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Review: Dragon Ball Z – Ultimate Tenkaichi (PS3)

October 28, 2011 – 12:44 pm |

I really liked last year’s DBZ game, Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit 2. It felt like the franchise had finally achieved some serious attention with a game that was both deep and fun.
This year, we …

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LittleBigPlanet 2 Launches Today

January 18, 2011 – 10:30 am |
LittleBigPlanet 2 Launches Today

Before I put my coat on to go deal with the sloppy slush in the driveway I got my kids attention away from the Netflix show streaming on the PS3 and let them know I …

Impulse Sale: Half Off Need for Speed Games

January 12, 2011 – 5:00 pm |
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit PC

Stardock has decided to offer a nice discount on all of the Need For Speed games it offers via its Impulse download service, including the very latest Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Limited Edition. …

Champions Online Goes Free To Play Jan 25th

January 12, 2011 – 12:00 pm | One Comment
Champions Online

Now the term Free to Play might be a euphemism for microtransactions, but the net effect is that you can download an MMO and play it all you want for free, with certain limitations. …

2010 in Review: Paul Munn Edition

January 11, 2011 – 11:00 am | One Comment

It feels like I barely got to play anything this year but looking back tells a different story. My memorable games list includes some great PS3 titles and while my PSP generally got the …

LittleBigPlanet 2 Gold: Story Demo Today

December 21, 2010 – 4:30 pm | One Comment
LittleBigPlanet 2 Gold: Story Demo Today

Media Molecule is likely to have a very happy holiday season and New Year celebration with today’s news that LittleBigPlanet 2 has gone gold with plenty of time to spare ahead of the game’s January …

Blue Toad Murder Files Gets A Move On

December 21, 2010 – 4:00 pm |
blue toad murder files

The developer of the episodic game Blue Toad Murder Files has piped up to let the world know that a patch adding Move support is now available for the PlayStation 3. PSNStores had the …

Have You Heard? Wii Speak Being Phased Out.

December 7, 2010 – 2:00 pm | 3 Comments
Wii Speak

One of the few things designed to improve internet communications on the Wii is being phased out, Wii true believers, and sadly it is NOT the friend code system. The Wii Speak is being …

Ones to Watch: PS3, PSP for December 2010

December 1, 2010 – 7:00 pm |
sackboys prehistoric moves caveman

The year is winding down and as we sprint towards the holiday there are only a few games heading our way for Sony’s platforms. Maybe “sprint” is too fast a word to use with …

Retail In Motion: Microsoft, Sony Tout Sales

November 30, 2010 – 7:00 pm | 7 Comments

Microsoft says: we’ve sold 2.5 million Kinects in 25 days. Sony says: we’ve sold 4.1 million Move controllers worldwide. Microsoft’s been pushing ridiculous amounts of advertising, and Sony’s had Kevin Butler working his …

EVE Online Incursion Is About Payback

November 27, 2010 – 1:22 pm |
EVE Online Incursion Hangar view

Recently CCP posted that they were going to be breaking their Incursion expansion up into three parts over the next three months. The chat channels in-game have been buzzing with people complaining about the …

PlayStation Network Stock Up For Winter Sale

November 23, 2010 – 5:00 pm | One Comment

Black Friday is reaching onto the PlayStation Network with a some juicy morsels getting discounted in a “Stock Up for Winter Sale” starting tonight. The PSN download of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is …

Impulse Thanksgiving Sale: It’s Arm vs Core Again

November 21, 2010 – 7:27 pm |
ImpulseDriven.com

Glowing green nanoparticles spilled from my Commander’s nanolathe on his arm and finished filling out a radar tower. Behind him a robot lab was assembling artillery robots. Red dots sprang into view on …

Ready At Dawn Co-founder Adds No Value

November 19, 2010 – 4:54 pm |
Ready At Dawn Co-founder Adds No Value

Ready At Dawn has a checkered history when it comes to the PSP despite them having penned two of the greatest action titles to hit the system. I was surprised to see the co-founder …

Kevin Butler Says Go For A Thousand Cars

November 19, 2010 – 3:54 pm | One Comment

Another top PlayStation franchise launches next week with Gran Turismo 5 hitting retail and that means another Kevin Butler ad is in order (Joystiq). In this one, he takes on another VP role and …

Home 1.4 Beefing Up Social, Dress-Up Features

November 11, 2010 – 10:06 am | 2 Comments
PlayStation Home Logo

Home 1.4 launches today and the new features, updates, and refinements of the patch seems to be bringing the system to a point where it can work as an alternative to just fiddling with text …

Just Cause 2 Soundtrack Released for Free

November 3, 2010 – 6:00 pm |
Just Cause 2 Soundtrack Released for Free

Just Cause 2 gave me dozens of hours of open world fun not too long ago, and the kind folks at Eidos have seen fit to hand us a little early holiday present. They’ve …