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News First Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Screen/Shot Of Chloe's Bottom
Here's the first (LEAKED
) screenshot of Uncharted 2's multiplayer mode. As you can see, it's not giving away much at all but - we'll have more later this afternoon. Enjoy.
News inFamous Hits The UK On May 29th
We feel like we've been waiting for an inFamous release date in our homeland forever
But it's finally here, amidst much celebration in the PushSquare office. May 29th is the day we'll finally get our hands on the infamous (see what we did there?) release from Sucker Punch. Expect much more on the game over the coming month.
News GiantBomb.com Go Hands-On With Fat Princess
If you didn't know already, GiantBomb
com</a> is our second favourite video games website (PushSquare being first of course - Ed). Being somewhat industry leaders, those lucky scamps have got access to Sony's upcoming PSN release Fat Princess. Read - we should have something on the game soon. Until then, take a look at 20-minutes of the game...
News inFamous Comes With Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Multiplayer Beta
So that was the "electrifying" announcement - as leaked by American retailer Best Buy
Point one: inFamous comes with an Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta; Point two: Uncharted 2 has multiplayer. We're not sure how we feel about one of our favourite single player experiences of this generation buying into the multiplayer train; but there's no doubt with a...
News Playstation.com Hints At An "Electrifying Announcement" On 27th April
There's an electrifying announcement coming on April 27th according to Playstation
com</a>. Upon opening the site visitors are greeted by the words "An Electrifying Announcement Will Be Revealed 4-27-09". The words are padded out by images of both inFamous and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, so we're safely assuming the announcement has...
News EA Sports Complex Rolls Out Onto Playstation Home
EA are supporting Playstation Home bigstyle
There's already the Godfather II home area with a rather excellent game of Texas Hold 'Em, and released today is the first part of the EA Sports Complex. Which includes a racing game. It'll also act as a massive hub for EA Sports fans including trailers of upcoming releases. Nice one EA. Home is continuing...
News Sony Europe Accidentally Dates Uncharted 2: Among Thieves For September
Can't wait to get your hands on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves? Bloody nora, of course you can't, it's arguably the biggest release on Sony's calendar this year
While many of us are expecting it around Christmas time, a leak on Sony Portugal's website may add credence to September. The website has of course removed the information, but a September...
News PixelJunk 1-4 Sells By The Truck Load... In A Fictional Facebook Reveal
PixelJunk 1-4 is on its way
We don't what it's about. We don't know what the aim of the game is. We just know it's coming. And that's because the viral marketing has started — via none other than the worlds current second-favourite Internet dossing point, Facebook. On the Facebook page, a tiny screenshots have been revealed. It looks a lot like...
Oooooh burned
Sometimes we're not a big fan of Sony's smack-talking. It occassionally comes off as desperation. But not this time; this quote is pure gold. It's both clever and entirely exaggerated. As all corporate crying should be. Hailing from an interview with Gamasutra, Peter Dille concluded:Yeah, I don't want to steal Jack 's quote, but he's...
News European Lifetime System Sales Figures, 24.9 Million PS2, 8.0 Million PSP & 4.5 Million PS3
European video game retailer GAME have published a report specifying the exact lifetime sales data of video game systems across Europe
Be aware, that GAME only retails in the UK, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the Czech Republic, and Australia, so figures from Germany and Italy are excluded. The total sales put the PS3 just a million behind...
News DoubleSix "Absolutely" Delighted With Burn, Zombie, Burn! & Sony's "Pub-Fund" Scheme
Announced during GDC 2009, Sony's "Pub Fund" was a scheme that independent developers must have come away thinking rather positively about
Essentially, the program matches a PSN game's production costs in royalties, in exchange for PS3 exclusivity. It's something which Burn, Zombie, Burn! devs have touted as "invaluable".James Brooksby,...
News PSP Piracy Levels Are Sickening
Once again, the video game pirates continue to ruin things for everyone else
Sony's Peter Dille has been the latest to come out and talk about video game piracy, specifically piracy on the PSP. Speaking with Gamasutra he said developers were "just about ready to jump off the cliff and pull support for the platform" and that "piracy has taken out a...
News Help Earth Day, Sony Donating Up To $10,000 To Celebrate, Trash Panic Announced
Sony have revealed plans to donate $1 per each unique purchase on the Playstation Store during Earth Day (April 22nd)
The donation will go to Conservation International. This goes hand in hand with the current "Earth Day" section of the Playstation Store; featuring loosely related titles such as Flock! and Burn, Zombie, Burn!. This also...
