Archive for October, 2009

Sony and Netflix Form Partnership to Bring Flix to PS3
Monday, October 26th, 2009

While the PlayStation 3 has offered various functions and capabilities that no other console can offer, the other consoles have a few special offerings as well. One of the offering on the Xbox 360 console for the past few years has been Netflix. Netflix is a service that distributes DVD and Blu-Ray both via mail [...]

Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time Requires Firmware Update
Monday, October 26th, 2009

Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time is the newest title coming out in the acclaimed series from Insomniac. It is set for release this Tuesday on the 27th. We’ve found something interesting upon firing up the game for the first time… var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter [...]

Study Says Almost Half of Games Sold are Impulse Buys
Monday, October 26th, 2009

Any gamer out there can tell you that they have made an impulse buy or two over the course of their lives. Well it seems that according to a study that was conducted, the numbers may be a lot higher than we thought for impulse purchases when it comes to video games over the past [...]

Dragon Age Spreads Its Wings Alongside 360, PC
Monday, October 26th, 2009

Originally scheduled for release two weeks after the 360 and PC versions of the game, Dragon Age: Origins is now changing its tune.

Harmonix Unveils Halloween Rock Band DLC
Monday, October 26th, 2009

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced the spookiest DLC packs yet, with three tracks from Rob Zombie and five from Wolfmother, as well as tracks from Liz Phair and Morningwood, that will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from [...]

PlayStation Release Horizon 10/26/09
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

This week, PlayStation gamers will see the return of the beloved dynamic-duo, Ratchet & Clank in their latest adventure, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. Also, get ready to “Lose Yourself” in the rhymes of Jay-Z and Slim Shady once DJ Hero drops. Without further adieu, here are this weeks releases on all [...]

Put The King of the Fighters XII’s Price in a Choke Hold
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

The King of Fighers XII released late July to a lot of hype. Contests and tournaments were held to celebrate the launch of the latest installment in the classic fighting franchise. Now only a few months later, its price has been dealt a critical blow.

Nathan Drake Finding DLC before the End of the Year
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Downloadable Content is all the rage now in video games and it looks like Uncharted 2 will be joining in on all the fun and it should be soon.

Free Naruto Episode Available for PSN
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Fans of Naruto, the popular comic/manga/anime/movie series already has a good selection of videos available on the PSN store. In economic situations such as the current one, freebies are a welcome change to being nickel and dimed everywhere.

PS3 Review – NHL 10
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

After last years iteration of the NHL game, many of us wondered just how EA Canada could make the game even better than its near perfect 09 version.  Well one year has passed, hockey season is starting up and we finally have NHL 10 on the shelves.  So does this new version make it in [...]

PSLS Retrospective – Suikoden
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

In this feature we will take a look at a game series and we will discuss its good points and bad points. There are a lot of great series out there that many of us have grown up playing and it’s always nice to look back and remember them.

Atlus Brings PSP Games to ‘go’
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Atlus has developed numerous UMD titles on the PlayStation Portable system. So when the PSPgo was announced many worried that they would not be able to play their Atlus games on the new digital-download only version of the PSP.  Well, Aram Jabbari has a solution for all of you and it involves the PlayStation Store.

Nippon Ichi Teases Prinny 2
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Nippon Ichi has recently released an image that looks to be bringing out a sequel to Prinny: Can I Really be the Hero, one of the harder platforming games of recent memory

Tekken 6 Price Getting Knocked Down
Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Tekken 6 is just a few days away from release but that has not stopped a certain retailer from dropping the price of the game and providing customers with a great deal.

Media Molecule Drops Expected Announcement
Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Replying to a fan comment in the PlayStation Blog, Mark Valledor, Marketing Manager for SCEA, hinted at an exciting, yet probably expected, announcement, regarding LittleBigPlanet PSP. This announcement will sure please the fans who were on the fence about this game.