Sony teases gaming phone and tablet plans

November 1st, 2010, 12:21 Posted By: wraggster

PlayStation maker Sony has finally offered comment on mounting rumour that it's planning to enter the smartphone market.

In an earnings call following its most recent financials, Sony CFO Masaru Kato and senior general manager of Investor Relations Division Gen Tsuchikawa dealt with the inevitable question about the apparent PSP phone.

"There is a gaming market based on cellphones, and there are many changes that are being seen [with] Nintendo, as well as ourselves, in the field of the product for the gamers. And there are smartphones and others or even cellphones gaming markets are very popular here in japan. So the market itself is very... expanding.

"We will look into those markets in trying to develop strategy for the future. Of course, we can't talk about specific products, but smartphones and tablets... it is difficult to tell you how we can put the games on them, but they are not going to be planned in different parts of our company."

The execs were referring to Sony's restructuring back in April, claiming that its Sony Ericsson phone division was no longer quite as disparate from the company's gaming wing.

"I think we can better incorporate all of these capabilities better... so when the timing is right we can probably announce... the new product that we have."

The company also discussed plans for a tablet device to rival the iPad. "Obviously as a mobile strategy, this occupies a very important position. On one hand there is PC, and on the other hand there is joint venture with Ericsson on smartphone and for the games devices.

"Tablets... fall somewhere in between, and it is true Apple has led the market, but when we are to enter the market, we would like to put a Sony character onto ... a new product, and that is the effort we are making right now. Therefore I think you can hope for a very good product to come out."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...d-tablet-plans

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Sony admits to developing ‘smartphone product’

November 1st, 2010, 12:24 Posted By: wraggster

It’s clearly not yet ready to talk openly about either the PlayStation Phone or the PSP 2, but Sony has at least gone as far as to confess that it is developing a smartphone product in correlation with Sony Ericsson.
“As for the new PSP product, as mentioned, I know that you are not asking me to tell you when we will be coming out with a new product, but there is a gaming market based on cellphones, and there are many changes that are being seen [with] Nintendo, as well as ourselves, in the field of the product for the gamers,” company execs stated in an earnings call, as reported by Engadget.
“And there are smartphones and others or even cellphones gaming markets are very popular here in Japan. So the market itself is expanding. It's not that we are not looking into those markets as well. We will look into those markets in trying to develop strategy for the future. Of course, we can't talk about specific products.
“So we are trying to figure out what we can do as Sony in this market. There is Sony Ericsson and there is SCE. They moved from Aoyama, the design and headquarters had to come to Sony City. [So] they are closer to the planning and engineering group of Sony, and I think we can better incorporate all of these capabilities better. When the timing is right we can probably announce the new product that we have.”
That’s not where it ends, however. Sony went on to admit that it also has a tablet computer in production.
“As for tablet – we will not be able to tell you when and what kind of product. But obviously as a mobile strategy, this occupies a very important position. On one hand there is PC, and on the other hand there is [the] joint venture with Ericsson on smartphone and for the games devices.

“And tablets, some fall somewhere in between, and it is true Apple has led the market, but when we are to enter the market, we would like to put a Sony character onto a new product, and that is the effort we are making right now. Therefore I think you can hope for a very good product to come out.”

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41573/Sony...tphone-product

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Scummvm GX build 07

November 1st, 2010, 12:33 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/a...p?storyid=2219

As usual, MagicSeb our forum, provides a new compiled version of the PS3 port of ScummVM for Lousyphreak.

New / fixed:

- Enabling high resolution and overlay correction cursor
- Fixed the keyboard - can now return
- Fixed crash during the intro in BaSS

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Official site: http://github.com/lousyphreak/scummvm-ps3

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Mednafen PS3 R40

November 1st, 2010, 12:34 Posted By: wraggster

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Robo Hobo releases new PS3 version of multi-system emulator for emulation Mednafen consoles NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Sega Master System, Game Gear, PC Engine, PC-Engine CD Lynx, NeoGeo Pocket, and WonderSwan.

New / fixed:

R35 - Fixed various bugs
R39 - Added smaller font. Using the Circle button at the top of the file browser no longer crashes the console. Adding a counter in mednafen Frame Rate.
R40 - Adding a FPS counter in gambatte and Nestopia. Moving timing functions outside the emulator to the library system.

Mednafen PS3 R40

Official site: http://code.google.com/p/mednafen-ps3/

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PS3Load 1.0

November 1st, 2010, 12:36 Posted By: wraggster

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AerialX, to whom we must PS3L1GHT, an open source SDK, provides a tool for developers. Distributed as a sample with PS3L1GHT, this tool allows you to launch executables. SELF on your PS3 from a PC via your local network (wired or wireless).

Once the package PS3Load installed and running on your PS3, it'll just run on your PC wiiload (binary Linux, OSX and Windows included in the archive) with the name of the executable to launch and the IP of your PS3.

Its operation is identical to SELF to send the PS3 and thus test homebrew applications faster.

PS3Load 1.0

Official site: http://twitter.com/AerialX

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PS Phone: Sony admits "new product"

November 1st, 2010, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has admitted to having a "new product" in development that's linked to Sony Ericsson and Sony Computer Entertainment and the cellphone gaming market.

Could this be the PlayStation Phone that was pictured, denied and then un-denied-but-ignored last week?

"We are trying to figure out what we can do as Sony in this [cellphone] market," stated "Sony execs" during a recent financial call transcribed by Engadget. "There is Sony Ericsson and there is [Sony Computer Entertainment].

"[SCE] moved from Aoyama, the design and headquarters had to come to Sony City. They are closer to the planning and engineering group of Sony, and I think we can better incorporate all of these capabilities. When the timing is right we can probably announce the new product that we have."

Engadget noted that the transcription came from a translator's interpretation of what "Sony execs" said. The exec in question is likely to be chief financial officer Masaru Kato. Seeking Alpha, a professional transcription service, provided an alternative record of the call.

"Mobile gaming is a very important business area for us," said Sony's chief financial officer Masaru Kato. "We started out with the PSP that was our first mobile gaming console, but since then the market as you know has expanded into bigger arenas; gaming on mobile phones, gaming on tablets and on certain mobiles devices.

"The PSP being a proprietary platform was more concentrated I'd say on the core gaming segment than the light game, but now we are addressing that market as well. I can not be specific as to how we will introduce new product to address these markets, but one thing I can say is that we have those markets addressed and we will come out with products and services to capture the broader gaming market."

Despite the statement discrepancies, both accounts suggest that a new mobile gaming device focused on "light games" may be in development at Sony.

What's more, there may also be a tablet under construction behind Howard Stringer's closed doors.

Engadget's transcription added: "As for the tablet ... obviously as a mobile strategy, this occupies a very important position. On one hand there is PC, and on the other hand there is joint venture with Ericsson on smartphone and for the games devices. And tablets fall somewhere in between.

"It is true Apple has led the market, but when we are to enter the market we would like to put a Sony character onto a new product - and that is the effort we are making right now. Therefore I think you can hope for a very good product to come out."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ts-new-product

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MUBI video streaming on PS3 this week

November 1st, 2010, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster

Fussy film-streaming service MUBI will be available on PlayStation 3 this week, Sony has announced.

When? Wednesday in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal must wait until "next week", the European PlayStation blog notes.

MUBI takes the form of an application on PS3. It's free to download and offers seven-day film rentals for £2.99/€3.59, or an unlimited monthly pass for £10/€12.99.

There will be free films offered occasionally, too.

MUBI exists already on PC. It's vision is to entice film buffs with work by arty-brains Roman Polanski, David Lynch, Jean-Luc Goddard, Quentin Tarantino, Coen Brothers et al. and then have them discuss their experiences after viewing on a giant social network.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-ps3-this-week

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How-to 'everything' videos coming to PS3 XMB

November 1st, 2010, 21:10 Posted By: wraggster

"It Only Does Everything," says the PS3's ad campaign. But how many users actually know how to take advantage of all of the system's features out of the box? With PS3 increasingly positioning itself as a be-all entertainment device, Sony is forced to confront the XMB's clutter of icons, which may be befuddling mainstream consumers.

PSN director Susan Panico told us that Sony is currently "creating educational videos that will be a great welcome kit for people that are coming to the PS3 and the PlayStation Network," which aim to "really walk them through all the advantages you get from the PlayStation Network," including the store. The videos "will answer questions like, 'How do I have Netflix movies stream on my PS3?' And it will certainly talk about original content available," Panico noted, referring to PSN productions like The Tester and Pulse. "That's something that's really important to us -- to make sure people understand from the get-go how to find all this great content."

While many of the details are still being ironed out, the how-to videos will appear both on the web and on the XMB. "Primarily, it's going to be content that you find very easily on PlayStation.com, as well as on the console itself," Panico said, though "we haven't decided where it's going to live on the XMB." Presumably, it'll be in a prime position, lest Sony find itself posting a "How to find the how-to videos" video.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/01/ho...ng-to-ps3-xmb/

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Scummvm GX build 08

November 1st, 2010, 23:59 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/a...p?storyid=2222

As usual, MagicSeb our forum, provides a new compiled version of the PS3 port of ScummVM for Lousyphreak.

New / fixed:

- Fixed sound problems (The Secret of Monkey Island VGA 256 and maybe other games)
- Fixed linear scaler for RGB modes as well as the aspect ratio
- Added libraries FLAC and OGG

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PS3noïd Preview

November 2nd, 2010, 00:01 Posted By: wraggster

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NoNameno, well known developer on the scene Wii GRRLIB (a graphics library used by most homebrew developers) arrives on the PS3 by offering a preview version of its game from the topic of a breakout game.

This preview includes elements in 3D, scrolling text and the music from MP3 but not a true emulation of the Yamaha sound chip.

Sources will also be made available upon publication of the final version.
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Zelda - Return of the Hylian ported

November 2nd, 2010, 20:50 Posted By: spyke1

Zelda - Return of the Hylian is now available for the PSP. The game is an SDL port of the french Windows/Mac/Linux game. The game is considered a sequel to the Zelda - A Link to the Past game. If the game proves to be popular on the PSP I will port the 2 follows ups to the game, which are even better (and longer). The link to the game is here:Download Game

You can list any compatibility issues you have with the PSP port either here or the sourceforge site

The original version for PC's is here Zelda ROTH and is the best place to go if you want walkthroughs or any other game specific info.

FYI: The game is at a set resolution of 320x240, and is not scaled to the size of the PSP screens height due to the slow performance of the SDL libraries scaling routine. I might alter the SDL library for hardware scaling if there is enough demand.

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Gran Turismo 5 discs in production NOW

November 3rd, 2010, 00:30 Posted By: wraggster

It's got to the point where we don't even believe reports that come directly from Kazunori Yamauchi anymore. But this is no joke. Gran Turismo 5 development is complete.

Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed during an interview at Las Vegas car show SEMA today that discs are roll out of the production like literally right now.

"The discs are being stamped as we speak," Yamauchi told Jalopnik when asked for an update on the game's endlessly delayed release.

He didn't actually say when the game would be out - that's an issue even the Gods themselves must still be pondering over. But with the discs in production at least we know Yamauchi and team has stopped faffing about and put their pens down.

GT5 was, until recently, due out today, we remind you as we stare bitterly at our cold, recently unused PS3 (thanks mostly to Halo Reach).

They'd better get those discs to shops before Christmas.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS

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EA VP admits access to PSP2, but won't talk about it

November 3rd, 2010, 00:53 Posted By: wraggster

At this point, we can probably all safely believe that developers are already working on games for the next generation of Sony handhelds, much like we can be pretty confident that a PlayStation mobile phone device is real. The Mortal Kombat team has already claimed to have a PSP2 development system, and EA senior vice president Patrick Soderlund recently told CVG that EA has had contact with the as-yet unannounced device as well.

"Well, obviously as a developer we have had that" -- referring to "exposure" with the PSP2 -- "but I'm not allowed to talk about it." He refused to offer anything more specific, saying that "We can't talk about it because of our relationship with Sony obviously, which is ... That's just the way it is." Not that we're complaining, but we're pretty sure Sony wouldn't want Soderlund blithely acknowledging the existence of something he's not supposed to talk about.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/02/ea...talk-about-it/

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15 in 1 Sport Pack for PS3 MOVE

November 3rd, 2010, 01:37 Posted By: wraggster

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- This product is suitable for use PS MOVE somatosensory technology on the PS3 console sports games, such as "Racquet Sports" in a variety of ball games, "Sports Champion" of the table tennis games, sword games, all kinds of light gun shooter games.

- Realistic, lightweight design, can bring you the real game experience.

- Racket, the club can be joined with the handle, demolition, even easier to use.

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Atelier Violet: Alchemist of Gramnad 2 Also Coming To PSP

November 3rd, 2010, 01:40 Posted By: wraggster

A retail listing for a PSP port of Gust’s Atelier Violet: Alchemist of Gramnad 2 has popped up at two online Japanese retailer lists.

Atelier Violet on PSP will be seeing a few upgrades and tweaks. Amongst the added features mentioned are three all new characters: Lapis, Nanami Shuret, and Sphere. Gust made new events and endings that involve the extra characters. Additionally, the game will receive a major UI overhaul to better suit the PSP screen.

Earlier this year, Gust announced a PSP port of the game’s prequel, Atelier Judie: Alchemist of Gramnad.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/11/02...coming-to-psp/

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Pac-Man Is Ready To Blow Up Ghosts In Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

November 3rd, 2010, 01:42 Posted By: wraggster

Pac-Man has a pack of ghostbusting bombs in Pac-Man Championship Edition DX. Toss one of these to send all of the ghosts back to the middle of the maze.

Namco Bandai also gave Pac-Man a time-bending power. When a ghost gets to close an automatic slowdown effect activates giving players a chance to steer Pac-Man in a different direction.

pac-Man Championship Edition DX introduces a new kind of sleeping ghost. These enemies wake up and chase Pac-Man when he passes through them. Run through more ghosts and you’ll eventually have a ghost conga line, like the first screenshot. Pac-Man can turn the tables by chomping down on a power pellet and turning around, prepared to eat the entire ghost train.

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is coming to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade later this year.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/11/02...ip-edition-dx/

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"Not much hope" for GT5 in 2010 - source

November 3rd, 2010, 01:47 Posted By: wraggster

Industry sources have expressed concern to Eurogamer that high-profile racing game Gran Turismo 5 will miss Sony's promised "before Christmas" release date and instead come out some time next year.

One source told us that current schedules list the Polyphony Digital game as "TBC", and that there is "not too much hope" that it will hit shop shelves this year.

Gran Turismo 5, perhaps the most anticipated PS3 game ever, was scheduled for release today.

Last month Sony announced it had been delayed to "before Christmas", claiming "creator Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital want to make certain they are creating a racing experience of the highest quality".

At the time Sony tweeted to say a new date would be confirmed "before the end of the month". That, obviously, did not happen.

Current UK retailer listings for the game offer a mixed message.

GAME says it'll be released in 2011, and it's without a release window at all on both Amazon and Play.

However, Zavvi and Shopto both say it'll be released on 3rd December.

While retailer release dates are often placeholder, they offer food for thought.

Despite the concern, Eurogamer has been told that Sony is sticking to its official December 2010 statement without providing a firm date.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...or-gt5-in-2010

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PS3-exclusive DLC for AC Brotherhood

November 3rd, 2010, 01:49 Posted By: wraggster

PlayStation 3 owners will be the beneficiaries of exclusive free downloadable content for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Ubisoft has announced.

Copernicus Conspiracy will be exclusive to PS3 and accessible for download from the PlayStation Network for free from 18th November – the day of the game's release.

The add-on will add several new missions. An exclusive mission giver, the famous Renaissance astronomer Copernicus, will provide courier, assassination and protection type tasks.

