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We Go Hands-On With PlayStation Home
TalkPlayStation.com goes hands on with Playstation Home. Ask any question you want!
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Heavy Rain Tech Demo vs Gameplay comparison
Check out our screenshots comparison of Heavy Rain. Tech Demo from E3 2006 Vs. Gameplay video shown at Leipzig 2008.
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BioShock DLC is exclusive to the PS3
BioShock DLC will only be available for the PS3 version.
Keypad available from the first week of December
This week we were wondering about the PS3 keypad if it would still be released like we previously said, cause we had hardly hear any news of it since the announcement at the Leipzig Games Convention.
Well Gamespot talked to Ian Jackson, Vice President of Sales for Sony and he confirmed that the keypad is getting out a little later but still during the holiday season.
You can expect to see the first batch in the first week of December at retailers.
Perfect timing for a Home Open Beta release? You tell us.
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 running straight onto it and controlling it, was a top priority for the EAC development team. We’re happy to say that the team at EAC has been able to fix this problem and it will be included in the game update. - Improved advantage rule: fixed goals being called back for free kicks
There was a problem in the advantage rule whereby the referee would call back a goal if it was scored when the advantage was being played. Instead the referee would give a FK or a PK to the fouled player. This issue has been resolved in the game update. Goals that are going in when a foul is committed will count when they score. - Improved number assigning in Manager Mode
When signing a player in Manager Mode the player now makes a more sensible decision, based on this position, on which number he would like, whereas previously he would always take the number 2. - Allowed up to 8 user-controlled teams in Tournament Mode
After installing the game update it will be possible to play in Tournament Mode with up to 8 user-controlled teams. This gives the option to host bigger events with your friends to compete in offline-tournaments. Have fun! - Removed ability to bring custom teams into Online ranked matches
Everybody has the option to transfer players in his favorite team and create his own custom dream team. This is an option we want to offer everybody to enjoy the feeling of creating own teams and play matches online or offline. When it comes to ranked competitive online matches we think only real teams should compete against each other to keep everybody’s chances even. So with the update it is no longer possible to enter a ranked match with a custom created team. You will still be able to upload your customized team online as in customized starting line-up with the existing players of that team’s roster - Fixed Stadium 23.Maj lag issue
We fixed a major frame rate issue in 23.Maj stadium. - Fixed join issue in Online Team Play Lobbies
A game hang issue occurred during search for available OTP game sections within the lobby rooms has been resolved.
Most of you will probably be glad with the advantage rule fix. And if you read the North American Store update, you noticed that they got commentary packs of non-english languages, but EU update didn’t. Well it did. After checking the store out we discovered that the EU store has also received the packs.
Yakuza 3 First Official Trailer
The first official Yakuza 3 trailer is here and is available to download off the Japanese Playstation Store. For those of you that don’t have access to the Japanese Store (like me) can watch the video right here. The game is due out in Spring 2009 only on PS3.
North American Playstation Store update, Nov 13th 2008
The most notable game in this update is Age of Booty. Made by Capcom that is mainly for the casual, online pirate who want to regain some of their past notoriety. You can think of it as a party game which included the help of some former Halo multiplayer developers.
Also you’ll find the PAIN Movie Studio Lot expansion and a special PAIN The Hoff Character on it.
Check the list for what you get in North America.
Downloadable Games
Age of Booty ($9.99)
Add-on Game Content
- PAIN Movie Studio Lot ($5.99)
- PAIN The Hoff Character ($1.99)
- Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Multiplayer Map Pack 1: Elemental (free)
- Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Multiplayer Map Pack 2: Terrestrial ($1.25)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Costume Pack 1 ($4.99) (Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi and 4 more characters)
- Hot Shots Golf Out Bounds Costume Pack 2 ($2.99)
LittleBigPlanet costumes
- LittleBigPlanet - MotorStorm Stormers Costume ($1.99)
- LittleBigPlanet - Sack-Eating Plant Costume (SCEE contest winner) (free)
- LittleBigPlanet - Lilly Pad Costume ($0.99)
- LittleBigPlanet - Hugo Costume ($0.99)
- LittleBigPlanet - Great Blue Costume ($0.99)
- LittleBigPlanet - Frost E Costume ($0.99)
- LittleBigPlanet - Animal Costume Bundle ($2.99) (4 different costumes)
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 for the Challenge Rooms and New Game Plus - Add-On Content required to use this functionality
- Big Daddy Bounce, Elite Bouncer, and Other Textures Appeared Pixelated - Fix for an issue where large blocky pixels would show up whenever viewing the Bouncer and Elite Bouncer variants of the Big Daddy. Also fixes various other texture pixelation including weapons.
- White Bars - Fix for an issue where white/discolored bars would show up at the right and bottom sides of the screen during the plane crash / water scene at the beginning of the game.
