The Playstation Network will be going into lockdown for a 12 – 13 hour period starting at 11pm on Monday 16th April until 11am Tuesday 17th April AEST. For those who are in different time zones, here is a list: United Kingdom – 2pm on Monday 16 April 2012 until 2am on Tuesday 17 April 2012. US...

A new colour for the Playstation 3 will be released in the United Kingdom. The colour will be Scarlet Red, which is sported on both the console and the Dualshock 3 controller. It will be the Slim 320GB model that will sport the colour. According to a listing on Amazon UK, the console will be available on...

Skullgirls Publisher: Autumn Games, Konami Developer: Reverge Labs Platforms: Xbox 360 (Reviewed), PlayStation 3, PC Release Date: 11/04/2012 Price: 1200 Microsoft Points Overview: Skullgirls was unveiled last year and it immediately turned some heads because it had a rather quirky and unique art direction...

While people in North America may be able to go down to their closest video game selling retailer and try out a Gravity Rush demo on the Vitas they have set up in store, gamers can’t actually try the demo out on their own Vita. However it seems that Europeans at least will have a chance to download a...

Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat, is a disc based compilation of two popular digital download titles: Deadliest Warrior: The Game and Deadliest Warrior: Legends. The titles have sold more than 700,000 copies and this latest release will bring both together in one disc along with some extras. 345 Games have...

Twisted Metal Developer: Eat Sleep Play, Inc Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platforms: Playstation 3 Release Date: 8/03/2012 Price: $49.99 (Available Here) Overview If you remember a particular game known as Twisted Metal, they you would remember all of the carnage the vehicle combat game brought to...

Good news for Uncharted 3 fans: new multiplayer DLC for the title will be available for download on April 10.  Fortune Hunter Club members will be getting it for ‘free,’ while the rest of us will have to pony up $10. This DLC includes the maps Graveyard, Old Quarter, London Streets and...

You Will Learn Respect! Taking a look at this sneak peak live action Kitana Trailer released today, I think anyone would love to learn respect especially if Kitana was dishing it out! Unfortunately the live action trailer is quite short and doesn’t really reveal to much, but still you get to see...

Yesterday Harmonix revealed Rock Band Blitz, a new rhythm game that will be coming to the PSN and XBLA.  Today they released a new video that goes into detail about what we can expect from the game. First off, the game will be similar to Rock Band Unplugged, meaning that no extra accessories will be...

The Jak and Daxter Trilogy Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Platform: PlayStation 3 Release Date: February 7, 2012 Price: $38.98 (available here) Overview: Being on the Nintendo side of the fence during the last generation has left me without any prior experience of the Jak and Daxter universe. Having...

Although the Xbox 360 has had the feature for awhile, PS3 has finally joined the party and is now allowing Amazon members to stream Instant Video through the Sony console.  Amazingly enough, this feature didn’t require a system update, which is shocking!  All you need to do is press the icon under...

You can never have too much too much Rock Band.  Harmonix revealed this evening on X-Play that Rock Band Blitz will be coming to XBLA and PSN soon.  However, this title will require no special controllers.  All you’ll need is your regular ol’ dual sticks, as the gameplay will be very similar...

Gravity Rush may not be released in North America and other territories until June of this year, but it has already graced store shelves in Japan for a month now. However the game hasn’t actually sold well in the land of the rising sun as it has just now graced over 100,000 copies sold. This...

Sega has revealed new details on Phantasy Star Portable 2 during a media briefing where the game was the main topic. The game will be free to both download and play, which is good for those who prefer the free-to-play method of online gaming. However, Sega added that the game will use the item transaction...

Next week in Japan, Playstation Vita gamers will have access to  New Little King’s Story, as it sees a release on March 29. To build up to that release, Konami has released a new trailer, summing up the various touch controls that will be used for the game. The trailer can be watched below. In New...

Offroad racing is certainly not a new thing for consoles, but fans of the sport (or the legendary Jeremy McGrath) have a brand new title to look forward to in the form of Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad, which launches a bit later this Spring. This racing romp will put players behind the wheel of...

After an accidental leak about a possible LittleBigPlanet racing game back in February, Sony has chosen today to officially reveal the title under the previously rumored name, LittleBigPlanet Karting. The same developers behind Modnation Racers, United Front Games, is going to be handling the racer and...

I Am Alive, Ubisoft’s latest survival horror game, will arrive on the Playstation Store on April 4, one month after its release on Xbox Live Arcade. I Am Alive follows an everyman’s journey to find his wife and daughter, who were lost during the “Event.” A year later, he finds Haventon, his...

In what would be a victory for Sony, the Playstation Vita has picked up the Red Dot Award in Innovative Product Design. The award is given out by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen of Germany and it is internationally recognised award. The judges of the award consist of people in the fields of product...

For those who still remember Final Fantasy Versus XIII and are waiting for news on the game, Testuya Nomura has some bad news. In the latest issue of Famitsu, Nomura reveals that there is a demo that is nearly ready for demonstration, however, the original timeline in that demonstration has been shifted,...

If helicopters were not enough for your vehicle appetite, then get ready for some more vehicles for Prototype 2. Coming in this time around is the armoured personnel carrier (or APC for short). Just like the choppers, you can ride it or you can destroy it with one of Heller’s shapshifting powers. The...

Unit 13 Developer: Zipper Interactive Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: Playstation Vita Release Date: 6/03/2012 Price: $39.99 (Available Here) Overview Zipper Interactive are no stranger to shooters. They are behind the SOCOM games and the massive online first person shooter MAG, which...

Virtua Tennis 4 World Tour Edition Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Platform: Playstation Vita Release Date: 15/02/2012 Price: $38.54 (Available Here) Overview Sega’s first Playstation Vita title comes in the form of Virtua Tennis 4 World Tour Edition. This arcade tennis game brings twenty-five current and...

After speculation of its existence, Sony has revealed a high definition collection of the first three Ratchet and Clank games that were released on the Playstation 2: Ratchet and Clank, Going Commando (Locked and Loaded in Europe and PAL territories) and Up Your Arsenal, to be released for the Playstation...

Ken Levine, game producer at Irrational games, has revealed that the Playstation Move support for the Playstation 3 version of Bioshock Infinite will be included at launch. The Move support was revealed at the 2011 E3 Expo during Sony’s media conference. Levine revealed the information with an...

Recently, Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan held what they called a PlayStation Vita Game Heaven broadcast that was supposed to reveal a bunch of new titles for the PlayStation Vita. Obviously this raised Vita owners’ hopes immensely, though once the “broadcast” began it was met with...