Ones to Watch on PS3, PSP for July 2009

By Paul Munn | July 1, 2009

ps_logo_gray_95x95 The July release lists for PS3 and PSP look to be a bit shorter from the surprisingly busy June, but there are a couple of titles I’m looking forward to.

The Punisher: No Mercy for the PS3 hits the PlayStation Store on July 2nd at $9.99. The Unreal Engine person shooter from Zen Studios sounds nice, but I’m just going to say that for $15-$20 you can get a far deeper game: Unreal Tournament III.
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Free druid and $2 stickers this week in LittleBigPlanet

By Joe Fourhman | June 23, 2009

burgerstickers Sure, we can complain about LittleBigPlanet’s DLC reliance on costume packs, but we can’t complain about another free one! This Thursday, a highly excellent druid costume will arrive… featuring a right impressive beard that trails to the floor.

Also due to show up this week is the Burgerman Sticker Pack, containing 72 stickers for $2. Jon Burgerman is an artist with a penchant for silly doodles and I for one look forward to having a new pile of decorations to stamp on things.

I do wish Media Molecule could come up with a more efficient way of browsing and storing the stickers/costumes/materials in the Popit menu. There are so many items in there that it can be a chore to find the one you want. Maybe a toggle-category menu option with twirly triangles? Because if I’m looking for a letter sticker, for example, I don’t enjoy having to scroll downwards through 300 other stickers to find it.

Source: Media Molecule

The Punisher: No Mercy Drops on PSN July 2nd.

By Joe Haygood | June 23, 2009

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Okay PS3 fans, it looks like The Punisher is getting ready to regulate on your systems come July 2nd., just in time to celebrate the Declaration of Independence. The Punisher: No Mercy is a new title, developed exclusively for the Playstation Network, with a price of $10. The game looks to be a standard shooter, powered by the Unreal Engine 3.0 technology. Unfortunately, there is no mention of interrogation in the press release, but we do know that we will be fighting Jigsaw at some point. Check the jump for a couple of screens, as well as a press release.

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Shatter To Merge Shmups And Brick-Breaking

By Paul Munn | June 9, 2009

One of the most interesting things about the PS Nation Podcast Episode 116: “Where Do WE3 Begin?” was that both Mark and Glen gave quite a bit of time to talk about titles they had seen for other platforms. They did, however, settle down and talk about Sony’s platforms’ offerings at some length and one game that they said impressed them was Shatter. The merging of a brick-breaking game (think Arkanoid) and a Shmup with a great soundtrack and excellent score-chase integration really caught their eye. This video was taken by Martin, the sometimes third member of their podcast from Japan, and you can hear the three of them responding to the cool gameplay.

It certainly doesn’t look like anything else on the PSN, and it’s supposedly in QA for an “early summer” release right now.

From PSNation.org. See also the game’s site and the VGEvo reprint of the E3 press release.

Mein leben! Wolf3D invades PSN/XBLA

By Mike Koss | May 29, 2009

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Chomping at the heels of an upcoming sequel, the game responsible for causing the FPS genre to explode Wolfenstein 3D is officially making its swastika-laden appearance on the PSN and XBLA, starting June 4, 2009. It’s been ported to every other platform over the years, so why not.

Why not? Because as much fun as it was 17 years ago when it originally released for the PC, I don’t think it held up well to the test of time. Luckily, Activision/id realized this and have added the incentive of gaining “instant upgrades” for when you finally play the latest iteration: Wolfenstein, which is due out Aug 4, 2009. Even with this ‘bonus’, I would not put this at much more than a $3 value. Since no pricing information has been announced yet, we’ll have to see what value has been placed on it. An inquiry has been placed to Activision about this, so we’ll keep you updated. I’d love to have seen Return to Castle Wolfenstein, or even a free version of Enemy Territory, make an appearance, but we’ll have to settle with this. Oh, and it’s Wolf3D and its expansion, the Nocturnal Missions, and does not include the prequel, Spear of Destiny. Full press release after the jump.

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Unique PSN zombie game that isn’t really about zombies getting Trophy patch

By Joe Fourhman | May 27, 2009

zombie-board-game Is this zombie thing over yet? Between RE5, Burn Zombie Burn, L4D, Dead Rising 2… I’ve about had it. There’s even a PSN/XBLA version of the Zombies!!! board game on the way. I can’t wait for five years from now when the Creature from the Black Lagoon is suddenly ironically trendy.

