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February2010
News Just Cause 2 Will Just Not Stop Looking Awesome
You know what, we've called it a hundred time but there's no harm in calling it again: Just Cause 2 is definitely going to be this year's sleeper hit
Do many people care about the game at this point? It seems not. But you know what, you absolutely should. And if you want a reason, watch the trailer embedded above.
News Celebrate The Impending Release Of Yakuza 3 With, Erm, Yakuza 4
We may well be waiting for Yakuza 3 here in the West, but for the folk in Japan, that game is old news
Y'see, the Japanese are hotly anticipating the release of Yakuza 4. And as you would imagine, the latest trailer for that game is sick as hell. We've embedded it above for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.
News PixelJunk Racers "2nd Lap" Presumably On The Horizon
A mysterious rating by the ESRB for PixelJunk Racers "2nd Lap" suggests we're due a dose of new PixelJunk Racers content anytime soon
It almost seems traditional for a PixelJunk title to get some extra DLC somewhere down the line, so if you were a fan of Racers we suggest keeping your ears to the ground for an official announcement of 2nd Lap.
News Sonic Team Not Working Solo On Sonic The Hedgehog 4, Joining Forces With Dimps
Sonic Team has enlisted on developer Dimps to help them create Sonic The Hedgehog 4, so Joystiq has confirmed
Dimps previously worked with Capcom on Street Fighter IV, so it seems like a fitting collaboration. Interestingly, Dimps also developed the excellent Sonic Advance titles for GameBoy Advance. Sonic Team's output has been rocky lately, so the...
News Want To Know About God Of War III's Sex Mini-Game? [Spoilers?]
The ESRB rating for God Of War III has outed the game's sex mini-game; a common staple for the God Of War franchise
The ESRB write:Players will encounter a goddess and her two hand maidens, all topless, all holding and caressing each other. If players wish to, they may join the goddess (and only the goddess) in bed. Actual sex is never depicted...
First Impressions Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing on PS3
It's just typical isn't it?
You wait four or so years for a great Mario Kart clone on your platform of choice and then two come along at once. Modnation Racers looks to have all the makings of a great kart racer, and then some; though we are concerned with the some of the performance issues that were apparent in the beta. Sonic & SEGA All-Stars...
News Get The God Of War III Demo By Preordering Now
According to a listing on UK retailer GAME's website, anyone who preorders God Of War III before February 25th will get exclusive access to the demo that, well, most of us have already played
But if you haven't played it, hey, now's your chance right? Sony's committed to a public release of the demo in the future, but are yet to specify a date on...
News David Jaffe: "Soon, B***h - Eight Or Nine Months!"
At DICE's AIAS awards last night, acclaimed Playstation developer David Jaffe may well have caved to speculation that he's working on a Twisted Metal reboot
The outspoken God Of War creator received chants of "Twisted Metal" from the crowd at the AIAS, to which he responded, "Soon, b***h - eight or nine months!" That kind of...
News Medal Of Honor Screens Look Exactly As You'd Expect Them To
EA's released a few new screens of their Medal Of Honor reboot
The full set of shots can be seen at Kotaku, but before you hit the link, just stop and think for moment. How do you imagine Medal Of Honor might look? Got an image in your head? Yep, it looks like that.
News Feldman: God Of War's Kratos Was Nearly A Little "Elf" Dude
Imagine the scene: you're climbing up Mount Olympus on the back of Gaia
You're in pursuit of Zeus and the Gods of Olympus. Gonna rip their heads off and stuff. Ahead of you, a legion of skeletal enemies approach you. You dip into the sack resting uneasily on your shoulder and... Lob pixie dust at them. Well it could have happened, as the iconic...
News SCEA: Nintendo's Loss Is Of Course Playstation's Gain
Sony's Rob Dyer has told IndustryGamers that third-party publishers are "coming back" to the Playstation 3 after they've seen a string of Wii titles fail
He added that he believes publishers no longer see the Wii as the "hot" thing on the market, and are not putting the resources into the platform they once were.What publishers have said...
News Blade Kitten Features Little Girls Dressed As Kittens, Is Headed To The PSN, Looks Awesome
Krome Studios just sent us word of their latest PSN game - the aptly titled Blade Kitten, a two-part action game featuring a girl that's dressed like a kitten
Ok, ok - we hear you, it all sounds a bit pervey. But in a tingley way, right? Don't deny it. Interestingly, the game's based on a comic of the same name, which is handled by Krome Studios'...
