Sonntag, 30. September 2007

PS3 External Hard Drive

Our internal 60gb PS3 hard drive is now down to under 3gb's in free space, so we wanted to see what our options are in increasing this. This is a nice tutorial we found on how to use an external SATA hd to replace the internal hd in the ps3.



What you'll need:
  • External SATA HD.
      •  external sata ps3

      • ps3 esata connector



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Samstag, 29. September 2007

Secret Agent Clank Update

Hi all. My name is Frank Simon and I’m a senior producer on Secret Agent Clank. I wanted to provide you all with a quick update on the game since we recently introduced it. Well, I’ve just returned to the states after my most recent trip to TGS and am suffering jet lag that always [...]

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Freitag, 28. September 2007

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Goes Gold, Demo Coming!

Hey everyone, I thought I would hop on and give you a quick update on where we’re at with Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. I’m happy to report that we’ve gone gold! The game is finished and will hit a store near you on October 30. As some of you know, this is [...]

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God of War: Chains of Olympus - Special Edition Demo Disc

What is up God of War fans? Sorry for the long hiatus but things have been crazy here at Casa De Kratosmuch to do. I thought I would come out of my somewhat self imposed media coma to let everyone know that the PSP demo discs are freaking done baby!!! As I type these words, [...]

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Jade Raymond and Assassins Creed at TGS07

Ubisoft's Jade Raymond, our most favorite game developer, discusses the features of Assassin's Creed at Tokyo Game Show 2007. The characteristic of each city, Acre, Jerusalem, and Damascus, is explained. She also describes the weapons and equipment progression in the game.



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available on Nov. 13.

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PlayStation Store Update

Hi, everyone. It’s time for the PLAYSTATION Store weekly update. We have two great PS3 demos this week: Clive Barker’s Jericho NBA 2K8 We also have a couple more add-ons. The first is a new vehicle for MotorStorm. This vehicle, the “Castro Capitano,” [...]

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Donnerstag, 27. September 2007

Portable Domination

Hey all! Im P.J. Snavely, senior producer for SCEA here in sunny San Diego. For everybody that read my last post on High Velocity Bowling and left comments, thank you very much. Im looking forward to the release of that title in the next few weeks. I also share time on another project thats [...]

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Soul Calibur IV TGS07

Here's the Tokyo Game Show 2007 Soul Calibur IV trailer in English from Namco Bandai. There are also some screen shots and illustrations from the game.


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Mittwoch, 26. September 2007

Gran Turismo 5: Prologue TGS07 Hands On

Here's a hands-on video of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue from Tokyo Game Show 2007 from the Sony Lounge. Jeuxfrance shows us an extensive look at GT5P at the Suzuka Circuit. You can see the user go to the showroom and select a car. He then goes to the garage and plays with the icons...oh please Home icon work!!! He then goes to the pits where you can select "Race Mode," "Time Trial Mode," and "Drift Trial." He selects "Race Mode" and goes through the car options.

The new in-car view looks great and you can see the driver shuffle his hands.




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LittleBigPlanet TGS07 Developer Walkthrough

Some new visuals from Tokyo Game Show 2007 of LittleBigPlanet. Unfortunately the audio is a bit muffled.

The first trailer introduces us to the "fluff" scoring system. It was coins with Mario, rings with Sonic, and marshmallows for LittleBigPlanet. The more fluff the more items you get to make game levels.

The race to beat the clock at the end was also cool.


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The second trailer shows LittleBigPlanet in edit mode. The ease of creation will make the game levels almost infinite.



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Firmware 1.92 Update Oddity

Here is the small blurb from Playstation.com about the 1.92 update.
New for 1.92: Playability status with the PS3 system has changed for some PlayStation2 format titles. To check on the latest status, visit the search site for compatible titles (coming soon).

This the only search site we are aware of, but is there a new one in the way? The PlayStation blog seems to indicate so:
A search site for looking up compatible titles is also in the works, as soon as its live, Ill publish a link to it here.

The odd thing about the update was that the system never asked for the Sixaxis controller to be connected to the PS3 via a usb cable.



