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The game isnt even out and Circuit City is already knocking off $15 off the price of LittleBigPlanet. If your looking for LittleBigPlanet cheaper than the rest look no further than Circuit City as this week they begin offering a free $15 gift card with the pre-purchase of LittleBigPlanet. When you buy LBP from Circuit City you will receive an instant $15 gift card towards your purchase.

Furthermore, Amazon.com are already offering a $10 gift card if you pre-purchase the game.

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If you bought Dead Space you will see that you have a couple of extras. These extras are indeed two demos you can access via the XMB. You get the games icon and then another icon called EA Demos.

The two demos are Battlefield: Bad Company and Burnout: Paradise. You can install the demos off the Blu-ray disc onto your hard drive so you don’t have to have the Dead Space disc in to play them.

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IGN has reviewed BioShock on the Playstation 3, most likely the final build of the game. When the demo came out a couple of weeks ago a lot of waiters like us were left upset because of the quality of the graphics.

According to the IGN review these seem to have been fixed.

If you never experienced the halls of Rapture and have been waiting for its appearance on the PS3, there really is no discussion to be had. Go out and get your hands on BioShock — you will thoroughly enjoy exploring the incredible story and the excellent action that the game is known for. However, if you’ve played the game before, or are expecting this to be the definitive version, that’s not fully found here. Sure, the full trophy support and Survivor mode are great, and the Challenge Rooms could add a ton to the replayability (whenever it’s implemented). However, old glitches that should’ve been fixed in the PS3 development hold this version back from being completely realized.

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A mix of old and new textures, combined with old glitches and slowdown that should’ve been fixed in a year’s worth of extra development holds this game back slightly.

Doesnt really mention anything bad about the quality of the graphics. Read the full review.

A lucky user on the MyResistance forums has already started downloading the Resistance 2 beta. Feranthur provided screenshots to make his proof valid.

Check your emails to see if you have your Resistance 2 beta code so you can enter it immediately. Anyway, for those that don’t have the email keep waiting as more and more will be sent out.

When people were beginning to play Socom Confrontation they realized that trophies aren’t even in the game yet. Unfortunately the trophy system wasn’t even built in the game for launch. Luckily some news came from the PlayStation Blog crew and contacted Slant Six about it. 

We’ve noticed a couple of comments today on the blog from gamers who purchased SOCOM Confrontation; you’ve been asking “Where are the trophies?”

Well, I just wrapped up a conversation with the SOCOM team, where they’ve confirmed the fact that trophies *will* be coming, via a patch, within the next couple of weeks.

So expect the patch to come in the next few weeks. Hopefully the Trophies will be retroactive, so people who log countless hours into the game doesn’t get the same disappointment as when Burnout Paradise received trophies. 

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Below is a new gameplay video of the demo you were able to play at the Tokyo Game Show 2008.

Here is a new video of the Killzone 2 demo which was playable at the Tokyo Game Show on the Sony Computer Entertainment booth.

Killzone 2: new gameplay footage

Three cool videos of LittleBigPlanet where the user remakes Mirror’s Edge, the free running game by EA and DICE Studios.

Another video from the Tokyo Game Show 2008. This time it’s Insomniac Games Resistance 2.

Here is a new video of Resistance 2 for the PlayStation 3 which was playable at the Tokyo Game Show on the Sony Computer Entertainment booth.

Resistance 2: new gameplay video

Sony has revealed their release calender for the Autumn term. With some of the biggest games, surely it’s going to push sales of the PS3. Below is the information.

Playstation 3

• LittleBigPlanet – October 24, 2008
• 160 GB PlayStation 3-31 October 2008
• Siren: Blood Curse (retail version) – October 31, 2008 (new)
• MotorStorm: Pacific Rift – November 1, 2008 (new)
• SingStar Vol. 3 – 24 November 2008
• Sing Star ABBA – November 24, 2008 (new)
• Resistance 2 – 28 November 2008
• SOCOM Confrontation (retail version) – November 28, 2008 (new)

PlayStation Network

• SOCOM Confrontation – October 2008 (new)
• Super Stardust Portable (PSP) – November 2008
• Savage moon – November 2008
• Crash Command – December 2008

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Sony Computer Entertainment America has teamed up with YouTube to create a Playstation branded channel that delivers exlusive video content to the Playstation community. This service will launch on the 14th of October 2008 and will be available at www.youtube.com/playstation.

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So, BioShock got slated after 2KGames released a demo for the game a couple of weeks ago. It looks like 2K are back hard at work trying to make the PS3 version the better version. Jake Etgeton a 2K Marin programmer reveals that the PS3 version of BioShock will feature new interactive load screens and graphical improvements.

There are improvements, such as interactive load screens which takes advantage of the increased space on the Blu-ray disc,

The downloadable Challenge Rooms also offer a slew of new graphical and gameplay content, albeit outside of the fictional universe.

Etgeton reveals that the game will install to the PS3’s hard drive taking up 5GB and will only take 10 minutes.

BioShock PS3 uses a standard one-time 5 GB install. It only takes 10 minutes, and there’s even a fancy movie accompanied by Bing Crosby’s ‘You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me’ to help pass the time if you’re not off making a tasty, preparatory sandwich.

I guess we will have to wait for the reviews to roll in. Our guess is that the graphics will be slightly improved over the demo counter part.

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One of the new features in the latest PS3 firmware update 2.50, Sony adds DivX VOD. DivX Video on Demand is a digital video delivery service that lets you rent or purchase DivX movies from any of their licensed VOD partners.

DivX VOD is a digital video delivery service that lets you rent or purchase DivX movies from any of our licensed VOD partners. These movies are encoded in the DivX format to offer you superior quality video and the fastest download times. In fact, DivX VOD is so fast you can even start watching the movie as it’s downloading! In addition, you can transfer your DivX movies from your computer to your TV, your portable media player, your mobile phone or almost any place else you can imagine – all you need is a DivX certified device

Looks like the PS3 is a DivX certified device.

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The PS3 Firmware 2.5 Update is now live. To download it, you need to do it manually. Just go to System Settings then select check for update. A few things were renamed in the new update:

The [BD/DVD Settings] option under [Settings] has been renamed as [Video Settings]
Also, multiple video content items can be now played in order. You can edit this option in [Video Settings] -> [Sequential Playback]

The [Sign Up for PlayStation Network] and [Account Management] options have been improved. You an now create and manage an account more easily.

Flash 9 has now been added. You can view videos from the PSBlog.com for example.

Those were some of the things changed within the update. To catch the full list, go here. Thanks to those of you that sent in the firmware is now live.

The already anticipated firmware updates for both the PlayStation 3 and PSP will be available for download beginning tomorrow, thanks to a post announced in the EU forums. 

The next system software updates for both the PLAYSTATION 3 and PSP will be available tomorrow!

Be prepared to download the new update tomorrow. 

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In the already sweet deal of the next PlayStation 3 firmware update, Sony has announced that the flash will get a boost in support. It will have Flash 9 support. 

Flash 9 content becomes supported on the Internet Browser.

This makes browsing easier now, and more sites for us to go at with the newly updated flash support. 

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