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September2009
News Scene It? Is Heading To The Playstation 3
Well here's a strange one
The two-time XBOX 360 exclusive released to go head on with Buzz! Quiz TV is heading to the Playstation 3. Screenlife's adaptation of the popular DVD-quiz game sold well on the 360 so is now headed to the Playstation 3. Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! - which is a mammoth mouthful of a title - features thousands of new...
News God Of War Collection May Be The First Release To Feature Two Platinum Trophies
Blimey, here's a big story for all you raging trophies addicts: God Of War Collection might feature two platinums
In an interview with IGN, Sony Santa Monica's John Hight has claimed the game may end up with two platinum trophies. Hight claimed that each game will have their own unique sets of trophies. Certainly lots of fun for completionists...
News Firmware 3.0 Sadly Causing Game Freezing In Uncharted
Have you just bought a PS3 Slim, anxiously updated to Firmware 3
0 before jumping into Uncharted: Drakes Fortune. You're perspiring with excitement we imagine, you've heard so much of the Playstation 3's best title and are eager to run through the campaign. But oh. Issues. That's right, reports on Playstation's forums are reporting of some massive...
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #8 Can't Buy Me Love
Can't Buy Me Love
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
News Take-Two Working With Playstation Motion Controllers, Still Working On L.A. Noire
During an investor call today, Take-Two's Ben Feder confirmed that the company have implemented Playstation Motion Controllers in "just about all" of their studios
While Feder didn't address specific titles, he did claim, "everybody's working with them to try to figure out new ways in which we can innovate and create the kind of content that...
News The ESRB In PSone Re-release Ratings Shocker
The ESRB are keen to break news on upcoming PSone re-releases
Actually they seem to be the go-to stop for PSone news. Once again they've released an onslaught of titles that have been rated for re-release on the Playstation Store, they include: Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Cool Boarders 3 International Track & Field Oddworld: Abe's...
News Trine Is Stuck In Quality Assurance, Release Date Unknown
Remember Trine? It was meant to come out on the Playstation 3 ages ago
Still nothing, right? That's because it's stuck in Quality Assurance, as confirmed Frozenbyte's CEO Lauri Hyvärinen says. On consoles it takes weeks, even months if the game gets stuck in the technical quality testing stuff. It's not anybody's fault really, and it guarantees a...
News Wanna Say Wow? See New Gran Turismo 5 Screens
Look, it's a screenshot from Gran Turismo 5
What do you mean are we joking? No it's not a photograph! Look there's the menu and everything! It's from the game. Honestly. These are officially released screens courtesy of Sony. A queer time to release screens unless you're building up to announcement right? Maybe. Either way, Joystiq have the full...
News Modern Warfare 2 Capture The Flag Multiplayer Trailer Confirms Game Is Still Fun
Modern Warfare 2 continues to amaze us in a totally unexcited kinda way
Allow us to explain. So good was Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare we're kind of cruising along claiming in static, dull voices, "yep, sequel's going to be absolutely amazing". We're not understating what is coming, genuinely Modern Warfare 2 looks set to be one of the -...
News Sony: Playstation Network's Typical Users Are Yuppies
In a VideoBusiness article, the PSN's Eric Lempel describes the average Playstation Network users
Namely yuppies. In the interview, the director of operations Lempel describes the typical PSN user from the rough 12/15 million user estimate they have.VB : Who is the PlayStation Network audience? Lempel : Right now, it's primarily male. The average...
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #9 A Hard Days Night
A Hard Days Night
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
News Limited Edition PAX Street Fighter IV Sticks Are Yummy
Look at this lovely Street Fighter IV arcade stick
Stare at it if you must. It's gorgeous isn't it? Sadly, there are only 1,000 available (and only 350 of those will work with the Playstation 3). Even more limiting is the fact that you'll only be able to get them from PAX if you attend the Capcom booth. If you're going to PAX, prepare to fight for...
News Batman Arkham Asylum Tops The UK Charts, XBOX 360 SKU Narrowly Beats Out The Playstation 3
Rocksteady's masterpiece Batman Arkham Asylum may go on to be many people's game of the year, but it all counts for nothing if it doesn't sell
Thankfully the title has topped the UK charts, offsetting Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort and resting a comfortable victor. The XBOX 360 version narrowly outsold the PS3 (with a 55% share) — we assume the...
