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A few days ago i mentioned Warhawk Operation Broken Mirror being available on April 17th. A trailer has been released and shows exactly what Broken Mirror has to offer. It’s meant to offer a lot more fun, new tweaks and balance. It makes Warhawk look much better now.

The price of Broken Mirror is $7.99 which is cheap and will be available on the Playstation Store on April 17th. Check out the official Playstation blog post.

Here is the trailer:

Has anybody heard of White Knight Chronicles? I didn’t until i saw this article. This game looks fantastic, and can’t believe there is no hype for it. All the hype is surrounding games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy XIII and Killzone 2. But why not White Knight Chronicles?

It looks as though the game maybe far away from completion or the game developers aren’t marketing this product yet – or not doing a good job. It is currently scheduled to be released later this year.

Console me go on to say:

White Knight Chronicles is an RPG that follows the story of Lenard, a boy that finds an ancient artifact that allows him to transform into a 7 meter tall White Knight. Though details of the story are still being closely guarded by Level 5, as reported by Famitsu the game will run at about 50 to 60 hours to complete. Whether that is just the main story or takes into account side quests remains to be seen.

Check out the following video if your wondering if this game is any good:

Playstation World Magazine confirms that there will be exclusive content for the PS3 after the release of the 360’s episodes. This is good news for Playstation owners because many felt back stabbed about Xbox 360 getting exclusive content.

According to Fragcast the latest PSW issue has confirmed:

• GTA IV will be updated to include Home support
• the PS3 achievement system will give users more than just points… earning in-game trophies will give users items to decorate the Home space with and customise their avatar.

Click here to see the magazine article.

UK Playstation 3 sales rose by 73 percent over the easter period according to ChartTrack data. Software sales also increased during easter as children alike took high advantage of the easter period to purchase games and new consoles.

MCV, ChartTrack’s Dorian Bloch commented:

“PS3 and Xbox 360 are pretty much neck and neck at the moment, with PS3 slightly ahead. Software was up, and the formats that Rainbow Six Vegas 2 appeared on did especially well.”

Dorian Bloch went on to say:

“Some schools are on holiday so next week will be similar, as there are a lot of product slated for March 28th. We’ve seen bumper sales this week and we can expect the same for next week,”

We will have to see how much impact Gran Turismo 5 Prologue made to the sales of the PS3 and software sales next week.

The official Playstation blog has new details on the upcoming Warhawk expansion pack. What will be included in the pack? Operation Broken Mirror includes:

10 layouts on a brand new winter battlefield, Vaporfield Glacier.

2 new Armored Personnel Carriers (Chernovan and Eucadian styles).

10 bonus layouts for battlefields from the original game so that you can play with the APCs.

Warhawk Operation: Broken Mirror features a dynamic weather system for example, the sun will be shining, then later on in the same level it might start snowing.

Operation: Broken Mirror will include 2 new Armored Personnel Carriers, (Chernovan and Eucadian types). 10 additional map layouts for the original Warhawk maps that support the newly added vehicles.

For more information, check out the official post on the Playstation Blog.

The long awaited, rumble enabled, Dual Shock 3 Playstation 3 controller will go on sale on May 2nd in Europe.

Dual Shock 3 is set to launch April 15th in the US. It’s already available in Japan.

The dual shock 3 includes sixaxis motion sensor and the rumble technology that were in the Dual Shock 2. PS3 gamers asked for it, and received it.

Here is a video of me playing Gran Turismo 5 Prologue online. I wanted to show you exactly what it’s like playing it online.

Online it’s virtually lag free and it’s simply brilliant, probably the best online racing game i’ve played to date. Not to mention the best graphics i’ve seen in a game. If it’s this good now, think how good it will be when Gran Turismo 5 comes out.

Here is the video.

There is an update already available for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, it’s a damn big one, it’s taking a while to download. So if your trying to get online, you will be prompt to download an update.

The update contains:-

As of Friday, March 28, the free update of “Gran Turismo 5 Prologue” to “Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec II” has been started.

The major contents of this update are as follows.

Additional Cars
- 34 Additional Cars have been added, for a total of 71 cars.

Additional Racetrack
- “High Speed Ring (normal/reverse)” has been added, for a total of 6 tracks, 12 layouts.

