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January2011
News PlayStation To Expand Into China
A report in the China Daily suggests that Sony Computer Entertainment is to expand into the Asian mainland: China
The article notes that Sony recently signed a letter of intent detailing plans to implement training and R&D facilities in the Guangzhou province. It'll be Sony's first investment into the mainland. In addition to localisation, Sony...
UK Charts There Were No New Releases Last Week So This Post Isn't Very Interesting
FIFA 11 and Just Dance 2 are still the UK's favourite games
Probably because no games have released since before Christmas. All that changes this week though: new video games actually release. It's going to be interesting to see where DC Universe Online ends up charting — we feel like the game's beta has pumped some real positive feedback around...
December2010
UK Charts There's Really Nothing Very Interesting To See Here
The people of Britain like Call Of Duty: Black Ops
How do we know? It's back at the top of the UK sales charts. Again. Y'know what else British people like? Football. Not the kind that's played with eggs, the kind that's played with balls. Football. Yup, FIFA 11's right at the top of the UK sales charts too. In fact, you know what, these charts...
UK Charts Call Of Duty: Black Ops Knocks Gran Turismo 5 Off Its Perch
Last week's leader, Gran Turismo 5, is back down to the number four slot this week in the UK weekly sales charts
Call Of Duty: Black Ops reclaimed its place at the top of the charts, with FIFA 11 and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood all sitting above Sony's racer. Ubisoft's Nintendo Wii dance games claimed two of the top ten spots, with a bunch of...
News Awesome, This Sony Bravia TV Includes A Built-In PlayStation 2
This is so rad we're surprised it hasn't happened already
Sony's launched a new 22" Bravia TV which includes a built-in PlayStation 2 — all for the paltry sum of £199. The HD-ready television includes support for YouTube, Lovefilm and the BBC iPlayer. Obviously with a PlayStation 2 built-in to the set, it also includes an on-board DVD...
November2010
News UK Sales Charts: Gran Turismo 5 Slipstreams Call Of Duty: Black Ops, Takes The Top Spot
It was going to take a monstrous game to overcome Call Of Duty: Black Ops, and Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 is that game
Sony's exclusive has netted the top-spot on this week's all-format charts, pushing Treyarch's Call Of Duty title into the second-place spot. Polyphony Digital's racing sim enjoyed the sixth biggest launch ever on PlayStation...
The PlayStation 2 is ten years old in Europe today, and Sony's former head of Worldwide Studios, Phil Harrison, believes the platform holder will have a tough time matching PS2's record-breaking sales with the PlayStation 3
Speaking with Eurogamer, the Sony legend revealed that the "dynamics" are "slightly different" as the...
News PlayStation 2, It's Your Birthday! Oh, It's Your Birthday!
Where were you ten years ago today? If you're a European, you were probably unwrapping your shiny new PlayStation 2 console
Vu-whup. The system originally launched in Europe on November 24th, 2000. Ten years later it still holds a major store presence in most retailers. Incredible. The PlayStation 2 era was probably most famous for ushering a new...
UK Charts Call Of Duty: Black Ops Holds Off Assassin's Creed & Need For Speed
It's testament to the strength of Call Of Duty that Black Ops suffered an 85% drop in sales last week, while Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood enjoyed the franchise's biggest launch in the UK -- yet still ended up finishing second in the British sales charts
The excellent Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit was also unable to rival Call Of Duty, landing in...
News The PlayStation 2 Is Still Japan's Most Used Piece Of Hardware
The PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable might be out, but Japanese gamers are still in love with their PS2s
That's according to a CESA survey which polled 1,000 Japanese gamers on the final day of TGS. The survey found that the PS2 is still the most used piece of video game hardware in the country. Sony's ancient system stole 70% of the votes...
UK Charts Call Of Duty: Black Ops Kicks Everyone's Ass, As If You Expected Anything Else!
Surprise
Call Of Duty: Black Ops has topped the UK sales charts selling a whopping 2 million units in its first week. Interestingly, the PlayStation 3 managed to command a 44% share of the sales — surprising given Call Of Duty's strong ties to the XBOX 360 fanbase. The usual suspects of FIFA 11 and Just Dance 2 occupied the top three, while a...
News Football Manager 2011 Tops The UK Charts As 007 Languishes Outside The Top Ten
The UK charts paint a bizarre picture this week
Apparently Britain still loves football (both Football Manager 2011 and FIFA 11 occupy the chart's top two spots), but it seems there's not quite the same love for 007 at the moment. Activision's Wii-exclusive Goldeneye reboot only managed to reach the thirteen in the charts, while Blood Stone debuted...
