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PS3 PAIN Developers Hit With Lay-Offs?

6:20AM Brian Crecente | The Colorado-based developers of PlayStation 3 downloadable game Pain were hit with lay-offs today, sources at the company tell Kotaku. More »
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New PAIN Character Brought To You By AXE

7:40AM Mike Fahey | Meet Smooth Jarvis, the new character for the PlayStation Network game PAIN, brought to you by the fine folks at AXE deodorant. More »
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PAIN Makes A Long, Painful Jump From PSN To Blu-Ray

3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Sure, PAIN has a roster of annoying, forgettable characters and a one-shot gameplay mechanic. But it’s also good, honest fun, and has quietly become one of the star performers on the PlayStation Network. Next week, it hopes to become a star performer on Blu-Ray as well. More »
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New PAIN Download Brings Nine New Games To PSN Title

1:00AM Brian Crecente | Later this month the Sore Spots add-on for Playstation Network title PAIN, hits the console bringing with it the PAINalympics. More »
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PSN Title PAIN Offers Dick’s Balls

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Troubled comedian Andy Dick has done voice work for PlayStation Network’s PAIN. Dick, who is currently sober, will also lend his likeness to the game. More »

PlayStation 3 Owners Have A Thing For Pain

1:40AM Mike Fahey | The latest episode of the official PlayStation internet program Pulse reveals the most downloaded games on the PlayStation Network for 2008, with popular people-flinger Pain taking the top spot. More »

I’m So Sorry – If Oblivion Was a Music Video

7:30PM Mike Fahey | I tried my best to avoid ever sharing this epic creation by Chris Dane Owens, but someone at Bethesda thinks it’s a good representation of what Oblivion would look like as a music video. More »

David Hasselhoff To Be Playable In PAIN

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | David Hasselhoff is coming to PAIN. People magazine reveals today that the star of Knight Rider, Baywatch and America’s Got Talent will be ensuring his résumé remains consistent as one of the celebrity torture victims in the expansion PAIN Amusement Park for the PlayStation 3. More »

Pain Does Hollywood

3:20AM Mike Fahey | Well LittleBigPlanet might be having some problems, but things are going just swimmingly for PSN title Pain, which is gearing up for the launch of an all-new level next month. Movie Studio is the game’s take on Hollywood, with various popular movies spoofed and tons of new things to hurt yourself on. You’ll find new single player modes, the return of Bowling and HORSE modes, and an all-new unlockable character in the form of Buzz from the popular quiz game series. Hit the jump for more details on the upcoming expansion. PAIN: DA-WOOD & DA-MOCKRACY [PlayStation Blog] More »

Pain Trophies Detailed, The Dude Abides

1:40AM Mike Fahey | Pain producer Travis Williams has once again dropped in over at the official PlayStation Blog, this time revealing some of the trophies being added to the game in the upcoming Amusement Park expansion, due out on the 4th of September. There’s a nice little selection of trophies, ranging from the impossible Gold “Affliction Addiction” – Get one billion points – to the more modest (in a way) Bronze trophy “Harder Dick’s Balls, which challenges you to get all of Dick’s Balls in the Block Party dumpster without resetting. My personal favourite would have to be the Silver Trophy for scoring 50 strikes in Bowling with The Dude, which they have named “The Dude Abides”. Indeed he does. PAIN Trophies [Official PlayStation Blog] More »