PS3 News
August2011
News Sony Announces PlayStation 3 Firmware Update 3.70
If you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber, then Sony's got some neat new goodies heading your way as part of today's scheduled firmware update
Firmware 3.70 will unlock the ability for automatic trophy syncing as well as automatic save uploads to the cloud. When playing a game you'll be asked if you want to automatically upload saves for it and,...
News PS3 Software 3.70 Out Now with New PSN Features
XMB tweaked too
Updating your PS3 is the gift that just keeps on giving, and now system software version 3.70 is out with a few new additions. PlayStation Plus members now get automatic trophy synchronisation and uploading of game saves to Online Storage, and the PlayStation Store has a new recommend feature letting you send friends a message...
News Activision Showcases Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Co-Op Component
Every block-buster shooter needs a horde mode these days, and Infinity Ward is keen to deliver with Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's co-operative "Survival" mode
The multiplayer mode challenges you to team up with a few buddies and kill as many foes as you possibly can for virtual cash. Check out the footage above for a better idea. It might not be...
News Ken Levine Chats BioShock: Infinite On PlayStation 3
It's funny to think that the original BioShock was an afterthought on the PlayStation 3
Released hastily a year after its XBOX 360 counterpart, BioShock as a franchise was closely aligned with Microsoft's platform back in the early days of this generation. But now you can't move without seeing BioShock: Infinite on the front-cover of PlayStation...
News Mortal Kombat Introduces Freddy Krueger
NetherRealm's released the latest story vignette for upcoming Mortal Kombat combatant Freddy Krueger
The character's due out on the American PlayStation Store today and the European PlayStation Store tomorrow.</em>
News Driver: San Francisco Demo Out From Today On PlayStation Network
To say we're curious about Driver: San Francisco is an understatement
The game's bizarre comatose mechanic — which allows protagonist Tanner to assume the vehicle of any driver occupying San Francisco's busy highways — has had us intrigued since the game's announcement. We're curious for the gameplay possibilities, as well as the narrative...
News Beat Hazard Ultra Transforms Your Music Collection Into A Twin-Stick Shooter
Meet Steve Hunt
Not only is Steve super smart, he's also a little bit nuts — crafting upcoming PSN twin-stick shooter, Beat Hazard Ultra, by himself. The glossy shooter transforms your music collection into an exciting shooter with eye-watering visuals. "Everything you see in the game is dictated by the music in some way, from the firepower...
News L.A. Noire Developer Sells Assets To KMM
According to a Develop source, the rumours regarding Team Bondi are true: the company and its assets have been sold off to KMM Productions, the company owned by Mad Max creator George Miller
According to Develop, all Team Bondi staff have received a letter offering them a job at KMM or a severance package. It's unknown whether Team Bondi will...
News DoubleSix Announces Strike Suit Zero For PlayStation Network
Burn Zombie Burn
DoubleSix is busy. Not only is the British-based studio working on the upcoming All Zombies Must Die!, but it's also just announced Strike Suit Zero — a deep-space arcade shooter featuring transforming robotic spacecrafts. Details are scarce right now, but we do know that the game's space-crafts have been designed by Junji Okubo...
News Splinter Cell Trilogy Launches Tomorrow On European PlayStation Network
Ubisoft's confirmed that the oft-delayed Splinter Cell Trilogy collection will launch on the European PlayStation Store from tomorrow
The release — which will launch on Blu-ray at a later date — comprises of HD upgrades of Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. As a bundle, the games will set you back...
News Latest Dead Island Trailer Demonstrates Co-Operative Gameplay
Techland has a history for forcing players into the roles of unlikable characters, and based on the evidence of this latest Dead Island trailer it seems like that's unlikely to change
Thankfully, the game itself does look like it's going to be ridiculously good fun — especially when played in four-player co-op. With a massive sand-box, dozens of...
News This Dude Makes Playing Champion Jockey With The PlayStation Move Look Fun
We've never really understood horse-riding video games, but now we understand them less
The above trailer for Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer with the PlayStation Move is not a parody. It's a genuine video released by publisher Tecmo Koei. You can tell the guy that's playing is having fun because he's constantly shaking his head and...
News Resistance 3 Multiplayer Takes Us To Alice Springs, Australia
One of our favourite things about Resistance 3's multiplayer is the way it takes you all around the world
While the campaign is set in North America, the multiplayer is set in other areas of the world — giving a glimpse of human's struggle against the Chimeran forces across the globe. Insomniac's already revealed maps set in Wales, Africa and...