News Sony Chats Openly About The Evolution Of The PlayStation Eye. Coincidence?
We're sure it's an absolute coincidence that Sony's decided to run a look-back feature on the PlayStation Eye today
Today being the eve of a competing camera product's launch in North America. Absolute coincidence. Intentional or not, the PlayStation Blog published feature raises a few interesting points about camera technology and the...
News UK Sales Charts: Not Much Change Apart From That One XBOX Game
Not much change in the UK sales charts this week
Fable III's topped the charts apparently. Y'know, we're in a little PlayStation bubble here, but we still like to consider ourselves savvy about the industry in general. We had no idea the Fable franchise was a big deal. Conceptually it's actually always appealed, but there are always so many reports...
October2010
News Sony PlayStation Division Records Profit In First-Half 2010, PlayStation Portable Winds Down
That PSP's successor couldn't come sooner according to the picture Sony's financials paint
In their fist-half report, Sony's revealed that PSP sales dropped from 3 million in the second financial quarter of last year to just 1.5 million this year. That's a significant drop in demand. It wasn't all bad for the division which holds the PlayStation...
News Legendary Game Developers List Their Favourite PlayStation 2 Games
Furthering the PlayStation 2's tenth Birthday celebrations, a host of legendary game developers have posted about their favourite PS2 title on the PlayStation Blog
The suite of stars include the likes of Sony Santa Monica's Stig Asmussen, Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski and Irrational Games' Ken Levine. We've included the truncated list after the...
News Jack Tretton Writes Rousing Blog On PlayStation 2's Anniversary
Jack Tretton -- SCEA's top gaffer -- states that the "industry was forver changed by the" PlayStation 2 in a rousing blog designed to celebrate the system's tenth birthday in North America
Tretton cites the system's introduction of the DVD format, internet connectivity and motion technology from the EyeToy as reasons for why the device was so...
News The PlayStation 2 Turns 10 In The US Today, Bring Out The Party Poppers
The PlayStation 2 launched exactly 10 years ago in North America today
Sony's still supporting the system with new hardware bundles in the region, which is pretty spectacular when you really think about it. The console's tenth birthday in Europe is just a month away. 1Up's got some fantastic archive footage of the PlayStation 2's American launch...
News Sony Announce New PlayStation 2 (!!!) Bundle For The US
Seriously, SCEA's just announced a new PlayStation 2 bundle for the US market
The package, which includes a PlayStation 2 Slim and a copy of Toy Story 3: The Video Game, will set you back a puny $99.99. It's due to release on October 31st in the US. Amazing. There's more on the PlayStation Blog. This kind of news is heartwarming in a way. The PS2's...
News Medal Of Honor Tops The UK Sales Charts, Stays Frosty
Medal Of Honor's stormed straight to the top of the UK sales charts, knocking FIFA 11 into the number two spot
Just Dance 2 jumped into the number three spot, with Wii Party and Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 rounding out the top five. The full chart's after the jump. We reckon Medal Of Honor will stick around for a good few weeks. Medal of Honor...
UK Charts FIFA 11 Says "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am!"
FIFA 11's jumped straight to the top of the UK sales charts this week, achieving the third biggest video game launch in UK history
The title overthrew its predecessor to take the crown, falling just short of records set by Modern Warfare 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV. Unit sales are up 21 percent over the previous title, with revenue up 36 percent...
September2010
News F1 2010 Vroooms To The Top Of The UK Sales Charts, Sports Champions Stays Strong
Someone tell Jake Humphrey not to worry about his job; F1 is still a big deal in the UK
That's apparent as F1 2010 has scooped the number one UK sales spot. Codemasters' racing title beat out competition from both Halo: Reach and Dead Rising 2 — the latter of which debuted in the number three spot. PlayStation Move must-have Sports Champions held...
News Sports Champions Scores Second Spot On The UK All Formats Chart
Late last night, we were deliberating PlayStation Move sales
We knew we were due a weekly UK sales report from Chart-Track this morning, and we were mulling over what would be a decent showing from the PlayStation Move's first must-have title, Sports Champions. We've always expected Move's launch window to be slow. Unlike Microsoft's Kinect, we...
News TGS 10 Is Go-Go-Go: All The Top Stories In One Place
The Tokyo Game Show is in full swing and there are already plenty of talking points
For those of you busy doing real life things - like taking children to school, going to work and engaging in social activities - we've compiled a list of some of the top stories from the show. Here's what you need to know: Valkyria Chronicles III Gets Debut Trailer,...
