Commander Fury

Story by Stace Harmon @ VG247.com. Additional details reveal that the PC version’s main game menu will be the Battlelog home page. I feel like I’m kicking a hornet’s nest. In a move that’s bound to cause some consternation amongst PC gamers, it’s been confirmed via the Battlefield blog and in a Twitter response that an in-game browser for finding game servers – a long-term staple of online PC gaming – has been included in the console versions of Battlefield 3, but not the PC version. Further digging of senior gameplay designer Alan Kertz’s Twitter feed suggests that the PC version of EA’s upcoming shooter won’t have an in-game main menu at all. Instead, the homepage of the game’s online stat-tracking and social tools service, Battlelog, will serve as Battlefield 3 More...

Story by Stephany Nunneley @ VG247.com. Posted below the break, you will find a video released by Konami, showing a walkthrough of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater from the upcoming Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. Footage from the collection’s Peace Walker was shown earlier this year at E3, now its time for some Snake Eater. The collection is slated for a winter release on PS3 and Xbox 360. Thanks, Mike. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Sony Online Entertainment’s PSN publishing division is really on fire. As announced <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/08/18/psn-payload-launch-dates-for-payday-the-heist-rochard-sideway-new-york/">yesterday</a>, Rochard, Sideway: New York, and PAYDAY: The Heist are all coming to the PlayStation Network on consecutive weeks this fall. Earlier today, I had the pleasure of a walkthrough of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/payday-the-heist/">PAYDAY: The Heist</a> with developer Overkill Software. Here, creative director Simon Viklund explains PAYDAY’s level-up system and customization, and the importance of co-operation in a heist. More...

Bwing. Has there ever been a more beautiful sound than “bwing� Until I release my rap album – I think not. There you are, furiously letting your fingers dance over the controller. Your health is low, but your hope is high. One last shot in the monsters eye and – BWING – you just earned a new Trophy. I don’t know about you, but I’m not used to hearing praise so I get as giddy as Gordon Freeman in a specialty crowbar store when I hear that glorious sound. It’s then I know that another Trophy has joined my wall of virtual pride. Good news! On September 6th when <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/resistance-3/">Resistance 3</a> launches, my fellow Trophy hoarders and I will have the opportunity to hear the majestic “Bwing†59 times! That means we’re guaranteed at least 59 more moments of pure joy. You can even get a Platinum Trophy. That’s a moment of super joy – I’m talking “Firefly gets a new season†joy. But getting there isn’t going to be a cake walk (which I don’t even know what that it is, but it sounds awesome). You’ve got 58 other “Bwings†to acquire before you can join the R3 Platinum Posse. Let’s see what some of my personal favorites are, shall we? More...

<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/virtua-tennis-4/">Virtua Tennis 4</a> for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PlayStation Vita</a> first stepped onto the court at <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/e311/">E3</a>. Even at that early stage in its development, the game showed signs of ambition. It seems that Sega is taking great care to adapt the tried-and-true gameplay for PS Vita by extensively leveraging the handheld’s hardware strengths, all without dumbing down the series’s winning formula. Now, at <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gamescom11/">gamescom</a>, I finally got to see some of these game modes in action. Virtua Tennis 4’s core experience is nearly identical to its recently-released PS3 counterpart; you can create a character, start a career, and participate in tournaments while enhancing your skills through all kinds of bizarre tennis-related skill tests. Likewise, you can jump into the shoes of Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, or other real-world tennis stars. More...

I remember the day my copy of <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/batman-arkham-asylum-ps3.html">Arkham Asylum</a> arrived at the office because I hadn’t followed the game’s development too closely and, when I took it home just to check out what my colleagues had been raving about, I finished it that same weekend. As a result, I’ve had a keen eye on <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/batman-arkham-city-ps3.html">Arkham City</a>, so yesterday I swooped over to the Warner Brothers <a href="http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/en/gamescom/home/index.php">gamescom</a> area and watched a demo of the new challenge maps, which offer a high-score chasing, combo-stringing alternative to the meat and drink of the story campaign. Compeered by Dax Ginn, marketing game manager at Rocksteady Studios, two members of the dev team played through identical challenge maps on different TVs – one as Batman and one as Catwoman – in a face-off as a small group of journalists watched the stereoscopic 3D beatdown. More...

