News items tagged with ps3

PlayStation Store Sale Heavily Discounts Major Games

For any PlayStation fans looking to pick up some of the biggest PS3, PS4, and PS Vita games on the cheap, now is their opportunity. Sony is hosting the Great Indoors sales event from now until March...

By Dalton Cooper on 17 March 2019

Fallout: New Vegas 2 is Doubtful, Says Obsidian

At E3 2018, Microsoft revealed that it was expanding its first-party studio roster, and a result, it appears that the company is reportedly close to acquiring Obsidian Entertainment, which is best kn...

By Joshua Duckworth on 15 October 2018

L.A. Noire Won't Fit on a Nintendo Switch Hard Drive

Rockstar Games will be releasing L.A. Noire on the Nintendo Switch later this month, giving fans a chance to play the hit detective mystery game on the go. However, actually getting to play the game...

By Jasmine Henry on 15 March 2018

Fallout: New Vegas Dev ‘Would Love’ to Make New Fallout

Should one ask practically any fan of Bethesda’s wildly popular post-apocalyptic RPG franchise what their favorite entry is, it’s almost certainly a given they will answer that their most beloved ins...

By Kyle Sledge on 15 March 2018

Fallout 3 Remake Mod Cancelled for Legal Reasons

Due to legal reasons, the Road to Liberty mod team had to cancel Fallout 3 mod project. The Fallout 3 remake mod that was supposed to be housed in Fallout 4 was pulled because of copyright infringeme...

By Janine Engelbrecht on 15 March 2018

Fallout 3 Remake Mod Showcases New Gameplay

About a month ago, the mod team known as Road to Liberty released a trailer for its Fallout 3 remake mod dubbed “Capital Wasteland,” showing fans how the project looks within the Creation Engine used...

By Kyle Sledge on 15 March 2018

Mass Effect: 7 Most Memorable Moments in Series History

Following an exciting N7 Day that saw the release of a new Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer, Game Rant looks back at the most memorable moments in Mass Effect history. With the Mass Effect trilogy, Bio...

By Dalton Cooper on 15 March 2017

Free PS Plus Games for October 2015

For PlayStation owners, having a PlayStation Plus subscription seems like a no-brainer. The subscription basically pays for itself, thanks to Sony releasing a multitude of free games each month acros...

By Dalton Cooper on 15 March 2016

Payday 2: 6 Heist Crews We Would Pay For

Payday 2 already has criminals from John Wick and Point Break as playable options and we’re ready for more DLC. Here are our top picks for movie-inspired playable characters. One of the sleeper hits...

By Denny Connolly on 15 March 2016

Payday 2 Adding Point Break DLC

With the remake of beloved heist movie Point Break set to release this month, Overkill releases free and paid DLC that brings the characters and events into Payday 2. The Payday series has never been...

By Evan Hopkins on 15 March 2016

Fallout 3 is Unbanned in Germany

Germany officially lifts its ban on Fallout 3, which could mean that Bethesda is working on putting out a re-release of the popular post-apocalyptic RPG. For those not in the know, Germany originally...

By Kyle Sledge on 15 March 2016

Mass Effect Remasters Aren't Likely to Happen

Video game publisher Electronic Arts explains why the tentative remasters for the original trilogy of the science fiction franchise Mass Effect won’t happen. Despite the fact that Electronic Arts’ Ex...

By Kyle Sledge on 15 March 2016

EA Pulls Mass Effect 2 Donald Trump Propaganda Video

After Donald Trump tweeted a fan-made trailer for the politician based on Mass Effect 2, Electronic Arts has requested and enforced the removal of the footage from YouTube. As a gaming journalist, re...

By Riley Little on 15 March 2016

Portal Fan Creates Murderous Christmas Carol

An extremely talented fan of Valve’s puzzle-shooter hybrid Portal writes, animates, and directs a music video for a Christmas carol parody using elements from the game. In order to celebrate Christma...

By Kyle Sledge on 15 March 2016

Free John Wick DLC for Payday 2

Payday 2 heisters are well-aware that the first-person shooter/theft game likes to make references to other video game and film properties fairly often. Just a month ago, the marketing campaign for...

By Denny Connolly on 15 March 2015

PS Plus Games for March 2015

The end of the month is usually when Sony announces the new lineup of games coming to PlayStation Plus‘ Instant Games Collection. Every month, as scheduled, Sony has kept this up and delighted (or...

By Kyree Leary on 15 March 2015

Life is Strange Episode 3 Review

SPOILERS: This review contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Life is Strange: Episode 2.  Like the previous two episodes, the mellow, indie-rock aesthetic of Life Is Strange Episode 3: “Chaos Theory” hits a m...

