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November2010
News New Data Shows The PlayStation 3 Trailing The XBOX 360 By Just 3 Million Units Worldwide
The PlayStation 3 is seriously closing the gap on the XBOX 360's worldwide sales total, and it doesn't even look like the marketing clout of Kinect is going to stop Sony's resurgence
New worldwide hardware figures shared by both platform holders detail the PlayStation 3 as having shifted 41.6 million units worldwide. The XBOX 360 (which launched...
Rumour House Of The Dead: Overkill Sequel In Development, We Campaign For A PlayStation Move Release
House Of The Dead: Overkill is one of our favourite games on the Nintendo Wii
It's a no-nonsense entry in the rails-shooter franchise which plays heavily on the grindhouse horror movie scene with its gritty presentation and ridiculous narrative. NintendoLife reports that a sequel is well under way and should be released sometime in early or...
News Gran Turismo 5's Introduction Movie Is Seven Minutes Long, Fitting Right
For a game that's been in development for so long, it's rather fitting that Gran Turismo 5 should have an epic introduction movie
While we tried not to spoil too much of the intro for ourselves, we did enjoy how classy the opening moments were. This is Polyphony Digital through and through. No jumping cars and chugging guitars, but pianos and...
News Heavy Rain Video Details Cut Content & Deleted Scenes, Is Fascinating
Did you know that the original version of Heavy Rain featured gameplay segments in which Ethan Mars swam around in a metaphor for the Origami Killer's mind? No, neither did we, that's why we found this trailer featuring deleted scenes from the game absolutely fascinating
Beware: this video is pretty spoiler heavy.
Rumour Sledgehammer's Call Of Duty To Take Place In Space...
.. Because they've got to top that stupid Modern Warfare 2 plot somehow! Call Of Duty: Black Ops has hardly had time to settle on store shelves but already Gamasutra's running a rumour that suggests Sledgehammer will take the CoD franchise into space next year. Sledgehammer have been pretty public about their work with the Call Of Duty franchise,...
News European LittleBigPlanet 2 Collector's Edition Confirmed, A Bit Disappointing
Remember that amazing LittleBigPlanet 2 collector's edition Sony announced for the US? Yeah, we're not getting that here in Europe
SCEE's decided we'd probably prefer a slightly more boring package to represent our admiration for Media Molecule and Sackboy. In all, it's a bit disappointing, but at least we're getting something, right? Right? The...
News New LA Noire Trailer Pledged For This Thursday
Rockstar's sent us a word of notification that LA Noire's set to get a brand new trailer this Thursday
It'll be the first trailer for the game in four years. The trailer's expected to go live around 5PM here in the UK, that's roughly 12PM EST. The crime thriller's often been described in the same sentence as "ground breaking". Guess we'll...
News Add-On Content For PlayStation 3 Version Of Mass Effect 2 Confirmed By Boxart
There was some confusion this weekend as to whether the PlayStation 3 version of Mass Effect 2 would be getting bonus content or not
The game's boxart has wrapped up the rumours though. Yes the game will come with six hours of bonus content, in the form of pre-packaged DLC packs: Kasumi's Stolen Memory, Overlord and Lair Of The Shadow Broker. An...
Rumour Consider This Your Bi-Yearly Update On Medievil III
We've got a running joke on PushSquare pertaining to the alleged development of a new title in the Medievil franchise
The rumour seems to pop-up every six months or so, but despite us covering the game for a couple of years now, it's never been announced. The latest rumour comes courtesy of PlayStationLifeStyle. They've dug up a job listing for Sony...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Is Out Now!
So, regardless of your current location in the world, you should be able to buy a copy of Call Of Duty: Black Ops
The latest in the franchise from Treyarch has been all over the media for the past 24 hours, and now we can finally play it. We want to know if you went to a midnight launch, if you've booked the day off work and what your first...
News Gran Turismo 5's Trophy-List Hits The Web, Features A Whopping 60 Awards
It's fitting that the most complete title to hit the PlayStation 3 also happens to have an insane number of trophies
Gran Turismo 5 will come packaged with a whopping sixty awards, so prepare to work your ass off for that platinum. It's also hilarious how this story continues to develop. Let's not forget that Gran Turismo 5 is the biggest game in...
