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Rodgers, Hillis, Vick, Peterson are the Madden NFL 12 final four
The third round of the Madden NFL 12 Cover Vote has come to a close and now only four names remain.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers emerged victorious over New England’s Danny Woodhead. He’ll face Peyton Hillis of the Cleveland Browns in the semifinals, who continued his cinderella run with a win over Kansas City’s Jamaal Charles.
The other half of the bracket includes Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick on top, Vick beat the 49ers’ Patrick Willis in round three. He’ll be challenged by Vikings wide receiver Adrian Peterson, who stomped Drew Brees with 62% of the vote.
Semifinal voting begins today and runs through April 17.
Gods Eater Burst Review: Devouring All Your Free Time and Leaving You Hungry For More
Gods Eater Burst is an action-adventure video game for the PSP, developed by Namco Bandai and published in the United States by D3 Publisher. It was released in 2010 in Japan and re-released later that year with improvements before being brought here. In a post-apocalyptic world, only the Gods Eaters and their weapons, the God Arcs, can destroy the Aragami, massive and quickly adaptive monsters that are devouring the entire world. With addictive gameplay, incredibly customizable equipment, unforgettable music, and a thrilling story, this game is almost gluttonous in how satisfying it can be. Add in a multiplayer mode and the experience becomes unbeatable. (more…)
Posted in PSP, Reviews, Top Story
Tagged Gods Eater Burst
Putting the past behind us: Sony and George Hotz reach a settlement
The PlayStation Blog has released a joint statement from Sony Computer Entertainment America and George “GeoHot” Hotz that the two parties in the recent litigation have settled their dispute out of court. The statement only discloses that Hotz has consented to a permanent injunction, presumably preventing him from further tinkering with the PS3’s security. Sony claimed it only sought to protect its intellectual property and maintain a secure environment for its consumers. Hotz commented, “It was never my intention to cause any users trouble or to make piracy easier,” and that he’s happy to have the litigation behind him. The statement also puts forth that Hotz has not been involved in the recent attacks on the PlayStation Network and SCEA’s websites.
Hotz was trying to have the lawsuit dismissed, claiming that California did not have personal jurisdiction over him. That argument was made moot by the agreement all PSN users must consent to, which destroys any reasonable expectation that he could not be hailed to California courts.
Now that one of the two lawsuits they took action over has been taken care of, it’ll be interesting to see what “hacktivist” group Anonymous’ next move is.
New Releases: Michael Jackson The Experience, Patapon 3, Rio, More
Next week will be one of the biggest weeks for new releases this year, but that doesn’t mean publishers are taking this week off. Instead, they’ve put together quite possibly the oddest combination of games I’ve ever seen.
First up is the PS3 (with Move) and Xbox 360 (with Kinect) versions of Michael Jackson: The Experience. The King of Pop will be strutting through your living room with several new songs and a “Singing Mode.” If you need to feel the rhythm on the go, Sony will release the PSP rhythm game Patapon 3 this week as well.
Two big games for the kids will be in stores this week, a video game adaptation of the movie Rio (DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) and the uDraw-powered SpongeBob SquigglePants (Wii).
Finally, we have two games that start with D and have been released for other platforms before: Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga (Xbox 360 this week, previously on the PC) and Dance Dance Revolution (Xbox 360 this week, previously on the PS3 and Wii).
The full list of the rest of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in DS, News, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga, Michael Jackson: The Experience, Patapon 3, Spongebob Squigglepants
SCEA CEO blasts Nintendo, calls DS a “babysitting tool”
Jack Tretton is the President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America. If his recent interview with Fortune is anything to go by, he’s also horribly out of touch with how the PlayStation family’s fortunes are faring in the marketplace.
Tretton started off slow, knocking the Wii and Xbox 360 for their optional storage solutions and motion gaming peripherals (I guess the PlayStation Move is beyond that kind of criticism):
“They’re starting to run out of steam now in terms of continuing to be relevant in 2011 and beyond,” [Tretton] says. “I mean, you’ve gotta be kidding me. Why would I buy a gaming system without a hard drive in it? How does this thing scale? Motion gaming is cute, but if I can only wave my arms six inches, how does this really feel like I’m doing true accurate motion gaming?”
Tretton unleashed his true ire on the DS, playing the dreaded “kiddie” card and resorting to namecalling when referring to adult DS owners… (more…)
StarDrone, Red Faction Battlegrounds added to PSN
It’s Tuesday and Sony has added two new games to the PlayStation Store along with a huge batch of PlayStation Plus content and other discounts.
This week’s featured release is StarDrone, a “high-speed action thriller with a mix of arcade action, pinball, breakout, physics and collect-the-objects — and it supports PlayStation Move.” Whew. The game should win awards just for the awesome description. Also available this week is Red Faction: Battlegrounds, a vehicular combat spin-off of the popular Red Faction series.
PlayStation Plus users will get a free download of one of the greatest games of all time, Sonic the Hedgehog 2. And lovers of discounts can get the excellent Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for $7.49.
More information on this week’s releases can be found after the jump and more details on all the new add-ons added to the PlayStation Store can be found at the PlayStation.Blog. (more…)
Posted in News, PS3, PSP
Tagged Red Faction: Battlegrounds
If you want peace, dress for war: Peace Walker clothing line launching 4/11
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was easily one of the best games of last year, and to commemorate such a classy game comes a classy clothing line for men starting next week. Konami and musterbrand LLC will be launching the first complete Metal Gear Solid clothing line on April 11, with quarterly updates surrounding “special events” throughout the year.
Peace Walker must have done pretty well for Konami, with Careen Yapp, VP of Acquisitions and Franchise Development, stating “the mass success and support for our latest Metal Gear Solid hit has allowed us to expand beyond what we’ve done in the past with the series, and we are very much looking forward to offering this new line to a global community of fans.”
I personally want to know what these “special events” are going to be. Kojima stated the results from working on Peace Walker will lead to the development of an NGP/PS3 cross-platform title. Peace Walker 2, perhaps?
Posted in PSP
Tagged Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Fools! Final Fantasy V being remade on PSN
Square Enix’s European arm has announced that Final Fantasy V will be coming to the PSOne Classics Store soon as a special PSN-exclusive edition.
Final Fantasy V on the PlayStation Store will be based on the PSOne version (with its Active Time Battle system) that was released as part of the Final Fantasy Anthology. Even though that version of FFV is playable in your PS3, Square Enix is adding “all-new [and exclusive] CG cinematic sequences” to the game in hopes of encouraging PS3 owners to buy the new PSN version. As with all PSOne Classics, it’ll also be playable on the PSP.
An American release has yet to be announced, but I’m sure one will be announced sooner or later.
Posted in News, PS3, PSP
Tagged Final Fantasy V