By Melissa Loomis on 15 March 2015

Could 'Battlefield' Games Embrace Early Access

As one of Electronic Arts’ best selling franchises, any game in the Battlefield series is going to have high expectations attached to it. The latest to have said hopes pinned to their lapel before...

By Jasmine Henry on 18 July 2014

'Payday 2' Sales, 'Payday 3' Feature Tease

GTA 5 may be the don of organized crime titles, but until the game’s servers go live on October 1st, Payday 2 remains the biggest stick-up artist in town. Released back in August of this year, the...

By Samuel James Riley on 15 March 2014

Thief

Garrett the Master Thief is back! And he’s suffering from the most fashionable of video game protagonist ailments: amnesia. After a prologue in which Garrett and his impatient ex-apprentice Erin br...

By Hannah Shaw-Williams on 15 March 2014

Eidos Montreal Hopeful of 'Thief' Sequel

A clumsy Thief is a dead Thief – or so you might think. Eidos Montreal‘s much anticipated sneak-em-up title finally sleuthed into view earlier today, only to be met with a barrage of lukewarm criti...

By Samuel James Riley on 15 March 2014

'Payday 2' Gage DLC

Here’s to the heist, the hoard and the heat that follows. This year has certainly seen its fair share of audacious raids and botched break-ins, owing largely to the efforts of two of America’s most...

By Samuel James Riley on 15 March 2014

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

They called it the Great War, but for an entire generation of people it was the scariest time of their lives. Not just for the soldiers either, but for any man, woman, or child who was a part of or...

By Anthony Taormina on 15 March 2014

Crysis 3 -- '7 Wonders' & Gameplay Round-up

It hasn’t been the best week for futuristic extraterrestiral-hunting first-person shooters (see: Aliens: Colonial Marines) nor, for that matter, Electronic Arts-published first-person shooters (see...

By Brian Sipple on 18 July 2013

Crysis 3 (The Nanosuit)

In an industry where long-running franchises are brainlessly scrambling to be the next Call of Duty, the Crysis series has carved out a solid fanbase through a smart mix of blockbuster story moments...

By Ben Kendrick on 18 July 2013

Will ‘Battlefield 4’ Progress Be Shared Between Platforms?

In October 2011, we reviewed Battlefield 3 for the Xbox 360, but those of us interested in the game continued to play on with the PC version because the console version was lacking and current-gen...

By Rob Keyes on 18 July 2013

EA Survey Reveals ‘Battlefield 4’ Ideas Including Dinosaurs, DLC & Naval Combat

Before Dragon Age 3 was officially announced last year a leaked survey revealed key character and plot details from the game. The information originated from a leaked survey from BioWare and Electr...

By Rob Keyes on 18 July 2013

‘Battlefield 4’ Likely To Have ‘Commander Mode’; No Motion Control ‘Gimmicks’

A week before the Battlefield 4 event in San Francisco last month during the Game Developer’s Conference, leaks, rumors and teasers provided fans a looking developer DICE’s first foray into next-gen...

By Rob Keyes on 18 July 2013

Battlefield 4 Reactions

Taking advantage of the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) where video game industry professionals gather in San Francisco each year for the largest industry event, Electronic Arts gathered media tog...

By Rob Keyes on 18 July 2013

God of War 2 Director Returns to Sony

Many gamers already know the story: at 1991’s Consumer Electronics Show, Sony unveiled a device called the “Play Station.” The product was the result of a three-year collaboration with Nintendo, and...

By Christopher Gates on 15 March 2013

‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R.’ Licence Secured By Publisher BitComposer [Updated]

After the collapse of S.T.A.L.K.E.R developer GSC Game World, series fans were left wondering what would become of the post-apocalyptic franchise. S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 was cancelled, as remnants of GSC...

By Anthony Mole on 15 March 2013

Rockstar Games Collection Releasing in November; Gamestop Lists ‘GTA V’ for March 2013

From open-world crime operas to open-range spaghetti westerns, from substance abusing detectives to detectives who draw a self-righteous line at adultery, Rockstar Games’s reputation precedes it. W...

By Brian Sipple on 15 March 2013

Ubisoft Announces ‘Assassin’s Creed: Ezio Trilogy’ Exclusively for PS3

Before Ubisoft introduces audiences to the character of Connor, the protagonist in Assassin’s Creed 3, they are offering gamers the opportunity to look back on the franchise’s former hero: Ezio Aud...

By Anthony Taormina on 15 March 2013

‘Battlefield’ Celebrates 10th Anniversary With $10 Games

All week long, Electronic Arts and DICE and celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their flagship shooter franchise, Battlefield. The decade has hosted many releases in the series, beginning with the...

