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News First Jet Set Radio Footage Skates Past
Slick
SEGA's posted the first trailer for its upcoming digital release of Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio, and it looks... well, like a sharper version of Jet Set Radio. The trailer's got everything you'd want: Captain Onishima, skating, tagging and some of that awesome music too. Here's hoping the game's legendary soundtrack survives intact, though...
News Dust 514 on PS Vita to be a "Companion App"
Not an online first-person shooter
Dust 514’s scrapped its $20 price-tag in favour of a much more accessible $0. Developer CCP confused gamers last year when it confirmed that the PSN title – which was originally announced as a free game – would carry a price point of $20. At the time, CCP intended to reimburse players with $20 worth of...
News PixelJunk 4am Dancing onto PSN this Spring
A musical journey
PixelJunk 4am is not a game. Q Games’ Rowan Parker describes it as a more of an “instrument than a game”. The title – which has been developed in collaboration with DJ Baiyon – sees you using the PlayStation Move controller to manipulate music. Everything is handled with gestures; you are essentially creating sounds in 3D...
News Trine 2 Launching on European PSN Next Week
Bizarre announcement
Frozenbyte’s revealed that Trine 2 will launch on the European PlayStation Network next week. That’s according to a ridiculous (but brilliant) video posted on the developer’s YouTube account. Trine 2 released in North America last year, but was delayed in Europe after it failed QA. It seems those issues have been resolved...
News Team Meat Considering Binding of Isaac for Sony Platforms
All rogue, like
Following the news that Nintendo had rejected The Binding of Isaac for 3DS, Team Meat has announced that it's considering bringing the title to Sony platforms. In an interview with Joystiq, co-founder Edward McMillen said that the studio was actively considering porting the title to “1-2 Sony platforms”. PlayStation 3 and...
News SEGA and Arkedo Reveal Hell Yeah!
The rabbit is coming, you better start running
SEGA’s finally lifted the lid on its collaboration with Parisian developer Arkedo. As confirmed on IGN overnight, Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Rabbit is coming to PlayStation Network later this year. The game is about a rabbit prince who embarks on a bloody rampage when compromising photographs of him are...
News SEGA Opens Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Website
New modes detailed
SEGA's preparing to drop Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown this summer, launching an official website to explain a bit more about the new gameplay features of the PSN download. While the PS3 version of Virtua Fighter 5 missed out on online play, Final Showdown includes online multiplayer as well as a revamped offline single player...
News Sony Explains Differences Between Regional Store Updates
Jumping through hoops
SCEE gets a lot of stick for delaying downloadable games that release on-time in North America. One example is Trine 2, which is still yet to launch in Europe despite hitting the US around Christmas time. As part of today’s PlayStation Store update, Sony’s Jawad Ashraf has attempted to shed a little light on exactly what...
Store Update 29th February 2012 (Europe)
Leap year download
Today's a rare occasion that only happens once every four years — Sony has revamped the way it presents the PlayStation Store update, intended to make it easier than ever to find out what's available, where and for how much. Let's see what's up today. PlayStation Network New Content: PS3 Games BioShock 2 (£14.99, €19.99,...
Store Update 28th February 2012 (North America)
Vita demos and DLC
Select Vita games get add-on content and demos today, helping you boost your experience or try before you buy, depending on your preference. Here's what's up now in North America. PlayStation Plus: Discounted PS3 Full Game Killzone 3 Full Multiplayer (PS+ Price: $7.50) Discounted Mini Touchdown Fever Mini (PS+ Price: $2.39) Free...
News Killzone 3 Multiplayer Comes to European PSN Tomorrow
Freemium firepower
Sony has announced that the free downloadable Killzone 3 multiplayer suite – already announced for North America – will launch in Europe tomorrow as part of region’s PlayStation Store update. The download will allow you to enjoy all three of Killzone 3’s main multiplayer modes across each of the game’s packaged and DLC
News Quantum Conundrum Quizzing PSN this Summer
Swift turnaround
The latest title from Kim Swift – co-creator of the original Portal – is set to arrive on PlayStation Network this summer, publisher Square Enix has announced. Dubbed Quantum Conundrum, the digital download sees players assuming the role of a young boy as he attempts to source the location of his missing uncle. With the creator...
News Sony Reveals PSN Gamers' Choice Nominees
Quest for the best
Sony's revealed the nominees for the second annual PlayStation Network Gamers’ Choice Awards. Like last year, you’ll be able to vote for your favourites via the PlayStation Network, with an XMB theme available for each title you select. The winning game in each category will secure a 30% discount on the PlayStation Store (50%...
