Update: That was quick! Sony has since removed the tags and replaced them with some more appropriate ones – good thing we have the screen cap. You can find our original post below.
Original post: The official YouTube channel for PlayStation has oddly tagged its E3 trailer for PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale – specifically, with some "Super Smash Bros." tags. "Super Smash Brothers," "Super Smash Bros" and "SSBB" are all tags visible right now on the YouTube page.
So for how much we're all comparing the new mascot brawler with Nintendo's franchise, it would seem even Sony is willing to acknowledge its influence or is simply looking to grab players looking for Super Smash Bros. content on YouTube.
Hit the jump for a larger version of the page, screen capped for posterity.
Original post: The official YouTube channel for PlayStation has oddly tagged its E3 trailer for PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale – specifically, with some "Super Smash Bros." tags. "Super Smash Brothers," "Super Smash Bros" and "SSBB" are all tags visible right now on the YouTube page.
So for how much we're all comparing the new mascot brawler with Nintendo's franchise, it would seem even Sony is willing to acknowledge its influence or is simply looking to grab players looking for Super Smash Bros. content on YouTube.
Hit the jump for a larger version of the page, screen capped for posterity.
Sony has announced that it's releasing an official, very nice looking racing wheel for the PlayStation Move later on this year – you may recall a patent surfacing online recently. The whole design, as you can see above, is much more active than motion controller wheels we've seen so far: It's got not only a motion controller mount, but full buttons and a D-pad, and even vibration feedback. The sticks on the sides can flip up to move into a motorcycle steering mode, and the controller is compatible with both current and future PS3 racing games.
Looks slick! The wheel will be out in the fall for an MSRP of $39.99.
Looks slick! The wheel will be out in the fall for an MSRP of $39.99.
Nothing helps humanity put aside its differences like a bunch of aliens trying to liquify, eviscerate or attempting to eat us. We fight back October 9. ...
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Sony showed off a gameplay demo of The Last of Us today, demonstrating the stopping power of bullets and desk corners alike. This demo closed out Sony's E3 press conference today, and it did so with -- wait for it -- quite a bang.
Like, a head bang. Against a desk. Get it?
After these high-profile E3 press conferences we like to relax by grabbing a latte, eating some dinner and catching a nap, which is why we've sent our editors-in-chief to stand in front of a camera and discuss the minutiae of Sony's presser. Thanks, guys. This latte's for you.
Watch our live post-Sony feed below!
Update: Our live stream is over! Thanks for playing along.
Watch our live post-Sony feed below!
Update: Our live stream is over! Thanks for playing along.
Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation has only officially existed for a few minutes, but that doesn't mean we can't start ogling our new female assassin's impressive arsenal of assassination armaments. ...
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Quantic Dream's next project, Beyond – Two Souls, is looking just as good as we'd hoped. What's that? You wanna see for yourself? As it turns out, we've got the trailer just above. You should probably watch it a few times and tear it apart and then let us know about all the cool stuff you saw. Not that we're suggesting you do that or anything.
Minecraft for Xbox 360 has sold 2 million copies since its launch in early May. The $20 XBLA version of the sandbox crafting phenomenon sold a million units in five days following its May 7 launch.
XBLA portfolio director Chris Charla tweeted earlier today: "I guess I can officially mention Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has crossed 2,000,000 in sales on XBLA!!"
XBLA portfolio director Chris Charla tweeted earlier today: "I guess I can officially mention Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has crossed 2,000,000 in sales on XBLA!!"
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Kratos also has one other big move: When a dock is destroyed, he can use something on his wrist (and a shiny green glow) to rebuild the dock's crane, Red Faction: Armageddon style.
The demo ended with Kratos diving right into the belly of a large kraken, undoubtedly ready for more killing. The game is coming out March 12, 2013.
No longer will PlayStation Certified titles be confined to Sony hardware. Andrew House, president of SCEE, revealed that HTC would be the first third-party hardware to support PlayStation Suite – not surprising since the platform has been in open beta since April.
