Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’

More Heavy Rain to Fall Before Christmas
Friday, August 6th, 2010

One of the most heavily anticipated titles to utilize Sony’s latest foray into the motion controller world, the PlayStation Move, is Quantic Dream’s, Heavy Rain. The game released earlier this year to an absolute wave of widespread acclaim, and gamers are eager to literally get their hands involved with the investigation of the Origami Killer. A recent post on the SCEE official blog drops some details that should definitely give even fans tired of Heavy Rain, some incentive to redo their investigation.

Retailer Gives Road Map for GT5 Release Date
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

After receiving a red light in Japan and no solid concrete release date yet confirmed, an online retailer has hinted at when the release date for Gran Turismo 5 will be.

PlayStation Home to Celebrate the New Year
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Now that Christmas has come and gone, many are looking forward to New Year’s day which is quickly approaching. This year has been a great year for the PlayStation family with the addition of several award winning titles as well as the new PlayStation 3 Slim. Now is a great time to celebrate with other [...]

Modern Warfare Christmas Knock Off
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Ah, grandparents. When they’re not busy forgetting what year it is, where their glasses are (hint: you’re wearing them), or telling well spun stories of their glorified youth, they’re traversing the depths of department stores, armed with the best of intentions, searching for the right gifts as they try to decipher your holiday wish list. [...]

Best Buy Continuing the Holiday Magic
Sunday, December 27th, 2009

While after Christmas sales might not be as big of a thing as Black Friday, you can still find plenty of stores putting out some pretty solid deals. If you are looking for some games to purchase with your Christmas money or gift cards then Best Buy has the deals for you.

Nathan Drake and DualShock 3 Provide Post-Christmas Joy
Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Now that Christmas is over, millions of consumers worldwide have joined the PlayStation family. With Black Friday in late November and some outstanding deals throughout December, the past month has been full of great deals for a wide variety of demographics. Thankfully, the deals are not over and Amazon is continuing to provide terrific value [...]

Christmas Sends Modern Warfare 2′s Price to the South Pole
Friday, December 25th, 2009

When Modern Warfare 2 was released nearly two months ago, it smashed almost every sales record in gaming history. With arguably the most popular franchise title around today, as well as a big push through advertisement, Modern Warfare 2 quickly became the king of the holiday season. By now, most people have at least tried [...]

Ubisoft’s Incredible Offer on Avatar DLC
Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Avatar, the current blockbuster gracing a theater near you, also has a videogame out on all major consoles. DLC has even been released for it, and in the spirit of the season developer Ubisoft has put a nice price on the pack.

Sega Outlines Their Mega PSN Sale
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

In preparation for the upcoming holiday, Sega, a major pusher of games on the PSN store, is giving gamers an early treat. And luckily, this offer doesn’t apply only for Sonic games, but rather an assortment of actually good games.

Break Your Piggy Bank For The Shatter Soundtrack
Friday, December 18th, 2009

Shatter, the incredibly fresh take on the Arkanoid-like genre of videogames, recently won IGN’s PSN Game of the Year award. To celebrate, developer Sidhe Interactive have dropped the price of the game’s soundtrack.

European PlayStation Home Gets Christmassy, Turns One
Thursday, December 10th, 2009

It’s that time of year, everyone is decorating their Christmas trees and putting up their stockings as they count down the time to the big day. As an early Christmas present, and to celebrate PlayStation Home’s first Birthday, Sony has announced a myriad of gifts and treats for their European Home users.

Heavy Rain Developer Believes Game Can Still Sell Despite Packed Release Window
Monday, November 2nd, 2009

In July it was announced that the highly anticipated Heavy Rain would be delayed past Christmas into the next year, as “it’s not ideal to release a new IP or a new genre just before Christmas”. Guillaume de Fondaumiere stated that “it’s a very crowded place to be, and certain games need more space to live their life.” However, since the delay numerous games, such as MAG, Bioshock 2 and Alpha Protocol, would all be releasing in early 2010. At this year’s Eurogamer Expo in London PlayStation LifeStyle asked David Cage, Quantic Dream’s CEO, and writer and director of Heavy Rain, about his views on the packed release window.

What did YOU get for Christmas?
Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Written by LinuxGuru Well? What did you get? As a side note, feel free to mention what you gave!

A PS3less Christmas
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Written by Chris Rah Osiris   Bad children are always told that they will receive a lump of coal for Christmas if they do not behave themselves. Santa does not take kindly to naughty children. I will not have my shiny black gift this year. This Christmas, I decided to surprise my father and visit [...]

US SingStore Update for 16 December 2008
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Written by stalkingsilence NOTE: The update may not go live until 18 December 2008. In addition to the patch (now live) to allow disc-swapping and audio/video recording of legacy PS2 SingStar titles, we’ll be seeing a pretty significant update to the US SingStore this week.  The update includes 10 songs from this week’s European SingStore update, [...]