Firmware 3.10 went live earlier today, bringing with it Facebook integration facilities, a colour palette for your gamercard, and a more convenient way to view and manage pictures and photographs. However, nothing was mentioned about the return of error code [80022A07].

For anyone who has yet to encounter error code [80022A07], this alphanumeric nuisance signifies a trophy synchronisation failure, and prevents you from accessing your profile. Aside from being mildly annoying, this error immediately makes it impossible to change the colour of your gamercard. So that’s one new feature out the window until the issue is resolved.

Thankfully not everyone is experiencing the problems we are, as per the Official PlayStation Forums, but hopefully the powers that be will sort this out before we dust off the hammer.

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Today Sony announced (though we knew it was coming) a video download service for Europe. Available in England, France, Germany and Spain, this service, offered by Sony, will allow PSN members to watch and even buy videos online. Our intrepid London based reporter Ed is at the launch event (yeah, it’s a tough life…) and will be reporting on what he saw shortly. In the meantime, read below for the official press release from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE).

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Capcom revealed yesterday that players will be able to unlock and play as infamous Resident Evil antagonist Albert Wesker in Lost Planet 2. There is one small catch, however; this character skin is a GameStop pre-order perk.

Playing as Wesker isn’t incentive enough, you say? Well, taking advantage of this pre-order promotion will also add an exclusive ‘one shot kill’ revolver to the player’s in-game arsenal – perfect for poppin’ skulls. Happier?

Sadly, this offer is relevant only to North American gamers at present, but while we Europeans wipe the tears from our eyes you lucky folk across the pond can place your order now. Just click here.

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When it comes to buying a games console, reliability is one factor that heavily influences a purchase. Well, if you’ve been thinking about buying a PlayStation 3, read on.

CNET UK, home to product reviews, technology news, gadget blogs and so on, conducted a games console reliability survey back in October, to which 1,128 UK-based console owners responded. 591 of these 1,128 consumers owned a Nintendo Wii, 562 owned an Xbox 360, and 473 owned a PS3.

Of those 473 black boxes, only 16 percent had suffered some form of system failure (fatal or otherwise). Believe it or not, that’s a reassuringly low figure. To avoid accusations of a flame-baiting nature, we’ll let you consult CNET’s article should you wish to compare this percentage with recorded Wii and Xbox 360 failure rates.

So there you have it; less than one in five PlayStation 3s experience technical difficulties - however that works. In your face, Watchdog!

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‘Ghost’, Modern Warfare 2’s campaign sub-character, might one day be starring in his own videogame. Craig Fairbrass, Ghost’s voice actor, revealed the news during the UK launch event for Infinity Ward’s new groundbreaking FPS:

‘I did in the last game a voice for a character called Gaz and in this game I’m now voicing a guy called Ghost, who now just got a spin-off comic of his own and they’re [Infinity Ward] talking about another little game to go with it.’

True, the mask-wearing SAS operative would irrefutably suit a primary role, though we imagine a prequel would be the only plausible option given Ghost by name ironically becomes ghost by nature in Modern Warfare 2 (he dies, basically).

Is anyone else thinking DLC side-missions?

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The Saboteur, Pandemic Studio’s Assassin’s Creed-meets-GTAIV sandbox title, is now only a few short weeks away from release. With December 8th just around the corner, G4TV thought it appropriate to rendezvous with the game’s Lead Designer Tom French for a quick interview.

Players will take on the role of Irishman-turned-resistance fighter Sean Devlin whom, apart from ultimately attempting to liberate Nazi-occupied France, seeks vengeance for the murder of his best friend at the hands of German officer Derker during their stay in Paris.

But don’t let us spoil things for you; head over to G4TV where French (that’s Tom French, by the way, not the French) talks gameplay, graphics, contraband and black market weaponry.

Sounds like a regular day at the office to me.

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I almost suffered a coronary when I read the ambiguous headline ‘Onion breaks news of Modern Warfare 3’. Modern Warfare 3? Already? Really?? But, when the link redirected me to the Onion News Network website, I quickly realised I was about to endure a meaningless spoof video. However, it was actually very entertaining – so entertaining that I thought I’d share it with all of you.

Now, I am fully aware of the very serious undertone to this satirical piece. War is absolutely no joke and, while ONN’s video makes a few tongue-in-cheek remarks, I ask you to remember that this video is nothing more than a light-hearted, funny, intelligently-written comedy feature about a make-believe sequel to Modern Warfare 2.

Click ‘Read more…’ for the link. Oh, and just to be clear, please don’t interpret any part of this post as confirmation of Modern Warfare 3.

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Well, our personal belief is there never should have been a problem but we do have to admit, Infinity Ward got the online outage fixed pretty quickly. Just got done levelling up a few ranks and happy to report online seems to be working just fine. Anybody still experiencing problems?

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