[UPDATE] Roomah Quickie: LittleBigPlanet 2 in development

April 21st, 2009 · 8 Comments

UPDATE: Nope, he was just talking about the already-confirmed PSP version. But at least he’s in it! This is good news. Here’s the original anyway.
Another news quickie for you, straight from the realms of the Twittersphere and onto our news desk.
A certain English gentleman may have given the game away – pardon the pun – [...]

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Tags: News · PlayStation 3

Rumor-smash: Netflix staying on 360 “for now”

April 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Oh well. So much for getting our hopes up. Netflix has smashed the recent rumor that they’re planning a streaming service for consoles other than the 360 with a simple confirmation that the service is remaining exclusive to Microsoft’s machine. For now.
For now? Hurray! But for now. Aw. Read about it over the jump.

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Tags: News · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

SG-PSP Episode 48: Now With Twice The Pulpits!

April 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Episode 48 of the Sarcastic Gamer Playstation Podcast is here… In this episode we discussed:

Introductions
Purely indulgent Weeeee…
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier is official! But…
Firmware 2.70 was released to much jubilation… right???
Chatting about text chat… on a podcast… that I’m typing text about…
Internet searching of stuff already on your XMB
GOW III devs lay some [...]

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Tags: DS · PC · PSP · PlayStation 3 · Playstation Podcast · Podcasts · Xbox 360

Rumor: Wander and the Colossi to be film stars

April 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments

This is a story I never thought that I would have to write. The idea has popped into my head before, but I never actually thought that a studio would be brave enough to tackle a “Shadow of the Colossus” movie. Of course, if this rumor is true, then I only have two questions: when [...]

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The waiting game (as usual)… Imminent PS3 Firmware Update

March 25th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Through a series of unlikely (and probably unfortunate for someone at Sony/Insomniac) events, a lot of folks suspect we’re about to be given an updated PS3 firmware right…. now!  No, riiiigggght…. now!  Now?!  Okay, so very soon.  Why do people think that?  What makes today any more likely than yesterday or two weeks ago?  The [...]

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Zombies in CoD: MW2?

March 18th, 2009 · 35 Comments

Rumors, lovely rumors.  On this slow news day, I thought I’d pass along two rumors from the same rumor well that brought you the Halo at E3 rumor that was correct, the Brash “Where the Wild Things Are” rumor that was correct,and many others.
With that said, new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2  and Mass [...]

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Tags: Editorial · Parody News · PlayStation 3 · Podcasts · Xbox 360

Red Xbox Bundle Coming Soon?

February 19th, 2009 · 13 Comments

Apparently it is really, really true!  There is going to be a red Xbox 360.  Several days ago a Toys R Us employee released a photo from the store’s database showing that they were including a Red Elite Xbox 360 in their inventory.  Now there is even more proof……

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Is Sony gearing up to make PSP2?

January 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Kotaku’s received word of a new Sony survey being sent round ‘gamers’ – nothing more specific than that, but I’m guessing random PlayStation Network users in the US – asking them about what they’d like to see in the true “next” version of the PSP. There’s some pretty interesting features being mentioned by Sony in [...]

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Tags: News · PSP

Roomah: PS3 Slim next year for £200?

December 17th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Roaming the streets of Glasgow (not the wisest thing to do) the other day, I came across a nice, friendly man from Sony’s PR lot in the middle of an anonymous multimedia store. In the midst of discussing Home, upcoming games and how long it was taking for the store’s PS3 to download Life With [...]

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Rumor time – Activision going ALL METAL with New Guitar Hero game

December 9th, 2008 · 17 Comments

You heard it first here, folks. A source that we trust a whole heck of a lot sent word today that Activision is well on its way with another new Guitar Hero game with a playlist that is comprised entirely of METAL! Rumored bands include Black Sabbath, Korn, Slayer, Slipknot, and the Dixie Chicks, [...]

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Tags: PC · PlayStation 3 · Wii · Xbox 360

Atari ain’t afraid of no ghosts…

October 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It seems like just yesterday that publishing giant Activision Blizzard decided that an orange marsupial was more profitable than iconic film characters from the 1980s. Back in July, the company revealed that it would not be publishing “Ghostbusters: The Video Game,” along with a slew of other titles from Sierra’s portfolio of projects. [...]

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Tags: Editorial · PlayStation 3 · Wii · Xbox 360

Rumor mill redux: Is the 360 REALLY getting Blu-ray?

October 8th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Oh look. It’s yet another rumor about the Xbox 360 receiving an add-on Blu-ray drive. Except, this time, wait for it, this might actually be true!
Hit the jump for more rumor mongering!!!

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LBP PSP? WTF?

October 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yet more mysterious job offers spring up following the mysterious Microsoft one last month. Media Molecule, game developer based above a bathroom store and creator of LittleBigPlanet, might be set on creating a portable version of the game at the most, or adding expansion features at the least.
Intriguing, very much so. All the rumourtastic info [...]

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Tags: News · PSP · PlayStation 3