Review OutRun Online Arcade (PlayStation 3)
OutRun Online Arcade is a port of the classic OutRun 2 SP arcade board, a SEGA AM2 game which featured in part in the home console releases of OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
News New Tekken 6 Character Artwork, Zafina Looks Like Kirsty Gallacher
The most important news to come out about Tekken 6 thus far: new character Zafina looks exactly the same as TV-host Kirsty Gallacher
Review FIFA 09: Ultimate Team (PlayStation 3)
Ultimate Team is an extension to the excellent Fifa 09, allowing players to earn coins, buy trading cards and complete a sticker album
Review The Godfather II (PlayStation 3)
Obviously taking license from the incredibly successful 1974 movie, The Godfather II is the follow-up video game to 2006's mixed success sandbox adventure
Rumour New PSP Out By Christmas, Two Thumb-Sticks, Sliding Touch-Screen & More
Our fellow compatriots over at PocketGamer have a major scoop this morning
News - April, 2009
Thursday30th Apr 2009
News New Tekken 6 Trailer Has Good Music
The last Tekken 6 trailer was a bit boring because it didn't have Namco's typical glitch-rock running in the background
The new one? Check. If we had to critique the "choon", we'd moan it's a bit noisey. But hey. It glitches all over the place. "Win".
News Katamari Forver Runs In 1080p, Looks Absolutely Beautiful
Katamari Forever may just end up being one of the best looking video games we've ever seen
Set to land in the fall, the game features all the old levels from the Playstation 2 game, aswell as new ones to boot. There's also sixaxis control, allowing you to flick the controller upwards to jump (you can still press the shoulder buttons if you prefer)...
News Playstation 3 Will Dominate In 3-5 Years
Believe it
David Reeves is going to be leaving Sony soon, but before he goes, he'd like to make some predictions if that's gravy with you guys: "I don't think it will be next year, but in three to five years it will become dominant on the market," Reeves told industry site GamesIndustry. "The legacy will be that people will see a tortoise and hare...
News UK: FREE WOOLLY SACKBOYS!
Being the devious devils we are, we applied for our free Sackboy (that's err, LittleBigPlanet's cutesy character if you didn't know) before writing this article
Given the 5000 limit, we were worried that information conveyed through our own website would mean we missed out on a woolly critter. So hah, screw you if we got the 5000th because we don't...
News Killzone 2 Has Over One Million Players
Well, there you have it; 2 months after hitting store shelves, Guerilla's Killzone 2 has had over one million accounts log-in and play the online portion of the game
It's worth noting that this only logs individual accounts, but it's still a pretty good number for Guerilla regardless. We'll be looking to jump back into Killzone 2 as soon as the new...
Wednesday29th Apr 2009
News Monster Hunter Freedom Unite PSP Bundle Coming To Europe
Monster Hunter has never quite taken off in the West like it has in Japan
It's literally a cultural phenomenon in Japan. Seriously. Ask the average Western street-dweller about Capcom's Monster Hunter mind, and you might not like the response. It's an attitude Sony hope to change. Speaking with Captivate audiences, almost-ex-SCEE boss David Reeves...
News Stuff Magazine Names Playstation 3 One Of The Top 10 Gadgets Of The Past Decade
British gizmo publication Stuff have published their anniversary issue, honouring the greatest gadgets from the past 10 years
Included as some of the most monumental pieces of kit from the past 10 years are Apple's iPod and the Blackberry. As for third place - well that accolade goes to the Playstation 3, thanks to its range of exclusive content,...
News Fate/Unlimited Codes Coming To PSP As Digital Download
Starting out as an adult visual novel, the Fate series has branched out into other mediums
One such medium is the PSP, on which the upcoming Fate/Unlimited Codes will see a digital-download only release. The game will be available this winter for $29.99 from the Playstation Store.
News Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny Also Coming To The PSP
If the Tekken announcement wasn't enough, you may be interested in some portable Soul Calibur goodness too
Well thankfully, everyones favourite weapons based brawler is getting the PSP treatment this summer. Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny features all the trappings you'd expect from a home-console Soul Calibur (minus silly Star Wars characters)...
News Dead Rising 2 Has Multiplayer
It's been a bit on and off for a while, but it was finally revealed at Capcom's Captivate 09 media conference that upcoming Dead Rising 2 will indeed have multiplayer, although details are scarce
Interestingly though, Capcom's Inafune did explain why the game has multiplayer:"We're at a point in game history that you need to have some form of...
News Pixeljunk Monsters Deluxe Coming To The PSP This Fall
We can predict the simultaneous eruption of cheers as Pixeljunk fans all around the world read this news: Pixeljunk Monsters Deluxe is coming to the PSP with new content
1-2-3... ... Hurrah! The game will include all the content from Pixeljunk Monsters/Encore, but will also add a new island with ten new stages, new enemies and new music tracks. Two...
News Evil inFamous Screen - Amazing!
There's not much more we can say about inFamous until our review shortly before the game releases next month
So check out this amazing new screenshot Sony have released. Graphically the game seems to have come on leaps and bounds in the last few months.
News First Pixeljunk 1-4 Trailer, Give The Game A Name
We'd just like to begin this article by instructing you to check out the amazing Pixeljunk 1-4 trailer above
It's pretty obvious from the trailer that the game is about using water in order to douse flames and lava. All set to amazing music. The game appears to be a cross between retro arcade shooting, Pixeljunk Eden and puzzle games. Which is...
News Even More PSP Rumours Suggest System To Be Titled "PSP Go!"
Still no confirmation, this time more speculation, this time from 1up
com</a>. According to the sites much fabled "sources", the new hardware revision will be titled the "PSP Go!" and will lose the UMD slot in place of a fancy slide-screen. The system will come in two variants: one with 8GB of internal memory, and one with...
News First MAG Gameplay Trailer Focuses On Scale
Here's the first gameplay trailer for Zipper Interactive's upcoming 256-player shooter MAG
It shows tank driving, massive battles and a lot of variety. If handled correctly, this could, alongside Killzone 2, make the prominent home console for shooters; stealing the crown right from under Microsoft's nose.
News Tekken 6 Is Coming To The PSP
Well here's a turn-up for the books
It seems like the PSP really is making a comeback this year. We've already had the announcements of a ton of games (Motorstorm: Arctic Edge, LittleBigPlanet, etc.) but this is first we've heard of Tekken 6. Alas, according to IGN it's official. Set to launch alongside its PS3 counterpart, the game will feature a...
Tuesday28th Apr 2009
News Sucker Punch Boss Chris Zimmerman Talks inFamous, XBOX & Sony
Zimmerview
To be perfectly honest, it took us a little longer to get excited for inFamous than other Sony franchises. Whilst we were basically making out with the HD reveal of Heavy Rain, inFamous has took a little longer to catch our attention - something we discussed in a previous PushSquare column. However, those days are gone; we're currently...
News Mavel vs. Capcom 2 Confirmed For Playstation Network, Demo Lands April 30th
As we suspected, Marvel vs
Capcom 2</a> has just been announced for Playstation Network. The game will sell for $15 (roughly £11.99 we assume) and will introduce a new visual filter and online play. The game is being developed by Foundation 9 and has been built from the Dremcast code. A demo has been confirmed for the American Playstation...
News What Effect Does Marvel vs. Capcom 2's New Graphic Filter Have?
Marvel vs
Capcom 2</a> has been announced. It's also been announced that will include a graphics filter. But what difference does that make? Well, the above screen, courtesy of Kotaku, suggests to us that the "Crisp" filtering will be best, but basically, with three choices on offer you're bound to find something you like. Did we...
