PS3 News
July2011
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD To Run At 60FPS
Tweets from the legendary Hideo Kojima have revealed that the high-definition remake of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will run at 60FPS on PlayStation 3
"60 frames per second in HD It's the best! Say peace!" said Kojima in one Tweet alongside images of the game. The high-definition version of Peace Walker is set to be joined by Metal...
News Konami Snaps Up El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron For Europe
Gorgeous platformer-cross-brawler El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron will make its way to Europe courtesy of Konami, the publisher has announced
The game will release in Europe on September 8th. If you haven't played the game's demo already, you should consider giving it a shot. The game's art-style really is something totally unique, as is the...
News The King Of Fighters XIII Comes To PlayStation 3 In October
Rising Star Games has announced that The King Of Fighters XIII will launch on the PlayStation 3 in October
The arcade brawler first launched in Japanese arcades last year. The game takes place shortly after the events of The King Of Fighters XI and features a host of familiar faces including Terry Bogard.
News Wayne Rooney & Jack Wilshere To Grace FIFA 12's Cover
England stars Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere will appear on the front-cover of FIFA 12, EA has announced
The Arsenal midfielder will join Manchester United's forward for the UK, Ireland, Scandinavian and Middle East versions. It's Rooney's seventh appearance on the game's cover.
Heads-up Call Of Duty: Black Ops fans, the 'Annihilation' map-pack is now available on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Store
The map pack includes four new locations as well as a fresh zombie arena.
News Resistance 3's Public Beta Kicks Off In August
Sony's announced that the public beta for Insomniac's hotly anticipated Resistance 3 will kick-off in August
There are a lot of regional differences, so bare with us while we flesh out the details. In North America, those that pre-ordered SOCOM 4 will get first-access to the beta on August 4th. They will be followed by European PlayStation Plus...
News Insomniac Showcase Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One's Weapon Roster
Check it out
In the first of a new series of shorts, Insomniac Games has showcased Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One's weapon roster. The series is famous for its ingenious weapon gadgets, and based on the footage in this trailer All 4 One will be no different. Sony's promising more of these video shorts on the future, so it looks like All 4 One's...
News Trio Of Cancelled PlayStation 3 Titles Revealed
A list of three cancelled PlayStation 3 titles have been revealed via the LinkedIn portfolio of Sony Santa Monica's Steve Johnson
The God Of War studio was apparently working on three titles, including High Rise, Hand Of God and Psynapse. All three releases have since been cancelled. Johnson's profile also acknowledges work on two unannounced...
News Rockstar Announces New Red Dead Redemption DLC For September
Red Dead Redemption is set to get one final DLC pack, Rockstar has announced
The "Myths & Mavericks" pack is due out in September for the lowly fee of nada, and will bring with it a few "fan-favourite" character skins, as well as new arenas for Deathmatch, Gang, Grab the Bag and "other popular online modes".
News THQ Kicks Red Faction Into Touch
THQ has pulled the plug on Volition's Red Faction series, citing poor sales for recent entry Red Faction: Armageddon
Speaking at an investor call today, CEO Brian Farrell said that publisher does "not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way". Farrell added that the Red Faction development team has now been put on...
News Sony: PSN Outage Not As Expensive As First Thought
The bill for the recent PlayStation Network outage is "shrinking" according to Sony
The company revealed during its financial call overnight that the costs will "not be as great as originally estimated". In May, Sony predicted that the cost of the outage would be around 14 billion yen (or £105 million). But, "that was the May...
News PlayStation 3 Hardware Sales Dip, While Software Jumps
Sony's released its sales results for the quarter ending June 30th, showing the biggest sign of a PlayStation 3 price-drop yet
While Sony's estimates for the fiscal year stuck at 15 million units, hardware was actually down for the first quarter by 600,000 units. To us, this says price-drop. Officially, Sony sold 1.8 million PlayStation 3's last...
News Resident Evil Re-Releases To Run You ?15.99
Capcom's upcoming HD re-releases of Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica will each stretch you £15
99 when they release on the PlayStation Network in September. The Japanese publisher announced that Resident Evil 4 will release on September 21st with Code Veronica following a week later on September 28th. Both games boast trophy support...
News All Zombies Must Die! Announced For The PlayStation Network
Doublesix has announced the spiritual successor to its surprisingly addictive cartoon shooter -- Burn Zombie, Burn
</a> — this afternoon. The declarative All Zombies Must Die! is due to release on the PlayStation Network by the end of the year. It sounds like All Zombies Must Die! will lean heavily on Burn's slap-stick humour, putting you in...
