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News It's Official: The Playstation 3 Is The Greatest Console Of All Time (Or Something)
Japanese video games bible Famitsu have been number crunching
They've been working out the percentage of each video game's library that has earned a prestigious "gold" award from the magazine. A gold award is given to those games which score 32/40 or higher. The magazine's deduction works on the basis of ratio — the higher percentage of...
Rumour Sony To Release New Michael Jackson Video Games
It was reported last week that Sony shelled out a whopping $200million for the right to release ten new posthumous Michael Jackson records, DVDs, blu-rays and, yes video games, between now and 2017
Video games? Yes video games. According to the report, before his death, Michael Jackson was actually working on a new video game with his production...
News Little Big Fat "No" From Sony Regarding LittleBigPlanet 2 "Confirmation"
Heh, it did seem like a bit of a slip of the tongue and an issue of translation that caused Sony's Benelux marketing manager to "confirm" LittleBigPlanet 2 earlier this week
And, yup, as soon as the rumour started, it's been debunked. ConnectedConsoles prompted Sony for comment on the situation, getting the following response: As demonstrated...
News Yakuza 4 Shifts 384,000 Copies In Its First Week On Sale In Japan
SEGA's Yakuza 4 has topped the Japanese software charts for this week, shifting a hearty 384,000 copies
The numbers are a little lower than those of Yakuza 3, but still extremely respectable. Elsewhere, the God Of War Collection managed to place 13th in the Japanese software charts this week, with Battlefield: Bad Company 2 not far behind it in...
News Sony Tease Big Playstation Portable Surprises For This Year
After the major Playstation Portable late last year, Sony's been a little quiet about their handheld
We know ModNation Racers and Metal Gear Solid are coming, but what's next? Today, on the system's US birthday, SCEA's John Koller has teased that there are big announcements coming. "As we move further into 2010, the innovation and...
News The Playstation Portable Is Five Years Old In The US Today
Gah, yesterday we had the European birthday of the Playstation 3 -- today we have the American birthday of the Playstation Portable
That's right, the PSP is five years old in the US today, and has since mustered 17 million units in the US alone. Pretty amazing numbers considering it's Sony's first venture into the handheld gaming market. Five...
News Guys, There Was A New Wipeout Game In Development At Studio Liverpool
We don't whether to laugh or cry
Here's the crux - we know there was a Wipeout game in development at Sony Studio Liverpool. Sadly, Studio Liverpool, whilst remaining a functioning studio, has been severely hit by layoffs. Thus, whether or not that project still exists is unknown. The news comes via the LinkedIn profile of a former employee, Martin...
News ModNation Racers Will Bring Fun Back To Your Sofa
ModFun
Remember the mid-late 90's, when you had a N64 with multiple different coloured controllers plugged into the front — just so you could play four-player Mario Kart? Yeah, United Front Games hope to recreate that kind of nostalgia with the four-player local split-screen multiplayer mode in ModNation Racers. We wanted to make sure we...
News Sony Respond To Nintendo's 3DS Announcement, Pledge Their 3D Focus On Playstation 3
If you didn't hear yet, Nintendo announced a 3D successor to the Nintendo DS yesterday, entitled the 3DS
Apparently the portable can deliver 3D gaming without the need for glasses. SCEA's marketing boss John Koller has spoken to IGN about Nintendo's announcement, and why Sony are focusing their 3D efforts on the Playstation 3 only.Our focus on 3D...
News Analyst: Expect The New Playstation Portable To Be Announced Pretty Soon
Blimey oh riley
If you've been on the Internet at all today, you might have read somewhere that Nintendo has announced the successor to their hugely popular handheld: the Nintendo 3DS. Not one to be upstaged by the competition, analysts writing on MCV reckon the successor to Sony's Playstation Portable is just around the corner. Lazard Capitals...
Competition Complete Set Of Aliens vs Predator Playstation Home Getups
Playstation Home can often be a stange and unusual place
A typical day in Sony's virtual world will offer some extraordinary sights. Boys dressed as girls. Weird snowmen doing the robot in their underwear. People actually playing chess. If Lewis Carroll dreamt it all up, we reckon he'd be pretty proud. So when we heard Aliens vs Predator was coming...
News David Cage: Publishers Should Put Greater Emphasis On Creativity
Quantic Dream's David Cage has been talking about creativity again
Speaking to the Guardian, the video game visionary claimed publishers should place "more importance" on creativity. He told the British publication:I always said that the success or failure of Heavy Rain would send a strong message to the game industry: if the game faced...