News Latest Yakuza 3 Trailer Screams Win From Every Frame Of Animation
If you want to watch crazy awesome Japanese dudes fighting, staring and generally kicking ass, then this latest trailer for Yakuza 3 is going to seriously float your boat
Ignore all the low budget production that appears to be going into these trailers and preorder the game now, because it's going to rule. Go on. We'll wait.
News Watch Super Street Fighter IV's Dudley In Action, Long For The Game's Release
We all know that the addition of Dudley to Super Street Fighter IV's roster is the best thing that could happen to the game
So it's nice to get a glimpse of the British boxer in action. "Let's begin," he declares in his BBC newsreader-like accent before beating Balrog to a pulp. In fact, with Dudley announced, we're probably not going to...
News We Always Wanted More Star Wars In Playstation Home...
.. Finally our wish has come true, as SCEA and LucasArts has announced a bunch of Star Wars themed content is coming to Playstation Home. In fact, you won't just be getting Star Wars content, LucasArts has also pledged Indiana Jones goodies via a new themed store front in the Home mall. There are a ton of screens over at Kotaku. Check them out if...
News Amazing News: Yakuza 3 Demo On The European Playstation Store Today
Rejoice
Dance. Sing. Whatever. SEGA's announced that a demo for the upcoming Yakuza 3 will hit the Playstation Store today. As you can imagine, this is properly amazing news. Yakuza 3 joins another SEGA title, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing aswell as DLC for Assassin's Creed II and Resident Evil 5. Expensive day on the Playstation Store then. Get...
News XBOX 360 Disc Limitations Mean Less Content For You, Playstation 3 Owners
Ruh-roh
This is going to cause a huge backlash. Capcom's producer for Lost Planet 2, Jun Takeuchi, has essentially admitted that content has been cut from the sequel because of limitations on the XBOX 360 disc. Limitations that, yo, aren't really relevant to Playstation 3's blu-ray."There wasn't especially any big trouble [with the development...
News More Playstation Motion Controller Wireless Nunchuck Reports Hit
We've been led to believe that developers of the Playstation Motion Controller have received a wireless nunchuck component in addition to the "wand-like" device Sony has already shown
Our source, who wishes to remain un-named, has backed up claims made by PSUni, that Sony are to include a wireless nunchuck as part of their motion control solution...
News Watch Leona Lewis Say Nice Things About Final Fantasy XIII
In possibly the most bonkers promo video for a video game ever, you can watch Leona Lewis playing Final Fantasy XIII and telling you how amazing it is
The Internet are still debating which platform is actually being played, despite the prominent DualShock 3 — there's an XBOX 360 version too y'see.
News Console War Showdown: Microsoft Retaliate
Tell your Playstation-fan mates that we're all meeting in the park later
Fight going down, yo. A bit like the one from your highschool days where it was Netherstowe vs. King Eddies. Except this time it's all about Playstation vs. XBOX 360. Post Sony's Rob Dyer taking a dump on the XBOX 360 this morning, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has come out and...
News Here's Your Assassin's Creed II: Bonfire Of Vanities Trailer
Don't you just love that phrase: "Bonfire Of Vanities"
If someone has used it already, it'd certainly make a fantastic song title. We're thinking some dirty electro-grime trip-hop. Anyway, cool song names aside, Bonfire Of Vanities is the title for the latest Assassin's Creed II DLC, which should hit the PSN tomorrow.
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 16th-21st February 2010
It's another week in PushSquare HQ, and things are really starting to get hectic
Our pile of games just keeps getting bigger and bigger, demanding more and more of our attention. We wish the sun would come out and give us the energy we crave to actually be able to play these games. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Aliens vs. Predator...
News MAG Patch 1.02 Launches Today, Improves Medics
Zipper Interactive have confirmed via the Playstation Blog that MAG will be updated to version 1
02 today in the form of a patch. The patch will improve functionality for those playing as a medic, importantly removing the "medic" icon from those players with only a medical kit, and also the downed players icon only showing for those with...
News Ruh-Roh: Final Fantasy Versus XIII May Not Be Shown At E3
Final Fantasy XIII is practically a done deal now
It's out in Japan and is merely weeks away here in the UK. That means we should be hearing about Final Fantasy Versus XIII pretty soon, right? Wrong. The game's director Tetsuya Nomura has revealed in this weeks Famitsu that the game probably won't be shown at this year's E3. The reason? Changes to...