Enjoy your summer weekend with great movies and incredible savings this week! The post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Priest hits New Releases this week at a hot low price! Featuring Paul Bettany (The Tourist), Karl Urban (Star Trek), and Cam Gigandet (Easy A), the story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills. More...

Story by GameStopVideo on YouTube.com. Here’s the first look at the GameStop-exclusive Creepy Crawler Kickback Medal, available with your pre-order of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. The Creepy Crawler Kickback allows you to tun into a swarm of deadly creatures for a limited time and overwhelm your enemies! PRE-ORDER HERE: http://bit.ly/uncharted3GS Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Story by Stace Harman @ VG247.com. The US PlayStation blog has details of the content that PS Plus subscribers can expect over the coming weeks. Betas and discounts ahoy. Confirmed via the US PS blog is PlayStation Plus subscriber access to the Resistance 3 multiplayer beta on August 23, featuring access to two major maps in the game: the Seaside of Glamorgan, Wales, and the Trainyard in Bogota, Colombia. A special PS Store update a week and a half later on September 3 will bring with it access to the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations multiplayer beta. PS Plus-ers can expect “3 maps, 9 characters, and 4 modes of undercover assassin action.†Elsewhere, the bonus content keeps on coming with a 20 per cent day-one discount for Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition, as well as pre-order discounts for The Baconing, BloodRayne: Betrayal and Renegade Ops. All three are available under the PSN PLAY banner, which grants its own added extras in addition to rewarding pre-orders of digital titles. Check out the US PS blog for full details of the offers available. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Story by Nathan Grayson @ VG247.com. Silicon Knights has put out a new trailer of its upcoming mutant-flavored hack ‘n’ slash ‘n’ bash ‘n’ mash ‘n’ eye laser, and it’s shaping up to be quite a departure. New characters (who really like to stare at their hands), powers that may be the result of a bite from a radioactive rainbow, and lots of punching are the stars here – although a cameo from a few old favorites lurks toward the end. If that’s not enough, Joystiq also has some new screens. Check out the full trailer below. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Story by Brian Crecente @ Kotaku.com. “You’ve got a whole group coming down the street at you,” my co-op buddy calls out to me. But I’m not looking at the street. Instead, I’m staring straight down at the ground. At my feet there is a cloth sack, an improvised explosive device. A circle fills as I defuse the bomb. Crouching on the second-floor balcony of a nearby collapsing Berlin building, Sledgehammer community manager Guy Behm pulls off a couple of shots with his sniper rifle, knocking down two of the approaching armed men. Bomb defused, I swivel and open fire on the remaining group, clearing the street of enemies, but only temporarily. We’re playing Invisible Threat, a cooperative Spec Ops level in November’s Modern Warfare 3. Behm explains that the goal of the match is for me to defuse eight bombs hidden throughout the map without getting killed. I’m down on the street, swathed in a bombsuit that includes a helmet that slightly limits my view. Behm is in his overwatch position armed with a sniper rifle and predator missiles which can be used to scout and pinpoint hidden IEDs. During the first play-through I work my way carefully down the street, defusing the first three bombs fairly easily. Behm sends off a second missile, locating three more of the bombs as I scramble into a nearby store, taking fire from a wall of enemies. The bad guys come at me in waves. After clearing them out there’s usually enough time to make it to a bomb, but not completely diffuse it before a new wave comes in. I’m down to the last bomb, waiting for Behm to find it when things go sideways. Scouting the area for the hidden IED, Behm accidentally slams the missile nearby, killing me. In a second attempt, we only make it four bombs in before dying. While both of my attempts at clearing the Special Ops missions were with Behm’s help, Activision told me that the mission can also be played solo, but then you have no overwatch, not even a computer-controlled one. Of course the game has other Special Ops missions, the developers just weren’t talking about them at Gamescom this week. Many are cooperative, but not all, I was told. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Story by Stephany Nunneley @ VG247.com. The Call of Duty Zombie Labs has identified you as a genuine authority on the art and science of killing zombies, and feels its recent research will prove invaluable to you. It has recently identified a rogue zombie population on the Moon – a horrific population of the angriest undead it’s seen yet. Therefore, it has begun battle preparation for Lunar Deployment. The following video presentation will bring you up to speed on some unconventional tests conducted here recently. The Call of Duty Zombie Labs strives to understand every facet of zombie physiology and psychology in order to help experts like you keep the Zombie onslaught at bay. The firm believes there are few who are as qualified as you to disseminate this critical information, and help it recruit every die-hard zombie killer out there capable of rising to the biggest challenge yet. This message will self destruct in a few seconds — okay, we can only take credit for this last bit here because we found the actual announcement above from PR more creative than anything we could come up with at the moment. The video below is for Rezurrection, the upcoming Black Ops DLC, and at the end you get to see some lunar footage. Rezurrection, which was originally included in the Hardened and Prestige Editions of the game, includes Moon along with four re-mastered maps: Nacht der Untoten, Verruckt, Shi No Numa and Der Riese, the Zombie factory. It also includes an enhanced Zombies Soundtrack including three tracks never before available for purchase. Rezurrection is set for release on August 23 on Xbox Live for 1200 MS points, with PC and PS3 getting it at a later date. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Story by Stephany Nunneley @ VG247.com. A direct feed video of the Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception gameplay demo at gamescom has been released by Sony. It hits around the 8 minute mark, and can be viewed below, courtesy of Ve3tro. Uncharted 3 is out on November 1, just in case you forgot. Surely, you didn’t though. Thanks, Reece. A teaser trailer was posted yesterday, this is the full video from Gamescom 2011. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Hi everyone and Guten tag from <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gamescom11/">Cologne, Germany!</a> Some of you may know me as one of the collaborative partners with SCEA <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/santa-monica-studios/">Santa Monica Studios</a> for the award-winning PlayStation Network exclusives, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/fat-princess/">Fat Princess</a> and Fat Princess: Fat Roles. I’m not only here to introduce Fun Bits Interactive to you, but to also introduce Escape Plan, as one of the upcoming titles for the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PlayStation Vita</a>. Escape Plan made its debut on Tuesday at the Sony Computer Entertainment Europe press conference and I have to express how thrilled I have been to see how well it has been received by colleagues and media alike throughout the week. Placing bite-sized entertainment in the palm of your hands, Escape Plan features two hapless characters, Lil and Laarg, who have been captured and need your influence, skill and brainpower to escape from a dark labyrinth of irreverent puzzles and traps. Escape Plan takes advantage of the PlayStation Vita's multi-touch display, rear touch panel and swipe interfaces. More...

