Archive for July, 2011

Gran Turismo 5′s Mid-Race Saves Still “Under Development”
Sunday, July 31st, 2011

With 24 hour endurance races available in Gran Turismo 5, one of the most requested features of the game is that people are simply able to save in the middle of the race. Luckily, Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed that the team at Polyphony Digital are still at work on bringing the mid-game saves, reiterating that [...]

PS3 Review – Catherine
Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Catherine… is she a one-night stand or good enough to take home to Mama?

Sony Loves Indies, Gifts Four Vita Devkits to Developer
Sunday, July 31st, 2011

While the PlayStation Vita has more under it’s hood than any mobile phone on the market, it will face increasing competition from the smartphone market as easy development, cheap devkits and a huge install base has made phones a haven for indie developers. Nintendo may be treating smaller developers rather poorly, but Sony has shown [...]

Sega Sammy Posts Quarterly Loss, Blames “Generally Weak” Demand For Video Games
Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Sega Sammy Holdings has posted weak financial results for the first fiscal quarter ending June 30th, including a net-profit loss of $28.1 million, down from a net profit of $89.6 million the same time last year. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var [...]

Pre-Order the Official Sony Wireless Headset for a Bargain
Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Back in March, Sony unveiled a new wireless headset that has been designed with PlayStation 3 owners in mind. With 7.1 surround sound, volume controls, retractable microphone, and even notifications that sync on the PS3 console, gamers looking to get ahead have taken note. Unfortunately, with its $99 price tag, some people have been reluctant [...]

Deus Ex Video Takes on Social & Hacking, Devs Discuss Mechanics
Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is centered around four pillars of gameplay: hacking, combat, social, and stealth. Yesterday, we covered the stealth pillar with a new video released by the developers. Today, the developers have sat down to talk about the social and hacking aspects of the game. Don’t worry, hacking is much more fun than [...]

Who Owns Your PS3? KaKaRoTo Talks Modifing The PS3′s Firmware, Piracy and DRM
Sunday, July 31st, 2011

The Electronic Frontier Foundation believe  that technology should be open, and that when you buy a console, you should be able to do what you want with it. Sony and Microsoft, on the other hand, believe that their systems should be controlled, and that if you sign up to their terms of service, you should [...]

LulzSec May Have Tricked Police Into Arresting The Wrong Guy
Saturday, July 30th, 2011

We reported earlier that the a member of the group LulzSec had been arrested in the UK, with the police in the UK believing that he could be involved in the numerous attacks on several publishers like Nintendo, Bethesda, Codemasters and Epic. However, the police may have been tricked into taking down the wrong man.

MX Vs. ATV Alive DLC Experiment Failed Says THQ
Saturday, July 30th, 2011

THQ CEO Brian Farrell has admitted that a recent attempt at experimenting with DLC on MX Vs. ATV Alive was ‘not a success’. The game itself scored fairly well, but the new attempt at handling DLC failed.

OPM Claims Fourth TimeSplitters “to be Announced Soon”
Saturday, July 30th, 2011

While Crytek’s German branch might be working on a new FPS IP, Crytek UK are apparently working on a new TimeSplitters, according to a rumor from the Official PlayStation Magazine UK.

PSN Review – Fast Draw Showdown
Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Fast Draw Showdown is a live-action game that was originally released on laserdisc back in 1994. Early this year, Digital Leisure brought the game to the WiiWare, and now they have decided to bring PS3 users the title with PlayStation Move support. The game is currently available on the PlayStation Store, and it is worth [...]

Deus Ex Video Gets Stealthy, Developers Discuss Mechanics
Saturday, July 30th, 2011

We are only a few weeks away from the release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and, to get us even more excited, the developers have released a behind-the-scenes discussion about one of the most difficult game mechanics to nail down in a video game.

Gran Turismo 5 DLC is in Order, Yamauchi Speaks
Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Gran Turismo 5 will be celebrating its one-year anniversary in four months, and we are still yet to see DLC. Okay, so the game has received an almost unprecedented amount of support through patches and updates, making the game somewhat of an MMO experience with continually evolving features. With that said, it’s hard to ignore [...]

Brink’s First DLC ‘Agents of Change’ Gets Free Release
Friday, July 29th, 2011

Bethesda has set a date for the first downloadable content of Brink, titled Agents of Change. Brink released in May to a rather mixed reception. The biggest news is that the DLC, which will release on August 3rd, will be free of charge for the first two weeks.

PlayStation Vita CPU Manufactured by Samsung
Friday, July 29th, 2011

The hardware specifications of the PlayStation Vita have been a popular topic in the news this week. Earlier, we reported on a possible confirmation that the PS Vita has had its RAM reduced. Today, there is news about the PS Vita’s CPU, but don’t worry, it is still intact. Here’s a hint: it involves Moore’s [...]