News Arkham City: Hugo Strange Chats With The Joker
Rocksteady's getting totally viral in the build-up to Batman: Arkham City
Included after the jump is an audio recording between the Joker and Hugo Strange. There's not actually much to the 100-second recording, but the Joker's sounding suitably demented. Listen to it after the jump.
News Sony Patents Interactive Toy For PlayStation 3 & PSP
Look, we don't want to frighten you ok? We're just reporting the news
And this seems kind of relevant, seeing as Sony actively patented the monstrosity being projected onto the back of your eyeballs above. What you're actually seeing is a patent filed by Sony. The patent is for an interactive doll, that has various features such as articulated limbs...
News Need For The Speed: The Run Does Look Hella Pretty
During the furore of E3, most peope were too enamoured by Need For Speed: The Run's (admittedly silly) on-foot sequences to notice how great the actual racing looked
Packed with superb visual effects, weighty arcade-handling and some glorious camera angles, the thrill of the racing got completely overlooked by the QTEs that followed. But while EA...
News Team 17 Announce Worms Ultimate Mayhem For PlayStation Network
Not got enough Worms from the PlayStation Network yet? Team 17's got your back, with a new title in the series Worms Ultimate Mayhem
But wait just a moment — this is a "souped-up" version of Worms 3D and Worms 4: Mayhem, so naturally it's 3D. All of the content from the aforementioned games will return, in addition to bonus missions and...
News European PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get More Goodies Today
Just a heads up to any European PlayStation Plus subscribers: Sony's got another wave of goodies to give-away this month
Most of which revolve around Section 8: Prejudice, which launches on the PlayStation Store this afternoon. PlayStation Plus subscribers will get access to the exclusive Hunter Armour should they decide to pick up the game. The...
News Dead Island Is The Latest Video Game Series To Get Its Own Novel
As more and more video game franchises get novels, it's unsurprising to see Techland's hotly anticipated Dead Island receive the treatment
The novel, written by British author Mark Morris, promises to give readers "a terrifying glimpse into the horrors thrust upon the four individuals who have unwittingly embarked on the ultimate holiday from...
News Relive The Uncharted 3 Comic-Con Panel
If you were unable to attend Naughty Dog's Uncharted 3 Comic-Con panel last week, don't worry: the PlayStation Blog's got your back
Not only has community manager Arne Meyer posted some photos from the event, but there's also a highlights reel featuring voice actors Nolan North, Emily Rose and Richard McGonagle, as well as Naughty Dog's Amy Hennig...
News Soul Calibur V Definitely Looks Like More Soul Calibur
Namco revealed a new Soul Calibur V trailer at last week's Comic-Con
The main take-away: there's more Soul Calibur on the horizon. The action looks as fast and fluid as you'd hope from a mainline Soul Calibur game, with the outfits equally revealing. Ignore the melodrama elsewhere in this trailer. We've never been ones to follow Soul Calibur's tale...
News So, NBA Jam: On Fire Edition Looks Like Fun
EA's dropped a trailer for NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, the PlayStation Network downloadable title that its NBA Jam reboot should have been all along
The game's due out later in the year. [Cheers VG247]
News Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Started Life As DLC
Capcom loves to repackage its games, but at least the Japanese publisher has an excuse this time
The company was originally intending to release the contents of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 as DLC, and intended to hit a March release window for some of the goods. Unfortunately, the Japanese earthquake disaster halted progress, causing Capcom to...
News PlayStation Vita's Activity Feature A 'Possibility' For PlayStation 3
Ever since Sony announced the PlayStation Vita and its social networking feature, LiveArea & Activity, we've banked on it coming to the PlayStation 3
The system allows players to comment on their friends progress within games, and even allows developers to update fans on the latest events in their games. The feature feels like the next natural...
News Twisted Metal Ditches Teen Rating For Mature
The bigger story here is that Twisted Metal was originally gunning for a Teen rating in the US, with David Jaffe and his Eat Sleep Play team gunning for the lower rating in order to reach a wider audience
But the studio's since decided that a Mature rating is more appropriate for the Twisted Metal franchise, and we couldn't agree more. "Without...
News Development Application Move.Me Launches Today On PlayStation Store
Sony's announced that Move
Me — a "new software application that runs on the PS3 system and gives researchers, students, and programmers access to PlayStation Moves technology for developing apps beyond traditional gaming" — will launch today as part of the US PlayStation Store update. Move.Me will allow students and researchers to...
