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October 5th, 2007, 20:46 Posted By: Shrygue
via IGN
The roles are reversed in Sony Computer Entertainment and Acquire's new PlayStation Portable simulation game. In "Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaiki da" (rough translation to "For a Hero, You're Pretty Impudent"), you play as the very creatures you're used to fighting against as the knights, wizards and fighters of a standard RPG.
Playing as the Demon King, your goal is to create a dungeon, then dispatch monsters in order to prevent a party of heroes from working through your creation and capturing the boss -- you! All fighting is done automatically, which is why this is a simulation and not some sort of reverse RPG.
You view your dungeon in 2D overhead view. Initially, the dungeon is just a bunch of blocks. You'll have to dig out paths through the dungeon by selecting unwanted blocks with a cursor. Your monsters can be placed in these caverns. You also have to place food in the caverns, as only by eating will the monsters grow strong enough to take on the heroes who attempt to conquer your dungeon.
In addition to a story mode, the game will have a versus mode where you can see how good your dungeon is against heroes that your friends have edited.
This unique twist on the hero versus demon formula will hit Japan on 12/6.
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October 5th, 2007, 20:45 Posted By: wraggster
* HiHD: Sony and PS3 detractors dismiss Blu-ray is just another proprietary Sony format that will not succeed any better than previous Sony proprietary CE formats dating back to Betamax.
* HIRAI: In our eyes, we wanted to provide developers with the absolute biggest canvas on which to create their games. We could have gone with the 9 GBs of DVD or the 30 GBs of data on an HD DVD, but why would we, when we had 50 GBs of data on the Blu-ray Disc? I think its success as a delivery vehicle for games has already been proven. As for movies, I think it (is) really hard for any studio or retailer to ignore the fact that there are already millions of Blu-ray players in the world in the form of PS3. That is the kind of installed base DVD only dreamed of when it launched and before we debuted PlayStation®2.
* HiHD: What are the primary erroneous points of information/misconceptions out there in blogger-land about PS3 in general and vs Xbox?
* HIRAI: I have heard many people say our competitors' systems are just as powerful as PS3. That simply is not true. No other next-generation entertainment system pushes the envelope on advanced technology like PS3. I have heard people say that a high-capacity game delivery vehicle like Blu-ray isn't necessary in a next-generation computer entertainment system. You just can't expect that the 9 GBs of storage capacity found on today's DVDs are going to have enough space to hold tomorrow's games. Developers have already pushed the DVD to its limits in terms of space used. We had games like ‘Resistance: Fall of Man' coming in 16 GBs at launch. That game simply wouldn't be possible on any other system without using multiple discs. There is no doubt in my mind that you need more capacity on discs for truly next-generation gaming, and Blu-ray gives us that space.
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October 5th, 2007, 20:44 Posted By: wraggster
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced details of its exciting new PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) model that will launch throughout the SCEE territories on 10th October 2007 at the highly attractive price of €399.
Providing an incredibly appealing entry point to the world of High Definition gaming and entertainment for the holiday season, the new PS3 brings the next generation of interactive home entertainment to homes all across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia.
Along with an ever expanding line-up of PS3 titles (a total of 65 titles tracking across all genres by Christmas), the new PS3 is equipped with a 40GB HDD and includes all the features central to the High Definition entertainment experience; true next generation gameplay, stunning High Definition Blu-ray Disc™ movies, SIXAXIS™ wireless controller, Wi-Fi and HDMI connectivity, all powered by the Cell Broadband Engine™, the digital heart of PS3.
As with the 60GB PS3, the new PS3 features upgradeable firmware allowing new features and functionality to be added to the system as time progresses. A recent firmware update, for example, enabled PS3 to upscale DVD's played on the system to full 1080P High Definition.
The introduction of the new PS3 has been determined following user feedback from thousands of existing PS3 owners as well as research into future potential PS3 owners. The new model features two USB 2.0 ports rather than four and no longer includes the multi memory card port.
The new model is no longer backwards compatible with PlayStation®2 titles, reflecting both the reduced emphasis placed on this feature amongst later purchasers of PS3, as well as the availability of a more extensive line-up of PS3 specific titles (a total of 65 titles across all genres by Christmas).
The existing Starter Pack*, comprising a 60GB PS3 with extensive backwards compatibility, an additional SIXAXIS wireless controller and two first party titles will be reduced in price to €499. Remaining on sale while stocks last, the 60GB model represents outstanding value for the keen gamer wishing to upgrade to the High Definition capabilities of PS3.
