PS2

FIFA 13 to kick life back into PlayStation 2

If we were gambling men we would have put money on FIFA 12 being the last FIFA to be released on PlayStation 2. How wrong we are: FIFA 13 has been confirmed for release on Sony’s ageing console, making it the first game to be announced for the...

Thy kingdom come, and nicely done

The chaps at Chart-Track never cease to amaze with their chart-related facts. According to them EA’s Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has become the first new RPG IP to go straight to number one since Pokemon Red in 2000. An original Game Boy game, ladies and gentlemen. Final Fantasy...

When Official PlayStation 2 bid us adieu

Every month Matt pulls a magazine out for under his bed and gives it a fine going over. Stop giggling at the back there – we’re talking about video game magazines. This month: issue 100 of The Official PlayStation 2 Magazine from July 2008. When a magazine reaches...

For PlayStation 2, age is just a number

Chart-Track stopped their PlayStation 2 full price chart last month. This means only one thing – they have been unable to compile one as next to no full price games have been sold. How do we know this? Because Chart-Track made news headlines yonks ago, after they reported...

PlayStation 2 lives!

Now here’s something I didn’t expect to see. Not in 2010, at least…but maybe three or four years ago. Sony has just released a budget-priced Bravia LCD TV in Europe which has a PlayStation 2 built-in. The screen size (22 inch) and 720p maximum resolution setting is probably...

Big School

We really loved Persona 3. It had a wonderful, unique quality, so I think now is a good time to talk about it’s sequels. The first sequel Persona 3: FES (the FES apparently stands for festival) was released in Japan along with the original game. It’s basically a...