Archive for June, 2011

Dissidia 012 Avatars Nickel-and-Dime the PlayStation Network
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Square Enix’s fighting game with an RPG accent will offer its players some extra trinkets as downloadable extras for a buck here and a few cents there. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.type = ‘text/javascript’; script.src = ‘http://widget.crowdignite.com/widgets/1064?_ci_wid=_CI_widget_’+_CI.counter; [...]

Final Fantasy XIII-2: More New Screens
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Three (profanity removed) days after releasing two (profanity removed) screen shots and a single (profanity removed) piece of artwork, Square (profanity removed) Enix has finally released a substantial amount of images. I mean, it’s still not a whole (profanity removed) lot or anything, but it’s more than two. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() [...]

PSN Review – Zen/Marvel Pinball DLC
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Zen Studios loves pinball. They are essentially the premiere developer in the genre. Having released Zen Pinball on the PlayStation 3 as far back as May 2009, the game has seen steady DLC release in the form of new, low-priced tables. The studio then branched out and produced Marvel Pinball which, as the name implies, [...]

Housemarque Celebrates Super Stardust HD’s 4-year Anniversary with Competition
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Believe it or not, it’s been four years since the PlayStation Network met Super Stardust HD, a title that would remain as one of the greatest games available through the online store for years to come. The HD remake of the 1994 hit, Super Stardust, was an absolutely thrilling and exceptionally challenging release that showed [...]

Andrew House Talks Up the PS3′s “10+ Year” Lifecycle
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Andrew House  is due to become the next President and Group CEO at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe on September 1st. Having been with SCE for around two years, House has been entrenched in the world of PlayStation for a while now. He had the chance to field some questions regarding the future of the PlayStation [...]

Limbo For PSN Creeps Out of The Darkness And Gets Rated [Update: It's Official]
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Xbox Live arcade puzzle-platformer Limbo, which was released last summer on the XBLA, looks to be on its way over to the PlayStation Network.

Namco has No Say in Street Fighter X Tekken
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

With many of Namco’s premier characters being pitted against the top tiers of the Capcom fighting-scene, one would think that Namco would have some sort of input on how their characters are represented—particularly when it took center stage at Sony’s Press Conference and had a huge presence at E3. That would make sense…except that it [...]

PSP to 3DS: “I Believe That’s My Chair”
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

When the 4-month-old 3DS outsold the 6-year-old PSP by a few thousand units in Japan last week, news outlets were practically set ablaze, as if some monumental changing of the guard had taken place. Nintendo’s time in the hardware sales throne was only fleeting, however, because this week it’s back to business as usual for [...]

Battlefield 3′s Degree of Customization is Staggering
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

If there’s one game that has shooter fans googly eyed this year, Battlefield 3 is the one. DICE’s latest product had one of the longest lines at E3, and topics about the game have attracted tons of attention over the past few weeks. Quite frankly, the game looks outstanding, but the most important factor for [...]

Twisted Metal Development Being Hampered? Au Contraire, Tweets Jaffe
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

David Jaffe and the team at Eat Sleep Play is hard at work on the reboot of the long-absent Twisted Metal franchise. This revered designer has many outlets where he can vent his frustrations with the industry, chief among them being Twitter. He recently ranted about the perils of the industry when it comes to [...]

Debut Trailer for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generation
Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Website V-Jump recently played host to the debut trailer for the recently announced Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generation.

PSLS Heats Up During the Summer of Raptr: Win Some Prizes!
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

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Bodycount Tallies Up a Release Date
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

It’s been a long wait, but now we finally know when we’ll get our hands on Bodycount, the spiritual successor to Black.

InFamous 2: The Blue Soundtrack Giveaway
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

One of the biggest PlayStation 3 games of the year, inFamous 2 was a critical and commercial hit when it released earlier this month. While we loved the user generated content, the fantastic gameplay and the great story, one of the game’s stand-out features was the terrific soundtrack – which is why we’re happy to [...]

Dead Block Gets Defensive This July
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Dead Block, the upcoming zombie defense game from developer Candygun Games, will be releasing next month on the PlayStation Network and XBLA.