Category Archives: Sony

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 15:25 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4 on PS3 is stellar despite PS4′s “visual innovations,” says Ubisoft

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Jean Guesdon, creative director at Ubisoft Montreal, has told VG247 that while the PS4 is definitely a hug leap forward compared to PS3, those who plan on purchasing Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag for PS3 won’t be disappointed, as it will still be a stellar experience.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 15:04 BST

Injustice: Gods Among Us video delves into Batgirl’s history

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To coincide with e availability of Batgirl for Injustice: Gods Among Us, Warner has released a history trailer for the lovely lady. Hit up the break for a watch. The character will be made available as DLC later on the PS Store in the US once it updates, is out today on Xbox Live as well, and will hit PSN in Europe tomorrow.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 14:26 BST

Tearaway: screens show loads of cuteness, pig skin pre-order bonus, gameplay video

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Sony has released some screenshots of Media Molecule’s Tearaway along with one of the skin your pig mount can don once you pre-order. There’s also some box art posted below alongside some gameplay footage posted earlier by
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. Game’s out on Vita in October.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 12:54 BST

Killer is Dead gets huge screen dump: shows bosses, combat & more

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Killer is Dead developer Grasshopper Manufacture has released a huge gallery of new shots for its twisted action game, showing off four bosses, plenty of sword-play some bloke riding a tiger, obviously. The game’s out on PS3 and Xbox 360 in August.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 12:31 BST

Medal of Honor: PS Vita game outed by concept art

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Medal of Honor was getting the PS Vita treatment over at Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City studio Slant Six, according to concept art listed by a former employee.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 12:21 BST

PS4 console pieced together from teaser clip

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PlayStation 4 has yet to be revealed in its final physical form, but based on Sony’s teaser trailer yesterday, one Reddit user has piece together the close-ups to produce an artist’s rendition of what it might look like.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:17 BST

Panopticon: PS Vita exclusive revealed as Freedom Wars, launching 2014

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Freedom Wars is the final title of Sony Japan Studio’s recently released exclusive, codenamed ‘Panopticon’. The game has received a new trailer which is largely the original clip, but with more subtitles and insight into what’s going on.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:41 BST

Black Ops 2: Revolution DLC is free this free-to-play this weekend, new micro-DLC incoming

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer Treyarch is lifting the paywall off its Revolution DLC pack this weekend, letting everyone play it for free for a few days. The game is also getting some more micro-DLC skins that will be chosen by fan vote.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:13 BST

Resident Evil: Revelations launch trailer shows flashes of gameplay

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Resident Evil: Revelations developer Capcom has released a launch trailer for its HD re-release, full of static and quick shots of beasties. The games out on PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360 today in the States, and on Friday across Europe.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:11 BST

GRID 2: new gameplay footage shows Yas Marina circuit

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GRID 2 developer Codemasters has released another new gameplay video from its racer, this time showing off the urban Yas Marina circuit. THe game’s out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 from May 28 in the States and May 31 across Europe.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 07:48 BST

Deep Silver bringing twin-stick shooter Narco Terror to XBLA and PSN soon

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Deep Silver and unheralded games company Rubicon Organization have a new ground-based co-op twin-stick shooter called Narco Terror that is primed for release this summer/winter (sometime in the next few months, to be clear) to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. A trailer that explains it all is inside.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 05:54 BST

PSN offering new game+DLC “Ultimate Edition” bundles at steep discount this week

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The PlayStation Store has these “Ultimate Edition” bundles that give you a base game and all its DLC for a discounted price. This week, they’re putting out ten new Ultimate Editions, and they’re making them even cheaper than they normally would. Plus subscribers get a better discount, as usual. Full list inside.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 05:11 BST

Cloud’s horribly impractical sword has been created in the real world

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In Final Fantasy VII, Cloud carries around like a really big sword. It’s as big as he is really, and I’ve often wondered how he could even hold the thing. Now, the guy who made a real-life version of the Minecraft diamond sword built this Buster sword, and it is completely ridiculous. Video inside.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:19 BST

Battlefield 4: “Big announcements are coming soon”

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We know that the next-gen Xbox reveal taking place tonight will show off next-gen FIFA and next-gen Call of Duty, but we expect that many of the big game announcements will be left for Microsoft’s E3 press conference. But it could be that we’ll find out something about Battlefield 4 at the imminent event.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 04:40 BST

Ex-Rockstar Dev says he won’t make any more violent games

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If you were a key cog at the studio producing, eh, notoriously violent titles like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, would you be embarrassed to the explain to the “normies” in your life what you do? Jeremy Pope was, and that’s why he left Rockstar Games a decade ago and is pursuing projects that he sees as more palatable to him.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 04:26 BST

Resident Evil: Revelations HD’s DLC schedule is set

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Resident Evil: Revelations is making its way to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this week, and Capcom has some DLC on the way for it that they will release in the coming months.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 04:08 BST

Visceral working in unnamed next-gen shooter — rumor

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The personal website of a game developer named Jehan Choo who once contracted with Visceral Games contained until a few hours ago a reference to work done on “pre-vis environments, mood pieces, and texture work for a PS4/Xbox 720 title” at Visceral, which is best known lately for the producing the Dead Space games.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 02:01 BST

Dyack Responds to Kotaku expose on X-Men Destiny

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Last October, Kotaku published a feature titled “What went wrong with Silicon Knights’ X-Men Destiny?” You can read that piece here. Former studio head Dennis Dyack, now at Precursor Games today posted he response to it in a YouTube video.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 01:45 BST

Mass Effect costumes coming to LittleBigPlanet this week

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If you’ve ever wished the characters in Mass Effect were more cute, then this week will be exciting for you. Media Molecule has announced the Mass Effect Costume Pack for LittleBigPlanets 2, Karting and Vita.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 01:17 BST

Pre-order bonuses for Tearaway include pig mount

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If you’ve been on the fence about picking up Media Molecule’s Vita exclusive Tearaway, then you should know that if you pre-order the game, you will get a pig that you can ride around on. More goodies listed after the jump.

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