News Rumour-Time: Cross-Game Chat Coming To PSN Subscription
According to a comment in the US edition of Official Playstation Magazine, Cross-Game Chat will come to the Playstation 3 as part of the oft-mentioned "paid" PSN subscription service
The magazine writes:Aside from the 3D goodness, cross-game party chat is the obvious next big feature, even though it might be restricted to paid...
News Dudley Confirmed For Super Street Fighter IV, We Go Preorder
What's that you say? The brazen British boxer Dudley is set to make an appearance in Super Street Fighter IV? Excuse us one moment
Rushes to Amazon, pre-orders Super Street Fighter IV. Sorry about that, it's jsut, the dude is absolutely our favourite character from Street Fighter III. Dudley'll join Makoto and Ibuki as new characters in Super Street...
News Sony Get Back To The Old Days: Trash-Talking The Competition
After a successful six months or so for Playstation 3, Sony are feeling pretty buoyant
It's a mood emphasised by Sony's VP of Publisher Relations Rob Dyer, as he talks 360 in a recent interview with IndustryGamers.We do better for our publishing community than 360 does, the SCEA man said. As our installed base starts catching up and gaining on...
News Leaked Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Footage Revealed, Ever So Slightly Concerning
[Whoops, the video's been pulled readers, sorry about that
] The leaked footage from Sonic The Hedgehog 4 above is almost definitely work in progress. Thus it would be wrong for us to offer our opinion a little too strongly. But something looks wrong. The jumping looks floaty and the running looks slow. Other than that though, Sonic The Hedgehog 4...
News Playstation Motion Controller To Be At GDC Next Month
Sony's announced that they'll be bringing their Playstation Motion Controller, commonly referred to as Arc, to GDC next month
As part of an hour-long session, "Introducing The Playstation 3 Motion Controller", it's likely we'll get a better look at Sony's upcoming motion technology. Despite being a convention for game developers, it's...
News Motion Controls Would Be "Too Exhausting" For Final Fantasy
Yoshinori Kitase has told CVG that motion controls aren't like to show up in Final Fantasy, erm, Fifteen
Why? Too tiring.These new type of controllers are very interesting, but were not sure that people would like to spend up to 100 hours playing a conventional Final Fantasy title with these type of controllers, said Kitase. It could be...
News Burnout Paradise Complete Edition Gets Slapped With A "Soon" Date For Europe
If you want value for money, you should probably buy Burnout Paradise
Either that, or wait a little while for the PSN release of the Burnout Paradise Complete Edition which is heading to the PSN "soon". There's no word on pricing yet, but TheSixthAxis has the full feature list. Breathe-in. Burnout Paradise Full Game with all free updates...
News Assassin's Creed II: Bonfire Of The Vanities Launching On Thursday
Ubisoft has confirmed that the second piece of DLC from Assassin's Creed II, "Bonfire Of The Vanities" will launch this coming Thursday on the Playstation Network
They said as much in a Tweet a little earlier. No word on pricing as yet.
News Japan's Playstation 3 TV Ma-Jig Launches On March 18th
Sony's trophy-enabled television watching device, the Torne, is due to launch on March 18th in Japan
The device is similar to Europe's PlayTV, and will cost ¥9980 (roughly £70) on its own, or ¥42,800 (£300) with a 250GB Playstation 3. If you want trophies for watching TV, better go buy Japan.
News MAG Wasn't On The NPD Top Ten, Does That Mean It Tanked?
Not at all, valued reader
The NPD has detailed the top-twenty games in January, continuing our coverage from last week. With five days on sales MAG managed to outsell the XBOX 360 version of Bayonetta which pulled in somewhere above 100,000 sales. It's safe to assume then that MAG easily beat out 100,000 unit-sales, but the official numbers are yet...
News L.A. Noire Is All Fancy Hats & Pin-Stripe Suits
Soak it in folks
This is the first ever screenshot (ever) of Team Bondi's L.A. Noire — the thriller that's been in development for almost forever. There are more shots over at GameInformer. If you have even a passing interest in the title, then you're probably no longer reading this.
News Resonance Of Fate, Good Luck Launching A Week After Final Fantasy XIII
Guess when Resonance Of Fate is due to release in America? That's right, March 16th
Fine, we guess it's just about passable for an RPG to launch alongside God Of War III. But just 7-days after a Final Fantasy game — Final Fantasy XIII, no less. It's just commercial suicide. C'mon SEGA, really?
