North American PSN update; September 4
No trophy support for Fallout 3 at launch
Samsung: Blu-ray will last five yearsAfter slowly gathering momentum since its inception in late 2006, Sony’s PlayStation 3 now offers consumers a variety of some of the best software available on the market; with the holiday season fast approaching, we at PSU would like to take the time to remind gamers what games they should not miss out on, or indeed what titles are simply that great to warrant purchasing yourself a PS3. Join us now as we guide you through our definitive Top 5 Must Have PS3 titles this Xmas.
5. Need for Speed: Pro Street
Developed by EA Black Box, Need for Speed Pro Street takes gamers to a whole new world of racing. Instead of underground, run from the cops, style of gameplay players have seen in the past years, EA taking everything to the professional league raceways. This year gamers will drive muscle and show their scares instead of flashing bling and stylish imported parts.
Need for Speed Pro Street looks to be one of the most promising racing titles this year, providing more realistic racing and new gameplay. To read more, check out our hands on with the title here.
4. Haze
Developed by Free Radical Design, Haze is a futuristic first person shooter taking place in the year 2048 where players assume the role of Sergeant Shane Carpenter; a new recruit in the Mantel Global Industries army. From the start, Carpenter is sent to fights rebels in South America in the war between which began in the year 2032. As gamers progress through the game, they find secrets hidden behind this drug called "NECTAR" and the evil agenda plotted out by the Mantel Corporation.
What could rival being one the best first person shooters of the year, Haze offers players all the right ingredients for the perfect game; twist and turn sci-fi story, balanced and deep multiplayer, unique weapons, and four-player split screen co-op. For more details read up on Haze in any of our interviews with Rob Yescombe.
3. Assassin's Creed
Developed by Ubisoft, players take control of an assassin named Altair, bent on murdering specific leaders during the medieval Crusades. Equipped with daggers and agility, players will run along rooftops and stealthily leap upon unsuspecting prey.
What makes this game so good you ask? Well from our perspective, Assassin's Creed offer more than just 3rd person action gameplay. Outside of the amazing animations and beautiful landscapes, Assassin's Creed offers an intense and mind bending storyline as well as unique AI that brings the world to life. To read more on why this is a must buy this holiday season check out our hands on preview of the title here.
2. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Developed by Crash Bandicoot fathers Naughty Dog, Uncharted casts players in the shoes of Nathan Drake; a long lost descendant of the legendary explorer himself, Sir Francis Drake. Hot in pursuit of the mythical lost treasure of El Dorado, Drake finds himself on a remote Island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, where he must defend himself from unscrupulous mercenaries and employ a variety of acrobatic manoeuvres and other tactics to thwart his adversaries and unravel the Island’s many secrets.
Amusingly dubbed “bloke Raider” by many, as a nod to the games similarities with the Tomb Raider series, Uncharted is the adventure highlight of 2007; featuring dense jungles, ancient ruins, meticulously rendered lighting and particle efforts and an intuitive combat system (in both gunplay and proximity battles), Drake’s Fortune is quite simply one of the most highly anticipated single player experiences on Sony’s PlayStation 3 thus far – make sure you don’t miss out.
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dropping the ubiquitous World War II setting in favour of a more contemporary affair, Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty 4 takes players through a series of harsh, gritty battles whilst commanding a variety of troops from American, British and Middle Eastern forces. COD 4 incorporates a variety of modernised weaponry and equipment, and features both single player and multiplayer experiences in the series traditional first person perspective.
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Fine list. Personally, I'd prefer The Orange Box to Need for Speed. Regardless, everything else is pretty much spot-on. Looks like we're in for a good Christmas!
Top 3 matches my list for Santa!
I m getting the top 4 for sure ... not sure yet about NFS
lol need for speed pro street... EA... LMAO.
