Archive for December, 2008

Cool Killzone 2 Pre-order bonus [Update]

Posted by T0SH in Killzone 2, PlayStation Home on December 28th, 2008

If you Pre-order Killzone 2 at Amazon, you get a code to unlock an ISA Soldier or a Helghast Assault Trooper, or anything in between. This is only available for America at the moment, but I’m sure other pre-order goodies will make the news in the coming months.

Codes to access your bonus costumes will be sent no more than ten days after the game releases. Offer good while supplies last. Must be sold and shipped by Amazon.com to be eligible.

This is exactly the kind of stuff home needs, keep it coming. So will you pre-order it for a costume to use in Home?

[Update]

Gamestop pre-order will get you a Killzone 2 demo!

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Merry Christmas!

Posted by T0SH in Off-Topic on December 26th, 2008

Hope everyone had a great holiday. Let’s hear some of the things you received. I got Planet Earth on Blu-ray, the BBC version, some travel books for Japan. Then some cool Japanese ceramic masks for my office area, whenever that get’s complete. I got the MGS4 DLC for LittleBigPlanet for myself and a snowman head in the Home Beta, lol.

Well, what did Santa bring you? What games are you catching up on? I’m playing LBP, Wipeout HD, MGO, Tekken 5 DR Online.

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PlayStation Store Update – Holiday Edition

Posted by T0SH in PLAYSTATION Store on December 23rd, 2008

Happy Holiday’s to everyone! Here is the list for North America. I’ll update Europe when it’s available. And the Asia Home Beta gets this cool update. What about the rest of us??

DEMOS

► Lord of the Rings Conquest
○ 1313 MB

GAMES

► Lumines Supernova
○ $14.99

► PSOne
○ Suikoden ($5.99)

ADD-ONS

► Buzz Quiz TV
○ National Geographic: Undersea ($7.99)

► Disgaea 3
○ Absence of Justice Disgaea 2 Character Pack ($4.99 or as listed each)
- Rozalin ($1.99)
- Adell ($1.99)
- Nekomata ($0.99)

► Guitar Hero World Tour
○ Reggae Rock Track Pack (free)
♪ “Jimi” – Slightly Stoopid
♪ “Your Face” – Pepper
♪ “Sacrifice” – Expendables

○ Untitled Track Pack ($5.49)
♪ “Use Me” – Hinder
♪ “Because of You” – Nickelback
♪ “Light it Up” – Rev Theory

► High Velocity Bowling
○ Gutter Bird Ball (Free)
○ Patches Pack One (Free)

► Hot Shots Golf Out of Bounds
○ New Character Toro (Free)

► Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2
○ Various Tracks ($1.49 each)
♪ In the Air Tonight
♪ Time of the Season
♪ Too Little Too Late

► LittleBigPlanet
○ Metal Gear Solid levels & goodies ($5.99)
○ Metal Gear Solid costumes ($5.99 or $1.99 per costume)
- Solid Snake
- Meryl Silverburgh
- Screaming Mantis
- Raiden

► Lumines Supernova
○ Holiday Pack (Free)

► PAIN
○ Ao No Kutsu ($0.99)

► Rock Band
○ Rockin The Holidays 2008 Pack ($2.99 or $0.99 per song)
♪ “Hanukkah Blessings” – Barenaked Ladies
♪ “Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You” – Billy Squier
♪ “Blue Christmas” – The Pretenders

○ Foo Fighters Pack ($5.49 or $1.99 per song)
♪ “DOA”
♪ “Times Like These”
♪ “This Is A Call”

► Shaun White Snowboarding
○ Glamour Pack – Target Edition ($4.99)
○ Glamour Pack – Regular Edition ($4.99)

VIDEOS

► Pulse
○ 12/23 Edition

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Savage Moon
○ Wallpaper 1
○ Wallpaper 2

► Resident Evil: Degeneration
○ Theme

► Premium Themes ($1.99 | $1.49)
○ The Dark Knight: Batman Theme
○ The Dark Knight: Harvey Dent Theme
○ The Dark Knight: Joker Theme
○ Alpine Winters Theme
○ Bikini Photo Shoot Theme
○ Digital Blast Theme
○ School Girls Theme
○ University of Virginia Theme
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! Metal Gear Online Demo !

Posted by T0SH in Metal Gear Online on December 22nd, 2008

If you don’t have MGS4 and want to try MGO, now is your chance! It’s under new demos on the PlayStation Store. I personally love the game. The game has a LOT of depth to it. A lot of different skills, you can earn points to buy new things for your character. Actually the main games I play at the moment are MGO and LittleBigPlanet. If your in the North American MGO server, add me. I’m xBerserker on MGO. Sadly the MGO servers are region locked though

This game does have a learning curve, so give it some time!. Some tips for you:

* Go into the training area, and tweak your settings until your happy with them
* Try some CQC in training
* Turn auto-aim off
* Aim in 3rd person view and try to go for the head shot

This is not a run and gun game! Don’t run around in the open very long, you’ll regret it. This is a squad / tactical shooter. Some of the new game modes in the MEME Expansion are great. Stealth Death Match is very fun, everyone has stealth enabled. May sound boring, but the level actually starts to constrict to a very small circle. So it forces everyone to come together. And the central point is random.

Now there is a MGO Tournament that happens every weekend around 1900 and 2200. You can earn items for your character if you win 1st or 2nd place. The items can only be earned in Tournaments. Be sure to check out Survival, the days it happens change. Right now I think it’s Wednesday – Friday night.

I know their is a lot of hate surrounding MGO, but I don’t get it. It’s very fun, yes it’s very unique, but that’s why I love it. What other game can you run around in cardboard boxes and place adult magazines to “distract” your enemies. There is even “man launchers” at least that’s what I call it, lol.

Yes the Konami ID is a drag, I wish it was integrated into the PSN. But after you set it up you never have to remember you log in really. It remembers it for you. The last survey I took about the game asked about different payment methods for expansion packs. One option was the PSN Wallet. So who knows, maybe PSN integration is coming? At least try the demo for a while before you knock it.

I’m not sure what modes are in the Metal Gear Online demo, so let us know.

Konami is also launching a contest around the MEME Expansion:

“Additionally, Metal Gear fans can now purchase Metal Gear Online – MEME Expansion and have the opportunity to win a limited edition, Metal Gear Online Happy New Year T-Shirt. MEME Expansion contains a vast amount of content including new maps, special characters, new skills, new customizable characters, funny avatar parts and more. 1,200 randomly selected players will win one of three different styled in-game shirts, which will be distributed on January 5th, 2009. Metal Gear Online is available for a SRP of $9.99 through MGOnline’s in-game shop. For more information please visit: http://www.konami.com.”

Metal Gear Online demo hits Playstation Network

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