Additional Mode
- Drift Trial
- 2 Player Battle

New Features
- Performance Points
- Quick Tune
- Real Time Adjustment (RA) feature (Compatible with Driving Force GT)

Event
- All event content have been updated.
- Number of events per class raised from 8 to a total of 10 each.
- Improvements have been made to the user interface

Driving Options
- “AI Level” added
- No. of Laps added
- “Driving line” added
- “Active Brakes” deleted
- “Active Steering” moved from Option (Can be adjusted in 3 levels, effective for wireless control pad as well).

Option
- Added No. of laps setting for “Arcade / 2 P“ (Infinite/2-00)
- Added “Units” (Distance, Power, Torque)
- Added “Demo” (Auto demo start interval, demo duration, demo content settings)
- Added real time adjustment feature related items in “Change Button Assignments”
- Added “Temperature” display settings under “Network”
- Added “Delete Course Records”(offline) under “Utilities”

Online
- Added Free Run (practice run mode) in race events
- Changed so that the host is not always in the 1st place grid position in online race events

Other
- Garage selection added to Event and Online
- 4 stages including Kyoto added to the My Page background
- Measures taken against taking shortcuts in various tracks
- Improved penalty judgment
- Upper limit of credits raised to Cr.20,000,000
- Compatibility with the Driving Force GT steering wheel planned for release by Logicool®
- Improved controllability using the wireless controller pad
- Updated Manual
- Tyre selection in Arcade fixed to S2

Caution
- Key assignments will be reset by the update.
- Ranking will be reset by the update.
- 1,540ＭＢ or more HDD space is required for the update

Not bad for an update.

The final Grand Theft Auto IV trailer is here and it’s looking like a decent next gen game. The graphics look stunning, but no one knows what the gameplay is like yet. I hope it’s as good as it looks.

Grand Theft Auto IV is scheduled to be released in Europe, America and Australia on the 29th of April 2008 which is not very long away.

Here is the trailer.

This weeks European Playstation Store update is a little late due to last minute techinal issues. But it’s finally here.

PS3 Store

Game
GT5 Prologue Polyphony Digital Inc. (£24.99)
REEL FISHING Natsume Inc. (£3.49)

Demo
UEFA EURO 2008 Electronic Arts (Free)

Packs
UT3 MAP PACK MIDWAY GAMES LTD (Free)
Eye of Judgement Bio Rebellion Set 2 SCEE (£6.99)
Turok Maps Pack Touchstone (£1.99)

Video
Everybody’s Golf World Tour Trailer SCEE (Free)
Eye of Judgement Bio Rebellion Trailer SCEE (Free)
GT5 Prologue TV Ad SCEE (Free)
Dark Sector/Veggie Abuse Trailers D3Publisher of Europe LTD (Free)
DW6 Producer Q&A Trailer KOEI Co., Limited (Free)

PC Store

Game
REEL FISHING Natsume Inc. (£3.49)

Epic have released a map pack for it’s sci-fi shooter, Unreal Tournament 3. The map pack is available for both Playstation 3 and PC The price of the map pack is absolutely free of charge!

Epics map pack consist of three new maps, including two returning classics, Morbias and Facing Worlds. The brand new map is called Searchlight, it is designed for capture the flag mode.

PC gamers can download the map pack from the official Unreal Tournament 3 page and PS3 users can grab the map pack from the Playstation Store later today.

The Playstation Store has updated for the USA. We are still awaiting store updates for Europe.

Anyway, here is the full list for US:-

Games

• flOw Bundle ($8.99)
• Warhawk Price-Drop ($29.99)

PSP Demos

• R-Type Command demo (free)

