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February 4th, 2010, 22:29 Posted By: wraggster
New special offer from Play Asia:
Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction
Red Faction®: Guerrilla™ allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force.
Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
Replacing Bourne Conspiracy as the weekly special is Red Faction Guerrilla is available at an unbeatable bargain price of US$ 19.90 only.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...-2ba-84-n.html
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February 4th, 2010, 20:44 Posted By: wraggster
Online multiplayer demos for Aliens vs. Predator and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 await you on the PlayStation Store today. They're both free, so there's no reason not to give these two newcomers a spin.
There's also a free sampler for brilliantly inventive PSP game Half-Minute Hero. Do try it, our review will explain why.
Today's other big arrival is Final Fantasy VIII, which is meant for PSP but can also be played on PS3. And this costs eight pounds, conveniently.
The rest you'll find below.
PS3 Demos
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer (free)
Aliens vs. Predator multiplayer (free)
PS3 Game Content
Topatoi: Episode 2 (£4.79/€5.99)
Dragon Ball: Revived Warriors Pack (free)
EyePet: Lucky Dip Pack 11 (free)
InFamous: - Gigawatt Blades Pack (free)
Guitar Hero 5: 30 Seconds to Mars track pack ("Attack", "From Yesterday", "Kings and Queens") - £4.39/€5.49 (£1.59/€1.99 each)
Rock Band: Going Country Pack 03 ("Gone (Montgomery Gentry)", "Me and My Gang", "On the Road Again", "She Things My Tractor's Sexy", "Suds in the Bucket", "Swing") - £4.99/€7.99
Age of Booty: Map pack 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (free)
Dante's Inferno: Free Soul Pack (free)
Dante's Inferno: Small Soul Pack (£0.79/€0.99)
Dante's Inferno: Medium Soul Pack (£1.59/€1.99)
Dante's Inferno: Large Soul Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
PSP Demo
Half-Minute Hero (UK only)
PSP Games
Final Fantasy VIII (£7.99/€9.99)
Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks (£23.99/€29.99)
Astro Boy: The Video Game (£23.99/€29.99)
PSP Minis
Spaceball: Revolution (3.99/€4.99)
LittleBigPlanet: Savannah Costumes, The Gardens Costume Pack (free)
LittleBigPlanet: Savannah Theme Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
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February 4th, 2010, 20:44 Posted By: wraggster
Online multiplayer demos for Aliens vs. Predator and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 await you on the PlayStation Store today. They're both free, so there's no reason not to give these two newcomers a spin.
There's also a free sampler for brilliantly inventive PSP game Half-Minute Hero. Do try it, our review will explain why.
Today's other big arrival is Final Fantasy VIII, which is meant for PSP but can also be played on PS3. And this costs eight pounds, conveniently.
The rest you'll find below.
PS3 Demos
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer (free)
Aliens vs. Predator multiplayer (free)
PS3 Game Content
Topatoi: Episode 2 (£4.79/€5.99)
Dragon Ball: Revived Warriors Pack (free)
EyePet: Lucky Dip Pack 11 (free)
InFamous: - Gigawatt Blades Pack (free)
Guitar Hero 5: 30 Seconds to Mars track pack ("Attack", "From Yesterday", "Kings and Queens") - £4.39/€5.49 (£1.59/€1.99 each)
Rock Band: Going Country Pack 03 ("Gone (Montgomery Gentry)", "Me and My Gang", "On the Road Again", "She Things My Tractor's Sexy", "Suds in the Bucket", "Swing") - £4.99/€7.99
Age of Booty: Map pack 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (free)
Dante's Inferno: Free Soul Pack (free)
Dante's Inferno: Small Soul Pack (£0.79/€0.99)
Dante's Inferno: Medium Soul Pack (£1.59/€1.99)
Dante's Inferno: Large Soul Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
PSP Demo
Half-Minute Hero (UK only)
PSP Games
Final Fantasy VIII (£7.99/€9.99)
Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks (£23.99/€29.99)
Astro Boy: The Video Game (£23.99/€29.99)
PSP Minis
Spaceball: Revolution (3.99/€4.99)
LittleBigPlanet: Savannah Costumes, The Gardens Costume Pack (free)
LittleBigPlanet: Savannah Theme Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
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February 4th, 2010, 20:42 Posted By: wraggster
America's ESRB organisation has apologised for classifying Dead or Alive: Paradise as a PSP game filled with "creepy voyeurism" and "bizarre, misguided notions of what women really want"; "Paradise cannot mean straddling felled tree trunks in dental-floss thongs," the Mature rating summary read.
