Archive for June, 2009

Rock Band Signs Green Day
Saturday, June 13th, 2009

MTV Games, Harmonix and Warner Bros. / Reprise Records Partner With Green Day to Bring Their Music Exclusively to Rock Band(R) First Green Day DLC Three Pack To Include 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere From 21st Century Breakdown on July 7th MTV Games‘ Harmonix Music Systems, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, [...]

Guitar Hero May Get DJ Hero Treatment
Saturday, June 13th, 2009

With DJ Hero coming later this year with confirmed guitar peripheral support, Neversoft came out to elaborate further on the peripheral support for each game. And the director of Guitar Hero, Brian Bright, revealed interest in giving Guitar Hero 5 a similar treatment. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? [...]

Naughty Dog Gives PSLS A Detailed Walkthrough of Uncharted 2
Saturday, June 13th, 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle was able to sit down with a developer from [shal]Naughty Dog[/shal] and get a detailed walkthrough of two levels from [shal]Uncharted 2: Among Thieves[/shal], including one not available to attendees on the show floor. The production values evident in the game were incredible, and the team has been keen on taking feedback from [shal]Drake’s [...]

EU Blog Gives Insight on PSP Go’s Battery Life
Saturday, June 13th, 2009

The European PlayStation Blog recently published a post to answer reader questions about the PSPgo. Most notably in the answers was the reveal of the PSP Go’s battery life.

Capcom Lays out Lost Planet 2′s Release Schedule
Saturday, June 13th, 2009

When Lost Planet 2 made it’s appearance at the Sony’s E3 2009 press conference, it was already clear that the game was not a 360 exclusive. However, a previously held notion about the game’s release schedule proved to be false.

EA Joins In On Racing Game Trash Talk
Saturday, June 13th, 2009

It seems a lot of developers behind upcoming racing games are all hot-headed these days. First, Che Chou of Turn 10 Studios called Gran Turismo 5 stagnant. Then, Che tried to bribe people with in-game cars for Forza 2 if they voted in a CNET poll (which GT5 promptly won!). Now EA is joining in [...]

The Sights of E3: Over 200 Pictures from E3 Expo 2009
Saturday, June 13th, 2009

There is nothing quite like being at E3. It’s like heaven for gamers. Since it’s only open to media, retailers, exhibitors, and the like, we wanted to attempt to give you a look at all there was to see at E3.  After the jump, will be an extensive picture show of all the sights of [...]

Unnerving Footage from Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Friday, June 12th, 2009

The final piece of the [shal]Konami Conference[/shal] at E3 2009 was the developer presentation for [shal]Silent Hill: Shattered Memories[/shal].

Sucker Punch Believes in Game Quality Over Sales Quantity
Friday, June 12th, 2009

Brian Flemming from Sucker Punch, the developer of the Sly Cooper series and inFamous, explained his team’s reasoning for making inFamous exclusively for the PlayStation 3.

LittleBigWorkshop Members Test Out LBP’s Online Create Mode
Friday, June 12th, 2009

With a big of a rocky start in the online arena at launch, the online create mode for LittleBigPlanet was delayed at launch–but for how long was yet to be determine. Fortunately, it looks as if Media Molecule is inching their way closer to a public release of the anticipated Online Create feature.

inFamous Shocks NPD Numbers
Friday, June 12th, 2009

The NPD numbers for the month of May, have been released. Can you guess which PS3 exclusive made it into the top 5?

SCEE PR Manager Sings a New Tune
Friday, June 12th, 2009

[shal]SCEE[/shal] PR manager Carly Byron is leaving her post today to take on a new role in the company.

Killzone 2 “Flash & Thunder” Pack Storms onto PSN
Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Killzone 2 “Flash & Thunder” has been released today through the weekly PlayStation Store update.

Pachter Has Regrets About PSP Go Rant
Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Michael Pachter is a name any fanboy can love or hate, depending on what he is saying that particular day.  Generally Pachter offers relevant and deep analysis.  On occasion the outspoken video games analyst, fires off some grade-A fanbait.  Recently the loose lipped number cruncher called Sony’s new PSP Go a “rip-off”. 

InFamous Bests Original PS3 Exclusives Sales
Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Sony‘s latest original and exclusive IP has out done all others before it.  Sucker Punch’s open world karma based game has managed to rake in sales of 176,000 units in it’s first week!  While this may seem like small potatoes original IPs generally don’t do well until they release a sequel.