PS3 News Round-Up

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Seven Ways to Expand Skyrim
4 Feb 2012

Many are still busy plowing through the insane amount of content included in Skyrim. Maybe you're not one of them. Maybe you've unlocked and spent every perk point, cleared every dungeon and punched every NPC in the nose. Maybe you've tried out every mod and are looking for more. Bethesda will relea...
Source: [IGN.com]
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Now Playing - Twisted Metal *SPOILERS*
4 Feb 2012
Is that the sound of machine guns and ice cream trucks? Hope you called shotgun because it's time to play some Twisted Metal!
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Skyrim Predicts the Super Bowl
4 Feb 2012
While everyone on the internet is busy running Madden simulations to predict the Super Bowl we thought we'd take a different approach. In order to determine the winner between the Patriots and the Giants, we're taking Skyrim's home-grown patriots, the Stormcloaks, and pitting them against the country's giants.
Source: [1UP.com]
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Review
4 Feb 2012

Who said that epic and expansive fantasy RPGs had to have subpar gameplay? For as much as I absolutely adore games like Fallout 3, Mass Effect 2 and Skyrim, gameplay in those titles simply didn't live up to the amazing standards set by their superb settings, narratives and quest structures. In Fallo...
Source: [IGN.com]
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Super Tim Tebowl I
4 Feb 2012
Let's be honest, the only thing that mattered this year in the NFL was Tim Tebow. Join GameSpot for the first annual playing of the Super Tim Tebowl!
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Mass Effect 3 Demo Shows the Absurdity of Xbox Live Gold
4 Feb 2012
Downloading the upcoming February 14 Mass Effect 3 demo will upgrade the subscriptions of Xbox Live Silver members to Gold so that all players can sample the game's multiplayer before its release on March 6.The temporary upgrade system that the demo takes advantage of indicates that Xbox Live as we know it is so outdated that it can't cope with offering users a single demo. The current XBL Gold/Silver division needs to change. After five years of Microsoft's biggest competitor offering multiplayer for free the console maker maintains what amounts to a $60 annual surcharge to play online. Online gaming is not new or novel -- it gained popularity nearly 20 years ago. Even consoles began supporting the function in the Dreamcast era. Multiplayer gaming should come standard with any system in 2012.
Source: [1UP.com]
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How to Kick Ass in Starhawk
4 Feb 2012

Starhawk's beta experience is now in public beta. Despite the expected connectivity problems and glitches, explosive chaos dominates its multiplayer world. With a sack full of tricks, it's easy to lose track of both the game type and path to success when you can spawn a giant robot, pick up a jet pack, blast barrels for extra resources, and simply explore. Here are some guidelines to start down the path of kicking ass in Starhawk...
Source: [IGN.com]
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New Releases: Feb. 5-11
4 Feb 2012
This week we look at The Darkness II, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Resident Evil: Revelations, Gotham City Impostors, and Shank 2.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Skyrim Creation Kit lands Tuesday
4 Feb 2012
Bethesda Softworks puts a release date on eagerly anticipated mod tools for PC version of its open-ended role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Respawn's first game due by March 2013 - Report
4 Feb 2012
Marketing calendar indicates EA Partners' fiscal 2013 filled with Respawn's first game, Overstrike, Outnernauts, and a new Populous title.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Catherine - Stray Sheep Edition Unboxing Trailer
4 Feb 2012
Here's an unboxing video for the limited Stray Sheep Edition of Catherine for the PS3.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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U.S. Open - Grand Slam Tennis 2 Trailer
4 Feb 2012
In Grand Slam Tennis 2, players will be able to watch the best past and present tennis stars under the lights of Arthur Ashe stadium and feel the emotion of winning a Grand Slam tournament.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Online Features - SSX Producer Video Part 2
4 Feb 2012
In part two of the Online Features series, creative director Todd Batty talks about global events and geotags.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Sega Sammy's game business weighing down earnings
4 Feb 2012
Publisher treading water as booming slot machine business offsets poor home gaming numbers due to weakness in the West.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Mass Effect 3 Q&A
4 Feb 2012
Will we see Tali's face? Will we visit London? Is Kasumi back in the game? We put your burning Mass Effect 3 questions to BioWare's Mike Gamble.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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OP-ED: THQ and Ignition Troubles Show That Gamer Taste Threatens the Industry
3 Feb 2012
This week was not kind to video game publishers. THQ announced plans for 240 lay-offs amidst the board of directors and CEO giving themselves a 50% paycut. Meanwhile, Disney bought a controlling stake in India-based UTV Ignition -- a publisher which went through its own set of lay-offs and restructuring last year -- for an undisclosed sum after the Indian government approved the deal which had reportedly been in the works since at least last summer. Disney plans to use the firm to expand their own presence in the Asian market. Neither company revealed how the changes would impact Ignition's gaming division. It's entirely possible that it will have little or no effect, but that seems unlikely given the troubles the company endured last year. THQ ran into financial trouble after relying on licensed properties and kids and family titles, specifically uDraw, whereas Ignition announced they would shift their focus to downloadable titles last year after a series of poorly performing games.
These two publishers are hardly the only ones publicly struggling. Various factors, including high-cost HD development, have led to a shakeout amongst small and medium sized publishers like Eidos, Gamecock, Midway, and others while Activision rakes in massive profits. Of course, this is normal, companies that fail to adapt die. However, THQ's and Ignitions's recent troubles stem from a disturbing trend in game consumers, not from development or publishing difficulties. It seems that players are spending more time playing games, but paradoxically spending that extra time with fewer titles. Game makers have never in the forty-year history of the medium had such a massive consumer base to sell to, but players have never been so unwilling to try new experiences.
Source: [1UP.com]
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Podcast Beyond: The Used Games Debate
3 Feb 2012

PlayStation. Does the word send a chill down your spine? Does it caress your senses with wave upon wave of irresistible pleasure? No? Do you like PlayStation? Then you're certainly in the right place. Welcome to Podcast Beyond, your link to the IGN crew that pushes news, opinions and utter hilarity straight to your ears (and subsequently, your brain)...
Source: [IGN.com]
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The Darkness II Interview With Seth Olshfski
3 Feb 2012
Randolph Ramsay speaks to producer Seth Olshfski about the marriage of art style and gore in The Darkness II, as well as taking risks, changing studios, and the colour of demon piss!
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Shooters, MMOs linked to problem game playing - study
3 Feb 2012
A new study conducted by the Institute for Special Populations Research in New York reveals that some game genres are more prone to problem game-playing habits.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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The Last of Us Screenshots, Details Revealed
3 Feb 2012

The first screenshots from The Last of Us have been revealed...
Source: [IGN.com]
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