As Ezio, the player will be charged with foiling the conspiracy against Copernicus and defending his philosophy.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ac-brotherhood

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Sony ships EyePet for PSP, complete with camera

November 3rd, 2010, 01:53 Posted By: wraggster



Looking for a pinch of adorable, a taste of augmented reality and a shiny new peripheral for your PSP? Look no further, mate. Sony's EyePet title is now shipping in the US of A, and a required camera will come bundled in with each UMD. Amazon and friends have it listed for $39.99, and if you're hoping to avoid the otherwise unavoidable "sold out forever" sign during the final week of December, we'd recommend getting that order in now. Oh, and PSPgo owners need not apply -- this one's too cute for NAND.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/02/s...e-with-camera/

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Unlock Raiden in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

November 3rd, 2010, 23:31 Posted By: wraggster

Metal Gear Solid's Raiden will appear as a playable skin in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.

Joystiq sources say the Raiden "outfit" is unlocked by completing all tasks in the Animus' new "virtual training" mode.


You might remember being able to unlock Altair's robes from Assassin's Creed in Metal Gear Solid 4. You had to complete the game with 50+ knife kills, 50+ CQC grabs and trip less than 25 alerts.


Ubisoft announced free PS3-exclusive DLC for AC: Brotherhood yesterday.

The game's out on November 19 in the UK.

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Crytek hopes Haze is remembered fondly

November 3rd, 2010, 23:39 Posted By: wraggster

Crytek UK, the developer that rose from the ashes of the collapsed Free Radical Design, hopes that when gamers look back on PlayStation 3 exclusive Haze they'll remember it more fondly than they did at launch.

The ill-fated Haze was met with a 4/10 review score from Eurogamer upon its 2008 release.

It was the TimeSplitters creator's last game.

"We were surprised by how poorly it was received," admitted managing director Karl Hilton in an interview with Eurogamer conducted at the GameCity festival in Nottingham last week.

"We felt it had a lot of good elements in, which just didn't seem to get picked up at all. But it's a fickle industry and things move quickly. If you get a few things wrong and people pick up on it... And Haze wasn't a perfect product. Clearly it wasn't. But it wasn't as bad as some of the reviews and feedback made out."

Haze's problems are well documented.

"You really have to wonder how it all ended up this dreadful, especially after all the time and resource Ubisoft and Free Radical expended telling people the opposite," said Kristan Reed for Eurogamer.

"The combat's weak, the storyline's excruciating, it's technically deficient - Haze really is this year's most significant gaming disappointment."

Looking back, Hilton agreed that perhaps expectations were fuelled by the development team's heritage with classics GoldenEye and TimeSplitters.

"It's interesting. Obviously time will tell. Second Sight was another game we did that got pretty average reviews, but these days seems to be remembered very fondly. At the time when we launched that we were disappointed it didn't do better than it did because we felt it had a lot of good elements in it."

But will, once the dust has settled on this generation, Haze be remembered fondly?

"I don't think anyone will claim it was an unrecognised classic, but maybe they'll treat it a little more gently than it got treated when it was released. That would be nice."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...embered-fondly

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PSP GO 12 in 1 Bundle Kit

November 4th, 2010, 00:12 Posted By: wraggster

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You can now save money and get all the accessories you need for your PSP GO console with this 12 in 1 ultimate pack! 12 accessories includes all the must have for people caring for their console.

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GT5 discs "are being stamped as we speak"

November 4th, 2010, 01:14 Posted By: wraggster

Notoriously delayed PlayStation 3 driving sim Gran Turismo 5 appears to finally be complete.

Its discs "are being stamped as we speak", project lead Kazunori Yamauchi told Jalopnik.

Neither Polyphony Digital or Sony have given a final release date for the game, however. It was most recently due for release this week, but was pushed back until later "this holiday season" three weeks ago.

Gran Turismo 5 has been in development for six years, and was originally revealed at E3 2006. Last year, Polyphony claimed the budget had hit $60 million.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-speak-article

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God of War remasters head PS Store

November 4th, 2010, 01:17 Posted By: wraggster

Sony's HD remasters of acclaimed PS2 games God of War I and God of War II are on the PlayStation Store right now.

They're not cheap: they cost £14 a pop, according to the European PlayStation blog. Even bundled together they cost £24. Still, both were excellent on PS2, and with 720p graphics they may compare favourably to many of even today's best third-person action games.

Complementing their arrival is God of War: Ghost of Sparta turning up on PSP.

Also of note: Castle Crashers, the most successful game on Xbox Live Arcade. It's PS3 arrival comes with a free trial, too. Eurogamer's dusty Castle Crashers XBLA review can fill in the blanks.

Today's demo of note is Rock Band 3, although PlayStation Plus members have the option of sampling Vanquish's Challenge Mode if they wish.

Desirable add-on content includes the free FIFA 11 Ultimate Team update, God of War III skins and new Hot Zone maps for Medal of Honor.

Don't forget that new video streaming service MUBI arrives for PlayStation 3 today. This offers high-brow films for rental either individually or as part of a monthly subscription.

Special Offers (available until 10th November)

Voodoo Dice (was £7.99/€9.99 now £5.49/€6.99)
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom Booster Pack (was £3.49/€3.99 now £0.79/€0.99)
Cuboid Level Editor (was £3.19/€3.99 now £0.79/€0.99)
Cuboid Booster Pack (was £2.39/€2.99 now £0.79/€0.99)
Dissidia: Final Fantasy (was £19.99/€24.99 now £15.99/€19.99)
PSP: James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (PSP) (was £23.99/€29.99 now £15.99/€19.99)
Mini: Alien Zombie Death!(was £2.49/€2.99 now £1.74/€1.99)
Mini: Supermarket Mania (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.49/€2.99)
Permanent Price Reductions

Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days now £15.99/€19.99
Mana Khemia: Student Alliance now £11.99/€14.99
Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? now £7.99/€9.99
What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!? now £7.99/€9.99
What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!? 2 now £7.99/€9.99
PS3 Applications

MUBI
PS3 Demos

Apache Air Assault
John Daly's Pro Stroke Golf
Rock Band 3
Vanquish Challenge mode (PS Plus only)
PS3 Games

God of War HD (£13.99/€17.99)
God of War II HD (£13.99/€17.99)
God of War Collection HD (£23.99/€29.99)
Blacklight: Tango Down (free trial, £9.99/€12.99)
Castle Crashers (free trial, £10.99/€13.99)
PS3 Game Content

FIFA 11 Ultimate Team (free)
Dead Rising 2 Ninja Skill Pack (£1.59/€1.99)
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage: Kenshiro Original Costume (£1.99/€2.49)
Front Mission: Evolved: Weapons Pack (£2.39/€2.99), Wanzer Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
God of War III: Apollo Character Skin (£0.79/€0.99), Forgotten Warrior Character Skin (£0.79/€0.99), Dominus Character Skin (£0.79/€0.99), Phantom of Chaos Character Skin (£0.79/€0.99), Character Skin Bundle (£3.19/€3.99), Challenge of Exile Arena (£1.59/€1.99)
Medal of Honor Hot Zone Map Pack (£7.99/€9.99)
ModNation Racers Kratos Pack (£1.39/€1.75)
PAIN: Creepie Pack (£0.79/€0.99), PAINamotion Pack (free)
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype The Final Chapter (£3.99/€4.99)
Space Invaders Infinity Gene Bonus Stage Pack 2 (£2.39/€2.99)
Split/Second: Velocity Onslaught Pack (£7.99/€9.99)
Sports Champions Reverse Tee Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
Super Street Fighter IV Ultra Shoryuken Pack 1 (£3.19/€3.99)
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2: Bonus Pack (free), Russian Power Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
DJ Hero II Hit Makers Mix Pack (£6.29/€7.99)
Rock Band 3: The Doors Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition (£9.99/€14.99)
Rock Band Network: "Determined (Vows of Vengeance)" by Kataklysm (£0.99/€1.49), "Hello Fascination" by Breathe Carolina (£0.99/€1.49), "Revolution" by Bang Camaro (£0.59/€0.79), "The Gun Show" by In This Moment (£0.99/€1.49), "Uncivilized" by Texas In July (£0.99/€1.49)
PSP Demos

Split/Second: Velocity
PSP Games

God of War: Ghost of Sparta (£16.99/€26.99)
Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley (£23.99/€29.99)
No Heroes Allowed (£9.99/€12.99)
ZHP: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman (£23.99/€29.99)
Ys Seven (£19.99/€24.99)
PSone Games (PS3 and PSP)

Centipede (£3.99/€4.99)

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Rock Band 3 niggles "solved"

November 4th, 2010, 01:17 Posted By: wraggster

Problems you have had on PS3 exporting Rock Band 2 songs to Rock Band 3 have been "solved", Harmonix has told Eurogamer.

"There were intermittent issues this week with code redemption for Rock Band 2 export," a spokesperson for the developer said. "Those issues have now all been resolved.

"We're sorry for any inconvenience."

Anyone still having trouble should go to the Rock Band website for assistance.

Incidentally, The Doors Greatest Hits album should now also work properly with the PS3 version of Rock Band 3. Previously this could be bought but not downloaded. (Thanks, Klaus.)

Rock Band 3 was released last Friday to rapturous applause on Eurogamer, where we awarded the game 10/10.

Unfortunately public enthusiasm was less, much less - Rock Band 3 sold just 7386 copies during its opening UK weekend.

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No Darksiders 2 until 2013?

November 4th, 2010, 01:19 Posted By: wraggster

Good news for Darksiders fans: publisher THQ has confirmed a sequel is in development. Bad news for Darksiders fans: it wont be out until 2012 at the earliest.

Speaking at an investor call, CEO Brain Farrell announced, "For fiscal 2013 we plan to release a sequel to our critically acclaimed Darksiders game and will be unveiling more details about Darksiders 2 in the future."

For those unfamiliar with the concept of a fiscal year, that means you'll be playing it at some point between 1st April 2012 and 31st March 2013.

Given THQ's recent penchant for delaying games, we wouldn't scribble down 2013 in permanent ink either.

The first Darksiders game launched on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 back in January. Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell gave it a sturdy 8/10.

Darksiders 2 joins Devil's Third and the Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millenium MMO on THQ's slate for FY2013.

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Sony's PS3 Bluetooth headset sheds a few ounces and gets a slinky new outfit

November 4th, 2010, 01:21 Posted By: wraggster



The official Bluetooth headset for the PS3 has been around for a few years, still rocking the same $49.99 price point, still wearing the same "Wow, look at me, I'm a Bluetooth headset" design while others have gotten fancier, artsier and, well, better. Now Sony looks to finally be making an update, whittling the sides down make the new model look a bit more modern -- while not actually going too far. The price is said to stay the same and overall the design looks much the same too, just pointier and featuring a daintier clip that should be somewhat less taxing on your ear as you spend hour after hour screaming at your SVER teammates who insist on staying back and sniping while you throw yourself at the Valor lines. If only they could see your cool new headset, maybe then they'd listen.

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We've started Gran Turismo 6 - Yamauchi

November 4th, 2010, 22:10 Posted By: Shrygue

via Eurogamer


Gran Turismo 5 has been plagued by delays, and whether the game will launch this year still remains to be seen. But that hasn't stopped creator Kazunori Yamauchi revealing that work on the next instalment, Gran Turismo 6, has already begun.

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What's that - Pong on PS3?

November 5th, 2010, 00:48 Posted By: wraggster

Like a parenting bird, Atari is regurgitating nutritious PSone games for PS3 and PSP.

This brave strategy began with yesterday's arrival of Centipede on the PlayStation Store. It costs £4.

Still to come: Pong and Missile Command, among other unnamed retro morsels. But we're not sure which is planned for next Wednesday's weekly PlayStation Store update.

Centipede is a shoot-'em-up, and a fast one at that. Blast insects into oblivion before they can eat you, and then face off against the queen centipede herself. Legs to die for.

Missile Command involves zapping waves of aliens with Earth's finest ballistics before the invaders eat mankind or whatever they're planning to do.

And Pong is Pong - Atari reckons this is "the most addictive head-to-head competition you'll ever play".

Remember that these are the PSone adaptations of these classic arcade licenses - not the originals themselves.

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Atlus to begin The Cursed Crusade on Xbox, PS3 and PC

November 5th, 2010, 00:54 Posted By: wraggster

Atlus PR and sales bard, Aram Jabbari, describes The Cursed Crusade as "a story of salvation and survival" set during the often unpleasant Middle Ages. "The game's main characters are not heroes; they're just men, susceptible to temptation, easily made to feel doubt and despair," Jabbari says, plucking a string (but in like, a sinister way). "The raw, gritty accuracy of many of the game's historical locations is sharply contrasted by Denz and Esteban's supernatural struggle to save their souls. Their affliction, the Templar's Curse, threatens to accelerate their descent into hell, burning their humanity away as it engulfs the space around them in demonic flame."

Apparent non-comedy troupe Denz and Esteban star in The Cursed Crusade, a new third-person action-adventure game coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. It looks to be heavy on the melee combat, with Atlus and French developer Kylotonn (see: Speedball 2) promising a wide variety of weapons and ways to inflict critical flesh wounds. The curse that threatens to overwhelm Denz and Esteban also seems to grant them supernatural strengths -- including the anachronistic ability to fight cooperatively over the internet. According to Atlus, Esteban will be an AI-controlled character in the single-player mode.

Join Denz and Esteban on their violent tour of Medieval Europe in Summer 2011. Bring your demonic flame-resistant dalmatica.

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Peter Dille Talks PlayStation Move Success And PSP Plans

November 5th, 2010, 01:58 Posted By: wraggster

Recently, we caught up with Peter Dille, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, to discuss the subjects of delayed games, the upcoming launch of the PlayStation Move, the PSP, and he feels about the position of the two platforms, from the standpoint of third-party game support and success.

The PSP has a strong line-up of Japanese series including Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy, and Persona. While the handheld is thriving over there, in America the PSP seems to be struggling even though those games are coming over here. What do you think is the missing element, aside from trains.



[Earlier in an unrecorded chat, Dille mentioned how the success of PSP in Japan is in part due to people commuting via trains and playing the system during the ride.]



You know, we have sold 66 million worldwide. There is a big install base of PSP owners here. I think one of the things that have limited the business that I didn’t talk about in the room earlier, but which is a reality is piracy. That has limited a publisher’s ability to make money on the platform because it is a hacked platform. There is a lot of piracy, I’m sure you’re familiar with some of what’s going on. If you aren’t, you can find sites selling pirated games.



That’s something we’ve been trying to combat for awhile, but that’s not the only reason. It’s now in its sixth year and it’s typical for these devices to migrate down in age, so that’s where our focus is.



Now, the other thing that we’re doing is taking content, perhaps, from other markets or even other platforms. You know taking a PsOne product and bringing it over to the PSP platform. One of the cool things about the [PlayStation] Network is you might have an opportunity to make a game for your reader or core gamers that doesn’t have to go through mass market distribution.



A game that you could put on the PlayStation Network can find its audience because there is unlimited shelf space. Even if retail is saying this won’t do the number of turns I need, the audience isn’t big enough at the big box retailer it still might be something they can sell online on the PlayStation Store. We’re trying to encourage publishers to make sure they exhaust their internal catalogs and content and keep that on the platform as well.

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GT5 creator confirmed as speaker for D.I.C.E. 2011

November 5th, 2010, 02:01 Posted By: wraggster

Kazunori Yamauchi of Polyphony Digital will speak at D.I.C.E. 2011, along with members of 5th Cell, Booyah and Cerny games, plus film-maker John Stevenson.

The event takes place in Las Vegas, 9-11 February, 2011. Both the Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony and the Indie Games Challenge will be taking place as part of the event.

