Archive for March, 2010

Sony on PSP: The Best is Yet to Come
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Today is the 5-year anniversary of the PSP’s release. The PSP has redefined what’s expected from a gaming handheld system with its many features and multimedia capabilities. However, Sony says “the best is yet to come”. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var [...]

Happy Birthday: PSP Turns Five
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

5 years ago when the PSP launched onto the market, it was quite an ambitious device. There hadn’t yet been an “all-in-one” on-the-go gaming device that would play all of your media too. Fast forward to today, where many of those key features the PSP ushered in are available in nearly every gadget on the [...]

David Cage Talks All Things Heavy Rain
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Although it released over a month ago, gamers are still talking about Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain. Being labeled as the first “interactive drama”, Heavy Rain is already a strong contender for Game of the Year. The game’s designer and directer, David Cage, talked recently about how the success, both sales and review wise, is a [...]

Hamsterball Jumps Through Its Cage
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

TikGames has announced its latest foray into PlayStation Network. The publisher of PSN games such as Smash Cars and Magic Ball are bringing you it’s newest developed title since 2008 – Hamsterball.

Jack The Ripper Will Stalk the PSN
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Last fall, we reported that Visceral Games was working on a third game (the others being Dead Space 2 and Dante’s Inferno) based on the infamous serial killer of the late 1800′s known as Jack The Ripper. Now, more light has been shed on this project by yours truly, Michael Pachter.

New BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Trailer
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Hot off the press release from Aksys Games earlier, a new trailer was also released to the Internet. Take a look at it after the break.

Video Playlist Test
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Sony Not Planning 3D for Next PSP; New PSP Soon
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

After today’s announcement of the 3D successor of the Nintendo DS, many are wondering if Sony, a staunch supporter of 3D, would follow suit and bring the tech to the PSP or its successor. However, despite Sony’s 3D push, it seems 3D wont be making its way onto the PSP anytime soon.

PSLS Presents – Alexey Menshikov, Founder and CEO of Beatshapers
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Located in the heart of the Ukraine, Beatshapers is in an unusual position for a game developer. In an industry where the majority of the talent is based in Western Europe or the West Coast of America, Beatshapers brings a fresh twist to their games with their unique location and ideas. Their newest title, Normaltanks, a PSP Mini [...]

Watch Movies, Play Games & Message PSN Friends
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

The PlayStation 3 is an amazing technical device with the capabilities to handle just about any form of entertainment available. Being an always connected product (for those with availability) insures that you will be getting messages from friend and foes alike.  While some of us have already invested in the PS Chat Pad, the fact [...]

ModNation Burns Rubber With New ‘Race’ Trailer
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

ModNation Racers has quickly raced itself to becoming one of the most anticipated titles of 2010. Now that a release date of May 25th has been announced for both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable versions of the game, many are excited to see this racing title before Summer.

PS3 Review – MLB 10: The Show
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Another year, Another Show. Does MLB 10 hit a Grand Slam or strike-out looking?

PS3 Preview – Blur
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Blur is very much what Project Gotham Racing isn’t.  Bizarre Creations‘ latest racer attempts to address many of the issues they have seen with the racing genre. Primarily, inaccessibility via driver assistance, a feature nicknamed, “The hand of God.” This allows a crashed driver to be whisked back into the race among the pack of [...]

Pachter: ‘PS3 is More Powerful Than 90% of PCs’
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

From day one, the PlayStation 3 has been regarded as an incredibly powerful machine. However, many individuals over the past few years, especially those on the PC gaming front, have argued that the only way to play games was on a PC and that game consoles just cannot live up to that gold standard.

God of War Collection Finally Slashing Its Way to Europe
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

The success of the two last generation God of War titles has inevitably lead to Sony deliver a visually updated version of the beloved classics to PlayStation 3 owners in the form of God of War Collection. However, the collection has thus far only been released in North America. Now this titan-sized collection will finally [...]