Rumour New EA Studio Working On A PlayStation 3 First-Person Shooter
EA's founded a new studio that's working on a PlayStation 3 exclusive first-person shooter, according to some clever detective work by the folks at SystemLink
The website cites the resume of an employee contracted to do work on an unnamed PlayStation 3 first-person shooter at an unknown developer named Black Troll. The project has apparently been in...
News DICE Discusses Multiplayer Differences Between Console & PC Versions Of Battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 will not be the same experience on PC as on consoles
It's just not technically possible, with PC's packing much more potential horse-power than the PlayStation 3. As such, the console version of Battlefield 3 will be much more refined, limiting player-counts to just 24-players compared to the PC's 64-player cap. The biggest...
News Evo 2011 To Be Streamed Directly In PlayStation Home
Fighting games are serious business, with many of the top competitors duking it out later this week in the annual Evo 2011 championships
Those unable to make the event in Las Vegas, will be able to watch the entire thing live via PlayStation Home. Players will be competing across a variety of fighting games, including Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal...
News Silent Hill HD Collection Due Out In September/October
Konami's firmed up details of the Silent Hill HD Collection, which will launch around "September/October" exclusively on PlayStation 3 under Sony's Classics HD banner
The collection includes PS2 classics Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 remastered in 720p. The voice acting has also been reworked, with trophies added to each of the titles. Let's watch...
News Get Some Cars In Your inFamous 2 Level Creation
Sucker Punch has released the first -- of presumably many -- content packs for inFamous 2's user-generated content feature
The pack — which is available now for free from the PlayStation Network — includes a variety of vehicles from the game's single-player campaign, including Bertrands Limo, Bertrands Semi-Truck, the New Marais Police Car,...
News Analysts Put Their Money Behind PlayStation 3 For Console War Crown
A number of analysts believe the PlayStation 3 will emerge victorious over the XBOX 360 once this generation has breathed its last -- but that victory will be marginal
EEDAR's Jesse Divinch was first to the plate, telling IndustryGamers that the PlayStation 3 has sold ten percent more than the XBOX 360 in the first half of 2011. To clarify, Divinch...
News We Know You've Been Waiting For That PlayStation Network Version Of Chu-Chu Rocket...
.. Wait no longer, as LittleBigPlanet 2 user Hymanator has made a pretty decent reinterpretation within Media Molecule's "create-your-own-game" toolset. It's even got the "Cat Mania" and "Fever" power-ups. The pace of the game is a little slow, but if you've been craving some Chu-Chu Rocket on your PlayStation 3, this...
News Ubisoft Announces Assassin's Creed: Embers
We hope you're not done with Ezio yet, as Ubisoft has announced Assassin's Creed: Embers this afternoon -- a short movie which will expand on the final moments of Ezio's story
The animated movie will release alongside Assassin's Creed: Revelations on November 15th. The UbiWorkshop developed movie will ship with the Animus Editions of Assassin's...
News Tears Of Joy: Tekken Hybrid Confirmed For PlayStation 3 In Europe
Ask and ye shall receive -- Sony has announced that it will be handling publishing duties on the hotly anticipated Tekken Hybrid in Europe
The brilliant teaser-movie-nostalgia package includes an HD version of the original Tekken Tag Tournament, the CG movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance and a special preview for the upcoming Tekken Tag Tournament 2...
News Dead Rising 2 Saves Unlock Bonus Content In Off The Record
Those of you intending to pick up Dead Rising: Off The Record with a Dead Rising 2 save on your system will get a bonus item for your loyalty to the series
Chuck Greene's jacket will be unlocked as a starting costume, allowing you to dress protagonist Frank West as the chiseled hero from the previous game. Awesome. We guess.
News GoldenEye 007: Reloaded Was Always Part Of The Plan
We were really surprised to see Activision announce an HD update of GoldenEye for the PlayStation 3 this week, but according to Activision the release was always planned
Producer James Steer revealed to Kotaku that GoldenEye 007: Reloaded was being worked on "in the background" while the Wii version was in development. This was working...
News Marvel Pinball Slings Itself Onto PlayStation Vita Next Year
Zen Studios' excellent licensed PlayStation Network pinball title, Marvel Pinball, is coming to the PlayStation Vita the developer has confirmed
No firm dates were given for the portable version of the title, but a rough "end of 2012" date was referenced. In other Marvel Pinball news, a new expansion called Vengeance And Virtue will launch...
