Guild Wars 2’s Guardian Is A Master Of Self-Sacrifice

ArenaNet replaces Guild War’s Monk with the better armed and armored Guild Wars 2 Guardian, a brand-new fighting profession that can sacrifice its own defenses for the sake of its allies. Where did the Monk go? There are no dedicated healing classes in Guild Wars 2. One of developer ArenaNet’s goals in creating the second…

Hands On With The NGP’s Brand-New Uncharted, And A Deviant Surprise

Another techy Sony product with more big promises. We’ve been here before, right? Not this time, though. If the NGP, or Sony’s Next Generation Portable, seems different, it’s because the way the portable lets gamers game. There’s something about the NGP that is simple, something that pops. Nintendo might’ve pioneered touch-based gaming, but Sony is…

NGP: Sorting The Myths From The Facts

For nearly four years, we suffered through rumours of what the PSP’s true successor would actually look like. Now that it’s finally here, let’s revisit those rumours, see how right we (and others) were! First things first: In October of last year, we heard a bunch of stuff from developers and other closely-linked sources. That…

A Visual Guide To The NGP

Yes, I’ve Played With Sony’s New Gaming Portable, The NGP

Today in Tokyo, Sony unveiled it’s newest PlayStation Portable, codenamed Next Generation Portable, or NGP. And I’ve played with it. During Sony’s event, the NGP’s beautiful OLED screen was stunning. It looks even more stunning up close. The touch elements on the front screen were more than serviceable, offering a new experience for PlayStation Portable…

We Have A New High Score!

Jazon, your high score just saw some serious shit. If you have no idea what is going on, see here for reference (via ALBOTAS).

Sony’s New Handheld Is Not Called The PSP2 (Yet)

For the past few months – and over the past few hours, for convenience’s sake – we’ve labelled Sony’s new handheld gaming device the PSP2. That has to stop, because it’s not the thing’s name. As you may already be aware, what we all thought of as the PSP2 has actually been given the working…

How To Avoid Our PSP2 / NGP Coverage

Can’t bear to face any more stories about Sony’s new handheld? That’s cool. Bookmark this URL, use it for the next day or so, and if pain persists, please see a doctor.

Our Camera Adds Ten Pounds to the PSP2

Viewed in the spectacle of a media feeding frenzy, the PSP2, codenamed NGP, suddenly seems to have more girth than the sexy device spotted in Sony’s official pictures Those fade-away edges no longer seem to fade-away. The touch-sensitive back suddenly has “back.” Prepare yourself and then flip through the untouched, unfilitered images of a PSP2…

The Not So Sexy PSP 2 Photographers

The PSP2 Has A Slick Little Logo

Here’s one of the less obvious, but nevertheless classiest things about the new NGP/PSP2: its branding. While the handheld bears the working title NGP, or Next Generation Portable, that’s neither its final, formal name, nor is it present anywhere on the case of the new device. All you get is…PlayStation. In that nice, clean font…

Deadwood, NYPD Blue Producer to Work on Heavy Rain Movie Adaptation

David Milch, whose credits include some of my personal television favorites like Deadwood, NYPD Blue and Hill Street Blues, will be adapting Playstation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain into a feature film with Warner Bros., Variety reports. Milch will be working with Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne to turn Heavy Rain the movie into Rain the…

Metal Gear Solid 4, Lost Planet, Yakuza Shown In PSP2 Form

The PSP2—or the NGP, as its currently codenamed—may be powerful enough to play PlayStation 3-quality games. At today’s coming out party for the next-generation PlayStation Portable, Sony and friends showed just that. Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida likened the power of the next PSP to that of its current home console, the four-year-old PS3. A handful of…

Catch The PSP2’s Debut trailer

Here’s the first trailer for Sony’s new PSP2 (or NGP as it’ll be known). It’s heavy on concepts and light on actual footage of the thing (or its games), but it does at least get across the main points Sony’s trying to make with the thing.

Let’s See How Big This PSP2 Really Is

Here’s how the new PSP2 (or NGP) sizes up compared to its competition in the handheld gaming space. The long answer is below. The short answer is…it’s a monster of a handheld. Want to know more? Like what it feels like to play games on? Or how Uncharted will be different on the NGP? How…

The First Sexy Pics of the PSP 2

The Playstation Portable 2, codenamed the NGP, is a sexy beast packed with touch controls, dual analog sticks, a sexy OLED screen and built-in 3G. And just look at it. You know you want to caress it. But you can’t, not until later this year. Until then stare… and stare…. and stare.

A Closer Look At Sony’s NGP

The PSP2 Is Like A Friends List In Your Pocket

The PSP2 – or, as it’s being called temporarily, the Next Generation Portable – will as expected play nice with cellular data networks via a 3G connection. Here’s what that means for your gaming. Sony will be implementing a service alongside the new handheld called LiveArea, which in conjunction with an “app” called Near is…

Uncharted Leads The PSP2’s First Game Lineup

There’s a new PSP! And it needs games. Lucky, then, it’s getting some, and it’s starting at the very top of the PlayStation tree. With Uncharted. Other games shown off or revealed so far at the PlayStation Meeting 2011 in Tokyo include PSP2 versions of Killzone, WipeOut, Resistance, Monster Hunter, LittleBigPlanet, Call of Duty, Hustle…

The PSP2 Is Here: Dual Analog Sticks, Touch-Sensitive OLED, 3G Built In & So Much More

The PSP2 is finally here. Sony revealed its brand new PlayStation Portable at an event in Tokyo today, our first official look at the PlayStation maker’s next foray into handheld gaming, the NGP or “Next Generation Portable.” First details below. The Hardware Sony confirmed many of the features of the PSP2 that we’ve already heard…