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Did you know that the Playstation 3 works out cheaper even after the Xbox 360 price cut that could happen on the 7th of September? Well, it does.

The 360 could be reduced by at least $50. Assuming this rumor is true, the PS3 still work out potentially cheaper. Take a look at the following chart.

If you just buy the base unit with no upgrades the 360 works out cheaper, however it’s a different story if you want to start upgrading the 360. Thats if you want wireless and don’t forget the $50 a year for online play. Also what about a Blu-ray drive if they ever bring one out.

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The US Playstation Store has updated, August 28 2008 and the following has been added:-

Downloadable Games

The Last Guy ($9.99)

Add-on Game Content

Warhawk Fallen Star Pack ($7.99)

Warhawk Booster Combo ($15.99)

Rock Band
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

• “She Does” – Locksley ($0.99)
• “Don’t Make Me Wait” – Locksley ($0.99)
• “Don’t Make Me Wait” – Locksley ($0.99)
• “All Over Again” – Locksley ($0.99)
• Locksley Pack 1 ($2.99) – includes: “All Over Again,” “Don’t Make Me Wait,” and “She Does” by Locksley.

Game Demos (free)

NHL 09 Demo

SOULCALIBUR IV Demo

Game Videos (free)

SOCOM Confrontation Extraction trailer

LittleBigPlanet Leipzig “Sackzilla” Trailer

Motorstorm Pacific Rift Leipzig Trailer

PAIN Trauma Mode Trailer

GT5 Prologue Play the Pros with Tanner Foust!

Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway Machine Gun & Bazooka Video

Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway Squad Gameplay Video

Facebreaker Audition Video #1

Facebreaker Audition Video #2

Facebreaker Audition Video #3

Madden NFL 09 Gameplay Trailer

Madden NFL 09 Madden Moments Trailer

Madden NFL 09 Play Call Trailer

Top Spin 3 Player Creator Trailer

Movie and Blu-ray Trailers (free)

Quantum Of Solace Trailer

Prom Night Trailer

PS3 Wallpaper (free)

The Last Guy Wallpaper (x2)

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The European Playstation Store has updated, August 28 2008 and the following has been added:-

Demos
The Last Guy
NHL 09

Games
Buzz! Junior Jungle Party (€4.99)
Medal of Honor Heros 2 (€19,99)

Add-ons
Warhawk – Operation Fallen Star (€5,99)

Game video’s
HAWX
E3 2008 – Far Cry 2
Movement – London: Back in the UK
Movement – Bianca Rose Interview
Movement – Doll’s House: I Hate Today
Movement – Doll’s House Interview
Movement – London: Doing the Tourist Thing
Movement – Bianca Rose: What Will Remain
Movement – Doll’s House: 9988
Movement – Bianca Rose: Rainy Nights

Wallpaper
The Last Guy

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[UPDATE]

The following has also been added that we didn’t mention.

-Pipe Mania Demo (PSP)
-The Last Guy Launch Trailer
-Introducing Platinum on PS3
-EyePet Leipzig Trailer
-Pure Games Convention Trailer
-Games Convention Media Briefing Part 1 (720p)
-Games Convention Media Briefing Part 2 (720p)
-Games Convention Media Briefing Part 3 (1080p)
-Games Convention Media Briefing Part 4 (1080p)

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We’ve seen in-game screenshots of Final Fantasy XIII but the quality hasn’t been the best. IGN has posted some HD screenshots of the game and i have to say i’m blown away. Check them out!

8 Final Fantasy XIII HD screenshots

The Wheelman is a car action game developed by Midway Games and is scheduled to be released in February 2009. The game is set in Barcelona and is full of destructable objects, alleyways, shortcuts through office blocks and a total of 25 story missions and 105 side missions.

The Wheelman GC 2008: Straight Ahead Gameplay

This is what David Reeves believes. Speaking at the Games Convention last week, David Cage, boss of Quantic Dream said that Sony considered Heavy Rain to be the most important title for 2009.

“A risk? I would rather say it’s an opportunity… If you listened to the keynote speech yesterday, David Reeves said this is the most important title for next year. I believe it’s an opportunity to expand the market, also.”

Cage spoke to VG247 during a demo of Heavy Rain and this is what he said.

“It’s an opportunity to get people on board with traditional games,”

“Everybody likes stories, like characters, likes emotions, and it’s an interesting way to get people playing on PlayStation 3.”

I’m not sure this game will appeal to everyone but it looks promising.

