Talk Playstation 3 News

After reporting that the beta of SOCOM: Confrontation had some difficulties they whipped out a patched within 3 days to solve a majority of these problems plus adding a few more things.

Seth Luisi let know, the game servers will be unavailable during the maintenancea on September 9th at 5am PDT, 1200 GMT. The server maintenance is not expected to last longer than 1 1/2 hours.

Here is a small list of what got done:

• Adds support for European EULAs.
• Adds support for dedicated servers located in Europe and Australia.
• Addresses a number of stability and late joining issues.
• Reduce the volume of the proximity chat by 50%.

Also expect more updates to come both server side as client side.

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The Wheelman is game in development by Midway Studios Newcastle and Tigon Studios. There will be a total of 25 story missions and 106 side missions so this game is going to be pretty big.

Live free or die.

The Wheelman GC 2008: Fast Lane Gameplay

In the magazine you will get a voucher with a code on it to get your very own Kratos Sackboy skin in Little Big Planet. This offer is in the Official PlayStation Magazine or the UK. There will also be the world exclusive review of the game. If that still doesn’t fill your juices, the first 50 subscribers will get there very own Sackboy plush. 

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While Microsoft has been getting a stronghold on RPGs in Japan, a translation was done with an interview with Gouda Tsutomu and Higuchi Yoshito if a PS3 version will be done. 

“Higuchi’s SHINFONIA, when the GameCube too specialized and because of the PlayStation 2 when transplanted to the lower frame rate, a considerable ingenuity. PlayStation 3 is a very sophisticated, so in that sense I think the same thing can be reproduced. However, it will be released, and what is not yet.” (source-onAXIS)

Expect news on if this is confirmed later.

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The Spore team is really excited about Little Big Planet. Here’s what they say:

Now that Spore is done – and reviewers continue to make of it what they will – we asked Shaw what she’s most looking forward to. The answer didn’t surprise us in the least. “I’m really interested in LittleBigPlanet, and I think the rest of the team is, too,” she said with genuine excitement in her voice. “I really want to see their tool set and how easy it is to share [content] with other people. There’s huge potential there if they do it right.”

Little Big Planet has been making allot of buzz lately. Even these are a huge hit.

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In an interview with videogaming247, Yoshida backs up the claims of Jack Tretton, that this is the year of the PS3. 

“All the things are now coming together in terms of the right hardware, cost and pricing, and we are increasing our hard disc space as we are increasing the content we’re offering through the network and the big titles we’re working on, coming out this Christmas,” he said. “All that is coming together this year.”

He even says that next year would keep the pace going. He even says that there are still unannounced titles for next year.

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In an update on their blog, they will be releasing a patch for the game to fix some of the lag issues, and VoIP. The patch will be released around the time frame the new map packs are coming. Also they are going to add trophy support. Along with other tweaking in the game. 

Priority fixes
Server Lag –Our #1 priority. The game servers were upgraded last week to improve performance.
Dog Tag Lag – The next update will include a fix for this issue
PS3 VOiP – We are still looking into this issue. Sony’s 2.42 Update should have addressed the majority of issues. Please let us know if you are still experiencing muted sound.

Additions enhancing the game
PS3 Trophy support – Yes you read correctly, PS3 Trophy support will be coming to Bad Company

Game Tweaks –
Removed one hit kills for knife against Friendlies
Bullets and knives go through bushes
After sprinting, you will be able to fire your weapon quicker
Helicopter can take damage from multiple trees
Additional minor tweaks to improve gameplay

Unlocking 3 weapons for all
And last, but not least we are excited to share that very soon we will make the Pre-order weapon, Newsletter sign-up weapon and Demo weapon available to everyone playing Battlefield: Bad Company for free.

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Sucker Punch’s Game Director Nate Fox said in an interview with videogamer.com,

“it’s great to have that much more detail in the world”.

“You have a lot more characters running around, particle effects,” he added. “Everything you want, more, more, more, the hardware can take it. I think you can see it. The graphic quality of the game is really, really strong.”

It’s nice to hear more praise about development on the PS3. Sucker Punch made 3 titles on the PlayStation 2, the Sly Copper games. 

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We’ve been posting Operation Flashpoint 2 images in the past but they aren’t exactly in-game shots, they are more of a artwork showcase.

Below are actual in-game screenshots of the game and it looks fantastic. Whether it will look like this on consoles is beyond us. Far Cry 2 looks brilliant on consoles so i don’t see why Flashpoint 2 shouldn’t.

10 Operation Flashpoint 2 gameplay screenshots

Want to know what Far Cry 2 looks like on a console? Below is a video of Far Cry 2 running on a console and to be honest it handles it very well. Apparently Far Cry 2 is best played on the Playstation 3 out of the consoles.

Hunt your human prey from a distance.

Far Cry 2 GC 2008: Console Jungle Gameplay

Afrika is now available in Japan and here’s the complete trailer for the game. It is unsure whether the game will be released in Europe but a North American release sounds certain.

Pack your bags–the safari comes to Japan next week!

Afrika Japanese Complete Trailer

Supposedly invites were sent out to a lucky few people for the Killzone 2 Multiplayer Beta. Well somebody just uploaded the video onto Youtube. It’s going to be a matter of time before it gets taken down, so quickly check it out.

Seems the delay Alone in the Dark had on the Playstation 3 really has some benefits.

You can expect better camera work and an added exclusive sequence to enhance our gaming pleasure for when the game gets released on November 18th.

Here is a short list of what we can expect:

• Full 360 camera control: enhanced camera controls allows complete freedom of the camera and better handling of first person view camera movement for even more immersive gameplay
• Fine-tuned controls: quicker and smoother reactivity of the hero’s movements in third person view make for more rapid movements in nail-biting situations

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Seems luck is not with the Madden series on the next-gen consoles. So far EA Sports has not been able to deliver a single edition of Madden for the 360 and PS3 without freeze issues and online disconnects to name few with the release of the game.

After the previous two patches a freezing problem seems to be popping up every now and then during play calling or highlight screens which would halt the game.

Ian Cummings, Senior Designer for Madden 2010 commented by saying

the team has been working on a new patch, and has been furiously trying to work on the stability of the game, as well as tracking down what was causing the problem.

Players should save and reboot their game after they’ve started a game if players like playing multiple matches at a time, or save and exit a game to start a new one

Despite these issue not everybody on the Testing team could reproduce these problems. For example people who played one game at a time and saving/rebooting afterwards, have had zero crashes.

Gamers should expect another patch in less then a few weeks.

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When Phil Harrison left Sony to be the new president for Atari, it was a loss for Sony, and a big surprise for the industry. Now comes news that Paulina Bozek is leaving Sony following Phil Harrison. She was the creative director for the success franchise in Europe, SingStar. At Atari she will be the development director for a new online game studio. Phil Harrison is pleased that she will be joining along with him. 

“This is a significant step in expanding Atari’s online game development capability,” he said.

“Paulina is one of the industry’s most respected creative leaders with an outstanding track-record of commercial and creative success and I’m delighted that she will bring her unique vision, consumer insight and proven ability for creating amazing entertainment experiences to Atari.”

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