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E3 2010 DC Universe Online Is All About Taking Sides
Sony Online Entertainment's revealed the E3 trailer for the upcoming PC and PlayStation 3 MMO, DC Universe Online
The trailer focuses on your ability to pick sides within the Gotham Universe and fight alongside the heroes and antagonists of the DC Universe. Starting to come together now, we hope we get a release date tomorrow.
E3 2010 Team SingStar Tease "Very Exciting Announcement"
We're scared
Hold us. Alongside their weekly update, team SingStar's revealed "some very exciting announcements from SingStar at this weeks E3." This wouldn't have anything to do with a little rumour we posted earlier would it? That's right, sounds like SingStar: Dance is on the cards. We like some SingStar
E3 2010 PlayStation Move Robot Tech Demo Can Move The Way You Do
Look, he's got Wolverine claws
Look, he moves pretty realistically. Kinect body tracking - whut? All thoughts that passed in and out of our mind as we watched IGN's Greg Miller demonstrate this rather impressive looking PlayStation Move tech demo. We've embedded it above for your convenience. We're nice like that.
E3 2010 Gameloft Ready Major PlayStation 3 Announcement
Gameloft's been busy teasing and Tweeting that they're on the verge of making a major PlayStation 3 announcement today
No word on what the announcement might be yet, but given Gameloft's credentials we're going to guess it's something to do with the PlayStation Minis service. Perhaps they've got a whole onslaught of new Minis to release? Guess we'll...
E3 2010 Latest SOCOM 4 Hands-On Demo Reveals Massive Upgrade
The original SOCOM 4 unveiling was a little underwhelming to us
Seemingly thrown in at the end of Sony's GDC coming-out party, the game looked barely finished and, as such, a little uninspiring. But this hands-on preview with IGN's Greg Miller has totally changed our perception. Not only was the game given a glowing write-up, but Greg's also posted...
News Gran Turismo 5 Le Mans Footage Sneaks Onto YouTube
We picked up this YouTube video of Gran Turismo 5 over at VG247
The most striking thing to us is the unbelievable sense of speed when the player's not crashing. Gran Turismo's often been criticised for its inability to convey a real sense of motion, but it looks like they've finally nailed it. Silky smooth. Surely ready for release now?
E3 2010 New PlayStation 3 Hardware Bundles On The Horizon?
Rumours filtering out of E3 suggest that Sony are on the verge of announcing some updated PlayStation 3 hardware
The news, via CVG, suggests that Sony are set to announce a 500GB PlayStation 3 SKU, with a PlayStation Move set bundled inside. Additionally, the report notes that the hardware will include an updated version of the PS3's network card...
E3 2010 Kevin Butler Welcomes You To E3 2010
The KB-man would like to welcome you to the Los Angeles Convention Centre -- home of E3 2010
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News Half-Hour PlayStation Move Demo Hits The Net
A new 30-minute PlayStation Move demo has hit the 'Net, offering new footage of both Sports Champions and Move Party
The video, which is in German, offers some footage we're yet to really see of Sports Champions, including volleyball and frisbee. Sports Champions looks particularly impressive from a technical stance, but we fear its art-style is a...
News E3 2010 Straw Clutching: Sony Tease New Hardware For E3
A newly opened US portion of the official PlayStation website, has caused the Internet to explode with new rumours regarding fresh PlayStation hardware
The website reads: The E3 2010 Expo is coming! Meet us here to find out what awesome PlayStation games and hardware are being revealed. We'll have exclusive articles, info about new and enhanced...
E3 2010 Play PlayStation Move, Get Free Subway Sandwich
This is Weird (with a capital "w")
Sony's just announced that they're teaming up with Subway to give free sandwiches away to all those in the LA area who try out PlayStation Move next week. On Tuesday, June 15th, from 6-9PM, Sony will be giving out $5 Subway giftcards to all those who check out the PlayStation Move at three different Best Buy...
E3 2010 Exactly What "Changes Everything"?
This banner wrapped around the upper-tier of the LA Convention Centre (where E3 is due to take place next week), bears a striking resemblance to the font and colouring used in Sony's "It Only Does Everything" campaign
But what could possibly change everything?</em> Update @ 22:12GMT - so it's the PlayStation Move slogan, then. [Cheers Geoff...
E3 2010 Sony Online Entertainment Release New Trailer For The Agency
We've been talking about The Agency for a long time now, but this latest trailer finally shows the game in a polished state
Just basing it against other trailers SOE have revealed for the game, this E3 trailer looks slightly redesigned and hella spunky. We daresay it will make a big presence at E3 — whether that presence will come under the...
