IGN: Haze Co-Op Driving Hands-on

IGN has a hands on of the Haze Co-Op Driving where one guy drives, one guy kills. They start off the hands-on with this:

Part of Haze's appeal lies in the game's drop-in, drop-out 4-player campaign play. On the Quarry level (squished in between the Mantel and Rebel sections of the demo), this was best demonstrated with the two Trooper Carriers situated in the opening bay area of the level. Free Radical, the game's developer (and masterful team behind the Timesplitters series) have taken the right approach to what is essentially cooperative multiplayer mayhem in a story-driven mission.

Read the rest at the read link below.

[Via IGN]

Japan PlayStation Store Update for August 30, 2007

Well, today Japan received their update. They got 14 new PSone games. Here is the list of content they received:

PSone Games

• Ape Escape
• Athena –Awakening From The Ordinary Life-
• ECHO NIGHT
• Crash Bandicoot 2
• Gakkou de Atta Kowai Hanashi S
• King's Field 2
• Major Wave Series : The Conveni 2
• Major Wave Series Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special
• Memorial * Series: Sunsoft Vol. 2: Route-16 Turbo & Atlantis no Nazo
• Ore no Ryouri
• Prismaticallization
• Sanyo Pachinko Paradise 5
• Shinsou Kaiten: Wanwan Umi Monogatari: Sanyo Pachinko Paradise DX
• WipEout

Downloadable Content

• Ninja Gaiden Survival Mode
• Folksole DLC
• My Summer Vacation DLC

Thats their update, pretty good one I must say. Why don't we ever get any PSone games?

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Newest OPM Scores October 2007

We have the latest Official PlayStation Magazine UK scores here thanks to NeoGAF:

PS3 Reviews
Lair - 6
Heavenly Sword - 7
Stuntman Ignition - 7
Stranglehold - 8
Singstar PS3 - 9
Warhawk - 9
Colin McRae Dirt - 8
NASCAR 08 - 4
All-Pro Football 2k8 - 7
NCAA Football 08 - 8
Gauntlet II PSN - 2

PSP Reviews
Crazy Taxi Fare Wars - 7
Worms Open Warfare 2 - 8
Tony Hawks Project 8 - 7
PQ2 Practical Intelligence Quotient - 6
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 - 7
Final Armada - 2

PS2 Reviews
Singstar 90s - 7
Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s - 7
Obscure II - 6
Premier Manager 08 - 3

Seems like Lair & Heavenly Sword have been canned again. The reviews we've been seeing for these two games have really been going up and down, right? But look at that, SingStar on the PlayStation 3 received a 9/10. Thats amazing. I'm looking forward to this, as long as it has rap.

[Via NeoGAF]

Square Enix: No Kingdom Hearts PSP for Now

Lately it seems everyone has been about Petitions, whether it was Final Fantasy VII, Resident Evil, or this new one. One petition is about getting a Kingdom Hearts title on the PlayStation Portable, Square Enix responded.

According to petitioner Rafael Bernard, he sent Square Enix an email the other day and pointed out to the company the online petition he started. Currently, the total number of signatories is around 1,700 but Bernard mentioned that he is planning to gather some 18,000 more. He got a reply from a Square Enix representative:

Our parent company, Square Enix of Japan, has no current plans to create a sequel to Kingdom Hearts at this time. This is not to say that it will never happen, it's just that their development teams are currently focusing on numerous other projects, Namely Final Fantasy: Crisis Core and a few others.

Just on another Kingdom Hearts note, at this years Tokyo Game Show, Tetsuya Nomura will be revealing the next Kingdom Hearts.

[Via DCEmu]

Killzone 2 to Have Extensive Multiplayer Features

Killzone 2, a much anticipated upcoming PlayStation 3 title, has been in development for nearly three years. Killzone games have been released on the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable and were very successful. What does that mean? Killzone 2 has a lot to live up to.

Mathijs De Jonge, Killzone 2's director confirmed today that Killzone 2 is going to be getting multiplayer features. They were very secretive about it for a while.

For those of you who want co-op may be sad to hear this "Co-op we're not talking about at the moment. We will have extensive multiplayer features. We're saving that for later". Just kidding, he said at the moment, so it's probably going to come.

As of now, there is no definite release date for Killzone 2, all we know is it is just coming sometime in 2008.

[Via QJ.NET]

Warhawk Now Released In Europe

Warhawk is now available to download on the European PlayStation Store and retailers. The price is £19.99 and it is 798MB in size. So if your reading this in Europe, stop reading, and go play some Warhawk!

[Via PlayStation Store]

PlayTV Gets Estimated Price in Europe

In the latest issue of UK's Official PlayStation Magazine, gamers are given an estimate of the price you need to pay to get one of these nifty PlayTVs.