News Stephen Fry's Involvement In LittleBigPlanet PSP Confirmed
As we speculated earlier, Stephen Fry did indeed record voice over for the upcoming PSP version of LittleBigPlanet today
He just posted out on his Twitter account:I've come to the end of a lush voice-athon and yes, am empowered to confess that it was for a new PSP version of Little Big Planet.</blockquote> Fry in the pocket? Blimey.
News Stephen Fry Probably Recording Voice Work For LittleBigPlanet PSP Today
Twitter keeps us close to the celebrities that we love
It also gives a lot of things away. Like the fact that Stephen Fry is recording voice work for the "2nd edition of a video game today" — cough LittleBigPlanet PSP. He posted to his Twitter followers:Morning all. In studio today voicing 2nd edition of a video game. Will check when I'm...
News New GO!VIEW PSP Bundles Coming To The UK/Ireland
GO
VIEW is SCEE's Video On Demand service for the PSP. The service provides PSP users with plenty of video-based content, to be accessed on demand. It's actually a service that we've yet to try in the PushSquare offices because, well, it's a bit pricey. Sony have decided that it's time everyone gave it a go. After all, if you try it and like it, you...
News Next3D Developing 3D Movies For The PS3
As time goes by, we're hearing a lot more about 3D movies; be it in cinema or the possibility of it coming to video games
In fact, Sony themselves showcased 3D versions of Wipeout HD and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue at this years CES. The technology is being touted to jump into the home cinema sooner than expected, with Next3D developing a downloadable...
News David Jaffe Talks Creative Freedom, Sony Exclusivity & Love
David Jaffe is a legend in our opinion
Certainly he's one of the most opinionated and respected developers out there, and you'll find us toddling off to davidjaffe.biz from time to time in the hope of gleaning some information about his new Playstation project. In his latest video blog (above), Jaffe explains to his hordes of Neogaf critics why he...
News Killzone 2 Patch Goes Live On April 22nd, Adds Ranks
Have you already reached the top rank in Killzone 2? We actually have, and are hotly anticipating the "hardcore" ranks coming in patch 1
24 which launches on April 22nd. The patch also fixes a number of minor things aswell as making connecting to friends that little bit easier. Of course it also paves the way for the upcoming "Steel &...
News Ex-SCEE Employee Reckons The PSP SDK Is A Bit Rubbish, iPhone SDK Is Better
Just to clarify before you read the rest of this article: SDK means Software Development Kit
It's ok if you didn't know, we Googled it too! Moving on, Sebastien Rubens, a former SCEE employee, has spoken out about the PSP's SDK. Speaking with Edge-Online, he asked Sony to give more support to developers. He claimed that Apple's own iPhone SDK is...
News PSP Firmware 5.50 Makes It Just That Little Bit More Like The PS3, Information Board Added
Y'know the Information Board on the PS3? That ticker in the top-right that no-one reads keeps you up to date with all the happenings of World Playstation (they should totally just stream the contents of PushSquare instead - Ed)
Well now you can get it on the PSP as part of Firmware 5.50. There's also some kids safety stuff. Hurrah. "Read all...
News Koller's Back: "We've Got The Hardcore, Now We Want The Casual"
We love John Koller, we really do
But there's one fatal flaw in the quote that VG247 an unearthed. When he says (and we paraphrase) - "We've got the hardcore, but now we want the casual", he mentions nothing of price. Now, to us, if you want to appeal to a mass-audience, you've got to have a low entry price, right? The PS3 doesn't have...
We're Not Invited
SCEA's Jeff Rubenstein has confirmed that Sony of America will be holding a pre-E3 media-summit to showcase a select few media outlets. Boo! - Ed) a few of the titles set to appear at this years E3. Did we mention in the headline that Heavy Rain is going to be there. A game we're probably too excited about. Also to be showcased...
News PSP KOs Nintendo's DSi By Just 213 Units In Japan
Sony are doing brilliantly in Japan just now
So brilliantly in fact that the PSP managed to squeeze out Nintendo's handheld the DSi. Even if it was by just 213 units. It's an impressive feat for Sony, who have been having a slightly rougher time in the USA for a while now. To top the cake off though, the Playstation 3 managed another week above...
News Killzone 2 Sells Over A Million Worldwide
We've already read a ridiculous article this morning about how if Killzone 2 was an XBOX game it would have sold 4 million or something ludicrous
Keep looking in your crystal balls guys. Regardless, there's no doubt Sony's Playstation 3 exclusive Killzone 2 has sold a truck-load. And now that truck-load total has reached way over a million...
