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March2010
News LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Video Is Strikingly Cute
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's something about the LEGO games from Traveller's Tales that is strikingly cute
This video from LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is from the third book. It's also as brilliantly lovely as you'd expect it to be. It's probably bad to be hyped for this game but whatever, we're stoked.
News Oh, Final Fantasy IX Might Come To The Playstation Store Too Then?
Given the levels of success both Final Fantasy VII and VIII have found on the Playstation Store, Square Enix would need to be muppets not to release Final Fantasy IX on Sony's digital service
Well, if Square producer Shinji Hashimoto comments are anything to go by — there's a strong chance it could happen. The dude's been judging opinion as to...
News Retail List Leaks Big Activision Releases Call Of Duty 7, DJ Hero 2 & James Bond Racing
We don't know how they've done it, but VG247 has got their hands on a release schedule from British retailer GAME
Amongst many interesting discoveries, the listing outs a number of key Activision titles for release in October. Amongst the big hitters are Call Of Duty 7 - the latest foray into the military shooter franchise by spin-off developer...
Rumour Sony To Change Playstation Store Updates To Wednesday
For years now the Playstation Store has been updated on a Thursday
That's lead to some frustration for gamers, who are irritated Microsoft's XBOX 360 console gets DLC and downloadable games a day "early", simply because Microsoft's store is updated on Wednesdays. Well, it looks like that trend is finally about to change. An email sent to...
Rumour Playstation Move Support Allegedly Confirmed For Heavy Rain
Gamer
nl</a> are reporting via Belgian gaming magazine, Chief, that Sony's confirmed Playstation Move support for Heavy Rain. In a segment devoted to the Move's games line-up, Heavy Rain is there clear as day next-door to LittleBigPlanet. It really does seem like a matter of when not if, especially seeing as Cage's original vision for the game...
News Sorry PS3 Fans - Hydrophobia Goes XBOX Live Arcade Exclusive
If it were appropriate for us to type emoticons on a blog, well, you'd be seeing a big, fat, sad face right about here
Long term PushSquare readers will know that we are were very excited about Dark Energy Digital's survival game Hydrophobia. In fact, in our preview we described the game as "one of the more innovative titles this...
News Lost Planet 2's Due A New Multiplayer Demo, Release Gets Moved Forward
If you're waiting for Lost Planet 2 then
.. Prepare to wait a little less. It seems strange even typing it, but Lost Planet 2's release date has been moved forward a week to May 11th. In addition to that surprisingly pleasant news, Capcom has announced the game'll get a new multiplayer demo next week, accessible via community distributed voucher...
News Playstation 3 Tops The Japanese Hardware Charts, PSP Second
Perhaps a little something to do with the release of Yakuza 4 in Japan, the PS3 has finally ended the PSP's long run atop the Japanese hardware charts to settle with the crown of glory
Or something. Sony's home console rattled off just over 50k units, with the PSP not too far behind, managing 38k. Nintendo occupied much of the rest of the list, with...
News Try To Be Excited: The Witcher 2 Is Coming To Consoles Aswell
CD Projekt's confirmed during a spring conference today that The Witcher 2's coming to consoles aswell as the PC
A lot of people are super excited about this. The original game was supposed to be coming to consoles too, but the project was canned during some studio changes and cut-backs. The game was formally announced this week and is due for...
News Candy Mountain Is Probably The Last Place A Fat Princess Should Go, Just Sayin'!
Alongside patch 1
05 today, Fat Princess will get two new maps: Candy Mountain and Frost Bite. Given their names you can probably assume what they're all about, right? The maps are totally free, which is always lovely. The patch also includes some updates to Fat Princess' core gameplay. The mage's ice attacks no longer stop an opponent dead, they...
News Are Bungie Considering Playstation 3 Development?
Bungie are a studio traditionally associated with Microsoft
But speaking about the companies' next move after Halo: Reach, they've hinted at the possibility of supporting Playstation 3."All options are open right now," Bungie's community manager Brian Jarrard told IndustryGamers. "So long as we find the best possible fit for our...
News Oh Yeah, In Case You Were Wondering: Mafia II's Out In August
We remain upbeat regarding 2K's Mafia II
It looks neat. But it's still some way off, with 2K announcing this morning the game is due in August. It'll hit the US on August 24th, with international folks having to wait just three days until August 27th. If you happen to be heading to PAX East this week, the game will be playable there. And that's...
