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 [...]
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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 [...]
PS3 v 360 its Europe v USA
Despite a 16 month disadvantage, Sony have overhauled Microsoft in Europe but in the US the XBox 360 remains in front of the PS3 but the gap is decreasing.
Due to initial production problems Sony decided to release the PS3 firstly in the US in late 2006, with the European launch four months later in Spring 2007. This decision was proved corr [...]
Unreal Tournament III – Review
What is it all about?
Unreal Tournament III is a first person shooter from Epic games, the very makers of the much acclaimed Gears of War game. The game itself is produced using the now widely acclaimed Unreal Engine 3, which is one of the most powerful game engines available to game developers today.
The game is mainly based on an online asp [...]
PS3 more developer friendly?
It finally seems that developers have ‘tamed the beast’, that is the Sony PS3, in that they are finally able to harness it’s true power within. Ps3 fans have been treated to inferior or at least ‘on par’ conversions of titles with the Xbox 360, when it came to a game’s graphics, since the machine was releas [...]
PS3 sales looking strong.
The Sony CEO Howard Stringer is said to be confident in the new PS3 momentum, which was partly due to the recent success at retail over the holiday period, by all three playstation formats, namely PS2, PS3 and of course PSP. During the christmas period, it is said that each playstation format managed to sell through 1 million units each. This [...]
Pro Evolution Soccer ready to storm F...
Pro Evolution Soccer’s debut on the PS3 will attempt to knock the FIFA 08 franchise off course in an anticipated demo released this Thursday on the PlayStation Online store.
FIFA 08 is the first football game released on the PS3 of note and is released on Friday 28th September. Demo’s of PES 08 have already landed on XBox Live [...]
Buy the PS3 now – or face a Chr...
With Christmas 2007 approaching fast, many consumers are already taking advantage of some of the fantastic discounts on the PS3 by retailers in the UK.
It is believed September will be the UK’s second biggest month (behind launch month) in terms of PS3 sales, with sales levels rising at the August Bank Holiday.
Many retailers are now bu [...]
Grand Theft Auto IV: Special Edition
GTA 4: Special Edition pre-orders are currently being taken and stock is not expected to last of these unique versions of the PS3 Game.
Grand Theft Auto 4 is to be released by RockStar on the 19th October 2007. A limited edition version of the game will be available and will come packaged in a metal Safe Deposit box.
Inside this Safe Deposit [...]
Games heading to the PlayStation 3 in...
The PlayStation 3 has been out for a number of months now in the UK and Europe, and around 8 months in the US.
This post contains a list of PS3 games planned for release in PAL regions for the rest of this year:
August 2007
SingStar Next Gen PS3
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Warhawk
Madden NFL 2008
September 2007
FIFA 2 [...]
Little Big Planet – PS3 Trailer
Little Big Planet, a game we mentioned earlier in the year, is heading over to the PS3 shortly, and is set to break all the rules of modern gaming.
A full preview will be on the site shortly but in the meantime have a look at the online video trailer of the game in which ‘you create the game!’
Weird – but brilliant…
v [...]
PS3 Special Offer with Argos – ...
PS3 Software Version 1.90 Update R...
Sony have today launched an official PlayStation 3 Software update – taking the PS3′s system software to version 1.90 and allowing users to utilise some new features including the ability to change the PS3 desktop background or wallpaper.
PS3 Software 1.90 – Major Changes
The most significant and noticeable change for PS3 fa [...]
Call of Duty 4 – Preview Traile...
The next installment of Call of Duty is set to take on a more modern battle scenario than the previous versions.
Here’s a brief gameplay clip to whet your appetite.
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Singstar PS3 Review
One of the PlayStation’s favourite game brands is heading to the PlayStation 3. The game will be released on December 7th 2007 and will be available either with mics (RRP £44.99) or without (RRP £24.99).
Read the full preview below and then find out to pre-order and get 15% off those RRP’s on one of the PlayStation’s best mu [...]
Blazing Angels
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII is a flight combat game released by Ubisoft during the second fiscal quarter of 2006, for both the North American and European regions for the Xbox 360.
The game features 42 different World War II planes and allows the player to take part in numerous famous events (18 missions) from the war as a fictional squ [...]
Competition: Win any PS3 game you wan...
To celebrate the launch of the PS3 Pad forum we are going to give YOU the chance of winning any PS3 game that you want.
To enter this competition simply sign up to our forum which is free to register and start posting!
If you are one of the first 150 people to register then we will randomly select one of our forum users and we will ask you wh [...]
The Simpsons are coming to PS3
The Simpsons are coming THIS CHRISTMAS to a PlayStation 3 NEAR YOU, or a Xbox 360, or a PlayStation 2, or a Wii, or a DS, and even the PlayStation Portable. (Phew)
I can remeber back when i was a wee lad and ‘The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants’, and Krusty’s Super Fun House was all i used to play on my sega megadrive. [...]
Playstation Home shots leaked
With invitations having been sent out now for the closed beta, the very first internet primed shots of PlayStation Home are starting to leak from the wonderweb – and for your viewing pleasure here they are.
These shots seem to show what the my space esque action will look like while you wonder around the huge virtual world trying to mak [...]
New Little Big Planet Demo?
Sony is, according to the wonder web, being rumoured to be working on a downloadable demo for the excellent Little Big Planet title that was unveiled at GDC earlier this year.
The game has you starting off with a blank canvess and allows you to create pretty much anything you want. While all of the time the objects that you use all have real [...]
Assassins Creed
Assassin’s Creed is a video game in development by Ubisoft. First shown as Project Assassin at Microsoft’s X05 event, at the E32006 trade show, it was officially announced for the PS3, to be released in 2007 using the name Assassin’s Creed.
Later on, Ubisoft also announced that the game was coming to the PC and Xbox 360. The [...]
PS3 Home beta fully subscribed and ru...
The first stage beta trial of Sony’s impressive new ‘Home’ interactive environment has begun closed beta testing in most parts of the world.
15,000 European gamers were selected by Sony, who made the trial available from the last day of April. Around 15,000 PS3 users are involved in this early stage of the trial.
We expect, [...]
The Terminator (Blu-Ray)
The Terminator (1984) put James Cameron on the map as a master of action and special effects, while at the same time making Arnold Swarzenegger into the all out action hero star of the the 80′s.Although the budget for the film was low by the standards in those days, Cameron still created a realistic future world for the terminators to f [...]
Sony and Microsoft enter UK advertisi...
Microsoft have upped their advertising budget in the United Kingdom in recent weeks in a bold attempt to ensure that their XBox 360 remains high visibility in the weeks leading up to the launch of Sony’s ground-breaking PlayStation 3.
Senior chiefs at Microsoft believe that following the first few days to weeks in which the PlayStation [...]
Lair (PS3 Game Preview)
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 titl [...]