By Rob Keyes on 18 July 2012

Why 'Bad Company 3' Isn't the Next 'Battlefield'

Unlike the certain perpetuity of the core Battlefield franchise, DICE’s Battlefield: Bad Company series exists in a state of perpetual uncertainty. Since Battlefield: Bad Company 2 released in 2010...

By Brian Sipple on 18 July 2012

Crytek Considering a ‘Crysis 4’ — But it May Not be an FPS

  It’s an inevitable question faced by successful trilogies: What’s next after Volume 3? When the magic and mythos incepted by designers and artists and storytellers fulfills its intended purpose, i...

By Brian Sipple on 18 July 2012

Fuse & Crysis 3

With all of the talk of the next generation of consoles, it’s easy to forget that the PS3 and Xbox 360 (and now the Wii U as well) are still capable of impressive feats. Two upcoming games, Crysis 3...

By Anthony Mole on 18 July 2012

Crysis 3 (7 Wonders)

Crysis 2 may have come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the stunning visuals and Nanosuit powers won’t be making a return to PC and consoles soon. With Crysis 3 fast approaching, EA and Crytek have t...

By Andrew Dyce on 18 July 2012

Pre-Order ‘Crysis 3,’ Get ‘Crysis’ For Free

For the longest time, Crysis set the bar for graphics. Players often joked about the game’s maximum settings, which required some pretty impressive hardware to run. Even by today’s standards, the ga...

By Anthony Mole on 18 July 2012

Crysis 3 (Interactive)

With a lineup of upcoming Battlefield 3 DLC content coming over the next year, surrounding the release this fall’s Medal of Honor: Warfighter, shooters are top of mind for Electronic Arts in the near...

By Rob Keyes on 18 July 2012

EA Releases New ‘Crysis 3’ Screenshots; They Look Pretty

If you needed any more proof that Crysis 3 is going to be absolutely gorgeous, EA’s got it covered. The publisher has just released a handful of new screenshots and concept art to feast your eyes on,...

By Anthony Mole on 18 July 2012

Crytek: ‘Crysis 3’ Experience Unchanged Between PC and Console

While generally Crytek products, like the forthcoming Crysis 3, tend to speak for themselves, it’s best sometimes to get insight into how the magic the developer is able to achieve is accomplished....

By Anthony Taormina on 18 July 2012

Crysis 3

Electronic Arts never hid the fact they planned to grow the Crysis franchise after its sequel hit last year and so when Crysis 3 popped up on Origin’s pre-order page two weeks ago, it wasn’t at all...

By Rob Keyes on 18 July 2012

Crytek Says No ‘Crysis 3’ on Wii U, But Here’s Why It Still May Happen

Over the last week, Electronic Arts has shifted their first-person shooter marketing efforts and attention away from Battlefield 3 and the upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter, and placed it on thei...

By Rob Keyes on 18 July 2012

‘Minecraft’ Creator Seriously Wants to Finance ‘Psychonauts 2’

Earlier today, it was revealed that Double Fine‘s Tim Schafer has pitched the idea of a follow up to the fan-favorite Xbox original title, Psychonauts, to several publishers – but apparently none o...

By Riley Little on 15 March 2012

Bethesda May Have Acquired Rights To ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R.’

It was a sad, sad day when developer GSC Game World closed its doors and ceased development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. However, there might still be hope for the franchise, as Skyrim developer Bethesda h...

By Anthony Mole on 15 March 2012

‘Max Payne 3’ Special Edition Pre-Orders Extended

For fans awaiting Max Payne 3, there should be a silver linning to the game’s recent delay; the silver linning being that the time to pre-order the Special Edition has been extended! Originally, th...

By Anthony Mole on 15 March 2012

Max Payne 3 (Bullet Time)

The next entry in Rockstar‘s series of videos focusing on the design and technology in Max Payne 3 has been released, this one focusing on Bullet Time. One of the key indicators of a Max Payne titl...

By Anthony Taormina on 15 March 2012

Max Payne 3

Max Payne  is the original cinematic shooter, thanks to its signature move, Bullet Time. Max Payne 3 takes the series online in a big way, and the developers at Rockstar Games understandably didn’t...

By Jeff Schille on 15 March 2012

‘Assassin’s Creed 3’ Collector’s Edition Hints at DLC [Updated]

[Update: Join or Die and Freedom Editions of AC3 have been confirmed and detailed for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Check them out here!] Seeing as though Assassin’s Creeds II through Revelat...

By Brian Sipple on 15 March 2012

Portal 2 (Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC)

After debuting all the way back in April 2011, not to mention racking up Game of the Year awards around the industry, Valve recently gave players a reason to return to their testing chamber for mor...

