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News September's Qore Episode Seems Action Packed, Features Access To The MAG Beta
Good news Qore subscribers, not only do you get to spend your time ogling Veronica Belmont all over again, but you're also going to gain access to the MAG beta as part of your subscription
Anyone who subscribes on or before September 17th will gain access to Zipper Interactive's ambitious shooter. You'll also preen new details about the Uncharted 2:...
News PSP Minis To Cost Approximately $1.50 To $2.50
The price of Sony's newly announced PSP Minis are going to be very interesting
Sony has to get the pricing just right to make sure they become an almost addictive, impulse, risk-free purchase. IndianVideoGamer.com have a report on their site with Indian Minis developer GameShastra, who claim they have over 30 games in development for the PSP and...
News Sony Demo A Glimpse Of Playstation Home's Future, Reveal Virtual Pets
Home hasn't stopped growing since the day it launched roughly a year ago
People still base their experiences on Home by those initial few disappointing months, but it really has hit its stride in recent times. A report via Andriasang.com continues to highlight the growth of Sony's Social Networking platform, listing a number of new features...
News Old Playstation 3 Dies A Sad Death In Japan
This is why it was imperative the PS3 Slim didn't leak onto the Internet any more before it's official announcement at GamesCom
Japanese sales of the PS3 for the week before the Slim's Eastern launch slumped to a terrible 1,040 units. That's a mere 10% of what the console usually pushes. Of course, Sony will be expecting massive sales in Japan for...
News Microsoft Boast Basic 1Million Console Lead On The Playstation 3 In Europe
Microsoft recently announced a 9 million XBOX 360 sale mark in Europe
Sony then claimed 10 million Playstation 3 sales in Europe at GamesCom. Interestingly, an MCV article has Microsoft's Chris Lewis completely U-turn and claim a "confident" one million unit lead. Either we're confused or someone has their maths wrong. Still, there's no...
News Sony Says Thanks For Being A PSN Customer
Are you a regular user of the PSN? Chances are you probably are
Well then, you might want to check your emails. We just got a message from Sony saying "Hey, thanks for being a loyal customer". We say, that's absolutely not a problem Sony. Don't worry if you didn't get one of these. They're more an advert then anything else. We're sure Sony...
News Bizarre: God Of War Collection Delayed Until 2010 In Europe
Well excuse us while we vent our anger
ARGH. A short interview over at VG247 has confirmed that God Of War Collection will "not be possible" to release in European regions this year. What the hell?! A port of two God Of War games that have already been translated and released in Europe cannot be released in Europe until 2010, even though...
News Gran Turismo PSP Bundle Hits The US This October, $200
Here in Europe we are set to get Gran Turismo PSP with our PSP Gos
In the US though, you can expect to pick up a "Mystic Silver" PSP-3000, a copy of GT PSP on UMD, some exclusive DLC and a 2GB memory stick for just $200. That's a great bundle for Sony and we're sure it's going to do decent numbers for them in America when the bundle...
News Hey Japan, There's A New Playstation 3 Out Today!
Japan might have had to wait a few extra days for their PS3 Slims, but it's not making them any the less keen
As proven by this set of images straight from the streets of Japan, where eager gamers are queueing to pick up their PS3 Slim. The Playstation 3 has sold abysmally for the past three weeks in Japan due to stock shortages and other issues...
News Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time American Boxart Is Absolutely Amazing
Here's the official Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time boxart in the US
One thing to notice is that, yes, Sony are changing the design of the boxart. Now you get a horizontal banner at the top of the box with the Playstation's new logo. Aside from the boxart changes, we really think this A Crack In Time cover is wonderful. It's so attention...
News Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time "Multiplayer" Listing Is Just A Placeholder
Calm down
Alongside the released cover for Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time, eagle-eyed readers discovered a listing for "multiplayer" on the now-pulled back-cover. Of course, we know nothing about multiplayer in the latest Ratchet & Clank title. Unfortunately rumours were shot down by a SCEA exec. Apparently, the back box-art was just a...
News Sony's First Party Studios Already Working On 3D Games
Ever the front-runners of technology advancements (and sometimes failing because of it) Sony have announced their aims to bring 3D gaming into the household in 2010
At IFA 2009, Sony's CEO Sir Howard Stringer has declared his companies commitment to 3D home entertainment."Today, 3D is clearly on its way to the mass market through technology,...