News PushSquare's PlayStation Picks: 13th-19th September 2010 [It's Move Week]
It's that time of the year when video games hit store shelves and, in all honesty, we're in a bit of a panic
But we're also excited. Particularly this week, because we'll finally be getting our hands on the PlayStation Move. We fell in love with the device when we checked it out earlier in the year; so we're awaiting the device's imminent retail...
News Sony Patent Last-Gen Console Adapter
For some reason people want to play PlayStation 2 games on their PlayStation 3
Now don't get us wrong, we get the convenience of being able to play all those old games on your PS3; we just don't get why it's such a necessity for some people. At the end of the day, if you need to play PS2 games, they still sell the last Sony console in most shops...
Rumour Team ICO Collection Out Around March/April For ?25
If you ask many PlayStation owners what their most anticipated unannounced PlayStation 3 title is, many would state the often talked about repackaging of Fumito Ueda's PlayStation 2 hits: ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus
The games were both monumental releases in the PlayStation 2's life, and remain two of the best games ever created. Seeing them...
News Mafia II Holds The UK Sales Charts Top Spot
Mafia II's enjoying a third consecutive stint at the top of the UK sales charts
Good for 2K; for all the criticism of Mafia's limited interaction, it's a cinematic game that's certainly worth playing. Even if gangsters make you cringe. Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 was the big climber this week, jumping from 10th straight into 2nd position now it's available...
Feature Late To The Party #4: MegaRace 3: Nanotech Disaster on PlayStation 2
Ever since I was a young boy, Lance Boyle has haunted my nightmares
The fictional character, played by Christian Erickson, has always been the hook of the car-combat franchise, MegaRace. He's largely the reason I grew up with the franchise — every two-three years the dusty old Panasonic 3DO would come out of the cupboard, and the first port of...
News Witness PlayStation Move's Origins on PlayStation 2
Tech demo shows it existed long before Wii
You've heard the arguments about whether or not PlayStation Move ripped off the Wii; you might even have started one in a moment of boredom. The technology used in Move actually has its roots in the PlayStation 2's EyeToy camera, as a series of technical demos from 2000 onwards show. In the video below from...
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August2010
News Mafia II Tops The UK's Sales Charts With "Biggest" Launch Since Red Dead Redemption
We really enjoyed Mafia II; despite its flaws it definitely deserves to be played
So it's nice to see the game light-up the UK sales charts and finish up with the "biggest UK launch" accolade since Red Dead Redemption fourteen weeks ago. Take-Two won't mind, seeing as they published both games. According to Chart-Track, 41 percent of the...
News Blimey, Did You Know Criterion Were Making A Skate Or Die Game?
At one point, many moons ago, British developers Criterion Games were working on a Skate Or Die sequel for EA
Crazy, right? According to an article in GamesTM magazine, Criterion were working on the sequel before they started work on Burnout 2. Apparently EA were impressed with the studio's work on the Dreamcast title Trickstyle, and challenged them...
News Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square -- What Does It All Mean?
For years people have pondered the meaning of Sony's brand-defining controller face buttons
The Cross (or X) and Circle buttons are simple enough to decipher — the Circle represents "go" or "ok" (as is its use in Japan) and the Cross represents "no" or "cancel". Comically, Western games have managed to...
News Bloody Nora: This Is What Killzone Looked Like Before It Was Killzone
Killzone is one of the biggest exclusive franchises in Sony's arsenal
But it hasn't always been. Back in 1999, Guerrilla Games created a concept video for their first meeting with Sony. The video, which Hulst believes showed off the studio's "technical competence" practically has nothing to do with the Killzone we know now; but it marked...
News Kane & Lynch Storm The UK Sales Charts, Probably Swear A Bit
Lynched
It's the first release after a month long drought, and it's been heavily marketed; Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days might not be the blockbuster it could have been, but it's certainly been released at the right time. And that's helped the game jump straight to the top of the UK sales charts, pissing all over the competition (Kane & Lynch...
UK Charts Put Time And Effort Into A Movie Tie-In, Top The Charts Frequently Like Toy Story 3
Disney Interactive's Toy Story 3 is still top of the UK sales charts
That's despite a surge of interest in Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption, which jumped back into second position from fifth. Elsewhere, there's plenty of life-style toff for the Nintendo platforms (what the heck is Art Academy!?) and the usual first-person shooter suspects in Modern...
News Toy Story 3 Tops The British Sales Charts, Modern Warfare 2 Jumps Back Into Second
Disney Interactive's surprisingly brilliant Toy Story 3 has topped the British sales charts this week, holding off a surge of interest in Activision's Modern Warfare 2 which finished up second
Elsewhere, dance titles are clearly the "in" thing, as both Just Dance and Dance On Broadway make up two slots in the top ten. Sigh, imagine when...
