So Rasmus Hojengaard, Crytek's creative director thinks that used games should feature a lock down code, a code that means games can only be played on ONE PSN account. After that, you have to pay a premium to play on another account. “From a business perspective that would be absolutely awesome. It’s weird that [second-hand] is still allowed because it doesn’t... more.

Drumroll, please We’ve tallied up the votes, slipped into our tuxedos, polished up the trophies and are now ready to reveal the winners of the second annual PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards. Votes were cast this year across 10 categories in the PlayStation Store, including the community award for Best PSN Indie, which was voted online by the community. First off, we’d like to thank al... more.

Greetings humble gamers. I come forth with a new update of the PlayStation Store. After a bit of a wait we now have Worms Ultimate Mayhem ready and waiting to claim your precious hard drive space. Grand Theft Auto IV arrives to the PS Store as a vanilla flavour or as a bundle option complete with DLC, and House of the Dead III also shows its beautifully scary side for you to unload your rounds on... more.

Hello again, happy people! Today is a fairly quiet week in terms of new games but hopefully some of you will snap up a new batch of avatars ranging from Assassin’s Creed to King of Fighters (oh-Mai-oh-Mai!) We have Duke Nukem Forever as one of our main disc-to-digital titles this week. Step into the shoes of Duke Nukem, the pumped up one-man army who never fails and always gets the ladies. We ... more.

PlayStation Store (via PS3, PSP and Media Go) Greetings! Another week brings another content update to the PlayStationStore! To start with, we have AMY from Lexis Numerique – a survival horror game not for the faint of heart. If you’re too frightened then there’s Zack Zero, a 3D platform action title from Crocodile. Demo wise we have Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Asura’s Wrath to play aro... more.

I really get a kick out of the fact that I am now considered an “indie” again after all these years. I have been making games for nearly 30 years, having built a top-five PC publishing house called Interplay around such major franchises as The Bard’s Tale, Wasteland, Baldur’s Gate, Fallout, Descent and more. In the early days, I developed games for other companies and mov... more.

How do you define what makes an “indie” game? Does “indie” have to mean two game developers building the future of the games industry out of a garage? Does it refer to creating original intellectual property? The debate is ongoing, but one thing is clear: indie game development provides experiences that no one else can. Whether that experience is an interactive psychology t... more.