The post has now been neutered. It was posted "in error" and the ESRB has said that the listing "improperly" contained "subjective language".
"Our intention with rating summaries is to provide useful, detailed descriptions of game content that are as objective and informative as possible. However they are ultimately written by people and, in this case, we mistakenly posted a rating summary that included what some could rightfully take to be subjective statements," ESRB spokesperson Eliot Mizrachi said in a statement.
"We sincerely regret the error and will work to prevent this from happening again in the future."
The ESRB, unlike the BBFC, provides voluntary ratings for games - no one need take any notice of them.
Dead or Alive: Paradise follows female characters from the fighting series on holiday on a hot, tropical island. They play various mini-games and wear tiny bikinis. Boobs bounce and camera angles are risque. The official marketing slogan is, "Paradise in the palm of your hand."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/es...adise-outburst
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February 4th, 2010, 20:40 Posted By: wraggster
THQ boss Brian Farrell has promised to show the new Red Faction: Guerrilla game at E3 2010 this summer.
The as yet unnamed follow-up will be released in the publisher's next financial year (April 2010 - March 2011). Farrell said all this in a recent investor call, his favourite place for new announcements, the rogue.
There's no official word what to expect, although a more fully-rounded experience built on the same technology RF Guerrilla technology seems like a good guess. Strong sequels appear to be a feature of this generation, what with Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed II and Mass Effect 2 doing so well.
Read our Red Faction: Guerrilla review for the full story.
Farrell also said Homefront will be released on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 before April 2011.
That's the shooter set 20 years in the future when North Korea has invaded and occupied the US. Kaos, developer of Frontlines: Fuel of War, is at the helm, and there's even talk of sequel already. Must be confident.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/re...ore-april-2011
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February 4th, 2010, 20:39 Posted By: wraggster
Sony's financial results this morning have yielded some good news for the consumer electronics giant: it shifted 6.5 million PlayStation 3s between October and December 2009, says VG247.
That's a rise of 2 million consoles and over 44 per cent from the 4.5 million Sony sold in the same period in 2008. A price cut amd the new PS3 Slim model did their bit, and the launch of Modern Warfare 2 probably helped, too.
Things weren't so rosy for PS3's stable-mates, though. The ageing PS2, which celebrates its tenth birthday this year, slowed from 2.5m to 2.1m sales.
Of more concern to Sony will be the fate of the PSP handheld, which despite the launch of the PSPgo dropped almost 18 per cent of its fourth-quarter sales, falling from 5.1 million units in 2008 to 4.2 million in 2009.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/so...3s-last-autumn
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February 4th, 2010, 20:39 Posted By: wraggster
Sony's financial results this morning have yielded some good news for the consumer electronics giant: it shifted 6.5 million PlayStation 3s between October and December 2009, says VG247.
That's a rise of 2 million consoles and over 44 per cent from the 4.5 million Sony sold in the same period in 2008. A price cut amd the new PS3 Slim model did their bit, and the launch of Modern Warfare 2 probably helped, too.
Things weren't so rosy for PS3's stable-mates, though. The ageing PS2, which celebrates its tenth birthday this year, slowed from 2.5m to 2.1m sales.
Of more concern to Sony will be the fate of the PSP handheld, which despite the launch of the PSPgo dropped almost 18 per cent of its fourth-quarter sales, falling from 5.1 million units in 2008 to 4.2 million in 2009.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/so...3s-last-autumn
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February 4th, 2010, 20:28 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Sony believes that the best is yet to come from PS3 - and that it will only really 'push the boundaries' of what is possible from the machine in years to come.
The format holder has repeatedly said it has a ten-year plan mapped out for the platform.
SCE Worldwide Studios Europe VP Michael Denny said today that he believes PS3's hardware will eventually be pushed by a game in the same way that God Of War II pushed PS2 to the max.
"It is our challenge to continue to improve our games by pushing the boundaries of what is possible," he told MCV Magazine.
"The longer the lifecycle, the more opportunities we have to do that. On PS2, eight years into its lifecycle, we launched God Of War II, arguably the best-looking game on the platform.
