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News Happy Fifth Birthday To London Studio's Pop-Culture Classic Singstar!
Singstar is five whole years old
It's been five years since we first donned the microphones and sang until our hearts content. Using the competitive nature of video games and the social fun of karaoke, Singstar has carved a niche over his five years on the market that enabled it to spawn 26 titles in the series. The latest of which, Singstar Pop...
News Heavy Rain Trailer Unveiled, Lots Of QTE's & Nasty Characters
Here's your first trailer of Heavy Rain, which is basically a scene out of the game
As promised, the game appears to take its cinematics very seriously, almost providing what looks like a CGI movie than game in this example. However, it's worth noting that Heavy Rain will be so much more - essentially being your very own adventure story. From a tone...
News A Few Seconds Of New Modern Warfare 2 Footage
At this point, Infinity Ward can post a picture of badger with a rabbit on its head and still earn us about a gajillion hits
Regardless, here are about 4 seconds of new Modern Warfare 2 footage. Genuinely looks amazing in places.
News Web-Based LittleBigPlanet Portal On The Way
An interview with Media Molecule's Alex Evans has revealed that a LittleBigPlanet level sharing portal will be available soon
The portal will collect everyone's levels together, allowing players to share their levels with others by linking to an individual level page. It will also allow levels to be queued up so that the next time you load up...
News Developers Know About PSP Game Rental
Following our post yesterday regarding Sony's idea of supporting the PSP with a rental service, Develop have published a report in which they suggest Sony pitched subscription based plans to developers at GDC
Developers have moved away from PSP due to piracy concerns, something a digital-only PSP would surely prevent. Only E3 can confirm.
News The Cast Of Heavy Rain Revealed... Albeit In Silhouette Form
Heavy Rain will be a part of GameTrailer's GTTV show tonight
It'll also be featured on 1up.com from 1AM. Thus to keep the hype building, 1up have released a shot of the four characters players will take control of when Heavy Rain releases later this year. Remember, Quantic Dream have been virtually silent on Heavy Rain since last week, so tomorrows...
News Major Music Store On The Way To The PSP?
According to CNET, Sony have been in talks with several major record labels over the prospect of the PSP getting its own music store
With music videos headed to the PSP in Europe, and Sony owning one of the biggest record labels in the world, it certainly seems feasible that downloadable music could be a selling point for the ol' PSP. Still, at what...
News Anonymous Tipster "Confirms" 80GB/120GB PS3Slim
According to an "anonymous tipster", PSU are virtually flat-out confirming the existence of a Playstation 3 Slim
The news, which broke as recently as last week, has been pretty heavy on the rumour mill lately that Sony are to release a redesigned (and presumably cheaper) model of the Playstation 3. PSU say the new system have a sleek new design will...
News Fancy A Subscription Based PSP?
A new poll sent out by Sony further reiterates the possibility of the PSP Go
</a> being a reality; seems Sony want to know whether anyone is interested in subscription based PSP gaming. Of course, it's just a poll, and may never come to fruition. But who knows, it could turn out to be a good way of enjoying handheld titles. What do you think?
News Resistance 2 Home Space Lands On European Home Soonish, May 21st In USA
Sony just emailed to let us know that the Resistance 2 Home Space is available in Europe now
Don't know what they're smoking but, erm, it's not. Anyway. The Resistance 2 Home Space - which we're presuming will be on European servers soon and May 21st in US - features Resistance 2 game launching and a jazzed-up space invaders minigame where you fend...
News Killzone 2 "Flash & Thunder" Coming June 11th
The second map pack for Guerilla Games' hottest FPS Killzone 2 is about to land on Playstation 3's this June 11th
The pack includes two classic Killzone maps from the Playstation 2 game: Beach Head, in which you're tasked with resisting a Helghast invasion force on a coastal stronghold, and The Southern Hills, in which it's the ISA's turn to invade...
News Project Trico Footage A Year Old, E3 Reveal Cast Into Doubt
We can't imagine Playstation Lifestyle will be top of Sony's Christmas card list this year
We posted earlier about the somehow leaked version of Team Ico's new project, a video Sony were no doubt holding back for E3, or indeed intending never to release. Either way, Sony seemingly haven't made strides to get YouTube to pull the video. Yet. According...
News Team Ico's Epic E3 Reveal Probably Revealed A Little Early
Somewhat souring the excitement for E3, our friends over at PlaystationLifestyle
net</a> have seemingly (somehow) managed to get their hands on the first trailer for Team Ico's upcoming project, which they're touting as being titled "Project Trico". Names aside, the footage is breathtaking as it depicts an Ico-esque character...
