PS3 News
August2009
News UK Playstation 3 Shipment Is Cut Off, We Wonder Why?
Anonymous spokes-people from the UK have confirmed that Playstation 3 consoles have all but dried up
We can't possibly comment on why. One source claimed that "sourcing Playstation 3 stock has been a challenge for three weeks". Sony have informed retailers that further shipments would arrive in late August/early September. GamesCom it is...
News MAG Beta Enrollment Begins
Some of you lucky people (read: not us - Ed) might have a tantalising email in your inbox right now
It's headed with the words "MAG" and ends with "Public Beta". Check your emails. We'll wait. Ok, so we're assuming those of you that got that email probably won't be paying much attention to the rest of this post. For those of you...
News Is Medievil III Coming To The Playstation 3, Sony Cambridge Are Up To Something
Oh Sony Cambridge
We've heard speculation off the grapevine that you're up to something. We know you're working on LittleBigPlanet PSP and Play TV. Anything else you'd like to tell us about? You're employing? Oh really — for an "unannounced Playstation 3 title"? Is it Medievil III by any chance? ... Ok, so we're just speculating but...
News GamesCom 09: Sony To Unveil PSN Video Store In Europe
It's not quite E3 hype, but we're getting very excited about Sony's GamesCom conference next week in Germany
Not only is the thing scheduled to run a decent length of time, there are also likely to be announcements on the PS3 Slim among others. One such thing to be announced - the much anticipated European video store. If you're in the US you may...
News Sony Europe Blame Publishers For PSN Game Delays
We know how annoying it is when a game is due out on the European PSN but never comes
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix was a perfect example. Speaking openly on the Playstation Blog, Sony's Angela Madronero tried to clear some of those issues up. Talking about first party titles, Angela claimed, "We know how important this is to you, and...
News Leonardo Da Vinci To Act As A "Q" In Assassin's Creed II
You've watched James Bond right? Q was a member of the British government who came up with all kinds of crazy military inventions for Bond to use
In Assassin's Creed II's renaissance setting, there will be no Q. There will however be Leonardo Da Vinci, who will use protagonist Ezio as a test dummy for his wacky inventions. Ok, so when we put it into...
News Hong Kong Magazine Is All Like, "PS3 Slim Launching Next Month"
This is the cover of Hong Kong magazine GameWave
Notice that terrible mock-up of how a PS3 Slim could look? Yeah, well the text next to it is all like, "Slim PS3 appears at the end of the month." Supreme confidence from the press outlet we think. Unless they're trying to cash in on the year's hot video game discussion point. Totally not...
News Which Of The Following Trophies Do You Want In Assassin's Creed II?
Assassin's Creed II is not delayed
And presumably it's nearing completion. So the team are currently working on the game's trophies. And they want you to decide which ones should go into the final game. A vote on the game's forums has you deciding from a list of four choices. Which one do you most want to see in the game: "The Taste of...
News New Playstation Home Space From The Excellent Xi Team Around The Corner
Remember Xi? The alternative reality game that made Playstation Home a real living place to be
Yeah, it was awesome wasn't it? People always think we're being sarcastic when we talk about Home being awesome, but we think the developers and its audience are really starting to find their niche. There are a surprising number of people who spend a lot...
First Impressions Supercar Challenge on Playstation 3 Multiplayer
Staggeringly for a Playstation 3 exclusive, Supercar Challenge is not hyped beyond belief
We've all experienced the hype for Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet and inFamous come and go. We're currently in the process of screaming in anticipation for Gran Turismo 5 and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. But Supercar Challenge we can sum up in one single phrase we...
News FIFA "Soccer" 10 Delayed In The Ol' USA
We're just writing to let you Americans know that FIFA "Soccer" 10 has been delayed in the USA
It's so weird seeing that "Soccer" word stamped on the front. Whatever. If you guys care (we're aware you don't) the game lands in your region on October 20th, a few weeks later than the October 2nd date in the UK. Strangely, the USA cover leaves...
News Dino Crisis & Resident Evil All Rated For Playstation Store
What's up classic Capcom games? We know you're coming, but we hope you're coming soon
What's that? The ESRB have rated you? Rejoice. Listings on the ESRB have practically confirmed the released of classic Capcom titles Dino Crisis, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. The update in listings also serves to suggest that perhaps the content...
