PS3 News
May2009
News Here's The Scratch: The Ultimate DJ Controller
Not to be confused with DJ Hero, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ is an alternative product with a branded Numark controller
The record section is a free-spinning, touch sensitive turntable which includes a crossfader with 5 Akai Pro MPC-style drum pads, allowing players to trigger samples. Sounds kinda cool. Users will be able to record their own samples...
News inFamous TV Commercial Is Absolutely Brilliant
Such is the rarity of Playstation 3 commercials we absolutely have to post about this brilliant inFamous ad
When Sony said they were going to spend lots of money on promoting the game, we expected that meant like, one dodgy trailer-cum-TV advert. But no, it meant: one genuinely awesome advert. Hooray for good advertising of good games. Hopefully...
News Evangelion Title Heading To The Playstation 3
An ad on the back of a Japanese Blu-Ray release for anime Evangelion has confirmed the series is heading to the Playstation 3 via Cellius - the joint company between SCE and Namco Bandai
There's not really much more to say at the moment, but we'll keep you informed as news breaks.
News Our Survey Says... Playstation 3 Owners Are Graphic Whores!
According to a Japanese survey conducted by a Tokyo-based market researcher, Japanese Playstation 3 owners are graphic whores
According to the survey 66% of the PS3 owners cited graphical prowess of the system as one of the reasons to own it, with the Blu Ray player being another reason. Interestingly the findings also displayed that the average PS3...
News Starhawk Reaching "Milestone Build" This Friday, Possible E3 Appearance
Dylan Jobe, head of the new Lightbox Interactive studio has Tweeted about a Friday deadline for a "milestone" build of whatever game his team are working on
Naturally with a trademark for "Starhawk" filed by Sony, there's only one thing to assume about what game that is. David Jaffe also claimed earlier that he has a "milestone"...
News David Jaffe: Our Game Is Not Going To Be At E3
After our speculation yesterday, David Jaffe has confirmed via his blog that his game will not be on the show-floor at next weeks E3
He does suggest the game will make an appearance next year, and may even be announced during the conference - but until then, the game remains clouded in secrecy. We're not sure if we can take another year without a...
News PixelJunk 1-4 Will Be Called... PixelJunk Shooter!
After the somewhat sour signs of defeat and disappointment at our own particular name (PixelJunk Drench) not being chosen in the "name-our-game" competition, we've come to appreciate the title PixelJunk Shooter
Y'see, this is a series of games that have each been titled Monsters, Racers and Eden - so PixelJunk Shooter sounds just about perfect...
News Important Noby Noby Boy Update: GIRL REACHES MARS!
Well, somewhere along the way our calculations messed up
We claimed it would be 5 years until GIRL from Noby Noby Boy reached Mars. We were wrong. She's there now. That's right - new Noby Noby Boy level for everyone; MARS! We had a tinker about and you'll never guess what's on Mars - an octopus.
News Finally, A Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Worth Talking About
We've been openly disappointed with all the recent Modern Warfare 2 trailers
But this one, oh boy(!), this one is amazing. Moulding in some flashback footage from CoD4, this is probably one of the best trailers we've seen in a while. There's a lack of gameplay footage (although there is some in there) but hey, who cares, this trailer essentially...
News Here's A Picture Of Amanda Mackay Holding The DJ Hero Controller
Gametrailer's have put up this crazy promo for some ridiculously melodramatic pre-E3 show they're doing (which has new Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time footage by the way) hosted by Geoff Keighley and Rose McGowan (no we don't know why either)
Alas - the thing the promo is best for is a sneaky glimpse of secondary co-host Amanda Mackay holding...
News Heavy Rain Lagoon Teaser Has Clubs, Heavily Distorted Bass, Dancing & Underwear
As an aside to the Heavy Rain trailer we posted yesterday, GTTV managed to snag a sneak peak at the reveal of second character Madison Page
The trailer depicts her entering a club. Apparently she'll have to interact with the club go-ers and may have to resist (or accept) the advances of sex-driven males. As is perhaps hinted by her prancing around...
News Lara Selling Cheap & Cheerful On Playstation 3, Now With Trophy Patch
Tomb Raider: Underworld has been added to the Playstation 3's Platinum Hits range here in the UK, making the game a paltry £19
99. And just in time for new lower price, Eidos have announced trophy support will be available from May 28th:I am pleased to be able to announce that the PS3 Trophy Patch for Tomb Raider: Underworld has a confirmed...
