Archive for August, 2011

PlayStation Release Horizon – Week of August 2, 2011
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

While two-thirds of the year has already gone by, gamers are still anxiously awaiting the final quarter of 2011 to get their hands on the slew of highly anticipated titles, such as Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Batman: Arkham City among others, on top of the eventful release of latest in [...]

Catherine – Trophy Guide
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Catherine can be your trophy girl… but you’ll have to earn it first.

Failure-in-Motion: The PlayStation Move is a Bust
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Think back to E3 2010, when all the talk was about Microsoft and Sony jumping onto the arm-waggling motion-controller bandwagon made so popular by the little Wii that could. The 360 went the way of controller-less cameras, and the PlayStation 3 decided to stick close to the Wii with the PlayStation Move. While the PlayStation [...]

Catherine Gives Atlus its Biggest Launch Ever
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

The complex hybrid of block puzzles and anime storytelling that is Catherine released last week to much success, yielding the biggest launch for Atlus in the publisher’s history. While the game is incredibly quirky and chock-full of Japanese personality, that has not hindered gamers from all over the globe from picking it up. var _CI [...]

PS3 Review – Bleach: Soul Resurreccion
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

The Bleach anime series has kept on going strong since 2004, with the manga originally coming out in 2001, and in that time there have been a over 20 games released over various platforms. The latest one is Soul Resurreccion, or Soul Ignition as it is known in Japan. With a wealth of content to [...]

GLaDOS Voice Actress Working on More Portal Content, New Valve Title
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

According to a tweet from John Lowrie (husband of Ellen McLain and voice of Team Fortress 2′s sniper) more Portal content is headed our way along with what likely may be a new title from Valve. For those that don’t know, Ellen does the voice work for Portal’s sinister AI mastermind GLaDOS as well as the voice of [...]

PlayStation Store Global Update – August 2, 2011
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Each week Sony brings PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners new content, add-ons, games and more. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday and Wednesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation Store Update. ** Note for other regions ** European PSN [...]

Source Claims Borderlands 2 is in Development, Announcement Coming Soon
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

With the original Borderlands selling over 4 million copies, the new IP was truly a resounding success, both commercially and critically. That’s why we’re not that surprised that, after multiple rumors of a Borderlands sequel, another source has come forward claiming that Borderlands 2 is in development.

Vita and PS3 Connectivity to Feature Capabilities that Go Beyond the Wii U
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Ever since Nintendo debuted the Wii U at E3 this year, gamers have speculated as to whether or not the PlayStation 3 and Vita would be able to operate in a similar manner. According to Sony Europe R&D manager Phil Rogers, the ability to use the Vita as a PS3 controller is not only possible, it [...]

EA Sports Launches ‘Season Ticket’
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

EA Sports seems to have taken a liking to PlayStation Plus, and have today announced the EA Sports Season Ticket, which is essentially EA’s version of a PS Plus membership, but available to both the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Battlefield 3 Pre-Order Incentives Revealed
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Battlefield 3 is quickly approaching its October release date, and there are no doubt many among you who are ready to place a pre-order. But where, oh where should you lay down the money? Some of the retailer-specific incentives have recently been detailed, and you can read all about them after the jump.

Deus Ex Devs Discuss Last Pillar of Gameplay: Combat
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Earlier, the developers of Deus Ex: Human Revolution released a video discussing the stealth mechanic and another video that discussed the social and hacking aspects. Now, the developers have released the last video in the series.

Sucker Punch Productions Welcomed to the Sony Family
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Sucker Punch Productions has been a PlayStation-exclusive developer ever since its second game, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, released for the PlayStation 2. The developer moved on to produce the well-received inFamous series for the PlayStation 3. However, the studio had always technically been a third-party developer who simply chose to produce stellar games [...]

Japan Prepares to RAGE This October
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

id Software has laid quietly in the shadows the past few months as their first game in ages, RAGE, nears the end of its development cycle. The title is one of many reasons that the second half of this year is considered among the best in the industry’s history, and now not only Western audiences [...]

Square Enix Picks up the Rights to True Crime: Hong Kong
Monday, August 1st, 2011

After Activision canceled True Crime: Hong Kong for quality reasons, many assumed that that was it for the game, and the series. But if you were excited about the game, then an unlikely hero has stepped forward: Square Enix has bought the rights to the game – but not the franchise.