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The new set of PlayStation 4 OS screens snuck out very quietly via Flickr, so quietly it took a short while for pictures to begin to show up in the press. Now with a little over two days spent picking them apart, the verdict is in: the new operating system is disappointing to some, and a lot of people seem unhappy.

The Smurfs probably shouldn't be the stars of one of the most traditional movie tie-ins I've seen in recent years, but they are. A platform game, made up of features from other, more successful platform games, with famous characters smacked into the lead spot just because. It's a little slice of all of our childhoods - it stunk then, and it stinks now.

A representative of Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation summer sale will be unveiled very shortly. Next week, in fact, although the sale itself may begin a little later. If you've been suffering from a bit of a withdrawal since the Steam sale ended earlier this week, there's a silver lining. The PlayStation summer sale will no doubt offer some of the best games on the PlayStation platform at a ridiculously good price. Although nothing ever drops as far ...

A Final Fantasy VII speed runner this morning missed out on the world record by only a few minutes. After a few random attacks cost him minutes during his run, he finally died in one of the final boss battles and he was forced to give up. It had taken him only a little over seven and a half hours to get there.

Santa Monica have teased a God of War announcement of some sort via Twitter. Is it a big announcement, or is it something tiny? A map pack or a new game? All we know at this point is that it's on its way. The Instagram link is of a short video that shows a group fighting in a coliseum of sorts. The rest is entirely a mystery.

The Last of Us has now spent longer at the top of the UK charts than any other game of the year. Naughty Dog's latest has now been top of the list for six weeks, equalizing with records held by Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and FIFA 14. While this is definitely great news for fans of the game, that it has set this record says more about the games that are releasing alongside it than it does The Last of Us itself.

Painkiller definitely isn't in the running for best game in the world, but it can still be quite fun, when crippling slowdown and constant repetition aren't getting in the way. Even so, you'll need a lot of patience if you plan to get all of these. It'll require you to play a lot of online (almost impossible with no one playing) and do absolutely everything the single player offers (more than once), but that platinum trophy can be yours. Especially if you use ...

Namco Bandai have announced that they’re bringing back one of the most popular fighting games of all time. Soulcalibur II was originally released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Gamecube. That was ten years ago, and for its anniversary it’ll be seeing a HD port to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and will be available for purchase in the autumn. It won’t only be improved graphics, however. With any modern fighting game, one of the most important ...

If you've been watching gaming communities over the last few months, you'll have noticed a mantra of sorts beginning to form. It tends to be some variation on "if you give us what we want, we'll buy it." It's a noble idea, but one that's not quite true.

A publisher is looking for freelance writers who are willing to dish the dirt on Apple. They're looking for someone who has, preferably through a child, "lost a fortune" on games purchased from the App Store. The publisher is willing to pay $1000 to anybody willing to tell the story, so long as there's proof to go along with it.