Rumour Splinter Cell, Prince Of Persia Collections To Hit PlayStation 3?
Going by the branding on the Sly Cooper Collection's boxart, the "Classics HD" initiative (i
e. taking PS2 games, making them run at a slick frame-rate in upscaled 1080p and adding trophies) is a program Sony's likely to champion over the coming months. It seems like it might not be limited to first-party stuff either. Amazon France has mysteriously...
Sorry, excuse me? No, seriously, hang on a moment; we're still getting our head around this
There are video games for the Personal Computer? Th-the, PC — y'know, the thing you do work on, etc. There are video games for that? That's what they're telling us. We don't believe it. Apparently there's this game called Starcraft II, and it's top of the...
July2010
It's getting boring: we know you're bored of it too
We're sick of writing about it. How can we keep finding new headlines to say - "Yo, the PSP is the best individual platform in Japan this week". What's more, it's not just the order of the systems that never changes on a week-by-week basis — it's the sales numbers too. The PS3 always...
News Back In Black: PlayStation 3 Hardware Jumps 118%, Reaches Touching Distance Of XBOX 360
Sony's finally back in the black
The company's first quarter earnings (ending June 30th) were fuelled by improved sales of computers, televisions and, yes, the PlayStation 3. Overall revenue increased by 3.8%, giving the company a ¥25.7 billion ($295 million US) net profit. Gloabal PlayStation 3 sales reached 2.4 million for the quarter, with the...
Feature Late To The Party #1: The Getaway on PlayStation 2
I want to play The Getaway
The initial set-up is fantastic; placing you in a red Rover 75 with a motley-crue of cockney shade-masters. "Who's the bird?" exclaims the appropriately named "Eyebrows", in his thick LDN tones. Across the road, a lady in a tight leather jacket sprints towards the passenger seat of the car. She flicks...
News Japanese Hardware Sales: PSP Still The Leading System
Technically - because there are about 50gajillion different iterations of the DS platform - it's another Nintendo win on the Japanese hardware charts this week
But the PSP's still faring well against the Nintendo juggernaut, with the Sony portable hitting the top spot in the individual hardware SKU breakdown. Elsewhere, the PlayStation 3 had to...
News Licensed, Genuinely Good Family Games Fill-Up The UK Sales Charts
What do Toy Story 3 and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 have in common? They're both surprisingly good licensed games, designed with families in mind
Yup. They're also both sitting amongst a heap of familiar software in the UK sales top ten. Somehow, the desperately disappointing XBOX 360 exclusive, Crackdown 2, is sitting atop the sales charts. That's...
News LEGO Harry Potter Holds Onto Command Of The UK Sales Charts
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is spending its second week top of the UK all-formats chart, keeping Westerner Red Dead Redemption just behind in second
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 managed to debut in fourth position, while the likes of Naughty Bear and Demon's Souls slipped after last week's performance. Get the full top-twenty after the jump. LEGO HARRY...
News Media Create Puts Weekly PlayStation Hardware Second & Third
A revised piece of hardware and a Monster Hunter exclusive saw XBOX 360 sales rise 800% in Japan this week
.. And still fall 2,000 units short of the PlayStation 3 which shifted a comfortable 19k units. The PSP managed a few more, with 23k sold. Sadly it lost out to the Nintendo DS' price-cuts and perve software. Never change Japan. The PSPgo was...
June2010
News PushSquare's PlayStation Picks: 28th-4th July 2010
Man, after last weeks pile of post-E3 releases, we've finally hit the Summer drought
Not many games this week, although the US is getting a handful of releases Europe got last week. Let's look at the picks then... PushSquare's PlayStation Pick Of The Week: Hot Shots/Everybody's Tennis The Everybody's (or Hot Shots depending on your neck of the...
News LEGO Harry Potter Tops The British Sales Charts, Screams "Flipendo" At Red Dead Redemption
LEGO Harry Potter's stolen Red Dead Redemption's crown, and topped the UK sales charts this week
The plastic spell 'em up (which is getting rave reviews) managed to push everybody's favourite video game Western into second place after well over a month in the top spot. It was a pretty good week all round for new video game releases, with releases...
News PushSquare's PlayStation Picks: 21st-27th June 2010
Whaddup PushSquare-erm-ers
Gah, I vouch never to use the term "PushSquarers" ever again. D'oh, already broken my vow haven't I? Oh well, whatever. There's a ton to make up for our dishonesty this week - E3 is out of the way and video games are releasing again. Lots of them, actually. PushSquare's Pick Of The Week: Transformers: War For...
