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News God Of War III Ultimate Trilogy Packaging Is Mighty Impressive
SCEE's revealed the packaging for the upcoming God Of War III Ultimate Trilogy edition
The package includes tons of goodies including God Of War III, the God Of War Collection, tons of game content, and audio bonuses. You can read more about the special edition through here.
News High Voltage Working With Playstation Motion Controller, Reckon It's "Amazing"
In some nice, none-hype lead news, The Conduit's developers High Voltage are rather taken with Sony's Playstation Motion Controller, rumoured to be entitled "Arc"
All we can say is we have development kits in-house and it is an amazing device, said CEO Kerry Ganofsky told IGN. It works exactly as advertised, added CEO Eric...
News Heavy Rain Demo Available Now For Wannabe Detectives
Remember the Four Days challenge for Heavy Rain? Well, turns out it's not just a marketing tool
(Actually it kinda is but stay with us.) Y'see, those of you who have completed the game, will gain access to the Heavy Rain demo. Early access that is. Everyone else will get it next week. A couple of sites have explained exactly how to complete the...
News SCEA: Arc Is A "Code Name" For Playstation Motion Controller
The guessing game goes on
Despite us being fairly certain that the Playstation Motion Controller is to be entitled the Playstation Arc; SCEA's Patrick Seybold has thrown a spanner in the works - suggesting that name is just a "rumoured codename". The exec Tweeted last night, "No. We haven't announced the name of our Motion...
News Global PS3 Sales Hit 33.5 Million, Close The Gap On XBOX 360
Sony's reported that they are just 5
5 million systems behind the XBOX 360 now, with a strong showing for the Playstation 3 this Christmas driving the system up to 33.5 million global sales. Sony also reiterated that they will hit their 13 million systems sold target during the fiscal year, with 10.8 million systems sold for the nine months ending...
News Sony Considering The "Best Way To Approach" PSN Subscriptions
SCEA's Peter Dille has told IGN that Sony are "actively thinking" about charging customers for the PSN, but are still considering the "best way to approach" it
Its been our philosophy not to charge for from launch up until now, but Kaz recently went on the record as saying thats something were looking at, said Dille. I can confirm...
News Sony Santa Monica Talk About God Of War III's Chimera
SCEA's released a making-of video for the upcoming God Of War III
The document catalogues the development of one of the game's enemies - the Chimera. Those of you who have played the God Of War III E3 demo will have encountered the Chimera, a cross between a lion, a snake and a goat. There's also some footage of God Of War III's updated build; with...
News Ueda: Tons Of The Last Guardian Information To Be Released This Year
Rejoice
Fumito Ueda and his pals at Team Ico are to blow the doors of The Last Guardian at some point this year — the type of video game no other company can match. Microsoft may have Master Chief and the frat boys of Gears Of War, but Sony have a boy and his giant cat-bird thing. Could the differences be any more apparent? Ueda mentioned there...
News Sony "Confident" PS3 Will Beat XBOX 360 In Life-Cycle
SCEA's Peter Dille has claimed confidence that the Playstation 3 will overtake the XBOX 360 in unit-sales over the next 10 years
I dont think [360 will] be around in 10 years so Im very confident well pass them within that time frame, said the exec, speaking to IGN. I mean, weve got 31 million [units sold] worldwide right now ...
News God Of War III To Feature Almost Three-Hours Of Bonus Content
Honestly, one of our favourite things about the original God Of War games has been the additional "making of" content
That sounds sorta dumb, we know, but we find that stuff fascinating. Obviously if the actual games weren't so good, we wouldn't care about it; but God Of War game are always good, so we're stoked to get that extra content...
Feature Playstation 3 Dynamic Themes Round-Up
Firmware 3
0 brought the ability to render 3D animations behind the XMB and since then there have been a trickle of Dynamic Themes to choose from. In this round-up, we'll be taking a look at some of the Dynamic Themes available for the PS3, and scoring them based on their interactivity, gneeral look and usability. Heavy Rain: Probably the best...
News Namco Gets Hit Hard, Sheds Profits & Staff
Namco's recorded a whopping $129million loss for the nine months ending December 31st, compared to a profit of $99
4million in the same period the year previous. That's a lot of money, yo. As a result the company has announced they are to cut the employment of roughly 10% of their workforce. That's gutting news for about 630 people.Since the...