News Final Fantasy Versus XIII Will Not Be At TGS 2011
Square Enix's resident apologist, Tetsuya Nomura, has told Dengeki PlayStation magazine that Final Fantasy Versus XIII will not make an appearance at next month's Tokyo Game Show
According to Andriasang, Square Enix has set a date for Final Fantasy Versus XIII's next showing, but it won't be at TGS. In other news, Square Enix confirmed that Final...
News Is Grand Theft Auto V On The Horizon?
Take-Two is preparing to announce new titles scheduled for release in its next financial year "in the coming months", leading to heavy speculation that we're on the cusp of a Grand Theft Auto V reveal
Interestingly Take-Two said that it expects to exceed a net income of $2 per share during the next fiscal year (April 2012 through March 2013), a...
News SEGA Adds Durga To Anarchy Reigns' Character Roster
Platinum Games has been quietly fleshing out the roster for its multiplayer brawler, Anarchy Reigns
Latest on the list of playable characters is Durga, a tough guy with a cannon built into his leg. All sounds pretty standard fare for a Platinum Games developed title. With the game due out as soon as January though, we'd love to stop learning about...
News Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition Playable Offline
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition will not utilise Capcom's bizarre PlayStation Network DRM, the company has confirmed
Previous Capcom titles on the PlayStation Network have required players to be online before they can be played, but that won't be the case with the company's upcoming re-released PSN brawler. "The game does not...
News Europe Can Get Up And Dance on November 4th
If it wants to
Get Up And Dance will be hoping to start the Christmas party season off early when it releases in Europe on 4th November. The Move dancing game will have stiff competition from PQube's Dance! It's Your Stage, Sony's Everybody Dance! (aka DanceStar Party) and of course the behemoth that is Just Dance 3. The press release below uses an...
News Starhawk's Space Gameplay To Debut At GamesCom
Ever since Starhawk was announced, we've all been waiting patiently to see the game's space combat
According to senior producer Harvard Bonin, we'll get our first glimpse of that at this month's GamesCom event in Germany. "Were going to be rolling out our Space level at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany on August 17th," he said. "I...
News Hamilton's Great Adventure Launches On PlayStation Network Later This Month (For Reals)
Hamilton's Great Adventure has been delayed, oooh, about a million times now
But the Fatshark developed platform will finally release on August 24th the developer has announced. Really. The PC version of the game launched earlier in the year, generating moderate buzz. The game will need about ten-times more buzz on PS3 though, it's going up against...
News You're Never Going To Guess What SingStar: Back To The 80s Is All About
Seriously
Any clue what SingStar: Back To The 80s might be about? It's not hard really. Do you give up? Ok we'll tell you: it's a brand new SingStar game comprising 80s songs. How did you not get that? There'll be 30 songs included on the new Blu-ray title, including... Well, we don't know yet because Sony's yet to announce the full roster but if we...
News Bodycount Goes Behind The Bullets In New Developer Diary
We're not particularly keen on the over-produced style of these Bodycount developer diaries, but at least the content is rock-solid
With so little information about Codemasters' destructive shooter readily available, it's nice to see the PR machine hit over-drive in anticipation for the game's release later in the month. This latest developer diary...
News Cubixx HD Launches August 17th On PlayStation Network
Laughing Jackal's hotly anticipated HD Minis remake, Cubixx HD, is due out on the European PlayStation Network on August 17th, the company has announced
A date has yet to be provided for North America, but we're told it's soon. The game will cost £6.29 / $9.99 with PlayStation Plus subscribers offered a 20% discount during the game's first week on...
News Updated BBC iPlayer Launches On PlayStation 3
BBC's upgraded the iPlayer on PlayStation 3
The new version is optimised for the living room TV, and includes a new design, improved search functionality and the ability to save favourites. It's online now, just hit the iPlayer button on the TV channel of the XMB.
News Catch Five Minutes Of Sonic Generations On The Sly
A new Sonic Generations video has hit the web showing off the game's Chemical Plant Zone and City Escape acts in both 2D and 3D
Chemical Plant Zone is certain to reignite some memories. It looks fantastic in HD too. Catch the video above.
News In Binary Domain, You'll Chat With The Game's AI
Binary Domain -- the next title from SEGA's Yakuza studio -- gets crazier with every piece of information we learn about the game
Speaking with GameSpot, studio gaffer Toshihiro Nagoshi told the publication that at points in the game you'll need to converse with the AI via a headset. Like actually talk to the computer characters. For real. There...
