News, Reviews, Previews, Screenshots, Trailers, and More http://www.psbeyond.com/ Copyright 2008 PS Beyond D-Nov pMarch 16 2010 Warner Bros confirmed that the Game of the Year edition of Batman Arkham Asylum, previously only announced for European territories, will be coming to North America on May 11th. It will be released on PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and will have 4 extra challenge maps that were previously only available as DLC. It also comes equipped with TriOviz 3D technology, allowing it to b http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Arkham-Asylum-Game-of-The-Year-Edition-to-hit-North-America-on-May-11.1304.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:43:54 -0700 D-Nov pMarch 11 2010 At GDC 2010, Eidos was bombarded with questions about the upcoming Deus Ex 3 Human Revolution. Eidos Game Director JeanFrancois Dugas was there to shed some light about the titlep pWhen asked what previous DE game would be taken as the model, Dugas stated that the original Deus Ex will be used as a model, since it was the perfect marriage of RPG and FPS. The game aims t http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Third-times-a-charm-QA-with-Eidos-Jean-Francois-Dugas-about-Deus-Ex-3.1302.html Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:33:35 -0700 D-Nov pMarch 10th 2010 Sony finally unveils its long awaited motion controller called PS3 Move, which consists of 2 parts, at GDC 2010p pThe main part has a glowing ball on it, which is used to by the Playstation Eye camera to track its location. It has an analog trigger on the back and a main button, as well as the standard Playstation face buttons square, x, circle and triangle.p p http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Sony-unveils-PS3-Move.1300.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:56:07 -0700 D-Nov pa href..reviewsReviewBorderlandsPS3.1298.htmlA review of Gearbox and 2Ks Borderlands by Phil Smyap http://www.psbeyond.com/news/New-Review-Borderlands-PS3.1299.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:12:32 -0700 D-Nov pBy Phil Smyp pThe RPS RolePlaying Shooter genre is gaining a lot of popularity right now. It might be a very new genre consisting of two games to note Fallout 3 and emstrongBorderlandsstrongem but RPSs have a no failure rate of pleasing most gamers. Fallout 3 had its exploring and its level up system and heres why emstrongBorderlandsstrongem is better than Fallou http://www.psbeyond.com/reviews/Review-Borderlands-PS3.1298.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:09:08 -0700 D-Nov pIts highly probably that Batmans sidekick Robin could make an appearance in strongemArkham Asylum 2emstrong, according to the early cast listsbr br According to strongIMDBstrong, the sequel to to the genredefying title confirms that Mark Hamill reprises his performance as The Joker, and hes to be joined by TwoFace as actor Bruce Greenwood takes on Harvey Dent and his http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Two-Face-and-Robin-in-Arkham-Asylum-2.1295.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:21:43 -0700 D-Nov pa href..reviewsReviewRatchetandClankFutureACrackinTimePS3.1293.htmlhttpwww.psbeyond.comreviewsReviewRatchetandClankFutureACrackinTimePS3.1293.htmlap http://www.psbeyond.com/news/New-Review-Rathchet-and-Clank-Future-A-Crack-in-Time.1294.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:12:33 -0700 D-Nov pRatchet and Clank hold a special place in a lot of gamers hearts the combination of great characters, fantastic writing, clever puzzles and topnotch platforming make the series one of the few that can be enjoyed by hardcore and casual gamers alike.p pA Crack in Time picks up after the events of Tools of Destruction and Quest for Booty, with Ratchet and Clank having been separated by th http://www.psbeyond.com/reviews/Review-Ratchet-and-Clank-Future-A-Crack-in-Time-PS3.1293.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:24:58 -0700 D-Nov pAt todays Credit Suisse 2010 Global Media and Communications Convergence Conference, Philippe Dauman, the President and CEO of Viacom announced that the company is going to release emstrongRock Band 3strongem this holiday season. Lets face it, real instruments are for old people.p pThe game will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts. According to the dev http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Rock-Band-3-to-come-towards-Christmas.1291.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:47:06 -0700 D-Nov pEarlier today the Official XBox Magazine unveiled emstrongBodycountstrongem, a previously announced upcoming shooter from Codemasters, who promise it to be spectacular and frankly mental. The guy in charge of the project at Codemasters Guidlford studio is Stuart Black, the cocreator, designer, but not the star as the name suggests, of a 2006 shooter called Black.p pstrong http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Codemasters-unveils-Bodycount.1289.