Vita support comes to Japanese Orochi engine

December 1st, 2011, 23:40 Posted By: wraggster

Middleware allows for multi-platform development between Sony's next-gen handheld and PS3

Playstation Vita support has been added to Silicon Studio’s Orochi engine, the Japan-based company has announced.
The platform now allows developers to do multiplatform development for both the PS3 and Sony’s next-gen handheld, Andriasang has reported.

Orochi has over 40 development tools and 12 libraries for areas such as visuals, physics and AI.
Windows-based games can also be ported over to PS3, Vita and Xbox 360 using the engine.
As well as middleware, Japan-based firm Silicon Studio has also developed games such as 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PS3, which has sold over 160,000 copies and gained a Metacritic rating of 77.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...-Orochi-engine

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Key publishers absent from Vita UMD Passport launch

December 2nd, 2011, 00:10 Posted By: wraggster

Capcom, Square Enix, Namco Bandai and Square Enix are all notable absent from the PlayStation Vita UMD Passport scheme, which allows players to download discounted digital versions of games they already own on UMD.
Siliconera pointed out the absentees, but reported that around 262 games will be available under the Japanese scheme, from publishers like Atlus, Nippon Ichi, and Tecmo Koei.
Capcom's Monster Hunter title is one of PSP's biggest franchises, with Monster Hunter Portbale 3rd for PSP selling 2.58 million units in Japan in just two weeks, making it the fastest selling game in Capcom's history.
In June this year sales for the title were at 4.7 million units.
UMD Passport is so far only announced for Japan, where the PlayStation Vita will launch December 17.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...assport-launch

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All Zombies Must Die! launching on XBLA, PSN this month; PC thereafter

December 2nd, 2011, 00:11 Posted By: wraggster

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Concept art released for Square Enix's UE3 action RPG

December 2nd, 2011, 00:19 Posted By: wraggster

Square Enix is hiring for its new Unreal Engine 3-based game, and revealing a bit of information about the project in the process. Most importantly, the hubfor the "New Action RPG" jobs features the above artwork, which we don't actually think is Chakan: The Forever Man, even though it totally looks likeChakan: The Forever Man.

The jobs seek people with experience on PS3 and Xbox 360 games, which isn't much of a surprise for a UE3-based project. The action planner position also specifies a focus on "combat actions," suggesting an emphasis on the "action" part of this action RPG.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/01/co...e3-action-rpg/

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Vita's 'UMD Passport' offers less-than-complete set of games in Japan

December 2nd, 2011, 00:26 Posted By: wraggster

If you expected the Vita's "UMD Passport" program to be comprehensive, allowing you access to downloads of all your UMD-based PSP games at launch, you weren't paying attention to the last console generation.

Sony posted the list of games available at launch in Japan, including 262 games from publishers like Atlus, Nippon Ichi, Acquire, Kaga Create, Alchemist, Tecmo Koei, and SNK. As of now, no games from major publishers like Square Enix, Capcom, EA, Namco Bandai, Sega, or Konami are available for download. Sony does say elsewhere that other publishers, including all those, are "planning" to support the program.

The "discounted" prices for UMD owners to get Vita-playable downloads of their games range from ¥500 ($6.44) to ¥1,500 ($19.38), with one pachislot title as a ¥2,400 ($31) outlier.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/01/vi...t-of-games-in/

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LG updates eye-tracking, glasses-free 3D displays, learns to love the hyphen

December 2nd, 2011, 00:30 Posted By: wraggster

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Sony announces PlayStation Plus promotion

December 2nd, 2011, 02:03 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has announced The 12 Gifts Of Christmas, a promotion which will see 12 free games given away to members of the PlayStation Plus subscription service.
It kicks off today with a free download of the Mega Drive classicSonic The Hedgehog 2. It will only be available until December 3, after which it will be replaced by the next game in the promotion which, in turn, will be available for 48 hours.
All the included games have been given away to PlayStation Plus members at some point in the last 18 months.

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/sony-an...plus-promotion

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Sony 'still wants Flash on PS Vita'

December 2nd, 2011, 23:58 Posted By: wraggster

PlayStation firm 'not giving up' despite Adobe backing away from mobiles

Sony is locked in negotiations with Adobe to add Flash support to PS Vita, a new report suggests.
PlayStation software development executive Muneki Shimada was paraphrased as saying he had “not given up” on incorporating Flash within PlayStation Vita.

The matters which need to be negotiated on are not public knowledge.
His comments come from an interview with Impress Watch, translated by Andriasang.
In October, it was widely reported thay PlayStation Vita will not be able to play Flash games through its internet browser.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...ash-on-PS-Vita

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Sony defends Vita's proprietary memory cards

December 4th, 2011, 00:10 Posted By: wraggster

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Konami offering 'free' Vita game at launch in Japan

December 4th, 2011, 00:19 Posted By: wraggster

Konami has confirmed it will release a "free" download title for Vita coinciding with the console's Japanese launch on December 17.
AR Combat Digi Q: Friend Tank Battalion, an augmented reality tank battle game, will be free to download to all Vita owners. Sound too good to be true? That's because it is.
The free version will essentially be little more than a demo - you get five of a possible 40 levels and will need to cough up for the rest if you like what you see.
Konami will charge 500 Yen (£4) for stages six to 30 (a reduced price that will rise to 800 Yen (£6.50) from January 16). Levels 31 to 35 and 36 to 40 will come as two separate packs each costing a further 200 Yen (£1.60). So the full game, if bought at full price, will end up costing 1200 Yen (about £10).
So it's not free then.It does, however, demonstrate the 'freemium' model commonly used in the iOS App Store, which has gamers paying for specific content after an initial free download. PlayStation Network games, it seems, are following suit.
There's no word of a US/UK release for Digi Q.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...unch-in-japan/

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Sony still holding out hope for Flash support on Vita

December 4th, 2011, 00:29 Posted By: wraggster

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Four game bundle kicks off PS3 Xmas ad campaign

December 4th, 2011, 00:38 Posted By: wraggster

Sony will tonight debut a new ad on British TV that represents the beginning of its multi-million pound PlayStation Christmas campaign.
Tonight’s spot highlights a four game PS3 bundle that includes a 320GB console and copies of Battlefield 3, FIFA 12, Uncharted 3 and Gran Turismo 5 for £259.95.
Ads will also be appearing alongside some of the most high-profile shows on ITV including the X-Factor Final, the semi-final of I’m A Celebrity and Manchester United’s final Champions League group game, as well as the second round of the FA Cup.
Supported Channel 4 shows include The Simpsons, Peter Kay, Million Pound Drop, Pineapple Express and Superbad. You will also see ads throughout Sky’s Premier League coverage.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/four-...ampaign/088041

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Clever Game Pricing, Not Just Games, Is Key to Vita's Success

December 4th, 2011, 20:44 Posted By: wraggster

Sony's cards are on the table at last. All six of them, in fact, as part of the WAAR (wide area augmented reality) feature Vita developers have been banging on about recently, with the console able to register up to six cards at once to create fancy AR experiences on the fly.As for its strategic hand, the only key information we're now missing is how much the games will cost. But in the past week, PlayStation's Euro boss has given us the clearest indication yet of what to expect from its PSP successor when it launches over here next February.Jim Ryan, SCEE president and CEO, is a Sony veteran relatively fresh to the top job, who gives a refreshingly candid interview for a senior suit (certainly when compared with his boss, Kaz Hirai, the industry's very own Duke of Doublespeak).Two things jumped out at me when I spoke to him in London recently: he revealed that Sony would take a "more tailored approach" to software pricing than it did with PSP, and that it would "take it younger more quickly and more deliberately than we did with PSP."LittleBigPlanet Vita could be the perfect proof of concept for Vita's range of features.

In other words, there'll be a range of price points, rather than a single fixed one, for Vita games; and Sony wants to make it more family-friendly fast - which could well mean a price cut, as well as more wide-appeal games, by Christmas 2012.It's been fairly clear for some time that the biggest issue facing Sony and Nintendo in making their new handheld consoles a success is the price of software not hardware.The world is a very different place now than it was when DS and PSP launched, when there was no such thing as an iPhone, let alone any real notion of games that could be easily downloaded in seconds for pennies.Apple's rampant, rapid growth in handheld gaming has been astonishing and has caught traditional console makers completely off-guard. And what must really stick in Nintendo and Sony's craw is not Apple's boast of making the most popular portable gaming device in the world (a crafty spin, since most don't buy iPod Touch primarily as a games system), but that it's achieved it without even trying.Gamers will pay full price for big guns like Uncharted, but Sony realises it can't charge top whack for everything.

Other than happily creaming off its share of the revenue, the company has shown only the thinnest evidence of any kind of gaming 'strategy', instead providing a massively-popular platform - and content delivery-mechanism - that game makers fall over themselves to develop for.Sure, by-and-large iOS games offer only a fraction of the depth of traditional handheld console games - and a virtual joystick and buttons is a terrible substitute for the real thing.But in many, many brilliant cases, they also capture the joyful essence of gaming-on-the-go at a fraction of the price of traditional handheld console games and on a device that is always in your pocket - not just able to fit into it.This makes handheld consoles a harder sell today by definition: if I have my console in the living room and my smartphone in my pocket, can I really justify shelling out for a portable console? And even if I can, why do I need one?It's something Nintendo is still coming to terms with, but the lack of excitement around 3DS post-launch and pre-Mario was - the company hopes - as much to do with a lack of must-have software as high pricing."Looking at the competition, perhaps the launch line-up was not as strong as they'd have liked it to be," Ryan acknowledged to me, while predictably talking up his own first-party selection as: "Comfortably the strongest line-up we've had for any platform launch."He may well be right - and, to my eyes, it's looking an awful lot more appealing than 3DS did on day one as a result.There's no denying Vita is an impressive piece of technology: but who is it for?

Sony has got a lot of things right with Vita that it got wrong with PSP: adding twin analogue controllers, for instance, the lack of which in the previous model effectively condemned it from birth to being the portable PlayStation that couldn't play PlayStation games properly.Crucially, it's also learned that it's not enough simply to say, "Look! It's a baby PS3 with its own teeny-tiny screen! Aren't we clever?!" And so considerable noise is being made, quite rightly, about the console's full suite of features: front and rear touch, augmented reality, social connectivity and so on.In short, Sony is demonstrating that there is a specific and unique gaming point to Vita - best exemplified right now perhaps by LittleBigPlanet, which may well have found its natural home on the handheld.Which is all good, encouraging stuff. But demonstrating gaming value is one thing, demonstrating value to gamers - and, therefore, a reason to buy one - is quite another. And that's why Ryan's remark that game pricing will be "more tailored" is critical to Vita's long-term chances.I agree with him that, for visibly high-production and hopefully high-content games like Uncharted, Sony will be able to continue demanding "historic console type price points", as he puts it.Nintendo learned quickly with 3DS what happens when you don't have enough good games, and they're all priced high.

But in the age of the 69p app, games publishers can no longer lazily assume their audiences will perceive 35 quid as a fair deal for all handheld games across the board.What these price points will be on Vita remains to be seen. But Evolution Studios, for example, which is making MotorStorm RC, a first-party launch title, told me it's lobbying Sony to come in at less than full price for the game - and, importantly, to have a single, universal price for those who want both the Vita and PS3 versions.And it's also worth noting that, via PlayStation Suite, Vita will also have access to Android games at the other end of the spectrum. Though many will already be enjoying these on their phones, of course.Ryan is so confident he believes Vita will not just sell-out at launch, but break the UK sales record currently held by PSP. That's fighting talk that could - just as it did for Nintendo earlier in the year - come back to haunt him.Sony, though, has a track record of loyalists turning out in force to ensure a strong launch. Not only did PSP shift 185,000, PS3 - despite costing a whopping £425 - did 165,000 in its first week.But a successful launch does not guarantee a successful future, and Sony is well aware of this. With Vita, then, the company seems to be delivering the handheld console gamers will want to play. It just needs to ensure it's also one they are prepared to buy.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...uccess-opinion

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PS Vita .pkg xTractor 1.00 and PS Vita Firmware xTractor 2.00 released by SKFU

December 4th, 2011, 23:55 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/wagic/2011/11/29/p...eased-by-skfu/

This is getting really really interesting… developer SKFU, who released a simple Firmware tool for the PS Vita a few days ago, updated it to version 2.0. This new version now supports all existing Vita firmwares (again, this is interesting only for the lucky among us who already have access to those files) and gives information about the extracted firmware, so it probably now does more than version 1.0, which would basically slice any file into smaller chunks.