Add-Ons

• High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition Multiplayer Video Chat (free)
• Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore Downloadable Songs
  • “How You Remind Me” – Nickelback ($1.50)
  • “ABC” – The Jackson 5 ($1.50)
  • “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” – George Strait ($1.50)
  • “Baby One More Time” – Britney Spears ($1.50)
  • “Beat It” – Michael Jackson ($1.50)
  • “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson ($1.50)
  • “Bizarre Love Triangle” – New Order ($1.50)
  • “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” – Brooks & Dunn ($1.50)
  • “California Dreaming” – Mamas & The Papas ($1.50)
  • “Chain of Fools” – Aretha Franklin ($1.50)
  • “Chattahoochee” – Alan Jackson ($1.50)
  • “Crawling in the Dark” – Hoobastank ($1.50)
  • “Crazy” – Patsy Cline ($1.50)
  • “Don’t Know Why” – Nora Jones ($1.50)
  • “Everything You Want” – Vertical Horizon ($1.50)
  • “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” – Cyndi Lauper ($1.50)
  • “Hey Jealousy” – Gin Blossoms ($1.50)
  • “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” – Pat Benetar ($1.50)
  • “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) – The Four Tops ($1.50)
  • “I Hate Everything About You” – Three Days Grace ($1.50)
  • “I Heard it Through a Grapevine” – Marvin Gaye ($1.50)
  • “I Want You Back” – The Jackson 5 ($1.50)
  • “I’ll Make Love To You” – Boyz II Men ($1.50)
  • “It’s the End of the World as We Know it” – REM ($1.50)
  • “Jessie’s Girl” – Rick Springfield ($1.50)
  • “Just My Imagination” – The Temptations ($1.50)
  • “Kiss Me” – Sixpence None the Richer ($1.50)
  • “Like a Virgin” – Madonna ($1.50)
  • “Love Shack” – B-52′S ($1.50)
  • “One Week” – Barenaked Ladies ($1.50)
  • “Oops!…I Did it Again” – Britney Spears ($1.50)
  • “Please Mr. Postman” – The Marvelettes ($1.50)
  • “Save Tonight” – Eagle Eye Cherry ($1.50)
  • “She Talks to Angels” – Black Crowes ($1.50)
  • “Shining Star” – Earth, Wind & Fire ($1.50)
  • “Son of a Preacher Man” – Dusty Springfield ($1.50)
  • “Take my Breath Away” – Berlin ($1.50)
  • “Virtual Insanity” – Jamiroquai ($1.50)
  • “When a Man Loves a Woman” – Percy Sledge ($1.50)
  • “You Really Got Me” – Van Halen ($1.50)
  • “Fame” – Irene Cara ($1.50)
• Rock Band Downloadable Songs
  • Boston Pack 01 ($9.99)
  • “More Than A Feeling” by Boston ($1.99)
  • “Peace of Mind” by Boston ($1.99)
  • “Smokin’” by Boston ($1.99)
  • “Rock and Roll Band” by Boston ($1.99)
  • “Something About You” by Boston ($1.99)
  • “Hitch A Ride” by Boston ($1.99)
• Turok Multiplayer Map Pack 1 ($4.99)
• Unreal Tournament III Map Pack (free) (Morbias, Facing Worlds, Searchlights)

Game Videos

• Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer 4 – “Everyone’s a Rat” (free)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus – TV spot (free)
• Winter X Games ‘08 Play the Pros (free)
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue – Mars Volta Video (free)
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue – Thin Lizzy Video (free)
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue – Weezer Video (free)
• Warhawk Update v1.3 Trailer (free)
• PURE Gameplay Trailer (free)
• PURE CG Trailer (free)
• Jean Wyclef’s “Fast Car” Music Video (free)

Blu-Ray Disc Trailers

• SPHE Fall 2007 TV Spot (free)
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Blu-ray Disc Trailer (free)

Themes

• Eye of Judgment Theme (free)

Wallpaper

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots SNEAK OUT Wallpapers (free)

2 days ago we posted a video which featured Resident Evil 5 gameplay footage. The video is from the latest Famitsu magazine issue which is released today. The video has been removed from many sources including YouTube. I just thought i would let you all know if your wondering why you can’t watch the Famitsu feature

You can watch the video on GameVideos here.

Turned your PS3 on and got prompted to download the latest 2.20 System Software Update? Have no idea what it does? Watch the following video.

Eric Lempel takes us on a tour to show off some of the new features in the Firmware 2.20 update and how to use them.

The PSP as a romote is something i’ve waited for. I can now use my PSP as a romote and never have to bother to turn the T.V. As long as i’m wireless all over the house, there is nothing to worry about.

Wondering when you will be able to download and play the popular online shooter, SOCOM Confrontation? Wonder no further than this. SOCOM Confrontation will be available September 16th 2008. SOCOM will be available to download from the Playstation Store or you can go out and buy the Blu-Ray version. I’m not too sure whether this release date is for both versions or one of them.

Anyway, Sony will be launching a new website tomorrow to dedicate the SOCOM franchise. The address is http://www.socom.com/.

Source: 1UP