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 […]
Publisher Electronic Arts sent word today that a playable demo of DICE’s forthcoming first-person shooter Battlefield: Bad Company will hit the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network next month on Thursday, June 5. Highlighting both the single-player and multi-player aspect of Bad Company, the free demo will allow players to experience the multiplayer Gold Rush mode on the Oasis map. […]
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced that survival horror title Siren Blood Curse will be hitting the PS3’s PlayStation Network this summer. The game will be broken up into twelve “TV-style” episodes. The next-gen horror-survival title is set in the Japanese village of Hanuda, where a TV crew from America arrive to research the legend of the ‘Vanished Village’ where […]
Capcom has sent word that an expansion to its original top-down shooter Rocketmen: Axis of Evil will hit the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network later this month on May 14 and 15, respectively. Entitled It Came from Your Uranus, the expansion pack requires that players already own Axis of Evil. Priced at 400 Microsoft Points ($5), newly added content […]
Speaking at the company’s first quarter earnings call, Philippe Dauman, chief executive of MTV parent Viacom, revealed that “more than 10 million” Rock Band songs have been downloaded since the game’s debut in late November. By comparison, 3 million units of the game have shipped since launch. You could theoretically say that at least every Rock Band owner is downloading […]
To coincide with its PlayStation Day event, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that next week Tuesday will mark the PSN release of Free Radical’s long-awaited first person shooter Haze in demo form. No word on if the North American store will receive a similar update on Tuesday. Even if not, demos are usually region-free, so in that case you […]
Activision today announced that British rock band Muse is poised to return to Guitar Hero with the release of an all-new downloadable song pack for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Composed of three separate tracks, the pack features hits “Supermassive Black Hole,” “Exo-Politics,” and “Stockholm Syndrome.” The Muse track pack will hit PSN […]
SCEA senior producer Deborah Mars has confirmed that Q-Games’ upcoming Encore expansion for PixelJunk Monsters will hit the PlayStation Network this May. Alongside the official confirmation of a release window, Mars gave a brief overview of all that is included in the expansion. Encore features the inclusion of Toki Island, 15 all-new levels, 5 new music tracks by indy artist […]
Koei has revealed that its futuristic racing title Fatal Inertia EX will hit the PlayStation Network in late May, with no plans for a retail release. In case you haven’t been following the racer, it was originally scheduled to release alongside the launch of the PS3 but due to various issues with Epic’s Unreal Engine 3, was delayed. An Xbox […]
Headlining this week’s mammoth PlayStation Store update is PSOne classic R-Types, along with Infinity Ward’s Variety Map Pack for Call of Duty 4, an SSC Challenge map pack for Army of Two, and an expansion pack for PS3 title Eye of Judgement: Biolith Rebellion 2 featuring new creatures and abilities. The rest of the weekly offerings in terms of add-on […]
Kumi Yuasa, associate producer for upcoming PlayStation Network title echochrome, has revealed that a demo of the perspective-bending puzzler will be freely available to download from the PS Store tomorrow. You can check out the brief gameplay clip above to catch a glimpse of what echochrome is all about. The playable demo that’s set to hit PSN is essentially the […]
According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, which cites anonymous film studio executives, Sony is set to launch its online video download service later this summer. As rumors have previously suggested, sources close to the LA Times say that the online store will closely integrated with Sony’s PlayStation Network. Among the store’s initial offerings are said to be […]
After a two week hiatus due to redesigning efforts, the weekly PlayStation Store update is back in full force. Spearheading this week’s update is Polyphony Digital’s racer Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in downloadable form. Other notable additions include the Warhawk Broken Mirror expansion pack, seven new Rock Band tracks (one of which is free – Portal’s Still Alive), a single […]
SEGA has sent word that a playable demo of its Iron Man movie tie-in will be released through the 360’s Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow. The same demo is set to hit the PlayStation Network “soon,” although no firm date was provided. More than likely, this means that PS3 owners will have to wait until next Thursday’s store update. Oh snap.
As part of its digital distribution initiative, Namco Bandai today announced PowerUp Forever, an original sci-fi shooter scheduled to hit the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade service later this summer. In the game, players pilot a lone space ship in an extraterrestrial universe while blasting away at alien-like foes. What separates PowerUp Forever from your typical arcade shooter is […]
The Warhawk v1.31 patch, which promises to fix the issue that prevented players from team switching on player ranked servers, is now available for download. In addition to addressing complaints regarding the team switching blunder, the patch removes the “unlimited score” field from the Game Options menu and reinstates the Team-Randomization and Team-Roster-Balance server options.
It’s about time. According to Sony Computer Entertainment America senior vice president Peter Dille, pre-paid PlayStation Network cards will be available in denominations of $20 and $50 beginning “this spring.” The cards were originally anticipated to appear in stores last year, when Sony sent out a number of $20 pre-paid PSN cards to select members of the press. Inside PLAYSTATION […]
Ubisoft today announced that a demo of Free Radical’s Nectar-fueled first-person shooter Haze will be released exclusively on the PlayStation Network next month. No firm date was provided, aside from the vague release window of “early May.” The demo promises to give players a sweet taste of what to expect in Haze, featuring bits of the single-player campaign plus an […]
The upcoming Bionic Commando Rearmed remake has received an M rating from the ESRB, according to Capcom’s official website. Judging from the released gameplay videos, you’d think that the game deserves a T rating. But apparently the brief scene with Hilter’s head exploding made the ESRB drop this one into the 17+ category. Bionic Commando Rearmed is slated to hit […]
Just a quick reminder that the much-anticipated PlayStation Store redesign has officially gone live and the accompanying firmware 2.30 update is available to download from Network Update. To coincide with the launch of the revamped store, an all-new Super Stardust HD expansion pack is available for $4.99, notably adding four new game modes plus an “Easy” difficulty setting for Arcade […]