- Dark Big Daddy After Resurrection - Fix for an issue where Big Daddy would occasionally turn black after the player dies and is then resurrected.
- Shrinking Fire Particles - Fix for an issue where some fire particles would shrink every time they were retriggered.
- Big Daddies Gushing Abnormal Amounts of Blood - Fix for an issue where Big Daddies would gush abnormal amounts of blood after being killed by a critical hit while having more than 10% health (ie, from another Big Daddy’s gun).
- PS Button Crash - Fix for an issue where the game would crash when PS button hit during hacking when vsync turned to off
EU Playstation store update, November 13th 2008
This weeks update brings a lot of DLC content to Europe. Like the US, Europe has the Pain expansion which was delayed.
Our opinion is that Sony is still missing out on a lot of money due to not having released the Playstation Network Cards in Europe, even if it was on a small scale to help the profits in these bad economic times.
Here is the list anways:
Add-on Content
* PAIN David Hasselhoff add-on pack (£1.19/€1.49)
* PAIN Movie Studio add-on pack (£3.99/€4.99)
* Dead Space DLC (listed after the break)
* LittleBigPlanet DLC (listed after the break)
* Guitar Hero World Tour DLC (listed after the break)
* Rock Band DLC (listed after the break)
* 5x Soul Calibur IV equipment customization packs (£0.79 - £1.59/€0.99 - €1.99)
* Star Wars The Force Unleashed character pack 1 (£6.29/€7.99)
* Everybody’s Golf 5 character pack (£3.19/€3.99)
* Civilization Revolution “The Terrestrial” map pack (£0.79/€0.99)
* Civilization Revolution “Elemental” map pack (free)
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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 the Closed beta forum section so the tester know what they can expect and help plan testing.
After Home 1.0 has been released onto the Closed Beta community, a few days after that invites will be send out to expand the user base in the Closed Beta. The invites won’t go out in one full blow but will be gradually send out over a period of time. And for the first time they will invite non-English speaking tester. Those are English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
Once the invites have been send out the SCEE Home forums will become the Home beta test forums. A date for the Open Beta of Home will then be announced after that. And like Open Beta says, it’s available to everybody (on a PS3) form that day.
One important thing TedTheDog said was
Home Beta is a service that will grow from the foundation of v1.0 over the coming months and years so thinking of it as a start rather than a finish will help you understand where its going and what its all about.
So like Gmail, HOME will continue to evolve.
5 Killzone 2 gameplay videos to check out
We found 5 killzone 2 gameplay videos to check out. These videos are from the beta version of the game. Enjoy.
After the break.
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 level using the title “Oasis” would be absolutely fine right now unless it included music by Oasis the band, or the likeness of the drinks bottle.
There is a lot of exaggeration at play here with exactly what’s going on with moderation. Firstly, no level is moderated unless it has been reported using the Good Grief tool, at which point it will only be blocked from online play if it is in violation of the EULA. To date there have been fewer than 200 levels which have been blocked - considerably less than 0.5% of all the levels published. The great majority of moderated levels were removed due to containing obscenity.
Finally, if your level is moderated you will receive a message informing you that it has happened - if you don’t receive a message, it hasn’t been moderated. Try searching for your PSN ID to find all the levels you’ve published.
There is work to be done on improving the communication of why levels have been moderated, and this is underway, however this is not as widespread as you may have been lead to believe, and it does not affect levels you have locally.
Have any of your levels been modded?
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 tells you how excellent that game is.
It seems to me that it’s not about length, but about quality,
And because I love both of those games, I hope that developers never try to shoot for a long game, but instead for the most fun they can pack onto the disc - at any length. That’s what we’re doing for inFamous.
What do you prefer, quality or quantity?
Infamous Screenshots.
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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’ developer ‘System 3′ said earlier this year that convincing Ferrari to put damage on the cars was a “big 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 it is!
I decided to resubmit this because it is really amazing to see how LittleBigPlanet started off as. I edited the music so that it looped throughout the vid. Enjoy!
Amazing to see how it has transformed in development.
Mega Man in LittleBigPlanet
Have you heard about the moderation of LittleBigPlanet levels? This is due to copyright materials etc. Here’s an example, Mega Man in LittleBigPlanet, this level will most likely be moderated and removed. Check it out.
Killzone 2 destructible enviroment video
Check out this video of Killzone 2 where it shows you what you can to the enviroment.
Killzone 2 Beta Footage destructible Environment.
Capcom Storefront to hit tomorrow
A new category for Capcom will launch tomorrow, it will receive a new special storefront dedicated to Capcom. As well as the new storefront, Age of Booty will be released. Within Capcom Store you will be able to browse through all of Capcom’s digital content available.
Once inside the Capcom category, you will notice that all their content is sorted by title. This allows you easy access to view all content related to a particular game. This includes all full game content, demo and promotional items (themes, wallpapers, etc).
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