News Playstation 3 Seconds Most "Active" Console Users List, Wii Bottoms It Out
Before we all get our fanboy knickers in a twist, let's provide some context
This chart - tracked by Nielsen - targets the number of active users per console for the first half of 2009. So basically, most people who are playing their consoles every day either own an XBOX 360 or Playstation 3. As you'll have noticed, the Wii sits way, way at the...
News If You Wanted Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 In A Box It's Totally Still Happening
Not a formal announcement of kinds, but an announcement of such
Ever since GameStop listed a retail version of Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 for the Playstation 3, we've been waiting for confirmation. The above image comes from Capcom's own Unity forums from a moderator. The box does not contain a disc, instead you'll get a download voucher, an eight
News The New Mortal Kombat Will "Revolutionize" Online Play
For those of you who played Mortal Kombat Vs
DC Universe</a>, you'll have been aware of the hit or miss nature of the online play. Some people loved the ability to smack talk a lobby full of people and then subsequently get challenged to a battle of wills. Others found it clunky. The new Mortal Kombat wants to appease everyone, hence a
News That Ninja Gaiden Sigma II Special Edition Is An HMV Exclusive In The UK
If you want that Ninja Gaiden Sigma II special edition and you're in the UK, might want to hop yourself over to HMV where they're taking preorders for the single-retailer exclusive at a reasonable £39
99. The special edition is mostly the same as the US version (pictured), except with the inclusion of a soundtrack alongside the book/comic/thing...
News Agonisingly GRIN Are In Big, Big, Big Trouble
It hurts a little to type this
Not only because we know someone who used to work at Swedish outfit GRIN, but also because of the two games they've put out this year, we thought they were both pretty darn good. Bionic Commando was a clever platform-esque shooter. Sure there were issues with the design, but we certainly had fun playing it. Wanted:...
News GamesCom 09: Namco Bandai Bring The Big Guns To Germany
Namco Bandai have started the hype train for their appearance at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany next week
Apparently they are bringing eight games, obviously including Tekken 6 and Katamari, plus some "major exclusive new announcements". Namco Bandai are penciled in for a show on Wednesday, August 19th, so we're guessing the announcements...
News Surprisingly Noby Noby Boy Shifts Just 100,000 Copies
Ahh Noby Noby Boy, the game that we just assumed everyone had downloaded to their PS3 because of the decent reviews and amount of coverage it gets
Sadly, seems like not everyone has been giving it to GIRL. Despite a potential 24 Million install base, Noby Noby Boy has gone on to sell just 100,000 copies. Perhaps that's a lot for a game that's about...
News Oh, Hello PS3 Slim; What Are You Doing On This Database?
This is a screenshot from French retailer Micromania's Product List
For those who want to cry and moan about the size of our images, we'll tell you that the screenshot lists "PLAYSTATION 3 Slim" in the product title row. That's right, PS3 Slim. Now, the first question that jumped to our lips was; why on Earth would a retailer list the PS3...
News New Heavy Rain Character To Be Shown At GamesCom
Many of us assumed it would we'd be seeing a new character at GamesCom when Quantic Dream confirmed they would show one Heavy Rain character at a time
Madison was last year. Jayden was earlier in this year. With GamesCom just around the corner, Quantic Dream are readying themselves to reveal the next character in their psychological thriller, Heavy...
News Check Out Paul Phoenix Kicking Some Ass In Tekken 6
This may be Tekken 6, but Paul Phoenix is still pulling those same moves from the original Tekken
Albeit with a better framerate.
News New Guitar Hero Van Halen Trailer Has Pyrotechnics
Hey Guitar Hero Van Halen fans (if you exist)
Fancy checking out a new trailer? Personally, we absolutely abhor the "hits" of Van Halen. But you get the drift!
News DJ Hero: Renegade Edition $200 In The States
GameStop have updated their listing for the Renegade Edition of DJ Hero, pricing it at $199
99. That's a substantial step-up from the standard $119.99 price point, but hey, if you want a stand that doubles as a carry case, this should be your thang.
News Modern Warfare 2 Squad Characters To Be Voiced By 50 Cent
If, "Yo dawg, where ma skull?" isn't a line in Modern Warfare 2, we'll be disappointed
The voice of many nightclubs (and the star of a few video games), 50 Cent is currently in the studio recording some voice work for Infinity Ward's upcoming Modern Warfare 2. As confirmed by community manager Robert Bowling, Fiddy will be serving one of the many...
