Tag: Sony - Page 390
It's sequels we're excited for at the moment
Buzz for God Of War III, Killzone 3, inFamous 2 and Resistance 3 is extremely high in the office, and rumours in the latest US Playstation Official Magazine (via VG247) do nothing to quell our excitement. Reports from the magazine suggest that God Of War III custom PS3 system will launch alongside the...
News New MAG Trailer Gives Us Beta Withdrawal Symptoms Already
Here at PushSquare, we're way into MAG
Sure, we have a couple of issues with the game here and there; but in terms of achieving exactly what it sets out to (Massive Action), MAG absolutely hits the nail on the head. In fact, such is MAG's depth, it only gets better and better the more time you spend with it. With the final beta now done and wrapped...
News SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Finally Coming February 16th
It seems to have been subject to a never-ending list of delays, but Slant Six's latest portable take on the SOCOM franchise, SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3, is finally due for release on February 16th
It'll be available on the Playstation Store and in retail outlets on UMD. Amazingly, this Playstation Portable shooter will feature both 16-player online...
News CES 2010: Heavy Rain Footage We Daren't Watch
Doing this job, writing for PushSquare, can be most difficult at times when you're excited for a game
We're not faceless, we write about Playstation because we genuinely love it, and while our interest levels are different depending what we're writing about; Heavy Rain is one game that has had us united since it's announcement. It feels like we've...
News Sony Still Planning Pre-Release Heavy Rain Demo
VG247 are reporting that Sony are still planning a pre-release demo for the upcoming PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain
The game's creator, David Cage, mentioned a while back that he'd like to release a PSN demo for the game, but was struggling to find the right scene that conveyed what the game was about. All had gone quiet on the demo front, but a Sony rep...
News Sony Confirm Western Heavy Rain Release Dates; 23rd February In The US, 26th In The UK
Sony's finally confirmed a date for Quantic Dream's ambitious adventure game, Heavy Rain
The game's due on the 23rd February in the US, with it hitting mainland Europe on the 24th and finally, the UK on the 26th. Phew. Glad that's finally all cleared up. You can order the Heavy Rain special edition exclusively from HMV if you're in the UK.
News Sony: God Of War 3 Is Must-Have, Unmistakably Realistic
In an exclusive interview with CVG, presumably fuelling the hype cogs a little, Sony's product manager for the game, Claire Blackhouse, has claimed that God Of War III is a "must have" and is "set apart" from other next-gen games on the market
She reckons that Sony's latest blockbuster provides "unmistakable realism". "God of War 3...
News Dude Announced As MLB 10: The Show's Cover Star, He's Called Joe Mauer
Baseball is all about leggings and ripping off rounders, right? Still, we're told it's a big deal in the US, and not only that, Sony's exclusively developed MLB 10: The Show is supposed to be one of the best sports games available
Like, period. Thus, there's probably some excitement that Joe Mauer has been picked as the game's cover starlet this...
News Twisted Metal's Sweet Tooth Joins The ModNation Race: Amazing
"Twisted Metal on PS3," says David Jaffe, "would be a cool idea
" Oh Dave you tease.</em>
News Heavy Rain Dated In The US, Hitting February 16th
Whether Sony wanted you to know the date for Quantic Dream's epic adventure title, Heavy Rain, just yet; the latest episode of Qore has gone ahead and revealed it anyway
According to reports on the Examiner, Heavy Rain will hit US stores on the 16th February. We're now praying that SCEE pitch the game in the same time-frame (rather than the believed...
First Impressions MAG on Playstation 3
Patience, endeavour, team-work, intrigue - all words associated with Zipper Interactive's MAG; a wrought 256-player first person shooter stacked with the anticipation of simply delivering its namesake: massive action
It cannot be denied, MAG does exactly what it says on the tin; but only if you're willing to put in the effort it insists for payback...
News Sony Strengthen Their Make.Believe Tag With Real World Examples
A year ago, Lucas Ordonez went from being a bog-standard Gran Turismo fan, to a real race car driver, all thanks to competitions held on the Playstation 3 similar to the GT Academy available right now
It's a story Sony are keen to tell, as they strengthen their "Make.Believe" sales pitch tagline. Whether these "commercials"...
