Archive for April, 2010

Mafia 2′s City Only a Third the Size of GTA IV’s
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Grand Theft Auto IV is hailed by many as the best open-world title on PS3 to date, releasing in April of 2008. The biggest highlight of the title, of course, was the setting – Liberty City – which boasted an incredible living, breathing world. However, one of the disappointments of GTA IV was the graphics, which [...]

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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

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Dead Rising 2 Gives Rise to Co-Op
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

The thrill of slaying zombies has never dwindled among gamers, especially those familiar with the antics of Dead Rising.  Even though the first zombie slayer never made an appearance on the PlayStation 3, we are thrilled to know that the Sony crowd will get their taste of living-dead action with Capcom’s Dead Rising 2.  And [...]

PS3 Firmware 3.30 Now Live
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Fire up your PS3 folks, PS3 firmware update 3.30 is now live. Yep, that’s right the PS3 is now capable of 3D gaming and a myriad of new Trophy features have been added. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = document.createElement(‘script’); [...]

PS3 Firmware 3.30 Revealed; Trophy Enhancements Abound
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

The latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 is “coming soon” according to PlayStation Network Operations Director Eric Lempel and with it comes a slew of updates geared towards the trophy hunter in all of us.  Details of the update have been released and it looks to be a pretty solid update for those looking to [...]

Tiger Woods and Madden Meet PlayStation Move Tomorrow Night
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

PlayStation Move has been one of the big products to look forward to for PlayStation 3 owners since its announcement at E3 2009. With a 1:1 ratio, full-range of motion and the PS3′s powerful hardware, developers are looking to capitalize on the first-ever opportunity to make seemless motion experiences in highly-detailed environments. EA was recently [...]

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Has Been Localized
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is the first Metal Gear title to be directed by series creator Hideo Kojima. Set between the events of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, it is one of the highly-anticipated upcoming releases for the PlayStation Portable. A recent tweet by Hideo himself indicates [...]

PlayStation Store Preview – 04/22/10
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Find out what’s coming in this week’s PlayStation Store update inside…

Kevin Butler Gets Inspirational For ModNation Racers
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Sony has quite a treat for us all today, as they formally announce the next step in their Play.Create.Share series of PlayStation 3 titles. What better way to do that than with the epic reveal of the Modnation Racers TV spot, featuring none-other than the popular Kevin Butler wearing short shorts!

Is There Still a Place for Single-Player?
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Remember the good ol’ days when online multiplayer wasn’t even possible? Remember playing Mike Tyson’s Punch Out or Super Mario Bros. 3 for hours on end? Who could resist Contra? From Sonic to Chrono Trigger, the games that turned us into life long gamers were nearly all single player. Now, in this day and age, much of  [...]

PSN Hackers May Have You In Their Sights
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

If you’ve logged into the PlayStation Network recently, it is highly probable that you’ve received messages in your inbox which contain a link to a supposed “PSN Code Generator Site” which promises free PSN cards and codes in exchange for you circulating the message throughout the PSN. Well, in an unfortunate series of events, it [...]

Brink AI Comparable to that of a Human
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

The graphics in video games are progressing so rapidly, that in the near future, the industry, will in fact, reach, “photorealism”. While the graphics are improving by leaps and bounds, the AI, both enemy and friendly, is not as advanced. Developer Splash Damage is ensuring that their latest title, Brink, will be one of the [...]

New Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Trailer Swings into Action
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

A new gameplay trailer for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands has surfaced and like past games it looks to feature plenty of swinging, wall running, and platforming all around the game’s environment.  This game is an interquel, set in the seven year gap between the events of Sands of Time and Warrior Within.  The [...]

Villains Unite! Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Cast Materializes
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Since being announced in Dec. 09, fans of Batman: Arkham Asylum have ran through the teaser trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 with a fine pick comb, searching for any clues as to know who might be in the blockbuster sequel. Quite a bit of news has come out and we here at PlayStation LifeStyle have assembled the Joker’s Jesters and are ready to open the jester’s box to tell you who we know is going to be in the game so far.