Category Archives: PS3

Croteam’s confirmed it’s still workin on Serious Sam 3 for a release on Xbox 360 following the launch of the PC version earlier in the year, but fans are in for a wait at least.

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Capcom’s announced this morning its shipped 2 million units worldwide of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. The Slant Six shooter launched at the end of March in the west and the end of April in Japan, but was critically slammed, hitting 52 on MetaCritic on both PS3 and 360.

The Q2 lull is over, financials season is in full swing and E3 2012 is alarmingly close. It’s time to take a look over the major players and see what the year ahead holds, starting with the effervescent EA.

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Sony has been hit by an annual loss of ¥456.7 billion ($5.74 billion) in comparison to the ¥259.6 billion loss last year, with PS3 sales also down.

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New maps, new spec ops missions, and a whole new multiplayer mode will feature in the next content drop for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

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File this under “wild extrapolation” if you like, but BioShock: Infinite’s delay and Irrational Games’s search for a networking expert paints a compelling picture, probably titled “still life with multiplayer”.

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Square Enix has outlined a number of pre-order bonuses for Hitman: Absolution, including exclusive weapons and suits.

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Edmund McMillen has confirmed that Sony is still interested in The Binding of Isaac.

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Sony will release a new PlayStation 3 bundle in the US on May 25, which packs in a 320GB console, one control pad, and a copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, for $299. The bundle is a kind of quick ticket straight into Call of Duty multiplayer, which Activision boasted has 40 million monthly average users. Players have already logged 1.6 billion hours with Modern Warfare 3, which as usual broke entertainment launch records on release. Hit the break for a stock image of the new bundle.

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As part of a month long focus on nature, Exeter Cathedral will hold a special service this Sunday evening featuring thatgamecompany’s Flower, as demonstrated by GeekDad’s Andy Robertson. Flower is ace, so this seems like a pretty good deal for the congregation. The PlayStation Network exclusive released in 2009, was critically acclaimed, and sold a whole bunch.

Thanks, Kill Screen.

Another teaser site has opened for Platinum Games’ take on the Metal Gear universe, hinting that the action-oriented title isn’t afraid to dive into the convoluted narratives the franchise is known for.

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PlayStation 3 users have been on board Mass Effect 3′s multiplayer weekends since Operation Exorcist, but to make up for the delay in bringing the third platform on board, BioWare is offering a couple of free goodies to PS3 players. The reward packs from Operations Goliath and Raptor, two of the earliest events, will be automatically added to PS3 players’ store stocks today. It can take a few hours for the packs to roll out to all players, so don’t panic if yours hasn’t arrived yet. BioWare notes that players will need all the firepower they can get ahead of this week’s Operation Silencer, which may unlock Vorcha classes.

Wedbush Securities has said in its latest note that BioShock Infinite’s delay “opens the window for Grand Theft Auto V to be released in October 2012.”

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BioWare has announced the next Mass Effect 3 Bounty Weekend will be Operation Silencer. Players will be tasked with dropping 3 million banshees between May 11 and May 14. If the goal is reached, those who participated will be handed a Victory Pack filled with unspecified goodies. Should a squad perform a full extraction against the enemy on Gold difficulty, they will net a Commendation Pack. So far, 22.84 million multiplayer matches have taken place in the game, according to the firm, out of which only 10.5 million successful extractions occurred. On Gold difficulty, only 3.5% were successful extractions. Thanks, GamesRadar.

Capcom has announced the Street Fighter x Tekken patch which adds new color palettes and Boost Gem packs will be released May 16. The patch will also remove certain infinite combos. Full notes can be found through here and the list of Boost Gem packs and color palettes with pricing are below.

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The third and final video in the Behind the Mask series for Darksiders II has been released. It focuses on the game’s storyline. Watch it below courtesy of Gamespot. Darksiders 2 is expected on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in August, with a Wii U version in the cards as well.

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Various UK retailers are hosting place holders Hitman: Absolution, pegging it for September release – although one retailer doesn’t agree on the date. Zavi and HotUKDeals have all three versions landing on September 17, which is a Monday, while ShopTo has September 24 down as a place holder – which is also a Monday. Square has yet to announce a release window for the title, but it has been expected to land sometime in the fall for quite some time. Thanks, MCV.

Capcom has released the third developer diary for Dragon’s Dogma, which focuses on the more detail oriented aspects of development such as the fully-voiced NPCs and the thousands of lines of dialog. The game is out later this month on PS3 and Xbox 360.

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AGB has posted shots of the pre-order goodies you get with Assassin’s Creed III through GameStop and Best Buy. Hit the break to have a look.

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Media Create has released its weekly retail chart for Japan, and Golden Week was indeed golden for Nintendo with Mario Party 9 topping software with 144,585 units moved. It didn’t end there, though: 15 out of 20 titles on the software chart were for Nintendo systems, with 3DS still tops in hardware and Wii outselling PS Vita by 5,206 units.

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