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The all so talented people at 1337pwn have created a web application so you can view the Warhawk leaderboard from your iPhone or iPod Touch.

The web application allows you to view the top 15 players OR build a leaderboard of your friends, foes, and rivals. If you press on EDIT LIST, you can start building a list of Playstation IDs and handles for the leaderboards. Be sure to bookmark it when you’re done. The application even includes an icon for your home screen. This is a web application so you can use it without any hacking, unlocking or trickery.

1337pwn is mostly known in the gaming community for the release of the iNXES XBOX Live Friends app.

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The future is looking bright. It took a while, some rumours, maybe even the effect of a petition. But Fallout 3 on the PlayStation 3 is finally getting some downloadable content from Bethesda. In an official press release they said that they had been working on it for a while to implement for the PlayStation 3.

“Operation: Anchorage” will come out late June, with “The Pitt” and “Broken Steel” expansions following weeks later. We’ll get a more exact date in the future.
In order to play these upcoming DLC’s Bethesda will release a update for the PS3.

They also announced two new DLC’s we can expect. This will be “Point Lookout” which will be available after the release of the first three DLC’s. Followed by “Mothership Zeta”. Both will cost $9.99 .
In “Point Lookout” you will explore a massive new swampland area filled with new quests and content. In “Mothership Zeta” you’ll be abducted and find out if you’re tough enough to survive.

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The number wouldn’t surprise many people as half of the PlayStation 3 owners has atleast one extra account in a different region. Why? Because of the different PlayStation Store releases.

Nevertheless, SCEI was proud to announce that they have exceeded the 20 million user mark on the PlayStation Network in ‘only 2 years and 3 months from the service launch on November 11, 2006′.
Since the launch the PSN service has expanded to 55 countries and regions around the world.

Adding to that 14,500 diverse digital content and 5,900 movies and TV episodes, managed to get 380 million downloads (some free some, purchased).

And PlayStation Home is doing it’s best to keep up. Thought it’s only 20% (4 million) that has registered to the service, the potential and future looks bright with the upcoming releases of the Warhawk Game Space and the highly anticipated EA Sports complex.

But are these 20 million accounts all PlayStation 2, 3 and PSP owners? No, since several website integrated with the PlayStation Network, posting a comment made registering mandatory. And with this current Digital Age, fanboy activity is very high so they don’t mind creating a ‘fake account’ just bash a certain console.

Sony confirmed they will bring out Warhawk Home Game Space at the Destination PlayStation event. This will be the first game space in Home.

EDIT: Actually this isn’t the first, but it’s one of the most anticipated Game Space for Home. Expect it on February 26th (tomorrow).

After almost two years and three possible release periods, Home will finally be available to the public from December 11th 2008.

SCEE let know that tomorrow, everybody who has registered to the Playstation Network will be able to download Home from the Playstation Store. There was much speculation of when it would be available and in the latest interviews with people from SCE/Sony/Playstation only increased them.

Kazuo Hirai was proud to say,

PlayStation Home is truly a promising network community service on the PlayStation platform, made possible with the powerful combination of PS3’s overwhelming computational power and PlayStation Network that covers many countries around the globe. We are committed to providing PS3 users with exciting gaming experiences with PlayStation Home and together with our partners and users, expand the new world of interactive entertainment as we move forward.

We’ve heard about different kind of places you can visit like the lately announced ‘Clubs’ or event halls like the Tokyo Games Show, but also special spaces dedicated to certain games. From the start you can expect to have access to a Far Cry 2 space.
Sony has aimed for such game inspired environments so that it allows people to discuss the specific games, plan strategies and access content and clues that will enhance the gaming experience.
Expect more spaces like this to come soon from games like Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune™, Warhawk™, Motorstorm and SOCOM (we say this one will be available once the game hits Europe) and even other games.
SCEE has focused on bringing us more of these engaging environments together with Electronic Arts, UBISOFT, Midway, Sega and Atari that will provide users with an on-going gaming experience.

We already know that Red Bull had it’s own thing coming in Home but joined by other brands like Fashion leader Diesel, furniture designers Ligne Roset, Paramount Pictures, video content providers Hexus TV and Eurogamer they are one of the first to provide us with content once the Open Beta launches.
Expect to Dress 2 kill your avatar in Diesel clothing ranging in prices from free of charge to €1.50. Or do you rather want to show of your in-door decorating skills by furnishing your apartment, Summer Cottage or any other estate with exclusive Ligne Roset furniture. Maybe even be hired by somebody else.