News It's Official: The Playstation 3 Is The Greatest Console Of All Time (Or Something)
Japanese video games bible Famitsu have been number crunching
They've been working out the percentage of each video game's library that has earned a prestigious "gold" award from the magazine. A gold award is given to those games which score 32/40 or higher. The magazine's deduction works on the basis of ratio — the higher percentage of...
Rumour Sony To Release New Michael Jackson Video Games
It was reported last week that Sony shelled out a whopping $200million for the right to release ten new posthumous Michael Jackson records, DVDs, blu-rays and, yes video games, between now and 2017
Video games? Yes video games. According to the report, before his death, Michael Jackson was actually working on a new video game with his production...
News Here's Your Weekly Red Dead Redemption Trailer
What more can we say about Red Dead Redemption really? We always have to find something to make a comment on with every week's new trailer
But we're out - the game looks absolutely awesome. And it's out in May. Nothing more to see here?
News Just Cause 2 Easter Eggs Already Bubble To The Surface
Given that Just Cause 2 is a game devoted to a huge open-world setting, there had to be a few Easter Eggs in there right? Thankfully yes
LOST fans have been literally dancing in excitement over having discovered the mysterious hatch from the television series. We won't pertain to have any knowledge of the LOST franchise but we can imagine how this...
News Little Big Fat "No" From Sony Regarding LittleBigPlanet 2 "Confirmation"
Heh, it did seem like a bit of a slip of the tongue and an issue of translation that caused Sony's Benelux marketing manager to "confirm" LittleBigPlanet 2 earlier this week
And, yup, as soon as the rumour started, it's been debunked. ConnectedConsoles prompted Sony for comment on the situation, getting the following response: As demonstrated...
News Yakuza 4 Shifts 384,000 Copies In Its First Week On Sale In Japan
SEGA's Yakuza 4 has topped the Japanese software charts for this week, shifting a hearty 384,000 copies
The numbers are a little lower than those of Yakuza 3, but still extremely respectable. Elsewhere, the God Of War Collection managed to place 13th in the Japanese software charts this week, with Battlefield: Bad Company 2 not far behind it in...
News More People You Probably Don't Know Join The EA Sports MMA Roster
We've never watched MMA in our life, but we're perfectly aware it's a hot topic across the 'States right now
Hence the showdown between THQ's UFC Undisputed franchise and EA Sports', erm, EA Sports MMA. Much of this has caused a war of words regarding which "talent" signs up to EA's game. People that know more about this stuff than we do...
News EA: Medal Of Honor Will Lead On The PS3, Maximise The System's Potential
Electronic Arts Los Angeles' Creative Director Richard Farrelly has confirmed that their Medal Of Honor reboot's development is being led on the Playstation 3
Meaning it will maximise what Sony's system can do. Were leading on PS3, weve developed the game on PS3, Richard told CVG. Were working hard to deliver the exact same experience...
News Zen Studios Show Off Planet MiniGolf, Pique Our Interest
Readers of this site will know just how enamored we are with Zen Studios' Playstation Network title Zen Pinball
We loved it. So it's exciting to hear about the company's next PSN game, Planet MiniGolf. Not only will the game take Zen Studios' trademark ball physics onto the green — but it'll allow players to challenge over 140 holes alone or in...
News Guys, There Was A New Wipeout Game In Development At Studio Liverpool
We don't whether to laugh or cry
Here's the crux - we know there was a Wipeout game in development at Sony Studio Liverpool. Sadly, Studio Liverpool, whilst remaining a functioning studio, has been severely hit by layoffs. Thus, whether or not that project still exists is unknown. The news comes via the LinkedIn profile of a former employee, Martin...
News ModNation Racers Will Bring Fun Back To Your Sofa
Remember the mid-late 90's, when you had a N64 with multiple different coloured controllers plugged into the front -- just so you could play four-player Mario Kart? Yeah, United Front Games hope to recreate that kind of nostalgia with the four-player local split-screen multiplayer mode in ModNation Racers
We wanted to make sure we delivered...
News Ruh-Roh: F3AR (Yup, That's FEAR 3) News Incoming
Look, we liked FEAR 2: Project Origin
Really liked it in fact. But no matter how good the third entry in Monolith's horror shooter franchise is - the name F3AR is terrible. Terrible. Alas, it looks like that's the name the game's going to get. According to a scan from a Spanish magazine, F3AR is due a full blow-out in the publication's next issue...