News Noby Noby Boy iPhone Is "Bait" For PS3 Updates
Keita Takahashi, creator of Noby Noby Boy, had some interesting things to say with Eurogamer today
The paragraphs that stuck out as "repostable news" are reposted as news below. Speaking of the upcoming iPhone version of Noby Noby Boy, Takahashi says:"We used too much time and money to develop Noby Noby Boy, and there won't be any...
News Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Trailer Manages To Get Us Even More Excited
Here's the trailer for the upcoming Marvel vs
Capcom 2</a> on Playstation 3. The first thing to say is: the particular remix used in the video is terrible. Aside from that though, we think it's impossible that we could be any more excited. Who do you guys play as? Gambit, Ken and Jill Valentine here. Word.
News Microsoft Beat Their Chest, Sony & Nintendo Remain Reserved Over E3
Microsoft are promising an E3 presence that will, "completely transform how people think about home entertainment"
Apparently. As a means of stepping up public anticipation, VG247 have posted an article of corporate chest beating, with Microsoft's Don Mattrick crossing the line of hyperbole. Then again, they did tell us that the terribly buzz-worded...
News Dead Rising 2 Trailer Is Suitably Hilarious
Here's the latest trailer for Capcom's upcoming zombie slasher, Dead Rising 2
Not content with being absolutely bloody hilarious, it also sports retro piano jazz right next to chugging heavy rock. We hate heavy rock (you know that!) but it sure makes protagonist Chuck Greene look like a badass.
News SCEE Boss Reckons He Hasn't Heard Of Crackdown Developers
David Reeves is retiring from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe after many, many years
He's practically the figurehead of what has made the Playstation such a success in Europe. He's pretty important etc. Rumours were that when he announced his retirement he would be going to work for Realtime Worlds, developers of the XBOX 360 exclusive title...
News New Bionic Commando Trailer Reveals Moveset - Zip-Kicking!
As Bionic Commando gets a little closer, we think we can feel a slightly trembling inside our bodies
This is, of course, the effects of anticipation. Readers, the protagonist has a bionic arm(!) - need we say more? This new trailer reveals many of the new moves that will be available to Nathan "Rad" Spencer - including Zip-Kicks. Why do...
Monday27th Apr 2009
Review The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena (PlayStation 3)
The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena is actually a package consisting of two games; the fresh Riddick chapter Assault On Dark Athena and the earlier XBOX-cult exclusive Escape From Butcher Bay
As it stands, that makes The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena a rather beefy package, including two complete 9-hour games and a...
News Bethesda To Publish Gun/Sword Action Title Wet
Upcoming multi-weapon action title Wet was thought to be lost as a part of the Vivendi uber-cull
Thankfully Bethesda were around to pick up the project which will hit the PS3 and 360 this Fall. The game also features the lush vocal tones of Miss. Eliza Dushku as protagonist Rubi Malone.
First Impressions Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Multiplayer & Co-Op; Everything We Know
Probably the best kept secret in video games (read with a hint of sarcasm - Ed) is that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has multiplayer
The upcoming follow-up to the 2007 smash, is readily preparing an open-beta for its multiplayer, to be included with copies of Sucker Punch's inFamous. While little was known about the type of multiplayer Naughty Dog...
News Buy A Playstation 3, Get A Bible... Only In Poland!
We often get the urge to read passages from Psalms while we are playing Killzone 2 and Resistance
Being the forward thinking nation that Poland is, they've decided to solve our problem by bundling new Playstation 3's with a copy of the holy Bible. Good one Poland, your actions are restoring faith in the Playstation 3 (groan - Ed).
News First Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Screen/Shot Of Chloe's Bottom
Here's the first (LEAKED
) screenshot of Uncharted 2's multiplayer mode. As you can see, it's not giving away much at all but - we'll have more later this afternoon. Enjoy.
When we play World War II games we often think: "hey this is a bit weird, glamorising a war that many people died in"
It's hardly man-kinds finest hour is it? While shooters are indefinitely fun, we can't help but feel mimicking real-life scenarios with recharging health bars and respawn points is a bit... Dumb. Alas, Konami's recently announced Six...
News inFamous Hits The UK On May 29th
We feel like we've been waiting for an inFamous release date in our homeland forever
But it's finally here, amidst much celebration in the PushSquare office. May 29th is the day we'll finally get our hands on the infamous (see what we did there?) release from Sucker Punch. Expect much more on the game over the coming month.
News Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Multiplayer Trailer
So we've told you all about it; now we're guessing you want to see it in action right
We're of course talking about Uncharted 2's multiplayer features. Check out the trailer above.
Sunday26th Apr 2009
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has been labelled Most Valuable Person during the 2008 Famitsu Awards in Tokyo today
According to a snippet from Developmag, the award honours "the person who has contributed to the growth of the games industry, not limited to developers". In other words Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots was...
News GiantBomb.com Go Hands-On With Fat Princess
If you didn't know already, GiantBomb
com</a> is our second favourite video games website (PushSquare being first of course - Ed). Being somewhat industry leaders, those lucky scamps have got access to Sony's upcoming PSN release Fat Princess. Read - we should have something on the game soon. Until then, take a look at 20-minutes of the game...
Saturday25th Apr 2009
News inFamous Comes With Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Multiplayer Beta
So that was the "electrifying" announcement - as leaked by American retailer Best Buy
Point one: inFamous comes with an Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta; Point two: Uncharted 2 has multiplayer. We're not sure how we feel about one of our favourite single player experiences of this generation buying into the multiplayer train; but there's no doubt with a...
Friday24th Apr 2009
News Bayonetta's Modeler Likes "Perfect Backsides", It's Just The Way He Rolls
Here is the bum of the protagonist from upcoming Platinum Games release Bayonetta
It looks rather perfect doesn't it? That's because it's been lovingly crafted by the game's modeler Kenichiro Yoshimura. In order to get it perfect Yoshimura consulted with pictures of foreign models. "I really wanted to get Bayonetta's backside perfect,"...
News Exclusive Joker DLC Only On Playstation 3 Version Of Batman: Arkham Asylum
There's a lot of buzz for Batman: Arkham Asylum right now and it's unsurprising
The game is shaping up really great, it's something we're certainly keeping a very close eye on. Speaking of close eyes, switched-on Playstation Home users have spotted a precarious ad in the service touting "Exclusive Joker Challenge Maps only on Playstation...
News Amazing Virtua Tennis Mini-Games Involve Feeding Pandas & Fighting Pirates
Virtua Tennis has always been about its mini-games and arcade gameplay
And it's lovely that SEGA have not forget about that. Virtua Tennis 2009 has a collection of old and new mini-games, some of the new ones involve fighting pirates and feeding pandas. You can see them all in the embedded video above. If you're also interested in which mini-games...
News Fan Support Could Bring Back Cancelled Makai Wars
Some of you may remember an ambitious strategy/puzzle game that was planned for the PSP and moved to development on the Playstation 3
Then it was resurrected for both. Then... No more. The game has been put on hold indefinitely... unless fans want it enough. One of our readers has been in correspondence with NIS and they've told him that while there...
News First Dante's Inferno PSP Screenshots Are Impressive
Here are your first screenshots of Dante's Inferno on the PSP, courtesy of Eurogamer
pt</a>. They're looking massively impressive, even at this early stage. We can't wait to approach the final results. The game is aiming to be as faithful to the console iterations as possible.