Ever since the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a> was unveiled in January, the handheld’s dual analog sticks have promised a proper first-person shooter experience on the go. The reveal of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/resistance-burning-skies/">Resistance: Burning Skies</a> at PlayStation’s <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gamescom11/">gamescom</a> press conference showed that the future of portable shooters will be bright from the outset. Immediately after the conference ended, I met up with Rob Heubner from developer <a href="http://www.nihilistic.com/">Nihilistic</a>, who detailed some of what we can expect from the Vita’s first FPS foray. The next morning, Huebner and producer Frank Simon presented an extended play-by-play for international media. More...

A few weeks ago, our <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/author/sshuman/">Sid Shuman</a> delivered an <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/07/27/hands-on-with-littlebigplanet-2s-move-pack/">in-depth report</a> on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/littlebigplanet-2/">LittleBigPlanet 2</a>’s upcoming Move Pack, and how it makes level design even more intuitive. This morning in <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gamescom11/">Cologne, Germany</a> we ran into a couple of Media Molecule members at breakfast (the pastries were delicious). We asked if they’d be interested in running us through the new tools on camera. Media Molecule Level Design Lead Kengo Kurimoto stepped forward with a quick demo. How cool was that cel-shaded Sackboy? That’s one of six new costumes based on iconic art, and it’s included when the Move Pack drops next month. More...

