Playstation 3 News & Reviews (Page 1)
Naughty Dogs new winning Franchise?
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MGS:R(-R?) Love it or hate it?
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Assassin's Creed 3 Survey UK
  Ubisoft has commissioned a UK-based polling company to conduct a survey on what the Assassin's Creed demographic would like to see in the next game. However, the target demographic isn't easy to determine because I wasn't allowed to take the survey even though I'm a young and virile male who plays Assassin's Creed. Is this a new "design by crowd-sourcing" methodology that game developers are turning to nowadays? In any case, the following questions are i ...
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PS3 Supercomputer for $2 million
   In a Gamasutra story released yesterday, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has built a supercomputer made up of 1,760 Playstation 3 consoles. According to the AFRL, the PS3-supercomputer named "The Condor Cluster" is the fastest interactive computer in the Defense Department. The cost for the project was $2 million and the Condor Cluster uses 1/10 of the power of comparable supercomputers. The Condor is currently located in Wright-Patterson AFB in Rome, NY.
Playstation Move Reaches 4.1 million Units Sold
    In a press release this morning, Sony marked a milestone in sales of the Playstation Move which has reached 4.1 million units sold globally since its release on September 17, 2010. With an installed base of 41.6 million Playstation 3 consoles in the world, the Move has reached nearly 10% of the userbase. It’s still too early to determine if that sales figure is good enough for publishers to continue developing Move-compatible software.     Micr ...
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Sony shows commitment to 3D
   In a nod of support to the 3D revolution, Sony SCEE studio director Mick Hocking spoke at the Develop Conference earlier today in the UK and stated that 3D games are in Sony's future. According to Hocking, over fifty 3D games are being developed for the Playstation 3 by Sony and fellow publishers. Hocking said, ""We're applying 3D to more than 20 internal games at Sony. It's a very positive thing to see the great level of interest in 3D from our development studio ...
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Kingdom Under Fire II Headed to PS3
   Citing the inability to give away free items on the Xbox Live network, Blueside CEO Sejung Kim announced that Kingdom Under Fire II is headed to the Playstation 3 instead of the Xbox 360. Kingdom Under Fire II is a real-time strategy game where players control a hero who leads armies into war ala Koei’s Dynasty Warriors.       In addition to single-player action, KUFII also features a multiplayer online mode where hundreds if not thousands of playe ...
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Vivendi CEO Praises COD: Black Ops
   The chairman and chief executive of Vivendi which owns a controlling stake in Activision spoke to investors in Barcelona yesterday at the Morgan Stanley TMT Conference. Jean-Bernard Lévy praised the recent success of Call of Duty: Black Ops which has raked in $650 million in global revenue in the first five days of its launch. The figure bests the previous 5-day sales record of $550m achieved by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. According to Activision, over 2.6 million gam ...
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Tetris headed to Playstation 3
  According to the brain-related research of Professor Osamu Shinohara of Tokyo University, playing Tetris stimulates the frontal lobe of the brain and may prevent dementia. This bit of information isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of Tetris since observing the mating ritual of the humpback whale is probably just as stimulating... in terms of the frontal lobe. In any case, Tetris is a ubiquitous game and gamers have played hundreds of variants, clones, public domain iterations, a ...
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Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds on February 15, 2011
   Capcom finalized the ship date for their upcoming 2D fighting game which pits the camps of Marvel and Capcom against each other. The game will be available in a regular edition as well as a Gamestop exclusive limited edition which is packaged in a steelbook case. Bonus inclusions: Prologue comic book, an annual subscription to Marvel's Digital Comics online library and two DLC codes to unlock Jill Valentine and Shuma Gorath about a month after the game launches.   ...
