There has been much critisism about how Lair had controlled previously, in that you either loved it or hated it. However with the addition of this new patch, and new control methods, it may gain many more new followers, and also give hardened players who originally bought the game, an excuse to dust it off and try to beat those high scores.

The patch can apparently be downloaded directly via the Playstation store or from an auto update feature when you start up the game.

I personally recommend that you should pick this game up if you already have not done so. I was one of those people who loved it from the get go, and with the addition of this new patch to add analogue control, it should satisfy those that were originally put off by only having the six axis control method the first time around. You can grab Lair for the fantastic price of £29.99 here.

UPDATE: The new Lair patch for Europe is NOW AVAILABLE (as of 15th April). To receive the patch, just put in the game disc, and a screen will prompt you to download it, all 147mb of it.

Lair is an action game, in which you will control the flight and actions of a dragon – using the tilt functions on the PlayStation 3.

In the game you will play the role of a Knight, a member of a secret society who fly dragons in combat. The game is being developed by Factor 5, and although there will be no online multiplay of the title, they have confirmed this is a possibility for a potential game sequel depending upon the appeal of the game.

Lair will make full use of the Playstation 3′s capabilities

- running at the maximum 1080p resolution, and

- with 7.1 digital surround sound

The graphics for the title are truly impressive with complex real time rendering of waves, clouds, rain – you get the picture.

Controls

Using the Sixaxis controller for the game is set to be truly revolutionary.

The X button will flap the dragon’s wings (increasing speed etc)

The direction of movement will be controlled by the tilt of the controller. Slamming down the controller will force the dragon to stamp his feet – creating a shock-wave which will affect your enemies. Moving the controller back and forward will ‘slash’ at your enemies.

From what we have heard and seen we think this will be one of the land-mark games in the early phase of PS3 development.

Watch this space…