Article Archive for March 2009
Now that Dylan Cuthbert has put all us trigger-happy games journalists in our collective place, it’s safe to say that PixelJunk’s next title will not feature at GDC.
Posting over at the official PlayStation blog, Dylan was good enough to take some time out of his manic schedule and update us about just what is coming from Q-Games over the coming months.
Richard Lemarchand, the co-lead designer of Uncharted from Naughty Dog, has been seized by IGN to talk Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
He answers questions on how the developers have improved the features of the first game for the sequel.
There is no new content for European Home users today, however, there is news on what is on the cards.
A Spanish Moderator on the Official European forums, called Huntson, announced to forum users that although there was no new goodies today, there is something worthwhile waiting for next week.
Since the release of PAIN way back when the PlayStation 3 was just a little baby, people asked, ‘where was online multiplayer?’ Those people can now be silent as Idol Minds have been hard at work to bring you what you’ve wanted most.
Today (as in right now) you can download the update that will allow you to launch Jarvis with your PSN buddies. Also included is text and voice chat for you trash talkers out there. PlayStation.Blog details two new game modes as part of the upcoming Smack Pack, Darts and Fortress.
It’s Thursday therefore it has to mean Store update time. A cornucopia of delights are presented for your delectation from SOCOM finally emerging from its dusty bunker to classic horror in the form of the original Silent Hill game.
There appears to be something missing though. Though our UK neighbours get the COD:W@W Map Pack to download, it is suspiciously missing from non-UK European stores.
Videos depicting a new feature of Home have been popping up all over the web. These short clips show what appears to be random images, both from the real world and the world inside Home. Most of the clips feature the Greek letter Xi located on a building within Home. Needless to say, these videos are quite strange. It feels like watching an episode of Lost.
Mention ‘survival horror’ and what is the first thing that comes to mind?
For most video game enthusiasts, that would be ‘Resident Evil’. The fifth installment, although technically the seventh in the main series, has garnered a lot of heat from issues of racism to the exclusion of ‘run-and-gun’ controls.
With the highly successful Resident Evil 4 bringing the series to a new level, can 5 live up to its predecessor whilst remaining fresh and new?
Dylan Cuthbert, visionary extraordinaire and creator of the PixelJunk series, will be taking to the stage on Thursday the 26th of March at GDC to talk about the next game in the PixelJunk series.
Will it be the previously discussed Dungeons? (Probably not). Or something entirely new?
The wait is finally over as the Titan Pack will be hitting the PlayStation Store today. Best of all, it’ll cost you nothing. Included in the massive update are two gametypes, Greed and Betrayal, the namesake Titan mutator, 19 maps, the Link Station and X-Ray Field deployables, the Stinger Turret and Eradicator Cannon weapons, the Stealthbender vehicle, the Slow Field power-up, and characters Kana and Nova.
In a follow up to our previous story on Sunday, it turns out Sky reported on Criterion Games producing Burnout Paradise 3D a little while ago.
Burnout Paradise is currently available in 3D for PC owners who have purchased special TVs or monitors with 100Hz or higher.
Three new DLC packs are coming for Sega’s RPG gem Valkyria Chronicles.
With new missions on offer and the ability to make the game harder, will this convince you to take a chance on this neglected neo-classic?
It’s common knowledge that the PlayStation Stores in Europe and North America lack many PSOne games.
For a company who made their landmark PS2 compatible with nearly every single PlayStation game, it’s surprising that they appear to be making little progress in delivering classic titles to the PlayStation Network.
Behemoth, known from the exquisite Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers, decided to let the world know about their most recent creation that is currently under development, by releasing a new gameplay trailer.
What better time to announce a zombie game then right after the release of Resident Evil 5. Well that is exactly what 3G Studios did today. XomB (pronounced as Zombie) will throw the player in the middle of feudal Asia, fighting against hordes of evil zombies and all sorts of nasties. Todd Imus from 3G’s Tahoe studio talked about the upcoming game and what players can expect…
It appears that Tecmo are returning to the Sigma well with news appearing today that Ninja Gaiden 2 will be getting the “re-imagining” treatment akin to its predecessor.
Itagaki-san may be no longer with the company (not that he’d touch a PS3 version) but it does raise some interesting questions about the content of the game.
Considering Microsoft published the sequel on the 360, just how much of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will be a port of the original and how much will be a total remake?
dataflyLast week we brought you three images of what we assume is an upcoming game from ORiGO Games. Well, the official teaser site for Data-Fly is up and running with a countdown timer that is set to end in about 18 days. That would put the date on Saturday, April 4th, long after the much anticipated Game Developer’s Conference.
This September, Rock Band is getting a Beatles remix with many people, either fans of the famous 60s band or of Rock Band itself, really anticipating the game.
However, we haven’t heard much about the title since our “Live from the Apple Corps” article back in October.
Until now that is.
The LittleBigPlanet adventure shows no sign of stopping anytime soon.
Following on from the successful user-generated content platform created for for the PS3, and the PSP iteration coming out later this year, co-founder of Media Molecule Alex Evans has been teasing about the future of the franchise in a recent interview.
Thanks to a tip from the guys over at SEGA, we’ve got some new footage of Obsidian Entertainment’s “Alpha Protocol” to share.
Espionage, spies, martial arts. It’s all here for your perusal.
Let us know what you think about the game in the comments section.