News Hey Look, It's Toshihiro Nagoshi Talking About Yakuza 3
Are you excited about Yakuza 3? Of course you are, it's going to be properly amazing
And what better way to slip into the mood, than listen to franchise creator Toshihiro Nagoshi wax lyrical in the first of a series of Yakuza 3 developer diaries. The game's due early next month. We're stoked.
News Square: We're "Not Planning" Any Final Fantasy XIII DLC
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama has confirmed there's probably not going to be any DLC available for Final Fantasy XIII
Regarding the DLC content, we feel that the final product is 100% enjoyable its the complete package. So were not planning any DLC at this time, said one the...
News Bioshock 2 Takes The UK Charts' Top Spot, Bayonetta Re-Enters
Apparently Bioshock is still a big deal, as Bioshock 2 has shot straight to the top of the UK charts, removing previous leader Mass Effect 2
Interestingly, after a slew of price-cuts (and perhaps that Playstation 3 patch), Bayonetta has re-entered the charts in number 10 (up from 36). Elsewhere, Fifa 10 and Modern Warfare 2 are still strong...
News Future Publishing Announce Playstation Network Magazine, FirstPlay
Future Publishing has today announced FirstPlay, a digital Playstation Network magazine for the UK in a similar style to America's Qore
The weekly magazine will cost just 99p per episode, or £8.99 for a monthly subscription, and is being developed by the team behind Official Playstation Magazine UK.Future has an outstanding track record in...
News GamesRadar Are All Like, "Hey, Want A PS3 Announcement?"
Not much to go on really, but media conglomerate GamesRadar are Tweeting some kind of Playstation 3 reveal for tomorrow
The Tweet is very unspecific, stating simply, "<span>Anyone interested in a World Exclusive PlayStation 3 announcement? Try 8am UK time Monday 15 Feb on GamesRadar.com..."</span> <span><span>It...
I know Sony won't pay for exclusives and I think that's admirable
After all, would I prefer Grand Theft Auto IV DLC exclusivity for 12 months, or a whole new Wipeout game? The $50million Microsoft paid for that GTA DLC is probably in a similar ball-park to what would be spent on a mid-large PSN release (perhaps less) and thus, absolutely I'd take...
News Nippon Ichi To Focus On Playstation 3, New Disgaea Incoming
Japanese publisher Nippon Ichi may have lost $3
3million last year, but they're set to turn that around with a focus on the Playstation 3, and the prioritisation of internal projects. Disgaea is clearly the company's biggest franchise, and so they aim to build on that by releasing a new version of the game for Playstation 3. It's part of a new...
News Modern Warfare 2 Gets Patched All Over Again
It never seems to be longer than a few days before we're posting about yet another Modern Warfare 2 patch
We know the popularity of the game has lead to plenty of exploits but, this is kind of ridiculous. The latest patch should fix the predator missile on care package exploit, plus more rebalancing for the shotguns. Oh and earning negative XP no...
News Stylised Super Street Fighter IV Trailer Is Pretty Rad
It's Valentines Day tomorrow
That means you want footage of Super Street Fighter IV's new starlet Juri versus the much loved Chun-Li, right? Right? Well you got it anyway.
News Sony: Playstation 3 Stock To Be Tight Over The Next Few Months
Sony's warned that Playstation 3 stock will be tight over the coming months
SCEA's director of communications, Patrick Seybold explained the company are working hard to ensure stock is available for everyone. "We're working very hard with our retail partners to meet consumer interest, but the demand is tremendously high for the PS3 and we...
News SCEA Exec Jack Tretton Hails A Great Year For Playstation
SCEA's head Jack Tretton has written a buoying rally on the US Playstation Blog, declaring '09 a great year for Playstation, thanking fans especially for all their support
The post came hours after the NPD report, which saw solid figures for Playstation 3, but the XBOX 360 and Wii still some way in front. Despite that, Tretton was quick to point out...
News Sony Fare Well In January NPDs, Lose Out To Microsoft & Nintendo
Despite a decent month for January in the US, Sony's PS3 lost out to both the XBOX 360 and Nintendo Wii for the month of January, according to the NPDs
Sony shifted 276.9k units during the month, a respectable number, but they were some way off Microsoft's 332.8k tally. Regardless, both Sony and Microsoft fell to the might power of Nintendo once...