News Spoilers: The First Fifteen Minutes Of Call Of Duty: Black Ops Hit The 'Net
The first fifteen minutes of Call Of Duty: Black Ops have hit the 'Net
If you can't wait the five or so hours required to actually, y'know, buy the game, then we've embedded the footage after the jump. Obviously, if you want to go into the game fresh then don't watch this footage. It's unbelievable how people will actively watch a video labelled...
News Sony Confirms Smaller, Sleeker, (Sexier) PlayStation Headset
Last week we reported that Sony might be giving the PlayStation 3 Bluetooth headset a bit of a make-over
Today we can confirm it. The smaller, sleeker and totally sexier headset will arrive at American retailers for $49.99. The headset carries the same features as its predecessor, but features better noise cancelling technology and is obviously...
News Stream London's Call Of Duty: Black Ops Launch Event Live
If you're not sad social enough to head down to London's massive Call Of Duty: Black Ops launch event tonight, don't worry: Activision's streaming the whole thing on their Facebook page
They're also pledging to upload plenty of images and information from the premiere which is set to feature plenty of celebrities and nerds fans. Heck, even the BBC...
News LOVEFiLM Hits The PlayStation 3 This Week
MUBI last week, LOVEFiLM this week -- as an entertainment hub the PlayStation 3 will truly cater to everyone come Wednesday, as the LOVEFiLM affiliates blog has confirmed the movie-streaming application's launch
The blog notes:Good news for all LOVEFiLM members and PS3 owners our free streaming service is launching on the PS3 on 10th November...
News Gran Turismo 5 Is Real As Real Can Be, This Guy's Playing It
Just to put a nice, frilly feather-bow on top of one of the worst build-up campaigns to a blockbuster release, it seems photographed copies of Gran Turismo 5 that have been popping up on the Internet all weekend were real
How do we know? Because this guy's playing it. Hot rumours around the 'Net are stating that the game's going to hit the US on...
News Sony Right to Target Core Gamers with Move, says Analyst
The brilliantly named Billy Pidgeon
If Kinect is for casual, Move is for more accomplished gamers, with M2 Research's senior analyst Billy Pidgeon backing Sony's strategy in selling the motion controller to regular gamers. Speaking to IndustryGamers Pidgeon emphasised Move's appeal to enthusiastic gamers thanks to solid titles such as MAG, Heavy...
News WET & Naughty Bear Sequels Confirmed As A2M Switch Names
The studio formerly known as Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M) has announced that they're switching back to their original title, Behaviour Interactive
In addition to the name-change news, the studio's also announced sequels to a couple of their recent titles — WET and Naughty Bear. Both franchises did quite well at retail, though the latter...
News WTF?! Finally Hits The PlayStation Network Next Week
It's been a nail-biting few weeks for Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess developer, Mediatonic
We had our review for their latest title, Who's That Flying?!, loaded and ready to go. Then disaster struck. We got an email telling us that the game had been delayed. Thankfully, the side-scrolling shooter (which incorporates court-room action and a...
News Metal Gear Solid: Rising Slices Itself Into 2012
Metal Gear Solid: Rising was originally due next year
Unfortunately, that's no longer the case. Kotaku reports that the game's been pushed back into 2012. The multiplatform title replaces Metal Gear Solid's traditional "Tactical Espionage Action" for a new breed of "Lightning Bolt Action" fronted by the game's protagonist,...
News Yamauchi: PlayStation 3 "Still Not Enough" For Gran Turismo
Polyphony Digital god-father Kaz Yamauchi believes that the PlayStation 3 "restricted" what was possible in Gran Turismo 5
"Software has to be created under the restriction of the hardware," he told the latest issue of Esquire UK (via CVG). "With each new PlayStation, the vessel has become bigger, but it's still not enough. "With...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Price-War Begins In The UK
We've noticed a fair bit of traffic coming into PushSquare via the search phrase "Where can I get Call Of Duty: Black Ops cheap?" Seeing as it's the time of year when every supermarket and mainstream retailer tries to undercut each other, we thought we'd give you a helping hand
The cheapest price for Call Of Duty: Black Ops seems to be at...
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...
Rumour PlayStation 3 Version Of Mass Effect 2 To Include Interactive Comic, DLC & More
The original Mass Effect is not coming to the PlayStation 3, but the franchise is
The celebrations start with Mass Effect 2 which is due to release on the PlayStation 3 in little over three months. XBOX 360 and PC players have been going gaga over the space RPG for the past 11 or so months, so we're literally aching to get our hands on the game...