First Impressions Red Faction: Guerilla on Playstation 3
The thing that was instantly apparent to us upon running Red Faction: Guerilla was a sense of arcade action
The game clocks killing sprees, rewards the destruction of entire buildings and has a very fast, ebbing pace to it. Which makes it really fun. That's not to say it's without it's draws though. While the action seems fast and fluid, the...
News Prototype Delays Helped The Developers To Realise Their Vision
Prototype is a crazy kind of free-roaming sandbox brawler in which you elbow-drop tanks and throw cars at helicopters
Nothing in this game is understated, and it's with the help of a delay that its developers Radical Games were able to realise that accolade:"The original vision for the game was huge, perhaps a little too huge, so the extra time...
We speculated yesterday that the Playstation 3 had taken a massive sales boost thanks in part to the release of Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete
Those preliminary figures were actually beaten, with the Playstation 3 managing to shift a whopping 62,527 systems last week. In second place? The PSP with 40,065. Nintendo were down once again, with...
News Ghostbusters Intro Is Two Parts Amazing, One Part Intentionally Terrible
Stop what you are doing
There is something everyone must do right at this moment. And that's to watch the opening cinematic of the upcoming Ghostbusters game. We're actually not sure if anything could be more amazing.
News Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots Goes Platinum In Japan
A quick heads up for our Japanese readers, if you haven't played MGS4: GOTP yet, you can now get the priveledge for much cheaper
¥3,990 to be precise. What's stopping you Japanese gamers. Pick up this fine piece of game now.
Thursday23rd Apr 2009
News There May Well Be A New Transformers Game That's Not Based On The Terrible Movies
We're going to say it now because we want to be absolutely clear about such matters
We really, really, really hate the Michael Bay Transformers movie. At first we were sceptical, then we were sucked in by the hype, now we hate it. We're original Transformers fans - we like our robots with personality and our human characters kept to a minimum. We...
News F1 2009 Coming To PSP, 2010 Coming To PS3 Next Year
Are you into F1 and Jenson Button and that kind of stuff? We actually have quite a few buddies (yes, we have friends - Ed) who actually are, so news of F1 2009 coming to PSP this year will be a thrill to them
Announced today by Codemasters, "F1 2009 will use all of this year's cars, teams and tracks - including the Singapore night race, the...
News Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete Movie Release Gives Playstation 3 A Sales Bump
Fantasy
For now we're chalking this down as speculation but until we get the actual figures we suppose it's best reporting on the preliminary: the release of Advent Children Complete looks like it has pushed Playstation 3 sales figures in the region to somewhere near 57,000. The week prior to the blu-ray's release saw Playstation 3 figures at...
News Sony Europe Accidentally Dates Uncharted 2: Among Thieves For September
Can't wait to get your hands on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves? Bloody nora, of course you can't, it's arguably the biggest release on Sony's calendar this year
While many of us are expecting it around Christmas time, a leak on Sony Portugal's website may add credence to September. The website has of course removed the information, but a September...
News Playstation.com Hints At An "Electrifying Announcement" On 27th April
There's an electrifying announcement coming on April 27th according to Playstation
com</a>. Upon opening the site visitors are greeted by the words "An Electrifying Announcement Will Be Revealed 4-27-09". The words are padded out by images of both inFamous and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, so we're safely assuming the announcement has...
News PixelJunk 1-4 Sells By The Truck Load... In A Fictional Facebook Reveal
PixelJunk 1-4 is on its way
We don't what it's about. We don't know what the aim of the game is. We just know it's coming. And that's because the viral marketing has started — via none other than the worlds current second-favourite Internet dossing point, Facebook. On the Facebook page, a tiny screenshots have been revealed. It looks a lot like...
News EA Sports Complex Rolls Out Onto Playstation Home
EA are supporting Playstation Home bigstyle
There's already the Godfather II home area with a rather excellent game of Texas Hold 'Em, and released today is the first part of the EA Sports Complex. Which includes a racing game. It'll also act as a massive hub for EA Sports fans including trailers of upcoming releases. Nice one EA. Home is continuing...
News Who Wants A New Zone Of The Enders Then?
The last Zone Of The Enders game came six years ago and has developed quite a cult following ever since
Always living in the shadow of Hideo Kojima's "other" franchise, Metal Gear Solid, Kojima wants to know if fans are ready for more Z.O.E. While nothing is guaranteed yet, fan reaction has been through the roof for a new Z.O.E., something...
Oooooh burned
Sometimes we're not a big fan of Sony's smack-talking. It occassionally comes off as desperation. But not this time; this quote is pure gold. It's both clever and entirely exaggerated. As all corporate crying should be. Hailing from an interview with Gamasutra, Peter Dille concluded:Yeah, I don't want to steal Jack 's quote, but he's...
News New (Extremely Awesome) Bioshock 2 Screenshots
Kotaku just posted a set of new screenshots for Bioshock 2 which remind us that the game is pretty much looking exactly the same as its little sister
.. do y'see what we did tharr? Would you kindly check them out.
Wednesday22nd Apr 2009
News European Lifetime System Sales Figures, 24.9 Million PS2, 8.0 Million PSP & 4.5 Million PS3
European video game retailer GAME have published a report specifying the exact lifetime sales data of video game systems across Europe
Be aware, that GAME only retails in the UK, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the Czech Republic, and Australia, so figures from Germany and Italy are excluded. The total sales put the PS3 just a million behind...
News Dante's Inferno Coming To The PSP Aswell
Well here's a turn up for the books
We know Dante's Inferno was coming to the Playstation 3, but we had no idea it was coming to the PSP aswell. Confirmed by Electronic Arts this morning for release in 2010, EA Redwood Shores are working with A2M to convert the God Of War-esque brawler to the PSP's small screen. Potential to be amazing: high.
News DoubleSix "Absolutely" Delighted With Burn, Zombie, Burn! & Sony's "Pub-Fund" Scheme
Announced during GDC 2009, Sony's "Pub Fund" was a scheme that independent developers must have come away thinking rather positively about
Essentially, the program matches a PSN game's production costs in royalties, in exchange for PS3 exclusivity. It's something which Burn, Zombie, Burn! devs have touted as "invaluable".James Brooksby,...
Rumour Capcom Are Counting Down To A Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 PSN Announcement
Marvel Vs
Capcom 2</a> has already been rated for the PS3 by the ESRB. Eagle-eyed shoppers have also noticed a Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 tournament stick in the Shopto.net database. In fact, all that's left for Capcom to do really is formally announce the game because we're already certain it's coming. Which is where the website www.tu4ar.com comes...
News PSP Piracy Levels Are Sickening
Once again, the video game pirates continue to ruin things for everyone else
Sony's Peter Dille has been the latest to come out and talk about video game piracy, specifically piracy on the PSP. Speaking with Gamasutra he said developers were "just about ready to jump off the cliff and pull support for the platform" and that "piracy has taken out a...
Tuesday21st Apr 2009
News Stephen Fry Probably Recording Voice Work For LittleBigPlanet PSP Today
Twitter keeps us close to the celebrities that we love
It also gives a lot of things away. Like the fact that Stephen Fry is recording voice work for the "2nd edition of a video game today" — cough LittleBigPlanet PSP. He posted to his Twitter followers:Morning all. In studio today voicing 2nd edition of a video game. Will check when I'm...
News Help Earth Day, Sony Donating Up To $10,000 To Celebrate, Trash Panic Announced
Sony have revealed plans to donate $1 per each unique purchase on the Playstation Store during Earth Day (April 22nd)
The donation will go to Conservation International. This goes hand in hand with the current "Earth Day" section of the Playstation Store; featuring loosely related titles such as Flock! and Burn, Zombie, Burn!. This also...
