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News European Fans Can Help Super Charge Dragon Ball: Xenoverse Next Month
Hands on
We're more excited than Yamacha when he gets screen time for the upcoming brawler Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, which is being released on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 by Bandai Namco. When the title was first announced, spirits were high for the new Saiyan teased in the announcement trailer, which was revealed as a custom character. With...
News KickBeat: Special Edition Delivers a Flying Kick Next Week on PS4
Realistic moshpit action
When KickBeat launched on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, it proved that it had all of the right moves – as it received a groovy 8/10 in our review. If, however, you're one of those desperate for next-gen graphics to go along with your rhythmic butt kicking, your wait has finally come to an end. KickBeat: Special...
News Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star Flaunts Its Moves with Seven Gameplay Trailers
Everybody dance now
With role-playing games, it can be difficult to explain just how a release's unique system works with words alone. Ready to lend a helping hand, Koei Tecmo has released a whopping seven videos showcasing some of the weird and wonderful things that you can expect from Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star, which will be released on...
News Horror Sensation Slender: The Arrival Creeps onto PS3
Are you afraid of the dark?
If you haven't heard of internet horror legend Slender Man, then you've probably been living under a rock. With reaction videos all over the internet, and even Halloween outfits witnessed in this particular author's small village, we reckon that this makes the creepy tall dude more famous than the Candy Man. For the first...
News Blast the Competition in Geometry Wars3: Dimensions on PS4 and PS3
The light fantastic
If you're a Sony loyalist, it's unlikely that you've played the neon-lit arcade series Geometry Wars, which has always made Microsoft's consoles its home. But now, that's all going to change, because for the first time ever, you'll finally be able to take part in the intergalactic mayhem in Geometry Wars3: Dimensions on the...
News Celebrate Resident Evil's Remake by Infecting Raccoon City with the T-Virus
In the courtyard by a licker
The good old Biohazard t-virus has caused a mass of problems over the past 18 years, but it all had to start somewhere. It's those humble beginnings that you'll be able to re-experience, this time in the high definition remake of Resident Evil due out on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 early next year. To help the...
News SRPG Mythical Legend Tears to Tiara II: Hier to the Overlord Lands on PS3
Hamil Smash!
For fans of Japanese titles, there are always those of myth and legend; the games everyone has heard about, but very few mortal souls have seen them with their own eyes. The strategy RPG series Tears to Tiara falls into this bracket after never being released outside it's native country — that is, until now. Skipping a generation,...
News The Console War Continues in Vita's Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation
Meet the family
If you've just started your Gamindustri adventures in the recent release of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 for the PS Vita, you might find yourself itching to carry on through this established franchise. If you wish to continue on your handheld device, developer Idea Factory has some good news in store. Hyperdimension Neptunia...
News Fairy Fencer F's Massive Main Cast Flutters In
Partners in crime
We haven't heard much about upcoming JRPG Fairy Fencer F, but it seems that instead of an army of cats being let out of the bag, it's the game's massive cast instead. The trailer that we've embedded shows all the main characters and their partner fairies in combat as they merge together for the ultimate combat potential. However,...
News PS4 Strategy Title Natural Doctrine's Release Date Gets Tactically Pushed Back
Too close for comfort
If you're a fan of niche Japanese titles, you've more than likely looked at the release line up this month and cried into you wallet. To help alleviate your pain, strategy RPG Natural Doctrine, which is being released for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita, has had its release date bumped back to give it...
News Sony Attempts to Lure The Female Market with a Light Pink PS Vita
Here come the girls
While a splurge of new PlayStation Vita titles were announced at the pre-Tokyo Game Show conference, it's clear Sony has at least one of its eyes set on luring the female demographic to make the upgrade from the now defunct PSP. To help with this feat, it's announced the upcoming release of a special light pink and white Vita —...
News Control The Tides of Battle With Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War & Nightmare on PS4
You and what army
We've heard fans voice their complaints on the forums that there aren't enough real time strategy games on the PlayStation 4, and it seems Koei Tecmo was thinking the same thing with the announcement of Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War and Nightmare. Coming before the end of 2014 in Japan, it's the sequel to the franchise that...