To take the PlayStation Home Theatre to another level, Sony teamed up with various content providers to enhance the cinematic experience. Expect to see lifestyle technology programming from Hexus TV. Gaming content from Eurogamer and exclusive film content from Paramount Pictures (Maybe Sony Pictures as well in the future).
Paramount Pictures will be using Home to promote it’s latest movies like the highly anticipated film Watchmen to PlayStation®Home residents. You will also be able to get a selection of virtual Watchmen merchandise like T-Shirts with the smiley face logo, Doomsday clocks and character statues. Expect to see these items in (begin) 2009, ahead of an exclusive Q & A event where cast and filmmakers will meet selected press and competition winners fans within the Watchmen themed environment.
So this all seems like good news, but we still wonder how much content will actually be released in Open Beta from the start. With content we mainly mean clothing and furniture. The small store update that was received last week for people who were able to get into the Extended Closed Beta was nice acording to some but still not enough.
Will we be able to play music from our hard disks in our apartment or watch a clip on the TV in you Summer Cottage home. We don’t know yet, but coming tomorrow most questions will be answered, and then the judgement over Home’s potential will really start.

Get ready and be prepared to an experience that will take your Playstation 3 console to a whole other level.

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With some information related to the Playstation Home beta for Japan, there was some interesting info in SCEJ’s press release.

You already know from us that the Japanese version of Home recently got 24 third party developers and publisher on board to make there own area’s and/or more.

Well it seems that there will be a large-scale closed beta test between late October and early November. This is to prepare for the Open Beta Service which release date will be announced on the official Home website.

The most important bit is that you’ll be able to obtain special items usable within Playstation Home depending on the level of your gameplay.
So does this mean that when you have played a game a lot and gathered enough trophies you will for example be able to walk around in a generals outfit (Warhawk related) or have a golden golfstick in your hands (Hot Shot Golf 5 related). We don’t know but it is getting more and more interesting in what Sony has planned for Home.

Despite the game being originally developed by SCEE it seem SCEJ has taken the foreground to announce most information and many of the features we can expect.

There was no word on Europe and North America getting a similar ’stress test’.

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Well, it has been for about 6 hours now. The new update added a host of new additions including Custom In-Game Music, XMB Trophies, Training Tutorials among several new features to the game. The file size weighs in at 66MB so it’s not too big to download.

Warhawk Operation: Fallen Star alone will cost you $7.99. If you are new to Warhawk and want all the expansions it will set you back $15.99.

Let us know how the new update is and if you like it.

On the official Playstation blog of SCEA, Game Director Dylan Jobe of the Warhawk game announced that the next expansion will hit the Playstation Store on August 28th worldwide.

But first the game will get the 1.5 update on the 27th which is free. This update will include Custom In-Game Music, XMB Trophies, Training Tutorials among several new features to the game.

The price for this new expansion will be $7.99. Sony is also planning to set up a new Booster Combo Pack which includes all 3 of the expansions for only $15.99.

Check the trailer we posted up earlier if you missed it.

This is how the full map will look like.

The map has 10 lay-outs to play on plus the full map shown above.

Another ‘important’ addition is the jetback. The developers saw this as a way to freshen up the game. Time will tell if this plan succeeded.

You can grab them from this tractor machine

Were not going into detail on how you can use this, best to check the blog post as we haven’t been able to play with it ourselves.
One good thing about the jetpack is that you can mount other vehicle while having it on and use it like a ejector seat. I myself am very excited and looking forward to it and hopefully this will increase my PSN activity for that Home beta invite.

Check the whole post over at the Playstation blog which inclused several more images.

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The new expansion pack for Warhawk will be available by the end of the month, and will include a new map: Tau Crater, and a Jetpack for foot soldiers.

Warhawk™: Operation: Fallen Star expansion pack
The third expansion pack for mighty online warfare title Warhawk, Operation: Fallen Star introduces the remote, forested Tau Crater – the site of a crashed Chernovan warship containing invaluable experimental technology. With the Chernovans trying desperately to salvage the ship, the Eucadians have arrived with a view to stealing it for themselves. This pack brings ten new battlefields to the Warhawk experience – as well as the Infantry Jetpack – a personal rocket pack that allows soldiers to soar above the fray of battle into the aerial realm of the Warhawks themselves.