News E3 2010 Recap: Everything PlayStation In One Super Convenient Spot
Miss the big PlayStation show tonight? Well you bloody missed out then, didn't you? What's your excuse? North Korea vs
Brazil? Pfft, lame. Just because we're nice, we'll let you know what you missed, but geez - call yourself PlayStation fans? We're ashamed. But worse of all - Kevin Butler's ashamed. Yeah, we went there. Gran Turismo 5 Launches...
E3 2010 Join PushSquare.com For The Sony E3 Press Conference
We're stoked
We're smiling. We're super-excited. Sony's E3 2010 press conference is upon us, and we're getting excited. Sammy'll be on Tweeting right the way through Sony's press conference with live reaction to every announcement made, so if you want to know what we think of everything PlayStation, jump over to our Twitter account for that. Then,...
News Red Dead Redemption Staves Off Super Mario Galaxy 2, Stays Top Of The UK Sales Charts
Red Dead Redemption's held onto its spot aloft the UK sales charts, despite the release of Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy 2
The plumber instead had to settle for the number two spot, while FIFA World Cup 2010 held onto its place in the top three, finishing in third. Elsewhere, it's pretty much as you were with appearances from Modern Warfare 2 and...
Last year I had an email
Someone asked me, "if you had a job at SCEA, and you were in the planning room for Sony's E3 2010 press conference, how would you glue the event together?" In response, I wrote a pretty detailed opinionator breaking down the way in which I'd construct Sony's press conference, based on predictions already made. This...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 7th-13th June 2010
Welcome to Monday
Next Monday we'll be too busy to talk about new releases. Next Monday it will be E3. Next Monday it will be crazy. So enjoy this Monday. Stay calm, settle down. Because next Monday, it is going to be mayhem. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Kojima's latest entry in the long-running Metal...
News Little Game Called Red Dead Redemption Holds Onto The UK Charts' Top Spot
We played Red Dead Redemption for about 10 hours this weekend
We've already beaten the game. Go figure. It's properly, properly amazing. So it's no surprise to see it uphold the top of the UK sales charts once again. UFC Undisputed 2010 continues to do surprisingly well here, with a slot in third, while EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup moves into second...
News Digital Foundry Imagine ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus In HD
Eurogamer's tech-blog Digital Foundry have done some pretty amazing work to predict how an HD re-release of ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus might look
They're using PC emulation to derive the results, and have a full technical breakdown if that's your bag. Honestly, after watching Shadow Of The Colossus' intro redone with the technique we're more on...
News Red Dead Redemption Holds Onto The UK Charts' Top Spot, Blur & Alpha Protocol Miss Out
Red Dead Redemption's still top of the UK software charts, despite all those shortages
And there should be no real surprise about this - the game's sensational. THQ's UFC Undisputed 2010 managed to debut in second-place, with a slew of familiar titles rounding out the rest of the top ten. Perhaps the bigger story is the absence of Alpha Protocol and...
May2010
News Insomniac Details Their Canceled PS2 Project, "Girl With A Stick"
Insomniac's dropped some details on their canceled PS2 project, "Girl With A Stick"
The project came about after Insomniac had spent many years working on the Spyro platform titles. Studio head Ted Price described the project as "exciting" as the company had spent so long making sequels. "Girl With A Stick" was pitched as being a...
News Japanese Hardware Sales Stay Static
Hey valued reader, would you like to play a game? It's called "What came first and second in the Japanese hardware sales this week?" Here's a big clue - look through our archives and you'll note it never changes
So yes, valued reader, you're correct. The PSP was in first, the PS3 second. And right at the bottom? Yup the PS2 and PSPgo. Everything...
Rumour Team Ico Collection To Launch In Q1, 2011
Blimey, hot on the heels of VG247's Team Ico Collection rumour this morning, our buddies at TheSixthAxis have followed up with an even more specific tease: they reckon the touted HD re-release of PS2 classics Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus will hit PS3 next year
In Q1 if you want specifics. Again, there's not much else that we can say at this point...
Rumour Ico & Shadow Of The Colossus Getting HD Blu-Ray Re-Release
We tried to buy a copy of both Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus from eBay not too long ago
At £70 we were outbid. Damn those games for being so rare and so sought after. Which is why, ahead of Team Ico's upcoming PS3 exclusive The Last Guardian, it would be lovely to get an HD re-release of the classic PS2 titles. That's exactly what's being rumoured...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 17th-23rd May 2010
This is probably the craziest May release schedule ever
It really is ridiculous. There are about 4 top-tier releases this week, vying for your attention. Good luck choosing. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Red Dead Redemption Rockstar's western is already receiving the kind of acclaim its modern-day commentary GTAIV received in 2008. The...
