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Downloadable content for Valkyria Chronicles will be made available from Thursday April 16th for 3.19, Sega has revealed. The pack can be downloaded via PSN, and features two new missions entitled Enter The Edy Detachment and Behind Her Blue Flame, as well as an extra difficulty mode. Valkyria Chronicles was …
Read More »Prototype release date smashes into view
Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed its ex-Vivendi free-roaming action title Prototype will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on June 5th in Europe – with American gamers having to wait until June 9th. Prototype takes the sandbox city formula and mixes up by granting players mutated shape-shifting super …
Read More »Iraq’s Fallujah conflict chronicled in new Konami title
Can video games tackle sensitive subjects surrounding the current conflict in Iraq? Konami seems to think so, having signed up US independent Atomic Games and its new game Six Days In Fallujah. The 360, PS3 and PC game is inspired by US Marines who served during the November 2004 battle …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 overtakes Wii in March
After 16 months of dominance by the Wii, and even at the times the Xbox 360, in the Japanese hardware charts Sony’s PS3 has finally bettered Nintendo’s Wii in the country’s monthly hardware charts. Reuters reports that March sales of Sony’s machine hit 146,948, way ahead of Wii’s 99,335 units …
Read More »Jak and Daxter return this year
The lid has been lifted on the first full platform outing for Naughty Dog’s popular pairing Jak and Daxter for five years – Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier. However, the popular duo are not lining up a next-gen debut, with the new title set to arrive on PSP and …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet community grows to nearly 2m
Sony’s impressive PS3 exclusive platformer LittleBigPlanet has hit a big milestone with the news that the game’s online community now stands at nearly 2m users. In addition, the number of user-created levels now available for players to download has hit 725,000. Since Media Molecule’s game launched last November, it has …
Read More »Koller: PS2s library will reach 1,900 titles this year
Following the news that Sony is to cut the price of PS2 in both Europe and North America, the firm has spoken of the new family market it hopes to connect with. This new price means that more people than ever will be able to join in on the fun …
Read More »Sony drops PS2 price
Following an intense period of speculation, Sony has confirmed that it is to cut the price of its leading last-gen console PS2. The machine will see €30 cut from its European retail price, meaning it will be available on the continent for just €99.99. North American gamers see a similar …
Read More »Sony trademarks PS Cloud
It has emerged that PlayStation platform holder Sony has trademarked the name ‘PS Cloud’ – and it did so just one day after OnLive lifted the lid on its streaming games technology at GDC last week. OnLive is a new games system based around the concept of cloud computing – …
Read More »Disney reveals G-Force game tie-in
Disney has revealed that it will unsurprisingly be publishing a game based on its upcoming 3D Jerry Bruckheimer film G-Force on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, PS2, PC and iPhone/iPod Touch this July. The G-Force video game gives players the opportunity to take on new enemies, weapons and missions …
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