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0  Upcoming PS3 Firmware Update To Add 3D Blu-Ray Support Thu, Sep 2nd, 2010, 8:56 am (EST) BY DARRYL Sony have announced that they will be adding 3D Blu-Ray support to the PlayStation 3 in an upcoming firmware update which could be downloadable as early as October. More »

	0  TGS Lineup For PlayStation Brand Is Big, DS Is Even Bigger Wed, Sep 1st, 2010, 10:09 pm (EST) BY COLIN The Tokyo Game Show is usually known for a good amount of game announcements, especially from Japanese developers for obvious reasons. Interestingly enough, the Xbox 360 had more titles on show compared to the PlayStation 3 in 2009. However, PS3 takes the cake this year. More »

0  Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 Demo Impressions Mon, Aug 30th, 2010, 8:33 pm (EST) BY COLIN Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm was one of the more anticipated exclusives for the PlayStation 3 early on this generation, at least by the fanbase. Naruto itself is an incredibly popular series amongst anime and manga veterans. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 is the next in the series for current generation platforms, both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and it promises to offer far more than what the first did, complete with fluid animation, fast-paced combat and much bigger fights. Based on the Shippuden arc, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 looks to take players through the journey of a Hidden Leaf Ninja called Naruto as he returns to his village after three years of training. The game plays through the majority of the Shippuden arc, all the way through to Naruto's fight with Paine. If you are not familiar with this setting, that's a spoiler right there - albeit, not a very big one. More »

6  Top Ten RPGs Of This Generation... So Far Sat, Aug 28th, 2010, 12:46 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS This console generation has seen a remarkable shift in what it means to be a role-playing game. Elements that have traditionally been exclusive to RPGs - such as leveling/upgrading characters and equipment, branching, non-linear plots, and collectible items - have begun to be incorporated in numerous other genres, blurring the lines between them. However, the core RPG genre remains intact, featuring a wide variety of the best Western and Eastern game designers have to offer. This is Gaming Union's top ten RPGs of this console generation (roughly 2005 to present), in alphabetical order. More »

0  Sony Not Expecting Huge First Day For PlayStation Move Thu, Aug 26th, 2010, 5:55 pm (EST) BY COLIN According to Sony, they aren't expecting a ridiculously huge first day launch or sales for their new motion tech, the PlayStation Move. In fact, Sony believes that the Move will succeed as times goes by via word of mouth. Speaking with Eurogamer, SCE's senior vice president Ray Maguire said, "Move is a natural extension in the same way as we brought EyeToy to PS2." More »

2  Namco: Time Crisis PS3 Exclusive Because Of Kinect Tue, Aug 24th, 2010, 5:57 pm (EST) BY DARRYL There have been many debates about the merits of both PlayStation Move and Microsoft Kinect ever since they were both unveiled. And when it came to the Time Crisis franchise, Namco weighed up those merits and decided that they couldn't work with Kinect. "One of the reasons [for it being PlayStation 3 exclusive] was it's easier to play this type of game with an accessory than it is with Kinect." said Norihiro Nishimura the producer on Time Crisis: Razing Storm when we caught up with him at GamesCom 2010. More »

0  Memory Issues Reason For Final Fantasy XIV PS3 Delay Tue, Aug 24th, 2010, 4:35 pm (EST) BY COLIN The PlayStation 3 version of Square Enix's upcoming MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, was reportedly pushed back to March 2011 due to technical difficulties. Speaking with VG247, producer Hiromichi Tanaka explained that it mostly due to the lack of memory on Sony's platform. "The main reason was memory," said Tanaka. More »

	2  SEGA Register Valkyria Chronicles 3 Domain Mon, Aug 23rd, 2010, 7:14 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Despite Valkyria Chronicles 2 not even being released yet, SEGA are already making plans for the next installment into the Valkyria Chronicles franchise as they've registered a domain name for Valkyria Chronicles 3. More »

0  Valve: PlayStation 3's Open Platform Better For Customers Mon, Aug 23rd, 2010, 5:07 pm (EST) BY COLIN Just recently Valve Software was seen praising the PlayStation 3, saying that it's "incredibly important" to the company. Half a year ago, words for Sony's platform weren't as nice. Either way, Valve has had a change of heart and are looking to change things by bringing Steamworks to the PS3. More »

0  Square Enix Coy On Final Fantasy XIII Japanese Xbox 360 Rumours Mon, Aug 23rd, 2010, 1:04 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Unlike the rest of the world, Final Fantasy XIII was released exclusively on the PlayStation 3 in Japan. However, rumours have started to crop up that this is only a finite deal. Last month, a Japanese site More »

	1  Enslaved: Odyssey To The West Hands-On Impressions Mon, Aug 23rd, 2010, 12:07 pm (EST) BY DARRYL A short while ago, I was invited to Namco Bandai's Headquarters to check out the newest build of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - the latest game from Cambridge's Ninja Theory. More »

