Playstation 3
Flower remains best-selling PSN game in March
It appears thatgamecompany has yet another hit on its hands. Flower, the PSN-exclusive follow up to flOw, has remained atop the PSN sales charts for a second month in a row. We’re glad to see gamers embrace the innovative downloadable game and its 200 thousand blades of grass. The full list:
Flower
Wheel of Fortune
Noby Noby Boy
Ratchet [...]
Kojima ‘very interested’ in collaborating with Western developers
After producing one of the most “Western” Japanese-developed titles ever in Metal Gear Solid 4, Hideo Kojima now says he’d like to go one step further and serve as producer on a game from a Western developer. Speaking with Kikizo, Kojima said, “I’m not sure when this will happen, but yes, I’m very interested,” adding, [...]
Famitsu: Armored Core 3 coming to PSP
Fans of bulky mechs and slim handhelds will likely find this bit of news to be the highlight of their day: From Software is porting Armored Core 3 onto the PSP, according to Famitsu. A scan (via PSPHyper) shows the 2002 PS2 title is slated for a July 30 release on PSP and will include [...]
Metal Gear Solid 2 novel available in November
Metal Gear Solid 4 may be approaching its first birthday, but its big brother — Metal Gear Solid 2 — will be the one receiving a little more attention when the upcoming novelization of the story is released this November. Penned by Raymond Benson, the book adaptation of the movie game will be available in [...]
Report: Final Fantasy XIII demo over 5GB in size
Square Enix may have bundled the Final Fantasy XIII demo with Advent Children Complete for reasons other than milking money out of its fanbase. According to an analysis by Japanese site Pocket News, the Final Fantasy XIII demo takes as much as 5.09GB of space on the Blu-ray disc.
That’s an astronomical figure for a [...]
Assassin’s Creed 2 teaser lacks gameplay, oozes melodrama
Following an unveiling in Game Informer and the launch of an official website, Assassin’s Creed 2 has spawned its first teaser trailer. This is typically a time of great excitement in the build-up to a highly anticipated game; it’s when we usually get a sneak peek — however brief — at gameplay. [...]
Trine delivers innovative co-op play to PSN in June
It’s been a while since we last heard of Trine, an innovative platformer where players must “create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies.” A newly released trailer showcases the game’s co-op play, where multiple characters will have to assist each other to traverse the environment. The production values are [...]
Joystiq hands-on: Rock Band Unplugged
It looks like Rock Band. It sounds like Rock Band. But, it certainly doesn’t play like Rock Band. As many have theorized, Harmonix’s PSP-exclusive Rock Band Unplugged really is Frequency in disguise. The genre has come a long way since Harmonix’s PS2 launch game, but the formula holds up surprisingly well. While some may lament [...]
So you want to see Final Fantasy XIII in action?
The Final Fantasy XIII demo has now been captured — in full — and placed on YouTube. Grab a controller and pretend you’re playing the game! The videos highlight Square Enix’s amazing CG, some real-time gameplay and a few terrific tunes. Obviously there are some spoilers, but for those who simply cannot wait until 2010, [...]
A girl with guns and a sword, new trailer for Wet
We’re trying hard to temper any excitement for Wet with the cold reality that, despite looking like a lot of fun to play, the upcoming action fest is still sans a publisher to call its own. Even so, that hasn’t stopped developer A2M from releasing gameplay showing off the game’s high-flying antics, which look to [...]