Archive for October, 2009

Sony to Display New Holographic Technology
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

For the past few months, Sony has been pushing a new 3D technology. The technology utilizes 120hz displays and splits the image into 60hz for each eye. However, the technology requires the use of special glasses, which is a hindrance for many consumers. Thankfully, it seems that Sony has another great 3D technology up its [...]

Developer Has High Praise for Uncharted 2
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has received almost unanimous high-praise from media outlets (including PSLS’s 5/5 Editor’s Choice Award), however, this latest nod, not from a media outlet, may be the highest yet. 3D Realms’ George Broussard has some high remarks regarding Nathan Drake’s latest adventure. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = [...]

PlayStation Release Horizon 10/19/09
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

While this week is not as quite explosive as last week, there are still the unique gems such as Trine on the PlayStation Store for PS3 and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for PSP. Other than these, soccer fans will be glad to get their hands on FIFA Soccer 2010 for their platform of choice [...]

Million Dollar PS3 Shows Up At Retailer
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

There is no doubt that the PlayStation 3 is an excellent value, especially at its new low price of $299. Even at launch the PS3 with its cutting edge tech and its Blu-Ray support (Blu-Ray wasn’t the HD standard at launch) was a great value, even with a $599 price tag. The scarcity of the [...]

Killzone 3 Recruiting for 2010
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Killzone 2 is a technical masterpiece for the PS3 system and further proved just how amazing PS3 games can look when developed by such a talented team.  Well it looks like Guerrilla Games might not be done with the Killzone universe.

3D Dot Game Heroes Unsheathes its Sword with Trailer
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

From Software has been getting a lot of attention with their soon to be released 3D Dot Game Heroes for its unique gameplay and extreme likeness to Nintendo’s Zelda franchise. The game features a setting, combat, even music very familiar to Legend of Zelda. Though to their credit From Software has not shied away from [...]

LocoRoco Rolls into PlayStation Home
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

PlayStation Home has seen a lot of improvements and additions since its initial public beta release and coming up soon it looks to add yet another Home Space to its impressive lineup.

PS3 Review – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs released this summer alongside the movie with the same name.  Like most other movie tie-ins the game follows the plot of the movie.  Being based off an animated movie its safe to say that this game is geared towards the younger gamers out there.  That being said there is [...]

Creature Defense Blends Tower Defense with Cards
Monday, October 19th, 2009

Hudson Entertainment Shuffles the Cards with Creature Defense for PSP New Game Combines Best Elements of “Tower Defense” Genre and Fantasy Card Games PSP™ owners will get a taste of something new and addictive this Fall with the downloadable strategy title Creature Defense. Set to be published by Hudson Entertainment, the North and South American [...]

Headshots & Friendly Fire: Round 5
Monday, October 19th, 2009

The gaming industry has gotten bigger and better with each passing year, but sometimes they just don’t do things right. Whether it’s game play, story, pricing, or business practice, sometimes the industry needs a little friendly fire from the gamers to keep it in line. Other times, developers look down their sight and fire off [...]

Uncharted 2 & Operation Flashpoint Headline Coin-Op TV Live
Monday, October 19th, 2009

UNCHARTED 2 & OPERATION FLASHPOINT STUDIO GUESTS THIS WEEK ON COIN-OP TV LIVE COIN-OP TV LIVE provides a weekly dose of high quality entertainment as a live/interactive talk-show on the video game industry, people and events. The most recent episode of COIN-OP TV LIVE featured two huge releases from Codemasters and Naughty Dog. Studio guests [...]

PSP2 Might Appear Next Year, Will Be A Graphics Beast
Monday, October 19th, 2009

The PlayStation Portable platform has been around since 2005. That is a long time when it comes to technology. According to a “protected source” speaking with brightsideofnews.com, the second coming of the PSP platform is due within the next year, and will have astounding graphical prowess.

September NPD Numbers Revealed
Monday, October 19th, 2009

The September 2009 NPD Numbers have been released. For ill informed readers, the NPD Group is the leading independent video game research firm, that monitors and tracks video game hardware and software sales in North America.

Need for Speed: Shifts its Price into Low Gear
Monday, October 19th, 2009

Just one month ago on September 15, EA released Need for Speed: Shift to much acclaim. The latest iteration of the Need for Speed franchise moves away from the arcade-styled racing toward a more realistic sim-racer, taking it even further with an ultra-realistic first-person cockpit view which truly immerses you in the racing action. For [...]

Debut Beatles: Rock Band DLC Leads to Abbey Road
Monday, October 19th, 2009

MTV Games and Harmonix Launch Abbey Road as the First Full Playable Album Available For Download For The Beatles: Rock Band Apple Corps, Ltd., MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, today announced the launch of Abbey Road (1969) as the first Beatles album [...]