1w ago - Namco Bandai Games Public Relations Specialist Nick O'Leary announced that Tekken Revolution is free-to-play Starting today on PSN.

Below are the details, to quote: Everyone here on the Tekken team is very excited to finally pull the curtain off of Tekken Revolution, Namco Bandai Games' brand new free-to-play game that is launching today on the PlayStation Network exclusively for the PlayStation 3 system.

The team has been hard at work making sure that every essential aspect that has made Tekken one of the best fighting games on the market for the past 19 years is present in Tekken Revolution. From the iconic cast of characters, critically acclaimed fighting engine, and gorgeous visuals, this is the Tekken experience fans know and love.

However, since Tekken Revolution is a free-to-play title, some exciting new additions to the classic Tekken gameplay were implemented to take into account not only our hardcore fans, but also the PlayStation 3 owners who may have never played Tekken or a fighting game before. Here is a quick rundown of some of the new features in Tekken Revolution to get everyone up to speed with the new game!

Character Roster

Tekken Revolution features eight iconic characters to choose from at launch. The decreased roster size makes...

1w ago - Quantic Dream Director David Cage posted up some videos today showcasing Beyond: Two Souls PlayStation 3 Gameplay from E3 2013 below.

To quote: Hi PlayStation gamers, So far this year, we've put a lot of focus on BEYOND: Two Souls' cinematic presentation and powerfully emotional storytelling - we've revealed Willem Dafoe as Ellen Page's co-star, debuted a beautifully cinematic story trailer, and even revealed a full scene from the game at Tribeca Film Festival to show you just how groundbreaking BEYOND: Two Souls aims to be.

The "Interactive Drama" genre is a bit of a unique concept though, and one of the consistent questions we've received from those of you who missed out on experiencing Heavy Rain is: "BEYOND looks like it has a fantastic story, but how does it play?!"

During yesterday's press conference, we debuted our E3 trailer.
 




Today, I stepped up on the stage in our E3 booth to give a guided walkthrough of a portion of the Somalia scene to carefully illustrate these gameplay mechanics in action. We've created a short video to...

1w ago - Square-Enix Senior Product Manager Amritz Lay announced today alongside a PS4 video trailer that Kingdom Hearts III is coming to the PlayStation 4 console!

To quote: You've been wondering if it would ever be announced. You've begged for any ounce of information on it. You've asked for no more spin-offs. You've been asking. We've been listening. And we're overjoyed to finally announce that KINGDOM HEARTS III is officially in development.

We know you're dying to learn so much about KINGDOM HEARTS III - characters, worlds, summons, battle systems, spells, storyline, voice talent, minigames, gummiship xehanort keyblades... wait hold on hold on hold on... let's all take a deep breath together... Phew.

Now that said, what we can tell you thus far is that KINGDOM HEARTS III features an older Sora as the protagonist who sets forth on adventures with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and other favorite Disney characters.

KINGDOM HEARTS III will harness next generation console technologies to bring an incredibly stunning universe full of new and familiar Disney worlds to life.





So sit back, relax, grab a sea salt ice cream pop, and enjoy the KINGDOM HEARTS III announcement trailer above.

1w ago - Following up on their initial announcement and the PS4 teaser video, today Sony has officially unveiled the PlayStation 4 at their E3 2013 PS4 Press Conference!

Below is an ongoing PlayStation 4 video summary thus far, with more PS4 details incoming and additional PS4 hardware pictures which will be added throughout the night.




Sony also confirmed used games are no problem, there is no authentication for disc-based titles and no online check either, as follows (via engadget.com/2013/06/10/sony-ps4-will-support-used-games-with-no-restrictions/):

The PS4 will play used games without any restrictions or authentication. In broader terms, that means that when you purchase physical media, that disc can then be traded-in at retailers...

1w ago - Producer Doug Wilson made available a fresh video today spotlighting Sportsfriends for PlayStation Network as part of their E3 2013 update below.

To quote: I'm here to give you an update on our coming PSN game, Sportsfriends. Here's a new teaser:

Last time I posted here, we were still finishing up our Sportsfriends Kickstarter drive. Thanks to some of you, we were successfully funded, and since then we've been working on the games!

We're at E3 this week showing some of the games, directly on PS3 hardware. As part of the E3 fanfare, we want to talk about some of the new features we've been working on.

To start with, let's talk about Super Pole Riders, which has seen a radical overhaul since the free browser version. Below you can see one of the new arenas, illustrated by Bennett himself.

You'll note that there are four players there. The game now supports 1v1 and 2v2. Two-on-two is especially crazy, with poles flying everywhere. We're also thrilled with the new control scheme. It feels nicely direct to rotate your pole using the analog stick.

Hokra, too, will feature some graphical updates and a bunch of new features and arenas. The new arena layouts - which feature walls, different...