News PS2 Cult Classic Primal Launches on US PSN Today
A fan favourite
We’ll forgive you for missing out on Studio Cambridge’s PS2 classic, Primal. It launched relatively early in the system’s life, and took a while to drum the enthusiasm it holds today. Fortunately you’ll get another chance to test out the cult favourite today, as the title drops onto the US PlayStation Store as a PS2 Classic...
News Ubisoft Discusses the Making of I Am Alive
Putting the project on life support
I Am Alive may have gone through several iterations since its original reveal way back at E3 2008, but it continues to intrigue despite the game’s clearly troubled development cycle. As big fans of survival horror, a lot of the mechanics Ubisoft Shanghai’s employed to create a tense and uncertain world...
News First Jet Set Radio HD Screenshots Get Scratching
Looking good so far
SEGA's followed up last week's announcement that classic Dreamcast title Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio in America) is coming to PlayStation Network with the first HD screenshots. SEGA has also confirmed the game will see release this summer and revealed a Jet Set Radio art contest that could see your art included in the finished...
News Saints Row: The Third Goes Twilight in New DLC
Edward you believe it?
When we were at high-school, the kid with ginger hair and pale skin was always the one that got laughed at. But since the emergence of the Twilight series – and more importantly, Edward Cullen – that same stereotype’s turned into the ultimate lady magnet. Nah, we don’t get it either, but apparently vampires are the new...
News thatgamecompany Looking to Move Beyond PlayStation
Going on a Journey of its own
Thatgamecompany is looking to bring its titles to a “bigger audience”, studio co-founder Jenova Chen has told us in an exclusive interview. The studio head noted that with Journey due to amble onto PlayStation Network next month, and the company’s three game exclusivity relationship with Sony completed, the team...
News Shoot Many Robots from 13th March
You know you want to
Bad news for robots: Demiurge’s PlayStation Network shoot-a-thon, Shoot Many Robots, is set to arrive on the PlayStation Network on 13th March for $9.99. European robots will have an extra day to steel themselves for shutdown, when the Ubisoft published title arrives on 14th March overseas. Like its name so candidly suggests,...
News Killzone 3 Multiplayer Coming To PSN Next Week for Free
With a level cap
During the latest PlayStation Blogcast, Sony has announced that it is bringing Killzone 3’s complete multiplayer suite to the PlayStation Network as a standalone download next week. The component will be free to download, but will have a level cap in place requiring you to stump up $15 in order to unlock the full mode. While this...
News Sony Schedules PSN Maintenance for 1st March
Find something else to do
Sony’s forewarned users that the PlayStation Network will be taken offline from 16:00PM GMT on Thursday, 1st March until 07:00AM GMT on Friday, 2nd March for scheduled maintenance. While these maintenance periods aren’t typically a problem – allowing users to stay signed in if they login before the maintenance starts...
News Fresh Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Gameplay Trailer Sprints Online
Miles Prower
The first gameplay footage of SEGA’s episodic downloadable, Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2, has spin-dashed online. The trailer shows Sonic and his flame furred associate, Tails, sprinting through a series of distinctly SEGA-like environments, including funfairs, ruins and snowy mountains. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 promises to...
News Jet Set Radio to Tag PlayStation Network
Bringing the Beat back
SEGA is preparing to bring much-loved Dreamcast title Jet Set Radio — aka Jet Grind Radio to PlayStation Network. The publisher embedded a short teaser video on its blog, with the simple title "Guess Who's Back?" The answer, it would seem, is "everyone from Jet Set Radio." No price, release date or...
News New Screens Show Rebooted Tokyo Jungle
In the jungle...
Hot on the heels of Sony’s 7th June release date announcement for hotly anticipated post-apocalyptic downloadable title, Tokyo Jungle, the publisher’s released some fresh screens of the game’s rejigged style. As previously confirmed, the title's dropped its original two-dimensional viewpoint, adopting a full three-dimensional...
News MotorStorm RC Racing into North America on 6th March
Vroooom
Spoilers: MotorStorm RC is amazing. It’s not often those of us in Europe get special treatment, but when it comes to Evolution Studios’ new cross-platform RC racer we’ve been treated like Kings. That is to say we’ve been up since last night cursing the fact that we can’t beat any of our PSN rivals' high scores. Grrrr. Still, the...
