Playstation Games UK has teamed up with Play to recommend you some hot titles from there store. They may not all be Playstation games but there some amazingly cool products that you should defiantly buy.
Meet The Spartans Pack Shot
The deal of the day is this amazing Friends boxed set DVD.
David Perry recently said that he has had alot of contact with Sony’s developers and knows the PSP 2 to be a reality. he says:
“I’ve been pounding on Sony for a long time to make the Playstation Portable relevant and not to let Apple stroll away with the portable game market,” he added: “Look at what Apple is doing now. Why are so many investors investing in Apple game development? Trying to pitch a PSP game to investors right now is brutal.”
the PSP 2 is said to be umd free and and fully backward compatible and may be availiable later in the year but no release has been confirmed
Sony have recently announced that the flagship Sony PlayStation store in the Metreon Mall in San Fransico. The lease to the store, that sony have held since 1999, will expire on June 16th and will not be renewed.
Playstation recently announced that they will soon begin a sales push of their consoles in Latin America starting with Chile, Argentina and Colombia
Ian Jackson says: “the significance of the Latin America market is huge. Obviously from a population standpoint I don’t think it’s a big secret that this is a huge opportunity. We will put a number of resources in place to cater to that market.”
He added: “Just based on the sheer size of [Latin America],” he added, “the number of countries there and the size of the population, long-term it has a very good opportunity to be bigger for SCEA than the Canadian market was.”
Sony have Revealed that wireless microphones for the SingStar Games will be released on march 20th.
the microphone is said to have “improved high quality sound” and will have an additional feature that allows the user to say the name of the SingStar song rather than trawling the menus to get to the song.
Here’s what the mics will look like:
Noby Noby Boy is a strange sandbox style game released today in north america. the game allows you to control a charachter called BOY (which looks alot more like a snake with feet) around a randomly generated world. The gamepay style is very open and allows the player to control the front and back ends of BOY individualy.
Noby Noby Boy is Priced at $4.99 and is available now on Playstation network.
Heres some screenshots, hardly HD but interesting none the less:
Killzone 2, is already one of the most highly anticipated games coming to the Ps3. if that wasnt enough, Sony have now announced that the newly released trailer will be available in a playable form sometime next month.
Sony’s Scott Steinberg says: “The idea for the commercial centred on telling the story of war on Helghan – up close and very personal and to use the game’s engine to show it. No voodoo, no heavy metal soundtrack: just the true representation of the in-game graphics, The team at Guerrilla embraced the concept and we were on a production rollercoaster ride that produced a piece that will be broadcasted across several networks starting tomorrow.”
“To offer you some insight into the technology behind this game, we will release a playable version of this in-engine ad vignette on the PlayStation Network coming in March. You’ll be able to control the camera and hear director commentary on how the production was completed using only the game’s technology.”
Killzone 2 is out next friday, heres the Trailer song are making such a fuss about:
Here we have a batch of leaked information regarding the next update for Ps3’s Firmware:
Friends List:
- Voice Messaging is now available as an alternative to text after selecting a user on the friends list. Voice message recordings are capped at 30 seconds.
- Home Integration: Saved Playstation Home avatar photos can be selected as photo ID for Gamer Card/Friends List.
- Trophy number and Gamer Level are listed under Friend names for quick reference.
Gamer Card & Trophies:
- Gamer Card layout has been changed to more closely resemble the Playstation Store aesthetic.
- Past Trophy information can be viewed in detail by selecting “Recent Trophy History” option.
- Newly aquired trophies auto-sync in the background
- Server infrastructure for Trophies has been optimized. Resulting in faster retrieval time for Gamer Card and Trophy information.
In-Game XMB:
- Loading time for In-Game XMB has been drastically reduced, resulting in a more seemless in-game experience.
- “Theme settings” options while in-game is now available, allowing custom themes to be applied to the In-Game XMB.
- Internet Browser can now be accessed while in-game.
- Voice messaging and voice chat options can be used while in-game.
- Options that cannot be used in the XMB during game sessions are grayed out (but still selectable) to eliminate user accessibility confusion.
Misc:
- Other slight UI tweaks and enhancements.
Street Fighter IV hits consoles tommorow, bringing with it a larger roster of playable charachters than the version residing in arcades. charachters such as Seth, Sakura, Cammy and Fei-Long are now playable. But we all know that the more characters you have to choose the better.
Recently capcom said that charachters Dee Jay and T-Hawk were under development, but arent coming out in the final product. athough capcom announced that if gamers ask for them enough.
They say: “If users make their voices known, this prep work is something we can revive at any time.”
So there you have it, 2 charachters could become available if you tell capcom you want them.
Street Fighter IV Ryu vs. Ken video
Street Fighter IV Bison vs. Seth video
Halo 3 is still one of the most widely played online games in the Xbox 360 market. One of the key reasons for this is its as yet unrivalled Matchmaking system. the system is very well refined and allows gamers to get into an online game with all of their freinds in no time.
Seb Downie was asked about Killzone 2’s online matchmaking system and what gamers can expect.
he hinted towards something being in the works regarding this subject
Downie said: “We have a couple of secrets still to announce which will cover your question, so I’ll leave that one open til the new version of the site goes live.”
Looks like we’ll have to wait until the game comes out to find out whats in store.
take a look at the trailer for Killzone 2 here:
