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So you want to play the Bayonetta demo early, do you?

Registration for the "contest" will be open from Monday, November 9 to Friday, November 13. Winners will be notified on Monday, November 16. Those not selected will then be referred to as "the group least likely to win a 'boot-gun thing' firing contest" ... or PlayStation 3 players. Should you n...

Hands-on: Netflix on PS3

Many Netflix subscribers will find a rather inconspicuous red envelope in the mail today. It may look like a standard Netflix package, but inside PS3 owners will discover the "Instant Streaming Disc" which enables Netflix's instant streaming service on Sony's console.

Media Molecule talks up DLC, shoots down LittleBigPlanet sequel

One of Media Molecule's unannounced expansions may be similar in execution to the Metal Gear Solid pack from earlier this year. "We're looking forward to some really good original content, and some really strong brands we're working with," Lynagh teased.Media Molecule talks up DLC, sho...

Analyst: 'Sony was saved by the success of the Wii'

If you haven't heard, the PlayStation Wii is so successful, it pretty much prints money. Wait, Sony didn't make the Wii? Then how did the market analysts of DFC Intelligence come to the conclusion that "Sony was saved by the success of the Wii?"

SCEA files patent for interactive movie technology

Interactive movie technology," you may find yourself asking, "isn't that just another word for video games?" Well, grandpa, yes and no. While this recently filed patent from Sony Computer Entertainment America will likely be implemented in some form of game -- our guess is PlayStation...

Pepsi partners with Uncharted 2 for PS3 bundle giveaway

And that's exactly the choice that folks living in select states have to make when they go to their local supermarkets starting this week. If you dare to purchase specially-marked 12-packs of Pepsi, you could be 1 of 20 equally daring folks who wins a PlayStation 3 system and the entire Unch...

PSA: 250GB PS3 available now

Just a quick reminder to let everyone know that the 250GB PlayStation 3 is available now in North America. The package runs $349 and crams a console, 250GB hard drive, controller and composite AV cables into the box. As the more astute readers have no doubt realized, the only thing different...

Warren Spector envisions two more Disney Epic Mickey games

In the ongoing media blitz that Disney Epic Mickey (yes, it's really still named that) has been receiving over the past few weeks, the game's creative head Warren Spector has been decidedly candid. First, he spoke about the difference between the game's concept art and in-game graphics,...

Pre-order LittleBigPlanet PSP for a tank costume

Ready to start collecting Sackboy costumes all over again? Pre-ordering LittleBigPlanet for PSP at GameStop seems to be a good way to get a headstart on building a respectable LittleBigCloset. The retailer is offering a series of six outfits based on popular PlayStation franchises, in...

Sony's Japan Studio urged to create more PS3 games

Japan Studios has had little impact on the PlayStation software library this generation. The platform's greatest hits so far have, instead, come from America and Europe. Titles like Uncharted, Killzone, LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, God of War, and WipEout all co...

God of War Collection porting 'lasted 15 weeks'

At E3, we got a lot of positive buzz for God of War III. We read the blog posts, forums and editorials, and it was clear that fans really wanted to see God of War 1 & 2 on PlayStation 3," Santa Monica Studios director John Hight recently told Game Hunters. We're not entirely sure why this would...

Rising Star's Q1 lineup for Europe includes Fragile, Way of the Samurai 3

Rising Star Games has announced a European release for Fragile (as Fragile Dreams), Namco Bandai's action-adventure game about exploring a haunted, post-disaster Japan, in March 2010. That's around the same time XSEED plans to bring the Namco Bandai title to North America.

Half-Minute Hero can't rescue Quebec

Thankfully, digital distribution offers a workaround. PlayStation Network appears to be exempt from Quebec's bilingual laws, so a simple visit to the PlayStation Store is all it takes to bypass the French language police.Half-Minute Hero can't rescue Quebec originally appeared on Jo...

Zombie Tycoon reanimates PSP minis movement today

Just when we were really starting to wonder, Frima Studio dropped a note on PlayStation Blog to cease our concern. A new PSP mini, Frima's Zombie Tycoon, will be released later today as part of SCEA's weekly PSN update. Zombie Tycoon breaks a four-week dry spell for minis releases in North Am...

Stay indoors and visit PlayStation Home for Halloween celebrations

Source - Celebrate Halloween PlayStation Home-Style at the Zombie RallyStay indoors and visit PlayStation Home for Halloween celebrations originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Race against the Motorstorm: Arctic Edge devs tomorrow

The development team at Bigbig Studios -- who are ironically comprised of employees under 5 feet tall on average* -- will face off against Motorstorm: Arctic Edge players tomorrow in an evening multiplayer event. According to the PlayStation UK Blog, the event will take place on Europea...

Frogger Returns, crosses street to WiiWare and PlayStation Network

Frogger Returns promises to be "12 times the size of the original" and will also offer "local multiplayer," according to the official press release. No details on price were revealed, but Konami's aiming for a release on both WiiWare and PlayStation Network later this fall.

Insomniac says PS3 won't be maxed for at least another two years

According to Insomniac's James Stevenson, the developer might not begin maxing out the PlayStation 3's power for at least two or three years. The senior community manager's comments (via CVG) are directed towards how efficient developers have become at using Sony's platform to develo...

3D Dot Game Heroes being localized by unknown 3D game publishing heroes

Sony's Jeff Rubenstein told Joystiq that SCEA will not be the publisher, but the actual publisher allowed the news to be "leaked" on Twitter. He couldn't say who the publisher was or when we could expect the game, though he told us that more info will appear on the PlayStation Blog. We would sp...

First Brutal Legend DLC dated Nov. 3, initially free on PS3

EA announced today that the "first DLC" (that means there'll be more, right?) for recently released Brütal Legend will be arriving November 3 and November 5 on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, respectively. Named "Tears of the Hextadon," the two, totally not RTS maps ("Circle of Tears...

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Banned PSN player appeals court decision, sues Sony again for $180k

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Erik Estavillo made headlines in the gaming blogosphere last summer for his $55,000 lawsuit against Sony, launched in retaliation for being banned from the PlayStation Network. As predicted, the judge dismissed his case after determining t...

Ar Tonelico III trailer overwhelms with epicness

The first two Ar Tonelico games on PlayStation 2 barely took advantage of the power offered by the platform. However, Gust is making the jump to 3D for its upcoming Ar Tonelico III for PS3. This new full-length trailer is surprisingly ambitious, showcasing some stunning Gankutsuou-esque...

Netflix: PS3 disc must remain in system until 2010 update; and other answers to your pressing questions

Netflix was kind enough to answer a heap of nitpicky questions following the announcement that its steaming service would soon be available for PlayStation 3. Certainly, question marks hovered over the application "disc" and whether or not it would have to always be in the PS3 to use the N...

This article also contains excerpts from MTV Multiplayer, PS3News, Engadget HD, NintendoDS Advanced

Rumor: Animator resume lists work on 'GoldenEye 2010'

Shortly before being pulled from the internet's intimidating view, an animator's online resume may have let out a secret -- concerning an iconic secret agent. According to the eagle-eyed Superannuation, Craig Peck listed work on a game dubbed "GoldenEye 2010 (Wii)," created in associ...

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2's changes in excruciating technical detail

Digital Foundry reports that the resolution has changed between the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games. Sigma runs at 1280x718, effectively 720p, while the Xbox version ran at 1120x585. The resolution boost comes with some cuts: DF says the PS3 version loses some polygons, or rather some wh...

EA job listing mentions next-gen project for Boom Blox team

We've heard sly references and seen mysterious job listings indicating that Xbox 360 and PS3 owners would soon know the joy of tower toppling -- however, we've not seen anything as concrete as a recent help wanted ad from EA's Boom Blox team. According to the listing, "our last two titles we...

Uncharted 2 DLC coming 'before the end' of 2009, exceeding sales expectations

She wouldn't directly quote sales of the title thus far, but she did allow that the title is "exceeding expectations" and outselling the original game "by many, many times" -- a fact no doubt aided by the PlayStation 3's primary position among consoles on last month's NPDs. Hennig seems to...

Get a free episode of Naruto Shippuden Uncut

Time for another PlayStation Video Store freebie. You can get the first episode of Naruto Shippuden Uncut on your PS3 or PSP for zero dollars. The "Shippuden" story takes place a few years after the events of the first Naruto series, and covers the latter half of the manga's story. Note: the fr...

PS3's Dragon Age: Origins back on track for Nov. 3

Speaking during a live chat on the PlayStation Blog, Bioware's Ray Muzyka announced the latest North American release date for the PlayStation 3 version of Dragon Age: Origins. To be specific, the PS3 version will no longer be the latest in showing up on store shelves. So long, "later in Nov...

James Cameron's Avatar launches for everything Dec. 1

Ubisoft's website lists James Cameron's Avatar as launching across all platforms -- Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS, Wii, PSP, Wifi-enabled Toilets and Toasters that also cook hot dogs -- for December 1. As we're often skeptical with what we read on the Internet, we decided to find out if the listing...

Trine coming to US PSN today; Frozenbyte answers the obvious question

Essentially, as Frozenbyte has said, the delay can be attributed to stringent testing for a console release, combined with a long wait for approval of every test -- wish just a dash of Sony marketing strategy. Frozenbyte's Joel Kinnunen has described the issue in a lengthy forum post.

Volkswagen abandons traditional marketing in favor of iPhone game for GTI launch

A car manufacturer using a video game as a promotional tool is nothing new; Toyota generated a lot of buzz with its laughably bad (but free!) Yaris on Xbox Live Arcade two years ago. However, Volkswagen is taking the adver-gaming concept a huge step forward, by releasing a free iPhone game i...

London's Leicester Square to host Modern Warfare 2 midnight bash

Late-night revelers and iron-sight junkies situated near London should note that Activision plans a proper launch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 at Leicester Square, on the night before the game's November 10 launch on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Hip square visitors to-be can gap...

Report: Average CoD World at War player has spent $9 on DLC [update]

If there were any doubt left in your mind that Call of Duty is a popular franchise, a recent report from Gamasutra should firmly cement the fact in your mind. According to the piece, Call of Duty: World at War's three DLC packs digitally pushed 6.5 million units between March and mid-August of...

New Sony controller patent is rich with opportunities

Sure, Sony's orb-tipped PlayStation Motion Controller has yet to land in our laps, but that doesn't mean the company's not allowed to test the waters of other peripheral designs. Siliconera recently uncovered a series of patent illustrations for a new Sony-developed remote. There's li...

Sony Australia flings a PS3 into a Bravia, technophiles cringe

Oh, crap. Listen, Mr. Larson -- I might have forgotten something ... important. See, to promote this offer, we may have flung the last PlayStation 3 into your Bravia television at 50 mph. By "may have flung," of course, I mean "totally did fling." If it makes you feel any better, it was a really good ad...

Telltale hoping to push content to new consoles, handhelds & Macs

I definitely think there's huge potential there, and right now we're working on getting our content over to some more channels, over to new consoles and the Mac," Connors said. With any luck, PlayStation 3 will be caught in Telltale's wider net -- it's the only current home console that has...

Analysts: Nintendo may forecast drop in profits

While the figures make for dry reading, they illuminate the altered landscape in which Nintendo and its products now compete. Standing atop a wobbling economy, the games industry now hosts a revitalized PlayStation 3 and a Wii that brings in fewer dollars -- the only thing that hasn't cha...

Darksiders slides release date to Jan. 5, 2010

In preparation for the launch on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Darksiders has revealed a new website. Expect to hear more about the game after the Modern Warfare 2 fallout dissipates a little. We also feel the need to remind you of the key words Darksiders usually evokes: God of War; Legend of Ze...

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Exoddus hopping to PSN this Thursday

It's been a while since we were legitimately excited by an addition to the PSOne Classics storefront -- however, now we're waiting on bated breath for the PSN re-release of two timeless titles: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus. The pair of PlayStation platformers wil...

Pachter: Project Natal will cost $50, 'Sphere' will be over $100

Over at IndustryGamers, everyone's favorite video game predicterer (we're still working on that one) Michael Pachter has taken the reigns of the site and offers his own extensive diatribe on the future of Sony and Microsoft's upcoming new tech: Project Natal and the PlayStation Motio...