News Guess What, Activision Have Another Modern Warfare 2 Trailer To Tease
Honestly, we're excited about Modern Warfare 2
But good grief Activision, do you have to keep building the hype to these 20 second teaser trailers. To be fair, they are touting that this one is a full trailer (thank God). If you're still letting Infinity Ward hype you to hell - the trailer will premiere this Sunday (May 24) during the NBA Eastern...
News Who Fancies Playing inFamous In Their Web-Browser?
We just got directed to this neat little link
"Hey!" we hear you scream, "It's inFamous." Why yes - yes it is; albeit a slightly clunky Flash version. Alas, it's a pretty good time-waster for those of you still waiting for the game. Just a week to go guys! What's your highest score?
News Silhouette Teaser Of Kojima's Next Game Hinted In Playstation World Magazine
Here's your first image of Kojima's next game
In typical style, it's blacked out, and raises more questions than it answers. There's nothing much else for us to say, aside from the fact it was printed in an, ahem, Playstation magazine. So that's Famitsu's Playstation mag and a British Playstation mag talking about Kojima now. Ahem. Oh God! We can't...
First Impressions Heavy Rain; Digesting Everything We Know
Heavy Rain is our most anticipated game of the year
Our hype builds from the tid-bits we've seen in the past, the concept art and our undying love for Fahrenheit. But what of Quantic Dream's latest noire thriller? We investigate everything you need to know about this Winter's hottest Playstation 3 exclusive: Heavy Rain will have four playable...
News "Next Metal Gear" Revealed In Upcoming Issue Of Famitsu Playstation
So, there you have
There's another Metal Gear game on the way. And it's coming to a Playstation platform; be it PS3 or PSP. A listing on the 7-Eleven product database confirms that the May 30th issue of Famitsu PS3+PSP will feature details on the "Next Metal Gear". Presumably playing into the Kojima's countdown shenanigans, we're going to...
News Boom Blox Producer Robin Hunickle Leaves EA, Joins thatgamecompany
We have a secret to tell you
Here on the PushSquare database there is a secret, unfinished file in which we're keeping track of our favourite games of the year. As of today, flower is still the number one game. So it's nice to hear thatgamecompany recruiting a new team member - especially someone as talented as Robin Hunickle who worked on Boom Blox...
News Sony Is "Proper Credit Crunched", Cuts Suppliers By Half To Save $5.3 Billion
Sony has lost a lot of money lately
A lot of money. Business' don't like losing money, they want to make money. So it's evident things at Sony need to change. Sony Corp. plans to make this change by cutting their suppliers down by half. MCVUK reports Sony will be bringing their supplier total down from 2500 to 1200 by 2011. Of course, stakeholders...
News Happy Fifth Birthday To London Studio's Pop-Culture Classic Singstar!
Singstar is five whole years old
It's been five years since we first donned the microphones and sang until our hearts content. Using the competitive nature of video games and the social fun of karaoke, Singstar has carved a niche over his five years on the market that enabled it to spawn 26 titles in the series. The latest of which, Singstar Pop...
News Heavy Rain Trailer Unveiled, Lots Of QTE's & Nasty Characters
Here's your first trailer of Heavy Rain, which is basically a scene out of the game
As promised, the game appears to take its cinematics very seriously, almost providing what looks like a CGI movie than game in this example. However, it's worth noting that Heavy Rain will be so much more - essentially being your very own adventure story. From a tone...
News A Few Seconds Of New Modern Warfare 2 Footage
At this point, Infinity Ward can post a picture of badger with a rabbit on its head and still earn us about a gajillion hits
Regardless, here are about 4 seconds of new Modern Warfare 2 footage. Genuinely looks amazing in places.
News Super-Duper Watchmen Super-Pack Coming To The Playstation 3, Includes Blu-Ray Movie & Game
Something we expect to see happen more and more with film-franchises, is for special-edition Blu-Ray packages to feature both the movie and the game
We'll eat our hat if there's not some kind of Ghostbusters Blu-Ray/game package available next month. And that's exactly what is going to happen with Watchmen. Today's newly announced special edition...
News Web-Based LittleBigPlanet Portal On The Way
An interview with Media Molecule's Alex Evans has revealed that a LittleBigPlanet level sharing portal will be available soon
The portal will collect everyone's levels together, allowing players to share their levels with others by linking to an individual level page. It will also allow levels to be queued up so that the next time you load up...