News Sony Respond To Nintendo's 3DS Announcement, Pledge Their 3D Focus On Playstation 3
If you didn't hear yet, Nintendo announced a 3D successor to the Nintendo DS yesterday, entitled the 3DS
Apparently the portable can deliver 3D gaming without the need for glasses. SCEA's marketing boss John Koller has spoken to IGN about Nintendo's announcement, and why Sony are focusing their 3D efforts on the Playstation 3 only.Our focus on 3D...
News Prepare To Be Excited: Atlus Are Starting Work On Persona 5
We know there's a very strong, niche audience out there for Atlus' Persona franchise
Much of that has been strengthened by GiantBomb's endurance run of the fourth entry in the series. Well - prepare to get excited because Katsura Hashino, the director of the previous two Persona games, has told Japanese magazine Dengeki Playstation that, "We...
Competition Complete Set Of Aliens vs Predator Playstation Home Getups
Playstation Home can often be a stange and unusual place
A typical day in Sony's virtual world will offer some extraordinary sights. Boys dressed as girls. Weird snowmen doing the robot in their underwear. People actually playing chess. If Lewis Carroll dreamt it all up, we reckon he'd be pretty proud. So when we heard Aliens vs Predator was coming...
News Oh Look, It's Time For Every Man & His Dog To Have A Countdown On Their Website
Bioware's put a countdown on their website
It counts down to sometime on Monday. Why are we telling you about this? Well, because we kinda hope Bioware are finally going to man up and release the first two Mass Effect games for PS3. It seems ludicrous not to, right? Meh... Feel free to flame us if this turns out to be something totally bollocks.
News David Cage: Publishers Should Put Greater Emphasis On Creativity
Quantic Dream's David Cage has been talking about creativity again
Speaking to the Guardian, the video game visionary claimed publishers should place "more importance" on creativity. He told the British publication:I always said that the success or failure of Heavy Rain would send a strong message to the game industry: if the game faced...
News Happy, Happy Birthday European Playstation 3!
Guess what Europeans - the Playstation 3 is officially three years old today in your neck of the woods
That's right, the system went on sale in Europe precisely three years ago today - March 23rd. It's been a bit of a roller-coaster ride for Sony since then, with initial PS3 sales tempered by a high price-tag. It is, however, with the launch of the...
News If SEGA's Yakuza Franchise Was In 8-Bit, It'd Look A Bit Like This...
Kotaku's got their hands on an artist's impression of SEGA Yakuza franchise all sprited up
Looks lovely, eh?</em>
News Wanna See Something Weird? Watch Scott Shelby Playing Scott Shelby In Real Life...
Scott Shelby is a character from Heavy Rain
He is played by Sam Douglas. Sam Douglas is a real actor who played a bit-part in the 2005 Clive Owen movie Derailed. The scene featuring the actor shows Douglas wearing a long trench coat, playing an investigator, and generally acting like Detective Scott Shelby... Hit the jump for a video delight...
News Your Red Dead Redemption Boxart's Gonna Look Like This...
It's red
Real red. That's because the game's called Red Dead Redemption we suppose. Dunno though, it all looks a bit empty, don'tchathink?</em>
Rumour LittleBigPlanet 2 "Confirmed", Will Support Playstation Move
According to a report on Dutch website Tweakers (via VG247), LittleBigPlanet 2 is a genuine product that will support Sony's upcoming Playstation Move motion controller
The website notes, via a marketing manager from Sony Benelux, that a "suitable" Move title at launch appears to be the in-development LittleBigPlanet 2, and that the game...
News Square Enix To "Explore The Possibility" Of Remaking Final Fantasy VII
Megaton? Maybe
Square Enix's CEO, Yoichi Wada, has said at Final Fantasy XIII's launch party that the company are to "explore the possibility" of remaking the insanely popular Final Fantasy VII. Before you get too excited though, the company prez did reserve that some complication as to "whether or not we're going to do it, if we're...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Invades The Littlest Of Big Planets
Sony's just announced that there's a new LittleBigPlanet pack on the horizon - completely based around SEGA's Sonic The Hedgehog
The pack includes a variety of Sonic costumes including: Sonic, Tails, Eggman, Knuckles, and, erm... the Werehog. In addition to all the costumes you'll land some neat new stickers to help you recreate your very own...
News UK BlazBlue Release Date Gets Pushed Back A Week
To be honest, if you've waited this long for BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, an extra week isn't going to hurt
We've just been informed by publishers Zen United that the UK release of the 2D-brawler has been pushed back by a week, and is now expected to land on April 2nd. We'll have a review of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger pretty soon, so keep checking...
