by Paul on November 20, 2009
A while back we posted about the possibilities of 3D gaming coming to the PS4. Well, Sony have just announced that they’re bringing 3D gaming not to to the PS4, but to the PS3 instead, yeehaaa. Apparently, the 3D features will be released on all PS3’s, we’re guessing just in a regular Firmware update.
Now, we managed to play a Burnout game in 3D recently on a PC and were impressed, but not blown away. It was novel, but at the same time required glasses so the view for onlookers was reminiscent to that of having had a few too many beers. This is just one of those inherent problems with 3D media…for the watchers it’s not good at all.
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by Paul on November 19, 2009
Well people, it’s a happy day for those PS3 users of the American variety who have pre-ordered the next installment of Battlefield: Bad Company. The beta officially starts today, and the visuals look stunning! Check out the videos and information posted by Dice on the official BC2 blog here.
The game looks like it’s a slower pace than Call of Duty, which is never a bad thing in our eyes. One really nice feature that we are quite excited about is the ability to create your own vantage points. For example, when playing as the engineer you can drill a small hole in a wall, from which you are able to attack, but remain shielded. Check out this video, at time 4.35min to see what we mean.
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by Paul on November 17, 2009
Oh yes, Sony really do love the old Three Letter Acronym’s (TLA) don’t they. What, with PSP, PS3, GTA, MAG and now LBP-PSP. Anyway…we’ll move swiftly on.
LBP is released 20th November here in the UK, and today in good ol’ USA. <—another TLA, wow. LBP was probably one of my favourite games over the last year. I loved every minute of the single player campaign and loved the multiplayer too, but only when it worked that is. Even my wife loved playing LBP, life really was awesome with that game. Well, now Media Molecule have brought it to the handheld beauty that is the PSP.
The game looks great, with first opinions of the game being very high indeed. I don’t know how they squeezed it onto this portable little console, but they have. Maybe the PS3 wasn’t even being pushed with the original LBP, who knows?! But it’s here anyway, and I can’t wait.
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by Paul on November 16, 2009
Recently, Jan-Bart Van Beek, Guerilla Studios, is reported to have said that they are already on with the production of KZ3 and that it’s currently pencilled in for 2011, but he did hint it may even come as early as 2010. This is great news for PS3 fans, as I personally loved KZ2 and a sequel would be much loved.
However, the quick turnaround time between games does lean me towards the opinion that the game will be a re-working from the KZ2 engine, similar to the way Rockstar do with GTA. For example, GTA 3 was released on PS2, and then Vice City and San Andreas were released, with many improvements, but based on the same engine. This would sit well with me though. For me, KZ2 was great and I loved how it looked and played.
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by Matthew on August 19, 2009
Back in 2005 when I first got my PSP the big game that was going to be released along side it was Gran Turismo PSP. Only a brief 4 years later the game now has an official release date of October 1 – hopefully they mean 2009 with that date.
PSP Gran Turismo will be compatible with both the regular PSP and new PSPgo from what I can see over on the official Sony site. It will be launched on UMD and as well as a download. If you are thinking of getting a new PSPgo then first check out this post over on Electric Pig here in the UK that tells you how you can get the game for free. [click to continue…]
For the first time in 16 months the ‘George Foreman like’ PS3 has outsold the Nintendo Wii. The PS3 shifted 146,948 units compared to 99,335 Wiis, reported publishing firm Enterbrain.
While some are saying its only a ‘one-off’, it’s certainly looking well for the Sony console. The Wii is dominating the global market, and we all know that, but the PS3 does appear to be finally gathering steam. The Xbox 360 on the other hand is a different story where only 43,172 units were shifted. To be fair though, that was in the Japanese market where the 360 is not as dominant as it is throughout the USA and Europe.
Intersting times ahead for games consoles indeed. BBC
While this isn’t exactly a new story, I stumbled across this earlier this week when randomly searching the internet super highway. I have ALWAYS loved lego and thoroughly enjoy playing with it. And it would appear that the creator of the Lego PS1 also does.
The console is fully working which is impressive. I wonder whether he has to turn the console upside down like I used to have to in order to play games?! Check out more info over here.
Sony today announced the latest firmware update for the PS3 – v2,70. Among the features is the ability to have ‘text chat’ between friends whilst in-game. You can enter three rooms simultaneously, and chat rooms can have up to 16 participants in them.
Sony have also allowed you to now send bigget files between friends, which is nice! 
Not an amazing update…I think we were all hoping for a little more such as actual voice chat during games but oh well. At least the slow progress means Sony is listening, they’re just not very quick at doing. Check out playstation.com for all the nitty-gritty details. Here’s hoping the next update is something better, although I seem to find myself saying that with every update.
by Paul on February 2, 2009
It seems that a lot of products we buy these days come in a variety of colours. However, the PS3 is still only available in shiny black everywhere except Japan (although there have been rumors of the USA getting another colour choice). If you could choose a colour for the Sony PS4 what would it be?
For me…i’m going to be boring and say shiny black. I like the black look of the PS3, it suits it well, and it matches my Tv quite nicely. I thought i’d like the white PS3, but it really doesn’t do it for me! So, get commenting on what colour you’d like to see, and why.
There’s also a poll of the most obvious colour choices, so you can vote there.
by Matthew on December 16, 2008
A couple of months ago I came across a new system called “Real Time Games”. The idea behind this system was that GPS tracking devices would be put in Formula 1 cars and then as the cars race the data would be streamed to a company who would then allow you to play live against the real F1 drivers. Imagine racing around a track on your Playstation 3 actually playing against Lewis Hamilton who is driving on track in the F1 final. That would certainly be a step beyond hard on the difficulty setting level. As well as tracking data about where the drivers are on the track, the weather could also be a contributing factor. Rather then the computer randomly selecting a weather settings you would actually race in the current race conditions. One last feature of this system is that the data from previous races can be loaded up so you can play historical races too and gain that level of realism that is far beyond AI.
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by Matthew on December 15, 2008
Zavvi are cutting the price of the Arcade SKU XBox 360 down to just under £100. It will be priced at £99.99 which seems like a bargain for this console.
As well as dropping the price of the XBox 360, the retailer are also dropping the price of the Sony Playstation 3 down to £269.99 which makes it £30 cheaper then previously. This is part of Zavvi’s last-minute Christmas sale which aims to make competition a lot more fierce amongst it’s main high-street competitors. Back on to XBox pricing… not only has the Arcade SKU been dropped, but also the Premium will now be found at £149.99 while the Elite is dropping to £199.99.
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by Paul on December 13, 2008
The end of another year is nigh upon us. My christmas decorations are already up, and i’m waiting for Santa to bring my presents (I assume I am getting some as I have been good). I would like to say that I was getting some PS3 games for christmas, but all the ones I wanted I already bought, the joys of being an adult!
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