But, even more interesting, is his latest application, PS Vita .pkg xTractor, SKFU says he his now able to extract and decrypt game packages from the PS Vita.
Now don’t get all high and start asking for an iso loader, for a console that is not out yet (Apparently, given SKFU’s latest post, he’s already the target of pirates-wannabee). In essence, that’s what this kind of research could lead to in a distant future, but for now it’s all fun, harmless research, and about understanding the Vita internals. SKFU strongly hints that the AES encryption key used for the Vita games is currently the same as for the PSP .pkg files (errr… ok, I’m lost here, I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about the PSP, what’s a psp .pkg file?), and that basically we can already decrypt those files. Was Sony that careless? Will they have time to fix that before the Japanese release in 2 weeks? Probably not. This makes the “release day” PS Vita models more and more interesting to buy.

Icing on the cake, SKFU provide some early information about the Vita games internals, as described in the image below, and a wiki has been opened for devs

more info --> http://streetskaterfu.blogspot.com/

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Wagic 0.17 on its way

December 4th, 2011, 23:57 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/wagic/2011/12/04/w...way/#more-3635

I hate vaporware and that’s why I usually don’t blog too much about an upcoming release in Wagic. But the last release (0.16) was such a long time ago that I don’t remember when it was, so I feel like I should mention the project is still very active and alive. Today I started the process for releasing Wagic 0.17. Now don’t jump around too soon. This process usually takes 3 or 4 weeks. We go through an alpha stage with the other devs, where we basically try to fix the most ugly bugs, before releasing a public beta. The beta usually lasts about a week, followed by the public release.


Wagic running on a Motorola Xoom
For those of you who still don’t know, Wagic is an heroic-fantasy strategy game, initially inspired by Magic the Gathering, which with time has evolved into a flexible system allowing players to create their own cards, campaigns, rules and mods. For Wagic 0.17, we’ve been mostly focusing on Android. This doesn’t mean that other platforms are not getting any update, but this basically explains why we haven’t done a release in a while. My goal for the Android version of Wagic was to come up with an entirely new game (by “new game”, I mean a mod that wouldn’t be MTG). We’re getting there, but it’s taking more time than I initially expected. In parallel, we also need to fix lots of UI issues on touch screens… As a result, Wagic for Android had been in a public “test release” for a few months now, and, since that release we’ve done lots of progress, but there’s still lots of work to do. Nevertheless, Android will also get a 0.17 release, just so that people can see the progress we’ve made in 3 months. It won’t be perfect, but I know you’ll forgive us


One of the cool avatars made by Ilya B. for Wagic
In parallel we are also making progress on the iOS port, but again we would love to get more iOS devs to help us. The iPhone/iPad port might not see the day of light until we get a few dedicated devs to help. As a reminder, Wagic on the iPhone/iPod/iPad is already fully functional, it’s just a matter of finding the right people to maintain it and fix the bugs. If you think you can help, grab the source, and send me an email

About the game itself, all platforms including our beloved PSP will get a bunch of new features and new cards. Wagic 0.17 will have about 400 new cards, including cards from the Innistrad set, and with it some new mechanics. The current Alpha I’m looking at already has more than 8500 cards, and hopefully we might add a few ones here and there. We’re also planning to (finally) add an undo feature to the game, although it’s not yet sure if it will make it to Wagic 0.17, since it’s quite experimental for now. One of the major changes for this version will not be visible to players, as we reworked the resource files in a system that will allow you, among other things, to have all your images in one single file instead of one file per set. This system should simplify the work for people who want to install new stuff in Wagic (cards, themes, campaigns, images, etc…). If I have enough time, this system will also allow me to distribute some additional themes, campaigns…directly from the download page.

Please be a bit more patient, we’re doing our best so that Wagic 0.17 reaches your PSP/Android/PC/… as soon as possible

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PS VITA Live Area preViewer

December 5th, 2011, 00:01 Posted By: wraggster

via http://streetskaterfu.blogspot.com/2...previewer.html

This application is probably not of use for the community but some official PS VITA developers.

I required it just for some tests, but it would be a waste of codelines not to share it, so here it is:



PS VITA Live Area preViewer outputs various information about a game, including it's style it uses on the PS VITA.


Download: CLICK


To use it, simply choose the root folder of a PS VITA game. Then check the style in the upper right of the program which it is ment to be displayed with and choose the correct tab. All else is self-explaining.


- SKFU

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Jumping Rectangle

December 5th, 2011, 00:08 Posted By: wraggster

via http://psp.dashhacks.com/2011/12/03/...ping-rectangle

Guess who's back!? It's Total_Noob, switching things up... From enabling homebrew by way of TN-HEN to actually releasing the homebrew is Total_Noob with Jumping Rectangle. You're a rectangle and you jump your way through each level, collecting points on your journey.

download - http://psp.dashhacks.com/downloads/jumping-rectangle

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OpenBOR v3.0 Build 3619 - - for Dreamcast, Wii, wiz, gp2x, dingoo and PSP

December 5th, 2011, 00:15 Posted By: wraggster

OpenBOR is a continuation of the Beats Of Rage 2D game engine, which was originally
created by the wonderful folks over at http://www.senileteam.com.

This release is for the Dreamcast, PSP, Wii, Wiz, GP2x and Dingoo:

Heres whats new;


r3619 | utunnels | 2011-12-03 07:12:24 -0500 (Sat, 03 Dec 2011) | 3 lines
Changed paths:
M /engine/openbor.c
Re-adjust enemy attack chance after playing some mods. When there are too many enemies on screen, their chance to attack is also lowered. Because the new ai patterns tend to swamp on the player, difficulty increases too much when there are more than 5 enemies.
Reduce the chance for the default grab. Previous logic will prevent the entity with a greater index from grabbing another with a smaller index when they are both walking.
http://lavalit.com:8080/OpenBOR/download.php

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PCSX Reloaded SVN r72825

December 5th, 2011, 00:52 Posted By: wraggster

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PCSX Reloaded SVN r72825 is released. PCSX-Reloaded is a fork of the PCSX-df Project, a PlayStation Emulator, with support for both Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems as well as several bugfixes/improvements.

PCSX Reloaded SVN Changelog:
r72825
Found another place that Xcode's static analyzer found. This one was saying that buf in PADpoll might be NULL, thus causing problems when using it as an array. I just got one test case, not all of them.

http://www.codeplex.com/pcsxr

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PCSX2 SVN r4976

December 5th, 2011, 00:54 Posted By: wraggster

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PCSX2 SVN r4976 is released. PCSX2 is an open source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator for the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. With the most recent versions, many PS2 games are playable (although speed limitations have made play-to-completion tests for many games impractical), and several games are claimed to have full functionality.

PCSX2 SVN Changelog:
r4976
GSdx: this fixes some of the flickering in THPS, objects in the far distance still have some z-fighting problem, z values used are too large and too close to each other.

http://code.google.com/p/pcsx2

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GSdx-ShadeBoost v5 (r4975)

December 5th, 2011, 01:09 Posted By: wraggster

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GSdx-ShadeBoost v5 (r4975) is released. This is a hacked Video Plugin for PCSX2. It based on PCSX2 SVN r4975 for GSdx.

GSdx-ShadeBoost Function:
- Buildin Filter to simulate YPrPb/YCrCb colors. And added some stuff to adjust saturation,Bright and contrast.

http://gens32.emubase.de/

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rpcs3 SVN r32

December 5th, 2011, 01:13 Posted By: wraggster

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rpcs3 SVN r32 is released. rpcs3 is an open source PlayStation 3 (PS3) emulator for the Microsoft Windows. Current versions can run only small homebrew for PS3. Developers are planning to make it to emulate PS3 on its speed in the near future.

rpcs3 purpose:
- Make PS3 developers easily test their apps and homebrews on PC without crashing their PS3 or moving their apps from PC to PS3.
- Just playing PS3 games on your PC and have fun! ( In the future )

rpcs3 SVN Changelog:
r31
- Implemented GameViewer.
- Fixed crash on exit.
- Rewrote ELFLoader.
r32
ELF64:
- Fixed load section names.

http://code.google.com/p/rpcs3/

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Vita won't support simultaneous web browsing and gameplay

December 5th, 2011, 01:21 Posted By: wraggster

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DCEmu Christmas 2011 Top 5 Buys for PSP Gift List

December 5th, 2011, 01:50 Posted By: wraggster



Welcome all to what will be a series of articles covering all consoles, basically we will give you the best 5 buys this Christmas for your console of choice, the gifts will be anything from consoles to games and onto accessories.

Enough talking heres the list, with links to both USA and UK versions of Amazon to compare prices etc:

Heres the top ten list this Xmas for PSP - remember that http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk is your main destination for PSP News and much more:

1)


The top of most lists is a PSP itself and this is the new PSP E1000 which doesnt have Wifi but for the price its decent, at £79 its affordable.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-PSP-E10...67WBC4RRSMX112

http://www.amazon.com/Consoles-Sony-...pf_rd_i=468642

2 )



The best game on the PSP by a mile especially for footie fans, i get months out of this series of games, well worth the cash:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sega-Footbal...67WBC4RRSMX112

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...anager&x=0&y=0

3)



Fifa12 on the PSP is awesome and easily as playable as the home consoles, youll get months of fun out of this game.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-A...67WBC4RRSMX112

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...s=fifa&x=0&y=0

4)



Who doesnt love the Harry potter films and books, this game details the remaining books and tells more of the Potter story than the EA games ever did.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lego-Harry-P...67WBC4RRSMX112

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...potter&x=0&y=0

5)


Pandora Battery is the greatest release to hit the homebrew scene, once your child gets Custom Firmware on their PSP and plays all the great free homebrew games and emulators, he/she will be hooked, an essential purchase.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pandora-Batt...bs_676490011_5

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...%2Ck%3Apandora

Thats it for our PSP Xmas Gift List, not many releases this Xmas but if you havent got homebrew on your PSP, then ask away in our forums about how to get it on and start enjoying much more than Sony ever brought out for your PSP.

