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News Japanese Sales Charts: Dark Souls, ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus HD Roar To The Top
Dark Souls topped the Japanese sales charts this week, shifting a monstrous 279,567 copies
We're starting to wonder if Sony regrets not pushing Demon's Souls harder worldwide now, with success pretty much guaranteed in the West too. Sony's ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus Collection had a similarly strong opening, scooping up the second, 14th and...
News Cage: Quantic Dream Is All About Breaking Boundaries
Quantic Dream's David Cage has told Develop that he has no interest in making a Heavy Rain sequel because he is not in the video games business to make money
Quantic Dream, he said, is all about breaking boundaries. Let me be stupid for one second; Im not in this business to make money, he told the website. I wrote Heavy Rain because I was...
News Naughty Dog's Stoked That Neil Burger Is Taking Charge Of The Uncharted Movie
The Uncharted movie has been in limbo for some time
For a while, David O Russell was considering transforming Nathan Drake's adventures into an action packed episode of the Antique Roadshow, but Sony eventually canned the director due to "creative differences". Neil Burger has since been named as the movie's new director, an inclusion...
News Yamauchi Confirms Gran Turismo 5 Spec 2.0 Update For October
Polyphony Digital's achingly precise gaffer Kazunori Yamauchi has Tweeted that the Spec 2
0 update for Gran Turismo 5 will arrive at some point during the third week of October, with a fresh batch of DLC due out a week later. Yamauchi didn't clarify what the update nor DLC would entail, but we expect details to follow in the coming weeks. [Thanks...
News PlayStation Vita's Japanese Launch Originally Planned For Earlier In December
Our biggest complaint with Sony's handling of the PlayStation Vita thus far is just how long it's taken Sony to get from announcement to store shelves
It feels like the platform holder has been 'umming and ahhing' for an eternity, with the system only just meeting its 2011 release domestically, and no date here in the West. Speaking in the latest...
News Road Of Devastation DLC Makes Us Want To Play Dead Nation Again
Y'know, we didn't like Dead Nation as much as other people did
It all got a bit frustrating for us. That said, we'd love to hop back int0 the game — and the upcoming Road Of Devastation DLC pack is tempting us. In addition to picking up where the story left off, Road Of Devastation also includes new weapons and equipment to play with. Catch a...
News PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Early Preview Of Video Unlimited
Sony's announced that it's launching a preview of its Video Unlimited application for PlayStation Plus subscribers today
The app — which provides a new interface for browsing the content on the PlayStation's Video Store — will be available in North America and Canada. Users will be able to browse content via genres and other categories. It also...
News I Gotta Believe: Parappa The Rapper Could Return On PlayStation Vita
Parappa The Rapper hasn't been in the spotlight since the PlayStation 2
But series creator Masaya Matsuura has told Joystiq that the hipster puppy could return on the PlayStation Vita. "We always think about the possibility of remaking or rebuilding or making sequels," he told the website at TGS. Matsuura continued that he prefers making...
News Sony Pushes Journey Into Spring 2012
The writing's been on the wall for a while
Journey's not coming out this year. Developer thatgamecompany was never specific about a date, but did confirm that it was aiming for a 2011 release date. The indie studio's silence has been telling over the last couple of months though, and it's true what they say: you can't rush brilliance. So with the...
News ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus Collection Launch Trailer Gets You In The Mood
Spoilers: we've already finished both ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus in high-defition
You'll get your chance this week, when the game launches in various territories around the world. If you're still undecided, then we have a review forthcoming. But we suppose we can say that this collection compiles the definitive versions of two of the best games...
News Curious PlayStation 3 Teaser Hints At... Something
Your guess is as good as ours
A mysterious new PlayStation 3 teaser video has launched on the platform holder's YouTube channel promising to show us what's "beyond the doors" on October 5th. The footage shows a group of war veterans enter a pub or hotel. There appears to be Killzone-themed weapons on a rack against the wall, and a...
News Mystery Thickens For Bizarre PlayStation Move Title
Remember the mysterious PlayStation Move collaboration between demoscene group Plastic and Sony Santa Monica? It was hinted at a couple of weeks ago with a bizarre trailer
Well now we've got another one, along with some speculation to go with it. PlayStation Move specialist iWaggle3D hypothesises that the game's name is Datura, having unravelled a...
First Impressions Starhawk on PlayStation 3
Starhawk is a dense experience that demands more time than our demo allowed
By the end of our short hands-on, we were flying over a huge changing battlefield, tailing enemy Warhawks desperately trying to assume a lock-on. Unfortunately, we didn't get enough time with the game to truly get a grasp on how the gameplay will be structured. Playing as...