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PS3 Dualshock 3 Game List

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Sony announced today that the PS3 will indeed get a Dualshock 3 Sixaxis controller, rumble and motion sensing gamepad. It will be released in Japan this November and in spring for North America and Europe. This is finally possible since Sony has settled with Immersion corporation about the use of rumble in it's controllers.

Here's a list of games that will support Dualshock 3 with a network upgrade.
Title name Manufacturer name
Van peat lot 2 Eye rem software engineering corporation
[vuanpaiarein] - Al tar DOS tweet the seed - Corporation AQ interactive
[banauto] paradise Electronic arts corporation
FIFA series (temporary) Electronic arts corporation
Devil May Cry 4 Capcom
BIOHAZARD 5 Capcom
Gee one jockey 42,007 Capcom
Truth three ? hit and miss 5 KOEI
Fatal Inertia KOEI
METAL GEAR ONLINE Konami
METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS Konami
? fire drafting Sega
Secret treasure of [anchiyatetsudoeru] [dorado] Sony Computer Entertainment
WARHAWK (war hawk) * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
echochrome unlimited corridor (temporary) Sony Computer Entertainment
Go! Sports Ski * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
STAR STRIKE HD * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
TOY HOME Sony Computer Entertainment
FolksSoul - Handing down which is lost - * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
BLAST FACTOR * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
Heavenly Sword * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
MotorStorm (motor storm) * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
Ratchet & crank FUTURE Sony Computer Entertainment
RESISTANCE (resistance)
Day ~ of ~ mankind ruin * 1
Sony Computer Entertainment
Dark Sector Corporation [deisuri] publisher


Here's a preliminary list of upcoming games that will support rumble with Dualshock 3.
Title name Manufacturer name
The Darkness 2K Games
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Activision
Soldier of Fortune Activision
BIOHAZARD 5 CAPCOM
Devil May Cry 4 CAPCOM
N-Cube Creat Studios
Warbit Creat Studios
Dark Sector D3 PUBLISHER
Turok Disney Interactive
Highlander Eidos
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Eidos
Burnout Paradise ELECTRONIC ARTS
FIFA franchise (title name TBD) ELECTRONIC ARTS
Legendary: The Box Gamecock
To End All Wars Ghostlight
RAGE id Software
WarDevil - Unleash the Beast Within Ignition Entertainment
Dynasty Warriors 6 KOEI
Fatal Inertia KOEI
METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS Konami
Blacksite: Area 51 Midway
TNA Wrestling Midway
Unreal Tournament 3 Midway
Wheelman Midway
Cops (codename and title name TBD) Pyro
Planet One (codename and title name TBD) Pyro
Heroes over Europe Red Mile Entertainment
Condemned 2 SEGA
Iron Man SEGA
The Club SEGA
The Crucible SEGA
The Incredible Hulk SEGA
Blast Factor * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
echochrome Sony Computer Entertainment
Elefunk Sony Computer Entertainment
Floklore * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
Go! Sports Ski * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
Heavenly Sword * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
High Velocity Bowling Sony Computer Entertainment
MLB 08: The Show Sony Computer Entertainment
MotorStorm * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
NBA 08 * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
PAIN Sony Computer Entertainment
Rat Race Sony Computer Entertainment
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Sony Computer Entertainment
Resistance: Fall of Man * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
Snakeball Sony Computer Entertainment
SOCOM: Confrontation Sony Computer Entertainment
Super Stardust HD * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
TOY HOME Sony Computer Entertainment
Uncharted: Drake' s Fortune Sony Computer Entertainment
Warhawk * 1 Sony Computer Entertainment
WipEout HD Sony Computer Entertainment
GirpShift Sony Online Entertainment
NBA 2K8 Take Two Sports
Destroy All Humans 3 THQ
Stuntman Ignition THQ
Assassin' s Creed UbiSoft
BEOWULF UbiSoft
HAZE UbiSoft
Tom Clancy' s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 * 1 UbiSoft
Tom Clancy' s Rainbow Six Vegas * 1 UbiSoft
Prototype Vivendi Games
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault ON Dark Athena Vivendi Games


Here's the PlayStation Japan's press release.



