Posted 1/18/11 4:04 pm EST by Adam Rosenberg in News, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360
There been a flurry of activity in the past week on the "Final Fantasy" front. First, the "Final Fantasy XIII-2" registered, apparently for Square-Enix. Then just this morning, "Final Fantasy XIII-2" was formally announced for an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Japan, a direct sequel to last year's "Final Fantasy XIII." Mere hours later, an update on the PlayStation Blog confirmed the sequel, which will feature an "evolved" battle system from last year's game, and its PS3 release "next winter."
Posted 12/28/10 2:47 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PSP
Even as Square Enix struggled to get "Final Fantasy XIV" into presentable shape this year, they marched ever onward exploring and releasing ported versions of older titles from the series. The "Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection" represents one of their latest efforts on that front, and the PlayStation Portable bundling of both "FFIV" and "FFIV: The After Years" now has a release date (in Japan at least) of March 24, 2011.
Posted 12/17/10 2:05 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PS3, PSP
The European iPhone and Android markets will provide a launchpad for Sony's new quest to get smart phone users checking up on their PlayStation Network business more often. Android phones, iPhones and iPod Touches will be able to download an official PlayStation app "soon," and though a North American announcement hasn't been made yet, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and The Netherlands have all been named on a list of countries that will be getting access first.
Posted 12/2/10 5:05 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in 3DS / DS, News, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
Movie theaters just weren't enough for Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston in their Asgardian attire for 2011. Sega's epic settings for their spring game "Thor: God of Thunder" now have some faces to act out their story, and both actors have been chosen to reprise their roles from next year's Marvel Studios "Thor" film.
Posted 11/24/10 6:30 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PS3, PSP
Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network both have been recruiting new Japanese import titles to their online stores this year, but Sony wants to keep the flow of content going both ways across the Pacific. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's new "Western Game Buyer Selection" label will start appearing overseas on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable titles, with "Castle Crashers" and "Comet Crash" landing on PlayStation 3's and "Young Thor" coming to PlayStation Portables.
Posted 11/22/10 3:30 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PSP
The fate of Sony's PlayStation Portable brand has mostly been a head-scratcher in 2010. The year definitely didn't become the PSP go success story that its makers were hoping for, but rumors about a PSP 2 appearance at E3 and dev kit sightings have kept speculation alive that something new is on the horizon. More recently, images of a potential PSP phone showed up on Engadget, and though Sony isn't copping to anything specific, someone over at Sony Ericsson is will to fan the flames.
Posted 11/18/10 11:39 am EST by Brian Warmoth in 3DS / DS, News, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
All over the exclusive Michael Jackson gloves in the world won't be of much use to you without music to move them to. That's not an issue with "Michael Jackson: The Experience" after today, though, because Ubisoft has shared the complete lists of MJ tunes that are slated for playability when it comes out for the Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS on November 25 and the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with Move and Kinect support in early 2011.
Posted 11/11/10 2:35 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PS3, PSP
The "LittleBigPlanet 2" team has been putting in extra hours and months to get their game out since it was delayed into 2011. The series may have another iron in the fire, though, and the phantom project is called "Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves."
Whatever the game is, the Australian Government has classified it as appropriate for general audiences, according to the country's online Classification Database (via Siliconera). It would be somewhat of a shocker if Sony was prepping a game with "Moves" in the title that wasn't going to be PlayStation Move-oriented with its controls, so the PlayStation 3 is a good guess for now in terms of where this Sackboy venture will be showing up.
Posted 11/5/10 5:19 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in 3DS / DS, News, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
A very legitimate-looking Sears Black Friday flyer seems to have leaked out onto the Internet, and it's got some video game-related deals that are relevant to you. It includes green and red DSi's from Nintendo in special "Mario Party DS" holiday bundles for $149.99, as well as $129.99 PSP-3000's that come with "LittleBigPlanet" and "The Karate Kid" on UMD. If you crave deals badly enough and have a recent Wii or Xbox 360 title you'd like to pick up for $10-20 off of its MSRP, consider your options here very carefully.
Posted 11/5/10 12:32 pm EST by Jason Cipriano in Developer Pop Quiz, PSP
Developer Pop Quiz is a weekly interview series in which we ask developers from around the industry the same 10 questions and post their responses.
Say what you will about Sony, but over the last few years it's undeniable that they have consistently delivered with their "God of War" franchise. Most gamers are familiar with the work of Sony's Santa Monica Studios, who work on the console versions of the game, but Sony's talented Ready at Dawn Studios oversee the portable versions of the title. Now that their latest, "God of War: Ghost of Sparta," is out, this week's Developer Pop Quiz features answers by the game's designer, Michael Deneen, where he offers us some insight into his career, how he got started, and what he thinks about the video games industry.