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News Sony Europe Blame Publishers For PSN Game Delays
We know how annoying it is when a game is due out on the European PSN but never comes
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix was a perfect example. Speaking openly on the Playstation Blog, Sony's Angela Madronero tried to clear some of those issues up. Talking about first party titles, Angela claimed, "We know how important this is to you, and...
News Gorgeous Gran Turismo Collector's Edition Revealed
If ever there was a reason not to buy downloadable versions of games, well this would rate pretty darn highly
See, we'd had it in our minds that our non-office copies of Gran Turismo PSP would be lovely little downloads on our shiney new PSP Gos. Then we saw the above. There are no real details for any extras the edition provides. Just the boxshot...
News Hong Kong Magazine Is All Like, "PS3 Slim Launching Next Month"
This is the cover of Hong Kong magazine GameWave
Notice that terrible mock-up of how a PS3 Slim could look? Yeah, well the text next to it is all like, "Slim PS3 appears at the end of the month." Supreme confidence from the press outlet we think. Unless they're trying to cash in on the year's hot video game discussion point. Totally not...
News New Playstation Home Space From The Excellent Xi Team Around The Corner
Remember Xi? The alternative reality game that made Playstation Home a real living place to be
Yeah, it was awesome wasn't it? People always think we're being sarcastic when we talk about Home being awesome, but we think the developers and its audience are really starting to find their niche. There are a surprising number of people who spend a lot...
News Gitaroo Man Lives & Other Cult PSP Awesomeness Hits The Playstation Portable
Do you own a PSP? Chances are you have some investment in Playstation if you're visiting this site, so we're going to assume yes
Are you in Japan? Our website stats tracker suggests you're not (just 0.73% of our visitors come from the land of the rising sun). We guess we're just going to have to be content with being jealous than informative then...
News Playstation 3 Seconds Most "Active" Console Users List, Wii Bottoms It Out
Before we all get our fanboy knickers in a twist, let's provide some context
This chart - tracked by Nielsen - targets the number of active users per console for the first half of 2009. So basically, most people who are playing their consoles every day either own an XBOX 360 or Playstation 3. As you'll have noticed, the Wii sits way, way at the...
News Oh, Hello PS3 Slim; What Are You Doing On This Database?
This is a screenshot from French retailer Micromania's Product List
For those who want to cry and moan about the size of our images, we'll tell you that the screenshot lists "PLAYSTATION 3 Slim" in the product title row. That's right, PS3 Slim. Now, the first question that jumped to our lips was; why on Earth would a retailer list the PS3...
News New Heavy Rain Character To Be Shown At GamesCom
Many of us assumed it would we'd be seeing a new character at GamesCom when Quantic Dream confirmed they would show one Heavy Rain character at a time
Madison was last year. Jayden was earlier in this year. With GamesCom just around the corner, Quantic Dream are readying themselves to reveal the next character in their psychological thriller, Heavy...
News Amazon List LittleBigPlanet Game Of The Year Edition, Then Remove It Again
A cheeky wandering eye from an IGN reporter has discovered the listing for the Game Of The Year edition of Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet
The listing has now been removed, but the boxart was recovered by the reporter which teases $30 of extra content. The IGN report also suggests the pricing of the game was at $49.99 ($10 cheaper than a typical US...
News Fat Princess Patch Live In The US, Hitting The UK Next Week
Hey America, Fat Princess now works
At least that's what we've heard from people in the region who have downloaded the latest game-fixing patch for the title. The patch is designed to improve server stability, reduce lag, and fix a few bugs. Europe are to get the patch sometime next week (presumably the rigorous SCEE quality control policy is...
News Check Out This Interview With Heavy Rain's Guillaume de Fondaumiere
Heavy Rain sounds more and more ambitious everytime we hear about it
Without really giving away anything new, in this interview executive producer for Heavy Rain Guillaume de Fondaumiere talks candidly about the experience and the game's influences. Citing something like The Silence In The Lambs as an influence gets us all excited. Not only was that...
News Trophies Might Be Heading To Metal Gear Solid 4 Afterall
Hear this Metal Gear Solid fans: Kojima Productions know you want trophies
As part of the latest Kojima Productions podcast, the company talk a little bit about the word on every MGS-avid's lips; trophies."I just wanna tell everybody out there right now that your voices are being heard and that we're not ignoring you. We hear everything that...