News March NPD's Are In, Fanboys Fight, Playstation 3 Fares Ok
The American sales data, also known as the NPD's, constantly bring the worst out of everyone
Particularly the XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 fanboys. Boy does it bring the worst out of them! The figures are in a predictable order, with Sony occupying the bottom half of the chart and Nintendo the top: Nintendo Wii - 601k. Nitendo DS - 563k. XBOX 360 -...
News Hindu Bigwig Rajan Zed Wants Sony To Pull The Recently Released Playstation 2 Exclusive Hanuman
We posted with some excitement a few weeks back that India had produced their first video game, Hanuman: Boy Warrior
Sadly, the game hasn't gone down too well with the Hindu community. Rajan Zed, an acclaimed Hindu statesman, said that the game put players in control of the Lord Hanuman, while in reality believers put the destiny of themselves in...
News SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Heading To The PSP Before The Year's Out
Chalk this up as another PSP announcement; SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 has just been announced
Being developed by Slant Six, the team behind Tactical Strike on the PSP, Fireteam Bravo 3 will provide an online campaign, co-op and leaderboards. The single player campaign takes players on a mission to locate ex-KGB agent Alexander Gozorov, who is believed...
Sony is ready for the best PSP year ever
Beats us why it's took this long to arrive but who cares, Sony are readying a ton of Playstation franchise for their little portable beast; we already know about Motorstorm and LittleBigPlanet. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, our current favourite Sony exec John Koller said:"There's a lot of software...
News Gamestop: PS2 Pricedrop Wasn't Worth Doing, $50 PS3 Pricedrop Won't Change Anything
The CEO of American video games retailer Gamestop reckons the recent Playstation 2 pricedrop "really wasn't worth doing"
He also questions whether a $50 Playstation 3 pricedrop would have any effect at all. With the Playstation 3 currently the most expensive console on the market, both the recession and American misconception have left Sony in the...
News Motorstorm: Arctic Edge To Have 8-Person Multiplayer Component
Did you think the upcoming PSP installment of the Motorstorm franchise - Arctic Edge - was going to be without multiplayer? Admit it, you did, didn't you? Because we did anyway
Alas, in an interview with PocketGamer, Richard Ogden - the game's director - confirmed both ad-hoc and infrastructure multiplayer components. He also discusses the new...
News What's The One God Of War III Preorder Item You'd "Defy Zeus" To Get Hold Of?
Tell us
Remember we told you Sony were polling members of GAP (GamerAdvPanel) for their God Of War III Collector's Edition wishlist? Well, we just got word that Sony are done with that, and now want to know about a single preorder item so awesome "you'd defy Zeus" to get hold of it. Giving away a reward for preorders aswell as a collector's edition...
News Why Is inFamous So Late To Hit The Hype-Train?
inFamous is the next Playstation 3 exclusive to land slap bang in the middle of what's shaping up to be one of Sony's most impressive years in a long time
With Killzone 2 already sitting pretty amidst Playstation 3 owners shelves, and Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Heavy Rain on the horizon, we can't help but...
News Final Fantasy XIII Dated For "Winter 2009" In Japan
When Dragon Quest IX got delayed, most people expected that would have a knock-on effect with Final Fantasy XIII
Not so, one lucky gamer who got his hands on the Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete blu-ray has already completed the bundled Final Fantasy XIII demo, which concludes in the above "Winter 2009" teaser. Japanese gamers...
News Japanese Superstar Otaku Reckons It's Time To Get Playstation 3, Fans Flock To The Stores
Shoko Nakagawa is Japan's biggest female geek
She's also a model, a singer, a TV presenter, etc, etc. She's bigtime. Which is important because her website has drawn billions of visits. She's an influence on Japanese gaming culture. So it's interesting to hear her blog about the Playstation 3, and how she's planning on picking one up very shortly...
News David Reeves Retires From Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
SCEE boss David Reeves is to retire from his position after being in the job since 1995
"It has been a wonderful ride with PlayStation," said David Reeves in a SCEE statement. "I have just two things to say on leaving: I want to thank all of those people who have supported SCEE and me personally in the past 14 years; you have been magnificent!...
News Playstation 3 Pushes A Higher Attach Rate For Blockbuster Titles
According to Sony, the Playstation 3 has a higher attach rate to blockbuster titles than the XBOX 360
While the XBOX 360 sold more copies of Street Fighter IV, Prince Of Persia and Grand Theft Auto IV, Sony claim that the attach rate was higher on PS3. In fact, when it came to Street Fighter IV, Sony posted an impressive 5.5% game-to-console ratio,...