News LEGO: Rock Band Announced For Playstation 3 This Holiday
Shoot us for having an opinion but we think the music-game genre is the most over-saturated on the market
And furthering that we didn't even like Guitar Hero/Rock Band to begin with. We've absolutely no idea why Harmonix think it's a good idea to put out another music game on top The Beatles: Rock Band, last years Rock Band 2 and all the other...
News New GO!VIEW PSP Bundles Coming To The UK/Ireland
GO
VIEW is SCEE's Video On Demand service for the PSP. The service provides PSP users with plenty of video-based content, to be accessed on demand. It's actually a service that we've yet to try in the PushSquare offices because, well, it's a bit pricey. Sony have decided that it's time everyone gave it a go. After all, if you try it and like it, you...
News Stephen Fry's Involvement In LittleBigPlanet PSP Confirmed
As we speculated earlier, Stephen Fry did indeed record voice over for the upcoming PSP version of LittleBigPlanet today
He just posted out on his Twitter account:I've come to the end of a lush voice-athon and yes, am empowered to confess that it was for a new PSP version of Little Big Planet.</blockquote> Fry in the pocket? Blimey.
News David Jaffe Talks Creative Freedom, Sony Exclusivity & Love
David Jaffe is a legend in our opinion
Certainly he's one of the most opinionated and respected developers out there, and you'll find us toddling off to davidjaffe.biz from time to time in the hope of gleaning some information about his new Playstation project. In his latest video blog (above), Jaffe explains to his hordes of Neogaf critics why he...
News Brutal Legend Release Date: 13th (US) / 16th (Eu) Of Rocktober
EA have just announced that Tim Schafer's upcoming rock video game Brutal Legend will be available this coming October, which from this point forward will be dubbed Rocktober
Get it? Europeans will get the game on the 16th with the US getting it 3 days earlier on the 13th. We're still not convinced; we hate rock/heavy metal.
News Next3D Developing 3D Movies For The PS3
As time goes by, we're hearing a lot more about 3D movies; be it in cinema or the possibility of it coming to video games
In fact, Sony themselves showcased 3D versions of Wipeout HD and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue at this years CES. The technology is being touted to jump into the home cinema sooner than expected, with Next3D developing a downloadable...
News Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete Sells 100,000 Copies In Japan
Here's an idea movie companies: bundle an exclusive, hotly anticipated demo with your blu-ray movies and achieve monumental sales
The idea has been declared fool-proof in Japan where the blu-ray of Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete sold 100,000 copies; with a little help from the Final Fantasy XIII demo it included. The movie easily outsold...
News Killzone 2 Patch Goes Live On April 22nd, Adds Ranks
Have you already reached the top rank in Killzone 2? We actually have, and are hotly anticipating the "hardcore" ranks coming in patch 1
24 which launches on April 22nd. The patch also fixes a number of minor things aswell as making connecting to friends that little bit easier. Of course it also paves the way for the upcoming "Steel &...
News New Tekken 6 Trailer Is Like All The Other Tekken Trailers But With Boring Music
Here's a Tekken 6 trailer
Does it remind you of anything? How about every Tekken trailer there has been over the past 10 years or so? Sadly, this is without the electro-glitch-fest tunes of old. Sad emoticon.
Monday20th Apr 2009
News Fallout: New Vegas Announced On Playstation 3 For 2010
Fallout: New Vegas has just been announced at a Bethesda press conference in our home-land, England
The game will be developed in collaboration with Obsidian and will be coming to the Playstation 3 alongside other platforms."It is not a sequel to Fallout 3," Bethesda's Pete Hines said. "It's simply another Fallout game in that...
News PSP Firmware 5.50 Makes It Just That Little Bit More Like The PS3, Information Board Added
Y'know the Information Board on the PS3? That ticker in the top-right that no-one reads keeps you up to date with all the happenings of World Playstation (they should totally just stream the contents of PushSquare instead - Ed)
Well now you can get it on the PSP as part of Firmware 5.50. There's also some kids safety stuff. Hurrah. "Read all...
We're Not Invited
SCEA's Jeff Rubenstein has confirmed that Sony of America will be holding a pre-E3 media-summit to showcase a select few media outlets. Boo! - Ed) a few of the titles set to appear at this years E3. Did we mention in the headline that Heavy Rain is going to be there. A game we're probably too excited about. Also to be showcased...
News Ex-SCEE Employee Reckons The PSP SDK Is A Bit Rubbish, iPhone SDK Is Better
Just to clarify before you read the rest of this article: SDK means Software Development Kit
It's ok if you didn't know, we Googled it too! Moving on, Sebastien Rubens, a former SCEE employee, has spoken out about the PSP's SDK. Speaking with Edge-Online, he asked Sony to give more support to developers. He claimed that Apple's own iPhone SDK is...
News Koller's Back: "We've Got The Hardcore, Now We Want The Casual"
We love John Koller, we really do
But there's one fatal flaw in the quote that VG247 an unearthed. When he says (and we paraphrase) - "We've got the hardcore, but now we want the casual", he mentions nothing of price. Now, to us, if you want to appeal to a mass-audience, you've got to have a low entry price, right? The PS3 doesn't have...
Sunday19th Apr 2009
Review OutRun Online Arcade (PlayStation 3)
OutRun Online Arcade is a port of the classic OutRun 2 SP arcade board, a SEGA AM2 game which featured in part in the home console releases of OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Based upon Yu Suzuki's original racing classic, OutRun 2 SP introduced slip-streaming and an American theme. OutRun Online Arcade is a perfect port by Sheffield's SUMO Digital,...
Saturday18th Apr 2009
News L.A. Noire To Make Final Push To Release
Gah, remember L
A. Noire</a>? It was announced as a Playstation 3 exclusve many moons ago. Apparently a collaboration between Team Bondi (The Getaway) and Rockstar (uh, GTA), L.A. Noire was touted as a homage to film noire. Last September Team Bondi announced the game was a year away — and now they're staffing up for the final push. This +...
Friday17th Apr 2009
Review FIFA 09: Ultimate Team (PlayStation 3)
Ultimate Team is an extension to the excellent Fifa 09, allowing players to earn coins, buy trading cards and complete a sticker album
Upon loading Ultimate Team you will be given your first pack of cards featuring some amateur players. From here you can build your team and play matches in order to earn coins. Earning coins allows you to buy new...
News Hindu Bigwig Rajan Zed Wants Sony To Pull The Recently Released Playstation 2 Exclusive Hanuman
We posted with some excitement a few weeks back that India had produced their first video game, Hanuman: Boy Warrior
Sadly, the game hasn't gone down too well with the Hindu community. Rajan Zed, an acclaimed Hindu statesman, said that the game put players in control of the Lord Hanuman, while in reality believers put the destiny of themselves in...
News Assassin's Creed PSP Is A Port Of Assassin's Creed II?
According to Ubisoft's official announcement of Assassin's Creed II for this holiday 2009, the game will be making an appearance on the PSP
Apparently a division of Ubisoft's Montreal studios is working on a port of the game for Sony's handheld which will debut at the end of the year. We're a little disappointed the PSP isn't getting its own version...
News Championship Mode Coming To Street Fighter IV For Free
There's a Championship Mode coming to Street Fighter IV which aims to make the game just that stage more tense
Best of all, it's going to be free! We're kindly copying an explanation from Kotaku to save our heads from imploding: Here's how the tournaments work in the Championship Mode: Tourneys are divvied up into five different levels, making it...
