Archive for August, 2008
US PlayStation Store Update August 21, 2008
The US PlayStation Store Update for this week is quite impressive. With 3 demos, and a pair of downloadable games. Here’s the full rundown on what you will find in the US PS Store:
Downloadable Games
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty ($14.99)
EA SPORTS Live Score Tracker ($0.99)
Add-On Content
Hot Shots Golf Out Of Bounds: Kratos Character [...]
Killzone 2 bots confirmed
Many people were wondering whether bots will make it into Killzone 2. After reading gamepro’s multiplayer preview, they mention bots will be in the game..
Eric Boltjes, senior online designer confirmed that A.I bots will be available to both online and offline games. Whats better is the fact that these bots will mimic human behavior and [...]
Prices out for new PS3/PSP models in the UK
Sony confirmed to MCV that the new models shown at Leipzig have been priced for the UK.
The PSP-3000 will cost £149.99 and will be available from October 31st.
The 160GB PS3 will cost £339.99. Date has been set for this release in the UK
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Leipzig GC 2008: EyePet trailer
Wondering what the hell EyePet is? Watch the following trailer from the Games Convention 2008.
Click through for a press release.
Leipzig GC 2008 Sony Press Conference Video
If you missed all the action and didn’t get to attend the Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig, don’t worry. Below is a video of the full Sony Press Conference that happened yesterday.
PSP-3000 better then told
According to a report from Engadget Japan the LCD screen on the new PSP has a more colorful, a stronger contrast ratio, and a faster response time.
The stats show that:
Color gamut is twice as wide.
The contrast ratio is improved 5 times.
The response time has doubled
This is very good news to gamers who complained about ghosting. [...]
Leipzig GC 2008: LittleBigPlanet Climbing Gameplay video
Another LittleBigPlanet gameplay video to check out. After seeing trophies revealed in an earlier video, here’s a video of some climbing.
Perilous planks of pink! Can sackboy make it out alive?
LittleBigPlanet GC 2008: Climbing Cam Gameplay
Heavy Rain Details
VG247 are seeing a closed demo of the game at the Games Convention, and Quantic’s David Cage is walking through the demo that extends and includes the trailer released yesterday.
Here’s the list:
You only control the head shoulders of the character, to move you just press a button.
The main character is investigating a number of disappearances and will be going [...]
Fallout 3 released date confirmed
Bethesda Softworks has confirmed the release dates for their upcoming game Fallout 3. The game will be released in North America on the 28th of October 2008 and in Europe on the 31st of October 2008.
Click through for the full press release.
European Playstation Store Update August 21, 2008
This is what Europe gets this week:
Playable Content
Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty (£9.99)
International Track & Field - PS1 (£3.49)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Demo (Free)
Add-On Content
Buzz! - National Geographic Safari Quiz (£4.99)
HAZE Domination Pack (Free)
Everybody’s Golf - Kratos (£0.69)
Guitar Hero III - DragonForce Track Pack (£3.99)
We think most people are looking out the most [...]
Warhawk Operation: Fallen Star
The new expansion pack for Warhawk will be available by the end of the month, and will include a new map: Tau Crater, and a Jetpack for foot soldiers.
Warhawk™: Operation: Fallen Star expansion pack
The third expansion pack for mighty online warfare title Warhawk, Operation: Fallen Star introduces the remote, forested Tau Crater – the site [...]
Leipzig GC 2008: Wipeout HD trailer
After a number of delays and problems with Wipeout HD, the futuristic racer made it to Leipzig and here’s the trailer that was shown.
Gravity is about to end.
Wipeout HD GC 2008: Trailer
Free music and video service coming to PS3, VidZone
Sony Computer Entertainment has confirmed that it has a new service for over 23 PAL countries which is totally free of charge. The new service is called Vidzone, known for streams of music and video and is seperate to the Playstation Network music service. Vidzone will allow unlimited streaming of music on demand for free. [...]
Leipzig GC 2008: Valkyria Chronicles trailer
Here’s a trailer for the Japanese tactical role playing game developed by Sega exclusively for the Playstation 3 and will be release on the 11th of November 2008 in North America.
Storm the front lines in Sega’s newest tactical RPG.
Valkyria Chronicles GC 2008: Trailer
Clarification on PS2-PS3 SingStar Compatability
Alyssa Casella over at the PlayStation.Blog gave a rundown on how the PS2 SingStar songs can be played on the PS3 SingStar. The ability to play your PS2 SingStar songs on the PS3 version is enabled through a disc swap feature.
While playing a SingStar PS3 disc, at the song select screen, hit the [select] button [...]
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