If you were one of the hundreds of thousand of fans that tuned into our <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/e311/'>http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/e311/">E3 2011 PlayStation</a> press conference, you may have caught Naughty Dog’s Community Strategist Arne Meyer give viewers a full demo of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/16/e3-replay-naughty-dog-demos-uncharted-3/'>http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/16/e3-replay-naughty-dog-demos-uncharted-3/">UNCHARTED 3’s cruise ship sequence</a>, a tense scenario that married technical prowess and high action as Drake struggled to escape the doomed vessel. Today, <a href="http://www.naughtydog.com/">Naughty Dog</a> has returned with another epic reveal. Spread the word: the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/">PlayStation.Blog</a> is the only place you’ll find HD video of the airstrip sequence from the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gamescom11/">gamescom</a> PlayStation press event. For an added bonus, Arne and I discuss the challenges behind keeping <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/uncharted-3-drakes-deception/">UNCHARTED 3</a> as spoiler-free as possible, and how specific sequences are deliberately designed to reveal new game mechanics, story and characters at specific milestones in the game’s development process. More...

Story by: CritiKiL Great news: PlayStation owners across the country will now have the opportunity to watch every out-of-market Sunday game on their PS3. Many*PlayStation fans are huge sports enthusiasts, so adding NFL SUNDAY TICKET is the perfect complement to the PS3’s rapidly growing lineup of sports entertainment, including*MLB.TV*and*NHL GameCenter.</p>In addition to*baseball*and*hockey, PS3 owners now have the opportunity to catch football games, streamed live through their console. The*PlayStation Blog*today announced a partnership with DirecTV to offer the satellite television provider’s popular NFL Sunday Ticket service, which allows individuals to view out-of-market football games. Existing DirecTV subscribers can access Sunday Ticket on the console for an additional $50 at the start of the season (on top of what they paid for Sunday Ticket, of course) and can use their console as an additional receiver. PS3 users looking to opt into NFL Sunday Ticket without a DirecTV subscription will have to shell out a hefty $339.95. The PS3 will both show games in HD each week (up to 14) and display DirecTV’s Red Zone channel. Or you could just sign up for DirecTV and*get NFL Sunday Ticket for free, but then you’d have a bulky satellite dish to deal with. Based on comments made to*Shacknews*by DirecTV’s director of public relations Robert Mercer, NFL Sunday Ticket will be Exclusive Only to PS3,*“…at least for this season”. He also added, “We just want to work with a single partner this time around to give everyone a great experience…”. For those who are not too familiar with NFL Sunday Ticket, it’s a DirecTV-Exclusive Sports Package which offers: Up to 14 NFL games every Sunday Full HD for every football game DIRECTV’s Red Zone Channel IMO: This is a ‘pricey’ offer when we can just watch the games on our HDTV directly, but at the same time this partnership is showing ‘just how versatile’ our PS3′s are becoming! Streaming Movies is one thing, but now Sports Channels? ~ To Each Their Own, I guess. I’m just reporting it as worthy News! Leave us a comment and tell us what you think Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Heya PlayStation Assassins! <a href="http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/en/gamescom/home/index.php">Gamescom</a>, the world’s largest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment, has begun in Cologne, Germany. First off, on the show floor, the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/assassins-creed-revelations/">Assassin’s Creed Revelations</a> booth will feature EIGHT gaming pods equipped with a new multiplayer build. This will be the very first time we’re showing this build to the public, and it will be the first time anyone outside of exclusive members of the press can get their hands on the all new Deathmatch mode! And don’t worry if you can’t wedge your way to the front of the line for multiplayer at our booth, because we’ll also have four additional multiplayer pods at the <a href="http://us.playstation.com/">PlayStation</a> booth to ensure that everyone at the show gets a chance to enjoy a fully updated version of one of the most innovative multiplayer games on the market. More...