"The D.I.C.E. Summit is the pre-eminent stage for creativity within the world of interactive entertainment," said academy of interactive arts & sciences president, Martin Rae.

"We are pleased to feature some of the leading creative minds from the whole spectrum of interactive entertainment - film to traditional console games to casual games - come to share their philosophy and approach to producing entertainment."

A full list of confirmed speakers follows:

John Stevenson - film-maker, co-director of Kung Fu Panda and previously Head of Story at PDI/Dreamworks overseeing Shrek, Shrek 2 and Madagascar
Kazunori Yamauchi - President, Polyphony Studios, professional race car driver and producer of the Gran Turismo series
Mark Cerny - President, Cerny Games, a true veteran of the video game industry and was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame in 2010
Jeremiah Slaczka - Creative Director and CEO, 5th Cell and Joseph Tringali - General Manager and COO, responsible for the multi-million unit selling franchises Drawn to Life and Scribblenauts
Keith Lee - CEO and co-founder, Booyah, responsible for such popular casual games like MyTown and Nightclub City

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior has PS3 in sights

November 5th, 2010, 02:05 Posted By: wraggster

PlayStation 3 users will get to experience a buffed-up version of Sniper: Ghost Warrior early next year, developer City Interactive has confirmed.

The FPS will be getting updated visuals and plenty of new content. Expect new singleplayer missions, bonus multiplayer maps, new multiplayer modes and new weapons.

"Sniper: Ghost Warrior was our most ambitious project to date and although it was extremely well-received by players, we wanted to ensure that the PS3TM version took the franchise to a higher level," CEO Marek Tyminski explained.

"With exclusive content and modes, we are eager to introduce the best sniper game on the market to PS3 owners sometime in Q1 next year."

It'll need all the extra bells and whistles it can get. The original Xbox 360 version was about as much fun as a vinegar eye bath.

City Interactive has not confirmed whether it intends to offer the new content to existing PC and Xbox 360 users.

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Hulu Plus hits 2010 BRAVIA HDTVs, coming to all PS3 users next week

November 5th, 2010, 02:05 Posted By: wraggster

Sad, dreary day at your place? Fret not, as the Boob Tube is just about to get even better. Hulu has just revealed a movement to get Hulu Plus stocked with more content and onto more devices, STAT. Making sure those words aren't empty, we're learning that all 2010 Sony BRAVIA HDTVs will today have access to the subscription programming service, with it bleeding over to Sony's various Blu-ray players, home theater systems, network media players and even the Dash -- yeah, that Dash -- in due time. In related news, Hulu will be soon yanking the invite requirement to get Hulu Plus on the PlayStation 3, and as of next week, any ole PlayStation Network member (as opposed to PlayStation Plus, as it stands today) will be able to grab it. 'Course, even those freeloaders will be forced to pony up $9.99 per month if they're interested in using it, but hey, it's not like Raising Hope is financed with pixie dust, right?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/04/h...sers-next-wee/

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Sony unveils lost God of War II stage

November 5th, 2010, 02:16 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has offered a glimpse at an enormous Atlantis stage that was cut out of God of War II.

In 2005 senior level designer Jonathan Hawkins was given the task of creating a stage set in the mythical submerged city for the PlayStation 2 sequel but the content ended up being cut due to "some high-level changes".

The platform holder posted design concepts for the level and a clip of Hawkins talking through his work, which you can see below, on its PlayStation blog.

You can remind yourself of what the final cut of the game ended up looking like by checking out the excellent God of War Collection, recently released on the PlayStation Store.

Or if that's old hat, there's always the good-but-not-great God of War: Ghost of Sparta, which launches on PSP this week.

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Pongus : The FIRST Legal Homebrew Game for the PlayStation 3

November 5th, 2010, 16:03 Posted By: bandit

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Discovering new XBLA/PSN games as hard as on App Store

November 7th, 2010, 10:19 Posted By: wraggster

GameStop believes that discovering new games and digital content on the home consoles is just as hard as finding entertainment on Apple's notoriously difficult to navigate App Store.

Speaking at the London Games Conference last night, Chris Petrovic, head of the retailers digital business, said that GameStop wants to help market and sell digital games by smaller developers just as much as it does triple-A console and PC games.

"One of the key points that can't be underestimated is the increasing challenge of discovery," he said. "If you start off with presumptions on the percentage of consoles that are connected, are they as high as everybody would want them to be? No. The percentage of people that have purchased for their console games downloadable content for XBLA or PSN games is very low. It's barely above ten per cent.

"Discovery, much like in the Apple App Store, is as bad - if not worse - in the console environment because you've got such a limited form factor to work with.

"Somebody like us, where we have users coming in wanting to buy the disc, we can scan that disc and tell them the five or ten pieces of add-on content available. Or even better, we can work with publishers who are producing PSN or XBLA games and have a section in our store to highlight those - that's a win for everybody.

"It's helps discovery, it helps with monetisation at the point of purchase and consumers are getting what they want when they want it. The proliferation of digital will just lead to challenges in the marketing side," he added.

GameStop has more influence with consumers, said Petrovic, and more marketing opportunities than developers, who struggle to advertise their product in a crowded market.

"We've had the anecdotes up and down from XBLA and PSN developers who get that sacred shelf space of promotion, that front button, and their revenue goes through the roof for one or two weeks that they're in rotation, but as soon as they get off that it plummets.

"They don't have the wherewithal because they're really small shops, to be able to put marketing dollars towards many other channels.

"That's opened our eyes to think about creative ways to be that marketing partner apart from just marketing triple-A titles. To be able to serve well that long tail of game developers that have just as good quality games but don't have $50 million to spend on marketing. And coming up with creative ways to leverage our relationship with the consumer and our physical space to be able to give prominence to those games,"said Petrovic.

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Keepin' it real fake: PSP Phone features NES emulator, cognitive dissonance

November 7th, 2010, 10:38 Posted By: wraggster



This is not the first KIRF PSP Phone we've seen, but recent news of the actual, long-awaited device (you heard it here first, folks!) makes the Unmei Q5's appearance in the stalls of Shenzhen all the more timely. What will your hard earned yuan will get you? How about a 3.5-inch touchscreen, front and rear cameras, dual SIM card slots, an NES emulator, 3.5mm audio jack, and a mini-USB port -- all crammed into the shell of a PSP Go? Available in black or white, this bad boy has been spotted for 399 CNY, or about $60. We just hope the real handset looks this good!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/k...tor-cognitive/

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Killzone 3 has considerably less input lag than its predecessor

November 7th, 2010, 10:42 Posted By: wraggster

Digital Foundry has taken its mathematical approach to examining the deep inner workings of games to whole new heights with is recent lag analysis of the Killzone 3 multiplayer beta. Using a special controller (designed by modder extraordinaire Ben Heck), the DF team measured the exact amount of time that passed between pressing R1 and the in-game gun actually firing a bullet: 116ms. According to the blog, that's about 33ms shorter than the lag present in Killzone 2, which apparently makes a world of difference in twitchy shooters of this ilk.

Check out a video of the group's study, as well as a few other odds and ends about the technical side of the beta, over on Eurogamer.

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Peace Walker "well received by hardcore"

November 7th, 2010, 19:36 Posted By: wraggster

When Hideo Kojima releases a Metal Gear Solid game, Konami's bank balance explodes. That didn't happen with PSP game Peace Walker, but Konami takes solace in the fact it was at least "well received by hardcore Metal Gear fans".

Was it? Eurogamer's Oli Welsh awarded the stealth game 8/10.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker commands an enviable 89 per cent on Metacritic.

Sales weren't awful, mind you: Metal Gear notched up 1.47 million between April and the end of September. Not specifically for Peace Walker - Konami didn't name names - but as there were no other MGS games released during those six months, such an assumption is logical.

Peace Walker sales, Konami did say, "progressed favourably".

Meanwhile, in the US, sales of DanceDanceRevolution "progressed steadily". That was partly because the game, which supports PlayStation Move, is part of a campaign to "fight obesity". Obviously gamers are the fattest.

"Steady" was also a word used to describe sales of the the Japanese World Cup PES game. Amusingly, Konami referred to the global competition not by its name but as "once-every-four-years festivities that excite soccer fans worldwide". Perhaps it doesn't have licensing rights. Oh yes he did.

Konami was far more enthusiastic about LovePlusPlus, its "romance communication game". This had record first week sales and a "highly positive" response from Japanese punters. Konami describes LovePlus as a "social phenomenon" in Japan - there's even a festival there for it. Taking that into account, the existence of a 3DS Project LovePlus game shouldn't surprise.

Other performers of note - but for Japan only - were Jikkyo Pawafuru Puroyakyu (on PS3 for the first time); Puroyakyu Spirits 2010; "academy romance simulation game for women" Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 3rd Story; Fairy Tail Portable Guild and Busou Shinki Battle Masters.

In total, Konami sold 10.05 million units between the start of April and end of September. Japan snapped up 4.34 million of those, Europe 3.42 million, the US 2.18 million and Asia 120,000.

Of those 10.5 million sales, 3.44 million were for football/soccer games, 3.14 million for "Other" (a large amount not specified), 1.47 million for Metal Gear games, 740,000 for baseball games, 670 for animated television games and 590,000 for music games.

The money made from all those game sales was $327 million - roughly half of the Digital Entertainment sector of Konami Corporation.

More importantly, those numbers don't involve new games Castlevania: Lords of Shadow or PES 2011, as both were released on 8th October in Europe.

Konami also has Glee TV show spin-off Karaoke Revolution Glee poised as well as streetwise karaoke game Def Jam Rapstar.

As mentioned, Digital Entertainment (videogames, amusements, card games, online) is just one limb of the Konami company body. Let's call it a leg; a leg worth $655 million to Konami in the last six months. The other leg holding Konami up is Health & Fitness (worth $541 million). The wobbly arms are Gaming & System ($114 million) and Other & Eliminations ($117 million).

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Mass Effect 2 PS3 gets new six-hour mission, interactive comic?

November 7th, 2010, 19:38 Posted By: wraggster

The much discussed 'intro module' of the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 wil include an interactive comic - which tells the story of the first game and allows players to make vital choices.


That's according to a translation of an interview with BioWare dev Casey Hudson in German mag Play3 - which is featured on the BioWare forums.

It's all in German, but has apparrently been posted by BioWare community rep Nathalie Edelmann. Translated into English, her post reveals:

Casey Hudson [told] the print edition of Play3 that Mass Effect 2 PS3 will include:

* The interactive comic (from?) Dark Horse informs the player about the back story and offers various choices.

* The three previously released DLC "Kasumi: Stolen Memories", "Overlord" and "hiding the Shadow Broker".

* An included code will allow access to all content published to date on the Cerebus Network.

* A new mission, which offers about six hours of play time.

Meanwhile, BioWare boss Greg Zeschuk appears to be quoted saying:

"The most important thing is that the PlayStation 3 is based on a completely different architecture. Visually it can come to some changes. In particular, the storage and distribution of the graphics chip differ dramatically. We will not again unleash the discussion, which has the two platforms for more power, since we can achieve our objectives on both platforms.

"If you develop games that you want to make accessible the broadest possible mass. And exactly this opportunity is offered to us. I think the game will feel a bit different on the PS3. Just by the controller, it will play differently."

Sounds good to us if true. We'll get in touch with BioWare for confirmation.

Mass Effect 2 PS3 is due for release in January next year.

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LGC 2010: 'Tough times ahead' for PSP and DS devs

November 7th, 2010, 19:41 Posted By: wraggster

Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubert warned that developers of traditional handheld games face a crisis as iPhones and Android devices tempt away their audience.
In his keynote speech at London Games Conference last night, Hubertz warned against relying on solely one platform to build a games business - especially those platforms with minimal online connectivity.
"All the developers making games for the Nintendo DS and PSP are in trouble," he said.
"No one will want to buy games on them because they are playing on smartphones or iPad."
That said, despite the rise of mobile games, Heiko warned that app stores are cut-throat to operate in. According to his calculations, "each game on average on the App Store only makes $5k".

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Play Black Ops in 3D at GAME

November 7th, 2010, 19:42 Posted By: wraggster

Gamers queuing up to buy Call of Duty: Black Ops on Monday will be able to go hands-on with the game – in 3D.
The event will take place at the retailer’s Oxford Street store in London, and the title will be playable on 55 inch Samsung LED 3D TV
Neil Ashurst, GAME's head of UK PR said: “Thanks to our friends at Activision and Samsung, some of our customers who queue at our Oxford Street GAME store will be able to play this fantastic title before it officially goes on sale and even better, they will get to experience it in amazing 3D. This is a fantastic coup for us and we cannot wait to see how COD fans react to it.
“The excitement is continuing to build and we will have a few extra surprises on the night. The only way to find out what they are is to come down and see for yourself on the night.”

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PlayStation Move Racing Wheel adds mass to your motion

November 7th, 2010, 19:47 Posted By: wraggster



CTA Digital continues its domination of all PlayStation Move accessories with the release of the PlayStation Move Racing Wheel with stand. As you can see above, the wheel comes with a slot across the center to store a Move wand, thus making you feel as if you're using a plastic wheel rather than one, you know, made out of air.

We kid, actually -- the grip can instead hold a DualShock 3 (with SIXAXIS!) controller, so if you want to use it for tilt steering rather than motion control, you can do that as well. The wheel also detaches from the stand if you'd rather just hold it by itself. And we don't know how cheap it is yet, since there's no MSRP listed. For more information (and a chuckle at the expense of some poor commercial actors -- "COOLER!"), head after the break for a promotional video.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/06/pl...o-your-motion/

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Ninja Gaiden 3 to reboot series

November 7th, 2010, 21:03 Posted By: wraggster

Ninja Gaiden 3 looks set to completely reboot the franchise, according to Team Ninja boss Yousuke Hayashi.

Speaking in an interview with Japanese mag Famitsu, kindly translated by Andriasang, Hayashi said, "We're developing it with the idea of restarting at the beginning, saying 'We'd like to make the action game that's most interesting for the current era.'

"With this meaning, it's going to be a game that's not bound by the past more than necessary. Of course, we will be valuing the past, but in a good meaning we'd like to make it into a game that's not tied down by the past."

Hayashi also offered a little cryptic commentary on the reveal image shown at Tokyo Game Show earlier this year, posted below.

"He seems to be doing something with his right hand. Also, there's something not normal about this hand. It's covered in blood, but there's something unnatural regarding the blood."

Our guess? Looks like he's been picking his nose with his samurai sword. That'll learn him.

Elsewhere in the interview, the Team Ninja boss also revealed that the mysterious Dead or Alive: Code Cronus project had been axed. Announced way back in 2005 by Hayashi's predecessor Tomonobu Itagaki, it has been "officially canceled". Apparently "it was just at the framework level."

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PlayStation Home has the builders in

November 7th, 2010, 21:05 Posted By: wraggster

There's a number of new features and tweaks on the way for PlayStation Home, Sony has announced.

Client Update 1.4 adds a new group feature that allows up to eight people to get together on dedicated voice chat channels. New voice chat channels will also be made available for clubs.

The wardrobe feature is getting a few new bells and whistles too, including a new 'Storage' area where you can stow rarely used items.

Not only that, but you'll be able to mark items you use frequently as a 'Favourite', new items will be tagged to make them easy to find and some new filtering and sorting options have been added as well.

And that's not all - Sony is promising to show off more new features next week.

The update goes live on 11th November.

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6.20 HEN (TN) - Part 5: 6.20 HEN? No, SuperHEN!