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DCEmu Christmas 2011 Top 10 Buys for PS3 Gift List

December 5th, 2011, 17:20 Posted By: wraggster


Welcome all to what will be a series of articles covering all consoles, basically we will give you the best 10 buys this Christmas for your console of choice, the gifts will be anything from consoles to games and onto accessories.
Enough talking heres the list, with links to both USA and UK versions of Amazon to compare prices etc:
Heres the top ten list this Xmas for PS3 - remember that http://ps3-evolution.dcemu.co.uk is your main destination for PS3 News and much more:

1)

The latest version of the PS3 with 320GB of hard drive great for movies, games and homebrew

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-PlaySta...N43W2NZQ94PJ8C

http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-32...3100859&sr=1-1

2)

Sonys answer to the Wiimote, an essential buy for many family themed games:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/PlayStation-...3100932&sr=1-4

http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-Mo...3101005&sr=1-1

3)


The biggest game of the year is a deffo for any xmas stocking

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Call-Duty-Mo...C2KWY8C0C97BXG

http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Mode...3101094&sr=1-1

4)


The other mega shooter for the PS3, another must buy, just ask any fan:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-A...C2KWY8C0C97BXG

http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3-...3101193&sr=1-1

5)


Another massive release just in time for chrimbo and yes another must have for any PS3 collection.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elder-Scroll...C2KWY8C0C97BXG

http://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-...3101328&sr=1-1

6)


GTA Like game that will surely please many until the next GTA shows its face:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B..._rd_i=16423381

http://www.amazon.com/Saints-Row-Thi...3101434&sr=1-1

7)


Who doesnt want to relive the films once more and take on and defeat evil, although i would have waited for aragorn to show up with the dead gang before i sent the horses into battle in film 3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-W...3101481&sr=1-6

http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-War...3101630&sr=1-1

8)


Burn off those pounds in the name of fun, saves going to sweaty gyms

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Move-Fi...3101481&sr=1-8

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...3Amove+fitness

9)


The Rock has returned to layeth the smacketh down, need i say more:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/WWE-12-Limit...3101481&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/WWE-12-Playsta...3101869&sr=1-1

10)


Time to get dancing and get everybody else too, good for new years eve methinks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Dance-3...3101919&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/Just-Dance-3-P...3101983&sr=1-1

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Jim Ryan: PS3 moving towards younger, family audience

December 6th, 2011, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster

Sony's Jim Ryan has spoken about the direction which Sony sees the PS3 taking demographically, saying that the platform will likely be targeted more towards a younger, more family orientated demographic in the future.
Speaking to Official PlayStation Magazine, Ryan said that the console's still relatively high price point of £199 in the UK means that a large proportion of units are yet to be sold.
"If you look back at the history on PS1, PS2 the vast majority of the business that we did on both those platforms was done at the sub £129 price points," Ryan told the magazine.
"Now we've only got to £199 in the UK a couple of month back so you can see there's still a lot of PS3's potentially to be sold."
Ryan was keen to point out that Sony still has big plans for the machine's core gamer market in the upcoming months and years, but reasoned that a broader output would serve to widen the company's audience.
"I think you'll see us taking the console more towards a slightly younger demographic," he continued. "More family market. The core gamer will absolutely not be neglected. There's going to be tons of great stuff for the core gamer but from our own studio, third parties there's some quite interesting stuff happening in a number of areas which would allow us to open up a market that we accessed pretty successfully on both PS1 and PS3 but haven't yet got to on PS3."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...amily-audience

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Konami brings freemium to Vita

December 6th, 2011, 00:18 Posted By: wraggster

Konami's Vita launch title AR Combat Digi Q: Friend Tank Batallionwill be a free download, with more level packs available for purchase, marking the first appearance of the freemium model on Sony's upcoming PSP successor.
Andriasang reports that the game's first five stages will be included in the download, with a pack of levels 6 to 30 costing ¥800 (£6.50), though that will be discounted to ¥500 for the first month of Vita's release. Packs containing stages 31 to 35, and 36 to 40, will each cost ¥200 (£1.60).
In October, SCEA's Chris Norden revealed that Sony was happy for developers to release free-to-play games, saying: "You are free to explore whatever business model you want." SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan had previously told us the company was trying to differentiate Vita's gaming experience from that available on smartphones.
"I think there are lots of places for consumers to enjoy that sort of content," he said. "Vita is positioned at a slightly different market - the high-end gaming experience."

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/konami-...-freemium-vita

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Sony still trying for Flash on Vita

December 6th, 2011, 00:34 Posted By: wraggster

Sony is locked in negotiations with Adobe to add Flash support to PS Vita, a new report suggests.
PlayStation software development executive Muneki Shimada was paraphrased as saying he had “not given up” on incorporating Flash within PlayStation Vita.
The matters which need to be negotiated on are not public knowledge.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sony-...on-vita/088121

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Could Vita games cost 40% more at retail?

December 6th, 2011, 01:35 Posted By: wraggster

We already know that games for the PlayStation Vita will cost less to download than they will at the shops.
But US price aggregation site Thrifty Nerd claims to have word direct from a Sony representative that digital Vita games will cost a staggering 40 per cent less than their physical alternatives.
“I was told that games would be capped at $39.99 retail while the same game would go for around $23 if you downloaded it,” it claims.
“According to the rep, the lack of hardware and packaging can be thanked for the price drop.”
The part of the puzzle that doesn’t fit together, however, is that retailers such as GAME now include digital as an important part of their offer. Is GAME really expected to offer both a boxed version of a game at one price and a code to download it for far less in the same store?
Regardless of the legitimacy of these particular claims, the fact that digital Vita software will be cheaper than retail represents a stark turn of policy for the console sector.
Both Sony and Microsoft currently offer a wide range of full-game downloads over their networks for PS3 and Xbox 360 respectively, but more often than not the prices are absurd – often twice the price of buying the equivalent game at retail.
This is down to two factors. Firstly, platform holders are very curious about how many of you, the paying the public, are prepared download a game at a premium cost.
Secondly, until this point platform holders had been wary of attacking retail too directly. After all, while retail can theoretically be cut out of the software loop, they are still central to the sales of hardware.
Until they figure out how you can download that.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/could...-retail/088117

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'Pid' is a very pretty platformer from Grin vets Might & Delight, planned for XBLA/PS

December 6th, 2011, 01:40 Posted By: wraggster

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Free Tomb Raider: Underworld, Marvel Pinball for PS Plus members in December

December 6th, 2011, 01:46 Posted By: wraggster

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Square Enix using Unity for Vita and PS3 title

December 6th, 2011, 01:48 Posted By: wraggster

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Report: Vita limited to one PSN account per console

December 6th, 2011, 01:56 Posted By: wraggster

Say goodbye to your convenient Japanese PSN account. NeoGAFfer mehdi_san took part in a PlayStation Vita demo event in Osaka, and received a flyer with launch information. A note at the end, according to the user's transcription, reveals that only one user account can be used on a Vita system. "If you want to use a different account," the (translated) FAQ entry reads, "you need to format the system to factory settings."

This leads not only to the inability to have separate user accounts for family members, but to de facto region locking for digital content. Taken with thelimited UMD Passport launch lineup, the limited (to zero) PSOne Classics launch lineup, and those memory card prices, the Vita is starting to lose some of its luster, at least as a day-one purchase. But that screen!

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/05/re...t-per-console/

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PlayStation Access tops PSN download rankings

December 6th, 2011, 02:04 Posted By: wraggster

PlayStation Access TV has become the most popular free download on the PlayStation Network.
Since launching in September as the successor to FirstPlay, Future's weekly video show has also amassed more than 14,500 Facebook fans.Available to all UK PlayStation owners, Access takes its name from Sony Computer Entertainment UK's series of community events. Presented by comedian Lucy Porter, it's a ten minute weekly HD video guide to the best of PlayStation in the UK.
SCE UK senior product manager Ian Vinten said: "PlayStation Access is an opportunity for us to reward gamers with trials of titles before release, invitations to exclusive events and an array of awesome prizes.
"Access TV provides an awesome platform for us to showcase what Access has been up to, the latest and greatest games on the console as well as raising awareness of what's available on PSN.
"Feedback to the show has been very positive and gamers have liked the distinctly local take on their gaming world."
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...load-rankings/

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PS Vita shuns multiple accounts and in-game web browsing, disappoints FAQ lovers ever

December 7th, 2011, 03:21 Posted By: wraggster

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Discouraging Playstation Vita Details

December 7th, 2011, 03:36 Posted By: wraggster

Sony's new handheld gaming system, the Playstation Vita, launches in Japan in two weeks, and the latest report from Andriasang has some interesting details, including Sony's decision to go with proprietary memory cards. Sony says this is both for security reasons and to ensure a consistent experience for all users, but that 'doesn't explain why they're charging such enormous sums for these cards,' says blogger Peter Smith. 'The caveat here is that we haven't seen official pricing for the cards, but game retailer Gamestop lists them at $120 (!!) for a 32 GB card, $70 for a 16GB, $45 for 8 GB and $30 for a 4 GB.'"

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/1...n-vita-details

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European Catherine release date confirmed

December 7th, 2011, 23:29 Posted By: wraggster

Atlus Persona Team's striking hybrid puzzle-horror-adventure will be released in Europe by Deep Silver on February 10 for PS3 and 360.
Both the limited "Stray Sheep Edition", which includes protagonist Vincent's Rave T-shirt, two Stray Sheep bar-themed coasters and a poster and comes in a Stray Sheep Bar pizza delivery box, and the standard edition will be available, and will cost £54.99 and £44.99 respectively.
We awarded the game a throughly endeared seven in July, stating, "Frustrating, beautiful and bizarre, Catherine stays with you."

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Sledgehammer developing new Call of Duty game

December 7th, 2011, 23:43 Posted By: wraggster

It never takes long for the industry to start whispering about the next Call of Duty – even though the latest blockbuster is still dominating the charts.
Sure enough, reports have emerged that Sledgehammer Games is recruiting for its "Call of Duty development team". According to a job listing on Gamasutra, the new recruits will be working on "an unannounced high-end console title".
The vacancy is multiplayer-related, with Sledgehammer seeking an engineer to take CoD's "online experience to a new level" and create "multiplayer game modes and online community features".
Beyond that, there are no concrete details. The job listing doesn't indicate whether or not this is a revival of the studio's cancelled third-person shooter, nor whether the studio is working on its own title or supporting another developer.
Sledgehammer Games helped series creators Infinity Ward develop last month's best-selling hit Modern Warfare 3.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sledg...ty-game/088260

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PS3: Music Unlimited is free for 60 days

December 8th, 2011, 00:22 Posted By: wraggster

Sony is opening the floodgates to free music via your PS3 this Christmas.
Music Unlimited, its US music streaming service which can be accessed via the PS3, will be free to anyone with a PSN account for 60 days after they download a trial from the PlayStation Store, available now.
Instructions on retrieving this offer are as follows:
- Go to the PlayStation Store and click on Media and Apps
- Click on the Apps Icon
- Download the Music Unlimited 60 Day FREE trial app.
- Go to the Music Icon on the XMB. Enjoy the Music Unlimited Premium Plan for free for 60 days!
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...e-for-60-days/

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Sony: Vita will support multiple PSN accounts, each tied to individual memory cards

December 9th, 2011, 00:29 Posted By: wraggster

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2011 Holiday Buyers Guide: PlayStation Network

December 9th, 2011, 00:34 Posted By: wraggster

Did you ravenously unwrap a gift this holiday season, only to discover a redeemable PSN card within? Don't despair -- that card can actually be turned into video games!

We've got a bunch of suggestions on which 2011 video games you should transmogrify your e-money into after the jump. Whether you're using a PS3 or PSP, we've got you covered.

PlayStation 3

Explodemon - $9.99

It's similar to Splosion Man in more ways than one, except you can play this one on the PS3, which is just perfect for gamers who own that and only that. It's also got a retro-Japanese vibe that's really, really going to work for you.

Plants vs. Zombies - $14.99

Would you just buy it already? It's one of the most accessible tower defense titles on the market, it's got oodles of charm, and like a billion people have already bought it. You don't want to be left behind, do you?

Stacking - $14.99

Double Fine Studios' lineage as a creator of clever games wasn't brought to a screeching halt by this charming puzzler. Just imagine the ability-borrowing ... abilities of Kirby, only with a delightful Matryoshka Doll finish.

Infamous 2: Festival of Blood - $9.99

It's got just as much open-world action as its subtitle-less counterpart, but costs a square $10. Sure, the campaign's not as long, but it's got vampires and those are still awfully hot right now.