0  GamesCom: Time Crisis Razing Storm Hands-On Mon, Aug 23rd, 2010, 8:14 am (EST) BY JAMIE FELTHAM I wasn't exactly sure what to expect when I sat down to play Time Crisis Razing Storm, the latest entry in the franchise that also supports PlayStation Move. I haven't been too much of a fan of the light-gun genre ever since the Wii took away the appeal of a Guncon controller and replaced it with the Wii Zapper. You couldn't actually aim without a reticule on screen and that basically made it like playing with a mouse instead of an actual gun. More »

	0  Joris de Man Returns To Score Killzone 3 Mon, Aug 23rd, 2010, 7:38 am (EST) BY DARRYL Joris de Man, the award-winning composer from Killzone 2 has announced that he will be returning to compose the music for Guerilla Games' sequel, Killzone 3. More »

4  Valve: PS3 Is Incredibly Important To Us Sat, Aug 21st, 2010, 5:27 pm (EST) BY COLIN Valve, makers of the upcoming Portal 2 and a plethora of other popular games, have been known for making rather nasty remarks about Sony and their little baby, the PlayStation 3. In an interesting turn of events, Valve Software is now saying the the PlayStation 3 is "incredibly important" to the company. Speaking with CVG, Project Manager Erik Johnson discussed their current stand on the platform, saying that they have mistreated PS3 users in times past with The Orange Box and its horrible port that was plagued with bugs and shoddy frame rates. More »

0  Metal Gear Solid: Rising Keeps No-Kill Tradition Fri, Aug 20th, 2010, 2:07 pm (EST) BY COLIN It's a well known tradition in the Metal Gear Solid franchise that players can opt to play through the entire saga without staining their conscience, aka kill a fellow human. From tranquilizer guns to rubber rounds to stun knives and rods and CQC, the Metal Gear games have given players every non-lethal tool possible in order to finish the game with zero kills. More »

1  Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Beta Dated Wed, Aug 18th, 2010, 8:32 pm (EST) BY COLIN The word is out! Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood beta will start beginning October 4, confirms Ubisoft. The catch is that you'll have to preorder a copy of the game if you want in on the exclusive beta for the PlayStation 3. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is the follow up to Ezio's tale that debuted with Assassin's Creed 2. Unlike the first two games, Brotherhood will be the first to introduce a multiplayer component into the core gameplay. More »

2  Guerrilla Working On New PS3 Exclusive IP Wed, Aug 18th, 2010, 12:38 am (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS Dutch-based developer Guerrilla Games, the team behind the Killzone series, have revealed they are in the early stages of developing a new IP, which will be exclusive to the PlayStation 3. In an interview with Joystiq at GDC Europe, Guerrilla's director Herman Hulst said the company is working on a non-Killzone project, which is in the "very early days in terms of conceptualizing [the IP]." The Killzone maker decided to branch off into additional projects in the hopes of broadening the "level of scope and ambition" at their studio. Few details were given on the direction of the mysterious IP, other than it will be in Hulst's words, "any game we want to make." More »

1  Gamescom: Resistance 3 Officially Announced Tue, Aug 17th, 2010, 3:38 pm (EST) BY COLIN What's that now? It's the dreadful hissing of the Chimera is what that is. Insomniac has finally and officially announced the existance of Resistance 3, the next entry into the fan favourite Resistance franchise which last saw the shocking demise of main man Nathan Hale. So, shit some pants people, Insomniac Game have not only announced one game, but two. Both are absolute favourites among their fanbase and gamers alike and both are exclusive to the PlayStation 3. More »

0  Gamescom: Insomniac Unveils Ratchet And Clank: All 4 One Tue, Aug 17th, 2010, 3:08 pm (EST) BY COLIN Insomniac may have made the announcement about moving towards a multiplatform strategy back a few months ago, but they definitely haven't abandoned their 14 year relationship with Sony. The independant developer has just announced a brand new Ratchet & Clank game dubbed Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The announcement was just made a few minutes ago at the Sony event at gamescom. All 4 One will feature an on and offline, drop-in-drop-out cooperative mode. Players will, for the first time in the entire franchise, take the reigns of Ratchet, Clank, Quark and Nefarious as they work their way through platforming, puzzles and epic boss fights, all of which have become a standard in the Ratchet & Clank franchise. More »

6  Mass Effect 2 Announced For PS3 Tue, Aug 17th, 2010, 2:20 pm (EST) BY COLIN EA's just dropped a rather large bomb, a good bomb, a bomb that explodes into a vast array of colourful confetti and joy, at least for PlayStation users around the world! That's right, EA's just announced Mass Effect 2 for the PlayStation 3 and it'll be out January 2011. More »