Best of the PlayStation Store, Vol. I

It being that time of year again – the end bit – it seems fitting to do a round-up article. We’ll write round-up articles about anything we will, bunch of cretins that we are, but today we’re specifically going to do a kind of “Best Of”, or more precisely, the ten best downloadable games available …

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First Street Fighter IV shot

We don’t bother with every new game screenshot nowadays, but this is Street Fighter IV, so it deserves some of our attention. If you ask us, it looks pretty sexy, although hopefully the Manga style won’t look too naff. It shouldn’t look as funny as the Street Fighter: The Movie game though, which featured E. …

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PlayStation 3 gets DivX certification

It’s official now, the PlayStation 3 will be getting DivX playback capabilities and full DivX certification. This came via an announcement from DivX, Inc. CEO Kevin Hell; “We are excited to work with Sony Computer Entertainment to bring DivX to PS3. Our technology will expand the multimedia functionality of PS3 by enabling users to enjoy …

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Manhunt 2

Whether it’s morally right to enjoy playing a game where you can knock people down to the ground with a spade then use it to remove their head from their neck is questionable, but you can’t deny that Rockstar are the kings of controversy. They must have pretty big balls (or a brilliant marketing whore …

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Bay on HD-DVD Vs Blu-ray

This could pass for games related news we suppose. Transformers director Michael Bay has posted a rant about the HD-DVD Vs Blu-ray situation, saying “Microsoft wants both formats to fail so they can be heroes and make the world move to digital downloads”. It makes sense, and we kind of agree with him. Microsoft are …

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Racism against Zombies

Foreword: This feature was originally supposed to go up for Halloween, but we’re so lazy and useless it took us over a month to finally upload it against our better judgement. Robots. They’re pretty good to shoot to bits, especially when their nuts and bolts bounce around all over the place. Terrorists? A little bit …

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Shameless naked Wii

In a bizarre but mesmerising piece of online marketing, Nuts magazine (probably with the involvement of Nintendo) have produced a series of Topless Wii videos – a dozen videos featuring topless Page 3 ladies playing Wii games, with the help of copious amounts of Baby Oil. As far as we could make out, the aim …

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See Sonic run – run Sonic, run!

Despite being a bit clapped out, Need for Speed: Pro Street has managed to take the top of the chart, knocking former #1 Assassin’s Creed all the way down to #6. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has done better in its second week of release too, rising seven places to #7, while Super …

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Crash Bandicoot’s Pro Skater

Usually when there’s a company merger in the midst there’s a few rumours beforehand, but today Activision dropped a bombshell – they’re planning to merge with Crash Bandicoot and Spyro license-holders Vivendi. Let’s not forget about the recently announced Ghostbusters game, and the already announced Prototype and Wet either. Vivendi of course also own World …

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Echo, echo, echo…

With December now upon us, you might be trying to think of some decent Christmas gift ideas. It just so happens that Play-Asia has something you might like to stick into somebody’s stocking – the rather long winded Sega Mega Drive Portable Video Game Player. Clocking in at just under £20, this officially licensed handheld …

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Whoop ET’s ass

How Shiny have fallen – from Earthworm Jim and MDK, over to a tedious looking kid’s licensed game. Sega said they’d be disappointed if The Golden Compass – based on this winter’s big movie – didn’t at least take the top spot of the PlayStation 2 chart. But with no review copies sent to the …

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GameSpot editor “leaves”

We’re not one to talk about other sites, but there’s something strange going on over at GameSpot. The US reviews editor, Jeff Gerstmann, has left, apparently due to an argument surrounding his review of Kane & Lynch. There are all sorts of rumours flying around. Eurogamer are claiming that a source “close to the editorial …

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Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

Some games catch you completely unawares, and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is one of those games. When I initially heard about it at some games show or another, I was ready to write it off as “some game that looks a bit like Tomb Raider”. Developers Naughty Dog have been limited to Crash Bandicoot and Jak …

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Mother puss bucket

The guys at NGamer – which comes with a handy Jam Sessions DS case this month – have been treated to an exclusive look at the Wii and DS versions of Ghostbusters: The Videogame. I wish Vivendi weren’t calling it that; just plain old ‘Ghostbusters’ would suffice. As mentioned here, the Wii and PlayStation 2 …

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PES Patch

It’s common knowledge that the next-gen versions of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 are broken. Even on a great connection, the online play is laggy and slow, with action stopping while your opponent dribbles around you and scores. For a game based on timing, the teleporting of players around the pitch is unforgivable. Having played the …

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