Ratchet & Clank Future Developer Diary #5 & Official Launch Day News

Part five of our six part Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction developer video diary series focuses on a group that, in games, is the most overlooked (and, at times, unfairly blamed for problems) yet is also one of the most essential. Namely: QA (quality assurance) or testing. As a change of pace, [...]

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MGS4 Details from OPM UK

Here's a scan of Official PlayStation Magazine UK featuring Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The writer describes the demo stage he played and the new features of MGS4 he used. The article also shows the cast:

• The Rat Patrol
• Ed
• Jonathan
• Johnny Sasaki
• Meryl Silverburgh
• Rex, Otacon aka Hal Emmerich
• Haven Trooper
• Raiden
• Sunny
• Colonel Roy Campbell
• Vamp
• Dr. Naomi Hunter
• Liquid Ocelot
  
• Drebin
• Little Gray
• The Mechs
• Metal Gear Ray
• Metal Gear Rex
• Metal Gear Gekko
• The Beauty and The Beast Unit
• Screaming Mantis
  
• Laughing Octopus
• Raging Raven
• Crying Wolf
  

Some of the weapons:

• M4SOPMOD Carbine (cut off)
  
• Sleep Gas Mine
• M14EBR Sniper Rifle
• M64E Heavy Machine Gun
• Springfield Operator Hand Gun
• Stun Knife
• Javeline Missile

As the article states...."Roll on next March."

In case the images get hosed - here are the links.

• MGS4 on OPM UK 1
• MGS4 on OPM UK 2
• MGS4 on OPM UK 3
• MGS4 on OPM UK 4
• MGS4 on OPM UK 5
• MGS4 on OPM UK 6

Thanks jeuxfrance!

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Happy Halloween from Naughty Dog! New Uncharted trailer

Hello again! Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune has gone off to manufacturing, and we thought wed celebrate by giving everyone an early Halloween treat a brand new trailer, highlighting some of the games finished environments and teasing out just a bit more of the story. [...]

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Ratchet & Clank Future Developer Diary #4

For today’s dev video diary we’re talking with Giac (pronounced Jack). Giac Veltri that is. Giac is a tools programmer at Insomniac, working primarily on disc creation and localization. Which, come final time, makes Giac a very popular man at Insomniac with common inquiries of “where is the new build” and “why isn’t the game [...]

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October Blu-ray Releases

Here are the rest of October 2008 blu-ray releases. It looks to be Stanley Kubrick's month.

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Rock Band Licensed Track List Videos

Here are the videos of confirmed licensed tracks in EA's Rock Band.

• Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter"
• Aerosmith "Train Kept A Rollin"
• The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
• Boston "Foreplay/Long Time"
• Mountain "Mississippi Queen"
• The Police "Next to You"
• David Bowie "Suffragette City"
• Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
• Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper"
• The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop"
• Deep Purple "Highway Star"
• KISS "Detroit Rock City"
• Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"
• The Outlaws "Green Grass & High Tides"
• Sweet "Ballroom Blitz"
• Rush "Tom Sawyer"
• Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"
• The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
• Faith No More "Epic"
• R.E.M. "Orange Crush"
• Iron Maiden "Run to the Hills"
• Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"
• Metallica "Enter Sandman"
• Nirvana "In Bloom"
• Stone Temple Pilots "Vasoline"
• Weezer "Say It Ain't So"
• Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock"
• Radiohead "Creep"
• Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
• Hole "Celebrity Skin"
• Garbage "I Think I'm Paranoid"
• Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"
• The Hives "Main Offender"
• Queens of the Stone Age "Go With the Flow"
• The Strokes "Reptilia"
• Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
• OK Go "Here It Goes Again"
• Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds"
• Pixies "Wave of Mutilation"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"
• Coheed & Cambria "Welcome Home"
• Fallout Boy "Dead on Arrival"
• The Killers "When You Were Young"
• New Pornographers "Electric Version"
• Bang Camaro "Pleasure (Pleasure)"

This should be better, embeding each video was way too demanding.

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Rock Band Licensed Track List Videos

Here are the videos of confirmed licensed tracks in EA's Rock Band.

Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter"

Aerosmith "Train Kept A Rollin"

The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"

Boston "Foreplay/Long Time"

Mountain "Mississippi Queen"

The Police "Next to You"

David Bowie "Suffragette City"

Black Sabbath "Paranoid"

Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper"

The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop"

Deep Purple "Highway Star"

KISS "Detroit Rock City"

Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"

The Outlaws "Green Grass & High Tides"

Sweet "Ballroom Blitz"

Rush "Tom Sawyer"

Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"

The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"

Faith No More "Epic"

R.E.M. "Orange Crush"

Iron Maiden "Run to the Hills"

Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"

Metallica "Enter Sandman"

Nirvana "In Bloom"

Stone Temple Pilots "Vasoline"

Weezer "Say It Ain't So"

Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock"

Radiohead "Creep"

Beastie Boys "Sabotage"

Hole "Celebrity Skin"

Garbage "I Think I'm Paranoid"

Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"

The Hives "Main Offender"

Queens of the Stone Age "Go With the Flow"

The Strokes "Reptilia"

Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"

OK Go "Here It Goes Again"

Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds"

Pixies "Wave of Mutilation"

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"

Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"

Coheed & Cambria "Welcome Home"

Fallout Boy "Dead on Arrival"

The Killers "When You Were Young"

New Pornographers "Electric Version"

Bang Camaro "Pleasure (Pleasure)"

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Ratchet & Clank Future Developer Diary #3

For the third developer video diary, we’re shifting our focus to the more technical aspects of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - which brings us to Mark Lee. Mark is one of the few… the proud… the engine programmers. Mark and the rest of the engine team are responsible for creating the [...]

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Hack Eye of Judgement Cards?

Do you see the black symbols or bars on the top and the bottom of each Eye of Judgment card? What if you just copied those symbols or made your own? It is rumored that the PlayStation Eye and Eye of Judgment cannot distinguish between an authentic card or one that is hand drawn. Unfortunately we do not have Eye Of Judgment to test this theory out.

But it looks like Kotaku has received information that this may be possible. They also report that copied and printed cards work in the game. See the images below.

Hand Drawn Eye Of Judgment Card

Printed EOJ Card

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PlayStation Brings SingStar and Buzz to New Orleans Kids

A few of us just got to New Orleans for Voodoo Music Experience. We have sponsored the event for the past 8 years because, as a company, we believe that music and art are a very important part of life. We spent Thursday morning at the New Orleans Children’s Hospital outfitting the kids with PlayStation [...]

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SingStar PlayStation 2 Packs: Get Em While Theyre Hot

I’m happy to tell you that the limited edition SingStar PlayStation2 Pack will begin hitting some store shelves this weekend and will become available everywhere by November 4. This pack offers a great value at $149.99 and includes a limited edition Ceramic White PlayStation 2 system, the full SingStar Pop game and two microphones. This [...]

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PlayStation Store Update

Hey, everyone. Its time again for the PLAYSTATION Store weekly update.Downloadable GamesEyeCreate (Free)PLAYSTATION Eye required. Capture, edit and share your own video creations with the EyeCreate video editing software. Using EyeCreate and the PLAYSTATION Eye camera, you can record videos, snap photos, capture audio and edit it all together for a custom video you can [...]

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Ratchet & Clank Future Developer Diary #2

Previously on Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction: The Developer Diaries, Brian Hastings discussed what Insomniac hoped to accomplish with the games story. Today’s dev video diary features TJ Fixman, who is the head writer at Insomniac. TJ does what any good writer does; he takes a rough concept or idea and breathes life [...]

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PLAYSTATION Eye: Your Questions Answered

Hello everyone! The PLAYSTATION Eye is beginning to hit store shelves. Be sure to check it out and download your free EyeCreate software on the PLAYSTATION Network. Sarah Stocker did a great job of summarizing all of the great technology and features included in the PLAYSTATION Eye last week. I’m here to help answer some [...]

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Pre-Order the 40gb PlayStation 3

So you decided that the 40gb PlayStation 3 is for you using our simple guide. It's now available for pre-order on Amazon for $399.99 with free shipping and no tax. It will come with Spiderman 3, which will also be released next week.

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SOCOM Tactical Strike Goes Gold!

