Archive for December, 2009

Final Fantasy XIII Collectors Edition Announced
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Final Fantasy XIII is just under 3 months until its North American/European/Australian release of March 9th, and a mere 2 days from its Japanese release. Spotted in the latest Square Enix Europe Newsletter is some information on a collector’s edition of the game for its “rest of the world” release. var _CI = _CI || {}; [...]

9 New Minis Announced for the PlayStation Store
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

GameShastra, the developers behind D-Cube Planet and Circles have just unveiled a total of 9 new minis which will be available before Spring 2010. Made specifically for the PSPgo system these new ‘minis’, despite their small sounding categorization, pack quite a bit of fun. Full list of games and projected release dates after the jump… [...]

LittleBigPlanet Getting Wet and Piratey Soon
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

At this year’s E3 Sony announced a partnership with Disney to bring the popular Pirates of the Caribbean franchise to the PlayStation 3 in the form of costumes for LittleBigPlanet, one month later they announced plans for water to be brought to the game, in the form of downloadable content. Little was heard of either of the expansions to the game, until recently, when trophy listings and insider sources pointed towards a collaboration of the two packs, which would land before Christmas. Now, Media Molecule, the developers of the game, has officially detailed and dated the DLC.

Pixeljunk Shooter Takes Aim at Amazon.com
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

This past Thursday the long-awaited PSN game from Q-Games, Pixeljunk Shooter was released on to the PlayStation Store. However according to a tweet from Dylan Cuthbert, President of Q-Games and Executive Producer of Pixeljunk Shooter, that’s not the only place you can purchase the latest edition to the Pixeljunk series of downloadable games. var _CI [...]

Digital Comics Reader Live Now [Update]
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

The PlayStation Network has conquered games, bringing high quality innovative titles to the PlayStation family, it has conquered movies, bringing high definition blockbuster titles at competitive prices, and now, the PSN is set to conquer the digital comics market. The Digital Comics Reader, a service that aims to bring everyone’s favourite comics to the PlayStation Portable, is set to be one of the hottest additions to the handheld this year. Now, the reader is being rolled out across different countries in the world as it’s store goes live today.

Rumored PS Store Content for 12/17/09
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Check out Rumored PlayStation Store Content for a preview into what is hitting the PSN later this week…

Mega Man’s Mega Buster to Hit PlayStation Store
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Only days ago Mega Man 10 was announced on Nintendo Power magazine. Although the game accompanies NES generation style graphics, Mega Man fans everywhere were pleased to know that the series is still in the minds of Nintendo. The game was initially announced as a WiiWare title, so many fans of the series who don’t [...]

Life With PlayStation Gets Lively Update
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Life With PlayStation has been updated to version 1.2 adding some new features. For those who do not know, Life With PlayStation is a free service which delivers a new way for you to utilize your PS3 to instantly access real-time news and information like weather updates from over 60 cities around the world. The [...]

Final Fantasy XIII Trophies Exposed
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

With the release of FFXIII nearing its release, it’s not surprising that a lucky few have already got their hands on a copy of the RPG. Due to this, it was foreseen that the FFXIII trophy list would be revealed. Final Fantasy XIII is due for release in 2 days, but only for Japan. Everyone [...]

Sony Unveils SingStar Viewer
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Sony have revealed a new SingStar Viewer application that lets anyone browse the SingStore and MySingStarOnline community as well as purchase from SingStore and many others, all without needing to have a SingStar disc inserted in your PS3.

Infinity Ward Cleans Up Machinima Inside Gaming Awards
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

A few weeks ago, PlayStation LifeStyle gave its verdict for Machinima.com’s 2009 Inside Gaming Awards on this year’s game with the best replayability and best downloadable title. With categories from best cinematography to best weapon, the First Annual IGA’s came and went with a bang. Now that the event has come to a close, the [...]

GT5 Academy Demo Revs its Engine This Thursday
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Polyphony announced the racing contest, Gran Turismo Academy, with the release of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue last year to an excited group of gamers ready to prove themselves. European gamers uploaded their time trials for a chance to become a real race car driver. The winner, Lucas Ordoñez from Spain, was able to race a [...]

Shadow of the Colossus Tackling Reprinted Giants
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

With The Last Guardian anticipated to be releasing sometime in 2010, it looks as though Fumito Ueda and his team are trying to build up the hype train for the already widely anticipated third game from the group. This hype looks to be coming in the form of Shadow of the Colossus, but most likely [...]

Killzone 2 invades Metal Gear Solid Rising
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Little has been revealed so far about Metal Gear Solid Rising, the newest game in the Metal Gear series that Hideo Kojima has handed to a brash, young development team at Kojima Productions. What has been discovered though, is that Killzone 2 and Metal Gear Solid Rising will have something in common and it could very well be a great relationship.

Assassin’s Creed II At the Price You Need
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Assassin’s Creed II, the follow up to one of the most successful new IPs of all time, was released to much acclaim. With DLC planned and an open world that offers so much to do, Assassin’s Creed II is definitely worth its price of admission. But what if the price was even lower? For today [...]