Archive for July, 2010
Thor Video Game Teaser
Marvel relased this teaser trailer at the Comic-con. Hopefully it will be better than the usual movie video game.
Video after the jump.
Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions: Pre-Order
Activision was at Comic-Con this week and released details on the final 4 worlds that will be featured in Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions. They are the comic book classic “Amazing Spider-Man”, The 1930′s based “Nior” that has a dark steampunk feel, The bright fast tracked world of the “2099″ universe, and finally the Black costumed “Ultimate” universe where Spidey has control over the symbiote.
Now that the final details have been revealed for Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions. The pre-order offers have also been revealed with no less than 5 different retailers taking part.
The Game Stop Pre-Order includes Cosmic Spider-Man the has an different costume for each of the 4 different Spider-Men in the game. There is also a special attack that’s only available with this Pre-Order.
The Amazon.com Pre-Order includes an 32 page book that features concept art of the development of the game. It also includes an unlock code for The Iron Spider costume built by Tony Stark that can be worn in the 2099 universe.*
The Wal-Mart Pre-Order features a 20 page comic book that tells the tale of the Shattered Dimensions story. No costume unlock is listed with this Pre-order.
The K-Mart Pre-Order includes an unlock code for Scarlet Spider costume that is worn by Ben Reilly… Peter Parkers clone and can be worn in the Amazing universe.*
The Best Buy Pre-Order includes an unlock code for the Negative Zone costume that’s close to whats seen in Spider-Man 3 that can be used in the Noir universe.*
Sony to license PlayStation logo for non-gaming products
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced a new logo licensing program targeted towards other manufacturers to produce a variety of lifestyle products from apparel to everyday items. Officially called the “PlayStation Logo Licensing Program”, this new initiative will allow licensees “to design their product using the PlayStation logos and or the iconic marks. The program is applicable to a variety of lifestyle products such as apparel, accessories, house wares and more. Furthermore, SCE will provide “Official Licensed Product logo” to be used on product packages, proving that the products comply with the guideline and have been approved by SCE.”
Introduced in June 2009, Sony’s current official licensing program for PlayStation peripherals and accessories currently has more than 123 items from 45 licensees. Sony hopes that with this new inittiative, other third party companies will further help them “enrich the licensed product line-up and deliver various quality lifestyle products that will make the PlayStation brand more accessible than ever.”
Marvel’s Little Big Planet Costume Pack 3 Costumes Revealed
Posted by Oly in LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet 2 on July 28th, 2010
Marvel revealed the next 5 costumes for Little Big Planet at the Comic-con last week. The new characters are going to be the Invisible Woman, Rouge, Captain America, Venom and Wolverine!!! I couldn’t find these online at all yet, so I’ll show you the quick low quality pics I took with my cell phone. My favorite thing about this group, is the fact that Wolverine’s claws are completely retracted until you make him angry!! For those of u that don’t know, you can use the directional pad to make the Sackboy’s expressions change from happy to sad, or scared, or angry. Pics after the jump!!
New Avatars and Title Update For Uncharted 2
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On July 27th along with the regular PSN update, Naughty Dog added 8 new Uncharted avatars to the PlayStation Network Store. These avatars feature characters from UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune and UNCHARTED: Eye of Indra.
UNCHARTED Avatar Pack #3 includes:
- Nathan Drake
- Gabriel Roman
- Atoq Navarro
- Rika Raja
UNCHARTED Avatar Pack #4 includes:
- Elena Fisher
- Eddy Raja
- Javier
- Daniel Pinkerton
The new PSN Avatars individually will cost you $0.49 each. The Avatar Packs, which includes 4 Avatars, costs $1.25 per pack.
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For the multiplayer portion of Uncharted 2, Title Update 1.09 goes live today at 10am PDT. Included in the update:
- Changes made to multiplayer character skin system to allow for voices to be included with future skins
- Made changes to character game mechanics to prevent players from using exploits
- Fixed ability for players to “super throw” the treasure in Plunder matches
- Cash awarded per kill in Elimination has been increased to $750 per kill
- Enabled the ability for Naughty Dog to easily alter the amount of cash earned for individual Medals on a playlist or gametype basis and per-kill
Also with Title Update 1.09 Medal cash awards in Objective games ONLY will be rescaled. Matches which fall under the Objective modes, cash for individual and kill-based medals have been decreased in value, while cash for Objective based medals have been increased as follows:
- Tip Off – $1,000
- Captured – $4,000
- That’s Embarrassing – $10,000
- Protectorate – $2,000
- No Cigar – $2,000
- Drop It – $1,000
- None Shall Pass – $5,000
- Expansionist – $5,000
The Weekly Recap (July 18th-24th)
Posted by Jay in Weekly Recap on July 27th, 2010
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Thanks go out to Tosh for compiling the news from last week. Been very busy lately, but I should have some time for other stuff now that most of the things that used up my time are now finally slowing down. Anyway, there was quite a bit of news to cover actually. Oddworld seems to be making a return. Tarsier Studios is now First Party. Hip Hop Gamer did an awesome interview with Anton Mikhailov about the Move, and motion gaming in general. Rockstar will soon be targeting cheaters. And, there are a ton of gameplay videos last week, so go and read the Gaming News tab for those.
