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Resistance 2 @ PlayStation Day
The latest episode of Insomniac's "Full Moon Show" podcast, indicate that a playable build of Resistance 2 will be available for press at PlayStation Day. Unfortunately, no video of the game will be made available after the event, leaving you to snack on only a collection of screenshots and hands-on impressions before June 13th. We'll be at the event and will endeavor to bring you those all-important screenies and our own hands on impressions of the game as soon as possible.
PlayStation Day occurs on Tuesday, May 6th so be sure to check back here for full coverage of the event.
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Posted by: PSPortable on Sunday, May 04 2008 @ 9:01am PST
The newest Grand Theft Auto game took a long time to make, and apparently, it was the most expensive. Rockstar Games let slip that the game supposedly cost $100 million to make. This breaks the previous record of $70 million. This massive figure is a sign of the video game industry's expansion, and a good reason not to pirate games. Funny thing is, Rockstar has gained all that money back (probably doubled it) in less then these 2 days.
Posted by: 8-bit_ninja on Wednesday, April 30 2008 @ 4:25pm PST
For a long time now, Metal Gear players have been waiting for the Metal Gear Online Premiere Beta kick-off. Unfortunately their joy has been delayed because of a patch that Konami has been installing.
The wait is now over. Users in all regions can now triumphantly log on to the MGO servers and play their eyes out. As promised, it will start with the players creating their own characters and customizing their stats. Have fun.
Posted by: mice R nice ~(_"> on Saturday, April 26 2008 @ 10:12am PST
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that PS3 users will now have to wait just a bit longer to get a taste of PlayStation Home. With an open beta not expected to begin until fall of 2008.
Sony also said that it will be extending Home's closed beta and inviting a number of new PlayStation 3 registrants to participate through summer 2008.
Following completion of the extended closed beta test, the Home open beta service will commence in fall 2008.
Well, its better to have a prefect Home release than one that will be full of glitches and bugs, right?
Posted by: PSPortable on Wednesday, April 23 2008 @ 5:19pm PST
April 15th on the East Coast and firmware 2.30 is live. The major update for this release is new redesigned PLAYSTATION Store, and trust me, this is as good it gets. As soon as you clicked that X button on your Sixaxis controller, you will hear the first sound update on the PLAYSTATION Store.
So if you haven't yet upgraded to 2.30, you better do it now or else as a PS3 user, you are missing out!
Posted by: PSPortable on Wednesday, April 23 2008 @ 3:47pm PST
Hideo Kojima bashes his own creation-- Metal Gear Solid 4
Hideo Kojima's commented on his own creation, Metal Gear Solid 4 and the PS3. It's almost inevitable our take on the situation will be misconstrued as blind fanboy bias, but we'd like to try to take an objective glance at what he said. In a recent interview in Edge magazine, Kojima said that the gameplay of MGS4 is fairly close to his vision, but the graphical side of things got a slight hit from what he envisioned: "things like motion-blending and the size of the map, totally was not accomplished to my original vision - to my satisfaction."
After their initial TGS showing, everyone was excited to see what the PS3 was capable of, but once development really started, Kojima says they could not evolve as much as he wanted. "The original vision was to go ten steps further, the reality was just one step, which isn't to say we didn't progress." The CPU apparently is at fault here, as the Cell is being fully employed, says Kojima.
He doesn't blame the PS3 and rightly so that one thing to lay out your plans and envision what you'd like to do, but when it comes to it, you've got to sacrifice some of your dreams and ideals. Was Kojima dreaming too much with his original ideas? Not really-- but what he wanted might have been something we'll need to wait another generation for. We'd like to have a smell-o-vision, but we'll settle for rumble. Is that the PS3's fault? Nah. Kojima should relax -- his game looks fantastic and we're sure all his fans will agree he's made much more progress than he's giving himself credit for.
Sony announced that they have just released their official PS3 firmware version 2.30 on April 15th
Changes for 2.30:
The Blu-ray Disc playback now supports DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio output. However, The PS3 system does not support playback of DTS-ES and DTS 96/24 for DVD-Video or DTS-ES Matrix for Blu-ray Discs.
Posted by: mice R nice ~(_"> on Thursday, April 17 2008 @ 3:57pm PST
You can now play discs that support Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0 (BD-LIVE). You can connect to the Internet while playing discs that support this format so that you can obtain additional features. Features that are available vary depending on the software in use.
You can now copy playlists that you create in photo (Photo) and music (Music) to a PSP® system.
The way you register (pair) Bluetooth® devices has changed, and you can now register more devices.
A [BD Internet Connection] setting has been added under [BD/DVD Settings].
An [Audio Output Device] setting has been added under [Remote Play Settings].
You can now display an image while editing a playlist.
You can now play a music track while editing a playlist.
You can now play DivX and WMV files that are 2 GB or larger.
