Posted: February 15th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Bayonetta, Valkyria Chronicles | No Comments »
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| “Sunday’s paper had an ad for Target selling PS3 dual shock controller’s for $39.99 here in Texas. Not sure if it’s nationwide and didn’t see any other posts about it. Sorry, don’t have an ad scan… This is a content summary only. Please visit…” |
| “Let’s not forget this game is also coming to the DS – or, well, it’s already come to the platform, as someone apparently got a copy before next week’s release and posted more than four minutes of gameplay to YouTube.You can see Sonic in action…” |
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“Well-read sales analysis enthusiasts are already well aware that some of January’s most anticipated games did not become January’s bestselling games. While some new properties, like THQ’s Darksiders, managed a top ten showing, some settled for the…” |
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“The developers of Supreme Commander, Dungeon Siege and Demigod have announced their next project (despite Supreme Commander 2 still a few weeks off), the real-time strategy game Kings and Castles. First footage of Chris Taylor feeding a horse…” |
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“PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain won’t be out until February 23, but there could be an announcement regarding the game’s controls in the very near future. “If you are talking about Motion Control, this is something we initially considered for Heavy Rain,”…” |
| “Video Games | Ace Attorney: Edgeworth | Japanese Definitions Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Army of Two, Battlefield: Bad Company, Bayonetta, BioShock, Burnout Paradise, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII, God of War III, Just Cause 2, Lemmings, LittleBigPlanet, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Store, Sonic Unleashed, The Beatles: Rock Band, Valkyria Chronicles, Wipeout HD | No Comments »
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“Music Generator: CoLD SToRAGE Interview From Wipeout to Gravity Crash, we talk with the man behind some of gaming’s best electronic soundtracks. By Sam Kennedy Chances are if you were into games during the PlayStation era, you became…” |
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“Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime made a pretty bold prediction back in November. Prior to their respective releases, he said that New Super Mario Bros Wii would outsell the 360 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by the end of…” |
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“Second verse, same as the first. Tonight’s January NPD numbers aren’t terribly surprising; most systems kept their relative positions. The obvious exception is the constant battle between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation 3 squeaked…” |
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“Update: New concept art of Mega Man’s weapons and screens for his upcoming adventure have been added to our gallery.Original: Capcom has confirmed a staggered March release for Mega Man’s second, current-gen, 8-bit quest. Nintendo Wii fans will get…” |
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“This week’s PSN update is highlighted by the sopping wet delight of the Heavy Rain demo. We liked the “interactive drama” in our review, but now’s the time to try it out and decide if the gameplay is right for you. There’s actually plenty going on in…” |
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“Sure, last month’s NPD numbers post had all sorts of green arrows plastered all about its form — this month, we knew things would go down. Little known fact: Christmas never occurs in January, and this year is no exception. Without Consumermas…” |
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“The folks at Zipper Interactive have been in an unenviable position for the past eighteen months. Ever since the studio’s flagship PS3 title MAG was revealed during Sony’s E3 2008 press conference, the gaming populace’s collective expectation (or,…” |
| “Videos The Aussie Source – February 12th News Mega Man 10 Gets its Day in the US New Super Mario Bros. Wii Tops January NPD Sales Layoffs At Radical, Neversoft – Luxoflux Closes New Tony Hawk Will Ride Again “All You Need Is Love” DLC…” |
| “Video Games | Fieldrunners | Launch Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “PSP 43,163 Wii 36,149 DSi LL 28,080 PS3 25,450 DSi 19,116 DS Lite 5,410 Xbox 360 3,651 PS2 2,047 PSP go 1,738 Link” |
| “United States sales Modern Warfare 2 – Xbox 360 – 6,156,700 million units sold – PS3 – 3,249,000 million units sold New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 4,866,700 million copies sold Here’s where the problem comes in. Some people believe that Reggie…” |
| “- retail video game industry sales in the U.S. (software, hardware, accessories) were $1.17 billion, a 13 percent decrease from January 2009 – hardware made $353.7 million for the month, down 21 percent. – software made $597.9 million for the month,…” |
| “Music and Fitness Fail Whilst core gamers drove their respected categories to record highs, the Music and Fitness genres failed to deliver to last year’s standards. In fact, 90% of the decline in January software sales can directly be attributed to…” |