News UK Software Charts: Football > Shooting Big Monsters In The Orange Bit
The UK software charts are in, and there's very little surprise as far as number one goes
Yep, apparently British people still like to kick balls around a field, as FIFA World Cup 2010's still in pole position. Uh-huh. XBOX 360 exclusive Alan Wake managed to place in second whilst Capcom's Lost Planet 2 entered in a respectable third. There's little...
News Playstation Portable Sales Fall In 2009, But Playstation 3 Continues Its Rebound Bender
Sony's released its fiscal year 2009 financial results today, revealing that while the Playstation 3 is improving with every year that comes to pass, the Playstation Portable is on a serious decline -- despite being by far the most popular hardware unit in Japan
The Networked Products & Services division - of which Sony Computer Entertainment is...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 10th-16th May 2010
We have done one of these for a couple of weeks
Mainly because we've been mad, mad busy. Like, broom up our backside busy. And because, well, there's not been that much coming out. Brace yourself for the next three weeks though. It's going to be mental on the Playstation front. We'll try and keep you up-to-date with everything that happens, yo...
News FIFA World Cup Continues To Dominate The British Software Charts
EA's FIFA World Cup title is enjoying a further week at the top of the British sales charts, with competition from Ubisoft's casual Wii title, Just Dance 2, unable to top it
Modern Warfare 2 jumped a few spots into third, probably boosted by the release of DLC for the Playstation 3 and PC SKUs. Elsewhere, it's pretty much as you were. 2010 FIFA...
News Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 Is A Real Video Game, Promises "Radical Revamp"
While the recent entries in the Pro Evolution Soccer franchise have been good, improvements to the FIFA franchise have kinda left the once-premier soccer sim in its dust
But with Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, Konami are promising a "radical revamp". It's due this Fall on all the major Playstation platforms. That is: PS3, PSP and PS2. New...
News 2010 Fifa World Cup KO's Ryu & Co, Tops The British Sales Charts
EA's excellent World Cup soccer-sim, 2010 Fifa World Cup, has topped the British sales charts this week, a position it's unlikely to stray far from as the worlds biggest sporting event nears
It beat out the other big release of last week - Super Steet Fighter IV - which managed to debut in second-position. It's pretty much as you were elsewhere on...
News THERE'S A NEW (Old) SYPHON FILTER COMING TO THE PLAYSTATION... 2.
If the PS2 re-release of 2007's Playstation Portable title Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow wasn't a hint at the re-emergance of the Syphon Filter franchise, an upcoming PSN digital comic probably is
But first, the former: Sony Bend's just been on the Playstation Blog to announce that Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow will be making the jump to PS2 this...
April2010
News Japanese Hardware Charts Look The Same As They Always Look
We used to look forward to sharing all the interesting anecdotes pertaining to Japan's shifting hardware charts
No more. Sony's been doing the ol' weekly one-two with the PSP and PS3 for months now. What's worse, is that the numbers rarely change either. PSP always sells 28k a week. PS3 always sells 25k a week. Feel free to skip this post if you...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 19-25th April 2010
Is it Spring yet? They keep telling us it is but it doesn't really feel like it
Apparently plants are growing and stuff. Oh, and video games aren't coming out. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Afterburner Climax Ok... ok. So it's here by default. Kind of. With little in the way of competition, Afterburner Climax kind of has to be our pick...
News Playstation Portable Returns To The Top Of The Japanese Hardware Charts
After a brief hiatus in second-place, Sony's Playstation Portable has once again taken the Japanese hardware sales crown from bigger brother Playstation 3, shifting 29K units to the PS3's 28K
The PSPgo managed to pull itself up from the bottom of the sales charts, just gathering enough steam to propel it past Sony's aging PS2. The rest of the chart...
News NPD March 2010: God Of War III Shifts 1.1 Million Units
Huge success for Sony and their Santa Monica studio last month, as God Of War III went on to rule the American software charts selling a whopping 1
1 million copies in the country. Kratos managed to oust out March's other big releases in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Final Fantasy XIII, the latter of which performed better on the Playstation 3 SKU...
News NPD March 2010: Playstation 3 Rules Software Charts, Shifts 313.9K
The NPD hardware and software sales for March 2010 are in, and Sony's given a particularly impressive showing in the region that's given them most trouble over the past few years
Despite hardware shortages limiting the PS3's performance, Sony's home system still managed to shift a whopping 313.9K, just shy of the 360's 338K. The most pleasing thing...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 12-18th April 2010
Here's what's coming to PS3 this week
After the big news regarding Activision, EA and Infinity Ward's sacked duo, you might be seeking a little rest and relaxation to calm down. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes From Liberty City It's been out on the XBOX 360 for what seems like an eternity, but Microsoft's...