News Brazil Gets Its Own PlayStation Store & PlayStation Blog
Hello Brazil
How're you doing? We hear your economy is booming. So much so, Sony's looking to get a piece of the pie. The company's just announced the launch of the PlayStation Store in the region. You'll now be able to buy content in Portuguese and English. You're even being offered your own Welcome Back package. There's also now a local version of...
News Tekken Hybrid Continues To Grow Into The Most Tempting Package Of The Year
Tekken Hybrid is already confirmed to include a Blu-ray version of the upcoming CGI Tekken movie and an HD remake of the brilliant Tekken Tag Tournament
That alone is one hell of a bundle. But Namco's not done with adding value yet, as it's also confirmed that the package will include a playable prologue for the unreleased Tekken Tag Tournament 2,...
News UK Sales Charts: Harry Potter & Call Of Juarez Have Strong Showings, Zumba Fitness Stays Top
It's the summer -- the time of the year when you can pretty much guarantee a success just by putting out a game
The drought is really starting to hit hard, so it's no surprise to see Ubisoft and Techland's distinctly average Call Of Juarez: The Cartel debut in second on this week's UK sales charts. Honestly, as far as summer games go — The Cartel...
News Check Out Starhawk's Stellar Transitions Between Cut-Scenes & Gameplay
The emphasis of the footage coming out of Starhawk's Comic-Con panel is to demonstrate the game's transitions between gameplay and cut-scenes
With Starhawk including inFamous' motion comic cut-scene approach, Lightbox has developed a really neat effect that transforms polygons into art, as demonstrated in the video embedded above. The cut-scene...
News On September 20th, You'll Get The Chance To Replay One Of The Best Games Of All Time
Capcom's attached a date to the North American release of Resident Evil 4 HD
The finest third-person shooter of all time will launch on September 20th, and will be followed by the more traditional Resident Evil: Code Veronica X on September 27th. Both titles will be available to download through the PlayStation Network. The games are being...
News Elena Fisher Was Originally Chloe Frazer... Or Something
Elena Fisher began life as a Spanish character named "Elena Vargas", Naughty Dog has revealed
Speaking during a Comic-Con panel devoted to Uncharted, series writer Amy Hennig revealed that she wanted Claudia Black — who later took the role of Chloe Frazer — to voice the character. The panel — which was attended by Hennig, Emily Rose (the real...
Rumour Resident Evil 6 To Get September 15th Reveal?
RelyOnHorror's running a stonking rumour regarding the announcement of Resident Evil 6 this morning
The site claims it was sent the game's logo by someone able to attend a behind-the-scenes Capcom press conference at Comic-Con. The image shows off what pertains to be Resident Evil 6's official logo, and a 15th September date. Interestingly, that...
News Oh Saints Row: The Third, You So Awesome
THQ's dropped a brand new trailer for its upcoming open-world adventure Saints Row: The Third
Ignore the attempts at constructing a narrative here, and just soak up all the craziness that goes down in this 110 seconds of craziness. There are jet-packs, dildos, stupid masks, cars and wrestling moves. Man, this game just keeps climbing up our most...
News Bulletstorm 'Didn't Make Any Money'
Bulletstorm was a critical success when it released earlier in the year, and we'd figured it was a commercial success too
The game spent a number of weeks propping up the UK sales charts, but according to Epic the balls-to-the-wall FPS failed to make the company any money. Despite that small caveat, Epic does not regret handing the project off to...
News Silent Hill: Downpour Certainly Looks The Part
We're still a touch concerned about Silent Hill: Downpour -- it's in development at an unknown studio and we've still seen very little of the game
But one thing we have seen are a host of glorious screenshots, and while they don't reveal much about the game's narrative or mechanics, they at least conclude that the game is looking super pretty. Check...
News The War Is On: Battlefield 3 Pre-Orders On Par With Black Ops
We don't know if you've heard: there's a war on
EA and Activision each want to dominate the first-person shooter pie, and that means Battlefield 3 and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are preparing for a head-on collision later this year. It's a ballsy move from EA given Call Of Duty's mainstream popularity, but it's a battle that's thus far been...
News Hang On, The Penguin Is Now British?
Rocksteady's dropped a new Batman: Arkham City trailer right out of the San Diego Comic-Con
The new footage focuses squarely on the Penguin, who's adopted a cockney accent since his last outing. Don't worry though, the Penguin's British-ness totally works, making the character a little more rough-and-ready than previous incarnations. The rest of the...