News Naughty Bear Causes Mischief On Store Shelves This June 8th
If you've been reading PushSquare for a while, you'll know that we are very excited about A2M's upcoming title, Naughty Bear
Purely stylistically, it's like nothing else we've ever seen, and if the gameplay matches the ambition it could turn out to be a bit of a sleeper hit. If you're not yet aware what Naughty Bear's all about - it's essentially a...
News Playstation 3's Buzz!: Quiz World Gets Full Facebook Integration
Buzz
: Quiz World</a> is set to become the first video game (ever!) to feature full Facebook social interaction. A patch going live today for Relentless' quiz-em-up includes full compatibility for Facebook, allowing players to update their friends about personal achievements within the game. The functionality is capped at five updates per day,...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 22nd-28th March 2010
It's a Monday, it's a new week, and that can only mean one thing right, guys? It's time to sit back and hand-pick Playstation's creme de la creme
PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Just Cause 2 What the demo lacked in control stability it more than made up for in just sheer breadth of content. So long as the game gives us freedom to...
News Laughing Jackal Announce Stellar Attack & Pulse For Playstation Minis
They may just have the worst names in the history of generic video game names -- but Laughing Jackal's just sent us word of two new Playstation Minis they're excited about
The first of the two games - Pulse - is described as a "new era of rhythm", giving players a huge variety of music tracks to jam out too. You'll need to "follow the...
News Hamster Ball "Rolls" (Geddit?) Onto The Playstation Network This Week
TikGames just sent us word of another PSN title they're due to release on the Playstation Store this week
Hamster Ball is a bit like Super Monkey Ball and a bit like Marble Madness according to the company, where the gameplay is all about racing an animal trapped in a ball through various maze-like stages. The game features a single-player mode,...
News Killing Gods Is Kratos' Second Hobby, On The Weekends He Maintains A Small Allotment
As seen on Penny Arcade: The God Of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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News Iron Man 2 Trailer Features Chugging Guitars, Giant Robotic Crab Things
The latest trailer for Iron Man 2 reveals just a glimpse of what you will be fighting in SEGA's latest tie-in
Among the highlights: giant robotic crab like beings. Sweet. The game's looking good so far, with some great character models. We'll be watching this one closely.
News Super Street Fighter IV Dojo Edition Includes Dudley Apparel
We can get behind any product that includes Dudley related content
Take this Super Street Fighter IV pack entitled "Dojo Edition". It's available for US shoppers via the Capcom Store. Not only does it include a gym bag, USB stick and a headband — but it also includes a Dudley T-shirt. Sold. Head to the Capcom store to order the pack now.
News Kratos Hitches A Ride Around Mainland Europe
Be careful if you're driving across mainland Europe this Summer
Thanks to Playstation Czech Repulic and Slovakia, you may just come into contact with the God Of War himself as you're speeding down a European highway.</em>
News God Of War Trilogy Boxset Looks A Little Bit Like This...
SCEE announced earlier that they will release a God Of War Trilogy boxset in European regions that's set to include both God Of War III and the remastered God Of War Collection
The pack's due to release at the end of April and will be package up in this pretty little boxset. Neat, huh?
News Just In Case You Were Wondering: Modnation Racers Has Split-Screen
Dig deep into your earlier years and you might recall having numerous hours of fun playing multiplayer split-screen in Nintendo's Mario Kart 64
With Modnation Racers essentially being Mario Kart for the future - you might be pleased to hear that developers United Front Games have added in an entirely new feature. And it's thanks to people like you,...
News SCEE Announce God Of War Collection For Europe & Trilogy Boxset
Sony's just announced that the God Of War Collection - a single PS3 blu-ray containing remastered versions of God Of War I & II - will launch in the UK on April 30th (28th for mainland Europe)
Very strange for SCEE to release the game so late after God Of War III but, better late than never, right? Sony also confirmed that a "trilogy...
News Sony Show Off Some Amazing Playstation Move Tech On The Engadget Show
Sony's Dr
Richard Marks and Anton Mikhailov recently made an appearance on a live episode of the Engadget. The reason for their appearance? To show off the Playstation Move and what it's capable of. Engadget are yet to upload a full repeat of the show on their website yet, but we did manage to find this YouTube video via VG247. The video shows a...