November 7th, 2010, 22:57 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.psp-ita.com/?module=news&...4&view_reply=1

The work 6.20 HEN (TN) is enhanced by a further episode. In this episode, our developer (or to use a neologism "deveroe) Total_Noob, as is often the best superheroes, is facing criticism from the people. But to quote Uncle Ben in the movie Spiderman, "With great power comes great responsibility" * and continued undaunted in the creation of his masterpiece, although someone has pointed out as a liar. The criticism stems from what has been learned with the previous news, where there has been talk of an alleged dell'HEN porting from 6.20 to 6.31 with the consequent abandonment of the project. Never was most unfortunate news for both as was shown by both the limited knowledge Total_Noob dell'anglosassone idiom by the developer, which makes it difficult to clearly express their ideas. But the issue seems resolved.
TN is currently devoting exclusively to the 6.20 dell'HEN waiting to be made about the future, and it is working really well, making it more of a hybrid between a Homebrew Enabler and a custom firmware. The last published list of improvements is a manifestation. Among the powers of her child to see the appearance of the battery charging via USB, the implementation of the Fake Region, the ability to set the CPU speed and many other small but important features and improvements.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, one of his most powerful allies, the coder Wololo constant vigilance on the activities of TN defending a drawn sword, and adds the welcome news that the developer dridri continues in the development of a new ISOLoader. But the time is not ripe yet to know if it can be easily adapted to the new HEN.
The plans for the Liberation of the PSP and we shall look forward to an exciting new episode.

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Changelog 7/11/10:
- Reversed systemctrl all exports
- Added USB battery charging
- Added ability to watch 480x272 video avc
- Added feature to skip gameboot
- Added possibilty to hide and PIC0.PNG PIC1.PNG
- Fixed issue with VLF Some homebrews
- Added possibilty to Adjust CPU speed
- Added fake region feature
- Added Network TN update
- Resolved all important NIDS
- Encreased homebrew compatibilty
- Compressed rebootex


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GLib2D Beta 2 - graphics library for PSP

November 7th, 2010, 23:02 Posted By: wraggster

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Those dedicated amateur to the development of software for PSP, gives us products that often have nothing to envy to commercial productions. Coder but not limited to this, many times it happens that make available to the community the tools needed to implement new homebrew. Among these benefactors is the place coder Geecko issuing his latest project: the gLib2D. This is a very lightweight 2D graphics library, which allows the display of basic objects, support for JPEG and PNG, alpha blending and texture cropping, support system with three coordinates, and compatibility with intraFont.
These are just some of the functions accessible by the coders who want to implement this library in their projects.
Following a detailed list of features and download link

Function List:

Quote:

- Display of basic objects, Namely Rectangles.
- Possibility of texturing, JPEG and PNG support
- Scale (scale), rotation, coloring, alpha blending, displaying a part of the texture (crop)
- Ability to combine These effects at the Same Time
- Support for a third coordinate, Z, to use the depth buffer
- Concept of relativity, and how to transform 2D OpenGL (Pop / Push)
- Using Intelligent pspgu: library use only what is Necessary for the display.
- Compatibility with intraFont (not included)
- Definition of many constants, and macros useful.

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Lord Runner

November 7th, 2010, 23:11 Posted By: wraggster

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The developer Samy releases his new homebrew game Runner Lord inspired (just say that this is a remake if not a clone) to Lode Runner, a classic of early 80's. The goal is to collect as many cubes colored red without being touched by men, otherwise game over. The gameplay is very simple, but not the game is easy.
The player will have 19 levels of game plus a level editor to create your own scenarios of where and why not share them. All made in LUA language.

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Custom Prometheus-3 firmware 5.50 released

November 7th, 2010, 23:13 Posted By: wraggster

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Finally here comes the new CF Prometheus made by Chinese hrimfaxi coder for the CF 5:50 GEN-D3, and then for the PSP-1000 PSP-2000 and excluding those with TA-088v3 motherboard. The CF-3 Prometheus sensitivity improves compatibility with new games that require firmware 6.30/6.31, correcting some bugs of the previous version.
More details in the box below.

* UPDATE *
Released version 5.50 Prometheus-3 (v2) that corrects the problem of bailouts

* UPDATE2 *
Released version 5.50 Prometheus-3 (v3).

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5:00 Prometheus-3 Custom Firmware released

November 7th, 2010, 23:15 Posted By: wraggster

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The coder hrimfaxi known for the production of CF Prometheus who brought new life to the last CF targati GEN, and M33, go back to update their work by releasing both versions Prometheus-3 for all three main firmware. The CF 5.00M33-Prometheus-3 is intended for all those who have decided to keep the latest M33 custom firmware developed by the team. This new version improves compatibility with the latest titles that require the official firmware 6.30/6.31 and fixes some bugs on the opening games of the applicants previous firmware.
A mini-guide and follow the download link.

* UPDATE *
Released version 5.00 Prometheus-3 (v2) that corrects the problem of bailouts

* UPDATE2 *
Released version 5.00 Prometheus-3 (v3).

Installation:

Quote:
- Copy the folder 5.00_Prometheus in PSP / GAME
- Start the program

NB: For those who have installed the addon 1.50, assigning a greater amount of space to Flash0 to continue to do so. Refer to the guidance of the Cementerio v8 (with reference to the second post of a guide for the Cementerio v7).

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Quake Arena Arcade R4 Released

November 7th, 2010, 23:27 Posted By: wraggster

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The park homebrew titles is enhanced by another little gem. The developer lps released in fact a new version of Quake 1: Arena, renamed for the occasion Quake Arena Arcade, which allows you to relive the battles fast tipoci FSP branded multiplayer arenas of Quake. The R4 version adds new maps, Kuroki makes significant enhancements to the engine making it more fluid, as well as various graphical improvements. All this is accompanied by two EBOOT: the normal optimized for PSP FAT, while the Slim to the latest 2000 and 3000.
Following changelog, installation and download links.


Changelog and Installation:

Quote:
.: Changelog:.
- Renamed to Quake Arena Arcade game
- New PSP Kuroki engine modified by MDAV with Infrastructure and Adhoc
- New eboot gfx
- New hud icons with transparency
- Wide console background image
- New console font and menu
- Qadm6 - Lightning Gun Was Replaced by Railgun
- 9 new maps
- Any multiplayer map May be started from menu

. Installation:.
1. Download the archive psp_qaa_r4.rar and unpack it on Desktop
2. Copy the folder you just got the folder PSP in the root of your memory stick
3. Choose the appropriate version of PSP EBOOT used: Normal for FAT, Slim Slim and Brite, and copy the path ms0: / PSP / GAME / QAA /

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Mednafen PS3 R62-WIP

November 7th, 2010, 23:35 Posted By: wraggster

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Robo Hobo has released a new version of "WIP" for PS3's multi-system emulator for emulation Mednafen consoles NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Sega Master System, Game Gear, PC Engine, PC- Engine CD, Lynx, NeoGeo Pocket, and WonderSwan.

Recall that the WIP version is in development for the R45. It currently only works on the PS3 firmware 3.41 feature and some features are unusable. Installation is done differently than the "stable" version which is the R44.

New / fixed:

R60-62

- Update README about the available features (IPS patch, additional information on the PCE CD).
- The problems of endian on Megadrive should now be fixed (windows status in different games were denatured).
- Added option to store the backup files in the same folder as the game and ability to disable compression to allow the sharing of backups with other emulators (use R3 in the file explorer)
- Remove the old mednafen in the current SVN (see notes.txt BUILDING file for more information about creating an older version).
- Cleaning old files and Nestopia gambatte
- Updated file notes.txt BUILDING
- Added a script to rebuild-all.sh create versions "clean".
- Added a backup and an automatic pause when you open the XMB.

Mednafen PS3 R62-WIP

Official site: http://code.google.com/p/mednafen-ps3/

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JPCSP Rev1831 - PSP Emulator for Windows

November 7th, 2010, 23:41 Posted By: wraggster

The PSP Emulator for Windows has been updated yet again, heres whats new:

Fixed more warnings:
- Missing @Override
- Statement unnecessarily nested within else clause. The corresponding then clause does not complete normally

http://buildbot.orphis.net/jpcsp/

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PCSP News - PSP Emulator for Windows

November 7th, 2010, 23:56 Posted By: wraggster

Shadow has posted news that 2 more games are playable on this emulator.

This week on your favourite emulator two new games seems to work :
Shineseiki GPX Cyber Formula VS and Worms Open Warfare 2





http://www.pcsp-emu.com/news.php?readmore=41#comments

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Mobile Assault 1.4.2 (3D helicopter shooter)

November 7th, 2010, 23:58 Posted By: wraggster

Heres an Updated release from the Codetactics guys:

Hi, everyone. Glenn and I have released another update to mobile assault with a few changes we thought were worth sharing.

Features
* Two new missions.
* Custom mission support (PSP).

Improvements
* In game messages tell the player when objectives have been changed.
* Added some roll to the helicopter movement when turning (PSP).

Bug Fixes
* Fixed bug where tanks were going straight for the helipad in the instant action mission.

This release includes custom mission loading on psp - we're still working out how to get the editor out there - but in the mean time if anyone wants to be a beta tester, let me know and we can arrange early access.

http://www.codetactics.com/news/view/id/48

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Cascade Beneath v0.1

November 8th, 2010, 00:12 Posted By: wraggster

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Cascade Beneath is a simple clone of the equally simple game Fall Down. Use the left analog stick to move left and right and try to keep from getting pushed off the top of the screen for as long as possible.

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Megamind: The Blue Defender

November 8th, 2010, 14:29 Posted By: wraggster

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Just as Megamind has become our new Mega Hero, a sudden crime wave hits the city. The Doom Syndicate & their Doom Goons have emerged and are looking to take over! Only Megamind and his arsenal of gadgets can stop them!
Picking up the excitement right after the Megamind movie ends, MegaMind: The Blue Defender has players defending the city against a variety of new Doom Syndicate enemies.

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Megamind: Ultimate Showdown

November 8th, 2010, 14:31 Posted By: wraggster

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Just as Megamind has become our new Mega Hero, a sudden crime wave hits the city. The Doom Syndicate & their Doom Goons have emerged and are looking to take over! Only Megamind and his arsenal of gadgets can stop them! Now, in three unique game play experiences, players can be the ultimate Mega Hero!
Picking up right after the events of the movie, MegaMind: Ultimate Showdown is an action-packed game for up to two players (playing as Megamind and Brainbot) to take on the vile villains of the Doom Syndicate.

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James Bond 007: Blood Stone

November 8th, 2010, 14:32 Posted By: wraggster

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An international conspiracy has placed the UK's most secretive bio-chemical project into deadly hands, and only Her Majesty's most lethal agent, James Bond, can unravel the mystery. To navigate through layers of corruption, you, as Bond, will embark on a global chase that will have you battling on land, sea and air through Athens, Istanbul, Monaco, and Bangkok. Nothing is what it seems as each adventure reveals a deeper and more sinister conspiracy.
A mix of third-person gunplay, hand-to-hand combat and the driving action, James Bond 007: Blood Stone features Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Joss Stone. The game features various modes and multiplayer mode for up to 16 people. Engage in precise cover-based gameplay and tactical firefights, and speed your way through explosive, adrenalin-fueled driving sequences. Become Bond as he engages in intense hand-to-hand combat and uses his environment to finish off enemies.

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God of War: Ghost of Sparta

November 8th, 2010, 14:36 Posted By: wraggster

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Set in the realm of Greek mythology, God of War: Ghost of Sparta is a single-player game that allows players to take on the powerful role of Spartan warrior Kratos. This new adventure picks up after the first God of War concludes, telling the story of Kratos' ascension to power as the God of War. In his quest to rid himself of the nightmares that haunt him, Kratos must embark on a journey that will reveal the origins of lost worlds, and finally answer long-awaited questions about his dark past. Armed with the deadly chained Blades of Chaos, he will have to overcome armies of mythological monsters, legions of undead soldiers, and amazingly dangerous and brutal landscapes throughout his merciless quest.
God of War: Ghost of Sparta features fluid, life-like characters, a robust weapon system, new magical powers, weapons and navigational abilities, many more enemies on screen, and a greater number of boss encounters, truly bringing the experience to life, all while on the go.

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NeoTank v0.1 Homebrew Game released for PlayStation 3

November 8th, 2010, 16:31 Posted By: bandit

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NeoTank v0.1 Homebrew Game released for PlayStation 3

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Gran Turismo 5 trophy list leaked

November 8th, 2010, 21:36 Posted By: wraggster

As you may have seen by now, it looks like the first copies of Gran Turismo 5 are (unbelievably) in the hands of sneaky fans before its proper release, and one of them's leaked the Trophy list. Cheers!

There are a total of 60 trophies to unlock, and all but seven "hidden" trophies have been detailed in the list below.

Some pretty cool ones in there, like getting a time of 7:29.03 or quicker in a GT-R around Nurburgring Nordshleife - the car's record time in real life - or winning the legendary race between FordMark IV Race Car, the Ferrari 330 P4 and the Jaguar XJ-13, the latter of which never got to race in real life.

It's going to be epic.

1 -- Hidden Trophy
2 - Hidden Trophy
3 -- Hidden Trophy
4 -- Penniless -- Spend every last Credit you have -- bronze
5 -- Colorful -- Collect 256 paint colors -- bronze
6 -- The Air of Experience -- Raise a B-Spec driver to the peak of this career -- bronze
7 -- A Star is Born -- Train a B-Spec driver up to Class 30 or above -- bronze
8 -- Human Stopwatch -- Complete three consecutive laps with tomes within 0.2 seconds of the Best Lap Time -- bronze
9 -- GT-R Official Record -- Achieve a time of 729.03 on Nurburgring Nordshleife in a Nissan GT-R 07 -- bronze
10 -- Dream Race -- Win the ultimate three-way showdown between a FordMark IV Race Car, a Ferrari 330 P4 R... -- bronze
11 - Arch Rivals - Achieve a one-two finish in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X and a Subaru IMPREZA WRX STI -- bronze
12 - Within One Hundredth - Win a race by a margin of 0.01 seconds or less -- bronze
13 - 111 Meters a Second - Achieve a speed of 400km/h -- bronze
14 - Speed Demon - Achieve a speed of 300km/h -- bronze
15 - Sky-High Roller - Buy an insanely expensive car -- bronze
16 - High Roller - Bought a serriously expensive car -- bronze
17 - Maximum Mileage - Buy a used car with 300 000km or more travel distance -- bronze
18 - Half a Century of Cars - Own at least one car each from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s, -- bronze
19 - Old-Timer - Acquire a car manufactured in 1959 or earlier -- bronze
20 - Multi-Millionaire - Possess an Ivane amount of money -- bronze
21 - Car Collector - Fill your Garage with 1000 cars -- bronze
22 - Beyond the Autobahn - Drive 12,718km in total - the length of all Germanys Autobahns combined -- bronze
23 - Driving Music - Use the Personal BGM function, and go for a drive while listening to your favorite songs -- bronze
24 - Data Analyst - Analyze yout performance using the Data Logger - bronze
25 - Dream Drifter - Get 10 000 points or more in a Sector Mode Drift Trial - bronze
26 - Race Ready - Perform Racing Modifications on one of your cars - bronze
27 - Loony Tune - Spend an Ivane amount of money on tuning a car - bronze
28 - Course Designer - Create and share a track - bronze
29 - Proud Owner - Take and Share a photo - bronze
30 - The Right Direction - Win yout first B -Spec event race - bronze
31 - Win Number One - Win yout first A-Spec event race - bronze
32 - Gran Turismo Karting Experience - Complete the Gran Turismo Karting Experience Special Event- bronze
33 - Jeff Gordon NASCAR School - Complete the Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Special Event- bronze
34 - Top Gear Test Track - Complete the Top Gear Test Track Special Event- bronze
35 - AMG Driving Academy - Complete the AMG Driving Academy Special Event- bronze
36 - Gran Turismo Rally - Complete the Gran Turismo Rally Special Event- bronze
37 - Grand Tour - Complete the Grand Tour Special Event- bronze
38 - Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge - Complete the Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge Special Event - bronze
39 -- Hidden Trophy
40 -- National C License - Complete the C License - bronze
41 -- National B License - Complete the B License - bronze
42 - National A License - Complete the A License - bronze
43 -- International C Licencse - Complete the International C Licencse - bronze
44 -- International B Licencse - Complete the International B Licencse - bronze
45 - International A Licencse - Complete the International A Licencse - bronze
46 - Super License - Complete the S License - bronze
47 -- Begginer Series Complete - Complete the Begginer series of Race Events - bronze
48 -- Profesional Series Complete - Complete the Professional series of Race Events - bronze
49 -- Amateur Series Complete - Complete the Amateur series of Race Events - bronze
50 - Profesional Series Complete - Complete the Professional series of Race Events - bronze
51 - Expert Series Complete - Complete the Expert series of Race Events - bronze
52 - Extreme Series Complete - Complete the Extreme series of Eace Events - bronze
53 -- Hidden Trophy
54 - Hidden Trophy
55 - Finale - Reach the sfing movie - gold
56 - Epert Manager - Reach B-Spec Level 40 - silver
57 - Excellent Driver - Reach A-Spec Level 40 - silver
58 - Gold Standart - Get a gold trophy in every race event, license test and special event - gold
59 - Gran Turismo Platinum Trophy - Earn every single Gran Turismo 5 Trophy - platinum
60 -- Hidden Trophy

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Killzone 3 beta expanded to 5000 more

November 8th, 2010, 21:36 Posted By: wraggster

Guerilla Games has revealed that it's extending the Killzone 3 multiplayer beta to another wave of gamers eager to join in the fun.

