According to a Future Publishing report citing Sony’s customer support line, a fix for the issues that a small number of PlayStation 3 owners were experiencing with the now-pulled 2.40 update will be released “midweek.” We’re filing this under rumor for now, as Sony has not yet issued an official statement to the press or on its blog in regards […]
Developer Criterion Games today announced that the upcoming content-filled Cagney update for Burnout Paradise has been pushed back to hit the Xbox 360 on July 14. The PS3 version, however, is still on track for July 10. Furthermore, Criterion noted that the launch Game Calendar events have been rescheduled and will not go live until both consoles receive the update. […]
Apart from a selection of Crüefest tracks for Rock Band and a Guitar Hero III freebie that’s none other than the Top Gun Anthem, the main highlight of this week’s PlayStation Store update is a new episode of Qore. Wait, that’s it? Yep. Rather weak update if you ask us, and it doesn’t help that firmware 2.4 has been taken […]
Publishing label 2K Games announced today that it has partnered with Canadian-based developer Digital Extremes to “optimize” the upcoming PlayStation 3 port of BioShock. By partnering with Digital Extremes, 2K Games is delivering a fully optimized experience that takes advantage of the PLAYSTATION 3 system hardware,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “Bringing Digital Extremes on board allows us to […]
In an email sent to the press today, publisher Midway confirmed that its upcoming sandbox action title This Is Vegas will ship to retailers in 2009. In development at Surreal, Midway’s in-house Seattle-based studio, the title was originally slated for a fourth quarter release this year on Windows PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. To help ease the wait, Midway […]
Originally slated for a September release, developer Slant Six has officially confirmed that its upcoming online-enabled PS3 shooter SOCOM: Confrontation is now scheduled to deploy a few weeks later on October 14. The decision to delay was made for quality assurance reasons, as the development team felt that certain aspects of the game required extra polishing. Understandable. We’ll live. SOCOM: […]
The long-awaited and much-lauded PlayStation 3 firmware 2.4 is now officially available for download on Network Update. As most of you know by now, the update includes several highly requested features, including in-game XMB access, an XMB clock, and support for trophies and custom soundtracks. So… what are you waiting for? Download it now. We’ve included a direct link to […]
In a post on the official PlayStation Blog, Criterion Games designer Simon Phillips confirmed that Burnout Paradise will support PS3’s upcoming achievement-like trophy system in a future update after Cagney hits on July 10. Reassuringly, Phillips clarified that trophy support in Paradise will indeed be retroactive, due to the fact that saves for the title are locked specifically to a […]
Yesterday, a photo hit the tubes showing off downloadable PS2 titles on the PlayStation Store. Forum goer NiTiZ claimed it was taken by a friend at Sony London, but SCEA PR manager Patrick Seybold has since stepped up to rubbish these claims, simply calling the image a “mock-up” and issuing a statement saying that the company has no plans to […]
In celebration of the upcoming Fourth of July weekend, Activision today announced that the guitar-heavy classic “Top Gun Anthem,” will be released on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live beginning this Thursday. Featured in the hit film Top Gun, the track will be offered up to all Guitar Hero III owners gratis.
Activision has released the first high-res screenshots from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of its current-generation 007 effort, James Bond: Quantum of Solace. Powered by the Call of Duty 4 engine, Quantum of Solace is slated for a fall 2008 release, likely to coincide with the forthcoming film of the same name. James Bond: Quantum of Solace Screenshots
This is clearly an unsubstantiated rumor, so take it with a fine grain of salt. According to a poster on a gaming forum, who claims to have a friend in the know at Sony London, downloadable PS2 titles are coming to the PlayStation 3 this summer. Normally, we’d brush off rumors like this one, but this same poster also provided […]
Update: Sony has sent out a press release, confirming that the firmware will hit Network Update on July 2. The firmware update PlayStation 3 owners across the globe have been waiting for is nearly here. In part one of a video walkthrough posted on the PlayStation Blog, PSN director Eric Lempel gives us a detailed preview of the impending 2.4 […]
Back in March we reported on what was purported to be an official, licensed Bluetooth headset made specifically for the PlayStation 3. Turns out it’s real, as Sony confirmed today that the headset in question will be packaged with the retail-exclusive Blu-ray version of SOCOM: Confrontation and also will be sold separately. Unlike most standard run-of-the-mill Bluetooth headsets, this one […]
Update: As pointed out by reader oscare, the contest winner will, in addition to having their character put in the final version of LittleBigPlanet, receive a free PS3 console, along with a complementary copy of the game itself. Don’t Panic has teamed up with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe to launch a character creation competition for Media Molecule’s ambitious PlayStation 3 […]
Publisher Ubisoft has sent word that an all-new multiplayer centric content pack for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 will be released later this July. Dubbed “Fan Pack,” the FREE content package will offer players three new multiplayer maps, along with the introduction of attainable ranks beyond Elite, numerous gameplay balance […]
Add-on content and playable game demos dominate this week’s rather prosaic PlayStation Store update. Up for download is British punk Nigel, an extra character for PSN title Pain, along with the Pixies “Doolittle” album for Rock Band and the freely available World of Warcraft track “I am Murloc” for Guitar Hero III. In terms of game demos, this week is […]
Already announced for a late 2008 release on PC and Xbox 360, European-based developer Ascaron Entertainment today revealed that it is working on a PlayStation 3 version of upcoming action RPG Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. “Role-playing game enthusiasts have always been strongly represented on the PLAYSTATION® platforms, and we are delighted to offer a version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel […]
As part of a press release announcing its corporate strategy for fiscal 2008 and beyond, Sony revealed that the PSN video download service will hit “this summer,” confirming an earlier report from the LA Times. The digital video service will launch across a number of platforms, not just PS3. According to the company’s rollout strategy, the service will initially hit […]
According to a just-released Sony financial report, over 9.8 million PSN accounts have been made since the service’s launch in November of 2006. The report doesn’t specify if this figure includes dupe accounts, which many folks make to access content in regions aside from their own. Either way, it’s an impressive number. In comparison, Microsoft told us last month that […]