"The introduction of the new PS3 has been the result of extensive research into the entertainment needs and preferences of the next generation of PS3 owners," said David Reeves, President of SCEE. "It has allowed us to deliver an extremely advanced, yet incredibly affordable High Definition gaming and entertainment system, configured to the needs of the next generation of European PS3 owners. PS3 has always been the device of choice for the discerning gamer and entertainment seeker, and the new PS3 is more than ever the perfect High Definition entertainment system.
*In the UK and Ireland, the Starter Pack will be replaced by a separate in-store promotion on the 60GB PS3.
The UK price is GBP 349 for the 60GB and GBP 299 for the 40GB version.
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October 5th, 2007, 19:43 Posted By: Shrygue
via IGN
Square Enix had the honors of releasing the first limited edition PSP-2000 model with Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. It looks like they're going to have the honor of the second, this time with Star Ocean First Departure.
The remake of the classic SNES RPG will arrive in Japan on 12/27, the company announced today. Joining the standard 4,800 version will be the Star Ocean First Departure Eternal Edition, which bundles the game with a specially crafted PSP-2000. Pricing for the bundle is set at 24,800 yen.
Square Enix hasn't shown images of the limited edition PSP-2000, nor has it announced the extra goodies that will be included within. We'll let you know once official word comes our way.
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October 5th, 2007, 18:58 Posted By: Shrygue
via Games Industry
Imagine Publishing has announced that it is merging its PlayStation Magazine, PSU3, with Play, effective immediately.
Acording to a press release, the decision was made after examining the magazine market, which "has not seen the significant growth shown by Xbox 360 titles." Imagine does not see the PlayStation magazine market improving in the short to medium term.
"The fact is that the PlayStation market is at an all-time low and this has been reflected in the sales of PlayStation magazines," said Nick Jones, editor of Imagine's PlayStation titles.
"With a lower than expected PlayStation 3 installed user base, no price reduction of the hardware, and few triple-A games until much later next year, we have taken the decision to merge PSU3 with Play and focus on our most long-standing games brands and also our new launches."
UK-based Imagine Publishing, formed in 2005, publishes 20 magazines and 20 websites in the videogames, computing, entertainment, and photography markets.
The consolidation comes only days after Future announced that they would be publishing an official PlayStation magazine in the US.
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October 5th, 2007, 18:56 Posted By: Shrygue
via Games Industry
Sony has dropped the price of the 60GB PlayStation 3 to GBP 349 and introduced an "entry level" 40GB model to retail at GBP 299.
The repositioned prices will come into effect on October 10, with the new 60GB "value pack" including two first-party games for the GBP 349 asking price, along with a single controller.
It takes the place of the current Sony GBP 425 bundle, which included the console, two first-party games and an extra Sixaxis controller.
At the lower price point is the new 40GB model which only features two USB ports rather than four, and loses the multi-memory card slot and backwards compatibility with the PlayStation 2 back catalogue.
Sony says that it has introduced the two new offerings following "feedback from thousands of existing PS3 owners as well as research into future potential PS3 owners."
"As we approach our first PlayStation Christmas, it is satisfying to be able to offer UK consumers the choice of two PlayStation 3 packages both now representing remarkable value," commented Ray Maguire, MD of SCEUK.
"We have a brand new 40 GB machine that represents an excellent entry point into the world of high definition games and movies, and we have the fully featured 60GB machine being offered with two next-generation gaming experiences at a highly competitive price."
David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe added: "The introduction of the new PS3 has been the result of extensive research into the entertainment needs and preferences of the next-generation PS3 owners."
A full interview with Ray Maguire, where he discusses the new price points in detail, dismisses any comparisons with Microsoft's Xbox 360 pricing, and the problems of early adoption, can be read on GamesIndustry.biz on Monday.
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October 5th, 2007, 17:29 Posted By: wraggster
Released today at Play Asia
features
Official PSP PlayStation Portable battery pack
Voltage/capacity: 3.6V / 1200mAh
Size: 36 x 10 x 57mm
Weight: Approx. 30g
Compatible with Sony PSP™ Slim & Lite
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October 5th, 2007, 17:26 Posted By: wraggster
Released today at Play Asia
Defeat Spider-Man™’s most famous enemies, like Venom™, Green Goblin™, and Doc Ock™to add them to your epic array of playable sidekicks in this movie trilogy inspired adventure. Experience ground-breaking Co-operative Multiplayer, as Spider-Man or a sidekick, in exotic spots around the globe, including Tokyo, Egypt and Nepal.
Inspired by the Spider-Man movies, this Action Adventure game reinterprets big-screen moments and battles with a humorous twist. Replay chapters with different sidekicks and eventually with Black-Suited Spider-Man.