News Amazon List LittleBigPlanet Game Of The Year Edition, Then Remove It Again
A cheeky wandering eye from an IGN reporter has discovered the listing for the Game Of The Year edition of Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet
The listing has now been removed, but the boxart was recovered by the reporter which teases $30 of extra content. The IGN report also suggests the pricing of the game was at $49.99 ($10 cheaper than a typical US...
News Fat Princess Patch Live In The US, Hitting The UK Next Week
Hey America, Fat Princess now works
At least that's what we've heard from people in the region who have downloaded the latest game-fixing patch for the title. The patch is designed to improve server stability, reduce lag, and fix a few bugs. Europe are to get the patch sometime next week (presumably the rigorous SCEE quality control policy is...
News Square Enix Announce Announcement Of An Announcement Regarding Final Fantasy XIII
"We'll be making an announcement in a few weeks," said Square Enix gaffer Yoichi Wada regarding the release of Final Fantasy XIII
We'll pause while you people compose yourselves. ... That's right, Square Enix's masterpiece is likely to be dated at late September's Tokyo Game Show. For Japan, the launch of Final Fantasy XIII will be the biggest thing...
News Atomic Games Are Practically "Dead"
Remember Atomic Games? They were making a controversial shooter entitled Six Days In Fallujah
Well according to a report from IndustryGamer, they are practically dead."Out of 75 people, less than a dozen are left and about a third of that isn't even developers," the source commented. "The remaining team is basically a skeleton cleanup...
News Check Out This Interview With Heavy Rain's Guillaume de Fondaumiere
Heavy Rain sounds more and more ambitious everytime we hear about it
Without really giving away anything new, in this interview executive producer for Heavy Rain Guillaume de Fondaumiere talks candidly about the experience and the game's influences. Citing something like The Silence In The Lambs as an influence gets us all excited. Not only was that...
News Trophies Might Be Heading To Metal Gear Solid 4 Afterall
Hear this Metal Gear Solid fans: Kojima Productions know you want trophies
As part of the latest Kojima Productions podcast, the company talk a little bit about the word on every MGS-avid's lips; trophies."I just wanna tell everybody out there right now that your voices are being heard and that we're not ignoring you. We hear everything that...
News There's A Shatter Demo In The Works, Multiplatform Release Is Likely
What do you mean you haven't played Shatter yet? Are you mad
? We gave it 4/4. Get on it. So if you're still not sure, we reckon you should probably hold out for the demo that Sidhe are preparing for you. Alas, if you're fanboy enough to prefer your games while they're exclusive (why?), be told that Sidhe will probably put this game out on...
News Gorgeous City Artwork Go Live As Part Of Final Fantasy XIV Website
New Final Fantasy XIV artwork has gone live as part of the launch of the game's official website
It features details of regions that will feature in the game, alongside information on character races and whatnot. You get the drift - if you like the fiction you might find something of interest on the site.
News Porn Actress Rio Leads Yakuza 4 Game Finalists
Those of you who read our post a few weeks back regarding Tina Yuzuki's (a
k.a. Rio) potential placement in the new Yakuza 4: Heir To The Legend game will be pleased to know she currently leads SEGA's polls. You can see all 16 finalists here. Still it doesn't really matter anymore does it? Seeing as SEGA are unlikely to ever bring these games to the...
News Tecmo Koei Show Interest In Sony's Playstation Motion Controllers
Talking about Sony's Playstation Motion Controllers, Tecmo Koei honcho, Kenji Matsubara, reckons that there is certainly a potential to look at how the controllers could work in something like Ninja Gaiden
Until then, he wants to see how the casual games work:"I'm sure that for casual games these motion controls will be very popular, but for...
News Activision Settles Lawsuit With Double Fine, Brutal Legend Unscathed
Associated Press are reporting Activision and Double Fine have settled outside of court regarding Brutal Legend, on the day they were supposed to present their arguments
Activision were hoping to delay the game but a tentative judge ruling suggested he was "not inclined" to do so. He also had some damning words for Activision's case. The...
News Tony Hawk Ride To Cost An Arm & A Leg In UK
Tony Hawk Ride will hit British stores on November 20th at the dastardly sum of £100
A nice round figure, but a real beast when you consider you'll be getting a game and a plastic board to step on. If you're seriously still interested in buying Tony Hawk Ride then know that if you buy it from Brit retailer GAME, you'll get a board with a picture of...