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Gran Turismo 5 Shipping on November 24, 2010
   Sony confirmed on Friday afternoon (November 12, 2010) that the latest chapter in their Gran Turismo 5 franchise will ship on November 24, 2010. Last month, Sony raised hackles amongst the racing game literati by announcing a delay of the game from November 3, 2010. The official press release follows:New Release Date Announced for Gran Turismo 5Last Updated : Nov 12, 2010   Sony Computer Entertainment today confirmed that Gran Turismo® 5 will go on sale throughout ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops review scores
   The Call of Duty: Black Ops review scores are out this morning and the professionals are ranking the game as "worthy." On Gamespot this morning, an amateur reviewer gave the game a score of 3.5 which is apparently based on first impressions.Jeff Gerstmann of Giant Bomb writes the following:   To be clear, Black Ops is not a Vietnam game. But the middle of it most definitely is, complete with cliched examples of licensed music from the era. At one point, you're tra ...
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Fallout: New Vegas rakes in $300 million
   Bethesda Softworks is basking in the glow of Fallout: New Vegas after announcing that over 5 million copies of the game have shipped to retail since its North American release on October 19. In this morning's press release, Bethesda touted  strong retail sales and downloads of the game which have brought in over $300 million in revenue thus far.    In the game, players take on the role of The Courier who's nearly killed at the outset of the adventure by ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Shipping on November 09, 2010
   The highly-anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops ships this week for all major gaming platforms including the Nintendo DS but not the Sony PSP. Call of Duty has been a lucrative franchise for publisher Activision with cumulative sales of over $3 billion dollars for the game series. The official press for Call of Duty: Black Ops may be viewed below:  Call of Duty: Black Ops    The biggest action series of all time returns. Call of Duty: Black Ops is an entertainment ...
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Sony Ships 1 Million "Move" Accessories
   Sony announced that 1 million Moves have shipped to retail in North America since its debut on September 19, 2010. Sony has big plans for the Move and a slew of upcoming releases will be compatible with the device including LittleBigPlanet 2, Killzone 3, and SOCOM 4. Sony previously announced that 1.5 million Move units have shipped in Europe and the accessory was recently released in Japan.
Gran Turismo 5 Being Pressed
   At the SEMA Trade Show which opened up in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Gran Turismo producer Kazunori Yamauchi mentioned that Gran Turismo 5 discs are being pressed and stamped. Last month, Sony announced that the game would be delayed and issued a new release date of "Winter 2010." If Kazunori isn't mistaken, then GT5 should be making its way to retailers in the next few weeks.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves DLC!
The latest DLC to U2: Among thieves provides the new online option "Invasion" which is like Halo 3: ODST and Gears of War Firefight/Horde mode. The biggest twist i changing location on the map to different ones forcing the party to move. This offers a fun session of teamwork and gameplay which can make you enjoy yourself. This also brings two extra maps for multiplayer for you to run around and shoot stuff on. Worth checking out? I'd say so.
Lost Planet 2 The Final Episode
Lost Planet 2 are on the way back with more and bigger Akrid than ever. Will two forces combine to defeat a bigger threat thats not the Akrid but it's in fact just their own race? This trailer was immensely cool and I wanted to share it. Video Games | Lost Planet 2 | UK The Final Episode Trailer HDXBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii
RIGHT. Abit late. Final Fantasy XIII Review
More delayed than an airplane from the north pole which has been hijacked by polarebears wearing tights and singing french lullabies to the penguins(this is one actully impossible, and yes I'm saying the other stuff isn't!) I finally pulled my thumb out of my ass and wrote this review. NOT LIKE YOU'RE READING THE NEWS ANYWAY! LOLOLOLOLOL. Internet rage aside. I will cut this review short due to the fact that I spent over 200 hours with this game and no one can see why. ...
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Upcoming Nethster Review!
First upcoming reviews of Nethster are approaching. Already got a Mass Effect 2 review cooked up as soon as I get my stationary computer up and running again. However! This is just to headline the coming Final Fantasy XIII Review that I'll be writing. March 09. A VERY important date. That to me will decide Square Enix value to me in the future. Because, let's face it. The latest Final Fantasys has been..... Worse and then they've been slightly Manwhorish. Lovely to watch a ...
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