Posts in category PS3 News
Call of Duty Black Ops: Annihiliation...
The latest downloadable content for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been released on the PS3.
Priced at £11.49 in the UK ($14.99 US), the new pack called Annihilation features 4 new maps and a free for all Zombie Nazi level.
You can download the content now from the Playstation Store in your respective country.
Call of Duty: Black Ops – Ann [...]
PS3 Firmware Update 3.30 Details
The latest Playstation 3 update was recently announced, and seems to be concentrating on Trophies – making them easier to sort out and/or sift through (for when you’re showing off!).
The details of the update are as follows (taken from the Playstation 3 Blog):
* Trophy enhancements – Now you can more easily sort trophies in the Tr [...]
250Gb PS3 Slim available to order
A 250Gb version of the PS3 Slim will be released from October 2nd 2009 in the UK for the price of £299.99.
The new PS3 with a massive 250Gb hard drive will retail at £50 more than the standard 120Gb PS3 Slim that has been available for a number of weeks now.
Sony’s recent introduction of the PS3 Slim and now this 250Gb huge hard drive [...]
Sony to launch The Tester reality-TV ...
Sony Entertainment are planning a unique reality TV show that will be aired over the PS3 Network in which one lucky individual will get to work as a games-tester for Sony.
‘The Tester‘ will involve a series of challenges, including gaming as well as finding out your knowledge of video games.
Sony describe it as:
This original prog [...]
PS3 Firmware 3.00 Details Revealed
Sony have recently accounced the details of the upcoming firmware 3.00 update for the PS3. The confirmed release date for this is the 1st September.
Here’s a list of the main features:
““What’s New” – The “Information Board” will be replaced with a “What’s New” section, which allows [...]
Uncharted 2 Trailer
Here at PS3 Pad we were massive fans of the first incarnation of Nathan Drake in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.
Game developers Naughty Dog have been busy working away on the sequel since late 2008, and we will move away from the gorgeous graphics of the Jungle to some downtown grittiness.
The game will feature more of the free movement t [...]
PlayStation Store – Update : 09...
The PS3 store will be updated later today and this is what will be added in this update.
Make sure you download the demo of Battlefield 1943 and have a look at the trailer for this game (click the HD tab when the video starts).
PlayStation 3 Stuff
Battlefield 1943 Pacific (Full game (£9.99) and 30 minute demo)
The game for this FPS is availa [...]
No PS3 Price Cut, says Sony
Sony insist there are no immediate plans for a price cut on the PS3 console to coincide with the expected release of the new Slimline version in the next couple of months.
Sony’s CEO, Howard Stringer, moved quickly to deny rumours that were growing on the internet.
This is in response to games developer, Activision, when their CEO sugge [...]
PlayStation home beta update
The shops now have extra clothing items, extra furniture items and you can now even buy yourself a new Summer House as the testing for the full release gathers pace.
We found the purchasing of items (all free at this stage!) to be seamless. You enter the store and choose your items adding them to a virtual basket. When you checkout you are [...]
Little Big Planet – levels dele...
Fury is growing amongst Little Big Planet players who are creating levels only to find them being deleted by the game’s creators, Media Molecule.
The row centres on the inclusion of some copyrighted materials included in the levels, usually in the form of pictures placed on to objects. However many levels have been rejected because the [...]
PS3 Firmware 2.5 rumours
The rumour mill on the Internet is in full swing once again. This time they are saying that the next firmware update for the PS3 (2.5) will include a screen grabbing feature, which supposedly will allow users to catch a moment in time of their greatest gaming moments, to either cherish or even brag about to other community members and friends [...]
LittleBigPlanet FREE goodies (YAY)
For those of you who are on the fence about wether to part with your hard earned for this game, Sony may have just the things to tempt you with. If you pre-order the game from certain retailers (to be disclosed at a future time), you will be able to choose one of the 4 totally unique gifts on offer.
However the details at the moment only invo [...]
LittleBigPlanet due in October?
