Archive for June, 2008

Kratos exclusive character in Soul Calibur IV

According to this Neogaf forum post, Kratos is believed to be the next characters to be exlusive to the Playstation 3 version of the game.
Its from the rumor section of EGM, August 2008 issue.
“God of Soul. Kratos to be revealed as next Soulcalibur IV(PS3) character.”
Meanwhile PSU have been in touch with Namco Bandai to try [...]


PSP System Software Update Firmware Version 4.01

Official Playstation Blog have posted a little update on the Playstation Portable’s next firmware update which will be version 4.01.
The following are fixes:

Display of search results under Internet Search has been improved for certain languages.
Playback of video content under Video has been improved for certain file types.

This is just a minor update and will be [...]


Warhawk patch v1.4 to include new game modes

The next Warhawk patch/update version 1.4 is said to include two new game modes. A Playstation.com forum (thread now deleted) user called Gnob posted a screenshot of Home’s updated game-launching interface and the ‘play’ list option allows for the original modes, but now includes two new game modes called Hero mode and Collection mode.
No one [...]


5 Tomb Raider Underworld screenshots

Earlier we posted information on Tomb Raider Underworld. We promised we would post some screenshots and here they are.
5 Tomb Raider Underworld screenshots


God Of War III to be shown at E3

Sony Computer Entertainment has said that God of War III will be presented at this years E3. Eurogamer.pt broke the news as we all wondered where God of War III was at.
“Sony Computer Entertainment disclosed, throughout the Interactive event and Digital Entertainment Festival that is to elapse in Paris, that God Of War III goes [...]


Metal Gear Solid 4 sells more than 1 million in Europe

Metal Gear Solid 4 has sold more than 1 million units in it’s first week of release in Europe only. This was expected and i wonder what the official numbers are for the whole world. Konami have announced this officially.
Martin Schneider, sales and marketing director Germany Konami Digital Entertainment said:
“The Metal Gear Solid series has [...]


Dead Space EA3 Dismemberment gameplay video

A video of Dead Space from EA3 (Electronic Art’s show) has appeared on the net. This video has higher quality than the most recent Dead Space video we posted.
“You must rip them limb from limb.”
Dead Space EA3 Dismemberment gameplay


Fifa 09 given a release date

For all those Football fans out there, EA Sports have given a release date for their next instalment in the Fifa franchise, Fifa 09.
The game is said to be released on the 3rd of October 2008. Fifa 09 is believed to have more than 250 key improvements over the previous Fifa 08 and is set [...]


New details on Tomb Raider Underworld

New details on the next instalment in the Tomb Raider series have emerged. The game will be released sometime in November of 2008 and it carrys on from where Tomb Raider Legend left off.
The following details are believed to be in the game:

Master your surroundings: Reach new heights with the broadest range of acrobatic abilities [...]


In-Game XMB not so complete?

It seems that the long awaited in-game cross media bar isn’t as complete as users hoped. According to a member on the Gamefaqs forums who claims to work for Sony said that it won’t be complete XMB access. He did however say that you can play music (which confirms custom sound tracks for your games) [...]


Firmware 2.4 Insider Information

According to this thread over at GameFAQS quite a bit of information has been revealed. A member called ‘Knight613′ claims that he works for Sony Computer Entertainment working in the “Foster City” area.
If you take a look at the thread you will see that he’s talking a lot about Firmware 2.4 saying that it was [...]


Picture of the Trophy screen?

While have a look on PS3FanBoy i ran into what looks like the trophy screen that will be included in the next firmware update, 2.4.

Ok, so is this real or not? Apparrently its real according to a tipster called ‘The Patriots’ who emailed the above picture. Not only that but another tipster called ‘Gassy Snake’ [...]


Scheduled Playstation Network Maintenance

The Playstation Network will be taken offline on the 24th of June 2008 at at 8:00 a.m., Pacific Time and will end the same day at 2:00 p.m., Pacific Time.
The PLAYSTATION®Network will be taken offline during the following times for a scheduled maintenance:
Starting on June 24, 2008, at 8:00 a.m., Pacific Time
Ending on June 24, [...]


PS3 Theme: Call of Duty 4

This is a Playstation 3 theme called Call of Duty 4 Theme and the author of this theme is EMP420.

If you don’t know how to install a theme on to your Playstation 3, click here for a step-by-step guide on how to install a Playstation 3 theme.
Click here to download this theme.
Provided by: psu.


ORZ/OR2, what the hell is it?

Was searching around the internet and ran into a strange looking splash page on the Sony Japan website. Keep clicking on the logo and it will change from ORZ into OR2.
According to TheSixthAxis, ORZ/OR2 is a sequel to a dungeon game for the Playstation Portable.
‘Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida 2′, or ‘These Darn Adventures 2′
This [...]