Hey guys! Like many others, I was glued to my stream of the Playstation event from Sony last night. A lot of things were brought to the table, and a lot of things were completely brushed over. I’m going to go through all of the biggest announcements and ghosts from the event and rate each one in a score that...
Game of the Year 2012
It has been a monumental year for gaming and all of us so who take part in that world. So I bring you MY list of the best titles of 2012 and my game of the year, with a couple of runners-up thrown in. This year we’ve seen Assassins built on Vengeance, and the abduction of Little Girls. We’ve seen Galaxies...
A Small Tribute to Radical Entertainment
These past few weeks have brought us a lot of things, one of which I don’t think anyone saw coming. The closure of Radical Entertainment. For years, Radical has been a homestead and headquarters of awesomeness in Vancouver. Since its conception in 1991, this subsidiary of Activision has made some great games that will forever be remembered. The founding members were...
E3 2012: The Sony Conference
Sony, as they are often want to do, had themselves a press conference today. And the fact that now moments after its conclusion I’m looking through my notes to see what was discussed can only really tell me that there wasn’t too much to get excited over. There were a couple of announcements, some potentially novel new gaming ideas, and...
E3 2012: Sony Press Conference Live-Blog
This event is now OVER. Please feel free to read through the news as it broke, and comment on the article.
From the Rumour Mill: Microsoft or Sony to Get Out of the Videogame Console Biz?
With CES (the Consumer Electronics Show) going down this week, it’s been an atmosphere rife with rumour-mongering and whispered stories about the next couple years of video game hardware. Will the Wii U make it out this year, and are developers jumping behind it like they did with the Wii? What about the NetXtbox or PS4, should we be expecting...
Fumito Ueda, Designer of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, has Left Sony
The world of Japanese game development is again being shook today, as the rumours that Sony Designer Fumito Ueda, lead designer of such cult classics as Ico and Shadow of the Colossus as well as current lead developer on The Last Guardian, is no longer a member of Sony Computer Entertainment. Though there had been rumblings of such an event...
Microsoft the Next Producer to Block Class-Action Litigation *Update*
Late yesterday the new Xbox 360 Dashboard dropped into the public realm, and like all electronic updates these days it came with an updated and mandatory Terms of Service we all had to blindly skip over before selecting the “Accept” option and getting back to Skyrim. But what exactly do these Terms of Service agreements entail, and are they potentially...
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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception [Game]
Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: Playstation 3 (exclusive) Release: November 1/11 (NA) November 2/11 (EU) Rating: T for Teen “A half-assed thrill ride that leaves you wanting more”. I am convinced the Uncharted series is not only...
Microsoft “Wins” Black Friday: Almost a Million Consoles Sold in 24 Hours
Black Friday, the day where consumers across North America limber up, armor down, and prepare to stare into the dark heart of capitalism itself. Why? For inexpensive televisions and reduced-price video games, naturally. The festivities this year seemed more than...
Playstation Vita First-Party Launch Lineup Announced
Sony’s opening salvo into the increasingly brutal world of mobile gaming is being quickly prepped for release, as the Playstation Vita is preparing itself for its Japanese launch December 17, as well as its larger global release early next year...
More Action From Naughty Dog with Uncharted in the Rear View?
Today, according to a LinkedIn post, Naughty Dog has started its search for people who can help develop and build a new Action Third-Person action game. The post states that they are looking for people who will be; Responsible for designing...
Sony launching “Only on PSN” promotion tomorrow
Possibly inspired by Microsoft’s popular Summer of XBLA, Sony’s announced that they’ll be rolling their own online sale event over the PSN, titled Only on PSN. Starting tomorrow, several games are going to be released, and several sales are going...
Sony reveals Teaser for unknown October Announcement
Sony’s got a lot of stuff their plate right now. Between the Vita’s Japan release and their ongoing pursuits with Move and their 3DTVs, you’d think they’d be busy enough already. This added to the tiny surprise of a new...
Rage on the 360 Inspires Hard Drive Rage!
It turns out that “ridiculous” barely describes the size of id Software’s upcoming Rage. In an interview with Eurogamer, id creative director Tim Willits has told that the Xbox 360 version of the game will come with three full disks...
PS3 Assassin’s Creed Revelations to include Original Assassin’s Creed
As various series get as large as they may, it’s common to see a bundle between them every once in a while. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series will be no different soon, as they and Sony Computer Entertainment have announced that...
Shuhei Yoshida confirms that the PS Vita is region free!
So how tempted are you to get a PlayStation Vita? Well, if you’re the most keen to pick it up in North America or Europe, you might have the freedom to get your hands on it a little earlier. President...
Debut Trailer released for Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath has had a pretty rough road to Sony’s doorstep. Despite its widely positive reception on other consoles, the PS2 version was cancelled, and the game has only been re-released once on Steam since its 2005 release. Well,...
PlayStation Move Bundle announced for GoldenEye Reloaded
When we first got the announcement GoldenEye 007 Reloaded, it was explained quickly that the PlayStation Move was going to be a big force in the game. Much of the development and news has been about that control option...
PS Vita gets Japan Release Date and launch line-up!
The world’s been breathing down Sony’s neck about releasing Playstation Vita for a while now. They’ve been giving us a lot about upcoming games and features, but they’ve still held back from telling us when we can get our hands...
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