Archive for December, 2008
American PSN releases for December 23rd
The waiting’s finally over. Today’s biggest release is easily the LittleBigPlanet Metal Gear Solid downloadable content, but there’s plenty of other stuff to take a look at today. Not least of which is Lumines Supernova. There’s also a load of the normal music-based DLC, plus some unexpected content for Disgaea 3. As [...]
European PSN releases for December 24th
Merry Christmas from SCEE. Today’s update brings three full games, three demos, the normal extreme amounts of music-based DLC and, of course, the LittleBigPlanet Metal Gear Solid pack. There are also a bunch of price drops on some excellent PSN games (though, is it just us or has WipEout HD always been that price..?). Savage [...]
Hideo Kojima Discusses Next Two Games, World Relevance
In a candid Famitsu interview this week, Hideo Kojima divulges the fact that he is directing not just one, but two games concurrently. The title that will be announced first is being made in a style similar to the way his team has worked in the past, while the second will be produced by a [...]
Penny Arcade: Episode 2 features game-ending glitch, patch coming next year
If you planned on playing Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 2 this holiday break, you may want to wait. Many users are reporting a gltich which renders their save files completely useless. Selecting a corrupted save file will freeze gamers on a permanent “Loading” screen.
The problem has since been identified, and will be patched soon. However, [...]
PS Fanboy Best of 2008: Day 2
Nominations for our various Game of the Year categories continue today. Check out the galleries below to see our nominations for best story, best action adventure, most difficult trophies, best strategy game and (gulp!) biggest disappointment. Don’t forget to vote on your favorite and get your voice heard — all of our categories will have [...]
Killzone 2 cover revealed, unsurprising
The cover of Killzone 2 has just been revealed on the PlayStation.Blog … and well, it’s hard to write about. It’s what you’d expect it to look. Helghast eyes stare ominously at you, with the “Only On PlayStation” banner proudly displayed at the top.
It may not be surprising, but that’s a good thing, right? (Do [...]
Kojima directing two new games simultaneously
It sounds like Hideo Kojima is once more hard at work after his post-Metal Gear Solid 4 vacation. In an interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu states that he’s directing two new games simultaneously within Kojima Productions. While one game, which is destined to be announced first, is being developed in the traditional Kojima Productions style, [...]
Maybe Videogames Aren’t So Recession-proof After All
Economic news here on the cusp of Christmas points to this being one of the worst holidays in memory for retailers. Yet the videogame industry continues to chant its mantra that games are recession-proof. NPD sales reports get cited most frequently as evidence of consumers taking the much ballyhooed "staycation" and spending their discretionary money [...]
Free Radical Slashes 140 From Work Force
Troubled UK developer Free Radical is to lose over three quarters of its staff, it was announced today. The company is to be left with a skeleton staff of around 40, and is now officially up for sale. Speaking to 1UP, Cameron Gunn of administrators ReSolve Partners said, "We made around 140 employees redundant yesterday, [...]
PS Fanboy Best of 2008: Day 3
This is the big one, folks! Here are our final nominations for the best games of 2008. We’re taking the holiday off to make our final decisions, and we’ll return with the results soon. Winners will be declared on December 29th.
And for fun, you may want to check out last year’s winners.