News SEGA Update Aliens Vs Predator Demo For PS3
If you downloaded the Aliens vs Predator demo and were unable to play the game, then, yo, you were not alone
It was borked. The matchmaking didn't work.. Alas, SEGA's just sent us word that the old demo has been removed, and replaced with a new, working version. Hurrah. So if you want to check out the demo, you totally can now. Just check with this...
News New God Of War III Trailer Is Actually Full-On Mental, Amazing
As promised, GameTrailers has just uploaded the new God Of War III trailer
It's full on mental. You could totally just watch it in the video we embedded above but we recommend clicking through and watching it in HD. Particularly the last 10 seconds or so, which are ridiculous.
Rumour Killzone 3 Details Coming In The Next Few Months
Various uncited sources around the 'net have been commenting on Killzone 3 lately, but this is the first time we've heard rumours from a more respectable source
It's PSM3 magazine (via CVG) that are saying the words "Killzone" and "Three" in the same sentence right now, as they rumour details are due over the next few months...
News Transformers: War For Cybertron Barely Announced, Getting Preorder Bonuses
Y'know, we might be just having a blonde moment, but until we read about Transformers: War For Cybertron's preorder bonuses, we didn't even know the game had a multiplayer component
It must do though, because if you preorder the title from GameStop, you'll unlock Shockwave as a playable character in the multiplayer mode. Awesome. Does the game even...
News "All You Need Is Love" Coming To The Playstation 3, At Last
At last year's E3, Microsoft announced they would release "All You Need Is Love" for The Beatles: Rock Band exclusively on the XBOX platform
Well, lo-and-behold, that exclusivity is totally over, and the song is due to be released on the PSN from March 4th for £0.99.
News God Of War III Scores A Nine In Its World-First Review
It may still be a month off, but God Of War III has scored a nine in its first review via the UK's Official Playstation Magazine
In the review, Nathan Ditum notes, The game is inches away from scoring 10/10, and its only the familiarity of the core gameplay that makes it feel less than the very, very best." God Of War III's really good...
News Fifa World Cup 2010 England Line-Up Is Uncanny Valley
The England team line-up in FIFA World Cup 2010
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News Playstation The Official Magazine Says, "Hey, inFamous 2's Coming In 2010."
The US-arm of Playstation The Official Magazine has hinted that inFamous 2 may make an appearance before the year's out
A feature in the magazine apparently "spills the beans" on three of the hottest sequels in 2010, naming inFamous 2 as one such game. The magazine suggests that the game will " up a significant time after the first...
News SEGA: It's Too Late To Change The Yakuza 3 Boxart
Fact: Yakuza 3's Western boxart is terrible
You know that, we know that, even SEGA know for goodness sake. Which has actually pushed SEGA's assistant community manager Aaron Webber to make comment on the Playstation Blog, in which he explains it's sadly too late to change the art. Apparently, SEGA will remember next time. Pssht... Hopefully there is...
News Square Enix "Interested" In A 3D Iteration Of Final Fantasy XIII
Speaking in an interview on the official Playstation Blog, Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase highlighted his "interest" in 3D technology, and hinted at the possibility of Final Fantasy XIII launching in a further dimension
We dont know how possible it is to build the game in 3D but we are interested in it, he said. In fact, we have already...
Rumour Is This Debug PS3 Outputting Video In 3D?
VG247's nabbed some shots of a debug PS3 option for outputting 3D video
The shots come after last night saw various outlets speculating that Firmware 3.20 is now released on debug kits, and in the hands of developers. That 3.20 update is apparently just "months away" for consumers. Alas, if you've not got a 3D capable TV, don't get your...
News Activision Confirm New Call Of Duty, Guitar Hero & Tony Hawk By Year End
Activision's confirmed during a consumer call tonight that there will be new iterations Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk and Spiderman by the time 2010 is done and finished
The Call Of Duty title in development is believed to be set in Vietnam, and is being developed by Activision's secondary CoD team Treyarch. Robomodo confirmed they are...
News "Many Stories" To Tell In Bioshock Lore, Claim 2K
Bioshock 2's Michael Kamper has told CVG that there are many stories to be told in the franchise's universe, mainly thanks to the uniqueness of Raptures setting
Rapture is probably one of the most unique places ever invented. I have to imagine that there are many stories that could be told within its walls. But right now were just focused on...