News Sorry Europe, No Guitar Van Halen For You This Year
If you're European and were super pumped by the Guitar Hero: Van Halen track listing we published earlier, you might be disappointed by the news that the game has caught the Holiday 09-flu in Europe
There's absolutely no reason for the delay. It's just not coming out in Europe until next year.
News Zen Studios Announce Super Street Fighter II Turbo Themed Pinball Table
As hinted at yesterday, Zen Studios are to bring a Street Fighter II themed table to their acclaimed pinball game Zen Pinball
"Here at ZEN Studios, we are long time Street Fighter fans and have a great relationship with Capcom, so the idea came naturally," ZEN Studios' managing director Zsolt Kigyossy told Joystiq.</blockquote> We're...
First Impressions Batman: Arkham Asylum on Playstation 3
Batman: Arkham Asylum has a hard task to live up to
Hyped as the definitive super-hero game this generation early into its development, the game has always had a hard task ahead of it. With a number of delays to ensure quality behind it, Batman: Arkham Asylum is finally gearing up to release. Can it ever live up to the hype? From what we've played,...
News New Fairytale Fights Trailer Is More Trailer-Like, Brilliant
The last Fairytale Fights teaser trailer was a bit disappointing
But this one, this one is brilliant. What appears to be a quiet day out walking for Little Red Riding Hood ends with blood and, erm, chainsaws. As the trailer depicts, "there'll be no fairy-tale endings". [youtube p1ok61RwYfw]
Make no mistake
We are massive Tim Burton fans. It's also been our wet dream for the past few years that he bring his dark imagination to our favourite novel in the whole wide world, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (yeah, we're calling it by its proper title for elitist sake). Tim Burton, though, is not a big gamer. "I'm not a real hardcore...
News Double XP Weekend Heading For Red Faction
Remember that Red Faction: Guerrilla patch we were talking about? It's coming this August 6th (*cough* that's today)
To celebrate the launch of the patch, developers Volition are having a long weekend of double XP. Running from today (once the patch has released) until Sunday night you'll be able to bump up your XP titles and (hopefully) earn...
News Like Van Halen? You'll Probably Want To Be Reading The Guitar Hero: Van Halen Tracklist Then
Our only experiences with Van Halen date back to when we were in school
We had a guitar lesson and were learning "Eruption". Never had we listened to Van Halen before. Never will we ever again. Alas, we're sure there are some people reading who are totally stoked about Guitar Hero: Van Halen, and thus you'll probably want to read the...
News This Microsft Advert Really Reminds Us Of Something, We Can't Quite Put Our Fingers On It
Watch this ad-campaign
It's for Microsoft's XBOX 360. We're busting our guts trying to think what it reminds us of but we can't... Oh yes, that's right! This is the LittleBigPlanet theme they're running over their suspiciously similar marketing campaign. Now to be honest, this song is by The Go Team and was licensed by Sony for use in...
News Sony Trademark "P.S. Thanks", Potential Reward Scheme Likely
A Kotaku discovered trademark seems to hint at the possibility of a Playstation based reward scheme akin to Nintendo's Club Nintendo
The aptly titled "P.S. Thanks" hints at an "incentive rewards program geared toward quantifying, identifying and motivating top consumer base with the goal of promotion and sale of video game hardware...
News EA Anticipate Console Price Cuts Before The End Of The Year
EA make games for all of the major platforms on the market
Naturally they'd like to see all the systems sell more. The more systems out there, the more people they can market their games at. It's business. Speaking at an EA conference call, the companies CEO John Riccitiello said, "We think pricing will move hardware," and added, "We...
News HD Version Of Grand Slam Tennis Delayed Indefinitely
Grand Slam Tennis is already available on the Wii
It was meant to be coming to the Playstation 3. Despite Peter Moore insisting the game will arrive eventually, the title has been delayed indefinitely while EA shift their focus to a Holiday release iteration of EA Sports Active for the Wii. Perhaps they'll end up integrating Sony's Playstation...
News Zen Studios Tease Street Fighter Themed Pinball Table For Zen Pinball
We really enjoyed Zen Pinball when it launched earlier in the year
It's currently one of our favourite PSN releases this year. So we're really happy to hear that the team behind the game, Zen Studios, are working on some DLC for the game. We don't really have much to go on yet (hint: it might not be much but it's a big bloody clue) except this...
