Sony are really pushing 3D gaming now, saying that it will revolutionise gaming.
“The fact that we have a team dedicated to stereoscopic 3D gaming shows that we are taking this very seriously…We believe that stereoscopic 3D is possibly going to be the biggest revolution in gaming for many years to come.”
“If you think that the movie Avatar revolutionised cinema just wait to see what 3D games will do…We aim to lead the way wherever we can.”
We only have the Game of the Year edition of Batman Arkham Asylum as out only 3D game at the moment, but it seems that we can look forward to something more amazing, hopefully without those damn glasses.
The dev team for the huge online mutilplayer game MAG, have released this video to give us a glimpse! Sony say that it will “give you an insight into some of the cool characters and weapons, different areas of conflict and the true scale and intensity of the combat”.
Infamous is a free roaming platform game with a twist of Superhero/Supervillain thrown in for good measure. Can Sucker punch make the first steps into the Next gen Continue Reading
European Playstation 3 users will have to check their update today, because the Vidzone service will be going live with the PSN update!
If you don’t know what it is, then you should read below!
VidZone, the revolutionary on-demand music video service for PLAYSTATION3 (PS3) from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, is confirmed to go live on Thursday 11th June. VidZone is a brand new, free service that gives you the freedom to view thousands of music videos on demand by streaming them directly to your PS3 and onto your TV screen – complete with Surround Sound.
It’s launching with a bang and it’s packed with a huge library of over 10,000 videos. What does that mean? It means that if you put them all into a single playlist and watched it for 24 hours a day, seven days a week – it would take you three solid weeks to watch it all. And there’s much, much more on the way.
VidZone is completely free and extremely easy to use. Just download the free VidZone application from PlayStationStore, find it under the ‘music’ icon on your PS3’s XrossMediaBar menu and you’re away. You don’t have to watch somebody else’s choice of music – you’re in complete control here. Select single videos to watch on their own – with the option of rewinding and fast-forwarding – or create your own library of streaming music and make custom playlists for every occasion.
Whether you want a playlist for a living-room workout or a house party – or whether you just want to check out your favourite musician’s dance moves or guitar fretwork – VidZone gives you all the options and puts you in complete control. You can even create a playlist via PSP (PlayStationPortable) and have it waiting for you on PS3 when you get home.
With major music labels on board as well as thousands of independents, you can count on getting the latest videos from the biggest names – including regular exclusives and world premieres. A first glance at a sample VidZone playlist reveals videos from artists including Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears, Fatboy Slim, Black Eyed Peas, Glasvegas, Dizzee Rascal, P!nk, Noisettes, Ne-Yo, Armand van Helden, Tori Amos and Akon, among others – but that’s just a few. With 10,000 videos on there and more to come, you’ll find what you’re into.
Set to transform the music video experience, VidZone joins Blu-ray movies, music, digital TV, games and Internet one more reason to make PS3 the centre of your home entertainment experience. Download VidZone from PlayStationStore on June 11th and put yourself in control. Find out more at www.vidzoneps3.com.
Sony’s Director of Hardware Marketing, John Koller spoke out about the Slim PS3 rumours today, in an interview withArs Technica.
He said: “I think we have a tremendous story to tell today and I think the path that we’re trying to lead is much different than Microsoft or Nintendo. We view a little bit of a different future. Who’s going to get to the future first? I think that’s a more interesting story than ‘I found some packaging in China that may or may not…’ you know, personally I don’t see that as a story.” There still seems to be no confirmation (or denial) officially, but supposedly when asked about the Slim, his body language was “adversarial”.
Well, maybe sometime soon they’ll tell us something!
It seemed that Sony decided to keep some things quiet at their E3 show this year, but still announced some awesome titles, and a brand spanking new PSP Continue Reading
This Autumn, will see the release of a brand new and redesigned PSP Console, the PSP Go! Take a look below at the specs and a nice little video.
* 3.8-inch display (resolution is undisclosed)
* 43 percent lighter than the PSP-3000
* 16GB of Flash storage
* Bluetooth built-in; supports handset tethering and BT headsets
* No UMD drive
* Memory Stick Micro slot
* New Gran Turismo, Little Big Planet and new Metal Gear Solid (!) on the way
* Full PlayStation Network support (movie and TV rentals / purchases)
* Integration with PlayStation 3 (works the same as the PSP-3000 does)
* Sony views each of its products as “10-year lifecycle products,” so the PSP “needs to live on.”
Sony have unveiled the Aino phone, which will have PS3 compatibility. It will be able to act like a PSP by using Remote Play, and can access content stores on the console. It will also be able to interact with Freeview add on, PlayTv.
“Media Home and Remote Play with PlayStation 3 are key steps in broadening the entertainment experiences users can enjoy on their Sony Ericsson phone and gives a taste of our vision of the future,”
Silent Hill: Homecoming has been out in the US for a siginificant amount of time now, so being the Silent Hill fanboy that I am, I decided to import it before it’s initial UK release on February 27th. It was definately worth it!
I am not going to give away any of the story, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet and stick to the mechanics of the game. The game keeps up with Silent Hill tradition and is VERY atmospheric. Although you don’t start off the game in Silent Hill, you are in a very similar town, and it’s still creepy as hell. The movement is fluid and the controls are handled very well, with inventory screens being opened by holding the L1 or R1 buttons and a map (seeing that you have found one) being opened with Triangle. Combat controls are also very easy, with Square being heavy attacks and X being quick attacks, combo’s are put together quite easily. Gun controls are what you would expect with L2 being used to aim and R2 to shoot.
Graphics wise, the game is good, but not what it could have been given the PS3’s full potential. Since the game is mostly set in fog or darkness you can put that aside though. The area’s look great, and so do the character’s. The enemies are looking as good as ever, and are getting even stranger, and harder to kill. Although the Feral’s look strangely similar to those in Resident Evil.
Overall, Silent Hill: Homecoming sits in a very good position in the Silent Hill series and is a great debut on this gen of consoles. The graphics are good, but not to what the PS3 is capable of (Siren: Blood Curse, Dead Space). The cutscenes are excellent, and the story is spot on. Controls are easy to pick up, and this overall is a very enjoyable experience for Silent Hill fans and newcomers alike.
The game is Trophy free at the moment, with possiblilty of a patch from Konami in the future.
