Archive for October, 2009

Several Classics Hit the PSN Store
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Perhaps preparing for the launch of the PSPgo, Sony is preparing to unleash even more digital goodness for the PSN Store. Although these particular games are not new in any way, fans of ‘classics’ should be happy. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); [...]

Get a Head Start on Gran Turismo 5 with GT PSP
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Yesterday, Gran Turismo was released for the PSP both on UMD and as a digital download from the PlayStation Store to coincide with the launch of the PSPgo. If there weren’t already enough reason to pick up Polyphony Digital’s first attempt on the PSP, Gran Turismo will help rev your engines for Gran Turismo 5. [...]

Violent Video Game Debate May Elevate to High Court
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Fueled by the agendas of various parental groups and public officials, the regulation of violent video game sales to minors has long been the center of debate between those that support legislation and the Entertainment Software Association. This past Tuesday, however, the United States Supreme Court met to decided whether it would hear arguments on [...]

Uncharted 2 to Ride Along with PS3 Slim Marketing Campaign
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

When the PlayStation 3 Slim was officially announced 2 months ago, along with it came a strong Sony marketing campaign. A couple of commercials flooded onto television stations everywhere, and for the first time Sony showed that they are very serious about pushing their product. As of today, a new commercial is going to begin [...]

SEGA Takes You Back In Time for Launch of PSPgo
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

As you know, the PSPgo was released just yesterday and a plethora of content was made available for its launch. Many publishers have shown support for the newest PSP’s launch, for example Nippon Ichi Software have reduced many of their PSP titles by 50% for this week only. Now SEGA has crashed the PSPgo’s launch [...]

Ratchet & Clank:ACIT to Warp onto the PlayStation Store Soon
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The PlayStation Store has been home to some great updates in the past few weeks including demos, videos and other content as well. Coinciding with the launch of the PSP-Go, this week the PlayStation Store was updated a day early to add a plethora of new content. Among the content were 2 outstanding demos including [...]

Double Up on Demon’s Souls Trophies
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Demon’s Souls is slowly making it’s way to North America this October, but for now, we’ll just have to wait for the highly-rated title. However, the title has been somewhat put down for it’s difficulty, something not seen into this generation. With that difficulty, it may be as difficult to get the game’s trophies.

One ‘Heck’ of a PS3 Slim Laptop
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Ben Heck, the hardware modifying extraordinaire, originally conceived the one-and-only ‘PS3 Laptop‘ back in 2008. However, since then, the original PlayStation 3 slimmed its size and as such the PS3 Laptop needed one “Heck” of a redesign to keep up with the program.

NIS Goes in Halfway, Discounts PSP Titles
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

To coincide with the launch of the PSPgo the PlayStation Store received tons of new content.  NIS does not want you to forget about their stellar lineup and has a great deal for anyone wanting to pick up one of their games.

Seeing Through the Eyes of Kratos
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The God of War series has been universally deemed as potentially the best in the Hack-and-Slash Action genre. The first and second God of War titles were very well-received, and their upcoming bigger brother sequel God of War 3 is one of the most anticipated titles of next year. However, without the third-person action style [...]

Last Guardian Planned for Worldwide Simultaneous Release
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The Last Guardian was officially announced at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo just several months ago. Since then (and before that, the reveal of Project Trico), Team ICO’s latest project has received a sheer amount of attention from hopes of a re-release of the studio’s PlayStation 2 outings to official and off-screen footage and screens [...]

MMA Fighter Gets Violent with EA Dev
Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Watch MMA? Then you’re obviously aware of the viciousness the sport brings. EA hopes to bring that action to consoles, and in 2010, will do so. Though MMA may bring EA more action then they can handle.

Eight Days and The Getaway are Not Dead After All
Thursday, October 1st, 2009

2008 was a great year for the PlayStation 3. But on one fateful June day, SCEE announced it would no longer develop two promising-looking titles, The Getaway and Eight Days. But recent developments point to these games returning from the grave to much of everyone’s surprise.

PlayStation 3 Slim Still Heating up Japan
Thursday, October 1st, 2009

It has now been 4 weeks since the official worldwide launch of the PlayStation 3 Slim. Sales from the last 3 weeks have been incredibly high, and many have wondered if that trend would continue. However, official data of this past week seems to show that the PlayStation 3 is continuing to sale at an [...]

Sony’s Secret Augmented Reality Game
Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Having more first party developers than Microsoft and Nintendo combined ensures that Sony always has numerous games coming in the pipeline, some announced, but more interestingly, some unannounced. A new job listing for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s jobs in the UK, hints at what Sony is planning in future games, and giving us a clue [...]