News PSP KOs Nintendo's DSi By Just 213 Units In Japan
Sony are doing brilliantly in Japan just now
So brilliantly in fact that the PSP managed to squeeze out Nintendo's handheld the DSi. Even if it was by just 213 units. It's an impressive feat for Sony, who have been having a slightly rougher time in the USA for a while now. To top the cake off though, the Playstation 3 managed another week above...
News March NPD's Are In, Fanboys Fight, Playstation 3 Fares Ok
The American sales data, also known as the NPD's, constantly bring the worst out of everyone
Particularly the XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 fanboys. Boy does it bring the worst out of them! The figures are in a predictable order, with Sony occupying the bottom half of the chart and Nintendo the top: Nintendo Wii - 601k. Nitendo DS - 563k. XBOX 360 -...
News Killzone 2 Sells Over A Million Worldwide
We've already read a ridiculous article this morning about how if Killzone 2 was an XBOX game it would have sold 4 million or something ludicrous
Keep looking in your crystal balls guys. Regardless, there's no doubt Sony's Playstation 3 exclusive Killzone 2 has sold a truck-load. And now that truck-load total has reached way over a million...
This is Harley Quinn's exclusive reveal for upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum
She looks pretty awesome if you ask us. However, even though we've been told these voice actors are from the original Animated Series - we don't like them. Particularly Batman. He sounds dumb. Game's looking brilliant though.
Thursday16th Apr 2009
News New Tekken 6 Character Artwork, Zafina Looks Like Kirsty Gallacher
The most important news to come out about Tekken 6 thus far: new character Zafina looks exactly the same as TV-host Kirsty Gallacher
Fascinating, right? Right, ok, in order to turn this into a worthwhile article, we'll direct you in the way of Kotaku who have 20 pieces of high-res artwork for some of Tekken's new (and returning) characters.
News What's The One God Of War III Preorder Item You'd "Defy Zeus" To Get Hold Of?
Tell us
Remember we told you Sony were polling members of GAP (GamerAdvPanel) for their God Of War III Collector's Edition wishlist? Well, we just got word that Sony are done with that, and now want to know about a single preorder item so awesome "you'd defy Zeus" to get hold of it. Giving away a reward for preorders aswell as a collector's edition...
News Hideo Kojima Likes Western Developers Quite A Lot, Wants To Collaborate
Hideo Kojima sure can't shut up about Western games/developers
We reckon he's spent a bit too much time reaching prestige mode in CoD4. And naturally as someone so obsessed with Western games, Kojima wants to produce one."I'm not sure when this will happen, but yes, I'm very interested," adding, "There are many development companies...
News Final Fantasy Versus XIII Cut-Scene Is Bewilderingly Amazing
Here's a cutscene from Final Fantasy Versus XIII which was shown behind closed doors at last years Tokyo Game Show
While we haven't the foggiest idea what's going on, we know that watching the cut-scene made us feel really upset, so we presume there is some tear-worthy content going on underneath the emo-hairstyles and amazing rendering.
News Gamestop: PS2 Pricedrop Wasn't Worth Doing, $50 PS3 Pricedrop Won't Change Anything
The CEO of American video games retailer Gamestop reckons the recent Playstation 2 pricedrop "really wasn't worth doing"
He also questions whether a $50 Playstation 3 pricedrop would have any effect at all. With the Playstation 3 currently the most expensive console on the market, both the recession and American misconception have left Sony in the...
News SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Heading To The PSP Before The Year's Out
Chalk this up as another PSP announcement; SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 has just been announced
Being developed by Slant Six, the team behind Tactical Strike on the PSP, Fireteam Bravo 3 will provide an online campaign, co-op and leaderboards. The single player campaign takes players on a mission to locate ex-KGB agent Alexander Gozorov, who is believed...
News Bane Looks Frightening, Probably Ok To Be Excited Over Batman Arkham Asylum At This Point
Is it me or does Batman: Arkham Asylum actually look like it's going to be bloody brilliant? This trailer further highlights that as it shows Bane getting particularly angry
It's a surprise we'd rather have encountered for ourselves while playing the game but, shrugs, companies seem to like spoiling their games via trailers these days. We're not too...
News Zen Pinball Coming To The Playstation Network
We're not sure we can think of a trailer in which a pinball game genuinely looked fun
This however is an exception. Zen Studios have announced that their PSN-exclusive pinball-em-up will launch this Spring on the Playstation Network. Zen Pinball will have four tables, mission objectives, online play, worldwide tournaments and probably much more...
News European Playstation Store Updates: 16th April 2009
Playable Content OutRun Online Arcade full game (£7
99)</ul>Add-on Content PixelJunk Eden Encore expansion (£2.39) Midnight Club LA South Central Vehicle Pack (£2.39) 3x Valkyria Chronicles add-on packs (£3.19 each) FEAR 2 Multiplayer Map pack (free) Magic Ball Wicked Witches booster pack (£2.39) LittleBigPlanet Monkey King costume...
Sony is ready for the best PSP year ever
Beats us why it's took this long to arrive but who cares, Sony are readying a ton of Playstation franchise for their little portable beast; we already know about Motorstorm and LittleBigPlanet. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, our current favourite Sony exec John Koller said:"There's a lot of software...
News Motorstorm: Arctic Edge To Have 8-Person Multiplayer Component
Did you think the upcoming PSP installment of the Motorstorm franchise - Arctic Edge - was going to be without multiplayer? Admit it, you did, didn't you? Because we did anyway
Alas, in an interview with PocketGamer, Richard Ogden - the game's director - confirmed both ad-hoc and infrastructure multiplayer components. He also discusses the new...
News Assassin's Creed II Trailer Confirms What We Kinda Already Guessed; Italy, Renaissance, Etc
Ubisoft have just released the above trailer for their upcoming adventure game Assassin's Creed II
As already predicted, the game will be set in Italy, during the 15th century, etc. The protagonist is Ezio Auditore de Firenze and Leonardo da Vinci will presumably make an appearance in some way or another. What we love about the Assassin's Creed...
Wednesday15th Apr 2009
News Japanese Superstar Otaku Reckons It's Time To Get Playstation 3, Fans Flock To The Stores
Shoko Nakagawa is Japan's biggest female geek
She's also a model, a singer, a TV presenter, etc, etc. She's bigtime. Which is important because her website has drawn billions of visits. She's an influence on Japanese gaming culture. So it's interesting to hear her blog about the Playstation 3, and how she's planning on picking one up very shortly...
News David Reeves Retires From Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
SCEE boss David Reeves is to retire from his position after being in the job since 1995
"It has been a wonderful ride with PlayStation," said David Reeves in a SCEE statement. "I have just two things to say on leaving: I want to thank all of those people who have supported SCEE and me personally in the past 14 years; you have been magnificent!...
News The Beatles: Rock Band Bundle Information & Boxart
We're actually rather fond of the boxart for The Beatles: Rock Band, although we kind of wished that the "fab four" were flying on a gigantic corn flake as opposed to walking on dull concrete
Still, you can't have it all eh? The big boxset includes some juicy objects which are going to prove difficult to resist splashing out on. Aswell as a copy of...
News Final Fantasy XIII Dated For "Winter 2009" In Japan
When Dragon Quest IX got delayed, most people expected that would have a knock-on effect with Final Fantasy XIII
Not so, one lucky gamer who got his hands on the Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete blu-ray has already completed the bundled Final Fantasy XIII demo, which concludes in the above "Winter 2009" teaser. Japanese gamers...
