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Two New Final Fantasy Trailers!
Two new trailers have emerged of Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360 and the Versus Game for the Playstation 3. The 1st here is for both consoles:
Vs Trailer
Mirror’s Edge Getting Time Trial Map Pack DLC in Jan, 2009.
Faith Sporting a Gun and nice Handbag.
According to Kotaku and various other News sites the wonderful athletic Mirrir’s Edge will be getting a specialised DLC in the form of Time Trials Map Packs in January for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. The DLC Map Pack will contain seven new maps for your ‘running enjoyment’.
According to Kotaku ‘The freedom of movement and control in first person has been the most popular aspect of Mirror’s Edge so we decided to distil these down to their purest form for this map pack,” says Owen O’Brien, Senior Producer, DICE. “We deliberately chose a more abstract aesthetic that is still within our distinctive art style and then focused on flow and gameplay to create an experience and challenge very different from the main game.’ The PC version of this game is due for release on the 13th Jan, 2009 in North America and 16th Jan, 2009, in Europe.
According to Kotaku, ‘ Players will be challenged to achieve the fastest times possible on nine races across seven all-new and totally redesigned Time Trial maps. No guns, no cops, and no city: this is true aesthetics, agility and flow that will challenge any runner. This special DLC pack will be available for $10 USD or 800 Microsoft points. As an added bonus, all PLAYSTATION 3 Mirror’s Edge fans will be able to download an additional map for free.
“The freedom of movement and control in first person has been the most popular aspect of Mirror’s Edge so we decided to distil these down to their purest form for this map pack,” says Owen O’Brien, Senior Producer, DICE. “We deliberately chose a more abstract aesthetic that is still within our distinctive art style and then focused on flow and gameplay to create an experience and challenge very different from the main game.”
Mirror’s Edge has been awarded various awards for Best Original Game at E3 in July 2008, Best Action Game at E3 this year by IGN and Best Xbox 360 game at GC Developers Conference in Leipzip this year. The title is also on temporary sale for this week in UK GAME Stores for £24.99 so I smnapped up a copy as I been awating a price reduction. I will do a full review soon but I haveonly played the Prologue so afr and can asssure you that this game deserves the praise it is getting at the moment although this is not reflected in sales unfortunately.
Article: Skidpro
Game Rating: 9/10
Source: http://kotaku.com/5101853/mirrors-edge-getting-time-trial-map-pack-in-january
It’s official. Ubisoft have finally confirmed that it is to bring out a sequel to the highly successful game Assassin’s Creed. It was announced at it’s first-half fiscal 2008-09 conference call this week. However, Ubisoft are still playing their cards very close to their chest stating that they cannot confirm a 2010 release date as they are still ‘awaiting more anticipation for the game’.
How much more can they need?!
neocorpse has redesigned his Oni CTF theme to make a GamerStyle exclusive theme.
This version has a skinned OSK, 4.05 visualizers, the busy icon from his Ghost in the Shell SAC theme as well as a fixed gameboot.
To use this CTF you’ll need a PSP running custom firmware 4.01 M33 as well as CXMB 3.2.
Little Big Planet is the first game of its kind, and is going to change the face of video gaming forever. Little Big Planet examines the very way that games are played and designed, and also examines the role that we play as the player. It allows for the player to take control of his own environment, his own game, and his own surroundings. As you play as the Sackpeople (who are charming, by the way), you will grow to love the dialogue and interactions used by the characters.
Over at JJ Games they’ve posted up the pictures below of video gaming pumpkins/Jack-o-Lanterns and just in time for Halloween!
There are some crazy pumpkin designs here and I still have my pumpkin to carve so I’m getting some good ideas too:
8 Bit Mario
Over the weekend pre-orders for the 4GB Sony PSP 3000 pack were cancelled.
John Koller, director of hardware marketing has said that due to a significant interest in the Ratchet & Clank Size Matters PSP 3000 pack, SCEA will continue with that line. The Ratchet & Clank PSP is currently available in Mystic Silver and will be available in Piano Black in December.
Because of this, the PSP 3000 4GB pack is no longer being offered. Koller added that those looking for a larger memory stick, will be able to pick up a 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo for $44.99 from fall. Hasn’t anyone told him 8GB
one’s are cheaper online
already?
Playstation is steadily adding more content to their games with this update. With this latest release, lots of new content was released for many different games including Soul Calibur IV, Mega Man 9, and Guitar Hero World Tour. Most of the newest additions will cost you $0.99, but there are some free downloads available for the different games. There is also a 10 song, 1 pack update for Rock Band from Mötley Crüe and Nirvana. With this update there are also several full game downloads available for purchase, including the classic Prince of Persia.
While this may not be new news, it’s news to me and great news at that.
Sony’s smash hit series Tekken, is due to release their next game, Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion in Fall 2009. Originally it was to stay a Sony exclusive and be released on the PS3. This was sure to be a great way to increase PS3 sales. Many Tekken fans and 360 only owners, would have bought a PS3 for this game, myself included.
For 360 owners, thankfully, that’s not the case but there’s sure to be many Sony fans who are unimpressed with this decision. How many other Sony exclusives will move to the 360?
mutevict1m has converted his 4.01 M33 theme Invisaclear for use with 5.00 M33 and CXMB 3.3.
This theme and CXMB will work with all 5.00 M33 firmwares.
