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PSP Go Owners Rejoice — If You Like Gran Turismo And Live In Europe
Sony announced today at its GamesCom press event that PSP Go owners in Europe and PAL territories can score Gran Turismo PSP for free if they register between October 1 and 10. Gran Turismo PSP is also a freebie for gamers who pre-order Gran Turismo 5 on PlayStation 3. You might remember first hearing about…
By AJ Glasser Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
EyePet Gallery Is Too Much Cute To Handle
Dogs and cats are boring. Especially when you compare them to Sony’s interactive EyePet. Sony Europe released a batch of fun and fuzzy images of its pet to fill your heart with warmth and love. Check out those costumes!
By Andrew Freedman Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Is There A 250GB PS3 Slim As Well?
The PS3 Slim has been announced, and it’s coming in one size: 120GB. Well, it is at the moment, anyway. We could soon be seeing a 250GB model. A couple of FCC reports dating back to May have revealed that when submitting the console for testing, Sony provided four units: the vanilla 120GB retail machine,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Monkey Ball Step And Roll Wii Impressions: Not Popsicles
I watched a man stand on a Wii Balance Board to play a game of Super Monkey Ball last week. And I misheard a key detail for an awkward half-minute. Super Monkey Ball Step and Roll for Wii is coming out from Sega early 2010 and controls exactly as you would expect a Balance Board…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony: Market-Boosting Slim PS3 Will Phase Out Old Models
With three key changes to its guts, the new PlayStation 3 is more cost-efficient and poised to boost Sony’s market share, Sony told Kotaku today. Oh, and the slim has no rear power button. Sony is hoping that the the newly-announced slim PlayStation 3, launching in the U.S. on September 1 for $299, will be…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
LEGO Rock Band Rains Destruction
Behold the Rock Power Challenge in LEGO Rock Band, a game mode in which you use the power of rock to demolish a building. Maybe this isn’t exciting for you, but damn if it doesn’t do just the trick for me. Why the hell do we need a LEGO Rock Band? This right here. Take…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 3 Slim: The Unboxing, The Up-Close Examination
So, the PlayStation 3 Slim is real. How real? Well, so real you can look at its box, open it, then take the thing out of its box, then look at it some more. Courtesy of our pals at Gizmodo SF, here’s a more intimate look than press shots can afford, showing the console’s rougher…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Age Of Conan Expands With Rise Of The Godslayer
Funcom continues to show utter faithfulness to the works of Robert E. Howard with the announcement of Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer, and expansion based off Howard’s “The Tower of the Elephant.” The new expansion is sure to be a real treat for fans of the original Conan stories. Rise of the Godslayer…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega Restarts Genesis Poll, Removes Earthworm Jim
Sega’s attempt to have fans choose the next Genesis classic to grace Xbox Live Arcade ran into a snag yesterday, when Gameloft announced vote-leader Earthworm Jim for Xbox Live Arcade. Earthworm Jim was winning the voting for the next Sega Genesis classic by a wide margin yesterday, when Interplay and Gameloft made their big announcement:…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Reviews
NFL 2010 Micro-Review: Season on the Shrink
August is when hardcore football junkies are drafting for multiple fantasy leagues and playing in one on their console. Can they handle another? NFL 2010, a fully licensed football game, takes 17 weeks of skull-crackin’ action onto the small screen. Loved Comprehensive Coverage: Gameloft managed to pack what is basically a Nintendo 64 version of…
By Owen Good Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Look at the PSP’s Digital Reader
Lost, perhaps, in the hoopla and noise surrounding the dual announcements of the Playstation 3 price drop and slim model was this nifty digital reader for the PSP. A Marvel exec took the stage at Sony’s presser to tout this as potentially Marvel’s next big thing. Here’s a very quick look at the reader’s auto…
By Brian Crecente Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Marvel Comics Will Look Like On PSP
At Sony’s press conference today, Sony and Marvel revealed that “hundreds” of comics will be available to read on the PSP. Now we can show you what it will all look like. Our Spider Senses say a gallery follows below.
By Andrew Freedman Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Best Concept Art Of The Day
Today’s bath of PlayStation announcements included word of a new PlayStation Network game/thingy called Loco Roco Midnight Carnival. We’ll know more about it when our guys in Germany check it out at GamesCom. Pretty concept art above, screens below. Click that image above so it’s nice and big.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Drinking Games? This Thing Does Drinking Games
This is the Arkeg. It’s an arcade cabinet. With a keg inside. The pinnacle of human endeavour, then? I say…yes. It’s not some crazy mod; the Arkeg is a commercial product built to (presumably) a commercial quality, with temperature-control for the keg, external sound controls, a brushed aluminium finish, slide-out keyboard and even a trackball.…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSP Minis: Bite-Sized Fun At Bite-Sized Prices
Today at Sony’s Gamescom 2009 press conference the company introduced PSP Minis, a range of smaller, cheaper downloadable games for the PSP and PSP Go. Minis, which we touched on briefly last week, will be showing up in their own special section of the PlayStation Store come October 1st, giving PSP owners smaller-sized games at…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Fat Next To Slim
Before and after.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSP-3000 Goes Blossom Pink, Turquoise Green
Showing continued support for the older model despite the impending release of the PSP Go, Sony has announced two new colors for the PSP-3000: Blossom Pink and Turquoise Green. Behold their beauty. The two new models of the PSP-3000 are due out in November, a month after the release of the PSP Go. It should…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Slims Pics And Specs
Sony’s official press release for the PlayStation 3 Slim reveals a few updated features and a whole slew of sexy product shots of the PS3’s skinny little brother. The new model heralds a slew of changes for the PlayStation 3 brand, include a change in the official all-caps PLAYSTATION 3 brand to the PlayStation 3…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009