Archive for December, 2009

EGM Coming Back, Time Warner to Help
Friday, December 25th, 2009

Electronic Gaming Monthly, or EGM for short, was a long-running gaming magazine that launched in 1989. When news hit that the January 2009 issue would be the last publication ever, fans were understandably upset. But later in the year it was announced that the magazine would be revived. That time is almost upon us. var [...]

GT and YouTube Crash Head-On
Friday, December 25th, 2009

Fans of Polyphony Digital’s incredibly realistic driving simulator, Gran Turismo, have enjoyed the ability to save replays of memorable race sessions for many years now, but lacked the ability to show off those replays to anyone other than friends with PlayStation consoles and a copy of the game. But all that is about to change [...]

Go Loco With these Festive Wallpapers
Friday, December 25th, 2009

In preperation for the impending holiday, the EU PlayStation Blog has graciously offered some festive 1080p wallpapers inspired by the phenomenal PSP series, LocoRoco. There is a beautiful 1080p wallpaper, and a slightly smaller one, that can be used as a wallpaper for your PSP. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter [...]

Christmas Sends Modern Warfare 2′s Price to the South Pole
Friday, December 25th, 2009

When Modern Warfare 2 was released nearly two months ago, it smashed almost every sales record in gaming history. With arguably the most popular franchise title around today, as well as a big push through advertisement, Modern Warfare 2 quickly became the king of the holiday season. By now, most people have at least tried [...]

Heavy Rain Bridges the Gap Between Game & Reality
Friday, December 25th, 2009

When Heavy Rain was shown for its very first time at E3 2006, thousands were surprised at just how real the game looked. As seen in the previous game by Quantic Dream, Indigo Prophecy, Heavy Rain is game that is full of story and cinematic experiences. The real question is, when a game is as [...]

Newest Rock Band Country DLC Outlined
Friday, December 25th, 2009

ROCK BAND IS GOING (EVEN MORE) COUNTRY! Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a seven pack of songs from some of country’s biggest stars will be added to the 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™.

Creat Hits the Water with a New Wakeboarding Title
Friday, December 25th, 2009

Creat Studios is well known for their unique downloadable titles they bring to the PlayStation Network. They have already developed seven games for the PSN and played the role of publisher for Cuboid. Since the release of Smash Cars some have been wondering what was next from Creat. According to the ESRB the next title [...]

Get Double the Badman on One UMD
Thursday, December 24th, 2009

NIS America and the soon to be released Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman 2are trying their hardest to make things easy on future customers when it comes to purchasing both games. They have announced that for those who purchase Badman 2 on UMD will find a surprise (atleast before they announced it) in that Badman [...]

Ubisoft’s Incredible Offer on Avatar DLC
Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Avatar, the current blockbuster gracing a theater near you, also has a videogame out on all major consoles. DLC has even been released for it, and in the spirit of the season developer Ubisoft has put a nice price on the pack.

Kingdom Hearts Snuggie Warms The Heart
Thursday, December 24th, 2009

If your one of those people who love the Kingdom Hearts game and find yourself constantly cold then the solution might have been found for you and you won’t ever have to worry about your blanket falling off during your gaming session.

Uncharted 2 Bringing Double the Holiday Cheer
Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, has been in a very festive mood since it’s release in October. The title has celebrated two major holidays, the candy crazed Halloween and the stuff-your-face Thanksgiving. In the duration of those two holidays, the player was able to either be a creepy skeleton (Halloween), or a fat Nathan Drake (plus [...]

Premium PSN: Sony Speaks Up
Thursday, December 24th, 2009

The possibility of PSN premium services have been the talk of the web as of late. Many rumors had been flying around, and a recent survey has added fuel to the flames of gamers upset about having to pay for access to the PlayStation Network. To clear things up, SCEE has given their position regarding [...]

Namco Bandai Expands Digital Presence
Thursday, December 24th, 2009

NAMCO BANDAI GAMES AMERICA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO EXPAND DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION PRESENCE Renowned Publisher to Make Back-Catalog and Future Releases Available via Download Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today their intent to increase its digital distribution presence.

360 Degrees of Dead Space
Thursday, December 24th, 2009

It was not long ago that Game Informer revealed the cover of its latest issue, which showed Issac in battle with new armor. With the 10 pages of exclusive information inching closer to their release, Game Informer is sure to build up the anticipation with its newest attraction…

PlayStation Store Top Downloads 12/24/09
Thursday, December 24th, 2009

The PlayStation Store has seen its weekly update in the Top Downloads department and a few new games have found their way into the Top 20 along with a couple of the usual’s.  Uncharted 2′s Eye of Indra Motion Comic sees a healthy run on the top 20 list as episodes 2-4 all appear and [...]