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October 5th, 2007, 17:20 Posted By: wraggster
NJ is a rockin and has added Adhoc support for all his emulators, which are
CPS1 Emulator for PSP
CPS2 Emulator for PSP
NeoGeo (Cartridge) Emulator for PSP
Neogeo CD Emulator for PSP
Downloads for both Phat and Slim PSPs of each emulator.
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October 5th, 2007, 17:04 Posted By: wraggster
News/release from Kwastie:
My First Real program: PSP-Quiz
PSP-Quiz is just a simple 'Quiz' program; it just a beta, it only has 5 Questions. It has been tested on phat and slim. Works both.
a little Readme:
Code:
-Copy the 'PSP-Quiz Folder to the Game folder.
-Go to Game => Memstick and run the Quiz
-Use the Up/Down keys to Navigate Up and down.
-Press X to Confirm answers.
have fun!
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October 5th, 2007, 02:10 Posted By: JKKDARK
via X-bit labs
Plagued by initial production issues, extremely high manufacturing costs and excessive retail price, PlayStation 3 from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is even less successful than heavily-criticized Nintendo GameCube. At least, in the first ten months of sales Nintendo GameCube was sold in larger quantities than Sony PS3.
According to data from NPD, based on the first ten months of availability, the troubled PlayStation 3 sold 22% less than the Nintendo GameCube for the same period, reports GamePro web-site. In the first ten months of availability about 2.12 million Nintendo GameCube were bought by end-users, whereas only 1.742 million Sony PlayStation 3 gaming machines were sold in from November ’06 to September ’07.
Nintendo GameCube was released in November 2001 and sold in 21.6 million quantity worldwide, below sales of Microsoft Xbox, which reached 24 million, and five times less compared to Sony PlayStation 2.
Sony PlayStation 3 is currently available at $599 in the U.S., the price-point that is widely considered to be too high. Despite of the fact that Sony’s PS3 comes with built-in Blu-ray drive and features high-quality graphics games, the price is believed to be one of the major factors that keep gamers away from PlayStation 3. By contrast, Nintendo’s GameCube could offer neither DVD playback, nor high-quality graphics, nor unique motion-sensitive game controller, like that of Nintendo Wii.
Sony PlayStation 3 console is based on the Cell processor developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba, the RSX graphics chip by Nvidia Corp., wireless network and Bluetooth connectivity and is equipped with Blu-ray optical disk drive. There are several versions of the consoles available around the world with 60GB or 80GB hard disk drives and variable compatibility with PlayStation 1/2 games. In the U.S. PlayStation 3 80GB is sold for $599, whereas the hard-to-find 60GB model retails for $499.
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October 4th, 2007, 21:56 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
EA's decided it's time to open up a bit on Burnout Paradise this week. Not only did it release eight new screenshots from the game yesterday, it's sent out another eight new shots into the interweb wild today.
Take a look. The screenshots show the Carson GT Concept.
Burnout Paradise is out on PS3 and Xbox 360 next year.
Screenshots here
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October 4th, 2007, 21:45 Posted By: wraggster
SuccessHK has today dropped the price of the new 80GB Playstation 3 down to USD 519.35 (£254)
A saving of £146/$260 for those of us in the UK. The UK is still stuck with the 60GB versions at the moment.
All PS3 Games are worldwide Region Free as are most Blueray Films. Buying a HK PS3 will lose PS2/Ps1 compatability but for the price it may be worth it..
SuccessHK do ship worldwide so good news for importers, but make sure you ship airmail and ask for the box to be marked as sample 
Buy 80GB Playstation 3
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October 4th, 2007, 21:45 Posted By: wraggster
SuccessHK has today dropped the price of the new 80GB Playstation 3 down to USD 519.35 (£254)
A saving of £146/$260 for those of us in the UK. The UK is still stuck with the 60GB versions at the moment.
All PS3 Games are worldwide Region Free as are most Blueray Films. Buying a HK PS3 will lose PS2/Ps1 compatability but for the price it may be worth it..
SuccessHK do ship worldwide so good news for importers, but make sure you ship airmail and ask for the box to be marked as sample
Buy 80GB Playstation 3
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October 4th, 2007, 21:26 Posted By: SpooForBrains
Dark_alex has released v.3 of his El Despertar del Cementerio, the universal PSP unbricker. This release adds support for the PSP Slim's screen, so slim users no longer have to go through the process blind. It also now installs 3.71M33-2.
The PSP slim screen support has apparently been added thanks to a display driver coded by Dark_Alex.
