Archive for May, 2009

Strange Indie PSN Exclusive in the Works
Monday, May 11th, 2009

Capybara Games, an indie game development studio based out of Toronto, Canada is working on a yet-to-be named PSN exclusive.  Nothing has been revealed about this game yet except for a few strange notes from the developer. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); [...]

New PS3 Firmware to Launch at E3?
Monday, May 11th, 2009

According to PS3-Sense.nl and their “reliable source”, Sony is getting set to release a firmware update during E3.  The translation from Dutch says that the firmware update will be “fat” meaning very feature heavy.  Last year Sony had something like the ready to go during E3 with the PSN Video Service, so something like this [...]

Pata Pata Pata Poll
Monday, May 11th, 2009

Patapon 2 marks the first major digital download only title for the PSP.  We are quite sure this is the beginning of a trend where all future games will be released strictly as digital downloads in order to curb the cost of UMD distribution var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) [...]

“Soon” Becomes Synonymous with GT5
Monday, May 11th, 2009

In a recent documentary about the Audio R8 and Gran Turismo 5, creator Kazanori Yamauchi confirmed that his hugely anticipated driving simulator will have night racing and advanced weather effects, such as rain. He also was sure to confirm that the damage model will be implemented “soon.” But just how soon are we talking about, [...]

Killzone 2 Comes Home
Monday, May 11th, 2009

Via Guerilla Games’ Killzone Twitter account, we have learned that there will be a Home-related Killzone 2 announcement coming this week.

New Prince of Persia Movie Footage
Monday, May 11th, 2009

In this brief video included below, there is some new unseen footage of the upcoming Prince of Persia movie.

Feast Your Puny Eyes on Some Brütal Concept Art
Monday, May 11th, 2009

Brutal Legend has been through quite the fight to exist, as it was originally going to be published by Vivendi games until the company was merged with Activision, who then removed the game from its lineup. The game also had a great variety of concept art, a small part of which can be seen below!

SplitFish Bringing FragFX V2 & New Innovations to E3
Monday, May 11th, 2009

SPLITFISH GAMEWARE to Show Groundbreaking New Products at E3 2009 Premiere Designer of Peripherals to Unveil Great Innovations for Gamers SplitFish AG (SplitFish), the world’s premiere designer of PlayStation®3 first-person-shooter (FPS) console controllers, announced that it will be showing off its award-winning FragFX Version 2 controller in South Hall, Booth #2737 (within the CompuExpert Booth) [...]

RockBand Signs Social D, Steely Dan, Disturbed, Elvis Costello & The Replacements
Monday, May 11th, 2009

SOCIAL DISTORTION ROCKS A THREE PACK ON TO THE ROCK BAND® MUSIC STORE STEELY DAN, DISTURBED, ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE REPLACEMENTS ALSO ADDING TRACKS Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three tracks from American punk rockers Social Distortion will be added to the Rock Band®Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox [...]

It’s Your Duty to Watch This Modern Warfare 2 Footage
Monday, May 11th, 2009

Though Infinity Ward chose to drop the ‘Call of Duty’ moniker from the upcoming title Modern Warfare 2, it is still the same Call of Duty game you know and love. Earlier today during the NBA playoffs, there was a new trailer that served as a teaser for fans of the game. And though it [...]

Stringer Wants “PSN To Grow to Other Platforms”
Sunday, May 10th, 2009

In a recent interview, Sony CEO, Sir Howard Stringer, talked about the PSN, and more specifically, their plans for the growth onto other platforms.

Console Owners Score Exclusive Combatants for KOF XII
Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Famitsu has finally revealed the two new characters that will be included in the console version of [shal]King of Fighters XII[/shal].

PSLS Presents – The Nameless Ones
Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Earlier this week, I wrote an editorial about the complainers of PlayStation Home.  In it, I mentioned that you get out of Home what you’re willing to put into it.  In this week’s PSLS Presents feature, we’re going to highlight an example of this.

PlayStation Release Horizon 05/11/09
Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Welcome to our weekly release horizon for all PlayStation platforms.  This week the PS3 will finally get an RPG. Whether or not that RPG is any good though is anyone’s guess at this point. The PS2 will also get an RPG this week in the form of Devil Summoner 2.  If you have a backwards [...]

Financial Strife Forces EA to Reconsider PC Support
Sunday, May 10th, 2009

You may remember a while back how EA snubbed the PC Platform and decided to stick with consoles due to low sales. Well, after owning up to a huge fiscal loss in 2008, it looks like EA has decided to rethink that strategy.