Apart from the addition of a playable demo of Capcom’s sci-fi shooter Dark Void and Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond, the first PlayStation Store update of 2010 is a rather uneventful affair. Sony is taking its sweet time to wake up from the long holiday and we can’t blame ’em. On the DLC side of things, Borderlands The Underdome is […]
Capcom today sent word that a playable demo of its aerial sci-fi shooter Dark Void will hit the PlayStation Network this week on January 6. The same download will arrive on Xbox Live Marketplace a day later, January 7. Capcom says the demo will feature a mix of aerial dog-fighting, unique vertical cover action and on-foot combat. The company made […]
With an onslaught of classics in the pipeline primed for re-release, Namco Bandai is preparing to ramp up its presence in the digital market next year. Namco says the initiative will give customers “access to hard-to-find gems and the latest best-selling content available at their fingertips” across the entire slate of portable and console platforms. To offer a glimpse at […]
Unlike its PSN-exclusive predecessor, NIS America’s dungeon-crawling puzzle title Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! 2: Time To Tighten Up Security is set to make a retail debut and it’ll include a special bonus for those that missed out on the original. An Amazon listing reveals that NIS has managed to squeeze all the quirky escapades of Badman’s first outing onto […]
Sony’s virtual living quarters – collectively known as PlayStation Home – have attracted 10 million users worldwide, SCEE revealed in an announcement today. The milestone coincides with virtual spaces that have opened up for Uncharted 2 and Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time. Considering the platform went into public beta last December, it’s an impressive feat for such a […]
According to SCEA hardware marketing director John Koller, PSPgo sales are still “over-forecast” from what the company thought they would be. While maintaining steady support in the retail sector, Sony plans to sharpen its focus towards digital distribution in 2010. Sony acknowledges the fact that some publishers have been slow to make the jump to digital — Square Enix anyone? […]
Sony has dished out a bevy of details on Media Molecule’s Pirates of the Caribbean level pack for joyous platformer LittleBigPlanet. Keep your head above the water, as there’s an overwhelming amount of content in this pack. Featured are four additional objects for use in create mode, including a global water object, scuba gear, a bubble machine, and water switch. […]
Detailed yesterday morning, PS3 firmware 3.15 is now live, available for download from Network Update. It brings two major additions to the table, granting the ability to play PSP Minis on PS3 and also introducing a one-click data transfer solution that beams PSN content across a pair of PS3s connected via LAN. Due to certain regulations, we’re told that copy […]
Sony is celebrating the holiday season tomorrow on PlayStation Home, bringing the generically-named Festive Tree to Central Plaza, in addition to the opening of a MotorStorm: Pacific Rift space and Dead Space 2 Miner outfit. PS Home community specialist Locust_Star says those who log on during this festivity period can treat themselves to solving puzzles and unlock unspecified rewards in […]
PSN director Eric Lempel has offered up a plethora of details on PS3’s next firmware update — 3.15. While sporting only a minor bump in version number, this update actually packs a couple of noteworthy changes. First out of the gate is the data transfer utility, which allows existing PS3 owners to transfer all network content and media over to […]
The bite-sized PSP Minis may be getting more attention in the near future as an anonymous source close to Joystiq has suggested that these offerings will be playable on PS3 down the road. Assuming the information pans out, we could reportedly see a cross-platform push behind the Minis as soon as “before Christmas.” Such a move would without a doubt […]
Sony is preparing for the launch of its PSP Comic Book storefront in a big way, promising a selection of more than 500 paperback-gone-digital offerings in mid-December, when the store goes live in the US and Europe. A numbers of major publishers are backing the initiative, including 2000AD, Disney, Marvel, and IDW. Sony’s Digital Comic Viewer – the required utility […]
According to a pamphlet given out to attendees of a PlayStation demo event in Japan, a PSN release for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is not on the cards, at least in the Land of the Rising Sun. As shown in the above picture, no PS Store icon is visible, only UMD.
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan today announced that PSP firmware 6.20 is scheduled for release this coming Thursday. Featuring a built-in comic book viewer, the update will signal the arrival of the soon-to-be added comic book storefont on PSN, scheduled to go live on December 12 in Japan. Viewable on all PSP models, these digital comics will carry a standard rate […]
Sony isn’t one to sit idle in midst of Microsoft’s social networking efforts, as the company has went ahead and announced that firmware 3.1 for PS3 will include Facebook integration. By linking up a PSN profile to a Facebook account, PS3 owners will able to automatically update their news feed with Trophy and PlayStation Store activity. You’ll never miss a […]
With an official count of 1.23 million units sold in the UK on launch day, Modern Warfare 2 is well on track to become this year’s biggest entertainment launch, just as publisher Activision said it would. How is the proper sequel to 2007’s Infinity Ward-developed Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare stacking up in terms of worldwide sales? While exact […]
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 […]
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 […]