News The Green Lantern Says Hey In New DC Universe Online Screens
MMOs featuring orcs, dungeons and dragons don't really appeal to us
They're all a bit Lord Of The Rings. We think superheroes, on the other hand, are rather rad. Cue DC Universe Online and this set of screens just published by Kotaku. It has the Green Lantern, man!
News Naughty Dog Detail New Cinema Mode In Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will feature a new "cinema mode", a sweet little tool set that will let you view, edit and tweak saved gameplay footage and share it with friends
We're going to recreate the tale of Wuthering Heights using the character models of Nathan Drake and Elena (our one true love - Ed). In this walkthrough with Machinima, Naughty...
News King Of Fighters XII Gets All Patched Up On The PS3
If you've been attempting to play King Of Fighters XII online on the Playstation 3 you may have noticed it's all a bit broken
Not anymore. Fixed."The patch fixes in-game issues such as buggy character combos and optimizes online matches. This update fundamentally changes the way game data is processed and synchronized during online matches,...
News Sony Will Release A God Of War Game This Christmas, God Of War Collection Announced
We'd like to take some credit for this news
Way back in March we broke the news that Sony were planning to bundle copies of God Of War I and II as a preorder bonus for God Of War III. Given the overwhelming response for that particular bonus on our website, there's no doubt Sony were aware there was a massive demand for a re-release of two of Sony's...
News Playstation 3 Firmware 3.0 Is Out Now Y'all!
If you've turned on your PS3 this morning (or perhaps a swanky new PS3 Slim) you might have noticed your system telling you to update
That's because Firmware 3.0 is now available folks. The update adds a few new bits and bobs of functionality including the BBC iPlayer for the UK, animated themes for everyone and the rather handy "What's...
News There's A New Member Of the Family Here At The Pushsquare Office
Morning all
It feels like Christmas here in the Pushsquare office (namely because it's Sammy's birthday - Ed) as we've just picked up, unwrapped and setup our shiny new PS3 Slim. Our humble city saw three PS3 Slim sales this morning, so hopefully that bodes well for the rest of Europe and the UK where the PS3 Slim has launched today! The best way to...
News Playstation 3 Slim Officially Available In Europe
Morning Europe
What's going on? Fancy getting your hands on a shiny new Playstation 3 Slim. Well now's your chance, because the PS3 Slim is now officially available across Europe. The USA already have their hands on systems over the pond, Japan has to wait a couple more days, but Europe your time is now. Interestingly, we're not actually at the...
August2009
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #10 Drive My Car
Drive My Car
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
News Kazunori Yamauchi Hints At A Simultaneous Worldwide Release For Gran Turismo 5
Speaking with Multiplayer
it (translated by GTPlanet), Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 will launch "shortly after Gran Turismo PSP", likely simultaneously worldwide. Yamauchi also talked about the leaked feature list, claiming Polyphony Digital are waiting to talk about it but the list is true...
News Genuinely Amazingly Good News: SEGA Rate Sonic Adventure DX As A New "Multiplatform" Title
We don't care what anyone says, the original Sonic Adventure is the best Sonic game in recent years
Even the GameCube remake, Sonic Adventure DX, was amazing - adding a few extras that forced us to play through the whole thing again. Brilliant. Thank goodness for an Australian rating filed for a "multiplatform" release of Sonic Adventure...
News Final Fantasy Versus XIII A No Show At Tokyo Game Show
Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura has claimed that Final Fantasy XIII will be playable at Tokyo Game Show, whereas Playstation 3 exclusive Versus XIII will not even be seen at the show
Square Enix are spending this year's show focusing on the games that are due out within the year.
News Australia Get Ultimate Blu-Ray Packaged Bundles
Those lucky folks in Australia (read: they'e not always very lucky with games so perhaps they deserve this) are getting a "PS3 Ultimate Blu-Ray Kit"
Ok, so the use of the word "ultimate" is a bit loose but this is still pretty neat. For $60 AUD (or $51 US), those who purchase the kit will receive an official Playstation 3 remote, a copy of...
News Eye Pet Hits The US November 17th, Comes Bundled With Playstation Eye
The more we hear about Eye Pet, the more we're starting to get excited
We hope Sony push the game, because we think it really could be a big deal for families and kids. Get it in stores, get kids some hands on time. Not only is the Playstation 3 great for Mum & Dad's movies, but remind them that kids will have access to stuff like Eye Pet. At a...
News Guitar Hero 5 Advert Is Terrible, Repeat, Terrible
Here is an advert for Guitar Hero 5
It features Playboy bunnies and the frankly disgusting Hugh Hefner. We just don't understand the point they're trying to make here. Buy Guitar Hero 5 and you turn into a gyrating sex goddess? What? Terrible.