News Piano Masterpiece Deemo Is Set to Perform on PS Vita
We are Deemo
There's a soft spot in our heart for rhythm games, and we're sure that Deemo, announced for the PS Vita, will be no exception. Originally released on iOS, you play along to piano music, matching the keys on the screen as if replicating playing the real thing. Playing as the silent protagonist Deemo, he ends up becoming friends with a...
News Get Your Hands Dirty With Yakuza Zero's PS4 Gameplay Trailer
Blast from the past
Sega was ready to tease us with more than just pictures of Yakuza Zero during Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference earlier today. Coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 during Spring 2015 in Japan, the title's set prior to the events of the first game. Staring a fresh faced Kazuma Kiryu who's working his way up the crime...
News The Zombie Invasion Continues With Resident Evil Revelations 2 on the PS4
The E3 afterparty turns sour
While there may not have been a Resident Evil 7 announcement at the pre-Tokyo Game Show conference, it didn't mean that we weren't getting some new horrific Biohazard action to join the HD remake of the original. Resident Evil Revelations 2 will be launching on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStati
Review Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 (PlayStation Vita)
Queen of Lastation
Irrespective of allegiance, we’ve all witnessed the console wars. From the days when Nintendo and SEGA contested store shelves, all the way to the triple pronged struggle of the current generation, it’s something that, as gamers, we’re all familiar with. This eternal war is at the heart of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1...
Store Update 13th August 2014 (Europe)
Beware the Unknown
While we are busy typing like a bunch of monkeys for Gamescom, you can already get your hands on one of the event's announcements. Ready to scare you silly is the PlayStation 4 demo of P.T., a horror title that Sony (and a certain Hideo Kojima) wants you to experience yourselves rather than ruin the surprise. You can also hit the...
Store Update 12th August 2014 (North America)
Sit back, relax, and play
New titles are being announced thick and fast this week at Gamescom, but that doesn't mean that the games of the future should overshadow the games of now. We have a fantastic offering on the North American PlayStation Store this week, including the colourful Hohokum and Surgeon Simulator: Anniversary Edition. Let's make an...
Gamescom 2014 Pix the Cat Brings Crazy Arcade Action to PS4 and Vita
Catception
If you remember spending all of your time on your mobile phone playing Snake before the days of the App Store and smartphones, you're going to love Pastagames' upcoming Pix the Cat. Coming to the PlayStation 4 and Vita this year, you play as a blue cat named Pix, as he runs around maps, collecting chicks that follow him to rack up the...
Gamescom 2014 Hellblade Is Ninja Theory's First AAA Indie for PS4
Adapt or die
When the trailer for Hellblade started during Sony's Gamescom 2014 press conference, it was hard to shrug the resemblance to the PlayStation 3 title Heavenly Sword. That's for good reason, too, as it's being created by Ninja Theory, the same studio behind Enslaved and DmC: Devil May
Gamescom 2014 Have Your Own Great Escape in The Escapists
You didn't see anything
You can commit plenty of crimes in games these days, but you can get away with them scot-free just by hacking a few traffic lights or getting a paint job on your car. In The Escapists, developed by Mouldy Toof Studios and published by Team 17, you find yourself locked in a high security prison, seeking a way to escape...
Weirdness You Can Pop by Clementine's House in The Last of Us Remastered
Who could live in a house like this?
We all know that Easter eggs aren't just designed to make us feel sick, but also to keep us entertained all year round by popping up in video games when we least expect them. It seems that developer Naughty Dog did more than just brush up on the graphics in The Last of Us Remastered, too, as one Twitter user has...
Gamescom 2014 PS4's Life Is Strange Breathes New Life into the Episodic Space
"I smell a mystery and some gunpowder"
While we may be seeing a wide variety of episodic story driven titles on PlayStation at the moment – from the critically acclaimed The Walking Dead to the upcoming Tales from the Borderlands – all of them are developed by Telltale Games. A new dog has stepped into the yard, however, with the announcement of...
News Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed Bares All on PS4 in Europe Next Year
Leaving us hanging
It's safe to say that Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed has caught our attention with its reckless stripping and bizarre plot involving sun shy vampires. While coming to the PlayStation 3 and Vita this August in North America and October in Europe, those of you in the US will need to wait until later this year to sample this...
