Gamescom 2011

News: Start the Party, Drink Your Drink, Save the World

Start the Party, Drink Your Drink, Save the World

Just a normal night in for us

Having released Start the Party to mixed reviews, Supermassive Games has higher hopes for its sequel: it reckons it might be able to save our planet. Start the Party: Save the World was officially announced at Gamescom last week, and we have the first trailer below showing more of the augmented reality motion controlled...

News: Puddle Makes a Splash on PSN in November

Puddle Makes a Splash on PSN in November

Sorry about that

Konami's liquid PSN puzzler Puddle looks like an interesting use of PlayStation Move, and at least as interesting as the rather-similar-actually Fluidity on WiiWare. The inevitable result of Move's motion controls and a game about fluids, you tilt the controller to funnel the liquids through a series of mazes, avoiding fire,...

News: Gravity Daze Now Gravity Rush, New Screenshots and Trailer

Gravity Daze Now Gravity Rush, New Screenshots and Trailer

Jump on in

Gravity Rush, previously known as Gravity Daze, is a PS Vita exclusive from Japan Studio, the devs that gave us such portable classics as Locoroco and Patapon. The game has a surreal, cel-shaded look that favors flair over realism, and gameplay revolves around a gravity manipulation mechanic that has the female protagonist jumping and...

News: Get Physical After Hours with New Move Triple Pack

Get Physical After Hours with New Move Triple Pack

Turn the lights low

No, it's not a new We Dare trilogy: Sony's putting three Move-controlled sports titles onto one Blu-ray disc and calling it After Hours Athletes. The trio comprises PSN titles Hustle Kings, High Velocity Bowling and Top Darts, complete with all their downloadable content too. Rather like puzzle pack Move Mind Benders there's no...

News: Move Mind Benders Holds Three Puzzlers in One

Move Mind Benders Holds Three Puzzlers in One

Best of all, it's got Lemmings

Some of Move's best content is available on the PlayStation Store, but what about those PS3 owners who aren't able to get online: should they miss out on the motion-controlled treats? Of course not. That's why Sony's preparing a pair of Blu-ray compilations, putting together the best Move has to offer. Move Mind...

News: PS Vita Will Have Cross-Game Voice Chat

PS Vita Will Have Cross-Game Voice Chat

Via Party app

Sony Europe's R&D Manager Phil Rogers has confirmed that the PlayStation Vita will allow users to text and voice chat with friends via the system's Party app, even if they are playing different games or using different applications. Cross-game voice chat, it's there and it's on Vita. Party lets up to four users band together to...

News: Hands-on Resistance: Burning Skies Video

Hands-on Resistance: Burning Skies Video

Say hello to your new protagonist

The PlayStation Blog has posted a brand new video hands-on for Resistance: Burning Skies, along with an interview with Rob Heubner from developer Nihilistic. The video showcases some of the new touch screen features of the title, like locking onto multiple enemy targets with the swipe of a finger or issuing a melee...

News: Escape Plan Trailer Can't Escape the Internet

Escape Plan Trailer Can't Escape the Internet

Captured for your pleasure

Sony has got an all-new game for the PS Vita straight out of Gamescom, and by the looks of it, Escape Plan is one of the more stylised and puzzling titles making its way to the system. The game has players guiding two differently proportioned protagonists, Lil and Laarg, through a variety of dangerous rooms. Players use...

News: Sony Spraypaints 'Tag' Trailer Into Real World

Sony Spraypaints 'Tag' Trailer Into Real World

Time to start a gang

Sony already introduced us to Reality Fighter, its first-party augmented reality game for PS Vita, but now they are taking to the streets to give us Tag, a graffiti-sim title that lets you "tag" real world environments using the system's camera. Basically you design a tag using the touch screen, save it, and then go...

News: PS Vita RAM Confirmed at 512MB

PS Vita RAM Confirmed at 512MB

More RAM than PS3!

Shooting down previous rumours that the PS Vita RAM was reduced to 256MB to accommodate a lower launch price, Sony has confirmed that the system will indeed sport 512MB of RAM. These were the original numbers thought to be packed into the system back when it was called the NGP, and places the handheld above PlayStation 3's 256MB...

News: SEGA Serves Up a Slice of Virtua Tennis on Vita

SEGA Serves Up a Slice of Virtua Tennis on Vita

Looks ace

SEGA's preparing to continue its rally with tennis games on portable PlayStations: PSP received Virtua Tennis World Tour and Virtua Tennis 3, and next year we'll see Virtua Tennis 4 come to PlayStation Vita. As you can see from the fresh set of new screenshots and trailer below, the game is shaping up very nicely indeed, with a strange...

News: PS Vita's Development Kit Is Very Affordable

PS Vita's Development Kit Is Very Affordable

Alert to all independent developers

Gamescom 2011 has been crucial for Vita, with new game announcements and info on some of the games we already knew about. While most of this news has been aimed at the consumers, a segment of news we’ve come across is just as great for independent developers as it is for consumers. SCEE’s George Bain spoke...

News: This is What Move Fitness Looks Like in Motion

This is What Move Fitness Looks Like in Motion

Sony steps up

While the announcement of Move Fitness was a surprise to some, it really shouldn't be: Sony's lack of a fitness title has meant it's missed out on a lucrative market for PlayStation Move, but that will change later this year. Here's the official Gamescom trailer showing you just how much fun fitness can be when you've got PlayStation...

News: Race at Night, Make Horses Mate in Champion Jockey

Race at Night, Make Horses Mate in Champion Jockey

What more could you want?

Move-controlled gallop simulator Champion Jockey isn't just about glorious sunshine and seeing where you're going: it's about night races with no headlights and horses having sex. That's right: not only can you take your steed out on the grass when the sun is up, you'll be able to race when you should both be hitting the...