Archive for September, 2010

Final Fantasy XIII No Longer PS3 Exclusive in Japan
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

The big stunner at the 2008 E3 Microsoft press conference announcement that Final Fantasy XIII was scheduled for a simultaneous release on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the United States. The consolation to this news was the JRPG’s exclusivity in Japan but even this stipulation came with a cloud of uncertainty. Safe [...]

PlayStation Move Promo Materials Making Their Way to Retailers
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

The PlayStation Move is barreling towards its September 17th launch date in North America, and big retailers are of course preparing for it. Walmart seems to be raring to go, as the recent picture after the jump indicates. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; [...]

Cross Game Chat Podcast – Episode 3
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Tune in for the latest episode or download it now!

Uncharted 3 Still In a Far Away Place
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

A twitter posting by Emily Rose – voice of Elena Fisher in the Uncharted Series –  citing her new work on Uncharted, set the internet ablaze with rumors of Uncharted 3 being in production; unfortunately that isn’t the case. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : [...]

PlayStation Store Global Update 09/07/10
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Each week Sony brings PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners new content, add-ons, games and more. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday and Wednesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation Store Update. ** Note for other regions ** European PSN [...]

Something ‘Epic’ to Come from Mark Rein’s Twitter
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Twitter is becoming a place to not only talk about random bits of your life but a place where developers drop reveals for upcoming games. The latest to use this powerful internet tool is Mark Rein of Epic Games and before you ask, it’s not concerning Gears of War 3.

DualShock 3 Sitting Pretty in Pink
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

The DualShock 3 comes in a variety of colors to match your style. Despite being available in colors such as red, black, blue and silver, there was always one color missing; pink. And this is something Sony is addressing this month.

Sony Launches New Move Portal, Hilarity Ensues
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

To continue the hype surrounding the PlayStation Move launch less than two weeks away, Sony has just launched a new Move website to teach you whatever you need to know. And it wouldn’t be PlayStation if it didn’t have everyone’s favorite Kevin Butler.

PlayStation Release Horizon 09/07/10
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Football season has started off with a bang  and so has the concurrent gaming season. The precedence of the year gave us greats like God of War 3, Heavy Rain, and MAG. Can the rest of the year possibly compete? After reading just this week’s list alone, the possibility of this feat is in plain [...]

PSLS Presents – Seed Studios, Under Siege Developer
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Under Siege is an upcoming real time strategy game, currently being developed by Portugal-based developer Seed Studios. The forthcoming PlayStation Network exclusive includes a single player campaign, competitive and cooperative multiplayer maps as well as a powerful editor. Under Siege will also be one of the first RTS games to utilize the PlayStation Move. For [...]

Ace Combat Joint Assault Landing in Europe
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Ace Combat Joint Assault is already spraying bullets in North America, and now, Namco Bandai has today announced the PSP exclusive has gone gold and will be swooping into PAL territories on September 24th.

FIFA 11 Footage Shows Off Full Match
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

As the umpteenth installment in EA Sports’ hugely successful FIFA franchise, FIFA 11, edges ever closer to its release, new footage has emerged for the football game showing off a full match.

Aliens: Colonial Marines Still Under Development
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Gearbox Software may be focused on bringing the king back – as well as focusing on current products – however, this hasn’t stopped the developer stalling any other projects. Sci-fi first-person shooter Aliens Colonial Marines is still in development amidst fears the game had been canned.

PlayStation Network Gets a Bad Case of the Worms
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Forget cockroaches! If it does turn out that World War 3 ends in nuclear holocaust, it’ll be these unstoppable critters that will be left to inhabit the Earth, and they will still be up to their old tricks: battling valiantly and tirelessly for newly resurfaced world domination.

PS3 Firmware Update 3.42 Now Live; Kills Exploits [Update]
Monday, September 6th, 2010

A surprise firmware update, system software 3.42 has now hit the PlayStation 3 and is available for download now.