PlayStation Network PLAY Announced, Includes Bonus Gifts, 20% of Pre-Orders Sony Computer Entertainment of America (and Europe) has just announced the ?first annual? PlayStation Network PLAY. It?s a new program that offers bonus gifts with every purchase, along with pre-order discounts of up to 20% off for PlayStation Plus subscribers.PlayStation Network play is similar to Xbox LIVE?s Summer of Arcade promotion, where four downloadable titles are set for a staggered release over the coming weeks, and if you buy all four titles, you getPAYDAY: The Heistfor free. On top of the chance for a free game, for any of the games you pre-order, you?ll get a PS3 theme as a bonus gift. PlayStation Plus subscribers really get their dollar?s worth, as they get 20% off each of the titles. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: PlayStation Network PLAY Announced, Includes Bonus Gifts, 20% of Pre-Orders | PlayStation LifeStyle
Twisted Metal Takes a Detour to 2012 Twisted Metal was among the most anticipated PlayStation 3 exclusive titles to release this holiday season. Keyword being ?was?. Unfortunately, it won?t be making its schedule October 4th release date? Not even close.David Jaffe just delivered some good news and bad news on the PlayStation.Blog. The good news wasn?t quite good enough, and the bad news, well? it?s definitely going to disappoint a lot of fans.Twisted Metalwill not be releasing on the previously planned October 4th release date, and instead, is set for sometime in ?early 2012?. The extra time, Jaffe says, will be spent on polishing and fine-tuning to make the game ?so much better than it already is?. Jaffe then leaves us with the following quote, which any angry fans should really take to heart: :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: Twisted Metal Delayed to 2012 | PlayStation LifeStyle
Rebranded True Crime: Hong Kong next year ?The game previously known as True Crime: Hong Kong,? as it?s referred to in a blog post from Square Enix, will be be out sometime next year, it?s been announced.Confirmed to have been picked up by the publisher earlier in the week, following former publisher Activision canning the United Front Games undertaking earlier this year, the open-world game will launch for all PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 as originally planned.Activision held on to the True Crimename though, so the game will reappear under a different moniker. Not that this bothers neither Square or UFG; the pair is quite excited:?We?re really pleased to be working with Square Enix London Studios and their excitement on the game means a great deal to us,? says UFG president Stefan Wessels. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: That VideoGame Blog » Rebranded True Crime: Hong Kong next year
First Firefall beta invites going out this month Beta invites for Red 5?s wide open spaces Firefallshooter will start going out later this month, the developer?s announced in a blog update on its site. No date when to start checking your inbox yet, but it?ll be after PAX Prime concludes on the 28th.It?s going to be a more closed affair in the beginning, the post explains, with players themselves able to invite more and more of their friends to participate as the weeks and months roll by:?Firefall is a game designed for massive co-operative gameplay. What is more fun than playing with your friends? It?s never fun being the one person in your group of gaming friends that gets an invite to a beta and the rest just have to wait. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: That VideoGame Blog » First Firefall beta invites going out this month
Video posted on August 5th, 2011Resistance 3 ? ?Journey? trailer [video=youtube;5ytrYf097PU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ytrYf097PU[/video] A new trailer for Insomniac's Resistance 3 sets the stage for the early September shooter; expect more drama from this one :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: That VideoGame Blog » Resistance 3 — ‘Journey’ trailer
Mojang gets legal notice from Bethesda over ?Scrolls? The man behind indie development studio Mojang ? made famous by Minecraftand*known mainly by his internet handle Notch ?*received recently a legal notice from Bethesda over the naming of its upcoming game Scrolls.Without any further investigation we can easily see what issue Bethesda might have with Scrolls, even if it does seem a bit ridiculous.Bethesda claims that the title of Notch?s second game sounds a little too much like the Elder Scrollsseries and that consumers might find themselves confusing Skyrimwith the Minecraftmaker?s 2nd game. Despite the legal notice from Bethesda, Notch appears to be taking the notice with good humor, stating on his Twitter feed ?I still <3 Bethesda. This is hopefully just lawyers being lawyers.? We hope he?s right. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: That VideoGame Blog » Mojang gets legal notice from Bethesda over “Scrolls”
Resistance 3 golden, packed with extras Resistance 3has gone gold, fighters of monstrous alien scum will be happy to learn, meaning the Insomniac shooter has headed to the presses right in time for its early September launch.It?s also been announced that the game will be in for a day one patch, made up of changes and fixes based on the on-going multiplayer beta.And, those who crave extras are catered to as well. The game disc will come packed with extra goods, including demos for Killzone 3, MotorStorm Apocalypseand Infamous 2, trailers and videos for Uncharted 3, Starhawk, God of War Origins, SOCOM 4, plus music and movie goods from Sony properties.The game?s hitting shelves on September 6th in NA, 9th in Europe. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: That VideoGame Blog » Resistance 3 golden, packed with extras