News Killzone 2's "Steel & Titanium" DLC Pack Coming April 30th
We're still none the wiser as to whether Killzone 2's "Steel & Titanium" pack will be free
However, we can tell you that it's coming soon. April 30th is the date that has been confirmed by the Playstation Blog and we simply can't wait to get fragging on "that train level from single player that everyone thought was awesome".
News Sony Trademarks "Starhawk", Warhawk In Space Game Confirmed
Yes!
Remember when it was just a rumour that Lightbox Interactive (a team made up of former Incognito employees) were making a Warhawk type game in space? Well it's probably not rumour anymore because, well, fine-eyed employees over at Joystiq spotted that Sony had registered a trademark for the name "Starhawk". Now, it doesn't exactly take the...
News inFamous Special Edition Revealed For Australia
EBGames of Australia have revealed a special edition pack for upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive inFamous
The bundle includes special digipack packaging, an exclusive artbook and a promo-voucher for a PSN super-power (which we assume will be DLC in the future). We'll keep you informed of an American/European bundle release.
News inFamous Coming Much Earlier Than Expected
In a move that we're sure has absolutely nothing to do with Prototype's June release date; Sony have moved inFamous' US release date to May 26th
Expect news of a European release to be announced soon. Sony have also confirmed that a demo for Sucker Punch's moody electrical-roamer will be available on the PSN from May 21st, with American preorders at...
News Sony USA: Patapon 2 To Be A Digital "Test-Case"
We really liked Patapon 2
Apparently it's not out in the USA yet - in fact it's not out for a whole month - but when it does land it's going to be a download only product. Sony plan on making the game download only as a "one time test case"."We're considering a digital only format for the Patapon 2 release as a one time test case as...
Hey Japanese readers
Sony want you to know that there are tons and tons of awesome stuff on the Playstation Store. So much so, that if you were to put it all in a shopping bag, the bag would literally break and vomit out dozens upon dozens of games until you drowned in them. Fantastic marketing Sony — take note Western Sony sales people.
Sony's head hardware marketing guy John Koller has recently earned his own tag-page here at PushSquare
And guess what, after an Easter break, the beast is back! Speaking with VG247 Koller said of Microsoft:Microsoft has had a much more lenient policy to writing cheques than we do, he said. We dont feel the need to write cheques necessarily...
News Fat Princess Available June 18th?
We're all excited for Fat Princess right? Good
.. because it might be on its way soon. The multiplayer title from Titan Games has appeared on a New Zealand Playstation release schedule, followed by the date June 18th. Hopefully, this is a hint that the game will be landing in worldwide pretty soon. We certainly hope so because we're not sure we can...
News New Killzone 2 Map Pack Will Be Free?
Call this rumour for now but a Dutch news source is claiming that the upcoming map-pack for Guerilla's smash PS3 exclusive Killzone 2 will be free
The rough translation reveals:"The packet is from April 30 in the PlayStation Store and is offered free to download, as Sony Computer Entertainment announced Friday."</blockquote> Treat...
News Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime: "It's Hard To Say Something Nice About The PS3"
Reggie Fils-Aime suggested "it's hard to say something nice about the PS3" when prompted by Geoff Keighley on GameTrailers TV
The president of Nintendo was asked what Nintendo are worried about in the competition. Reggie quickly cited XBOX Live as a platform that worried him, but failed to come up with a reason as to why Nintendo are worried about...
News Killzone 2 DLC Map Pack To Be Available By "The End Of April", Retro Map Pack Teased
Upcoming Killzone 2 DLC has been unveiled exclusively on GameTrailers TV
A new map pack titled "Steel & Titanium" will be available by the end of April and includes two new maps: the ISA tech cruiser provides for a very vertical map whereas the train-level makes a reappearance in the form of, what looks to be, one of the best...
News Rag Doll Kung Fu, Patapon & Norse Mythology Coming To LittleBigPlanet
The Playstation Blog just gave some insight on what we can expect from LittleBigPlanet this month
Among the costume updates is a new free "Creator Pack" which allows some new functionality for level designers including an infinite lives checkpoint and tetherless jet pack. To be included over the next couple of months: Ragdoll Kung Fu:...
News Playstation 3-Facebook Integration "Coming Soon"
Speaking at the MI6 Marketing Summit, SCEA's head of hardware marketing John Koller commented on the feasibility of future Facebook-Playstation 3 integration
When asked by a panel moderator if there would ever be a point where someone could be playing and have content "spat out" to Facebook, Koller confirmed plans are already going...