News Why Is inFamous So Late To Hit The Hype-Train?
inFamous is the next Playstation 3 exclusive to land slap bang in the middle of what's shaping up to be one of Sony's most impressive years in a long time
With Killzone 2 already sitting pretty amidst Playstation 3 owners shelves, and Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Heavy Rain on the horizon, we can't help but...
Tuesday14th Apr 2009
News inFamous Special Edition Revealed For Australia
EBGames of Australia have revealed a special edition pack for upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive inFamous
The bundle includes special digipack packaging, an exclusive artbook and a promo-voucher for a PSN super-power (which we assume will be DLC in the future). We'll keep you informed of an American/European bundle release.
News Sony Trademarks "Starhawk", Warhawk In Space Game Confirmed
Yes!
Remember when it was just a rumour that Lightbox Interactive (a team made up of former Incognito employees) were making a Warhawk type game in space? Well it's probably not rumour anymore because, well, fine-eyed employees over at Joystiq spotted that Sony had registered a trademark for the name "Starhawk". Now, it doesn't exactly take the...
News Playstation 3 Pushes A Higher Attach Rate For Blockbuster Titles
According to Sony, the Playstation 3 has a higher attach rate to blockbuster titles than the XBOX 360
While the XBOX 360 sold more copies of Street Fighter IV, Prince Of Persia and Grand Theft Auto IV, Sony claim that the attach rate was higher on PS3. In fact, when it came to Street Fighter IV, Sony posted an impressive 5.5% game-to-console ratio,...
Sony's head hardware marketing guy John Koller has recently earned his own tag-page here at PushSquare
And guess what, after an Easter break, the beast is back! Speaking with VG247 Koller said of Microsoft:Microsoft has had a much more lenient policy to writing cheques than we do, he said. We dont feel the need to write cheques necessarily...
News Grand Theft Auto Fares Better On The PSP Than The DS
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the recently released DS game, didn't sell particularly well despite extremely positive reviews
Analyst Jesse Divnich reckons the game only managed to push 200,000 units in its first couple of weeks on sale.The results from Chinatown are an important benchmark for the industry, as it will be the best-performing...
News Killzone 2's "Steel & Titanium" DLC Pack Coming April 30th
We're still none the wiser as to whether Killzone 2's "Steel & Titanium" pack will be free
However, we can tell you that it's coming soon. April 30th is the date that has been confirmed by the Playstation Blog and we simply can't wait to get fragging on "that train level from single player that everyone thought was awesome".
News Sony USA: Patapon 2 To Be A Digital "Test-Case"
We really liked Patapon 2
Apparently it's not out in the USA yet - in fact it's not out for a whole month - but when it does land it's going to be a download only product. Sony plan on making the game download only as a "one time test case"."We're considering a digital only format for the Patapon 2 release as a one time test case as...
News Updates Coming For Magic Ball, Cuboid & Mahjong Tales
What's that you say, updates for Magic Ball? Sold
That's right, Creat Studio's just sent us word of updates coming to their three, highly acclaimed PSN games Magic Ball, Cuboid and Mahjong Tales. Each release will come with its very own downloadable pack adding the following extras: Magic Ball ($2.99) - "Wicked Witches" level pack...
News inFamous Coming Much Earlier Than Expected
In a move that we're sure has absolutely nothing to do with Prototype's June release date; Sony have moved inFamous' US release date to May 26th
Expect news of a European release to be announced soon. Sony have also confirmed that a demo for Sucker Punch's moody electrical-roamer will be available on the PSN from May 21st, with American preorders at...
News Virtua Tennis 2009 To Be Better Than The Real Thing Probably
We think it's fairly obvious what SEGA are trying to get across in their new "Real Life vs
Gameplay" trailer for Virtua Tennis 2009: you can either get hot and sweaty rushing around a real tennis court or you can be lazy and play the video game. We'll be opting for the latter thanks SEGA, unless you arrange a one on one singles session opposite...
News Bayonetta Coming Fall 2009
Ready to suplex dragons in high-heels? Hell, yeah
Platinum Games have just confirmed that their flagship Devil May Cry-esque brawler Bayonetta will be shipping this Fall. We'll be holding on tightly for an exact release date. Hopefully it won't get lost in the mound of Christmas sequels (Call Of Duty, Need For Speed, etc).
Hey Japanese readers
Sony want you to know that there are tons and tons of awesome stuff on the Playstation Store. So much so, that if you were to put it all in a shopping bag, the bag would literally break and vomit out dozens upon dozens of games until you drowned in them. Fantastic marketing Sony — take note Western Sony sales people.
Monday13th Apr 2009
News Final Fantasy Advent Children Complete Prepares Blu-Ray Release, Expect Sales Surge
Final Fantasy means money in Japan
In fact, we're surprised Japan don't replace the Yen with copies of various Final Fantasy games. Alas, this weekend in Tokyo Square Enix held private screenings for the upcoming Final Fantasy Advent Children Complete movie. It's probably the only blu-ray release that will get its own bundled, special-edition...
News New Killzone 2 Map Pack Will Be Free?
Call this rumour for now but a Dutch news source is claiming that the upcoming map-pack for Guerilla's smash PS3 exclusive Killzone 2 will be free
The rough translation reveals:"The packet is from April 30 in the PlayStation Store and is offered free to download, as Sony Computer Entertainment announced Friday."</blockquote> Treat...
News Fat Princess Available June 18th?
We're all excited for Fat Princess right? Good
.. because it might be on its way soon. The multiplayer title from Titan Games has appeared on a New Zealand Playstation release schedule, followed by the date June 18th. Hopefully, this is a hint that the game will be landing in worldwide pretty soon. We certainly hope so because we're not sure we can...
News SEGA Considering A Sequel To Cult-Smash Valkyria Chronicles
Hey SEGA, how are you doing? Here's a hint -- if you do make a sequel to the cult smash Valkyria Chronicles, perhaps give it a teeny bit of promotion and actually make it available in stores
It's been months later and we still haven't seen a copy in our favourite game stores. Regardless of our issues with the original games marketing — we know...
Friday10th Apr 2009
News Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime: "It's Hard To Say Something Nice About The PS3"
Reggie Fils-Aime suggested "it's hard to say something nice about the PS3" when prompted by Geoff Keighley on GameTrailers TV
The president of Nintendo was asked what Nintendo are worried about in the competition. Reggie quickly cited XBOX Live as a platform that worried him, but failed to come up with a reason as to why Nintendo are worried about...
News Assassin's Creed 2 Protagonist Is Super Stylish
Here's your Assassin's Creed 2 protagonist, according to a leak onto the Ubisoft forums which has since been "dealt" with
Of course, the picture ended up on someones hard-drive and now you're seeing it on PushSquare. According to Screwattack, the particular character pictured is Ezio Auditore de Firenze, a nobleman from Florence in the year 1476...
News Final Fantasy VII On Playstation 3 & PSP, Available In Japan Now
The cult-classic Final Fantasy VII is now available for download from the Japanese Playstation Store
Coming mere weeks before the blu-ray release of Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete (and the Final Fantasy XIII demo that comes with that), the PSone re-release will costs just 1500 yen (£10/$15) and weighs in at 1.7GB. No word on a western...
News Killzone 2 DLC Map Pack To Be Available By "The End Of April", Retro Map Pack Teased
Upcoming Killzone 2 DLC has been unveiled exclusively on GameTrailers TV
A new map pack titled "Steel & Titanium" will be available by the end of April and includes two new maps: the ISA tech cruiser provides for a very vertical map whereas the train-level makes a reappearance in the form of, what looks to be, one of the best...