Last year I had an email
Someone asked me, "if you had a job at SCEA, and you were in the planning room for Sony's E3 2010 press conference, how would you glue the event together?" In response, I wrote a pretty detailed opinionator breaking down the way in which I'd construct Sony's press conference, based on predictions already made. This...
E3 2010 Killzone 3 Trailer Shows You Everything You Could Possibly Want To See (For Now)
Of the three PlayStation trailers revealed on GTTV's pre-E3 show last night, this Killzone 3 gameplay reveal is by far the best
Not only is it littered with gameplay footage and graphical beauty, but it also features the game's new jet-packs — which look absolutely rad in action. It's also pretty gory, so if you're squeamish, look away now — oh...
E3 2010 SOCOM 4 Shoots-Up Shanghai
Apparently you're going to be outnumbered and outgunned in SOCOM 4, as you head to a war-torn Shanghai
Yes, Shanghai again. Why is it that every video game is set in Shanghai these days? Still, the game's looking pretty good. We've enjoyed the single-player SOCOM campaigns on the PSP, so we're definitely stoked for a Zipper Interactive developed...
E3 2010 New Gran Turismo 5 Trailer Gets Out, Saves Dates Until Next Week (We Hope!)
If you like stupidly well rendered automobiles then you probably have some form of interest in Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5
Sony revealed a new trailer for the game as part of GTTV's pre-E3 special last night, and while the video didn't include a release date, we're going to go out on a limb and speculate that such information will follow...
E3 2010 New Gran Turismo 5 Trailer Hits GTTV Tonight
We already knew Killzone 3 and SOCOM 4 were due their debuts tonight on Geoff Keighley's pre-E3 GTTV show tonight, but we didn't have a clue Gran Turismo 5 was going to be there
A teaser posted on the PlayStation Blog from Spike's Geoff Keighley has confirmed just as much however, presumably ensuring the game's presence at next week's E3. We'll...
E3 2010 Who Said Weekends Are Quiet Indeed, PS.Blog EU Teases "Two Huge Announcements"
What are you going to be doing Saturday morning? Putting out your St
George's flag bunting — nope, you're going to be tuned into PushSquare and the European arm of the PlayStation Blog who are teasing "two huge announcements" for Saturday morning. Whether these will be in response to Geoff Keighley's pre-E3 GTTV event or not, we're...
News Final Fantasy IX Finally Hits The US PlayStation Network On June 15th
Quick snippet for you, Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy IX will finally hit the American PlayStation Network next Tuesday, June 15th
It'll cost you just $9.99. The game launched last month in Europe and has been available in Japan for some time.
News "The Racing Genre Is Stuck In A Rut," Says MotorStorm: Apocalypse Developer
According to Evolution Studios' Simon Barlow, the racing genre is "stuck in a rut", something he hopes the unique setting of the team's upcoming MotorStorm: Apocalypse will go a way towards correcting
"The racing genre has had a disappointing few years," Barlow told Computer and Video Games. "You can look up any sales figures and...
News Sony UK Boss Not Bothered What Competitors Have To Say
Grilled today by EDGE at a 3D conference, Sony UK's boss Ray Maguire has said he's "not fussed" about what competitor's have to say about Sony's first-party titles
Maguire was speaking in response to comments from Microsoft executive Aaron Greenberg that Halo 3 has outsold most of Sony big-hitters. Well Im really happy with [the titles] because...
News MotorStorm: Apocalypse Brings The House Down... Quite Literally!
Sony's just officially announced the next installment in the MotorStorm franchise, this time tagged "Apocalypse"
The USP? This time the world crumbles around you (quite literally). Friends, it's the end of the world as we know it - so what better thing to do than race? The setting this time around, with the not-so generic name of "The...
Feature E3 2010: Push Square's Five Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of E3 2010
With E3 mere days away now, the industry's anticipation is nearing fever-pitch
With pretty high stakes all around for the platform holders, it can be easy to over-look the actual core of the event in anticipation of megaton announcements and new hardware — that's the games. As we continue our E3 build-up, we list our five most anticipated...
E3 2010 "Legendary" Game Developer To Show Up At GTTV's Pre-E3 Special
Last year it was Rose McGcgowan, this year it's some 9ft-tall supermodel we've never heard of -- the GTTV pre-E3 special is always talked about more for its co-host than its actual unveilings
But at least Geoff Keighley's there (<3), and to be fair the line-up of reveals look rather compelling - Killzone 3 and SOCOM 4? Nice, ok. Plus,...
News Live-Action Dead Nation Trailer Is TERRIBLE... In An Awesome Way!