News Insomniac Games Posts Resistance 3 Comic-Con Panel Highlights
If you were unable to get to the San Diego Comic-Con last night to witness Insomniac Games' Resistance 3 panel, the PlayStation Blog's got your back
James Stevenson has posted a short highlights video from the panel, featuring Creative Director Marcus Smith, Art Director Grant Hollis, Animation Director Kevin Grow, as well as voice actor Robin...
News Mark Your Calendars: PlayStation GamesCom Press Conference Kicks Off August 16th
Please date PlayStation Vita for 2011
Please date PlayStation Vita for 2011. Please date PlayStation Vita for 2011. We predict two fates for Sony's GamesCom press conference this year: jubilation or abject disappointment. All eyes are going to be on the date Sony gives PlayStation Vita in Europe and North America. Japan's pretty much confirmed for a...
News Team Bondi Blames Blu-ray Space Limitations On Cut L.A. Noire Content
Team Bondi's Brendan McNamara has revealed that content was cut from L
A. Noire</a> due to the limitations of using a single Blu-ray disc — even though L.A. Noire does not use the maximum capacity Blu-ray available. According to McNamara, two desks known as bunko and burglary were written, designed and had art assets created — despite...
Rumour Arkham City To Have Downloadable Episodes?
According to Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, the upcoming Batman: Arkham City will be an "ongoing" game with players able to "download future episodes of it"
Conroy was talking to Comic Booked about his role in the title, and concluded that due to the sheer amount of content he'd been "recording for a while". No official confirmation from...
News Freddy Krueger Joins Mortal Kombat On August 9th
Well, we can't say we expected that
Warner Bros and NetherRealm has announced that Freddy Kruger is the next DLC character to join Mortal Kombat's brawling roster. The character's set to release on August 9th, and will run you $4.99. Check out the trailer above.
News PlayStation Gamers Raise Over ?1 Million For Japanese Earthquake Relief
Give yourselves a huge pat on the back
Seriously, this is genuinely brilliant news. Sony's announced that PlayStation gamers have donated over £1.01 million to the Japanese Earthquake appeal. That's a staggering number. North American PSN users raised £260,995, while Europe stumped up £538,122, and Asian countries offered £16,673. Japanese...
News Resistance 3 Multiplayer Beta Begins Kicking Chimera Ass In Early August
Sometimes we wake up in the middle of the night covered in a cold sweat, itching to play Resistance
Insomniac's first-person shooter series has been a staple of our PlaytStation 3 diet for years now. We ploughed hours into Fall Of Man, only to spend a similarly ridiculous amount of time with Resistance 2. But the latest title — Resistance 3 —...
News Latest House Of The Dead: Overkill Extended Cut Trailer Comes Out Swearing
We've said it once and we'll say it again: House Of The Dead: Overkill Extended Cut is one of our most anticipated PlayStation 3 games of the year
The original Wii title was a roller-coaster ride of eff-bombs, gore and zombies giving birth to other zombies. So we can't wait to experience the whole affair in high-definition with PlayStation Move...
News Confirmed: Catherine Travels Overseas To Europe
Just days after Atlus said it was looking for a distribution partner to release Catherine in Europe, Deep Silver has stepped forward
The game will be formally localised in French, Italian, Spanish and German. Catherine is something new, fresh and exciting; unlike anything else in the gaming world a unique mixture of genres. This agreement...
News The E3 Announcement That Time Forgot
Ever heard of Carnival Island? No, us neither, but surprisingly it's a Sony published PlayStation Move party title in development at Magic Pixel and Sony Santa Monica
Apparently Sony just forgot to tell us all about it. The Carnival Games series has been a huge success on the Nintendo Wii, so it's surprising to see Sony completely ignore Carnival...
News God Of War 'Master Collection' Spotted On Amazon Germany
Never played God Of War ever before? Sony's got the perfect solution for you
Popping up on Amazon Germany is a retail listing for the "God Of War Master Collection", a gigantic PS3 collection that includes every God Of War game ever made — aside from that shoddy mobile phone title. If you're having trouble keeping up, that's: God Of War,...
News Heads Up: PlayStation Store Down For Maintenance Today, Don't Cancel Your Credit Cards
Just a quick heads-up: Sony's bringing down the PlayStation Store today for a couple of hours maintenance
We're posting this because we know how frightening outages can be in the post-PSNgate climate. We just wanted to let you know that, hey, if you try to log on to the PlayStation Store this afternoon and it flips out — everything is fine. Don't...
