their blue-skies flight combat title After Burner Climax for April 22nd in the USA. No price has been announced as of yet, but expect it to be in the $10 ballpark. Update @ 16:47: the date's been confirmed for Europe now too.
News Surprise: Just Cause 3 Is Probably Going To Come Out At Some Point
When Just Cause 2 shot straight to number one in the British sales charts this week, we bet you didn't expect there to be a Just Cause 3, did you? You did? Oh
Well, that's good then, because Avalanche has claimed that people shouldnt be surprised to see a Just Cause 3. I think there are a lot of connections with [Avalanche and] the IP,...
News Lost Planet 2 Video Looks Rather Exciting, Then
Capcom's released a new multiplayer trailer for Lost Planet 2
It looks pretty bonkers to be perfectly honest. The video shows off explosions, new v-suits, weapon upgrades and some more explosions. The game's out May 11th. Lucky folk will get into an early demo this week. Yeah, we're starting to be tempted.
News The Incredibles In LittleBigPlanet Are Incredibly Cute
The Incredibles are coming to LittleBigPlanet on April 8th and, guess what, they're looking incredibly cute
This super-hero themed pack not only includes nine costumes, but also a Gallery Level featuring tons of new level building goodies.
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 29th-4th April 2010 [She's Only 16! Edition]
It's Monday, thus it's time for us to talk about upcoming Playstation software you might take a shine to
There's not much amazing stuff coming this week but there are ladies. Lots of ladies. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Dead Or Alive Paradise It's all about ladies in swimsuits this week, with Tecmo's voyeur-em-up Dead Or Alive...
News Ninja Theory: Heavenly Sword Sales Were Not Enough To Break Even
So you might want to put a boot in our Heavenly Sword 2 speculation from last night
Ninja Theory has come out all guns firing, claiming they didn't even break-even with their 2007 PS3 exclusive Ninja Theory — even though the game sold just shy of one and a half million copies. Ninja Theory's co-founder Tameem Antoniades told CVG, Heavenly Sword...
News Sony Tried Natal Tech But Opted To Create New Experiences With Move
Microsoft's "Project Natal" is probably the most overhyped nothing in the history of video games
We're not saying the 3D camera peripheral is doomed to failure, not at all. We're merely stating that for a product that's barely been shown, the hype behind a simple premise is staggering. The camera technology has been in development by Israeli 3DV...
News Biggest News Of The Year: David Jaffe's New Game Will Feature DLC
Feign shock and excitement dear readers: David Jaffe - Sony stalwart, industry legend and creator of Kratos - has announced that his new super-secret (ahem
TWISTED METAL.ahem) Playstation 3 title will indeed feature DLC. Stone the crows! We absolutely will be doing DLC with our new game, Jaffe "revealed" shockingly in an episode of the...
News Linux Support Removed From The Playstation 3 With Firmware 3.21
We're sure there are going to be about five people in the world who are going to be literally seething at this news
Us? We couldn't care less. Alas - Sony's announced via the Playstation Blog that Firmware 3.21 is incoming, and that it removes the functionality to install an additional operating system to your PS3. This feature is already...
News British Gamers Buy Lots Of Copies Of Just Cause 2. Why? Just 'Cause!
That "pun" has been run into the ground and stomped on so many times we really shouldn't have used it
But that's exactly why we did use it. Ha-hah. Incredible. Anyway - without further ado, here's your British sales charts news: Just Cause 2 is number one with a bullet. Or should we say grapple hook? Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2...
First Impressions 3D Dot Game Heroes on PlayStation 3
The first thing you need to know about 3D Dot Game Heroes: it's totally safe for you to go out and pre-order the game right now
We've seen enough to know that this Legend Of Zelda-invoking parody is going to be worth every penny of your money. Delivered with a wink and a nod, everything about 3D Dot Game Heroes invokes nostalgia, and it does so...
News This Dude Eats, Sleeps, Breathes, WEARS Naughty Dog
This is Jacob Minkoff, a game designer at Sony owned studio Naughty Dog
This is his jacket. Where can we get one?
News Is Heavenly Sword 2 On The Cards? Ninja Theory Start Work On A New "Secret Project"
Speaking in the latest episode of 4 Guys 1Up, Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has hinted that the company are getting started on a new "secret project"
Weve just started pre-production on a new secret project, he told the show's cast. Its a full scale, its a pretty big project. Its still top secret, but its gonna be...
News Resistance 3 Pops Up Again In A Bizarre Sony Survey
Resistance 3's starting to sound like the worst kept secret in video games
In fact, perhaps it's not even a secret anymore. Erm, yeah - it's not is it? Take this bizarre survey sent to PS3 fans. It asks: "Do you think that there is a future version of Resistance, Resistance 3 being developed?" Erm... The very fact you're asking us Mr. Sony...
News Get Your First Look At Dead Space 2 Right Here, Right Now (Right Here, Right Now)
The crowd greet the 15-second snippet of Dead Space 2's gameplay with an "ooooooh-WHOA AWESOME", so it must be good, right? Duh
The footage shows protagonist Isaac Clarke making his way through a rickety train, before being forced to use some thrusters on his suit to make his way into the next compartment. The snippet's a little Iron Man, so it'll...
News Once Upon A Time Assassin's Creed Was Coming To The PS2
Assassin's Creed was a pretty early Playstation 3 game
Some of you might remember the hype around Ubisoft's pseudo-historical parkour debut. But did you know that alongside the PS3 version, Ubisoft were working on a PS2 version of the game? Nope, us neither. But that's what Ubisoft's Jonathan Jacques-Belletete has told 1Up. He told the publication...
News Feast Your Eyes On The First King Of Fighters XIII Screens
King Of Fighters XIII is happening
It's a real video game. It was announced in Tokyo this week, alongside a slew of screenshots (Kotaku's got your back) and word of the return of Mai Shiranui - every fan's big-boobed favourite. The game'll no doubt make it's way over to the Playstation 3 at some point. Anyone excited? We thought King Of Fighters XII...
News Hang On, What? Red Dead Redemption Has Multiplayer?
Rockstar's just confirmed they'll be detailing Red Dead Redemption's multiplayer components during the week of April 5th
If you already knew, please feign excitement alongside us because we had no idea Read Dead Redemption was getting multiplayer. How much are they cramming into this thing?We believe this game sets a new benchmark for open world...
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