News Tecmo Koei Show Interest In Sony's Playstation Motion Controllers
Talking about Sony's Playstation Motion Controllers, Tecmo Koei honcho, Kenji Matsubara, reckons that there is certainly a potential to look at how the controllers could work in something like Ninja Gaiden
Until then, he wants to see how the casual games work:"I'm sure that for casual games these motion controls will be very popular, but for...
News This Microsft Advert Really Reminds Us Of Something, We Can't Quite Put Our Fingers On It
Watch this ad-campaign
It's for Microsoft's XBOX 360. We're busting our guts trying to think what it reminds us of but we can't... Oh yes, that's right! This is the LittleBigPlanet theme they're running over their suspiciously similar marketing campaign. Now to be honest, this song is by The Go Team and was licensed by Sony for use in...
News Sony Trademark "P.S. Thanks", Potential Reward Scheme Likely
A Kotaku discovered trademark seems to hint at the possibility of a Playstation based reward scheme akin to Nintendo's Club Nintendo
The aptly titled "P.S. Thanks" hints at an "incentive rewards program geared toward quantifying, identifying and motivating top consumer base with the goal of promotion and sale of video game hardware...
News This Is Your Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time Boxart
Ratchet & Clank: Tools Of Destruction is one of our favourite Playstation 3 games to date
We've beaten countless times and we just can't wait for Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time to ramp up the story. Insomniac have showcased the game's boxart today. It's darn attention grabbing we think. We can't wait to see where the story takes Ratchet...
News Fancy Watching The Entire Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Comic-Con Panel
Hardcore Uncharted fans should know that this Comic-Con 2009 panel featuring Nolan North and the real person [Emily Rose] behind Elena (swoons), is packed with anecdotes from the creation of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
With the game now agonisingly close to release, we can't wait to see how the story unfolds.
News VidZone Secure The World Premiere Of The New Prodigy Track
The Prodigy's latest video "Take Me To The Hospital" will debut exclusively on the Playstation 3's VidZone service
The European on-demand music video app for Playstation 3 has already secured an exclusive video from U2 and this latest from The Prodigy really showcases the app picking up steam. The video should be live now so if you haven't checked...
News Playstation 3 VidZone App Passes One Million Downloads
We believe congratulations are in order for the fine folks at VidZone
Their excellent on-demand music video service has already topped the one million downloads mark, despite only being available in Europe. In addition to the one million downloads, 100 million videos have been streamed via the service, numbers not to be scoffed at. Alas, we can't...
Feature Why Choose The Sony PSP Go?
The Portable Platform
Ever since E3 2009, we've been approached by a number of people all hampered with the question, "Why should I buy the PSP Go?" In this piece, we'll look at the reasons for choosing the PSP Go over its older brother the PSP-3000, and discuss the platforms strengths and possible weaknesses. The Playstation Portable was named...
News PSP Trophies Not Quite Dead In The Water, "Under The Discussion"
It was a case of pirate party pooping earlier in the year when Sony's Eric Lempel claimed trophies were flatout not happening on the PSP due to piracy
Thankfully, an interview with Shu Yoshida is much less decisive, claiming that trophies are "under discussion" for the platform but there "are some challenges". We think trophies...
News The Telegraph Pitch Playstation 3 Slim At ?260
With all the rumours about the Playstation 3 Slim circling the Internet, it was only a matter of time before the mainstream press started to pick up on the details
In this case, The Telegraph who are reporting (via DigiTimes) that Sony have ordered enough parts to make a million Playstation 3s in the third quarter of this year; that's twice as many...
News Gran Turismo PSP Pre-Order Items Revealed
If you were planning on preordering Gran Turismo PSP (we're getting a digitial copy so erm, how do you preorder a digital game?) then you might like to know that there are some bonus cars and colours available as a reward for your troubles
We're not too hot on car manufacturers and types but the Playstation Blog do a very good job of explaining...
News 80GB Playstation 3 Being Phased Out In Australia Too
It seems like the 80GB Playstation 3 isn't just getting discontinued in Japan, but Australia too according to Kotaku
They claim to have spoken to several retail sources, all of whom agree that stock of the 80GB Playstation 3 in the region is painfully low. If Sony are to introduce a new SKU or platform (like the rumoured PS3 Slim), they'll need to...
News Fat Princess Patch Incoming Quicker Than A Waddling Princess
Fat Princess is a great game
We said so in our review. Problem is, it's kind of unplayable right now. We've been trying to hop on to the game for two days and the multiplayer has just been broken. Thankfully a patch has reached its testing stage and will probably hit the public soon. Developers Titan Studios have detailed the fixes the patch deals...