Feature A Little Something About Rock Band 3...
It took us a long time to get excited for the music game genre that exploded a few years back
Guitar Hero was never our cup of tea because we didn't like the music. Rock Band seemed stupid because we'd rather be in a real rock band than a plastic one. It was the release of The Beatles: Rock Band and DJ Hero that got us to buy into the "music...
News This Live Action Call Of Duty: Black Ops Commercial Is Either Amazing Or Terrible
There's a soldier in all of us apparently
At least, that's the point this live action Call Of Duty: Black Ops advertisement is trying to get across. It features Jimmy Kimmel and Kobe Bryant. They are people you've probably heard of if you live in North America. (Honestly, we do know who they are here in Britain. Just about.) The thing about the...
News Sniper: Ghost Warrior Targets A PlayStation 3 Release In 2011
Sniper: Ghost Warrior's been popping up in the UK charts for months now
It's surprising because outside of the sales reports, we've never heard of the game. Apparently the budget title's been a big success on the XBOX 360, so big in fact that it's coming to the PlayStation 3 next year. The port will include all the updates (and presumably DLC) from...
Competition Win Chris Ryan's Medal Of Honor Novel!
We've teamed up with the fine folks at EA and Mischief PR to give away three copies of Chris Ryan's Medal Of Honor novel
The book, which acts as a prequel to the Medal Of Honor video game, details the back-story of "Southern American old-boy Dusty, father-of-six Rabbit and no-nonsense soldier Voodoo" as they cross enemy lines in modern-day...
News FIFA 11 Shifts A Whopping 100 Million Titles Over Its 18-Year Lifespan
FIFA games have been coming out for the past 18 years
This year, with FIFA 11, EA Sports has passed the 100 million games sold milestone. They are some impressive numbers. FIFA 11 sold 2.6 million copies after just five days on sale. To celebrate, EA's giving away their "Ultimate Team" card-trading DLC for free. Traditionally the DLC comes...
News Sony Launch £14m Advertising Campaign In The UK
Woof
With Microsoft about to launch their Kinect camera in under a week here in the UK, Sony's launched a £14million PlayStation Move advertising initiative to counter the "controller-free" hype. Sony's formed partnerships with Channel 4, Disney, Nickelodeon and more, and will also sponsor Cineworld and Odeon's Kids Clubs. The ad campaign will...
News Activision Confirms New Transformers, X-Men & Hero Titles Are On The Way Next Year
Transformers: War For Cybertron was a good game, but it lacked the polish to carry it through the year
We played it obsessively for about three weeks, but we haven't touched it since. Still, it feels like there's a great Transformers game dying to get out of Activision, so it's great to see them commit to another game in the franchise. As well as a...
News Check Out God Of War II's Cut "Lost Atlantis" Level
If you enjoyed the cut sections from God Of War III the other day, then here's another relic for you -- God Of War II's "Lost Atlantis" level that never was
The watery city is featured in God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta, so it came to the franchise in the end.
News SCEA: Gran Turismo 5 Still Locked For Pre-Christmas Release
Everyday that passes without word on Gran Turismo 5 raises more concern in the PushSquare office
We'd just like to know what's going on. We get the impression Sony want to make sure everything is absolutely 101% locked down before they make a new announcement, and that makes sense, but it would be nice to be kept in the loop wouldn't it? SCEA's...
Sony's countered the release of Microsoft's Kinect device with an extensive list of PlayStation Move compatible software
The list — which includes new, old, upcoming and patched titles — makes for enticing reading to anyone considering picking up the device, but there are a couple of notable absentees. In the category for upcoming PlayStation...
News Polyphony Digital Get Started On Gran Turismo 6 (Really!)
Gran Turismo 5 may have gone gold, but there's still no release date for the top-tier racing sim
That said, it's not stopping Polyphony Digital's head honcho, Kazunori Yamauchi, from turning his attention to the next game in the Gran Turismo series. When asked about Gran Turismo 6 in an interview with Autoweek, Yamauchi admitted that development for...
News Fancy Grabbing Call Of Duty: Black Ops For ?7.99?