News UK Sales Charts: Do We Even Need To Bother Anymore?
Yes, Zumba Fitness is still number one
No, no new games have been released. Sunglasses. Deal with it. Zumba Fitness (505 Games) DiRT 3 (Codemasters) Cars 2 (Disney Interactive) Just Dance 2: Extra Songs (Ubisoft) LEGO: Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive) FIFA 11 (EA Games) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two (EA Games) LEGO:...
News David Jaffe Chats About Twisted Metal's Delay
Twisted Metal's no longer releasing in October
The game's due out in "early 2012" now. Part of the reason for the delay is because David Jaffe and his Eat Sleep Play team want to ensure Twisted Metal is the best game it possibly can be. The extra months are really needed for polish and we feel we need more than four to six weeks of...
News DC Universe Online Switches To MegaServers From Tomorrow
Sony Online Entertainment will merge DC Universe Online's servers into "MegaServers" from tomorrow, the company has announced
This will combine the MMOs current 26 server roster into just four, hopefully making the game feel much more populated and opening up some nifty features. Players will be able to easily switch between PvP and PvE gameplay...
News GameInformer Busts Out A Bunch Of New Borderlands 2 Details
Super-addictive four-player co-op is back in Borderlands 2, says GameInformer magazine
But according to the publication, virtually every other element of the RPG-come-shooter has been revved up. More interactive environments, friendly NPCs that actually say more than one word, and a new elemental currency are all in. Bonza. All four original...
News Be Prepared To Unlock Oodles Of Goodies In Battlefield 3
It will take players "years" to unlock Battlefield 3's array of unlocks according to the latest Battleblog
Developer DICE is promising ten-times the number of unlocks than Battlefield: Bad Company 2, with enormous unlock trees for vehicles, weapons and weapon attachments. The game's big marketing line is "play it your way", which is always...
News Edited Heavy Rain To Get European Re-Release
European ratings board PEGI has published an evaluation for Heavy Rain Edition Modifiee, a supposedly toned down version of Quantic Dream's crime-drama epic
The original game carried a PEGI 18 rating, but Edition Modifiee has been awarded a PEGI 16 score. It's unknown what content has been cut, but the PEGI rating mentions an August 3rd release date...
News Latest Mortal Kombat Kompatibility Pack Includes More Klassic Sub-Zero Kostumes
With each new piece of DLC, NetherRealm's been great about offering players free Mortal Kombat kompatibility packs -- allowing players to play against new characters online without needing to purchase them
These kompatibility packs have typically included new kostumes for the game's existing roster. With Freddy Krueger set to join the brawler on...
News Sonic Generations Proves SEGA Still Enjoys Putting Colour In Its Games
Mmmm colour, at least SEGA's using more than grey and brown
Above is a shot from Sonic Generations' City Escape act, a stage which first debuted in Sonic Adventure 2.</em>
News EA2D Becomes The Fifth Bioware Studio
You can't stop Bioware at the moment
Electronic Arts has announced that its EA2D studio has been renamed Bioware San Francisco, joining the other four Bioware branded studios across the US. EA2D was previously responsible for Dragon Age: Legends and Mirror's Edge 2D.
News The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector's Edition Includes The Usual Stuff
Bethesda's announced the collector's edition for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The classy package includes a 200 page hard-back artbook, a making-of DVD and a statue of a dragon. You'll get the game too, obviously. It's classy, high-quality stuff for sure. The "extremely limited" package will retail for £129.99 / $149.99. We suppose if...
Rumour Official PlayStation Magazine Teases Resident Evil 6
Following the leak of the game's logo and word of a potential Tokyo Game Show reveal, Official PlayStation Magazine's added fuels to the flames of the Resident Evil 6 rumours
The magazine claims that "Operation Raccoon City will be followed up by another canon entry in 2012". As big fans of the Resident Evil series, we're officially...
Rumour Mass Effect 3 Lands Multiplayer Component
This isn't a rumour, but until we get official word from EA in our inbox, we'll tag it as such
Mass Effect 3 is getting multiplayer. We're not entirely sure why — Mass Effect 2 was easily one of the worst third-person shooters we've played on PS3. Terrible shooting mechanics, a hokey cover system and boring AI made it a shoddy experience in...