Rumor: Tekken 6 also bundled with 250GB PS3 in Europe

There's a confusing variety of 250GB PlayStation 3 bundles available in different regions. Put simply, the following theorem appears to hold true: if there's a high-profile PS3 game on the way this year, there is also a PS3 bundle for it somewhere in the world. The latest potential candida...

Sony: PS3 disc drive errors not a firmware issue

The trouble started with Uncharted and has now reportedly grown to encompass all manner of media fed into the PlayStation 3 disc drive. The comments section of PlayStiaton Blog's Firmware 3.01 announcement has been overwhelmed by user reports of disc drive errors since Firmware 3.00 and 3....

Review: PSP Go

Announced just over four months ago, the PSP Go will hit store shelves worldwide this Thursday, October 1. By its very nature as a flash memory-based device -- and its incompatibility with already-owned UMD titles -- Sony's latest incarnation of the PlayStation Portable is leaping out o...

PSP Go upgrade incentive rewards 3 free games to UMD owners

Sony has finally figured out how to incentivize the UMD-less PSP Go for those who possess a towering library of tangible titles for the original models of the device. The company recently announced the "PSP Go Rewards" program for European territories, which offers three free games to an...

UK retailer GAME sees big boost from used game sales

In the second half, the installed base of third generation consoles will continue to build ... price reductions on the Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite and Sony's new model PlayStation 3 are helping to stimulate the market for hardware, chairman Peter Lewis said in the financial results announcem...

Rock Band Network Store coming to PS3, Wii players out of luck

Not every song from the Rock Band Network will be available for PS3 owners. The option to bring a song over to the PS3 version of the Store will be offered at Harmonix's discretion, and even then it will be entirely "opt in." Artists will have to do some paperwork to properly port their songs ont...

Not in the box(ers): Fight Night 4 DLC, updates announced

EA Sports has announced the card for its first Fight Night Round 4 downloadable boxer pack, due later this month. A youthful Oscar De La Hoya gets top billing, joined by the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vital, as well as alternate versions of James Toney and George Foreman (fingers cro...

Konami game revenue dips during fiscal Q1, Snake nowhere to be found

Snake?! Snake?! SNAAAAAAAKE?! news now with Konami's financial results for its first quarter (which ended June 30, 2009) showing a notable decrease in revenue, both company-wide and within the video game sector. Edge reports that overall revenues sank 21 percent to $535 million, whil...

Monolith hiring for new 'first-person action game'

Monolith Productions -- the developers behind titles such as F.E.A.R., Condemned, and, if you're an older gamer, No One Lives Forever -- are looking for a software engineer for a "triple-A next-generation console title," as a recent job posting on the developer's site points out. Further do...

Wi-Fi consoles banned from UK prisons

Prisoners in England and Wales have never been allowed access to wireless enabled technology such as that used in some games consoles," a spokesperson said. "A decision was taken some years ago that the then current generation of games consoles should be barred because the capability to...

Metareview -- Skate 2 (360, PS3)

True story: We were going to review Skate 2 ourselves, but we ... no, not we ... I, I Justin McElroy sucked too bad at it to review it. I don't know if my thumbs are just too stupid or what, but as a long-time Tony Hawk fan, I found it hard not to pine for a game that let me press one button and automagically gr...

Opinion: Molyneux says LittleBigPlanet is 2008's most creative innovation

You have to hand it to Peter Molyneux. Even though his game, Fable 2 can be proven in a court of law to be the best title of 2008, he chose another game, LittleBigPlanet, as the most creative innovation of 2008 in C&binet's (Creative and Business International Network) review of the crea...

Opinion: Joyswag regift giveaway: PS3 Wireless Keypad and AC Adaptor

Today, we're offering up the PlayStation 3 Wireless Keypad (our two word review: pretty terrible) and, since you need to charge the thing separately from your controller (no, really!) we're throwing in the PlayStation 3 AC Adaptor. We're still waiting for Sony to implement some sort of l...

Patch: Home regains voice chat

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Casual The PlayStation Blog notes that the December 22 (i.e. today) PlayStation Home update will restore voice chat to the service. The feature was "temporarily" suspended with the 1.04 patch, but now the oral racism and sexism can flow freely again with 1.05.