News Red Dead Redemption Invades New York City
Hello New York City
This is a poster for Rockstar's upcoming Red Dead Redemption and it wants you to take notice. What do you mean you didn't guess? The thing's bloody huge. And striking. It can be seen on the corner of Canal & Greene, which incidentally is not far from Rockstar's NY offices. It's awesome, huh? Let us know if you've seen it in...
News Hi Barry Burton & Rebecca Chambers, You're In My Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Famitsu's announced two more characters for Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition today: Rebecca Chambers and Barry Burton will pop up in the Mercenaries component of the game
The game's due on Japanese consoles no sooner than next week.
News Heavy Rain Falls, Reviews Drop, Words Are Fantastic
The embargo for Heavy Rain has just lifted in the US, in typical super-early Sony review tradition
And the word is good. Very good indeed. Here's what a variety of notorious publications had to say about Quantic Dream's latest interactive drama. IGN - 9"Heavy Rain wont be for everyone (namely kids or people just looking to blow stuff up) but...
News Rockstar Announce A Bucket-Load Of Preorder Incentives For Red Dead Redemption In The UK
Red Dead Redemption's coming late in April, and Rockstar would love you to know about the variety of preorder bonuses they have planned for you
There are a whole truckload of them, so bare with us while we compose ourselves. Alright then, let's go: GAME: Deadly Assassin outfit and improved slow-mo shooting regeneration. Amazon: Golden Guns pack,...
News Famitsu Score Heavy Rain A Whopping 37/40
Famitsu's dropped their review of Heavy Rain today, scoring it a whopping 37/40 and acknowledging its "fabulous story"
The embargo for much of the video games press is up tonight, meaning a deluge of reviews are due to hit at around 5PM this evening (GMT). Of course, we'll be there for that. The game currently holds a 93 on Metacritic.
News Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Teaser Is Light On Content, Heavy On Breathy Muttering
Here's your first teaser trailer for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, which was announced for PS3 yesterday
The trailer doesn't say much, although the active-camo revealed at the end of the trailer suggests this is more Future Soldier than Modern Warfare. Which is good.
News Demon's Souls 2 Teased For Fall Release In Japan
Demon's Souls is officially the hardest game ever
Probably. And it looks like it's set to get a sequel in Japan this Fall, according to comments made by Dengeki magazine on their podcast. There's still no mention of a European release for the original Demon's Souls, which has gone on to become something of a sleeper hit in the US since Atlus ported...
News Pachter: Cheapest Motion Controller Will Win "The War"
2010 shall hereby be known as the war of the motion controller
With Sony due to release the Playstation Motion Controller (rumoured to be entitled Arc), and Microsoft their body-cam Project Natal, the war for second place appears to really be hotting up between XBOX 360 and Playstation 3. As ever where there's a sniff of the console war, Michael...
News This Is Your Fist Look At Fallout: New Vegas
AGB have a few scans from Fallout: New Vegas in the latest issue of PC Gamer
Unsurprisingly they look rather a lot like Fallout. We wished there was perhaps something more to get excited about here, but Fallout's never been the strongest game visually and the scans aren't much to crow home about. Indeed, Fallout is all about the setting, and we're...
News Rockstar Confirms L.A. Noire For The Fall
Rockstar's just announced over Twitter that Team Bondi's ambitious thriller L
A. Noire</a> is due this fall. The company Tweeted, We have not announced a specific release date yet, but L.A. Noire is coming this fall. Stay tuned. GameTrailers' Geoff Keighley claimed it would be out in September this week.
News Ezio Goes To Rome In Latest Assassin's Creed, Will Feature Multiplayer
Ubisoft's committed to the latest Assassin's Creed including an "innovative" assassination multiplayer mode
Few details were given on the mode, but Ubisoft stated that generally each new title will include multiplayer in some form. Ubisoft would not comment on whether or not they intend to make Assassin's Creed a yearly franchise.
News Playstation 3 One Of Ubisoft's Biggest Earners
Ubisoft has released a breakdown of their Fiscal Year Q3 sales, showing Playstation 3 titles accounting for 30% of revenue earned for the three month period
Europe accounted for 49% of Ubisoft's sales, with the US just behind at 46%. For the nine months starting from April 1 2009, and ending December 31st 2009, the Playstation 3 accounted for 26% of...
Remember when Square Enix's honcho Yoichi Wada said Final Fantasy XIII was to be the last game of its kind? Well, Square Enix developers Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama have no idea what he was talking about
They said as much during an interview with the Playstation Blog.We dont know exactly what he meant by that. We dont really know...
