Activision made the next Call of Duty official today, announcing a November 10 deploy date for Modern Warfare 2. As expected, Infinity Ward is handling development duties on the follow-up to 2007 hit Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. No details beyond that were provided, but here is a choice quote from IW CEO Vince Zampella: “Everyone on the team […]

The dynamic duo of Ratchet and Clank are poised to make a return this fall in the PS3-exclusive time traveling adventure titled Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time, Sony announced today. Picking up after the events of Tools of Destruction and Quest for Booty, this brand-new installment in the series promises to answer “some of the franchise fans’ biggest […]

Rock Band has officially joined the ranks of Guitar Hero, in generating over $1 billion in sales, MTV and publisher partner EA announced today. The press release is padded with some interesting statistics, notably that approximately 40 million individual songs from an ever-expanding library of over 600 have been bought and downloaded as of this month. While the figure stated […]

Yep, you read that headline correctly. Famed game director Hideo Kojima plans to unveil his next game at this year’s E3, according to an IGN report. No clues or hints as to what this title might be were dropped, nor was a possible platform, but we might as well hop aboard the speculation train. Zone of Enders 3 perhaps? Speculation […]

Capcom announced today that its Bionic Commando reboot is hitting the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on May 19. A European release will follow on the 22nd. Players take control of Nathan Spencer, the one and only arm-swinging man and machine hybrid, in an effort to stop a group of bio terrorists attempting to detonate an assumed nuclear device over […]

Word comes today from a “prominent PS3 developer” that firmware 2.7 is now finalized and has been promptly sent off to partner development studios both within and outside Sony. News concerning the update first broke earlier this month and to quote a Psyonix Studios dev, was said to pack “lots of fun new fixes” and “lots of new stuff.” Specifics […]

In an effort to make the prospect of creating titles for PS3 more appealing to developers worldwide, Sony announced today that it is cutting the price of its PS3 Reference Tool hardware to $2000 dollars. A real bargain considering it used to cost more than twice that amount. The DECR-1400A sports the same form factor as a retail PS3 but […]

Bringing a welcomed end to long-standing rumors, Rockstar Games officially announced today that Max Payne 3 is in development. Headed for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, the third installment promises to move the story in a new direction. Picking up years after the Remedy-developed sequel, crime and corruption will once again be at the forefront of the game’s premise.

A joint effort between Creat Studios and TikGames, Smash Cars is hitting the PSN this coming April, Sony announced today. As the follow-up to the original PS2 hit, the high-speed racer features mini RC cars complete with real-time physics and a bevy of stunts. Players race across real-world like locations set on the sedate Mediterranean Island. And to keep up […]

Atari announced today that Assault on Dark Athena, the Starbreeze-developed remake and sequel to The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, has gone gold. Featuring a single-player campaign clocking in at 11 hours, along with six diverse online multiplayer modes, the title is scheduled to ship out across North American retailers on April 7 for PlayStation 3, PC and […]

According to an MTV report, citing “publishing sources,” Sony is charging publishers by the gigabyte for placing content on the PlayStation Store — a tactic otherwise known as the “PlayStation Network Bandwidth Fee.” Publishers are charged 16 cents per GB on each download, presumably to assist Sony in paying for store upkeep and network costs. Considering full games and demos […]

The NPD Group has released its hardware and software sales figures for February. Overall, hardware unit sales were up across the board compared to last month’s figures. Microsoft maintained its steady lead over the competition, making for a larger gap between Xbox 360 and PS3 sales when compared to January data. The 360 shifted 391,000, while Sony moved 276,000 PS3 […]

Previously slated for a Q2 release, Ubisoft’s rugged Western shooter Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood was given a more specific launch window today: June. The Techland-developed title is billed as a prequel to last year’s Call of Juarez, featuring a cross country gunfight-heavy single player campaign that sees players embarking on a journey from Georgia to the desolate Aztec […]

The latest video game adaptation of television show classic Wheel of Fortune will hit PSN this week, Sony announced today. Developed by Sony Online Entertainment, the title promises to challenge players with over 9,000 virtual word puzzles, bringing the vowel-busting, word guessing gameplay straight to PS3. Though the lack of Vanna or any digital host for that matter will no […]

Square Enix today announced that it has inked an agreement with Emergent Game Technologies to license the Gamebryo engine for a “yet-to-be-announced project,” which is to play a significant role in Square Enix’s global expansion efforts. While no details on the title in question were provided, utilizing the Gamebryo engine will help speed up the development process, in turn allowing […]

NVIDIA announced today that its popular PhysX technology is now available to all registered PS3 developers free of charge. Used in titles such as Unreal Tournament 3 and Rainbow Six Vegas, the SDK sports a feature-rich API and robust physics engine. Previously only companies signed on with NVIDIA had access to it, but as a result of an contractual agreement […]

Looks like Tecmo’s surprise game announcement scheduled for March 24 has been spoiled by Famitsu. Scans of the magazine’s latest issue have hit the web, revealing that Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is in development for PS3. No details yet, but if the first Sigma outing was any indication, expect this to be an enhanced port of Xbox 360 title Ninja […]

To celebrate the recent arrival of the Prince of Persia “Epilogue” downloadable content, we’ve teamed up with Ubisoft to giveaway three voucher codes for the PS3 DLC. Redeemable through PlayStation Network (PSN), the codes are valued at $10 each, and good for a one-time use only.

In terms of pure game mechanics, the premise of thatgamecompany’s Flower is fairly straightforward: players control a group of pedals and float around while aiming to touch other flowers on an open field. However, the underlying graphics engine is anything but simple. According to company co-founder and president Kellee Santiago, Flower leverages the many SPEs in PS3 to render 200,000 […]

Capcom sends word today that its latest survival horror effort, Resident Evil 5, has shipped four million copies globally. This marks the biggest launch for any RE title to date. Considering it is one of, if not the first true launch of an RE title on multiple-platforms, this doesn’t surprise us in the slightest. Additionally, total unit for the series […]