Archive for March, 2009

Killzone 2 Cheaters Could Lose Their PSN ID
Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Cheating, lag switches and “glitching”  have become commonplace in online gaming.  A good developer who supports their games online community, will do their best to prevent these forms of cheating. Guerrilla Games has just announced on their twitter, that cheaters could lose their PSN ID, and online gaming privileges.  That alone should be enough to [...]

Ratchet and Clank’s Future Revealed
Thursday, March 26th, 2009

According to a SCEE Press Release, the next Ratchet and Clank Future game, ‘A Crack in Time’ has been officially announced.  Yesterday, we let the cat out of the bag, announcing the sub-titles initials ACIT.  But our information from our source from Insomniac doesn’t run dry there… Expect a teaser trailer very soon, even as [...]

GDC ’09 – PSLS On Location PlayStation.Blog Meet Up
Thursday, March 26th, 2009

If you ever have an opportunity to attend one of these events, by all means, go. An actual quote from my son on the ride back home, “I would break my arm to attend another one of these things.”

GDC 09 – God of War III Game Play Footage Leak
Thursday, March 26th, 2009

This video may not be up long, so have a good look while you can.  I sure wish that guy would get his head out of the way. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.type = ‘text/javascript’; script.src = [...]

Sony’s Mysterious New Game Has Strangest Title Ever
Thursday, March 26th, 2009

On March 19th 2009, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. filed for the trademark ‘Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!‘.  That is “Badman!” not batman, so don’t expect a new game featuring the Dark Knight. Obviously this is only a trademark filing at the moment, but who knows what this could turn into.  Any game with a title [...]

UPDATE: Newly Wed Reality TV Show Focuses on Game Addicts (True Life)
Thursday, March 26th, 2009

MTV plans to set the bar even lower on their network.  It appears they want to showcase newly weds in a reality TV show or perhaps a documentary.  It wasn’t bad enough I have to listen to wives, girlfriends and mothers gripe in the background on my headsets, now they will invade everyone’s TV! Does [...]

New Details on Resistance 2′s Massive v1.50 Patch
Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Insomniac Games’ Community Manager Bryan Intihar has posted over on the MyResistance.net forums, revealing more details regarding the v1.50 patch scheduled for release tomorrow.  It seems this patch is more substantial than we previously though.  Here is a copy of the post: Game on! Tomorrow (March 26) we’ll be bringing you a host of downloadable [...]

Trophy Guide – Fallout 3
Thursday, March 26th, 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle helps you attain the coveted Platinum Trophy for Fallout 3.

Modern Warfare 2 Invades PS3 This November
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare launched in November 2007.  It was and still is one of the most played online multiplayer games for all platforms it was released on.  Hoping to follow in that great success is Modern Warfare 2.  I do not doubt that this game will be awesome, as it is coming [...]

Team ICO’s Mysterious PS3 Project Has Ico’s Soul
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Team ICO’s legendary Lead Designer Fumito Ueda finally spoke today, during the “Evolving Game Design” panel. He was grilled for a few moments about the team’s next project, to which he responded: “The Japan studio bosses are here so I can’t say anything specific, but it might be something similar to what’s been done. … [...]

No New Metal Gear Announcement at GDC
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Hideo Kojima had a little bit of face time with IGN at GDC today.  When pressed for information about the next Kojima Productions project, Hideo replied “An official game announcement will be made at E3″. That pretty much dismisses  any rumors that we will be hearing of the latest game during his GDC keynote speech [...]

Activision Rocks PlayStation Home
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

It appears Sony is making good on the reports of three new home spaces a month. Tomorrow, gamers and Home trolls alike will get a back stage pass to Activision’s music juggernaut Guitar Hero.  “Backstage with Guitar Hero” features a center stage located in a large “rock” hall.

Bionic Commando Swings into Action this May
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Capcom’s next assault on gamers wallets will be Bionic Commando. It will be released May 19th in the US and May 22nd in Europe for both the PS3 and 360. See the press release excerpt below:

Sony to Release Three Home Spaces per Month
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

PlayStation Home will receive three new spaces every month, according to Jack Buser, director of PlayStation Home. The announcement came today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). “You’ll see about three new spaces launched a month…I’ll be shocked if we ever go under that number, we have so much in the pipeline.” He also stated [...]

2.70 Not Needed For Dual PSN Login
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Resistance 2′s 1.50 patch added more heat to the 2.70 fire that has been burning all week. The ability for 2 players to log into their PSN IDs and gain experience in co-op was reportedly a feature added through a firmware update. Everyone assumed that guaranteed 2.70 would be released alongside it and bring this [...]