We've decided to expand the beta trial!" said the dev via Twitter earlier. "5,000 additional Plus-subscribers from SCEA and SCEE will automatically receive invites through PSN," they added.

The beta kicked off late last month, giving players a taster of three gorgeous maps - each of which you can see in videos here.

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New maps coming to Bad Company 2

November 8th, 2010, 21:47 Posted By: wraggster

On the eve of Call of Duty: Black Ops' release EA has announced new downloadable content for rival shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

VIP Map Pack 7 includes four maps, two of which are "fan favourites" Oasis and Harvest Day. It's all free for PC and console VIP players.

The maps previously in Bad Company have been reworked for the sequel, and in the process have gained "full Destruction 2.0 (buildings collapsing and micro destruction), enhanced graphics and lighting, and remastered ambient sounds and backgrounds".

The final two maps in the pack are Cold War and Heavy Metal, both originating from the single-player portion of the DICE-developed shooter.

Talking specifically about Oasis, level designer Cristian Pavel said: "The map has not been changed drastically, so returning players will feel right at home the moment they step into this Oasis.

"The revised parts of the levels are minor. For example, the gold crates in BC1 were located on the rooftops, which we can't have now that entire buildings can collapse. So we had to put the crates on the ground in some places. Things like that."

VIP Map Pack 7 is "on its way", according to DICE.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-bad-company-2

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Fallout: New Vegas generates $300m in retail sales

November 8th, 2010, 22:21 Posted By: wraggster

Bethesda's Fallout: New Vegas has generated over $300 million in retail sales since launch

That's across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and "a heavy volume of digital downloads" according to the publisher, with five million units shipped globally.

"We are delighted by the reception Fallout: New Vegas has received from fans around the world," commented Vlatko Andonov, president of Bethesda Softworks.

"Despite the large launch quantities for this title, we have already received substantial re-orders from our retail partners, underscoring the tremendous popularity of this highly entertaining game. We believe Fallout: New Vegas will be the 'must buy' title for gamers throughout the holiday season."

The game was well-received by the press on release, but has been plagued by a number of bugs, leading Bethesda to work on a "comprehensive" patch due shortly.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...n-retail-sales

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Move stealing Wii's family crowd?

November 9th, 2010, 00:18 Posted By: wraggster

Sony reckons half of the people who want to buy PlayStation Move are parents.

The family vote has lead to great success for the Wii, but Sony's US blog goes on to insist that 60 per cent of the people who want Move already own Nintendo's console - they want to upgrade their motion-sensing experience apparently.

Since May, we're told, the number of people who want PlayStation Move has doubled. Of those, 30 per cent are women and 25 per cent are over 35 years-old - the average age is 28.

PlayStation Move trickled out in mid-September in Europe. Sony's Wiimote-like controller - which has a glowing bauble on top - has been in relatively high demand, although Sony never alluded to big upfront hardware sales like Microsoft is for Kinect. One million Move units have been shipped across the US, and PlayStation 3 worldwide sales have been bumped by the controller's arrival.

To keep momentum going, Sony plans to add another 15 games to the Move roster by the end of March 2011.

The list provided by the US PlayStation blog is below.


Out Now

Brunswick Pro Bowling
EyePet
Get Fit With Mel B
Heavy Rain
High Velocity Bowling
Hustle Kings
John Daly's ProStroke Golf
Kung Fu Rider
MAG
NBA 2K11
Planet Minigolf
Racquet Sports
Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
R.U.S.E
Sports Champions
Start The Party!
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest
The Shoot
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011
Time Crisis: Razing Storm
Toy Story 3: The Video Game
Tumble
TV Superstars
Coming in late 2010 and 2011:

Beat Sketcher
Dance Dance Revolution
Dead Space Extraction (available with Dead Space 2 Limited Edition)
echochrome ii
EA Create
Killzone 3
LittleBigPlanet 2
PAIN (PlayStation Move compatibility update)
PlayStation Move Ape Escape
PlayStation Move Heroes
SingStar Dance
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs
The Sly Collection
The Fight: Lights Out
Tron Evolution: The Video Game
Zumba Fitness

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Sony's made a new PS3 headset

November 9th, 2010, 00:19 Posted By: wraggster

Wasn't that old PS3 Bluetooth headset big and dull? Thank goodness Sony has unveiled a new one.

This one's shiny and 30 per cent smaller, and has noise cancellation as well as a High-Quality mode for crisp and clear sound.

Like the PS3 pads, the headset has a mini-USB socket so it can be cabled to the console - enabling charging and auto pairing (getting your PS3 to recognise the mic).

The headset has six hours of charge, an easily findable mute button and a charging cradle. Incidentally, the headset can be used as a desktop mic while in its cradle.

The PlayStation blog prices the Bluetooth headset at 50 dollars. It's coming out this month.

Sony Europe doesn't have any local details yet.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ew-ps3-headset

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LOVEFiLM service confirmed for PS3

November 9th, 2010, 00:20 Posted By: wraggster

Movie streaming service LOVEFiLM is set to launch on PlayStation 3 this Wednesday, it has been confirmed.

LOVEFiLM's announced the news on its own site, which should come as a surprise to, well, nobody.

PlayStation 3 users with a LOVEFiLM membership will be able to stream thousands of titles for free as well as browsing its 62,000-strong library of DVDs, Blu-rays and games.

Among the movies available for gratis streaming are Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, I Am Legend, Beowulf, Let The Right One In, V For Vendetta and Mean Girls.

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Home leaks reveal new features

November 9th, 2010, 00:22 Posted By: wraggster

A bunch of leaked images from a beta testing version of Home reveals some of the new features set to arrive in the 14. Update for PS3's virtual world, Home.

Sony announced over the weekend that an update was on the way, but only voice chat and improved wardrobe features were detailed in its partial list of changes.

But a new bunch of shots show that users will also be able to set their avatar status, so other Home-goers will know at a glance what mood you're in or if you want to play a game - a much requested feature according to PS Lifestyle. This may even change your avatar's facial expression, it reports.


Also on the list is an improved PDA menu system for easier navigation of its menus, particularly in the wardrobe department.

Players will also be able to buy a pet lizard, which by the looks of it wanders around aimlessly.

Sony promised to detail more features for update 1.4, which is says will have an "enormous impact on [Home's] users and developers alike", this week.

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PlayStation Lounge opening tomorrow in Manhattan

November 9th, 2010, 00:26 Posted By: wraggster



We know you probably shut your brain off after reading the words "PlayStation Lounge," assuming it was just a newly opened Home Space -- fortunately, that's not the case. Sony announced that tomorrow afternoon, it will turn the ground floor of its HQ in New York into the aforementioned Lounge, where shoppers can play demos of upcoming PS3 and PSP games, or test out currently available products like PlayStation Move.

Tomorrow's opening day festivities will see attendees shmoozing with a man-sized Sackboy, taking part in raffles for PlayStation Move bundles and drinking expensive martinis while enjoying a live performance from Robert Goulet. Actually, we made that last thing up, but what kind of a "Lounge" would it be if that option wasn't made available?

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/pl...-in-manhattan/

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Gran Turismo 5 retail discs spotted in Europe

November 9th, 2010, 00:27 Posted By: wraggster



Over the weekend, a handful of tipsters sent Gran Turismo fansite GT Planet photos of what appeared to be retail versions of Gran Turismo 5. The photographic evidence began to pile up, and it seems that some gamer slash gearheads in Europe are already playing the game -- this is, of course, after the game was delayed to an unknown release date. Additionally, the game's entire Trophy list has been revealed, adding fuel to the fire.

At the very least, this confirms GT5 director Kazunori Yamauchi's statement about discs for the game already being in production, though it doesn't put us any closer to knowing when exactly the game will finally arrive at retail. Will GT5 follow the path of the Sega Saturn and simply become available "right now," whenever the publisher deems it so? It certainly seems possible as of this report. But then, we all know how well that went for Sega's game console.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/gr...ted-in-europe/

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Flying Hamster takes off on PS3 & PSP December 7

November 9th, 2010, 00:28 Posted By: wraggster

The Flying Hamster is undoubtedly one of the cutest Minis available on the PlayStation Network, and one of the few that are worthwhile to play on the PS3, in addition to the PSP. We've written quite a bit about this indie shmup, and it finally has a North American release date and price: December 7, for $5.99. The game is already available on the European PlayStation Store.

For the uninitiated, The Flying Hamster plays like almost any other shmup: collect power-ups, and shoot at enemies using either a rapid or charge shot. What makes it so unique is its collection of power-ups and enemies: you can spit a stream of beer at cows, for example. Or launch a swarm of bees at ninja squirrels. Or drop some egg bombs on some evil toaster robots. Seriously.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/fl...-release-date/

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PCSX Rerecording v0.1.3c

November 9th, 2010, 00:58 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.aep-emu.de/PNphpBB2-file-...c-t-15848.html

PCSX Rerecording is a Sony Playstation emulator for Windows based on PCSX. Quote: "PCSX Rerecording is the rerecording version of PCSX with many customized features designed to aid in recording movie input files.".

Extract of the SVN chnagelog between revision 247 and 257

Quote:
r257
ramwatch: oops, "new" button must be always active
r256
ramwatch: fix the multiple selection glitch of watch up/down
r255
adapted ram search/watch fixes/improvements from desmume
r254
add memory viewer (not tested much)
r253
Remove IDC_C_WATCH_DUPLICATE2
r252
Lua: lazy analog joystick support { xleft, yleft, xright, yright } joypad.getanalog(which) joypad.setanalog(which, { xleft, yleft, xright, yright })
r251
RAM Search: Fix counting of number of changes.
r250
Ram Watch - Add Separator button
r249
[No log message]
r248
RAM Search: fix reset to update previous values RAM Search: redraw the list when search size/format is changed. Probably those are common bugs of the Gens-style RAM search dialog.


http://code.google.com/p/pcsxrr/

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Xebra 08-11-2010

November 9th, 2010, 01:01 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://emu-russia.net/en/

Japanese Sony Playstation emulator has been updated. Changes:
- MDEC: The frequency of testing MDEC-in data shortage was increased.

http://drhell.web.fc2.com/ps1/index.html

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edgbla's Software Rendering Plugin 0.32

November 9th, 2010, 01:02 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://emu-russia.net/en/

Russian GPU plugin for Sony PlayStation emulators has been updated.
Changes:
– fixed several minor but annoying bugs: size of screen and screenshot under Windows, loss of picture after the call of the settings dialog during the game, crashes during save state loading etc.

http://forum.emu-russia.net/viewforum.php?f=28

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Ultimate Pong Revolution v1.1 Released

November 9th, 2010, 13:05 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.psp-ita.com/?module=news&...9&view_reply=1

Another homebrew game to feed our PSP, this is Ultimate Revolution v1.1 Pong made by the developer ulyssedog that allows you to relive a classic video game entertainment: tennis.
The homebrew in question has two modes: Solo and Duel. In solo mode, as it is easy to understand, we confront the AI of the game, while in Duel mode we can challenge a friend of ours on the same PSP (I know it's inconvenient, but this is ...).
The controls are quite simple, since the movements of "rackets" are limited to only vertical scrolling. The D-Pad is assigned to the primary player, and keys and will be available to the challenger.

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DaedalusX64 rev 592 - Nintendo 64 Emulator for PSP

November 9th, 2010, 13:07 Posted By: wraggster

bdacanay has released a new version of the only active Nintendo 64 Emulator for PSP, heres whats new:

What's changed in this revision:
Revision 592
[+] Third way to fix Z-fight issues, should really work this time...
[!] Panic button "tone" now only need about 1 sec to activate.
[~] Some cleanups and fixes.

http://forums.daedalusx64.com/viewto...t=2640&start=0

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Scummvm GX build 09

November 9th, 2010, 13:09 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/a...p?storyid=2238

MagicSeb compiled a new version of ScummVM ported to PS3 by Lousyphreak.

New / fixed:

- Added zlib (MagicSeb)
- Videos of Broken Sword 1 & 2 work now!

Zip content:

- Ps3.zip-scummvm: scummvm source code
- Ps3-libs.zip: source code libraries
- ScummVM-Gx-Mod Build 09.pkg: pkg to install (SDK 1.92)

This is the latest build of MagicSeb, lousyphreak have decided to wear under scummvm PSL1GHT, open source SDK for the PS3.

Scummvm build GX 09

Official site: http://github.com/lousyphreak/scummvm-ps3
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PCSP v0.4 progress update 3 - PSP Emulator for Windows

November 9th, 2010, 13:13 Posted By: wraggster

The PCSP Team have showed new progress on their PSP Emulator for Windows:

This week's new playable games are :
Gripshift
Star Wars Battlefront II

Enjoy some screenshots





http://www.pcsp-emu.com/news.php?readmore=42#comments

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Gemini 1.2

November 9th, 2010, 13:15 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from CODE_R3D

Gemini 1.2
by CODE_R3D

-PRX Plugin-

A plugin that saves battery power.
A small prx to shut off things like usb, umd drive, wlan.
when theyre not being used.

v1.0, and 1.1 wasnt released due to beta-testing.

This shouldnt brick your psp, it hasnt bricked mine.
My psp is a psp-2000 (slim) CFW 5.50 Prometheus-3.

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Example.
------
I was running my psp. The umd drive was shutoff,
but then i put 'ATV Offroad Fury' UMD in my PSP.
Then Gemini activated umd drive and then i played the umd.

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PCE.emu 1.3.0 (unofficial Android & PS3 port of Mednafen)

November 9th, 2010, 18:10 Posted By: bandit

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PCE.emu 1.3.0 (unofficial Android & PS3 port of Mednafen)

November 9th, 2010, 18:10 Posted By: bandit

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Mass Effect 2 PS3 interactive comic, DLC confirmed

November 10th, 2010, 00:35 Posted By: wraggster

BioWare has moved to provide clarity on what it says are "translation errors" sparked by a post on the German BioWare forums, which seemingly revealed an interactive comic and a new six hour mission for the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2.

The interactive comic part is spot on. As BioWare's Jesse Houston confirms: "BioWare Edmonton (the group that made Mass Effect 2) teamed up with the fine folks at Dark Horse Comics to create an interactive backstory.