Picture the scene: you've just picked up your fancy new red Ferrari-esque sports car
You're serenely speeding down the motorway before you see a red flash in your rear view mirror. Next thing you know you're in a hospital bed with severe head injuries. That's probably what happened to the guy driving the car in this Blur trailer. We hope Bizarre...
News The Cast Of Heavy Rain Revealed... Albeit In Silhouette Form
Heavy Rain will be a part of GameTrailer's GTTV show tonight
It'll also be featured on 1up.com from 1AM. Thus to keep the hype building, 1up have released a shot of the four characters players will take control of when Heavy Rain releases later this year. Remember, Quantic Dream have been virtually silent on Heavy Rain since last week, so tomorrows...
News Bizarre Creations' Blur Looks Kinda Ridiculous
Blur is coming to the Playstation 3 from Bizarre Creation's, the developers behind the excellent Project Gotham series
The game aims to "make racing games fun" - an interesting mandate to say the least. It's going to be a weapons based racing game. It looks ridiculous. Colour us interested.
News Anonymous Tipster "Confirms" 80GB/120GB PS3Slim
According to an "anonymous tipster", PSU are virtually flat-out confirming the existence of a Playstation 3 Slim
The news, which broke as recently as last week, has been pretty heavy on the rumour mill lately that Sony are to release a redesigned (and presumably cheaper) model of the Playstation 3. PSU say the new system have a sleek new design will...
News So, Errr, Tony Hawk Ride Is Not An XBOX 360 Exclusive In The UK
Activision's PR company made a bit of a mess-up yesterday
A major mess in fact. They claimed that Tony Hawk Ride was going to be an XBOX 360 exclusive in the UK. It's not. It's coming out on Playstation 3, XBOX 360 and Wii. Let's never speak of this again.
News Resistance 2 Home Space Lands On European Home Soonish, May 21st In USA
Sony just emailed to let us know that the Resistance 2 Home Space is available in Europe now
Don't know what they're smoking but, erm, it's not. Anyway. The Resistance 2 Home Space - which we're presuming will be on European servers soon and May 21st in US - features Resistance 2 game launching and a jazzed-up space invaders minigame where you fend...
News Killzone 2 "Flash & Thunder" Coming June 11th
The second map pack for Guerilla Games' hottest FPS Killzone 2 is about to land on Playstation 3's this June 11th
The pack includes two classic Killzone maps from the Playstation 2 game: Beach Head, in which you're tasked with resisting a Helghast invasion force on a coastal stronghold, and The Southern Hills, in which it's the ISA's turn to invade...
News Aliens vs. Predator Teaser Is Very Teasing
SEGA have been tantilising our inbox all day
A screenshot here. Confirmation of a trailer there. Apparently they think Aliens vs Predator is a big deal — and they're right, it is. Guys - let's reiterate: it's Aliens vs. Predator. Check the teaser above.
News New Aliens Vs. Predator Screenshot Is Literally Amazing
How much can you determine about a game from one screenshot? Usually not a lot
In the case of this new Aliens vs. Predator screenshot though; we determined a hell of a lot. There will be: guns, muscle-heads operating guns and aliens. What more could you want in a video game?
News Deadpool Will Appear In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Deadpool, the merc with the mouth, has been confirmed to feature in Activision's upcoming Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Deadpool will be able to utilize swords, grenades, teleportation and pistols - essentially making him a one man army. Awesome.
News Zombie Apocalypse - Because The World Needs More Games Featuring Zombies
Zombie Apocalypse is Konami's latest nod to the argument that video games are relying on the old fashioned zombie a little too much
Once a rarity in video games, the Resident Evil effect has since decided that virtually every game is worthy of their own seperate zombie section. Cue Konami's take on the zombie in Zombie Apocalypse, a PSN shooter akin...
News Project Trico Footage A Year Old, E3 Reveal Cast Into Doubt
We can't imagine Playstation Lifestyle will be top of Sony's Christmas card list this year
We posted earlier about the somehow leaked version of Team Ico's new project, a video Sony were no doubt holding back for E3, or indeed intending never to release. Either way, Sony seemingly haven't made strides to get YouTube to pull the video. Yet. According...
News UK: No Tony Hawk Ride On Playstation 3 For You
The Internet erupted last week when it emerged Sony had pulled a "jerk move" over European gamers with their exclusivity of Ghostbusters in the European region
Of course it was eventually revealed that Atari no longer existed in Europe and that the game probably wasn't coming out if Sony hadn't moved quickly. Cue Microsoft pulling the plug on...
