Now trophy-scrounging PS3 owners can show off their shiny entitlements in style to other gamers online. Sony has given the trophy system on PlayStation.com a sleek revamp, complete with support for comparing trophies amongst multiple friends and PSN IDs, the ability to track next level progress, and a trophy checklist for each supported title. Check out the video above for […]

With High Voltage Software ramping up development efforts on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the company has chosen to enter into a agreement with Terminal Reality to license its Infernal Engine middleware indefinitely. Expect any future PS3 and 360 titles coming from the studio to be powered by Infernal, as High Voltage is in for the long haul on […]

id Software technical director and Doom creator John Carmack believes Sony will be the first to kick off the next wave of consoles with a successor to PS3, tentatively referred to as PS4.

Peripheral maker Mad Catz has scored licensing rights to create officially branded controller pads and accessories based on what is poised to become one of this year’s best-selling titles, Modern Warfare 2. Quite a coup for them. “We are excited to partner with Activision and Infinity Ward to create branded controllers and accessories based on what is one of the […]

For a company so adamant on keeping things under wraps, Sony sure is having a tough time with information control on its purported PS3 Slim hardware revision. French-based site JVN reports that the slimmed down model will hit store shelves next month in Europe at 299.99 Euro — 100 Euro less than the current asking price. If true, official word […]

Early last month, Sony revealed plans to give LittleBigPlanet the re-release treatment with a GOTY, or Game of the Year edition. In a report, it was vaguely mentioned that the GOTY disc would include “much” of the downloadable content released over PSN thus far. According to an Amazon listing, the GOTY disc will offer $30 in “bonus content” at a […]

It’s a great week for PS3 owning fans of The Dark Knight, as a playable demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum is now available on the PlayStation Store. Other notable offerings include Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3, along with an Old West multiplayer expansion pack for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood and inFamous-themed LittleBigPlanet costumes. See […]

Speaking in a recent conference call, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith revealed that the company plans to release two map packs for Modern Warfare 2. No more, no less. We plan to launch two separate map packs for this title.

Ubisoft today detailed the Master Assassin’s edition of stealth-action title Assassin’s Creed 2, available exclusively to GameStop retailers in North America. Enclosed in a premium collector’s tin, the limited edition package includes an 8.5″ inch tall Eizo statue, a hard-covered art book, and two exclusive in-game maps — Palazzo Medici and Santa Maria Dei Frari. On top of all that […]

Ubisoft has pinned an August 6 drop date on the first round of downloadable content for Western shooter Call of Juarez Bound in Blood, entitled “Old West Map Pack.” Arriving on PSN and XBLM, the pack is comprised of four all-new multiplayer maps, highlighting locales home to legendary Wild West shootouts of years gone by. Details on all four can […]

Retailers often get flak from publishers for capitalizing on used game sales, an argument that does have its merits, depending on what side of the fence you’re looking from. Valve believes there is a way to combat the secondhand market and piracy in one fell swoop, and that’s by developing good, supported games. Speaking to website Destructoid, company marketing VP […]

Sony announced today thatPS3 title topatoi: The Great Tree Story, an arcade platformer developed by Boolat Games, is heading stateside. Seated in a futuristic “whirligig,” players assume the role of Raph and company, met with the predicament of retrieving spare parts for a broken aircraft. To make matters worse, Raph’s girlfriend is kidnapped and in the clutches of an evil […]

Magical cake is in surplus for this week’s PlayStation Store update, as Titan Studios’ highly anticipated class-based action and strategy hybrid Fat Princess descends on the PSN storefront, exclusive to PS3. Here the cake isn’t a lie, but rather an obstacle. Pieces of cake can be fed to the opposing team’s princess in an effort to hinder their rescue attempt, […]

Ubisoft today sent over a new batch of screenshots from its World War II-themed combat fight sim Heroes Over Europe, showing off the game’s locales under a variety of environmental conditions. Depicted are scenes in which players take to the sky in aerial dogfights amidst snow-topped landscapes and metropolitan areas shrouded in light rain. Additionally, the game’s official website has […]

Yet another title has been pushed out of the once-crowded months of fall 2009. This time, it’s Dark Void, an Unreal Engine 3-powered shooter featuring a mix of on-foot and airborne combat now scheduled for 2010. A press release issued by publisher Capcom mentioned that the delay was in part due to “avoid competition with releases of major titles of […]

Word of PS3 titles imposing a mandatory installation process was newsworthy way back when, but now, these installs are so commonplace that almost everyone has come to expect them. Now, when a PS3 title doesn’t require an install, that’s news. Especially when said title is a major one. And if, like most of us, you loathe installs, then here’s a […]

With Ceramic White flavored DualShock 3 controllers slowly cropping up in retail stores across North America, Sony is poised to debut red and blue variants of the vibrating pad later this October, according to an Engadget report. Together, the three colors make an obvious connection in representing the American flag. A subconscious marketing strategy in action or a by-chance decision? […]

Those looking to hit the always-nostalgic retro bucket and experience some of the finest moments to grace the fast-paced genre of shoot ’em ups are in luck, as Hudson has confirmed plans to bring its backcatalog of TurboGrafx-16 titles over to PSN. Oh, and let’s not forget platforming gems like Bonk. Akin to PSOne classics, these will be compatible with […]

The reincarnation of last year’s hit Xbox 360 “exclusive,” Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, is scheduled to hit North American store shelves on September 29, publisher Tecmo announced today. A Japanese release will follow on October 1. Tecmo also dropped details on the collector’s edition variant. Priced at a premium of $69.99, it packs an 80-page book that features a prologue […]

As part of its fourth quarter financial documents, Ubisoft revealed that the oft-delayed stealth action title Splinter Cell Conviction has once again been pushed back, this time to 2010. The MotionPlus-exclusive samurai romp Red Steel 2 has also been rescheduled for 2010, dashing hopes for a fall or winter debut. Both titles are now slated for a release in the […]