News Snare - Snare - Snare-Kick - Snare-Kick: No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise Intro Is Familiar
Hey, remember this introduction to a video game? Yeah, it was used on the Wii version of the original No More Heroes
Except now it's roughly 7.21% better as it's been remade in high-definition for the PS3 re-release of No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise. The game's out in Japan next month. Cheers to AGB for the footage.
God Of War III is being criticised for being too familiar to its predecessors, but it's a line of critique I feel intrigued to counter
Playing God Of War III, I couldn't help but notice the ways in which Sony Santa Monica took something familiar and made it better. On a surface-level, the tweaks aren't particularly apparent, but there are so many...
News Naughty Bear Continues To Look Amazing In Latest Trailer
Naughty Bear is a game that should be on everyone's radar
This Aliens parody trailer continues to confirm that point. We don't know what to expect from Naughty Bear's gameplay yet, but the package just looks so different, and so ridiculous that it can't be bad, right? Right?
News Aksys Confirms BlazBlue: Continuum Shift For North American Release
If you like 2D fighting games then you should probably be stoked right about now: Aksys has confirmed that the follow-up to BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, will get a US release this year
The game's not a full update, but includes three new characters. There are also new stages, music, moves and "tutorial" content to...
News GameStop: PS3 Shortages To Last Until The Summer
Some people in the industry are laughing off Sony's claims of stock shortages in the US, but it actually appears to be a genuine issue for the company
According to GameStop Executive VP of Merchandising, the issue of PS3 stock shortages are likely to go on for the next few months. Despite Sony being pestered for more stock, Bartel concluded that his...
News Jack Tretton Promises Killzone 3 & A "Killer" E3
In an episode of GameTrailers TV last night, Sony's Jack Tretton was on-board to talk about the looming E3 2010 Sony conference and what fans can expect
Being pressed on Killzone 3 by host Geoff Keighley, Tretton responded:Well we own Guerrilla studios and they did a great job on Killzone 1 and 2, I dont know whether youll see announcements...
News Batman: Arkham Asylum "Steals" Best Video Game BAFTA, Uncharted 2 Walks Away With Four Gongs
There's something a little iffy about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves' denial of Best Game during last night's video game BAFTAs
Despite beating everything to win four gongs at last night's awards show, Batman: Arkham Asylum managed to walk away with the Best Game gong — despite being beaten by Uncharted 2 in numerous other characters. Don't get us...
News Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Website Gets Updated, Includes Splash Hill & Free MP3
Hey, whaddup Sonic fans - excited? You bloody should be, 'cos SEGA's just updated the Sonic The Hedgehog 4 website including new screens, character information and a free MP3
It's all related to Splash Hill Zone, presumably Sonic 4's Green Hill. Get all the content through the link. The song's great.
Gizmodo's just been sent an authentic x-ray from a physician who claims to have treated a broken hand caused by excessive God Of War III excitement
"I had a patient who was so caught up in playing God of War III that he rolled over his hand with his knee and broke two fingers. The radiograph is attached (with his information omitted and...
News Playstation Move Title Slider Looks Absolutely Brilliant, Includes Office Furniture
Anyone who has fond memories of the PSones zany Incredible Crisis will be instantly at home with the SCEJ developed Playstation Move title Slider
The pitch is thus: in a cartoon, physics-led environment, you use the Playstation Move to control an office chair and its employee down a steep hill, desperately trying to escape a bunch of angry mobsters...
News Tell Us Sony, Why Is The Playstation Move Called The Playstation Move?
If you read rumours posted on message baords, you might be led to believe that the Playstation Move ended up with that name because the name "Arc" (which the controller was originally rumoured to be named) was trademarked by Microsoft
Whether or not that's the case, Sony's Scott Rodhes has come out to tell IndustryGamers that the name Move...
News Heavy Rain's "The Taxidermist" DLC Launches On April 1st
Sony's announced that the first episode of the Heavy Rain Chronicles DLC, Madison Paige's The Taxidermist, will launch on the Playstation Store this coming April 1st for $4
99. We described the DLC as "horror-led" in our 3/4 scoring review for the content. If you loved Heavy Rain, you should definitely be excited about this one hour slice...