Rumour Team Bondi Bankrupt, Folded Into KMM
According to reports on NeoGAF, L
A. Noire</a> developer Team Bondi has gone bankrupt, and is being folded into KMM Studios — the animation outfit currently working on Happy Feet 2. The news follows a series of rumours about the developer's fate. Apparently Depth Analysis, the company Team Bondi formed in order to create L.A. Noire's...
News Epic Games Starts Work On 'Unannounced IP'
Epic Games is cranking up development on a brand new, unannounced IP
The developer is famous for its involvement with Gears Of War and, more specifically, the Unreal Engine. The news comes via a recruitment call on the developer's website, which states: "Epic Games is looking for Gameplay Programmers to join the team currently working on Gears...
News Sony Announces PlayStation Network PLAY Initiative
Sony's announced a contender to Microsoft's highly successful Summer Of Arcade initiative
The promotion, dubbed PlayStation Network PLAY, is an annual program designed to highlight the very best PSN content. Similar to Summer Of Arcade, PLAY will feature four titles with a fifth given away free (assuming you buy all four titles). There are...
News Twisted Metal Misses October Release Date, Jaffe Focusing On Polish & Love
In an extremely earnest post on the PlayStation Blog, Eat Sleep Play's David Jaffe has revealed that Twisted Metal will not hit its October release date
Jaffe's reason was as candid as ever, the game is "just not ready yet". The game will instead launch in "early 2012". As disappointing as the news is, it's really hard to be...
News Casting For The Tester 3 Begins, Ups The Stakes
The Tester has gone from strength-to-strength since its debut a couple of years ago
SCEA's foray into the world of reality TV has been a surprisingly successful endeavour, driving audiences exclusively through the PlayStation Network and promising winning contestants a job in Sony's QA department. The Tester 3 is seriously upping the stakes though...
News Maroon 5 Frontman Sues Activison
Joining an ever-growing list of musicians in palpable discontentment over Activision's Band Hero, Maroon 5 front Adam Levine has chosen to pursue legal action against industry scapegoat Activision
As has been the case with previous detractors of Band Hero (and its basis, Guitar Hero), Levine is incensed over his in-game avatar's ability to perform...
News The Awesome Arkedo Series Is Coming To PlayStation Network
We love Sanuk Games at the moment
Not only is the company's spokesperson, Yan Marchal, an hilarious host in each of the developer's trailers, but the studio's actually bringing some really awesome content over to the PlayStation 3. Today the developer's announcing that the Arkedo Series is coming to PSN. The trio of colourful titles originally...
News Final Fantasy XIII-2 Gets More Ambiguous European Release Date
Earlier in the month Square Enix said it was planning a January release for Final Fantasy XIII-2 in the US
It's now revealed its plans for Europe, confirming a more ambiguous "early 2012" launch window. The date discrepancy suggests Europeans might have to wait for Square Enix's promising follow-up, but we imagine it just indicates that...
News ICO: Castle In The Mist Novel Releases This Month
ICO is widely considered to be one of the best video games of all time
Fumito Ueda's PlayStation 2 classic is a banner release, set to get a PS3 make-over next month. So of course, such an important release requires a novel. ICO: The Castle Of Mist is due out on August 13th via Viz Media. "A boy with horns, marked for death. A girl who sleeps...
News Criterion Working On A New Racer For New Systems
Burnout developer Criterion is staffing up for a new open-world racer on "new systems"
Job listings for both a lead software engineer and AI programmer spilled the beans, stressing that the roles will involve "creating a new extension to the existing Criterion team focusing on developing on new platforms". We wonder if Criterion's talking...
News Catherine Sold 200,000 Copies In Its First Week
Bloody nora
When Atlus said it had enjoyed its best launch ever with Catherine, we weren't expecting numbers anywhere near the 200,000 mark. But that's exactly what Catherine pulled off in its first week on sale, which is a resounding success for such an unusual title, and a big "oorah" for folks that are getting a bit bored of Shooty...
News EA Details Battlefield 3's Pre-Order Bonuses
EA's announced Battlefield 3's variety of retailer exclusive pre-order bonuses
There's no official word on participating retailers in the US or UK just yet, but expect the usual outlets: Amazon, GAME, GameStop, etc. The goods themselves come in addition to the Back To Karkand expansion pack, which is included with all Limited Editions of the game...
News Heads-Up: Resistance 3 Has Gone Gold
After more than three years in development, Insomniac has announced that Resistance 3 has gone gold in time for its early September release
That means copies of the game are being pressed at manufacturing plants around the world as we type. The good news is that Insomniac's work is not done. Community manager James Stevenson noted on the PlayStation...
