Official Bluetooth headset unveiled
Anand Agarwal, Product Manager, Peripherals has posted on the Playstation.Blog about the official bluetooth headset for the Playstation 3. The headset will be offered in one retail version of Socom Confrontation this October. There will also be a standalone peripheral this fall.
It features a prominent Mute button and a Charging Cradle. It will work with [...]
Call of Duty 4 double XP weekend this month
Infinity Ward has announced another double XP weekend for Call of Duty 4 which will commence on the 12th of September and will end on the 14th.
What is a double XP weekend? It’s basically a weekend where you can score a lot of points, all XP earned during online play is doubled.
I’m currently working on [...]
Home beta invites to go out weekly
As some of you know, Home beta invites have started going out for the US. For those of you that havent received an email to say your in the beta can wait on a weekly basis. PS3forums member gerrylum contacted SCEA about the Home beta invites and Sony replied with:
Thank you for writing us.
On Thursday, [...]
Resistance 2 release date for US confirmed
Resistance 2 has been confirmed to be released in North American on the 4th of November. The full press release is right below.
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced today that Resistance 2(TM), from independent developer Insomniac Games, will release in North America on November 4 and will [...]
Some LittleBigPlanet beta news
Sam_Protagonist over on the American Playstation Forums has posted some useful information regarding the LittleBigPlanet beta that, according Sam starts in September. First of all Sam explains what each term means when beta is mentioned.
Internal - a test conducted only with people who work for the company (beyond normal testing staff)
External - conducted with people [...]
Resistance 2 multiplayer demo this October
MusterBuster the Community Team Leader over on the European Playstation Forums has blasted out some good news.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that a competitive online multiplayer event running in October. The event will allow PS3 owners to be the first to explore new levels, modes and weapons.
The sequel to 2007’s critically-acclaimed shoot-up Resistance: Fall [...]
Resident Evil 5 controls change
Some were left dissapointed after hearing that Resident Evil 5 uses the Resident Evil 4 control scheme. Capcom had confirmed that RE5 has got a set of new controls. Capcom producer Jun Takeuchi says:
“So don’t be surprised if at the Tokyo Game Show, the controls are different… I’m not confirming or denying anything, but we [...]
PS3 version of Mirror’s Edge to get exclusive DLC
Sony has recently dismissed recent rumors regarding Mirror’s Edge being a timed PS3 exclusive. Instead, there will be downloadable content exclusive to the PS3 via the Playstation Network. Sony confirmed that Playstation has an exclusive marketing agreement with EA regarding the title.
“Exclusive downloadable content will be offered on the PlayStation Network.”
No word on what the [...]
LittleBigPlanet will be the biggest title for Sony this year
Shuhei Yoshida, Sony worldwide studios boss has been speaking with VG247 and had predicted that LittleBigPlanet will be the biggest PS3 game this year ib a global level. Won’t it be THE biggest game this year across all platforms?
“LittleBigPlanet is going to be the biggest title for Sony in all markets this year,”
“History tells us [...]
Killzone 2 Multiplayer Classes Revealed
IGN has posted some new information on the multiplayer side of things for Killzone 2. Classes.
The Scout also has a secondary ability that enables them to tag all on-screen enemies with a hidden marker, broadcasting their coordinates to team-mates.
Rifleman, who’s the default troop type in the game. They start with a variety of primary and [...]
Final Fantasy XIII demo to be sold seperately?
According to Nomura in a recent interview with Dengeki, the Final Fantasy XIII demo might be sold seperately some time after Advent Children: Complete’s release.
This sounds like Square Enix are thinking of every possible way to make revenue and this strategy could possibly work. Everyone wants FFXIII and people will pay for a demo.
No word [...]
Fallout 4 on the way is like saying there is a FIFA next year
Bethesda’s Peter Hines spoke with VG247 at the Games Convention 2008 saying that you will not be seeing just one more Fallout but you should be thinking along the lines of EA and FIFA.
Hines said:
“That’s why we bought it,”
“We didn’t buy it just to do one and then to never anything again. So it’s sort [...]
11 screenshots of Socom Confrontation
If you’ve missed all the beta news click here and here for more information. The beta will start on the 5th of September for selected lucky people and the 12th of September for Qore subscribers. What about Europe? Click here for information on the European beta.
The screenshots after the break.
LittleBigPlanet Disney DLC
Just a quick heads up.
LittleBigPlanet just got bigger. According to this NeoGaf post, the game is set to have official Disney downloadable content, so everyone will be playing with Disney characters. This news is from PAX 2008.
SOCOM: Confrontation European prices
The game is scheduled to be released in Europe on the 17th of October 2008, so mark that date down in your diary. There will be 3 versions to choose from and are as follows:
Playstation Store download, will cost €39.00
Blu-Ray version will be available without a headset for €39.00
Blu-Ray version with a headset will cost [...]
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