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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City releases on PSN next week
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City will release on PSN next week as a PS2 Classic, Rockstar has announced. The developer also said more “classic” games from the firm will be releases on the service in the “weeks and months to come.” We’re guessing these new titles will include Midnight Club and Midnight Club 2, due ... Read More»
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Posted: Jan 24, 2013 at 11:10am
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Disgaea 2 releasing on PSN later this month
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories will be released through PSN as a PS2 Classic later this month, NIS America has announced. Released originally on PS2 back in 2006, the turn-based strategy-RPG will run you $9.99 when it releases on January 22. Thanks, Gematsu.
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Forbidden Siren headed to US PSN next week
Siren, or Forbidden Siren to those of us in PAL regions, is coming to the US PlayStation Store next Tuesday, a post on the US PS Blog has announced. The 2003 survival horror classic didn’t set critics on fire at launch but has become a cult favourite, noted particularly for its deliberately traditional Japanese spooks, ... Read More»
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Shadow of the Colossus film sees Hanna co-writer on script writing duties
Shadow of the Colossus – a film adaptation of Team ICO’s iconic PS2 title – has been in development since 2009. It has been languishing in the writing phase since then, but now the project appears to be picking up speed, as the co-writer of 2011 action flick Hanna has joined the project to pledge ... Read More»
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We Remember The 5 Best Playstation 2 Games Of All Time
Daav from Gamesta.com stands still at the best games ever produced on Playstation 2, as word spreads that Sony has retired this grand console. With over 10 years of service, more than 100 million sales and surpassing ten thousand games in its library, this is truly the end of an era... Read More»
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RIP: PlayStation 2 manufacture ceases worldwide
Sony has ceased global manufacture of PlayStation 2, the best-selling console of all time. Following on from word of the console’s production ceasing in Japan last week, The Guardian reports Sony confirmed that the news applies to all territories. The PlayStation 2, while difficult to develop for, is frequently listed among the best consoles of ... Read More»
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Game consoles are third largest category of connected devices in the US – NPD
The latest NPD report cites game consoles as the third largest category of online devices connected to the Internet by residents of the United States. Figures in the report show 425 million web-connected devices in US American homes, 39 million of which are game consoles. The figures are interesting because the most recent US census ... Read More»
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PlayStation 2 discontinued in Japan
After 13 years of faithful service, the original Big Black Box is shaking hands with colleagues, giving a teary farewell speech, and accepting a lovingly engraved retirement gift. Famitsu reports that Sony Japan ceased shipping PlayStation 2 to Japanese retailers as of December 28, 2012. The console first launched in Japan on March 4, 2000, ... Read More»
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Studio Liverpool’s Fall of the Artificer uncovered
Studio Liverpool, once known as Psygnosis, is no more, but Siliconera has dug up a long lost treasure: Fall of the Artificer. This steampunk PS2 game was in the works for Sony between 2000 and 2001 but never saw the light of day; hit the link to see some concept art taken from a former ... Read More»
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PlayStation 2 Laid To Rest In Japan
After a nearly 13 year run, Sony has finally decided to stop shipping PlayStation 2 units to Japanese retailers. It’s the beginning of the end for, arguably, one of the greatest consoles of all-time. It had a great run. According... Read More »... Read More»
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Rockstar PS2 titles rated for PlayStation 3 release
The ESRB has re-rated six classic Rockstar titles, suggesting a new wave of PSN releases. As spotted by PSN Stores, the re-rated games are Bully, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Midnight Club, Midnight Club 2, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix and Red Dead Revolver. All were originally release on PS2, but asre now ... Read More»
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Rockstar Games wants to combine GTA cities into one world
Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies has voiced that the developer would like to create a single explorable world that connected all the cities from the Grand Theft Auto series. In an interview with Digital Trends, courtesy of Polygon, Benzies discusses the history of developing the series along with the locations used, and the chances of ... Read More»
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Mass Effect 3 N7 Bounty Weekend – Operation Onslaught is live
Mass Effect 3′s latest N7 Bounty Weekend, Operation Onslaught, is live an there’s been a shortage of specialized weapons on several fronts. In order to combat the issue, population centers “must be reclaimed” in order to rebuild munitions factories. The individual goal for the weekend is to earn 75,000 points of damage using an assault ... Read More»
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Today in History: December 4th, 2001: Jak and Daxter Released on Playstation 2
I was a late 3D platformer blooming gamer, I didn’t jump on the bandwagon with Super Mario 64 five years earlier and I was quite happy having missed out on so many “me too” titles over the years on various platforms such as PSOne, Saturn and Dreamcast. I simply was not interested in wandering around ... Read More»
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2nd Super Robot Wars OG, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney top Media Create charts
Namco’s 2nd Super Robot Wars OG debuted in the top sport on Media Cretae’s charts this week, moving 217,710 units on PS3. The title bested the Level-5 Capcom collaboration, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, by 88,854 units. Hardware was either up or down for the period depending on the system. Nintendo was the clear winner ... Read More»