News Poison, Steve Fox & Yoshimitsu All Confirmed For Street Fighter X Tekken
Capcom's confirmed Poison as a playable character in its upcoming cross-over brawler, Street Fighter X Tekken
The Final Fight bad-girl (bad-guy?) will join Yoshimitsu and Steve Fox when the game launches at an undisclosed date next year. The game itself is coming together brilliantly. We continue to be in awe of the way Capcom's managed to...
News EA Releases Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Trailer, Features Guns
EA's released some new footage for Battlefield 3's hotly anticipated multiplayer component
It looks great. Admittedly we're struggling with the hyperbole some folks are showering this game in. Don't get us wrong, the game looks fantastic. But we can't help but feel that if this trailer concluded with a big Call Of Duty logo, it would be met with...
News Gotham City Imposters Looks Surprisingly Rad
Ok, ok, so it's just a CGI trailer
But after some initial concerns, we're quite taken with the concept behind Monolith's upcoming downloadable squad-based shooter, Gotham City Imposters. The title's concept is simple — when Batman's away, the goons will play. So you'll play as either a Batman or Joker imposter, brawling it out in a variety of...
News Sony Shows Off Resistance 3's 'Survivor Edition' With New Trailer
Sony's put out a trailer for Resistance 3's bumper "Survivor Edition" collector's set
The pack is crammed with luxury goodies such as Resistance themed toy soldiers, Capelli's backpack and an SRPA branded hip-flask. Admittedly, much of the content included in this pack is needless tat — but it's dangerously tempting for Resistance fans like...
News Rayman Origins Shows Off In Comic-Con Trailer
Ubisoft's released a minute-long Rayman Origins trailer at Comic-Con
The drop-dead gorgeous platformer boasts about its slew of E3 awards, and shows off some new gameplay footage at the same time. The game's due out on PlayStation 3 in November. It'll make a nice change of pace from all those blockbuster shooters later in the year.
News Street Fighter III: Third Strike Launches August 23rd On PSN
In addition to announcing Ultimate Marvel Vs
Capcom 3</a> at Comic-Con yesterday, Capcom has confirmed an August 23rd release date for Street Fighter III: Third Strike on PlayStation Network. The title will set you back $14.99. The updated version of the late 90's arcade title includes online play, leaderboards and replays.
News Ubisoft's Uplay Passport To Cost ?7.99 In The UK
Ubisoft's just let us know some concrete details about its Uplay Passport initiative
The program will require players to register a code (included with new copies of compatible games) in order to redeem key features such as online multiplayer and other "exclusive features". Those buying participating Ubisoft titles used will need to pay...
News Sony: 3D Can Enhance Experiences, But Only When Done Properly
With Sony so heavily invested in 3D content, you'd think they'd be pushing every visual media outlet to develop content in the extra dimension
But that's not the case. Speaking with Eurogamer at the Develop conference in Brighton, Sony's 3D gaffer, Mick Hocking, revealed that 3D needs to be done properly and appropriately to be truly successful...
News Atlus On Catherine In Europe: We Need A Partner
Promising looking puzzle-platformer-cross-dating-simulation, Catherine, does not yet have a European release date
That's because publisher Atlus has no plans for a European release — but it's not for the want of trying. According to the publisher, there are currently no plans because the publisher is in need of a distribution partner. Previous...
Activision's kicked off Comic-Con with a slew of North American release date announcements
Prototype 2 was the first to get a date, with the distant April 24th, 2012 being the target. Next up was Silicon Knights' X-Men Destiny, a game that, admittedly, we've seen very little of. That game's scored a September 27th release date. Finally, Activision...
News Bonus Content To Be Bundled With The Team ICO Collection
One could argue that getting high-definition remasters of Team ICO's massive PlayStation 2 adventure titles, ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus, are bonuses enough, but Sony's got some extra goodies to bundle with the upcoming Team ICO Collection to make the package that touch more tempting
Included with new copies of the game will be a download voucher...
News Capcom Announces Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3
Let's deal with the white elephant in the room: we know Capcom released Marvel Vs Capcom 3 less than six months ago
But that game's already old news, as the Japanese publisher has just announced Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3. And it's coming out as soon as November. The "mid-range" re-release (read: $40) will include 12 new fighters and...