Gamestop bundling Resistance 3 with PlayStation 3DTV anyway (if you preorder) In an effort to prove that Sony ain't the boss o' them, Gamestop will be bundling Resistance 3 with each pre-order for the now-MotorStorm-infused PlayStation-branded 3DTV, launching this November. It's also possible that Gamestop is simply honoring its existing pre-orders while sweetening the pot to attract new buyers, but where's the fun in that?As weird as pre-ordering a television setis, having two 3D-capable games certainly adds a little extra something to deal, and when you're spending $500 on anything it's important to get your money's worth. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: Gamestop bundling Resistance 3 with PlayStation 3DTV anyway (if you preorder) | Joystiq
Borderlands 2, starring Salvador the dwarf and a dump of new details Borderlands 2 is bumpin' up the brutality with new details, courtesy of the latest issue of GameInformer. Co-op will remain four-player, but the enemy and NPC AI has been revved to support a more interactive environment, with friendlies offering dialogue and bandits carrying weapons unique to their class. Eridium, a new element, will serve as currency and a means of upgrading weapons and vehicles, we assume by duct-taping it to whichever item you wish to improve.The original Borderlands characters will be NPCs in the Gearbox sequel, but we do have a small amount of details on a new character, the dwarf Salvador, who is pictured above. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: Borderlands 2, starring Salvador the dwarf and a dump of new details | Joystiq
Battlefield 3 to have 10 times the unlocks as Bad Company 2 Battlefield 3 will have 10 times the hardware unlocks as Bad Company 2, in an obvious ploy to keep players away from friends, family and potential mates for years to come. Battleblog #5, "Years worth of unlocks and rewards in Battlefield 3," unsurprisingly boasts a massive unlock tree for vehicles and oodles of unlocks for weapons, weapons attachments and gadgets. It also lists awards, service stars, kit tailoring options and tactical unlock details.Battleblog #5 focuses on Battlefield 3's "play it your way" philosophy, giving players more flexibility in creating their kits and earning service stars to keep us playing well into 2013 and beyond. Just not on Steam. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: Battlefield 3 to have 10 times the unlocks as Bad Company 2 | Joystiq
Mass Effect 3 will/won't have multiplayer, part 4: Xbox World cover edition First it did, and then it didn't, and then it might, and now it seems the plot has thickened once again. Mass Effect 3's on-again-off-again love affair with multiplayer is decidedly on again, as the cover of Xbox World Issue 108 (above) teases new multiplayer details, indicating that hey, this game has multiplayer. We're hoping this means BioWare has finally listened to our mailing campaign and implemented an Xbox Live/PSN-enabled head-to-head argument mode. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: Mass Effect 3 will/won't have multiplayer, part 4: Xbox World cover edition | Joystiq
Rumor: Team Bondi to be acquired by Mad Max studio, KMM Mad Max's George Miller is playing host to the artists behind L.A. Noire, Team Bondi, as the developer faces a tortured reputation, burned bridges with Rockstar and is in need of fresh studio support, according to sources at Kotaku. Team Bondi bossman Brendan McNamara has been spotted touring Miller's KMM Studio in Sydney, including a stop at Dr. D, the animation shop currently finishing Happy Feet 2, one person said.A few former Team Bondi employees -- the same ones who reported terrible work conditions under McNamara -- work at Dr. D and found it unsettling that McNamara was touring the offices, the source said. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: Rumor: Team Bondi to be acquired by Mad Max studio, KMM | Joystiq
Sony replaces Resistance 3 with MotorStorm: Apocalypse in 3DTV bundle If you live in a dorm room, or an efficiency in Manhattan, or a tiny Harry Potterstaircase closet, you were probably chuffed to bits when Sony announced their 24-inch PlayStation-branded 3DTV/Resistance 3 bundle during this year's E3. Now though, it looks like denizens of diminished domiciles will be doing a lot more wicked jumps, and lot less alien shooting.Responding to inquiries regarding this Amazon listing, which shows Sony's PlayStation 3DTV bundled with MotorStorm: Apocalypse instead of Resistance 3, Insomniac Games confirmed the switch in a tweet, apologizing for any inconvenience. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: Sony replaces Resistance 3 with MotorStorm: Apocalypse in 3DTV bundle | Joystiq
Tamer version of Heavy Rain to be re-released in Europe PEGI, the European video games rating board, recently published an evaluation for Heavy Rain Edition Modifiée, an apparently toned-down version of Quantic Dream's interactive drama which will carry a PEGI 16 rating (marked down from the original's PEGI 18 rating). Little is known about the content or reasoning behind the new, minor-friendly version of the game, but as the PEGI rating mentions an August 3 release date, it'll probably start showing up on European store shelves soon. So, what's getting cut in the Edition Modifiée? According to the PEGI ratings, the original's "extreme violence" and "violence towards defenceless people" have been downgraded to "realistic-looking violence." We can't wait to see how this changes the game's more intense sequences. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: Tamer version of Heavy Rain to be re-released in Europe | Joystiq