Out of all the zombie-themed games on PSN, The Last Guy is easily the most egregious. Last Guy insists on calling all of the enemies “zombies” even though they’re all average monster and alien forms. There’s exactly one enemy that could be construed as a zombie, except that he’s purple and about six times as large as the game’s regular humans. There’s no reason to call these things “zombies” other than as pandering name-dropping of the worst kind.

Anyway, Last Guy is getting a free Trophy update tomorrow, which has been rumored for some time. PlayStation Blog broke the news today, with the slightly disappointing reality that the 15 Trophies will not be retroactive. Boo. PS Blog also announced a Last Guy add-on pack coming next month with three additional levels and another eight Trophies. They did not mention a price, but it sounds like another free update to me. Especially since the three levels have to be unlocked by meeting certain conditions in older levels.

Source: PlayStation.Blog

Marvel vs Capcom 2 returns; demo available exclusively on PSN

By Joe Fourhman | April 27, 2009

Today Capcom verified that Marvel vs Capcom 2 is coming to both PlayStation Network and Xbox Live this summer! Nobody is talking price yet, but the downloadable game will be enhanced from the Dreamcast original with upscaled graphics, custom soundtrack support, widescreen, online play and complete unlockage. Yes, all 56 fighters will be available as soon as you boot it up. No doubt due to the big leaky Wolverine movie, ol’ Berzerker Barrage himself is the Marvel half cover boy.

And surprise surprise, a demo is coming this week, but only to PS3 owners. The free demo will feature six characters and seven environments (no online play, natch) and arrives April 30.

I’m hardly a fighter guy, but I’m in for this one. What do you guys think? $15? $20?

Street Fighter IV gains Championship Mode

By Mike Koss | April 17, 2009

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Capcom has sent word that the first update for Street Fighter IV will hit next Friday, April 24. This patch adds a Championship mode that allows players to compete in tournaments, as well as video replay of matches from the tournaments. By competing in said tournaments, players can win “Championship Points” which are supposed to be akin to ‘prize money’. No word, yet on whether these will be redeemable for anything tangible, or digital.

While this is a highly welcomed add-on, how about a patch to improve the multiplayer experience in terms of lag, dropped connections, and capabilities. SFIV is still lacking in its multiplayer areas when compared to Super Street Fighter II HD Remix. Hopefully this will lay some of the ground work to tighten it up.

More information at the Capcom-Unity blog.

Aeropodcast #75: Aerodog Tee Shirts Confirmed

By Joe Haygood | March 26, 2009

chloe-cutegeek11 We are a bit behind on getting this to you guys, but we had some issues with one of the audio tracks, and it caused us to have a longer editing process. That said, we do have two guests over from CuteGeek.com, Nina and Radiris. While Radiris had to leave us a bit early, Nina was around til the end of this marathon podcast. We talked about Rock Band, and more Rock Band and then even some Wii stuff. And the guests gave us some info on their site and some of the gadgets that they have covered. We also discuss how women seem to be a neglected part of the tech industry when it comes to buying power. It doesn’t always have to be pink fellas.

The community brought us the question of why Jaquelyn Heygreat is the only staff member that has an Xbox 360, to which, Joe read Stephen’s excellent response on Microsoft’s failure to make anything that is creative and that won’t break. Also we were asked if we were cool with developers selling DLC that unlocks all items in a game? The crew was mixed on this item. The news had us looking at NPD numbers, Jay Mohr voicing Larry Lovage in the new Larry game and the PSN charging companies for items downloaded from the network.

Music is brought to you by Revolution Void, at www.revolutionvoid.com. The podcast as always is put together by our expert mixmaster, Stephen.

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Sad Chao thought this was all taken care of

By Joe Fourhman | March 14, 2009

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The newly released Buzz Jr. Jungle Party, a PS2 game reworked as a $5 PSN download, does not have trophies.

Do you have a gaming disappointment for Sad Chao to lament? Send it to tips@aeropause.com with the subject “Sad Chao” and your mail might make Sad Chao sad enough to post it! Can you make Sad Chao happy again? Write in comments!

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