News LOL: Respawn Entertainment's First Game Not Releasing Until 2015
Today has been the best day for video game news in a long time
Seriously, we've been sitting here grinning like cats all afternoon. First we got some behind-the-scenes chatter from Media Molecule. Moments later we got word that Sasha Grey would be lending her voice to THQ's Saints Row: The Third. Then we learned about
News Latest Sonic Generations Trailer Goes Through The Ages
It may have escaped your attention, but Sonic The Hedgehog is 20 years old this year
In order to celebrate, SEGA's putting together the promising looking Sonic Generations — a PS3 title designed to celebrate the origins of the character. The above trailer includes footage from all Sonic's most famous outings. And there are a few morsels from...
News In The Interests Of Proving That Lollipop Chainsaw Is A Genuine Product
Some of you may have seen our story on Lollipop Chainsaw earlier in the afternoon
The project may have drawn a stern, "Yeah, whatever, it's not even April fools," from the most cynical amongst you. We can confirm that the girly zombie slayer is indeed an actual product. In fact, Famitsu has released a batch of new screenshots to prove as...
News Sony Initially Intended LittleBigPlanet To Be Free-To-Play
You can see the origins of a free-to-play game in LittleBigPlanet
The accessibility of the PlayStation Store within the game makes the package ripe for freemium potential, and when you factor in DLC content packs for costumes, stickers and materials it's easy to see how the title could adapt to that business model. In fact: that was the original...
Rumour Grasshopper Working On Cheerleader Zombie Slaying Game Called Lollipop Chainsaw [Updated]
Original story: If this rumour had any other developer's name attached to it, we'd call it rubbish
But this is a rumour for Grasshopper Manufacture's latest title; y'know, the Suda51 joint. That means it's hard to treat any rumours as nonsense — the crazier they are, the more likely they are to be true. Take Lollipop Chainsaw, the studio's latest...
News Activision Officially Announces GoldenEye 007: Reloaded For PlayStation 3
As we suspected when details about the game leaked yesterday, Activision has officially confirmed GoldenEye 007: Reloaded for the PlayStation 3 this afternoon
The title is an HD remake of last year's Wii-exclusive GoldenEye, err, redux. Yeah, we're trying hard to get our heads around that too. See, last year's GoldenEye 007 (for Wii) was a complete...
News Shadows Of The Damned Director Leaves Grasshopper
Shadows Of The Damned director Massimo Guarini has left Grasshopper Manufacture to set-up a new studio
Guarini's upstart, Ovosonico Productions, will be based on "games, music and films with an attitude" according to the company's website.
News PlayStation Network Outage Did Not Stop LittleBigPlanet From Growing
More than 1
5 million new players have jumped into LittleBigPlanet 2 since the PlayStation Network outage earlier in the year. Media Molecule confirmed the figures as part of a panel at the Develop conference this morning. "I like that stat because it's growing," revealed Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans. "LittleBigPlanet is not...
News LOL: Sasha Grey Is Going To Be In Saints Row: The Third
Perfect
While we'd never have guessed that legendary pornstar (and serial knitter) Sasha Grey would make an appearance in THQ's upcoming trashy third-person action game, Saints Row: The Third, the casting makes too much sense. Grey will not play a porn-star in the game though — no, she will play one of two sisters that run the Syndicate's...
News Media Molecule Talk Candidly About Leaving LittleBigPlanet Behind
Media Molecule is moving on from LittleBigPlanet
While it will continue to support past releases, the British studio wants to put all of its future energy into creating something new. According to the studio, making this decision felt like a child leaving home. "It's a bit like, if you think of LBP as having a child, Sackboy was our child, you...
News The Darkness II Gets Delayed Out Of October, Into February
It's that time of the year again
The time of the year where publishers of not-quite-blockbuster-games delay their big fall releases because of the looming threat of Call Of Duty and Uncharted and Batman and Battlefield. 2K Games' The Darkness II is the first notable title to be pushed out of its release window, presumably for marketing reasons. The...
News Splinter Cell HD Trilogy Now Launching In September
Eagle-eyed Joystiq readers have spotted that Ubisoft's oft-delayed Splinter Cell HD Trilogy will now release on September 27th in North America
That's according to updated listings posted by Amazon, GameStop and GameFly. The HD collection was previously scheduled for an August release date after bein
News Darksiders Developer: PlayStation 3's 'A Pain In The A**'
Did we just fall asleep and wake up in 2006? Darksiders developer Vigil Games has decided it timely to mouth off about the challenges of PlayStation 3 development
It must be 2006, right? "It's a pain in the a** to work on," Darksiders 2 developer, Marvin Donald told Eurogamer, "Five years later, getting used to it? That means it's a...