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:18:17 -0700 D-Nov pJapanese gamers haver certainly been busy last week, as the land of the rising sun saw 49 game releases, but only a few of them made the charts.p pKenta Bancho 4 tops the charts with 71000 units, which is a huge improvement over its predecessors 54000 first week sales back in 2008. Kenta Bancho is followed closely by Endless Frontier Exceed Super Robot Taisen OG Saga with 65000, which i http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Kenka-Bancho-on-top-of-Japanese-charts.1288.html Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:22:16 -0700 D-Nov pThe RTS games of the Command and Conquer franchise are some of the PC cult classics of the days of old, when PC gaming actually mattered. In that regard, this franchise is right up there with Doom and Quake. Undortuantely, the series didnt achieve that kind of popularity with the console crowd. Is Red Alert 3 any different p pLets start off with the story. While the Red Alert games are http://www.psbeyond.com/reviews/Review-Command-and-Conquer-Red-Alert-3.1286.html Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:04:52 -0700 D-Nov pMarch 2, 2010 Electronic Arts announced that Battlefield Bad Company 2 is now available to pick up in stores across North America, which means its time to go to your local game store, then come back, get online and start ganking noobs. The title has an averege score of 94 at Metacritic, along with a 55 from GamePro and a 9.510 from Game Informer, who stated that Battlefield Bad Company http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Battlefield-Bad-Company-2-hits-the-stores.1285.html Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:15:34 -0700 D-Nov pMany would say that innovation is the key to success for a game, but its hard to deny that there have been titles in the past that tried something new that ended up not working, Mirrors Edge is a fine example. Thats exactly the reason why there are still titles that try to give the player something thats tried and tested. emstrongWolfensteinstrongem is a fine example of the latter http://www.psbeyond.com/reviews/Review-Wolfenstein-if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it.1284.html Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:11:07 -0700 rbrtchng Remember a while back when we did a news story about how you could get free PSP games for every PSP Go you purchased Well, good news everyone, Sony has decided to reinitiate that promotion, except this time, you get to choose from games that you actually might want to play. p The new promotion has anyone who purchased a PSP Go to be able to get a free Assassins Creed Bloodlines or Little Bi http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Free-PSP-Game-For-PSP-Go.1283.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:38:28 -0700 rbrtchng pIf you havent heard already, Rockstar is taking a little break from making all those fancy skyscraper models for the next Grand Theft Auto game to make a brown wasteland with a couple of sheds in there and maybe a bush somewhere. The games called Red Dead Redemption and, apparantly, its got a lot of shooting, or so weve heard.p pJust kidding. We couldnt be any more excited for this g http://www.psbeyond.com/news/New-Red-Dead-Redemption-Trailer.1282.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:15:26 -0700 D-Nov divIn an effort to bring the content to a new level, PSBeyond is holding another contest strongPSByond Best ReviewPreview of the monthstrongdiv pstrongspan styletextdecoration underlineThe winnerspanstrong will get the strongspan styletextdecoration underlinePrizespanstrong 50 PSN card or an XBox Live card 1 year subscription or 4000 MS point http://www.psbeyond.com/news/PSBeyond-reviewpreview-contest-free-50-PSN-card-or-1-year-of-Xbox-live-Gold-or-4000-MS-points-to.1281.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:13:22 -0700 D-Nov pWith 44 articles submitted, the Playstation Beyond article writing contest has come to a conclusion. Congratulations to the winner, emstrongRobert Changstrongem. Even though his official winning articles About the Bioshock 2 DLC and Metal Gear Arcade have the fresh news advantage with 3 unique views in one day, his article about the next Assassins Creed taking place in Rome is the http://www.psbeyond.com/news/PSBeyond-Article-writing-contest-results.1280.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:35:07 -0700 rbrtchng pMetal Gear Online was almost disastrous. The stupid Konami id debacle has discouraged most MGS fans from actually getting into a pretty awesome online experience. Fortunately, Japan will get MGO treatments throughout their arcades. Too bad arcades have all died in the rest of the world because Metal Gear Arcade actually sounds pretty awesome.p pIt looks like just MGOstyled offline multip http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Metal-Gear-Arcade-To-Launch-in-Japan.1279.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:33:31 -0700 D-Nov pCapcoms latest game for the PlayStation Portable, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is an expanded edition of Monster Hunter Freedom 2. The new features of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite include over fifty new missions, new pieces of equipment and five more monsters than in Monster Hunter Freedom 2. Among the additions for the PSP game you can find a Felyne fighter that will assist players on their q http://www.psbeyond.com/reviews/Review-Bigger-and-a-Bit-Better-Monster-Hunter-Freedom-Unite-for-PSP.1278.