Back to the Future: The Game - $19.99

It's your cousin! Your cousin, Joystiq? You know that solid, five-part adventure game based in the Back to the Future universe you've been looking for? Well, listen to this.

PixelJunk Shooter 2 - $9.99

The original Shooter was fairly well received, but the sheer number of new gameplay elements in this sequel makes its predecessor seem positively anemic. It's got puzzles, and co-op game modes and -- as its title suggests -- so much shooting.

Hard Corps: Uprising - $14.99

It's a prequel to Contra: Hard Corps and, as its franchise's lineage would imply, it's a pretty challenging side-scrolling shooter. Still, if you're a sucker for a good scattershot, Uprising's for you.

Slam Bolt Scrappers - $9.99

There's so much going on in this game: You have to stack Tetris-like bricks together to form squares, which then turn into weapons which shoot at your opponent's bricks -- and you can just fight with your opponent, impeding their stacking. It's as fun as it is overwhelming.

Might and Magic Clash of Heroes HD - $14.99

Capybara managed to add a heaping, eternally addictive helping of RPG customization mechanics to this puzzle title. It devoured our life wholesale on the DS, and with a new HD sheen, it's certain to do the same to you on the PSN.

Outland - $9.99

It's just your basic action-platformer. There's running, jumping, dashing, sword-attacking, and constantly shifting your attunement between dark and light so that you can injure and avoid being injured by enemies and projectiles of the opposing color. So simple, so straightforward.

Beyond Good & Evil HD - $9.99

If you haven't played the original, you owe it to yourself to give it a shot. It's got all the polish and charm of a Zelda title, with characters that are so endearing that you'll join us in anguish as its sequel is dreadfully ignored.

Limbo - $14.99

If most of your purchasing decisions are based on the number of explosions included in a game, you might want to pass on Limbo. It's a quiet, dark little platformer that has some of the cleverest puzzles of any game released this year.

Deadliest Warrior: Legends - $9.99

It's just as preposterous as the last game in the series, only with refined fighting mechanics and a Risk-like mode -- which, sadly, doesn't support online multiplayer. It's one of few blemishes in an otherwise delightful gore-fest.

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition - $14.99

Not only does it have online multiplayer, it's kind-of made that feature the whole draw. If you played the original 3rd Strike, you'll want to pick it up. We don't know if you heard, but this one has online multiplayer.

From Dust - $14.99

Eric Chahi made Heart of Darkness and Out of This World, so you should probably give him money for those reasons alone. Apart from that, From Dust's a neat, terraforming God game that is so interesting, it would be criminal to miss out on it.

Rochard - $9.99

If you haven't gotten your fill from this year's bumper crop of puzzle-platformers, Rochardwon't fail to satisfy. It's got neat gravity distortion mechanics, complex physics-based puzzles and a gruff (but lovable!) miner protagonist.

Dungeon Defenders - $14.99

Tower defense meets RPG progression in this adaptation of an iOS game. Don't let the simple cartoon graphics deceive you -- Dungeon Defenders is one of the most rewarding co-op experiences of the entire year.

PixelJunk Sidescroller - $9.99

Another artsy, arcadey entry from Q-Games, and the spiritual successor to the Shooterseries. Only, instead of letting you explore giant, subterranean maps, this one puts you on an old-school sidescrolling shooter path -- hence the name, we suppose.

Classics - $5.99 to $9.99

There's the new PS2 arrivals like God Hand, Odin Sphere and Stuntman: Ignition, not to mention the long overdue, PSP-compatible PSOne Classics, such as Xenogears, Vagrant Story, Tekken, Parasite Eve, Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy VI. Get them all.


PlayStation Portable

Auditorium - $9.99

It's a neat little audio-centric puzzle game about moving bits of sound around so they collide with circular goals, producing lovely symphonies with each of the player's successes. We're getting all misty just thinking about it.

Hoard - $9.99

Not only does it feature a number of dragons, it places players in the clawed shoes of a dragon. As such, you'll be required to hoard (get it?) gold, kidnap princesses and generally be disagreeable.

Gods Eater Burst - $39.99

It's a game about killing gigantic monsters using even more gigantic weapons. Two friends can join in the melee using ad-hoc wireless connections, bringing even more gigantism into the equation.

More Downloadable PSP Games

Did you know that almost all retail PSP titles are also available to download on PSN? We're assuming you knew that, because hey, you seem like a pretty sharp person. Why not look over our PSP suggestion list, and pick one that looks right for you?

Minis - Around $3.99

They're good, they're cheap, and most of them are compatible with the PS3! We suggestAngry Birds, Denki Blocks, The Impossible Game, Mighty Flip Champs DX, Hysteria Project 2and Where Is My Heart, for starters.

PSOne Classics - $5.99 to $9.99

The PSOne Classics we listed above (as well as, you know, all the rest of them) are all compatible on the PSP. Just imagine: You could have a thing that fits in your pocket which also houses all the Square Enix games. What a beautiful, totally realizable dream.

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PlayStation Home update 1.6 released

December 9th, 2011, 00:41 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has today gone live with update version 1.6 for PlayStation Home.
The significant update adds a list of new features and control-related improvements to the social and gaming virtual world.
This comes shortly after a recent major overhaul to the service, which changed the central plaza and the general structure of the whole Home system.
Here's the full change log for update 1.6:
Furniture placement limit
We have doubled the furniture placement limit in Personal Spaces and Clubhouses from 50 to 100 items.
This has been a regularly requested change and we're eager to see what new layouts you come up with!
Standard and active furniture limits have been merged into the same system. Currently all actives take up 22 furniture slots in the new system. Thus you can now place a variety of different combinations:
- 100 standard furniture items or...
- 78 standard furniture items and 1 active or...
- 56 standard furniture items and 2 actives or...
- 34 standard furniture items and 3 actives or...
- 12 standard furniture items and 4 actives.
Improvements
Targeting in Personal Spaces
Targeting in Personal Spaces has been improved.
This means you shouldn't accidentally target furniture items through floors or ceilings any more.
- Although we have made exceptions for wall hangings and lights as these tend to be placed quite high up.
- If you find any items of furniture in places you can't reach then you can always remove them through the furniture browser and place them somewhere else.
Portables
We have changed the way that companion portables work so they will automatically re-activate after you enter and leave a mini-game or relocate between spaces. No more having to put your companion away and take them out again when you do this!
Help system
There is a more proactive help system to aid new users outside of their Harbour Studio Personal Space as they explore PlayStationHome for the first time.
Arcade games
Arcade games are no longer subject to the 3 minute inactivity timeout when placed as furniture in Personal Spaces or Clubhouses.
Changes
Menu Pad
We have removed the "Community" section of the Menu Pad. The information that used to be contained in here is now communicated via the message of the day pop-up at login and the new loading screens.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...e-16-released/

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BBC announces Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock

December 10th, 2011, 22:56 Posted By: wraggster

BBC Worldwide has announced Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock for PC, PlayStation 3 and the upcoming Vita.
The game, a downloadable title due early next year, is in development at Guildford-based Supermassive Games, the studio behind Start The Party and Tumble. It's been written in close collaboration with the TV series' production team in Cardiff, and actors including Matt Smith, who plays Doctor Who, and Alex Kingston have recorded voiceovers for the game.
BBC Worldwide's Robert Nashak said: "We're creating these new games for PS3 and Vita with adaptations that will bring the wonder, adventure and madness of Doctor Who to each platform.
"Working with a top-tier UK development partner like Supermassive Games demonstrates BBC Worldwide's commitment to create world-class Doctor Who games for fans of the show and gamers alike."
A Doctor Who MMOG, subtitled World In Time, was announced in February and is in production at Puzzle Pirates developer Three Rings.

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/bbc-ann...eternity-clock

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How UMvC3's Vita touch controls work

December 11th, 2011, 01:12 Posted By: wraggster

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Dynasty Warriors Next launches with Vita on Feb. 22

December 11th, 2011, 21:18 Posted By: wraggster

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Kakaroto: Clarifications on the jailbreak 3.73-4.0

December 11th, 2011, 21:49 Posted By: wraggster

Kakaroto announced that its function was to jailbreak the new firmware 4 from Sony.



Kakaroto is mainly intervened to an open letter: I tested my jailbreak the latest firmware 4 and I can confirm that it still works. Mathieulh also confirmed that its algorithm NPDRM possible to run applications on 4 firmware, but it does not always share it with us / me. Mathieulh is thinking about it, so hopefully it will help. He received so many messages of hate that he is completely disgusted with the scene Ps3, so he does not want to share or help. He believes that haters do not deserve to receive and I fully understand his position. I was also victim to some point of observation of this kind, it makes me so depressed that I stopped the Ps3. The next time you insult a Dev, thinking it is fun or that merit, think ahead, you're the poison of this scene. We do this for fun, to reward only the gratitude of the people. But why continue when all is hate? For those who hate and insult Mathieulh may not act the way you want, but the fact remains that he has done more for the stage Ps3 you, you So you should just keep quiet and show respect. Otherwise it kills the motivation of developers. Mathieulh the moment does not share his work with me and I'm not angry or disappointed with him, but by those who led him to do that. So please do not take advantage of this thread for the burn or insult again and take more as an opportunity to show your gratitude. Kakaroto, Mathieulh, 4 custom firmware? Official website: http : / / kakaroto.homelinux.net

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Cobra USB firmware 4.3 + 3.01 + Cover pack Multiman

December 11th, 2011, 21:51 Posted By: wraggster

The team behind the Cobra USB updates the firmware in the dongle version 4.3 and version Multiman.


New / fixed: Firmware 4.3: - Compatibility with games said black screen, your games run normally - vsh.self can be replaced by ReactPSN Multiman 01/03/00 Cobra: - Loading Iso Psp diskless necessary - Option "Detect Game Title in ISO Images "to use the name of ISO, to no longer scan the name of the game in the database - Improved scanning Rom / Iso / Cover - Support for ICON0.PNG column back - Support for PS2 Cover Iso file / Cue column back - Support for files Cover Ps1 Iso / Cue column back and play - New format for themes (. thm) file to a topic - Add Iso extraction from the menu side (to convert an iso file) - Added "make showtime preference" to select up to 10 different fonts (interface and subtitle) - Added shortcut (virtual folder) "XMB video Files" during the course of a hdd / usb glue in the video - Added cover blu-ray and DVD during the course of a drive / folder in the video column - Added shortcut to file for BDISO and DVDISO, seen as "Blu-ray Video (ISO)" and " DVD Video (ISO) " - Change "Video Link Library" to "Showtime" to create links to video files, not to start showtime - Added copy function in the sidebar to BD/DVD/PS2/PSP/PS3 ISO (joint and split) - Added option to copy large files to USB, the files will be automatically cut - Theme download in the background - Pop-up connection net_host successful start-up - Pop-up disk space (less 1GB) - Pop-up for updates (MMCM, CobraUSB firmware and Showtime) - Fixed bug when extracting icons from an external drive ICON0.PNG Multiman For, being an update you need first install the full . The team also gives us a pack of over 3400 Cover for PS1 and PS2. Thanks to the green-to information. USB 4.3 Cobra Cobra Multiman-USB 1.3 Update Pack Cover PS1, PS2 Official Website : www.cobra-usb.com

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Team Rebug: Toggle QA

December 11th, 2011, 21:52 Posted By: wraggster

The team Rebug us a utility to easily enable and disable the QA Flag without a special custom firmware.


