Archive for March, 2011

DICE Calls Battlefield 3 Competition Lazy; Issues Warning
Friday, March 11th, 2011

When Electronic Arts and DICE announced Battlefield 3, gamers immediately praised the new direction the series was taking; a stunning new engine in the form of Frostbite 3, which we’ve already seen a few great glimpses of. Now, developer DICE has criticized the game’s competition by calling them “lazy” with various other shooters sticking to [...]

Hard Corps: Uprising Gunning for PSN Soon
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Konami has finally announced the PlayStation Network release date for their side scrolling shooter, Hard Corps: Uprising.

Free Realms Gets a Release Date
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Free Realms released on PC almost two years ago, and was originally supposed to release on the PS3 soon there after. For better or worse, SOE decided to hold off on the release of the PS3 version, so that they could offer more to players when it did finally release. Although there has been no [...]

Call of Duty Black Ops Takes the Top Spot
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Since Call of Duty: Black Ops released late in 2010, it has steadily broken countless sales records. Smashing opening day sales records, as well as the record for most sales in the first five days. With it also selling almost 8.4 million units in November, it was only a matter of time until we received [...]

PlayStation Suite Coming To Tegra 2 Devices
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Announced during a press conference earlier in the year, PlayStation Suite will bring PlayStation One and “PlayStation Quality” games to certain Android devices that are qualified as PlayStation Certified. While Sony Ericsson has announced the Xperia Play, the first PS Certified phone, Sony and SE have both been rather quiet about any plans for a [...]

Gaming Industry Bows Down to Take-Two Interactive Dominance
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Take-Two Interactive has been in the spotlight for the past couple months for numerous reasons. For one, the company managed to beat the competition for the past year with a higher game rating average than any other company. Second, Grand Theft Auto V speculation is beginning to trickle onto the internet, creating a stir. What [...]

Batman Arkham City Finally Gets a Release Date
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Since Batman Arkham City was teased at the 2009 Video Game Awards, gamers have waited anxiously for any word on a release date, and until now, we have only been given a vague fall release. Thankfully, Warner Bros has finally opened up on when we can step back into the boots of the Dark Knight.

PSLS Presents – Stephen Bokkes, Lead Designer, Free Realms, Sony Online Entertainment
Friday, March 11th, 2011

When free-to-play MMO Free Realms launched on PC in 2009, the game quickly gained millions of followers and a considerable fanbase. However, the game was also set to release on the PS3 soon after – something that unfortunately didn’t happen as the game was delayed. With the game finally ready to release on the PS3, [...]

Xperia Play To Have Sony Ericsson’s Largest Marketing Push Ever For UK
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Smartphone gaming has exploded since the release of the iPhone, with more and more powerful mobiles leading to high quality gaming experiences, and App market places leading to easily distributed digital titles. However, while touchscreen phones allow developers to create unique and enjoyable titles like Angry Birds, gamers often desire the traditional control scheme for [...]

Cross Game Chat – GDC Dual Site Special Edition
Friday, March 11th, 2011

But perhaps most memorable of all is the opportunity to wind down at the end of a hard day of walking from appointment to appointment with a bit too much to drink and express your feelings in the form of a podcast!

PlayStation Move Ape Escape Swinging in This Summer
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Sony Computer Entertainment have finally made the long awaited announcement that PlayStation Move Ape Escape will be making its way to Western shores this summer.

8.9 Magnitude Earthquake and Tsunamis Slam Japan, Updates on Sony and Other Developers
Friday, March 11th, 2011

If you live in North America, odds are you were asleep when the chaos went down. During the mid-afternoon hours in Japan, a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit off Japan’s northeastern coast, followed by several significant aftershocks, and a massive tsunami, which devastated the country’s coastlines several times over, especially along Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. [...]

Firmware 3.60 Reportedly Makes PS3 Secure Once Again
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Today’s Firmware Update 3.60 may have brought cloud game saves to PlayStation Plus users, and a sleep timer for controllers, but what could possibly be a more important aspect of the update for Sony is the fact that FW 3.60 brought added security to the console. While Sony has so far been one step behind [...]

GDC Preview: inFamous 2
Thursday, March 10th, 2011

We recently got hands on with Infamous 2′s new weapons and new modes and we came away very impressed.

Investigating L.A. Noire’s Gameplay
Thursday, March 10th, 2011

It’s time to get out your handy magnifying glass and notebook to examine these clues about L.A. Noire’s gameplay.