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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Review (PS3)
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Found in: Games, ReviewsNintendo and Sony Announce New Console Models and Price Drops
Gamescom, the biggest video game event of Europe, is just kicking off today and has already been full of big announcements by the major players of the industry. Still looking to bounce back from the frustration of their network failures earlier this year, Sony announced both a PlayStation 3 price drop and a PSP rerelease yesterday. Effective immediately, all models of the PlayStation 3 will receive $50 price drops, bringing the 160GB model down to $249 and the 320GB model to $299. read more
Found in: Games, NewsPS3 Hackers Sued By Sony
Earlier this week, Sony Computer Entertainment America filed a complaint for injunctive relief, a motion for a temporary restraining order and an order of impoundment against members hacking group fail0verflow (Hector Martin Cantero and Sven Peter), George Hotz, and other anonymous users for working around the PlayStation 3’s security.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsWatch a Videogame Trailer From the Makers of Ponyo and Spirited Away
Japanese animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli, co-founded in part by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, is known for creating lush landscapes, enchanting storylines and beautifully quirky characters. The studio gave birth to classics like Oscar-winning Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke and, most recently, Ponyo. Ghibli recently partnered with video game developers Level-5 (behind a couple of the Dragon Quest games and Professor Layton) to produce a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsWatch the Trailer for LittleBigPlanet 2
When LittleBigPlanet was released in 2008, it charmed players with a puzzle platform and such accomplished digital art that the game took home eight Interactive Achievement Awards (the Oscars of gaming) in categories such as Overall Game of the Year and Oustanding Achievement in Art Direction. What made the game really special, though, was the incorporation of user-generated content — less than two years after the PS3 game hit the market, the number of player-created levels breached the two-million mark.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsDemon's Souls Review (PS3)
Developer: From Software Publisher: Atlus Platform: PlayStation 3 If at first you don’t survive… Outside of a Jack London story or a trip across a tightwire between skyscrapers, you will never feel so acutely aware of your survival as in Demon’s Souls. It’s an action role-playing-game, in the same genus as say, Fable II, but by modern standards it’s punishing and austere. Swing at the wrong time and your enemy will catch you off-balance; overlook the wonkish stats and upgrades and you’ll never stand a chance in the first place. In return for all this work, the game will never... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsGod of War III Review (PS3)
Developer: SCEA Santa Monica Studios Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PlayStation 3 A god-killing romp of Nietzschean proportions Some would argue that we flock to videogames for the buzz of a good power trip (consider the laughably absurd dimensions of Marcus Fenix’s musculature in the Gears of War saga). However, flipping this convention on its head, Sony’s ultra-violent riff on Greek mythology, God of War III, goes out of its way to make you feel like a mosquito perched atop a dinosaur’s mountainous shoulder.... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsPlayStation Announces Details of Move Motion Controller System
Sony recently announced that its latest bit of PlayStation 3 gadgetry, the Move motion controller, will be available this fall. The Move controller, along with the subcontroller and Eye camera, will allow users to navigate games as if they were actually a part of the action—similar to the style of the Nintendo Wii. Sony promises that the PlayStation Move system “will deliver an innovative and highly immersive experience.”... read more
Found in: Games, NewsStart Press: Project Natal Better Get Ready To Rumble
As I press the electric razor to my face, it vibrates in my hand, emitting that familiar shrill hum. I finish mowing the overnight stubble from my chin and shut off the razor. For a second afterward, my hand courses with a dull ghost vibration. As I turn the key in the ignition of my old beater ride, I feel the engine buck and settle into a low idle before I shift into gear. In a confrontation with a knife-wielding assailant, I feel the thud of his rushing body as it collides with mine. Quantic Dream’s new interactive thriller Heavy... read more
Found in: Games, ColumnsHeavy Rain Review (PS3)
Developer: Quantic Dream Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PlayStation 3 Interactive thriller is remarkably brave, but only periodically thrilling The videogame industry has been outgrossing Hollywood by a “Gerry Brookhymer who?” kind of margin for years now, but game developers can’t stop using motion pictures as the benchmark for their own visual-presentation and storytelling endeavors. To the point that, in game marketing, the word “cinematic”—though qualitatively neutral—is now assumed to be interchangeable with modifiers like “mind-blowing” or “amazing.” I don’t get the sense that many gamers have bothered to question this logic. It’s true that both games and movies are... read more
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