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:02:59 -0700 rbrtchng pTo all the fans who have crept through every crevices and explored every hidden rooms in the world of Rapture, 2K Games has promised that the multiplayer downloadable content, Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, will hit the PSN sometimes in March for 5. pagebreak p pThis multiplayer content pack will include 20 new multiplayer trails, new characters, masks, ranks, weapon upgrades, an http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Tons-of-Bioshock-2-DLC-Details.1277.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:42:43 -0700 rbrtchng pDuring the Las Vegas event, DICE, Ubisoft has announced some new details about the multiplayer aspect of the next installment of Assassins Creed. pagebreak Assassins Creed 3 multiplayer mode will tie into the single player campaign in some way. Not much details have been released about how the multiplayer mode will exactly fit into the single player campaign, but this sounds like Ubis http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Assassins-Creed-3-Multiplayer-Is-Not-Boring.1276.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:56:54 -0700 D-Nov pFebruary 19, 2010 Until recently, emstrongGod of War strongemfans were biting their fingernails over the possibility of Sony Computer Entertainment toning down the violence in the upcoming emstrongGod of War 3strongem. That can now come to an end as ESRB emstrongstrongemofficially slapped an M rating on the upcoming title.p pNot only will there be over the http://www.psbeyond.com/news/God-of-War-3-rated-M-fans-relieved.1274.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:01:25 -0700 D-Nov pFebruary 19th 2010 Square Enix promised that Final Fantasy XIII will be different from its predecessors. Namely, its going to be much more linear, with much less exploration, as if releasing it for the Xbox360 didnt wind everyone up enough. As gaming history has shown, its very hard to make a big change to a franchise without the fans going Rabblerabblerabble. Isnt that right Bethesda http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Square-Enix-fends-off-criticizm-about-Final-Fantasy-XIIIs-linear-design.1273.html Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:52:29 -0700 D-Nov pKingdom Hearts can be considered one of the most courageous releases of all times. This Play Station 2 game represents one of the most unlikely combinations it brings together the characters from Final Fantasy and the wonderful world of Disney. However, this curious hybrid was quickly embraced by gamers all over the world and the release of Kingdom Hearts 2 was eagerly awaited by people all ov http://www.psbeyond.com/reviews/Review-Kingdom-Hearts-2-Was-It-Worth-Waiting-For.1272.html Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:43:47 -0700 D-Nov pFebruary 9th Ubisoft has announced another milking session of the Tom Clancy cash cow as they are preparing Ghost Recon Future Soldier, the fourth instalment into the Ghost Recon series, to see the light of day.p pThe Paris studio of Ubisoft is hard at work on preparing the title for a late 2010 release on PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Owners of Splinter Cell Conviction will be able to g http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Ubisoft-announces-Ghost-Recon-Future-Soldier.1271.html Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:39:35 -0700 D-Nov pWhen it comes to 3D fighting, connoisseurs know that the Tekken series has always set a standard. This legendary fighting series had already made its way onto the PSP when Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection successfully made the jump from arcade to console over three years ago. Those who are veterans of this series will probably be thrilled with http://www.psbeyond.com/reviews/Review-Tekken-6-PSP-Very-Similar-to-the-Home-Console-Version.1270.html Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:01:07 -0700 D-Nov pSince the beginning of the contest, 39 articles have been submitted. Less than a week left, so hurry and get your submissions inp pstrongspan styletextdecoration underlineCurrent Leaderboardspanstrongbr br strong1. Robert Chang strongstrongstrong Next Assassins Creed in Rome 14 unique views10 days strongScore 1.4strongbr strong strong http://www.psbeyond.com/news/Win-a-free-Playstation-3-game-or-any-game-of-your-choice-PSBeyond-article-contest-update.1269.html Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:37:46 -0700 D-Nov pGrand Theft Auto San Andreas was originally released for Playtation 2 in October 2004. It was thought then to be one of the most exciting games to be released and might I add they were not far from the truth at all.p pGrand Theft Auto San Andreas is without a doubt one of those few Playstation 2 games that draw you in from second one and once you have played it, no other game will ever http://www.psbeyond.com/reviews/Grand-Theft-Auto-San-Andreas-Is-It-really-That-Good.1268.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:35:11 -0700 rbrtchng pDisclaimer I know that Liberty City has its own names for different parts of New York, but since its much easier for me to use New York landmarks to describe the locations so that people who didnt play the game could understand, so thats what Im going to do. So live with it.p pLet me make this perfectly clear, Grand Theft Auto 4 was my favorite GTA game in the franchise not becaus http://www.psbeyond.com/reviews/GTA-Chinatown-Wars-A-Success-Apart-From-Its-Utter-Failures.1267.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:52:14 -0700