Archive for December, 2009

Extend Christmas with the 12 Days of Atlus
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Well just in case you weren’t tired of Christmas and you were looking to receive a few more gifts then Atlus has the goods for you.  Atlus is being the regular bad asses that they are and are giving back to the community that loves them once again. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() [...]

Original PlayStation Concept: The Mess it Could Have Been
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Most PlayStation fanatics know the story of how Sony started its venture into the video game industry. For those of you who don’t know the story here is a brief history lesson. Sony was originally tasked with creating a CD player attachment for Nintendo’s Super Famicom (SNES here in North America) to rival the SEGA [...]

Square Enix Patent May Be For a New Nomura Game
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Tetsuya Nomura, director for games in the acclaimed Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy series, is obviously working on many new projects. One of them has been uncovered in a recent patent application for a character switching system. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); [...]

Wireless PS3 Lets You Play Your Favorites Somewhat On The Go
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

I don’t think Sony approved this! So the PlayStation 3 has this feature called Remote Play. It allows you to play select games over the network on your PlayStation Portable/Go. Though great in its own right, Remote Play can’t hold a candle to this mod, which allows you to play any PlayStation 3 game without [...]

PlayStation LifeStyle – Players’ Choice Awards 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle brings you the first annual Players’ Choice Awards.  You have spoken and now we reveal 2009′s top games as picked by you the audience. There are some expected winners and quite a few surprises. Hit the jump to view this years premier titles.

Amazon Releases Un-Surprising Top 10 List
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Amazon, the premiere online retailer, recently released their “Top 10 Selling Videogame of 2009” list. The list is, unfortunately, not so surprising.

PlayStation Home to Celebrate the New Year
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Now that Christmas has come and gone, many are looking forward to New Year’s day which is quickly approaching. This year has been a great year for the PlayStation family with the addition of several award winning titles as well as the new PlayStation 3 Slim. Now is a great time to celebrate with other [...]

Evan Wells Talk Uncharted 2
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves sure has gotten a lot of praise and attention after hitting the PS3 last month. The PS3 exclusive is winning Game of the Year awards left and right, and our own Anthony Severino called the game: “not only is it easily the game of the year, but it quite possibly is one [...]

Dragon Age: Origins Returns to Ostagar
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Dragon Age: Origins has released to rave reviews from both gamers and industry experts, including a 5 out of 5 from us.  Along with all this positive talk Bioware has been pretty good about supporting their product with two DLC packs already on the PlayStation Store.  Now it looks like there will be a third [...]

Modern Warfare Christmas Knock Off
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Ah, grandparents. When they’re not busy forgetting what year it is, where their glasses are (hint: you’re wearing them), or telling well spun stories of their glorified youth, they’re traversing the depths of department stores, armed with the best of intentions, searching for the right gifts as they try to decipher your holiday wish list. [...]

Paul McCartney Rocks Out with Rock Band
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from Paul McCartney’s latest live album will soon be added to the Rock Band Music Store and LEGO® Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

Blast Off! Soundtrack Now for Free
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Developers Halfbrick have decided to join in on the Holiday Season and thus are giving out the soundtrack for their addicitive PSP Mini game Blast Off! for FREE.  So that is 5 songs from the game at zero charge to you!

New “Spend 80, Get 20″ Deal on Amazon
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Amazon.com, online retail king, always has good deals to be found. There is a videogame special going on, and it involves some of the PlayStation 3′s best titles.

ModNation Racers Provides a Full Arsenal
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

ModNation Racers is one of the most anticipated and easily one of the most original titles coming in 2010. As seen in Mark Riddell’s Track Studio Walkthrough, the creative portion of ModNation Racers is easy to grasp but deep and rich full of designable content. The great thing about the title is that not only [...]

New North Star Musou Videos Are a Knockout
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Fist of the North Star Musou has been announced for next March in Japan and just in case you aren’t pumped about throwing your fists around and destroying everything in site, then you might want to check out the following videos.