News God Of War III Snatches An 18 Rating Here In The UK, There's A Surprise
God Of War III's passed rating in the UK with no cuts made
It scored an 18 from the BBFC. No surprise there for a game that has you ripping someone's head off. The God Of War Collection has also been rated at an 18. Better make sure you've got that fake ID* ready for March then, eh? *- PushSquare do not condone the act of using fake IDs. Sometimes
News For The Love Of: SCEE Mention "Gran Turismo 5" & "Fall Release" In The Same Sentence
Enough Sony, SCEE, Polyphony or whoever is involved with making Gran Turismo 5 take so bleeding long to come out
We were expecting it early 2009. It didn't come. We were expecting it late 2009. It didn't come. We were really expecting it early 2010. It ain't coming. Now you're talking about Fall? Really? Yes, really. SCEE Portugal's honcho James...
News Playstation 3 To See Greatest Year Over Year Growth In January
Hardly a surprising revelation, but one analyst believes that Playstation 3 will see the greatest YoY growth in next week's January NPD report
Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee reckons that the PS3 will keep its momentum throughout January and "will have the best year-over-year growth in January among all consoles." This is on the back of the...
News 128 S.V.E.R. Dudes Get Together To Just, Y'know, Say Hi
The bitter Raven player in us wants to make a snarky comment about this group of S
V.E.R. players who were winning so comfortably</a> on Domination they decided to just, y'know, hang out in the middle of the map. Apparently, still no one was able to take their Cooling Towers. Yeah, us Ravens know why, eh? 'Cos the S.V.E.R. map is horrifically...
News Japanese Last Guardian Website Opens Its Doors
SCEJ has launched the official website for Team Ico's upcoming The Last Guardian today
There's not a lot of new stuff to see on the website, but its launch will come as a welcome reminder that the game is still coming soon. We'd put money on a Japanese launch this year.
News Sony Studio Liverpool To Be Cut In Half?
Last week we reported the sad news that there was a "restructuring" process going on at Sony's Studio Liverpool
News this morning from Develop suggests that the "restructuring" is likely to result in a cull of 50%. An affected staff member told Develop that the layoff was looking "heavy", estimating around half us may be...
News Heavy Rain Gets Slapped With A Fairly Large HDD Install
Just to get it out there, Heavy Rain requires installation before you play it
It'll need 4.2GB of space to run in-fact, presumably to keep load-times reasonable. Don't worry too much about the horrific install screen progress bar though; Quantic Dream's come up with a clever way to keep you occupied - teaching you how to make your own Origami bird.
News Sony: Heavy Rain Is A Total "Gamble", Yo
Heavy Rain literally looks bonkers
The latest game from David Cage and his team at Quantic Dream dares to think outside the box. In that, it's a huge gamble for publishers Sony, but one they are giving their full support. Product manager Lucy Duncan told CVG: Being Sony, I suppose we have a little more luxury to take a gamble on more original and...
News Sony: More Final Fantasy Versus XIII News Incoming [Updated]
Sony's Jeff Rubenstein has hinted that there is more information on Final Fantasy Versus XIII incoming
Perhaps as soon as next month. In response to a query regarding Square Enix's latest title, Rubenstein commented, I have [some more info on FF Versus XIII], and theyre [Square Enix] eager to get some posts on the blog in February. Awesome...
News MAG Stands Strong, Enters The UK Charts At Number Four
We were kind of worried about MAG's sales
Oh, there are plenty of people playing the game to make the servers active, and the actual game is worthy of 4/4 on this very website — but if the initial sales were bad then, yo, it might mean less post-support from the folks at Zipper. Which is where MAG is likely to thrive. So it's pleasing to see MAG...
News Sony Should Stump Up The Cash For Shenmue III
A recent interview with SEGA in Japanese gaming publication, Famitsu, hinted that the company are curious to dole out the Shenmue franchise to any buying platform-holder
In fact, the translation hints that the company would be willing to develop the elusive final installment in the acclaimed franchise exclusively so long as a party such as Sony...
News David Jaffe Says Words "Twisted Metal", Internet Flips Out
In a recent personal blog-post, former God Of War director David Jaffe discussed his personal sense of gratification at Kratos receiving his own flavour of Slurpee in the build up to God Of War III
In one of Jaffe's renowned vlogs, the outspoken developer talked about his pride in the Kratos character, and how he hoped his latest project could reach...
