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Guerrilla Games’ 2004 PS2 shooter Killzone is to receive a release on PSN. Game Informer reports that it won’t be a full HD remake, but instead an emulated title offered as part of the existing PS2 library. It has been given a price of $9.99 in the US. The game …
Read More »Ghost Recon Future Soldier delayed to May
Ubisoft has pushed back Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier on consoles by two months to May 25th. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC third-person shooter was previously set to hit UK shelves in March. Additionally, the PC version will arrive sometime after the console SKUs are released on May …
Read More »Skyrim 1.4 update to address PS3 stuttering bug
This month’s 1.4 patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will finally address the PS3 stutter bug, Bethesda has claimed. It made the assurance on Twitter. A fix for the game, which was released worldwide on November 11th last year, was released in early December, but failed to address the …
Read More »Sony sells 500,000 PS Vita units
New handheld tops 6 million other PlayStation-related hardware sales
Read More »Silent Hill HD Collection slips to March
Konami has confirmed that the Silent Hill HD Collection will now be released some time in March. The game had originally been planned to arrive on January 24th. The SKU contains remastered HD versions of classic titles Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3. Originally the game was to be …
Read More »Sony shifts 6.5m PlayStation consoles over Christmas
In excess of 6.5m PlayStation consoles were sold worldwide in the period between November 18th to December 31st, Sony has estimated. Of those sales the new PlayStation Vita contributed half a million units following its Japanese launch on December 17th. Sony added that over 70 Vita games are currently in …
Read More »Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition revealed
Warner Bros Interactive has announced a new version of its 2011 fighting game Mortal Kombat. Called Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition, the SKU includes all of the DLC that has been released for the title since it arrived on consoles. That means that on the disc gamers will find four new …
Read More »Twisted Metal UK release date confirmed
PlayStation 3 exclusive Twisted Metal will arrive in the UK on February 17th, Sony has told MCV. The destructive driving game is the latest in Sony’s long-running franchise, which first arrived on the original PlayStation in 1995. The new Twisted Metal was previously scheduled to arrive in October last year …
Read More »UPDATE: Netflix finally arrives in the UK
US rental giant Netflix has at last arrived in the UK. It debuts in the form of a PS3 app which puts it squarely up against established UK rival LoveFilm, which is owned by Amazon. A Netflix subscription will cost 5.99 a month in the UK, with the first month …
Read More »Epic Mickey 2 accidentally announced
It appears that Disney Interactive has accidentally announced Epic Mickey 2 in a newsletter – which, incidentally, has subsequently been amended. Eurogamer reports that the game was dated for a Christmas 2012 release on PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Hopes of a sequel to the 2010 Wii original had seemingly …
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