"That progress is only possible with time. That's what makes PS3 so exciting. We are only three years into its lifecycle."
What do you reckon they've got in store for us, readers? We'd like to fly at some point. Or at least hover.
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February 4th, 2010, 19:08 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Sony spokesperson Patrick Seybold has played down yet more suggestions the new PS3 wand is called Arc.
This time the suggestions have come from THQ boss Brian Farrell. According to VG247, he referred to the wand as Arc in a recent conference call.
However, Sony spokesperson Patrick Seybold has since told everyone to calm down. "We haven't announced the name of our Motion Controller," he wrote on his Twitter page. "He referred to it as a rumored codename."
US journalist N'Gai Croal responded by asking, "When will the Vice President of Peripheral Nomenclature announce the real name?"
Seybold replied, "You'll be among the first to know when we do."
Reports that the wand's name is Arc began to emerge last month. Other rumoured names have included Sphere, Gem and Kaz Hirai's Magic Wonder Stick of Electronical Joy maybe not the last one.
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February 4th, 2010, 17:57 Posted By: wraggster
Electronics giant Sony has posted operating profits of $1.6 billion for its third fiscal quarter – its first profit in five quarters.
The results are a big improvement on the $197 million loss seen in the same period the year before.
Increased sales for Sony’s Blu-ray operation paved the way for a 22 per cent increase in profits at the B2B & Disc Manufacturing Division, totalling $110 million.
There were also strong results at the Networked Products and Services Division (which houses Sony’s PlayStation operations), with the period brining an operating profit of $213 million – up $277 million year-on-year.
Sony has now halved its forecasted full-year loss from $415 million to $207 million.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/33107...strong-profits
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February 4th, 2010, 00:20 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released today:
features
Up to four characters can take part in battles simultaneously and party members can be switched mid-battle
New Blindside battle system fuses evasion and offense, enabling players to confuse and ambush enemies by quickly moving out of their line of sight when targeted
Pilot the Calnus spaceship for the first time in the series and journey to various planets of the STAR OCEAN universe
Features breathtaking CG movies by Visual Works, the cutting-edge studio whose previous work includes cut scenes for the acclaimed FINAL FANTASY® series
In addition to English and Japanese voice options, the PlayStation 3 system version will include English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese language options for STAR OCEAN fans around the world
description
The year is A.D. 2087. In the aftermath of World War III, Earth has been ravaged and the population decimated by a deteriorating environment. The countries that survived have joined together to form the Greater Unified Nations and turned their eyes skyward…to space. Edge Maverick and his childhood friend Reimi Saionji are chosen as pioneer members of the Space Reconnaissance Force, which was created to seek out new worlds beyond the stars. Their ship, the Calnus, takes its place on the lunar launch pad along with four other starships of the first reconnaissance fleet. These ships – humanity’s last hope – blast off one-by-one and sail into the awaiting wormhole that leads to the vast star ocean. And so, Edge and his crew begin their voyage in search of a new haven for humanity...and a second chance.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3oqm.html
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February 3rd, 2010, 23:16 Posted By: wraggster
Sega continuing their quest of putting everything in Phantasy Star Portable 2 they possibly can added items from Resonance of Fate.
Does that character look familiar? Some Phantasy Star Portable 2 character is cosplaying as Leanne aka Reanbell in the Japanese version, End of Eternity. You can download a clothes pack with Leanne’s default outfit and B-84 gun. Like other Phantasy Star Portable 2 crossover content, these items are free. Just log on with a Japanese PlayStation Network account to get them.
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/02/03...ar-portable-2/
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February 3rd, 2010, 23:12 Posted By: wraggster
New from Divineo China
Supply power to your PSP GO, PSP-3000, PSP Slim, PSP-1000, NDSi-XL, NDSi, NDSL, NDS, iPod, Nano, Shuffle, iPhone 2G/3G/3GS ,Nokia mobile phone and other AV electronic appliances in your car with this car-lighter adapter which provides power supply to the rechargeable lithium battery pack.
It comes with a red light indicator that will light up when the console/device is charging.
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February 3rd, 2010, 23:07 Posted By: wraggster
Tecmo is bringing its girly beach volleyball, gambling and picture taking game to the PSP with Dead or Alive: Paradise. How does the ESRB describe it?