News All Of EA's Games In 2011 Will Feature Online Integration In Some Form
EA announced at their financial call last night that all of the company's titles released in fiscal 2011 will feature either online multiplayer or downloadable content
Every one. Considering Dante's Inferno will let you pay for some extra "souls" (which you totally earn from killing enemies in the game anyway), we're not surprised EA are...
News Worry Not: Ghost Recon Future Soldier Is Coming To Playstation 3 Too
Despite being announced on XBOX Live this morning, with no real platforms announced, we kind of assumed Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier would come to the Playstation 3
Ubisoft has just confirmed exactly that via Twitter, announcing the game will launch day and date with the 360 version. So there you have it. The HD twins prevail once again.
News Spore's Totally Coming To Consoles Too
EA has really dropped a bomb of information at the moment
We don't know if we can keep up. The latest little snippet? Spore is coming to consoles in Q1 2011. There are no real details on the console versions yet. The announcement comes after The Sims 3 was confirmed for consoles this Holiday. There are a ton of other tentative EA release dates...
News Get The Lowdown On All This Year's Big EA Titles In One Place, Yo
EA dropped some big names at their financial call last night, detailing the planned release windows for a host of killer franchises over the next 12 months or so
Amongst the big Summer titles, EA's announced that their big, futuristic reboot Medal Of Honor is due between July and September 2010. That means you can expect a huge push at this year's...
News The Sims 3 Is Headed To Playstation This Christmas
EA's announced that the Playstation version of The Sims 3 is due to release this Christmas
No specific SKUs were mentioned, but we expect the game will launch on the Playstation 3 and possibly Playstation Portable. The Sims 3 launched on PC last June.
News Is Dead Space: Extraction Coming To The Playstation Network?
Kotaku are reporting this morning that two more entries in the Dead Space franchise are headed to the Playstation Network
Most interestingly so, one rumoured title is Dead Space: Extraction, last year's Wii shooter that sold all of five copies worldwide. A survey forwarded to the video games blog hints at the same "guided first-person...
News EA Bringing EA Sports Active To "Multiple Platforms", Obviously PS3
It's pretty much official at this point: EA Sports Active is heading to the Playstation 3
Speaking at a financial call last night, EA's John Schappert confirmed that the Wii exclusive is heading to "multiple platforms." Careful use of words there John, but we're totally going to assume you mean "Playstation 3". Yes. See you at...
News Pach-Attack: Playstation 3 Hardware Sales Up Massively In January
Everyone's favourite video games analyst Michael Pachter has come away from the glitz of his GameTrailers TV spot to talk hardware sales, and most importantly the Playstation 3's performance this January
Pachter reckons it's looking pretty good. In his pre-NPD report, the analyst cited that he reckons the PS3 will be up 62 percent over January 2009,...
News Ubisoft Announce New Ghost Recon Title, "Future Soldier"
Modern Warfare
Future Soldier. Modern Warfare. Future Soldier. Ok game developers, now that Ubisoft has officially announced Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, can you quit with your obsession with, erm, modern warfare? Already this year we're due Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Medal Of Honor, and now "Future Soldier". It's getting...
News Zipper Interactive To Introduce "Balancing Adjustments" To MAG
If we get beaten by S
V.E.R. one more time... Seriously! MAG is a fantastic shooter, that's only really been hindered in early months by its slight balancing issues. Y'see, those who have played MAG will know - S.V.E.R. rarely lose on their home turf, whereas Raven often lose at home. The problem isn't always strictly dependent on the quality of...
News Former EyeToy Man Laments The Dangers Of Natal, Playstation Motion Controller
Jamie MacDonald was the former vice president of Sony Worldwide Studios, and was directly involved with the launch of the Playstation 2's EyeToy unit
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the former Sony man has given some pointers to both his previous employer and Microsoft regarding their respective motion control devices. He told the website...
News Playstation 3 Is Clawing Back Global Market Share
Increased sales, a fairer attitude, an entirely new marketing campaign - there's no doubt that the Playstation 3 is making somewhat of a comeback
It's a thought emphasised in a report by Research & Markets, which suggests the system is gathering steam worldwide. According to the report, "The PS3 is dominant in Japan and Korea and as of...