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PlayStation Store Update September 13, 2007

Here's the Thursday round-up of what's new at your nearest PSN store. There are 5 new demos for North America and 2 new games. Also a first, is a music download from the PSN store.

We said last time was the biggest ever? Well Sony Online Entertainment topped itself.




North America
  • Movie Trailers
    • Feel The Noise
  • Game Trailers
    • Everyday Shooter
    • High Stakes: Poker Edition
      • We hope this means more casino games!
    • Juiced 2 Hot Import Nights
    • Lair "Mastering the Beast"
    • Soul Calibur IV
    • Warhawk Release
  • Music - first time on the PlayStation Store.
    • Lair OST "Battle for Asylia"
  • Game Demos
    • Harry Potter The Order of the Phoenix
    • NHL 08
    • FIFA 08
    • Tony Hawks Proving Ground
    • Pixel Junk Racers
  • Full Games
    • High Stakes: Poker Edition $9.99
    • Pixel Junk Racers $6.99
United Kingdom
  • Game Trailers
    • Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Concept Movie C featuring the Lacer Evo X
    • LocoRoco Cocoreccho!
    • Lair Launch
  • Movie Trailers
    • The Invasion
  • Game Demos
    • NBA Live 2008
    • Harry Potter OOTP
    • FIFA 08
  • Game Add-ons
    • Ninja Gaiden Sigma: Weapon Master
Australia
  • Music Videos
    • Shannan Noll - Shine
    • Rogue Traders - Voodoo
  • Game Add-ons
    • Ninja Gaiden Sigma: Weapons Master
  • Game Trailers
    • LocoRoco Cocoreccho!
Japan
  • Game Add-ons
    • FolkSoul
  • Game Trailers
    • GT5 Prologue Concept C [Hong Kong's only new item.]
    • Heavenly Sword
  • Game Demos
    • Heavenly Sword: Nariko?
      • Not sure what this one is, but we downloaded it.



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Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction TGS07 Trailer

Here is the latest trailer for Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction from the Tokyo Game Show 2007.


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And what's new for the PS3?

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It is scheduled to be released on October 23, 2007.

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Heavenly Sword Video Review

Heavenly Sword, one of the most anticipated titles for the PS3, is coming out on September 12 and GameTrailers has a video review of it. We are generally against reviews but this video shows a lot of features from the game, maybe too much.



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60gb PS3 Sold Out At SonyStyle

If you took advantage of the PS3 for $349 Deal, you are to blame for depleting the 60gb PS3 stock at SonyStyle.com.

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from gamepro:
"We no longer have any inventory in SCEA warehouses. All inventory has been purchased and shipped to retailers," Sony's Dave Karraker said in an email.

"We don't have visibility as to if that is on their store shelves or in their warehouses at this time. However, based on inventory reports from our retailers, there is ample supply still left in the channel."

On Tuesday, it was revealed that Sony's online inventory had been fully depleted. In July, after slashing the PS3 price by $100, the company said that the now discontinued 60GB PS3 would be available for several months. At that point, Sony alluded that they may also reduce the price of the $599 80GB PS3 to $499 as many analyst expect.

"We won't be making any further announcements regarding our PS3 model hardware strategy in North America until the 60GB model is exhausted and market conditions are evaluated," the company said at the time.

If you act real fast, you can get the 80gb PS3 for $450.

Amazon still has the 60gb PS3 in stock, as seen in this deal.



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Rise From Lair Trailer

A new trailer from Factor 5's Rise From Lair, or just Lair, in Japanese. If you've never seen a dragon split open here's your chance.


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Lair will start shipping next week on Semptember 4th.



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Interactive Ray Tracing PS3



What is Interactive Ray Tracer for Cell Broadband Engine?

Interactive Ray Tracer for Cell Broadband Engine demonstrates the power of the Cell Broadband Engine for interactively ray tracing high-definition television (HDTV) images of complex scenes. Interactive Ray Tracer can run on both the Playstation 3 and QS20 Cell Broadband Engine-based platforms. A single Linux binary is supplied that renders the provided scene. Interactive Ray Tracer serves as an example to those interested in the digital media, graphic rendering, and high-performance computing aspects of the Cell Broadband Engine's capabilities.