News Reef Entertainment's Making A Rambo Game For PlayStation 3
MCV's running a report that suggest UK-based publisher Reef Entertainment is working on a "triple-A" Rambo game for the PlayStation 3
The game's due out on PlayStation 3 at the end of next year. So yeah, there's that.
News Latest Call Of Duty: Black Ops DLC Takes Players To The Moon
Activision's got another Call Of Duty: Black Ops map-pack in the works
The latest release — Rezurrection — will release in September on PS3 and will feature five new zombie stages. Four of the maps are remakes from World At War, included with the Hardened edition of Black Ops. The fifth map though, takes players to the moon. Yup. The DLC's also...
News Evidence Of David Cage's Next Endeavour Surface
Quantic Dream's working on a title called Infraworld
At least that's the implication of a new trademark filed by SCEE and picked up by video game super-sleuth Superannuation. The trademark was filed by SCEE in the US on May 17th and pertains to the name Infraworld, a project Quantic Dream has long been associated with. The title was believed to be...
News Bloody Hell, This New Resistance 3 Trailer's A Bit Exciting
We haven't really seen much of Resistance 3's story thus far
Yes, we know Capelli will feature as the game's protagonist, and that he's now married, but other than that we've only really seen gameplay slices from Insomniac's upcoming alternate-history first-person shooter. But this latest trailer uploaded by IGN details the back-story to Resistance...
News Introducing Abe From Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD
Just Add Water's craftily uploaded a full character render of Abe from Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD, the upcoming high-definition re-release of the XBOX classic
Munch's Oddysee HD is due out on PS3 in October, with a PlayStation Vita version planned. [Thanks TGL]
News WWE All-Stars Gets New Characters In DLC Pack
The game may carry the title All-Stars, but your copy of WWE All-Stars is without all of the stars
At least — right now it is. THQ's just released a new set of characters on the PSN. For $2.99 / £1.99 you'll get an extra three characters added to the game's roster: Big Boss Man, Michael Hayes, and "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry.
News DICE Is Clearly Not Keen On Annualising Battlefield
Battlefield's series producer, Patrick Bach, has reiterated that the developer has no plans to annualise the Battlefield franchise, citing that treating it like Activision's Call Of Duty would effectively kill the series
The business goals for us are not to release a game every year, Bach revealed in a chat with Gamerzines. If we were to...
News Scribble Shooter Launches In PlayStation Home
As PlayStation Home continues to push into a more gaming oriented direction, Sony's announced that it's launching Scribble Shooter this week
Scribble Shooter is a retro sh'mup with hand drawn artwork and tons of unlockable items and rewards. In addition to Scribble Shooter, GAME's launching top-down arcade shooter Savage Cosmos in the Moonbase...
News Grasshopper Goes Dieselpunk With PSN Shmup Sine Mora
We had to look up "dieselpunk" on Wikipedia
Apparently the buzzword represents "a sub-genre of the pop surrealist art movement, as well as a budding subculture, that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through the early 1950s with postmodern technology and sensibilities". Right. To be honest, all you really need to know is...
News Rejoice: 2K Games Makes Borderlands 2 Official
Forget those rumours from yesterday, 2K Games has officially confirmed Borderlands 2 this afternoon
The game's due for release somewhere between April 2012 and March 2013. 2K's keeping a nice wide window open for the time being. The game's featured on the September cover of US games magazine GameInformer, and will be on-hand at this month's...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: PSN Scheduled Maintenance Kicks Off Again Tomorrow
Sony's announced that the PlayStation Network will be undergoing maintenance starting Thursday 4th August from 16:00PM BST through to 03:00AM BST Friday morning
During which time you'll be unable to access Account Management, the PlayStation Store and PlayStation Home. Online game titles may also be affected, Sony's noted. Those signed into the...
News Sucker Punch: Sony Purchase Won't Change Daily Operations
Sony may have bought inFamous developer Sucker Punch, but it's unlikely to have much of a change on the daily operations at the studio
Having worked closely with the PlayStation platform holder for over ten years, it's back to business as usual for Sucker Punch now that the deal has been made public. I dont think it will have much of an effect...
News Still Not Played Red Dead Redemption?
