Visceral Games have invited gamers to take part in a competition to come up with an idea for a gruesome kill animation in Dead Space 2. As a reward, the best submission and its creator will be rendered into the final game.
Barney Stinson (played by Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother) is hilarious – he is such a womanizer! Whether you’ve never watched the show before, or are a die-hard Barney fan, you can check out the Bro Code Six-Pack, a selection of HIMYM episodes hand-picked by Neil Patrick Harris himself, under Featured Collections.
For new release movies this week, Boondock Saints II and Pirate Radio steal the show. Pirate Radio is based on a true story, and it came to PlayStation Store prior to its DVD release. It’s available now to rent or own in HD.
Sony has stated that the launch games for the PlayStation Move will cater for all PS3 fans. Casual gamers will be treated to social games such as Sports Champions and Move Party while hardcore gamers can expect a bare-knuckle boxing game called Dukes and EA’s Tiger Woods 2010.
EA Sports has announced the release of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 later this year and reveal that the PS3 version will support the PlayStation Move.
Codemasters has finally unveiled its first person shooter that is in the works, titled Bodycount. Being headed up by Stuart Black, creator of the popular PS2 shooter Black, the game has been described as a “genre-defining” experience. Bold words indeed from the same man who called current FPS games as “F***ing boring”.
On the PSP Store this week, Fat Princess is available to download in Europe and The Eye of Judgement Legends is available to purchase from both stores. Both stores have a number of new downloadable titles available for purchase. The European store also has two new minis titles and the US store has some new XMB themes.
This week, the first ever five issues of The X-Men (1963) from Marvel have been added to the Comic Store. Also, Red 5 return with the first issue of We Kill Monsters – an action-comedy in which two brothers discover monsters in their sleepy town and the power to do something about it – is also available.
This week on the PlayStation Store, we blast off with the side scrolling shoot’em up Mega Man 10. A number of PSOne Classics such as Jigsaw Madness and SuperStar Dance Club are available. The Resident Evil 5 demo has been re-released. Next up we have the promised Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack as BioShock 2’s first DLC and yet more DLC for Resident Evil 5 up for download.
In the likes of Little Big Planet and ModNation Racers, the PlayStation blog has announced the release of a fun-filled, side scrolling motor bike racing game titled Joe Danger that has been developed by an indie outfit based in the UK.
Sony has patented a game demo technology that would initially provide players with a full version of a game, but as time progresses, the game would start to degrade or deteriorate leaving players with the bare bones of the game. The full version could then be restored via an unlock code.
