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News Ed Boon & Stig Asmussen Chat Kratos In Mortal Kombat
As the release of Mortal Kombat nears, Sony's seriously ramping up the amount of promotional material surrounding the PlayStation 3 version of the game
Regular readers will know that Kratos is set to join the roster of Mortal Kombat fighters exclusively in the PlayStation 3 version of the game. You can watch Mortal Kombat's co-creator Ed Boon and...
Rumour Sony To Showcase Rockstar's Agent At E3
Let's be honest, we all figured Rockstar's PS3-exclusive Agent was dead
Announced at 2009's E3 with nothing more than a logo to its name, neither Sony nor Rockstar has mentioned the game since. But questionable sources claim the platform holder are set to showcase "jaw dropping" footage of the game at this year's E3. Plausible? Yes...
News Evolution Studios Confirms MotorStorm: Apocalypse Steering Wheel Support
MotorStorm: Apocalypse's top-bod, Matt Southern, has confirmed in a Tweet that Evolution's bonkers off-road racer will be netting steering wheel support in an upcoming patch
Am I allowed to say MotorStorm: Apocalypse is going to have a free update to support Logitech wheels, and is truly amazing? No? Oops, he said. Hint: he was totally allowed...
News US Retailer 'Struggling' To Meet Demand For PlayStation Move
Contrary to popular opinion, the PlayStation Move is selling very strongly
That's the message from leading US retailer, GameStop, who have claimed to be "struggling" to meet demand for Sony's motion controlled device. "We have struggled to stay in stock on the Sony Move controllers; there's a tremendous amount of demand for...
News SCEA Transferring PlayStation Network Funds To New Network Division
The PlayStation Network is becoming a major stake in Sony as a company
Finally realising that the company have a wide variety of converging properties, Sony is setting up an entirely new division to handle the company's unified network. For those in America, this means your PlayStation Network funds will be transferred out of the control of SCEA and...
News In Case You Forgot, Patapon 3 Is Still A Video Game
Sony's released a new trailer for Patapon 3, presumably with the purpose of reminding everyone it is still a video game with the intention of releasing soon
The game looks distinctly like more of the same, which we totally don't have a problem with. However, we can't wait to see how the series translates to the multiple input capacity of the NGP...
News Kratos Even Brought His QTEs To Mortal Kombat
Embedded above is the first gameplay trailer of Kratos' cameo appearance in Mortal Kombat
Our hats go off to NetherRealm Studios. They've done an outstanding job capturing the essence of the Kratos character in a totally different game. Perhaps most exciting, and comical, is the twee reference to God Of War's famous QTE sequences. We can't wait for...
News Happy Fourth European Birthday PlayStation 3!
The PlayStation 3 is four years old today in Europe
Hurrah. The system launched on Friday, March 23rd 2007 after a pretty enormous delay. The game launched alongside Resistance: Fall Of Man and MotorStorm, as well as Ridge Racer 7 and Call Of Duty 3. SCEUK recently announced that the PlayStation 3 has sold four million units in Britain, with a grand...
News David Cage Talks About His Relationship With Sony, Staying Loyal To The PlayStation Brand
Sorry non-PlayStation owners, but it looks like you're going to have to pick up a PlayStation 3 if you want to play what Heavy Rain developer, Quantic Dream, cook up next
The studio's gaffer, David Cage, has revealed that the platform holder has earned his "loyalty". Speaking with CVG, Cage said that Quantic Dream's relationship with Sony...
News Sony: PlayStation 3 Is King Of 3D Content, 'Nearly 30' Titles Coming This Year
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Sony's been beating its chest regarding its commitment to 3D technology today, noting that there are "nearly 30" 3D enabled games coming to the PlayStation 3 this year. A post on the PlayStation Blog references the likes of Uncharted 3, SOCOM 4 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One as upcoming 3D releases. Sony additionally provided some...
News This Is Amazing: There's Going To Be Some New Super Stardust HD DLC
Super Stardust HD might be old, but it's still one of the best PlayStation Network titles available
It seems both Sony and Housemarque recognise that, as they've decided it's timely to release a new set of DLC for the intergalactic shooter — despite the game being practically ancient in gaming terms. The new DLC — dubbed "Impact Mode" — is...
News MotorStorm: Apocalypse Releases Next Week In Britain
After a brief delay due to the disaster in Japan, Sony's slapped a March 31st release date on MotorStorm: Apocalypse in the UK
That's next Thursday to be specific. The game was originally due out last Friday. We had our review locked and ready to go, but decided to pull it in order to better inform you around the game's release date. Guess you'll be...