Looks like Rockstar might have your back -- a Game Of The Year edition of Red Dead Redemption has popped up on the website of a British ratings board
Often developers stick the ol' Game Of The Year tag onto their popular game in order to get re-release onto store shelves, but in the case of Red Dead Redemption it's totally warranted — we gave the...
News Catherine Breaks Sales Records For Atlus USA
Ever since the first images of Catherine leaked out of Japanese gaming bible Famitsu, there's been an intrigue surrounding the odd-ball puzzle title
It's strange to us that so many people latched onto the game while ignoring other intriguing Japanese titles such as Shadows Of The Damned, but the video game market continues to prove its...
News Crystal Dynamics: Quick Time Events Not The Core Of Tomb Raider
Lara Lara
Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider E3 demonstration was one of the high-points of the video games convention in June. Packed with stunning camera work and tons of tension, the gameplay slice showed a real white-knuckle ride as Lara desperately tried to escape from a hazardous underground cave. But the demo wasn't faultless, and it did leave...
News Katsuhiro Harada Talks Stereoscopic 3D, Tekken Hybrid, Fireballs & PlayStation Vita
The PlayStation Blog's uploaded a jumbo interview with Tekken gaffer Katsuhiro Harada regarding many phases of Tekken's upcoming line-up
The focus of the conversation was on Tekken Hybrid — a PlayStation 3 exclusive package due this holiday with an HD version of Tekken Tag Tournament and CG movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance. But what's Namco done to...
News Rugby World Cup 2011 Gets PS3 Demo On PlayStation Network Tomorrow
Perhaps the bigger story here is that there's a rugby game coming out
Developed by HB Studios and published by 505 Games, Rugby World Cup 2011 is due out at the end of the month. But those eager to learn how the sport of rugby can possibly translate to video games will find a demo on the PlayStation Network tomorrow. The demo features England and...
News Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Joins The PlayStation Network
From tomorrow, you'll be able to purchase a copy of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood from the PlayStation Store for a reasonable £23
99. In addition to the game, Ubisoft's releasing a set of ten Brotherhood themed avatars for £0.40 each. Two of the avatars — the harlequin and Ezio images — will be exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers and...
News And Here's Your Tekken Hybrid Boxart...
Little bit small...
.. Albeit in shoddy low resolution, but you totally get the idea right? Tekken Hybrid is a PlayStation 3 exclusive game plus movie bundle, that features Tekken Tag Tournament HD, CG movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance and a demo for the upcoming Tekken Tag Tournament 2. It does that blue/red gradient thing that virtually every other...
News PS Vita Doubles as a PS3 Controller
Watch out Wii U
Naughty Dog already started the Wii U vs PS Vita debate ealier this month, claiming that the handheld system, when paired with the PS3, could deliver an experience similar to the Wii U. Sony too confirmed that games like Ruin allow players to seamlessly switch between PS3 and PS Vita gameplay, much the same way the Wii U tablet can...
Rumour Borderlands 2 Announcement On The Horizon
Eurogamer's reporting that Borderlands 2 is in development at Gearbox and is due to be announced by 2K Games soon -- presumably at Gamescom
According to Eurogamer's source, the game will launch on PlayStation 3 next year. It's not the first we've heard of Borderlands 2 — the game has been rumoured for months, showing up on developer CVs and in...
News EA Sports Launches Season Ticket Subscription
EA Sports has talked about subscription services for its roster of annual franchises for a while, and today its launched the first stages of that vision -- EA Sports Season Ticket
For an annual fee of $24.99 — the service is not currently available in Europe on PS3 — EA Season Ticket will allow you to get early access to EA Sports titles,...
News Sony: PlayStation Vita Can Be Used As A PlayStation 3 Controller
Sony's revealed that the PlayStation Vita can work as a controller for the PlayStation 3, potentially matching the capabilities showcased in Nintendo's new Wii-U system
Sony explained the potential to Eurogamer at last month's Develop conference. "What could you do with all of this?" Sony R&D boffin Phil Rogers questioned a room...
News There Are Now About A Billion Batman: Arkham City Pre-Order Bonuses
So we're exaggerating in the headline, but it has seemed like a new pre-order bonus for Batman: Arkham City pops up everyday
Things have gotten so confusing that fan-site Arkham City.co.uk has compiled a small guide detailing where you can get what. All of Batman: Arkham City's pre-order bonuses pertain to original skins for the character, but...