News Team Ico's Epic E3 Reveal Probably Revealed A Little Early
Somewhat souring the excitement for E3, our friends over at PlaystationLifestyle
net</a> have seemingly (somehow) managed to get their hands on the first trailer for Team Ico's upcoming project, which they're touting as being titled "Project Trico". Names aside, the footage is breathtaking as it depicts an Ico-esque character...
News Ratchet & Clank Content Touted For LittleBigPlanet, New Levels Likely
Oh my, how we've longed for new LittleBigPlanet content akin to the Metal Gear pack
Thank goodness for Twitter, and in particular, a Tweet from Insomniac Games:<span class="entry-content">"lbp levells coming, r&c content done, coming soon hopefully, up next for mm, big pack, bigger than mgs...
News Sony Get Sued Over Rumble Again
Two years ago Sony settled a load of legal garbage with Immersion over rumble technology
Two years later engineer Craig Thorner wants in on the legal action. As Joystiq explain:After its settlement with Sony, Immersion was set to take on Performance Designed Products (PDP) for similar rumble-yoinking reasons. PDP contacted Thorner for some...
News Fallout 3 DLC Finally Confirmed For Playstation This Coming June
Just recently, we've been sitting around mulling over the fact that we'll probably never get to experience the Fallout 3 DLC
The DLC, which was in some kind of exclusivity deal with Microsoft, was rumoured destined to never be released on Playstation 3 - until Bethesda revealed otherwise today. Starting from late June PS3 owners will be given access...
News echochrome Gets A Major Patch
echochrome is getting a pretty sizable upgrade in Japan this week
The update will include Playstation Eye support and a brand-new, public space for user-created levels. The public space sounds really cool. Alas we haven't a clue why this game needs Playstation Eye support.
News "Medium Packs" Coming To LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet hasn't had a sizeable DLC upgrade for a while
The Metal Gear Pack was a major success, but since then it's been stickers and costumes. "Medium Packs" are set to bridge the gap.The first of such packs, "Monsters", will include ready made pieces, materials, decorations, sounds and stickers. In addition, the DLC pack...
News Heavy Rain Footage This Thursday On GameTrailers
GameTrailers have another exclusive alongside the Modern Warfare 2 stuff this week
And it comes in the form of Heavy Rain. As you know, here at PushSquare we're literally chomping at the bit for new Heavy Rain footage. Oh boy... Hurry up Thursday! Hurry up! All these E3 reveals before E3... Hmmm, Sony must have something pretty big to announce...
News Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Viral Marketing Is Pretty Edgy
Check out this viral marketing video for the upcoming Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
It's pretty edgy. It depicts a Japanese foursome trying to escape some terrible monsters but alas the infection is spreading further than Japan. There's a metaphor in there somewhere.
News Sony Pick Up Three New Indie PSN Games
Oh Sony, how we love your Playstation Network releases
Only last week did we score the brilliant Zen Pinball 4/4. And it seems like there is more indie stuff on the horizon. Hurrah. The recent Get In The Game project, where five developers were each given £10,000 to create a new game concept, has seen Sony definitely pick up 2 titles with rumours...
News Analyst: Sony Must Be Planning A Price Drop To Achieve Their Sales Forecast
Analyst Colin Sebastian believes Sony can only achieve their sales forecasts if they have a price cut
Sony, who released their fiscal reports recently, expect PS3 sales to rise by 30% over the next year.PS3 guidance suggests pending price reduction timing and amount uncertain, Sebastian explained in an investor guidance statement. We...
News Assassin's Creed II Development Team Is Triple The Size Of The Original
According to Assassin's Creed II producer Sebastien Puel, over 450 people are working on the new game, with over 75% of the original game's team still on board
"The team's size for the second title of Assassin's Creed 2 is about three times the size of the team of the first game," said Puel. "Making [Assassin's Creed] from A to Z took...
News Another Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Will Be On GameTrailers This Thursday
GameTrailers is building up a reputation for being the place to reveal your game, well, unless you decided to stick some footage in between a basket ball game earlier last week
So in Modern Warfare 2's case - GameTrailers is the place to reveal more about your game. Apparently the trailer will feature new "scenes" from the game. No doubt...
