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Roger's PlayStation Games Blog June 2008 Archive

By Roger Altizer, About.com Guide to PlayStation Games since 2004

This Week's PS2 and PS3 New Releases: June 30-July 4, 2008

Monday June 30, 2008
To celebrate Independence Day you can either virtually rock out to Aerosmith, or play a politically based animal brawling game... or light fireworks, if your county still allows for that ... Read More

PS3 Official Bluetooth Headset Will Ship With SOCOM Confrontation

Sunday June 29, 2008
If nothing else, Sony is good at keeping with tradition, and this is a rather nice one. The upcoming SOCOM Confrontation will come with the official (and very cool) official ... Read More

DC Universe PS3 Preview

Saturday June 28, 2008
Well, info on the superhero MMO DC Universe have been sparse. Since the cancellation of the Marvel MMO, the DC Universe game (being developed by Sony Online Entertainment) looks ... Read More

This Week's PS2 and PS3 New Releases: June 23-27, 2008

Monday June 23, 2008
Solid week for the PS3. Both Bad Company and Top Spin 3 are excellent games, though totally different. Of course, if you're still on your third play-through of Metal Gear ... Read More

More Details About the PlayStation-edu Program

Saturday June 21, 2008
Gamasutra has published more details about Sony's PlayStation-edu program in an interview with Sony's Senior Manager of Developer Support Mark Danks. Danks was very specific about the limited nature of the ... Read More

Amazon Offers Sweet Gran Turismo Prologue Deal

Saturday June 21, 2008
Well, as I've pointed out everyone else on the planet seems to be getting a Gran Turismo 5 Prologue deal, and now Americans are as well. Amazon is offering a $15 ... Read More

Resident Evil 5 to Receive Simultaneous Release

Saturday June 21, 2008
The 'net was buzzing last week with angry PlayStationites when it was rumored that Resident Evil 5 was going to be a limited time Xbox 360 exclusive. Limited time exclusives ... Read More

Even Canada Gets a Sixaxis Deal?

Friday June 13, 2008
Wow, so it's not just North Americans, but specifically residents of the United States that aren't getting any discounted Sixaxis love. In Canada you can now get a Sixaxis controller for ... Read More

Sixaxis Discount Bundle for Europe Only

Friday June 13, 2008
Blue light special on Sixaxis controllers! For the bargain basement price of 60 Euros you can have a Sixaxis controller and one of the following games: Motorstorm, Folklore, GT 5 ... Read More

This Week's PS2 and PS3 New Releases: June 16-20, 2008

Friday June 13, 2008
The PS3 finally has it's major exclusive: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and let's be frank, there's nothing else out there like it. Poor dad is in ... Read More

PlayStation-edu Off to a Slow Start

Tuesday June 10, 2008
Sony has finally decided to reach out to universities with it's PlayStation-edu initiative. The PlayStation-edu program will allow qualifying universities to purchase PS2 (not PS3?) and PSP dev kits. The ... Read More

Honest to Goodness Duke Nukem Forever Gameplay Footage

Thursday June 5, 2008
The Jace Hall show has exclusive footage of Duke Nukem Forever in action, as well as a "pithy" interview with its creators. It is alive, and looking shockingly well. Unfortunately ... Read More

This Week's PS2 and PS3 New Releases: June 2-6, 2008

Monday June 2, 2008
It's a big week for the PS3 with lots of new summertime releases. Of course there's the typical movie tie-in videogames, but Lego Indiana Jones and GRID look to be ... Read More

Konami Spills More Details About the "Very" Limited Edition Gun Metal Gray PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4 Bundle

Monday June 2, 2008
A lot of folks have been skeptical about the value of the Metal Gear Solid 4 Gun Metal Gray PS3 bundle being sold by Konami. Konami recently gave permission to one ... Read More

BioShock PS3 Preview

Monday June 2, 2008
October will see the release of one of the most coveted games in recent history: BioShock. While many of the games details are still under wraps, officials from the game's ... Read More

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