News Cheers & Applause For Sackboy In LittleBigPlanet PSP
Sackboy's looking just as charming as ever in these newly released screens from LittleBigPlanet PSP
This scene depicted in the new set over at Joystiq shows Sackboy taking to the stage and demanding applause. It's all so charming. Oh Sackboy, you make us swoon.
News God Of War Collection May Be The First Release To Feature Two Platinum Trophies
Blimey, here's a big story for all you raging trophies addicts: God Of War Collection might feature two platinums
In an interview with IGN, Sony Santa Monica's John Hight has claimed the game may end up with two platinum trophies. Hight claimed that each game will have their own unique sets of trophies. Certainly lots of fun for completionists...
News Firmware 3.0 Sadly Causing Game Freezing In Uncharted
Have you just bought a PS3 Slim, anxiously updated to Firmware 3
0 before jumping into Uncharted: Drakes Fortune. You're perspiring with excitement we imagine, you've heard so much of the Playstation 3's best title and are eager to run through the campaign. But oh. Issues. That's right, reports on Playstation's forums are reporting of some massive...
News LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival's Trailer Has A 90s Cartoon Vibe
LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival will be the first PSP Go game playable in its closed position
The game has a rather more arcade feel to it, accentuated by the "boing" mechanic as shown in the trailer. With 16 stages, two minigames and three bonus stages we're going to assume Midnight Carnival will be priced somewhere a bit higher than a PSP...
News Take-Two Working With Playstation Motion Controllers, Still Working On L.A. Noire
During an investor call today, Take-Two's Ben Feder confirmed that the company have implemented Playstation Motion Controllers in "just about all" of their studios
While Feder didn't address specific titles, he did claim, "everybody's working with them to try to figure out new ways in which we can innovate and create the kind of content that...
News The ESRB In PSone Re-release Ratings Shocker
The ESRB are keen to break news on upcoming PSone re-releases
Actually they seem to be the go-to stop for PSone news. Once again they've released an onslaught of titles that have been rated for re-release on the Playstation Store, they include: Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Cool Boarders 3 International Track & Field Oddworld: Abe's...
News Trine Is Stuck In Quality Assurance, Release Date Unknown
Remember Trine? It was meant to come out on the Playstation 3 ages ago
Still nothing, right? That's because it's stuck in Quality Assurance, as confirmed Frozenbyte's CEO Lauri Hyvärinen says. On consoles it takes weeks, even months if the game gets stuck in the technical quality testing stuff. It's not anybody's fault really, and it guarantees a...
News Wanna Say Wow? See New Gran Turismo 5 Screens
Look, it's a screenshot from Gran Turismo 5
What do you mean are we joking? No it's not a photograph! Look there's the menu and everything! It's from the game. Honestly. These are officially released screens courtesy of Sony. A queer time to release screens unless you're building up to announcement right? Maybe. Either way, Joystiq have the full...
News Sony: Playstation Network's Typical Users Are Yuppies
In a VideoBusiness article, the PSN's Eric Lempel describes the average Playstation Network users
Namely yuppies. In the interview, the director of operations Lempel describes the typical PSN user from the rough 12/15 million user estimate they have.VB : Who is the PlayStation Network audience? Lempel : Right now, it's primarily male. The average...
News The Green Lantern Says Hey In New DC Universe Online Screens
MMOs featuring orcs, dungeons and dragons don't really appeal to us
They're all a bit Lord Of The Rings. We think superheroes, on the other hand, are rather rad. Cue DC Universe Online and this set of screens just published by Kotaku. It has the Green Lantern, man!
News Naughty Dog Detail New Cinema Mode In Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will feature a new "cinema mode", a sweet little tool set that will let you view, edit and tweak saved gameplay footage and share it with friends
We're going to recreate the tale of Wuthering Heights using the character models of Nathan Drake and Elena (our one true love - Ed). In this walkthrough with Machinima, Naughty...
News Sony Will Release A God Of War Game This Christmas, God Of War Collection Announced
We'd like to take some credit for this news
Way back in March we broke the news that Sony were planning to bundle copies of God Of War I and II as a preorder bonus for God Of War III. Given the overwhelming response for that particular bonus on our website, there's no doubt Sony were aware there was a massive demand for a re-release of two of Sony's...
News Playstation 3 Firmware 3.0 Is Out Now Y'all!
If you've turned on your PS3 this morning (or perhaps a swanky new PS3 Slim) you might have noticed your system telling you to update
That's because Firmware 3.0 is now available folks. The update adds a few new bits and bobs of functionality including the BBC iPlayer for the UK, animated themes for everyone and the rather handy "What's...
