Archive for July, 2011

Write a Trophy Guide, Get a PSN Card
Monday, July 18th, 2011

Attention Trophy hunters! PlayStation LifeStyle is looking for people who are serious about trophies to chip in and write trophy guides in our new community-based trophy initiative. If this is something you may be interested in, click the read more to… well… read more! var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) [...]

PSP Review – Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Monday, July 18th, 2011

In 1998, Squaresoft (now Square Enix) would do for tactical RPGs what it had done for more traditional JRPGs just a year earlier. What Final Fantasy VII was to Japanese role-playing games as a whole, Final Fantasy Tactics would be to its grid-based subgenre. That is to say, it wasn’t the first of its kind, [...]

Final Fantasy Type-0 Media Explosion, Status Update
Sunday, July 17th, 2011

According to director Hajime Tabata, who posted on the game’s official development blog, the game is near competition with only tuning and debugging left to do.

Uncharted 3 Beta Numbers Smoke Competition, Best in PlayStation History
Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Summers are usually a dry time for the gaming industry, as developers and publishers tend to aim for releases during the beginning and end of yearly cycles, but we were in luck this time around. Naughty Dog has been treating PlayStation 3 owners with a beta for its upcoming blockbuster, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and [...]

Assassin’s Creed Series Isn’t Dead, Revelations To Leave Unanswered Questions
Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is going to be one of the bigger games in the franchise, at least in terms of story. This will be the second game in the franchise to let players control Ezio, Altair, and Desmond. In addition, this will be the last game that Ezio will make an appearance. Although the story [...]

Kojima Wants Multiplatform Fox Engine to “stand out”
Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Just before E3 week began, Konami held a press conference that was full of new information. Among a couple of HD collection announcements (MGS and ZOE, yay!) and some “transfarring” talk was the announcement of a powerful new proprietary game engine called the Fox Engine. The live technical demonstration was pretty impressive, and the graphics [...]

Silicon Knights Substantially Expands Team, Courtesy of Canadian Government
Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Developer and now self-publisher Silicon Knights have revealed a plan to double their team with the help of the Ontario government.

Build Your Shops with Tales of Xillia Trailer
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Namco Bandai has released a new trailer for Tales of Xillia and this time around we get one full of nothing but gameplay. In this latest trailer we get a great look at the shop build system in the upcoming RPG.

Gamestop Expects PS4, Xbox 720 to Launch in 2014, Unless Wii U is Successful
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Gamestop is the largest and most influential retailer to cater exclusively to gamers. Just a few years ago, it was estimated that Gamestop controled 21% of the US market. That is a great share of the market, considering that Gamestop has to go up against Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and other department stores. Occasionally, Gamestop steals [...]

Introducing Starhawk’s Vast New Universe
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Starhawk is taking the Warhawk franchise to a whole new level, by bringing us to a space age setting, adding a single player campaign, and implementing all new gameplay mechanics to the immensely popular multiplayer mode. Now, Lightbox Interactive has released a new behind the scenes video, introducing us to the new universe we’ll explore.

Disgaea 4′s Map Editor Gets Altered for Western Release
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Disgaea 4 is coming very close to it’s September 6th release date in North America and when it does finally release, it will be with a few restrictions to the games map edit mode.

Take A Spin Around San Francisco in the Latest Driver Trailer
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Driver: San Francisco is quickly racing towards its August release date. This is the first time the series will see release on the current generation of consoles, after a lengthy four-year gap since the last major entry of Driver: Parallel Lines. We’ve got a trailer featuring the single player aspects of the game, including the [...]

Naughty Dog Plays Nice With Other Developers, Shares Ideas
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Ending world hunger. Curing all diseases. Preventing catastrophic climate change. World peace. All lofty goals, to be sure, but perhaps if everyone took a lesson from Naughty Dog and other world-class developers we would be one step closer to a world without war – at least in the physical realm. It seems the creative geniuses [...]

BloodRayne: Betrayal Release Date Revealed
Friday, July 15th, 2011

The BloodRayne series has been in existence since 2002, revolving around the half-vampire Rayne. The first title took place during the 1930′s, and the sequel during the 21st century. Both games were released on the PlayStation 2, and have quite a fanbase behind them. The upcoming PlayStation Network downloadable title BloodRayne: Betrayal was announced not [...]

Ubisoft Announces Uplay Passport, Will Charge You to Play Used Games Online
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Last week we brought you the news that Sony was joining publishers like EA and would be bringing out an online pass that required gamers to pay money to play used games online. Now, Ubisoft have announced that they will be joining the growing list of publishers that are going down this route.