Archive for June, 2011

Homefront 2 Emerges from the Ashes of its Predecessor
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Sequels have become a major part of the industry this generation, largely due to the costly investment of developing a new IP. Games like Uncharted and LittleBigPlanet have warranted their sequels with strong global reception, but it isn’t always the successful games that get the sequels. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter [...]

XCOM – E3 Impressions
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Our behind the scenes viewing of a live demo reveals quite a bit about what we can expect from the next game in the extremely long-running XCOM franchise.

Kojima Productions Gets Serious about Transfarring
Monday, June 13th, 2011

In a recent episode of the Kojima Productions podcast, it was confirmed that all future major titles from Kojima Productions will support the newly announced transfarring feature

Cross Game Chat #41 – E3 Wrap-up
Monday, June 13th, 2011

E3 is finally over and the guys sit down to talk about everything they saw at the show. Since Josh was not able to attend E3 this year, he gets to host the podcast. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = [...]

Battlefield 3 – E3 Preview
Monday, June 13th, 2011

By now, I’m sure that we’ve all seen EA’s explosive trailer on one of the most anticipated shooters getting stamped out by devs at DICE. However, if you’re still skeptical whether this third iteration of the Battlefield franchise is a rehash of the Bad Company series, I’m more than confident to help put those fears [...]

PlayStation Release Horizon – Week of June 13, 2011
Monday, June 13th, 2011

After arguably the biggest week in the year on a gamer’s annual calendar that is E3, it’s natural to have an itch to get into some serious play time. While releases are generally slow immediately after a trade show on the scale of E3, these past weeks have treated us well with select anticipated titles [...]

Bioshock Infinite – E3 Preview
Monday, June 13th, 2011

Bioshock Infinite, intends to continue the trend of bringing top notch gameplay and story telling to the masses, but is set in the flying city of Columbia.

Ninja Gaiden III – E3 Impressions
Monday, June 13th, 2011

Ryu Hayabusa is back, and he hasn’t slacked on any of his ninja-skills since we last saw him 2 years ago in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. One notable feature of the Ninja Gaiden franchise was the steep learning curve and unforgivable difficulty that drew a line between the serious hardcore fans and those looking to [...]

ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection – E3 Impressions
Monday, June 13th, 2011

It was only a couple of years ago that Sony announced their first HD collection starting with God of War, and it didn’t take long before people everywhere started asking for a Team ICO collection. Fast forward a few months and the title was publicly announced to be in development, something that excited thousands of [...]

Robin Challenge Rooms Leaked
Monday, June 13th, 2011

Batman: Arkham Asylum was one of the highest rated games of 2009; here on PSLS, we gave it a perfect 10/10. One of the defining aspects of the game, was the Predator like sequences where Batman had to clear out a room full of Joker henchmen. Rocksteady decided to release more of the sequences through [...]

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – E3 Preview
Monday, June 13th, 2011

Uncharted has become an iconic series for the PlayStation platform over the past few years, elevating the PS3 from a great multimedia device to a must-have console. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is just around the corner, and thankfully lots of media was available at this year’s E3 including trailers, and even multiplayer as well as [...]

Dark Souls – E3 Preview
Monday, June 13th, 2011

When From Software released Demon’s Souls back in 2009 it became a huge hit amongst many gamers because of the high level of difficulty, and the rewarding experience that it offered when accomplishing a task in game. Fast forward to 2011 and From Software is about to release the its spiritual successor known as Dark [...]

Atelier Totori: The Alchemist of Arland 2 – E3 Preview
Monday, June 13th, 2011

Atelier Totori: The Alchemist of Arland 2 is that next game and we recently got a chance to sit down and play it at the NIS America booth.

The Darkness II – E3 Impressions
Monday, June 13th, 2011

The original Darkness title came out back in 2007 from both Starbreeze Studios and 2K Games. It followed the journey of Jackie Estacado through New York City as he tries to evade several people who are out to assassinate him. Throughout the course of the game the power of “the Darkness” awakens in him, and [...]

RAGE – E3 Preview
Sunday, June 12th, 2011

ID Software is already legendary as a game developer for all their work on the Doom franchise, so there are high expectations for their new IP, RAGE.