Out Today PlayStation Move Heroes (North America)
Join forces today
Six PlayStation heroes — one motion controller. That could be the voiceover for PlayStation Move Heroes, the new Move-exclusive game on sale from today across North America. Sly, Bentley, Jak, Daxter, Ratchet and Clank all join forces in an intergalactic shindig that uses Move in a host of new ways: whips, flying discs, hammers...
News This Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Trailer Got Our Hype Levels Pumping
Classy
Ratchet & Clank's always felt like a Summer, Pixar blockbuster -- but, man, the latest trailer for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One totally nails that vibe. The writing is fantastic, and we love the idea of our favourite Ratchet & Clank characters being bundled together in one massive co-op adventure. The game's sure to slip under the...
News Evidence For Quantic Dream's Next Game Mounts
Snippets of information pieced together by superannuation's Twitter feed, TheSixthAxis and NeoGAF [quite the collaborative effort
Ed] might just be enough to paint our first impression of Quantic Dream's next project. We've known for a while that David Cage and his crew have been working on two new projects, but now we have the briefest sniff of...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: PlayStation Network Maintenance Confirmed For Today
Sony's confirmed a short period of "maintenance" downtime for the PlayStation Network today
The service will go down for roughly three hours between 3PM and 6PM GMT. Sony's added that the downtime probably won't affect PSN activity, though error messages may occur when users attempt to download files. If you see the error "80022f10 ...
News Donate To The Japan Tsunami Effort On PlayStation Network, Get A New XMB Theme
Sony's opened up donations for the Japanese tsunami effort on the PlayStation Network
You can donate via the American or European PlayStation Store. You can make donations from your wallet in the PlayStation Store, wrote SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton. With your donation, youll get a free theme for your PlayStation 3. In order to make...
News Sony Delays MotorStorm: Apocalypse In North America Too
Despite the US launch not expected until April 12th, Sony has decided to delay the release of MotorStorm: Apocalypse in the region
The game has now been delayed worldwide. Presumably Sony will wait until the situation in Japan calms before giving the title a new date. It'll probably get a worldwide launch later in the Summer.
News Killzone 3, PlayStation Move Heroes & Tron Packs Coming To LittleBigPlanet 2
In a beefy post on the PlayStation Blog, Sony's dropped the upcoming roster of LittleBigPlanet 2 content players can expect over the coming month
Upcoming is a Killzone 3 mini-pack featuring Rico and a Hazmat trooper. That will be followed by a bunch of costumes based on upcoming mascot mash-up Move title, PlayStation Move Heroes. The costumes...
News Sony Confirms 3 Million PS3 Unit Milestone In France
Sony's announced that the PlayStation 3 has shifted 3 million units in France since its release in March 2007
If we wanted to fan the fanboy flames, we'd tell you that Microsoft's XBOX 360 has moved 2.3 million units over a longer period of time. Did we say that out loud? Sony's shifted 418 million worth of software, which equates to roughly eight...
News Naughty Dog's Stoked For The Uncharted Movie Even If You're Not
While fans have been quick to dig their claws into some of director David O Russell's comments about the inevitable Uncharted movie, Naughty Dog's Richard Lemarchand has said he has high hopes for the Hollywood adaptation
"Having worked for so long and so hard to create the world and characters of Uncharted, we're very excited about extending...
News David Cage Is Eager To Prove Heavy Rain Was Not A Fluke
Heavy Rain was one of the big winners at last night's video game BAFTAs
But despite winning awards for story, technical innovation and music, Quantic Dream's gaffer, David Cage, is eager to prove his studio can replicate the game's success. We created the genre. We own the genre, and we want to show that Heavy Rain was not a coincidence or a...
News Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2 Score Big At The Gaming BAFTAs
Mass Effect 2 took the top-prize at last night's gaming BAFTAs, scooping the gong for game of the year
Sony and Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain wasn't far behind though, winning three awards for its story, technical innovation and original music. Elsewhere on PlayStation, God Of War III took the prize for artistic achievement while Assassin's Creed:...
News nDreams Bring Their Aurora Headquarters To PlayStation Home
nDreams is launching its official PlayStation Home headquarters in Sony's digital world this week, revealing the fantastical floating land of Aurora
The world is packed with mini-games and secret bonus rewards to unlock. It also looks stunning. In addition to the Aurora island, Sony's announced a bunch of other goodies that are launching in Home...
