Posts From March, 2011
Over the last six months we’ve taken Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One to London, San Francisco, Seattle and Austin. Everywhere we go, people love playing in the Ratchet & Clank universe with three of their friends. The cooperative gameplay, combined with a dash of competition, has really resonated with players, and we’re eager for folks to get their hands on it next week.
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Swarm: From Ph.D To PSN
+ Posted by Joel DeYoung
We’re super excited that Swarm is finally about to be released on PlayStation Network. The genesis of the original idea for the game stretches all the way back to 2006, shortly after we started Hothead. There was an indie video game developer contest we wanted to enter, so we brainstormed a ton of ideas on what to submit. Dr. Mike Hayward, Hothead’s resident Ph.D., brought forward a concept based on his doctoral research in artificial life. He called it Swarm and it had plenty of science cred. We thought this was our contest winner, so we came up with a cute adorable character to go with his tech, the swarmite, and got to work on a prototype.
In the end we did very well in that contest, placing in the final four, winning the people’s choice vote, and garnering $300,000 in winnings.
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Challenge of the Week #3 features a matchup between two of the premiere American League ballclubs as the Boston Red Sox take on the Texas Rangers!
Climb the leaderboard and get as many hits as you can to win a $250 MLB.com Gift Card. Use the card to purchase authentic MLB merchandise including jerseys, caps, clothing, memorabilia, collectables and much more… check out MLB.com to see what you can purchase if you win Challenge of the Week!
Week #3 begins on Monday March 21st at 5:30am PST and ends Monday March 28th at 4:30am PST. To play, simply click on the Challenge of the Week tab in the main menu.
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If you love Soccer as much as we do here at Urbanscan, the home of Premier Manager, then you’ll know that this is the best time of the year to be a fan of the game. The UEFA Champions League is back after the winter break and the battle for domestic honours in League and Cup competitions around Europe is well and truly on! It’s a time of high pressure for soccer Managers, thousands of expectant fans, tired players and huge games, only the very best can bring success to their Club. If you think you have what it takes then Premier Manager is just what you’ve been waiting for!
We’ll allow you to manage any team from the English, Italian, Spanish, French, German and Scottish Leagues. There are over 500 Clubs in the game and over 15,000 players, all with data based on current form and movements in the winter transfer window which closed in January.
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We would like to officially announce the union of ModNation Monday and the ModNation Facebook fan page. ModNation Monday continues to announce upcoming DLC, ModNation events, “Creations of the Week”, etc … Our ModNation Facebook page will allow us to offer more frequent updates, race and creation results, event details, MNR related links, user submitted creation pictures (and videos!), plus other fun MNR stuff. For those that can’t get enough MNR, the ModNation Forums are the place for you. The forums offer great interaction between players/creators, and the forums are the perfect place to have many of your ModNation related questions answered.
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As any fan knows, the Ghostbusters universe features lots of cool characters and inter-dimensional lore. However, with Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime, we still wanted to add something that would lure new people to the world of Ghostbusters and also excite the veteran fans.
In Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime, the story begins 4000 years ago with a strange cult mourning the death of Dumazu, an ancient demon of death and destruction. Fast forward to 1989, when museum curator Janosz Poha is sent to a mental institution following the events in Ghostbusters 2. There he meets Ismael, the self-proclaimed last member of the cult of Dumazu. Ismael seeks a Shard of the Relic of Nilhe, a mystic artifact that possesses the power to bring Dumazu the Destroyer back to life, and he tasks Janosz with obtaining it. Janosz’s reward: Dana Barrett.
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With DISSIDIA 012[duodecim] FINAL FANTASY out this week, I thought I’d share some videos that show the various EX Burst attacks.
What is an EX Burst? EX Burst is equivalent of a super move in a game like Street Fighter. Each character has a special move which you’ll recognize from their original game. During the EX burst, you’ll have to input several button cues but each is customized for each unique character. For example, Tifa’s EX Burst features the same slot reels for her Limit Break in Final Fantasy VII. For Tidus, you’d have to align the cursor in the target zone like his Overdrive attack in Final Fantasy X. For Squall, you’ll have to pull the trigger just like in Final Fantasy XIII. The more successful you are with the button cues, the more devastating the attack.
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Our first-party domination continues with PlayStation Move Heroes dropping this week. When six of PlayStation’s iconic heroes team up to take on evil, the fanboy in me can get into a wired up tizzy. Especially when Ratchet and Jak are on the box cover with a giant PlayStation Move sticker to sweeten up the deal.
A raider of tombs, receives her own remastering in high definition on Blu-Ray this week with Tomb Raider Legends and Tomb Raider Anniversary dawn a polygonal refresh. Toss in a ton of extras and Tomb Raider Underworld, and you’ve got yourself a PlayStation collection ripe with content.
The PlayStation Network brings a wealth of titles and demos as well, continuing the trend each and every week of mammoth releases. This week’s The Drop promises to entice and please your gaming taste-buds.
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