What Sony’s 12 announcements could be
Sony recently said that they have 12 announcements lined up for Leipzig 2008. Many gamers have been wondering and guessing what these announcements could be. Here’s our verdict.
Uncharted 2.
Hopefully Team Ico’s game.
BBC secret game (see here and it wasn’t MAG).
Seed Studios game.
A new Ratchet & Clank or Jak and Daxter.
Ports from the 360 such as [...]
Invites to expanded closed home beta released in the wild
Over at PS3Fanboy they let their readers know that SCEE has released (the first round of) invites to the closed beta of Home. Over the next few hours and days new members should be allowed in.
People already in the beta are reminded to (re-)download the code for the new expanded beta.
Make sure to check [...]
Aussie 80GB PS3 price and release date
If you live in Australia and pay $699 on thye 28th of August 2008 you will get an 80GB Playstation 3. IGN met with an Australian retailer and noticed a point of sale poster displaying the new 80GB PS3.
IGN also contacted Sony for confirmation and Sony replied that neither a price of date had been [...]
Amazon stocks more MGS4 bundles
Amazon.com has stocked more Metal Gear Solid 4 bundles, as of this past Tuesday, the online retailer began offering additional stock of the Playstation 3 80GB with MGS4 bundle following a sellout of shipment scheduled for the 19th of August 2008.
Amazon is now offering a new shipment for sale which is scheduled to be in [...]
The Mummy 3 movie looks better on Blu-Ray
The director of the third Mummy movie, Rob Cohen has stated that his movie looks best while watching it on Blu-Ray rather than in the cinema.
“It is fantastic, a filmmaker’s dream really,”
“Stefan Sonnenfeld and Company 3 and I have worked for the last three months to get the print looking like what you saw. No [...]
PlayTV dated
Eurogamer announced after receiving word from Sony that PlayTV will be released on September 19th for £69.99 (€ 99).
Originally the release was slated for september 10th but now seems to be pushed back for around a week (Ain’t that a surprise).
With PlayTV you’ll be able to record TV while you play games at the same [...]
UK 80GB PS3 Dated
Game.co.uk, a UK retailer has dated the 80GB PS3 model for the 29th of August 2008.
Comes with the new DualShock 3 Controller! The PlayStation 3 80GB model does NOT feature:
Backwards Compatibility with PS2 Games
Memory Stick Card Readers
SACD Playback
Ethernet Cable
4 USB Ports, (The PS3 80GB model features 2)
The 80GB [...]
Inside a PS3 after a year
Want to see what a Playstation 3 looks like after a year? Full of dust? Thanks to pumba512 over on the official US Playstation forums he managed to open his just over 1 year old PS3 and take a look inside. He also took some pictures and here they are.
So, my PS3 turned 1 not [...]
New boxart for Bioshock
Spot the differences!
As you can see the new boxart as a small femal persona added. But the most important difference is the HOME loge. It’s gone if you noticed it will correctly. This boxart makes it even more different then the 360 and PC counterpart.
17+ aged gamers be ready.
Release date for LitteBigPlanet
MCVUK discovered that LittleBigPlanet (also known as LBP) will be released in Japan on October 30th. This is shown on the LBP page on the official Japanese Playstation site.
If this is also the same street date for Europe and North America will still have to see. We only know from the conference that fall was [...]
PS3 Theme: Killzone 2 w/ 2.4 Icon Support
This is a Playstation 3 theme called ‘Killzone 2 w/ 2.4 Icon Support’ and the author of this theme is REDNAVE.
If you don’t know how to install a theme on to your Playstation 3, click here for a step-by-step guide on how to install a Playstation 3 theme.
Click here to download this theme.
Provided by: psu.
Effects of a FF7 remake
If Final Fantasy VII got remade exclusively for the Playstation 3, what effect will it have on the market? First of all it will make everyone forget about FFXIII and all those Xbox 360 fans that wanted FFXIII on their system will suddenly change their minds. A FFVII remake will be gigantic and a HUGE [...]
Another exclusive in question
The image above shows a piece of an interview with Haruki Suzaki and Ryuichi involved with the Tekken 6 game, one quote is very disturbing for Playstation 3 gamers and Tekken lovers. Asked if the game will be on other consoles like the 360 their reply was:
As of the moment, we have no idea
At this [...]
Will FF Versus XIII go to X360?
There are chances. Let me explain the theory as to how and why Final Fantasy Versus XIII could appear to the Xbox 360. Whether Square-Enix announce it at a later date as a straight release or a timed exclusive on the Playstation 3, then makes it way to the 360 some time after, it [...]
Free LittleBigPlanet user content at launch
SCEE spread the news that all user-generated content in LittleBigPlanet will be free at launch.
SCEE and Media Molecule can guarantee that all consumer-generated content will be free at launch. We know how important this is to the LBP community and what we want most is for people to enjoy playing, creating and sharing their content
Obviously, [...]