News Playstation 3 Ad Hoc Party May Come To The West As Early As Next Week
Ad Hoc Party has been a popular Playstation 3 application among Japanese gamers for over a year now
The West, well, we still haven't got it. But a trailer for fighting game Fate/Unlimited Codes hints at an end to the wait. The game's trailer, posted on the US Playstation.Blog, hints at playing online with "ad hoc party". Couple that with...
News Doc Richard Marks Talks Candidly About The Playstation Motion Controller
Sony are presumably gearing up for a big Playstation Motion Controller blow out at next months TGS 09
In this lengthy video interview, Sony's R&D God Dr. Richard Marks talks candidly about his latest game-changing invention; the Playstation Motion Controller. Most interestingly to us, Marks talks about "sub-pixel accuracy" in a 3D...
News A Space Oddity: Ratchet & Clank Jet Out Into Space In A Crack In Time
Space Race
In the past, the space elements of Ratchet & Clank have pretty much consisted of rails shooting and short warp hole cut-scenes. That changes with Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time as you'll now have the freedom to explore the entirety of space. You'll be able to stop on various planets and engage in mini spherical platforming...
News Hans Zimmer Contributing To The Modern Warfare 2 Soundtrack
Well, this is a big one
There were rumours last night that Hans Zimmer — the award winning composer for films such as Gladiator, The Pirates Of The Caribean and As Good As It Gets — will be contributing to the Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack. That has now been confirmed by Infinity Ward's community manager Robert Bowling. We can't wait to see what...
News Katamari Forever Goes A Golden Shade Of Gold, Hits US September 22nd
Namco Bandai just mailed us to let us know that Katamari Forever -- essentially the HD remix of the Katamari games of old -- has gone a golden shade of gold; i
e. it's done. And that means they had a release date for us; September 22nd in the US. The game will retail for $49.99 (a little cheaper than the average PS3 title) and adds in a ton of...
News Blimey! Batman Arkham Asylum Wins Guinness World Record!
When we told you Batman: Arkham Asylum was a bloody good video game, we meant it
But we never expected this. It's only just gone and won a Guinness World Record for being the "Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever"."We are so pleased to be awarding Batman: Arkham Asylum a Guinness World Record. It is a fantastic new game and...
News Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Is Impossible On XBOX 360
Naughty Dog are well known for squeezing every inch of power out of the Playstation 3
Heck, they have a division within their offices dedicated to doing just that. Naughty Dog's Christophe Balestra wants to absolutely clarify that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is impossible on the XBOX 360."First of all, we fill the Blu-ray 100 percent,"...
News Square Enix Tease Japanese Launch Of Modern Warfare 2
Activision don't exist in Japan, but they have talked about making Modern Warfare 2 the "best selling game of all time"
They'll probably need to throw Japan into the mix in order to make it that. Cue this teaser site from Square Enix, headed with a similar looking "2" to that in the Modern Warfare 2 logo. Are we on the same wavelength?
News King Of Fighters XII Smashes The UK & Europe This 25th September
Been waiting for some King Of Fighters XII action on your Playstation 3? Couldn't be bothered to go through the hassle of importing? Well know that SNK Playmore's 2D beat 'em up is due to hit the Playstation 3 in Europe this September 25th courtesy of publisher Ignition Entertainment
The game won a slew of E3 best fighting game awards and sparks the...
First Impressions Dead Nation on Playstation 3
Nowadays, zombie games aren't getting the attention they used to
We think it's probably fair to say we're all a bit fed up of them right? But, what if a newly announced zombie game was confirmed to be in development by Super Startdust HD developers, House Marque. Yup, thought that would catch you. Essentially, Dead Nation is very much Super Stardust...
News New Playstation 3 Ads Are Comical, Brilliant & Genius All At The Same Time
"He hates candles too
!" "Come on!!" "I know, right?" "What's wrong with him?" Just part of the genius you'll experience as part of Sony's new, actually-funny-and-totally-not-weird American marketing push. The advert focuses on humour, as is highlighted by the second campaign embedded after the jump, which even...
News David Cage Talks Candidly About Heavy Rain's Strip-Tease Scene
One of the scenes in Heavy Rain sees protagonist Madison Paige offer a strip-tease to a shady character in order to garner information
Go too far and you risk getting raped, don't go far enough and you don't get the information you need."You need to go through different emotions," Cage said to Eurogamer, "and showing this scene in...