The Entertainment Software Rating Board is responsible for rating titles in the U.S. market and is a source for often unintentionally wonderful descriptions of games. Check out the blurb on Dead or Alive: Paradise:
This is a video game in which users watch grown women dressed in G-string bikinis jiggle their breasts while on a two-week vacation. Women's breasts and butts will sway while playing volleyball, while hopping across cushions, while pole dancing, while posing on the ground, by the pool, on the beach, in front of the camera. There are other activities: Users can gamble inside a casino to win credits for shopping; they can purchase bathing suits, sunglasses, hats, clothing at an island shop; they can "gift" these items to eight other women in hopes of winning their friendship, in hopes of playing more volleyball. And as relationships blossom from the gift-giving and volleyball, users may get closer to the women, having earned their trust and confidence: users will then be prompted to zoom-in on their friends' nearly-naked bodies, snap dozens of photos, and view them in the hotel later that night.
Parents and consumers should know that the game contains a fair amount of "cheesy," and at times, creepy voyeurism-especially when users have complete rotate-pan-zoom control; but the game also contains bizarre, misguided notions of what women really want (if given two weeks, paid vacation, island resort)-Paradise cannot mean straddling felled tree trunks in dental-floss thongs.
Paradise cannot mean straddling felled tree trunks in dental-floss thongs. Oh?
The ESRB has given Dead or Alive: Paradise a Mature rating.
http://kotaku.com/5463130/esrb-descr...l-floss-thongs
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February 3rd, 2010, 22:57 Posted By: wraggster
Hey there, why so glum? You've overfilled your PS3's internal storage with mission-critical data and don't have anywhere else to stash your incoming Best of Miley Cyrus compilation? Fear not, Sony's got you covered with a pair of officially licensed external HDDs built by Buffalo. They look remarkably similar to standard issue USB portable drives -- so much so in fact that one of them is a rebadged unit that Buffalo already retails in the US -- but let's not nitpick here. The two drives on offer come with a generous 500GB of storage and their prices aren't too bad with the rebadge setting you back around $130 while the more stylish HD-AV500U2 above will cost around $168. You could of course ignore Sony, buy any drive you like and jack it into your PS3; it's just that these aren't too terrible as far as unnecessarily licensed peripherals go. Both drives will be hitting Japan in March to coincide with the Torne DVR adapter release.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/03/s...-fully-compre/
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February 3rd, 2010, 22:53 Posted By: wraggster
I just want to take anyone from Sony who's related to the development of the PS3 platform in any way, and shake them until the saboteur witch doctors hired from Nintendo and Microsoft lose their hold.
The latest idea from the Sony braintrust? No more big downloadable titles. So you'll still be able to download little arcade games, but future titles the size of Warhawk will no longer be offered on PSN.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has assembled an impressive library of $20 titles on the 360, and they're intelligently slapping games like, say, Mass Effect on there before Mass Effect 2 comes out. This kind of strategery is good for the game studios, sure, but more importantly, it's convenient for the consumer.
Anyway, Sony is having none of that. Why? Because their platform is heavily invested in 50GB-wielding Blu-ray (which requires hefty installs for some games all the same).
You want to know the chief problem with Blu-ray, Sony? It's that you can't download it. You aren't out of the console fight yet. Pick yourself up, dust off your gloves and attack the world with every tentacle that is Sony's larger development monstrosity.
I grew up listening to a Walkman. This shit kills me.
http://gizmodo.com/5463144/sonys-lat...ble-aaa-titles
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February 3rd, 2010, 22:51 Posted By: wraggster
The most common charge leveled at the Xbox 360 by Playstation 3 devotees is that Microsoft dares to charge for its Xbox Live service, unlike the free PSN. Not for long!
Back in November, a presentation slide revealed that Sony had a paid subscription plan in the works for PSN. And now Peter Dille, the head of PSN, had this to say in an interview with IGN:
Will we charge for it or why don't we charge for it? It's been our philosophy not to charge for it from launch up until now, but Kaz recently went on the record as saying that's something we're looking at. I can confirm that as well. That's something that we're actively thinking about. What's the best way to approach that if we were to do that? You know, no announcements at this point in time, but it's something we're thinking about.