Final Fantasy Verus XIII, the exclusive Final Fantasy game for the Playstation 3 is believed to be more like a traditional Final Fantasy game than Final Fantasy XIII. What this means is that FF Versus XIII will be more like FF7/FF8 where you travel across mountains, ocean and going in dungeons etc.

Obviously the battle system won’t be like a traditional FF game but rather the exploring and story telling will be.

The battle system has changed from turn-based to real-time for Versus and the storyline will follow the traditional style of FF.

The boxart for Activisions upcoming Spider-man game Web of Shadows has been chosen. Here’s a picture.

Fans could vote for the boxart in a similar way they voted for the recent Resistance 2 boxart. Anyway, what do you think of the boxart?

Spider Man Web of Shadows

Spider Man Web of Shadows Screenshots.

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Sony has been developing and adding new services to the Playstation Network and best of all for FREE. Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios has confirmed that Sony is looking to extend and bring new features in for PSN.

“We’re more open about approaching and bringing services in to PS3 and PSP,”

“We can’t support all the needs of the consumer and there are great companies providing services on the PC already – so we’re very open to provide the opportunity to those companies to reach our user base as well.”

Sony will continues to provide PSN access for free and more services are to come such as the music/video streaming service called Vidzone.

“There are things we’re looking at, and learning how we can provide a service without people having to pay,”

“But we still get our operation running with funding from somewhere so that we can maintain the level of quality we want.”

I wouldn’t worry about the above statement. Yoshida is basically saying they could get their funding from advertisement.

“We like to provide as many services as possible for free – we already provide our network access for gameplay for free – and the interesting thing about the network side and the Internet business is that there’s a variety of revenue sources.”

Good job Sony! Lets hope they keep it free for a long time to come.

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For those of you looking out for the next Dynasty Warriors GUNDAM game, the second game in the series is on it’s way. Dynasty Warriors GUNDAM 2 has been announced.

KOEI and Namco-Bandai have announced the development for the next game and is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 4th. No word on the release dates for other territories.

New Series Appearing
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (hinted)

New Mobile Suits
RX-93 Nu Gundam (Pilot: Amuro Ray)
MSN-04 Sazabi (Pilot: Char Aznable)
ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam (Pilot: Kira Yamato) (hinted)

Other Confirmed Armors
MA-08 Big Zam
MRX-009 Psyco Gundam
NZ-333 Alpha Azieru
Grunt MS Seen
RGM-89 Jegan
AMS-119 Geara Doga

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If you are attending PAX and are a serious competitive gamer you will want to check out Playstation at PAX. There will be competitions at the Playstation booth (#914) this year.

We’ve mentioned this before in a previous post, we’ll mentioned it again. You’ll be able to get hands on experience with some of the best PS3 titles coming out this year. This includes Resistance 2 (multiplayer) and LittleBigPlanet.

Did i mention competitions? If you are attending PAX, below are competition times. Also, on stage demo times are below. Click through.

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Sony has announced that Playstation Home, the free online 3D myspace/facebook will be released in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan fall of 2008.

This is official too, read the press release below.

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Pipemania is a fast paced puzzle game for the Playstation Portable where players lay down a pre-ordained set of pipes on a tiled grid in order to keep the flooze, a constant flowing substance that speeds up with progression.

Here’s a trailer for the game.

Download to PSP

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Ryan Payton was the Assistant Producer for Metal Gear Solid 4 and has left Kojima Productions. Upon leaving, Ryan has let slip that Metal Gear Solid 5 is on it’s way. In a recent interview with Kotaku, he was asked if there is anything he wishe’s he could of done while at Kojima Productions but didn’t and here’s what he said:

It’ll be hard not being involved in MGS5, but I’ve got the utmost confidence that Hideo Kojima, Ken Imaizumi, and our amazing team will put together another blockbuster game. I’ll be cheering from the sidelines.

This pretty much confirms that Metal Gear Solid 5 is on the way and Ryan has said that he will miss being involved, “It’ll be hard not being involved in MGS5″.

Nice to know that he’ll be cheering for the game.

The people at 1UP scored an interview with ex-Team Ninja employee Tomonobu Itagaki. He goes on to talk about Japanese game development declining, and the duel he had with Hideki Kamiya. What’s interesting, is he knows that developing on the PlayStation 3 is easier than it was on the Famicon.

“One more thing I would add is that I don’t think that developing for the PS3 is hard at all. It was much harder developing for the Famicom. It’s true. I mean, give someone who’s developing for the PS3 a Famicom and see if they can make a game for it. They won’t be able to. Yeah, that’ll prove it. We’ll bet a drink on it.

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