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» GameSpot Playstation Headlines

Madden NFL 10 Screens

3 July 2009 |76 new shots posted.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review

3 July 2009 |The Half-Blood Prince is a lousy representation of the best-selling novel.

DJ Hero Gameplay Movie 2

3 July 2009 |DJ Hero - Herbie Hancock 'Rockit' vs N.E.R.D. 'Lapdance' - Produced and Mixed by Grandmaster Flash - Expert

DJ Hero Gameplay Movie 1

3 July 2009 |DJ Hero - Grandmaster Flash ft. DJ Kool & DJ Demo 'Here Comes My DJ' vs Gary Numan 'Cars' - Produced and Mixed by Grandmaster Flash - Expert

Katamari Forever Gameplay Movie 5

3 July 2009 |One of the latest gameplay clips for Katamari Forever

Katamari Forever Gameplay Movie 4

3 July 2009 |Awesome gameplay clip from Katamari Forever!

Katamari Forever Gameplay Movie 3

3 July 2009 |Another new gameplay clip from Katamari Forever

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Ravenclaw Potter Duel Gameplay Movie

3 July 2009 |Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Harry brushes up on his stupify skills.

» IGN Playstation Headlines

From Ico to The Last Guardian

4 July 2009 |An in-depth look at the masterful game design of Fumito Ueda.

NFC East Team and Player Ratings Revealed in Madden NFL 10 Season Preview

4 July 2009 |Get a fresh update of stats in this year's Madden.

Bioshock 2: Multiplayer Musings

3 July 2009 |Can this formerly solitary shooter become a multiplayer hit?

DJ Hero Video

3 July 2009 |Spin those decks with this DJ entry in the Guitar Hero franchise.

Grudge Match: Fight Night Round 4 v. UFC 2009

3 July 2009 |Our experts slug it out over two of the year's best sports fighters so far.

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Videos

3 July 2009 |All is not quiet on the western front.

Activision Enlists Gamers to Join the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 VIP Community

3 July 2009 |GameStop pre-order program launches with exclusive character offer.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: Hulk vs. Zangief

3 July 2009 |Don't make either of these guys angry. You wouldn't like them when they're angry.

» 1UP Playstation Headlines

Steve Harris Dishes New Details on EGM Re-Launch

6 July 2009 |   Late last May, the surprising news was announced that Steve Harris, the original founder of Electronic ...

New Best Buy PS3 Bundle Brings MGS4, Killzone 2

6 July 2009 |   Rumor has it that Sony is planning to drop the price of the PlayStation 3 by the end of the year to make ...

LucasArts Teases ‘Old School’ Announcement for Monday

6 July 2009 |   Everyone loves the announcement of an announcement, right? Well we have to say, this one is particularly ...

Namco Bandai Obtains NA Publishing Rights to Dragon Ball

5 July 2009 |   Forgive us, but we haven't kept up with all our youth trends -- do kids still care about Dragon Ball? ...

Sony Patents Motion Tech Using Everyday Items as Controllers

5 July 2009 |   Considering Sony only just revealed their new motion control wand at E3 last month, we're not quite sure ...

Foreigner Headlines Next Week’s Rock Band DLC

26 June 2009 |   More Warped Tour DLC is on the way to Rock Band next week, in addition to a track by Black Rebel ...

More Pearl Jam DLC Heading to Rock Band

23 June 2009 |   Rock Band enthusiasts might recall a three-pack of Pearl Jam tracks that were made available exclusively ...

Fat Princess Delayed to ‘Some Point this Summer’

22 June 2009 |   In the comments section of a recent European PlayStation Blog post, SCEE's Mike Kebby passed on some bad ...