News SCEJ Confirm God Of War III For March 25th In Japan
SCEJ has confirmed that Sony's blockbuster exclusive God Of War III will launch on March 25th in Japan
The game will available stand-alone, or as part of the God Of War Trilogy Edition, containing both GoWIII and the God Of War Collection. SCEJ also confirmed a re-release of Shadow Of The Colossus will be due on February 4th for ¥1,800. Still no...
News CES 2010: Two Firmware Updates Planned For The PS3 In 2010, Will Bring 3D Gaming & 3D Movies
Double vision
Just confirming initial reports out of Sony's CES 2010 presentation last night, Sony will introduce two separate firmware updates to the Playstation 3 this year, the first enabling 3D stereoscopic gaming to the Playstation 3, and the second bringing 3D stereoscopic movie functionality. As we reported earlier, Sony are showcasing the...
News Check Out Gran Turismo 5's Cover Car In Action
Introducing the Mercedes SLS AMG, or, more potently, Gran Turismo 5's cover vehicle
The above trailer includes pretty cars going "vroom" and transitions between real-life photography and in-engine rendering that are hard to decipher.
News CES 2010: Sony Show Off Super Stardust HD In Three-Dimensions
Sony reaffirmed their dedication to pushing 3D last night at CES, by announcing a range of 3D enabled televisions, aswell as partnerships with broadcasters and IMAX
In pushing 3D, Sony made it very clear that the Playstation 3 will be one of their big avenues for the tech, announcing a firmware update that will make the PS3 3D compatible. Among the...
News Playstation 3 Boasts Nearly 4 Million Worldwide Holiday Sales
There was some fist-pumping from SCE shortly after Sony's CES 2010 keynote ended: as the company were able to boast Playstation 3 sales exceeding 3
8million over the holiday season. According to the company, "during the five weeks following the last week of November 2009", the console sold more than any previous holiday season — up 76%...
News CES 2010: Sony Confirm The Expansion Of The PSN To Other Devices
Sony has touted brand loyalty, and a cross-device network for a while, and last night at their Consumer Electronics presentation, a dapper-looking Kaz Hirai confirmed those plans
With 38million confirmed subscriptions to the PSN already, Sony intend to bring services like the Playstation Video Delivery store to connected Blu-Ray players, Bravia...
News Chill Y'all In Playstation Home's London Pub, Available Today
If you were ever in Playstation Home thinking, "I could do with a pint," then today's London Pub private space might just be what you seek
Sure, the 4.99 digital rendition won't give you an endless supply of beer to chug, but instead you'll get an awesome social hub in which to invite your Home buddies. Not only does the digital watering hole sit...
News Spring Blossom PSP Heading To Japan Looks Rather Pretty
Sony of Japan announced today they are bringing a "Spring Blossom Pink" iteration of the PSP to their region in March
The new system (which is a PSP-3000) will cost just 16,800 ($183). It's kinda pretty isn't it? We'd play one anyway.
News CVG Say Heavy Rain Is Coming February 26th
Evidence is mounting for a February 26th launch of Quantic Dream and Sony's ambitious next-gen title Heavy Rain
You can literally feel the hype starting to build for this game at the moment. We've always been firm believers here in the office, so it's nice to see others jumping on board. While un-named, CVG's sources for the date seem pretty...
News Gran Turismo 5 Cover Is Revealed, Is Stunning
There are tons of more exciting things said about Gran Turismo 5's cover art on the Playstation Blog, so we recommend petrol-heads head over there for their fix of Gran Turismo discussion
But while you leave PushSquare a cold, dank, environment of non-car afficianados (we like cars plenty, but not that much) allow us to discuss the game's cover art...
News Naughty Dog Not Interested In Bringing Playstation Motion Controller To Uncharted Anytime Soon
Naughty Dog's Evan Wells has told G4 that his company aren't interested in doing a motion controlled Uncharted game anytime soon
Instead, he reckons if they were to do a game for Sony's new Playstation Motion Controller, they'd be designing a game from the ground-up.We really dont have any interest in using the motion control to do a...
News Heavy Rain Collector's Edition Is Exclusive To HMV In The UK
Well this kinda sucks (but we still ordered it anyway)
The Heavy Rain Collector's Edition we told you about before Christmas has been locked down to a single retailer in the UK, meaning you'll have to get your preorder on over at HMV if you want significantly sexier boxart, a soundtrack, a free dynamic theme and an extra episode. HMV are claiming...