News New Bayonetta Trailer Is Totally Nuts
We've watched the new trailer for Platinum Games' Bayonetta several times now and we still can't seem to glean any information from it
We think the reason for that is two-fold: a) it's nuts and; b) it's nuts. Honestly, the trailer starts to give you some plot background but it all sounded like nonsense to us. Which is exactly what we'd hoped for in...
News First Bioshock 2 Gameplay Footage Reminds Us Why We Loved Rapture
Another exclusive from last night's GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley
This time Bioshock 2, which interestingly didn't have the "Sea Of Dreams" subtitle of the original trailer. The game looks extremely similar to the original Bioshock, right down to the HUD and narrative. However, the footage that is teased is a good reminder of why the...
Thursday9th Apr 2009
Review Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists Of Plastic (PlayStation 3)
Originally developed for the PC by Mark Healey, the co-founder of Media Molecule, Rag Doll Kung Fu is a parody of classic kung fu movies
The game is a simple arena based beat 'em up, akin to Nintendo's Super Smash Bros., where up to four players select an action-figure protagonist and battle it out on a purposely cliche stage. Rag Doll Kung Fu has a...
Review Wanted: Weapons Of Fate (PlayStation 3)
Set shortly after the ending of the movie, you take control of Wesley Gibson, a smug-faced assassin with the ability to curve bullets
With the death of his mother burning in his veins, you'll embark on a one-man crusade for revenge, with the narrative flitting between the past and present. Wanted: Weapons Of Fate consists of a 6-hour single campaign...
News Japanese XBOX 360 Owner Snaps Tales Of Vesperia Disc, Burns Playstation 3 Magazine Announcement
Fan reaction to the recently announced Playstation 3 port of Tales Of Vesperia has been mixed
PS3 owners are on the whole pretty pleased, whereas XBOX 360 owners are less so. Particularly in Japan, where a lot of gamers bought their XBOX 360 systems purely for the formerly-exclusive game. One Japanese fan was in fact so furious to hear of the...
News Outrun Online Arcade Drifts Onto The PSN April 16th, ?7.99
We had a minor party when we heard the Outrun Online Arcade announcement
Outrun is one of our favourite racing games ever. To be honest, the announcement back then led us to believe we'd be playing the game in January — evidently there's been some kind of holdup. But that doesn't matter anymore, because SEGA confirmed the game will be available...
News Only 1000 Active BOYS In Noby Noby Boy, Mars 5 Years Away
The chance of any of us actually seeing Mars in Noby Noby Boy is somewhat slim
New data, compiled and presented from the official Noby Noby Boy website concludes that there are only 1000 active players at the moment. At this rate, it's going to take those 1000 people a total of 2000 days (roughly 5 years) to reach the moon. 820 years are predicted...
News Rag Doll Kung Fu, Patapon & Norse Mythology Coming To LittleBigPlanet
The Playstation Blog just gave some insight on what we can expect from LittleBigPlanet this month
Among the costume updates is a new free "Creator Pack" which allows some new functionality for level designers including an infinite lives checkpoint and tetherless jet pack. To be included over the next couple of months: Ragdoll Kung Fu:...
News There Are More Merry Things Coming To Playstation Home
We have to admit, Playstation Home is beginning to motor now
After an initial "there's nothing to do", it's looking more and more likely that there's something for everyone to do, even if you only spend 5 minutes or so doing it. On its way to the service today (April 9th) is another new space. This time a The Godfather II themed area. And...
News Playstation 3-Facebook Integration "Coming Soon"
Speaking at the MI6 Marketing Summit, SCEA's head of hardware marketing John Koller commented on the feasibility of future Facebook-Playstation 3 integration
When asked by a panel moderator if there would ever be a point where someone could be playing and have content "spat out" to Facebook, Koller confirmed plans are already going...
Wednesday8th Apr 2009
Review The Godfather II (PlayStation 3)
Obviously taking license from the incredibly successful 1974 movie, The Godfather II is the follow-up video game to 2006's mixed success sandbox adventure
Deviating sacrilegiously (but necessarily) from some areas of the original movie's plot, you play as Dominic, a soldier under the previous game's protagonist Aldo Trapani. After a brief encounter...
News MAG To Be Called MAG: Shadow War?
Just a follow up to the earlier article about MAG's website launch
It seems people are able to access the same website from an alternative URL, www.magshadowwar.com. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to assume there might be a slight extension to the game's title.
News Official MAG Website Launches, It's On Its Way
Remember MAG? Oh heck yes, of course you do
After not posting about it for a year, suddenly, we have two articles in a week. And now there's an official website. There's not much on there, apart from some hotspots which reveal some "battlefield" like sound effects when you hover them. And then things flash on the screen and stuff. MAG is...
News Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? Coming To PSN "Soon"
The Playstation Blog have just revealed that Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman
What Did I Do To Deserve This?</a> is on its way to the Playstation Store. The game is a mix of Dig Dug and Dungeon Keeper. You must protect the villain, Badman, from coming into contact with the good-guys who naturally want him dead. In order to do this you dig, and...
News Valkyria Chronicles DLC Available From April 16th
Remember that awesome RPG that came out on the PS3 called Valkyria Chronicles? No? Oh right, that's because the game got absolutely zero marketing and store presence
Well anyway, you might have heard it's become quite the cult favourite. And guess what fans, DLC is on the way. In a few weeks to be exact. There will be three packs available, each...
News Rock Band Unplugged Detailed, Priced, Bundled, Trailered & Dated
Rock Band Unplugged is coming to the PSP
As you can see from the above trailer, it certainly looks like Rock Band. It plays a bit more like Amplitude, mind. The game will be released in Europe and America on June 9th. No word on a European price yet, but it will cost $39.99 in the USA. Alongside the games launch will be a limited edition PSP...
Tuesday7th Apr 2009
Rumour New PSP Out By Christmas, Two Thumb-Sticks, Sliding Touch-Screen & More
Our fellow compatriots over at PocketGamer have a major scoop this morning
They claim there's a new PSP on the way. After speaking to an unnamed developer, PocketGamer conclude that the new PSP will go into competition with the iPhone, boasting a large touch screen at face value. They hint however, at the new PSPs advantages for gaming, namely that...
News John Koller: Sony's First Party Dev Pool Is As Big As Nintendo & Microsoft's Combined
Our favourite Sony marketing motor mouth (who now warrants his own tag) John Koller wants you to know: "hey, our first party development team is as big as Nintendo and Microsoft's combined"
While we haven't done the math to confirm his claim, we're assuming he's not far off. Sony do seem to have teams all over the place, and that investment is...
News Ranks & Friend Invites Coming To Wipeout HD
A new ranking system will be implemented into popular PSN racer Wipeout HD tomorrow
The ranking system will allow players to earn badges in online multiplayer games and subsequently bolster their rank. The update will come in the form of a free patch downloadable from the PSN. The patch also includes friend invite support and a spectator mode if you...
News GameTrailers Tout First Bioshock 2 Footage & "Major" Killzone 2 Announcement
That Geoff Keighley
If he wasn't one of our favourite journalists, we'd be quite jealous of the GTTV host. Not only does he get to premier Bioshock 2 this week, but he also gets to reveal a "major" Killzone 2 announcement. The episode airs at a ridiculous time on Thursday, but if you're in the UK like us, you're best just watching...
Monday6th Apr 2009
Korean pop group The Wonder Girls love their Playstation 3
So much they put it in their music video. But with the music industry being what it is, the big salary-execs decided the girls couldn't simply sit around eating pizza and playing Gran Turismo in their single-seller promo video. So instead, they have to grind about and point their bottom...