News Resonance Of Fate Trailer Has Rock & Soft Colours
Here's the Western trailer for SEGA's newly announced Resonance Of Fate
We love the contrast between the opening jazz bar music and the latter full-on bout of traditional SEGA rock. The game is being developed by tri-Ace and it's looking really good.
News DJ Shadow Lends The DJ Hero Team A Helping Hand, Game Includes Scratching
GameInformer are reporting that DJ Shadow, a pioneer of instrumental hip-hop, has been enlisted to help Freestyle Games with the upcoming DJ Hero
It's been announced the game will include scratching, a feature DJ Shadow believes will help the game to break open the doors of the music game. This isn't DJ Shadow's first foray into work on the...
News Shock: Guitar Hero 5 Will Have Tweaks
Like it or lump it, Guitar Hero 5 is coming
And there are a couple of new tidbits for us to talk about. Firstly is the new "Band Moments" mechanic, which provides much needed reward for band members who all manage to hit a series of notes at the same time. Hurrah! Apparently of the 85 artists available more than 25 will have never been in...
News The Real Mirror's Edge, Probably Better Than The Game
Some photographers are really good
They blur the lines between real life and not-so-real-life. Cue Jesse James Allen and his crew, who've literally brought Mirror's Edge to life with this outstanding photoset. Check it all out here.
News Lucky Week Coming To Noby Noby Boy: Make GIRL A Bit Longer
The prospect of never seeing Mars in Noby Noby Boy is probably enough to cause even the most casual of players to the brink of tears
It's mighty sad. Thank goodness for "Lucky Week", a game mode spanning all this week where whatever you submit to GIRL will be multiplied. We should unite Noby Noby Boy players; Mars has to be reached.
Remember that Kojima announcement that was supposed to happen today? Well, it was a countdown
Five different countdowns to be precise. The last of which leads to an announcement on June 1st. Which incidentally is Microsoft's E3 conference - possible coincedence? We're not sure; let's face it, it wouldn't be the first time Sony literally allowed...
News Team Ninja Will Definitely Make More Games About Ninjas
Team Ninja's newest commander in chief Yosuke Hayashi has confirmed "the future of an outstanding series"
The series being, of course, Ninja Gaiden. Hayashi confirmed that demand for a Ninja Gaiden III had reached "fever pitch" claiming "what the consumers, the gamers are looking for is going to be the next chapter," and,...
News Five Minutes Of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Literally Dazzling
Just to follow up that little tiny bit of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, here's a full five minutes
And what can we say? It looks more varied, more cinematic and genuinely prettier than its 2007 counter-part. This game could probably change the face of the Earth as you know it. Or something. Seriously though, it does look very good.
News Rag Doll Kung Fu For Free
Just a heads up to let you all know Rag Doll Kung Fu is free from the US Playstation Store all this week
Not that you need to read a review, but, you can check out our review all the same right over here.
News There's That Saying Again: "Heavy Rain Cannot Run On XBOX 360"
Quantic Dream's David Cage is the latest developer with a Sony contract to denounce how his game will not run on the XBOX 360
When prompted (for some reason) if Heavy Rain would run on XBOX 360 he confirmed; "I don't think so.""I think this game can only be done on Playstation 3," he said. "We used all the SPUs. "I...
News NPD Confirms April Hardware Hits A Slump, Nintendo Defies The Trends With DSi
The most noticeable thing about this month's NPD data was the fact that the PS2 outsold the PS3
It's either a positive thing in the sense that there is still life in a very old console, or a negative thing in that the PS3 was very low on the hardware sales sheet. Alas, things weren't particularly much better for the XBOX 360 which only managed...
News Sony Lose About $40 On Each Playstation 3 Sold
Sony has always lost money on the Playstation 3
But things are slowly starting to improve. Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda noted recently that the PS3's cost is still 10 percent higher than the system's price meaning about $40 are lost per system sold. Things used to be a lot worse, with the system losing around $100 per sale, so progress is definitely...
News Bloody Nora: Tony Hawk "Ride" Comes With A Skateboard Peripheral
Such is this generation's obsession with packing in ridiculous space consuming controllers for every single game that comes out (*glares at the dusty PushSquare office Wii*) it was announced last night that the upcoming Tony Hawk Ride will come with a friggin' skateboard
We'd embed the trailer but it's a bit crap. You can watch it here. Alas the...
