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Policenauts English Localisation Completed
7:00AM Owen Good | The fan-engineered English localisation of Hideo Kojima’s PSOne cult classic Policenauts is finally complete. The project’s page today announced that the patch is live. More »
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The Top-Selling PS1 Games In The PlayStation Store
1:20AM Mike Fahey | Since the launch of the PlayStation 3, Sony has published nearly 30 original PlayStation Classics on the North American PlayStation Store. Which have sold the best? More »
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Spite Bowl and Taco Bell: Ruminations on a More Social Madden
3:00AM Owen Good | It’s odd to talk about EA Sports’ Madden franchise, with the features it’s touting in the 09 release, now making itself more of a social gaming experience. For the better part of two decades it’s been one of the top titles to play with friends, offline or, lately, online. But the pattern of features that were added, upgraded or unchanged from last year points to a major push that’ll expand the game’s social appeal, especially to demographics well outside the paunchy, balding thirtysomething. In other words, EA is going where the growth is, and its marketing of this game absolutely tips that hand. More »
Sony Planned A PSOne “Facebook”, PS2 “YouTube”
3:40AM Mark Wilson | Former Sony Entertainment President Chris Deering has recently dished out two pieces of fascinating gossip about Sony development for those interested in the “woulda, coulda, shoulda” points in the company’s history. The first such program was a social networking platform for the PSOne ala Facebook or MySpace. More »
New PSone Classics Rated By ESRB
2:15PM Michael McWhertor | A pair of PSone classics that my be coming soon to the PlayStation Store—then ultimately to PSP and PlayStation 3—have been rated by the ESRB. Capcom’s Street Fighter Alpha and Ubisoft’s Rayman were recently added to the software ratings board’s database. Unlike some of the ratings for Wii Virtual Console games, the turnaround time for ESRB ratings to become additions to the PlayStation Store is generally fairly quick, but we have no details yet on when these games will see re-release. ESRB Game Ratings More »
Japanese PlayStation Store Kicks Every Other Store’s Arse
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | A new batch of original PlayStation games has been added to the Japanese version of the PlayStation Store which features plenty of enviously available big names amid the Japan-only fare. The biggest PSone Classics to make their way to PSPs and PlayStation 3s are Biohazard 2 (aka Resident Evil 2) and Intelligent Qube, both of which would be welcome additions to the North American and European stores. Just sayin’, SCEA. The full list of newbies is below. Biohazard 2 Intelligent Qube PoPoLoCrois Monogatari II Crime Crackers 2 Atelier Marie Plus Tantei Junguji Saburo Early Collection Magical Drop Baroque Robin Lloyd no Bouken PlayStation Store (JP) [PlayStation] More »