News Happy, Happy Birthday European Playstation 3!
Guess what Europeans - the Playstation 3 is officially three years old today in your neck of the woods
That's right, the system went on sale in Europe precisely three years ago today - March 23rd. It's been a bit of a roller-coaster ride for Sony since then, with initial PS3 sales tempered by a high price-tag. It is, however, with the launch of the...
Stop what you're doing
The latest trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is balls-to-the-wall amazing. It features some startlingly in-your-face J-pop and ridiculously pretty Playstation Portable visuals. The game's not far off now, thus you should probably go buy Sony's portably system if you don't already have one. You're going to need a PSP...
News Wanna See Something Weird? Watch Scott Shelby Playing Scott Shelby In Real Life...
Scott Shelby is a character from Heavy Rain
He is played by Sam Douglas. Sam Douglas is a real actor who played a bit-part in the 2005 Clive Owen movie Derailed. The scene featuring the actor shows Douglas wearing a long trench coat, playing an investigator, and generally acting like Detective Scott Shelby... Hit the jump for a video delight...
News Your Red Dead Redemption Boxart's Gonna Look Like This...
It's red
Real red. That's because the game's called Red Dead Redemption we suppose. Dunno though, it all looks a bit empty, don'tchathink?</em>
Rumour LittleBigPlanet 2 "Confirmed", Will Support Playstation Move
According to a report on Dutch website Tweakers (via VG247), LittleBigPlanet 2 is a genuine product that will support Sony's upcoming Playstation Move motion controller
The website notes, via a marketing manager from Sony Benelux, that a "suitable" Move title at launch appears to be the in-development LittleBigPlanet 2, and that the game...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Invades The Littlest Of Big Planets
Sony's just announced that there's a new LittleBigPlanet pack on the horizon - completely based around SEGA's Sonic The Hedgehog
The pack includes a variety of Sonic costumes including: Sonic, Tails, Eggman, Knuckles, and, erm... the Werehog. In addition to all the costumes you'll land some neat new stickers to help you recreate your very own...
News Playstation 3's Buzz!: Quiz World Gets Full Facebook Integration
Buzz
: Quiz World</a> is set to become the first video game (ever!) to feature full Facebook social interaction. A patch going live today for Relentless' quiz-em-up includes full compatibility for Facebook, allowing players to update their friends about personal achievements within the game. The functionality is capped at five updates per day,...
News Killing Gods Is Kratos' Second Hobby, On The Weekends He Maintains A Small Allotment
As seen on Penny Arcade: The God Of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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News Kratos Hitches A Ride Around Mainland Europe
Be careful if you're driving across mainland Europe this Summer
Thanks to Playstation Czech Repulic and Slovakia, you may just come into contact with the God Of War himself as you're speeding down a European highway.</em>
News God Of War Trilogy Boxset Looks A Little Bit Like This...
SCEE announced earlier that they will release a God Of War Trilogy boxset in European regions that's set to include both God Of War III and the remastered God Of War Collection
The pack's due to release at the end of April and will be package up in this pretty little boxset. Neat, huh?
News Just In Case You Were Wondering: Modnation Racers Has Split-Screen
Dig deep into your earlier years and you might recall having numerous hours of fun playing multiplayer split-screen in Nintendo's Mario Kart 64
With Modnation Racers essentially being Mario Kart for the future - you might be pleased to hear that developers United Front Games have added in an entirely new feature. And it's thanks to people like you,...
News SCEE Announce God Of War Collection For Europe & Trilogy Boxset
Sony's just announced that the God Of War Collection - a single PS3 blu-ray containing remastered versions of God Of War I & II - will launch in the UK on April 30th (28th for mainland Europe)
Very strange for SCEE to release the game so late after God Of War III but, better late than never, right? Sony also confirmed that a "trilogy...
News Sony Show Off Some Amazing Playstation Move Tech On The Engadget Show
Sony's Dr
Richard Marks and Anton Mikhailov recently made an appearance on a live episode of the Engadget. The reason for their appearance? To show off the Playstation Move and what it's capable of. Engadget are yet to upload a full repeat of the show on their website yet, but we did manage to find this YouTube video via VG247. The video shows a...
