Heavy Rain is a unique experience that places you in control of four main characters that must solve the case of the Origami Killer. Unlike previous games before it, Heavy Rain’s game play focuses on quicktime events instead of standard free-roaming controls for combat, communication, and investigating locations. The quicktime event was originally pioneered by Don Bluth in 1983 with his arcad... more.

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.

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.

Ferrari is making a comeback in Need for Speed Shift with the new Ferrari Racing Pack (currently only for Xbox 360 gamers). Coming along for the ride (couldn't resist) are 10 great speedy cars (list below) that many gamers probably wish were available in previous NFS games. Not settling for just being a car expansion pack, Ferrari Racing Pack is also bringing 46 Ferrari specific challenges sprea... more.

THQ, one of the last gaming companies from back in the day (NES days here folks) has just acquired the rights to Wheel of Fortune and JEOPARDY! from Sony Consumer Products for release on Nintendo Wii and DSi and also gives THQ additional options on publishing on other systems. "We are excited to add two iconic properties such as 'JEOPARDY!' and 'Wheel of Fortune' to our Kids, Family and Casual ... more.

Konami has just released Vandal Hearts Flames of Judgment on XBLA all around the world.  This is not a reboot of the series but a wholy new installment focusing on two rival kingdoms that are about to goto war on the continent of Sostegaria.  Tobias Martin, an orphan that survived the last great war, is caught in the middle of this feud.  Taking up arms with his friends, Tobias is on a directio... more.

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA -- JANUARY 20, 2010 -- Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today revealed that Shin Megami Tensei®: Persona®3 Portable™, the handheld adaptation of one of the highest-rated role-playing games of all time, would release in North America for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system in July. Featuring the unprecedented addition of a new player-controlled female protagonist who offers players a ... more.

Eclosion, an overhead shooter, from Candella Systems Ltd and Eipix Entertainment, is coming to PC, XBLA®, Sony PSP® and Nintendo Wii®.  Eclosion is developed by Eipix Entertanment, a Serbian company, and will be published by Candella Systems Ltd, an UK company. Eclosion features 3D graphics, particle effects putting the player through deep space asteroid fields and ice patches among other l... more.

Just some character bios, artwork and some new screens straight from Atlus for the new Metal Slug XX game on PSP coming February 23rd. Eri Kasamoto Character Specialty: Double the normal quantity of grenades as well as grenade replenishment. Eri began life as an orphan abandoned on the steps of a church. Once she caught on to the ways of the world, she left the church behind and became le... more.

It is obvious, to anyone that visits Pixel Perfect Gaming, that we are bigtime gamers here. While games are important to us, we do read stuff too, both online and off (as in hard copy). That is the purpose of this column, to bring to your attention, our readers, various magazines that we read here at PPG. Some are online only, no print edition available, and some are in print, available on thei... more.