News Sequel To Pixeljunk Shooter Confirmed By Q-Games' Dylan Cuthbert
Q-Games' boss Dylan Cuthbert has told G4 that his company are currently working on a sequel to last year's PSN hit Pixeljunk Shooter
He told the website:Normally sequels are just a re-hashing of the ideas in the original. But for PixelJunk Shooter we still have a ton of ideas on the drawing board and the engine has lots of potential we want to...
News Kingdom Hearts III Is Definitely Going To Happen At Some Point, Fanboys Rejoice
We've never quite understood the lure of the Kingdom Hearts franchise, but if you're one of the many people who wish every night for a third-installment in the franchise, rejoice: Tetsuya Nomura has told Famitsu that it will happen at some point
The series creator told the Japanese magazine: "Fans and partners alike are pressing us for it, so...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 8th-14th February 2010
It's a pretty big week for video games this one, as it officially starts the Q1, 2010 phenomenon commonly referred to as Game-ageddon; where one big title drops practically every week until way into April
PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Bioshock 2 Perhaps the most unnecessary sequel of all time, Bioshock 2 may seem surplus to...
News Keighley: L.A. Noire Coming To PS3 This September
GameTrailers TV's very own Geoff Keighley has been Tweeting world exclusives once again
This time via a leaked copy of the L.A. Noire themed GameInformer he's read. He's let slip that the Playstation 3 title is due to hit sometime in September. We're convinced Keighley knows the meaning of life.
News LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Coming Later This Year
Activision's announced LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is coming to the Playstation 3 and PSP later this year
The game's set during the first couple of seasons of the animated series, which you probably haven't watched.The LEGO Star Wars franchise is a massive hit with fans, bringing in sales of over 20 million units worldwide. Were thrilled...
News Guess What? Square Enix Made Money Last Year.
Japanese developers might be ruined right now, but if you're Square Enix, you're doing just fine
Particularly when you've just launched games with Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest in the title. Which Square Enix has just done. Then there was the acquisition of Eidos who published last year's sleeper hit, Batman: Arkham Asylum. Aimed at mid-and...
News Sucker Punch Bulking Up Their Workforce For inFamous 2
Sucker Punch has listed a host of new job positions on their website, presumably in relation to inFamous 2
The positions listed include a concept artist, game designer, texture artist and - most interestingly - a network programmer. The job position for network programmer requests "professional candidates to implement the on-line component for...
News Ain't No Sunshine For Dante's Inferno In The Middle East
Who would have thought? Visceral Games' Dante's Inferno will not be released in the Middle East
Probably the biggest shocker of the year, right?Electronic Arts has decided not to release Dantes Inferno in the Middle East after an evaluation process which is based on consumer tastes, preferences, platform mix and other factors, said a...
News MAG Stays In The UK Charts' Top Ten, Dante's Inferno Enters At Number Four
Very little change this week in the UK's all-formats chart, with Mass Effect 2 still holding the top-spot
Visceral Games' reimagining of Dante's Inferno entered fairly strongly at number four this week, knocking Sony's MAG to a respectable seventh. By the way, why did Ubisoft moan about Avatar's sales? It's been in the top ten for months now...
News So, Killzone 2 Ain't Getting A Playstation Motion Controller Patch
Well that rumour popped up and was quashed in minutes wasn't it? We like it that way
TheSixthAxis reported this morning that Guerrilla Games' Killzone 2 is due a Playstation Motion Controller patch. But SCEE says, "Uhhh. No it's not." And that's the end of that, valued reader.
News Hi China, You Get Final Fantasy XIII In May, Yo
SCE Hong Kong are going to bring Final Fantasy XIII to China in May
If you can't wait, yo, we suggest an import for your lovely non-locked down Playstation 3. Yup. The Chinese version will obviously be localised and is due in May. Western folks, we get it next month.
News EA Sports Boss: Playstation Motion Controller Is Different To Wii
Smashing consensus that Sony's Playstation Motion Controller is a "Wii copy", EA Sports' Peter Moore has claimed the experience with Sony's device is "different" to that with Nintendo's
Its a different experience than Wii and were watching it with great interest. As you might imagine, were working on stuff in particular on what sports...
In a double-sweep of disappointment for Final Fantasy fans, Square Enix's production duo Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama have poo-pooed the HD remake of Final Fantasy VII, declaring traditional RPG towns (as seen in Square's classic) are "too hard" to do in HD
"Considering the amount of work to make graphics that deserve HD, it is hard to...
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