News Sony: iPad Great For Playstation Portable Sales
In a quote that could be misconstrued as a little arrogant, Sony's director of hardware marketing John Koller has told the Wall Street Journal that devices like the iPad are great for sales of the PSP
The iPad was announced by Apple this week, and is essentially an inflated iPod Touch, capable of supporting the numerous millions of Apps on the...
In 2004 I fell in love
My XBOX Live subscription had been running for about 6 months and I'd had many enjoyable sessions on Project Gotham Racing 2. But Live never truly demonstrated its potential until later that year. Halo 2 released. Prior to Halo 2, my only real exposure to online shooters on a console had come via Quake III Arena on the...
News Confirmation: MLB 10 The Show Will Look Absolutely Amazing
If you know anything about baseball, you know that MLB 10 The Show is due to be the best baseball game there is
It's also going to be the best looking. As these new set of screens from Kotaku prove.
News The Heroes Of White Knight Chronicles Are Headed To LittleBigPlanet
This amazing LittleBigPlanet character pack based around Sony and Level-5's White Knight Chronicles is due for release on February 25th
It'll come with a pack of stickers so you can create your own WKC themed levels in Sackland.
News Super Spoilers You Might Want To Avoid: New Heavy Rain Footage
GameTrailers has published some exclusive footage from Heavy Rain's "Mall" scene
We'd love to tell you about it but we're not watching it. That's right, this editorial team just went on hiatus. Well, only when it comes to Heavy Rain footage. Because we're so excited about the game, there's no way in hell we're ruining it for ourselves. You can catch...
News Sony Studio Liverpool Lay-off Whispers Frighten Us No End
We've made it no secret that we want another Wipeout game this year
In fact, right up until this point we'd assumed the excellent Sony Studio Liverpool were quietly crafting away a new iteration. But whispers over on WipeoutZone and TheSixthAxis suggest that isn't the case. In fact, WipeoutZone are reporting that close to the entire studio has been...
News Sony Already Reach God Of War III Marketing Saturation Point, Announce Kratos Slurpee
Sony are to market God Of War III on a range of Kratos-themed Slurpees if you buy your iced drink from any 7-Eleven convenience store
Cups will be laced with PS3 codes, including downloads for armour, dynamic themes and much more. The blackberry/lime flavours of Slurpee are to be entitled "Kratos Fury" right through February into March...
First Impressions Modnation Racers on Playstation 3 Beta
Picture the scene: we're bombing it through a barren environment
It's one of the higher-rated tracks, crafted by the hands of a budding race-course designer. We're dressed as Kratos from the God Of War franchise, driving in the Ghostbusters car. Both are works of art in there own right, rated five stars by the community. The Joker's just in front of...
News SCEE Aiming To Release God Of War III The Same Week As The US
God Of War III is still without a date here in Europe, but SCEE has announced on the Playstation Blog that they're "aiming" for a launch on the same week as the US version
The US date was confirmed to be the 16th earlier, so that would likely mean the 17th in continental Europe and the 19th in the UK. We can't wait.
News God Of War III Officially (Finally) Dated For March 16th In The US
Finally the Playstation Blog has confirmed that God Of War III will launch on March 16th in the US
There will only be chaos, etc. That means the game will likely hit the UK on March 19th. There'll be a brand new God Of War III trailer debuting on GameTrailers this coming February 11th, so mark your diaries for that. Sony's also confirmed that the...
News Shock Horror: Sony Actually Make Some Money, Expected To Report Profit
According to a report from Nikkei (through the lovely folks at Reuters), Sony are expected to announce a profit of ¥100 billion ($1
1 billion) for the period of October through December 2009. It'll basically be the first profit Sony has posted in what seems like an age. The profit's believed to come from improved Playstation 3 sales (the Slim model...
News Playstation Motion Controller To Launch With 10 Games This Year
A report from Nikkei (via Andriasang
com</a>) suggests that the Playstation Motion Controller will launch with 10 games this year. Sony delayed the controller earlier this month, and our own columnist "Twiggy" discussed the advantages of the move from Spring to Fall here. No other details were given by the report, but "pet and...
News Once More With Feeling: New Heavy Rain Trailer Is Brimming With Awesome
Wow
Heavy Rain may be a little too experimental to be a commercial success; but who really cares about the sales figures when we're on the verge of playing a game this different? The latest (not so spoilery) Heavy Rain trailer, embedded below, is literally packed to the brim with feeling. Sony would do well to market this game next to crime dramas...