One of the cooler ones is time passage in Red Dead Redemption. Pretty cool stuff and gives you a good idea of progression of time in the game and what changes around you.
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OK, there was quite a bit of Community news last week. For one, you can earn double points for the rest of the month simply by posting in the forums!
And in case you might have missed it, Oly was at Comic-Con this year and did some live blogging so be sure to check that out, too.
Tosh has compiled a list of Twitter accounts of different members and staff. There is also a Twitter widget on the site, which can be seen at the bottom of the side bar on the community pages.
Another cool thing you can use is the ability to call a number and leave a voicemail. Given the interest in starting a podcast, this could be a cool feature to use to get some shout outs or what have you aired on the podcast. Hopefully we can manage to get one going, because that would be very cool.
Tosh ran a giveaway for the 20,000th comment, and the winner was Oly. Congrats!
Beyond that, the Weekly Recap Giveaway is still going on. I will begin reviewing entries this week to make sure entrants have done the qualifying steps. I will PM those who did not complete one of the two tasks.
24 Articles // 3 QuickNews
Contributor of the Week
- Sakinah – 5 Entries
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
- Tosh – 2 Entries
Most Liked
- Trev – FIFA Rage Quitters – 4 Likes
Most Comments
- Sakinah – My Motion Tech Is Better Than Yours! – 16 Comments
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Just Add Water and You Might Get… Oddworld!
Demerson – July 20th
Killzone 3 controls to be improved, more accurate
Ace – July 20th
Tarsier Studios Signs First Party Deal With SCEE
Sakinah – July 19th
Guerrilla Games: Killzone 3 won’t have load times
Ace – July 19th
Mafia II Interview
Luke – July 20th
Sony Let Microsoft Have Kinect
Tosh – July 22nd
Crytek: Crysis 2 has ‘the most advanced AI system in a game’
Ace – July 20th
My Motion Tech Is Better Than Yours!
Sakinah – July 21st
FIFA Rage Quitters
Trev – July 19th
Selling Unfinished Games: Is This The Future of the Industry?
Sakinah – July 18th
Hupit Gaming
Blackstaffer – July 22nd
PS3 To Get Improved Disc-free Netflix Client By October
Darrin – July 21st
Rockstar targets Red Dead Redemption cheaters in the next title update
Ace – July 22nd
Sly Cooper Collection Price Revealed
Sakinah – July 21st
Little Big Planet 2 and Final Fantasy XIV Collector’s Editions
UbeRamza – July 23rd
Comic-Con 2010: 2D Street Fighter vs Tekken Officially Announced
Sakinah – July 24th
Deadpool can hit you with his life gauge in Marvel vs Capcom 3!
Tosh – July 22nd
Additions to the Marvel vs Capcom 3 Roster
Marc Macayan – July 22nd
NEW PlayStation Move Tech Demos are Amazing!
Tosh – July 21st
Shank coming to PSN
Luke – July 20th
Another Kung-Fu LIVE Trailer
Luke – July 20th
RDR: The Passage of Time as Art
Demerson – July 20th
TV3 In NZ Rips Off Kevin Butler
Trev – July 20th
The Six Weirdest PlayStation Ads
MAINEiac4434 – July 21st
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Rent Godzilla 2000 for FREE! Today only
Tosh – July 21st
GameStop PS3 Power Saver Sale
Tosh – July 21st
Hey Canadians! Netflix Headed Your Way!
Jay – July 19th
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RDR: Game Night 7/24. The Prize Fight
Sinlock – July 22nd
The above is for a game night that had already took place, but Demerson now has the recap of the July 17th event up.
[tab:Poll Results]
The current poll running is asking who your favorite hero or heroine is in a video game. You can also add answers if there isn’t one on the current list you like.
[tab:Thank You]
Again, thanks for reading. Hopefully this will be the last time I need to do one recap after the other 
. Stay tuned for all upcoming recaps, which will hopefully be on time now.
The Weekly Recap (July 11th-17th)
Posted by Jay in Weekly Recap on July 27th, 2010
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Quite a bit late with this one, for sure. Had some personal stuff going on for a while (health and vehicle related) so I had been pre-occupied with that and haven’t really been able to come on here and post much of anything. All that has finally been taken care of, though, so I’m definitely in better spirits now (that, and the Senate finally passed the much-needed Unemployment Extension). So what’s new for this week?