PS3 Version of Left 4 Dead 2 Listed by EA

21 June 2009 |   As games blog Joystiq just pointed out, EA's official Left 4 Dead 2 website shows PS3 as one of the ...

PS3 Version of Left 4 Dead 2 Listed by EA

21 June 2009 |   As games blog Joystiq just pointed out, EA's official Left 4 Dead 2 website shows PS3 as one of the ...

» GameDaily Playstation Headlines

Rock Band May Have 5,000 Songs This Year, says MTV

11 February 2009 |5,000! MTV apparently will be adding thousands more songs to the Rock Band platform this year. We suggest you start sending in your requests to Harmonix now.

Need for Speed Reinvented

11 February 2009 |EA's premiere racing franchise will become a tri-pronged threat, including a core, casual and 'Play 4 Free' entry.

Red Dead Revolver Returns for Redemption

11 February 2009 |The Grand Theft Auto IV engine will be used to make Red Dead Redemption into one of the prettiest Western games ever.

LittleBigPlanet’s Alex Evans to Speak at D.I.C.E.

11 February 2009 |The AIAS has confirmed that Media Molecule's Alex Evans will be speaking at the D.I.C.E. Summit later this month. He will share his philosophy on game design.

Metal Gear Solid 4 Sells 4.5 Million as Konami’s Profits Rise 17%

11 February 2009 |Snake is quite the delicacy. The latest Metal Gear is now up to 4.5 million units sold, helping to drive Konami's bottom line more than 17%.

EA’s DICE Unveils New Battlefield Games

11 February 2009 |Not only is the next Bad Company game on the horizon, but so is a multiplayer release titled Battlefield 1943.

» Gamasutra Headlines

CyberConnect2 Boss Talks ‘Quality Of Life’ For Japanese Developers

4 July 2009 |Talking to Gamasutra, CyberConnect2 president Hiroshi Matsuyama (.hack) has been discussing why stressing quality of life and instituting core hours at the Japanese developer has helped its focus and success. The comments came as ...

July’s Top 25 Facebook Games Topped By Zynga, MindJolt Titles

4 July 2009 |Zynga's Texas Hold'em Poker and Mafia Wars were the two most popular titles on Facebook this past month, according to Inside Social Games' new chart, with the former claiming some 14.2 million active players. Mafia Wars, which ...

Round Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week of July 3

4 July 2009 |In this round-up, Gamasutra highlights some of the notable jobs posted in its industry-leading game jobs section this week, including positions from Blizzard, Microsoft Game Studios and more. Each position posted by employers will ...

Analysis: Mapping Gamer Dialect

4 July 2009 |[Examining the relationship between language, culture and video games, columnist Daniel Johnson examines a lexicon of gamer-native lore and terms in search of the mystical 'gamer dialect'.] A few weeks ago, just after my last ...

Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Weapons To Frustration

4 July 2009 |In our weekly Best of Expert Blogs column, we showcase notable pieces of writing from members of the game development community who maintain Expert Blogs on Gamasutra. Member Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- can be maintained by ...

Namco Bandai Gets Dragon Ball Game Rights

3 July 2009 |Namco Bandai Games America has attained the North American rights to publish official games for all platforms based on the Dragon Ball anime and manga series. The company says its new five-year agreement supersedes publisher ...

Warner’s $33M Midway Acquisition Approved By Judge

3 July 2009 |Warner Bros. can proceed with its proposed buyout of beleaguered publisher Midway and its assets, following approval granted by a bankruptcy judge, reports the Chicago Tribune. The $33 million deal will close within 10 days. First ...

Interview: Sidhe’s Wynands On Work-For-Hire’s Decline, New Paradigms

3 July 2009 |[New Zealand-based developer Sidhe (Gripshift, Speed Racer) is trying to transition its business model, and MD Mario Wynands tells Gamasutra about why it's a "crazy time to be trying to run a work-for-hire studio", and how the firm ...

Feature: Game Design Essentials - 20 RPGs

3 July 2009 |In the latest in his popular Game Design Essentials series, which has previously spanned subjects from Atari games through 'mysterious games', 'open world games', 'unusual control schemes' and 'difficult games', writer John Harris ...

