We have contacted Firemint and the other companies to see if they can shed some light on this.

[Source: siliconera]

In between all the thunder and lightning, you can see what looks like Patapon art-stylings. I guess we will know in 6days when “The Beta-Test Starts”

Here is another retouched picture via sprsk on NeoGAF.

[Source: SCEJ Homepage]

We haven’t heard a peep about this game since E3 and Gamescom last year, but now information is slowly trickling in. SCEE has updated the game’s official site to include a new launch window, which when announced was Spring 2010, that is now set for some time between October and December this year. Hopefully it won’t get lost in the onslaught of holiday titles, as this was looking to be one of the better upcoming PSN releases. I hope that we hear more info on the game at E3 in June. A real date or just one month would be nice

See look Housemarque even knows it has been a while, they updated their Twitter account a few weeks ago with this message:

Dead Nation – We can confirm that our PSN exclusive PS3 title is still in the development and progressing well. More info available “soon”!

I am dying to get my hands on this game.

[Thanks Withnail]

The uploader has disabled embedding so if you want to check it out, you have to go directly to the page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQMaZ8lHz5s

A few weeks back we reported that a couple of Creat Studios games were leaked via ESRB ratings, one of them being titled Wakeboarding HD. I contacted Creat Studios about the footage and was told “No Comment.”

I guess we will have to wait a little longer to find out if this is Wakeboarding HD or not. My gut is certainly siding on the fact that this footage may be a little more than a rumor though.

[Thanks Kent]

What would a game like Rez HD sell for on PSN? $15? This is no indication that it’s happening, but we’re researching if its feasible.

Most people seemed to be alright with that price, while others were asking why PSN users would have to pay a $5 premium compared to 360 users (The game launched for 800 MSPT). It seems they would need to sell an insane amount of copies @ $9.99 to make a profit.

…After Sega’s cut etc. We’d have to sell a lot of copies to even break even, and we could always drop a price, but never raise it.
if we did it, it would not be a huge profit most likely and unfortunately we’re not big enough to do things for fun.
we dont wanna rip anyone off but we also dont wanna go bankrupt trying to appease the fanbase you know?

Well if they could release it on PSN with uncompressed audio, this could in fact be the definitive version of Rez. Don’t get your hopes up though as this is merely just them asking if there is interest, no plans to port the game over have been made at this time.

So what do you think? Would you buy Rez HD for $14.99 on PSN?

Earlier today Scrawlfx did some snooping on PlayStation UK’s website and found these images:

First we can see that there is a Facebook icon under the Network tab on the XMB. The text reads: “Adjust settings for features in Facebook. These features are available only for users who have Facebook accounts.” So it seems that you will be able to have your PSN id integrated with Facebook. This DOES NOT look to be a stand-alone application, like on the 360.

Next we see there is a new way to organize photos. I am sure this will be useful for those of you that have images saved on your PS3.

Lastly it looks like you will be able to spruce up your gamer card. Adding color will hopefully quiet the complains of those that were whining about the new friends list set-up.

I would expect to see a blog post on the PlayStation blog sometime this week or next confirming the features.

Last week SCEE PSN Store Manager Mike Kebby twitted about something special coming this week. Jump forward to today when NeoGAF user nny posts a snippet from what seems to be an email stating that Vagrant Story has been rated by both PEGI and the OFLC. The image also contains the following text:

Way back at the dawn of time (better known as the year 2000), a certain video games company called SQUARE made a game called VAGRANT STORY, which stormed the charts, became a genre-defining classic and, amongst other things, garnered a perfect score from Famitsu magazine – so pretty much business as usual for character design god Akihiko Yoshida. But the great news is that SQUARE ENIX are bringing it to the PS3 and PSP on the 12th November!

At this time neither rating board’s website has the game listed. So hopefully the PlayStation Blog can confirm this later in the week.