News All Together Now: God Of War III Only Possible On Playstation 3
It's becoming somewhat of a catchphrase this
"Only possible on Playstation 3." The latest game to adorn Sony's self-acknowledged accolade is God Of War III. According to comments made by Sony's Claire Blackhouse to CVG, "The developers have worked hard to use the power of the PS3 to make GOW3 look amazing and have added features that...
News Michael Jackson PS3 Bundle Not Coming To The UK We're 'Fraid
If you're a hardcore British gamer who likes nothing more than chillin' to the back catalogue of Michael Jackson - then you're out of luck
Sony has confirmed to VG247 that there are no plans to bring the recently announced "This Is It" bundle to the UK. The bundle's due for release in Japan later this month. Guess you'll just have to make...
News Sony Are Increasing The Storage Capacity Of Blu-Ray Discs
If you're a developer planning on sticking more cut-scenes in your game, then rejoice
Sony and Panasonic have announced that they are planning to increase the storage capacity of the blu-ray disc from 25GB to 33.4GB. The report from Nikkei states the technology "assumes inter-symbol interference, which makes it difficult to base optical disc...
News Michael Jackson Branded Playstation 3 To Launch In Japan
Surely confirming there'll be a Michael Jackson SingStar game at some point in the coming year, Sony of Japan has confirmed a Michael Jackson branded PS3 bundle, which includes a Slim and a copy of "This Is It," the MJ movie on blu-ray
It's due out for sale on the 27th January in Japan, for ¥33,500.
News Say, "Hello Updated Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Web Stats."
Everyone likes stats
And if you don't, well, we think you're weird. So it's perhaps fitting that we should rejoice over the addition of lots of new stat tracking options in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. If, like us, you damn well demand information about your Uncharted 2 performance, then, hey, you should probably head on over to the Naughty Dog site...
News Sony Don't Really Think OnLive Is A Threat At All
Remember OnLive? The announced service that would supposedly allow "gamers" to kinda stream video games from a mega-hub computer server thing-ma-jig
Yeah? Sony doesn't think much to it at all really. In fact, they reckon that in order to play video games at the "expected quality" you'll need a traditional video games system."Whilst...
News Heavy Rain Rated 15 By The BBFC, Hmm...
You know there's loads of tits and stuff in Heavy Rain? Well apparently it's only worth a 15 rating from the BBFC (that's British Board Of Film Classification, yo)
Considering a little while ago we were expecting this game might get refused classification, we're going to assume that Quantic Dream were clever folks and liaised with the various world...
A really early copy of the latest Playstation The Official Magazine has been picked up by a GTPlanet user, revealing what seems to be Gran Turismo 5's boxart and some screens of night-time racing
The magazine also notes the inclusion of Indy Racing League cars and tracks, news which seems to be sending the GTPlanet users into a frenzy. We're not big...
News DS Is 2009's Biggest Hardware Winner In Japan, PS3 & PSP Fare Well
Nintendo may have taken the overall 2009 hardware sales crown in Japan, but there were strong performances from the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable in Sony's home region too
The PS3 managed to shift 1.7million systems in the region, just short of the Nintendo Wii's 2million; where the PSP managed to shift 2.3million systems for the year...
We've given the Playstation Motion Controller a fair amount of thought recently
When the hell are Sony going to have their big reveal for the peripheral? It's due out in Spring, which would be ahead of E3, and assuming it hits shelves later than suggested, if it's still coming this year Sony have to blow the doors off soon. Surely? Well hey, guess...
News MAG Public Beta Kicks Off Today, Still Requires Stupid Amounts Of Downloading
There's a reason we're still yet to play MAG
It's not because we're not interested in it (we totally are), but it's because those downloads take way, way too long to complete. And that's the same situation for today's public MAG beta, which is, well available to everyone. Again, it's a short but sweet 37mb download from the Playstation Store...
News Sony Claim PS3's VidZone Service Is The World's Biggest Music Video Streaming Application
Blimey
SCEE just dropped a press release in our inbox announcing that the PS3's VidZone application has become the biggest music video streaming service in the world, with more than 2 million users streaming over 200 million videos in its first month. Vidzone launched across Europe in the summer of 2009, and has since stretched to 18 countries. Pats...
News Naughty Dog Don't Want Playstation 4 For A While Yet
Naughty Dog's co-president Evan Wells has announced that his company aren't itching for a Playstation 4 anytime soon, and are happy to keep pushing the PS3 for the next "5 or 6 more years
" Speaking with G4TV, Wells said that he believes there's much more to squeeze out of the PS3's hardware. "We're getting comfortable [with the...
