EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: ps2
PS3 owners had plenty of classics to play last year thanks to the release of HD versions of top PS2 titles such as ICO, Shadow of the Colossus and Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.
Now a recent Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) listing for both Grand Theft Auto III and GTA: Vice City for the PlayStation 3 platform seems to suggest that we’re in for another bumper year of excellent PS2 re-releases.
After a new rating surfaced for the original Killzone by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board in the US, Sony Computer Entertainment America has confirmed to Game Informer that the classic PlayStation 2 first-person shooter will see a release on PlayStation 3 this month.
If you’re a fan of anime and Japanese RPGs then it goes without saying that Persona 4: The Animation is for you. This 25-episode anime series is in Japanese with English subtitles and is based on the critically acclaimed RPG for PlayStation 2 which was released in 2008.
The first episode entitled ‘You’re Myself, I’m Yourself’ was added to The Anime Network a few hours ago, and can be streamed in SD or HD for free over here. Unfortunately the show is restricted to North American IP addresses.
The last couple of days have seen a number of significant PS Vita announcements, but the most important of these if you’re a fan of RPGs has got to be the news that Atlus is embellishing Persona 4 for Sony’s hot new handheld.
Alright. OK. Now we’re getting somewhere.
The fight for the football/soccer game crown continues to hot up as both EA and Konami begin to release more information and screenshots to give us an idea of what we can expect from the companies’ respective offerings this year, and Konami recently let loose an PES 2012 explosive salvo to attempt to win us over.
Except this time, we’ve got a gameplay trailer!
Have you been looking for an injection of ‘South Africa’ into your game time? What about including some more Afrikaans in your gameplay sessions?
Lucky for you, SingStar Afrikaanse Treffers has just been released for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, allowing you to get all of the South African culture and Afrikaans music hits you can possibly handle in one sitting!
Releasing today for the South African market, SingStar Afrikaans Treffers features a great range of classic Afrikaans music from artists such as Kurt Darren, Steve Hofmeyr and Jack Parrow, and applies the same rules of the SingStar karaoke franchise to this eclectic mix – grab a wireless SingStar microphone, bundle up a group of friends in front of the tellie, and sing your heart out!
You can see the full tracklist for SingStar Afrikaanse Treffers over here.
WWE All Stars from THQ features legendary luminaries of the wrestling world, all of whom have been thrown together into one tournament so we can finally, once and for all, discover the greatest wrestler of all time.
My money’s on Hulk Hogan.
WWE All Stars is available today in North America for most platforms, and then later this week in Europe and the UK, and this inspiring launch trailer for the crazy-looking (and well over-the-top) wrestler showcases some of the muscle-bound monstrosities included in the game as they throw, slam and crush each other in the ring… and then pose their way into your heart:
SingStar fans and lovers of Afrikaans music take note: SingStar Afrikaans Treffers is due for release this week on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 to let you belt out your favourite South African music hits in the comfort of your own home… and without anyone else knowing about it!
Releasing exclusively for the South African market on March 30th (this Wednesday!), SingStar Afrikaans Treffers features a great range of classic Afrikaans music from artists such as Kurt Darren, Steve Hofmeyr and Jack Parrow, and applies the same rules of the SingStar franchise to this eclectic mix – grab a wireless SingStar microphone, bundle up a group of friends in front of the tellie, and sing your heart out!
They may not be your friends for too much longer, but at least you’ll have fun as they deny any knowledge of you!
Here’s the full tracklist for SingStar Afrikaans Treffers:
Bizarrely, there has been a spate of (READ: at least two) animated movies on circuit recently that have featured villains as the protagonists. The likes of Will Ferrell and Steve Carrel have been hauled in by Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures respectively. I’ve already reviewed the Will Ferrell / Paramount Pictures attempt at a game tie-in, and it was ghastly - a truly unabashed and horrible cash-in on a movie’s release. Thankfully, Universal’s Steve Carrel game tie-in isn’t half bad so I don’t feel guilty taking up five minutes of your time with this write-up.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Despicable Me.
I stand by the theory that a person is at their most impressionable during their teenage years. I was 13 when I first picked up a PlayStation controller and the next few years spent gaming on PS1 were to have a profound effect on my ideas about gaming as well as cement this great hobby as a permanent fixture and fixation in my life.
2010 marked the 15th anniversary of the PlayStation brand. In celebration of this event I thought I’d put together an informative retrospective covering the major milestones achieved during this period of time. Not only do I want to delve deeper into the history of PlayStation, but also to connect these facts to my memories of growing up alongside the PlayStation family of consoles. The evolution from PS1 to PS2 to PS3 over 15 years ties up nicely with the defining periods of my life - I was at high school during the peak of PS1, at university during the period when PS2 was dominant, and out in the working world by the time PS3 hit the scene.
Continue reading El33tonline’s Editorial: 15 Years of PlayStation: a Retrospective.
The remastered collection of PlayStation 2 Sly Cooper games may have already released for the PlayStation 3 in the US, but in two week’s time PAL territories will also be able to have a go at the high definition, stereo 3D editions of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, and Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
To mark the 10th anniversary of the PlayStation 2 in North America, the US PlayStation Blog went around and asked a few recognised, legendary and celebrated game developers (as well as games press people) to name their top three favourite PlayStation 2 games of all time:
“Word quickly spread,” writes Sid Shuman on the blog, “the project swelled in scope, and the result is what you see here — a definitive list of ‘must-play’ PS2 games by some of the greatest living game developers in the business.”
27 folks made the list, which includes the likes of Warren Spector, Ken Levine, David Jaffe, Tim Schafer and Cliff Bleszinski.
Out of the 27, however, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s only one woman represented in the bunch – Double Fine’s Tasha Harris. Just sayin’ Sony.
You can find the full list of developers and their favourite PS2 games below:
Konami has announced and detailed the first set of downloadable content (DLC) for the recently released Pro Evolution Soccer 2011.
Oh, yeah… in other news, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 released today across Europe and the UK.
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According to internal sales data, EA has revealed that FIFA 11 managed to sell an incredible 2.6 million units during the game’s recent launch week in North America, Europe and the UK. Additionally, EA’s latest football/soccer sim has generated $150 million.
Launching only near the tail-end of last week, EA and EA Sports’ latest soccer/football sim, FIFA 11, easily managed to become the third largest videogame launch in the UK, taking the position from last year’s FIFA 10.
At launch, unit sales of FIFA 11 eclipsed FIFA 10’s effort by 21%, while revenue was up 36% over last year’s edition of the franchise.
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