News James Cameron's Avatar Also Heading To The Playstation Portable, PS3 Connectivity Supported
Avatar: The Game is coming to the PSP according to IGN
The handheld version of the game will have you fighting as the film's blue skinned aliens. Most interestingly, the PSP version of Avatar will connect to the PS3 version in much the same way as Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines. We're not sure exactly what the connectivity will unlock, but hopefully...
News LittleBigPlanet Gets Recalled Again In Place Of Game Of The Year Edition
LittleBigPlanet is being recalled in the US again
It's not for the first time, after Sony's big new-IP was pulled back just before it's launch last year due to some stimulating religious discussion. It's happening again. Of course not quite so sinister this time. Internal discussion at American retailer GameStop has revealed that old, unsold copies...
News Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time Launches No Later Than October 27th
Deadline
Ratchet & Clank will continue their latest space-spanning adventure no later than October 27th with Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time. One of Sony's big exclusives for this year will continue the story arc started in Tools Of Destruction & Quest For Booty. We hope so see much more from the game in the future as Sony start to...
News New Off Camera Modern Warfare 2 Single Player Gameplay Footage
For your viewing pleasure is a minute of Modern Warfare 2's single player campaign, shot at the GameCrazy company convention
The footage has been taken via a video camera so it's not the best, but it depicts a few soldiers hurling through a busy street. The most exciting thing we noticed was the way civilians come running, screaming down the street...
News EA Respond To Playstation 3 Cross Game Chat Drama
Yesterday, while we were busy panicking over servers and the whatnot, there was a storm brewing in world Playstation
An anonymous N4G blogger known as Super_Secret supposedly leaked the reason for the lack of one of Playstation's most demanded features: cross game chat. The reason Super_Secret's claims were given credence were because of his past...
News Sony To Publish DiRT 2 For PSP, PS3 In PAL Land
Sony are set to publish another third-party game post Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Codemasters' DiRT 2 will be published on the Playstation 3 and PSP in PAL territories by Sony. It will not be a timed-Sony exclusive like Ghostbusters was, Codemasters will still handle all the publishing of the other platform releases. Codemasters are pretty pleased...
First Impressions Mini Ninjas on Playstation 3
Mini Ninjas is a curious title
Coming from IO Interactive (synonymous with dark titles such as Kane & Lynch) it totally shuns the policy of dark and foreboding for something a little more family friendly. Mini Ninjas is a bright, anime-inspired title with an underlining family flare. The game opens on a ninja-training village where you're...
News Playstation Home Shopping Sprees Begin Tomorrow
Playstation Home is getting lots of goodies
The Playstation.Blog are promising 100 new items to spend your cash on from tomorrow, including t-shirts, glow-sticks (really!) and the new Visari Throne Room apartment. Purchasing the apartment alone gains you access to over 70 items to direct your space with. Note SCEA's new promotional campaign at...
News Bioware Don't Rule Out A Playstation 3 Port Of Mass Effect
One of the few XBOX 360 semi-exclusives (it's on PC too) we'd love to play is Mass Effect
Alas, developers Bioware are always quick to avoid the question of a PS3 port. Take for example Ray Muzyka's comments over at CVG.com. When quizzed about why the developer chose to not bring the game to the PS3, Ray said:"I think a more accurate way to...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake News Perhaps At A Later Date
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase reckons you should keep your ears tuned for Final Fantasy VII remake news in the future
Speaking with VideoGamer.com, Kitase said:"As for a VII remake, all I can advise right now is to play the PSN release that just came out for the time being. Maybe, perhaps we'll have some news for you at a later...
News Ghostbusters Gets PS3 Graphics Patch, Fixes Resolution
Remember just before Ghostbusters: The Video Game came out on the Playstation 3? Yeah, there was a bit of an uproar regarding the graphics
That's not a problem now though, because developers Terminal Reality have issued a patch to fix the problems:"Both single and multiplayer modes have been updated. In single player mode, fixes include an...
News Smash Cars Hits The European PSN This August 27th
Creat Studios' latest (and maybe greatest) PSN title, Smash Cars, will hit the European Playstation Network this coming August 27th
The game will cost just 14.99/£11.99. Smash Cars is a trick-based RC toy racing game with tons of vehicle customisation and six player online multiplayer. We'll have a review for you really soon.