News Ratchet & Clank Content Touted For LittleBigPlanet, New Levels Likely
Oh my, how we've longed for new LittleBigPlanet content akin to the Metal Gear pack
Thank goodness for Twitter, and in particular, a Tweet from Insomniac Games: "lbp levells coming, r&c content done, coming soon hopefully, up next for mm, big pack, bigger than mgs even." Ratchet & Clank in LittleBigPlanet? This could be...
News Sony Get Sued Over Rumble Again
Two years ago Sony settled a load of legal garbage with Immersion over rumble technology
Two years later engineer Craig Thorner wants in on the legal action. As Joystiq explain:After its settlement with Sony, Immersion was set to take on Performance Designed Products (PDP) for similar rumble-yoinking reasons. PDP contacted Thorner for some...
News echochrome Gets A Major Patch
echochrome is getting a pretty sizable upgrade in Japan this week
The update will include Playstation Eye support and a brand-new, public space for user-created levels. The public space sounds really cool. Alas we haven't a clue why this game needs Playstation Eye support.
News "Medium Packs" Coming To LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet hasn't had a sizeable DLC upgrade for a while
The Metal Gear Pack was a major success, but since then it's been stickers and costumes. "Medium Packs" are set to bridge the gap.The first of such packs, "Monsters", will include ready made pieces, materials, decorations, sounds and stickers. In addition, the DLC pack...
News Heavy Rain Footage This Thursday On GameTrailers
GameTrailers have another exclusive alongside the Modern Warfare 2 stuff this week
And it comes in the form of Heavy Rain. As you know, here at PushSquare we're literally chomping at the bit for new Heavy Rain footage. Oh boy... Hurry up Thursday! Hurry up! All these E3 reveals before E3... Hmmm, Sony must have something pretty big to announce...
News Sony Pick Up Three New Indie PSN Games
Oh Sony, how we love your Playstation Network releases
Only last week did we score the brilliant Zen Pinball 4/4. And it seems like there is more indie stuff on the horizon. Hurrah. The recent Get In The Game project, where five developers were each given £10,000 to create a new game concept, has seen Sony definitely pick up 2 titles with rumours...
News Analyst: Sony Must Be Planning A Price Drop To Achieve Their Sales Forecast
Analyst Colin Sebastian believes Sony can only achieve their sales forecasts if they have a price cut
Sony, who released their fiscal reports recently, expect PS3 sales to rise by 30% over the next year.PS3 guidance suggests pending price reduction timing and amount uncertain, Sebastian explained in an investor guidance statement. We...
News Five Minutes Of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Literally Dazzling
Just to follow up that little tiny bit of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, here's a full five minutes
And what can we say? It looks more varied, more cinematic and genuinely prettier than its 2007 counter-part. This game could probably change the face of the Earth as you know it. Or something. Seriously though, it does look very good.
News There's That Saying Again: "Heavy Rain Cannot Run On XBOX 360"
Quantic Dream's David Cage is the latest developer with a Sony contract to denounce how his game will not run on the XBOX 360
When prompted (for some reason) if Heavy Rain would run on XBOX 360 he confirmed; "I don't think so.""I think this game can only be done on Playstation 3," he said. "We used all the SPUs. "I...
News NPD Confirms April Hardware Hits A Slump, Nintendo Defies The Trends With DSi
The most noticeable thing about this month's NPD data was the fact that the PS2 outsold the PS3
It's either a positive thing in the sense that there is still life in a very old console, or a negative thing in that the PS3 was very low on the hardware sales sheet. Alas, things weren't particularly much better for the XBOX 360 which only managed...
News Sony Lose About $40 On Each Playstation 3 Sold
Sony has always lost money on the Playstation 3
But things are slowly starting to improve. Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda noted recently that the PS3's cost is still 10 percent higher than the system's price meaning about $40 are lost per system sold. Things used to be a lot worse, with the system losing around $100 per sale, so progress is definitely...
News SCEA Promise Most Aggressive Marketing Campaign. Ever.
Business is a bit like football
You have your teams like Manchester United, Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion. You have your managers like Sir Alex Ferguson. You have your fans or customers. You compete. Sony are a bit like the Arsenal of the football world. They have great products they're just a little bit too quiet about them. Thank goodness for...
News Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Single Player Video Hits YouTube
Under rather strange circumstances, here is your first ever look at Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Be quick because this will probably get taken down; especially seeing as GameTrailers were supposed to have the exclusive. Man does it look amazing though. It's similar footage to what leaked earlier in the year. You can see it in glorious HD over at...
News PS3 Firmware v2.76 Doesn't Really Add Anything New
For anyone that switched on their PS3 this morning, you might have noticed a prompt to update your system
The firmware update v2.76 adds no new functionality, merely is an update to improve performance. We expect the next full firmware update to be at E3 in some form.
News Sony Expect The Playstation 3 To Sell 13 Million This Year
Furthering its fiscal reports, Sony have announced they expect the Playstation 3 to grow from last year's 10 million sales to 13 million this year
They also expect the PSP to grow from 14 million to 16 million. Such growth could be attributed to hardware revisions, price drops and most importantly, continued software support - something the...
News Playstation 3 Closing In On 23 Million Units Sold
Who says the Playstation 3 isn't a success? So it's failed to dominate market share and the Wii is already miles ahead of it in the hardware race
But a lifetime sales stat of 23 million units is certainly empowering news for Sony execs, particularly given its current price status and its late release date. We're sure Sony will topple the 30 million...
News Sony's Ghostbuster's "Jerk Deal" Not Such A "Jerk Deal", Atari Brand Leave Europe Entirely
Ghosted
Many Europeans were seriously pissed at Sony for claiming the rights to publish Ghostbusters as an exclusive in Europe. Seems like said people will have to eat humble pie as Atari cease to exist in Europe as of this morning. Hoping to beefed up its business resume, Distribution Partners is handling all Namco Bandai releases in Europe,...
News Playstation 3 Software Sales Spiked In 2008
While the Playstation 3's hardware saw slight increases in 2008, the software sales were the real talking point to come from Sony's fiscal report
While Playstation 2 and PSP software was down slight PS3 software was up nearly 80%. During the fiscal year, 103.7 million PS3 games were sold. That's an increase of 45.8 million (almost 80 percent!)...
News Playstation 3 & PSP Hardware Sales Up, Playstation 2 Hardware Sales Down
For those trying to predict doom in Sony's 2008 fiscal report - stop trying
Sales are up - for the PSP and PS3 that is. The fiscal report, which covers the period from March 31st 2008 - March 31st 2009 detailed a rise of 300,000 PSPs over last year and 940,000 PS3s. Good news for Sony considering the PSP barely had any software and the PS3 is by far...
News Is This The Hardware Revision Of The Playstation 3?
Even though Sony said "no" to a hardware redesign people will always talk
And when they've got pictures to back it up, then people will listen. Hovering around the 'net today are these curious pictures of a rather plastic looking, but totally slim Playstation 3 system. Dude, we totally don't know. The thing looks a bit rough. But redesigning and...
News New Free DLC Coming To Motorstorm: Pacific Rift Tomorrow
Hooray
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift is getting some love. More importantly - it's getting some DLC love. Just days after the new patch hit everyone's favourite over-the-top PS3 racer, Evolution have confirmed free DLC is abound. In fact there will be new DLC every week for the next EIGHT weeks. All for free. The content - new colours. But hey, don't be...
News Sucker Punch Send Sony Valentines Day Cards
In an interview with D+Pad magazine, Bruce Oberg - the co-founder of Sucker Punch - has confirmed his love for Sony
When prompted on why Sucker Punch decided to stay exclusive rather than go multiplatform, Oberg said:We love Sony. Theyve given us the freedom and resources to create a line of very special titles, from the Sly Cooper series to...
News New Ghostbusters Trailer Highlights Multiplayer Aswell As General Gameplay
In the past few weeks we've really been starting to get hyped for upcoming Ghostbusters game
Not only does the formula lend itself perfectly to a video game, but the fact that Dan Aykroyd has worked on the script compounds our excitement. In fact, we simply can't wait to give it a go. The above new trailer highlights some co-op footage from the game...
News There Are "No Plans" For A PS3 Redesign
Rumours have been popping up all over the murky corners of the Internet
"There's a PS3 redesign abound," they claim; before disappearing into their shell. Anyway - Sony thought it was time to shut up the rumour mill for a while. Speaking with Kotaku a Sony-rep said: "We currently don't have any plans for a redesigned PS3." Simple,...
News SCEE's Playstation Home To Actually, You Know, Get Updated
Thank you SCEE community manager "Ted The Dog"
You've finally admitted what we've been thinking. The European Playstation Home is way, way, way behind other regions. And that means there's less for us Europeans to do, less for us to see and less reason for us to visit. All in all - sort it out. Which Ted The Dog fully intends to do:"[This...