Toggle QA QA enables and disables the Token and Flag on any PS3 custom firmware 3.41 or 3.55 that the "lv1 mmap" and "peek and poke lv2" (most have customs). When you run the application, it first detects if the PS3 is 3.41 or 3.55. Then it checks the patch you've already Lv1 and install those missing in the hypervisor. When finished, Toggle QA checks the status of the flag and modify accordingly. Once all done, the patches LV1 will be deleted. Instructions: 1: Install toggle_qa.pkg 2: Run from the XMB Toggle QA 3: PS3 beeps and return to XMB. (If you do not hear a beep, it did not work, reboot and try again) As each authoring software in flash memory use is risky. Homepage: http://rebug.me

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JPCSP Latest svn builds (2394) - PSP Emulator for Windows

December 11th, 2011, 21:55 Posted By: wraggster

Hello again , new snapshots from svn are here . This time one of the most important feature is the addition of media library (xuggler) into 64-builds , so now videos should work on win64 - linux64 builds as well. Also there are some major fixes in compatibility

win32 build:

http://www.filesonic.com/file/406640...windows-x86.7z

win64 build:

http://www.filesonic.com/file/406640...ndows-amd64.7z

linux build:

http://www.filesonic.com/file/406631...4-linux-x86.7z

linux64 build:

http://www.filesonic.com/file/406633...linux-amd64.7z

macosX build:

http://www.filesonic.com/file/409829...2394-macosx.7z

Enjoy


http://www.jpcsp.org/

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PCSX Reloaded SVN r73141

December 11th, 2011, 22:26 Posted By: wraggster

via http://www.emucr.com/

PCSX Reloaded SVN r73141 is released. PCSX-Reloaded is a fork of the PCSX-df Project, a PlayStation Emulator, with support for both Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems as well as several bugfixes/improvements.

PCSX Reloaded SVN Changelog:
r73141
Rewrote the file handling on Mac OS X.

http://www.codeplex.com/pcsxr

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GSdx-ShadeBoost v5 (r4979)

December 11th, 2011, 22:29 Posted By: wraggster

via http://www.emucr.com/

GSdx-ShadeBoost v5 (r4979) is released. This is a hacked Video Plugin for PCSX2. It based on PCSX2 SVN r4979 for GSdx.

GSdx-ShadeBoost Function:
- Buildin Filter to simulate YPrPb/YCrCb colors. And added some stuff to adjust saturation,Bright and contrast.

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD is download-only

December 12th, 2011, 23:51 Posted By: wraggster

A new High Definition Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game will be available to download next summer.
Skateboarding star Tony Hawk made the announcement at the Spike Video Game Awards this weekend, after hinting about a new game last week.
The download-only title will cost ‘less than $20’ and include elements of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2, as reported byEurogamer.
“This is the best of our first two games but for the new consoles,” he said. “It’ll have all the same gameplay people love and the joystick controls, big scoring combos and a lot of the classic stuff we had but some new stuff as well. I'm out of my mind excited about it.”
Activision's Tony Hawk series first arrived on the original Sony PlayStation in 1999. The two most recent games in the series used a skateboard accessory and saw disappointing sales.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/tony-...ad-only/088504

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PlayStation Vita touring the UK next month

December 13th, 2011, 00:06 Posted By: wraggster

The PlayStation Vita is taking its act on the road in the US, in both "Social Clubs" and a mall tour. The UK will also play host to some Vita debut events this January and February, called "Vita Rooms." Attendees will get to check out (deep breath) Uncharted: Golden Abyss, FIFA 12, Reality Fighters, MotorStorm RC, ModNation Racers, Little Deviants, Escape Plan, Super Stardust Delta, andWipeout 2048. "Plus," the PS Blog teases, "there might just be appearances from a few developers too!"

Sony already held one Room event in London, but it's continuing the Vita demo tour starting January 17, in Manchester. You can find details for that eventhere.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/12/pl...uk-next-month/

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The Last of Us has been in development for two years

December 13th, 2011, 00:08 Posted By: wraggster

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PSA: PSN undergoing maintenance in Europe this Thursday

December 13th, 2011, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster

SCEE sent out some advance notice of a PSN outage in Europe via the PlayStation forum. Maintenance is scheduled on the network Thursday, December 15 from 4pm GMT (11am EST) to 2am GMT (9pm EST).

No such announcement has been made for North America, but we can safely assume that the EU outage will coincide with network interruption here. Besides, the only "preparation" you have to do for such an event is not make ironclad plans to play online games or buy things from the PlayStation Store right then. If it turns out that the network doesn't go offline, just sign in and play extemporaneously.

It's not going to adversely affect your life too much if this outage turns out to be EU-only, is what we're saying.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/12/ps...this-thursday/

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PSP games to benefit from Vita's dual analogues

December 13th, 2011, 00:24 Posted By: wraggster

Square Enix has confirmed that PSP game Final Fantasy Type-0 will, when played on a Vita, make use of the second analogue stick.
Type-0 director Hajime Tabata said at a recent consumer event in Japan that the game will allow for additional camera control with the Vita's right analogue stick.
That's good news, but more importantly it confirms the potential for PSP games to feature enhanced controls on the Vita.
We wouldn't expect touch screen functionality to magically appear in PSP games, but it should mean that dual-analogue controls will be possible - at least in PSP games that support the use of a DualShock 3 (since twin stick functionality would already be in those titles).
Tabata went on to say that the game's online gameplay would be fully functional on Vita, and that it looks 'very pretty' on the new system.He also responded to questions of a possible sequel. "I want to make a sequel, but... is there demand?" he asked. "If we make a sequel, we aren't thinking about having it directly continue the [Type-0] story."
FF Type-0 is currently a Japan-only game, but an international version is reportedly in the works although Square is yet to issue an official announcement.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...ual-analogues/

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Judge Dismisses 'Other OS' Class-Action Suit Against Sony

December 13th, 2011, 23:34 Posted By: wraggster

You may recall that in early 2010, Sony decided to roll out an update that would remove the ability for PlayStation 3 owners to install a different operating system on the console, citing security concerns as the reason. Geeks and Linux enthusiasts were outraged at the move, particular since the "Other OS" functionality had been advertised as a feature of the PS3. A class-action lawsuit was soon brought against Sony. Many of the initial claims were thrown out, and now, a federal judge in California has granted Sony's motion to dismissed the lawsuit, saying, 'As a matter of providing customer satisfaction and building loyalty, it may have been questionable. As a legal matter, however, plaintiffs have failed to allege facts or articulate a theory on which Sony may be held liable.' Here's the full text of the order (PDF).

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3D PSP screen hits online retail

December 13th, 2011, 23:57 Posted By: wraggster



An accessory that lets PSP owners view games in 3D is available to order online.
RealView Innovations’ V-Screen clips onto the PSP and provides “greater depth and richer environments than standard 2D”.
It is priced at £19.99 and is available to order from AntiGrav. E-tailers such as Ladz.biz and Electrolounge are stocking the product.
“The V-Screen is the most effective, comfortable current solution to the 3D question,” said RealView’s executive director Eamonn Ansbro.
“As gamers want an increasingly sophisticated visual experience, we are keen to share the V-Screen with the games industry.”

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Plants vs Zombies shuffles to Vita

December 13th, 2011, 23:59 Posted By: wraggster

Vita owners will be able to pick up a copy of Plants vs Zombies when the Sony handheld launches on February 22nd.
Sony revealed the news in a Tweet earlier which said: “Surprise! Plants vs Zombies is coming to PS Vita. Thanks @popcap @SonyOnline.”
The tower defence strategy title joins other PlayStation Vita launch titles including Sony’s Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Namco Bandai’s Ridge Racer and PQube’s BlazBlue Extend.
Plants vs Zombies originally arrived on PC and Mac before heading to iOS devices last year. It later went on to hit Xbox Live, PSN and the DS.
The title is regarded as one of the most popular games on iPhone. In its first ten days on sale it grossed over $1m in sales.

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Sony outlines UK Vita tour

December 14th, 2011, 00:01 Posted By: wraggster

UK consumers will be able to go hands-on with PlayStation Vita games such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss before the handheld launches.
Sony is bringing ‘Vita Rooms’ to UK cities such as Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and London in January and February 2012. The first event will kick off on Friday, January 13th at 63 Deansgate in Manchester and will run until Wednesday, January 18th.
Playable games include Uncharted: Golden Abyss, FIFA 12, Reality Fighters, MotorStorm RC, ModNation Racers: Road Trip, Little Deviants, Escape Plan, Super Stardust and Wipeout 2048.
Sony staff and developers will also be on hand at the events.
PlayStation Vita launches in the UK on February 22nd.

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PlayStation Vita plays it smart with phone-like UI, we go hands-on

December 14th, 2011, 00:54 Posted By: wraggster

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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 lets you use the Vita as a PS3 controller

December 14th, 2011, 01:05 Posted By: wraggster

In an announcement of new Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Vita media (in our gallery), Capcom shared some kind of weird news about the portable port: it allows you to use the Vita as an "Ultimate Controller" for the PS3 version. We're guessing this means you'll be able to use the touch controls when playing the console version. We're sure Hori and Mad Catz are raising their collective, corporate eyebrows at the "Ultimateness" of that option, but more options are always welcome.

In addition, the Vita version will offer "exclusive Gold Herald" color options for the characters, essentially making the game look like a battle between Academy Awards. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be released on February 15, concurrent with the Vita's week-early "First Edition" hardware bundle, providing an escape from Little Deviants.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/ul...as-a-ps3-cont/

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PSN's best-selling indies of 2011 revealed

December 14th, 2011, 01:12 Posted By: wraggster

1. Limbo (Playdead)
2. Castle Crashers (The Behemoth)
3. TestYourself Psychology (Creat Studios)
4. Marvel Pinball (Zen Studios)
5. Worms 2 Armageddon (Team 17)
6. Dungeon Defenders (Trendy Entertainment)
7. Armageddon Riders (Targem Games)
8. Braid (Number None Inc.)
9. UnderSiege (Seed Studios)
10. Hamsterball (TikGames)

1. PixelJunk Shooter 2 (Q-Games)
2. Fat Princess (Titan Studios)
3. Flower (thatgamecompany)
4. Aquatopia (Playlogic Entertainment)
5. Hustle Kings (VooFoo Sudios)
6. Eat Them! (FluffyLogic)
7. Top Darts (Devil's Details)
8. Super Stardust HD (Housemarque)
9. Linger in Shadows (Plastic)
10. Rag Doll Kung Fu (Qi Studios)

1. Hoard (Big Sandwich Games)
2. Tales From Space: About a Blob (DrinkBox)
3. Joe Danger (Hello Games)
4. Eufloria (Omni Systems Limited)
5. Explodemon! (Curve Studios)

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Infinity Ward handing out 5,000 day Modern Warfare 3 bans

December 15th, 2011, 00:47 Posted By: wraggster

Modern Warfare 3 developer Infinity Ward is handing out 5,000 day bans to a number of those found guilty of non-specific “bad” things – presumably cheating.
The ban effectively means that users will not be able to access the game with the associated account until the latter half of 2025.
The bans, word of which has spread online, were confirmed by voice of Infinity Ward Robert Bowling on Twitter, who stated: "If you see this message, it means you've been Permabanned (for something bad)."
It hasn’t been confirmed exactly what deeds warrant the harsh penalty.
Of course, there’s nothing to stop offenders re-registering under another name, though at least next time around they may be less likely to cheat.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/infin...-3-bans/088644

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'PlayStation Game Music' service streams PS3 music from phones in Japan

December 15th, 2011, 01:18 Posted By: wraggster

This is so cool. Well, maybe "cool" isn't the right way to describe a service that lets you stream Final Fantasy music from anywhere, but we like the idea. In Japan, Sony just started a "PlayStation Game Music" service that allows subscribers to several mobile services to play music from first- and third-party PlayStation games.

The official (again, Japan-only) launch is accompanied by music from Final Fantasy XIII-2, and the Monster Hunter, Dynasty Warriors, and Yakuza series. It would be dangerous for us to walk around Tokyo to the music from Yakuza -- we'd be liable to start throwing bicycle wheels at anyone we saw in a suit. And it's always dangerous for us to hear the .

