This week’s PlayStation Store update is far from a stellar one, but does have more than a couple goodies to check out. Aside from the usual Rock Band tracks, Otograph’s PixelJunk Monsters soundtrack is up for grabs at a price of $2.99. Additionally, PSP UMD title The Con is now available for download on the store, along with two playable […]
According to its latest financial report, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title Resident Evil 5 is slated for a release in Capcom’s 2008 fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2009. Barring any unforeseen delays, that means the title will hit store shelves before April of next year. Far from a firm date, but hey, at least it’s something. Aside from […]
Update: The chaps over at 1UP have confirmed PSM3’s report, revealing that the July issue of EGM has a multi-page column on the PS3 version of BioShock. It’s basically confirmed now — won’t be too long before Take-Two issues a formal announcement. Despite numerous denials from publisher Take-Two and the like, UK PlayStation rag PSM3 is making the bold claim […]
We knew it was coming by way of investor conference calls, but Activision finally made it official today: Guitar Hero IV, now titled Guitar Hero World Tour, will hit the PlayStation 3, PS2, Xbox 360, and Wii this fall. In addition to a retooled guitar controller and microphone, the title promises to deliver the “most realistic drum experience ever in […]
The previous batch of Silent Hill: Homecoming screenshots were quite disturbing. Not in a horrific sense, but rather that screens showcased subpar visuals that were riddled with jaggies. Frightening stuff, if you ask me. Thankfully, the latest selection of screens from the title have restored my faith in developer The Collective. Check ’em out after the break. Homecoming hits the […]
MTV Games and developer Harmonix today announced that Rock Band’s second downloadable rock album is 1978’s The Cars. As we’ve come to expect, the entire album will be available for $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points), or $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points). The album and individual tracks will be available for download May 27 on the Xbox Live Marketplace, with a […]
Haze reviews have been ranging from mediocre to excellent thus far, but IGN broke that trend today, awarding the title an atrocious – almost laughable – score of 4.5 out of 10. As you’d expect, Free Radical scriptwriter Rob Yescombe was shocked by the review and had this to say to fan site PSU: My thoughts are “Owch”. No, wait […]
That “VERY, VERY Limited Edition” Gunmetal Grey PS3 bundle will be sold exclusively through Konami’s online store, the company announced today. Priced at a premium of $600, the special edition bundle includes a 40GB HDD equipped PS3, a matching DualShock 3 controller, and a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – which is the limited edition […]
Over on the official Ubisoft forums, community developer Ubi_Wuzzi revealed that Free Radical’s forthcoming first-person shooter Haze will require players to install 4GB worth of game data to their PS3’s hard drive before playing. This, of course, is nothing new. GTA IV, Devil May Cry 4, Lost Planet, and Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds all had mandatory HDD installations […]
As part of its 2008 Gamers Day event, Sony Computer Entertainment America just sent over three all-new screenshots from Insomniac’s action packed first-person-shooter Resistance 2. Slated for a November release exclusively on PlayStation 3, the game will boast an eight player online co-op campaign and 60-player online head-to-head multiplayer. Resistance 2 Screenshots
Sales of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV have been nothing short of phenomenal, but did it sell hardware? According to the latest NPD figures for April, the answer is a blunt “no.” NPD recorded that 187,100 PS3 consoles were sold in April, along with 188,000 Xbox 360 units. Looking at the previous month, both consoles pushed 257,000 and 262,000 units, […]
Newly formed Polish developer Gingerbread Studios today announced The Protector, an all-new entry in the action-stealth genre. In development for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, players take on the role of mercenary Jonathan Kane and former M16 agent Jennifer Guile in an attempt to foil the plans of an terrorist organization known as “Scarlet Vengeance,” which is in […]
Sony Computer Entertainment today announced that Shuhei Yoshida, former senior VP at SCEA, will now head Sony’s Worldwide Studios as president – effective immediately. Yoshida fills the shoes of former SCE WWS boss Phil Harrison, who left the company back in February to join Infogrames as Directeur Général Délégué. Yoshida is far from a newcomer. He’s been with Sony for […]
The NPD Group has released its monthly video game hardware and software sales figures for the month of April. According to the results, Rockstar’s open-world crime thriller sold a total of 2,850,000 units, making it the best-selling software title on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 for the duration of April. “GTA IV captured two of the three top game […]
Another week, another PlayStation Store update, this time with an offering that all PSP owners should download. Yes, I’m talking about the Secret Agent Clank demo. In terms of add-on content, this week brings two additional characters for Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds and the release of Rocketmen: It Came From Uranus!, an expansion for Capcom’s original top-down shooter. […]
It’s official. SEGA today announced and confirmed that it has inked a definitive partnership with Japan-based studio PlatinumGames. Under the agreement, SEGA will initially publish three original titles – Madworld, Infinite Line and Bayonetta. A fourth, yet-to-named title directed by Resident Evil/Biohazard series creator Shinji Mikami is also in the works. Madworld, scheduled for Q1 2009 release exclusively on Wii, […]
A new PlayStation 3 firmware is now available for download via Network Update. No, this update doesn’t bring any fancy features like in-game XMB. Firmware 2.35 simply improves the stability of certain PS3 titles, according to PSN director Eric Lempel. The list of titles affected by the update went unnamed, but Lempel did note that it has nothing to due […]
Kumi Yuasa, associate producer for the perspective-bending PlayStation Network title echochrome, has revealed that twenty all-new user-created challenges will be playable through the game’s freeform mode sometime later this this month. Yuasa didn’t mention a concrete date, but did say that the levels would launch “between May 15 and May 21.” Players will need to set their difficulty level to […]
According to Sony’s Q4 earnings announcement for the 2007 fiscal year, the company expects to sell ten million PlayStation 3 units throughout fiscal 2008, which began on April 1 and ends March 31, 2009. Comparatively, Sony pushed 9.24 million units in the previous fiscal year. Despite outpacing PS3 sales for the second year in a row, the company expects PS2 […]
In a post over at the official PlayStation Blog, associate producer for Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds, Chris Hinojosa-Miranda, confirmed that all-new downloadable content for the game is scheduled to hit the PS Store tomorrow. The content will consist of two characters named Alex and Gloria. Each character falls under a specific skill class, with newcomer Gloria tailored towards […]