News UK Software Sales Charts Remain Pretty Darn Boring
Not much to see on the UK's software sales charts this week
Ubisoft's Just Dance is still number one, with Just Cause 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 shuffling places. Elsewhere, there's a lot of Nintendo. JUST DANCE BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 JUST CAUSE 2 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 WII SPORTS RESORT WII FIT PLUS POKEMON SOULSILVER FIFA...
Some interesting comments came out of Castlevania producer David Cox's pie-hole this week
The dev spoke candidly to PSM3 magazine about Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 and its baring on the industry. In that interview Cox dropped a bomb of a quote, declaring that Uncharted 2 couldn't set a genre benchmark because it was a single-platform release. It left...
News Japanese Hardware Sales Do The Ol' Sony One-Two
Sony's took the top two spots once more in Japan, with the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable topping the Japanese hardware charts
Sony's home console managed 38k sales, where their portable hit the 37k mark. The consoles were followed up by a bunch of Nintendo SKUs, with the PSPgo still floundering at the bottom of the charts. Hit the jump for...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 5th-11th April 2010
It's Tuesday
That means we're a day late for our Playstation Picks. But indeed, we're only a day late because yesterday was a Bank Holiday. Huzzah. (There's not much to talk about). PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Freekscape: Escape From Hell Being the only game we're aware of that's launching this week, Freekscape: Escape From Hell...
News Nintendo Wii Dancing Game Tops The UK Sales Charts, Not Much To Talk About
This week's UK sales chart has to be the most generic list in a long time
You've got Ubisoft's Wii Just Dance dacing game at the top, with last weeks leader Just Cause 2 in the runner-up spot. You've then got Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2. Then Pokemon. Then Wii Sports. Then Pokemon. Then Fifa. The Wii Fit. Then Super Mario. It's...
March2010
News Amazing: Take Two Settle Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" Claims
You were younger and you were excited
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas had just hit stores, and you were carefully perusing your way through the game. Until vulgarity. The "Hot Coffee" mission put you right off your purchase and you demanded compensation for the explicit scenes of sexual content Rockstar Games had inflicted upon you. If this...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 29th-4th April 2010 [She's Only 16! Edition]
It's Monday, thus it's time for us to talk about upcoming Playstation software you might take a shine to
There's not much amazing stuff coming this week but there are ladies. Lots of ladies. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Dead Or Alive Paradise It's all about ladies in swimsuits this week, with Tecmo's voyeur-em-up Dead Or Alive...
News British Gamers Buy Lots Of Copies Of Just Cause 2. Why? Just 'Cause!
That "pun" has been run into the ground and stomped on so many times we really shouldn't have used it
But that's exactly why we did use it. Ha-hah. Incredible. Anyway - without further ado, here's your British sales charts news: Just Cause 2 is number one with a bullet. Or should we say grapple hook? Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2...
News Once Upon A Time Assassin's Creed Was Coming To The PS2
Assassin's Creed was a pretty early Playstation 3 game
Some of you might remember the hype around Ubisoft's pseudo-historical parkour debut. But did you know that alongside the PS3 version, Ubisoft were working on a PS2 version of the game? Nope, us neither. But that's what Ubisoft's Jonathan Jacques-Belletete has told 1Up. He told the publication...
News Playstation 3 Tops The Japanese Hardware Charts, PSP Second
Perhaps a little something to do with the release of Yakuza 4 in Japan, the PS3 has finally ended the PSP's long run atop the Japanese hardware charts to settle with the crown of glory
Or something. Sony's home console rattled off just over 50k units, with the PSP not too far behind, managing 38k. Nintendo occupied much of the rest of the list, with...
News It's Official: The Playstation 3 Is The Greatest Console Of All Time (Or Something)
Japanese video games bible Famitsu have been number crunching
They've been working out the percentage of each video game's library that has earned a prestigious "gold" award from the magazine. A gold award is given to those games which score 32/40 or higher. The magazine's deduction works on the basis of ratio — the higher percentage of...
News Oh PSP, Japan Still Lurveeeeees You!
Sony's Playstation Portable is still top of the Japanese hardware charts
This week it managed another 39k sales, with the PS3 mustering 26k. The PSPgo continues to flounder at the bottom of the charts with just over 1,000 units sold in the past week. Pretty disasterous. But Sony probably won't care well the regular SKU of their handheld system is...