Have any of you guys seen Planet Terror? It's terrible
Really, really bad. But that's what makes it totally awesome. This live-action Dead Nation trailer reminds us of that. The actual game's looking rather exciting too - it's from HouseMarque (Super Stardust HD) and looks to have the same trade-mark silky-smooth control set-up. It's just, this...
News ITV Are "In Talks" With Sony To Bring The ITV Player To PlayStation 3
British PlayStation 3 owners have had access to the BBC iPlayer as part of the XMB for some time now
While that service is great, we've long anticipated the addition of further television streaming services to the XMB. We want ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 — not that we ever really watch any of them, but what if we miss Emmerdale, Come Dine With Me...
News PlayStation Move Title, The Fight: Lights Out, Will Have 3D Support
Sony's just announced at a pre-E3 press event in the US, that PlayStation Move title, The Fight: Lights Out, will fully support 3D when it ships
No word on a date or anymore details on the utilisation of the 3D, but hey, Sony's just practically announced virtual reality (in kind). Nice. Apparently other PlayStation Move titles will be compatible...
E3 2010 Square Enix Bringing The 3rd Birthday Along To LA
Square Enix has confirmed its E3 games-list, and there's a surprise amongst the names, indeed
PSP shooter, The 3rd Birthday, which has been kept under-wraps for some time now, is set to make an appearance at the show, and will presumably feature heavily during Sony's PSP spotlight. Other Square games of note include Deus Ex: Human Revolution,...
News Microsoft Executive Plays The Numbers Game, PushSquare Plays The "Shut Up" Game
"Just in from the research team," Microsoft ass-hat Aaron Greenberg Tweeted this afternoon
"NPD," he clarified under hushed breathing. "Halo 3 has outsold Resistance 1 and 2, Uncharted 1 and 2, Killzone 2 and God of War III COMBINED." Smugly thinking of his raise, Aaron Greenberg concluded, "Wow." We're not making this up, though we may be...
News Sony Admit That The PSPgo Was A Bit Of An Experiment
Before the PSPgo everyone hated physical media and, in particularly, the UMD
"Why can't we have a download-only system?" they asked, "Why do we have to have this UMD format?" We were with those people, we wanted a smaller more portable disc-less system and we bought one. Sadly, ever since the PSPgo's come out the consumers...
News "Interdiction" DLC Brings New Maps & Game Types To MAG
We stopped playing MAG when we eventually realised we'd never be able to beat SVER on their home-turf
Since then we've longed for a patch but, sigh, it's never really come has it? Still, new maps all together might fix the balance problem, and thus we have some excitement for MAG's new $9.99 DLC pack, detailed today on the Playstation Blog...
E3 2010 Pachter Bets On PSP2 Reveal
Wedbush Morgan analyst, and part-time industry celebrity, Michael Pachter, has confirmed that he believes Sony will showcase a sequel to the Playstation Portable hardware at this year's E3
Talking to MCVUK, he revealed that he believes the system will feature a touch-screen and will be somewhat tied into a subscription based Playstation Network...
News Playstation Store Goes Offline For Maintenance Tomorrow
Muster_Buster's just confirmed via the official Playstation forums that the Playstation Store will be offline tomorrow (Wednesday 9th June) from 16:30BST until the early hours of Thursday morning
During the time you'll be unable to access the Playstation Store, Account Management or Account Registration. Maintenance has been cited as the reason for...
News Cohort Studios Talk The Shoot & Playstation Move
Sony's put up the latest Playstation Move developer diary, this time detailing Cohort Studios' The Shoot, a rails-shooter game set on a movie-set
We actually get a Police 24/7 vibe from this game. Do you guys remember that? It was a rail-shooter where you actually had to move your body to dodge in and out of cover. Was pretty cool back in the...
News Dylan Jobe: Starhawk's Still A Long Way Off
Dylan Jobe's Lightbox Interactive studio is heavily rumoured to be working on a space-bound spiritual successor to the popular Warhawk franchise
Speculated to be entitled Starhawk, Jobe recently submitted a milestone build to Sony, which, by all accounts, went down rather well. So how long until we get a beta, one eager Tweeter asked. "Ha! No,...
News Cole Can Usher A Vortex In inFamous 2, Which Is Kinda Awesome Innit?
These scans from the latest issue of Game Informer magazine (which you can get through here) reveal that Cole can not only electrocute his foes in inFamous 2, but also summon vortexes to suck people into
Awesome. The magazine also has some details on Zeke, Cole's trouble-making friend from the first-game. Apparently he'll be more of a helping-hand...
Feature Competition: Win The Soundtracks From God Of War III & Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Two of the most defining soundtracks of the past twelve months have come from Playstation exclusives God Of War III and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Now, courtesy of Sumthing Else Music Works and Sumthing Digital, we've got both soundtracks in their entirety to give-away on compact disc. That's right, CDs, remember those? [This competition's open to...
