9 Things You Should Know About LittleBigPlanet 3
Today's the day LBP 3 reviews go up. However, for a game so reliant on online components, I'm waiting before passing judgement. In the meantime, here are some things you need to know.
Getting Up Close with Bloodborne's Combat
I would never say I was into horror games - I managed about 90 seconds of a YouTube playthrough of P.T. before tapping out, and even the cover art for The Evil Within is a bit much for me - but FROM's Souls series is the exception to the rule.
Looks Like Everything's Going to Burn in Bloodborne
The new trailer for From Software's next dark action game just dropped and it's looking just as grim as fans have hoped.
There are Guns, But From Software's Bloodborne Won't Be a Shooter
The trailer for the upcoming Bloodborne was shown at E3 this week and fans of Dark Souls/Demon's Souls promptly lost their shit. But aside from what's in the trailer, what do we know about the new game from From Software?
The Last Guardian is Not As High A Priority As Other Games
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The Last Guardian IS in production. Though the game was absent from this year's E3, that's what we've been repeatedly assured of by Sony reps. Well, front man Fumito Ueda, creator of PS2 classics ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, stepped out from behind the curtain to reiterate that fact, but with a little caveat.
Last Guardian Executive Producer Quits. Goes Elsewhere.
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Is Yoshifusa Hayama the latest Last Guardian casualty? The former Sony Computer Entertainment Vice President and Last Guardian executive producer has left the company.
The Last Guardian Creator Says He Remains Hard At Work on His Game
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The Last Guardian creator Fumito Ueda took to Twitter earlier today to reassure fans that he is still hard at work on his game.
Report: The Last Guardian Creator Leaves Sony
The man behind beloved games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, and one of the lead developers of upcoming spiritual sequel The Last Guardian no longer works at Sony, according to a rumor reported by Eurogamer today.
More Beautiful Cel-Shading in This Gravity Rush Video
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Gravity Rush is fast becoming the PlayStation Vita game to see at press events.
Lawsuit Says Sony Laid Off Security Workers Before PSN Cyberattack
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A new lawsuit alleges that Sony fired workers in its network security operations two weeks before a cyberattack brought down the PlayStation Network.
Hacker Group Says It's Snagged Sony Computer Entertainment's Developer…
The hacker collective Lulz Security isn't taking a break from its attacks on Sony simply because it's E3. This morning, via Twitter, Lulzsec bragged that it had compiled Sony Computer Entertainment's Developer Network source code. Earlier in the week Lulzsec went after Sony BMG and Sony Pictures, and broke into…
Sony Exec to Testify Before Congress on PlayStation Breach
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During the PlayStation Network outage, Sony was asked to appear before a U.S. House of Representatives committee to explain the situation. The company declined, sending an eight-page letter instead. Now it will go before Congress, when the president of Sony Network Entertainment visits a Tuesday hearing to answer…
Digital Pioneer Who Established Sony Computer Entertainment Dies At 81
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Norio Ohga, the former chairman of Sony who, in 1993, established Sony Computer Entertainment and paved the way for the PlayStation, died Saturday morning in Tokyo. He was 81.
Killzone 3 is a Colorful, Wonderful, Enthusiastic Mess
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Killzone 3 is at its best when it's most unrecognizable.
Sony Computer Entertainment To Become SNEP (Temporarily)
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Starting on April 1 of this year, Sony's reorganization will take effect. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai will head a new business group that brings together Sony's mobile electronics and personal computers.
Sony Details PSN Expansion To Other Products
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At CES 2010, Sony Computer Entertainment chief Kaz Hirai described long-anticipated plans to unify its PlayStation Network content offerings across its product line - including network enabled Blu-ray players, Sony televisions and PCs.
PSPgo Review: A Peek Into the Future of Gaming
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Smaller, easier to use and completely devoid of a disc drive of any sort, the PSPgo is powered only by digital media, a brave step into the future of gaming. But is it a future in which we want to live?
Square-Enix: The Next Gaming Innovation Will Be Billing
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The next breakthrough in games will involve how you pay for what you play, the president of Square-Enix said today. Yoichi Wada made the declaration during the traditional state of the industry Tokyo Game Show kick-off panel here in Tokyo.
Kaz Hirai Will Continue Playstation Leadership
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Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai will continue to oversee Playstation in his new role as the head of the Networked Products and Services Group.
Patapon 2 Helps You Keep Your Groove
In Patapon you controlled an assortment of highly stylized characters by tapping out music on the four face buttons of the Playstation Portable. I was a big fan of the game, but found over time that unless I gave it 100 percent of my attention I would often lose the beat. Sounds like I wasn't the only one. Sony…