Archive for August, 2008

New PSP Has Lower Battery Life

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 31 - 2008

In the recent article posted on here regarding the new PS3 and PSP models, a rumour about an improved battery was hinted at. Unfortunately, John Koller who is speaking on behalf of SCEA, has come out... [Read Full Story]

PSN Store Update (US) 28/08/08

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 30 - 2008

The US PSN store update this week is quite similar to the recent EU update. The best item again is the Warhawk add-on pack, Operation Fallen Star. Unless of course you don’t already own any of the... [Read Full Story]

PSN Store Update (EU) 28/08/08

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 29 - 2008

Thursday has been and gone again, so has the Sony Store pixie leaving a trail of items for us all. Bit of an iffy update, some reasonable things in the list, for instance The Last Guy is now available... [Read Full Story]

Official PAL Resistance 2 Boxart

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 28 - 2008

UK semi-official (their own words) PS3 blog, Three Speech, has posted an image, which it claims is the official cover art for the PAL version of Resistance 2. The game cover is available for your viewing... [Read Full Story]

Immersion Pays Microsoft $20 Million

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 28 - 2008

The company behind force-feedback (rumble) in many video game controllers has been ordered to cough up $20.75 million. The litigation between Immersion and Microsoft, which has been ongoing since June... [Read Full Story]

PSN Game, Savage Moon, Detailed

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 27 - 2008

A new game set to launch on the PSN store has been announced on the PlayStation.Blog. The game is called Savage Moon and is a tower defence game. First thoughts are to expect a PixelJunk Monsters rip-off;... [Read Full Story]

RUMOUR: PS3 2.5 Firmware Feature

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 26 - 2008

CVG is reporting the first publicised feature set to appear in the (presumably) next update for the PlayStation 3. The new firmware will supposedly allow gamers to take screenshots in game and save them... [Read Full Story]

European PS3’s Getting PS2 Emulation

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 25 - 2008

The guys over at The Sixth Axis have posted information suggesting PS2 software emulation may be coming to PlayStation 3’s lacking the hardware.  Since the 60GB PS3 was discontinued, there has been... [Read Full Story]

PSN Store Update (US) 22/08/08

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 24 - 2008

The US PSN store update is on par with the EU PSN one, receiving the Ratchet & Clank game and STAR WARS The Force Unleashed demo. As mentioned in the European store update post, I am very keen to... [Read Full Story]

PSN Store Update (EU) 22/08/08

Posted by Stefan Crowe On August - 23 - 2008

SCEE have done us proud this week, for the second time in a row the European PlayStation store has been half-decent. We finally get our chance to play through the Ratchet and Clank spin-off/expansion/sequel... [Read Full Story]