Opinion: The Last Remnant receives 'platinum' score from Famitsu

If the Unreal-powered RPG sits as well with gamers as it did with reviewers at Japan's Famitsu, The Last Remnant will be the first of more, er, remnants to come. According to a post on NeoGAF, the magazine's four-person Cross Review team lauded Square Enix's Western-focused title, scorin...

Joystiq review: Fallout 3

As an Oblivion fan, I was ready for Fallout 3 to completely blow me out of the irradiated water. I had the shiny "Game of the Year" trophy all polished and ready, and all I was waiting for was a couple of hours of play time before I made the trip to the engravers.

Metareview: Guitar Hero: World Tour

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm This week marked the debut of a second contender in the full-band-simulator genre. It's hard to find a review for Guitar Hero: World Tour that utters Rock Band less than a half dozen times. Compar...

Metareview: Guitar Hero: World Tour

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Metareview -- Far Cry 2

Yahoo! Games (100/100): "The objective of Far Cry 2 as a game is to get out of the way and let you experience the game world. And there is no other game world quite like this one: haunting, spectacular, meditative, explosive, violent, and serene, all at once, and all in a mere shooter."Gamervi...

Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 Trophy patch is live

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 owners with Grand Theft Auto IV can now (virtually) carjack with more purpose. Rockstar has released the Trophy patch for GTAIV tonight, technically a few hours earlier than expected. The Trophies are not retroactive, meaning you'll have to...

Podcast: LittleBigPlanet delayed worldwide, Qur'an misuse cited as cause [update]

We've contacted Sony to find out if the North America version will also be delayed and will update as soon as we hear back. A statement from SCEE about the European delay is expected shortly. Source - very urgent about little big planet [PlayStation Forums]

Patch: PS3 firmware 2.50 is now available in North America

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 Ladies and gentlemen of the Western Hemisphere, start your PlayStation 3s. Sony has released released firmware 2.50, which as we told you yesterday. The update includes support for the official PS3 bluetooth adapter, automatic shutdown after downloadin...

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 9/8 - 9/21

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSPHere's a gem that many Joystiq readers may not know about: Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars for PSN. The absurdly-named downloadable game released a new trailer that has that awesome Duke Nukem E3 vibe. The more we see of this game...

Metareview -- The Force Unleashed (360, PS3)

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Reviews, Microsoft Xbox 360 The reviews are in for The Force Unleashed, and though the title promises unparalleled Force-based action, it seems that most of the praise being heaped on the game is for its story and how well it nails Lucas' universe.

Opinion: Joystiq hands-on: WipEout HD race-ready at last

All the pre-race checks have been completed, the airfoils trimmed, and the antigrav systems brought online for WipEout's debut on PS3. Following up on our recent PAX '08 hands-on, Sony invited us for one final go at the game before it hits the PlayStation Store for $19.99 "within the next fe...

Opinion: Kane & Lynch devs talk pain of low scores

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 8/25 - 9/7

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP Have any burning PS3/PSP questions? Good, because that's where our weekly Saturday columns come in. Ask PS3 Fanboy will answer all your PS3 questions. Guess what Ask PSP Fanboy is all about? Every week we'll answer your most burning questions, and...

Opinion: Zero Punctuation whips it good with Lego Indy

Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Adventure

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 6/30 - 7/6

This week's big top story was all about Firmware 2.40: its release, initial hiccups, and then getting pulled down. A few people had some significant problems, but the majority saw their shiny new features were running smoothly. For those of you who were able to get this update onto your syste...

This Week in Review wants to rock (ROCK!)

Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 A multi-instrument Guitar Hero World Tour means only one thing: more plastic controllers strewn about our living room. So goes the life of the virtual rocker. Check out all of our impressions and reviews from t...

This Week in Review is Captivated

Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 The biggest event of this past week was Capcom's Captivate event, where they showed off a handful of games from the surprisingly good Neopets Adventures to the expectedly-good Bionic Commando....

How To: Sony makes official PS3 theme creation walkthrough

For those with the time and ambition, the PlayStation Blog has posted a how-to guide on making themes for the PS3 XMB. Written by Noel Silvia, a graphic artist on the PSN team, the guide explains everything that users need. ...