Along with those, the service will also stream PS3 system sound effects. That "cool" label is looking really hasty now.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/14/pl...from-phones-i/

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US PS Store update: Holiday deals aplenty

December 15th, 2011, 01:25 Posted By: wraggster

t's a time for discounts and special bundle deals on the US PlayStation Store this Christmas.
This week's update list comes with a trailer highlighting some of the top deals you can get this week on the PS3 and PSP digital store.A new Holiday Collection banner will lead you to the deals, but just for a heads-up, Sony says: "Some of the best games available on the service are packaged up with DLC, map packs and more; all at a great discount. If you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber, you'll unlock even greater discounts. We've also grouped together 2011's Top 20 selling PSN Games, PS one Classics, Add-Ons and more and made them easy to find within the Holiday Collection category."

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PS Home gets into the Christmas spirit

December 15th, 2011, 01:31 Posted By: wraggster

Sony is getting into the festivities with PlayStation Home, which has a new wintery space to explore.
As Sony explains: "Your journey begins in the brand new snow-covered Pier Park, where a collection of quests will unravel in the coming weeks and which will reward players with exclusive items and collectibles only available from this limited-time event."Start by going to the Activity Board to start your first quest, then catch a boat from Pier Park to transport to this chilly locale where Snowman and Snow Bear will provide clues that will lead you throughout a vast winter wonderland filled with tons of surprises. Complete all the quests to unlock a variety of special rewards that will leave your inventory bulging with awesome Yuletide mementos."
Sony says it's also called in the help of Snowman and Snow Bear and "special guests".

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Xperia owners to receive 50GB of cloud space with Box Android app

December 16th, 2011, 00:33 Posted By: wraggster

Storage platform looks to add to its 8m individual users and 100,000 businesses.
Sony Ericsson says the promotion will allow Xperia users to stash their digital hordes of photos, music and videos on the Box service.
By logging into a Box account through the app, which can be found in the Android Marketplace, users can enjoy free cloud storage and file sharing for life.
The global offer begins today for anyone with an Xperia X10 smartphone or newer, and runs up until December 31st 2012.
Steve Walker, chief marketing officer, Sony Ericsson, said: "Xperia and Box will provide consumers with access to a massive amount of content on the go putting their smartphone at the very heart of their connected lifestyle."
Presumably, Sony Ericsson's main reason for the partnership is that it will be hoping to see devices fly off shelves for Christmas gifts and during the January sales period.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...oid-app/016501

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Bossa: 'Vita will suffer a horrible premature death'

December 16th, 2011, 00:44 Posted By: wraggster

Bossa won’t work for console manufacturers who don't promote interconnectivity, says studio co-founder Henrique Olifiers

Vita will suffer a “horrible, premature death” if it doesn’t open up to multiplatform accessibility, Bossa co-founder Henrique Olifiers has claimed.
Olifiers said that the UK studio would not develop games for consoles because of their closed systems, and believes manufacturers would suffer in the long run if they did not change their stance on interconnectivity.

“I hate the fact you cannot play a game on the PS3 against the same game on the Xbox 360 or PC,” Olifiers told Videogamer.
“Walled gardens in a world where people are freely connected all the time is just a dumb idea that limits what is achievable.”
He added: "Valve is bang on, proprietary stuff is madness, we should be moving to more open platforms, to interoperability, bringing everyone together.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...remature-death

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House: PS3 on track for 15 million sales

December 16th, 2011, 00:58 Posted By: wraggster

Sony's Andrew House has confirmed that the company still aims to sell 15 million PlayStation 3s in the year ending March 2012, despite a turbulent year for the company.
The head of Sony Computer Entertainment made the comments toReuters, and revealed that sales on the console were ahead of target.
He would not reveal Sony targets for the new PlayStation Vita handheld.
The PS3 news comes despite a number of setbacks for the company, with hacker attacks in April that shook consumer confidence and shutdown the PlayStation Network Store and the devastating effects of the Japanese earthquakes in July.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-million-sales

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Vita can't handle multiple PSN accounts after all

December 16th, 2011, 02:22 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has corrected its previous statements about the Vita's ability to support multiple PSN accounts, again. Contradicting what we'd been told before, a PSN account is not merely tied to a memory card, Sony told Wired. It's tied to both the card and the system.

That means that switching accounts is not as simple as it sounded. "If a second person is using your Vita," a Sony rep told Wired, "it's not just a case of switching out memory cards, it's clearing out all of your saved data on the Vita itself when you do the factory reset."

You're extremely unlikely to be willing to completely flash your Vita every time you want to switch accounts, so you can go ahead and forget about keeping separate US and Japanese PSN accounts, for example. And the Vita just became slightly less useful.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/15/vi...nts-after-all/

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Sony explains PS Move Sorcery "re-tooling"

December 16th, 2011, 02:31 Posted By: wraggster

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Next Gran Turismo 5 DLC dated and detailed

December 16th, 2011, 02:33 Posted By: wraggster

• Offering the ability to change wheels on standard cars.
• A 'copy' feature will be added to settings sheets.
• In GT Auto, players will be able to see how the oil changes, aerodynamic parts, engine overhauls, and racing modifications will affect performance points and engine power, before and after their application.
• Free tickets have been added that allow you to wash cars, change oil, overhaul your engine, or refresh the car body in GT Auto (10 coupons will be distributed for free to each of those who have downloaded the 2.02 update).
• Pressing the □ button in the car ticket selection screen of the Car Delivery, will now allow you to exchange all car tickets at once.
• In screens where the [Garage] and [Driver List] buttons are displayed in the A/B Spec events, Special Events, and Seasonal Events, pressing the □ button will now show the [Garage], and pressing the △ button will show the drivers list.
• An option has now been added for 'Max. number of participants - this is featured in the room settings of My Lounge.
• Added ☆ marks which show the number of Gold Trophies attained in each event, in the event selection screen of seasonal events.
• Racing sound effect adjustment.
• Elements of the steering assist controls (used when using certain controllers on Racing Karts) have been adjusted.

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Battlefield 3's Physical Warfare Pack available free on PS3

December 16th, 2011, 02:34 Posted By: wraggster

PS3 Battlefield 3 players are now able to jump online and grab the Physical Warfare Pack DLC for free.
The pack was previously only available to those who pre-ordered the game. It includes the DAO-12 shotgun and some custom flechette ammo for it, a flash suppressor for the SKS Sniper Rifle, and the Type 88 Light Machine Gun.PS3's DLC exclusivity deal continues, so while it's out now on the PS Store, PC and Xbox gamers (that don't already have it via a pre-order) will have to wait until "a later date" - i.e. a week.
The Back to Karkand was released earlier this week, and deserves to be played. The new maps - Wake Island, Strike at Karkand, Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula - are awesome.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...e-free-on-ps3/

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Canadian PlayStation Vita 3G reportedly delayed

December 16th, 2011, 02:36 Posted By: wraggster

The launch of the Canadian PlayStation Vita 3G model appears to have been pushed back by two months to April 2012.
Kotaku says the delay is "due to extensive planning and testing with [Sony's] 3G partner", although the platform holder has yet to comment on the report.More specifically, it's speculated that difficulties in reaching a pricing agreement with 3G network providers could be behind the hold up.
Customers are said to be receiving emails informing them of the delay, while EB Games sources told the site that the retailer's internal systems now show the portable as launching in April.
Vita hits Japan this Saturday, December 17, and launches in west on February 22 with at least 12 first-party games.
Before then, UK gamers will be able to go hands-on with Vita at a series of events to be held over the next few months.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...tedly-delayed/

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Sony ships 700,000 PS Vita units to retailers in Japan

December 16th, 2011, 17:48 Posted By: Shrygue

With only one day left to go for launch time, Andriasang reports that Sony has possibly shipped around 700,000 Playstation Vita units to Japanese retailers. It was originally 500,000 but in order to meet pre-order demand, an additional 200,000 was added for shipment. A Select number of retailers reportedly say were available to buy on launch day without one, following the shipment increase.

Playstation Vita releases tomorrow in Japan, December 17th 2011. The UK, US and Europe will get it in February 22nd, 2012 along with Canada for the Wi-Fi model only - Sony has reportedly not announced a release date for the 3G model in that region.

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Skyrim soars past ten million shipped copies

December 16th, 2011, 23:38 Posted By: wraggster

Fantasy RPG fastest selling title ever on Steam

Betheseda’s blockbuster RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has shipped more than ten million units worldwide since release last month.
The critically acclaimed title is believed to have made more than $650 million in sales.

Bethesda claimed that the PC version of the title outsold all other North American PC game releases by a factor of three-to-one during November.
It has also been announced that Skyrim is the fastest selling title in Steam’s history, although no exact figures were revealed.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...shipped-copies

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PS Vita launch shipments upped

December 16th, 2011, 23:51 Posted By: wraggster

Retailers in Japan will receive 200,000 more units of PlayStation Vita in time for launch, bringing the total shipped to 700,000.
Andriasang reports sources close to Sony that the format holder had originally planned a shipment of 500,000 units, but this has now been raised to cope with pre-order demand.
Two of Japan’s major retailers, Amazon Japan and Yodobashi, previously reported stock shortages after their Vita pre-order allocation dried up in a matter of hours.
Yodobashi and a number of other retailers have since said customers can buy a Vita on day one without a pre-order. The handheld goes on sale in Japan on Saturday, December 17th. It will hit UK shelves on February 22nd 2012.
Sony Japan hired film star Harrison Ford to promote Vita, who appeared in an ad for launch title Uncharted: Golden Abyss.

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PS Vita gets first public unboxing treatment, leaves nothing to the imagination

December 16th, 2011, 23:55 Posted By: wraggster

Sure, we've shown you a hands-on, but we know your brain's been working hard imagining what it's like to unwrap Sony's next-gen handheld. The PS Vita could easily be considered one of the -- if not thebiggest -- teases of the gadgetverse; since it was first unveiled, it's only had time for a smattering ofcameos. Regardless, no one is questioning the Vita's determination to be in as many wish lists as possible by its eventual 2012 release. Folks who tend to enjoy teasers can find precisely that just after the break.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/16/p...es-nothing-to/

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Sony Tablet S update lets you play with PS3 controllers, cable adapter required

December 17th, 2011, 00:15 Posted By: wraggster

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Army Corps of Hell bolstering Vita launch lineup on February 22

December 17th, 2011, 01:07 Posted By: wraggster

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PlayStation Vita manual pops online

December 17th, 2011, 01:25 Posted By: wraggster

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Sony: Vita intended to be played by only one user

December 17th, 2011, 01:26 Posted By: wraggster

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Sony: Female market the 'untapped holy grail'

December 17th, 2011, 03:02 Posted By: wraggster

Female consumers are the "untapped holy grail" for game publishers, European PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has told the latest issue of Edge, which is landing with subscribers now.
Speaking in a Vita focused interview, the exec said the upcoming portable's user-friendliness is paving the way for Sony to target a female audience it traditionally hasn't been able to reach."That [audience] is obviously the untapped holy grail," Ryan said. "We're hopeful that the rather less intimidating interface possibilities that Vita offers may make that market potentially more accessible.
"Some of the things as yet unrevealed on the content side are exploring that."
While Ryan acknowledged that day one Vita buyers will be "our good old core gaming demographic", he said the company "will look to... go younger rather more quickly and deliberately than we did with PSP.
"You won't see that so much in 2012, and in 2013 we'll still be very much at the core of it, but shortly after that a lot of the business strategy will be [based] around targeting a somewhat younger demographic."
Earlier this month, Ryan said Sony will make a greater effort to target younger gamers and the family market with PS3 in 2012, although not at the expense of catering to hardcore gamers.