News Team ICO Working To Make The Last Guardian's Level Design Unpredictable
We're currently playing through the remastered versions of ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus and, to pre-empt our review, we are having an absolute blast
Both games have a subtlety that's, at times, effortless but yet majestic in execution. It's the kind of magic we expect from The Last Guardian when it eventually releases in the near future. But with...
News The Final PlayStation Vita Looks Like This
We probably should have tagged this story with a prominent 'not safe for work' heading as the PlayStation Vita feels almost pornographic at times
This is a render of the final piece of hardware, released by Sony overnight. That's it — there will be no more tweaks or changes. This is the system going into production. While it might look like the...
News Sony Hoping To 'Revolutionise' Games With Futuristic 3D Viewer Gizmo
You may remember the Sony HMZ-T1 3D headset
We posted about it a few weeks back. The futuristic visor is designed to give its wearer the impression of playing on an enormous 3D television, and its out in Japan this November for a reasonable 60,000 Yen (that's about £480). In its latest product pitch, Sony's talked up the visor claiming that it has...
News It Was Inevitable: PlayStation Home Gets Free-To-Play First-Person Shooter
We've been mulling over the possibility of a free-to-play PlayStation Home first-person shooter in our heads for months now
We concluded that some kind of paintball game would make the most sense. But Sony's gone further, announcing Bootleggers, a full-on free-to-play first-person shooter set within the PlayStation Home universe. Woah. Bootleggers...
News Ruin On PlayStation Vita Is About Much More Than Cross-Platform Compatibility
Much of what we've seen of Sony San Diego and Idol Minds' PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita title, Ruin, has emphasised on the game's cross-platform compatibility
But as senior social media strategist Sid Shuman admits, there's much more to the game than that. "Ruins developers are quietly building a wide, deep social network designed to...
News Uncharted Started Life As A Fantasy Series
Uncharted has become the tent-pole release in PlayStation's roster
Brushing aside the likes of Killzone, Resistance and (arguably) Gran Turismo — Naughty Dog's tales of Nathan Drake and company have found a market bigger than many of Sony's other endeavours. But it could have been so different. The series was originally intended as a fantasy...
News Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Trailer Shows Off Luminopolis
We're getting quietly excited for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
But one question's been niggling our noggin since the game's announcement: why is Dr. Nefarious working with the heroes? "Ratchet, Clank and Qwark have arrived on the planet of Luminopolis so that now Galactic President Qwark can pick up an Intergalactic Tool of Justice Award...
News Sony Aiming To Transform PlayStation Home Into A Social Gaming Network
Sony intends to transform PlayStation Home into "the biggest and best social gaming service on any console", the platform holder has said in a new post on the European arm of the PlayStation Blog
We already know that Sony's got a full reboot for the series in the works, but SCEE's Darren Cairns has given a little more indication as to what we can...
News Sony Snaps Up Timed Exclusive DLC For Battlefield 3
Could this war get any hotter?
With video game forums awash with discussion over the relative advantages and disadvantages of Battlefield 3 versus Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3; Sony's stepped in and snapped up timed exclusivity for each of Battlefield 3's DLC packs. The move's interesting because Microsoft has traditionally heavily associated...
News The Closest You're Going To Get To WaveRace On PlayStation 3
What's happened to all the great jet-ski games? Nintendo hasn't put out a WaveRace title since the GameCube
Sony doesn't look like it's ever going to resurrect Jet Moto. And Microsoft owns Hydro Thunder — yes, technically not a jet-ski game we know. Looks like the closest we're going to get to some jet-ski action is in PlayStation Home, as Sony's...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception To Get PlayStation 3 Bundle (Of Course)
Sony's announced that it intends to release an Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception hardware bundle alongside Nathan Drake's latest adventure in North America
The package includes a 320GB PlayStation 3, a copy of Uncharted 3 the game, and a month's free access to PlayStation Plus. The bundle will run you just $299.99, which is actually a really good deal...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: So, Errr, The PlayStation Network Is Down
Let's not panic
At the time of writing the PlayStation Network is offline. Sony's revealed that it doesn't have any maintenance planned, and is working hard to resolve the issue. Apparently the outage is not affecting everyone, with some users able to log-in and even access the PlayStation Store. We're hoping that by the time you read this,...
