Teaser site opens for The Last Guy

The Last Guy is a title Sony trademarked sometime back. Since then, not a lot has been said about this particular title apart from receiving an E10 rating from the ESRB.
If you take a look at the teaser site, all you can see is a bunch of red stickmen marching. What is noticable is the [...]


Fallout 3 banned in Australia

Fallout 3 has been refused classification in Australia. The Office of Film and Literature Classification has given an RC to Fallout 3, developed by Bethesda. It is now illegal to sell Fallout 3 in Australia.
No one yet knows as to what made Fallout 3 get the ban. Kotaku think it maybe something to do with [...]


Konami announce confirmed games for Leipzig

Konami have announced their games for Leipzig. Silent Hill Homecoming and PES 2009 are said to be attending the this year’s Games Convention in Leipzig.
“Konami goes into this year’s Games Convention with a very, very strong line-up that mixes familiar titles with exciting new concepts,”
Here’s the full press release Konami have issued.
Konami readies Leipzig line-up
Publisher [...]


40GB PS3 to be replaced?

The 40GB Playstation 3 could be replace according to a Wal-Mart memo. The Wal-Mart memo states that the 40GB PS3 hardware will be replace, it says:
“Item will be replace with a new model in early August”
This doesn’t mean it will have a bigger hard drive, it could be the smallest thing such as putting a [...]


Capcom’s full E3 line up

Over at the Capcom-Unity blog, they have revealed what they will be showing at E3, and its looking pretty good. Here’s what Capcom will be showcasing:

Street Fighter IV: Final arcade code running on a heaping handful of arcade machines.
Resident Evil 5: Game of show? Quite possibly!
Dark Void: Also playable, also awesome. Snazzed up since CAPTIVATE08 [...]


GameStop game list with release dates

When gamers were buying Metal Gear Solid 4 at midnight from Gamestop they were given a list of titles they could pre-order that night with a five dollar discount. Check the list out and it may indicate the games your after.
Here’s the first part:

And now the second:

The noticable titles are; Resistance 2, BioShock, InFamous and [...]


Customer service will replace bricked Playstation 3’s

After being on the phone to Sony UK and Sony USA regarding firmware 2.40 and bricked Playstation 3’s, they told me that they will replace your PS3’s free of charge as long as you can prove its really bricked and not working with firmware 2.40 installed. How the hell are you supposed to do that? [...]


Super Stardust HD 4.00 Back online

The Super Stardust HD 4.00 patch is now back online as rumoured on the Playstation.Blog. 4.00 will allow users who didn’t get chance to download the patch before it was removed from the servers shortly after PS3 firmware 2.40. The 4.00 patch adds trophy system into the game.
The patch came hours after the launch of [...]


Why firmware 2.40 bricked PS3’s

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has sent ThreeSpeech the following statement regarding firnware 2.40 bricking certain Playstation 3’s.
“The PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) system software version 2.41 is now available for update from July 8, 2008. With this update, we have fixed the problem that prevented a limited number of PS3s from activating properly after updating to version 2.40, [...]


Metal Gear Online gets patched

Metal Gear Online gets patched with a new game mode and host option. Here’s what arstechnica.com have to say about this update:
“The new mode, entitled “Team Sneaking,” gives one team the task of using stealth to infiltrate the enemy team’s base and destroy a target within enemy territory. Like Snake in “Sneaking,” the stealth team [...]


System software update firmware 2.41 adds new features

So the PS3 System software update firmware 2.41 added new features. The first feature is that it doesn’t brick your PS3 (or did it in the first place). Lastly, according to gamersreports.com, added a new 4th tab to show the last game you played.
Also, the “Crown” Platinum trophy has been transformed into an actual trophy [...]


Echochrome to be released in Europe this week?

Echochrome, the mind numbing puzzle game, already out in America was meant to be released in Europe as part of last weeks Playstation Store update. Did it make it? No.
GameFAQS have Echochrome listed for the 10th of July 2008 which is a couple of days away. Lets hope Europe will be playing Echochrome this Thurdsday.
Take [...]


New peripheral is the break apart controller?

The first rumors regarding this new Wii like controller appeared a couple of months ago and many people want to know more information and whether these rumors are true. If you head over to JustPlay, they have listed a ‘Wireless Handgun’ named JPG-9003 PS3 2.4GHz Wireless Handgun.
The product features are as follows:

Compatible with PS3 console
Supports all PS3 gun fighting games
Supports multi-loop signals without any interference for many
players playing simultaneously
Force signal connect
Combines PS3 controller with gun stand for enhancing the operation
Can be easily dismantled to use as PS3 wireless controller
2 x AAA alkaline batteries can provide at least 10 hours power continuously
Working distance  is up to 10m
Auto scan function between the gun and receiver

Here’s what the gun [...]


PS3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.41 live

The PS3 System Software Update Firmware Version 2.41 is now live. Eric Lempel reported this on the Playstation.Blog:
“Hi, everyone. As many of you know, we released PS3 firmware update v2.40 last week, but had to take it offline temporarily because, for a limited number of users, the XMB wouldn’t display after the update was installed. [...]


Playstation.com working on level stats?

Jeff Rubenstein, Social Media Manager has said that the Playstation.com team are working on a lot of things but hasnt seen the final spec.
“The ps.com team is working on a lot of stuff, but I haven’t seen the final feature list.”
Speaking with a blogger from X-Intelligent Krew, Jeff was asked if he could provide the [...]