If you're in the UK, then you'll know that it's around this time of year when retailers fight over who can sell the biggest video games for the lowest prices
It looks like Call Of Duty: Black Ops is the game to spark pricing fisticuffs this year, with HMV offering the game for a lowly £7.99 when you trade in EA's Medal Of Honor. Considering Black...
News What's LittleBigPlanet 2's Creatinator All About Then?
Leave it to Media Molecule to explain LittleBigPlanet 2's new features in a cavalcade of synth-pop and whimsy
The Creatinator allows Sackboy to launch a variety of objects from his head. Sackboys are clever folks y'know. The trailer shows a burlap doll firing off a boot with his magical headwear. Told you Sackboys were clever.
News Meet The Hellequin Character From Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Meet the Hellequin (after a few moments of awkward black screen), one of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's unlockable multiplayer characters
The knife-wielding crowd pleaser can only be unlocked using Ubisoft's in-game rewards method "UPlay", so you'll need to pay attention to this tutorial video for more on that. The character looks cool...
News Is Metal Gear Solid 4 Finally About To Get Trophies?
Metal Gear Solid 4 pre-dated trophies
Given its status as one of the best games in the PlayStation 3's library, many fans have been clamouring for a trophy update ever since Sony announced the rewards system. Despite frequent reports to the contrary, Metal Gear Solid 4 has never received trophies. That could be about to change. PlayStation...
News Dead Space 2 "Ring Around The Rosie" Trailer Is Just As It Should Be: Messed Up
There's something extremely cliche about tying a horror trailer to a nursery rhyme or children's verse, but whatever, Dead Space 2 looks absolutely amazing
The game's due out in January, which sounds like ages but is actually a matter of a couple o' months. We absolutely cannot wait.
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Gets Censored In Japan
Square Enix -- who are bizarrely handling publishing duties on Call Of Duty: Black Ops in Japan -- have confirmed that certain elements of the localized first-person shooter will be cut in order for the title to see release
This includes Nazi references, as well as a particularly brutal interrogation scene. The game's due worldwide next week. Get...
God Of War III was an amazing game packed with incredible set-piece moments, but originally the game was set to have even more
One of the biggest features cut from the game was a final three-way boss fight between Zeus, Kratos and Gaia at the end of the game. There's some footage of the cut scenes embedded above.
News We Suppose This Could Be Considered A Spoiler Right? Keep Scrolling If So...
Guess who's signed up to take part in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood? You guessed? Yeah, we did too
The cross-over cotinues after the jump... Yup, that's totally Raiden from the Metal Gear franchise. Just like Altair was in Metal Gear Solid 4, Raiden's set to appear as an unlockable costume in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. We reckon Ezio's a dead...
News What's This Spanking New PlayStation Headset?
The PlayStation 3 already has an official headset which is pretty darn amazing
But Kotaku's reporting that the old headset might be getting replaced by a slimmer, sleeker unit. Shots of the new device — sent in by a reader — reveal a smaller unit with tidier button placement. Kotaku ensure that the device is an official headset. It doesn't...
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 Ubisoft Reveals PlayStation 3 Exclusive Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood DLC
Ubisoft's announced it is to release a set of free DLC for the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
The exclusive content, known as the Copernicus Conspiracy, will add a few extra missions to the game and will be available for free on the PlayStation Network in time for Brotherhood's launch. Difficult to complain about a freebie...
News New Battlefield Announcement Coming This Friday, Not Battlefield 3
EA's Easy division (the lot behind Battlefield: Heroes) are set to announce a new Battlefield related game in London this week
The game — which is categorically not Battlefield 3 — will be announced at an EA event on Friday Easy's GM Ben Cousins announced on Twitter: "Flying to London later today to show a new, unannounced #Battlefield game...
News James Bond 007: Blood Stone Gets Launch Trailer, Still Looks Exciting To Us
We suppose we have a weakness to anything with James Bond on the cover
The last PlayStation 3 Bond game, Quantum Of Solace, was pretty rubbish. But we still found ourselves ploughing in the 30 hours or so needed to get the Platinum trophy. It's because it's got Bond on the box. Even though Activision appears dead-set on burying James Bond 007: Blood...
News The Game They Said Would Never Be Finished Is Finished: Gran Turismo 5 Goes Gold
According to reports blowing up all over the 'net over-night, Gran Turismo 5 has finally gone gold
Gold is a term used in the industry to describe a game which is finished and has been sent off to manufacturing. According to Jalopnik, who spent the evening with Polyphony Digital's gaffer Kazunori Yamauchi, the game is finished and is in...
