Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Arkanoid, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Metal Slug, MotorStorm, Noby Noby Boy, PlayStation Network, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 5, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo | No Comments »
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“At least see the high-res version before you start arguing. Multiplatform games are rarely as scrutinized as this. However, Final Fantasy XIII’s fall from PS3 exclusivity has certainly sparked countless fanboy battles that rage online and,…” |
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“When you finally play Lost Planet 2 after it launches on May 18, you’ll explore and uncover more of the misplaced celestial orb than ever before — but you won’t see everything. In an interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu (transcript; Kotaku…” |
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“It’s time for Sony’s big PSN series premiere. Yep, The Tester is now available to download for free on your PSP and PS3. We promised SCEA’s Chris Morell not to make fun of it here, so let’s move on to the good stuff. Notably, there are three PSone…” |
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“When Warren Spector’s first Junction Point Studios title, Disney Epic Mickey, was revealed, many gamers were miffed to learn that the game was exclusive to the Wii — especially after being inundated with some spectacular concept art for the game. It…” |
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““Part cat, part girl – and fully lethal.” That’s how Krome Studios’ press release describes the heroine of the upcoming Blade Kitten, a two-part, downloadable arcade action game coming to the PS3 this Spring. The anime-inspired game is based off a…” |
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“Thanks to Newegg, you can grab 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand for a price closer than ever to 50 cents. As part of a “blowout” sale, you can pick up 50 for $9.99 on Xbox 360, or $12.99 on PS3 (a paltry 300 Cent more) with free shipping. If that’s not the…” |
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“We want to be up front with you: We’re not entirely sure Noby Noby Boy is a “game” in the usual way we understand it. No, we’re not talking about last year’s PS3 release (though one could argue …); instead, we’re talking about today’s iPhone…” |
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“Last week, Xbox 360 owners got the first look at Fable 3, the newest Peter Molyneux game. Don’t feel left out, members of the PlayStation Family — you’ve got your own Molyneux game on the way! An old one! The ESRB has rated the PlayStation version…” |
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“While it’s true that the high-rolling blogging lifestyle has left us out-of-touch with the needs of the unwashed masses, even the fat cats at Joystiq understand that everyone loves a deal (if only to free up some much needed capital for, let’s say, a…” |
| “Newegg has MotorStorm Pacific Rift for the Playstation 3 for $28 with free shipping. Pacific Rift moves the franchise away from the sweltering desert to the tropical Pacific Ocean. Play with up to 4 players locally, or up to 16 online.” |
Posted: February 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII, God of War III, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, PlayStation Home, PlayStation Network | No Comments »
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“After Final Fantasy XIII’s lengthy (not to mention expensive) development cycle, it makes sense that Square Enix would look into less expensive alternatives for their flagship franchise. Those alternatives don’t extend as far as moving it to…” |
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“If you’re still playing Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, it looks like you’re going to have to be satisfied with the upcoming Overwatch pack when it arrives later this month. Codemasters is moving on. In a recent post in the official forums,…” |
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“The PS3’s Blu-ray format offers developers plenty of space to fill. But the Xbox 360 doesn’t use Blu-ray, it uses DVD. That makes things tricky if a studio is planning to release a multi-platform title like Lost Planet 2. In a recent interview, Lost…” |
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“Everyone loves Star Wars, right? And Indiana Jones? But do you love them so much you’d sign into PlayStation Home and pay money for some virtual cosplay? Sony announced earlier today that Lucasarts will soon be going for the hip-pockets of fans of…” |
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“Wake up! After that headline, we saw you start dozing and we wanted to make sure you were with us for the next hundred-ish words of pure, unbridled excitement. According to SouthPeak Interactive’s fiscal 2010 second quarter financial results released…” |
| “Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system looks snazzy and up-to-date, but it will be at a disadvantage in the handset market because Microsoft plans to charge carriers to use it on its devices.CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday that…” |
| “As part of its latest Madness Sale, GoGamer.com offers deals on several video games, PC games, and more, with prices as low as $1.90. With shipping starting at $2.99, many are at the lowest total prices we could find. Sale ends February 19 at 1am ET….” |