Opinion: GamePro: MGS4 'one of the greatest games ever'

Though forum rumors indicate that Metal Gear Solid 4 is racking up an impressive average review score from European outlets, the only "on the record" review (read: tracked in Metacritic or Game Rankings) thus far belongs to PlayStation Official Magazine UK which awarded Kojima's opus...

Patch: PS3 firmware 2.35 released, 'improves stability of some PS3 titles'

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, Adventure. PlayStation 3 firmware update 2.35 is now available. According to the US PlayStation Blog, v2.35 is "a relatively minor update to improve stability of some PS3 titles. ...

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Metareview -- Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360, PS3)

Carjack a vehicle and call your favorite escort, it's time for the GTA IV reviews to start flowing in. The embargo on non "exclusive reviews" is over and media outlets are chiming in with initially glowing reviews. Here are some of the first we've seen and we'll add some more after the break. Ga...

IGN: First web GTA IV review, another perfect 10

Is it too early to say that we're beginning to see a pattern develop here? We know that a mere handful of reviews for Rockstar's latest opus have been published, but should the current trend continue, Grand Theft Auto IV could be the subject of more perfect scores than 1976 Olympic gymnast N...

First Grand Theft Auto IV review, perfect 10

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 It should come as no surprise that the very first review for Grand Theft Auto IV comes to us from a British magazine - the May issue of Official Xbox Magazine UK to be precise. Not only do magazines have a longer lead time but British ones are p...

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 4/7 - 4/13

Warhawk: Operation Broken Mirror (PS3) Joytron's PSP skin case Video shows you how.Over 2 million PS3s sold in Japan Crytek works magic on consoles. PSP Headlines PSP software holds no place on 2007 bestseller list Why are you hacking your PSP?' asks Sony

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 3/31 - 4/6

For making this "PlayStation" thing.A solemn look at Metal Gear Solid 4's box art Gran Turismo PSP stills exists, delayed until 2009 PEGI rates Magna Carta Portable, possible European version on the way Metal Gear Solid 4Valkyria ChroniclesHaze PSP Videos

Opinion: Zero Punctuation is an army of one in Army of Two

The normally solitary Yahtzee (he is a PC snob after all) takes on Army of Two this week, a game designed to be played co-op -- so we already know this is going to end badly. After becoming frustrated with his computer partner's AI, he decides to invite a friend over and proceeds to become frust...

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 3/24 - 3/30

Warriors Orochi (PSP) The one from real history costs a lot more.Japanese Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle sells out Who saw that coming?Unsurprising: Warhawk dev working on new game Please, don't buy this Wal-Mart GOW PSP Gran Turismo 5 PrologueDragonball Z: Burst Limit PSP Videos

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 3/17 - 3/23

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3) Hands-on with split screen mode. Interviews New software lets you copy 50GB movies ... for now! Could this be yet another legal headache for Sony? Make your PSP waterproof with Aquatalk Square Enix to hold Crisis Core launch event at Metreon Wipeout HD PSP Videos

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 3/10 - 3/16

Umihara Kawase demo (PSP) Obscure Japanese platformer for you to try. Reviews PSP dev unsurprisingly chooses Sony. Video: Adding yen to a Japanese PSN account Online + camera = ass. PSP Headlines Loco Roco teaches Japanese kids how to divide and multiply

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 3/2 - 3/9

PSP Headlines Ridiculous PSP piracy numbers Is piracy hurting the PSP? We'd say yes. Digital copies of DVDs tested by Wal-Mart, Sony Get PSP-compatible transfers on select DVD movies. Mint green makes PSP top selling console in Japan PSP Videos More of the English voice acting revealed.

Which publisher gets the best review scores?

Filed under: Nintendo DS, Hacks, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Ah, review scores. Besides letting us skip all that long, boring text that actually describes a game's high and low points, it also allows for some excellent statistical analysis and fanboy-...

Some Rock Band DLC titles get patched

A teeny-tiny Rock Band patch will be available this week which only affects a few DLC songs. Harmonix is apparently doing some early spring cleaning as it fixes some genre tags for songs and one vocal bug. The songs can simply be redownloaded today for Xbox 360 and Thursday for PS3 to receive t...