ICO translation heading to stores in August That ICOnovel we reported on back in February? It?s nearly here. Like ?in just over a week? here.ICO: The Castle in the Mistwill release on August 16 for £9.99. As the pricing suggests that?s for the UK. We?re not too sure on global release deets.Published by Viz Media, the book will adapt the PS2 classic, which could prove to be a big challenge given the game?s lack of any real dialogue. A plot synopsis reads:*?A boy with horns, marked for death. A girl who sleeps in a cage of iron. The Castle in the Mist has called for its sacrifice: a horned child, born once a generation. When, on a single night in his thirteenth year, Ico?s horns grow long and curved, he knows his time has come. But why does the Castle in the Mist demand this offering, :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: That VideoGame Blog » ICO translation heading to stores in August
Some holiday titles to ?fall short? says Bethesda It?s easy to understand why Bethesda are confident about the holiday season; The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, their latest open-world RPG, is one of the year?s most anticipated, even when stacked up to the*competition. But with so many enticing games on the horizon, the developer knows that not every title can sell as well as hoped.At least that?s what*vice president Pete Hines has told to Eurogamer. Whilst attending this year?s QuakeCon, he revealed that: ?It?s probably healthy for the industry because the industry gets a lot of attention when there?s all these things happening, just like the movie industry gets a lot of buzz when there?s a bunch of really big things at the movies and everyone?s talking about them all. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: That VideoGame Blog » Some holiday titles to ‘fall short’ says Bethesda
DC Universe Online merging regular servers into MegaServers this Monday DC Universe Online's rapidly approaching MegaServers unification program will be joining heroic forces together, whether they like it or not. The costumed crime-fighting MMO's 26 worldwide servers are set to be merged into 4 "MegaServers;" 1 PC and 1 PS3 server for the US, with twin servers created for the EU.Previously hailed as "Super-Servers," MegaServers will give players the ability to switch between PvP and PvE styles of gameplay, and hopefully, new people to actually playwith. The merge will begin for EU servers on Monday morning, with US servers following on Tuesday and Wednesday. As is the way with these things, some players will be forced to change their names after the merge, as two characters cannot exist with the same name on the same server. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: DC Universe Online merging regular servers into MegaServers this Monday | Joystiq
'Duke Nukem Forever was profitable for Take-Two," CEO says "Despite its disappointing reviews, Duke Nukem Foreverwas profitable for Take-Two," company CEO Strauss Zelnick told investors during a conference call this evening. While disappointing might be a nice way of describing most of the game's reviews (here's ours!), it's no surprise that the title is selling well. After fourteen-years of waiting, audience interest in the title was massive and, poor reviews be damned, Duke earned a #2 spot on the month's NPD charts. While Take-Two didn't bankroll those fourteen years of development, the publisher did sue Apogee over the unfinished game in 2009 claiming that it paid $12 million for the publishing rights to the title. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: 'Duke Nukem Forever was profitable for Take-Two," CEO says | Joystiq
SingStar goes 'Back To The 80s,' would do anything for love (but won't do that) As any karaoke connoisseur will tell you, the only sure-fire way to win the minds and hearts of your audience is through the hypnotically entrancing black magic of the power ballad. Sony realizes this, and in order to ensure maximum audience mind malleability, it'll be releasing SingStar Back To The 80s sometime before Christmas.The songpack will feature "30 massive hits" (we're guessing Meatloaf) from the decade of Devo and decadence, although no specific songlist has been released as of yet. Even so, the news has us feeling all nostalgic for the smell of hairspray and Whitesnake's Still Of The Night. If only our oversized glasses, tight jeans, and v-neck t-shirts would come back into fashion, we could... what's that? No. You're kidding :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: SingStar goes 'Back To The 80s,' would do anything for love (but won't do that) | Joystiq
Dishonored screens may light your fire, definitely light a guy on fire Dishonored, the latest game from the crew at Arkane, and the first to be published by its new corporate overlords at Bethesda, still has that new game smell. Take this screenshot above, for example: Did you realize that this "retro-futuristic" world, based on 1666 London and powered by whale oil, had leggy robot flamethrowers? Strange, that new game smells kinda smells like burning. :vampire: CLICK THE LINK 4 MORE :vampire: Dishonored screens may light your fire, definitely light a guy on fire | Joystiq