News Ready At Dawn Working On New PlayStation 3 Title
The developer of the PSP's fine God Of War titles is heavy at work on a new title for PlayStation 3
The game is pitched as a third-person action adventure title in a Gamasutra job listing. Ready At Dawn's on the lookout for an animator and technical artist to work on the "exciting new IP". The American studio has a fabulous track record...
News Sony Answers LittleBigPlanet 2 Move Questions
We have the answers
Now that LittleBigPlanet 2 is fully Moved-up, there's been plenty of questions flying around about exactly what the Move Pack: Rise of the Cakeling adds to the standalone game and how necessary it is. XDev Studio Europe producer Neil McPhillips has taken to the PlayStation Blog to give some answers. The biggest and best news is...
News Future Publishing's Access Launches On PlayStation Network Today
With FirstPlay barely cold in its grave, Future Publishing has announced that the first episode in its monthly Access video series will launch on the UK PlayStation Network from today
Free to all British account holders, Access will be available every Wednesday and, like FirstPlay, will be hosted by comedian Lucy Porter. The show's set-up will be...
News Sony Santa Monica Staffing Up For New IP
God Of War developer -- and support team across many PlayStation projects -- Sony Santa Monica is staffing up in preperation for a new "unannounced IP"
The news comes courtesy of a job posting on Gamasutra, requesting the services of a level designer with "experience in designing or contributing to the development of an open world game"...
News Uncharted Novel Out October 4th, Comic Out November 30th
If you've been living under a rock, you may not have noticed Naughty Dog's Uncharted franchise transform into one of the biggest names in video games
So it's obviously no surprise to see the game getting books, comics and even a potential movie thrown at it. While the movie's still some way off, Sony's got the franchise's first novel, Uncharted: The...
News Sony Announces PUMA After Hours Athletes For PlayStation 3
Sony's announced PUMA After Hours Athletes for PlayStation 3, a collection of the platform holder's best PlayStation Move-powered PSN titles collected together on one disc
The set includes Top Darts, Hustle Kings and High Velocity Bowling — each of which also include stereoscopic 3D support. The game's out later this year.
News GAME Now Stocks PlayStation Network Content Across The UK
After a successful trial period, GAME has announced that its to stock PlayStation Network content in stores across the UK
GameStation stores will also join the initiative. The retailer has more than 40 products available, spanning PlayStation Plus subscriptions to DLC and full-game downloads. Redeemable codes are printed on receipts upon purchase...
News Heads-Up: PlayStation 3 Firmware Update v3.72 Out Now
Sorry guys, it's time to update your PS3's firmware again
Don't give us all that nonsense about, "Boo, it takes 45 minutes to update". We just timed the process from start-to-finish on our system. Between the moment we clicked X to start the update and completion the update took a grand total of — wait for it — 6 minutes and 49...
News PlayStation Vita And PSP Are Able To Communicate In Ad-Hoc Mode
The PlayStation Vita will be able to communicate with the PSP in Ad-Hoc mode, a compatibility report released by Sony has confirmed
That means those with Monster Hunter Portable 3rd installed on their PlayStation Vita will have no issues setting up a game with vanilla PSP owners and vice versa. The feature's also a positive for the newly announced...
News Sony Extends PlayStation Platinum Range In Europe
Sony's announced that four more blockbuster PS3 titles are joining the platform holder's "Platinum" range in Europe
New titles include LittleBigPlanet 2, MotorStorm: Apocalypse, Gran Turismo 5 and Killzone 3. Each of the titles will be available at around £20. If you've yet to pick up any of the listed titles, there's never been a better...
News Heads Up: Various PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Titles Undergoing Maintenance On Sunday
Sony's scheduled a period of maintenance for a number of its first-party PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable tiltes this weekend
The maintenance will see a dozen titles go offline for a few hours from 5AM through to mid-day UK time on Sunday 25th. PlayStation Home will also be affected. Hit the jump for the full run-down of titles undergoing...
News Shuhei Yoshida Clarifies PlayStation Vita Remote Play Potential
When Shuhei Yoshida demonstrated Killzone 3 running on a PlayStation Vita via Remote Play at last week's Tokyo Game Show, we got a bit ahead of ourselves
We just assumed that the updated Remote Play feature-set would provide the potential to play all PS3 games via the Vita. Unfortunately, that's not the case, as only games designed with the feature...
News Sony Aiming For Less Obtrusive Updates On PlayStation Vita
Whenever Sony releases a new firmware update, the Internet groans
We're not sure what all the fuss is about to be honest, firmware updates take no longer than a few minutes to download and install where we are — but apparently it takes other people upwards of half-an-hour. (We're sure they're exaggerating, but anyway.) Thankfully, all those...