News Advertorial: Here's Who We Think's Going To Win The Video Game BAFTAs
Guess what? It's the BAFTAs tomorrow night
And that means all the glamorous folks involved in putting together the games you loved last year will be heading to the red-carpet to (hopefully) collect a copious number of gongs. We've teamed up with VoucherCodes.co.uk to bring you our definitive list of predictions ahead of tomorrow's big event...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 15th-21st March 2010 [There Will Be Chaos Edition]
This week's Playstation pick is probably the easiest will ever have to write
There are other games this week, but with all due respect, only one game matters. And that is... Pushsquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: God Of War III Probably the best game on the Playstation 3 to date, God Of War III is a complete and utter spectacle from start to...
News Playstation Portable Still Top Of The Japanese Hardware Charts
We're quickly running out of things to say about the PSP's performance in Japan
It's consistently shifting lots of units and, erm, yeah - surprise it's top again! Betcha didn't expect that did you? Mwahaha. Sigh. The figures are after the jump. PSP 64,808 Wii 33,880 PS3 28,824 DSi LL 23,611 DSi 15,017 DS Lite 4,316 Xbox 360 ...
News Final Fantasy XIII Tops The UK Sales Charts, PS3 SKU Wins The War
Final Fantasy XIII has shot straight to the top of the UK sales charts, with the PS3 version of the game managing 54% of the sales
Not the hugest of discrepancies between the SKUs, but it's often rare a PS3 multiplatform game outsells its XBOX 360 rival - particularly when Microsoft have broken the metaphorical bank marketing the game exclusive to...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 8th-14th March 2010
It's a really crazy month here in the PushSquare office
Game-a-geddon is in full swing and no sooner are we done with one game, than we have to move on and get to work on another. Still, at least you're not going to be bored this month, as not only is there lots to talk about, there's lots to play. So let's get started with what's releasing this...
Over the past months I've had the privilege of playing two extremely unique games
Heavy Rain and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories are both arguably flawed titles if you pick them apart. But let them stand on their own merits and they're inspiring. I don't want to do other games a disservice in my appraisal, I have plenty of love for more formal...
News Playstation Portable Still Stands Atop The Japanese Hardware Charts
It's another week on top of the Japanese hardware charts for the Playstation Portable this week, despite stiff competition from the various Nintendo DS SKUs (there are about a billion of them)
The Playstation 3 sits just below the Wii in third-place, shifting 27,763 units, with the PSPgo and PS2 at the bottom. Hit the jump for the full round up...
News Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday Dear Playstation 2, Happy Birthday To You
Who'd have thunk it: the Playstation 2 is officially ten years old today
Indeed, ten years ago to the day, the Playstation 2 launched in Japan alongside Ridge Racer 5 and Street Fighter Ex 3. The system launched later that same year in Europe and America. In its ten years, the PS2 has sold over 140 million units, becoming the best selling...
News PushSquare's Playstation Picks: 1st-7th March 2010
Worry not guys, the ApocalyPS3 has totally 101% passed, and you might be looking to pick up some games to make up for it
Well, what with the month being March, there's plenty to choose from, so let's hop to it. PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Just about edging out MLB 10: The Show, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is...
News Heavy Rain Tops The UK Sales Charts & Rightly So
"Bu-Bu-But Heavy Rain sucks because it's not going to sell
" It may be a comment you've read on a message board somewhere. Well those people are not only stupid, but they're also officially wrong: Heavy Rain just topped the UK sales charts. As in — outsold every other video game in the UK in the past seven days. We thought it was...
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February2010
News Resident Evil: Gold Edition Tops Japanese Software Charts, Heavy Rain Breaks Top Ten
The Japanese software chart is surprising on two counts this week
Firstly, apparently people are still way into Resident Evil. Despite essentially being a re-release of a year old game, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Alternative Edition in Japan) has debuted top of the Japanese software charts selling a whopping 143,339 copies. The PSP's God Eater...
News Terrible News: Sony Computer Entertainment No Longer Called Sony Computer Entertainment
Update @ 11:18GMT: In light of further press releases and what-not we're actually really bloody confused
But what we understand is that Sony Computer Entertainment will become SNE, then the Playstation business will be separated back out into a new company called, erm, Sony Computer Entertainment. Ridiculous, right? That's what appears to be the...
News Dude Behind Black: "Current First-Person Shooters Are Boring!"
You may have heard that Stuart Black, the dude that created PS2 shooter Black, is now working with Codemasters on a new FPS IP
Indeed, the likelihood is that Codemasters' latest will be a spiritual successor to the popular Black. And the dude has fire in his belly, as he's told OXM he's bored of current shooters:"There's a lot of cover-based...
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