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PlayStation Move: Ape Escape coming to PSN this Summer

Posted on March 10, 2011 by John Scalzo

Sony has announced they’ll be bringing the crazy antics of the Ape Escape crew to the PS3 for the first time this Summer in PlayStation Move: Ape Escape.

PlayStation Move: Ape Escape will be available exclusively on the PlayStation Network and it’ll transform your Move controller into a variety of gadgets to trap those invading monkeys. These gadgets will be controlled like a first person rail shooter across 15 new levels.

There’ll also be a “MonkeyPedia” to keep track of the captured simians and a series of minigames with names like Tag Rally, Slingsnipe! and Sprayzer Defense Force.

You can check out the first screenshots at the PlayStation.Blog.

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Kombat Kontinues in latest Mortal Kombat trailer

Posted on March 9, 2011 by John Scalzo

With the PS3 demo now available for PlayStation Plus subscribers, NetherRealm Studios has unleashed a new trailer for Mortal Kombat and it is brutally awesome.

The two-minute preview gives us our first look at Ermac, Shang Tsung, Stryker and Kano along with the return of The Krypt and another glimpse at Kratos. There’s also plenty of Fatalities, X-Ray moves and a few quick snippets of the title’s four minigames (Test Your Might, Test Your Sight, Test Your Strike and Test Your Luck).

If you call yourself a Mortal Kombat fan, you must watch this trailer.

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PlayStation Network undergoing maintenance

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

The PlayStation Network will be under maintenance for about the next 11 hours, during which time you won’t be able to access the Store or get your Killzone 3 fix.

The maintenance started at 11 AM Eastern (8 AM Pacific) and will be completed by 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific), with no reason given for what is actually being serviced. This better be worth it.

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Record of Agarest War Zero gets a limited edition

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Aksys Games announced today that Record of Agarest War Zero will get a PS3 adn Xbox 360 limited edition retail version when it ships sometime in June 2011. Available for $59.99, what most of you pay for regular editions, the package includes a 34-song soundtrack, a 48-page character data guide filled with artwork and stats of all playable characters, and a special card box that holds decks of Agarest-themed playing cards and collectible skill cards. The regular edition will retail for just $49.99.

Zero will be a prequel to last year’s Record of Agarest War. The game has a unique take on a multi-generational story, where plays can “influence their relationship with the game’s many beautiful young women.” Awesome.

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Moon Diver coming March 29 to PSN, a part of Spring Fever

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

There’s no word on the Xbox Live Arcade version yet, but Moon Diver, the latest sidescrolling action game from Kouchi Yotsui of Strider fame, is coming to the PlayStation Store on March 29. There’s no price announced either, but expect the usual $15 we see for titles like this. For more information on this potentially insane game, as well as trailers and screenshots, be sure to check out our media blowout from last month.

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PlayStation Store update takes us back to Outworld

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

March 8 was Senior Editor Nicole Kline’s birthday and PlayStation must have taken notice as the PS Store’s update was pretty strong all around.

The Demos section is the star of the show here, with the anticipated Mortal Kombat for PlayStation Plus subscribers and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters for everyone. Sports fans should definitely check out the latter as it’s doing some really interesting things.

A lot of killer DLC has also arrived, with new content for Dragon Age II, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, and that Need for Speed Hot Pursuit: The Porsche Unleashed pack we’ve been talking about. Even our (not so) beloved Mindjack got an add-on.

Lastly, you might want to be watching the sales, as the PSN Gamers Choice winners have been announced and these excellent titles are half off for PlayStation Plus subscribers and a third off for regular users. Hit the jump for the highlights and head to the PlayStation Blog for the full list. (more…)

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BioShock Infinite’s ‘Columbia’ to be detailed at PAX East

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Ah, PAX. It’s so close! But announcements like these make it seem so far away. The first public discussion of BioShock Infinite will be taking place this Friday from 5-6 PM in the Manticore Theatre at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo (East). Irrational Games’ Creative Director Ken Levine, Art Director Nate Wells, Lead Artist Shawn Robertson, and Senior Effects Artist Stephen Alexander will sit down to discuss the highly imaginative setting for Bioshock Infinite, the floating city of Columbia. The team will be spilling the beans on the creative process, how they arrived at a floating city, and inspirations for the game. I’d imagine they’d be taking questions as well.

If you want to be heard, be sure to line up early as this one’s expected to fill up almost immediately. You can also stop by the Irrational Games booth in the north lobby of the convention center (they might just mean near the 2K section, which is 950 and 936 at the Expo Hall) to get yourself some free swag, talk to the devs, and get them to sign your stuff. From 10-11:45am on all three days you can enter a raffle to win one of three splicer masks. It’s certainly going to be a special event, but if you ask me, floating cities are so 90’s Final Fantasy.

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Behold: five glorious minutes of Resistance 3 multiplayer; killstreaks, new engine

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Whether Insomniac likes it or not, Resistance 3 is at the center of the shooter genre war going on right now. Being a platform exclusive doesn’t help, either, as all eyes are on the latest chapter in the sci-fi military shooter saga to see if it will deliver or not. I know I was worried that the devs might be missing the point with their multiplayer progression, but right now, I really don’t care – I just want to play the damn thing.

The game looks phenomenal, with visuals in multiplayer that look just as great as they did during campaign in the VGA reveal trailer. Insomniac’s strength in animation are possibly at their best. The weapon wheel also carries over into the online mode, with players switching between Sniper Rifles, Chimeran Assault Rifles, and the much beloved Rossmore Shotgun. Killstreaks also make a debut, with pulling off a string of frags earning you series trademarks like cloaking or the Auger shield. Most importantly for me, the auto aim seems toned down so it’s not a “who sees who first” contest like in the second game. Honestly, this looks like an argument for developers to get off the two year cycle that plagues this industry and put in that extra year of effort. It appears to have gone a long way.

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