GamesRadar - PS3 Features

Get the most out of PSP Remote Play (Lair)

Mar 6, 2008

Is it really worth the hassle just to play your old PSone discs on your PSP via your PS3? In some instances, yes. Find out how to get the best results with our guide. ...

The Reviewer's Guide to Crap Games (Lair)

Sep 11, 2007

Sept 11 2007 You might have heard about Lair being a bit rubs. You might have read our 5/10 review. And you might also have seen that Sony and developer Factor 5 weren't pleased - reacting to the many paltry scores by issuing a 'reviewer's guide' to the tragically disappointing dragon-riding actioner. To which your response may have been "What the f-!?". We weren't so surprised. After all, it was Sony who once conjured up a make-believe film critic to heap praise on its own films. And it's ...

The ten greatest years in videogame history (Lair)

Jul 27, 2006

Three weeks ago, our sibling site NextGen posted the article, "The Ten Greatest Years in Gaming." It was full of cool industry info, but the first thing we asked was, "So, the PlayStation was first designed as an add-on for the SNES. We get the irony, but what were we actually playing in 1993 that made it so great?" We checked it out. We made a huge list of the best games of the past 34 years, taped it to the wall, and fought for days about stuff like whether one Zelda is worth more than two ...

TalkRadar 25 – oooh, scary! (Legendary)

Oct 31, 2008

Hope your ass is in-costume for our moderately special 25th episode of TalkRadar. This time we’re chatting up the least scary moments in otherwise scary games, then Charlie dares to suggest that games are, in fact, never scary. Then we fight about Silent Hill 2.

Also: all the usual BS we yap about every week, lovingly accentuated with profanity, sound effects and allegations that no judge or jury could ever prove. ...

Legendary's Bestiary (Legendary)

Oct 31, 2008

Currently we are at the start of a blizzard of high profile games, which will eventually lead to an avalanche before the year is over. One game, out next week, is the long awaited Legendary, formerly subtitled The Box. The titular box is Pandora’s, which unleashes mythological monsters all over the modern world. We got some dirt on these beasts straight from the publisher, which we now share with you, gentle reader. ...

Two new villains revealed for LEGO Batman (LEGO Batman: The Videogame)

Jul 14, 2008

This is a good time to be a Batman fan. What could be the vigilante hero's best film - The Dark Knight - is due in theaters this weekend. What could end up being the character's best game, or at least the most crazily comprehensive, is releasing this September.

LEGO Batman seems to have everyone. Not just the Caped Crusader and his sidekicks, but a rogue's gallery of playable villains as well. Today, we're exclusively debuting two more, with ...

Watch the Indiana Jones trilogy in three minutes (LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures)

Jun 5, 2008

We’ve already seen the first three Star Wars films moulded into our favourite Danish building blocks. But now it’s time to move away from intergalactic wars - there are arks to be raided, and grails to be discovered. Enter Indiana Jones.

So it may not be quite as polished as its force welding counterpart, and yes The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls was a disappointment, but watching Indy’s first three adventures flash before you in brilliant Lego-vision will convince you that there’s life in the old dog yet. ...

12 Essential LEGO Indy scenes (LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures)

Aug 7, 2007

You wouldn't believe the smiles spreading around here when LucasArts announced plans for an Indiana Jones LEGO game. It's the one series of movies (after Star Wars) that we've been itching to see brought to the world of plastic bricks. We know the game will cover all three existing Indiana Jones movies, but to date we've only been given a sneak glimpse of scenes from the films that will make the transition to the LEGO world. So, putting on our dirty brown fedora and pretending we're hot shit ...

LittleBigPlanet Trophy whore guide (LittleBigPlanet)

Nov 6, 2008

LittleBigPlanet is not a game that’s particularly hard on its players. It’s especially forgiving when it comes to setting conditions for earning PSN Trophies; you’ll earn one for putting clothes on your Sackboy, after the game tells you to do so. ...

10 LittleBigPlanet levels you have to play (LittleBigPlanet)

Nov 4, 2008

After a few initial, post-launch hiccups last week, LittleBigPlanet has taken off rapidly. Hundreds, if not thousands, of PSN users have been uploading a continuous stream of homemade levels to the game’s straining servers, with varying levels of quality and dedication. ...

TalkRadar 24 - too many games! (LittleBigPlanet)

Oct 24, 2008

We all know that 24 is the highest number, so therefore this must be biggest, best, super bestest podcast of all time. We’ll let you decide whether or not math is capable of lying so’s we can focus on talking about Far Cry 2, Midnight Club: LA, Tetris Party, Castlevania and the billion other games out this week.

Plus a very special appearance by our “E” rated reviewer and compromising tales of us effing up ...

8-bit levels in LittleBigPlanet (LittleBigPlanet)

Oct 23, 2008

From the moment we first learned that LittleBigPlanet would enable players to create their own semi-2D levels, something weird and obsessive went to work in the back of our heads. How feasible might it be, the thing thought, to take old-school games and remake them using the level-creation tools? It couldn’t be that hard, right? After all, those old games were so simple. ...

LittleBigPlanet's Offensive Lyrics (LittleBigPlanet)

Oct 22, 2008

Everyone expecting the adorable world-building LittleBigPlanet to hit shelves this week was rightly disappointed when Sony announced a worldwide recall just a few days ago. Apparently, the PS3’s biggest exclusive this fall contains a background music track with phrases taken directly from the Qur’an. ...

LittleBigPlanet's level design: How easy is it? (LittleBigPlanet)

Sep 30, 2008

Since it was unveiled to a cheering crowd at the 2006 Game Developers Conference, LittleBigPlanet has left one lingering question in the back of our minds. Sure, it’s cute, and yeah, it looks easy to use. But is it really? Will new players be instantly able to create anything that pops into their heads, or will it take hours of learning and frustration before they can so much as recreate the first level of Super Mario Brothers? ...

E3 08: Sexy charts and graphs with all the game data (LittleBigPlanet)

Jul 18, 2008

So E3's finally over for another year (for ever?) and we're left with tired eyes, full notebooks and - if you're a Nintendo fan - empty hearts. But how can we possibly sum up the mass of data in one easy-to-digest article? Easy. We convert all the game data into sexy pie charts and give you the whole show in graphic form. Go on, try a slice. ...

We predict Lost (Lost: Via Domus)

Feb 23, 2007

Theres going to be a game of Lost. You know it. We know it. Quite what that game will involve, though, is a mystery of far more, well, Lost proportions. A chronic lack of any real information may have hampered things up until now, but this year coders Ubisoft and Lost money-men, channel ABC, are going to be a lot more forthcoming on the info front, you mark our ...