By Ben Kendrick on 15 March 2012

NASA to Launch ‘Portal 2’ into Space

Many gamers probably thought that last year’s Portal 2 was out of this world. Not only did fans get to return to the dark, depressing depths of Aperture Science, but they got to finish what they st...

By Riley Little on 15 March 2012

The ‘Perpetual Testing Initiative’ for ‘Portal 2’ Commences In May

Ah, Portal 2. While the allure of its mind-bending puzzles, and the witty, malevolent charm of its antagonists may be evergreen, it wouldn’t hurt to have some new levels to play through once in a wh...

By Jeff Schille on 15 March 2012

Shift 2 Unleashed (Limited Edition Trailer)

Electronic Arts is giving gamers a new incentive for pre-ordering Shift 2 Unleashed. Late last year we told you EA will be offering a limited edition version of the title which included three exclu...

By Dwayne Holder on 15 March 2011

'Need for Speed Hot Pursuit' Preview

Having never played a Need for Speed title before, I was a little anxious when I sat down to play Need for Speed Hot Pursuit at a preview event last Wednesday. Sure, I’d played Criterion‘s Burnout...

By Phillipe Bosher on 15 March 2011

Free ‘Dead Space 2’ DLC Maps Announced By Visceral

Despite controversial marketing – EA’s “your mom will hate this game” campaign – Dead Space 2 sold over two million copies since its release on January 25, 2011, far outstripping the original thank...

By Isaac Calon on 15 March 2011

Dead Space 2: Severed

Information regarding Dead Space 2: Severed has been surprisingly sparse. First announced when Dead Space 2 launched on January 25, 2011, little has been revealed of the DLC until now. We know that i...

By Sebastian Gaweda on 15 March 2011

‘Battlefield Bad Company 2’ Adds Four VIP Maps

Today DICE announced the addition of four new maps to Battlefield Bad Company 2. Last Friday they teased an image of what appeared to be Oasis with only a title referencing that the developers were...

By Elliot Volkman on 18 July 2010

‘Battlefield Bad Company 2’ Map ‘Operation Hastings’ Unlocked for All Platforms

Though the holiday season has come to an end, the always-generous Electronic Arts thought they would throw in a little bonus for Battlefield Bad Company 2 players – to celebrate the New Year. While...

By Anthony Taormina on 18 July 2010

‘Bad Company 2: Vietnam’ Achievements and the New Map ‘Cold War’

DICE has yet to release an official date for Bad Company 2: Vietnam and the VIP Map Pack 7, but it is quite likely there will be one by Friday. In the meantime, EA Games has featured the second bra...

By Elliot Volkman on 18 July 2010

New ‘Battlefield Bad Company 2’ VIP Map ‘Heavy Metal’ is Colossal

Battlefield Bad Company 2’s newest map Heavy Metal will be one of the largest Battlefield maps to date – and is set up to feature an all out vehicular battle.

By Elliot Volkman on 18 July 2010

Too Many Games, Too Little Time & Too Little Money

Sitting here looking at my shelf, I count no less than 15 games I currently want to play. My collection edges over 100 games, but those 15 I’ve identified as to-play (and, in some cases, to-play-ag...

By Matthew Talbot on 15 March 2010

The 2009 Spike VGA Winners

The 2009 Spike Video Game Awards are over with, and we’ve been covering a lot of announcement and trailer information coming out of the show, but in case you missed the actual awards themselves, we...

By Ben Kendrick on 15 March 2010

Halo: Reach Premiering at Spike’s VGAs, Nominees Revealed

Spike announced today on the VGA 2009 website, the nominees for this year’s program. Voting is now open so be sure to stop by and vote for your favorite games! Something a little more interesting th...

By Riley Little on 15 March 2010

Dragon Age Adds ‘Golems of Amgarrak’ on August 10

Dragon Age 2 is still a little ways off (March 2011) unfortunately but fear not, fellow Grey Warden, you can still get your adventuring in with your copy of Dragon Age: Origins or Awakenings. BioWa...

By Trung Bui on 15 March 2010

Dragon Age: Origins Darkspawn Chronicles Revealed

I called it! BioWare revealed the new DLC for Dragon Age: Origins today, and just like I had prophesied you will be playing as a Darkspawn. The Darkspawn Chronicles will set you in the shoes (greav...

By Rory Young on 15 March 2010

Dragon Age: Origins Action Figures This September

This September you get to, wait for it, play with Morrigan – the action figure. Uh huh. Exactly. DC Direct is launching a first run of Dragon Age: Origins figures on September 29 and Morrigan is be...

By Matthew Talbot on 15 March 2010