News/Announcements

FIFA 09 price slash this weekend

For those of you living in the UK and don’t have FIFA 09 yet you might want to wait until the weekend before you buy it. Tesco will be selling FIFA 09 at a reduced price of just £29.99. ASDA will be reducing the game to £32. Meanwhile, Blockbuster will be selling the game at [...]


Resident Evil 5 Demo Coming in 2009?

According to GAMERCENTERONLINE, they’ve looked into a magazine called GamesTM, and they say that Capcom will be releasing a demo of the game in Early 2009. No word on if this demo will be the E3 build or the Games Convention build. Once we hear a confirmation on this we’ll let you all know. 
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Demon Souls, a new RPG exclusive to PS3

Sony Computer Entertainment has revealed a new RPG in development in the Famitsu magazine. Demon Souls is a new action-RPG exclusive on the Playstation 3 and is being developed by From Software. The game will be playable at this years Tokyo Game Show.

Create your own hero with several customization options available.
You must fight monsters
The monsters [...]


Playstation 3 sales are better than expected

The Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable are selling faster than they are expected to and are on target to meet full-year sales targets even if the current economic crisis hurts holiday demand according to Sony themselves.
Jack Tretton, Chief Executive of Sony Computer Entertainment of America says the console is driven by solid demand by video [...]


Home Not Coming in October

TedTheDog, the Home Community Manager has corrected himself saying that Home 1.0 will be available when 2.50 releases. He says that it is not the case, and the Open Beta will release later this year. 
It was certainly my post that was cut and paste (from the US private forum) but the context was missing.
2.5 is [...]


New MGO Expansion Pack: MEME

Details of a new Metal Gear Online Expansion Pack named MEME, have been surfaced. It will also be playable at the Tokyo Game Show. 
Confirmed maps:
Silo Sunset
Forest Firefight
Winter Warehouse
Characters:
Mei fucking Ling
Liquid Ocelot

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Dead Space Console Exclusive Suits

Dead Space has now hit gold phase, and ready to ship nationwide. EA has also announced that there are going to be an exclusive Suit exclusive for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. 
The PlayStation 3 will get a black suit with the blue eyes. It will only be available for download within the first two [...]


Spelunker coming to PS3 exclusively

The classic NES game Spelunker is coming to the Playstation 3 and will be exclusive. Spelunker HD will feature updated HD graphics, six different levels all set in a cave and possibly redefined control system. This week’s issue of the Famitsu magazine says that the game will be published by Sony and will be available [...]


Bomberman Ultra Coming to PSN

The bomberman series is coming to the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network. Beginning this winter the game will be available for download and play. Included is 8 player online multiplayer, 4 split screen multiplayer, and 50 skins to customize your bomberguy/girl. 

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, BOMBERMAN TO DEBUT ON THE PLAYSTATION NETWORK WITH BOMBERMAN ULTRA
Hudson [...]


Konami’s Tokyo Game Show 2008 Line-Up

Konami will be attending this years Tokyo Game Show as usual and below is the games they will be showcasing.
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (PS3, Xbox 360) Playable, Trailer
Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) Trailer, Stage Event
Metal Gear Online (PS3) Playable, Trailer, Stage Event
Genso Suikoden Tierkreis (DS) Playable, Trailer, Stage Event
Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 [...]


Ted Price talks about Resistance 2 Blu-Ray capacity

Resistance: Fall of Man wasn’t possible without the use of Blu Rays. The same applied for Resistance 2. Ted Price boss of Insomniac games has mentioned in an interview with GameDaily that Resistance 2 on a Blu-Ray disc is near the edge.
Yeah we’re right up to the edge. It’s bigger than the first Resistance but [...]


LittleBigPlanet Beta might turn into a demo

Having a hard time getting hold of LittleBigPlanet beta keys? Don’t worry Sony might turn the beta into an open demo. If you still want to give LBP a try before you buy it there is hope of a demo. According to reliable inside information at psxextreme, Sony plans to open up the beta testing [...]


PS3-PC cross-platform compatibility for DC Universe Online

If you own a Playstation 3 and looking into buying DC Universe Online theres a chance you could be playing against PC users. Creative director at Sony Online Entertainment has said that they want DC Universe Online to allow PS3 users and PC users to play together.
“Right now there’s no technological reason why we can’t,” [...]


BioShock for PS3 goes gold, demo tomorrow

BioShock has gone gold and a demo will be released on the Playstation Store tomorrow. A lot of people thought BioShock wouldn’t make it on PS3, after a lot of rumors and such 2K Games finally confirmed the game to be in development with extras.
The game will be released October 17.
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Namco Bandai’s TGS 2008 Line-Up

Namco Bandai has announced their line up for this years Tokyo Game Show. Below are the titles to be shown by the company.
Multiplatform
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (PS3 / Xbox 360 / PS2) Playable, except PS2 version (Video)
Xbox 360
• Galaga Legions (Xbox 360) Video
PLAYSTATION 3
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja STORM (PS3) Playable
• Nobi Nobi Boy (PS3) [...]