News Do Want: Amazon France Lists GoldenEye Reloaded For PlayStation 3
We love James Bond video games
We've spent countless hours with both Quantum Of Solace and Blood Stone on PS3, despite poor review scores and a general sense of ambivalence towards the games. So we're super excited to learn that last year's Wii exclusive GoldenEye reboot could be coming to the PlayStation 3 in high-definition. The rumours first...
News Sony Signs Exclusivity Contract With LittleBigPlanet Vita Developer Double Eleven
Sony has signed an exclusivity contract with LittleBigPlanet Vita developer Double Eleven
The British studio (comprised of former Rockstar Leeds employees) will develop titles exclusively for PlayStation platforms going forward. The firm is currently hard at work on LittleBigPlanet Vita, but will move onto new titles for various Sony platforms in...
News Ubisoft Gaffer The Latest Exec To Start Banging On About PlayStation 4
Is anyone else getting tired of the constant "next generation" chatter? If analysts are correct and the next PlayStation is not coming out until 2013 at the earliest, does that mean we have to endure another two years minimum of this hypothesising? Urgh
Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot is the latest video games boss to drop the "next-gen is...
News El Shaddai Gets Pushed Into August
Ignition's ambitious (and colourful
) religious brawler, El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron, has been pushed out of its original July release window and into August. Ignition's director Shane Bettenhausen confirmed to Joystiq that the delay was due to "logistical reasons". The game will officially release on August 16th in the US...
News Here's Everything That's Inside Catherine's Ostentatious Collector's Edition
It takes seven-minutes for the over-enthusiastic Atlus employee in this unboxing video to reveal everything that's included in Catherine's "Love Is Over" collector's edition
That's because there's a lot of stuff included. And while most of it might be junk, you've got to appreciate Atlus for releasing its game in a pizza box and including a pair of...
News Third Time Lucky: DONTNOD To Attend GamesCom
We just received a press release from DONTNOD Entertainment -- the studio believed to be working on an upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive called Adrift
While the press release was agonisingly ambiguous about the specifics of DONTNOD's debut project, it did provide a few morsels of information. The game's plot has been crafted by Alain Damasio, a...
News Crystal Dynamics: Lara Croft Was 'Losing Relevance'
Fact: we couldn't be more excited for Crystal Dynamics' upcoming Tomb Raider
The game looks phenomenal. But with Lara Croft established as a house-hold name, what pushed Crystal Dynamics to reboot the historical franchise? Brand director Karl Stewart told Rock Paper Shotgun that the character and series was "losing relevance". The problem,...
News Sony's Experimenting With VR, Has An FPS In Development
Sony is experimenting with virtual reality
Mick Hocking, senior director at Sony's Worldwide Studios, told Develop that that platform holder is experimenting with the technology in a variety of projects, including a first-person shooter. "We've got a new head mounted display that we showed at Consumer Electronics Show," Hocking said...
News Final Fantasy XIII-2 Secures January 2012 Western Release Window
Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will launch in January of next year in Western regions
The date was referenced in the company's Comic-Con line-up, though no specifics were mentioned. We suspect that the release window is subject to change. The company confirmed a December release date for the Japanese version of the game earlier...
News Child Of Eden Scores Budget PlayStation 3 Price-Point
As champions of original video game concepts, we were a little disappointed to see Q-Entertainment's ambitious audio-visual experience, Child Of Eden, bomb at retail
But with every cloud there's a silver lining, as Ubisoft has announced that the upcoming PlayStation 3 release of the title will retail for a cut-price £19.99. That's half the price of...
News GAME: Modern Warfare 3 On Track To Stomp Black Ops' Records
With each iteration of Call Of Duty, the console market grows
There are no shortage of people picking up PlayStation 3s and XBOX 360s, and so it's no surprise to see the Call Of Duty fanbase grow with each release. According to UK retailer GAME, this year's Modern Warfare 3 is set to break the myriad records set by last year's Call Of Duty: Black...
News What's In The Batman: Arkham City Collector's Edition?
We bet you can guess
No seriously, we really do bet you can guess. Both GameStop and Best-Buy has posted pre-order pages for the inevitable big-box edition of Batman's latest PS3 outing, and the contents are as predictable as the day turning to night: premium statue? Check. Art book? Check. Early access to DLC? Check. Pric
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