Archive for June, 2011

Welcome Back Package Available Now
Friday, June 3rd, 2011

A package of free games and PlayStation Plus membership – which Sony decided to give PlayStation Network users for free due to the PSN outage – entitled the ‘Welcome Back’ package was announced a few weeks ago. Now that the PlayStation Store has finally resumed normal service, Sony has announced that the Welcome Back program [...]

Black Ops Escalation DLC Shooting Its Way Onto PSN Soon
Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Publisher Activision has announced that the Black Ops Escalation pack for Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops will be arriving onto the PlayStation Store next week. 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; script.async [...]

XCOM PS3 Version Announced, Dated
Friday, June 3rd, 2011

2K Games has announced that XCOM, which had previously been a PC and Xbox 360 title, is currently in development for the PlayStation 3. The shooter’s release date has also been confirmed. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.type [...]

Kojima Productions HD Collection Images and Box Art
Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Kojima Productions took the spotlight at Konami’s Pre-E3 Press Event held earlier. It was at that event that the announcement was made that a Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Silent Hill HD Collection and a Zone of the Enders HD Collection would be arriving on the PS3. Konami didn’t stop there, they’ve also given fans [...]

Sneak, Steal, and Deceive as Catwoman in Arkham City
Friday, June 3rd, 2011

We’ve already known for some time that Catwoman will be playing a major role in Batman: Akham City, but that role is much bigger than we originally thought.

More Sly Cooper 4 Hints Not-So Subtly Dropped in inFamous 2
Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Sucker Punch Productions is not ashamed to leave hints and secrets all over their game worlds. First after a jab at the 360 in their Beta, the inFamous 2 demo is leaving its own messages to fans.

Konami Demonstrates Powerful New Proprietary Game Engine
Friday, June 3rd, 2011

During Konami’s press conference today, Hideo Kojima not only announced but demonstrated an impressive new propriety game engine. The game engine is currently known as the “Fox Engine” (Hideo seems to love foxes), and it was demonstrated in a tech demo environment, and it is currently unknown which titles in production will utilize it. However, [...]

New Contra Teased As Konami’s Pre-E3 Event Wraps Up
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Over the past few years, we haven’t heard much about the coin-op classic Contra, with most thinking that their only chance to play the game on PS3 would be through LittleBigPlanet 2. Luckily, it looks like Konami successfully entered up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start, as Contra seems to have [...]

Hideo Kojima explains Transfarring, Saving The Same Game On PSP, NGP And PS3
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

So what exactly is “Transfarring”? Well if you have a PS3, PSP and are getting an NGP then keep reading.

Konami Breaks Silence On Silent Hill Collection
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

There’s a Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. There’s a Zone of the Enders HD Collection. And now, there’s a Silent Hill Collection. Konami is going HD collection crazy!

Silent Hill: Book Of Memories Announced For NGP
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

One of the scariest game series around, Silent Hill never fails to send chills down your spine when you play the gory Japanese horror game. If you’re a fan of the franchise, prepare to scream in public as Silent Hill will be coming to the NGP/Vita.

Zone of the Enders Returning to the PS3
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Zone of the Enders. Those words strike a chord with many a gamer. In fact, it’s been long rumored that Hideo Kojima was working on “something” ZOE related—the question was always: Is it Zone of the Enders 3?. Well Konami just announced something that should make ZOE fans happy; even if it isn’t ZOE 3.

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Announced, Peace Walker Included
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Despite having released on other platforms, Metal Gear Solid has always been strongly linked to the PlayStation platform, with all major releases coming to a PlayStation console, including the PS3 exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots. If you’re new to the series, or want to relive some of the greatest moments in [...]

Super Stardust Delta Coming to NGP, First Screenshots
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Despite E3 being only a few days away, Sony have decided to make today a NGP information blow-out day with new info on Uncharted, Sound Shapes and more revealed. After images leaked, Sony have announced a new Super Stardust title at a press event.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss Announced, More Gameplay Shown
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Arguably the best new franchise of this generation, Uncharted blew people away with Drake’s Fortune, amazed them with Among Thieves and is sure to push the bar even higher this November with Drake’s Deception. The series will also be debuting on a handheld platform for the first time, coming the the NGP under the development [...]