| “Intrigued by the prospect of Heavy Rain? Still not sold by our review of the story-driven PlayStation 3 adventure? Then download the demo, which leads this week’s North American PlayStation Store update. The decision to download or not to download…” |
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“Danger. You are at risk of discussing January’s U.S. video game sales data without the proper analysis at the ready. Grab a marker and consider scribbling the following cheat-sheet notes on your hand. For the raw data, check out the NPD’s U.S January…” |
Posted: January 28th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Bayonetta, LittleBigPlanet, Madden NFL, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Store | No Comments »
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“Gearbox Software has officially announced and detailed the third and “largest” helping of downloadable content for its popular shooter RPG Borderlands, the level cap raisin’ “Secret Armory of General Knoxx.” Gearbox and 2K promise “brutal,…” |
| “After a couple dry weeks in the North American PlayStation Store, things are lookin’ up. New games, new PS one Classics, new PSP minis and one new demo for Kotaku’s Game of the Year. If you’re one of those confused PlayStation 3 owners who hasn’t yet…” |
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“Matt Hazard, the guns-blazing game-hero parody with a “legendary” status that’s never quite been explained, goes searching for his backstory again in Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond. Vicious Cycle may have overreached with the predecessor, Eat…” |
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“We’ve seen the suggestive trailers and the “Really Naughty Limited Edition,” but what about Record of Agarest War’s gameplay? Aksys’ Cherie Baker fills us in on the game’s serious side, its T rating, and a little PlayStation 3 love. Aksys has been…” |
| “After Burner Climax is coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Networks, something we’ve known for months now. But Sega is making it official, pegging the game for digital release sometime this spring. One of Sega’s official blogs puts the XBLA…” |
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“I just finished racing a couple of laps of Disney’s Split/Second racing game. Impressions to come. But first an observation about something I couldn’t observe: the racing game’s speedometer. It had none. And I didn’t miss it. Split/Second’s…” |
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“Sega has released an update for the PlayStation 3 version of Bayonetta, addressing one of the complaints we had about the port of Platinum Games action game, frequent and lengthy load times. Those load times are much improved. The 138 MB download…” |
Posted: January 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Bayonetta, PlayStation Store, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | No Comments »
PlayStation 3 news from around the web:
| “No sign of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Sony’s released a single-player demo of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on the PlayStation Store. This belated sampler…” |
| “Including sports and pet-themed efforts. Sony is set to release 10 games for the PS3 motion controller by the end of the year. That’s according to a…” |
| “Long PS3 loads a thing of the past? The patch enabling Bayonetta to be installed to the PS3 hard-drive is live in Europe. SEGA’s download is 136MB and…” |
Posted: January 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Bayonetta, Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, PlayStation Store | No Comments »
PlayStation 3 news from around the web:
| “Is it only Wednesday? It seems like the weeks are getting longer. Blitz 3d: Blitz Games’ CTO Andrew Oliver is a fan of 3d games. Last year at the Develop Conference he did a talk about Invincible Tiger, their 3d game – back then people were…” |
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“Sega of Japan announced that it will release an update for the PS3 version of Bayonetta tomorrow, which adds an “Install” item to the game’s main menu. The patch, first tentatively announced in November, is intended to cut down the long load times…” |
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“Aksys Games has taken to promoting Record of Agarest War in a … unique way, downplaying the actual strategy RPG gameplay in favor of lasciviousness. That extends (huh-huh, we said “extends”) to the limited edition release of the Xbox 360 version,…” |
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“Update: Reader Kevin K shared this link from Eurogamer’s resident egghead, Richard Leadbetter of DigitalFoundry, who notes that “it remains unclear what the ramifications of the hack actually are” and that “right now there has been no “hello world”…” |
| “[UPDATE] Sequel to Capcom’s popular sci-fi action-adventure will launch simultaneously in US and EU on PS3 and Xbox 360; new trailer shows Marcus Fenix and Dominic making surprise appearance on EDN III.” |
| “Dead Rising 2 is set several years after the infamous zombie invasion of Willamette. Unfortunately, the zombie virus was not contained at the conclusion of Dead Rising, spreading unchecked throughout the United States and Dead Rising 2 depicts a…” |
| “The 20-year-old hacker best known for cracking Apple’s iPhone says he’s done it again, this time with Sony’s PlayStation 3.” |
Posted: January 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Bayonetta, PlayStation Network | No Comments »
PlayStation 3 news from around the web:
| “Will be a prequel to the main game. EA’s clarified that the Dark Forest DLC for Dante’s Inferno will be available to Xbox 360 owners, too. However, the…” |
| “Evolution Studios on how Sony is building a 3D future for gaming. We may not have flying cars, or miniature pet elephants, but at least some bits of the future films and books have been promising us for…” |
| ““Hopefully this will ignite the scene.” iPhone hacker George Hotz, aka Geohot, today released his PlayStation 3 “hack” – inviting other coders to pick up the baton and continue his…” |
| ““Are we going bonkers?” asks Relentless. Relentless has revealed to Eurogamer that the next episode in the Blue Toad Murder Files series for PlayStation Network will be…” |
| “But only in Japan for now. The Japanese PS3 version of Bayonetta will receive a patch tomorrow enabling hard-drive installs. You’ll be able to do the honours through the in-game…” |
| “Full online tournament! Altitude effects! As expected, EA has this morning lifted the lid on the 2010 FIFA World Cup videogame. It’s coming to PS3, PSP,…” |
Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Bayonetta, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII, Just Cause 2, Rock Band 2, Tekken 6, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 | No Comments »
PlayStation 3 news from around the web:
| “WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 (PS3) Was: $29.82 Now: $8.96 ” |
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“Not having played every game on every platform, I was hesitant to issue genre/platform awards for my “Best Of” individual editor picks. Instead, I opted for one aspect of games that rarely gets award-level attention—costume and character…” |
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“To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Hey, I Got A Magic Mouse I think we finally figured out what Ginger, our recently adopted 6-month-old puppy is. She appears to be a dachshund-rat terrier mix. There’s a whole kennel club dedicated to all of these strange…” |
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“MTV Games and Harmonix are bringing cowbell classic “Hair of the Dog” from Nazareth to Rock Band next week alongside a batch of classic and arena rock from Hawkwind, Motörhead, Blue Öyster Cult and more. Rock Band and Rock Band 2 owners can enjoy…” |
| “Portable PS3 Mod that allows gamers to roam around playing their PS3 games, probably the best thing since sliced bread.” |
Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Bayonetta, Just Cause 2, Killzone 2, PlayStation Store, Resistance 2 | No Comments »
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“One thing’s for sure: When you’re playing an open-world game, crazy stuff is bound to happen. Whether it’s gravity-defying stunts, unexpected head-on collisions, or hilarious glitches, we’ve all had moments in these games that we wish we could’ve…” |
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“Next week’s Rock Band DLC — mostly comprised of former Metal Track Pack exclusives — might be the most umlaut-riddled batch of downloadable tracks to date. A pair of songs from Blue Öyster Cult lead the charge, with additional DLC from Motörhead,…” |
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“Still waiting to give Uncharted 2 a try before taking the plunge and buying it? Naughty Dog will finally get around to appeasing those with a try-before-you-buy mentality next Thursday, January 28, when they release a single-player demo of Uncharted…” |
| “Hideki Kamiya has no problem with putting together a sequel to Bayonetta, with a second game likely from <span class="greyItalic">"a different angle"</span> than the first. <br /> <br />That means <span…” |
Posted: January 21st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Bayonetta | No Comments »
PlayStation 3 news from around the web:
| “Now save an extra 15% off when you purchase Two or More Game Titles at GameStop. Pick two or more in-stock titles priced at $20+ before savings and get an extra 15% off. Choose from new and classic titles for PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii or DS,…” |
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“Bayonetta Moon Different people connect to different games. But sometimes you find a game sparks a range of strong opinion. Bayonetta on the 360 and PS3 is one of those games. Over on my GamePeople blog we have had a bunch of our (older) family…” |
Posted: January 19th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Army of Two, Bayonetta, God of War III | No Comments »
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“Guess the magic wand of a controller that will make its way to the PS3 has been christened Arc, although Sony has yet to comment or verify this piece of information that is fast making its way around the Internet. Unfortunately for eager beavers, the…” |
| “While God of War III will conclude the trilogy, it won’t spell the end of the franchise, Sony Santa Monica’s John Hight reveals in a recent interview with Joystiq. With the third game “capping off what we started with God of War,” Hight says we…” |
