Now that Nintendo has announced its intentions to jump the generational gap with the forthcoming Wii U, chatter around the industry inevitably must turn to its two chief rivals, and when they might answer Nintendo’s challenge with brand new hardware of their own.
E3 2011 Predictions
Posted on May 23, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
E3 is just two weeks away! Can you believe it? What delicious (and what vaporware) delights will E3 2011 bring to gamers? What surprises do Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony have in store for their pre-E3 media extravaganzas? What games will walk away from the week with the heaviest buzz? It’s impossible to predict what secrets [...]
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Coming 10/18/11
Posted on May 20, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
Sony has just announced that Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, the ninth game in the series (if you don’t count Secret Agent Clank), will be available on October 18th, 2011 in North America. The PS3 exclusive is getting several pre-order incentives in the form of extra playable characters, but you’ll have to choose carefully [...]
PSN Returns – With Free Goodies
Posted on May 17, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
In case you hadn’t heard, PSN is back. At least for North America and Europe anyway, nearly one full month after the online system was compromised and Sony was forced to pull its plug, most of PSN’s services have returned. (We’re still waiting on the PlayStation Store, but nearly everything else is back.) To encourage [...]
Sony Giving I.D. Theft Insurance to PSN Users
Posted on May 6, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
Another day… and still no PSN. With Sony’s investigation into the cyber attack that took down PlayStation Network still ongoing, the electronics giant has revealed some details about the “Welcome Back” package that all PSN users will soon be receiving. Among Sony’s gifts to woo you back to PSN: $1 million in identity theft insurance [...]
Who Took Down PSN?
Posted on April 25, 2011 Written by 10 Comments
In a situation that for gamers is quickly growing to “Who shot JFK?” proportions, the PlayStation Network (PSN) — Sony’s answer to Xbox Live — was effectively killed by an external source sometime last Thursday, forcing Sony to completely rebuild the entire system. That’s five long days without the PlayStation Store and PS3-exclusive MMOs, which [...]
Do You Play PlayStation Home?
Posted on April 21, 2011 Written by 1 Comment
Today Sony upgraded PlayStation Home — the HD online virtual space where you can interact with other gamers and play casual games — to version 1.5, with some big enhancements. This news got me thinking… What’s the point of PlayStation Home?
Uncharted 3 Goes All-Out for Multiplayer
Posted on April 18, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
Naughty Dog is taking multiplayer in the Uncharted series to the next level with Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, thanks to enhanced, cinematic gameplay, character customization, and unprecedented social media integration.
A Noire Adventure for PS3
Posted on April 14, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
PlayStation 3 owners: here’s a little title you probably haven’t heard of but need to know about. It’s called Red Johnson’s Chronicles, and it’s a downloadable title coming to PSN on Tuesday, April 19th. From French developer Lexis Numérique comes this story-driven noire adventure, a wicked tale of murder in a corrupt Metropolis. You play as [...]
10 Awesomely Geeky Cakes
Posted on April 8, 2011 Written by 3 Comments
Or geekily awesome. Either way works for me. Now, about cakes…there is something to be said about throwing flour and sugar together and then allowing the heat of the oven to turn the mixture into something that will make your mouth water. Of course, there is more to baking and decorating cakes than that, but [...]