Hi everyone! I am pleased to announce that SOCOM Tactical Strike for PSP has gone gold! The game is done, and will be on shelves in North America on November 6th. This is Slant Sixs inaugural release, and the whole studio is very excited! This game has been two years of hard work, and we [...]

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GT5 Prologue Menu Translations

Game Options Menu

PS3 Sixaxis Controller Menu

Main Options Screen

Sound Options Menu

DualShock 3 Menu

Steering Wheel Selection

Steering Wheel Options Menu

From our friends at gtplanet.net

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Warhawk 1.1 Patch Escapes Early

Warhawk Community … I swear there was supposed to be text with the headline above (for those who saw this post before 8pm PT). What I meant to say was …This afternoon, some of our US players were inadvertently able to download the v1.1 patch prior to its official, worldwide deployment. This problem has been [...]

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Ratchet & Clank Future Developer Diary #1

With the official release of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction imminent (and the unofficial release date already passed), we’ve got a series of developer video diaries we’d like to share with you. For our first entry, we focus on one Brian Hastings, who is the Chief Creative Officer at Insomniac Games. Brian contributed [...]

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Uncharted: Drakes Fortune Update - AI & Animation

As one of the programmers on Uncharted: Drakes Fortune I’d like to give you some insight into the development process in creating the games characters.We are a very small team creating the enemies here at Naughty Dog. Therefore we needed to be smart about how we approach creating the characters and deciding where to spend [...]

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Ratchet and Clank Reviews Are In

Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction reviews are rolling in from various sites.

• 9 from gametrailers. (above)
  
• 9.4 from ign.
• 90 from metacritic.
  

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Which PS3 to Buy?

Here is a simplified chart of the differences between each of the (4) PlayStation 3 models.

	USB 2.0 Ports	Memory Card Slots	Wireless Capability	PS2 Game Compatibility
60 gb $499	4x	Yes	Yes	Full
80 gb $499	4x	Yes	Yes	Partial
40 gb $399	2x	No	Yes	No
20 gb	4x	No	No	Full

Here's a complicated one by wired.com.


Each of the (4) ps3 models share the following capabilities:

• CPU
• Cell Broadband Engine

• GPU
• RSX

• Memory
• 256MB XDR Main RAM 256MB GDDR3 VRAM

• HDD
• 2.5" Serial ATA (User Replaceable)
  

• Communication
• Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
  Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
  Wireless Controller Bluetooth (up to 7)

• AV Output
• Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
  HDMI**: HDMI out - (x1 / HDMI)
  Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
  Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
  Blu-ray/DVD/CD DRIVE "read only"

We believe that the $499 60gb ps3 is still the best available.

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PlayStation Pro Event Recap

Hi Im Abigail Murphy, just stopping in to give you the scoop on the PlayStation Pro, which took place this past weekend at the Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida. For those who arent familiar, the PlayStation Pro is the fifth and final stop of the AST Dew Tour, the pro action sports tour that features [...]

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Warhawk v1.2 Patch

Ok … so last week I posted about our v1.1 patch which mainly dealt with core stats and connection issues. Today, Id like to let all of you know whats included in the v1.2 patch that is being tested right now.Patch v1.2 addresses some main requests that our community has made as well as fixes [...]

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Gran Turismo TV In Action

If you have downloaded the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Demo, you will now see that the GT TV icon is active. You will see a little NEW tag on it, letting you know there is content available.

The first three available videos are in standard definition. They are from Best Motoring, Autobacs Super GT, and D1 Grand Prix. Here is a quick video showing the screens and the download process.

This shows how easily IPTV can be integrated with the PS3, as they are doing in South Korea in November.

KT, Korea's dominant telecom operator, and Sony Computer Entertainment Korea (SCEK) will launch an Internet-based TV service in November that runs on the PlayStation 3 game console, the companies said Tuesday.

The PS3 console will act as a set-top box for KTs Internet Protocol TV service (IPTV), named Mega TV. The companies didnt disclose the detailed price plans for the service.

IPTV is a high-definition TV broadcasting service that allows users to download programs via broadband Internet and play them on TVs at any time they want. KT and Hanaro Telecom are two IPTV providers in South Korea.

