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Playstation Video Store – EU Launch Event

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? [...]

Media Molecule says ‘No’ to LittleBigPlanet 2

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 [...]

Firmware 3.01 Has Arrived

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, [...]

New Feature Discovered in Firmware 3.0

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 [...]

Firmware 3.0 Issues Being Investigated

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 [...]

Cross Game Chat and Voice Messages Coming To XMB

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!”

PSN Store Update and Network Downtime Confirmed

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 [...]

PlayStation Home to appear at OGC 2008

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.

Unreal Tournament III mod “cooker” next week

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 [...]

Playstation Firmware 2.10

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!

PS3 Blu Ray Firmware Update

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 [...]

In Game XMB is Coming

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.

Firmware 2.01 may brick the PS3

“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.”

PS3 Custom Theme Creator Released

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.

DivX Coming to PS3

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.