Archive for January, 2010

Rockin’ Update Hits Rock Band 2
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

The lead designer for Rock Band 2, Dan Teasdale, recently posted on the PlayStation Blog, and eluded to an upcoming software update coming to Rock Band 2, for the PlayStation 3. This update contains loads of new features and updates that the community has wanted for some time now. var _CI = _CI || {}; [...]

PS3 Sells 3.8 Million Consoles During 2009 Holiday Season
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Across all markets, the PlayStation 3 sold an astounding 3.8 million units, a 76% increase from the previous year.

One “Heck” of a PS3 Laptop Up For Auction
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Ben Heckendorn, master modder of all things videogame-related, created the PS3 Slim laptop you see above, then gave it away or sold it. In any case, someone won the thing for free, and is now selling it on eBay. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : [...]

GT5 Cover Will Rev Your Engines
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

With so much information pertaining to Gran Turismo 5 being released in the past weeks, it seems that there is not much more to reveal except for maybe the cover art. Well now even that has been revealed, as SCEE have just announced the cover art for the much anticipated GT5. Check out the cover [...]

Rumored PS Store Content for 01/07/10
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Check our weekly Rumored PS Store content to get an idea as to what will be hitting the PSN this week.

This Is It: The King of Pop Teams Up With the King of Consoles
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Who doesn’t love PS3 bundles? Especially in Japan, bundles typically sell much better than standalone consoles. Perfect examples of this would be the recent Final Fantasy XIII ‘Lightning’ white and pink PS3 bundled with a copy of FFXIII, the Metal Gear Solid 4 gun-metal PS3 bundle, or even the Yakuza 3 white PS3 bundle. This [...]

SCEE Announces 2nd Round of FIFA Competition
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Over 400,000 football gamers have played in the online competition of FIWC 2010 20 places still up for grabs for the FIWC Grand Final in Barcelona on 1 May 2010 FIFA, the world’s governing body of football, Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the official kick-off of the [...]

NIS Pledges Unwaivering Support to PS3
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

NIS or Nippon Ichi Software was a huge supporter of the PlayStation 2 in its hayday but the PS3 support has been a bit thin from the guys behind the Prinny.  While the PSP has seen most of this support and will continue to in 2010, the PS3 looks to be getting a bit more [...]

Atlus is Publishing SNK Gems
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Times sure are changing for SNK and their once strong relationship with publisher Ignition. It once was a staple to see an SNK game published outside of America by Ignition software but if recent ESRB listings are correct, it looks like that might no longer be the case.

PS3 Review – FIFA 10
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Considering how extraordinary FIFA 09 was and the jump it made from the previous year, FIFA 10 has a lot to live up to. EA could have just re-created the very successful FIFA 09 with some minor tweaks and additions. Does FIFA 10 deliver another revolution or is it a marginal successor?

Dark Void Demo Coming to PlayStation Network This Week
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Dark Void, the latest from Capcom has you strapping on a Jet pack for action packed aerial dog-fighting in a mysterious new world. This week on the PlayStation Network (and Xbox Live), Capcom is releasing a Dark Void demo for gamers to give the jet packs a test-ride.

Dissidia Final Fantasy’s Price Gets Slashed in Half
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Dissidia: Final Fantasy released mid-2009 on the PSP and brought Final Fantasy fans a dream come true. Square Enix gave gamers the opportunity to pit their favorite heroes and villains from the Final Fantasy franchise in a duel to the death. If you haven’t yet picked up this title, now is your chance as it’s [...]

Sony Proves to be 3D’s Biggest Supporter
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Back when I was just a young lad, I would dream of Jetsons’-esque flying cars, Marty McFly’s hovering skateboard and 3D images leaping out of my TV at me. Sadly, cars aren’t flying, my last attempt at making a hovering skateboard left me with 5 broken ribs and a screws holding my kneecap together (kidding). [...]

MLB 10 The Show Fact Sheet
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

MLB The Show series has become a staple of baseball gaming for PS3 and PSP owners with its amazing visuals and stunning true to life gameplay.   Due out on store shelves this March, MLB10 The Show looks to improve on an already amazing game.  The fact sheet for the game has been posted recently [...]

Sony Trademarks its Territory
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Over the past couple weeks, Sony have been hard at work filing trademarks for many different names. First Qriocity, then just recently Cloudsurf was trademarked as well. On the very same day on which Cloudsurf was trademarked, Sony also filed for yet another strange name.