News 80GB Playstation 3 Discontinued In Japan
What do the 20GB, 40GB and 60GB Playstation 3s all have in common in Japan? They're discontinued
The 80GB? Soon to join them. Japanese retailer 7-Eleven are stating that orders for the black and white 80GBs will cease this coming Sunday, August 9th. The reasoning? "Manufacturer's request". The notice even states that all marketing for the...
News Sony Scrap Wipeout HD Advertising Due To Fan Reaction
Never say Sony don't care about their fans
Following some bad responses from fans of Wipeout HD regarding the inclusion of advertising on the game's loading screens, Sony have pulled the feature. "The ad has been removed from WipEout HD", a Sony rep told Eurogamer, "and we are investigating the situation to ensure that any in-game advertising does...
News What Accessories Will Be Available For Your Shiny New PSP Go?
You know what? The PSP Go is coming out very soon
Surprisingly soon in fact; it'll be on store shelves this October 1st. The line will be labelled the PSP-N1000, so you'll need to be looking out for that mark in order to ensure your accessory is compatible. The accessories will be available in Gold packaging to distinguish them from alternative PSP...
News In-Game Advertising Headed For Wipeout HD
According to Gamasutra, video game advertising company Double Fusion have brought in-game advertising to Sony's Wipeout HD game
The popular PSN futuristic racer is to get hit by dynamic content during the game's loading screens. It's a bit disappointing that they're tarting up the loading screens with advertising, we actually think it would be more...
News OMG Girlz Can Play Gamez Too LOLZ
Whaddup Hannah Montana fans
Sony want you to know that "Girlz Play Too"; well that's according to their new Playstation Portable promotion page. All together now: OMG LILAC PSP. According to the site girls should be well into like the likes of Patapon 2, LocoRoco 2 and, erm, Petz. Personally, we really like the lilac PSP. We don't care if...
News Gran Turismo 5 Release To Cap A Killer Christmas Line-Up For Playstation
We don't always post "he says, she says" rumours - but this one comes from GTPlanet; one of the more dignified Gran Turismo sources on the 'Net and certainly worthy of our attention
That doesn't mean you should treat this as fact, just know that here at PushSquare we trust GTPlanet as a source. While hesitant about giving concrete details (for...
News Sackboy To Become An International Icon
It's about bloody time
Many of us were waiting for this to happen around the time of LittleBigPlanet's release last year. It didn't quite happen then, but now it's about to. Sony have secured a deal with Impact International to put Sackboy, erm, everywhere — plush items, bean toys, bobbleheads, mugs, bags; you name it - it's coming. In what is...
News Fat Princess Multiplayer Fix In The Works
Fat Princess launched to mixed success
We actually managed to get a full five hours with the game in multiplayer before, ping, all was broken. We haven't been able to play the game since. Thankfully developers Titan Studios have confirmed via their blog that a patch is in the works and a number of fixes are on the way. We adore the game, as you'll...
News Playstation 3 Has Sold 23.8 Million Systems To Date, 189.7 Million Bits Of Software Sold
Sony make it a common practice to reveal their lifetime figures everytime they note their quarterly earnings
Note their figures are always measured by number of consoles sold to the consumer, not retailer. 23.8 million Playstation 3s sold does not represent quite the same levels of doom and gloom that the general public tries to construe. Nor do the...
News "Purchased Levels" Option Available In LittleBigPlanet PSP
Siliconera have discovered an option within LittleBigPlanet PSP that hints at purchasable download levels for the new portable platformer
Downloadable levels are one of the more requested additions to the already well supported LittleBigPlanet PS3 title, so it would make sense to build that functionality into the PSP title. But only if there are...
News World Record Listing Hopes For Sony's "Toro Station" Newscast
In Japan there is a semi-interactive Playstation app known as Toro Station
The application provides users with minigames and news programming delivered by two comical cats. The application is about to feature its 1000th update - something Sony believe to be enough of a milestone to get in touch with the Guiness Book Of World Records. They're aiming...
News Playstation 3 Slim Listing Appears On Amazon
What's this? A "Playstation 3 Konsole Slim" listed on Amazon
de</a>? We wonder what on Earth that could be. Still, no details, prices, dates or anything are given on the Amazon listing. It could simply be a mistake. One that happens to correspond with a series of rumours that have been flying for the past 5 or so months. Hmm. We think it's a...
News How Does The Water Look In Uncharted 2: Among Thieves?