News New God Of War III Artwork Includes A Moody Bell Tower, True
As seen via a full-set of "leaked" art on UGDB
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News God Of War II Could Have Been A Playstation 3 Launch Title According To Yoshida
SCE Worldwide Studios honco Shuhei Yoshida has told GameInformer that God Of War II could have been a Playstation 3 launch title
We had a lot of debates about it, actually. I always firmly stood by keeping it on PS2, said Yoshida. Many people, including marketing, suggested that maybe it should be moved to PS3. What I believed was that God...
News Episode Three Of The Blue Toad Murder Files To Be Free
One of our most anticipated PSN titles is the next episode of the Blue Toad Murder Files
So it's exciting to hear that Relentless are giving away episode three for free between February 25th (its launch) and March 25th. Episodes four to six will follow on April 8th and will be bundled as a pack for £9.99. You can see our reviews for the first two...
News SCEE Plan To Release God Of War Collection Separately In Europe
VG247 are reporting this morning that SCEE intend to release the God Of War Collection separately in the UK, outside of the God Of War III Ultimate Collection
They were coy on dates however. It really feels like SCEE have dropped the ball with the God Of War Collection. Not only is it effectively a means of printing money from a game already...
News Zipper: Others Couldn't Do MAG, PS3 Makes It Possible
Zipper Interactive has told VideoGamer
com</a> that MAG is "is what the PS3 can do and few others can."I don't even know if it's possible for multiplatform, senior designer Scott Rudi said. We're using so many architectural features unique to the PS3, like the Cell system, that I would be hard pressed to and I'm not a...
Rumour Sony Put $20million Worth Of Funds Into Multiplatform L.A. Noire
An unusual Twitter account under the pseudonym Veracious_Shift has popped up this morning, claiming to know the secrets of upcoming PS3 title Agent's exclusivity, and the fiasco regarding the oft-lofted, rarely shown L
A. Noire</a>. Veracious Shift writes:To McNamara [dude what did The Getaway - Ed], The Getaway was a tainted brand by Sony's...
News Zipper Interactive Switch On The MAG Servers
We've had our review copy of MAG sitting on the shelf since mid-last week
As an online-only release, we've been waiting for the servers to kick-in. But with copies being sent out ahead of the game's launch this week in the US and Europe, it seems Zipper have finally hit that switch on their massive action game. We had a 37mb patch to download, and a...
News God Of War III Gets March 19th UK "Tracking" Date
Despite rumours you may have seen floating around the 'Net today; SCEE has told us (and a few others) that the touted March 19th UK release date for God Of War III is merely a "tracking date", and not a confirmed release date
Sony are being rather coy with God Of War III at the moment; with the game presumably just a few months away, there's still a...
News Hong Kong International Airport Gets Playstation 3 Kiosks
The plane's delayed, you're bored stiff, and you want to play Gran Turismo 5
Good job you're in Hong Kong International airport, eh, where a host of Playstation 3 kiosks have been installed for bored travelers. There'll be kiosks with Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed II and Final Fantasy XIII. Awesome.
News David Cage: Heavy Rain Is Not Meant For "Tabloids"
Perhaps preparing himself for the inevitable Daily Mail backlash - David Cage has explained that his upcoming Playstation 3 noir thriller, Heavy Rain (which is riddled with themes of child murder and sex), is not meant "for the tabloids"
When you write something or you develop a project like Heavy Rain, you dont write for tabloids. You dont...
Feature Push Square's Sammy Hits 2,000 Trophies: At Last!
20 days later than the original specified date, I've finally hit my 2,000 trophy target
Ta very much Vancouver 2010, Dark Void and Army Of Two: The 40th Day review duty! Now I have 2,000 trophies, I feel very much the same as I did while I was sitting in the 1,900's - wishing I had the patience to replay older games just to pick-up all those...
News We'd Pay $1,000,000 For These S.V.E.R. Sneakers
Look, we're Raven dudes, ok?
We pledged our allegiance during the MAG beta, we swore on the oath. But you know what, forget it, because these S.V.E.R. sneakers are properly amazing. They've been designed by Cory Repp; alongside a faction-specific sneakers for both Valor and Raven. But they're a bit cack - we want the S.V.E.R. ones. It would be the...
Inevitably the Playstation Motion Controller was delayed until Fall this week
No surprises there, we're still reporting on rumoured names here in the PushSquare office, and aside from that very impressive E3 tech-demo, we have nothing at all to go on. But what effect will that delay have on Sony's new hardware? More time will ensure better prepared...
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