News Resonance Of Fate Is Coming To The Playstation 3 In 2010
SEGA recently filed trademarks for a game entitled Resonance Of Fate
So it's no surprise that said game has been announced on Playstation 3 today. The game is in fact a localisation of tri-Ace's JRPG End Of Eternity but apparently that name wasn't a favourite around SEGA HQ. Resonance Of Fate though - that conjures up much more interesting imagery...
News SCEA Promise Most Aggressive Marketing Campaign. Ever.
Business is a bit like football
You have your teams like Manchester United, Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion. You have your managers like Sir Alex Ferguson. You have your fans or customers. You compete. Sony are a bit like the Arsenal of the football world. They have great products they're just a little bit too quiet about them. Thank goodness for...
News Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Single Player Video Hits YouTube
Under rather strange circumstances, here is your first ever look at Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Be quick because this will probably get taken down; especially seeing as GameTrailers were supposed to have the exclusive. Man does it look amazing though. It's similar footage to what leaked earlier in the year. You can see it in glorious HD over at...
News OPM Fans The Lost Planet 2 On Playstation 3 Flames
Eagle-eyed website GamingFront
net</a> have found an interesting little tid-bit in the new Official Playstation Magazine regarding Lost Planet 2. The game, which Capcom have refused to comment on a Playstation 3 version, has previously been thought to be an XBOX 360 - something which goes against the new found "multiplatform" Capcom...
News PS3 Firmware v2.76 Doesn't Really Add Anything New
For anyone that switched on their PS3 this morning, you might have noticed a prompt to update your system
The firmware update v2.76 adds no new functionality, merely is an update to improve performance. We expect the next full firmware update to be at E3 in some form.
News Sony Expect The Playstation 3 To Sell 13 Million This Year
Furthering its fiscal reports, Sony have announced they expect the Playstation 3 to grow from last year's 10 million sales to 13 million this year
They also expect the PSP to grow from 14 million to 16 million. Such growth could be attributed to hardware revisions, price drops and most importantly, continued software support - something the...
News Playstation 3 Closing In On 23 Million Units Sold
Who says the Playstation 3 isn't a success? So it's failed to dominate market share and the Wii is already miles ahead of it in the hardware race
But a lifetime sales stat of 23 million units is certainly empowering news for Sony execs, particularly given its current price status and its late release date. We're sure Sony will topple the 30 million...
News Sony's Ghostbuster's "Jerk Deal" Not Such A "Jerk Deal", Atari Brand Leave Europe Entirely
Many Europeans were seriously pissed at Sony for claiming the rights to publish Ghostbusters as an exclusive in Europe
Seems like said people will have to eat humble pie as Atari cease to exist in Europe as of this morning. Hoping to beefed up its business resume, Distribution Partners is handling all Namco Bandai releases in Europe, Asia, Australia...
News Playstation 3 Software Sales Spiked In 2008
While the Playstation 3's hardware saw slight increases in 2008, the software sales were the real talking point to come from Sony's fiscal report
While Playstation 2 and PSP software was down slight PS3 software was up nearly 80%. During the fiscal year, 103.7 million PS3 games were sold. That's an increase of 45.8 million (almost 80 percent!)...
News Playstation 3 & PSP Hardware Sales Up, Playstation 2 Hardware Sales Down
For those trying to predict doom in Sony's 2008 fiscal report - stop trying
Sales are up - for the PSP and PS3 that is. The fiscal report, which covers the period from March 31st 2008 - March 31st 2009 detailed a rise of 300,000 PSPs over last year and 940,000 PS3s. Good news for Sony considering the PSP barely had any software and the PS3 is by far...
News Is This The Hardware Revision Of The Playstation 3?
Even though Sony said "no" to a hardware redesign people will always talk
And when they've got pictures to back it up, then people will listen. Hovering around the 'net today are these curious pictures of a rather plastic looking, but totally slim Playstation 3 system. Dude, we totally don't know. The thing looks a bit rough. But redesigning and...
News New Free DLC Coming To Motorstorm: Pacific Rift Tomorrow
Hooray
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift is getting some love. More importantly - it's getting some DLC love. Just days after the new patch hit everyone's favourite over-the-top PS3 racer, Evolution have confirmed free DLC is abound. In fact there will be new DLC every week for the next EIGHT weeks. All for free. The content - new colours. But hey, don't be...
News Call Of Duty 7 Is Already In Development (Really!)