What about Timeshift, UT3, or even Beowulf? I personally think NFS shouldn't have been on this list. EA games havent been too PS3 friendly as of late and NFS is no different. I played the demo and think that the graphics are a bit choppy and sloppy on this game. If UT3 is seeing a 2007 release than that should be a definite must have!
Already have Call Of Duty4(CoD4). Getting Assassins Creed next week, Haze+Uncharted for Christmas.
Not getting ProStreet. Not a racing guy!
This list is ok. I think Ratchet and Clank should have been on there instead of NFS. Plus, it's kind of lame that 3 of those games can be purchased on 360. Uncharted, Haze and R&C are going to be keeping me busy this holiday season.
Haze, NFS:PS, Lego Star Wars, Tony Hawk:PG, Assassins Creed and Uncharted: DF...not buying COD because of the lack of cover system and the general game not being that good...oh and PAIN if it's out in the UK before crimbo...
Great list, though I really don't care for NFS prostreet. Also, I think that Uncharted should be number one, not COD.
CoD on first place? Its stupid, best christmas game is uncharted, cod its multi crap.
The only reason NFS Pro Street made it to the list is because: <br>
#1. It's a great game <br>
#2. The list is already full of FPS titles to include Unreal and Timeshift <br>
#3. Guitar Hero and Rock Band are just more of the same thing...same gameplay, different songs.
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NFS is different as it moves away from the arcade like gameplay and pushes for more realistic racing.
uncharted is crap.
Haze and HFS:PS are the only two I'm gonna get, but whatever tickles yer fanny, eh I mean fancy :D :P
psn id: gingo... i've got number and i'm wanting numbers 2,3 and 4 only one i dont want is nfs:pro street but 4 out of 5 ain't bad, gd list
Published -396 s ago haha thats funny anyways , im getting assassins creed wed but im not getting the rest because i have no job at the moment. i have money for the other games but im going on no more buying anything i absolutely dont need phase until i get another job, then i will buy uncharted and possibly COD4, as for haze and NFS, niether of those two titles interest me
edit: why is my font so small?
Shockwave, Jmedders, buffon, elwing, DeadOnArrival06, Clarky_psu and the rest of u bois, i'm in love with a tv
im lookin to get the top 4 games really lookin forward to 2,3,4 thou more cant wait
psn id J08hawks
Agreed!!!
IMO NFS shouldn't be in there. It's a d**n multiplatform game! Where's Ratchet&Clank? Assassin's Creed is going to kick butt, stiill multiplatform though.
I agree with almost every 1 need for speed shouldnt be there, i played the demo off of the playstation store and it sucked hard.
this sure is the top 5 must have this Xmas im buying all of them ^_^ HAZE! Uncharted Drake's Fortune! Assasin Creed! Call of Duty 4! and Prostreet! everyone must buy this games kill someone if you have to but you must get this games!!
WTF is NFS doing on that list !!??
my top 5 would be,
1. Assassins Creed
2. HAZE
3. Uncharted
4. COD 4
5. UT3
Five wont be enoght, UT3, R&CF and GT: Prologue
2, 3 & 4 would definately be my day-1 purchases if i had a PS3.
Assassin's Creed definately has something up its sleeve. Looking at spoilers on youtube (I kno i really shouldn't have- i stopped myself looking at too much!), there is much more to it than what we have been shown so far!
it really will more than blow away peoples expectations.
I more or less agree with the list. Would have been nice to have R&C on there. Thanks for the communication Mike, the reasons you gave made NFS at #5 legit.
Side note: Is it just me or have the servers been a little sluggish recently?
meh id go more like this
1.haze
2.uncharted drakes fortune
3.call of duty 4
4. assassins creed
5.guitar hero 3 / need for speed pro street / lego star wars complete saga / unreal tournament (if it comes out in 2007)
well for sure Need for Speed shouldnt be on that list.
To me it should be like this:
1 call of Duty 4
2 Uncharted :Drakes Fortune
3 UNreal Turnament 3(if it comes out this year)
4 Haze
5 KAne and Lynch
No body wants neep for speed.
