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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Preview: bigger, better, more Bruticus

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:21:57 -0500

Almost two years ago, High Moon Studios released Transformers: War for Cybertron: a game that our own Steven Williamson summarized as “The best game to ever don the Transformers logo.” I don’t disagree with him either; I played the game through to completion twice (medium and hard). However, at a recent preview event for Transfo...

Retrospective: Unforgettable Gaming Moments - #5: Welcome to Silent Hill

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:51:36 -0500

Welcome back to another instalment in Unforgettable Gaming Moments, where we recall some of our fondest memories from our illustrious gaming careers for a massive jolt of nostalgic bliss. This time around, with the influx of Silent Hill games hitting in Q1 2012, PSU decided to pay tribute to one of the series’ standout segments, namely the in...

Hottest Videos of the Week: February 20 - 25, 2012

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:51:12 -0500

Welcome to the latest entry in PSU’s weekly digest pertaining to the hottest media offerings of the past seven days. Here you’ll find our weekly highlights of the latest trailers, gameplay footage and teasers all neatly compiled in one list for your consumption. - - - - - - - - - - - Hitman Absolution – A Personal Contract Tra...

Classic Tracks: Sonic&Knuckles' 'Sky Sanctuary Zone'

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:50:54 -0500

Music is a powerful medium. Capable of stirring up long-forgotten memories and evoking powerful emotion in the listener, music can reduce even the burliest of blokes into blubbering, crumpled heaps. And who says that us guys are afraid to show their sensitive side? Poppycock. Of course, video games are no exception to this rule, and as often is the...

This Week's Top Stories: February 20 - 25, 2012

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:50:35 -0500

Welcome to another instalment in our weekly news digest where the team at PSU Towers picks our favourite slices of gaming gossip from the past seven days, before proceeding to offer our two cents on each story for good measure. - - - - - - - - - - MotorStorm dev says next-gen will be ‘a big leap’ Evolution Studios has chimed in...

Behind-the-scenes with the Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:28:07 -0500

Warner has unboxed a behind-the-scenes video for the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition, showcasing the various goodies included in the bundle ahead of its release next week. Check it out below. Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition launches on February 28 in the U.S. and March 2 in Europe, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The a...

Killzone 3 multiplayer to be released as free download

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:52:45 -0500

Killzone 3’s multiplayer mode will be released on PlayStation Network as a free download, Sony has revealed. According to the company’s latest Blogcast, the download will feature all of the multiplayer component’s maps, though will contain an as-yet unspecified level cap. Consequently, players will find themselves limited in...

Shoot Many Robots release date announced

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:55:48 -0500

Shoot Many Robots will be released on PlayStation Network in North America on March 13, Ubisoft and Demiurge have announced. The multiplayer blaster will set you back $9.99 via PSN and 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. It’ll arrive in Europe on March 14. If you’re a PlayStation Plus member and buy the game within two weeks of rel...

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Ottoman Edition dated

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:42:15 -0500

Ubisoft’s staple-gunned a March 30 release date to the upcoming Ottoman Edition of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. The pack was outed last month by online retailers, and includes a copy of the stabby sequel, plus a boatload of extra content including The Ancestor’s Character Pack, The Mediterranean Map Pack and the upcoming Lost...

Street Fighter x Tekken Special Edition coming to Europe

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:12:43 -0500

Capcom will release a Special Edition version of crossover brawler Street Fighter x Tekken in Europe, reports Electronic Theatre. The pack includes a money box dressed up in the guise of an arcade machine, a concept art book, a series of 'gem packs' for which to customise your fighting style, plus of course a copy of the hotly-anticipated bea...

Medal of Honor: Warfighter unveiled

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:27:52 -0500

Electronic Arts has lifted the curtains on the follow-up to 2010’s Medal of Honor, confirming the shooter will be released in October of this year. According to OXM, Medal of Honor: Warfighter is being developed exclusively by Danger Close, and will be powered by DICE’s highly acclaimed Frostbite 2.0 engine. Warfighter has been tea...

Jaffe details Twisted Metal patch coming later today

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:41:51 -0500

David Jaffe has been great with giving us updates and heads-ups on Twisted Metal via his personal blog, DavidJaffe.biz. His latest vlog, wherein he discusses the newest patch for Twisted Metal, reveals that said update will be arriving sometime today—most probably between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. MST. From what Jaffe is saying, this patch will addr...

The Amazing Spider-Man crawls to stores in June, Rhino revealed in trailer

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:03:45 -0500

Activision today confirmed to Game Informer that The Amazing Spider-Man -- Beenox’s return to the open-world formula -- will be released on June 26. As previously reported, The Amazing Spider-Man will not only be a movie tie-in, but an epilogue as well. The game, however, will be arriving a little earlier than the movie, which will be out in...

PlayStation Network will be down for maintenance on Thursday

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:47:20 -0500

We’ve heard from Sony that the PlayStation Network will be down for scheduled maintenance this coming Thursday (March 1) from 4 p.m. until 7 a.m. GMT. As reported, the following services will be unavailable / offline: - PlayStation Store (PC and Console) - Customer Account Management - Account Registration - PlayStation Home SCE als...

Jet Set Radio coming to PSN, XBL?

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:24:39 -0500

Jet Set Radio looks set to bring its graffiti-spraying shenanigans to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, if a recent teaser by SEGA is anything to go by. Posted on the company’s blog earlier today, the teaser depicts the game’s logo and is accompanied by the heading ‘Guess Who’s Back.’ That’s about all ther...

Top Darts Review

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:33:58 -0500

Following its debut on PlayStation Network in 2010, Top Darts lands on PlayStation Vita on launch week with a new lease of life, trading in its traditional control scheme and PlayStation Move thrusts for touchscreen swipes and flicks. Pinching the rear touchpad to zoom into the dartboard and tilting PS Vita to get a slightly different viewing an...

Guerrilla Games co-founder departs for Visceral Games

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:21:25 -0500

Arjan Brussee, co-founder of Guerrilla Games, has confirmed he is leaving the Amsterdam-based studio to join Visceral Games. Brussee will take on the role as executive producer on an “ambitious” unannounced title currently in development at the Dead Space studio in California. Writing in an email sent to Guerrilla staff, the forme...

Research firm calls for PS Vita price cut this year

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:09:39 -0500

Strategy Analytics reckons PlayStation Vita will shift in the region of 12.4 million units worldwide this year -- assuming Sony issues an early price cut for the handheld. The research firm believes PS Vita’s U.S. European fortunes are in danger of echoing the situation back in Japan, where sales of the device have struggled following a s...

PlayStation Vita to get bigger memory cards in U.K.

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:25:30 -0500

Sony’s said it is in the process of securing larger PlayStation Vita memory cards for the U.K. Speaking during an interview with Eurogamer, Fergal Gara, managing director for SCE UK, admitted that “we probably haven’t got big enough memory cards introduced for the UK market”. “We’ve already gone to secure b...

Zone of the Enders HD will include Special Edition of 2nd Runner

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:20:27 -0500

Hideo Kojima’s confirmed that the upcoming Zone of the Enders HD Collection will include the Special Edition version of ZoE: The 2nd Runner. Kojima-san dropped the news on Twitter, where he posted a screenshot of the 2nd Runner’s menu screen. The game is known as Anubis in its native Japan. The Special Edition, previously unrelea...