The PlayStation3 is a powerful computing machine itself, equipped with large data storage, fast graphic processor and a Blue-Ray disc driver. It is the first time that Sony has made such an alliance to use the PS3 as an IPTV set-top box.

``With this partnership, Mega TV will include high-definition games and Blue-Ray media in its periphery, said Lee Young-hee, chief of the Media Center at KT. ``We will seek more cooperation with SCEK to create synergy.

The PlayStation series is the worlds best-selling video game platform. But the PS3 has been struggling in the U.S. and Japanese markets while its rival Nintendo is faring well with the cheaper Wii game machine.

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80gb PS3 $399.

Since Sony has dropped the price on the 80gb PS3 Motorstorm bundle, we can now use their credit card and get it for $399.

Get a $100 card credit after your first purchase of $299 or more¹.

Don't settle for an ordinary credit card. Enjoy more points, more savings, more prizes and more fun with Sony Card. Get instant approval and a $100 card credit after your first Sony Card purchase of $299 or more! No annual fee and 0% APR for 12 months.

So here's what to do:

1. Click on this link 80gb Sony PS3.
2. Click on "Add to Cart" below the new $499 price.
   
3. Shopping cart screen - click on "Proceed to Checkout" on the top right.
   
4. Checkout | Registration screen. Under the Flexible Payment Options - click on the graphic.
5. A new window will pop up. Read it. Click on the "Apply Now" button.
6. A third window will pop up with the application. Read it. Fill it out and click the "Submit for Decisioning" button when the form is complete.
7. If you are approved you will receive the Account #, Expiration Date and CVV2 Number on screen. Write all this information down.
8. Go back to the Checkout window and complete the Shipping Information.
9. Complete the Billing Information using the information from Step 7.
10. Review the items in your cart.
11. Confirm your order. You will be charged sales tax and shipping of $15. (You can go to the Sony Style Store in Delaware or Oregon and save both charges.)
12. You should receive a $100 credit in your statement in 8-12 weeks, making the 60gb Sony PS3 $399 + tax + shipping.
    

And don't forget your 5 free blu-ray movies. Here's the rebate form. This offer expires on January 31, 2008.

Or you can get the 80 gb ps3 from amazon for $499 shipped, no tax.

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GT5 Prologue Demo Video

Here's a quick and dirty video of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Demo.

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Warhawk v1.1 Patch and Arbiters

Hey everyone, its been awhile since I last made a post here. The team and I have been cranking away on support and updates for Warhawk and I thought it’d be a good idea to give you all an update as to what the hell we’ve been up to.So … since my last post, we’ve [...]

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Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Coming Soon(er)

As frequent Playstation.Blog readers will remember, about two weeks back we announced Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction had gone gold and would ship to stores Oct 30th. Well, due to some unexpected quickness at the factory, a vast majority of retailers have already received the game. With that, some retailers are choosing [...]

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PlayStation Store Update

Hey, everyone. Its time again for the PLAYSTATION Store weekly update.Demos* Folklore “PlayStation Underground” Demo (free) - Dive deeper into the world of Folklore with the new Folklore PlayStation Underground demo where you will learn more about the characters and story of the game as you sample the games animated comic book-like cut scenes and [...]

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40GB PS3 Coming Nov. 2, Price Reduced For 80GB Model

With all the speculation and buzz out there regarding the 40GB PS3 announcements in Japan and Europe, I am very excited to confirm that the new $399 PS3 model will be coming to North America on November 2nd, making that particular configuration available worldwide. In North America, the 40GB PS3 comes bundled with the block-buster [...]

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Medal Of Honor Airborne 10 Min. Video

Here is the first 10 minutes of Medal of Honor Airborne. In the video your character goes through parachute training and then is sent on his first mission.

The first mission is in Sicily, Italy to go against the Regio Esercito under Mussolini. Your objective is to take out several anti-aircraft guns and an evil typewriter.

MOH Airborne will be released on November 19. Perfect for Thanksgiving when grandpa comes over and can relive the war through the Sixaxis.

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40gb PS3 October 28th Release?

Gamingbits has some pictures of a Target Store scanner showing a 40gb PlayStation 3 for $399. There are also screens showing an in-store date of October 28th, which is less than 2 weeks from now. Is this release date rumor or fact?

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