News Quantic Dream: We Can Do Even Better Visuals Than Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain is, by all accounts, a pretty gorgeous looking video game
But Quantic Dream honcho David Cage reckons there's still more to get from the PS3. He reckons his company can go even further. Asked by VideoGamer.com if Heavy Rain was pushing the PS3 as far as it could go, Cage responded:"Well, you need to keep in mind that Heavy Rain is...
News Square Enix: PS3 Price Cut Will Have A Big Impact Next Year
Square Enix don't think the PS3 price cut will make much of a difference this year
But next year, boy are they expecting changes."In terms of the impact (the PS3 cut) will have on this financial year's earnings, I don't think there will be a major difference," explained Squeenix big-wig Yoichi Wada. "But I expect there to be a big...
News Heads Up: If You're American, Starting Ringing Stores Now - The Slim Is In Town Baby
If you live in America then you might want to know that stores all around you are stocking the new PS3 Slim
Like right now. Just one week after the system was announced. It's amazing work by Sony. Many consider the PS3 Slim a poorly kept secret like the PSP Go, but at the end of the day, we only had a few bits and bobs of rumour to catch onto. Sony...
News Let's Look At Some Electronics Porn - The PS3 Slim Taken To Pieces
The hot topic on the lips of the NeoGAF message board yesterday was - "has anyone taken apart the PS3 Slim yet?"
GAF, your prayers have been answered. This is what the thing looks like under the hood. The biggest parts appear to the be the fan and the Blu-Ray drive. Take note though, despite having a generous sized fan (to actually y'know, keep it...
News 30,000 Vote For Yakuza 4 Bar Hostess, Porn Star Rio Leads
SEGA have been running an online poll to find a bar hostess to star in their upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive Yakuza 4
Porn star Tina Yuzuki (a.k.a. Rio) has lead that poll for a good while. It's now over and there are final auditions to be held tomorrow. We'll keep you posted.
News Hey Capcom, Is That A New Okami You're Working On?
As delightfully discovered by Siliconera, Capcom have registered a trademark for the game "Okamiden" - which literally means "the legend of Okami"
Given the critical success of the title, it would make sense to make a sequel to the title - while sales were initially low, hype spread through word of mouth. The problem is, the series creator Hideaki...
News Best Buy Offering Free Games To Prevent Playstation 3 Returns
So, here's the thing
You might have recently bought a Playstation 3 Phat. You might then have heard about the Slim and decided you want that instead. What you gonna do? Well apparently in America you can just take that system right back to where you bought it and exchange it. But for obvious reasons, big retailers like Best Buy don't want you to do...
News Batman: Arkham Asylum Out In The US Today, Free Content On The Way
Batman: Arkham Asylum is pretty rad
As you'll know if you live in the US, because you'll probably be playing right now. Even though we wrapped up our review of the game over the weekend, we're yet to put it down. The thought of extended DLC makes us really happy. The game has an infobar that scrolls with latest news from Eidos' server while you...
News Playstation 3 Motion Controller Will Not Necessarily Require Two Wands, Development Nearly Done
Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Eurogamer in a recent interview that two wands will not be necessary for Sony's upcoming Playstation Motion Controller
At E3, much of Sony's presentation focused on the use of two motion controllers. However, Yoshida reckons the barrier for entry has to be "as low as possible"."The...
News Latest Red Faction Guerrilla Multiplayer DLC Headed September 17th
There are three packs for Red Faction Guerrilla planned
We've already had the decent Demons Of The Badlands. On September 17th we'll see the second. The pack will cost $7 and will add the following content: New Maps (Playable on all but Siege): Puncture Broadside Compound Division Equilibrium Gradient Haven Remnant New Modes: Bagman Team...
News Heads Up: The PSN Might Be Down Right Now Where You Are
Don't worry if you can't connect to the PSN right now
No one can. Apparently. Even though we just got done logging off and everything was fine. Whatever. Sony have sent out an official notice to let you know that there will be some scheduled maintenance on their free online gaming service from 4:15PM to 9PM UK-time. Go find a world clock to find out...
News Kaz Hirai: The PS3 Slim Will Be Sold At A Loss, But The Business Is Profitable
Making it count
Sony are embarking on one of their most aggressive holiday seasons since perhaps the original Playstation launched. With the PS3 Slim and massive marketing planned, Sony are really taking the fight to the competition. But with lower costing system, there are simple business concerns. Namely is that system making any money? Kaz Hirai...