"While I can't release all the details about this yet, what I can tell you is that we want to create a stunning visual experience that not only tells the core story elements of Mass Effect 1, but also is fully interactive allowing you to be faced with some of the major choices which will have consequences your Mass Effect universe."

He goes on to hint that this comic may later make it to other platforms. "This interactive comic's initial release will be exclusive to PS3 owners who would be otherwise unable to realize the full effect of choice in the Mass Effect universe and will be included on the Cerberus Network," - emphasis on the word "initial" there.

Next up, the six hour DLC mission turns out not to be new, but an estimated combined gameplay time for the previously released DLC that will be included with the PS3 version. DLC packs Lair of the Shadow Broker, Project Overlord, Kasumi: Stolen Memory and the Blood Dragon Armour will all be on the disc, as well as an access code to the Cerberus Network.

Houston also appears to reveal new content for PS3, saying: "There will also be some DLC Bundles, such as the Aegis Pack as well as exclusive both Free and Paid DLC for all PlayStation 3 owners such as the Recon Operations Pack."

But the post has been edited to explain: "While I can't go into details all of this content is or was available to Xbox/PC Owners but otherwise wouldn't be available to PS3 owners."

So much for 'clarification'.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS

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OpFlash, GRID 2 and DiRT 3 mapped out

November 10th, 2010, 00:45 Posted By: wraggster

The next Operation Flashpoint game, Red River, will be released at some point between 1st April and the end of June 2011, Eurogamer can exclusively reveal.

"I don't think it does any good to publish in a congested period when everyone's putting out their shooters," Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens told Eurogamer.

"A number of leading companies have their fiscal year ends around that time, and so they'll be firing heavyweights in terms of their product releases to give as much boost to their fiscal year end as they possibly can.

"That's not a window I want to go out in. It will be between 1st April and the end of June."

Rally game DiRT 3 will be released in the same window, Cousens revealed.

"What we're not going to do is do more of the same with each rendition of the game," Cousens promised. "There is a lot more to it.

"Let's put it into context. It's from probably the finest racing studio in the world. It's between us and the Need for Speed guys, and I would argue we're better."

The next game in the Race Driver: GRID series will be released in 2012.

"We're not difficult to predict," Cousens said. "If DiRT comes out next year, GRID will come out the following year, and then DiRT will be out the year after that. So you can map us out.

"Sitting alongside that will be F1 every year. Flashpoint we'll do every other year. The idea is to come up with a new IP that sits in opposite years to each other, but we're in the racing segment and the action segment.

"So you can pretty much lay out my business plan for the next five years."

Codemasters' new IP for 2011 is Codemasters Guildford's Bodycount, due out early summer.

Codemasters has already teased a "massive" title that utilises version 2.0 of the EGO engine. Will it be 2012's new IP?

"Could well be," Cousens replied.

"There's still a lot being planned. It's something big and something is happening, but your thought process is right."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...t-3-mapped-out

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Homefront's getting a sequel - THQ

November 10th, 2010, 00:46 Posted By: wraggster

Homefront 1 isn't out yet, but Homefront 2 is already on the cards.

THQ's core games boss Danny Bilson said a sequel would be set on the other side of the Mississippi river.

"The sequel has new features and doesn't even deal with the same characters," Bilson revealed during an IGDA speech (reported by Joystiq).

"It takes place on the other side of the Mississippi - nobody knows what's going on over there because the North Koreans have irradiated the Mississippi with radioactive iodine and nobody can cross it without a hazmat suit. It's very interesting stuff."

Homefront is being aligned as THQ's big shooter series - its Call of Duty. Set in America's own back yard, the premise works around the "what if?" scenario of North Korea invading the home of the capitalist world.

It's not out until March 2011, but THQ has a book co-written by the Apocalypse Now screenwriter ready for early next year.

Homefront is in development for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...g-a-sequel-thq

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Acti urges Black Ops fans to report bugs

November 10th, 2010, 00:49 Posted By: wraggster

Activision has urged Call of Duty: Black Ops owners to report exploits, server reliability issues and bugs directly to creator Treyarch.

"These are things that the Treyarch development team needs to hear about in order for them to fix them," Activision's social media guru Dan Amrich wrote on his blog.

"Every game has bugs; it's a reality of gaming. And the bigger the game, the more likely you will find bugs that would never even come to light in less popular titles. So the best way to help get rid of those bugs is to share what you've learned with the team that has the power and insight to fix them."

Amrich urged fans to report issues on the official Call of Duty forum.

He also offered some advice to those who wish to do so. "When you explain your issue - whichever realm it falls under - it helps to be polite (insults in all caps might make you feel better, but it makes it tougher to get to the useful stuff), be specific (the more detail you can offer about what was going on when the problem occurred, the better) and be clear and direct, and you have a much better chance of finding the info you need and/or helping get the problem fixed.

"Less helpful things include angry Tweets directed at nobody in particular, how-to-exploit-the-bugs videos on YouTube, and screaming at the walls, so I do not recommend them."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...to-report-bugs

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Gran Turismo 5 begins with 7 minutes of cars being made

November 10th, 2010, 01:04 Posted By: wraggster

Adding more evidence of the dissemination of retail copies of Gran Turismo 5 -- before it even has a release date -- shakycam footage of what appears to be the seven-minute intro for Polyphony Digital's eternally delayed racing simulator has appeared on YouTube. Hope you like factories!

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/09/gran-turismo-5-intro/

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Sonic the Hedgehog tops PSN sales in October

November 10th, 2010, 01:06 Posted By: wraggster

PlayStation fans happily ignored our review of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, making it the best-selling game on the PlayStation Store in October. Apparently that wasn't enough to sate your appetite: the Dreamcast re-release of Sonic Adventure jumped to number 4 on the list. Meanwhile, former Xbox Live exclusives, Deadliest Warrior and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, made strong debuts, with Castle Crashers continuing its strong performance.

1. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode One
2. Deadliest Warrior: The Game
3. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
4. Sonic Adventure
5. Echoes (minis)
6. Castle Crashers
7. My Aquarium
8. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
9. Costume Quest
10. Final Fantasy IX (PSone)

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/09/so...es-in-october/

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No Sacktoy for LBP2 Collector's Ed

November 10th, 2010, 01:16 Posted By: wraggster

There's no plushy Sackboy toy snuggled inside the Collector's Edition of LittleBigPlanet 2 - the treats this time are virtual.

They are five PSN avatars and seven LBP2 costumes. Those costumes are Toy Story 3's Alien, Tron: Legacy's Clu, The Muppets' Great Gonzo and Even More Animals' Crocodile, Vulture, Cobra and Mandrill.

Pictures of them can be found on the European PlayStation blog.

That Collector's Edition should set you back £50 in most shops, but the RRP is £59.99, so some may go higher.

Sony has also arranged some pre-order bonuses at various shops. These offer yet more costumes, this time for iconic PlayStation heroes Jak, Daxter, Ratchet and Clank.

LittleBigPlanet 2, after a recent delay, will now launch in January 2011. The extra time enables more feedback from the beta to be taken on board so the package can be nipped and tucked to perfection.

This also allows MM some space to look at how Move can work with LittleBigPlanet 2. In October, Eurogamer revealed that a disc containing 10 demos of Move working with LBP2 will be included with the game.

Media Molecule turned up to the Eurogamer Expo 2010 this year to show off its game. Ambitiously, the MM talk was based around building an LBP2 level using ideas shouted out by the audience - you! Are they mad?!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-collectors-ed

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DJ Hero game – DJ Hero game

November 10th, 2010, 02:03 Posted By: Darksaviour69

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PSP "biggest disappointment" of 2010

November 10th, 2010, 13:01 Posted By: wraggster

Sony's PSP strategy has been the biggest let-down of the year, according to top US games retailer GameStop.

Senior VP of merchandising and marketing Bob McKenzie told Eurogamer, "If I were to pick a disappointment the only thing would be looking at the number of titles that have launched on the PSP format compared to the prior year.

"I think Sony did a great job two years ago in terms of coming out with a pretty good line-up of PSP offerings and I didn't see that breadth of titles this year. And it's still pretty meaningful to consumers."

Time for the PSP2 then? We couldn't draw McKenzie to comment but rumours have been flying around for the last couple of months about an impending follow-up to Sony's handheld.

At the other end of the spectrum, McKenzie touted Halo: Reach as the biggest surprise package of the year. Amazing as it may seem in the wake of such a successful launch, there was a lot of concern about the title before release.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ntment-of-2010

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Eat Them! dished up for PSN

November 10th, 2010, 13:02 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has confirmed a PlayStation Network release for Eat Them!, the latest game from Bristol-based developer FluffyLogic.

The game's producer told the PlayStation Blog that the Rampage-esque romp lets players "create their own giant monster which they then use to smash, crash and munch their way though the city. The monster is people-powered, so eating folk is a prerequisite of keeping your monster in full-on destruction mode."

You can expect "customisable monster creation and lots and lots of smashing things. The player has the option of single-player and split-screen multiplayer, head-to-head and co-operative missions."

Have a look at the screenshots below for a better idea of the game's B-movie comic book feel.

The most accurate release date Sony were willing to offer was "2011" but FluffyLogic, whose last title was the enjoyable tower defence effort Savage Moon, will be taking over the Playstation Blog every two weeks to update on progress.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...heading-to-psn

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LoveFilm launches on PS3

November 10th, 2010, 13:07 Posted By: wraggster

Movie rental service LoveFilm has arrived on PS3 today with users able to stream TV episodes and movies from their console.
The firm has also partnered with Push Button who will bring the service to other digital platforms across the world. The developer previously brought LoveFilm on-demand to Sony Bravia TVs and Blu-ray devices.
As well as streaming movies, PS3 owners are also able to sign up to LoveFilm in order to receive DVDs through the post. A monthly subscription currently costs £5.99.
“Today's announcement will allow LoveFilm to build upon our leadership in launching compelling and ground-breaking video content on many different platforms,” said LoveFilm’s group digital officer Lesley Mackenzie.
“Push Button’s ability to quickly get to grips with delivering to a diverse range of digital platforms including consoles, internet TV and handheld devices is second to none.”

Push Button’s MD Paula Byrne added: “Pushbutton is delighted to be chosen by LoveFilm as its digital partner and looks forward to bringing the LoveFilm service to a wide variety of digital devices.”

It was revealed last month that LoveFilm would be coming to PS3.
LoveFilm currently has 1.4m members and 67,000 titles available for rental.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41723/Love...aunches-on-PS3

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Get on PSN with jailbroken firmware 3.15 and 3.41 PlayStation 3's

November 10th, 2010, 21:27 Posted By: bandit

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Home update 1.4: Full patch notes released

November 10th, 2010, 23:52 Posted By: wraggster

Voice chat and wardrobe management is just the start of what's to come to Home tomorrow when client version 1.4 goes live.

Sony's put out the full list of changes and it's a long one. Home users will, as of tomorrow, be able to set up groups of up to eight people, send invites to other players no matter what they're playing/watching on their PS3, send private text messages, set their character status and a whole lot more.

Here's the full list:

NEW FEATURES

Groups

* You can now create groups in Home.
* Groups consist of up to 8 different people.
* You may invite your friends and anyone in the same space as you to your group.
* Groups work no matter where anyone is in Home - different public spaces, personal spaces or club houses.
* Groups have their own voice and text chat channels that work between all group members wherever they are in Home.
* If you leave Home then you leave your group.
* If the leader leaves a group then leadership is automatically transferred to another member of the group.
* The chat log has two tabs "Text" and "Voice". The text tab handles all text chat while the voice tab handles all voice chat.
* Communication in the chat log has been separated into multiple chat channels.

The Chat Log

Local: The existing proximity based text chat in a space.

Group: Text and voice chat through the group channel. Works between all group members anywhere in Home.

Club: Text and voice chat through the club channel. Works between all club members anywhere in Home.

- You can only be in one club channel at a time.
- If you are in multiple clubs then you can switch the channel between each one.

* Each channel has its own prefix and colour scheme so that you can tell them apart in the chat log and understand where chat is coming from.
* As part of this change we have removed the display of custom pop-up colours from the chat log.
* The label on each tab is coloured and prefixed according to the channel you will send chat to if you type or speak.

Text

* Complementing the telephone call system you can now send private text messages to other people through the chat log as well.

Voice

* The voice tab lists all of the people in your current voice channel along with a status icon which indicates:

-Speaking
-Has microphone
-Does not have microphone
-Blocked, ignored or muted

* In addition to the standard menu options there are special slash commands for switching channel or sending private messages quickly:

- "/local" or "/l"
- /l hello
- "/group" or "/g
- /g howdy"
- "/club" or "/c"
- /c greetings
- "/privatemessage", "/private" or "/pm"
- In the case of a private message you also need to specify who the message will go to.
- /pm how are you?

Wardrobe

* We have replaced the old wardrobe background that was tied to the Harbor Studio apartment with a simpler, more neutral one that loads more quickly.
* You can now tag "favourite" items in the wardrobe.
* It is possible to filter the wardrobe view to only display favourite items, purchased items, rewards or recently acquired items.
* Each category in the wardrobe can have the items in it sorted by time acquired and when it was last used.
* New items will have a new icon on them (as will categories that contain new items).
* There is a storage section into which you can put items that you don't use very often. Putting some of your items into storage will mean:

- The wardrobe loads faster (and depending on how much is being stored Home may load faster as well).
- There will be fewer items to scroll through in each category.

* You can browse your storage section and swap items back into your main wardrobe whenever you want to.

- You can keep a maximum of 500 items in your main wardrobe at any one time. The rest go into storage.
- When you load Home for the first time after the patch we will automatically put some of your items into the storage trunk if you happen to have more than 500 items already.

* There is a new "Both Ears" category in the wardrobe.
* The "Glasses" and "Headphones" categories have been replaced with "Face Accessory" and "Head Accessory".
* Within each category the first option will keep your current selection.
* Your character can now be set into one of several different statuses:

Character Status

- Normal
- Happy
- Sad
- Angry
- Confused
- Busy
- Wants help
- Wants to chat
- Wants to play

* Setting a status will update the information in your character label and in some cases may change the expression on your character's face and your idle animations.
* We have added a simplified carousel of three main options (Navigator, Wardrobe and Settings) to the first page of the Menu Pad.

IMPROVEMENTS

Menu Pad and the Navigator

- All of the existing menus can be found under "Settings" now.
- The carousel view can be turned off in the settings if you wish.

* The Navigator can be accessed directly in Home by pressing and holding [START] without having to go through the Menu Pad.
* Extra icons have been added to the side of each space in the Navigator to indicate if this space is a favourite and whether it has any friends in it.
* There are extra options in the Menu Pad and Home Safe Screen for setting preferences as to how much of the new character labels you want to see.
* Home now fully supports cross game invites.
* If one of your friends is online but not in Home you can use the Menu Pad or Navigator friend list to invite them to join you.
* When the friend accepts the invitation they will automatically load Home and be transported to your location.
* The loading screen has been simplified.
* Helpful tips are displayed while you are loading.
* Access to Home is now restricted by parental control level (set on the console) as well as age (set on the PSN account) in each region.
* The audio system has been optimised and improved.
* Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound is now correctly supported.
* Added support for Polish fonts.
* Game camera collision has been improved so that there should be fewer instances of it cutting through objects or sticking out of the scene.
* The majority of videos in Home will now start playing more quickly (before they have been fully downloaded).
* The anti-aliasing has been improved. This should mean higher quality shadows and a slightly better framerate.
* General optimisations to improve performance and framerate.
* Log in times have been improved once more.
* You can now zoom into screens while seated.
* The shadows and lighting in the Harbour Studio apartment have been improved.
* The club menus have been simplified and made easier to use.