The original Uncharted game pretty much set the benchmark for water graphics
Hell, they even set the first level in the middle of the ocean just so you knew from the offset that this game had amazing water. Well here's a sneak peak at how the water physics have advanced in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The screenshot - courtesy of Playstation...
News White Knight Chronicles Looks Pretty Darn Gorgeous
No, it's not a photograph
We're being dead serious, that's not a photograph. It's a screen from Level 5's White Knight Chronicles. Sure it feels like we've been waiting for this game for an eternity, but you can never see too many screenshots for this game. Especially when they look as good as Joystiq's latest.
Sony's God of technology, Dr
Richard Marks is a man in demand right now. The genius responsible for the Eye Toy camera showed off his (and his employer's) answer to motion control in early June at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Since then he's been fairly quiet, but in an interview with GameOn he gives his thought process for the Playstation...
News Playstation 3 Manufacturing Costs Are Down By 70%
Over time, the cost of manufacturing products come down in price, mainly because parts get cheaper and manufacturing gets easier
In an investor call, Sony corporate CEO Nobuyuki Oneda confirmed that the Playstation 3's manufacturing costs are down by 70%. Oneda initially stated, "We don't disclose how much of the PS3, specifically the cost...
News Here's The Gran Turismo PSP Box Art
Here's the boxart for Gran Turismo PSP
We're told that's Chevrolet's Corvette ZR1 on the cover. We wouldn't know like, we just read it over on GTPlanet. Course most of us won't ever see the boxart because we'll be buying the game as a Digital Download from the PSN for our shiny new PSP Go.
News Burn, Zombie, Burn! Patch Includes Custom Soundtracks & YouTube Video Uploading
Seriously we don't understand why more games don't include YouTube uploading
LittleBigPlanet for example is a game that would thrive from the functionality. Still, we guess it makes it all the more special when a game does include YouTube uploading. Like Burn, Zombie, Burn! which has just got a patch to support the functionality. The new patch will...
News Look, The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Official Website Is Now Live
Are you really excited about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves? Dude, you're not the only one
We've got the game marked on our calendar for goodness sake (it's actually not that unusual for us really, seeing as we're a games site, but you get the idea - Ed). We're here to tell you that you can quell your Uncharted 2 hype over on the official website which...
First Impressions Fat Princess on Playstation 3
If you're normal, you've probably got a twitching feeling of excitement in the pit of your stomach right now
That's because today is the day Sony finally unleash the highly anticipated Fat Princess into the hands of you greedy Playstation owners. Having beaten the single-player campaign, we're on hand to offer some impressions. Fat Princess is a...
News PaRappa Creator Considering A Return To The Playstation Platforms
PaRappa The Rapper and Vib Ribbon were iconic characters of the Playstation era
But since 2004, Masaya Matsuura - the genius behind said games - has not touched a Playstation console. But that might change. Speaking with EDGE Online, Masaya has cited the Playstation 3 as the system he'd "most like to explore at the moment" because...
News Playstation Software Sales Down Across The Board
The hardware sales picture wasn't too rosy, but nor are the software sales
The Playstation platforms have all seen a drop in software sales. Playstation 3 shifted 14.8 million games during Q1 '09, which was down from last year's 18.9. Likewise PSP software was down from 11.2 million to 8.3 million. Playstation 2 sales were down from 11.3 million to...
News Playstation 2 Sales Are Up, PS3 Down & PSP Well Down
The world is in a recession and the games industry is finally feeling it
But there's positive news for Sony before we get into all the bad. The Playstation 2 managed to remain relevent in Quarter 1 2009 by selling one million more units than its tally last year (1.5 million vs. 1.6 million). The $99 price drop is certainly good reasoning for that...
News LittleBigPlanet PSP Will Have 30 Story Levels, 40% Less Than The PS3 But Still Substantial
The Playstation 3 version of LittleBigPlanet comes with 50 story levels on the disc
LittleBigPlanet PSP will have 30. That's quite a substantial total when you consider the difference in size of the medium the games are delivered on - one on Blu-Ray, the other UMD/digital download. Assuming the game garners a rather hardcore audience (and we think...
Rumour Dubious Killzone 3 Logo Revealed
TheSixthAxis have an unusual story running this morning
Basically one of their editors received an email (unknown source, we know what you're thinking - Ed) this morning containing the logo prototype for Killzone 3. Now given that anyone with half a brain and Photoshop know-how could knock this up, we suggest treating this as rumour. But there's...