News Sony Prepare To Spend Lots Of Money On Marketing, ?82Million Planned For Marketing PS3 Slim
Sony are preparing to spend lots of money
You know when they said that 2009 was going to be their most aggressive holiday season yet. They bloody meant it. Sony have set aside a whopping £82Million ($134,388,496.78US) to promote the PS3 Slim across Europe. As reported by the Guardian the new campaign will be a massive change from Sony's traditional...
News MadCatz To Cash In On The Popularity Of Modern Warfare 2
MadCatz are gearing up to release a surge of officially branded Modern Warfare 2 accessories
The products include an "Action Controller" for the Playstation 3, a wireless controller that allows custom button mapping for "superior" control (apparently). The XBOX 360 counterpart will not be wireless so it looks like us PS3 gamers...
News Shock Horror: PS3 Slim Now Out Of Stock On Amazon USA
Looks like Amazon
com have sold out</a> of their allotted PS3 Slim pre-order units. Visiting the page right now brings up the usual box for over ordered video game hardware:Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your account will only be charged when...
News Playstation 3 Firmware 3.0 Is The Last Major PS3 Update This Year
Playstation Network operations director, Eric Lempel, says that the last major Playstation 3 firmware update this year will be 3
0:"You know, I wouldn't say that or sure just yet because we are working on some things," Lempel told G4. "But this is a big and significant update, so you would be correct to assume that [it's the last...
News Modern Warfare 2 Gets Age Old Dual-Wielding Mechanic
Your friendly-neighbourhood Infinity Ward blogger, FourZeroTwo, has confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 will have dual wielding
Hooray?"I was presenting a singleplayer mission at the GameCrazy show this morning on stage and happened to walk over a body that had Akimbo (dual wield side arm), therefore the icon for the weapon popped up on screen and...
News Good For You: Assassin's Creed II Ain't Scared Of Modern Warfare, No
Despite approximately 92
463% (not an actual scientific calculation - ed) of expected Holiday 09 games being delayed, Assassin's Creed II is sticking to its guns. The game will launch on November 17th, that's just one week after the juggernaut that's had every other game's publisher running scared - Modern Warfare 2. Producer Patrice Desilets was...
News The Playstation 3 Logo Was Replaced For Brand Visibility Reasons
Have you ever watched a trailer for a multiplatform game, where you find yourself struggling to find the Playstation 3 logo at the end? That's totally the reason Sony are rebranding the Playstation with the PS3 Slim
Gone is the Spider-Man font and full title "PLAYSTATION 3". Heck, it's all about just the "PS3" these days. Kaz...
News Timothy Bender Joins SCEA Ahead Of Sony's "Most Aggressive Holiday Season" Yet
The dude behing LiveScribe and LeapFrog, Timothy Bender, is to join SCEA
Raise your glasses folks! Tim has been appointed the role of Senior Vice President of Sales for Sony Computer Entertainment America, meaning his job is to make sure everyone knows how downright awesome the Playstation brand is. His boss, CEO Jack Tretton, had some nice things...
News Japanese PS3 Slim TV Adverts Are Both Disturbing/Friggin' Amazing
If Sony are going to bonkers commercials anywhere, we'd prefer they did it in Japan
Here in the West we're hoping to see a pretty basic Apple-esque campaign for Sony's new PS3 Slim system. In Japan, they're running the PlayFace.jp campaign. In many way it's actually quite a clever campaign. We all pull different faces while playing games. Of course...
News Andrew House: Social Networking Features On The Way, Price Cut Not Due To "Market Conditions"
Andew House has confirmed in an interview with the Financial Times that Sony's recent Playstation 3 price-cut has nothing to do with the current economic climate
The SCEE president explained, "We are aware that consumers are watching their euros and pounds more carefully than before," but later added, "it would not be fair to say [the...
News FIFA 10 Demo Coming September 10th
If you, like us, can't wait to get your hands on the latest version of EA Sport's FIFA 10, perhaps you'd like to know that a demo is scheduled for launch on September 10th (17th if you're in North America)
The demo will contain Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Marseille, and Chicago Fire allowing you to play an exhibition match. The full...
News Square Enix To Bring Back Classic Franchise Thexder On The PSP & PS3
The ESRB are at it again, back-handedly rating games no one else knew about
This time they're "announcing" a reboot of the Square-Enix classic, Thexder. It'll be called Thexder NEO and has been rated for the PS3 and PSP. The game first appeared on the NEC PC-8801 before being ported to the NES and PC. According to the ESRB rating the...