Now the question is what exactly will they be charging for. Will they charge for online multiplayer, like Xbox Live? Or will they offer up some new premium goodies to entice people to pay up while leaving the current offerings up for free? In any case, it looks like there's soon to be a little less ammo in the console wars. But don't worry, Sony fanboys: you still have Blu-ray. No one can take that away from you.
http://gizmodo.com/5463420/sony-is-t...arging-for-psn
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February 3rd, 2010, 20:45 Posted By: wraggster
Pleading from the NiGHTS fan community has persuaded SEGA and Sumo Digital to include the flying jester in their upcoming kart racer, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing.
He's not a playable racer, but appears as flagman, starting and ending each race. You can find a picture over at NiGHTSintoDreams.com (via Kotaku, thanks to Pete Brolly for the tip), along with a post from Sumo's S0L explaining that it was the fansite's impassioned requests that persuaded them to include the character.
"I have to admit the main reason he's in was after we saw your heartfelt pleas, especially those of DiGi and TRiPPY, we had to make sure NiGHTS was in and played an important role. After all, we really didn't want them to burn all their collection now. So whilst he's not playable, he very much made it in, and as a result of the huge amount of support for the character that you all showed."
S0L couldn't say whether NiGHTS would also appear as a playable character in future DLC: "That's a question I can't answer right now - it all depends on how well the game does."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fa...o-sonic-racing
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February 3rd, 2010, 20:43 Posted By: wraggster
DICE has said that PlayStation 3 gamers will be able to get in on the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo fun from February 4.
Here's the word:
STOCKHOLM, Feb 03, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that the PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system players in North America will now have access to the Battlefield: Bad Company(TM) 2 demo* on February 4.
Available via the PlayStation(R)Network, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has been recognized by critics worldwide for its incredibly detailed, huge sandbox environments, vehicular warfare, destruction, and squad play. Its dedicated servers that allow for smooth, seamless online play help it stand above the competition.
The Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo features Port Valdez, a new vehicle focused map where up to 24 players can compete against each other in the game's Rush multiplayer mode. Players have access to five land and three air vehicles including Main Battle Tanks as well as the fast-moving Quad Bikes and Mobile Armored AA.
The fight is also packed with plenty of infantry combat fought alongside the waterline towards a great oil industrial landscape in the Alaskan mountains.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be in stores on March 2, 2010 in North America and March 4, 2010 in Europe for the Xbox 360(R) videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation 3 and the PC.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS
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February 3rd, 2010, 20:35 Posted By: wraggster
Sony's senior VP of marketing and head of the PlayStation Network has said that Sony is now "breathing down the necks" of Microsoft in terms of console sales, and predicted that while the PS3 will fulfil its planned 10 year lifespan, the 360 won't be around for as long.
"We can be passionate fans, but I don't think they'll be around in 10 years so I'm very confident we'll pass them within that time frame," Peter Dille said in an interview with IGN.
"I mean, we've got 31 million [units sold] worldwide right now - they've got 39 million [units sold]. I don't even need to go out 10 years. I'm not going to make any predictions for your interview today other than we'll pass them, but you look at where we are today and where they are today, and they had an opportunity to sprint as far ahead of us as possible when they had the head start.
"Well, we're breathing down their necks and they can see us in the rearview mirror and it's not going to take too long to pass them."
Speaking specifically about the PlayStation Network, Dille also backed up recent comments by Kaz Hirai that Sony was looking into charging for new additions to the service.
"It's been our philosophy not to charge for it from launch up until now, but Kaz recently went on the record as saying that's something we're looking at. I can confirm that as well. That's something that we're actively thinking about," he said.
Dille added that the company is pleased with how the PlayStation Home space is performing, saying that December saw the highest traffic yet for the service.
"The average time people spend in Home is about 60 minutes. If you think about that, it's a lot of time. I know you can sit down and game for hours and time gets lost. But think about watching a TV for a half hour or how much time you might spend on a website - there's are kind of bite-sized chunks of time. But to spend 60 minutes on Home is a pretty sticky experience."
People are also spending money in Home. Virtual items become profitable from the day they launch "because it doesn't cost a lot to create a virtual t-shirt," said Dille. And those items also become drivers for gaming content, he added.
"People walk around in Home and if they see someone wearing an artifact from Uncharted or God of War, they might ask, 'Where'd you get that?' and they might go back to that specific game space, learn more about it, become a fan of that game and then go buy the Blu-ray disc."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ng-to-pass-360
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