NFS is there cause they need to add some variety to the list, not just shooters.
first off....without Christ there would be no CHRISTmas, and second Need for speed????? there are soooo many other games out there that totally trump that one....it was just plain crap
why are you lmaoing at EA? they put out crap sports titles every year, with nothing new and put that money towards games like Crysis. stfu elwing. chkuit. and wow spike, keep your beliefs to yourself
I don't think anyone cares about Jesus we love xmas cause of the stuff we get :)
i would replace Pro Street for COD4 MW.
Thats not a bad list, only mine would go:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2. Assassins Creed
3. Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
4. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
5. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
@ maxkiller. your comment made me laugh so hard. awesome
All I will be asking for is Assassins Creed.
all good except for Need for Speed
Ratchet and clank instead of NFS but good picks otherwise
Poor choices to put two M rated games in and leave out two of the best exclusive PS3 titles assuming you;re talking about games for people just getting a PS3 now. If you dont have them Ratchet & Clank and Heavenly Sword should be on that list.
End of story.
Wow Ratchet & Clank should definitely be on this list. That's wierd.
Mine in no real order
# Uncharted
# COD4
# Ratchet & Clank Future
# Folklore
# Orange Box
I want them all !!! where i get time for all these?????
Goos list, but I can't believe that you include NFS: ProStreet.
I will grab NFS, but mostly for sake of a complete collection. Almost the same for Medal of Honor Airborne but Im def stoked about it.... An awesome series. Far as the top 5, the only one I really agree with is Creed. Mine would go a lil somethin like this....
1. Assassin's Creed
2. UT3
3. Kane N Lynch
4. Timeshift
5. Medal of Honor Airborne
(this lists assumes you already have Heavenly Sword and Warhawk, as you damn well should!)
where is rachet & clank?
I'm glad COD4 made the list, even though I already have it I would pick that and Assassin's Creed. Not too crazy about the rest, mabey for later. They should have replaced ProStreet for Ratchet or Heavenly IMO.
im up for getting it all 1!!!!! just need 2 watch the money side off things tho . . . would like to no how good call of duty is though before i get it the other ones im pretty sure about
for now im getting COD4, UT3, Uncharted and R&C:TOD(got it yesterday). after that im thinking of buying Assasins, but the gameplay is repetive among much other so I probably wont buy it. For Haze I wait for the demo before deciding. Nice work on the film PSU!
Replace need for speed with, ANYTHING.. more likely though try UT III
Awesome list except for NFS. I think Uncharted has now become my favorite game of all time. It's so hard to find a flaw. It's the perfect single player experience in my opinion and i'm all for it. Can't wait till Haze also.
Cheers mates!!!
cALL OF dUTY 4: Modern Warfare+ sickest game known to man i already have it but rest of list is great but the last 2 i would have to switch with personally...OBLIVION and JUICED 2
Where's Ratchet and Clank or Heavenly Sword? This list sucks. NFS Pro Street is pure garbage. I t should be replaced by GT 5 Prologue at least. What's wrong with you guys?
this list is complete garbage, how the heck is unreal tournament 3 and ratchet and clank not on this list ? this is a joke
1. Haze was delayed (typo) for q1 2008 and
2. NFS has playstation 2 graphics.
3. Ratchet is one of the most nice games on triple (must be on that list).
Cheers
Psn id : U83R 1337
Ratchet and Lego all the way...
NFS? oh well at least they didn't put Juiced 2 i played the demo and it looks and feels like a cartoon. I'm not sure whether i'd get Haze or COD 4, but i deffinately want UTIII and Killzone 2, i already have resistance and COD 3 so i would end up with 6 fps if i got them all that's too many for now. I reckon Eye of Judgement would be a good game to get for Christmas, especialy for somone with brothers and sisters seeing as though everyone could play it.