News Monochrome Racing Looks Like A Neat Little Top-Down Racer For PlayStation Minis
Regular readers will know that we adore arcade racing games
Unfortunately, there's a real lack of these types of games on PSP. Yes, there's SEGA Rally and Split/Second, but they don't really work as well as on their PlayStation 3 counterparts. Perhaps then, top-down racing is the best way to ensure an accessible arcade driving experience on PSP...
News Hysteria Project 2 Stumbles Its Way To PlayStation Minis
The original Hysteria Project was a flawed product, but there was merit in its ideas
So we're excited to see if its sequel can fair any better. For those that don't know, Hysteria Project is essentially an FMV horror game where you need to make choices and react to the environment in order to stay alive. Definitely a cool concept. Hysteria Project...
News Square Enix Snaps Up True Crime: Hong Kong From Activision
Many of you may remember the furore from when Activision announced it was cancelling True Crime: Hong Kong
The United Front Games developed sandbox title was getting mixed reception in the press, but many noted the game's promise despite its subsequent cancellation. Turns out publisher Square Enix spotted that promise too, as its announced overnight...
News Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time Trailer Introduces The Villainous El Jefe
Hot off the heels of a showcase at last week's Comic-Con, Sony's released a new cinematic from the upcoming Sanzaru developed Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time
The footage looks suitably Sly Cooper-esque, and the tongue-in-cheek humour is definitely still in tact. Exciting stuff, indeed.
News Ubisoft Get Complex With Driver: San Francisco's Multiplayer Options
We understood the first sixty seconds of this Driver: San Francisco multiplayer blow-out
Then Ubisoft just kept dropping more and more details. Persistent unlocks, shift attacks, swaps, base defending, old-school split-screen, argh! One thing's for sure, there's going to be a lot to this game's multiplayer. We just hope Ubisoft's able to convey it...
News Latest Supremacy MMA Trailer Throws Some Heavy Punches
505 Games has released a new trailer attempting to prove why its upcoming Supremacy MMA is the "dirtiest MMA game yet"
We think the subtle use of classical music adds to the effect. The visuals aren't great, but the game certainly looks gnarly.</em>
News EA Announces Battlefield 3 Novel By Andy McNab
Ex-SAS operator turned author, Andy McNab, will pen an original Battlefield 3 novel to tie in with the game's release this October
The book, subtitled The Russian, will focus on a character named Dima, one of two characters featured in the game's single-player campaign. McNab's working alongside Peter Grimsdale on the novel. [Thanks VG247]
News Naked Terror in PS3-Only House of the Dead: Overkill Stage
Aiiieeeeee!
House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut isn't just a polished-up Move version of the Wii original — it's got brand new content too, with SEGA showing off the first of two brand new stages in the upcoming gore 'em up. Naked Terror puts you inside a strip club full of zombies, gives you a gun and lets you work the rest out for...
News Naked Terror Is The First Of House Of The Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut's Exclusive Levels
They will strip
.. Your flesh</em>. Is there anything else SEGA really needs to say about the first of two exclusive levels for House Of The Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut? As regular readers will know, Extended Cut is an updated version of Headstrong's Nintendo Wii sweary rails-shooter, boasting PlayStation Move support, online leaderboards...
News Sony Confirms Emulated International PSone Classics For Europe
Visit the European PlayStation Blog at any point in the week and you'll no doubt spot a large number of people moaning in the comments
Often these complaints stem from the lack of quality PSone re-releases on the PlayStation Store. SCEE's been pretty open about the challenges of bringing some of this content over in recent months, and so today its...
News Canned PS3 Exclusive Eight Days Was 'Jaw Dropping'
Early into the PlayStation 3's life, one of Studio London's in-development titles, Eight Days, looked like a life-line for the addled system
The game — which depicted a sensational desert shoot-out in its opening trailer — was cancelled in 2008. But developers that worked on the game have told Eurogamer that what was in development was "jaw...
News YES! Warner Bros Confirms Western Release Of Lollipop Chainsaw In 2012
Grasshopper Manufacture's bonkers looking zombie slasher, Lollipop Chainsaw, will be published in Europe and North America by Warner Bros next year, the company has announced
The pop-music inspired slasher will feature Suda 51's outrageous design and Akira Yamaoka's audio skills. There's now an official website for the game through here. Our...
News Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition To Get Free Balance Patch
Don't worry, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Version 2012 is not a new game
It's a patch that rebalances existing copies of Arcade Edition. And it's free. During a panel at this weekend's fighting game tournament, Evo, Street Fighter gaffer Yoshinori Ono said that the update would be location tested at major Japanese cities towards the end of...