An Indie Game Music Roundtable: Night, Flower, Eden and Proud

3 July 2009 |[In an all-star roundtable, the musicians behind PixelJunk Eden, Flower, Night Game, and Jonathan Mak's next project gather to share their philosophies on creating game soundtracks.] Recently four composers met to share their ...

» GamesIndustry.Biz Headlines

News: Sony patents motion control using ordinary objects

4 July 2009 | Following its unveiling of a new EyeToy-compatible motion controller at this year's E3, Sony has patented more motion control related technology which lets users dynamically map everyday items for use in a game. ...

News: Tecmo Koei asks Sony to “please cut the price” of PS3

4 July 2009 | The CEO of newly-formed publisher Tecmo Koei has said that he would "welcome" a price cut on the PlayStation 3. He said that in discussions with Sony he always asks the ...

News: Cultural test for games “a problem” - EGDF

4 July 2009 | The chair of the European Game Developers Federation has said that determining which development projects should be given tax breaks off the back of a cultural test is a flawed system. ...

Interview: Guillaume de Fondaumiere - Part One

4 July 2009 |The final session at this year's GameHorizon conference was an in-depth demonstration of Sony's forthcoming story-driven title Heavy Rain, by the co-CEO of the development studio Quantic Dream. But Guillaume de Fondaumiere hasn't ...

News: World of Warcraft Twitter client launches

4 July 2009 | Modders have created a fully functioning in-game Twitter client for World of Warcraft that allows players to send and receive Tweets during play. The full list of ...

News: Activision: DJ Hero is “tremendous value”

4 July 2009 | Activision has told our sister site Eurogamer.net that DJ Hero, which costs over GBP 100 in the UK, represents "tremendous value". "We don't comment on our product ...

News: Wii Sports Resort bumps up hardware sales in Japan

4 July 2009 | The number one game in the Japanese chart comes as no surprise following news earlier in the week that Wii Sports Resort shifted over 350,000 copies during its first four days on sale. ...

News: Valve: Steam can boost boxed sales

4 July 2009 | Valve has batted away the latest fears that its digital Steam service is damaging traditional retail, revealing it has data that shows boxed sales increase when it runs promotions via its digital distribution channel. ...

News: IGDA appoints new executive director

4 July 2009 | The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has appointed a new executive director. Joshua Caulfield has been recruited into the role from outside the games industry following a career that has, to date, ...

News: Namco Bandai secures Dragon Ball rights for 5 years

4 July 2009 | Publisher Namco Bandai has secured the US publishing rights for the Dragon Ball Z franchise for five years. The agreement is for all major consoles and handheld systems, ...

» GamePolitics Headlines

Greatest Video Game Fireworks

5 July 2009 |Just in time for the July 4th celebration, Crispy Gamer has posted a terrific compilation of fireworks scenes from video games.Check out the video here.

Greatest Video Game Fireworks

5 July 2009 |Just in time for the July 4th celebration, Crispy Gamer has posted a terrific compilation of fireworks scenes from video games.Check out the video here.

Virtual Fireworks Machine From Sega

5 July 2009 |So you'd like to put on a July 4th fireworks show for your crew but lack the...moneypermitspyrotechnic expertiseall of the aboveNo problem. As Oh Gizmo reports:Sega’s got a new projector coming out... it will project a ...

Virtual Fireworks Machine From Sega

Little Big Planet’s Sacktue of Liberty

4 July 2009 |Via fidgit we've been clued into Sackboy, done up in patriotic style as the Sacktue of Liberty......which reminds us that Hillary Clinton's face appeared on the Statue of Happiness in Grand Theft Auto IV. So, are there other Statue ...

Radio Alert: Game-Bashing Eagle Forum Schedules Game-Bashing July 4th Guest

4 July 2009 |Last week, GamePolitics broke the news that the ultra-conservative Eagle Forum had filed a "friend of the court" brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Calfornia's bid to have its 2005 violent video game law ...