News BLOODY NORA: SOMEONE MADE AFTERBURNER IN LITTLEBIGPLANET 2!
We've come to the conclusion that Sony don't need a marketing team for LittleBigPlanet 2
The game just totally sells itself. Take this Afterburner level that's emerged on YouTube this afternoon. Have you ever seen anything quite so amazing? Exactly.
News XBOX Live Price Hiked To Keep Content Off The PlayStation 3
On the PlayStation 3, you don't have to pay for multiplayer
On the XBOX 360, you do. Many people cite the "greater" experience on XBOX Live as the reason for the cost, but the reality is that the services are roughly comparable, with Live offering a few extra bells and whistles. Microsoft recently increased the price of the XBOX 360's Live...
News US Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Promotion Attempts Get Worse
Just when we thought EA couldn't possibly top those horrible, horrible dudebro party videos for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, they release these terrible commercials
The ads star Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara from Entourage. They are also not funny. We're huge fans of the games Criterion make, but everything EA's done to promote this game has made...
News How-To Videos Heading To The PlayStation 3
If you're reading this, you're probably something of a "savvy" PlayStation user who can get just about everything the system has to offer up and working
What about people who are just buying into the system though? The XMB is super-simple, but we imagine it could get a touch confusing with Netflix, Vidzone and PlayStation Store icons all over the...
Urhhhh
Hear that? That's us practically having an orgasm over this Pac-Man Championship Edition DX trailer. Look at it. Look - at - it. It's so good. Urhhh. We're going gaga here. Give us this game now!
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops' Launch Trailer Is Actually 101% AMAZING
Well Treyarch, take your seat on the throne
Looks like you've earned your place in the Call Of Duty elite. We still need to actually, y'know, play Call Of Duty: Black Ops to make sure but, man, we don't think we've ever been this excited for a Call Of Duty game. Infinity Ward — certainly as we knew them — are gone, and it looks like it's time...
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...
News MUBI Brings Indie Cinema To The PlayStation 3 This Week
The PlayStation 3's MUBI application is set to launch across Europe this week
The app — which is a movie streaming service for independent and classic films — will be available to download from the PlayStation Store on November 3rd in a range of different European countries. Hit up the PlayStation Blog to check you're covered. The service...
October2010
News Watch Sackbots Run Amok In This LittleBigPlanet 2 Featurette
LittleBigPlanet 2 trailers are always amazing
This latest featurette, detailing the game's Sackbots component, doesn't buck the trend. Whether it's Sackbots dancing to Bollywood beats or just running around to some really good synth bass, this trailer's sure to make you smile.</em> LittleBigPlanet has that effect. So good.
News Y'know, For A Darts Game, Top Darts Looks Agonsingly Pretty
We already know about O-Games' PDC World Championship Darts Pro Tour, but how about a little PSN darts developed by Devils Details under Sony's XDev Studio Europe banner? The game is Top Darts
Nice, yeah. Announced today on the PlayStation Blog, the Christmas PSN title looks agonisingly pretty (see screen above) and is set to use the full...
News We Totally Forgot About The Sly Trilogy...
.. Thank goodness for trailers then, eh? No date on the European version of the remastered Sly Trilogy, but it's due in North America on November 9th.</em>
News Can We Get A 'Hell Yes"? Tokyo Jungle's Confirmed For Europe!
Keiji Inafune may have thought the Tokyo Game Show was filled with "awful games", but one title which did get the press buzzing was PlayStation Network exclusive Tokyo Jungle
The game is set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo in which the human race has been completely wiped out, leaving wild animals to rule the city. It's kind of hard to explain, but...
News The MAG DLC We've All Been Waiting For Hits Next Week
Ever since MAG released we've always stated: "How cool would it be if all three factions from the game got to take part in one massive royal rumble style match-up?" Next week, our dreams come true
Zipper's confirmed that the Escalation DLC — which places 32 players from each faction on the map — will launch for $9.99 next week. The new game-mode...
News SCEJ: Demon's Souls 2 Could Happen "One Day", Masochists Rejoice
There's a Demon's Souls 2 coming, except it's not called Demon's Souls 2
Project Dark was announced at the Tokyo Game Show by Demon's Souls developer From Software, but it's coming to the XBOX 360. Sony owns the Demon's Souls IP, so while Project Dark might be a spiritual successor to Demon's Souls, it will never adorn the brand on the box. Sony...
