Games Cheats and Reviews

Each week Sony brings PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners new content, add-ons, games and more. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Thursday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation Store Update.

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Today marks 5 years since Sony released the PlayStation Portable. Happy Birthday PSP.

GFB writes: "While fanboys argue back and forth about what holds the Xbox 360 back or why the Wii is "lame", the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable hardware have been facing the toughest foe of all, their own manufacturer. For some reason Sony just keeps shooting itself in the foot and refusing to catch on.

Starting back with Sony’s first major marketing mistake of this generation, the home of Playstation decided to create a fake marketing campaign called ‘all i want for xmas is a psp’ which resulted in a huge backlash from gamers. Some still argue that the PSP hasn’t recovered from the viral stigma slapped on it from this horrible holiday campaign."

GameZone’s Louis Bedigian discusses the history and future of Sony’s PlayStation Portable.

ARN writes "When Sony launched its PSP Go last year the company had high hopes. The device was supposed to help PlayStation Portable shipments increase by almost a million units for the year and spearhead Sony’s digital download push into the portable gaming market. But things haven’t gone according to plan.

"The PSP Go is both smaller and lighter than the original PSP and represents the first major refresh of the portable gaming platform since it was introduced in 2004" but "Gamers haven’t been impressed"

DualShockers writes, "For those of you who don’t know, Lunar: The Silver Star was released in Japan in the early 90s and since has been remade and ported on various systems. In this game you play as a simple guy named Alex who stumbles upon the adventure of a lifetime. Living in an enchanted world that appears to be a mythological ancient civilization on the moon, your character is drawn into a deep entanglement against evil and injustice. Against all odds the average honorable man must become the great Dragon Master to protect the innocence of mankind. The PlayStation Portable has been graced with its own version of this reborn classic dubbed Lunar: Silver Star Harmony. This is a historic moment for Role Playing Games in general, because a RPG of this caliber has not seen this much retouching in a while. With an emotionally charged story that delivers a deep and exhilarating experience, Lunar: Silver Star Harmony is immersion at its finest…"

Sony’s PlayStation Portable disc-based titles aren’t going away anytime soon. During a session at the Game Developers Conference this past week, the company said it has no plans in abandoning the UMD format.

The session was meant to inform independent developers about the marketplace advantages that exist on the PlayStation platform. When discussing the PSP, the company said its UMD format is "alive and well" and that all retail games will continue to be available on both a UMD disc and digitally on the PlayStation Network store.

Sony also provided its latest life-to-date sales for the PSP platform. Since its North American release in 2005, sales have reached 17 million total units. Total worldwide sales have now topped 60 million total units.

GamingUnion.net writes "Half-Minute Hero is a game for the PlayStation Portable that hopes to serve as a one-stop shop, combining multiple genres into a single package. It’s a very unique game and despite bringing all these genres together, it’s held together by its key emphasis on time. The game has already seen the light of day in Japan and North America (although it was known as Yusha 30 in Japan) and now the game has made its way to Europe thanks to Rising Star Games."

GamingUnion.net: "Dead or Alive, an unusually "exotic" beat-em up series by Team Ninja, makes its way onto the PlayStation Portable for the first time in the form of Dead of Alive: Paradise. It’s due to land in all regions on the 2nd of April, but the game is not going for its usual genre this time. Much like with the Dead or Alive Xtreme spin-off titles, this game is set to go against the grain."

Today LucasArts and TT Games broke wind that they would base the next adorable Star Wars game on the mega-successful Cartoon Network CGI show, The Clone Wars. Considering this is much better source material than the abysmal LEGO Indiana Jones 2, it still leaves us in the dark as to what plots will be parodied/ enjoyed will be as the series is now over 20 hours long. But as many fans old and new will attest, Star Wars: The Clone Wars has proven to be vastly more entertaining than the last 3 films combined and the LEGO treatment will be nothing but a smile from ear to ear, especially with level builder ready to go. If only we could have a vehicle builder too- I mean…who doesn’t want to build a Mandalorian luxury train?

The Press Release follows:

LONDON, UK – 8th February, 2010 – LucasArts and TT Games today announced the development of LEGO® Star Wars™ III: The Clone Wars™. The next chapter in the award-winning LEGO® Star Wars videogame franchise, LEGO® Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will combine the best elements of all previous LEGO® games while adding brand new gameplay to make it the most action-packed LEGO® videogame to date. Developed by the same team at Traveller’s Tales that created the critically acclaimed LEGO® Star Wars and LEGO® Indiana Jones™ series, the game will ship on the Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and Xbox 360®videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows in the Autumn of 2010.

“LucasArts continues to set the bar for next-generation family entertainment,” said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts. “The LEGO® Star Wars franchise is a massive hit with fans, bringing in sales of over 20 million units worldwide. We’re thrilled to extend this experience to LEGO® Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, delivering the humor and fun players expect from this award winning franchise.”

“LucasArts is an amazing partner, and working with them on the next iteration of the LEGO® Star Wars series continues to be a great experience,” said Tom Stone, director at TT Games. “The team at TT is working hard at making this simply the best LEGO® game ever with all new gameplay and features never before seen in a LEGO® game.”

LEGO® Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will include all the characters from both seasons of the hugely popular animated television series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well as some fan-favorite characters from the beloved theatrical Star Wars Saga. The game will feature brand new battle modes, giving players unique, head-to-head combat and an upgraded level builder, allowing the creation of customized bases and in-game battlefields. Play either as a Jedi or Separatist with all-new character abilities, such as Squad command, Lightsaber slicing, Lightsaber jumps, long distance Jedi attacks and Grapple Tie-Ups, all within a new, easy-to-navigate hub.