Store Update 22nd February 2012 (Europe)
More PS2 classics
The PS2 Classics are coming thick and fast now, with a true fighting classic hitting PSN today. Don't forget all the Vita PSN content went up last night, so don't expect to find it here. PS3 Games: Just Dance 3 (£29.99/€39.99)Rating: PEGI 3Availability: All LocalesFile Size: 11GB Smash ‘N’ Survive (£9.99/€12.99)Ratin
News Pre-order Mass Effect 3 from PSN for Exclusive Goodies
Finish the fight digitally
Mass Effect 3’s officially marking the transition into multiplatform series with a release day PlayStation Network release. Sony and BioWare’s announced that the upcoming sequel is available to pre-order from the PlayStation Store now. Plump up for the digital release and you’ll scoop the exclusive M55 Argus rifle...
Store Update 21st February 2012 (North America)
Vita Store gets bigger
PlayStation Vita's out in North America (and Europe, of course) so here's the PlayStation Store update letting you know exactly what you can get for your shiny new console with a US PlayStation Network account. PlayStation Plus: PSN Games Sega Genesis Bundle:Altered BeastComix ZoneGolden AxeSonic t
News WWE WrestleFest Chokeslams PSN This Year
Coin-op classic
THQ’s announced that an update of the legitimately brilliant arcade wrestling title, WWF WrestleFest, is headed to the PlayStation Network later this year. Renamed WWE WrestleFest, the update promises upgraded visuals, a contemporary fighter roster, multiplayer, downloadable content and Road to WrestleMania progression play...
Store Update European Vita Launch Content
Get 'em all here
The European PlayStation Store update normally hits on a Wednesday afternoon, but with PlayStation Vita launching at midnight tonight Sony's obviously decided to get the digital games up early. Here's the complete list of games that'll be available in the European PlayStation Vita Store later today. What will you be downloading?...
News Tokyo Jungle Stomping onto PSN in June
A right old din
Sony’s finally attached a date to its bonkers downloadable indie project, Tokyo Jungle, in Japan. For those that aren’t familiar with the title, the game takes place in a deserted, futuristic Japan which has transformed into a brutal safari. Taking control of various animal species, you must both survive and uncover the truth of...
News Evolution Studios Talks MotorStorm RC's Stunning Price
Micro-transaction
Sony left Nintendo sputtering in the dust when it announced the price points of first party download-only PlayStation Network titles for PS Vita last week. Most surprising was MotorStorm RC's emergence as the cheapest in the pack at just £4.79. Don't associate that price with a lack of content, though. MotorStorm RC contains 16...
News Retro City Rampage Hijacks Vita and PS3
Firing Vblanks
Indie developer Vblank Entertainment is bringing Retro City Rampage to PS3 and PS Vita, designer Brian Provinciano revealed on the official PS EU Blog. The game — originally revealed for WiiWare several years ago — is now coming to PSN and Vita in May this year. We won't hold our breath: once upon a time it was set for release in...
Talking Point Are Vita's PSN Prices Right?
Pocket money
At the start of this week Sony announced UK prices of PS Vita’s download-exclusive launch titles, dazzling fans with low costs of entry. MotorStorm RC will skid onto your memory card for just £4.79, while Top Darts, Hustle Kings and Super Stardust
News Embrace the Cold with SSX Demo Next Week
Brrrrr
SSX creative director, Todd Batty, has revealed that a demo for the divisive snowboarding reboot will drop onto the PlayStation Store next week. Download the taster and you’ll get to sample four events as character Zoe. Encourage a friend to check out the demo and you’ll also unlock access to a second character called Mac. The full...
News Ready Your PlayStation 3 for Firmware Update 4.11
Again
Budding Twitter critics rejoice: Sony’s announced a new firmware update for the PlayStation 3. The minor – dare we say meaningless – download bumps the hardware up to version 4.11 and brings with it improvements to “certain aspects of system software”. Not a lot, then. Bizarrely, the update’s optional in North America and...
News Journey Destined for North America on 13th March
Arrives in Europe 14th March
Yesterday we reported that the highly-anticipated Journey begins its travels in Japan on 15th March: thankfully, the rest of the world can also get ready to depart. North America will receive thatgamecompany’s latest release first, with the title available to download from PlayStation Store on 13th March for $14.99...
News First Shiny Sonic 4: Episode 2 Screens Leak Out
Heads or Tails?