Character Labels

* There are extra options in the Menu Pad and Home Safe Screen for setting preferences as to how much of the new character labels you want to see.

Cross Game Invites

* Home now fully supports cross game invites.
* If one of your friends is online but not in Home you can use the Menu Pad or Navigator friend list to invite them to join you.
* When the friend accepts the invitation they will automatically load Home and be transported to your location.

Loading Screen

* The loading screen has been simplified.
* Helpful tips are displayed while you are loading.

General

* Access to Home is now restricted by parental control level (set on the console) as well as age (set on the PSN account) in each region.
* The audio system has been optimised and improved.
* Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound is now correctly supported.
* Added support for Polish fonts.
* Game camera collision has been improved so that there should be fewer instances of it cutting through objects or sticking out of the scene.
* The majority of videos in Home will now start playing more quickly (before they have been fully downloaded).
* The anti-aliasing has been improved. This should mean higher quality shadows and a slightly better framerate.
* General optimisations to improve performance and framerate.
* Log in times have been improved once more.
* You can now zoom into screens while seated.
* The shadows and lighting in the Harbour Studio apartment have been improved.
* The club menus have been simplified and made easier to use.

Bug Fixes

* System and network stability has been improved.

Harbour Studio Apartment

* Added some dynamic lights to the Harbour Studio apartment which can be turned on and off with a switch by the door.

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PS Store discounts Creed II add-ons

November 10th, 2010, 23:58 Posted By: wraggster

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - the one what did multiplayer - arrives next week, and Ubisoft is banging its drums by discounting AC2 downloadable content.

Battle of Forli and Bonfire of the Vanities have been squashed to £2 apiece, and the Secret Locations-plus-Bonfire of the Vanities double-pack costs just over three quid.

New games on the European PlayStation Store this week are Crescent Pale Mist and side-scrolling shmup bundle Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype & The Last Chapter, according to the European PlayStation blog.

Other things you may like: the Morpheus skin for God of War III - no not the one from The Matrix - and Bon Jovi songs for Rock Band 3.

Things you may not like: paying £32 for the PSP version of WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2011.

Special Offers (available until 24th November)

TMNT: Turtle in Time Re-Shelled (was £7.99/€9.99 now £5.49/€6.99)
Cell Factor: Psychokinetic Wars (was £7.99/€9.99 now £5.49/€6.99)
Assassin's Creed II: Sequence 12 Battle of Forli (was £3.19/€3.99 now £1.99/€2.49)
Assassin's Creed II: Sequence 13 Bonfire of the Vanities (was £3.19/€3.99 now £1.99/€2.49)
Assassin's Creed II: Sequence 13 Bonfire of the Vanities & Secret Locations (was £5.49/€6.99 now £3.19/€3.99)
PSP: Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (was £23.99/€29.99 now £15.99/€19.99)
PSP: Tom Clancy's EndWar (was £15.99/€19.99 now £7.99/€9.99)
PSP: ChessMaster: The Art of Learning (was £15.99/€19.99 now £7.99/€9.99)
Mini: Mystery of the Crystal Portal (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.49/€2.99)
Permanent: Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley (now £19.99/€24.99)
PS3 Games

Crescent Pale Mist (£3.99/€4.99)
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype & The Last Chapter Bundle (£11.99/€14.99)
PS3 Game Content

EyePet: Dinosaur Styling Pack (£2.39/€2.99), Hoodie Styling Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
Front Mission: Evolved - Weapons Pack 02 (£2.39/€2.99)
God of War III Morpheus Character Skin (£0.79/€0.99)
Hustle Kings - Carom and UK Billiards Pack (£1.59/€1.99)
Just Cause 2 Chaos Parachute (free)
ModNation Racers: Ratchet & Clank Pack (£1.39/€1.75), Stunt Pack (free)
My Aquarium Big Fish Set (£0.79/€0.99)
PAIN Maxine Pack (£0.79/€0.99)
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock 1 Track Pack (£13.99/€17.99), "Red Barchetta" by Rush (£1.59/€1.99), "Tom Sawyer" by Rush (£1.59/€1.99)
Rock Band 3: Bon Jovi Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition (£9.99/€14.99)
Rock Band Network: "A Drug Against War" by KMFDM (£0.99/€1.49), "Blood Red Rock" by Bang Camaro (£0.59/€0.79), "Dethroned' by Death Angel (£0.99/€1.49), "Scavengers Of The Damned" by Aiden (£0.99/€1.49), "You Ain't No Family" by iwrestledabearonce (£0.99/€1.49)
PSP Games

WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 (£31.99/€39.99)
NBA 2K11 (£23.99/€29.99)
Street Cricket Champions (£6.99)
PSOne Games

Grandia (£6.29/€7.99)
Minis

3, 2, 1... Supercrash! (£2.39/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Fort Commander II: Counterattack (£3.49/€3.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Jewel Keepers: Easter Island (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 3

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PS Store discounts Creed II add-ons

November 10th, 2010, 23:58 Posted By: wraggster

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - the one what did multiplayer - arrives next week, and Ubisoft is banging its drums by discounting AC2 downloadable content.

Battle of Forli and Bonfire of the Vanities have been squashed to £2 apiece, and the Secret Locations-plus-Bonfire of the Vanities double-pack costs just over three quid.

New games on the European PlayStation Store this week are Crescent Pale Mist and side-scrolling shmup bundle Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype & The Last Chapter, according to the European PlayStation blog.

Other things you may like: the Morpheus skin for God of War III - no not the one from The Matrix - and Bon Jovi songs for Rock Band 3.

Things you may not like: paying £32 for the PSP version of WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2011.

Special Offers (available until 24th November)

TMNT: Turtle in Time Re-Shelled (was £7.99/€9.99 now £5.49/€6.99)
Cell Factor: Psychokinetic Wars (was £7.99/€9.99 now £5.49/€6.99)
Assassin's Creed II: Sequence 12 Battle of Forli (was £3.19/€3.99 now £1.99/€2.49)
Assassin's Creed II: Sequence 13 Bonfire of the Vanities (was £3.19/€3.99 now £1.99/€2.49)
Assassin's Creed II: Sequence 13 Bonfire of the Vanities & Secret Locations (was £5.49/€6.99 now £3.19/€3.99)
PSP: Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (was £23.99/€29.99 now £15.99/€19.99)
PSP: Tom Clancy's EndWar (was £15.99/€19.99 now £7.99/€9.99)
PSP: ChessMaster: The Art of Learning (was £15.99/€19.99 now £7.99/€9.99)
Mini: Mystery of the Crystal Portal (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.49/€2.99)
Permanent: Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley (now £19.99/€24.99)
PS3 Games

Crescent Pale Mist (£3.99/€4.99)
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype & The Last Chapter Bundle (£11.99/€14.99)
PS3 Game Content

EyePet: Dinosaur Styling Pack (£2.39/€2.99), Hoodie Styling Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
Front Mission: Evolved - Weapons Pack 02 (£2.39/€2.99)
God of War III Morpheus Character Skin (£0.79/€0.99)
Hustle Kings - Carom and UK Billiards Pack (£1.59/€1.99)
Just Cause 2 Chaos Parachute (free)
ModNation Racers: Ratchet & Clank Pack (£1.39/€1.75), Stunt Pack (free)
My Aquarium Big Fish Set (£0.79/€0.99)
PAIN Maxine Pack (£0.79/€0.99)
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock 1 Track Pack (£13.99/€17.99), "Red Barchetta" by Rush (£1.59/€1.99), "Tom Sawyer" by Rush (£1.59/€1.99)
Rock Band 3: Bon Jovi Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition (£9.99/€14.99)
Rock Band Network: "A Drug Against War" by KMFDM (£0.99/€1.49), "Blood Red Rock" by Bang Camaro (£0.59/€0.79), "Dethroned' by Death Angel (£0.99/€1.49), "Scavengers Of The Damned" by Aiden (£0.99/€1.49), "You Ain't No Family" by iwrestledabearonce (£0.99/€1.49)
PSP Games

WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 (£31.99/€39.99)
NBA 2K11 (£23.99/€29.99)
Street Cricket Champions (£6.99)
PSOne Games

Grandia (£6.29/€7.99)
Minis

3, 2, 1... Supercrash! (£2.39/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Fort Commander II: Counterattack (£3.49/€3.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Jewel Keepers: Easter Island (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 3

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NHL GameCenter streaming coming to Roku, PS3

November 11th, 2010, 00:16 Posted By: wraggster

In addition to an updated app for Boxee, the NHL just announced its GameCenter streaming app is coming to the PlayStation 3 and Roku players. Free to PlayStation Plus members ($9.99 for all others, free on Roku) gamers get access to the app with its highlights, stats and information, while subscribers to the $169 GameCenter Live service get the full package including streaming out-of-market games and some playoff matchups. It's pretty similar to the MLB app that's also available on PS3, but similarly the lack of locally blacked out games makes it more of an alternate way to catch more sports than a cord-cutters best friend. Additional details are in the press release after the break, or check for the app under the video section of the PlayStation Network store.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/10/n...ee-for-plus-m/

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EA hails NFS: Hot Pursuit demo

November 11th, 2010, 00:40 Posted By: wraggster

The demo of Criterion's superb racing game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit was downloaded more than two million times within two weeks, EA's shouted from the rooftops.

The mega publisher said it's the fastest downloaded Need for Speed demo in history.

Other fun facts: more than 700,000 posts have been made to the Speed Wall, which is part of the game's Autolog network feature. More than five million Autolog Recommendations were sent from friend-to-friend.

54 million miles of open road have been raced, and 20 million cop busts executed – a somewhat abstract way of saying the demo's been proper popular.

Hot Pursuit's out in a week. Tom loved it so much he gave it a whopping 9/10 in Eurogamer's review.

Will the finished game match the demo's success?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...t-pursuit-demo

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'Developers don't take the PSP seriously enough'

November 11th, 2010, 23:44 Posted By: wraggster

Last week we gave Steven Beall a platform and he ranted about Microsoft's Kinect. CVG reader Matt Brown (dubplate240) also mourned the loss of some old friends.

This week James Ward gives his two cents about developers' attitudes towards the PSP in issue 134 of PSM3 while Jonnty Higham makes a simple request...

PORTABLE PASSION
love my PSP. I think it's a marvellous bit of kit and completely undervalued and underrated by a lot of people. When Peace Walker came along, PSP went up further in my estimation.


It's wonderfully addictive and I must have played it more than a lot of my fully fledged PS3 games - and I'm not even close to stopping.

I think it was a masterstroke to put PW onto the PSP, as I'm sure I wouldn't have put anywhere near as much time into it if I was sat in front of my TV.

The little screen just seems to suck me in and, with a pair of headphones, I get totally immersed in the experience. Those hand-drawn cut scenes are just outstanding, and I love micro-managing my ever expanding military outfit.

It's those RPG elements that just get me hooked, coming away from a mission finding your Gustav Rocket Launcher is now a four-star, lean-mean-tank-killingmachine is very rewarding.

I was initially worried when it was first released, with a heavy emphasis on co-op play, as I thought this was going to be mandatory.

Thankfully, I got through the main campaign on my own with just the right amount of challenge from the excellent bosses.

What frustrates me about the PSP - as highlighted by Peace Walker - is the lack of AAA games. If developers really took the time they could make some fantastic titles, some fully fledged games.

Too many PSP games just seem like throw-away spin-offs. The problem is that a lot of developers don't take it seriously enough. Maybe Peace Walker will make people sit up and take notice and want to make PSP games that are just as good!

PSM3 responds: It's good to hear someone sticking up for PSP. Peace Walker is, arguably, the best portable game ever - and so ideally structured for handheld play, that a HD PS3 version, as some demanded, would be missing the point.

Sony's PSP strategy has been hit and miss - they've had great ideas, such as Wi-Fi and direct PSN access for game downloads, but they're too fiddly, or poorly implemented.

Piracy has killed the software market, too. We're almost certain to see a PSP2 next year, so let's pray they get that right from the off.


CVG says: We agree with James, the PSP is a great handheld with life left in it, so it's a shame it's being somewhat ignored. As he's highlighted, games like Peace Walker and both God of War: Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta are proof of that.

The PSP is particularly well-suited for RPG games so it's a shame Square Enix has thrown its catalog of Final Fantasy remakes exclusively on the Nintendo DS.

However, when all is said and done, it's about doing what's necessary to guarantee the health of your product and ultimately make money. Unfortunately the PSP install base is much smaller than that of the DS and piracy is rampant. Let's hope Sony has better fortunes with the PSP2.

GIVE US HITMAN
Eidos' best franchise is the Hitman series. Forget Just Cause, Kane & Lynch and even the Lara Croft games: Agent 47's adventures produce some of the best experiences you're ever likely to have on a PlayStation.

Big baldy has yet to receive an outing on PS3 - my question is, what's taking so long? I want to get the thrill of following a target through the chaos of Mardi Gras; I want to experience the excitement of putting together my W2000 sniper rifle with the intent of calmly head-shotting my would-be victims; I want to feel the adrenaline pump as I try to be a silent assassin.

Blood Money left us with an exceptional ending. Agent 47 wasn't actually betrayed. It was just a ruse so that he could take out the head honcho of the Franchise at his 'funeral'. Diana works for the royal
family! C'mon! How could you not love that ending? Now


Now just think what they could do on the PS3. Get it together, Eidos, and make a new Hitman game.

PSM3 responds: We agree. Hitman is Eidos' best property, but since Blood Money, developer IO have churned out two mediocre Kane & Lynch games and Mini Ninjas.

Hitman 5 was tipped for this year, but went quiet. Expectations are so high, we hope the delay is born of IO's perfectionism, not struggles with PS3 - which sealed the fate of fellow PS2 gods Pandemic and Free Radical. Still, we're bracing for good news soon.

CVG says: The developer's work on the Kane & Lynch franchise doesn't exactly inspire us to champion a new Hitman, but after that brief recap how could we say no - we're with you Jonny.

One minor issue though; we're pretty sure Eidos (now owned by Square Enix) also has the Soul Reaver franchise, and if it's a choice between Agent 47 and Raziel - we're backing the vampire-turned-wraith all the way.

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Hulu Plus now available to all PS3 owners in the US, Europe lets out a wistful sigh

November 12th, 2010, 00:22 Posted By: wraggster

Yes indeed, the expected wide availability of Hulu Plus on the PlayStation 3 has just been enacted, allowing any US PlayStation Network member to get streaming with Hulu's premium offering. Until now, you needed to be a paying member of Sony's PlayStation Plus club to qualify, but that requirement has now finally been dropped. Check out our experience with Hulu Plus on the PS3 if you still need help deciding whether the $9.99 TV streaming service is worth your hard-earned greenbacks. Those of us unlucky enough to be living on another continent will just go drown our sorrows with another round of Black Ops mayhem.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/11/h...s-europe-lets/

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No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise on PS3 includes bosses from No More Heroes 2

November 12th, 2010, 00:28 Posted By: wraggster

Those "additional boss characters" added to the Western PS3 release of No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise? "All of the additional bosses in the game are from No More Heroes 2," Konami's Tak Fuji told GameSugar, "making this much more than just the original Wii game." That's welcome news for people experiencing the series for the first time through this PS3 game, as it now encompasses at least a bit of a sequel.

He didn't mention which bosses or how many -- but we can guarantee that whichever bosses are included, whether it's the revenge-obsessed young man who pulls his own head off, the flamethrower-wielding ghost of a murdered child, or the robot filled with cheerleaders, they're going to be weird.