News Remember How Gran Turismo 5 Trailers Always Look Amazing? They Still Do.
GTPlanet
com</a> kindly managed to snag an off-screen recording of the latest Gran Turismo 5 trailer at the Asia Games Show over Chrimbo. Sure, the sound might be muffled, and the image not true HD but, look - this trailer has Rome and Madrid footage, aswell as some new clips on the Nascar and rally content. It's due out in Japan this March...
News Famitsu Readers Reckon PS3 Slim Was The Biggest Story In '09
Top Trumps
According to retailer and reader votes in Japan's super-gaming Bible, Famitsu, the relaunch of the Playstation 3 in September was the biggest gaming story of 2009, with Final Fantasy XIII's release date and PSP Go's announcement all filling out spots in the top five. We can't disagree with the PS3 Slim's announcement; Sony's effective...
News New God Of War III Artwork Screams "Chaos!"
Apparently, in God Of War III, there will only be chaos
And nothing encapsulates that better than some artwork posted on NeoGAF this morning that depicts Kratos in a brutal entangle with Hades [right? - Ed]. Amazing. Oh, and if you wanted evidence God Of War III ain't all that far away - the website just launched.
News Sony Of Japan Trademark The Name "Cloudsurf"
Initiating even more rumours related to a "paid PSN" and different kind of digital distribution, Sony of Japan filed the name "Cloudsurf" on December 28th, for use on practically any Sony related gizmo; including "game machines
" The filing hints at "game services" and "entertainment" via the Internet. Games, audio, and...
News Playstation Juggernauts Pick Their Favourite Moments Of 2009
A ton of key Playstation figures have voiced out about their highlights of 2009 on the official Playstation website
Sony's Worldwide Studio's president Shuhei Yoshida cites "his jaw dropping to the floor" when Naughty Dog showed off Uncharted 2 at last year's E3. Similarly Paul Rustchynsky of Evolution Studios reckons Uncharted 2 is the...
News Dude Makes "Portable" Playstation 3 Type Thing
Remote Play is a pretty awesome addition to the PS3/PSP's arsenal
The problem? The Playstation Portable doesn't have enough buttons to map exactly to a DualShock - thus, the PSP can't be used as a bridge for a "portable" Playstation 3. In principle, correcting such a problem is exactly what modder Techknott has done. He's developed a...
News Hey Look, Your Playstation Could Have Looked Just Like This One
Did you know
.. Oh, what the hell, of course you knew the original Playstation was actually being designed as an extension for the Super Nintendo. Everyone knows that. And if you didn't - you should probably have a history lesson courtesy of the genius minds over at Wikipedia. Bet you didn't know it looked like a walkman with a cartridge sticking...
News Take A Look At United Front Games' Studio
If you're anything at all like us, you'll be massively interested in the workplaces where games are made
This Quick Look of United Front Games' studio is no exception - where the upcoming PS3 exclusive ModNation Racers is being developed. It's an interesting look at how the team work.
News Mini-Review: Hot Shootin' With Hustle Kings
Embedded is the shot that changed our life
Well it would of done, if we were playing for real money. As it happens, in Hustle Kings you're just competing for credits, but damn, when 10,000 of those are on the table (like there were when our Sammy made that shot), you feel the pressure. Hustle Kings is one of the more complete PSN games in a long...
News Namco Plan To Bring Their Back Catalogue To Playstation Store
Namco Bandai has made a lot of games
A lot of games. That means they have an impressive back catalogue. And in this digital age, there's always someone willing to spend money on a piece of nostalgia, or an unvisited game. Hence, Namco Bandai's plans to "increase its digital distribution presence." No actual specifics were given, but the...
News By The Way: European flOw Now Has Trophies, Y'all!
Life is simple
Unless you're on the hunt for trophies. Which is exactly what European owners of flow will be able to do, like, right now, thanks to patch 2.10. The full list of trophies is here, yo.
News Sony Confirm Q1 Triple Header: MAG, Heavy Rain & God Of War III
This is more of a reminder to save any Christmas money you get this year; as Sony's exclusive line-up in Q1 is particularly strong
The company has confirmed that MAG will launch in January (29th), followed by Heavy Rain in February and God Of War III in March. It's also worth noting on the exclusives front, that White Knight Chronicles will also see...