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 2/11 - 2/17

Sony launches new Gran Turismo website Have you had your recommended daily value of rumor yet?Gran Turismo Prologue headed to Europe in March FCC report: Sony changing PSP innards Buzz! announced for North American release English debut trailer.Patapon

Opinion: Rumor: Mercenaries 2 delayed until August

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, ActionIn the gaming world, a good rule of thumb is that when a game is delayed once, chances are it could be delayed again. See as examples recently announced "follow-up" delays for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Haze and Age of Conan, to name bu...

Opinion: Best of the Rest: Ross' Picks of 2007

Sure, it was technically released on Nintendo 64 in 2000, but this Treasure, erm, treasure has only this year been translated and officially released in North America via a Virtual Console download. The characters are extremely androgynous (short shorts but with very manly grunts? Rea...

Opinion: Reminder: Celebrate PS3's birthday, win console

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Joyswag Win an Uncharted prize pack, which includes the game, a piece of concept art, a t-shirt and a replica ring from the game. Also, be sure to check out PS3 Fanboy's additional coverage of the one-year anniversary:

Nega-review: Rock Band

If you're looking for another game to whittle away the hours perfecting guitar parts by yourself, Rock Band likely won't live up to your expectations." (2) "Rock Band's singing and guitar campaigns aren't as developed ... as standalone games like SingStar or Guitar Hero." (8) The game "isn't...

Metareview: Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Metareviews Poor Kane & Lynch. We were thinking they'd do better (and be better) than this, especially considering Eidos dropped them at Ground Zero in the holiday game release insanity. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is ap...

Opinion: Variety says Mario Galaxy shows Wii's weaknesses

Here at Joystiq, we like to have some fun with our Nega-reviews. When the critical apparatus tells us almost unanimously that a game is undeniably good, we like to pick apart their words and find out what small negatives can be found in the overwhelmingly positive whole. This was a bit tough f...

Metareview: Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

Sometimes, we almost wonder if gamers really wanted Assassin's Creed to actually make it onto shelves. Not that they don't want to play the game per se, but because they seem so gosh darn infatuated with that pretty Miss Jade Raymond that they couldn't bear to go a couple years without playi...

Patch: PS3 firmware 2.0 is now live

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Online The latest PlayStation 3 firmware update, version 2.0, has now gone live. And now that we've crossed a new, whole-number threshold, we eagerly await PS3 firmware update 2-point-whatever. In case you're hesitant to upgrade your system, check out th...

Nega-review: Call of Duty 4

Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters While Modern Warfare finally brings the Call of Duty series into the present day, "the story itself ... isn't exactly cutting edge." (2) "The story unfolds from an unapologetic 'us versus them, and they are wrong...

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 10/29 - 11/4

Congratulations, halcyonTwilight! A winner is you! You get a copy of Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions and a black mage chocobo plushie. Check out some of our big reviews and interviews from the previous week, and stay tuned. You're going to get first official details on PS3 firmwa...

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 10/22 - 10/28

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP You did enter our Square Enix Store contest on PSP Fanboy right? Of course, maybe you don't want to win a Chocobo plushie (pictured, above). Or, maybe you really don't want a Cloud figurine. Heck, a free copy of Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lio...

Nega-review: The Orange Box

There are mid-level loads that halt the action... often [for] 30 seconds to a full minute. This is especially aggravating when a load comes during a high-speed chase." (8) "Whenever you approach a new area, the game pauses and loads. This feels distinctly last-gen, especially compared with FP...

Joystiq review: The Eye of Judgment (PS3)

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Reviews, Online, Simulations, Competitive Gaming

Opinion: Another analyst: Wii will beat the other things this holiday

We were initially going to suggest that opposing analysts Jesse Divnich and Michael Pachter engage in battle to establish this holiday's winner (or Wii-ner, as it were), but this line of thought invariably winds up with two people hurling calculators across the room, yelling percenta...

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 10/8 - 10/14

So, who won our week-long Star Wars Battlefront PSP giveaway? Well, here's the list of winners so far: Jonah P. from Joystiq, Silver R. from PS3 Fanboy, Joe from PSP Fanboy, and drinkdrink from PS3 Fanboy. These winners have already been contacted -- congrats to them! Now, check out some of th...

