Archive for September, 2009

Dead Rising 2 Fact Sheet
Friday, September 25th, 2009

Dead Rising 2 Fact Sheet Release Date: TBD Genre: Zombie Action Platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC Rating: TBC Developer: Blue Castle Games When a zombie outbreak hits America’s new capital of entertainment, Fortune City, it is every man and woman for themselves. But some adapt better than others to survival on Fortune City’s zombie [...]

Geek Squad’s PS3 Setup Will Make Your Wallet Cry
Friday, September 25th, 2009

Gamers are by no means strangers to Best Buy, in fact many regard it as one of their favorite stores to go to. One thing store-goers also have heard about from the store is the Geek Squad. It is their in store specialty group that fixes/sets up things for customers. Well the Geek Squad has [...]

PSN Boasts Serious Stats
Friday, September 25th, 2009

Kaz Hirai has just revealed huge numbers that show how far the PlayStation Network has come since the launch of the service back in November of 2006. 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 = ‘http://widget.crowdignite.com/widgets/1064?_ci_wid=_CI_widget_’+_CI.counter; [...]

Sony ‘Rewards’ Those Upgrading to PSP Go
Friday, September 25th, 2009

The PSP Go is one of the boldest and most daring decision ever made by a gaming hardware manufacturer. By utterly scrapping their disc-based format Sony truly embraced digital distribution, a move that could turn out to be truly industry defining, as the success of a solely digital platform will be seen for the first time. While Sony may have been planning to make the digital transition all along, they remained silent on how gamers could upgrade their handheld and yet keep their games.

Yakuza 4 Spinkicks First Trailer
Friday, September 25th, 2009

Coming off of recent news of a possible Yakuza 3 western release, you’ll be even more excited when you see the first Yakuza 4 trailer. The trailer comes fresh from Tokyo Game Show 2009.

Uncharted 2 Gets High Appraise from Infinity Ward
Friday, September 25th, 2009

As Uncharted 2‘s release date draws closer, it seems that more information supporting the fact that it’s one of the highest-quality titles to date becomes more abundant. Several magazines have already heralded the game calling it the best game on the PlayStation 3, while those in the multi-player beta are giving extremely positive feedback.

Tokyo Game Show Quite Q-Less
Friday, September 25th, 2009

Dylan Cuthbert, head of Q-Games, has posted a string of tweets, in which he publicly criticizes his studio’s relationship with Sony Japan. Apparently, he is displeased with the lack of attention SCEJ is placing on the studio’s latest game, PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe, which is heading to the PSP. He compares the lack of Sony attention [...]

Digital Comics Issued and Demoed at TGS
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

The official comic book store for the PlayStation Portable was announced last month at Gamescom 2009 and at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, the service was finally detailed and demoed.

PlayStation Store Global Update 09/24/09
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Want to see which region got what content? Look no further, as PlayStation LifeStyle has done the searching for you and compiled a list of what’s new in this week’s PlayStation Store Update, for all regions across the globe.

Critter Crunch Barfing on the PSN Soon
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Capybara Games announced the title Critter Crunch some time ago, and instantly won the hearts of many gamers. Well today not only was the release date was announced, but also the price point.

Infinity Ward Teases Major Modern Warfare 2 Surprise
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Even being so close to it’s November 10 release date, most info concerning Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is still being kept under wraps. However, a lot is being teased about.

Resident Evil 5: Director’s Cut Swings in With Motion Control
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Straight from Sony’s second keynote at the Tokyo Game Show, Jun Takeuchi from Capcom Japan took the stage to show off Resident Evil 5: the Director’s Cut. During the live demonstration, however, Takeuchi revealed an interesting twist to the viewers.

FFXIII is Keeping a Secret
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Final Fantasy XIII will obviously be receiving a fair amount of time at the Tokyo Game Show. But trailers and gameplay isn’t the only thing to expect from the latest FF title.

PSP Mini Development Gets Viscious
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

While the concept of the newly announced PSP Minis is indeed an exciting and ingenious one, especially for future owners of the PSPgo,  the reality of it happening and actually taking off like it should just was not in perspective. Fortunately, with new details like the price-points, affordable development support, and more details likely to [...]

Xi is a Popular Spot in PlayStation Home
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

‘Xi’ exceeds 5 million visits in PlayStation®Home ‘Xi’, the world’s first console-based Alternate Reality game has now had over five million visits since it launched in March 2009. The game, set in the fast-growing PlayStation Home virtual world, ran for three months and also includes an ‘Alumni’ area which has been live in Home since [...]