Tag archive: Playstation 3

Published on Kickstarter during Wednesday night, Double Fine Productions, founded by Tim Schafer, created a new video game project on the site with the goal of raising $400,000 over a period of  33 days. Double Fine Productions is responsible for games such as Psychonauts, Brutal Legend starring Jack Black, Costume Quest and Stacking. Detailed in the outline of the project, the $400,000 would be invested in the development of an unnamed,… Read More

Ferrari has been a part of the Test Drive series since the very beginning, with the games featuring everything from the Testarossa to the 458 Italia, and now Atari has announced a title dedicated to the legendary brand. Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends is its name, and it promises to be everything the tifosi could want. Atari's CEO Kim Wilson has called the game “a landmark chapter” in the Test Drive saga, and it will offer… Read More

Detailed at Telnets.org, a fan of Valve's Portal series converted his computer room into a full-blown Aperture Laboratories office complete with a Cave Johnson oil painting, Test Chamber sign, lemon grenades and even a hidden message within the room. After leaving the home office beige for the last three years, he decided to give the entire room a theme rather than simply changing the paint color. While Nintendo's Mario franchise… Read More

Announced in December last year, BBC Worldwide has just released a new trailer for Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, the first in a planned series of three video games based on the popular timelord's adventures. Set to be released in March on the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Vita, with a PC version to follow, The Eternity Clock features voice-acting from Matt Smith as the Doctor and Alex Kingston as River Song, but little is known about… Read More

With the introduction of downloadable content onto the console scene, fans have become somewhat jaded. For every great bit of DLC that simply can’t be passed up comes two more that leave us scratching our heads instead of reaching for our wallets. While new content is always appreciated, there needs to be parity with price and overall value of DLC, which translates to offering something worthwhile for gamers — especially since plunking… Read More

Konami are making 2012 their year for Silent Hill, with three games all set to wear the name. Announced back in November last year, the exact release dates for the latest scare-fests have now been confirmed, and there's not long to go. First we have the Silent Hill HD Collection, which was originally set for an end of January debut on the PS3 and Xbox 360, but has been pushed back to March 6. The set will contain high definition remasters… Read More

Mentioned within an official Hulu blog post by CEO Jason Kilar, Hulu has gained over 1.5 million premium subscribers to the Hulu Plus service. This brings Hulu in line with the same amount of premium subscriber as DVR service TiVo according to SplatF's Dan Frommer, but still lags far behind the 25 million Netflix subscribers. Both Hulu Plus and Netflix's streaming-only package are priced at $7.99 per month for each service. During… Read More

Rumors of the PlayStation 4's imminent arrival have been greatly exaggerated, according to Sony. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sony reps denied rumors that the company was planning to reveal the PlayStation 4 during the upcoming E3 trade show. In fact, the company is still planning to stick by its vision of the PlayStation 3 — which was released in 2006 — as a product with a 10-year life cycle. “We are not… Read More

Every now and then a game comes along that you can look at and make a solid argument that it is art. Team Ico’s games are an obvious example of this, as they use the medium of video games in a way that is unique and original, as well as compelling and thought provoking. If you can get a game to generate an honest emotional response (other than the occasional surge of anger and/or frustration), then you are doing something right. And Journey is… Read More

The current generation of gaming consoles have gone above and beyond being just devices to play video games. They have become entertainment systems in their own right, that can play DVDs (and blu-rays in the case of the PPS3), stream content online, and even act as media servers. So if you were among the lucky few that Santa left a shiny new PS3 for under the tree, but you’re still trying to get the hang of it, we cobbled together a few tips to… Read More

U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg has dismissed a class action lawsuit brought against Sony Corporation by California resident Anthony Ventura over the company disabling the “other OS” feature that originally shipping as a feature of the PlayStation 3 console. Although the judge had previously let the plaintiffs amend their complaint, ultimately the judge ruled that the plaintiffs had not identified Sony's liability in the… Read More

Based off a yearly comparison study of 3,000 consumers conducted by Nielsen, video streaming on gaming consoles is on the rise while the number of people watching physical media is dropping. During 2010, ten percent of Xbox 360 owners watched video-on-demand or streaming services like Netflix through the Microsoft console. That number has climbed to 14 percent in 2011. In a similar trend on the PlayStation 3, nine percent of PS3 owners used the… Read More

The year in gaming has been a tumultuous one, with a somewhat light beginning, and a heavy end of year. The fall wave of blockbusters featured some of the best titles in years, and gamers will likely be picking them up and playing them for months to come. But while the releases primarily fell at the close of the 2011, the PS3 has seen one of its best years for exclusives. A-list titles were sprinkled throughout the months haven given PS3 owners… Read More

When the year first began, things weren’t looking all that great for the gaming industry. The monthly sales figures read like a Penn State coach’s popularity poll, and the financial results were alarming. That doesn’t mean that there weren’t plenty of great games and peripherals to be had, but people just didn’t seem to be buying them. That has changed, in a big way. After a few ridiculously crowded months with major title dropping on top of… Read More

 Sony flat-out told us all that last night's Spike Video Game Awards would be home to the reveal of a new PlayStation 3 exclusive game called The Last of Us. That happened. No gameplay was shown in the reveal trailer, but it's clear that Uncharted developer Naughty Dog is bringing its A-game to this one. The Last of Us appears to follow a man and woman — possibly father and daughter — through an environment overrun by… Read More