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First PS Vita Firmware update released already

December 18th, 2011, 00:01 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has already released a firmware update for the PlayStation Vita.
When firing up the console, users who connect it to the internet will have to update the firmware to version 1.50.The changes made in the update are currently unknown, and Sony's official update information page reveals no further details, according to Andriasang.
But with frequent updates being a prominent part of owning a PS3 and PSP, its a sign that the trend will likely continue on Sony's latest console.
You can have a good dig around the Vita's new menu system feature yourself with an English-language user guide that Sony has already launched online.
It reveals, among other niggling details, that Vita can take screenshots of on-screen action and store them on your memory stick as photos. Great for evidence of bragging rights.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...eased-already/

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Now let's look at Vita's guts

December 18th, 2011, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster

While you chew down your fingernails in anticipation of owning a Vita, there's a bloke in Japan taking a screwdriver to one before the poor thing's even been played.
Japanese site Pocket News (thanks Andriasang) has wasted no time liberating the Vita's internals from their shiny plastic casing, revealing all those microchips and a circuit boards that, when not in pieces, make for so much joy. Some pics are below, and there are more through the source link.Apart from the big Samsung logo seemingly confirming where Sony's getting the Vita screen from, there's not a lot to take from the pics. Other than to satisfy a strange fetish for the internals of new technology.
If you're more interested in the Vita in one piece, there are unboxing and first boot-up videos here.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...at-vitas-guts/

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PS Vita launched in Japan

December 18th, 2011, 00:12 Posted By: wraggster

If you can't get your hands on a PlayStation Vita today, you can at least pretend you have one by drooling all over unboxing videos.
Sony's new handheld launched today, but only in Japan. If you're not in Japan and don't like paying extortionate import prices for a potentially problematic foreign machine with now warrantee, this is a close you're getting to a Vita today.
As usual for a hardware launch, there are unboxing videos everywhere. We've picked one below by someone with acceptable camera skills (seemingly a rare thing on YouTube) that doesn't feature someone jumping around the room like a deranged kangaroo.





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PSVita PlayStation Vita Released

December 18th, 2011, 00:52 Posted By: wraggster

Newly released from Play Asia:



Vita means life. The PSP Vita is going to blur the line between entertainment and real life. The newest portable console from Sony comprises everything gamers, music lovers and photo fanatics want. The 16:9 screen shows 16 million colors and supports a touch screen, at the rear, there is another touch pad.

Your every move counts, the six axis motion sensing system and the three axis-electronic pass push portable gaming to a new dimension.

Cameras are installed in the front and in the rear, they can take videos at 120fps at QVGA and 60 fps at VGA. The picture resolution can go up to 640 x 480. The console also connects gamers together in a new way, gamers can talk to others with the in-built microphone, and the Nair feature, that allows gamers to find out what game the stranger in the bus is playing and what is hot right now.

buy vita here --> http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-4a0h.html

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xBox 250 GB Console Price Reductions, xBox and PS3 Bundle Updates

December 18th, 2011, 03:22 Posted By: wraggster

News direct from Amazon UK

Breaking news from our Videogames Retail Team:



250GB xBox Console, was £179 is now £167

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-360-250...9298&camp=2506



xBox Bundle now includes Forza4 and Fifa2012 for £10 as well as another game or xBox Live Card for £20

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.h...0&tag=dcemu-21



PS3 Bundle now includes 2 games for £20.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.h...6&tag=dcemu-21

Last day for free delivery is the 18th December - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/gift-cent...g&tag=dcemu-21

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Sony serves up US Vita manual two months early, theoretical gamers rejoice

December 18th, 2011, 22:24 Posted By: wraggster

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Gran Turismo 5 2.02 update and DLC lands Dec. 20

December 18th, 2011, 22:29 Posted By: wraggster

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Hello World on PlayStation Vita

December 18th, 2011, 23:00 Posted By: wraggster

via http://gamegaz.com/201112186294/

The title of the PSP PlayStation Vita (only available for PSN) is to launch the strength of the Vita. What worries me is the save game exploit what works for PSP, PS Vita me to try to work immediately on Mr. teck4 owns a PSP save game exploit unpublished.

The result was of course also take over the vulnerability of the PSP. Hello World at PS Vita (own code) can be performed.
PS Vita PSP at the first place only because it is emulation, emulator running on the fact that just because we can run your own code does not change much. So while hacking into the system are reproduced in an environment that is running on the PSP will own code.
Half-start at the maximum of the PSP Homebrew Byte Loader (reproduction of) is enough.
Some might suspect that I'll not do FAKE, exploit teck4 his unpublished exploit is genuine.
PSN version save game exploit with other titles, so there are some that may be realized in the start of the PSP Homebrew PS Vita Once you have established how to start the HBL, the saved data is Sony " Administrative Assistant for PlayStation content "must be transferred to the PS Vita, and further to transfer the state must now transfer the save data folder into the Hello World binaries that only the saved data . Will be transferred into the data folder in the save if the body can then be started with Vita HBL.
And that is a big possibility that such measures are easily crushed to prevent unwanted save game file transfer for applications that work under the control of Sony.
In addition, PS Vita Min Gol exploit so far as such details as if it had been like the PSP PS Vita measures also seem to emulate the PSP.
Those who try to exploit in the PSP PS Vita looking for if not, carefully examine whether the game supports PS Vita first. Everybody's clean trial and trial period Patapon 2 demo is so handy that non-PS Vita not come again in the first place.
Incidentally, I'm looking forward to the future from those who were successful on the PS Vita Hello World, will tell for sure.
That only the listed vulnerabilities have been reproduced PSP Hello World is displayed, the display is reproduced even if just how far the system area of ​​Vita 踏Mi込Meru potential from here is almost zero. That is not even the first step in hacking it.
[UPDATE: my Additional Comment in english]
I read lot's of article Around the world about this Hello World on Vita and I found SO many "this is fake, right?" ... No, this is not a fake. But You Have to Think this is inevitable result because of emulation.
And you can find "Hello World for PSP Firmware 6.31 by Teck4" and say "Why 6.31?"
Teck4 have some savegame exploits. These were found when PSP lastest firmware was 6.31. He tried to run his unsigned code without any modification .. including the letter "6.31"
That's why "6.31" was displayed in his Hello World.
His exploit use buffer overflow of the system and, you know, what we call "Usemode exploit", So do not expect kernel hacking from it.
I know his exploit and I know he is not a faker. That's real. But I think this shows us that emulation tech on vita is brilliant, NOT "PS Vita is hackable!"

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PS3 scene: Kakaroto shows the true face of Mathieulh (yay, drama bits inside!)

December 18th, 2011, 23:31 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/wagic/2011/12/17/p...a-bits-inside/

First of all, thanks to Abdullah who pointed me to Kakaroto’s recent twitter posts, as I’ve only been following the PS3 scene distantly recently.

I love drama
Let me say that I love drama in the console hacking scene. Not that I chose to love drama, but I remember that my first “excitement” in the PSP scene was to understand who the hackers were and how they figured things out and made stuff work. One thing that really shocked me (probably because I’m a developer myself and like to be recognized for my work at least at much as I like my salary) is how often “normal” people (the users) would forget about who the real hackers behind a given homebrew/hack/discovery were exactly. I’ve been internally boiling several times when I saw some people kept thanking “Dark Alex” for every possible hack on the PSP, even when he wasn’t involved at all… (another one that I really hated was the “thank you pspgen” I could see once in a while during the HBL era…not pspgen’s fault, but we have to live with the fact that users don’t really care and/or are dumb).


Long story short, it always fascinates me to understand how a vulnerability was discovered and turned into a usable exploit. And in order to understand that, the human factor is essential, (half of the console hacks are released in a hurry because of a human mistake or a leak), hence the love for drama.

The facts
Recently MathieuLH has been in the middle of a new PS3 scene drama, as Kakaroto has been working on a jailbreak solution for recent firmwares, and Mathieu initially refused to help while claiming on twitter that he had the solutions to recent firmwares hack. He apparently then pretended to help when he was actually only giving “riddles” which weren’t bringing much that wasn’t already known. This ended up pissing off Kakaroto, and led to strong words exchanged on twitter. Unfortunately Mathieu’s twitter is not public anymore (a good move IMO, although a bit late, it should have been private when he started bragging about 4.0 without providing any POC), so I missed half of the fun.

Chosen bits from Kakaroto’s twitter (I unfortunately don’t have access to Mathieulh’s posts):

@Mathieulh “people should be satisfied of what they get”, lol, thank you master for the bone you throw at my face, woof woof

@Mathieulh you wrote your own toolchain, your own disassembler, you even wrote the ****ing wikipedia code. you invented cryptography!

@Mathieulh haha, you already left us to do everything on our own, you shared LESS than what we had already publically documented. so STFU

@Mathieulh get real dude, you could paste me the man page of ‘printf’ then ask me to lick your ass cause you “shared plenty”, **** that

@Mathieulh you don’t care about the war for opening up the console? then why the **** do you call yourself a “ps3 dev” ???

@Mathieulh you “helped” open it up at first? no, psjailbreak did, and we all know who wrote psgroove (NOT YOU), you were just the releaser!

@Mathieulh only sony wins when someone decides to hold back the scene

@Mathieulh your whole attitude disgusts me. you leave the scene because of haters? I would leave it because of assholes like you.

@Mathieulh YES stupid, you have a right to not share, but don’t TALK about it, and don’t expect the “I love you, my savior” treatment either



@Mathieulh no it wasn’t “plenty”, you gave 5% of what was requested, and you didn’t share “how to find it”, you gave riddles, and then I have to start reverse engineering your ****ing riddles.

If you just shut up instead of telling everyone what you have and don’t want to share, then you wouldn’t be so hated in the scene. I just WASTED 3 whole ****ing days hunting down this one little thing that you have but you just flaunt us with it saying you won’t share it.. you are in every private channel on IRC, you see what all the devs are discussing, you use the knowledge from everyone, you receive stuff from everyone from everywhere, then when you are needed, you say “no, I won’t give anything to you”, then you ask us to lick you ass until you feel all proud about yourself, then throw us a ****ing bone saying “it’s over there, and if you have a brain you’ll find it”, why not just outright say “I’m so 1337, so much better than you, I have all this stuff JUST FOR ME and you’re too ****ing stupid to do anything like me”?

No, I am grateful for the “help” you gave, and yes you have every right not to share what you did on your own, BUT, when you use someone else’s knowledge, then it’s ethical for you to give back the same way, also, if you don’t want to share, then ****ing shut up about what you have instead of being a dick and telling us you have something and not going to share it. And finally, if you decide not to share, ok, your choice, but don’t ****ing come arguing with me about how you helped and how you shared “plenty” and all that crap.. you don’t want to share, then be a man and own up to your actions and accept that I say that you’re not sharing and that if the release is delayed it’s because of you because we’re spending the next ****ing month re-doing everything you did. Don’t start arguing with me about how you’re helpful when you ****ing don’t want to help.

You don’t want to help, then shut the **** up.



The result is that MathieuLH officially leaves the Sony scene for the billionth time, until next time (last time he left the scene was no longer than 1 month ago).

Getting personal
I initially wrote a gigantic post on this subject, and erased everything. I’m definitely on Kakaroto’s side on this, but I won’t give any details (which is what I was planning to do initially) as this was getting personal and just adding fuel to the fire.

However to summarize my feelings, let’s just say that 1) from personal experience, working on something that MathieuLH is working on, or worked on at some point in the past is like walking on a drama minefield (I can’t help but to mention that MathieuLH registered on our /talk community just to make sure that we were properly thanking him for his help in the PSP homebrew signing effort, which really sounds exactly like what happened to Kakaroto recently) , 2) I think it’s fine to hack just for the technical challenge, but in that case there is no need to open a twitter account and brag about it, this is just counterproductive, and 3) belittling fellow hackers just to make oneself look better is really lame.

