PS3 owners will be able to blast their way through one level of Stranglehold in a demo hitting the PSN later today.
Just like the Xbox 360 demo which went live a month ago, you'll take control of Inspector Tequila (Chow Yun Fat) and his duel-wield guns and go on a killing spree in the massively destructible Hong Kong marketplace level.
It will give a fair taster of all the table-diving mechanics as you leap over market stools to dodge bullets, and slide down rails on staircases - Sonic the Hedgehog-style - while firing off rounds from your two pistols.
A PC demo is also on the way, but an exact date is yet to be set.
Leading this week's offerings are add-on packs for Evolution Studios' dirt racer MotorStorm and Team Ninja's action game Ninja Gaiden Sigma. The MotorStorm Weekend Add-On Pack includes a new track, four new vehicles, nine additional races, and a new online mode and is available for $5.99. The new vehicles waiting to be caked with mud are the Wakazashi Razor bike, Wombat Mudslide ATV, Atlast Varjack mudplugger, and Atlas Arizona big rig. Each vehicle is also available as a stand-alone download for $0.99.
Also available is the Ninja Gaiden Sigma Weapons Master Add-On for $2.99. The first of three planned updates, the Weapons Master pack augments the game with five survival modes.
The PlayStation 3's growing pile of game demos also expands by two this week. Though the full version of Midway's Stranglehold was pushed back to September 25, the free trial can now be had on the PSN. EA Sports is also passing off its third demo in two weeks to the service with a tri... More »
Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today that High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition will hit the PlayStation Network on Thursday, September 13th for $9.99. The downloadable poker sim features five styles of poker (Texas Hold'em, Super Hold'em, Billabong, Shanghai, and Tahoe), six-player online play over the PlayStation Network (with open table play and "Sit-n-Go" tournaments), Turbo Mode, and all the leaderboards and statistics your heart desires. Audio chat and 1080p support only sweeten the pot.
We spent some time with High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition earlier this summer -- check out our first-look preview for more on the PlayStation 3's first downloadable card game.
The PlayStation Network looks to feature a double-dose of original downloadable titles this week, as IGN reports PixelJunk Racers will join the previously announced High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition in the PlayStation Store this Thursday, September 13.
No price point has been set for the Q Games-developed overhead racer, which features 10 distinct race tracks, 16 event types, and offline multiplayer support for up to seven simultaneous drivers. We recently spent some time with the first entry in the planned PixelJunk franchise -- drive your eyes over to our hands-on impressions for more on this lane-shifting downloadable speedster.
New quirky creature title--billed as an "interactive screensaver"--coming exclusively to the PlayStation Network.
More LocoRoco goodness is incoming from Sony--this time on to the PlayStation Network. The latest title in the LocoRoco series will be called LocoRoco Cocoreccho in the UK, instead of its Japanese name, Oiedeyo LocoRoco! Boo Boo Cocoreccho! The game will be available from September 20 on the PlayStation Network.
The original LocoRoco game, created by Japanese game designer Tsutomu Kouno and producer Kazuhito Miyaki, was first released in Europe in June 2006 on the PlayStation Portable. The player moved the creatures called LocoRoco through the game using the L and R buttons to tilt the screen, joining them together and splitting them apart again to access different areas. A mobile version of the game has also been spotted in Japan.
The game will cost £1.99 in the UK--international pricing has yet to be confirmed, but will likely be ... More »
Sony has updated the PlayStation Network with an impressive five demos this week. If that weren't enough, two new downloadable games are also now available, as well as a host of game trailers, videos, and wallpaper packs.
Announced in May, Sonly Online Entertainment's High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition deals out five types of poker on the PSN. The game features Texas hold'em, super hold'em, billabong, Tahoe, and Shanghai, and players can practice their bluffing solo or test their mettle online against five others. It will sell for $9.99. The demo is joined by a trailer for the game and a wallpaper pack.
Also added to the PSN this week is Q-Games' PixelJunk Racers. Players will be able to zip around 10 different tracks in micro-sized racer cars seen from a top-down perspective. Variety being the spice of life, the game will offer 32 different modes. The game is available for $6.99. For PS3 owners looking to be judicious with their monies, Sony has ... More »
If you simply can't wait a month to get your hands on Insomniac's Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, you may be able to snag the demo from PSN on October 4. But if you can't stand even a couple more weeks for the game, reports are coming (via Joystiq) that demo discs are being given to those who pre-order the game at GameStop. The discs are said to be the demo that was played at E3 of this year.
Pre-order requirements specify that you have to put down $5 on the game to get the demo disc. Chances are some locations have run out of stock of the demo freebies, so be sure to call ahead before plunking down your hard-earned Abe Lincoln bill. In the meantime, be sure to check out our latest preview of the game for all the innuendo-charged action platforming you can handle.
We! has confirmed that it is possible for the PS3 to play songs from the hard drive while a game is in play. This Spanish gamer was playing 'Everyday Together' on the PS3 (a Japanese downloadable PSN title) and he was trying to guess what each option did and stumbled across an option that asked him which tracked he wanted to play.
Moreover, the options were actually from there on in Spanish (his firmware language) which indicates that the player is integrated into the firmware and not options of the game as it is Japanese. Further to this, the player is quite advanced and it is clear Sony has been working on it as it has a number of options such as random playback, repeat a folder and related options.
But that is not all, this game allows you to send IN-GAME messages to your friends so you don't have to quit the game. It is also believed that this title is actually the first to take advantage of Remote Play with LAIR actually being the second.
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On the cusp of Tokyo Game Show, the 1up crew tracked down Treasure president Masato Maegawa to ask him all sorts of questions regarding his company's future. Treasure, of course, is the company behind such great titles like Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun and Guardian Heroes.
While we're sure plenty of you would love to download any of those games via the PlayStation Network, it doesn't look like it'll be happening ... at least not for awhile, anyway. Maegawa said that Treasure is just now "fully up and running on developing for Xbox Live Arcade, so to move resources to PSN just now wouldn't make much sense."
There's just something about outrageous physical harm that you can't take your eyes off of; at least, that's what the developers of Pain are banking on. For a game that's all about shooting your character (we recommend the Nurse) out of a large outstretched rubber band in order to create the most painful descent possible, the game spends a lot of time early on teaching you to sharpshoot monkeys off skyscrapers, and making sure you know exactly how much force you need until you can soar into that giant donut.
But this PSN game's controls are really simple to grasp from the get-go: the left analog stick controls aim, the right stick controls power, you press X to launch, R1 to relaunch, and Triangle to replay your last launch. Once in the air you can also use the left analog stick to control your drift, moving to the left or right in midair or slowing down and extending your distance. Unfortunately, the tutorial section seems unnecessarily long and particularly hand-holding... More »
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