News/Announcements
Fifa 2009 game update
On the UK forum of EA Sports, an employee announced that FIFA 09 has received an update following the feedback from the user on in the community. These are improvements from this update:
Fixed side-stepping issue on lofted through balls
Fixing the issue where a player sidesteps when trying to control a lofted through ball instead of [...]
Bioshock graphics patch out
Originally slated to be out on Nov. 20th, people on the IGN boards posted that the patch is available now.
Earlier we posted a screenshots showing of the improvements that we could expect but now we have more info. The patch we be around 222MB big and has the following improvements:
Enables Add On Content functionality [...]
SCEE announce Home release schedule
TedTheDog , Home Community Manger on the official EU Playstation forums, let the community know that in the coming weeks Home version 1.0 (Normally the version format that gets released to the public) will be released on the the Closed Beta community to further test it.
The Patch Notes of 1.0 will be published in [...]
0.5% Of LBP Levels Modded
You have probably heard about all the news surrounding the moderated levels in LittleBigPlanet. According to Sam over on the LittleBigWorkshop forums, around 200 levels have been modded, this equals to about 0.5% of the total levels.
Oasis is the name both of a band and of a soft drink (at least in Europe), however any [...]
inFamous will be about quality no length
Sucker Punch creative director Nate Fox has said developers should focus on quality not quantity. This means that inFamous will be focusing on quality.
Look at God of War - it is an excellent game, an instant classic, and it’s only like seven hours long,
GTA IV is 30 hours long, and people wanted more? That just [...]
Gran Turismo 5 crash damage system is proving troublesome
The new crash damage system that is in development for Gran Turismo 5 is proving troublesome according to Kazunori Yamauchi, CEO of Polyphony Digital. The game creator is apparently still in talks with some of the car manufacturers including Ferrari, to allow their cars to be subjected to crash damage. The head of ‘Ferrari Challenge’ [...]
Worlds first Sackboy and Prototype video of LBP
Wow, check this out. Below is what Sackboy could have looked like. This is the first mockup design of Sackboy.
What do you think of that then? A bit different to the final version of Sackboy. What about a video of how LittleBigPlanet began? Want to see the very first prototype video of the game? Here [...]
Playstation Home Theme beta keys being sent out
Remember a while back when you could download a Playstation Home theme from the American and Japanese Playstation Store? Basically if you downloaded this theme you would be entered into the Home closed beta and be selected at random.
Check your emails to see if you have something that looks like this:-
WELCOME TO HOME BETA
Dear PlayStation®Network [...]
Fat Princess to be released in 2009
Thats right, Fat Princes first unveiled at E3 2008 will be released sometime in 2009. Fat Princess will be a PSN only title.
From a press released by Epic Games:
Titan Studios develops original games and core technologies designed to extend the functionality of Epic Games’ award-winning Unreal Engine 3. Titan’s first project, Fat Princess for Sony’s [...]
LittleBigPlanet in tomorrows PS Store update (12/11/08)
In last weeks Playstation Store update you got some free costumes to give your Sackboy such as Pumpkin Outfit and a Spacesuit. In tomorrows Store update you will have more costume, some free some you will have to pay for.
The following costumes will be added tomorrow:-
Sack-Eating Plant (FREE)
Lilly Pad ($.99)
Hugo ($.99)
Great Blue [...]
Call of Duty World at War Prestige badges
Below is a picture of the 10 prestige badges to be found/earned in Call of Duty World at War.
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WWE SVR 09 Patch Coming
A new patch is coming for WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2009 according to IGN. The new patch will be released sometime before the 31st of January 2009, so its quite a while off yet.
This is what THQ have to say about the upcoming update:
The patch will allow fans of the leading fighting videogame franchise to [...]
MGS4 easter egg found in Resistance 2
Easter Eggs are fun to find, little secrets hidden away in games ready for you to find. The latest one found in Resistance 2 is a sign that says “MGS4PWNS”. This was found in the co-op mode. Sounds like the guys at Insomniac Games really enjoyed Metal Gear Solid 4 so they decided to tell [...]
Resistance 2 Japanese Boxart
The Resistance 2 Japanese Boxart has been chosen and it looks like this:-
I don’t think it’s as good as the European Boxart though. Resistance 2 will have trophies, click here to see them.
Download five Mirror’s Edge sountrack tunes
Want to get a taste of the Mirror’s Edge soundtrack? EA has put up for you to download, five soundtracks from their free runner game. You can download them by clicking here. The package weighs in at around 30MB.
