59w ago - FarSight Studios Lead Designer Bobby King has confirmed today that The Pinball Arcade will be hitting both PS3 and PS Vita on April 10, 2012.

To quote: We're very excited to be launching the Pinball Arcade on the Sony Entertainment Network.

We have four great tables running on the most accurate pinball physics engine ever developed. What's more, The Pinball Arcade will offer players the ability to buy our game (and any DLC tables) once and own it on both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!

The PS Vita version supports the front and rear touchscreen and will be a great way for people to play our game while they're on the go. We can't wait for the game to be launched on April 10th.

We can confirm that the game will run at a smooth 60 frames per second, and the lighting effects and real-time reflections make the graphics look stunning. This is the best pinball simulation we've created so far!

If you're a fan of either real pinball or video pinball, we're pretty confident that you're going to love our game. FarSight has been making digital pinball games for years!

We have received overwhelming support by the mechanical pinball community - and these are the people who insist on realism in their...

68w ago - Today Sony Assistant Producer Charles Hefele has announced that The Simpsons: Arcade Game will be hitting PSN tomorrow.

To quote: Speaking as a lifelong Simpsons fan, I'm just as excited for this game to come out as everyone else -- the wait to finally see this game make its way to home consoles seemed endless!

We worked closely with Gracie Films and Fox to time the release of the game with the 500th episode of The Simpsons so that fans of the show could experience the classic game during an important milestone for the series.

It's been a great collaborative effort with Gracie Films to find a balance between preserving the authenticity of the original arcade game and making just enough tweaks to adapt it for PS3.

The original game is already great, so we decided we would focus primarily on making it as faithful a port as possible while adding various gameplay modes and bonus content.

We also listened to fans' suggestions from our previous arcade conversions, particularly in respect including more challenging ways to play these classic arcade games when you remove the quarter-crunching element. To that end, we've included several different gameplay modes in The Simpsons Arcade, so...

85w ago - MonkeyPaw Games Marketing Manager Ray Almeda has unveiled the video trailer today for Arcade Hits: Shienryu which is hitting PlayStation Network.

To quote: Well, the Import Section is now up and running. We hope you've had a taste and are looking for more Japanese fun.

Our next game from the land of the rising yen is Arcade Hits: Shienryu. Shooter fans will have a blast with this emphatic display of early bullet hell.

The game happens to be one of our office favorites so I can tell you that you'll be satisfied and rewarded by such shooting splendor.

Arcade Hits: Shienryu is the kind of shooter that exemplified the class of firepower that came out of the great shoot'em-up era in Japan.

If your eyes could bleed they would after an intense hour with Shienryu. Sure, there were bigger hits in the era, but Shienryu is a standout for its outstanding attention to detail and silky-smooth controls.

Allow yourself to immerse in the cockpit of your tactical fighter and watch the full trajectory of shrapnel after you blast it into a thousand pieces.





MonkeyPaw will continue to bring you closer to your Japanese gaming roots. We want to deliver all those lost classics...

91w ago - Today Creative Director Ed Boon at NetherRealm Studios has confirmed that Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection for PS3 will be hitting fans tomorrow on PSN.

To quote: About 20 years ago, Midway was at the cutting edge of arcade game development using a unique method of creating very realistic images. By digitizing live actors, shot in front of a green screen, a number of games were developed that had a photorealistic look not found in any other games.

Games like Narc, Smash TV, NBA Jam and Terminator 2: Arcade all used this technology. This approach was applied to a number of game categories including sports, gun games, and shooters. One genre, however, had not yet been attempted - the fighting game.

In 1991, a small team of four decided to try making a fighting game using digitized graphics. The goal was to make something bold, shocking, and as realistic looking as possible. The game would eventually become Mortal Kombat, the first in a series that have sold over 30 million games.

Mortal Kombat was the "bad boy" of fighting games. It unapologetically depicted blood and had a much more hard-edge presentation than its tamer competition. Mortal Kombat's bold presentation wasn't without its controversy, but that only fueled the game's unstoppable popularity. In addition, Mortal...

150w ago - Grip Games CEO Jakub Mikyska has shared a video trailer announcement today that 5-In-1 Arcade Hits for PSP and PSPgo is now available on PSN.

To quote: This is Jakub from Grip Games. Our game 5-in-1 Arcade Hits is out now, so you can check the PlayStation Store and see for yourself if the game is worth your €2.99.

We have two trailers from the game to show you. The first one contains a lot of in-game footage and introduces all five games we have in the package - 8ball Pool, Pairs, Solitaire, 15 Puzzle and Tetroid. Anyone can pick their favorite.

And if that is not enough for you, most of the games also contain multiplayer modes, so you can challenge your friends. Tetroid also contains Pong-like multiplayer with two players playing on one PSP.





If you are really a competitive type, there's one more killer feature for you. 5-in-1 Arcade Hits contains, as a first minis game ever, global leaderboards and even Facebook integration.

This is done via short alphanumeric codes that the game's Hall of Fame section generates. You can take this code, visit www.grip-games.com/leaderboards,...