(sort of) Funny Look at (sort of) Patriotic NES Games

4 July 2009 |Give the creator of this YouTube vid an A for effort as he stretches to pull in patriotic elements to what amounts to video reviews of a pair of NES titles:XenophobeGolgo 13

Five Patriotic Video Game Moments

4 July 2009 |With the Independence Day weekend upon us here in the United States, we note that News4U has posted its list of 5 Patriotic Video Game Moments.The list is interesting and contains some games that will surprise you. The five ...

IGDA Names New Executive Director

3 July 2009 |Following months of seraching, the International Game Developers Association has named a new executive director.Gamasutra reports that Joshua Caulfield (left) will replace Jason Della Rocca, who departed earlier this year. ...

» Joystiq Headlines

Steve Harris hints at the future of the reborn EGM

6 July 2009 | When Electronic Gaming Monthly closed its doors back in January, it not only left behind an issue that never got published but also a brand that gamers everywhere easily recognized. The magazine's original founder, Steve Harris, ...

Micro-transaction model a possibility for WoW

6 July 2009 | VideoGamer.com's recent interview with Blizzard's Tom Chilton, game director for the totally underground MMO World of Warcraft, is full of interesting tidbits for the WoW-innoculated -- info on the possible new races and classes ...

Micro-transaction model a possibility for WoW

The first video of N+ dev’s ‘Robotology’

6 July 2009 | In fairness, Metanet Software's first video for Robotology (found after the break) is more physics demo than it is gameplay demo -- or even proof of concept, for that matter. Though considering the pedigree behind the game ...

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup totally loves America

5 July 2009 | Happy Birthday, America! Let us be the first to say -- and we really mean this -- you've aged spectacularly well. How old are you? Two-hundred and thirty-three? No, that can't be right. Seriously, you look like you're still in ...

Wolfenstein motion comic serves up action with a side of cheese

5 July 2009 | GameTrailers has posted a new Wolfenstein motion comic. We're not quite sure how to feel about it really. Sure, it's nice to see B.J. Blazkowicz doing what he does best. We also like that Wolfenstein's famous chain gun-wielding ...

Wolfenstein motion comic serves up action with a side of cheese

New Section 8 trailer drops in

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TMNT: Turtles in Time: Through the Ages: A Comparison Video

5 July 2009 | You know what the best thing about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time is? Throwing enemies into the screen. Thankfully, that feature is retained in the upcoming XBLA remake. The HD remake is obviously going to be a much ...

TMNT: Turtles in Time: Through the Ages: A Comparison Video

» Kotaku Headlines

Sunday Supplement: “We should have been doing other things”

5 July 2009 |Welcome to your Sunday reservoir of interesting writing about video games. Grab your reading jacket, a cup of coffee and get ready to exercise the brain.Chewing Pixels: Lest We ForgetSimon Parkin ponders what it means to make a ...

InFamous Defeats Prototype In Cross-Dressing Playoff

5 July 2009 |In a recent Zero Punctuation review, Yahtzee couldn’t declare which blockbuster game “about super-powered assholes” was better, but would give the honour to the studio that best drew the rival game’s ...

InFamous Defeats Prototype In Cross-Dressing Playoff

Valve: PS3 Orange Box Players “Got The Stepchild Version”

5 July 2009 |In an interview with CVG, Valve’s Doug Lombardi says the experiences of putting Half-Life on PS2 and Orange Box on PS3 have put them off Sony development for the near future. (more…)

Valve: PS3 Orange Box Players “Got The Stepchild Version”

5 July 2009 |In an interview with CVG, Valve’s Doug Lombardi says the experiences of putting Half-Life on PS2 and Orange Box on PS3 have put them off Sony development for the near future. (more…)

Bank Heist Causes Bank Run In EVE Onlne

5 July 2009 |Last month, the swindling of more than 200 billion ISK resulted in an actual run on a virtual bank in EVE Online. The best part? The loot was sold IRL - just $US5,000. (more…)