News Stretch Hummer Reminds Japanese Gamers: Yakuza 4 Is Out Now
This stretch hummer rolled around Shinjuku, Shibuya and Roppongi in order to celebrate the release of Yakuza 4 on the Playstation 3
Is it awesome? You bet it's awesome. (Now get to work on that Western port SEGA. Please. We only want subtitles.)</em> [Pic: Ryugagogotoku]
News Codemasters Detail F1 2010's Online Component, Sounds Good
The producer of F1 2010, Paul Jeal, has revealed the very first tid-bits of information regarding the online component of the upcoming racer
Jeal confirmed that there will be three gameplay types for the racer, including Quick Race (a three lap slice of action), Endurance Race (a longer, eight lap race with mandatory pit-stops) and Custom Race...
News Oh PSP, Japan Still Lurveeeeees You!
Sony's Playstation Portable is still top of the Japanese hardware charts
This week it managed another 39k sales, with the PS3 mustering 26k. The PSPgo continues to flounder at the bottom of the charts with just over 1,000 units sold in the past week. Pretty disasterous. But Sony probably won't care well the regular SKU of their handheld system is...
News Spartans Stand Tall: God Of War III Platinum Reveals Secret Website...
What's most bonkers is that people have already earned a Platinum trophy in God Of War III
You people have beaten Titan Mode - really!?! Blimey. Well, whatever. What's interesting is what happens when you earn said trophy — namely that you get directed to www.spartansstandtall.com. The website shows the ocean and rain. And not much else. There's a...
News Free MAG DLC Incoming, Includes Flashbangs, Uniforms & Guns
Zipper's confirmed that there's MAG DLC incoming next week (March 25th) and that it'll be totally free
The Trooper Gear Pack includes flashbangs, two new uniforms, new SMGs and three new LMGs. Awesome. MAG's going to have a double XP weekend to celebrate the new content. We're so going to be there.
News SCEE Put The Brakes On Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City
Delayed
Well, we've waited months and months for Grand Theft Auto IV's XBOX 360 "exclusive" content Episodes From Liberty City, right? What harm's a couple more weeks going to cause, right? Rockstar's announced this morning that they've delayed the PS3 version of GTAIV: Episodes From Liberty City by two weeks due to some minor changes demanded by...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: GOD OF WAR III OUT NOW!
Hey Europeans
Hey Americans. Hey everyone. This week is officially the week of chaos — thus by this point, where ever you are in the world, you should know: God Of War III is out. Yup, it's on store shelves now. We think it's one of the best games on Playstation 3 to date. If you're not convinced, check out our review through here. Then head to...
News Toy Story 3, Brunswick Pro Bowling Get Confirmed Playstation Move Support
Say hello to another Playstation 3 title getting Playstation Move support: Sony's confirmed that the movie tie-in Toy Story 3 will be compatible with their new controller
The game will be compatible with both Move and/or Dualshock 3. Sony also confirmed that Brunswick Pro Bowling will be getting Playstation Move support too. The list's growing.
News Playstation Home Goes All Twisted Metal With A Sweet Tooth Costume
Is Twisted Metal coming? Is Twisted Metal coming
.. Of course it's coming. What better hint could you have than an awesome Sweet Tooth costume rocking its way as part of this week's US Playstation Home update. There's a bollock load of stuff in this week's update, including inFamous and Resistance stuff, a music themed personal space, and more. Hit...
News Capcom Confirms April 15th Date For Final Fight: Double Impact
Capcom's just sent word that Final Fight: Double Impact (which includes Magic Sword) will hit the Playstation Store on April 15th
The game includes various graphical filters, aswell as the all important addition of drop-in, drop-out online co-op. Awesome. The game's gonna cost $9.99 in the US.
News Bizarre Creations, You Mean You're Not Just Working On Blur?
CVG are reporting that Liverpool based developer Bizarre Creations are not just working on their upcoming combat racer Blur
Nuh-uh, they've got two projects up their sleeve. Ged Talbot, Blur's co-lead designer told CVG:"We do have a couple of other projects on the go and they haven't been restricted or slowed down [by Blur's development]...
News Latest 3D Dot Game Heroes Trailer Is Weird
What's the point in blending in? Sure, you totally could release another first-person shooter set in a contemporary conflict -- or you could be 3D Dot Game Heroes
Apparently the game has the most interesting hero in 3D. Well, that's according to this trailer, which deserves some kind of award for being straight-up bonkers.
News Guerrilla: "Psssht... We Can Still Do Loads With The Playstation 3"
Killzone 2 was is one of the best looking games available right now
Sadly, it's visuals have been somewhat undermined by a slew of other Playstation content. Uncharted 2 took the baton that Killzone set, and now God Of War III has run away with it. But Guerrilla don't seem phased by the internal battle for Playstation 3 exclusive visual quality...
News Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Sells Lots & Lots Of Copies In Europe, US
Stop me if you've heard this one before: a military, multiplayer shooter has sold a ton of copies in Europe and the US
That's right: EA's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has mustered sales of over 2.3 million over the last couple of weeks. Interestingly, aswell as the hard sales figures, EA has provided some more light-hearted facts pertaining to the...
News Advertorial: Here's Who We Think's Going To Win The Video Game BAFTAs
Guess what? It's the BAFTAs tomorrow night
And that means all the glamorous folks involved in putting together the games you loved last year will be heading to the red-carpet to (hopefully) collect a copious number of gongs. We've teamed up with VoucherCodes.co.uk to bring you our definitive list of predictions ahead of tomorrow's big event...
News Worry Not: Final Fantasy Versus XIII Will Have A World Map
Final Fantasy Versus XIII's director Tetsuya Nomura has alleviated fears regarding the linearity of the next big-budget Final Fantasy release: the game will have a world-map
There'll also be airships with which you can use to travel around said map.Not everything is connected together, so the various areas have different levels of progress...
News Sony: Playstation Move Has A Big "Advantage" Over The Wii
Sony's Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde has spoken out to IndustryGamers regarding the difference between the Playstation Move and the Nintendo Wii Remote
Both devices are thematically similar, where the player gestures with a controller and has their actions represented on the screen. But Rohde reckons that's where the similarities end, using...
News Sony Launches Playstation.Blog Share, A Digg Like Method For Fan Feedback
Well this cool: Sony's launched an extension to the Playstation
Blog today entitled "Share"</a>. The system is designed for users to submit their own Playstation-specific ideas, in which other users can vote for. The objective being to get some great community feedback on the kind of features Playstation fans want most for the...
News Kevin Butler Shows Off The Playstation Move The Only Way He Knows How, Through Time Travel
Kevin Butler - Sony's faux vice president of various departments - has been one of the best things to come out of Playstation marketing since crying babies
Today he's back, as the "VP of realistic movements". This is a Playstation Move centric ad from SCEA and, frankly, it's brilliant. As all the Kevin Butler commercials are. You've gotta...
News Digital Foundry Go Knee Deep With Playstation Move Lag
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry has posted a pretty in-depth look at the kind of lag present at Playstation Move's blow-out during San Francisco's GDC event last week
Their 60FPS footage manages to showcase some lag, but the results are somewhat questionable. The lag seems to focus on those titles in which the camera is present (look to Move Party) as...
News Skate 3 Hits The Playstation 3 This May
EA has announced that the third iteration of their skateboarding game Skate 3 will launch in May
They've pitched the game for a release of the 11th in America and 14th in the UK. We can confirm that the game has skateboards in it.
The more Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime comes out to talk down the Playstation Move, the more we reckon Nintendo are rattled
What's that Reggie — you heard that there's a system going to be offering significantly better motion controls, alongside blu-ray, video delivery, and HD graphics? Oh.So Im a consumer and Im having a great experience with...
News Oh Look, It's People Talking About That F1 2010 Game
Codemasters has released a video which contains some footage from their upcoming F1 2010 game
The video features a number of key dudes from the game's development talking about the game and cars and stuff. It's also got that famous "niaaaaaaaaooooow" sound a lot. Looks like Codies have nailed it.
News Stop What You're Doing: New Red Dead Redemption Video Is Balls To The Wall Amazing
Y'know, with each video that comes and goes for Red Dead Redemption we're getting closer and closer to the words "game of the year potential"
There's been about 8,753 trailers for Red Dead Redemption (trust us, our inbox can vouch) but every trailer has something different in it. Tell us this: which other game can have a truck-load of trailers, with...
Feature God Of War III's Length Should Be The Last Point Of Discussion
How short is too short in video games? Well, how short's a piece of string? It's astounding to see the number of people commenting unfavourably on God Of War III's length
"But God Of War III is only eight hours and Final Fantasy XIII is fifty - I'll rent Kratos' epic last hurrah instead." Quality over quantity - how many have heard that...
News Peter Molyneux's All Like, "Heavy Rain Is The Future And Stuff..."
Microsoft's Peter Molyneux never fails to deliver a quote that's worth reading
Whether he's hyping up his own game as the relative second coming of Elvis Presley, or simply stating something ridiculous — the dude's a master of spin. Turns out that in his latest interview with Joystiq he wants to hype a Playstation product, rather than his own...
