Welcome to our weekly recap pertaining to all things Inside PlayStation Network. Every MON-FRI, PSU shines the spotlight on a piece of content plucked from the digital delights of Sony’s online service, be it a chunk of DLC, PSOne Classic or regular PSN release. In case you missed out on any of this week’s entries, here’s your chance to catch up and see what titles we dissected under the microscope.
Monday – BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den
An emotional, narrative-heavy slice of DLC, Minerva’s Den plonks players in the shoes of Subject Sigma; a Big Daddy guided by the booming voice of the unseen Charles Porter. Fans will be pleased to know that the nucleus of Minerva’s Den isn’t at all derivative of the core BioShock titles, with players slogging through Rapture gobbling up plasmids, uncovering new areas and completing objectives. (Click here for full article).
Tuesday – Pix’n Love Rush
As you might have guessed from the game’s title, Pix’n Love Rush is based around fast-paced gameplay sessions, and as such the game’s levels have been tailored for bite-sized consumption. Boasting a retro-esque aesthetic sprinkled with a hint of old school platforming, the game offers up three game modes to devourer: Classic Rush, Cursed Rush and On-Off Rush. (Click here for full article).
Wednesday – Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
The Ghost Busters film franchise may still be on a seemingly indefinite hiatus, but that hasn’t stopped game companies from cashing in on this beloved brand on numerous occasions all the same. This latest effort, subtitled Sanctum of Slime, plonks gamers in control of a band of rookie ghostbusters tasked with hoovering up heaps of phantoms spread across 12 stages. At its core, it’s essentially a rudimentary dual-stick, top-down blaster, albeit with ghosts. (Click here for full article).
Thursday – Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
It’s fair to say that Castlevania has been around the block a few times since its inception in the U.S. back in ’87. Indeed, the fact it’s cropped up on nearly all major platforms in one form or another serves as a testament to its ubiquity, a feat that doesn’t look set to stop anytime soon. While hitting a few stumbling blocks in the 3D era – after all, the side-scrolling classic remain very much the cream of the crop among Castlevania aficionados’ – the franchise has at last managed to reinvent itself for the HD-era thanks to the stonking Lords of Shadow. (Click here for full article).
Friday – Resistance Retribution
Resistance stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Killzone as one of Sony’s top-tier platform exclusives, and its migration to PSP back in early 2009 was met with some initial scepticism. After all, how could a dual-stick centric blaster such as Resistance successfully transition to the single-stick configuration of Sony’s slab? Fortunately, any trepidation folk had over the game was soon squashed thanks to some superb coding from the chaps at developer Sony Bend. (Click here for full article).