65w ago - Namco Bandai Games Community Manager Rich Bantegui has posted up a video today announcing that Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zenheya is now impaling foes on PS Vita.

To quote: With PS Vita's launch week in full effect, we wanted to give PlayStation.Blog readers just one more slice of Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen. Have any of you elite assassins picked up both PS Vita and this stealth-action game?

My good friend from Acquire, Hiroshi Watanabe, wanted to share his experiences in developing Shinobido 2 for PS Vita. Fans are important to us and to this industry; even Mr. Watanabe started out as a student and was a BIG fan of the first Shinobido game for PS2. In his role as programmer, Watanabe put a lot of work into making the gameplay pop - and with the new trailer, and the game now out in the wild, you can see for yourself.

Check out our trailer and screens in the update below. Oh, and newfound PS Vita owners: let us know what you think of Acquire's latest (and bloodiest!) adventure!





Hello. I'm Hiroshi Watanabe, a programmer for Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen. Like some of the other development team members, I was also once just a student who spent my fair share of playtime on the Shinobido series. I was...

106w ago - With PSN back online Sony is now resuming their regular PS3 gaming news updates, starting today with European Product Manager Elliott Linger confirming InFamous 2 PS3 PAL release dates for June 8th / 10th.

To quote: I'm very pleased to confirm that inFamous 2 has now gone gold and will release across PAL on 8th / 10th of June - here's how it splits out:

• UK, Germany & Ireland: 10th June
• Rest of PAL: 8th June

Undoubtedly one of 2011′s most eagerly anticipated titles, inFamous 2, the story of reluctant superhero Cole MacGrath, will, like the karma system in the game, offer a number of different choices when you hit stores come release.

As you may know, we have already announced the lenticular Special Edition - which comes with a powershot of extra digital content including the Electrocution Grenade power, Golden Amp and an exclusive Cole MacGrath skin from inFamous 1.

Alternatively, you can harness the power of a hero and pick up the luxury Hero Edition which comes complete with Lightning Hook downloadable power, Kessler skin, a Cole MacGrath figurine and inFamous comic from graphic novel legends DC Comics, a replica Cole MacGrath messenger bag and the inFamous 2 digital soundtrack.

But the choice doesn't end there. Two...

133w ago - Rockin' Android President Enrique Galvez has shared a video today announcing that next week Crescent Pale Mist will be hitting PlayStation Network.

To quote: This is Enrique Galvez and Adam Milecki, returning to tell you about Rockin' Android's latest PlayStation Network release, Crescent Pale Mist for your PlayStation 3!

Rockin' Android has become known for its love of shoot-em'-up games, but our passion for video games runs deep and wide. That's why we're proud to present Crescent Pale Mist from independent Japanese developer, ClassiC Shikoukairo.

It's a hardcore 2.5D action/platformer that will scratch your nostalgia itch, just like the Gundemonium Collection did, but in a very different way. Crescent Pale Mist combines tense exploration platforming with rapid fighting and bullet-hell shoot-'em-up mechanics into one thrilling experience.





In Crescent Pale Mist, you are the sorceress Yunou, the only magician capable of wielding powerful and deadly magic known as Pale Mist in Gasyukal, a beautiful and explosive dimension between worlds, rife with monstrosities. Toxic Pale...

135w ago - Associate Product Manager Ken Chan at SCEA has shared details today on the Palace of Hades Dynamic Theme for the PS3, which will be available to those who pre-order God of War: Ghost of Sparta for PSP.

To quote: We are officially less than two weeks away from the release of God of War: Ghost of Sparta and also exclusive access to the largest pre-order bundle ever compiled for a PSP title.

If you still haven't stopped by at any of our participating retailers and pre-ordered, our Reason #5 to pre-order God of War: Ghost of Sparta - Palace of Hades Dynamic Theme might just be your tipping point.

Using the Palace of Hades from God of War III as the main inspiration, this exclusive PS3 Dynamic Theme captures the grand vista moment of Kratos as he is betrayed by Gaia at the top of Mount Olympus and ripped of his godly powers.

It is at this moment where he obtains the Blades of Exile from Athena and seeks out to destroy all of Olympus and the mighty Zeus himself.

With full active movements of multi-layered clouds and lightning, flowing lava, and fogs, the Palace of Hades Dynamic Theme is exclusive to the pre-order of God of War: Ghost of Sparta, and not available as a standalone purchase through the PlayStation Store.

142w ago - Before the weekend we saw a Nokia N900 port of the PSGroove open-source PS JailBreak PS3 exploit, and now it has been ported to Palm Pre by blake_zero over at PSX-Scene.com (linked above).

Download: PSFreedom for Palm Pre / PSFreedom Module for Palm Pre

Instructions are for working on a linux box running Fedora 13:

Here is a modified version of PSFreedom for the N900 working on my Palm Pre. This version does not support Backup Manager. If Mods allow it I will post the compile module with and without backup manager support.

What you need:

1. The kernel package for the Palm Pre (linuxkernel-2.6.24.tgz) and palm patches (linuxkernel-2.6.24-patch(pre).gz) that you can find on Open Source Packages.
2. ARM...