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A taste of Vanquish in a week
A western demo for PlatinumGames’ high-octane shooter Vanquish has been confirmed. Both Sega of America and Europe announced today that the Shinji Mikami-led TPS can be sampled by both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners in a week’s time (see here for a quick run-through of what to expect); it’ll arrive on North American systems on August 31st, and European ones the following day, on ...read more
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DICE involved in Hot Pursuit reboot
Next to Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Medal of Honor and Battlefield 3, DICE has been developing another — perhaps somewhat unlikely to those not aware of their racing history — game in recent times: Criterion’s upcoming Need for Speed Hot Pursuit. According to Criterion’s senior engineer Alex Fry, the Swedish FPS gurus gave the studio a hand with the design of the ...read more
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What happens when PlayStation Plus games expire?
n about a month, people who purchased a 3-month subscription to PlayStation Plus will be faced with one crucial question. What happens to my games when my subscription ends? Joystiq had access to a press-only 1 month trial, and recently found out the answer. Sony's premium online subscription service has offered a number of "free" games -- full PSN games, like WipEout HD and Critter Crunch, and a ...read more
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Subway restaurants offer early access to PlayStation Move in new contest
Sony and Subway are continuing their bizarre cross-marketing relationship. The newly-announced "Fiery Footlong Frenzy" promotion will award "more than $1 million in retail value" of prizes, at a rate of "one prize per minute." Up for grabs are PS3 systems, games (including collector's edition versions of Gran Turismo 5, LittleBigPlanet 2 and Uncharted 2), 3D HDTVs, PSP systems, and an exclusive ...read more
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Bungie Looking For PlayStation 3 Engineer
Bungie, the company behind the Halo franchise, is looking for a "Software Development Engineer in Tests" and an "Engine Programmer" who are familiar with the PlayStation 3, signaling its move from Xbox 360 exclusivity. Since the Bungie/Activision deal was announced, the plan was alwas for a multiplatform release, and now, it's happening.
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EA Sports MMA heavyweight roster revealed
If you're only interested in playing as and competing with EA Sports MMA's bulkiest brawlers, you'll want to closely examine the image above, which contains all members of the upcoming fighting game's heavyweight roster. There's a few memorable faces on there, like Randy Couture, and Ken Shamrock, and Jason Statham, and Jason Statham, and also Tattooed Jason Statham. You caught us -- truth be ...read more
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EU PlayStation Plus subscribers get Mafia 2 demo early
Sony announced this morning via its EU PlayStation Blog that the demo for Mafia 2 will be a "24-hour exclusive" to PlayStation Plus subscribers on the EU PSN (people presumably still reeling from their bonus copies of LittleBigPlanet). Non-subscribers in the EU will get the demo tomorrow. The demo went live via Automatic Download and on the PlayStation Plus section of PSN this morning. If you ...read more
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FIFA Soccer 11 cover to feature Ricardo 'Kaka' Izecson dos Santos Leite
His name is actually Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, but he's better known as "Kaka." The Real Madrid midfielder will grace the cover of EA Sports' forthcoming footballer -- FIFA Soccer 11 -- in addition to being the "center-piece of global advertising, marketing, and promotional campaigns." For his part, 'Kaka' says (hehehe) "I've always been a fan of EA Sports and especially the FIFA ...read more
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PS3 selling like a very hot, very delicious cake
The lessons here are simple. You take your moderately popular product, slash the price, provide a slew of cosmetic upgrades, and you’ve got yourself a hot seller. Sony is learning these lessons rapidly as the PlayStation 3 saw huge sales growth during the last three months. As reported by Sony, specific performance metrics include a 32.4% year-over-year increase in sales to £2.4b. Moreover, ...read more
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Sony re-release System Software update 3.41
Ah system software updates, love ‘em or hate ‘em there’s no denying they cause some sort of issue for someone everytime a new one’s released. The PS3’s most recent 3.41 one is no exception; according to Sony’s EU blog, if users are replacing the PS3 HDD, the update can stop halfway through. If that means anything to you fear not; a version of the update is up now that destroys said ...read more
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