News White Knight Chronicles Trailer Is A Little Bit Epic
It's expected that Sony will give a bit of a push to White Knight Chronicles at this years E3
Thus, right on cue is a trailer for the upcoming Level 5 release that landed in Japan earlier this year. We have to admit, the music is brilliant.
News Guerilla Games Shower New DLC With Hyperbole: "Best Looking Thing We've Ever Made"
Killzone 2 has a lot of DLC in the pipeline
Guerilla have already rolled out one set and we know there is more to come. When grilled by Next Gamer, producer Seb Downie claimed the new DLC to be "the best looking thing we have ever made". Strong words for a game that looks as good as Killzone 2 does.
News First Single-Player Footage Of Uncharted 2 To Be Unveiled On GTTV
Geoff Keighley has confirmed via Twitter that the first ever footage of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves' single-player campaign is to air on GameTrailer TV this Thursday
"On Thursday night GTTV will be airing the first single-player footage from Uncharted 2. And it looks great!" Makes you wonder why they're not saving all this stuff for E3...
First Impressions inFamous on Playstation 3
inFamous is a game that has been somewhat swept under the carpet; lacking the fanfare attributed to Killzone 2 and marred by the never-ending comparison to Prototype
Despite the commentary of the outside world though, Sucker Punch have been quietly moulding inFamous into a game worthy of discussion and certainly deserving of gamer's attention...
News New European PS3 Bundles Emerge For inFamous & Quest For Booty
Hey Europe, not got a PS3 yet?
Hey Europe, not got a PS3 yet? Looking to get one with an extra game? Better consider these bundles that have emerged from PS3?. While not confirmed by Sony yet the bundles show either: a PS3 with two controllers and a copy of Quest For Booty or; a PS3 with inFamous. The Quest For Booty bundle seems a bit odd seeing...
News Motorstorm: Pacific Rift Update Available Now
The second major update to Motorstom: Pacific Rift is available to download now
The update includes new microbadges and some fixes to the gameplay. You can find the full list after the jump. How do I download the update? To download the update, ensure that your PLAYSTATION®3 is connected to PlayStation®Network and then insert the Blu-ray Disc...
News Capcom Release List Hints At A Potential Playstation 3 Exclusive
Capcom are making lots of games
They're making 12 for the XBOX 360 and 13 for the Playstation 3. Wait - what? Thirteen - as in one more? Yes, thirteen. There's the slim potential that the said game could be something a little exclusive that Capcom have in store for the Playstation 3, but the more likely suggestion is that they'll once again take the...
News It's Ok, Shoko Nakagawa Now Owns A Cloud Black Playstation 3
We reported a few weeks ago that Shoko Nakagawa was going to buy a Playstation 3
The once XBOX 360-only celebrity - whose blog has been viewed over a billion times - was given the cloud black Final Fantasy VII themed Playstation 3 as a gift from friends. She wrote:"Those two surprised me!! ...They secretly got me a present...
News Sony To Extend PSN Through Other Hardware Platforms
Sony Corporation bigwig Howard Stringer has today announced via Nikkei Electronics Asia that Sony are to extend the arm-span of PSN to "other hardware platforms"
We've adopted a slightly different approach now, and are evolving the PS3 into a platform for Web services. "Next we will be expanding the PlayStation Network to hardware other...
News David Jaffe Reveals A Game About Cars & Action Movies, Probably Announced At E3
David Jaffe is 100% one of our favourite people within the games industry
We love his honesty and respect his opinion. He's just an all around cool guy who just so happens to make awesome games. Which is why our hype is literally through the roof for his next title - which we're going to go out there and just say it's Twisted Metal - and are...
News Fancy A New Playstation Home Apartment With A Tree In The Middle?
We've often sat around in the office wishing our Playstation Home apartment had a tree in the middle
Thank goodness for the new "Chamber Apartment" which will be available for free between the 14th and 21st of May. It has a tree in the middle.
News Sony Reveal E3 '09 Lineup... Not Many Surprises
Here is Sony's official list of games that they intend to show at this years E3
The list has little in the way of surprises but, then, they're not going to spoil the fun weeks before the event are they? Fat Princess God of War III Heavy Rain inFamous MAG Ratchet & Clank: Future A Crack In Time Uncharted 2: Among Thieves White Knight...