Via: Forums
Download: [RELEASE] Invisaclear 5.00 CTF
Rockstar have confirmed that there will be trophies added to the PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto 4 and that there are indeed zombies running around Liberty City and the infection is spreading!
Rockstar have confirmed that there will be trophies added to the PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto 4 and that there are indeed zombies running around Liberty City and the infection is spreading!
On October 23rd it was announced that Tom Clancy’s EndWar, both for Playstation’s PS3 and for Microsofts XBox360, has officially gone gold. The game releases on November 4th, and is one in a slew of games that has gone gold pre release in recent times. EndWar is one fo the first games to utilize a voice command system, allowing players to completely control their gaming experience using their voice. EndWar chronicles a theoretical World War 3, where in 2016 nuclear war breaks out in the middle east. Follow the storline as an American soldier at the frontlines of the battle.
Looks like the new 3000’s screen isn’t quite as amazing as we were hoping it would be for the PSP. It may be brighter but, scan lines ruin the display it seems:
Ruh roh. Seems that swanky new LCD on Sony’s PSP-3000 could be garnering more complaints than anything else. If you’ll recall, the aforesaid system was touted as having a brighter, better screen than the PSP-2000, but now the PlayStation forums are filling up with irate PSP-3000 buyers who are experiencing unexplained scanlines and totally peculiar interlacing problems. As you can see above, the 3000’s screen looks noticeably worse than that of the 2000, and while we always hope that these issues are contained, we have at least one Engadget staffer and a Joystiq comrade who can attest to this being real. SCEA has been contacted and is currently “looking into” the matter — we won’t dare say that r-word just yet, but this doesn’t look particularly good on the surface. We’ll keep you posted.
Thanks for the news tip Momma Bear!!
On Youtube last week a video appeared in which the user claimed that the video was a teaser for Bioshock 2. The video showed a slightly older little sister holding a doll that looks like a big daddy. As the video fades out, silhouettes and sky scrappers rise from the sand and a logo for Bioshock 2 appears, with the words “BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams.” After a week of uncertainty with no comment from the developer, 2k games finally released the trailer for public viewing. The trailer is available on the PS3, XBox360 and the PC. There has been speculation that the game may actually be available for all three systems.
Popsloader for 5.00 M33-2 and above has been released. Here are the details:
Requirements:
5.00 M33-2, it won’t work in 5.00 M33-1
New Features:
- Works on 5.00.
- Added 3.80, 3.90 and 4.01.Upgrade from older version of popsloader:
* Copy seplugins to memstick root folder replacing files.
* Dump 4.01 (choose decrypt all option in psardumper) and copy the file impose.prx in /seplugins/popsloader/ with that name (impose.prx, without numbers)Install from scratch:
* Copy seplugins to memstick root folder replacing files.
* Dump the desired firmware to extract the files needed (choose decrypt all option in psardumper).These are the files needed for each firmware:
3.02-3.03: /kd/pops.prx, /kd/popsman.prx, /kd/meaudio.prx, /vsh/module/pafmini.prx
3.10-3.30: /kd/pops.prx, /kd/popsman.prx, /vsh/module/pafmini.prx
3.40-4.01: /kd/pops.prx, /kd/popsman.prx, /vsh/module/pafmini.prx, /vsh/module/libpspvmc.prx* Copy the files to /seplugins/popsloader with firmware version as suffix (e.g. popsman.prx -> popsman380.prx)
* Additionally, no matter which pops you want to run, you have to get impose.prx from 4.01and
copy it to /seplugins/popsloader/ with the name impose.prx (no suffix).
You can download the popsloader for 5.00 M33-2 here.
Popcorn bug fixes
* Fixed bug that caused some games with certain icons not to work, and caused document.dat not to work.
* Fixed critical bug that caused continous corruption of psx games in RAM.
- Core bugfix: Fixed sctrlKernelSetInit* functions not working.
- M33 network update doesn’t work in 5.00 M33, fixed.
- Added the posibility of loading version information from the file flash0:/vsh/etc/version.txt
By default is disabled. If you enable it in recovery, you could for example dump 5.01 firmware,
copy the version.txt from it to the flash, and bypass firmware check restrictions like those that
may be in psn, etc.
This will also fake official network update (not m33 one), and running the update eboot (again, not m33 ones).
- Plugins configuration file format changed.
The new format is as follows:
* There is no more conf.bin file.
* Now each line in vsh.txt game.txt and pops.txt will have a 0 or a 1 at the end. 1 indicates
that the plugin will be loaded, 0 (or anything else) that it won’t be loaded.
Entering in recovery in 5.00 M33-2 wil automatically convert the old format configuration
to the new one (this may cause a delay first time you enter in plugins because of conversion).
- Added options under advanced configuration that allow enable/disable of plugins in a certain configuration.
By default they are enabled.
You can download the 5.00 M33-2 here
Mr Shizzy has released a 5.01 Easy Installer application for 5.00 M33. This application allows you to apply the fixes from the official 5.01 firmware to your 5.00 M33 firmware.
This is nothing more than a simple installer to apply the Sony 5.01 Firmware fixes to 5.00 m33. (There have been safety checks put in place, to prevent someone flashing this to the wrong firmware…) Some people don’t like manually flashing their PSP, so maybe they will find this helpful.
Download: 5.01for5.0M33_INSTALLER.rar