News This Is Your Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time Boxart
Ratchet & Clank: Tools Of Destruction is one of our favourite Playstation 3 games to date
We've beaten countless times and we just can't wait for Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time to ramp up the story. Insomniac have showcased the game's boxart today. It's darn attention grabbing we think. We can't wait to see where the story takes Ratchet...
News Blur Preorder "Incentives" Revealed For North America
Bizarre Creations have a fantastic track-record so it's hard not being excited about upcoming combat racer Blur
With the release pencilled for November, as usual there are a number of preorder bonuses popping up around the net, in this case for the USA. GameStop will offer the "Multiplayer Advantage Booster Kit" that offers...
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #5 Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter
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 Roon, Lamps & Theo Head The FIFA 10 Box Art In The UK
Here's the FIFA 10 boxart for the UK
Featuring the faces of Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, Chelsea's Frank Lampard and Arsenal's Theo Walcott. Gone is Ronaldhino into the realms of mid-life mediocrity. Other regions will get an alternative cover (Schweinsteiger is on the German cover for example). No doubt a range of people are pissed about the...
News David Bowie Vs. Boogie Down Productions In DJ Hero
How can you not be into DJ Hero? Here we have a perfect example of why you should be on the off-chance your not
An exclusive mashup of David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and Boogie Down Productions "Jack Of Spades" by DJ Shadow. Hell yes. There are more over at Joystiq.
News Fancy Watching The Entire Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Comic-Con Panel
Hardcore Uncharted fans should know that this Comic-Con 2009 panel featuring Nolan North and the real person [Emily Rose] behind Elena (swoons), is packed with anecdotes from the creation of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
With the game now agonisingly close to release, we can't wait to see how the story unfolds.
News Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars Expanded Via Patch
The heartily titled Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars has been expanded via a free DLC patch
The new content adds two new levels: "Galleon" and "Stadium" — the former being set on a pirate ship. A number of enhancements have been made to the replay system, camera control, friends list, server browser, HUD, music...
News VidZone Secure The World Premiere Of The New Prodigy Track
The Prodigy's latest video "Take Me To The Hospital" will debut exclusively on the Playstation 3's VidZone service
The European on-demand music video app for Playstation 3 has already secured an exclusive video from U2 and this latest from The Prodigy really showcases the app picking up steam. The video should be live now so if you haven't checked...
News Playstation 3 VidZone App Passes One Million Downloads
We believe congratulations are in order for the fine folks at VidZone
Their excellent on-demand music video service has already topped the one million downloads mark, despite only being available in Europe. In addition to the one million downloads, 100 million videos have been streamed via the service, numbers not to be scoffed at. Alas, we can't...
News Red Faction Guerrilla Patch Extends The Game That Little Bit More
Red Faction Guerrilla is already a generous offering
Great single-player mode. Some decent local multiplayer. Excellent online multiplayer. Still, THQ aren't content with what they've got just yet, they want to give you more. How about a new Wrecking Crew mode? Sorted; Challenge Mode will set players across three different levels, each time with a...
News Taylor Swift Stars In Band Hero, Looks Good All Rendered Up
Everybody look, it's Taylor Swift in Band Hero looking a lot like Taylor Swift
Impressive rendering aside, Activision want you to know that Miss. Swift will be making an appearance in the upcoming Band Hero game on Playstation 3. She had this to say of the game:"Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully...
News The Telegraph Pitch Playstation 3 Slim At ?260
With all the rumours about the Playstation 3 Slim circling the Internet, it was only a matter of time before the mainstream press started to pick up on the details
In this case, The Telegraph who are reporting (via DigiTimes) that Sony have ordered enough parts to make a million Playstation 3s in the third quarter of this year; that's twice as many...
News 80GB Playstation 3 Being Phased Out In Australia Too
It seems like the 80GB Playstation 3 isn't just getting discontinued in Japan, but Australia too according to Kotaku
They claim to have spoken to several retail sources, all of whom agree that stock of the 80GB Playstation 3 in the region is painfully low. If Sony are to introduce a new SKU or platform (like the rumoured PS3 Slim), they'll need to...
News More Legendary Wild West Content Heading To Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood
Launching this Thursday on the Playstation Network will be the Old West Map Pack for Ubisoft's Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood
New legendary battles heading to the western shooter include Little Bighorn, Vulture Mine, Fort Worth and Union's Elmira Prison Camp. Princing is yet to be announced.
News The Real Optimus Prime Hits Revenge Of The Fallen Via Downloadable Costume
Transformers: The Revenge Of The Fallen is getting a bit better this Summer
Namely through the form of downloadable content which will make Optimus Prime look a bit more like Optimus Prime. The new version of Soundwave will also make an appearance. But we don't care for new versions right?
News Sony Scrap Wipeout HD Advertising Due To Fan Reaction
Never say Sony don't care about their fans
Following some bad responses from fans of Wipeout HD regarding the inclusion of advertising on the game's loading screens, Sony have pulled the feature."The ad has been removed from [span.tagautolink autolink]WipEout HD", a Sony rep told Eurogamer, "and we are investigating the situation to...
News Fairytale Fights Looks Right Up Our Alley In New Trailer
Despite this being one of the worst cut trailers we've ever seen (it features the wonderful activity of walking), the backend footage reminds us why we're excited about Fairytale Fights
You play as Little Red Riding Hood and chop people up. Heck yes, this is a twisted depiction of the classic (but always sinister) world of fairytales. The game looks...
News Fat Princess Patch Incoming Quicker Than A Waddling Princess
Fat Princess is a great game
We said so in our review. Problem is, it's kind of unplayable right now. We've been trying to hop on to the game for two days and the multiplayer has just been broken. Thankfully a patch has reached its testing stage and will probably hit the public soon. Developers Titan Studios have detailed the fixes the patch deals...
News 80GB Playstation 3 Discontinued In Japan
What do the 20GB, 40GB and 60GB Playstation 3s all have in common in Japan? They're discontinued
The 80GB? Soon to join them. Japanese retailer 7-Eleven are stating that orders for the black and white 80GBs will cease this coming Sunday, August 9th. The reasoning? "Manufacturer's request". The notice even states that all marketing for the...
News In-Game Advertising Headed For Wipeout HD
According to Gamasutra, video game advertising company Double Fusion have brought in-game advertising to Sony's Wipeout HD game
The popular PSN futuristic racer is to get hit by dynamic content during the game's loading screens. It's a bit disappointing that they're tarting up the loading screens with advertising, we actually think it would be more...
News Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo Launches This Friday, August 7th
A demo for one of the most hotly anticipated superhero games, Batman: Arkham Asylum, will hit the Playstation Network this Friday, 7th August
Strangely it won't come as a part of the usual Thursday update, presumably to keep all things fair between the various platforms the game is being released on (the XBOX 360's online marketplace gets updated on...
News Gran Turismo 5 Release To Cap A Killer Christmas Line-Up For Playstation
We don't always post "he says, she says" rumours - but this one comes from GTPlanet; one of the more dignified Gran Turismo sources on the 'Net and certainly worthy of our attention
That doesn't mean you should treat this as fact, just know that here at PushSquare we trust GTPlanet as a source. While hesitant about giving concrete details (for...
News UK City Might Name A Road After Lara Croft
This story is quite close to our hearts because Derby is just up the road from the place where we're typing this article
The city of Derby, UK is of course the home to Lara Croft, where she was designed by Core Design in 1996. The city are taking suggestions for two stretches of road and one such popular choice is Lara Croft Way."Personally I...
News New Final Fantasy XIII Screenshots Still Look Amazing, Still Take A Significant Hit
The forums were awash with the flame-wars of old last night
"What has happened to my Final Fantasy XIII?" the question on the avid's lips. If you're eyes aren't trained enough to notice the differences between the August 2008 screen (left) and June 2009 screen (right), let us play spot the difference for you: poorer background textures,...
Before E3 we were a little worried about The Beatles: Rock Band
We weren't expecting the amount of attention to detail to be honest. We just assumed it would be a typical Rock Band game with The Beatles songs in it. We were so wrong. The following videos (above and after the jump) prove what a brilliantly well thought out package The Beatles: Rock...
News Sackboy To Become An International Icon
It's about bloody time
Many of us were waiting for this to happen around the time of LittleBigPlanet's release last year. It didn't quite happen then, but now it's about to. Sony have secured a deal with Impact International to put Sackboy, erm, everywhere — plush items, bean toys, bobbleheads, mugs, bags; you name it - it's coming. In what is...
News Fat Princess Multiplayer Fix In The Works
Fat Princess launched to mixed success
We actually managed to get a full five hours with the game in multiplayer before, ping, all was broken. We haven't been able to play the game since. Thankfully developers Titan Studios have confirmed via their blog that a patch is in the works and a number of fixes are on the way. We adore the game, as you'll...
News Playstation 3 Has Sold 23.8 Million Systems To Date, 189.7 Million Bits Of Software Sold
Sony make it a common practice to reveal their lifetime figures everytime they note their quarterly earnings
Note their figures are always measured by number of consoles sold to the consumer, not retailer. 23.8 million Playstation 3s sold does not represent quite the same levels of doom and gloom that the general public tries to construe. Nor do the...
News "Purchased Levels" Option Available In LittleBigPlanet PSP
Siliconera have discovered an option within LittleBigPlanet PSP that hints at purchasable download levels for the new portable platformer
Downloadable levels are one of the more requested additions to the already well supported LittleBigPlanet PS3 title, so it would make sense to build that functionality into the PSP title. But only if there are...
News Braid Is Heading To The Playstation Network
The XBOX Live Arcade's indie darling, Braid, is set to make an appearance on the Playstation Network - many would argue the right home for adventurous title
The impressive title from Jonathan Blow won a steam of awards last year when it launched on the XBOX 360. The game has been rated for Germany by a classifications board in the region, and has...
News World Record Listing Hopes For Sony's "Toro Station" Newscast
In Japan there is a semi-interactive Playstation app known as Toro Station
The application provides users with minigames and news programming delivered by two comical cats. The application is about to feature its 1000th update - something Sony believe to be enough of a milestone to get in touch with the Guiness Book Of World Records. They're aiming...
News Playstation 3 Slim Listing Appears On Amazon
What's this? A "Playstation 3 Konsole Slim" listed on Amazon
de</a>? We wonder what on Earth that could be. Still, no details, prices, dates or anything are given on the Amazon listing. It could simply be a mistake. One that happens to correspond with a series of rumours that have been flying for the past 5 or so months. Hmm. We think it's a...
July2009
News Yakuza 3 Unlikely To Make It Over To The West
We already know that SEGA are working on Yakuza 4: Heir To The Legend
Personally we're still waiting for Yakuza 3 to get a Western release though. Which is looking increasingly unlikely. SEGA Europe have told VG247 that they have no plans to localise the game. This mimics the thoughts of a SEGA Of America employee who cited low sales for Yakuza 2 as...
News This Is What Burn, Zombie, Burn! Looks Like When You're Stuck In Space
Should you ever find yourself stuck aboard a space-ship, billions of miles away from the planet Earth, when a zombie invasion happens to break out, you might wish you'd have played the upcoming Burn, Zombie, Burn
</a> In Space... expansion. Because more than likely that will teach you to set fire to zombies and cut them up with chainsaws...
News Wet Doesn't Get Get Hit By Holiday '09 Flu, Hits The US This September 15th
Thank goodness for that
Bethesda said Wet would come in 2009 and it is. September 15th 2009 to be precise for our American readers. The Tarantino inspired hack-and-slash-style-on-rails-with-a-Grindhouse-feel-esque game has earned a fair amount of praise over the past few months. Here's hoping it lives up to the hype.
News How Does The Water Look In Uncharted 2: Among Thieves?
The original Uncharted game pretty much set the benchmark for water graphics
Hell, they even set the first level in the middle of the ocean just so you knew from the offset that this game had amazing water. Well here's a sneak peak at how the water physics have advanced in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The screenshot - courtesy of Playstation...
News White Knight Chronicles Looks Pretty Darn Gorgeous
No, it's not a photograph
We're being dead serious, that's not a photograph. It's a screen from Level 5's White Knight Chronicles. Sure it feels like we've been waiting for this game for an eternity, but you can never see too many screenshots for this game. Especially when they look as good as Joystiq's latest.
Sony's God of technology, Dr
Richard Marks is a man in demand right now. The genius responsible for the Eye Toy camera showed off his (and his employer's) answer to motion control in early June at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Since then he's been fairly quiet, but in an interview with GameOn he gives his thought process for the Playstation...
News Shatter Becomes The Second Most Downloaded PSN Title
Remember Battlefield 1943 becoming the most popularly downloaded PSN game ever recently? Well hats off to Sidhe (no, we still don't know how to pronounce it - Ed), because they're currently sitting right behind the big boys at DICE
Their fantastic block-breaker Shatter has gone on to reap the second most downloaded game of the week spot according to...
News Top Level Employees Leave Sony Online Entertainment, SOE Claim The Agency Will Be Unaffected
Bad news for Sony Online Entertainment's Seattle Studio
They've lost some of their top guys in the form of art director Corey Dangel, studio director Matt Wilson and producer John Smith - the latter two founding members of the development house. With The Agency still unfinished, Eurogamer are reporting rumours of a total reboot or overhaul for the...
News PS3 Version Of Rage Not Looking So Hot Right Now
Speaking with EDGE, id's John Carmack has stated some issues with getting his game Rage to run as well on the PS3 as on the XBOX 360 and PC
While the 360/PC versions of the game are running at 60FPS, the PS3 is managing just 20FPS."The PS3 lags a little bit behind in terms of getting the performance out of it," Carmack explains. "The...
News Playstation 3 Manufacturing Costs Are Down By 70%
Over time, the cost of manufacturing products come down in price, mainly because parts get cheaper and manufacturing gets easier
In an investor call, Sony corporate CEO Nobuyuki Oneda confirmed that the Playstation 3's manufacturing costs are down by 70%. Oneda initially stated, "We don't disclose how much of the PS3, specifically the cost...
News Developers Talk About Blur & Its Wealth Of Power-Ups
So Blur might end up looking like a mix between Need For Speed, Wipeout and Mario Kart but you have to remember that this is coming from the guys who made the Project Gotham Racing games
As such, if there's one thing those peeps can do, it's make an awesome racing game. Which we're hoping Blur will be. There are a lot of other good racing games...
News Burn, Zombie, Burn! Patch Includes Custom Soundtracks & YouTube Video Uploading
Seriously we don't understand why more games don't include YouTube uploading
LittleBigPlanet for example is a game that would thrive from the functionality. Still, we guess it makes it all the more special when a game does include YouTube uploading. Like Burn, Zombie, Burn! which has just got a patch to support the functionality. The new patch will...
News Legal Battles Will Not Delay The Launch Of Brutal Legend
Brutal Legend is involved in one mighty legal battle
On one hand Activision want to delay the game and sue Double Fine, on the other Double Fine want to sue Activision. It's all very messy. Still, good news for Double Fine, a tentative ruling in LA has denied the movement to stop the release of Brutal Legend. The legal dispute will take place on...
News New Single Player DLC Coming To F.E.A.R. 2
We quite enjoyed F
E.A.R. 2</a> when it launched earlier in the year. The roller coaster levels and competent AI made it a decent shooter that we'd hoped for more of. Thankfully our hopes are being answered in the form of new single player DLC. The content will allow players to see the end of the game from a different perspective: through the...
News Will The DJ Hero Renegade Edition Cost $200?
We showed you the first pictures of the DJ Hero Renegade Edition yesterday and were quite positive about it
It genuinely does look like a reasonable addition to the standard game if you've got money to burn. To be precise, it's looking like you'll need $200 to burn in the US - a full $80 more than the standard edition retails for in the region -...
News These People Are Groping Breasts Attached To A Wall For Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Marketing Campaign
Well would you believe this? As part of an absolutely bizarre marketing campaign for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Tecmo have put some, well, breasts on a wall and filmed "bypassers" groping them
We're assuming the plaster made baps are to represent Ayane or Momiji - both characters are playable in the game. Still, we can't help but feel a bit weird after...
News Dark Void Catches The Holiday '09 Flu Due To "Crowded Fall Game Season"
CROWDED FALL GAME SEASON
? WHAT?! REALLY!? We were under the impression every other video game that was supposed to come out in 2009 had been delayed. Well, nearly. Seriously, developers should be citing a "crowded Q1 2010" as a reason for releasing their games this year, not the other way around. Still, our rant won't help Dark Void...
News Want To Know What Tracks You'll Be Playing In Guitar Hero 5?
Here is the final, confirmed setlist for Guitar Hero 5
There are a couple of high-points in the list, Stevie Wonder and David Bowie for example. Then there are the low points such as - well - majority of the list. Still we've included the full listing after the jump because we know some of you people like this... "Music". [Note due to...
News Look, The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Official Website Is Now Live
Are you really excited about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves? Dude, you're not the only one
We've got the game marked on our calendar for goodness sake (it's actually not that unusual for us really, seeing as we're a games site, but you get the idea - Ed). We're here to tell you that you can quell your Uncharted 2 hype over on the official website which...
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