Bank Heist Causes Bank Run In EVE Onlne

5 July 2009 |Last month, the swindling of more than 200 billion ISK resulted in an actual run on a virtual bank in EVE Online. The best part? The loot was sold IRL - just $US5,000. (more…)

Donkey Kong Easter Egg Discovered 26 Years Later

5 July 2009 |Last year, the coder who wrote the Atari 400 port of Donkey Kong revealed it had an Easter Egg but it’s “totally not worth it.” Someone has gone to the trouble of finding it. (more…)

Donkey Kong Easter Egg Discovered 26 Years Later

Tecmo Koei: Xbox 360 Is Doing “Well” In Japan

5 July 2009 |Remember when the Xbox 360 launched in Japan? Boy, that was embarrassing! Microsoft has turned things around of late and found a small degree of success in the region. (more…)

» Next Generation Headlines

De Fondaumiere: Cultural Tax Breaks Are A Problem

4 July 2009 |European Games Developer Federation chair Guillaume de Fondaumiere has issued a warning to countries looking to implement ‘cultural tests’ for tax credits: move with the times or risk withholding the lifeline until ...

Tecmo Koei Boss Speaks Out

4 July 2009 |Kenji Matsubara, CEO of newly-formed publisher Tecmo Koei, has wasted no time in making a repeat request for a PS3 price cut, and is cautiously optimistic about Xbox 360 in Japan. "Whenever I discuss this with Sony reps, I ...

Charity Launches Military-Only Gaming Network

4 July 2009 |The US military often lands itself in hot water by using videogames as recruitment tools, but charity Pro vs. GI Joe would rather preach to the enlisted. Its latest venture, the Military Online Gaming Program (MOG), allows troops ...

Interview: What Price An iPhone Game?

4 July 2009 |With the recently released OS 3.0 for iPhone adding features like embeddable maps, peripheral support, and push notifications, the variety of products in the iTunes App Store is increasing by the day. The same can be said of its ...

Trine Project “A Big Mess,” Says Developer

4 July 2009 |Shadowgrounds developer Frozenbyte has admitted that the cross-platform launch of Trine, marred by a controversial gap between PC and PS3 price points, is “not really the optimal way to do a game launch.” read more

Bleszinski “Shocked” By Id Acquisition

4 July 2009 |Epic design director Cliff Bleszinski has admitted to being shocked by the acquisition of id Software by Bethesda parent ZeniMax. In an interview with Develop, the Gears Of War designer compares the move to 3D Realms’ recent ...

The Friday Game: Paper Toss

4 July 2009 |Format: iPhoneDeveloper: Backflip StudiosDirect App Store link read more

Midway Sale Approved By Court

3 July 2009 |Warner’s bid to purchase Midway has officially been cleared following a court hearing. The majority of Midway’s US assets will now be transferred to Warner within the next ten days. "We had a court hearing ...

IGDA Names New Executive Director

3 July 2009 |The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has appointed Joshua Caulfield as it new executive director. Described as an avid gamer who has held a number of senior positions in business management and marketing, Caulfield ...

Nintendo Buys TV Quiz Show

3 July 2009 |Nintendo has reportedly spent £2 million to bankroll a primetime quiz show on UK TV channel Five. Britain’s Best Brain will see contestants compete in memory, co-ordination, numeracy, recognition and risk tasks. The ...

» Digg Headlines

SEXUAL and PERVERTED Video Game Moments

5 July 2009 |Some games have great moments and some have bad moments...... and some other games have some totally weird moments but in this case.. sexual and perverted moments... You just don't expect to see this kind of stuff in video games..

SEXUAL and PERVERTED Video Game Moments

Battlefield Heroes review: The Great (Cartoon) War

5 July 2009 |The premise is simple: take Battlefield, then make it absolutely free to play, by stripping some elements out and reserving them for paying customers, while supporting the whole thing via front-end advertising. Such a move is like ...