News Press X To Jaaaaaaaaaaaaason!!!1
Those of you who played Heavy Rain may remember Ethan Mars' tense-search for his son in a busy shopping mall
The command prompts enthused you press the "X" button - the result? "Jaaaaaaaaaaaasoooon!" Perhaps on purpose, this Flash game on Heavy.com decides to completely miss the point. Forget the origami killer - this is all...
News Sony: Plenty Of Teams Working On 3D Content For Playstation 3
Ian Bickerstaff, senior engineer of Sony's UK-based 3D team, has told Gamasutra that there are plenty of teams working on 3D content for the Playstation 3, and that he remains optimistic about the tech, but is also being "cautious" with expectations
Were taking a cautious approach, he told the website. I think [3D gaming uptake is] going to...
Rumour Killzone 3 Saying "Hi" In April 2011
Despite countless rumours suggesting that Killzone 3 is indeed coming this year, 1Up has gone out on a limb to suggest that the game will make its debut in April 2011 -- roughly two years after the previous game
... And as far as is always typical with rumours of this kind, there's absolutely nothing more to say. We just thought you might like to...
News Prison Break: The Conspiracy Gets A Trailer Heavy On Fisty-Cuffs
Deep Silver's dropped us another trailer for their upcoming Prison Break video game, Prison Break: The Conspiracy
The game continues to look pretty neat actually, with lots of shaven heads and people punching each other in the trailer. We're interested in checking this game out actually, some of the footage has a very Batman: Arkham Asylum vibe to...
News God Of War III's Launch Trailer Should Have You Salivating On The Floor
God Of War III is out in America
We've already played and completed it. It's actually one of the most satisfying video games this generation (on reflection, we're comfortable saying that). Even if you're not a fan of the genre, game or characters, you should probably play through this. Anyway, even if you're not yet convinced, this trailer will...
News Report Hints At American Playstation 3 Stock Shortages Hindering God Of War III Sales
March: officially the biggest month in Playstation 3's history
Not only has the month already seen the arrival of Final Fantasy XIII, a traditionally Playstation franchise, but it's also about to witness the arrival of one of Playstation's biggest exclusive franchises: God Of War III. Sadly, there's a hitch. While Sony have two of the biggest games...
News Harmonix Reiterate That Rock Band 3 Will Be A Big Step Forward, Will Debut At E3
Harmonix's CEO Alex Rigopulos has stated that Rock Band 3 will be a "big step forward" for the series when it launches later in 2010
The exec told GameRant that gamer's can expect a big reveal at this year's E3:Unfortunately I cant say anything about Rock Band 3 at this point except that its coming this fall and its a big step forward for...
News Wakeboarding HD Gets An Exclusive PushSquare Trailer
We told you a little about Wakeboarding HD yesterday
So, today we're happy to share with you some unique new footage of the game you won't see anywhere else. Well, apart from on your television screen when the game launches in Europe on Thursday (America, you have to wait an extra seven days we're 'fraid). If you're into pretty water splashes and...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 15th-21st March 2010 [There Will Be Chaos Edition]
This week's Playstation pick is probably the easiest will ever have to write
There are other games this week, but with all due respect, only one game matters. And that is... Pushsquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: God Of War III Probably the best game on the Playstation 3 to date, God Of War III is a complete and utter spectacle from start to...
Sony's announced that there will be three pre-order bonuses available on launch day for their Play Create Share racer Modnation Racers
Those preordering from GameStop will net an exclusive Kratos character model and his Kart Of Chaos, whilst preorders from Amazon will land Ratchet & Clank. Finally, those ordering from Best Buy will score Nathan...
News Do You Want This God Of War III Playstation? You Can't Have It!
If you're into watching SpikeTV and what-not, then might know there's some kind of televised God Of War trivia competition on the channel tonight
As horrific as all that sounds, the winner of said trivia competition is going to come home with this uber-limited edition God Of War III Playstation 3. There's only one in the world so you're not getting...
News SEGA Announce Yakuza 5 In Japan... Brapppp!
We only just got Yakuza 3 in the West last week
Japan gets Yakuza 4 this month. And guess what? SEGA's just announced Yakuza 5. SEGA announced the game at a press event in Tokyo last night. The trailer SEGA showed starts with a shot of Yakuza's Kamurocho night-spot, followed by the words, "A young guy appeared in Kamurocho. The young guy knew...
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