Oh, and that's the other thing – it's no longer called PlayStation Suite, but rather PlayStation Mobile. House provided no timetable for when we'd see the first PlayStation Certified titles on HTC's line of products.
Update: Sony has sent out a press release, but it doesn't really say much beyond what was revealed during the press conference. Still, we've embedded past the break in case you're curious.
Oh, and that's the other thing – it's no longer called PlayStation Suite, but rather PlayStation Mobile. House provided no timetable for when we'd see the first PlayStation Certified titles on HTC's line of products.
Update: Sony has sent out a press release, but it doesn't really say much beyond what was revealed during the press conference. Still, we've embedded past the break in case you're curious.
The Wonderbook uses augmented reality to turn a physical book into a 3D pop-up book, Sony announced today at its E3 presser.
Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling has contributed Book of Spells to Sony's Wonderbook endeavor, using the Move controller as a wand. Sony demoed Book of Spells, showing off a few spells and features such as earning house points and unlocking poems about unfortunate Hogwarts students. Wonderbook launches this holiday and is one of many books Sony has planned.
Book of Spells will build off of Pottermore, the Harry Potter multimedia social and fan site.
Another title for Wonderbook is Diggs Nightcrawler.
Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling has contributed Book of Spells to Sony's Wonderbook endeavor, using the Move controller as a wand. Sony demoed Book of Spells, showing off a few spells and features such as earning house points and unlocking poems about unfortunate Hogwarts students. Wonderbook launches this holiday and is one of many books Sony has planned.
Book of Spells will build off of Pottermore, the Harry Potter multimedia social and fan site.
Another title for Wonderbook is Diggs Nightcrawler.
Ubisoft took the stage at the Sony press conference this afternoon to show off a new feature of Far Cry 3: Four-player co-op. Rather than take place in the game's singleplayer world, the co-op feature is an additional mode, offering a mission-based campaign, where players have to team up to accomplish certain objective-based tasks.
Ubisoft also showed off a map editor for the game, and mentioned that Far Cry 3 would also have extra content exclusively on Sony's console. The game is due out later on this year.
Ubisoft also showed off a map editor for the game, and mentioned that Far Cry 3 would also have extra content exclusively on Sony's console. The game is due out later on this year.
Update: Also as we heard before, our new assassin's name is Aveline, a "woman of conviction." The game takes place in 18th century New Orleans, and will take advantage of the Vita's suite of unique input methods to provide "distinctive combat, character interaction, deciphering and traversal controls." Multiplayer has also been "tailored" to the Vita, though no further specifics were given.
Specifics were given, however, on the game's PS3-unlocked goodies, which include "an in-game version of Connor's tomahawk, an exclusive character skin, a multiplayer character and a complete upgrade of all ammunition pouches."
The Call of Duty title we knew would be coming to Vita this fall is Black Ops Declassified, Sony announced today at its E3 press conference.
Your incentive for plunking down the cash on PlayStation Plus will be bolstered by a dozen new titles, Sony's Jack Tretton revealed today. While Tretton didn't reveal a full list of what PS Plus members will get in June, he called out a few titles including Infamous 2, LittleBigPlanet 2 and Saints Row 2. These free games will be available for download starting tomorrow.
LittleBigPlanet 2 is getting DLC later this year with cross-controller compatibility, turning the Vita into an "enhanced" controller for the PlayStation 3 version, with tilt and touch functions. The DLC will add a new story mode, costumes, decorations and stickers, Sony announced at its E3 press conference.
PlayStation All Stars: Battle Royale will also be launching on the PlayStation Vita, where it will support simultaneous cross-platform play. Sony demonstrated a match where to players played with through PS3 and two others played on their respective Vitas. Nathan Drake and classic Big Daddy were also revealed as playable characters. The game will launch this holiday season.
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“Every indication I got from all this process is that everything is going according to the business plan.”
— Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee comments on the 38 Studios meltdown.
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Super Joystiq Podcast Special: 'E3 2012 Pre-show' - Microsoft, Sony, and Wii U announcements
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