News There's A New Member Of the Family Here At The Pushsquare Office
Morning all
It feels like Christmas here in the Pushsquare office (namely because it's Sammy's birthday - Ed) as we've just picked up, unwrapped and setup our shiny new PS3 Slim. Our humble city saw three PS3 Slim sales this morning, so hopefully that bodes well for the rest of Europe and the UK where the PS3 Slim has launched today! The best way to...
News Playstation 3 Slim Officially Available In Europe
Morning Europe
What's going on? Fancy getting your hands on a shiny new Playstation 3 Slim. Well now's your chance, because the PS3 Slim is now officially available across Europe. The USA already have their hands on systems over the pond, Japan has to wait a couple more days, but Europe your time is now. Interestingly, we're not actually at the...
News Kazunori Yamauchi Hints At A Simultaneous Worldwide Release For Gran Turismo 5
Speaking with Multiplayer
it (translated by GTPlanet), Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 will launch "shortly after Gran Turismo PSP", likely simultaneously worldwide. Yamauchi also talked about the leaked feature list, claiming Polyphony Digital are waiting to talk about it but the list is true...
News Blame Pirates For The PSP Go's Battery Being Entirely Internal
If you want to moan about the fact that the PSP Go's battery is internal, blame pirates, not Sony
They're just doing what they have to do to protect their platform from products such as Pandora's Battery."You won't be able to rip your games and play them on the system, the firmware precludes that," SCEA's John Koller told PlayStation...
News Australia Get Ultimate Blu-Ray Packaged Bundles
Those lucky folks in Australia (read: they'e not always very lucky with games so perhaps they deserve this) are getting a "PS3 Ultimate Blu-Ray Kit"
Ok, so the use of the word "ultimate" is a bit loose but this is still pretty neat. For $60 AUD (or $51 US), those who purchase the kit will receive an official Playstation 3 remote, a copy of...
News Eye Pet Hits The US November 17th, Comes Bundled With Playstation Eye
The more we hear about Eye Pet, the more we're starting to get excited
We hope Sony push the game, because we think it really could be a big deal for families and kids. Get it in stores, get kids some hands on time. Not only is the Playstation 3 great for Mum & Dad's movies, but remind them that kids will have access to stuff like Eye Pet. At a...
News Playstation 3 Ad Hoc Party May Come To The West As Early As Next Week
Ad Hoc Party has been a popular Playstation 3 application among Japanese gamers for over a year now
The West, well, we still haven't got it. But a trailer for fighting game Fate/Unlimited Codes hints at an end to the wait. The game's trailer, posted on the US Playstation.Blog, hints at playing online with "ad hoc party". Couple that with...
News Doc Richard Marks Talks Candidly About The Playstation Motion Controller
Sony are presumably gearing up for a big Playstation Motion Controller blow out at next months TGS 09
In this lengthy video interview, Sony's R&D God Dr. Richard Marks talks candidly about his latest game-changing invention; the Playstation Motion Controller. Most interestingly to us, Marks talks about "sub-pixel accuracy" in a 3D...
News A Space Oddity: Ratchet & Clank Jet Out Into Space In A Crack In Time
Space Race
In the past, the space elements of Ratchet & Clank have pretty much consisted of rails shooting and short warp hole cut-scenes. That changes with Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time as you'll now have the freedom to explore the entirety of space. You'll be able to stop on various planets and engage in mini spherical platforming...
News Motorstorm: Arctic Edge Hits Retail September 29th, Becomes A PSP Go Launch Title
Motorstorm: Arctic Edge has been confirmed as a welcoming gift for the oncoming winter (boo
), launching on UMD September 29th and download on October 1st. Of course, that puts Motorstorm: Arctic Edge right next to Gran Turismo PSP as a spiritual launch title for the PSP Go, which launches on the same day. Both releases are priced at $39.99 and...
News Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Is Impossible On XBOX 360
Naughty Dog are well known for squeezing every inch of power out of the Playstation 3
Heck, they have a division within their offices dedicated to doing just that. Naughty Dog's Christophe Balestra wants to absolutely clarify that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is impossible on the XBOX 360."First of all, we fill the Blu-ray 100 percent,"...
First Impressions Dead Nation on Playstation 3
Nowadays, zombie games aren't getting the attention they used to
We think it's probably fair to say we're all a bit fed up of them right? But, what if a newly announced zombie game was confirmed to be in development by Super Startdust HD developers, House Marque. Yup, thought that would catch you. Essentially, Dead Nation is very much Super Stardust...
