Archive for March, 2011

Nanosuits and Weaponry Abound in Crysis 2′s Multiplayer
Sunday, March 6th, 2011

Crysis 2 is lining up to take some shots at the competitive FPS market, and it’s time to find out what’s going to set it apart from the rest of the multiplayer shooters.

Deus Ex Release Date Coming Soon
Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Get ready to find out when the new Deus Ex will be letting players everywhere augment their cybernetic arms.

Zipper Interactive Reveals Operational Intel for SOCOM 4 Beta
Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Zipper Interactive made it clear earlier this year that SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs will be in beta status for the month leading up to release. Gamers who purchased Killzone 3 received a code to join, and the beta phases and dates were revealed just over a day ago. But what will the beta include? [...]

Infinity Ward Readies Artillery Blitz on Modern Warfare 2 Hackers
Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Gamers who’ve played Modern Warfare 2 during the past few weeks have been greeted by a grim situation; the game has been hacked inside-out, and games are more about which side has more cheaters than team play or skill. However, this might not be the permanent resting place for the multi-million selling Modern Warfare 2, [...]

Battle: Los Angeles Invading PSN
Saturday, March 5th, 2011

The upcoming alien invasion movie is bringing a game with it, letting us join the battle for Earth.

Jack Wall Discusses Why He Left The Mass Effect Franchise
Saturday, March 5th, 2011

It is no secret that Bioware’s Mass Effect 2 on the PlayStation 3 was a huge success. Not only receiving a perfect 10/10 here at PlayStation LifeStyle with our review, but also many other highly positive reviews from many other sites around the web. The game offers a fantastic storyline, as well as action that [...]

NCAA Football 12 Cover Voting Underway
Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Every year EA Sports picks the best athlete around to be the face for their NCAA Football franchise. The past years have seen college greats such as Reggie Bush, Larry Fitzgerald and Matt Ryan. There have even been a couple years where different versions of the title had different cover athletes based upon which system [...]

Homefront Multiplayer Trailer Unleashed
Friday, March 4th, 2011

Publisher THQ has certainly gone to great lengths to hype and promote their soon-to-be-released shooter, Homefront. From saying it’ll be a direct competitor to the big players currently in the market to stating the shooter does things differently in the first-person shooter genre, the company is putting all its weight behind the title. Luckily for [...]

Bungie Jumping into MMO Genre
Friday, March 4th, 2011

After Halo developer Bungie struck an absolutely astounding 10-year partnership deal with mega publisher Activison, fans of the AAA developer have been eager to hear about the “groundbreaking new game universe” that will mark the company’s first multiplatform title since their partnership with Microsoft ended. Built with an entirely new engine, little has been revealed [...]

European GT Academy Gets Green Flag
Friday, March 4th, 2011

The 2011 GT Academy for European countries starts today, marking the opening of one of the coolest annual video game competitions.

Jaffe Thinks Day One Patches Are Twisted
Friday, March 4th, 2011

Creator of the Twisted Metal and God of War series, David Jaffe, is often very vocal about his opinions; anyone who follows his Twitter account should be well aware of that. During a GDC “micro talk” panel, Jaffe gave a five-minute speech about how developers should use patches.

Homefront Becomes THQ’s Most Pre-Ordered Title Ever
Friday, March 4th, 2011

With a plot written by Red Dawn author and Apocalypse Now co-author, John Milius, Kaos Studios’ Homefront aims to spice up the first person shooter genre with a game that actually has a gripping plot, and that will stimulate your emotions – although probably not to a great enough degree to please David Cage. It [...]

SOCOM 4 Beta Coming This Month, Rolling Out in Four Stages
Friday, March 4th, 2011

2011 is certainly the year of the beta, with GDC bringing news of both an inFamous 2 and Resistance 3 beta coming later year, on top of the previous Killzone 3 beta, secret Motorstorm beta and upcoming SOCOM 4 beta. However, with the inFamous and Resistance betas still a long way away, you may be [...]

Mirror’s Edge Not Dead, But On Shaky Footing
Friday, March 4th, 2011

Late last year, there were rumors that a Mirror’s Edge 2 may be in the works. Last month, EA studio general manager, Patrick Soderlund, ended all the rumors by saying the game had been put on indefinite hold. This news devastated fans of the original game, but it seems that, at least for now, gamers shouldn’t [...]

Armored Core 5 Uses PS3 as Lead Platform to Get the Job Done
Friday, March 4th, 2011

The Armored Core series has shared its awesome mech-combat with gamers since the original PlayStation days, and has accumulated a formidable line-up of sequels since then. Armored Core 5 has been in production for a few years now, and while the last iteration was a sloppy port on the PS3, From Software has vowed to [...]