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It looks like Sony has found a way to invade your gaming experiences with advertisements, as a patent for an “Advertisement Scheme for use with interactive content” was filed by SCEA just last year.
Okay, bear with me for a second here. Do you remember a game (electronic or otherwise) known as Battleship? Did you ever think that two-player strategy/board/pen-and-paper game would translate well into a movie? Well, someone thought it was a good idea. That film released last week (or last month if you are in the UK), as did its accompanying video game, which we’re about to review. I’ll let that sink in a bit. Yes, what you are reading is a review of a video game, based on a movie, based on a board game (boardception?). Let’s see if the idea has any merit.
Namco Bandai has announced Tekken Tag Tournament 2‘s North American release date, in addition to the fighters that will be made available as retailer pre-order bonuses for the game.
Sony’s XDev has announced When Vikings Attack, a PSN action/brawler title from Clever Beans for PS3 and PlayStation Vita.
Editor’s Note: The following is a community post by PSLS reader Charlie Dove, who talks about his reservations for Black Ops 2.
The latest issue of the Hope News Times has been released by Square Enix for Hitman: Absolution.
Square Enix has released a new trailer and new screenshots for upcoming open-world title, Sleeping Dogs.
Kenzo Tsujimoto, the CEO of Capcom explained that their current three to four year game development cycles are too long. As such, the publisher/developer is striving to limit the development time frame to two and a half years.
BioWare has announced the release of upcoming free DLC for Mass Effect 3‘s online multiplayer mode.
Sony has released the official box art and a developer diary for LittleBigPlanet PS Vita (which is now the official title).
Game designer Warren Spector recently revealed just how epic he has been planning the Epic Mickey series to be, explaining that from the outset he had envisioned it spanning four separate games.
Rumors have started circulating the web that Sony could be taking the early leap into cloud gaming with support from either OnLive or Gaikai.
Die-hard Metal Gear fans have a lot to look forward to this E3, with Konami and Platinum Games poised to blow the lid off of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance in a big way.
My physics professor once said, “Earth’s gravity is a relatively weak force, as far as the universe goes. I fight and defeat gravity every time I walk up the stairs. We fly through the air on planes, hang gliders, and hot air balloons all the time. We laugh at gravity.” If our current aerial transportation modes are the equivalent of laughing at gravity, Gravity Rush on PS Vita is like giving it a huge middle finger, then running over its dog with a truck…while still laughing.
Capcom has announced a special compilation edition of Street Fighter games, in addition to an international tournament, to celebrate the fighter franchise’s 25th anniversary.