News Kevin Butler-Ware Brings The VP Of Micro-Games To LittleBigPlanet
The LittleBigPlanet community continues to astound us
Last time we jumped online, we were truly blown away by the sheer skill of some creators ability. No longer was LittleBigPlanet all "1-1" and "Greenhill Zone" — there were movies and galaga and amazing stuff. This level highlights the downright creativity of Media Molecule's community - Kevin...
News What The Heck Is This Sony Teaser Video All About?
Firstly, if working at SCEJ is actually like this - we want a job now
Secondly, no-one actually knows what this teaser video is about, nor do they know its true origins. It's perfectly possible this could be fan-made, but Kotaku speculate that it's a Sony teaser for upcoming 3D support in the PS3. We'll just put it out there that the last image on...
News We Told You inFamous 2's Redesigned Cole McGrath Was A Pro-Skateboarder (Sorta)
When GameInformer revealed their inFamous 2 cover, we distinctly remember describing the new looking Cole McGrath as a pro-skateboarder
Turns out we were right. Speaking to GameInformer magazine, Sucker Punch's art director Matthias Lorenz described the new-look Cole as a little gritty, a little street, without the grumpiness". He continued:...
News inFamous 2 "Will Give You A Heart-Attack," Claim Sucker Punch
inFamous 2
Rad announcement for Sony. Rad announcement for Sucker Punch. Rad announcement for us. Heck, how great was the original inFamous? Very great is the correct answer. But you ain't seen nothing yet. Sucker Punch has teased in US magazine GameInformer that inFamous 2 is so great it'll "give you a heart-attack". Or something...
News PixelJunk Shooter 2's Online Features Get Detailed
As was already teased, the US edition of the Official Playstation Magazine's got some juicy details on PixelJunk Shooter 2; namely some info on the game's online features
The magazine reveals that the retro-come-new shmup will feature head-to-head battles over PSN, aswell as a Ghost Attack mode, allowing you to download the best score runs from PSN...
News So, We're Gonna Guess You'd Like To See A Few Seconds Of Killzone 3's Campaign...
.. 'Cos we would
This short off-camera video we picked up via TheSixthAxis shows the introduction of the jet-packed Helghast juggernauts from Killzone 3. Man, anyone else's trigger-finger itching? Also, the game looks incredible from a visual stance. Note: this is an alpha build and there's still a year until release. Yeah, exactly. Oh Guerrilla,...
News LittleBigPlanet Heavy Rain Costumes Are A Stroke Of Genius
These latest Heavy Rain themed Sackboy outfits are probably the cutest yet
Of the Heavy Rain crew available are: Ethan Mars, Madison Paige, Scott Shelby and Norman Jayden, as well as an origami costume. The costumes will cost £4.79 for the bunch, or £1.59 each.</em> Brilliant.
News Split/Second, What? Leaked MotorStorm 3 Shots Hit The Net, Blow Our Minds With Awesome!
We all knew it was coming
Here it is. MotorStorm--3 folks, and it looks incredible. Having just reviewed Split/Second, we saw these off-camera shots and thought, "oh, right, that's the end of that then." Sony's racer appears to have an apocalyptic setting which blows away last month's Black Rock title. More off-cam shots through here...
Feature The Obligatory Pre-E3 Playstation Predictions Post - "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
E3 is coming and everyone's got their own opinions on what they think's going to be shown
It's the hottest topic of debate in the video games industry right now. Just what are Sony going to show for their range of Playstation platforms? I've dissected the most reasonable estimates I can muster and compiled them into this week's Opinionator post...
News inFamous 2 Is Official, Sports An All New Cole
GameInformer's website has crumbled under the weight of another Playstation exclusive announcement, but announcement there has been
This time: inFamous 2. And the sequel to Sucker Punch's super-hero escapade is set to get a fresh face too - with protagonist Cole looking somewhat less rugged than his last outing. Early details reveal that the game...
News Sony Says No To Quality Content Such As "The Chauffeur's Daughter" & "Touch Me"
Were you hoping to get Vivid Video's back-catalogue of adult entertainment on your PS3? Really? Well tough - Sony's said no
One of the world's biggest porno content providers (ok, grow up), has declared that talks with Sony to get a new "adult" section added to the Playstation Video Store directory fell flat pretty early. "We started...
News Isn't It Time We Stopped Being Jaded About 3D Technology?
Honestly, we feel like we're the only publication on the Internet in support of the 3D movement
Every other publication out there seems to be grappling with the "why" and "how" rather than the base-line concept. Look, we understand as well as everyone else that 3D is going to be expensive, and many (us included) will not be...
