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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta coming soon exclusively to PS3
PlayStation 3 owners will soon get a chance to beta test multiplayer for the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Dice officially announced today. The beta will launch on November 19 for the PS3, and will feature the Arica Harbor map, where up to 24 players can compete in one of the game’s fou...
- Posted Nov 5th 2009
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European PSN update; November 5, 2009
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has issued its weekly PlayStation Store 'heads-up' for public consumption. Highlights this week include a tempting price cut on horror outing Siren: Blood Curse, DLC for Brutal Legend, LittleBigPlanet and Rock Band, plus Ghostbusters for PSP. Check out the ...
- Posted Nov 5th 2009
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Tekken 6 update to 'improve online experience'
Namco Bandai seems to understand complaints about the problems with the online experience in Tekken 6, as the company sent out an email briefly announcing a forthcoming downloadable update. Our recent review of Tekken 6 pointed out the difficulties we, like many other gamers, had with the online com...
- Posted Nov 5th 2009
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PS3 version of Braid coming very soon
Hothead Games announced today that Jonathan Blow’s hit platformer, Braid, is headed to the PlayStation 3 on November 12 in North America with a European release announced “shortly thereafter.” We first heard that Braid was coming to the PS3 back in August, and we’ll soon get ...
- Posted Nov 4th 2009
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Cage: Gamers are planning to buy a PS3 because of Heavy Rain
Quantic Dream’s David Cage has expressed his delight over the reaction to Heavy Rain across the web, observing that many gamers have commented on forums that the hotly anticipated thriller has convinced them to invest in a PlayStation 3. Speaking to the chaps at IGN, Cage commented, “...
- Posted Nov 4th 2009
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Infinity Ward doesn't feel "tied to making Call of Duty"
Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Infinity Ward, has revealed that the developer may decide to work on something completely different following completion of Modern Warfare 2, admitting the studio “doesn’t feel tied to making Call of Duty games.” Speaking to Develop, Bowlin...
- Posted Nov 4th 2009
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Game of the Month: October 2009
As the videogames industry shuffles inexorable towards the lucrative Christmas holiday season, we’re already starting to see a substantial rise in not only the quantity of titles hitting store shelves, but more importantly, the quality. October 2009 proved to be one of the most anticipated...
- Posted Nov 4th 2009
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SCEE set to launch video service; announces first-day titles
European PlayStation 3 owners have been asking for it for a long time, and this month their requests for a video service will finally be answered. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced a partial list of movies that will launch with the European PlayStation Network Video Delivery Service. ...
- Posted Nov 3rd 2009
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Weekly Blu-ray releases; November 3, 2009
This week's onslaught of Blu-ray releases offers a far more compelling affair than last week, though those of you who are strapped for funds at the moment may want to save your hard earned cash for now, as the best offers (with one possible exception) come in the form of some decidedly pricey boxset...
- Posted Nov 3rd 2009
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Tekken 6 Review
When it comes to Tekken, there are certain aspects that will inevitably register at the very mention of Namco Bandai’s venerable beat ‘em up franchise. Juggles that don’t just bend the rules of reality but crash them under an iron fist, ten-hit combos, ridiculously muscular old blo...
- Posted Nov 3rd 2009
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Insomniac Games can now 'perform tricks' on PS3
Insomniac Games’ senior community manager James Stevenson has declared that the California-based developer is now familiar enough with the PlayStation 3’s architecture to “perform tricks on it". Speaking with the chaps at VideoGamer.com, Stevenson commented, “After we...
- Posted Nov 2nd 2009
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Cage: PS3 is 'the best platform' for Heavy Rain
Developer Quantic Dream has described Sony’s PlayStation 3 as “the best platform” in which to release its hotly anticipated mystery thriller Heavy Rain on. Speaking during a Q&A session at the London Eurogamer Expo this past weekend, studio founder David Cage revealed that ...
- Posted Nov 2nd 2009
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God of War III demo now available for selected users in Europe
European PlayStation 3 owners may want to check their inboxes this weekend, as Sony has begun distributing God of War III demo code vouchers to a selected number of users who previously signed up for various SCEE promotional materials. Those of you who have been selected in the promotion and rece...
- Posted Oct 31st 2009
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The top ten scariest monsters to infest a Sony platform
Over the past 15 years, Sony has witnessed a prodigious number of gaming’s most iconic ghosts, ghouls and all manner of mangled monstrosities to grace its ever-expanding repertoire of consoles, from industry staples such as Resident Evil’s ubiquitous, lumbering zombies to the psychologic...
- Posted Oct 31st 2009
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[UPDATE] Argos FIFA 2010 Competition (UK only)
UPDATE: The competition has now closed and we have selected the winner via a random number generator. Congratulations to the following: #20 - Stairhopper The winner will be contacted within the next few days using the email address linked to their PSU account, where they will be given further in...
- Posted Oct 31st 2009
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Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Review
Every once in a while a game comes out that is as charming and funny as it is amusing and easy to play. For Insomniac Games, that ‘every once in a while’ seems to happen every couple of years, with the latest incarnation arriving in the form of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time...
- Posted Oct 30th 2009
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Dead Space 2 due in 2010, says report
According to an article by Reuters, Electronic Arts’ space-age horror sequel Dead Space 2 will be hitting store shelves some time in 2010. The report itself reads, “Electronic Arts has a pair of horror offerings for gamers.” “The publisher recently shipped Dead Space: E...
- Posted Oct 30th 2009
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