'While you could easily sink £60 - 100 each on a Freeview receiver, PVR and Sling Box, the rumour is that Play TV will cost around £70'

[Via TechDigest]

EuroGamer Reviews Warhawk 8/10

EuroGamer has reviewed Warhawk and has given it an 8/10, not bad, not bad at all. They start off their review with:

Let's be honest here. WarHawk owes more than a small debt to Electronic Arts' supreme Battlefield series, its premise being very simple: get a large bunch of gamers into a huge virtual warzone, give them a range of weapons, vehicles and bases and essentially let them blast the living daylights out of each other. Sure, there's a whiff of strategy about it, and a well-organised unit is going to wipe the floor with a bunch of out-for-themselves mercenaries, but the core experience is very similar. It's all about the experience of being one man caught in the middle of all-out carnage.

Read the full review at the link.

[Read Warhawk Review]

New Japanese Lair Trailer

Heres another trailer for Lair, this one being Japanese. Factor 5's Rise of Lair (Japanese Lair title) is looking pretty good in this CG video. But we need gameplay, thats where it's all at. Enjoy the video.

[Via GameTrailers]

CVG Reviews Warhawk 9/10

"PS3's best online game is a bargain price essential" is how CVG starts the review. They reviewed the game at a 9/10. They had no downs, just ups:
Some of PS3's best graphics
Enormous levels
Loads of customisation options
There final verdict was "Overall The perfect showcase for the PlayStation Network. Rich, rewarding and exciting." To read the full review, visit the read link.

[Via CVG]

Motorstorm Additional Content Imminent

Keep your eyes open people, because more new content is coming to PlayStation 3's Motorstorm.

Direct from Evolution Studios comes a scan of the current marketing campaign that SCEE are putting out in the printed media, and the latest UK Playstation Network email update lists Vehicle Packs 1 & 2 plus the Coyote Revenge weekend pass as 'on the horizon'

Coyote Revenge is a new track that reverses the existing Coyote track. Also rumoured to be in the weekend pass is the Eagle's Nest track, which was shown at E3.

Sounds like a good coming for Motorstorm owners. When the time comes, I think I just might have to buy me the game, as I still don't currently own it.

[Via PS3Attitude]

PlayStation 3 Releases For September 2007

This month is a big month for PlayStation 3 owners. A big bowl full of titles are coming to the PlayStation 3, the list:

• Lair ($59.99) - September 4, 2007
  
• Collin McRae DiRT ($59.99) - September 11, 2007
  
• NHL 08 ($59.99) - September 11, 2007
• NHL 2K8 ($59.99) - September 11, 2007
• Heavenly Sword ($59.99) - September 12, 2007
• Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights ($59.99) - September 17, 2007
• John Woo's Stranglehold [Collectors ($69.99)] ($59.99) - September 17, 2007
• Stuntman: Ignition ($59.99) - September 17, 2007
• Blazing Angels 2 Secret Missions ($59.99) - September 18, 2007
• skate ($59.99) - September 24, 2007
• World Series of Poker 2008 ($59.99) - September 25, 2007

I guess that will cheer up all the people who have school to look forward too this September. Enjoy the games when you buy them.

New Folklore PSN Trailer

Here is the newest Folklore Trailer from the PlayStation Network. Folklore is set for an October 2 release and is developed by Game Republic. Enjoy the video.

[Via IGN]

Warhawk Badlands Gameplay

Heres some new Warhawk gameplay. I was gonna pick up the game today, but didn't have enough money. Hopefully when I get payed I can pick it up without worrying.

[Via GameTrailers]

Virtua Fighter 5 May Bring PS3 Online Patch

Virtua Fighter 5 is coming to the Xbox 360 as you know, but it is coming with an online mode. Most PlayStation 3 owners are sad at this.

Murayama acknowledged that PS3 owners are disappointed and suggested there was "no doubt" AM2 could theoretically release a patch to add online multiplayer features to the PS3 version.

[Via 1UP]

GameSpy Reviews Warhawk 4.5/5

GameSpy has reviewed Warhawk and they call it "An excellent online action experience". Here is a list of the pros and cons they gave the game:

Pros: Excellent play balance; great graphics; wide variety of play styles; robust online gameplay.
Cons: Poor voice communication; relatively steep learning curve; not instantly accessible.

They call the online mode "very exciting" and the local mode "not very exciting". For the full review follow the link below.

[Read GameSpy Review]

PlayStation.Blog: The Making of a PlayStation Game

PlayStation.Blog: "Hello, my name is Shu Yoshida, I’m a Senior Vice President of Product Development here inside SCEA, and I oversee the product development group in the US for SCE’s Worldwide Studio, headed by Phil Harrison. For a little perspective on the US portion of the Worldwide Studio group, you should know we have eight studios in six US cities reaching from Redmond, Wash. down to San Diego, Calif. We also work with some very talented developer partners like Insomniac, Factor 5 and Sucker Punch. My role is a bit unique in the industry, heading up first-party development, so hopefully in time I can provide some interesting insights to readers of this blog."

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GC 2007: Lobby Shootout Cam Gameplay HD of Kane & Lynch

Here is a lobby shootout video of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men from the Leipzig Games Convention 2007. Enjoy.

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