After the record entries of this year's Independent Games Festival, the finalists which will be displayed during the next Game Developers Conference and compete for the almost $50,000 USD worth of awards, including $20,000 USD in cash, have been announced. Additionally, Direct2Drive is now another sponsor for the ever-growing event, and offers a new unspecified award [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 19, 2008
Yesterday's PlayStation Network updates brought some pretty sweet goodies, for owners of both the PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation Portable got a collection of downloadable titles with PlayStation classics Castlevania Chronicles and Rayman 2: The Great Escape available for $6 each, as well as Tokobot, a former UMD release from 2005 sold for [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 13, 2008
Spike TV and Mountain Dew are running a contest slash lottery, which gives you the chance to win a free digital copy of a critically acclaimed indie game for XBLA, PSN, WiiWare, or even Steam. All you have to do is submit your name, e-mail address and game preference, then perhaps opt out of the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 12, 2008
Remember when we explained how agreeing to Sony's October 15th PlayStation Network Terms of Service meant that they could sell your information and user-generated content to whomever they choose? Of course you don't. But today, we will revisit the issue -- because in the Terms of Service for the new PlayStation Home Open Beta, Sony has [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 12, 2008
Update, 3PM PST: C-931 has reared its ugly head in the GameCyte offices. Yesterday, PlayStation Home launched its Open Beta on PSN to applause -- but that applause was quickly drowned out by the cries of thousands of users. Some complain that it's not a game. Others are bored by the lack of things to do. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 10, 2008
For Sony's PlayStation Home, Sony PR's keyword for the last two days has been "imminent." They weren't kidding -- PlayStation Home arrives tomorrow, December 11th. Other than the long-awaited release date -- before you get too excited, remember that this is still a beta -- the only other real news here is that you lucky public [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 7, 2008
Last night, Hudson Entertainment invited gamers and journalists, far and near, to join them for their 2008 Gamers' Day. Cheerful Hudson staff spent the evening hawking their wares, providing hands-on demonstrations of the latest titles Hudson had to offer. We spent some time with quite a number of intriguing new titles, though at least one [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 31, 2008
The wait is over. Five months after its beautiful teaser trailer sent shockwaves though the gaming blogosphere, you can finally break through the glowing red door and play the first level of Mirror's Edge for yourself. Today, ahead of its anticipated November 6th release, the Mirror's Edge demo has hit PlayStation Network and Xbox Live [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 17, 2008
So, enjoying your new PS3 firmware 2.5 update? Liking the Flash 9 support? Looking forward to using both in conjunction with LittleBigPlanet to generate some user-created content, oh, about a week from now? Well, there's something you ought to know: effective two days ago, anything you make or do on PlayStation Network belongs [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Remember, two days ago, when we told you about Sony's new firmware upgrades for the PS3 and PSP, and we said they were scheduled for release "later this month?" Well, two days counts as "later," right? Spotted over at Joystiq, Sony has gone ahead and released both firmware upgrades; they're available for download and installation [...]
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