Last week’s PSN update was lacklustre in terms of big names. Outside of Mega Man 10, there wasn’t really much to move the needle. This week is no better; in fact, if this was a wrestling match, the crowd would be doing a “BORING” chant. In terms of sexiness, this isn’t the update for most [...]

I’m going to let our readers in on a little secret: trying to do these things in a reader-friendly manner is a pain in the ass.
I do two weekly wrap-ups: this one, and the Nintendo Wrap as well. Each one carries it’s own set of issues. The Sony piece usually gets done in a timely [...]

Age of Zombies
Developer: Halfbrick Studios
Publisher: Halfbrick Studios
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 2/25/2010
When we first got a chance to review this one, I kind of shrugged my shoulders and poked around and wasn’t all that impressed with the screens. It falls under the Minis category for PSP and PS3 games, which means it can’t be all that [...]

Heavy Rain Chronicles Episode 1: The Taxidermist
Publisher: Sony
Developer: Quanticdream
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: 03/05/2010
Heavy Rain Chronicles is a downloadable series of games that continues the look and feel of Heavy Rain. The first episode is currently only available to people who preordered Heavy Rain and I have to admit, the way Sony handled the DLC was [...]

This hasn’t been a good week for Sony. First, the paid DLC from Heavy Rain wouldn’t work; they fixed that literally as I started typing this. Then, they had a bug come about in their older, “fat” model PS3 systems that makes the system think 2010 is a leap year, which rendered any game with [...]

White Knight Chronicles
Genre: RPG
Developer: Level 5
Publisher: SCEA
Release Date: 02/02/10
Level 5 has managed to develop a solid reputation as a developer, thanks to some solid and quirky releases over the years. RPG fans will immediately recognize them as the developers of games like Dark Cloud, Dragon Quest VIII and Rogue Galaxy, strategy fans will know them [...]

Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
Developer: Omega Force
Publisher: Koei
Genre: Hack ‘n Slash
Release Date: 2/16/2010
Koei is good for nothing if not ensuring that we will always, without fail, have a copy of Dynasty Warriors to play. They are developing a bad habit of releasing a game, then releasing that same game for another system with “additions”. Dynasty Warriors 6 [...]

Last Rebellion
Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software America
Developer: Hit Maker
Genre: Turn Based RPG
Release Date: 02/24/2010
Despite its name, Hit Maker is not a developer that has produced any real hits. Most reviewers haven’t been kind towards their titles, but I have to admit Blade Dancer wasn’t bad for a $4.99 game, which is what I paid [...]

Last week’s PSN update was dominated by one big name: Yakuza 3. The demo was good, though the fighting engine pissed me off some. Since then, there’s been a spot of bother about the game, with the word that Hostess Clubs, as well as a couple of other cultural items, were removed from the game. [...]

Hustle Kings
Developer: VooFoo Studios
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Genre: Realistic Sports
Release Date: 1/28/2010
I love playing pool, but when it comes to actually getting to play, I have two choices: either go to a crummy bar and pay $1 a table on crooked tables with warped house cues, or go to a place called US 1 Bar [...]

I consider myself a professional. I feel that I can get past whatever comes to me, get past it, and get my job done properly.
The Winter Olympics are one of the few times when I decide to hell with professionalism. They have hockey on literally all day! I just watched Canada beat the Swiss in [...]

I don’t really think I can lead this off with a “witty” lead-in this week. We all know what the big elephant in the room is. There’s no sense in beating around the bush: the Heavy Rain demo is the only PSN release this week that actually, truly matters. This is the first PSN update [...]

The past few weeks have been weak for the Playstation Store. For two straight weeks, we had weak updates with little content. Then last week, we had an update with a lot of content, most of which sucked (on that note, expect my Hustle Kings review sometime next week!). This week brings us a bunch [...]

I think after the past couple weeks, I got a little lazy. I got kinda used to not having to worry about writing a whole lot, because the last couple updates have been absolutely pants. As a writer on a tight deadline that also deals with Sony’s awful update schedule (which can basically be summed [...]

Looking back at my piece on last week’s Playstation Update, I came to a conclusion I don’t normally come to when it comes to my writing: I don’t think I was hard enough on Sony. I haven’t been paying attention to Playstation updates until recently due to the fact that I haven’t owned a system [...]

It’s strange that for someone that just bought a PS3 a few weeks ago, most of my gaming this past week – with the exception of trying the Matt Hazard demo – was based around two PSOne games: Suikoden, and Suikoden II. For the most part, my $350, 250GB monolith has served as an expensive [...]

Having bought my Playstation 3 on Boxing Day, I’m a bit new to the whole Playstation Store thing. Sure, I’ve dabbled in it via the Media Go software before, when I had to receive my review copy of Gran Turismo, but I can no longer access the store from that infernal piece of hardware now. [...]

PixelJunk Shooter
Publisher: Sony
Developer: Q-Games
Genre: Shooting
Release Date: 12/10/2009

The second game uses the same approach, while also trying to make the game a more cinematic experience. Run away from the giant truck that’s chasing you, without knowing where you are going, then after surviving that have a look around, figure out how to get farther in the level then engage the enemies you find around the corner.

Dragon Ball Raging Blast
Developer: Spike
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/10/2009
After a slew of Dragon Ball titles under other publishers, Namco Bandai has now thrown their hat in the arena, so to speak, with a new title from developer Spike. With so many other fighting games in this series, how does this one really stand [...]