"To put it lightly, the early days of the Playstation 3 were bleak. An extremely high price combined with a thin game library kept hardware adoption rates low and software adoption rates even lower. In these dark days the PS3 still managed to produce a few glimmers of hope."

Don't leave the house on Black Friday. Here are five awesome games for PlayStation Network that you might not have checked out yet. You might find your new favorite game!

The Playstation 3 has plenty of great exclusive games. Unfortunately, some of those titles don't get the recognition (in terms of sales) they deserve.

Penumbra series creator Frictional Games have a two-part blog post online detailing the history of violence in horror games, as well as film, and how each implementation impacts the "scare factor" we all love so much.

A great read!

"Please read our official rules for the Siren: Blood Curse Horrorbowl Sweepstakes/Event happening next Tuesday, May 12th, from 4pm - 7pm PST (as announced in the PlayStation.com blog update by Locust_Star). Make sure you keep playing Siren all weekend long in order to win those nurse and doctor uniforms. You'll need them to participate in this event and a chance to win the first 4 chapters of Siren: Blood Curse. More details to come..."

Home was already announced to get a new feature called 'StageSet', but its getting a lot more then just that. The Playstation.Blog has a run down of a ton of new features for Home. And Siren fans will be very pleased with this news as well.

This week's Zero Punctuation has Yahtzee taking on the Playstation 3's survival-horror SIREN: Blood Curse.

Go to the source to watch the video.

Enjoy :)

Halloween is a time for fun and horror! So what's more fun than some horror video games?

Andrew Ramsey of GamePro Arcade has typed a blog of five awesome horror games to play now that you're all in the scary mood.

Each games is listed with the name, console/s, some information about the game and why it would be good for the holiday spirit.

No doubt many survival-horror fans have already downloaded SIREN: Blood Curse from PSN and are planning on picking up Silent Hill: Homecoming, but if you only have money for one then which will be the best option in terms of scares? Which will satisfy you most as a survival-horror fan?

Multiplayerblog takes a look at both games, and which best delivers the scares.

SIREN: Blood Curse, the creepy and scary game exclusively on the PSN, can be a little challenging at times. Is there a part where you just can't get through? The official PlayStation blog and the producer is here for you, giving tips on Shibitos and the likes!

The PS3 continues to expand and make a wide variety of games that would be suitable for different ages. Baltimoresun.com has gathered a few reviews that would introduce this new games.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty tells about the escapade of a lost robot.

PixelJunk Eden starts in garden with a minuscule hero who can swing and jump from leaf to leaf.

Siren: Blood Curse is a story of a college student trapped in a Japanese Village filled with Zombies.

It was recently announced that a Blu-Ray version of SIREN: Blood Curse will be released in Europe this Autumn, but according to Sony there are no plans for a North American Blu-Ray release "at this time".

So if you are American, your only option is to download the PS3's latest survival-horror through PSN.

[Discuss in the SIREN: Blood Curse forum]

If Europeans don't want to download SIREN: Blood Curse from the PSN store, then they will be pleased to know that the survival-horror will be available on Blu-Ray disc this Autumn.

No news on whether North America will recieve the same treatment.


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The reviews for SIREN: Blood Curse are finally coming in!

Amanda L. Kondolojy of CheatCC.com recently reviewed the game and she was impressed, claiming that SIREN: Blood Curse brings back the type of frights and horrors that the survival-horror genre have been missing for a long time.

SIREN: Blood Curse is currently available on PSN.

[Discuss in the SIREN: Blood Curse forum]

Siren: Blood Curse was released only yesterday and has already been recieving mostly stellar reviews from game sites.
Yahoo.VideoGames is one of those sites, claiming that the title is a "must-buy horror game".

[Discuss in the Siren: Blood Curse forum]

And the reviews just keep rolling in. Gamersplatform have reviewed the first two episodes of Siren: Blood Curse.
While they thought the first episode was rather average (giving it a 7.1/10) they believed the second episode definitely made up for it in every aspect from Scares to Plot.

[Discuss in the Siren: Blood Curse forum]

It's finally here! The Playstation 3's exclusive zombie survival-horror Siren: Blood Curse is now available on PSN. Below is all the information you need in getting your hands on the game.

