Archive for February, 2007
Phil Harrison Interview, Parts II & III
Posted by Blackstaffer in Talk on February 28th, 2007
Just a small heads up that N’Gai Croal has parts 2 and 3 of his Phil Harrison interview up. They’re great reads for any PS3 fan.
Loot: The Phil Harrison Interview, Part II
Loot: The Phil Harrison Interview, Part III
CoD3: Not so Jealous Anymore
Posted by Blackstaffer in C, PS3 software on February 28th, 2007
My favourite PS3 game has to be CoD3. I’m a big fan of CoD2 on the PC (the only PC game I play, really), and so it was natural for me to gravitate to CoD3 on my PS3. I’ve even gotten over the whole lack of chat functionality by using Skype with a friend to chat while we play the game.
But I’ve always been jealous of the fact that the Xbox 360 version has splitscreen support, while the PS3 version doesn’t. And while I still wish the PS3 had splitscreen support, I am no longer jealous of the 360′s splitscreen support. Why? Because last night I actually tried it at a friend’s place. For the two people playing on the RHS of the screen, everything is fine. But not so for the two on the LHS. The status display (where you are informed of kills) and the radar are shifted in to about a third of the way into the screen, and they really get in the way of playing the game. It’s like the playtesters didn’t even try 4 player splitscreen, it’s so bad! We played it for a little bit just because it was CoD, but then moved on to GRAW which didn’t have the same problem.
At least it makes me feel a little better about CoD3 on the PS3, realizing that I’m missing an unworkable implementation.
More Tekken 6 Info
Posted by Tosh in PS3 software, T, ZGame Profiles on February 28th, 2007
When the weather gets hot in the Land of the Rising Sun. Tekken 6 will have a on location test and it will including playable versions of the two new characters, Leo and Zafina.
The roster will include all the characters from Tekken Dark Resurrection and Leo and Zafina, and even more. They won’t give the final character count but they don’t want to include just one or two more new characters.
The backgrounds shown in the AOU Tekken 6 trailer will feature interactive backgrounds. The backgrounds will change with the passage of time. They’ll also be affected by your player actions.
PS3 FW Update 1.54 is out
I went through the menus and nothing seemed different to me. But I did notice that the web browser is faster than it was before. Since the US Playstation site has no info about this update I checked out the Japanese site. Looks like the main thing that was updated is the AV-Chat now has a zoom feature.
If there is someone that can test this AV-Chat Zoom feature, please comment how it all works. I don’t really video chat with people. But I do have a eye toy.
[Update]
Looks like Playstation Asia updated there site about this new video chat feature. And it’s in english.
You can also use a USB camera compatible with USB video class (UVC) for video chat
Global Remote Play within 6 months
I’m disappointed in this news. I was hoping this would be part of the march firmware update for Europe and the rest of the world. Being able to connect a external hard drive, digital camera, memory stick, etc. to the PS3 and having access to those files anywhere in the world via a wifi spot is a great feature. As it is right now, it’s just local remote play, and that’s kind of useless.
I wonder how it will work when remote play goes global. Do you need to have the PS3 powered on? Or can you just have it on stand by? I like the fact that you can also access your buddy list on the XMB and use the PS3′s web browser as well.
New Resistance Content April?
Posted by Gary in PS3 software, R on February 27th, 2007
Phil Harrison had a little chat with Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal, and although they discussed a lot of stuff that will interest other people, the bit that caught my attention is that there could be new downloadable content coming in April for Resistance: Fall of Man:
We’re going to release additional content for Resistance. I don’t think we’ve gone into detail on the schedule, but we have some really, really cool things that will be extending the story, extending the locations, some brand new content, starting in April. So if that works well and is well-received by the audience, then that will keep the engagement with game going between now and should there be a sequel at some point in the future.
I’m not really a big fan of downloadable content (unless it’s free) so I’ll watch with interest what is made available, how much it will cost and how well received it turns out to be.
So what DLC would you like to see for Resistance?
Poll: What Internet Connection?
Posted by Blackstaffer in Talk on February 26th, 2007
Just curious about what kind of internet connections all of you are using. A friend of mine couldn’t get WPA TKIP to work. Is there anybody out there using that? So here’s the question:
What internet connection are you using for your PS3?
- Wired
- WEP
- WPA-PSK (TKIP)
- WPA-PSK (AES)
- Not online
Previous poll results:
What PS3 improvement do you want most?
* Background downloading: 31% (80)
* Fix for 1080i/720p problem: 17% (44)
* In-game support for PS3-stored songs: 14% (36)
* Global buddy lists, invite friends to game: 10% (25)
* System-wide chat support: 7% (17)
* Bluetooth keyboard/mouse support: 6% (15)
* Global remote play: 3% (9)
* Better internet browser: 3% (8)
* Better file/folder management: 3% (7)
* Global ranking support: 2% (6)
* Improved Bluetooth headset support: 2% (6)
* Better PS2 memory card support: 2% (6)
Total Votes : 259
Tekken 6 Playable Soon?
Posted by Tosh in PS3 software, T, ZGame Profiles on February 26th, 2007
Tekken 6 was at the AOU arcade expo in Japan a couple weeks ago. And the trailer they showed just had a 2007 date. So I wondered when I could get my hands on this. I’m a huge Tekken fan myself.
Looks like a popular magazine in Japan got some juicy details from Bandai Namco. Tekken 6 will have a on location test before the weather gets hot. So depending on what they mean hot, it could be as early as May. But your guess is as good as mine.
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