Archive for the ‘News’ Category
  • Pocket Gamer Awards 2010 (For Our European Readers)

    Posted by on March 8, 2010 under Euro, News, Portables
    Pocket Gamer has just announced their first awards show, The Pocket Gamer Awards 2010, which comes with 3 categories for voting- iPhone, Mobile and Handheld. Each category has more specific categories like "Most Innovative Game" and "Best Action/Arcade" and of course "Game of the Year". Games were selected by the entire Pocket Gamer team with games that were released between January 1st and De... more.
  • J2 Games Facebook Contest (You Aren’t on Facebook? Find Out What You Are Missing)

    Posted by on March 6, 2010 under News
    The guys over at J2 Games are running a contest on their Facebook page where you can win very real and very cool prizes.  Each month there will be a new picture chosen for the contest, this could be a screenshot, a box shot or just about anything else gaming related.  All you have to do to bring home some cool gaming swag is comment on the facebook page with the correct answer to two questions a... more.
  • Playstation 3 Bug Turns Out To Be Leap Year Error In Hardware

    Posted by on March 2, 2010 under News, PS3
    The bug that started affecting ‘fat’ Playstation 3 units on February 28th, 2010 turned out to be an error in the Playstation 3’s internal clock system. According to an official statement made by Sony this morning, the Playstation hardware considered the month of February a Leap year and became confused when there were only 28 days in that month. This resulted in the corruption of data and th... more.
  • Astro Ranch Now Available on iPhone/iPod Touch

    Posted by on March 1, 2010 under News
    Astro Ranch, farming from another planet, is here for iPhone and iPod Touch. Sindy and Max, the Starlight Twins, launch from Earth in a rocket heading for adventure but soon find only trouble due to sibling bickery. Crash landing on an alien planet results in gamers having to make the best of their situation by raising crops and animals in your very own Astro Ranch! Crops are not the normal s... more.
  • Encleverment Experiment, Challenge the developers

    Posted by on March 1, 2010 under News, Xbox 360
    Players aged 5 and above are invited to challenge the developers of the clever puzzle game, Encleverment Experiment. The event will take place on March 3rd, 2010. Players wanting to take on the developers should add any of the following XBLA to their Friends list: EncleverEd CranialChris CalculatingKory AnalyticalAnya NeuronNat Geofortean AuthenticVIP To follow the challenge live on... more.
  • Playstation 3 Bug Affects Consoles Worldwide

    Posted by on March 1, 2010 under News, PS3
    If your Playstation 3 has been acting strange since February 28th, 2010 then you are not alone. Millions of Playstation 3 gamers worldwide have  reported that their Playstation 3 systems could no longer register game trophies. This was accompanied by a 8001050F error that can potentially corrupt user profiles, damage save files, and delete trophies (the rewards you receive while playing certain g... more.
  • Video Clips From Shigeru Miyamoto’s History Making Career (GAME BAFTA Related so Get Ready Europe)

    Posted by on February 25, 2010 under News, WII
    Here at PPG, we are HUGE fans of Shigeru Miyamoto and understand just what he has done for the gaming industry as a whole-we have nothing but respect for him and his works.  We are proud to bring these great video clips starting with Donkey Kong and Mario Bros, both seminal titles from Mr. Miyamoto's early days all the way up to Mario Galaxy, one of his latest titles in a long series of hits.  C... more.
  • Yakuza 3 rumors cleared, Official Answers

    Posted by on February 24, 2010 under News, PS3
    Hot right off the presses, Sega has addressed the rumors floating around about the U.S. launch of Yakuza on their official blog. Here at PixelPerfectGaming.com we pride ourselves on bringing you official news and nothing but the facts. Here is the official press release on the issue regarding Yakuza 3: Hey everyone, Today’s blog is a little different than most for us, but it’s something t... more.
  • Shigeru Miyamoto to Receive BAFTA Award (European Readers but Also, Well All Gamers)

    Posted by on February 23, 2010 under Euro, News, PC, Portables, PS3, WII, Xbox 360
    Shigeru Miyamoto is receiving the  Fellowship at this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards.  BAFTA has been covered here at PPG before (links below), the basics are that BAFTA is an awards show for outstanding works in moving picture-they cover TV too (we have a few of these in the US, most are associated with a TV channel though and are just for games). On being invited to rece... more.
  • The Retro League Interviews PixelPerfectGaming.com

    Posted by on February 20, 2010 under News
    Nick of The Retro League recently interviewed our very own Carl Williams (Triverse) and Mike Pittaro (STGuy1040) who are the co-owners and founders of PixelPerfectGaming.com. Hear the guys torture Nick as he tries to conduct the interview. The interview covers a wide range of video game topics, ranging from retro to present. The Retro League is fast becoming a leader in video game podcasti... more.