Ah-hah another LinkedIn profile, another revelation
Although it's barely a revelation in this game. Guess what? Treyarch have a new Call Of Duty in development. We'd never have guessed. We actually thought they were going to give the series a rest for a while - especially now Infinity Ward have dropped their respective releases title to just plain...
News Sucker Punch Send Sony Valentines Day Cards
In an interview with D+Pad magazine, Bruce Oberg - the co-founder of Sucker Punch - has confirmed his love for Sony
When prompted on why Sucker Punch decided to stay exclusive rather than go multiplatform, Oberg said:We love Sony. Theyve given us the freedom and resources to create a line of very special titles, from the Sly Cooper series to...
News SNK Fighting Sticks Headed To Japan
These two new SNK themed fighting sticks are set to tie in with the upcoming King Of Fighters XII
Releasing on July 16th the controllers will retail at ¥6,279 ($65) for the KoFXII controller and ¥5,229 ($54) for the classic styled Neo Geo Stick 2. Of course, the Yen pricing means they're Japanese only we're afraid. You could always import them...
News New Ghostbusters Trailer Highlights Multiplayer Aswell As General Gameplay
In the past few weeks we've really been starting to get hyped for upcoming Ghostbusters game
Not only does the formula lend itself perfectly to a video game, but the fact that Dan Aykroyd has worked on the script compounds our excitement. In fact, we simply can't wait to give it a go. The above new trailer highlights some co-op footage from the game...
News There Are "No Plans" For A PS3 Redesign
Rumours have been popping up all over the murky corners of the Internet
"There's a PS3 redesign abound," they claim; before disappearing into their shell. Anyway - Sony thought it was time to shut up the rumour mill for a while. Speaking with Kotaku a Sony-rep said:"We currently don't have any plans for a redesigned [span.tagautolink...
News Seriously, This Better Be Our Last Post About Plastic Instruments For A While
Here's a wireless Logitech guitar controller
It works with the PS3 and PS2. It looks kind of swish as far as these things go. It costs $199.99. Can we go now?
News SCEE's Playstation Home To Actually, You Know, Get Updated
Thank you SCEE community manager "Ted The Dog"
You've finally admitted what we've been thinking. The European Playstation Home is way, way, way behind other regions. And that means there's less for us Europeans to do, less for us to see and less reason for us to visit. All in all - sort it out. Which Ted The Dog fully intends to do:"[This...
News White Knight Chronicles Trailer Is A Little Bit Epic
It's expected that Sony will give a bit of a push to White Knight Chronicles at this years E3
Thus, right on cue is a trailer for the upcoming Level 5 release that landed in Japan earlier this year. We have to admit, the music is brilliant.
News Guerilla Games Shower New DLC With Hyperbole: "Best Looking Thing We've Ever Made"
Killzone 2 has a lot of DLC in the pipeline
Guerilla have already rolled out one set and we know there is more to come. When grilled by Next Gamer, producer Seb Downie claimed the new DLC to be "the best looking thing we have ever made". Strong words for a game that looks as good as Killzone 2 does.
News Outrage: McCartney's Bass Is The WRONG Way Around
Here's Paul McCartney's The Beatles: Rock Band plastic replica bass that comes as part of the game's Limited Edition Premium Bundle
As you can see it's the wrong way around. What's that the kids on forums say? "Facepalm".
News Critter Crunch! Coming To The Playstation Network
The popular iPhone food-chain-em-up Critter Crunch
</a> is heading to the Playstation Network. The game - "which is all about feeding critters into each other until they burst" - will be remade in 1080p and will feature trophies aswell as versus/co-op multiplayer.
News First Single-Player Footage Of Uncharted 2 To Be Unveiled On GTTV
Geoff Keighley has confirmed via Twitter that the first ever footage of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves' single-player campaign is to air on GameTrailer TV this Thursday
<span class="entry-content">"On Thursday night GTTV will be airing the first single-player footage from Uncharted 2. And it looks...
First Impressions inFamous on Playstation 3
inFamous is a game that has been somewhat swept under the carpet; lacking the fanfare attributed to Killzone 2 and marred by the never-ending comparison to Prototype
Despite the commentary of the outside world though, Sucker Punch have been quietly moulding inFamous into a game worthy of discussion and certainly deserving of gamer's attention...
News Final Fantasy XIII On XBOX 360 Suffering From Storage Problems
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has warned that the XBOX 360 version of the game may only have English voiceovers due to a lack of space - the Playstation 3 will be unaffected due to Blu-Ray
Obviously, when we talk about XIII its for PS3 and Xbox with PS3 being on Blu ray there would be enough memory, but on Xbox probably not,...