With Incognito continuing to support the Warhawk fanbase, the game continues to get better and better. Don’t forget the FREE 1.5 update is coming on August 27th. The 1.5 update is going to include Trophies, Custom In Game Music, Training Tutorials, and more.

Joystiq was kind enough to release a trailer of the new expansion pack.

We even got some screenshots. Courtesy of Kotaku

The new Warhawk 1.5 update is scheduled to be released on the 27 of August 2008, a couple of months after 1.4 was released.

Dylan Jobe, Game Director of Warhawk has spilled the beans on what features and additions will be in the upcoming 1.5 update.

• Custom In-Game Music
• XMB Trophies
• Training Tutorials
• Retract Clan Invites
• New Paint Schemes & Insignias
• GGL Ceremonial Blades
• “Rookie” Server Color-Coding

To find out more, check out the post on the Playstation.Blog.

Have you found all the Trophies in Uncharted Drake’s Fortune and looking for another game to collect Trophies in? Keep an eye on Warhawk as the 1.5 update will be released on the 27th of August 2008. The update will add Trophies and various other features.

There are 57 trophies, 36 Bronze, 13 Silver, 7 Gold and 1 Platunum.

Warhawk Trophies

Bronze Trophies

• Secret Anti-Camper — Kill an enemy in a Missile or Flak Turret after that enemy has achieved at least five kills in that type of turret.
• Secret Daredevil — Get 100 feet off the ground in a ground vehicle. Does not count if the vehicle is being carried by a Dropship.
• Secret Hit List — Kill every member of the opposing team at least once during a round.
• Secret Minesweeper — Get killed by Proximity Mines five times in a single round.
• Secret Reckless — Pilot Commit suicide in a Warhawk by running into your own Aerial Mine.
• Secret Vengeance — Kill an enemy within 60 seconds of that enemy killing you.
• Secret What’s That Green Line? — Get killed by a Binoculars strike while piloting an aircraft.
• Anti-Air Ninja — Shoot down a Warhawk with any infantry weapon other than a Rocket Launcher.
• Bandit Award — Earn all in-game badges at Bandit level.
• Chief Sergeant — Achieve a rank of Chief Sergeant.
• Collector — Capture four cores at once in Collection mode.
• Combat Driver — Complete Vehicle Combat Training.
• Cowboy — Play a perfect Team Deathmatch (top player, no deaths).
• Dead-Eye — Achieve a sniper kill from more than 2,500 feet away.
• Dumbfire — Destroy an enemy aircraft with a dumbfired Swarm or Homing Missile.
• Emergency Evasion — Break at least 6 simultaneous missile locks using Chaff.
• Enlistee — Join a clan.
• Ground Pounder — Complete Ground Combat Training.
• Hat Trick — Get three flag captures in a single round of CTF.
• How Did You Do That? — Destroy an enemy aircraft with a Cluster Bomb.
• Invincible — While on foot, take at least 250 damage within 10 seconds without dying.
• Irony — Kill an enemy with his own Proximity Mine.
• Lone Wolf — Play a perfect Deathmatch (top player, no deaths).
• One In A Million — Shoot down an enemy aircraft using the tank’s main cannon.
• Overkill — Destroy an enemy aircraft with a volley of 8 Swarm Missiles.
• Pilot’s License — Complete Warhawk Combat Training.
• Recognition of Merit — Earn any five in-game medals
• Remote Pilot — Destroy an enemy aircraft with a TOW Missile.
• Resourceful Driver — Achieve a road kill and a .50 cal kill using the same 4×4, without dismounting.
• Rivalry — Win a clan match (red server) as either clan leader or a regular member.
• Saboteur — Destroy an enemy vehicle with the Field Wrench.
• Survivalist — Survive for one minute as the hero in Hero mode.
• Tail Shaker — Destroy an enemy aircraft with an Aerial Mine within 5 seconds of deploying it.
• Taxi Driver — Help a teammate capture the flag (in CTF) or cogs (in Collection) by transporting him back to the base, using any vehicle.
• Warlord — Create a clan and get nine other members to join. (Awarded at ten members while you are the clan leader.)
• World Victory — Control all capturable bases in a Zones match, and reduce the enemy’s home base to level 1.