News Shuhei Yoshida Surprised By 3DS Circle-Pad Extension
Sony Worldwide Studios gaffer Shuhei Yoshida has said he was surprised by Nintendo's decision to include an additional circle-pad on the Nintendo 3DS
In an interview with GameInformer, the boss speculated that the peripheral was probably produced at the request of Capcom in order to support the controls of the system's upcoming Monster Hunter title...
News DC Universe Online Goes Free-To-Play From Next Month
Tired of being tied to frustrating subscription fees
No more, superhero, as Sony Online Entertainment's "powing" DC Universe Online's monthly fee in favour of a free-to-play business model. Beginning late October, players will be able to download a free copy of DC Universe Online for the PlayStation 3. The current subscription model will...
News Sony Drops More Details On Gravity Rush For PlayStation Vita
You're going to have bear with us while we decide on a universal name for Gravity Rush (also known as Gravity Daze in other regions)
Perhaps we're making more of a to-do out of this issue than it deserves, but regional naming conventions really are the very bane of our existence. Shakes fist. We'll forgive Gravity Rush that minor irritation, as the...
News Backwards Compatible PlayStation Portable Games To Get Improved Controls On PlayStation Vita
Sony Worldwide Studios president, Shuhei Yoshida, has confirmed that the platform holder is aiming to make a "high" number of PlayStation Portable games compatible with the PlayStation Vita
The executive stressed that the company can't yet "confirm 100 percent compatibility" as the system is still undergoing testing. That said, those...
News Shuhei Yoshida On Learning The Lessons Of PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable was a success
The system's sold more than 70 million units to date, so regardless of your stance it's unarguably achieved much more than any other portable gaming device not manufactured by Nintendo. But mistakes were made during Sony's first foray into portable gaming, and Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida is keen...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita The Top Attraction At Tokyo Game Show
Unfortunately we weren't at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but chatting to the people that were indicates an exciting amount of anticipation for Sony's new handheld system
Lines for titles such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss were multiple hours long according to reports from various parts of the media, and that's just one game in Sony's huge showing...
News Eufloria Grows Onto PlayStation Network From October 4th
Sony's announced that the latest title in its Pub Fund initiative is preparing for its latest PlayStation Network release, Eufloria, on October 4th
The ethereal strategy game promises to satisfy "both ends of the art game/strategy game spectrum". We'll let developer Omni Systems do the explaining: "Eufloria PSN isnt really like...
News TGS 11: Wide Area Augmented Reality On PlayStation Vita Looks Nuts
During this week's Tokyo Game Show, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida held a keynote to demonstrate some of the PlayStation Vita's features
One of those features was augmented reality. Vita will provide augmented reality in three different ways: without a marker, with a marker and with multiple markers. It's the latter of these...
News TGS 11: Shuhei Yoshida Confirms PlayStation Vita Is Region Free
While we've known that the PlayStation is probably region-free for some time, we've yet to get an official confirmation of kind
Until today anyway, when SCE Worldwide Studios gaffer Shuhei Yoshida has taken to Twitter to confirm the platform's region free status. Quizzed on Twitter about the feature, Yoshida simply responded, "Yes it is"...
News TGS 11: Uncharted: Golden Abyss Blows Minds In Just Over Ten Minutes
Sony's released footage of its entire Uncharted: Golden Abyss TGS demonstration
Needless to say the game looks absolutely cream-crackers. Miserable critics will probably be able to find ways to put the portable title down — the lighting is certainly a bit softer than in the PS3 versions of Uncharted — but otherwise we'd argue that Golden Abyss...
News TGS 11: SCEJ Gaffer Not Concerned About 3DS Nor Smartphones
SCEJ president Hiroshi Kawano has told Reuters that he doesn't believe the Nintendo 3DS nor burgeoning gaming compatible smartphones are a threat to the PlayStation Vita
Kawano considers that the devices are different. Kawano believes that the Nintendo 3DS has a different look, target audience and price-point. All true. Moreover Kawano believes that...
News TGS 11: Wipeout 2048 Trailer Outlines Features, Gets Us Hot Under The Collar
Oh Wipeout, how we love thee so
Take Wipeout 2048 on PlayStation Vita — not content with being a crazy collection of high octane racing, it also boasts AR rewards, Near support, cross-platform play and a new online campaign. If only all franchise's were as good as thee.
