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Sony: Motorstorm Apocalypse Will Prove 3D Gaming’s Worth
It took more than 100 years for the notion of 3D film-making to prove itself with the 2009 release of smash hit Avatar, and Sony believes that games like the Playstation 3’s Motorstorm Apocalypse and Killzone 3 will do the same for gaming. Mick Hocking, senior director for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Studio Liverpool, heads…
By Brian Crecente Published August 18, 2010 -
Playstation Move Demo Stations Set to Blanket the Country
Sony’s motion-sensing Playstation Move hits stores next month, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to have to wait a bit more than a month to check it out. Sony Computer Entertainment of America confirmed to Kotaku that they are gearing up for quite a marketing push, bringing the controller add-on for the Playstation 3 to…
By Brian Crecente Published August 12, 2010 -
CultureTotal Recall
Namco: Maker Of Games, Builder Of ROBOTS
During the early 1980s, Namco wasn’t only conquering arcades with games like Pac-Man. The company was doing something else. Something important. It was building robots. Namco made a handful of bots for the Japanese Science Foundation Musuem, including “Largo” the stamp robot. Kids would press Largo’s red nose and the robot would then stamp their…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2010 -
PlayStation Network Summer Sale Includes Some Amazing Deals
You’ve got a little less than a week left to buy games like GTA: Chinatown Wars, Fat Princess and PixelJunk Shooter for half price. The Playstation Network Summer Sale runs through Monday, Aug 9 in the U.S. and Canada. Here’s a break down of what you can get: PS3 Fat Princess – $7.49 sale; $14.99…
By Brian Crecente Published August 3, 2010 -
PlayStation Shot Glasses? PlayStation Underwear?
Sony has kicked off today the “PlayStation Logo Licensing Program”. Translation: you’ll soon start seeing all kinds of miscellaneous crap turn up sporting the PlayStation logo. The idea is that Sony wants to see the PlayStation brand and logo (as well as the iconic controller button symbols) appearing on all kinds of “lifestyle products”, which…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010 -
In The Quest For The Best Resident Evil Controls, Motion Gets Another Turn
Does anyone know what the best way is to control a Resident Evil game anymore? At least Capcom keeps doling out options, including PlayStation 3 motion control, which I sampled this week. We’ve been hearing about motion control support for Resident Evil 5 since last year, and our own Brian Ashcraft played RE5 with Wii-like…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 23, 2010 -
Kevin Butler Responds To New Zealand Copycats
Hey, New Zealand TV, you can’t go ripping off a PlayStation ad and not expect Sony’s VP of Antipodean Beard Standards Kevin Butler to bring the thunder. The PlayStation mascot – or at least the guys who write the material for the actor who plays a PlayStation mascot – has responded to New Zealand’s TV3…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2010 -
Zangief Vs. The Universe
Zangief proves once and for all that even goat-horned, laser-shooting dinosaurs are no match for the Red Cyclone. A compilation video takes a look at Zangief pile-driving foes into submission over the years. The highlight reel contains footage from nearly every Street Fighter game Zangief has starred in, with a few omissions such as the…
By Aulistar Mark Published July 8, 2010 -
Sony’s Thoughts On Insomniac Going Multi-Platform
Game studio Insomniac Games has created a slew of exclusive titles for the PlayStation platform. Franchises like Ratchet & Clank and Resistance are PlayStation hallmarks. The day of Insomniac making only PS games are over. Earlier this year, Insomniac struck a partnership with Electronic Arts to make a new franchise for both the PS3 and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 8, 2010 -
Sony Shows Its Faith In 3D
The people behind the PlayStation have been proudly promoting their 3D wares throughout the year, but today at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, Sony brought some of its biggest guns, as executives presented its new technology push. Top Sony executives Sir Howard Stringer (CEO and President), Stan Glasgow, (Chief Operating Officer), Michael Fasulo,…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 9, 2010 -
Twisted Metal PS3 Accidentally Confirmed?
During the latest episode of Bonus Round, analyst supreme Michael Pachter may have accidentally let the cat out of the bag about Playstation 3 car combat racer Twisted Metal PS3. The analyst mentioned the game while talking about solid games coming to the PS3 that don’t have Move support. David Jaffe says via Twitter it…
By Brian Crecente Published May 30, 2010 -
How The Pros Mock Nintendo
For two decades, people have been paid to make fun of Nintendo. These professionals are hired by big companies that either hate Nintendo or consider Nintendo to be semi-ridiculous. (Irony: These pros never laugh last.) Here are their finest works. We’ll start with a recent example, to put this trend in a modern context. We’ve…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 26, 2010 -
Using A PlayStation As A Tattoo Gun
A man detained in the United Kingdom has had a PlayStation – or what was left of a PlayStation – confiscated by authorities after he was caught using it as a tattoo gun. The man, from Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in West Sussex, had apparently been using the internal motor of a PlayStation 1…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2010 -
Collector Who Wanted Crappy Demo No One Wanted Speaks
Isn’t $710 a bit much for a crummy PSOne demo – seemingly worthless when it was handed out 12 years ago? The collector who won the bidding for NBA 2-Ball thinks he got a steal on the price. Speaking under the pseudonym “Richard,” the winning bidder told Multiplayer Games that the disc’s rarity and the…
By Owen Good Published May 23, 2010 -
A Very Special Cameo
Alpha Protocol is a spy game that SEGA is publishing. Know what I spy? A SEGA Saturn. The console, was released in the West in 1995 and discontinued there in 1998, struggled against the PlayStation and the Nintendo 64. But here it lives on! Alpha Protocol was originally slated for release last October. It will…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2010 -
Solid Snake Through The Years
This is 1987 stealth game Metal Gear. The box shows protagonist Solid Snake at the age of 23. Let’s review and see how he stacks up over the years — courtesy of 2ch, the world’s largest bulletin board. Here is snake at 27 years-old in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. And at 33. And at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2010 -
120 Metal Gear Solid Discs, But With A Catch
Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation 1 is a two disc game. If you could have 120 discs, which would you want disc 1 or 2? You can only have one! Disc 2 it is! An eBay seller is not giving away 120 MGS disc 2 discs, but selling them. Yours for US$499.95. Why? Who…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2010 -
Truly Great Cinema Comes To The PS3
From Fellini to Ford. From Clouzot to Capra. And everything in between. Online movie site Mubi.com is making its way to the PS3 and bringing its fantastic library of cinema with it. From the PlayStation Europe Blog: “We are MUBI and we are basically transforming your PS3 console into your own online cinema. (You can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010 -
Crappy Demo No One Wanted Sells for $710
It didn’t come close to breaking records set recently by other rare titles, but NBA 2-Ball, a freebie PSOne disc given out at the 1998 NBA All-Star game, probably set a mark for demos. The item sold last night with a winning bid of $710, better than double the opening bid of $300, which some…
By Owen Good Published May 12, 2010