Hey PS3 Fans! If you had plans of doing some late afternoon PSN shopping I’m afraid you’re going to have to cancel your plans. According to the PlayStation Blog the PSN will be down tonight for a global scheduled maintenance operation, presumably to prepare the service for the new firmware 3.0 that should be coming within the next two weeks. …
One of the finest games released in 2003, Beyond Good and Evil was an underappreciated gem. Praised by critics for its cinematic atmosphere and seamless combination of genres it was largely ignored by the game-purchasing public. Being one of my very favourite games of all time, I was naturally quite excited when a trailer for a sequel made an appearance …
No, this isn’t a sensationalist headline meant to mislead because according to the pic snapped above at GamesCom it’s completely true. The image snapped at GamesCom is of a Gran Turismo 5 brochure/flyer and shows that we will be getting “Das Ultimative Rennspiel” in the fourth quarter of 2009. You can go cry tears of joy now because this is …
So the PS3 has just received the much awaited (and just in time) price cut. The price cut was announced last week at GamesCon, slashing the price by $100. This will surely help the sales of the PS3, I think so and so do the guys at the NPD Group. Specifically one analyst, Anita Frazier, seems to think that the …
SCEE have announced that Europe will be seeing three popular PS3 titles and if all goes well it means that we should be seeing them as well. According to SCEE, on September 2 we will be seeing Killzone 2, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift as well as Resistance 2 all added to the range, meaning that if you have missed out on …
One of the few exciting announcements to come out of GamesCom this year was the idea behind PSP Minis which are officially described as “fun, affordable, creative, easy to play, and different†They have been seen as a direct response to the plethora of games on the iPhone which has burst onto the handheld gaming market over the past couple …
In the red corner we have the Sony PS3 slim and the PSP Go, and in the blue corner we have its rival the Microsoft Xbox 360. The PS3 and Xbox 360 have been at each others throats for about the last three years now. Some may say it has been a one sided fight, and yes it may seem …
GamesCom is now all wrapped up and it’s time to look back and reflect on how it went… According to the official attendance numbers it went exceptionally well. The 248 exhibitors had 245 000 people wander past their stalls in the huge 120 000 square meter convention centre. The 245k visitors included 17k trade visitors and 228k consumers which makes …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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