Archive for July, 2010

inFamous 2′s “New” Cole Design Gets Electrocuted
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

One of the most shockingly-good reveals so far this year has been Sucker Punch’s anticipated inFamous 2 announcement. Influenced by Naughty Dog, the game is looking like a work of art in progress, but many gamers have been complaining about Cole MacGrath’s new look. Thankfully, the developers aren’t only great at making games, but are [...]

PlayStation Move Postions Tiger For a Longer Sales Swing
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

The face of Tiger Woods’ talent and image has been used extensively since 1999 to bring the golf franchise into the family’s living room for people to step into his golf cleats.  Some believe that they’ve exhausted his ability to push titles further amid his losing streak and sex scandal.  Now it appears that his [...]

New Dead Space 2 Trailer Will Make You Scream
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

EA has released a brand new trailer for their upcoming third person thriller game Dead Space 2. The trailer mixes previously shown scenes with new gameplay. The trailer also hints at some of the new threats that you will have to face. Check out the trailer below. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { [...]

Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom Release Date Announced
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Nacmo Bandai has been hard at work on the upcoming Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom. The title will be an action/adventure style game with lots of puzzle elements that the player will have to solve as they progress through the game. The release date for the highly anticipated title has finally been revealed.

PS3 Review – Dragon Age: Origins – Leliana’s Song
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Dragon Age: Origins originally launched in November of 2009. The hit from both Bioware and EA brought a gamers a deep and immersive Action RPG that PS3 owners had been needing for quite some time. The game itself garnered many awards and praises from many gaming sites and publications, including us here at PlayStation LifeStyle. [...]

Third Set of MGS: Peace Walker DLC Arrives
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

There is no doubt that the recently released Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is easily one of the best PSP titles to date, and is one of the main reasons to pickup one of the handhelds. Hideo Kojima has already stated that this title would have been Metal Gear Solid 5 had it been released [...]

Even More Marvel Vs. Capcom Revealed at Comic-Con
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is an upcoming title that Capcom hopes will capture the same amount of success as the second title in the series. Judging from the footage so far, it looks to do everything right. Gamers are patiently waiting as more information is released on the upcoming title. Though Marvel may have released [...]

EA LA Undergoes Name Change; Danger Close Games is Born
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

EALA is now, officially, Danger Close Games. The studio is still a branch of Electronic Arts, and the first game under the studio’s new name will be Medal of Honor, which will hit consoles on October 12th. Executive producer Greg Goodrich had this to say on the name change:

Jaffe Contemplating Twisted Multiplayer Beta
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

When people think of the PlayStation brand and the many series that have best represented it over the years, Twisted Metal is one of the first to come to mind. The series revolutionized multiplayer mayhem with its absolute car destruction, over the top characters, and deadly attacks. There have been a total of 9 other [...]

LBP2 Collector’s Edition Tops Charts in Less than 24 Hours
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

It hasn’t even been available for 24 hours yet, and the blatantly magma hot LittleBigPlanet 2 Collector’s Edition has already topped on major online retailer’s bestsellers list. Even beating the likes of StarCraft II and other hot titles.

EA Kicks Activision While They’re Down
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

By now, Activision’s extremely poor public appearance is known from the hardest of the hardcore, to even the casual crowd. Initially, Activision’s image was tainted by their CEO Bobby Kotick and his plethora of unprecedentedly ludicrous public statements concerning Sony, his staff, and Activision supporters, but this was only the start of their headache. Their image continued to [...]

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Trailer Emerges from Comic Con
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Ubisoft’s upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was arguably one of the best-looking titles shown at this year’s E3 show. With much more gameplay variety and some great new additions to the series, this is one title to be excited about.

Final Fantasy XIII Going Multiplatform…Again?
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

When Square Enix decided to announce that Final Fantasy XIII was going multiplatform in both North America and Europe, it might have been the biggest shock of this console generation. In Japan however, FFXIII remained exclusive to the PlayStation 3. However, that may be changing very soon.

Win: A Trip To The PlayStation Beta Room
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Yesterday, MusterBuster, SCEE’s community manager, revealed his “huge announcement” – PlayStation Beta Rooms, an event where the PlayStation community could get a chance to play some of the biggest upcoming games, including Killzone 3, Motorstorm Apocalypse and GT5. Entry to the event, which is held in Birmingham, UK, is understandably limited, due to the demand for the games, but PlayStation LifeStyle will be giving one lucky gamer the chance to go to the Beta Room.

Boba Fett Strikes Back in The Force Unleashed II
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II hits on October 26th in both a Standard edition OR you can get the Special Edition for all of us Fanboys out there. Either way, StarKiller will get his revenge this Fall.