News 28 Weeks Later Dude In The Picture For Bioshock Movie
Variety are reporting that Universal Pictures are in contact with director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo over a Bioshock movie adaptation
Gore Verbinski was originally pencilled in to direct the movie, but he's now moved into a producer role, preferring to direct a new Pirates Of The Caribbean movie. We actually think Bioshock would make an amazing movie...
News Playstation 3 Stumbles In Japan, Stock Shortages & Slim The Likely Reasons
The Playstation 3 fell to the very pit of the Japanese charts this week after stock shortages and impending rumours of the Playstation 3 Slim
Sony are probably going to have to put up with another week of hardware misery as Playstation 3s become increasingly difficult to find around Japan. Of course, Sony will hope that all will end well when the...
News Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen To Get The Real Transformers As DLC
August 27th will see the addition of the real Transformers character models to movie tie-in release Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
The DLC includes eight new playable characters based on the original Generation 1 Transformer designs. It also includes three new character skins, three multiplayer maps and an "Expert" difficulty setting...
News Japanese Retailers Only Making ?700 Off The PS3 Slim
Kotaku are reporting that Japanese retailers are only claiming to be making ¥700 (roughly US$7
40) off each PS3 Slim sold. Apparently the reason for the slim (sigh - Ed) profit margin is because retailers are forced to sell the systems for the "sticker price" by Sony. As time goes on, the costs of making the systems will hopefully go down...
News Kazunori Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 5's Damage Modelling Is Unfinished
Polyphony Digital's head honcho Kazunori Yamauchi wants you to know, "hey, the Gran Turismo 5 damage you saw at GamesCom was totally unfinished"
Ok, so he didn't say it quite like that, but that's the jist of what he meant when he said to French website GameBlog, that the GT code brought to GamesCom "marks only the first step of what we want to...
News Gran Turismo 5 All But Confirmed For A Q4, 2009 Release
Gran Turismo 5's appearance at GamesCom was a little unusual
While we watched the show-floor videos in awe, many of the Gran Turismo community picked apart every little detail of the game and perhaps came away a little disappointed. We don't neccessarily agree with holding a game to Godly standards — however, we can see how some might have found...
News The Kingdom Do Come To Save The Obese Princess
We already told you about chefs, ninjas and pirates coming to Fat Princess, but what about the king? Looks like he's heading to the party too
Titan Studios have been very quiet about these new characters — it'll interesting to see how they are implemented seeing as new classes could effectively change the entire game. Still, it's going to be...
News Money Waste Alert: Playstation Network Cards To Be Sold In Game Cases In Europe
Back when we thought the Wii was neat, we actually bought Wii Points for our console (Nintendo are very selective of the credit cards you can use with the system)
Said Wii Points were packaged in gigantic DVD game cases in Europe. Looks like Sony are about to do the same thing with PSN points cards. PS3-Sense have shots of the official packaging for...
News Hey Check It Out, Forza 3 Is Heading To The Playstation 3...
.. Of course it's all just a mistake on the behalf of American retailer GameStop. We doubt Microsoft Game Studios would bring anything to the Playstation 3 soon. Still, we've heard you can get Sonic games on Nintendo consoles these days. Weird.
News Mafia II Trailer Looks Seven Shades Of Awesome
Mafia II might look like standard Godfather style stuff
But there's one scene in this trailer that really stands out like a gorgeous sore thumb. The scene about 20 seconds in of a snowy city street. It looks so noir. So beautiful. So inviting. And that single scene has got us all excited about Mafia II now.
News Gamestop: Modern Warfare 2 Could Become The Greatest Selling Game Of All Time
Tony Bartel, the head honcho of American retailer GameStop's marketing department, reckons Modern Warfare 2 could become the best selling game of all time
Ever. In order to achieve that it would have to sell somewhere around 11 million copies, a feat currently held by Wii Play, Nintendo's - admittedly terrible - mini-game collection that sold...
News NPD Group Predict 40-60% Playstation 3 Sales Increase Post Price Drop
The NPD group, the sales analysts responsible for making Sony's life a misery on a monthly basis, predict the Playstation 3 price drop (and subsequently the PS3 Slim) could cause a 40-60% increase in sales for the platform
"The $299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into...
News Gundam Outfit Brings Camp To Playstation Home
We're sure our homosexual readers won't take offence when we declare this Gundam outfit for Playstation Home avatars a teensy bit camp
The costume will come as a reward for those who watch the trailer for Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki Gundam (which is being bundled with some Slims in Japan) in the Playstation Home theater. The trailer is only...