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Eurogamer has got their hands on the first 3 chapters of the PS3's upcoming horror Siren: Blood Curse and they were impressed, giving the first third of the game a 9/10. Let's hope the rest of the chapters are just as great. Go to the source for full review of the chapters.

Eurogamer's review of the full game will be up soon.

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Gametrailers has revealed the story trailer of the upcoming PS3 horror Siren: Blood Curse.
Fans of Resident Evil and Silent Hill may want to consider picking this game up while they wait for RE5 and SH5 ...


Here, fear is the only truth.

For more info on the game, watch the "Plot and Gameplay" interview.

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Gametrailers has revealed the TV Spot for the upcoming PS3 horror game Siren: Blood Curse. It's short, but gives players a good idea on what the game will be like ...



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Good news for all you survival horror fans who can't wait until next year's Resident Evil 5 to get your hands on some zombie fun.
Siren: Blood Curse has finally been dated and priced.

The game is set for release on July 24th on PSN.
(A release date for the Blu-Ray version has not yet been announced).

Blood Curse will be broken up into four downloadable chapters, with three episodes per chapter.
Each chapter will cost about $9.90 (GBP 4.99) each, or you can download the entire game...

Move over Resident Evil and Silent Hill, there's another next-gen survival horror hoping to gain some attention. The newest Siren: Blood Curse trailer has just been released, and here we get a glimpse of the main characters you will be playing as, as well as some of the zombie/shibito enemies.



[Discuss in the Siren: Blood Curse forum]

While Resident Evil 5 is the PS3's big survival-horror, it won't be released until next year.
In the meantime, horror fans can get ready for Siren: Blood Curse which is set to be released this Summer. Here are the most recent screenshots.

[Discuss in the Siren: Blood Curse forum]

Survival-Horror fans are holding their breaths for big-name games like Resident Evil 5 and Silent Hill: Homecoming, but there's a little PS3 game that is exciting Carbonox_Ratchet, from Playstation.com, more than any other survival-horror. That game is Siren: Blood Curse. According to Carbonox_Ratchet, this is a game that Survival-Horror fans should be keeping a close eye on. The game has everything that a Survival-Horror fans could want, perhaps moreso than Resident Evil 5 or Silent Hill: Ho...

Tsubasa Inaba, the man in charge of Siren: Blood Curse recently spoke about the game at Sony Gamer's Day 2008. He details the game's plot, gameplay, and the unique "sight jack" feature...



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"These are U.S. exclusive shots of Siren: Blood Curse, the episodic horror game that Sony will begin delivering via the PlayStation Network this summer.

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STORYLINE
Set in the Japanese village of Hanuda, an American TV crew has arrived to research and film an exposé on the legend of a "vanished village." Controlling seven different playable characters, the player must discover the mystery behind the curse that grips the eerie village of Hanuda.

OVERVIEW
Released in twelve downloadab...
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If the new Siren screenshots didn't win you over, then maybe this spooky new trailer will. The video showcases some amazing graphics, scary enemies and alot of gore and horror!

Move over Resident Evil and Silent Hill!



[Discuss in the SIREN: Blood Curse forum]

New screenshots have arrived for Sony's stealth-based survival horror game, and it's looking entirely gritty and gruesome (just the way ya like it). The game is due out in July (odd time for a title such as this, no?).

Some brand new screenshots for the new Siren game. It was recently announced and if you feel like geting your hands on the game. Go right ahead to the Japanese store to download the demo. Click the link for the full batch of the screenshots.

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Siren: New Translation was announced recently, and a demo is already available! The demo currently though is only available on the Japanese store. So brush your Japanese account off and go download it. Here is a gameplay video of the demo.



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After finding out that the mysterious Sony countdown was a promotion for the remake of Siren, Sony have now released the debut trailer...



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And article was submitted by Krunal about a mysterious countdown on the Japanese Playstation site. Well it was revealed a little earlier then expected and it is a game. Its the new Siren game. The game is 90% done and will be released in summer with a demo to be released earlier.

[Discuss in the Siren: Blood Curse forum]

A mysterious timer on a myseterious Japanese Site... what the timer is counting down to... well from the looks of it, a game... however what can be sure is that we'll find out in 57 hours, 40 minutes and counting (down)...

Also hear the voices... they sure sound English to me...