Fuji also indicated that Konami is at least considering a Kinect-enabled release on Xbox 360. "We have, and are still tossing around ideas for linking NMH with the Kinect for Xbox 360 gamers," he said, "but since the Kinect is such a unique device, it's a bit more difficult. This isn't to say that the Kinect is a poor interface by any means, but more that in its uniqueness it requires a bit more care and planning to bring Travis to the Xbox 360. So if we were to do so, we'd need more time." It's worth noting that Heroes' Paradise was released on both Xbox and PS3 in Japan, so there is a 360 version to work with.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/11/no...osses-from-no/

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L.A. Noire out spring 2011

November 12th, 2010, 00:29 Posted By: wraggster

Rockstar's new open world detective game L.A. Noire will be released in the spring of 2011.

That's according to the game's first proper trailer ("made entirely from in-game footage"), which you can see below. Rockstar also confirmed the game will be released on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

L.A. Noire, announced years ago in 2005, is a 1940s crime thriller based around you rising through the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Central to everything is a magnificent-sounding motion-capture system, which records the look, voice and actions of real-life actors and then processes them into the game.

Such a level of detail enables a sophisticated interrogation mechanic, whereby players can judge facial expressions and behavioural quirks to determine whether a suspect is holding anything back. Creator Team Bondi is also said to have written an unprecedented 300 pages of script for the game.

"L.A. Noire is the first game to really explore what it means to be a detective, and offers players the opportunity to solve crimes blending classic action, investigation and interrogation, in the endless pursuit of what's right," Rockstar said.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ut-spring-2011

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Light Gun for PS MOVE

November 12th, 2010, 00:34 Posted By: wraggster

New from Divineo China



- Suitable for the PS3 gun shooting games in PS3 Move technology
- Realistic shape design and it brings users the best gaming experience
- Unlock the button of pistol and uncover the controller lid
- Insert PS3 move controller into the corresponding area of light gun
- You may feel super-shock game effect when using the gun

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Steering Wheel for PS MOVE

November 12th, 2010, 00:35 Posted By: wraggster

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PS3 MOVE Steering Wheel is a product designed and developed according to PS3 console racing games. It can enhance the simulation effect of the game. Just insert the PS3 MOVE long controller into the shell of the steering wheel after entering the racing game and then you can use it. It doesn’t affect the relevant function operation of PS3 MOVE controller

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3 in 1 Multifunction Charger Station for PS MOVE

November 12th, 2010, 00:36 Posted By: wraggster

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Simple and compact design for charging your MOVE motion controller, Navigation controller and PS3 controller at the same time! Additional USB charge cable for PS3 controller is included. LED indicator shows the charging status. Charging time: 2-3 hours for Navigation controller and 3-4 hours for MOVE motion controller.

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PS Downgrade - Worlds First PS3 Downgrader. Downgrade 3.42/3.50+ to 3.41

November 12th, 2010, 15:59 Posted By: bandit

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Gran Turismo 5 Release Date Confirmed for November 24th, 2010

November 12th, 2010, 21:22 Posted By: bandit

Sony Public Relations Manager Alex Armour has officially confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 for PS3 will be released on November 24, 2010.

The date is locked in: Gran Turismo 5 will go on sale throughout North America on Wednesday, November 24th.

That means you’ll be experiencing over 1,000 cars, including karts and select NASCAR cars, scores of tracks, the all-new Course Maker, a dynamic weather system, a robust online community, and everything else Gran Turismo 5 has to offer in less than two weeks.

Along with confirming the November 24th date, Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital Inc. had this to say:

Gran Turismo 5 is an ambitious project, with challenges and complexities which have made it our version of the Apollo Space Program! When we created the original Gran Turismo back in 1997, we wanted to set a completely new precedent for the racing genre. With the technological leap onto PlayStation 3, our objective with Gran Turismo 5 was to create another great revolution which would not only satisfy our own high expectations, but would meet or even exceed the anticipation of the fans. Satisfying the loyal Gran Turismo followers is at the heart of all of our efforts, which is why it was such a difficult decision to delay the release of the game, and one which we did not take lightly. I can only apologize to everyone for making you wait so long, and I hope that when you try out the wealth of driving experiences available in Gran Turismo 5, you will not be disappointed.

Don’t forget to pre-order Gran Turismo 5 if you haven’t already to ensure your copy day one and receive a voucher for one of five free downloadable cars with a custom Stealth Model skin and a $10 Video Game credit at Amazon.com.

Source: PlayStation Blog

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Gran Turismo 5 Release Date Confirmed for November 24th, 2010

November 12th, 2010, 21:22 Posted By: bandit

Sony Public Relations Manager Alex Armour has officially confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 for PS3 will be released on November 24, 2010.

The date is locked in: Gran Turismo 5 will go on sale throughout North America on Wednesday, November 24th.

That means you’ll be experiencing over 1,000 cars, including karts and select NASCAR cars, scores of tracks, the all-new Course Maker, a dynamic weather system, a robust online community, and everything else Gran Turismo 5 has to offer in less than two weeks.

Along with confirming the November 24th date, Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital Inc. had this to say:

Gran Turismo 5 is an ambitious project, with challenges and complexities which have made it our version of the Apollo Space Program! When we created the original Gran Turismo back in 1997, we wanted to set a completely new precedent for the racing genre. With the technological leap onto PlayStation 3, our objective with Gran Turismo 5 was to create another great revolution which would not only satisfy our own high expectations, but would meet or even exceed the anticipation of the fans. Satisfying the loyal Gran Turismo followers is at the heart of all of our efforts, which is why it was such a difficult decision to delay the release of the game, and one which we did not take lightly. I can only apologize to everyone for making you wait so long, and I hope that when you try out the wealth of driving experiences available in Gran Turismo 5, you will not be disappointed.

Don’t forget to pre-order Gran Turismo 5 if you haven’t already to ensure your copy day one and receive a voucher for one of five free downloadable cars with a custom Stealth Model skin and a $10 Video Game credit at Amazon.com.

Source: PlayStation Blog

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The Sly Trilogy gets UK date

November 12th, 2010, 23:49 Posted By: wraggster

The Sly Trilogy will be released in the UK on 3rd December, Sony's announced.

Australia and New Zealand will get it on 2nd December, with the rest of PAL on 1st.

It'll cost £29.99 or €39.99.

The Sly Trilogy features all three of the classic Sly PlayStation 2 games (Sly Raccoon, Sly 2: Band Of Thieves, Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves) on one Blu-ray Disc, remastered in HD and fully playable in stereoscopic 3D.

It's also got some PlayStation Move compatible mini-games.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...y-gets-uk-date

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Late kick-off for PSP's FM2011

November 13th, 2010, 00:47 Posted By: wraggster

The PSP version of SEGA's Football Manager 2011 will launch on 26th November.

The game had previously been slated for a 5th November release, which it obviously missed.

The PC version of SEGA's beloved timesink, which did make its published launch date, scored a 9/10 from Eurogamer's Martin Korda earlier this month.

This year's iteration adds a number of tweaks to the well-worn FM formula, including real-time contract negotiations, a revamped training system and a new 'match preparation' area.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...or-psps-fm2011

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Xebra 10-11-2010

November 13th, 2010, 11:28 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://emu-russia.net/en/

Japanese Sony Playstation emulator has been updated. Changes:
- MDEC: The declaration of MDEC-in&out data size was disregarded.

http://drhell.web.fc2.com/ps1/index.html

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Assassin's Creed: Ascendance explained

November 14th, 2010, 21:10 Posted By: wraggster

Ubisoft has lifted the lid on the hitherto mysterious Assassin's Creed: Ascendance clip that appeared earlier this week.

It's a short animated film that will serve to bridge the gap between the events of Assassin's Creed 2 and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

Apparently it will follow Ezio Auditore "as he struggles to remove the treacherous Borgia family from their papal throne. Ezio will learn the brutal truth behind Ceasare Borgia's rise to power to control Italy."

You'll be able to download it from PlayStation Store, Xbox Live and "other digital channels" from 16th November – that's three days prior to the release of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ance-explained

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New Tomb Raider reveal imminent?

November 14th, 2010, 21:13 Posted By: wraggster

There might be a new Tomb Raider game on the way, if teaser artwork in the new issue of Game Informer has been deciphered correctly.

A two page spread in the latest issue, posted on NeoGaf, shows a shipwrecked vessel, the words "A survivor is born" and a reveal date of 6th December.

So, why might this point to a new Tomb Raider title? Well, you may remember back in July last year leaked information suggested that the next game in Eidos' long-running franchise would see Lara Croft shipwrecked on a mysterious island off the coast of Japan.

A website has also gone live bearing the words "A survivor is born".

The last 'traditional' game in the series, Tomb Raider: Underworld, came out in 2008 with Eurogamer's Ellie Gibson awarding it 7/10.

Then earlier this year we had the excellent top-down spin-off, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.

Eidos and parent company Square Enix haven't commented on the Game Informer image so you'll just have to wait until next month to find out what exactly is afoot.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...eveal-imminent

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Peggle bounces onto PSP next week

November 14th, 2010, 21:14 Posted By: wraggster

Peggle, PopCap's classic pinball-meets-pachinko timewaster, is coming to PSP next week.

You'll be able to download the game from the PlayStation Store on Tuesday, priced $9.99. A UK price hasn't been confirmed yet.

The game's associate producer told the PlayStation Blog, "Our expert Peggle Institute Programmers were able to get the full, original Peggle Experience into your PSP.

"All the original Masters, challenges, and levels in adventure mode are here! There were some late nights and long meetings with Bjorn and Master Hu, but we got there!"

Honestly, if you don't have a copy of the game yet, you need to check yourself – it's an unfeasibly brilliant confection.

However, it's worth bearing in mind that the equally full-featured iPhone version comes in considerably cheaper at £1.79.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-psp-next-week

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Titanium Blue PS3 hits Japan on November 25th, long-awaited racing game in tow

November 14th, 2010, 21:19 Posted By: wraggster



November 3rd came and went without a Gran Turismo 5 game to play, so as you'd imagine this gorgeous Titanium Blue PS3 launch bundle also failed to see the light of day. However, now that we've got a totally plausible and twice-confirmed November 24th release date for the little uber-realistic racer that could, it's probably fair to take Sony Japan at its word that we'll see the commemorating console appear without further delay. Tell your Japanese importer to line up on November 25th if you want one with your name on it, and be sure to hand him at least ¥35,980 (about $436) of your rainy day fund.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/14/t...-awaited-raci/

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Half-Byte Loader revision 107

November 14th, 2010, 21:25 Posted By: wraggster

news via http://www.psp-ita.com/?module=news&...2&view_reply=1

The latest news from part of Total_Noob have shifted the focus on the development and use dell'HBL structured for the game Everybody's Golf 2 (aka Hot Shots Golf 2 or Minna no Golf 2), putting a bit 'in the shadow that has been in past. Unfortunately, the lack of a large number of testers sull'HBL to 6.30 and 6.31 does not yet allow to understand whether the HBL concerned, is as good as the previous Patapon2, even when it appears crucial to the new site in HEN. This time to discuss the new HEN might suggest to the holders of firmware prior to 6.30, and then dell'HBL of Patapon2, have been forgotten. Fortunately it is not. It 's true that work on the old Half-Byte Loader is slowed down, but the fact remains that it is still updated. Thus, it has just been released for the Rev 107 dell'HBL Patapon2 demo, which provides better compatibility with games, among whom are Mobile Assault and Transport Tycoon Deluxe.

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6.30 M33 released Plugin

November 14th, 2010, 21:28 Posted By: wraggster

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Do you remember the plugin m33_620 created by coder Torky that allowed PSP owners-450 (the dreaded Go! Cam Black) also make use of it on CF 5.00m33? No? Well, you refresh your memory.
By using this innovative plug-in, assisted by several dump files from the official firmware 6.20, it was finally possible to run CF on the Go! Cam Black. All this was based on the plugin m33-user. The only flaw is that the games above the 6.20 firmware applicants could not be started. But why do we go about? It 'easy to say, as some of you may be able to easily guess from the title, has just released an update that lets you use the Go! Cam even with games that require 6.30.
Installing the new plugin is based on the existence of the above. For more information, please see the box on the monitor, carefully read through.

Installation:

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Installation
1. Download the archive m33_630.rar
2. Those who had not installed the previous version, will necessarily follow the instructions of news and CF Go! Cam 450: finally possible before proceeding to the next step.
3. For those who have already installed the previous version of the plugin, simply replacing the file m33_620_user.prx and m33_620.prx new files in the archive.
4. Within / seplugins / edit files vsh.txt game.txt and add the following line: ms0: / seplugins/m33_630.prx 1
5. Recovery From activate the plug-in.

Without it you just have to start any game that takes advantage of the Go! Cam and test its proper functioning.

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A tale of two Persona 2s

November 14th, 2010, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster

Persona 2 is getting a flashy makeover in Atlus' upcoming PSP remake. As evidenced by this still, the updated RPG is oozing with style. But, pretty cinematics aren't the only new addition for the upcoming release. Siliconera has a terrific gallery, comparing the PSone original with the upcoming PSP port. The added detail on the sprites is immediately noticeable, as is the newly implemented widescreen presentation. Special effects look a bit crisper, as well

Some of the changes are not just cosmetic. The battle UI has also been updated, letting you see the upcoming turn order and the emotion gauge during demon negotiation. Siliconera adds that "Innocent Sin has cut-in screens when you use sync skills, a feature not in the PsOne release."

Unfortunately, Atlus has yet to announce the game for US release. Perhaps Atlus needs more time to figure out what bonus items to package with the UMDs?

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/14/a-...wo-persona-2s/

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Cubicle Shooter v0.5

November 14th, 2010, 21:48 Posted By: wraggster

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Another update for Cubicle Shooter.

Notable changes:
Improved frame rate.
The enemy count has been raised from 25 to 100.
Added movable chairs.
Added a loading screen.
Added running. Just hold down the left analog stick well moving forward to enable it. The camera does a nice wobble from side to side when your running.
Added camera zoom. Hold down L1 to enable the scope. Turning speed is a bit slower when zoomed in which makes it easier to aim at things in the distance.
Added a little bit of momentum / smoothing on the camera rotation. Its faster and more responsive then it is in Killzone 2 but it enough to make it feel smoother and it makes it a bit easier to make slight aiming adjustments.
Increased rate of fire again.
Corrected the width of the 2D elements (the on screen text and the reticule) to take into account the screens aspect ratio. The scope for the newly added camera zoom disregards this and stretches to fit the screen.
Once again game saving/loading has been updated to work with the new additions so your old game save wont work correctly.
By holding down triangle you can split the screen in two with the bottom half displaying whats behind you. Its a feature that I don’t really intend to leave it but its a test and a small first step towards split screen multiplayer.

Controls:
Move – Left analog stick
Run – L3
Aim – Right analog stick
Shoot – R1
Zoom – L1
Jump – X
Save – Select
Load – Start
split screen backwards view – Triangle

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PS3 - Homebrew - Mandelbrot

November 14th, 2010, 21:52 Posted By: wraggster

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As usual, new SDK => New mandelbrot ...

SDK (100% legal) (PSL1GHT) for PS3 is starting to show the tip of his nose. Being quite interested in it and have already dabbled in PS3 Linux, I'm tempted not to develop a small homebrew "test" just to see.
To change mandelbrot I coded a very basic ...
The idea is mainly to look at what is currently feasible with the SDK and its limitations before attempting to do more.
Obviously I will give my feedback on dev (Why not with one / several tutorials oriented machine sony).

While waiting for the curious here is my pkg homebrew (I will add TFWP the screens and explanations on the code itself in a future issue dedicated).

EDIT: Where no screenshot, I added a picture taken from my phone, it's ugly but it does not matter!

EDIT2: this is where the video
It's slow: it uses only the EPP (and removing sleep (1) code that will really soon (I'll have to put the video up to date))
It's ugly: yeah, what you expected?