In a decision swayed by community votes, Capcom today confirmed that it will release the extra content contained within Resident Evil 5 Alternate Edition as DLC in the U.S. and Europe. First revealed at TGS, this director’s cut version of the game features support for Sony’s upcoming wand motion-sensing controller as well as an extra segment of playable content starring […]
Developer Gearbox Software today stamped a November 24 release date on the first batch of downloadable content for its open-world RPG Borderlands. Priced at $9.99, it welcomes players to Dr. Ned’s Zombie Island, an eery land inhabited by humans-turned-zombies following the breakout of a virus. It’s up to you to restore peace by finding a cure. Note that this date […]
Valve has been quite vocal regarding its disdain for the PS3, but it seems a complex CELL architecture is not the only factor that’s driving the famed Half Life developer to keep its distance from Sony. Speaking in a recent interview with CVG, Valve project manager Chet Faliszek took a sharp hit at Sony’s online community, proclaiming that Xbox Live […]
It’s been a whole year since LittleBigPlanet hit store shelves, and in celebration Sony has offered up a pair of free costumes for your virtual Sackboy as part of this week’s PlayStation Store update. Other notable pieces of content this week include Military Madness: Nectaris, Numblast, and a playable demo of Trine. On the PSP front, Dissidia Final Fantasy finally […]
It’s been a long time coming, but Jonathan Blow’s time-bending platformer Braid will finally make the jump to PS3 next week. Slated to hit the service on November 12, developer Hothead Games is handing the port. A European release is scheduled to follow at a later date. The PSN version of Braid will be appropriately priced at $14.99, same as […]
In what we presume is a last ditch effort to move copies of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and associated downloadable content in preparation for the release of its follow-up, Activision has slashed the price on Infinity Ward’s Variety Map Pack, bringing it down to $4.99, a 50 percent reduction. That translates to 400 Microsoft Points on the 360 […]
SCEE may not feel PlayStation Home is a priority right now, but the opinion of SCEA differs radically. Speaking in response to comments made by Pete Edwards, U.S. PS Home director Jack Buser says the service is currently bustling with activity, with over 200 events and parties hosted in the virtual community since its soft-launch last December. Suffice to say, […]
Remember PlayStation Home? We’re not sure if you log-on the service regularly anymore, but at one point in time, it was a pretty big thing for Sony, being touted as a cross between a virtual world and social network for PS3 owners. Fast forward to today and we rarely hear about it at all, aside from the infrequent addition a […]
It’s the PlayStation Store update leading up to Halloween and Sony is celebrating by running a sale on select on select PSN offerings. Super Stardust Portable, echochrome, Myst, Brain Challenge, and Unbound Saga can all be had for 50% off their original purchase price, this week only. Additionally, Manhunt 2 is now available at the permanently reduced price of $19.99. […]
It may be an unlikely pairing, mixing sci-fi with ancient Greek methodology, but it’s one Sony is banking on to spread word about God of War III. Sony Pictures announced today that the upcoming District 9 Blu-ray disc will feature a playable demo of Kratos’ third outing. We are thrilled to give consumers not only an incredible high definition presentation […]
Sony today stamped a November 17 release date on the God of War Collection, alongside revealing the game’s entire trophy list. For those unaware, the game is a conglomeration of GoW and GoW II remastered in glorious HD on a single Blu-ray disc. Interestingly, it features not one, but two collectible platinum trophies. Sony really went the extra mile to […]
Despite Naughty Dog’s assurance that Uncharted 2 is taking advantage of all the computational power offered by PS3, Insomniac believes there still is room for improvement by way of fine tuning code. Senior community manager James Stevenson reckons it’ll be at least another 2-3 years before the system is fully maxed out. I still think you’re not going to see […]
As if anyone expected otherwise, Uncharted 2 is well on its way to cementing its status as one of the top-selling PS3 titles, with developer Naughty Dog revealing that unit sales have “exceeding expectations.” In fact, company creative director Amy Hennig says it is already on track to outsell the original “many, many” times over.
Headlining this week’s PlayStation Store is Frozenbyte’s enchanting fantasy-action puzzler Trine. Joing that is a couplet of PSOne classics, namely Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus. For those looking to test-drive some PSN titles, Ratchet And Clank Future: A Crack In Time, Critter Crunch, and Dragon Ball: Raging Blast are all available in demo form. For the frugal deal […]
DLC is becoming quite a significant revenue stream for publishers. According to analysis conducted by Gamasutra staff writer Matt Matthews, Call of Duty: World at War map pack downloads have reached seven million. Back in August, Activision pegged sales at 6.5 million. With a two month gap, that estimation is rather conservative. And at ten a pop, that’s a cool […]
The long-winded tale of Prison Break may be over and done with on network television, but developer Deep Silver is still hard at work on a game adaptation dubbed Prison Break: The Conspiracy. Story-wise, it runs in parallel to the events of the original show and from the latest screenshots, actually looks quite faithful to the real thing. Consider us […]
While the studio behind Duke Nukem has ceased development efforts due to a lack of funding, its founders are still eying the competition. 3D Realms president George Broussard was so impressed with the single player experience of Uncharted 2 that he’s gone and compared it – quite favorably to say the least – to that of the Half Life franchise. […]
Sony serves up an eclectic mix of offerings to the PlayStation Network storefront this Thursday, spearheaded by interactive music experience .detuned. Developed by demoscene group .theprodukkt, it fosters creativity by allowing players to create dynamic artwork by means of manipulating various scenes in a highly stylized experience. Other notable mentions are Mushroom Wars, BUZZ! Junior: Monster Rally, and topatoi: The […]
Developer Infinity Ward has revealed a campaign-based co-op mode for Modern Warfare 2 was originally planned, but was later dropped once discovering that it “ruined the experience” after extensive playtesting. That scrapped mode was later reborn as Spec Ops, a mission based co-op component comprised of levels that IW felt were more tailored towards cooperative rather than solo play.
You’ve read what it does, now see CryEngine 3 in action, Crytek’s flagship all-in-one multiplatform middleware suite. Specifically, the video highlights what is possible on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 through several tech demo segments. In a word, it’s impressive. Crytek has managed to pull off the visual equivalent of running high settings in Crysis on a console, which […]