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PS VITA Firmware xTractor 2.01

December 18th, 2011, 23:36 Posted By: wraggster

via http://streetskaterfu.blogspot.com/2...actor-201.html

Linux version compiled and attached below.
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I just updated the PS VITA FW xTractor, changelog is attached below.

The 2.00 version had a problem setting the filenames correctly as the 1.0+ updates have different files than the older ones. Anyway, enjoy...

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YINLIPS Android Game Console WIFI Tablet MP4 - PSVita Clone Released

December 18th, 2011, 23:46 Posted By: wraggster



Retro game console or Android tablet? This new YINLIPS WIFI Android Game Console combines retro game console and tablet computer. Supporting supporting Emulates: NES, SNES, GB/GBC/GBA, Mega Drive, MAME, N64, PSX, Flash 10.X games. Allowing you to play games via WIFI connecting. At the same time, the Android 2.2 makes it a cute mini tablet and have an excellent HDMI output. PSP 3000? No, only a copy game console supporting touch screen!
Main function:

• 1. 5.0" High definition Touch Screen
• 2. 5.0 Mega pixels digital camera & DV function(Optional for double camera)
• 3. Support all audio decoding, Multi-tasks to play,listen to music while watching ebook and play the game. Multi-channel output
• 4. Sopport 1080P（1920x1080pixel）video decoding, RM/RMVB,PPTV，Support online TV, online movie,Support flash player 10. X online play ,Plugin subtitles SMI, SRT, SUB, SSA, ASS, SUB+IDX,ISO Navigation
• 5. Android2.2 OS,quickly visit any website, see news, office, reading, online download . Support website flash display
• 6. Wifi function,support E-mail,browse Office software，Word,execl... Support many input method, support handwritten input method. Support video chat and QQ chat etc.
• 7. Audio and video output(HDMI 1080p NTSC/PAL)
• 8. Game function,support 8bit NES/FC,GB,GBC.16bit SMC,SMD,SFC/SNES.32bit GBA,MAME.64bit N64,support 3D PSX(480X272）,HD 3D(800x480), android APK 3D games. Flash 10.X games, support full screen touch game,support gravity sensor direction sensor game, support network multi-player against games
• 9. Ebook function:TXT,PDF format
• 10.FM radio function(Optional), Clock, calendar, calculator
• 11.Support JPG format photos browsing, support small screen preview, 3D switch, slide broadcast, zoom
• 13.Support Micro SD card
• 14.Built-in double speaker

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OpenBOR v3.0 Build 3638 - - for Dreamcast, Wii, wiz, gp2x, dingoo and PSP

December 19th, 2011, 00:08 Posted By: wraggster

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PS VITA PKG AES Key Changed

December 19th, 2011, 00:17 Posted By: wraggster

[source: SKFU @ streetskaterfu.blogspot.com] I just tried to unpack the Twitter application for PS VITA and sadly I have to say that the AES key for PKG encryption and decryption changed. The PKG's I used for my testings were pretty old and the key update was expected. Nevertheless it's a bit disappointing but a new nice challange.

http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?na...ticle&sid=2917

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Uncharted Vita RRP listed at £44.99

December 19th, 2011, 22:08 Posted By: wraggster

Several online retailers have priced PlayStation Vita’s launch titles, while listing Uncharted: Golden Abyss with a £44.99 RRP.
ShopTo, The Hut and Play.com are among those which have placed the launch line-up available to pre-order online.
RRPs range from £24.99 to £44.99 on ShopTo, although Uncharted is the only Vita title to feature the latter price tag. Many games have £34.99 or £39.99 RRPs.
£34.99 games include WipEout 2048, Touch My Katamari and ModNation Racers Road Trip, while £39.99 titles comprise of Killzone, BioShock, Assassin’s Creed, Virtua Tennis 4 and more.
The lower-priced games with £24.99 RRPs include Reality Fighters and Little Deviants.
Many retailers have priced the games lower than their suggested RRPs, with Uncharted priced at £38.86 at ShopTo, £39.85 at The Hut and £39.99 on Play.com. The latter online store has priced some games as low as £17.99 inclduing Reality Fighters and Little Deviants.
Earlier this month a report revealed that boxed Vita games could cost 40 per cent more than the same titles in download form.
Vita goes on sale in the UK on February 22nd. It launched in Japan this weekend.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/uncha...t-44-99/088912

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Sony issues apology and software update for first batch of Vitas

December 19th, 2011, 22:17 Posted By: wraggster

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Play.com reveals Vita launch game prices

December 19th, 2011, 22:35 Posted By: wraggster

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Battlefield 3 Easter Egg points to Battlefield 2143

December 19th, 2011, 22:38 Posted By: wraggster

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Sony sued over 'don't sue us' Terms of Service

December 19th, 2011, 22:47 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has been taken to court over new Terms of Service that were added to prevent people from taking it to court. Funny, that.
Introduced in September, the new terms of service user agreement had users to agree not to take Sony to court. Agreement is required in order to access the PSN.
But a Northern California man has taken legal action against Sony for unfair business practices for forcing users to choose between giving up their right to sue or ceasing to use a service they effectively paid for when they purchased a PS3.
Filed on behalf of everyone who bought a PS3 before the new terms were added, the suit also alleges that Sony hid the new clauses down in the long document, and failed to make an easily accessible version of it available online as it had for previous ToS changes.
It'll be interesting to see if similar action is taken against Microsoft, who also recently added similar clauses to its Xbox Live ToS to prevent class action lawsuits.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...ms-of-service/

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Digital Vita games take longer to load - video

December 19th, 2011, 22:53 Posted By: wraggster

Digital Vita titles take a few seconds longer to load than those running off retail game cards, as you can see in the movie below.
Kotaku apparently tested this with multiple games and got the same result on each occasion. Presumably the proprietary memory cards that PS Vita games come on use a faster data transfer rate than the system's flash storage cards.There is a benefit to digital Vita games though,namely the price. Uncharted: Golden Abyss, for example, costs 5,980 yen (£50) at retail, while the downloadable version costs 4,900 yen (£40).

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...to-load-video/

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LA Noire set for PSN release, but will it cost £50?

December 19th, 2011, 22:58 Posted By: wraggster

Sony has confirmed that Rockstar's crime thriller LA Noire will be available for download on PSN later this week.
There are no details on pricing as yet, but we imagine it will be around the typical, massive PSN price of £49.99 (as was the same with Need for Speed: The Run last week).Along with LA Noire, Trine 2 and Sonic CD will also hit PSN this week.
LA Noire: The Complete Edition released on PC last month, six months after the console versions hit the market. LA Noire is also available for OnLive.
Team Bondi faced financial troubles after the game released, and a liquidator was appointed to wind up the business in October. We reported last month that Team Bondi's creditors were owed £900k following the news that the developer was to close.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...-cost-pound50/

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PlayStation 3D display on sale for $300 at Best Buy

December 19th, 2011, 23:00 Posted By: wraggster

Sony's PlayStation 3D Display, which launched November 13, has already been subject to a nice $100 discount at Best Buy. It's now on sale for $300 – that's $100 per D. For that $300, you get a monitor with 3D functionality and the neat ability to display separate images for two players. You also get a pair of 3D glasses and a copy of MotorStorm Apocalypse.

Best Buy's other "last minute" game deals include a $100 gift card with 4GB Kinect bundle, a $30 gift card with purchase of a 3DS, and buy two, get one free on Kinect games.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+Com...play&cp=1&lp=1

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Sony Tablet S gets PS3 controller compatibility

December 20th, 2011, 22:38 Posted By: wraggster

Free mini-game collection Ape Escape included in latest update

Sony’s Tablet S has just been updated to allow for PS3 controller support.
Engadget reports users in Japan can now use connect a Dualshock 3 pad to the tablet, and even play wirelessly after the initial connection.

Users of the Tablet S will need to buy an additional USB adapter cable to be able to use the controller.
The update also comes with free download, an Ape Escape mini-game collection, which can be played using the PS3 pad.
Sony’s Tablet P has not been similarly updated however to be compatible with the PS3 controller.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...-compatibility

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Vita sells 320,00 units in two days

December 20th, 2011, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster

Japan launch sales beat PSP but down 50,000 units on 3DS

Sony’s next-gen portable PS Vita shifted 321,407 units in its first two days on sale in Japan.
The figure, reported by Famitsu, is higher than the opening days of Sony’s last handheld system the PSP, which has gone on to sell over 70 million systems since 2004.

The launch figure is however down on Nintendo’s 3DS, which sold 371,326 systems in its first two days in Japan, 50,000 more that Vita.
PS Vita is expected to launch in the UK next year on February 22nd.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...ts-in-two-days

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Sony apologises for Vita bugs

December 20th, 2011, 23:26 Posted By: wraggster

Platform holder Sony has apologised and released a guide to help PlayStation Vita owners fix an early system freeze problem.
A number of buyers have reported bugs since the handheld went on sale in Japan this weekend, such as unresponsive touchscreens and system lockups, reports Engadget.
Several have uploaded videos to YouTube to demonstrate the bugs.
It’s not uncommon for new pieces of hardware to launch without any minor snags however, and Sony has since issued an apology to customers. It has also uploaded a troubleshooting guide to thePlayStation Japan website.
Some initial Vita problems that Sony has fixes for include data not being retrieved properly, PSN account registration failing, freezes and power issues.
The PlayStation Vita goes on sale in the UK on February 22nd. It shifted 321,407 units within its first two days on sale in Japan.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sony-...ta-bugs/088975

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Sony debuts three new UMD Dual Packs for January

December 20th, 2011, 23:47 Posted By: wraggster

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KOF XIII 'NESTS Kyo' DLC delayed on PS3, netcode patch on the way

December 20th, 2011, 23:56 Posted By: wraggster

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Sony: Vita software schedule planned out up to 2013

December 21st, 2011, 00:03 Posted By: wraggster

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Vita beats 3DS in battery life test

December 21st, 2011, 00:07 Posted By: wraggster

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Two most popular Vita games in Japan revealed

December 21st, 2011, 00:10 Posted By: wraggster

• BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend - 2D fighting game (Arc System Works)
• Project N.O.E.L.S. (working title) - music player (Arc System Works)
• 3gokushi touchbattle (working title) - MMO/RTS (AQ Interactive)
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - fighting game (Capcom) - Launch title
• Nature of Night of Kamaitachi - 11th visitor, A Suspect (tentative) - adventure: sound novel (Chunsoft)
• F1 2011 - racing game (Codemasters)
• Dream C Club Zero Portable - dating simulation game (D3 Publisher)
• Niconico - Niconico (Dwango)
• Fis Oh - sport fishing (Kadokawa Games)
• Katamari Damacy (working title) - roll-'em-up (Namco Bandai)
• Ridge Racer (working title) - racing game (Namco Bandai)
• Disgaea 3 Return - strategy RPG (Nippon Ichi Software)
• Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition - sport tennis (Sega)
• @field - sport golf (Sonic Powered)
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss - action adventure (Sony)
• Little Deviants - mini-game collection (Sony)
• Minnato Issho - social communications (Sony)
• Hot Shots Golf Next (Everybody's Golf Next) - sport golf (Sony)
• Yuusha no kiroku (TBD) - life management (Sony)
• Monster Radar - location-based game (Sony)
• Shinobido 2: Tales of the Ninja - stealth action (Spike)
• Army Corps of Hell - action (Square Enix)
• Lord of Apocalypse - action RPG (Square Enix)
• Dynasty Warriors Next - action with a bit of thinking (Tecmo Koei)
• Dark Quest - RPG (Ubisoft)
• Michael Jackson: The Experience HD - rhythm action (Ubisoft)

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