Assassin's Creed 2 is on, people
And as rumoured by industry analyst Michael Pachter, it's probably going to be set in the renaissance period. What clue are we going on? The trailers prominent placement of Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man". Sadly, while the setting has the potential for serious levels of awesome - the teaser site also...
News Lego Rock Band Is Unwittingly Confirmed
Not done with plastic instruments yet? We are
It's just been announced via Harmonix's Dan Teasdale's blog that there is a, erm, Lego iteration of the popular rock band sim in the works. The release has been heavily speculated over the last year. In Teasdale's blog, he provides the slides to Harmonix's GDC presentation. Including a slide that was cut...
News Some New Bits Of Heavy Rain Artwork, As Gritty As Ever
Good grief, can someone please get Quantic Dream on the blower - we want to know more about this game
Heavy Rain truly is shaping up to be one of the grittiest, nastiest stories in video games — and we've only seen a short trailer and a few bits of concept art. But when that particular artwork depicts a man "bonding" with a woman...
News Resident Evil 5 "Versus" Mode Available Tomorrow
For those of you who were interested in some more Resident Evil 5, the "Versus" mode will be available from tomorrow (April 7th)
No word on whether that applies to Europe yet, but we'll keep you in the loop as always. The pack will cost a tidy sum of $4.99 (expect £3.99 in the UK) and will add two new multiplayer modes: Slayer and Survivors. In...
Sunday5th Apr 2009
News Sony Whining About The Nintendo DSi
Getting a hand on it
If you walked into your local gamestore this weekend, you may have spotted huge presence for Nintendo's new tweaked DS, the DSi. Ever the antagonist, Sony's John Koller felt he had to make some dousing comments regarding the release, in which he brands the new platform a "kids" product: If Nintendo is really committed to...
Saturday4th Apr 2009
News Yu Suzuki Retires, All Hope Of Shenmue III Evaporates
If there's one thing we convince ourselves is going to happen every year, it's Shenmue III
In fact, we've always secretly harboured high hopes that SEGA would announce a Playstation 3 iteration, what with the Yakuza series faring so well on Sony's black behemoth. Sadly, with the news of Yu Suzuki's retirement, comes the damning realisation that it's...
News First MAG Screenshots Reveal Scale And Surprising Beauty
Online games usually take a hit in the graphics stakes
Why? Because they have to be lag-free, there's a lot of data to transfer, etc. etc. It's obvious that an online game has to be a little economical with its graphics. MAG is not aiming to be any online game though. MAG is pitched as a 256 player online shooter. And these first screenshots confirm...
News Noby Noby Boy Kicks Are Noby Noby Boy Kicks
Kotaku reader Tonks has sent in these super-cool home made kicks
The laces actually make up the body of our worm-like protagonist BOY. We think Tonks could be onto a winner with these, mind. Can you make/send us a pair please?
News Explodemon! Coming To The PSN, Inspired By Yoshi's Island
2D platformers are a rare thing these days and we're not entirely sure why
We don't think the genre is "worn out" so to speak, and we'd happily welcome a bunch of new platformers are on our super HD box (new 2D Sonic game SEGA?). Imagine our delight when we saw the debut trailer for Explodemon! (above). Being developed by Curve Studios...
Friday3rd Apr 2009
News MAG Actually Gets Mentioned, "Only Posssible On Playstation 3"
In a shock move, Sony have actually decided to make a comment on their upcoming 256-player online shooter, MAG
The game, which was unveiled at E3 and has since dropped off the radar, is claimed to be "only possible on Playstation 3" by SCEA's John Koller. In an interview with vg247.com, Koller said:MAG is a 256 online-player game...
News Killzone 2 Directors Commentary, "Behind The Bullet"
One the more interesting things in yesterdays American Playstation Store update was the inclusion of the interactive Killzone 2 advert
Finally putting a rest to all the criticism Sony took as a result of the infamous Killzone 2 trailer in 2005, Sony have silenced critics by releasing a fully interactive version of their in-engine...
News Sony Assume A 10-15% Sales Rise For Both PSP and PS3 This Year
Sony just dropped the price of the Playstation 2 and expect it to eat into some of the Wii's market share
Not content with those figures, they also expect the Playstation 3 and PSP to see a boost."We had our largest sales year ever last year, and we'd look to go about 10-15 percent north of that this year," said John Koller, head of SCEA...
Thursday2nd Apr 2009
Review Buzz!: Brain Of The UK (PlayStation 3)
Buzz
is a popular Playstation quiz franchise, providing a satirical look at gameshow culture. The PS3 version of Buzz!: Brain Of The UK plays host to 1,000s of new questions, alongside the return of online multiplayer and the ability to create and distribute your own quizzes online. Just like Buzz! Quiz TV, Buzz! Brain Of The UK has gorgeous...
Review Buzz!: Brain Of The UK (PlayStation Portable)
Buzz
is a popular Playstation quiz franchise, providing a satirical look at gameshow culture. The PSP version of Buzz!: Brain Of The UK plays host to 1,000's of questions, a short singleplayer campaign and a couple of multiplayer options. As always, the Buzz! presentation is razor sharp, providing some new "parody" lines from master host...
News Activision: Modern Warfare 2 Will Be "The Biggest Selling Game Of All Time"
Infinity Ward are making a new game
You may have heard about it. It's called Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Given the success of previous games in the franchise, Activision reckon this game could be the "biggest selling video game of all time", as stated by brand manager Simon Wells. It's interesting that they should drop both the...
News New Smash Cars Trailer Is Rather Exciting
Creat Studios have just put out a new trailer for their upcoming PSN racer, Smash Cars
It looks a lot like Excite Truck (Wii racer), with the player earning "Stars" for completing stunts. It's actually looking really good in these early stages, we're quite excited about seeing more. Until then you'll just have to make do with the...
News Bayonetta Aiming To Be Sadistically Hard
Director Hideki Kamiya wants it out in the open: Bayonetta is not a fairy tale, it's full of "hardcore battle action"
Speaking on his blog he stated:"With Bayonetta, we would hate for someone to think it is a heartwarming tale and then buy the game to discover it is really a sadistically hard game (I hope...)."</blockquote> So there...
News Playstation 3 Firmware 2.70 Is Launched, Includes 16-Player Text Chat
Playstation 3 firmware 2
70 has finally arrived (as it was rumoured to this week) and includes a host of new features. You now have the ability to create text chat parties from the XMB and invite your friends. These text chat parties can be used while in game and can include up to 16 people. The firmware update also allows you to backup movies...
News SCEE Announce A New Iteration In The Jak & Daxter Saga
SCEE have announced the latest iteration.
Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier picks up from where the last trilogy left off - as the dynamic duo pal up with friend Keira in her quest to become a Sage and save the world from an evil darkness. The game is being developed by High Impact Games, the team behind that Ratchet & Clank PSP games, so it...
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News SCEA Reckon The PS2 Will Steal Market Share From The Wii, Analysts Predict 30% More Sales
The Playstation 2 is now $99
99 in the USA</a>. Sony have confirmed they are targeting the product directly against the Wii, noting both systems have "similar customers". In an economic crisis, and considering the variety of games on offer, it's a shrewd business move for Sony to make. However, we can't help but think they're a bit...
News Life Sentence For The Man Who Murdered "Playstation Obsessed" Partner
62-year old Malcolm Palmer has been sentenced to life after stabbing his partner, Carol Cannom to death in front of their son
Palmer admitted to murder and received a sentence of at least 14 years. The man from Lincolnshire, UK, was said to have cited his partner's obsession with Playstation as the reason for his relationship's deterioration, and...