News GamesCom 09: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Trailer Reveals Alex Kidd, Beat & Billy Hatcher
Ears open folks: Billy Hatcher is in Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
Our question to SEGA: if Billy Hatcher counts as a SEGA All-Star, Ryo Hazuki has to be in there right? Right? Still, while Billy Hatcher might be the guy nobody picks, we'll almost certainly always pick Beat. That dude is just way too cool. And the Jet Set Radio games are...
First Impressions Wet on Playstation 3
If Wet takes its core mechanics and continues to make them interesting over time, the Grindhouse setting will do more than enough to make this game a memorable arcade shooter
The best thing about Wet is that it knows exactly what it is. It's not trying to redefine arcade shooters, but at the same time it's blissfully aware it needs to change things...
News If You Were Baffled By Metal Gear Solid's Timeline, Well, So Is Hideo Kojima
It's often said that if a writer is not sure of his fiction, how can those reading it know better? This statement rings true with Metal Gear Solid
Despite our deep love for the franchise (and the surprisingly helpful Metal Gear Solid Database) we still find the intricacies of the saga baffling. That's ok though, because Kojima himself doesn't know...
News The English Final Fantasy XIII Voice Overs Are Done
Square Enix want you to know that the English voice overs for Final Fantasy XIII are done
Finished. Finito. With the voice acting totally done, we wish they'd cut a slice of the game out and put it on the Playstation Store for us to try. Come on Squeenix. Pwease.
News Audiophiles Rejoice: PS3 Slim Gets Much Improved Audio Performance
Audio is a factor of video game systems that largely gets overlooked
Killzone 2 for example sports some of the most impressive 7.1 surround sound available, largely due to the blu-ray's immense size meaning audio can remain uncompressed. While the PS3 Slim does little new on the performance side of things, audiophiles will be really pleased to know...
News GAME Confirm PS3 Phat Upgrade Deals
We posted recently about the possibility of Brish retailer GAME honouring an upgrade deal concerning the trade-in of a Playstation 3 Phat for a cheaper PS3 Slim
We can confirm (via TSA) that GAME will be going ahead with the scheme. Those of you who trade in 40GB PS3s can get a new Slim for £119.99. Likewise, trading in an 80GB will get you a Slim...
News Andrew House: Don't Worry About PS3 Slim Shortages
Despite Amazon sending out stock warnings yesterday regarding the PS3 Slim, Sony Europe's head honcho Andrew House reckons there will be no shortages of PS3 Slim's come launch
I'm very pleased with how we have managed our inventory system on the existing model, House told MCV. We've done that very well in the European market. There are trucks...
News Hong Kong Are To Host A PS3 Slim Launch Party
Sony are to hold a launch party for the PS3 Slim in Hong Kong, starting 6PM August 31st and running right through until past midnight on September 1st
The celebration will mark the launch of Sony's latest system in Causeway Bay, one of Hong Kong's major shopping areas. Apparently there will be umbrellas too.
News Chefs, Pirates & Ninjas Coming To Fat Princess
Titan Studios are teasing new classes for Fat Princess
The teasers on their blog come without explanation or description. Just words and images. Still, we can safely assume that Chefs, Ninjas and Pirates are heading to the multiplayer based title. While the other classes are pretty self explanatory, we're curious to see how the Chefs play. Will they...
News English Demo Will Be New & Downloadable, If It Happens
Those of you hotly anticipating a Blu-Ray release of an English version of the Final Fantasy XIII demo may be a little disappointed
If indeed an English demo ever does make it to the West, it's like to be downloadable. Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase commented, "we are thinking of providing it in a downloadable format." And what would a...
News GamesCom 09: First Avatar: The Game Footage Is Revealed
We still don't know what Avatar is about
No one sent us a postcard with answers on when we requested it. Apparently it's still the best thing since sliced bread though. Apparently. All we know is that it's a movie by James Cameron and Ubisoft are making the game of the film This reveal trailer doesn't really tell us anything about Avatar's fiction,...
News The PS3 Ain't Never Going To Be Backwards Compatible Again, Ammunition For You Haters
Here's some ammunition for your haters
Remember when the PS3 had no games? Yeah, that was your ammunition. Remember when the PS3 was too expensive? Yeah, that was your ammunition. Now those things have been rectified though, it's time to bemoan the lack of backwards compatibility. Seriously guys, you better go out and buy the XBOX 360 instead,...
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