Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Ed
You can tell a lot about a company by the parties they throw. Sony clearly know parties, as demonstrated by the following checklist: cool venue, free food, free booze, celebrity DJ, hands-on tech, and the obligatory glamorous people. Did I have a good time? Yes. But more importantly, is the Playstation Video Store any good? [...]
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Filed under: Europe News, Main, Playstation Store, Software Updates, Xmb
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by csreynolds
More and more first-person shooters are incorporating a zombie element these days. Following in the footsteps of Treyarch’s Call of Duty: World at War, Gearbox will be releasing a zombie-oriented DLC package for Borderlands, entitled ‘The Zombie Island of Dr Ned’.
The story goes: a moustache-touting doctor has accidentally zombified the working-class inhabitants of Jakob’s Cove. [...]
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Filed under: B, DLC, Games, Playstation Store, Release Dates, preview
Posted on November 17th, 2009 by csreynolds
The word on TheSixthAxis is that fungus-filled strategy game Mushroom Wars will be hitting the PlayStation Network again – this time in the format of a playable demo.
Ok, so we realise developer Creat Studios has adopted the try-before-you-buy philosophy a little late, releasing a demo weeks after the full game was released for purchase, but that’s a technicality. [...]
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Filed under: Demos, Game Download, Games, M, Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Release Dates
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by csreynolds
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Sackboy…
That’s right, it’s nearly one year since Media Molecule blessed Sony’s next-generation console with ‘Play, Create, Share’ masterpiece LittleBigPlanet. To celebrate this momentous occasion, the developers have fashioned a charming birthday cake costume (image after the break), which will be available to download free from the [...]
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Filed under: DLC, Games, L, LittleBigPlanet, Playstation Store, Release Dates
Posted on October 30th, 2009 by csreynolds
At long last Marvel has publicised a release date, together with pricing, for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2’s first DLC package.
The new content comprises three more playable characters, namely Carnage, Psylocke and Cable, complimented by some additional Team Boosts and a handful of simulator missions. If that wasn’t enough, Juggernaut (originally a pre-order exclusive bonus character) [...]
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Filed under: DLC, Games, M, Playstation Store, Release Dates
Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Stevie
The PS3 releases this month have been as strong as ever, and fortunately the great games are still flooding in for Christmas time. This month’s OPM reviews the greatly anticipated Italian stealth simulator, FIFA’s ugly sister, the epitome of the PlayStation fighting genre, a game where you ferociously make flailing arm movements at your TV to cater for your “virtual pet” (yeah right, you crazy man) and many more. Hit the jump for the latest scores.
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Filed under: A, Assassin's Creed 2, E, G, Games, Modern Warfare 2, P, PlayStation Portable, Playstation Network, Playstation Store, R, Review
Posted on October 16th, 2009 by csreynolds
At last the rumours, conjecture and guesswork can cease – or can they? According to Product Reviews, Treyarch has confirmed that there will be a fourth Map Pack for Call of Duty: World at War.
On October 25th, a sole Nazi Zombies map entitled ‘Gebiet 51’ (Area 51) will be available to purchase from the Xbox LIVE [...]
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Filed under: C, DLC, Games, Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Release Dates, Rumors
Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Gamoc
It’s that time of week again; PSN update time. This is where the cool music would be playing – maybe some Audioslave. This week, we’ve got some mushroom warfare, something that needs tuning, surprisingly addictive card games and pack of WipEout HD with it’s DLC.
In other news/areas of the store, there’s a lot of special [...]
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Filed under: Playstation Network, Playstation Store
Posted on October 14th, 2009 by csreynolds
Every gamer loves a gadget, so you imagine our ecstasy when we first heard about Sony Ericsson’s Aino, a mobile phone handset that can be synchronised with the PS3 to give ’users on-the-go’ access to Remote Play features, and an array of other multimedia tools.
Subsequent to the device’s launch yesterday, the EU PlayStation Blog has published an article detailing [...]
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Filed under: Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Sony news
Posted on October 12th, 2009 by Gamoc
Soldner-X: Himmelsturmer, the PSN shooter with the odd name and odd markings that we don’t know how to do on our keyboard, is going to get a sequel in the form of Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype. The sequel will be PSN exclusive, will feature 2 different ships to shoot things with, 7 levels to shoot [...]
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Filed under: Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Release Dates
Posted on October 9th, 2009 by csreynolds
At PS3Vault, we do our very best to refrain from using the phrase ‘we told you so’ unless it’s absolutely necessary. We make no apologies, however, for screaming from the rooftops when our presuppositions are confirmed by an official body.
You might remember us hinting last month that Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee could be making its way [...]
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Filed under: Game Download, Games, Interviews, O, Playstation Store, official
Posted on October 8th, 2009 by Michael O'Connor
Riding on the back of last weeks huge PlayStation Store update, this month sees a hefty amount of new content being added to the European story.
Highlights include two of the Fallout 3 content packs (Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta), Tomb Raider Legend, and (finally), Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?
PS3 Content
Special Offers
-Monster Hunter Freedom [...]
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Filed under: PlayStation Portable, Playstation Network, Playstation Store
Posted on October 6th, 2009 by csreynolds
Following the announcement of Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition at the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom is reaching out the PS3 community to ask how the new content included in Japan’s physical package (Biohazard 5: Alternative Edition) should be made available to those inhabiting the EU and North America.
It goes without saying that a brand new [...]
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Filed under: DLC, Games, Motion Control, Playstation Store, R, Tokyo Game Show, official
Posted on September 29th, 2009 by Gamoc
Creat Studios, those folks behind Magic Ball, have announced Digger HD, a HD remake of the classic game, Digger (obviously) that will release exclusively on PSN on 1st October on the US and the 8th in the EU. The game with have the classic monster-dodging, jewel-collecting, dirt-digging gameplay with a HD shine that we’re sure [...]
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Filed under: D, Games, Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Release Dates
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by csreynolds
It’s fair to say that last week’s PlayStation Store update was pretty substantial. Yet, according to PlayStation Lifestyle, this week’s is said to be even bigger.
Why? Well, as per SCEE PlayStation Store team member Mike Kebby, Thursday’s update will add a lot of PSP-specific content to compliment the launch of Sony’s new PSP Go hand-held device, including [...]
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Filed under: DLC, Demos, G, Games, Gran Turismo, PlayStation Portable, Playstation Store, T