News/Announcements

LittleBigBeta over

We’re sad to announce the closing of the LittleBigPlanet beta. After almost 3 weeks of open beta testing the time to close this chapter of the game has come.
For some it has brought joy as they were able to enter the beta, maybe even prior to the open beta. Other were saddened that they [...]


Marvel Vs Capcom 2 coming

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has been rated by the ESRB and has been rated for Teen Blood, Suggestive Themes and Violence. This release will most likely make it’s way to the Playstation Store rather than in retail with updated HD graphics and gameplay enhancements.
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LittleBigPlanet bundle confirmed for Europe

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has confirmed to VG247 that a LittleBigPlanet bundle will launch in Europe on the 31st of October 2008.
So, what will be in this bundle? The bundle will consist of the game, an 80GB PS3 and a DualShock 3 controller for £299.
It doesn’t sound like the cute DualShock 3 packs containing nothing [...]


LittleBigPlanet released early… well for some people

There are some lucky people out there, that lucky they have LittleBigPlanet early! The first shot if from the XMB straight into the game.
A source who wishes to remain anonymous so as he puts it “won’t get hunted down”, has sent along a wealth of pictures of him un-boxing the US version of Little Big [...]


Uncharted Waters coming next year

Don’t get this mixed up, this has nothing to do with Uncharted Drake’s Fortune. Developed by Koei, Uncharted Waters is a PC title that will be making it’s way to the Playstation 3 in 2009.
The PS3 version will have enhanced visuals and a new interface. The PS3 version could also use the same servers as [...]


The games of TGS 2008

Now that the Tokyo Game Show is over, what were the Playstation 3 games? There were supposed to be some unannounced games, in fact there were, Demon Souls being one of them. Anyway, here’s the list.

White Knight Chronicles (PS3)
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue Spec III (PS3)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
Demon’s Souls (PS3)
Yakuza 3 (PS3)
Winning Eleven 2009 (PS3)
Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires (PS3)
Metal Gear Online (PS3)
Quantum Theory (PS3)
Flower (PS3)
Spelunker (PS3)

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Resistance 2 Beta Invites Sent Monday/Tuesday

A moderator made a post in the myresistance.net forums saying that Resistance 2 beta codes will be sent out to those that have got accepted tomorrow at 11pm Pacific Time. 
oh yeah, and by Monday .. I mean like 11:oo Pacific Time … 
I REALLY doubt we’ll hear anything until then. … .
Keep an eye pealed on [...]


Resident Evil: Degeneration gets dated

After three Resident Evil movies Sony Pictures went with a CGI cast instead of regular actors with the latest edition.
The fourth Resident Evil movie named Resident Evil: Degeneration will be a direct-to-video movie. You will be able to get the movie on Blu-ray and DVD from December 30th in North America. In Japan the movie [...]


Interesting bit about Home at TGS

With some information related to the Playstation Home beta for Japan, there was some interesting info in SCEJ’s press release.
You already know from us that the Japanese version of Home recently got 24 third party developers and publisher on board to make there own area’s and/or more.
Well it seems that there will be a large-scale [...]


Exclusive items for PS3 version of Dead Space

On the official EU Playstation site it appears that EA is offering an exclusive to PS3 users who pre-order Dead Space.


Just Cause 2 pushed back to 2009

For unknown reasons Just Cause has been pushed back to 2009 by Eidos.
Avalanche Studios was planning on implementing many of the features they couldn’t in the first part and improvements fed by the community. One of these features is chaos activities that reward destructive rampages by increasing influence with associated factions. After you have [...]


[Update]WipeOut HD patch out

After reporting about the bug in WipeOut HD many people were worried about purchasing the game. Either because they were worried that their PS3 would get stuck known with games like Uncharted, or they couldn’t play online because of their huge friends list.
Studio Liverpool has (finally) released a patch for the friends list bug where [...]


Dissidia PSP

Remember when we told you about the first custom PSP-3000, well there is another one on it’s way. This time we can expect to see Amano-esque logo characters Cosmos and Chaos on either side on the back.
(click on the picture if you want to see the HD version of it)

This is a 20th anniversary exclusive [...]


PSP Playstation Store launch in the coming week

In Japan they can expect access from their PSP to the Playstation Store on October 15th. Making this possible is the 5.00 firmware update that will be included which will put the store under the new XMB category that will be added.

Also following the rest of the year through out the holiday season will [...]


Quantum Theory confirmed as PS3 exclusive

Yes thats right, Quantum Theory has been confirmed exclusive to the Playstation 3 at the Tokyo Game Show 2008.
Out of all the possible answers relating to platform exclusivity inquiries, a simple “yes” is easily the most difficult one to extract. This did not prove to be the case with Tecmo’s Makoto Shibata, however, who calmly [...]