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Street Fighter x Tekken on The PS Vita Shown on Video, inFamous’ Cole To Join in
Monday, June 6th, 2011

Yoshinori Ono took the stage during Sony’s conference just moments ago to follow up one of last year’s biggest surprise announcements – Street Fighter X Tekken. Not only will the game mark the first time the two legendary franchises come together, but the fight will be coming to the Vita. var _CI = _CI || [...]

Sony Retreats from Questionable PlayStation 4 Comment
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Last week, some loose lips let slip the word that a PlayStation 3 successor was currently under development. Stating that the future project is “already under way,” Sony’s executive Vice President and CFO, Masaru Kato, stirred up some controversy with his comment that has now warranted a follow up from another Sony source. var _CI [...]

Ubisoft Lights Up the Big Screen With Three Huge Franchises
Monday, May 16th, 2011

In today’s materialistic world, who is ever satisfied with what they’ve got? After you instinctively disagree, take a reflective gander at yourself and your current phone, computer, gaming home/portable console, or even your girl/boyfriend and tell me you’re not looking forward to something better. Don’t beat yourself up, we all do it and guess what, [...]

PSN Review – Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
Friday, April 29th, 2011

Might and Magic is one of the oldest RPG series, having been around since the 1986 when the original title, The Secret of the Inner Sanctum, debuted on the NES, the Commodore 64 and old DOS systems. The first created a huge following and inspired a number of direct sequels until the company, 3DO, closed [...]

God of War Developer Hiring Shooter and Vehicular Combat Expert
Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Possibly the complete opposite from what the God of War developers are known for, Sony’s Santa Monica Studios is trying to fill a position for an unannounced upcoming game that will require some very specific game design experience. Last week, rumors emerged that a new God of War is scheduled for release next year, but [...]

Dragon Age II Now Available for a Beast of a Price
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

EA and BioWare’s action-RPG, Dragon Age II, only recently released, but the title is already available at a remarkably low price – albeit only for a very short time.

Portal 2′s Single Player Transports You for 10 Hours
Monday, April 18th, 2011

The original Portal made us fall in love, and not as some side effect from the mind-blowing twists and turns flying out of walls, but because of the flawless implementation of a brand new game mechanic paired with the humorously dark existence as a test subject in GLaDOS’ twisted world. Originally included only as a [...]

Analysts ‘Reconfirm’ NGP for a 2011 Release
Friday, April 15th, 2011

The NGP hype-train is picking up steam as we head closer and closer to E3, where Sony is expected to release all the juicy details on their next handheld. Our latest chat about the NGP in our podcast had us excited for more details, but the big question still remains: When can we get our hands [...]

PSN Review – Chime Super Deluxe
Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Welcome to one of the PSN’s most simple and relaxing games. Chime Super Deluxe is a revamped title originally released on the Xbox 360 last spring that combines the feeling of mixing and sampling over a pop infused beat with a classic game mechanic twist. Now, a year later, the music synth/block puzzle game comes [...]

Okami Rumored to Paint the PS3 Red
Friday, April 8th, 2011

Now that’d be a work of art.

Slam Bolt Scrappers – Trophy Guide
Monday, April 4th, 2011

Slam Bolt Scrappers plays similar to other great puzzlers; it takes a half hour to learn followed by days of mastering. Not to mention the love/hate relationship you’ll develop over time when you think you’ll feel unstoppable, only to try a new level or difficulty and quickly realize you’re not. SBS has 17 trophies, and we’ve [...]

PSN Review – Slam Bolt Scrappers
Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Slam Bolt Scrappers is easily described as a mix between Tetris and Streets of Rage, as unimaginable as that sounds. The goal is simple; you must organize different towers on your playing field in order to overpower and destroy your opponent’s base. What’s not simple however, is the many other objectives and actions all requiring [...]

Kinect Hacked to Control PS3, Killzone 3
Monday, March 21st, 2011

Microsoft’s Kinect has proven to the masses that when put to the test, the infrared 3D cameras and multiple condenser microphones have the ability to alter reality in realtime, and offer impressive user feedback that has seen multiple applications. Notably though, the majority of these applications come from outside Microsoft’s studio’s and have been created [...]

Obvious Hitman 5 Photos from IO Beg to be Taken Out
Friday, March 18th, 2011

Do you remember last October when David Bateson accidentally dropped a line about the never-before-mentioned Hitman 5, right after saying he wasn’t allowed to talk under contract? Then IO bashfully denied the claim, only to immediately have two of their developers list Hitman 5 on their resume? Well now, in what could very well turn [...]

Blizzard Just Might Beckon Hell for Console Gamers with Diablo III
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

For the last few months, Diablo 3 has all but entirely consumed Blizzard Entertainment’s Q&A sessions after they stated that with the proper integration, a console version of their hugely successful dungeon crawler was a distinct possibility. Last month, Mike Morhaime, CEO at Blizzard Entertainment confirmed the group was still looking into it, this time hinging [...]