Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Ed
You can tell a lot about a company by the parties they throw. Sony clearly know parties, as demonstrated by the following checklist: cool venue, free food, free booze, celebrity DJ, hands-on tech, and the obligatory glamorous people. Did I have a good time? Yes. But more importantly, is the Playstation Video Store any good? [...]
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Filed under: Europe News, Main, Playstation Store, Software Updates, Xmb
Posted on November 6th, 2009 by csreynolds
In an interview with Critical Gamer, Media Molecule has dismissed the possibility of a LittleBigPlanet 2.
But don’t be sad Sackboy lovers; the opinion of Level Designer Danny Leaver is that making a second game would be ‘counterproductive’, as it would more than likely fragment the well-established LBP community, so they do have our best interests [...]
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Filed under: DLC, Games, Interviews, L, LittleBigPlanet, Software Updates
Posted on September 15th, 2009 by csreynolds
Firmware 3.01 is live, and optional. To install, or not to install?
At present, is it not known whether all grievances regarding Firmware 3.0 have been addressed in this discretionary new patch, but we are hopeful that system stability has now been restored to the PS3. If in-game freezing and controller malfunction issues have been resolved, [...]
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Filed under: Console news, Firmware Updates, PS3 Problems, Patches, Software Updates, Xmb, ps3 firmware
Posted on September 7th, 2009 by csreynolds
Are you tired of ear-piercing headset feedback during online play? Can’t stand echoing microphones any longer? There is a solution, as discovered by GOONL!NE.
Buried deep within Firmware 3.0‘s plethora of menus is a magical little feature called the Echo Canceller. Scroll over to the Settings section, locate the Accessory Settings menu and click Audio Device [...]
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Filed under: Console news, Firmware Updates, Software Updates, Xmb, ps3 firmware
Posted on September 7th, 2009 by csreynolds
Today is my birthday. At the ripe old age of 25, I feel no different to how I felt after turning 24, but like most birthdays this morning I’ve been overwhelmed with text messages, emails, cards and presents as a way of congratulating me on surviving this far in life. Only kidding.
So I’m wondering what news [...]
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Filed under: Firmware Updates, Main, Software Updates, Sony news, Xmb, ps3 firmware
Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Stevie
This is what everyone has been waiting for, and at last we finally hear something about it. Earlier this morning, “CydoniaX” (Home Manager at Sony) posted a message on the Playstation.Blog that pretty much confirmed that we will receive: Voice Chat across games, XMB Voice messaging (30 sec clips) and HOME Game Launching for all games at some point down the line. His exact words were:
“All that stuff is still in development, game launching started with Warhawk and should be supported by all future game spaces now. It takes time, but we haven’t forgotten about all the stuff that our users really want!”
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Filed under: Firmware Updates, Software Updates
Posted on April 12th, 2008 by PS3Vault
It’s been confirmed that the next system software update and PSN Store update will take place on April 14th, just in time for those of us rushing to file our US Income Tax returns to be forced to take a break and try to track down that receipt for that business dinner at the “Thirsty [...]
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Filed under: Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Software Updates
Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Michael O'Connor
According to reports from all around the internet, Sony’s upcoming online networking / community service, PlayStation Home, is scheduled to appear at the upcoming Online Game & Community Service Conference (OGC) next week.
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Filed under: Playstation Home, Software Updates
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Captain
Mark Rein, vice president of Epic, has posted on the UT3 forums that the official map editor for PS3 code will be out very soon. So start planning, all you budding level editors — my personal copy of Unreal Tournament 3 will arrive this week, so I’ll be rating the best maps I come [...]
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Filed under: Contributors, Game Download, Main, Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Software Updates, U, Unreal Tournament III
Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Gamoc
As you’re probably aware, the new Playstation Firmware version 2.10 was released today – and you probaby know what it adds too.
For those who don’t know, it adds AVI and WMV playback to the video, a pitch changer for your mic, and Bitmap 3 in images, and the 1.1 Bluray update. But that’s not all!
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Filed under: Console news, Main, Playstation Network, Software Updates
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by PS3Vault
As we proud PS3 owners know, not only did we get a killer console, we also got a Blu Ray disc player to boot. Already, 2 million of the installed Blu Ray players are PS3’s. To keep us happy and to make sure the PS3 remains a top Blu Ray player, Sony will be releasing [...]
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Filed under: Blu Ray News, Software Updates
Posted on December 4th, 2007 by PS3Vault
In a recent Game Informer interview, Peter Dille, Sony’s Senior VP of Marketing, spoke about a number of issues regarding the PlayStation 3. The most salient topic that you all want to hear about is the In Game XMB.
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Filed under: Console news, Playstation Network, Software Updates
Posted on November 30th, 2007 by PS3Vault
“Starting last week, PS3 owners started reporting that their next gen console would not read their Blu-Ray discs. Some users reported that their PS3 would not even read DVD’s. All reports started to come in after gamers made the upgrade to 2.01.”
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Filed under: Console news, Software Updates, ps3 firmware
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by PS3Vault
Avid gamer A.R.K. has released v1.5 of his Theme Creator Software. No need to go through tedious xml files or 100s of menus to create/edit your theme. This tool is a WYSIWYG tool that is extremely functional and user-friendly; you can change your just by just pointing and clicking to change theme icons.
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Filed under: Software Updates
Posted on November 13th, 2007 by PS3Vault
DivX has announced that it will be bringing its technology to Sony’s PlayStation 3 console, allowing users to experience AVI videos as opposed to converting files into PS3-recognised coding, such as MPEG 3.
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Filed under: Blu Ray News, Console news, Software Updates, Stream Media