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 Pigsy's Perfect 10 DLC Heading To Enslaved Alongside 3D Support
Pigsy was the worst character in Enslaved as far as we were concerned
Aside from some comical moments, he kinda broke the tone we'd grown to love about the game. That said, Enslaved was absolutely brilliant, so it's hard for us to be too down on the character's central role in the game's first slice of DLC. The DLC, entitled Pigsy's Perfect 10, will...
News Standalone 320GB PlayStation 3 Hardware SKUs Shipping In North America Today
The PlayStation 3's bulky 320GB variant was previously only available when bundled with the PlayStation Move
But Sony's announced that's set to change today, as standalone versions of the beefy hardware ship to stores throughout North America. The system will set you back $349.99 (while the Move bundle retails for $399.99), so it still kinda makes...
News Killzone 3's "Helghast Edition" Is One Of The Best Collector's Editions We've Seen In A While
Killzone 3's special "Helghast Edition" comes with a Helghast helmet
We could leave this story right there couldn't we? A Helghast helmet. But it doesn't stop there — the awesome looking ornament opens out to reveal "an art book, super voucher and Killzone 3 game." The super voucher — which can be redeemed via the PSN — includes a...
News Borderlands Level Cap Update Coming Soon, Gearbox Pretty Promise
Are you still playing Borderlands? Thought you might be
That game is big. In fact, if we didn't have a back-log of about 5,264,631 games to review [slight exaggeration - Ed], we'd still be playing it now. And if we were still playing it now, we'd be hotly anticipating the game's level cap raising patch. Speaking of which, Gearbox claim that the...
News Fallout: New Vegas Gets PlayStation 3 Patch (Is Still Totally Zorked)
Fallout: New Vegas has been fixed
Hallelujah. A new patch for the game — the same as the one released for Steam over the weekend — has now been rolled out onto the PlayStation 3 version of the game. Apparently the update includes "over 200 fixes". We booted up our copy of the game to check and noticed an NPC half-stuck in the ground...
News Red Dead Redemption Gets Double XP This Weekend
It's Hallowe'en
What better way to spend it than shooting up the undead in Red Dead Redemption's new Undead Nightmare pack? If you're planning on taking the game online, then you should know that Rockstar are celebrating all weekend with double XP. The fun will begin tomorrow evening (18:00PM in England apparently) and will run right through until...
News Sebastian Vettel Test Drives The Red Bull X1 In Gran Turismo 5
The Red Bull X1 concept car was designed by the Red Bull Racing team in conjunction with Polyphony Digital to show what a vehicle could do without any limitations or restrictions
The result is it being fast. Really, really, really, really fast. 400kph fast. In this Gran Turismo 5 trailer, Sebastian Vettel test drives the car on the Nurburgring...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Maps Titled In Leaked Screenshot
Call Of Duty fans are crazy
They play one game all year round — imagine that! As such, they're itching for information about Call Of Duty: Black Ops, and we've got some information on the game's multiplayer maps. Just the titles for now, mind. Enjoy!</em>
News No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise Lands PlayStation 3 Exclusivity In North America
Konami announced months ago that they'd picked up the publishing rights to the HD Wii port No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise, and were planning to bring the title to Europe with PlayStation Move support
The publishers finally announced that the game's coming to North America too — as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. For those unfamiliar, No More Heroes:...
News Ex-Street Fighter Producer Working On New PlayStation Move Title
Ex-Street Fighter producer Noritaka Funamizu has revealed to Famitsu that he's working with Sony's new magic wand, the PlayStation Move
The producer, who worked on most of Street Fighter's 2D releases, didn't drop too many details, but did have high praise for the Move controller. Im actually working on a PS Move game at the moment, he told...
The Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta was one of the most exciting things we've played all year
We loved it, and we literally cannot wait to plough hundreds of hours into the component when the full release drops next month. Of course, being a beta, there was plenty about the multiplayer trial that didn't quite feel right. Ubisoft's...
News Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Standalone Disc Gets Dated
Red Dead Redemption's "Undead Nightmare" DLC pack is out on the PlayStation Network right now
But what if you don't want to download it? Well Rockstar's planning to release the DLC standalone on November 23rd in North America (26th in Europe). The package will also include all of the DLC packs released for Red Dead Redemption thus far, and will cost...
News Ready At Dawn Prepping New Action Game Reveal, Done With PSP
God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta is out in a few weeks and is getting great reviews across the 'Net
(We got our review copy this morning and it's amazing.) Developers Ready At Dawn are already thinking about moving on from the PSP though. It's the platform that's made the studio's name, but they have bigger ambitions. That's fair enough, they're a very...
News Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Goes Live In Europe, Plus Members Get Discount
PlayStation Plus is the gift that keeps giving
Honestly, we totally get why people are against it, and at the end of the day that's fine; it's a completely optional service, either you want it or you don't. But with yesterday's Killzone 3 beta and today's 20% discount on the Red Dead Redemption DLC we'd already planned to buy, it all starts to add...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops' Protagonist Actually Says Words
Has a Call Of Duty protagonist ever talked? We're sure they have, but we can't think of particular instance
Sure, Soap ended up talking in Modern Warfare 2, but we don't think he ever said anything when he was the main character of Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Either way, as far as we can remember, Call Of Duty protagonists are pretty mute. Call...
News Parasite Eve Rocks Japanese PlayStation Network Next Month
For as much dancing around the issue as Square Enix did, the original Parasite Eve games were always going to come to the PlayStation Network
Now there's a date placed on the re-releases. The first game in the franchise will hit the Japanese PlayStation Store on November 4th, with the sequel following on November 18th. Both will land plenty of time...
News This Week's Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Demo Focuses On Autolog Features
The most exciting part about Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit - outside of Criterion's class-leading race mechanics - are the social interaction features
The mechanics Criterion are labelling as "Autolog". Instead of simply giving players a taste of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit's racing, the game's demo - set to release this week on PSN - will...
News Insomniac Champion Longer Development Cycles
Insomniac are known for releasing a game every year
They've put more big budget titles onto PlayStation 3 than any other developer, but in 2010 they're having a break. Both Resistance 3 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One will launch in 2011, two years after Insomniac's last PS3 release, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time. Resistance 3's creative...
News God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta "Redemption" Trailer Goes Live, Looks Wicked
Not long now until Sony drop their PSP killer-app for 2010, God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta
The game, which is being developed by Ready At Dawn, is popping up with 9's all over the Internet. It does looks balls-to-the-wall awesome, doesn't it? The game hits North American on November 2nd, and Europe on November 11th.
Rumour PSP2 Set To Launch In Fall 2011, Has Larger "HD" Screen
And those PSP2 rumours just won't die
Except they're not really rumours anymore are they? All the information we appear to be hearing from "sources" seem to converge at a similar point - that the PSP2 is coming next holiday, is a beast in terms of power and will include a touch-screen on the reverse of the unit. Kotaku's the latest to...
News There Are TV Ads For Downloadable Content Now? What Madness Is This?
We know that Red Dead Redemption's "Undead Nightmare" pack is a big deal
The sheer number of emails we've had from Rockstar PR confirm that much. But is this the first case of DLC being promoted on TV? Did the GTAIV DLC get the same treatment? Either way - it's kinda mad.
News ... And I Do Declare, That Henceforth, October 25th Shall Be Known As "Killzone 3 Day"...
.. And we shall all frag, and stare at beautiful visuals (like these posted by StrategyInformer) all day long. At least, if you downloaded the Killzone 3 theme quick enough the other week!</em> Keep checking your emails for that beta code, folks.
News Ninja Theory Hiring For "Unannounced" Title (Bring Trip Back, Just Sayin')
Enslaved and Heavenly Sword developer, Ninja Theory, has revealed on Twitter that they are staffing up for an "unannounced" title
The company detailed that they're looking for a new "lead designer" for the title. We'd like to think Enslaved did well enough to warrant a sequel. We did think it was really good to be honest. Ninja Theory are...