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“What do you do if you really want a Windows Phone 7 handset but prefer PlayStation to Xbox 360? Microsoft may end up catering for you too, with a senior product manager on the mobile division musing on the possibility. Michael Chang told TechRadar…” |
Posted: January 30th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Army of Two, Dragon Age: Origins, Final Fantasy, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Madden NFL, Metal Gear Solid, NBA Live 09, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Resident Evil, The Beatles: Rock Band | No Comments »
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| “No real theme to this week’s deals, but that means there’s a wide array of cheap stuff being offered out there – some of it meh, most of it good.Hardware • 360 console update: Best Buy has the Elite with free Madden NFL and an extra controller ($76…” |
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“Apple’s unveiling of a tablet PC threatened to crowd out the rest of the games and devices news this week, but we didn’t let that stop us from delivering our usual slate of reports, reviews and rumors.iPad Hands On With Apple’s iPad, Everything But…” |
Posted: January 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition | No Comments »
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“The Apple iPad may be great for web-browsing. It may be the best slate on which to list half of the 10 Commandments since solid rock. But, for gamers, well, thou shalt have some legitimate doubts about this thing. Why might the iPad not become the…” |
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“I may be very preoccupied with MAG these days, but I haven’t forgotten about Heavy Rain. The very different PS3-exclusive is set for a February release, but I just received review code for the mail. The disc came in a shoebox that spoke when I opened…” |
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“War broke out on my Playstation 3 last night, slowly unfolding like a deadly blossom over the course of seven hours. That’s seven hours without break, or nearly a day’s work playing the PS3’s massively first-person shooter MAG and loving every minute…” |
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“If you’re already worn out over our drip-feed of Apple Tablet speculation and rumors, then you might want to skip the Apple Tablet news that will be hitting the site later today. We’ll be at Apple’s big, invite-only San Francisco event liveblogging…” |
| “To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Think of the Kittens This morning, Mrs. Bashcraft’s grandfather passed away. Today the family is attending a wake. Tomorrow there will be a funeral service. Funerals in Japan are both cathartic and emotionally and…” |
| “George Hotz, GeoHot, has spent 5 weeks figuring out how to hack the PS3 and had it pretty much figured out last week with complete access to the system. In a posting on his blog last Friday he said there was no plan to release his findings yet…” |
| “Imagine this scenario. You are an international flyer and stuck at the airport due to flight delays. You are bored beyond belief and your only outlet for entertainment is to play a game of solitaire on your cell phone. If only there was something…” |
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“The iPad announcement from Apple today managed to take a lot of people by surprise, in spite of all of the pre-event speculation. And the crowd that saw the device up close was impressed with the design, quality, price, business strategy and…” |
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“Footy aficionados fancying themselves some world class football will get just that in EA’s newly announced spinoff, FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa. Simultaneously releasing on Xbox 360, PS3, PSP and Wii, this special installment — only once every…” |
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“Sony PS3 BBC News has reported that the PS3 has been unlocked by George Hortz, a US hacker well-known for hacking the iPhone when he was a teenager. Read more…” |
| “EA footie series returns to Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, and mobile platforms April 27 in North America, April 30 for Europe and Asia.” |
Posted: January 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition | No Comments »
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“The Japanese games industry is alive and kicking. At least, that’s what Japanese game retailers would have you believe. Japanese game magazine Famitsu recently asked 94 game retailers across Japan what 2009 did for them. Seventy percent said that the…” |
| “Yesterday’s announcement of Gears of War characters Marcus and Dom appearing in Lost Planet 2 had us wondering one thing: whose crazy idea was this? Kotaku reports that it was Capcom’s, and they took the first step in contacting Epic about it….” |
Posted: January 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Bayonetta, Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, PlayStation Store | No Comments »
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| “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: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition | No Comments »
