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Microsoft has never been able to have success in the land of the rising sun. Even with all of the recent sales milestones that the Kinect has been garnering, it's still failing in Japan. Check out the story for the full details.
Sony has made many classic games from the original PlayStation era available for download to your PS3 or PSP. Here are ten games that should never, ever, ever, ever come back to haunt us.
"Today's sleek, powerful games consoles are a far cry from the clunky boxes of yesteryear, with their basic graphics, cartridges and cassette tapes. The launch of the Game Boy Colour transformed the image of the games consoles, turning it in to a device you'd be proud to whip out of your pocket on the train journey home."
"I have been working with Ron Eagle, Director of Product Publicity at Sony PlayStation, for years and am always amazed at how deep he goes with the shoe projects he is involved with. Once again, PlayStation and Nike have teamed up to create something so very serious. It goes without saying that this is going to be a pair of shoes you either love or hate – there will be few that are in-between. I’m lucky enough to have a pair and I’m going to tell you right now – these joints turn heads – ! So ..."
"Recent Playstation advertising has been described, by some circles, as being creative, effective and memorable. By others, down right controversial. In the beginning, the advertising for the original Playstation was reasonably conservative, and demonstrated with ease the product they were selling, without trying to shock or mind blow anyone. Nice and simple. With the arrival of the PS2, and perhaps realizing that the vast majority of the PS2 sales were for adults, the advertising took a downw..."
In an amusing and not well thought out move by the European Parliament, they desire a "red button" on consoles for parents to be able to push when they see something "morally objectionable" in front of their kid's eyes. James Walker believes this already existed with the reset button. I would take it a step further and go ahead and say that button is called the "Power Button"
Racketboy has browsed through the plethora of games in the Playstation library and weighed out the defining elements - things that molded the system, and console gaming for years to come.
This is much more than a list of the best Playstation games, it goes into elements that changed gaming as we know it. These are the quintessential video games.
Read through the article for in-depth analysis of the games/series as well as a little back story to each of them that you might not be familia...
ScrewAttack goes through their 20 most influential entities in the gaming industry - dating as far back as the Atari 2600. Ranging from hardware innovations, energy drinks, LAN parties, to even specific games - this list is a worthwhile read to see what has influenced where gaming has been, and what has made it so great today.
"5. The Loss of Final Fantasy
The NES and SNES were the only consoles for the first 6 Final Fantasy games. They sold brilliantly and developed a massive fanbase, however this all changed in the 5th generation. Square were unhappy with Nintendo's decision to use cartridges in their next console, they flat-out told Nintendo that if they went ahead with it then Final Fantasy would move to the newer and more favorable PlayStation. Nintendo failed to heed these warnings and missed out on Final F..."
"So, this is my analog version of a playful Playstation 2 controller for the PSX project the one that slows the analog part of the controller down over time so, you know..when Im playing Katamari Damacy its a bit more realistic that the Prince gets tired or during GTA, my guy actually gets tired from running away from liquor store heists and stuff."
"The average age of a video game customer now hovers around the late twenties to early thirties. The variation on either side of that average reveals a fascinating picture, too. Many of the first generation of child gamers now approaching their forties have children of their own. Whole families now gather around a game console, just as in previous generations the family gathered to watch a video or Morecambe & Wise on TV or to play Monopoly together.
If you don't play videogames, you may co..."
It's been four years since the last release, but they've done it. The team behind probably the most popular PlayStation emulator ePSXe has released version 1.7.0 as of yesterday, which can be downloaded from the official site. The improvements are listed below. Having tested it out, it works as smoothly as always, though it may say you're missing a DLL file; this can be found online with a quick Internet search, though. You'll also have to likely adjust the controller settings and graphics op...
"-Hot Shots Golf(R): Open Tee 2 PSP (Available June 3, 2008 / E for "Everyone")
-Secret Agent Clank(TM) PSP (Available June 17, 2008 / E10+ for "Everyone 10+")
-wipEout(R) HD PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Rated E10+)
-Elefunk(TM) PSN (Available Summer 2008 / E for "Everyone")
-PixelJunk(TM) Eden PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
-SIREN: Blood Curse PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
-SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Confrontation PS3 (Available September 16, 2008 / No..."
Ever wondered what the top gaming characters with the munchies could be? Well GameGirl have posted up on there blog there Top 7 Gaming Characters with the Munchies (with the help of Tim-kun). The selection ranges from the old and the new with Crash Bandicoot, Donkey Kong and even a bit of King Dedede being involved. Follow the source to find out the full list.
"We like to hear people scream at us. Unfortunately, it has been a long while since anyone's actually done it. To compensate, the editors of all three IGN Editorial offices (US, UK, and Australia) got together and decided that it was time to revisit one of the most controversial topics in our business...
Our criteria for creating this list of our picks for the Top 100 Games of All Time are as follows:
-Eligible games had to have been released no later than December 31, 2006 (perspective ..."
Consoles in this day and age, seem to follow a "Console Cycle"... well atleast Sony did with the Playstation trilogy... The cylce sees the introduction of a new generation machine every 5 to 6 years, however the production life of each machine is around 10 years.
Take for example the (original) Playstation which was released in Dec 1994. This was followed in Mar 2000 by the PS2, however it remained in production till Mar 2006 when Sony finally stopped making the machines. Which meant that...
"A website called Game-Rave.com has put up what it says are prototype images of the Sony PlayStation/Super Famicom. That was the CD-based console Nintendo and Sony planned to collaborate on. According to the console database, this system was intended to play both Super Famicom games and Playstation games, albeit a different breed of PlayStation than what we know today. This was found via the lost levels forums, and sure is covered with watermarks."