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 10/1 - 10/7

Congrats to Sting, curryman, and Chuck McGee. They get to take home a copy of the Special Edition God of War demo disc, courtesy of PSP Fanboy. But, there's more! Here's the best content from the PS Fanboy sites. Check out Japan's reaction to Lair, and see what happens when you add a faster hard d...

Opinion: Joystiq impressions: Ratchet & Clank Future (PS3)

As innovative and new as the graphics may appear, the gameplay feels identical to previous iterations of the Ratchet series. Of course, that's not a bad thing -- the franchise has rightfully earned its legions of fans. However, we couldn't help but feel as though we've played Tools of Destr...

Sony's PlayStation 3 production problems are over

Though you might feel somewhat confused by the mention of PlayStation 3 production issues in the face of plentiful in-store stock, it was a shortage of blue laser diodes used in the construction of the console that delayed its European release and constricted its initial launch supply. C...

Opinion: The B[ack]log: Katamari Do Your Best

Well, the title seemed sort of clever at the time. "The B[ack]log" represents one gamer's fight against that seemingly insurmountable and entirely self-inflicted obstacle, the ever sprawling backlog of games that are either unfinished, unplayed or unloved. That's the "Backlog" part....

Joystiq Review: Pelican PS2 to PS3 controller adapter

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, RhythmThe whole point of backward compatibility for most PS3 owners is being able to get rid of that PS2 in the old entertainment center. Yet many PS3 owners have had to keep their PS2 units hooked up for a few reasons, namely:

Joystiq Podcast 003 - 1337 edition (feat. X360F's Richard Mitchell)

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Podcasts, Microsoft Xbox 360With the Elite finally making its status known, the PlayStation 3 finally making its European debut, and even more exclusivity brouhaha bubbling up, we decided it was high time for another podcast! So gather around as we're...

U.S. next to lose PS3 backward compatibility?

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, BusinessThis week Sony announced there may be some slight backward compatibility issues on the European PS3. CVG followed-up and received word from Sony European PR, "Backwards compatibility is important but it does not define the...

Circuit City busts out the used games

Filed under: Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, BusinessCheap Ass Gamer points to Circuit City's new pre-owned games section on the retailer's website. GameDaily reports that an analyst from Lazard...

Opinion: Brain tumor victim makes-a-wish for PS3

The St. Albans Messenger has a heartwarming story about a recovering brain tumor patient that got a pretty sweet deal courtesy of the Make-A-Wish foundation. Eighteen-year-old Ryan Kubas came home from a limousine trip to Wendy's (his favorite restaurant) to find a widescreen LCD TV, a n...

Opinion: Eight-year-old is better than you at Guitar Hero

We here at Joystiq have posted a lot of insane videos of people playing Guitar Hero and other rhythm games, even going so far as to declare one pizza-fueled shredfest as the best GH vid ever. Well we were wrong. This video of an eight-year old getting five stars on Guitar Hero II's Psychobilly F...

Hacked PSone emulation on PSP now more efficient

Filed under: Hacks, Sony PSP, RetroDark_AleX has released another edition of his custom PSP firmware. Just as it appears '3.03 Open Edition Revision A' (OE-A) is essentially a modified version of Sony's official v3.03 fimware. 3.03OE-A also comes with its own PSone emulator, popstation; a...

Aggregate reviews' best and worst games of 2006

Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Portable, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360Metacritic, which aggregates review scores from various media outlets, profiles the best and worst games on the ye...

Hack: Play ripped PS1 games on PSP

Filed under: Hacks, Sony PSP, RetroTired of waiting for Sony to release your favorite classic PlayStation game for PlayStation Portable playback through the PlayStation 3's PlayStation Store?* Well, if you don't hacking your firmware and breaking what is no doubt a bevy of Sony end-u...

The PS3 when used as a computer

The AP examines the non-game playing features of the PS3 including Blu-ray playback, connecting a PSP, wireless networking, downloading games, and chatting with friends (or "computer" for short). The article rates each feature by usability, value, and setup difficulty both praisin...

Xbox 360 price cut vs. cost reduction

The San Jose Mercury News has posted an interview with Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division (a title alone that speaks volumes about the structural problems at MS), that has some interesting tidbits in it. Most notable is when Bach says, "Right now we...

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