News Sony's Considering Bringing PlayStation Home To The NGP
Given the financial success of PlayStation Home, we think it would be a glaring oversight to not bring a similarly social experience to the NGP
Thankfully Sony is looking into the idea according to a report in the latest issue of Famitsu. Reporting on the upcoming major Home update, Famitsu mentions that Sony is considering some method of...
News Sony's Not Planning To Do Away With The Controller Anytime Soon, Doesn't Make Sense
Sony's R&D boffin, Dr
Richard Marks, has revealed that the platform holder doesn't plan on ditching the traditional controller anytime soon. Why? "I don't think it makes sense," he told Gamesutra, highlighting the importance of the traditional controller against popular motion solutions like the Wii. Marks added that while he thinks...
News Mega 64 Does Its Very Best Heavy Rain Impression, Makes Us Smile
Mega 64's cringe-worthy public interpretations of popular video games don't always grab us, but the group's second Heavy Rain video is pretty funny
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News Ubisoft-Sponsored Survey Predicts $250 Price Point For Standard Model NGP
How much do you think the NGP will cost? According to a Ubisoft-sponsored survey conducted by research firm Toluna, the French publisher reckons the standard model will retail for about $250
The survey also notes that Ubisoft expects a $350 price-point for the premium, 3G-powered device. That's quite a gulf in costs, but in-line with other 3G/non-3G...
News Is LittleBigPlanet 2 Taking A Step Into The Classroom?
A report on industry magazine, MCV, suggests Media Molecule is turning its hand to edutainment, with a new "Teacher Pack" planned for LittleBigPlanet 2
The developer hopes the learning aid will inspire schools to use the DIY platformer as a learning aid, and will feature several levels based around National Curriculum topics, developed with input...
News Rejoice: Resident Evil Director's Cut Infects The European PSN Next Week
Are you ready to make a Jill sandwich?
Well, European masters of unlocking will get their chance next week, as Capcom has revealed to Eurogamer that the Director's Cut version of the original Resident Evil will be launch on the PlayStation Store next week for £7.99. The director's cut version of Resident Evil, originally released in 1997, includes...
Out Today Tuesday 15th March 2011 (North America)
Three Move games out today
With just one week to go until PlayStation Move Heroes, three Moves games have hit the market to attempt to convince you to part with your money before the six heroes fly in next week. Here's what's out this week Top Spin 4: 2K Sports leads the charge of tennis games on Move — ignoring last year's woeful Racquet Sports...
News Sony Delays MotorStorm: Apocalypse In The UK
Sony's announced that it has temporarily delayed the UK release of MotorStorm: Apocalypse following the events in Japan
The game — which sees players race through a series of natural disasters — was due out this Friday. "Although we have shipped the game into the channel last week, given that we are able to do so, we have chosen to...
News David Jaffe Reveals Twisted Metal Reboot Started Life As A PSN Download
Twisted Metal is coming back this year, and we can't wait
Sure we might be in the minority, but there really is nothing better than a slice of car combat for serious competitive multiplayer fun. We sound like a shill, but it's true. And it's been so long since a good developer has sat down and said, "Let's make a really good car combat...
News Sucker Punch Unleash Budding inFamous 2 Mission Designers On April 12th
Do you want to take a shot at designing your own inFamous 2 missions that could appear in the game when it releases in June? Of course you do right? You better pull up a chair and listen carefully then, Sucker Punch has some information to share
The inFamous 2 User Generated Content beta is due to go online in Europe and North America on April 12th...
News PlayStation Move Heroes Finally Gets A UK Release Date... Erm, Next Week!
It feels like we've been waiting forever for a UK release date for Nihilistic Software's PlayStation Move mascot mash-up, the imaginatively titled PlayStation Move Heroes
Now we've got confirmation of a firm release date for Britain: next week. Uh-huh, it's due out on March 25th nationwide. Gives you ten days to put your pre-order in. What do you...
News Sony Pulls MotorStorm 3's Japanese Release
As anticipated, Sony has pulled the Japanese release of MotorStorm 3, known as MotorStorm: Apocalypse in the West
The racer, which throws the traditional MotorStorm formula into a hazardous urban environment, was originally due out on March 17th in Japan. It's now been marked with a "TBA" release window. Like SEGA, the publisher cited...
News Sony Ericsson Slaps March 31st Release Date On The Xperia Play In Britain
Sony Ericsson's confirmed it will launch the Xperia Play in Britain before the month's out, cutting things fine with a March 31st release date
The firm told MCV that the mobile-phone-coming-handheld-games-device will launch with six titles: Crash Bandicoot, FIFA '10 [apparently not '11 - Ed], Bruce Lee Dragon Warriors, Star Battalion, Tetris, and...
