Posts By James Reith

Little Big Planet 2 A Teaching Aid?

Little Big Planet 2 A Teaching Aid?

In May a 'teacher pack' will be released for LBP 2 in a bid by Sony to get the PS3  into the classroom as a learning tool. It will include "National Curriculum-based in-game levels that other teach... Read More

Ubisoft To Release Rhythm Action Game Which Uses Real Guitars

Ubisoft To Release Rhythm Action Game Which Uses Real Guitars

[HTML1] Despite belief that the rhythm action game was dead, Ubisoft will be releasing 'Rocksmith' a game following in the footsteps of guitar hero; only with real guitars. For those of you who do ... Read More

Parasite Eve II Coming To PSN

Parasite Eve II Coming To PSN

Following the very recent release of the original Parasite Eve on the PSN, Parasite Eve II has been confirmed by Square Enix for release on the same network.  No release date has been provided bu... Read More

Details On Infamous 2 Beta

Details On Infamous 2 Beta

The folks over at Suckerpunch, the designers of inFAMOUS 2, are looking for budding designers to sign up for their user generated content beta, which will focus on mission creation. If you live in... Read More

New Okamiden Trailer

New Okamiden Trailer

[HTML1] Capcom have released a new trailer for DS title 'Okamiden', sequel to the PS2's much loved 'Okami'; a game which is regularly cited as one of the console's most under-rated titles. The trai... Read More

Parasite Eve Arrives On PSN In US This Tuesday

Parasite Eve Arrives On PSN In US This Tuesday

In preparation for the release of The 3rd Birthday, the third entry in the Parasite Eve series, the original Parasite Eve will be making it's way to PSN this Tuesday for US users. The game has not y... Read More

PS3 Import Ban Lifted In Netherlands

PS3 Import Ban Lifted In Netherlands

The ban on Sony importing PS3's into the Netherlands has been lifted. The embargo was put in place in february after electronics company LG challenged Sony on the grounds of alleged patent infringme... Read More

The Last Guardian “pushes PS3 to its limit”

The Last Guardian “pushes PS3 to its limit”

Team Ico's Fumito Ueda, speaking to EDGE magazine, discussed the challenge of making upcoming title 'The Last Guardian':"With Ico, the way the AI was implemented was a challenge, and in SOTC, the way ... Read More

See Fully Localized Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy Trailer

See Fully Localized Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy Trailer

[HTML1] Check out a fully localised Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy trailer, complete with English voice acting, in game fighting and a look at the traditional J-RPG style world map. Thanks to Silic... Read More

Final Fantasy III Worldwide iPhone Release This Month

Final Fantasy III Worldwide iPhone Release This Month

Although no definitive date has been given, a worldwide release of Final Fantasy III for iOS, supporting eight different languages, has been confirmed by square for this month. The release of a Japane... Read More

Team Ico Director Slams His Previous Work And Wants To Make An FPS

Team Ico Director Slams His Previous Work And Wants To Make An FPS

Fumito Ueda, Team Ico's creative director, has claimed that the previous two games that he directed and designed, the critically adored Ico and equally beloved Shadow Of The Colossus, were financi... Read More

Microsoft Consider Punishing Users Of MS Points Generator

Microsoft Consider Punishing Users Of MS Points Generator

A few days ago a user post appeared on The Tech Game.com featuring an algorithm which could produce working Microsoft points.  Microsoft discovered and stopped the exploit within hours but a substa... Read More

Robert De Niro In Uncharted Movie?

Robert De Niro In Uncharted Movie?

Director David O' Russell, the man behind Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees and The Fighter, was penciled in by Columbia Pictures for a film adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune back in October 10th ... Read More

Bungie Alumni Reveal New Game: Fallen Frontier

Bungie Alumni Reveal New Game: Fallen Frontier

[HTML1] Moonshot Games is an indie games studio led by: Michel Bastien, who was a producer on Halo 2 and 3, Damián Isla, who led Halo’s AI design and Rob Stokes, who was a design lead on Halo 3 ... Read More

‘We Dare’ Game UK Release Cancelled Following 12+ Rating

‘We Dare’ Game UK Release Cancelled Following 12+ Rating

Last week PEGI, a European Video Game ratings board, confirmed that Ubisoft's party game, We Dare, would be receiving a 12+ rating, causing a reasonable amount of controversy. PEGI defended the decisi... Read More

3DS Able To Monitor Flash Card Use?

3DS Able To Monitor Flash Card Use?

According to a roughly translated statement from Japanese retailer Enterking the 3DS may be capable of monitoring when flashcards are used to play pirated material on them, as well as potentially lock... Read More

European PSN Will Go Offline Wednesday Afternoon For “Scheduled Maintenance”

European PSN Will Go Offline Wednesday Afternoon For “Scheduled Maintenance”

PSN will go offline at 4:05pm GMT on Wednesday March 9th for just over 11 hours. Sony have said that you will still be able to play online, provided you login before the maintenance begins. Sony als... Read More

Modern Warfare 2 PS3 Hack Patch Released

Modern Warfare 2 PS3 Hack Patch Released

Today Infinity Ward released a patch to try and counter the hacking issues currently plauging the PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2. Problems arose in January when hackers discovered a security exploi... Read More

THQ Will Not Complete Del Toro’s ‘inSane’ Trilogy If First Game Is Not A Success

THQ Will Not Complete Del Toro’s ‘inSane’ Trilogy If First Game Is Not A Success

Last week at GDC Danny Bilson, vice-president of THQ's core games, spoke about the upcoming inSane franchise, a planned trilogy of games from the mind of Guillermo Del Toro: "We have aspirations ... Read More

New Dead Or Alive 3DS Footage

New Dead Or Alive 3DS Footage

[HTML1] Kasumi Vs. Ayane [HTML2] Hayate Vs. Ryu, Feat. Ayane A recent update on the Japanese Dead or Alive: Dimensions site brings with it some new video footage as well as a plethora of scr... Read More