Trust Xbox.com to leak screenshots of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 before SEGA's given us more than a teaser and some concept art. The screenshots — all embedded below for your pleasure — show Sonic and Tails engaging in some, er, co-op action, with online and offline options available. Sonic fans will pick up on any number of...
Store Update 15th February 2012 (Europe)
PS2 Classics are here
After the bumper PS Store update for North America yesterday Europe's not left out in the cold, with stacks of new content including no fewer than 27 PS2 Classics added today. Let's dive in. PlayStation Network New Content: Full Games (PS3): Move Street Cricket (£11.90/€14.99)Rating: PEGI 3Availability: Not available in...
News First PlayStation 2 Classics Touch Down in Europe Today
Godly
On the back of last night’s bumper US PlayStation Store update, SCEE’s followed-up with some pretty exciting news of its own: PlayStation 2 classics are on the way today. Capcom confirmed the glad tidings, announcing on its official blog that previous generation favourites God Hand, Maximo and
News Journey Begins its Travels on 15th March in Japan
On the road
Sony’s finally attached a date to thatgamecompany’s hotly anticipated arthouse PlayStation Network release, Journey. Sadly the launch date only applies to Japan. Those living in the land of the rising sun will get to purchase the gorgeous adventure title on 15th March for a lowly sum of ¥1,200. Sony’s yet to confirm a Western...
Store Update 14th February 2012 (North America)
From SCEA, with love
An absolutely enormous PlayStation Store update today, with stacks of stuff for PS Vita, PlayStation Plus members and stacks of other content. Read on and see what's available! PlayStation Plus: PS3 Full Games: Far Cry 2 (V-Day Special One Week Offer) PSN Games: Battle Fantasia; Fatal Inertia;
News Mad Riders Trailer Gets Dirty
Nail'd it
For all its faults, we rather enjoyed Techland’s Nail’d. The game did away with MotorStorm’s simulation aspects, opting for an off-road experience filled with massive air. And we mean massive air. Seriously, if you haven’t played the game, you can’t even comprehend how big some of the jumps in that title were. While Mad Riders...
News Girl Fight Sounds Alright
This is progress
Girl Fight is guaranteed to do gangbusters when it karate kicks the PlayStation Network in high-heels later this year. The Microprose (remember those guys?) and Kung Fu Factory developed arcade brawler promises, and we quote, “a unique all-female, fast-paced spin on arcade-style fighting games”. Sounds... awesome? Published by...
News Journey Hits the Road Next Month
Touching trek
PS3 owners will get to begin their poignant pilgrimage next month when thatgamecompany’s hotly anticipated Journey drops onto the PlayStation Store. The release date was outed by Game Informer magazine, who revealed the game’s March launch in its latest issue. The developer announced that the game was essentially finished last...
News Sony Prices PS Vita Download Titles Low
What were you saying about smartphones?
Sony’s announced the UK prices for its first batch of downloadable PlayStation Vita titles, and the news is good. Very good, in fact. Come 22nd February you’ll be able to snap up a copy of MotorStorm RC for a measly £4.79. It’s worth noting that splashing out on the isometric racer will not only reward...
Interview Version2Games - Smash 'N' Survive
Fender bender
Car combat is staging a comeback. It’s not just Twisted Metal that’s set to drop onto PlayStation 3 this month, but also Version2Games’ Smash ‘N’ Survive, an explosive vehicular combat title that’s breaking new ground of its own. Indeed, the launch of Smash ‘N’ Survive will mark the first time an Indian developed game...
Guide How to Download PSP Games to PS Vita
Plus: compatible games list
When you get your Vita in the next few weeks, you might want to take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of those PSP classics on your shiny new handheld, but how do you do that? Well, it's quite straightforward really, as the PlayStation Blog explains. While there's no UMD to Vita transfer for North America, you can...
News Wheels of Destruction Wreaks Havoc on the PlayStation Store
Killer wheels
You wait ten years for a new car combat title and then three come along at once. Joining Twisted Metal and Smash ‘N’ Survive is Gelid Games’ Wheels of Destruction: World Tour, an “arcade-style car combat shooter set in a post-apocalyptic Earth”. Gelid promises vehicular carnage across five of the “most dangerous” European...
News Purchase PS Vita Titles from the US PlayStation Store
Patience
Here’s a juicy little tid-bit for those of you that can’t wait until 22nd February (or 15th February if you’re a First Edition Bundle pre-order holder): a bunch of PlayStation Vita titles can now be purchased from the North American PlayStation Store. You’ll need to search for the titles to find them, but it’s not like they’re...