News Free Realms Finally Comes To PlayStation 3 On March 29th
After years of speculation, Sony Online Entertainment's finally attached a release date to the PS3 port of its free-to-play MMO, Free Realms
Get your pens and calendars ready, because March 29th is the date to mark. For those unfamiliar with the PC version, Free Realms is a kind of casual MMO that's totally free to play. Think PlayStation Home but...
News DC Universe Online To Launch Digitally On PlayStation 3
Despite the inevitable hard-drive hog, there's no better game we'd like to have sitting comfortably on our XMB than DC Universe Online
We're lazy. By the time we've got up, found the case, and popped Sony Online Entertainment's superhero MMO into our PlayStation 3, we don't actually want to play it anymore. But if it was saved onto our hard-drive,...
News Sony Targets April 22nd Release Date For SOCOM: Special Forces In The UK
Y'know what really, really annoys us
When European and American games have different titles. It makes things so complicated. Do we call the game by its European name and isolate our American userbase? Do we call the game by both its names and write messy looking articles? Gah, it's a never-ending debate in the office whenever a new Hot Shots Gol-...
News Sony Wins Court Injunction Against LG, Held PS3 Stock Released
The little patent disagreement between Sony and LG has been lifted, freeing some 300,000 PlayStation 3s that had previously been seized in Holland
You may remember LG was granted a preliminary injunction against Sony over an infringement on Blu-ray technology, but reports coming out of InsideGamer state that has now been lifted. Latest reports...
News Kaz Hirai Takes One Step Closer To The Ultimate Job At Sony
PlayStation's boss, Kazuo Hirai, has been promoted to executive deputy president at Sony, and is reportedly inches away from taking the top role at the company
A report on Reuters notes that the current head of Sony's network products and services division (which includes the PlayStation business) will take up his new position on April 1st. The new...
Rumour Concept Art For PlayStation Home Reveals Snazzy New Space
Sony's virtual world, PlayStation Home, could be getting a fresh lick of paint in the near future
That's according to some leaked concept art picked up by FourPlayerCoOp.com. The new screens demonstrate a cleaner, web 2.0 Home plaza, with a bigger emphasis on gaming made possible through the service's latest update. The art was apparently sent out...
Rumour Sony's Releasing The NGP A Lot Sooner Than You Might Think
A stonking rumour on trade-magazine MCV's website this morning suggests that Sony are lining up a November 11th European release date for their next hand-held, the NGP
The report clashes with statements made by SCEA boss Jack Tretton earlier in the year, who stated that a worldwide launch was very unlikely. But the site reports that deadlines on...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Firmware 3.60 Brings Online Storage, Enhanced PS3 Security
Hot-on-the-heels of yesterday's Online Storage announcement, Sony has released the latest PS3 firmware update
You'll be prompted to update to the latest firmware when you turn your system on, just scroll to the "System Update" tab on the PS3's menu. The new firmware brings with it the Online Storage feature detailed yesterday. Online...
News White Knight Chronicles II, White Knight Chronicles PSP Head To Europe
Remember White Knight Chronicles? Sony and Level-5's RPG series took a long time to come to the West, and when it finally arrived it did so with very little fanfare
That's not stopped Sony from giving the franchise another chance though, as the platform holder's announced that both White Knight Chronicles II for PlayStation 3 and White Knight...
News PlayStation Plus Subscribers Net Online Cloud-Save Storage Service Tomorrow
Remember all that PlayStation Network maintenance? It was totally justified, as Sony's just announced Online Storage, a cloud-based save service for PlayStation Plus subscribers
The service will allow players to store game saves online, with a maximum capacity of up to 1,000 saves or 150mb. The service will be accessible via a new icon on the XMB...
News Sony Shuts Down A "Small Number Of Projects" At Its UK Studios
A report on GamesIndustry
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News ... And You Thought Mortal Kombat Was The Only Attraction On The PlayStation Store Today
Mortal Kombat's getting an exclusive demo for PlayStation Plus subscribers on the PlayStation Store today
But that's not the only attraction. Evolution's Matt Southern has taken to the PlayStation Blog to confirm that a MotorStorm: Apocalypse demo will also be going live this afternoon. You'll get to play on the Mainline track against fifteen other...
Sony has announced some scheduled maintenance for the PlayStation Network this evening
According to the PlayStation Blog, the service will be down from 16:05 PM GMT this evening through to 03:00 AM GMT tomorrow. You'll be unable to access the PlayStation Store nor manage your account during the downtime. If you want to play online tonight, you'll...