The installation instructions are unchanged from the previous version, and are laid out in the readme.txt.
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October 4th, 2007, 20:49 Posted By: wraggster
New from Success HK
(worldwide shipping)
Your poker skills will be put to the ultimate test by over 30 of the world's top poker champions
Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, and Mike Matusow will teach you their tips and tricks in a poker school setting
With successful wins, you will unlock valuable poker tools that will enable you to become an even more skillful player
Build your bankroll at all the favorite locations of previous years such as Harrah's New Orleans, Grand Tunica, Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino and new this year, the hottest poker rooms of the Las Vegas strip!
ESRB Rated RP for Rating Pending
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October 4th, 2007, 19:37 Posted By: wraggster
Califrag posted this release with Videos:
Check out the video for my next project.
simple cursor demo:
Just a novelty demo that tracks a cursor with a laser pointer.
b/w detection demo:
This is what the camera actually sees and tracks.
simple sprite demo:
Shows a box following the cursor.
*NEW* control demo: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ogcalifrag
Move the box using four different control methods: follow, mimic, gesture, and direct.
Download the NEW control demo below if you want to test it out.
You will need a ChottoShot/GoCam and a laser pointer (or other ingenuity) if you want to use it.
One user made a webpage with all black background and uses the camera to track their mouse! Awesome!!
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October 4th, 2007, 19:33 Posted By: wraggster
News/release from Highsight:
It's finally here! MazeGen3D is the program guaranteed to give you a new random 3D Maze every time! I've put this through extensive testing, and I think I have caught all of the major bugs.
Features:
Infinite amount of Random 3D Mazes, sizing from 15x15 to 50x50
Unique Rendering to reduce lag
Fun!
ToDo:
Maze Editor
Saving/Loading Mazes
Saving Game
Better Rendering for less lag
Music
Requirments:
LUAPlayer 0.16 Mod 4 (For LUA Form)
Controls:
Up: Move Forward
Down: Move Backwords
Left: Turn Left
Right: Turn Right
L: Strafe Left
R: Strafe Right
Start (ingame only): Quit Game
Special Thanks to:
Tactical Penguin (Could never have done this without your 3D tutorials, you're a credit to the LUA world! )
Bleh (For his 3D Camera tutorial)
Cools (For his awesome LUA Mod!)
jsharrad (For turning it into EBoot form!)
Download in LUA Form Here! (10.6 KBs)
Download in EBoot Form Here! (713 KBs)
I hope you all enjoy this, anyone is free to look at and learn from the code, however, if you do so, PLEASE GIVE ME CREDIT! And if anyone knows how to turn it into an EBoot, PLEASE PLEASSSSE let me know!
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October 4th, 2007, 19:22 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
We're not usually ones for card-based videogames, but the technology used in The Eye of Judgement has itself grabbed our interest, and we've got videos to show you why.
Sony's card game uses the PlayStation Eye - the PS3 equivalent of the EyeToy - to track the placement of real game cards on a playing mat on your table.
When you place the card down the PS3 reads the special coding on it and summons the corresponding monster on the screen.
We thought it a nice touch that it can identify the cards' facing direction and place the monster the right way - something that plays a fundamental part of the gameplay, as you can see in the gameplay video below, in which we take on the computer.
Yet, even though the game itself is a relatively static, grid-based card game, the tracking tech of this set-up gets even more impressive. The software actually has the ability to accurately track the movement of cards in real-time, and shift the on-screen 3D monster as though it were standing on the card itself.
This doesn't just include movement over a 2D plain, but full 3D motion tracking, meaning if you move the card close to the camera the PS3 makes the monster bigger as it gets closer to the screen. It even tracks the tilt of the card, so tipping it left or right rotates the monster on-screen (until you tilt that card too far and the Eye can't read it).
So in essence you're holding that monster in your hand and can manipulate it in full 3D. That's truly amazing stuff and, with that kind of tracking technology, Sony could come up with some truly amazing gameplay mechanics in future PS3 titles. Especially considering how well the camera can merge interactive in-game objects with real-life scenery.
You could have advanced puzzle games that use real-life manipulation of objects, or Sony could make marked cards that you place around your room so that the PS3 can detect surfaces and objects for, umm... some sort of physics-based game or something (we'll leave the creative ideas to developers).
Check out the video captioned 'EyeToy-ing around' to see the impressive camera tech at work as we use TEoJ's Card Profile mode to demonstrate it's tracking abilities.
The game's intro cinematic is pretty nice too, so we threw a video of that in here for good measure. Dive in...
Video demondstration of it in action here
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