UK Charts Fallout: New Vegas Tops, While Vanquish & DJ Hero 2 Dally (Much To Our Dissatisfaction)
Perhaps we're biased by the games being fresh in our memory, but if you asked us our favourite games of the year right now, Vanquish and DJ Hero 2 would certainly be up there
It's sad to see both games miss out on solid spots in the UK sales top ten, then. Vanquish only managed a spot at number 12, while DJ Hero 2 was way behind at 25...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops' "Gun Game" Multiplayer Playlist Looks Like A Ton Of Fun
In "Gun Game" - one of Call Of Duty: Black Ops' new multiplayer game types - every kill matters
Not for your precious KDR or XP statistics, but because every kill rewards you with a new weapon. This new footage which has leaked onto YouTube shows the new game-type in action, and it looks like a ton of fun. The player starts of with a pistol before...
News Joe's Adventure Hits Mafia II On November 23rd
If you loved Mafia II (like us) and are itching for the next instalment of narrative DLC, then know that the game's next pack of DLC, "Joe's Adventure", is set to hit the PlayStation Network on November 23rd
In the narrative flashback you'll play as Joe Barbaro during Vito Scaletta's spell in prison. The press release describes the package as...
News Platinum Keen To Extend Publishing Partnership With SEGA
Platinum Games' publishing partnership with SEGA ends with the release of Vanquish today
But Platinum's Atsushi Inaba has told Develop that the studio may extend their partnership with SEGA beyond the four games the duo have released. Yes youre correct, we have made the four titles in our contract, he said when asked about the current deal...
News The Police Cars In Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Are So Awesome
Vroooom
Boom. Crash. Smash. Yeeehawww. Or something like that? These super-duper sports cars might not be your cup of tea, but you have to admit — they look pretty neat as police cars, right? There's a demo for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit due next week. It's going to be ay-may-zing, we're sure of it.
News Catherine Delayed Into The New Year In Japan
Catherine was set to hit Japan before Christmas, but Atlus has just announced that the bizarre title is set to be delayed until February 17th
It's hard to be too disappointed by this news (seeing as Catherine doesn't even have a Western release), but we assume some folks in Japan are crying over the lack of sheep-people this Winter. Still, at least...
News James Bond 007: Blood Stone To Hit UK Retailers On November 5th
That's soon, right? We knew James Bond 007: Blood Stone was slated for this year, but it always felt like it was some way off
Mainly because the game only got announced a couple of months ago and, despite countless developer videos, not a lot's been said about the game. Still, it's out in two weeks according to VG247. The site also claims that...
News Lust Over Eight Minutes Of Killzone 3 Beta Gameplay Footage
Killzone has always been an unbelievably pretty franchise
Everytime we've seen Killzone 3 in action, we've had to stand and admire the game's visual fidelity. It is truly above and beyond everything else out there. We're sure you'll agree when you check out 8 minutes of the game's multiplayer. Pretty, pretty, pretty right? Beta invites are set to go...
News Black Rock Studio Set To Task On A New Unannounced Arcade Racer
Black Rock Studios, the Brighton-based team that brought you Split/Second and Pure, have set to work on a new unannounced arcade racer according to GamerZines
The news comes via a job advertisement seeking a senior games designer for the new title on PS3 and 360. Do we think it could be a sequel to Split/Second? That game had some serious AI flaws...
News Blimey: The Voice Of Agent 47 Outs "Gob Smacking" Hitman 5
It's been on the cards for a long time
IO might have tried their hand at some different titles - notably Kane & Lynch, though who could forget the surprisingly good Mini Ninjas? - but a new Hitman's always been on the cards. It sounds like Agent 47's voice actor, David Bateson, might finally have spilled the beans. Speaking in an interview with...
News ModNation Racers "Stunt Pack" Available Free For Two Weeks
Sony's announced a ModNation Racers track pack set to launch on October 26th
The pack, entitled the "Stunt Pack", will be available for free two weeks from launch. The contents are listed after the break. It looks like a great little goodie for free. We might be tempted to jump back into ModNation and craft another killer track. Stunt Pack...
The most recognisable think about the Killzone franchise is those famous orange eyes
They are absolutely pivotal to the experience. The game would lose all its personality without them. So it makes sense to bundle a pair of Helghast goggles with Killzone 3's special edition. The collector's/limited edition - which was accidentally uploaded to...
News Bioshock Infinite Still Looks Like The Best Thing Ever (Ever)
Bioshock Infinite's not due out for years
It might have actually been announced too early; because there are still two years of development left on this thing. But the one thing we can be sure of when it ships is that it's going to be amazing. Absolutely amazing. Joystiq's got a batch of new screenshots. Catch them through the link.
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