News New European PS3 Bundles Emerge For inFamous & Quest For Booty
Hey Europe, not got a PS3 yet?
Hey Europe, not got a PS3 yet? Looking to get one with an extra game? Better consider these bundles that have emerged from PS3?. While not confirmed by Sony yet the bundles show either: a PS3 with two controllers and a copy of Quest For Booty or; a PS3 with inFamous. The Quest For Booty bundle seems a bit odd seeing...
News Motorstorm: Pacific Rift Update Available Now
The second major update to Motorstom: Pacific Rift is available to download now
The update includes new microbadges and some fixes to the gameplay. You can find the full list after the jump. How do I download the update? To download the update, ensure that your PLAYSTATION®3 is connected to PlayStation®Network and then insert the Blu-ray Disc...
News New Race Feature Coming To Metal Gear Online
What better way to spend your time in Metal Gear Online than racing
The race mission will have two teams running through checkpoints after tracking down their frog and duck KEROTAN and GA-KO items (seriously!). Presumably the match is won by the team who passes through enough checkpoints mascot in hand. It's a pretty novel mode for a shooter. The...
News Modern Warfare 2 Will Feature Scuba Diving & Albert Wesker
As confirmed via an exclusive preview in British Playstation 3 magazine PSM3 - Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 is set to introduce swimming, as well as new vehicular based mission objectives
One mission will take place whilst scuba diving, another aboard a helicopter with a further objective taking place on an oil tanker. It's also confirmed that...
News Capcom Release List Hints At A Potential Playstation 3 Exclusive
Capcom are making lots of games
They're making 12 for the XBOX 360 and 13 for the Playstation 3. Wait - what? Thirteen - as in one more? Yes, thirteen. There's the slim potential that the said game could be something a little exclusive that Capcom have in store for the Playstation 3, but the more likely suggestion is that they'll once again take the...
News Vote For The Playstation 3 King Of Fighters XII Boxart
Yay - beat 'em ups are back
Most notably, King Of Fighters is back; for it's, erm, 12th iteration. Which means a new game with a new box! Of which it's up to us to decide on the cover. There are two choices available. If you'd like to vote, head here. We know which one we prefer and it starts with "Option" and ends in "2".
News Rockstar: Red Dead Redemption Will Be "Massive"
Red Dead Redemption - the sequel to last generation's Red Dead Revolver - will apparently share a lot more in common with its brother Grand Theft Auto this time around
Houser confirmed that the game will have a massive open world spanning traditional Western turf, northern Mexico and a "modern" turn-of-the-century town. Speaking of the...
News It's Ok, Shoko Nakagawa Now Owns A Cloud Black Playstation 3
We reported a few weeks ago that Shoko Nakagawa was going to buy a Playstation 3
The once XBOX 360-only celebrity - whose blog has been viewed over a billion times - was given the cloud black Final Fantasy VII themed Playstation 3 as a gift from friends. She wrote:"Those two surprised me!! ...They secretly got me a present...
News Sony To Extend PSN Through Other Hardware Platforms
Sony Corporation bigwig Howard Stringer has today announced via Nikkei Electronics Asia that Sony are to extend the arm-span of PSN to "other hardware platforms"
We've adopted a slightly different approach now, and are evolving the PS3 into a platform for Web services. "Next we will be expanding the PlayStation Network to hardware other...
News Modern Warfare 2 Revealed For The First Time
Here is your very first look at Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2
The full thing? Well that gets revealed on May 24th in the Eastern Conference Finals — what they are, we haven't a clue. Hey, we're British yo!
News Andy McNamara: "Infinity Ward Went 100 Extra Miles With Modern Warfare 2"
Speaking on the latest episode of Geoff Keighley's the Bonus Round, Andy McNamara, the editor of Game Informer magazine - who have the first look at Modern Warfare 2 this month - claimed that Infinity Ward went an "extra 100 miles" with Modern Warfare 2
When prompted by Keighley if Modern Warfare was going to biggest entertainment event of the...
News The Prototype Intro Is Pretty Cool/Bloody Gross
This is the intro to the upcoming Prototype, an ostentatious open-world affair where you practically have all the powers of a small army
Needless to say it looks quite good. And this intro is no exception; it's awesome.
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