<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/dead-island/">Dead Island’s</a> zombie epidemic has infested <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-home/">PlayStation Home</a> for a gruesome limited-time game event. The latest in a series of on-going PlayStation Home “Total Game Integration†content offerings, this special event allows players to unlock an exclusive weapon for use in Dead Island by completing all 10 challenges in a PlayStation Home game based upon Deep Silver’s highly anticipated open-world horror action/adventure title. We’ve put together a list of challenges to help guide you through the undead mayhem as well as quick video that shows the gory and ghoulish action included in the Dead Island TGI event, available right now in PlayStation Home. More...

<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gamescom11/">Gamescom</a> has been amazing. However, something is still missing – an unyielding void in the soul of Resistance that needs to be filled. Something cold. Something unyielding. Something… Sledgehammery? Yes, that’s it! We need to show you the Sledgehammer, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/resistance-3/">Resistance 3</a>’s brutally blunt new melee weapon. Here – let me summon the video gods and see if they can whip something up for the latest R3 Dev Diary. By George (or <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/author/rgutierrez/">Rey</a>), they’ve done it! Our all-new Resistance 3 Dev Diary features the first gameplay footage of Capeill’s intimate side – intimate as in he’s close enough to Grims to smash in their deformed faces with a giant Sledgehammer. It’s pretty wicked (except if you’re a Grim). Plus, you will get a detailed look at the human guns at your disposal in the game. Just because they aren’t modified with some fancy alien technology doesn’t mean they won’t plow through the Chimera faster than Rainbow Dash can clear the skies of Ponyville. More...

Guten Tag from <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gamescom11/">gamescom</a>! Sony Online Entertainment kicked off the first day with three of our newest PSN titles – <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/rochard/">Rochard</a>, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/payday-the-heist/">PAYDAY: The Heist</a> and <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/sideway/">Sideway: New York</a>. These latest games will engage you in graffiti adventures, environmental puzzlers and high intensity bank robberies, and will launch early this fall on the <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/">PlayStation Network</a> via digital download. More...

<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-plus/">PlayStation Plus</a> is heating up in August with exclusive access to some of the most anticipated Fall releases including <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/resistance-3-ps3.html">Resistance 3</a> and <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/assassin-s-creed-revelations-ps3.html">Assassin’s Creed: Revelations</a>! With the 8/23 Store Update, Plus subscribers will have access to some of the multiplayer battlegrounds in <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/resistance-3/">Resistance 3</a> with the Multiplayer Beta, which includes two major maps in the game: the Seaside of Glamorgan, Wales, and the Trainyard in Bogota, Colombia. Be one of the first to get your hands on this breakthrough FPS experience. More...

The third phase of the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/dead-island/">Dead Island</a> Total Game Integration event launches this Thursday, August 18th into the wide world of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-home/">PlayStation Home</a>. This special event allows players to unlock a host of unique rewards. Log in this Thursday to play the Dead Island-themed “Zombie Survivor Game†and hack, slash, bludgeon, shoot, decapitate, and dismember swarms of zombies in a series of bloody, hyper-violent challenges. We have a special Dead Island game guide coming at you tomorrow, so keep your eyes on this Blog for all the info you’ll need to survive the zombie onslaught in PlayStation Home and unlock the exclusive “Exploding Zombie Meat†weapon for use in Dead Island. More...

Hello PlayStation Nation! <em>Are you ready for some football!</em> We are excited to announce that PlayStation has partnered with <a href="http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageNR.jsp?assetId=2700001&PID=nflback&CMP=KNC|8|56561589|108093965|Exact&dnaomn=85377,8,0,108093965,792607234,1313609704,nfl+sunday+ticket,23656272,8360173749">DIRECTV</a> to bring its popular sports subscription service, <a href="http://www.directsattv.com/directv/NFL_Sunday_Ticket.html?mm_campaign=dfdf1626a0ce18eb0630d0fbe6648740&keyword=NFL%20sunday%20ticket&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=nfl+sunday+ticket&utm_campaign=NFL+Sunday+Ticket&utm_mt=e&gclid=CJa-usuJ16oCFRRggwodOUZZ8g">NFL SUNDAY TICKET</a>, to the PlayStation 3 game console. PlayStation owners across the country will now have the opportunity to watch every out-of-market Sunday game on their PS3. More...