You can now display subtitles when playing DivX files.
You can now resume playing a DVD from the point where you previously stopped it.
A [Mosquito Noise Reduction] option has been added under [AV Settings] in the control panel for standard dvds
You can now play BD-R version 1.2 (LTH* BD-R) discs.
LTH, or low to high, is a recording method that supports organic dye, write-once BD-R media.
You can now change some PS3™ system settings during remote play.
[Save Target] has been added as an option under [File] in the browse mode menu of the Internet browser. This option lets you save a file that is linked from a Web page, such as an image or video file, or other type of file, to your PS3™ system’s hard disk drive or storage media.
The Internet browser now displays some Web pages faster.
Using the Internet browser, you can now play a linked video file* as it is being downloaded.
Some types of video files cannot be viewed in this manner and must be downloaded completely before playback.
Posted by: tbag on Saturday, April 05 2008 @ 5:00am PST
I couldnt get a lot of info on this although it looks like a bug fix. So I translated the Japanese site and this is what I got:
Concerning system software version 2.17 update [ 2008.03.13 ]
From 2008 March 13th,®the update which renews the substance performance of PS3 was started. With the latest update, version of system software becomes 2.17, the following function is renewed.
* The main function which is renewed with version 2.17
In the PLAYSTATION®3 standard software of part, stability of operation was improved.
CJPC is reporting the successful decryption of a PS3 ELF file off an original retail game disc. This method removes both the disc and file layer of encryption on the EBOOT.BIN.
In addition, they also claim to have successfully downgraded a PlayStation 3 console without need for a flash dump backup, “…to downgrade your PS3 you first need a copy of the original firmware (made with Infectus). However our method does not need any flash backup, as it uses the PS3’s updates to downgrade for us.”
Although it’s certainly possible, no release has been made… Could this be it — the PS3 finally hacked? Will Sony survive another round? Who knows… Tune in again — anytime, same PS3 channel. Yeah, you know what’s up.
- source: ps3news.com
Posted by: tbag on Tuesday, February 05 2008 @ 2:59pm PST
So, you may not have heard, but Resistance 2 was finally announced a couple of weeks ago. Judging by the response we received from you guys, we suspect you'd appreciate seeing any scrap of information on the game that we can find. Well, we wouldn't call these seven screenshots scraps. They show off the Chimera's new look, with their slim-fit suits, as well as a range of environments. Exciting stuff! Go have a look for yourselves, the gallery can be found below.
Megabox acts as a full-fledged media server with plenty of extra goodies.
Video: 1-Reproduction in the premises of almost all the formats of video, including the MKV. 2-Reproduction in Streaming (from Internet or the local network) reproduces just like in the point 1 that if, the MKV would cost to him more but, depending on the bandwidth of Internet, since in local network we have all 100MB. to 3-Encoder and to decoder of DivX, DVD, TDT and others. 4-Recording to CD's/DVD's etc. (Necessary external recorder USB) 5-Possibility of using compatible digital cameras with Linux.
Audio: 1-Reproduction of all the habitual formats. (Local and streaming.) 2-Encoder and decoder of CD's and other formats. 3-Recording of CD's/DVD's etc… (Necessary external recorder USB.) 4-Possibility of using compatible reproducers MP3/MP4 with Linux
TV/Radio: (compatible with multiple models and marks of devices USB TV) 1-Reproduction of TDT, TDS, TDC and IMAGENIO. (Necessary USB capture device.) “one in pack MegaBOX PS3 will be included” 2-Radio and TV in streaming by Internet. 3-Recording of programs of TV “to the hard disk of the PS3, external Hard disk or to record it to CD/DVD “with possibility of programming the hour and date of recording.
Software: 1-FireFOX. (Formed with all plug-ins for its perfect operation.) 2-System P2P. 3-System VoIP and instantaneous mail. 4-Emulation of games of almost all the platforms. (Reading of ROM's from any unit, even from local NETWORK.) 5-Game for LINUX in 3D (to still not contrasted.) 6-Possibility of launching PS3 games directly from MegaBOX. (In the future possibly ISO loader) “Software requests are accepted”
Appearance: 1-Skins Manager so that you modify to your taste the appearance of MegaBOX in your PS3 (Necessary knowledge of XM)
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that PS3 users will now have to wait just a bit longer to get a taste of PlayStation Home. With an open beta not expected to begin until fall of 2008.
Hideo Kojima's commented on his own creation, Metal Gear Solid 4 and the PS3. It's almost inevitable our take on the situation will be misconstrued as blind fanboy bias, but we'd like to try to take an objective glance at what he said. In a recent interview in Edge magazine, Kojima said that the gameplay of MGS4 is fairly close to his vision, but the graphical side of things got a slight hit from what he envisioned: "things like motion-blending and the size of the map, totally was not accomplished to my original vision - to my satisfaction."