Silver Trophies

• Secret Canyon — Run Using a Warhawk, shoot down an enemy Warhawk in the central gorge in Vaporfield Glacier.
• Secret King of the Jungle Gym — Retrieve the Proximity Mines from the top of the dome on the Omega Factory Rumble Dome layout.
• Secret Safety Violation — Kill a distant enemy from on top of the salvage crane in Tau Crater.
• Aerial Ballet — While flying a jetpack, kill an enemy (who is also flying a jetpack) with any weapon other than the Rocket Launcher.
• Are You Aim-Botting? — Snipe an enemy who is flying a jetpack.
• Behind Enemy Lines — Drive an APC into the enemy’s home base, then have at least one teammate spawn into that APC.
• Commander — Achieve a rank of Commander.
• Decorated Soldier — Earn any 15 in-game medals.
• Flying Fortress — Awarded to the driver and all six passengers of a fully-loaded Dropship.
• Giant Killer — Shoot down an enemy Dropship while using a Warhawk.
• Lt. Colonel — Achieve a rank of Lt. Colonel.
• Master Award — Earn all in-game badges at Master level.
• Shield Breaker — Break an enemy E-POD shield using the Lightning Shell.

Gold Trophies

• Bandwidth Donor — Host a ranked dedicated server for four consecutive hours.
• Executive Honor — Earn all in-game medals.
• General — Achieve a rank of General.
• Porcupine — Destroy an enemy Warhawk with the APC’s E-POD shield.
• Surgical Strike — Shoot down a Dropship with a Binoculars strike.
• That Was Some Bug — Kill an enemy who is flying a jetpack by hitting him with any vehicle or aircraft.
• Warhawk Award — Earn all in-game badges at Warhawk level.

Platinum Trophy

• Warhawk Supreme Achievement — All your base trophies are belong to platinum.

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The Warhawk 1.5 update will add a new vehicle type and that vehicle type is Jetpacks! The 1.5 update seems to be getting bigger and bigger adding Trophies and a possible offline game mode.

Kotaku has confirmed the Jetpack rumor to be true.

After finding out that the upcoming Warhawk update 1.5 will add more than 50 Trophies to the game, we’ve also read that it will add offline modes.

Gamesblog.ugo.com think that the mention off offline tutorials (training) will allow you to play against bots.

the brief mention of offline tutorials.  I want to know how robust this new offline mode is.  Are talking a few quick challenges? How about the ability to play against bots?  Remember Bots?

I guess we’ll find out at the end of the month.

So, you are all digging into Uncharted Drake’s Fortune to gather up all the Trophies, the next game you’ll be collecting Trophies in is Warhawk.

Warhawk update/patch 1.5 will introduce Trophies and there will be over 50 to collect. Expect challenges such as hosting a game for four hours, playing a perfect deathmatch (coming 1st with no deaths) and shooting an aircraft down in a tank.

Other features in the 1.5 update include “custom music tracks from the Home Menu”, new paint schemes etc.

Remember, mark the 27th of August down on your calender.

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Dylan Jobe Game Director, Warhawk has posted on the Playstation.Blog stating new gameplay modes for every map, including the Booster Packs – and the following new gameplay modes are completely FREE!

The update will be released on the 16th of July at around 10:00 GMT (that’s 3am Pacific).

New Game modes

Hero

This is a team-based game mode in which one member of each team is randomly selected to be their team’s Epic Hero. Players score points for their team by killing the enemy Hero or by killing enemies while they’re the Hero. The team that reaches the score limit first (or has the most points when time runs out) wins the game.

Collection

This new gameplay mode is like multi-flag CTF. There are 4 energy cores scattered around the map, generally positioned in the center or between the 2 team’s main bases. Each team has a Reactor where Energy Cores are taken to score points.

There will be new feature such as Quick Join, Mini-Map Update, TOW Missile, Minimum Rank Server Option, Respawn Selection Hint, Updates for Home Game Launching, Afterburner Flight to Hover Transition, Team Deathmatch Scoring, New “Winning Team” Ribbon, Kick-Idle Player Server Option and Rank & Award Updates.

Head over to the Playstation.Blog to find out more.