The game that everybody has been talking about since after the release of the PS3 console, may actually be spinning around in our Blue-ray drives in a matter of weeks. The game is being developed by media molecule which is based in the UK and is rumoured to be available towards the back end of October 2008.
This would tie in nicely with the a [...]
New RTS game from Sega.
A new real-time strategy game called Stormrise is currently in development at Creative Assembly for the PS3.
Sega who will be the publisher of the game says on their web-site, “Experience the heat of the battlefield by leading your troops from the front line, instead of the traditional way of controlling the units from a detached view p [...]
Fatal Inertia download out next week?
That futuristic hover racer that was wowing Ps3 pundits long ago before the consoles release, with mouth watering graphics and physics, is finally rumoured to be out next week (July 15) on the PlayStation Store for you to download at your leisure.
The PlayStation version is said to have “new features and game-play tweaks,” over th [...]
Echochrome finally arrives on the PSN...
Today you will be able to download the FULL version of Echochrome for either the PS3 or the PSP, if you prefer to play your games on the move.
The download is available on the Europe store as we speak for a measly £6.99 for the PS3 version. The game has you trying to guide your poor crash dummy looking man from one side of a puzzle to the exi [...]
Try our NEW game price comparison now...
That’s right, just a little bit of information about the progress of the site. Some of you may have noticed that this site is constantly being tweaked and improved, slowly yet surely, and so i am pleased to inform you, that now available in our PS3 Shop section you will find a handy game, Blu-ray, console and accessories price compariso [...]
Working 2.40 firmware in sight!
Some of you may be aware that there was recent problems with the much awaited firmware 2.4 release for the Sony PS3. The problems supposedly consisted of crashing PS3′S and hanging XMB’S, although to save anybody from the possible heart ache, the firmware was pulled from the Playstation store soon after.
Not everyone who downloade [...]
New PS3 powered super computer.
A new supercomputer that has just been built and goes by the name ‘Road Runner’ is now the fastest known on the planet, and beats the previous record holder known as Blue Gene by twice the power. What has this got to do with the PS3 you may be asking.
Well the reason it can do this is partly due to the fabulous cell chip that can [...]
MGS4 tops UK charts.
I knew it and you knew it. Metal Gear Solid 4 was always going to sell big upon its release, but how big was anybody’s guess. Well it is now known that it has become the second fastest selling game of all time in the UK.
Although the title had sold more than Gran Turismo 5 in its first week and is number one in the charts, it still coul [...]
PS3 Firmware 2.4 almost here?
Those Internet rumours are at it again, and this time they are concerning what will be included in the next firmware update for the PS3 that will be 2.4. There is also speculation that it may be released in the not too distant future too.
Apparently the features that will be included if they are to be believed include:-
2D Trophy support
In [...]
FIRST PS3 BioShock screens…
It always seemed that Bioshock was a gaming jewel that only PC and Xbox owners would be able to enjoy, but as stated last week here at PS3pad.com, the game has now been announced for the PS3. These two shots are actually from the PS3 version which thankfully look just as good as the Xbox and PC versions of the game.
According to some sites, t [...]
The return of Oddworld’s Abe?
According to Internet rumours, Lorne Lanning who was the genius behind the Oddworld games on the PS1 and later the xbox, with titles such as Munches oddysee and Abe’s exodus, has apparently let slip that Oddworld Inhabitants is indeed working on a new Oddworld project.
It was thought that game development had ceased after the release of [...]
Street Fighter 4 coming to PS3..
Capcom, the makers of the legendary Street Fighter series has apparently now confirmed that Street Fighter 4 is heading to the PS3, as well as the PC and xbox 360 platforms.
This was always expected to be the case though, as no seasoned gamer should be without their next gen fix of a new street fighter game when one comes along.
The game is p [...]
Playstation ‘Trophies’ th...
An interesting thing has been spotted over on the US Playstation website on the PixelJunk Eden page. Down near the bottom where there are numerous features of the game listed (seen here), it can clearly be seen that there is a mention of ‘Trophy support’. To back this small bit of information up, there is currently new rumours abo [...]