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| “Last night’s Capcom event didn’t carry a lot of surprises, but one reveal definitely caught us off-guard. The new trailer (above) shows off the familiar Gears of War characters Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago making a cameo in the Xbox 360 version…” |
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“The Xbox 360 version of Darksiders will receive its awaited screen-tearing patch tomorrow, according to a post on the site’s community page. The patch will start circulating to the servers at around 2 a.m. PST Wednesday. So if you’re willing to stay…” |
Posted: January 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Army of Two, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Ninja Gaiden, PlayStation Network, Resident Evil 5, Resistance: Fall of Man, Street Fighter IV | No Comments »
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“Ninja Gaiden II Σ character Ayane is getting immortalized in resin. Again. Her assets, too. You know, the two weapons she bears. Like, her dual swords. Ayane, who usually appears in fighting series Dead or Alive, appears as a playable character…” |
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“We are brimming with shiny gadget deals on today’s Dealzmodo. Get your paws on a Core i3 Lenovo, a solid and rugged Nikon D3000, and check out today’s Hobomodo offerings including some sweet Air Hockey action. Top Deals: • 15.6″ Lenovo G550 Core…” |
| “In case you were interested in picking up Zombieland on Blu-ray when it’s released February 2nd, know that it will come with a custom PS3 theme. According to High-Def Digest: Not advertised anywhere on the package, if you put the ‘Zombieland’ disc in…” |
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“It has begun. With iPhone hacker George Hotz (the kids call him GeoHot) releasing his PlayStation 3 exploit to the world today, he’s kicked off what’s sure to be a non-stop game of cat-and-mouse between the global hacking community and the Japanese…” |
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“God of War II was almost a PS3 game (at least, before it did become a PS3 game). In an interview with Game Informer, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida remembered the internal debate over whether to release God of War II as one of the last…” |
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“Looking to add some more psychotic mercenaries to your life in increments of two, but light on cash in this ridiculously overstuffed Q1? Look to Amazon’s Video Game Deal of the Day to fulfill your Army of Two: The 40th Day-related needs. For today…” |
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“Having pulled some of its heaviest hitters out of the busy Q1 release calendar, Capcom is ready to reassign those titles to an entirely new part of the calendar, one that hasn’t been getting nearly as much attention as its numeric predecessor: Q2….” |
Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Killzone 2, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, PlayStation Network, Resistance 2, Street Fighter IV, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | No Comments »
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“Copyright © AiGameDev.com, 2009. 2009 has been a very important year for game AI as a discipline, possibly one of the most significant yet. I feel a bit less guilty about struggling to keep up with everything just looking at how fast our field…” |
| “Plus: Monster Hunter Tri due in April. Capcom has announced a whole bundle of release dates for its forthcoming titles. First up is Lost Planet 2,…” |
| “It’s not free, though. The downloadable add-on for Uncharted 2 revealed by Sony Japan last week has been confirmed for worldwide release, although it’s not free as was originally…” |
| “Expecting heavy rain? Who built the Arc? Sony, apparently – the company has just been revealed as the owner of PlayStationArc.com. VGChartz made the…” |
| “There’s just no denying that Oppo makes some really nice, high quality disc players… but they cost a premium… even if you’re not picking a rebranded Oppo up under the Lexicon banner at a $3000 price hike. With the PlayStation…” |
Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Street Fighter IV | No Comments »
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| “Price Drop. Amazon has the The Beatles: Rockband Limited Edition Premium Bundle for PS3 for $170 with free shipping. Includes Höfner Bass guitar, Ludwig-branded drums, and microphone with stand. [Compare]” |
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| “Today only, click the “Deal 2″ tab at MidnightBox.com to find the refurbished Logitech Driving Force GT Racing Wheel for PlayStation 3 for $51.95 plus $3.99 for shipping. That’s $68 under the lowest total price we could find for a new unit. Features…” |
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“PC title Monster Hunter Frontier is coming to the Xbox 360. It was announced at the Xbox Japan event today in Tokyo. The game first appeared on the PC back in summer 2007. A closed beta test will begin this May in Japan. Initially, there will be a PC…” |
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“Later today, Xbox Japan is holding a special event in Tokyo with game developer Capcom. The event was teased last week with an image that simply read: Capcom x Microsoft 2010.01.26 CAPCOM TITLE PREMIERE FOR XBOX 360 But what is this new title?…” |