God Of War III is being criticised for being too familiar to its predecessors, but it's a line of critique I feel intrigued to counter
Playing God Of War III, I couldn't help but notice the ways in which Sony Santa Monica took something familiar and made it better. On a surface-level, the tweaks aren't particularly apparent, but there are so many...
News GameStop: PS3 Shortages To Last Until The Summer
Some people in the industry are laughing off Sony's claims of stock shortages in the US, but it actually appears to be a genuine issue for the company
According to GameStop Executive VP of Merchandising, the issue of PS3 stock shortages are likely to go on for the next few months. Despite Sony being pestered for more stock, Bartel concluded that his...
News Jack Tretton Promises Killzone 3 & A "Killer" E3
In an episode of GameTrailers TV last night, Sony's Jack Tretton was on-board to talk about the looming E3 2010 Sony conference and what fans can expect
Being pressed on Killzone 3 by host Geoff Keighley, Tretton responded:Well we own Guerrilla studios and they did a great job on Killzone 1 and 2, I dont know whether youll see announcements...
Gizmodo's just been sent an authentic x-ray from a physician who claims to have treated a broken hand caused by excessive God Of War III excitement
"I had a patient who was so caught up in playing God of War III that he rolled over his hand with his knee and broke two fingers. The radiograph is attached (with his information omitted and...
News Playstation Move Title Slider Looks Absolutely Brilliant, Includes Office Furniture
Anyone who has fond memories of the PSones zany Incredible Crisis will be instantly at home with the SCEJ developed Playstation Move title Slider
The pitch is thus: in a cartoon, physics-led environment, you use the Playstation Move to control an office chair and its employee down a steep hill, desperately trying to escape a bunch of angry mobsters...
News Tell Us Sony, Why Is The Playstation Move Called The Playstation Move?
If you read rumours posted on message baords, you might be led to believe that the Playstation Move ended up with that name because the name "Arc" (which the controller was originally rumoured to be named) was trademarked by Microsoft
Whether or not that's the case, Sony's Scott Rodhes has come out to tell IndustryGamers that the name Move...
News Heavy Rain's "The Taxidermist" DLC Launches On April 1st
Sony's announced that the first episode of the Heavy Rain Chronicles DLC, Madison Paige's The Taxidermist, will launch on the Playstation Store this coming April 1st for $4
99. We described the DLC as "horror-led" in our 3/4 scoring review for the content. If you loved Heavy Rain, you should definitely be excited about this one hour slice...
News PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe Gets US UMD Release In April
Dylan Cuthbert, the president of Pixeljunk's Q-Games, has confirmed that PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe will get a UMD release on April 27th in the US
The PSP title was originally released as a download on the Playstation Store, and earned a 4/4 in our review. If you're yet to play it, and can't bare to use up space on your PSP's Pro-Duo, this is well...
News Oh PSP, Japan Still Lurveeeeees You!
Sony's Playstation Portable is still top of the Japanese hardware charts
This week it managed another 39k sales, with the PS3 mustering 26k. The PSPgo continues to flounder at the bottom of the charts with just over 1,000 units sold in the past week. Pretty disasterous. But Sony probably won't care well the regular SKU of their handheld system is...
News Spartans Stand Tall: God Of War III Platinum Reveals Secret Website...
What's most bonkers is that people have already earned a Platinum trophy in God Of War III
You people have beaten Titan Mode - really!?! Blimey. Well, whatever. What's interesting is what happens when you earn said trophy — namely that you get directed to www.spartansstandtall.com. The website shows the ocean and rain. And not much else. There's a...
News Free MAG DLC Incoming, Includes Flashbangs, Uniforms & Guns
Zipper's confirmed that there's MAG DLC incoming next week (March 25th) and that it'll be totally free
The Trooper Gear Pack includes flashbangs, two new uniforms, new SMGs and three new LMGs. Awesome. MAG's going to have a double XP weekend to celebrate the new content. We're so going to be there.
News PushSquare Service Announcement: GOD OF WAR III OUT NOW!
Hey Europeans
Hey Americans. Hey everyone. This week is officially the week of chaos — thus by this point, where ever you are in the world, you should know: God Of War III is out. Yup, it's on store shelves now. We think it's one of the best games on Playstation 3 to date. If you're not convinced, check out our review through here. Then head to...
News Playstation Home Goes All Twisted Metal With A Sweet Tooth Costume
Is Twisted Metal coming? Is Twisted Metal coming
.. Of course it's coming. What better hint could you have than an awesome Sweet Tooth costume rocking its way as part of this week's US Playstation Home update. There's a bollock load of stuff in this week's update, including inFamous and Resistance stuff, a music themed personal space, and more. Hit...