News Looks Like Kuma's Confirmed For Street Fighter X Tekken
If you don't like Kuma -- Tekken's resident bear character -- then we don't want to be associated with you
Seriously. How can you not like Kuma? The dude's a bear for goodness sake. A bear. Anyway, it looks like the character's set to show up in Street Fighter X Tekken. This is good news for sane people that adore Kuma. There are more teaser...
Rumour TimeSplitters 4 To Return Soon
A rumour in the latest Official PlayStation Magazine hints that the TimeSplitters franchise may be on the verge of making a come-back
The magazine notes, "Gun-wielding monkeys are finally making a comeback! A fourth TimeSplitters title is to be announced soon." Crytek UK — the studio behind the TimeSplitters titles — has previously...
News UK Sales Charts: You Guessed It
To be fair -- not much else launched in the UK last week to challenge Zumba Fitness' unbeatable reign
There was movement elsewhere however. Cars 2 climbed into second, while Call Of Juarez: The Cartel sticked to the top three. Elsewhere there's really not much else to say: regular favourites DiRT 3, FIFA 11 and Call Of Duty: Black Ops all charted...
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News Dan & Anna Williams Miss Out On Street Fighter X Tekken
According to Street Fighter honcho, Yoshinori Ono, Street Fighter X Tekken's character roster has been finalized, with running Street Fighter joke, Dan Hibiki, kicked from the final roster
Speaking with Siliconera, Ono explained that Dan has been dropped due to being "killed by a Tekken character at Comic-Con last year". Also out of the...
News Blockbuster Teases October 28th UK Release Date For PlayStation Vita
Oh Blockbuster, we've never wanted you to be more right about anything in your entire stained-carpeted existence
The UK leg of the video rental company is sending out fliers teasing an October 28th release date for the PlayStation Vita in Britain. The promotion was sent into IGN, and looks legit to us. Of course, the bigger issue stems from whether...
News Brink: Agents Of Change Releases For Free From Next Week
Brink's first dose of downloadable content, "Agents Of Change", will release on the PlayStation Network from next week
That's August 4th if you want to mark your calendars. Those who are prompt enough to download the content within its first two weeks on sale will get the upgrade free of charge. Agents Of Change includes two new environments, five...
Rumour Mirror's Edge 2 To Leverage Battlefield 3's Engine
It's Mirror's Edge 2 rumour time, and this time the Official PlayStation Magazine's got the goods
According to inside whispers, DICE's first-person parkour adventure will return in the near future, leveraging the power of the developer's new uber-gorgeous engine, Frostbite 2. "The Frostbite 2 engine will pave the way for Mirror's Edge to make a...
News SEGA Posts Loss As Sales Fall
SEGA's sales have dropped across the board, leaving the company firmly in the red to the tune of about £17
6 million (2.224 billion yen) for the months April, May and June. SEGA made 28.5 percent less than the same period last year, and costs rose due to the impact of the Japan earthquake — which particularly impacted the operating costs of its...
News Toy Story Content Heads To LittleBigPlanet 2 Next Week
You got a friend in me
Media Molecule's announced a batch of Toy Story content for LittleBigPlanet 2, set to go live on the PlayStation Store next week. The pack includes a level kit featuring nine new levels, a couple of new music tracks and a bunch of new materials, stickers and decorations. That will run you £4.79. A costume pack will also be...
News Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team Launches August 2nd On PlayStation Network
THQ's circled an August 2nd North American release date for its class-based dual-joystick PlayStation Network Warhammer spin-off, Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team
Europeans will have to wait until August 10th to get their hands on the game. THQ's uploaded a stack of information about the downloadable title on the PlayStation Blog. Click through there for...
News Because We Think It Looks Rad: Watch 30-Minutes Of Street Fighter X Tekken
Capcom's released 30-minutes of Street Fighter X Tekken footage from its Comic-Con booth
We're loving the way Capcom's managed to merge Tekken's characters into the Street Fighter universe, and think the cross-over looks really fun. The game's due out on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita next year.
News EA Would Rather Invest In Social Gaming Than 3D
EA's CEO John Riccitiello isn't hot on 3D gaming in the slightest
The company executive told shareholders overnight that it'd rather invest in social gaming than 3D technology at the moment. Frankly, we have not seen a big uptake for 3D gaming, he told Gamasutra. We havent seen a big uptake for 3D televisions in the home, at least not yet...
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