News New Playstation 3 Ads Are Comical, Brilliant & Genius All At The Same Time
"He hates candles too
!" "Come on!!" "I know, right?" "What's wrong with him?" Just part of the genius you'll experience as part of Sony's new, actually-funny-and-totally-not-weird American marketing push. The advert focuses on humour, as is highlighted by the second campaign embedded after the jump, which even...
News David Cage Talks Candidly About Heavy Rain's Strip-Tease Scene
One of the scenes in Heavy Rain sees protagonist Madison Paige offer a strip-tease to a shady character in order to garner information
Go too far and you risk getting raped, don't go far enough and you don't get the information you need."You need to go through different emotions," Cage said to Eurogamer, "and showing this scene in...
News LittleBigPlanet Gets Recalled Again In Place Of Game Of The Year Edition
LittleBigPlanet is being recalled in the US again
It's not for the first time, after Sony's big new-IP was pulled back just before it's launch last year due to some stimulating religious discussion. It's happening again. Of course not quite so sinister this time. Internal discussion at American retailer GameStop has revealed that old, unsold copies...
News Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time Launches No Later Than October 27th
Deadline
Ratchet & Clank will continue their latest space-spanning adventure no later than October 27th with Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time. One of Sony's big exclusives for this year will continue the story arc started in Tools Of Destruction & Quest For Booty. We hope so see much more from the game in the future as Sony start to...
News EA Respond To Playstation 3 Cross Game Chat Drama
Yesterday, while we were busy panicking over servers and the whatnot, there was a storm brewing in world Playstation
An anonymous N4G blogger known as Super_Secret supposedly leaked the reason for the lack of one of Playstation's most demanded features: cross game chat. The reason Super_Secret's claims were given credence were because of his past...
News Sony To Publish DiRT 2 For PSP, PS3 In PAL Land
Sony are set to publish another third-party game post Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Codemasters' DiRT 2 will be published on the Playstation 3 and PSP in PAL territories by Sony. It will not be a timed-Sony exclusive like Ghostbusters was, Codemasters will still handle all the publishing of the other platform releases. Codemasters are pretty pleased...
News Playstation Home Shopping Sprees Begin Tomorrow
Playstation Home is getting lots of goodies
The Playstation.Blog are promising 100 new items to spend your cash on from tomorrow, including t-shirts, glow-sticks (really!) and the new Visari Throne Room apartment. Purchasing the apartment alone gains you access to over 70 items to direct your space with. Note SCEA's new promotional campaign at...
News Ghostbusters Gets PS3 Graphics Patch, Fixes Resolution
Remember just before Ghostbusters: The Video Game came out on the Playstation 3? Yeah, there was a bit of an uproar regarding the graphics
That's not a problem now though, because developers Terminal Reality have issued a patch to fix the problems:"Both single and multiplayer modes have been updated. In single player mode, fixes include an...
News Smash Cars Hits The European PSN This August 27th
Creat Studios' latest (and maybe greatest) PSN title, Smash Cars, will hit the European Playstation Network this coming August 27th
The game will cost just 14.99/£11.99. Smash Cars is a trick-based RC toy racing game with tons of vehicle customisation and six player online multiplayer. We'll have a review for you really soon.
News Quantic Dream: We Can Do Even Better Visuals Than Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain is, by all accounts, a pretty gorgeous looking video game
But Quantic Dream honcho David Cage reckons there's still more to get from the PS3. He reckons his company can go even further. Asked by VideoGamer.com if Heavy Rain was pushing the PS3 as far as it could go, Cage responded:"Well, you need to keep in mind that Heavy Rain is...
News Square Enix: PS3 Price Cut Will Have A Big Impact Next Year
Square Enix don't think the PS3 price cut will make much of a difference this year
But next year, boy are they expecting changes."In terms of the impact (the PS3 cut) will have on this financial year's earnings, I don't think there will be a major difference," explained Squeenix big-wig Yoichi Wada. "But I expect there to be a big...
News Heads Up: If You're American, Starting Ringing Stores Now - The Slim Is In Town Baby
If you live in America then you might want to know that stores all around you are stocking the new PS3 Slim
Like right now. Just one week after the system was announced. It's amazing work by Sony. Many consider the PS3 Slim a poorly kept secret like the PSP Go, but at the end of the day, we only had a few bits and bobs of rumour to catch onto. Sony...