News Guerrilla: "Psssht... We Can Still Do Loads With The Playstation 3"
Killzone 2 was is one of the best looking games available right now
Sadly, it's visuals have been somewhat undermined by a slew of other Playstation content. Uncharted 2 took the baton that Killzone set, and now God Of War III has run away with it. But Guerrilla don't seem phased by the internal battle for Playstation 3 exclusive visual quality...
News Sony: Playstation Move Has A Big "Advantage" Over The Wii
Sony's Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde has spoken out to IndustryGamers regarding the difference between the Playstation Move and the Nintendo Wii Remote
Both devices are thematically similar, where the player gestures with a controller and has their actions represented on the screen. But Rohde reckons that's where the similarities end, using...
News Sony Launches Playstation.Blog Share, A Digg Like Method For Fan Feedback
Well this cool: Sony's launched an extension to the Playstation
Blog today entitled "Share"</a>. The system is designed for users to submit their own Playstation-specific ideas, in which other users can vote for. The objective being to get some great community feedback on the kind of features Playstation fans want most for the...
News Kevin Butler Shows Off The Playstation Move The Only Way He Knows How, Through Time Travel
Kevin Butler - Sony's faux vice president of various departments - has been one of the best things to come out of Playstation marketing since crying babies
Today he's back, as the "VP of realistic movements". This is a Playstation Move centric ad from SCEA and, frankly, it's brilliant. As all the Kevin Butler commercials are. You've gotta...
News Digital Foundry Go Knee Deep With Playstation Move Lag
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry has posted a pretty in-depth look at the kind of lag present at Playstation Move's blow-out during San Francisco's GDC event last week
Their 60FPS footage manages to showcase some lag, but the results are somewhat questionable. The lag seems to focus on those titles in which the camera is present (look to Move Party) as...
The more Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime comes out to talk down the Playstation Move, the more we reckon Nintendo are rattled
What's that Reggie — you heard that there's a system going to be offering significantly better motion controls, alongside blu-ray, video delivery, and HD graphics? Oh.So Im a consumer and Im having a great experience with...
Feature God Of War III's Length Should Be The Last Point Of Discussion
How short is too short in video games? Well, how short's a piece of string? It's astounding to see the number of people commenting unfavourably on God Of War III's length
"But God Of War III is only eight hours and Final Fantasy XIII is fifty - I'll rent Kratos' epic last hurrah instead." Quality over quantity - how many have heard that...
News Peter Molyneux's All Like, "Heavy Rain Is The Future And Stuff..."
Microsoft's Peter Molyneux never fails to deliver a quote that's worth reading
Whether he's hyping up his own game as the relative second coming of Elvis Presley, or simply stating something ridiculous — the dude's a master of spin. Turns out that in his latest interview with Joystiq he wants to hype a Playstation product, rather than his own...
News Press X To Jaaaaaaaaaaaaason!!!1
Those of you who played Heavy Rain may remember Ethan Mars' tense-search for his son in a busy shopping mall
The command prompts enthused you press the "X" button - the result? "Jaaaaaaaaaaaasoooon!" Perhaps on purpose, this Flash game on Heavy.com decides to completely miss the point. Forget the origami killer - this is all...
News Sony: Plenty Of Teams Working On 3D Content For Playstation 3
Ian Bickerstaff, senior engineer of Sony's UK-based 3D team, has told Gamasutra that there are plenty of teams working on 3D content for the Playstation 3, and that he remains optimistic about the tech, but is also being "cautious" with expectations
Were taking a cautious approach, he told the website. I think [3D gaming uptake is] going to...
Rumour Killzone 3 Saying "Hi" In April 2011
Despite countless rumours suggesting that Killzone 3 is indeed coming this year, 1Up has gone out on a limb to suggest that the game will make its debut in April 2011 -- roughly two years after the previous game
... And as far as is always typical with rumours of this kind, there's absolutely nothing more to say. We just thought you might like to...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gets A Green PSP Bundle In The US
Looks like SCEA are going to give Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker a pretty ample push, announcing that the PSP title will get a special bundle
The bundle is set to include a Green PSP-3000, the game on UMD, a Playstation Network movie voucher, and a 2GB pro-duo memory stick for $199.99. Sounds like an excellent deal. Peace Walker will also release...