Interactive Ray Tracer has been shown at three major conferences (Super Computing '06, Game Developer's Conference '07, and SIGGRAPH '07) and is now available as a downloadable demonstration for users with access to either Sony Playstation 3 or QS20 Cell Broadband Engine-based hardware. A demonstration model is provided, allowing users to animate in real time a three-dimensional, high-definition model using the tool.

Please also see the following:


Platform requirements

On Sony Playstation 3:

  • Operating system: Yellow Dog Linux 5.0.2
  • Software: Cell Broadband Engine SDK 2.0 or 2.1

On IBM BladeCenter QS20:

  • Operating system: Fedora Core Linux 6.0
  • Software: Cell Broadband Engine SDK 2.0 or 2.1

Installation instructions

Download and install the iRT-1.0 and iRT-scene-1.0 RPMs. The application and scene data will be located in /opt/ibm/iRT. Documentation and license are located in /usr/share/doc/iRT.


For further details, please see the irt_readme.pdf file.



You can read more and download the Interactive Ray Tracer for the PS3 at alphaworks.ibm.com.



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PS3 3D Gaming with Ridge Racer 7

A special version of Ridge Racer 7 is being used to test 3-d or stereoscopic gaming on the PlayStation 3. It utilizes 60 fps and 1080p. The formal showing will be at CEATEC Japan and Asiagraph in October. This is all we can gather since the source is in Japanese.

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How does it work? Here's a brief explanation from nhk-ts.co.jp.
Display image of Xpol TM system hi-vision liquid crystal 3D television (image)


Image for the left eye (scanning line of odd number turn eye)
Image for the right eye (scanning line of even number turn eye)
The image which it influences synthesizes (1080p/60)
Image for the left or right eye is indicated in every the one of the scanning line of the liquid crystal hi-vision television, (when viewing, the glasses of the polarized light which differs to left and right are used)


As for Xpol TM, (Inc.) registered trade mark of Arisawa factory



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Lair PSP Remote Play

Lair is the first North American title to allow Remote Play through the PSP. The analog stick is used for controls instead of the Sixaxis motion sensor on the PS3, which some have trouble with. Here's the post on the US PS3 forums, please laugh at the ridiculous responses. You will need a PSP with 3.5 firmware with Remote Play support.


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psp star wars battlefront

Mainichi Issho from Japan can also be play through Remote Play.
Mainichi Issho, literally translated as Everday Together, is a free "game" for the Playstation 3 system that can be downloaded from the Playstation Network Store.

The main character, is a white cat named Toro (previously from the Doko Demo Issho PocketStation game).

You can play some simple games against the computer or other players online, decorate Toro's room, buy stuff from the PSN store or Myali Store.



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PlayStation Store Updates August 30, 2007


North America
  • Movie Trailers
    • Bee Movie with Jerry Seinfeld
    • Beowulf
  • Game Trailers
    • Clive Barker's Jericho
    • Folklore Surviving the Netherworld
    • Making of Heavenly Sword No. 4
    • Heavenly Sword Anime No. 4
  • Game Demos
    • All-Pro Football 2K8
    • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008
    • Nascar 08
    • Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
  • Game Downloads
    • Warhawk $39.99
    • Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo $9.99
    • Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Online $29.99
Europe (UK, Australia)
  • Warhawk 19.99
Japan (HK)
  • Game Add-ons
    • My Summer Vacation 3
    • Ninja Gaiden Sigma - A new mode called "Survivor." The first theme of Survivor network play is "Weapon Master." As the name implies, you must master a limited number of weapons to clear five levels of Survival. Learn the special properties of each weapon to eliminate as many enemies as possible.
    • FolksSoul
  • PlayStation for PS3 and PSP
    • Athena
    • Sonic Wings Special
    • A Banpresto game with Japanese characters coming out of a mirror.
    • Ape Escape (PS3 Only)
    • An IREM Software game?
    • Prismaticallization
    • A Sunsoft game pack - 3 games.



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