News/Announcements

Scott Steinberg’s Belief on the PS3

Scott Steinberg talks about the advantages the PlayStation 3 has over the competitors. He describes his view on what the future of the PlayStation 3 will have, and first party exclusives. 
Some key advantages he mentioned is Blu-Ray, downloadable content, the games, and the PlayStation Network. For now I’ll quote on what he expects the future [...]


Get ready to jump on another bunch of LBP beta keys

In Gamespots tv show ‘On The Spot’ they will show what happened at the 24-hour Little Big Planet party in New York. You’ll get to see some footage from the beta.
There is also an item about Tom Clancy’s EndWar. And finishing with showing off anime/manga’s biggest title right now Bleach in the latest game on [...]


Street Fighter IV boxart revealed

The North American and European boxart has been revealed for Street Fighter IV.
Hi all - it’s been awhile since I’ve posted…my apologies for that.  We’ve been cranking away on SFIV marketing in preparation for the big launch.  One of those items is the package front artwork.
Street Fighter North American Boxart

Street Fighter European Boxart

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New clubs and stadiums for PES 2009

Manchester United and Liverpool will appear in Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 as fully licensed teams. Konami have confirmed a number of additional clubs. The following clubs are confirmed:

F.C. Barcelona
Real Madrid
Inter Milan
F.C. Porto
Brondby IF
St Petersburg

The French Lique 1 and the Dutch Eredivisie both feature full and complete licensing. New stadiums include:

Wembley
Stade de France
Stadio Olimpico di Torino

PES [...]


Some Resident Evil 5 baddies confirmed

Wondering what and who you’ll be up against in Resident Evil 5? Famitsu scans have revealed two new characters set to join Resident Evil 5. Albert Wesker is confirmed to make an appearance in RE5. Wesker has appeared in past RE games such as RE, RE: code Veronica, RE Zero and RE4.
The other characters confirmed [...]


PSP will see significant growth next year

Sony Computer Entertainment America’s director of hardware marketing John Kollers believe the Playstation Portable will see significant growth next year.
“I think going into next year we’re going to see significant growth. We’re counseling retail to be ready for it. We have a number of very strong franchise games on the docket that will be launching [...]


Geon comes to PSN today

Geon is making a surprise appearance on PSN today. According to PS3Trophies.co.uk, “Short notice, but that’s the miracle of digital distribution.” It will be released today in North America and next week for Europe. A lot of other games will be released today on the PSN as Burnout Paraside, WipEout HD and Mega Man 9 [...]


SCEE Signs Contract with Future Publishing

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe just signed a contract with Future Publishing, to get a weekly digital magazine. The magazine is equivalent to the US’s Qore program. The digital magazine will contain some exclusive demos and downloadable content. It will be released through the Playstation Network. 
It will first release in the UK in Early 2009, then spread throughout Europe. 
Pioneering interactive [...]


The Force Unleashed sell more than 1.5 million

Star Wars The Force Unleashed seems to be doing well, very well indeed. LucasArts will be happy as their game has sold more than 1.5 million units worldwide within it’s first week on sale.
“The record-setting sales of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed shows the undiminished power of Star Wars and its popularity across all media [...]


Final Fantasy VII defined the RPG genre says Molyneux

Molyneux recently spoke about the Playstation 3 recently but now he’s said that Final Fantasy VII defined the RPG genre. Speaking to VideoGamer.com earlier this week, Peter Molyneux has said that he considers Square’s Final Fantasy VII to be the game that defined the RPG genre.
“I always remember back to Final Fantasy VII, when I [...]


Get ready for the 5th FIFA Interactive World Cup

With the release date of Fifa 2009 around the corner the start of the fifth Fifa Interactive World Cup Qualifications will start on the same date.

The FIWC is a season-long tournament mirroring the real world of football in which gamers from all around the world can participate playing Fifa 09. This tournament is only available [...]


Madden NFL 2009 patch 2 is now out

The Madden Patch 2 is now available to download. After waiting for it to be released Madden has been filled with quite a lot of bugs, but hopefully patch 2 will sort out the problems.
Below is the list of fixed patch 2 introduces.
1. Kicking play disconnect: If two opponents play a game with two different [...]


EA interested in Left 4 Dead on PS3

Lots of attention is surrounding Left 4 Dead, especially the rumors saying that the game might be ported to the Playstation 3. Valve have denied all rumors but there is still hope. EA are interested in the idea of a PS3 version of Left 4 Dead, most likely because it will make them money.
Valve do [...]


White Knight Chronicles to run at 1080p

Playstation 3 exclusive RPG game White Knight Chronicles is expected to run at full 1080p resolution. A member on the NeoGaf forums managed to procure some dengeki scans and below is some new information found on the game.

First RPG on the market to be native 1080p
Storyline quality on par with that of DQ series story [...]


Eurogamer Offering LBP Beta Access

Eurogamer is working with Sony to give out 5800 keys for the Little Big Planet beta. So the first 5800 people to register on Eurogamer, they can get their access to the beta. 
Got some bad news though. The site is being slammed so hard that the site is broken. With people rampaging to get their [...]