Sakinah let us know that Hello Games broke even on release day with their title Joe Danger, which is a great title, by the way (hopefully this means more awesome games from them in the future). Darrin showed us the numbers for June. The Hulu+ service is available in preview form for PS+ subscribers. James Bond seems to be making a return, and the announcement of the title, Blood Stone, even has a debut trailer.
There are a few pieces of other news as well, so be sure to check out the entirety of the recap and see what you may have missed. I’d go a little more in-depth here, but seeing as I have yet another Recap to write after this one, I need to manage my time 
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From what I can gather, we didn’t really have much news in the Community a couple weeks ago. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t very active, though. We still had a number of posts come in.
Tosh did manage to organize the top menu more, though. It makes navigation of some of the site’s pages easier and also better labeled the different link across the top to make a little more sense.
There’s a new Group Forums Directory that now allows you to create new group forum topics from that page rather than having to navigate to each individual group separately. Keep in mind, not all groups have forums, so you may not be able to post a topic in a few of them.
You can also check out a new Help Video on how to Favorite all the different things (news posts, topics, etc) on the site.
If you aren’t a member, the contests should be enough to make you want to register! Not only that, if you’re logged in, you can join in on the Live Chat (which is always busy, save for late nights) and there are always secret contests being held there.
Currently, the biggest contest we have going on ends in just a few days. If you haven’t already, you can read about the contest here. Enter as soon as possible for your chance to win a $50 PSN gift card!
20 Articles // 6 QuickNews
Contributor of the Week
- Luke & Ace – 4 Entries
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
- Luke – 3 Entries
Most Liked
- Trev – If God Of War went Indie – 8 Likes
Most Comments
- Ace – PlayStation Move to launch in these three flavors – 13 Comments
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Hello Games’ Joe Danger Breaks Even on Release Day
Sakinah – July 13th
Landit Bandit: Landing on the PSN Today
Luke – July 13th
Sega to stop PS3/XBox 360 support for Aliens vs Predator?
Tosh – July 14th
June 2010 Sales
Darrin – July 16th
Killzone 3’s “Cinematic Deaths”
Marc Macayan – July 13th
Hulu+ coming to PSN+ members today!
Luke – July 14th
PlayStation Move to launch in these three flavors
Ace – July 14th
Stereoscopic Screen Sharing
Darrin – July 15th
Little Big Planet Marvel Costume Pack 2 this Tuesday
Oly1Kenobi – July 16th
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Demo Coming to PSN
Luke – July 16th
First Screens of Legends and Killers DLC for Red Dead Redemption
Jay – July 16th
DeathSpank for the PSN Tommorow!!
oly1Kenobi – July 12th
Young Thor dropping the Hammer on the PSP/PS3
Luke – July 15th
Activision unveils new James Bond game
Ace – July 16th
Swords & Soldiers coming to PSN
Ace – July 16th
James Bond 007: Blood Stone debut trailer
Ace – July 17th
Amazon Opens PlayStation Move Store
Sakinah – July 13th
GameStop Gridiron Game Changers Sweepstakes
Jay – July 14th
Are George Hotz’s Hacking Days Over?
Sakinah – July 15th
If God Of War went Indie
Trev – July 16th
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LittleBigPlanet Costume Pack 2 on the Way
Luke – July 13th
Human Torch Little Big Planet Costume is Revealed!!
Oly1Kenobi – July 13th
PlayStation Minis Reach 1 Million Downloads
Sakinah – July 14th
Elektra Little Big Planet Costume Revealed!!
Luke – July 14th
Ghost Rider Costume Revealed for Little Big Planet
Oly1Kenobi – July 15th
Thor costume revealed for LBP!
Luke – July 16th
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It appears that there are going to be Game Nights every Saturday for Red Dead Redemption (at least for the time being). Given that fact, you can read the recap for the 07/10 Game Night here. There was also a scheduled Game Night for the 17th.
Hopefully, I can get back into the swing of things and get back online with you guys…
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Due to Google’s Interactive Pie Chart gadget not working right, I’ll have to do this the old fashioned way, but here are the previous poll’s results:
Will you be purchasing the Move?
Yes – 26 Votes 33% of all votes
Wait for the games – 20 Votes 25% of all votes
No – 12 Votes 15% of all votes
Maybe – 8 Votes 10% of all votes
When it’s cheaper – 8 Votes 10% of all votes
As soon as possible – 6 Votes 8% of all votes
Total Votes: 80
[tab:Thank You]
Thank you for your patience. I still got one more recap coming today, which will be for last week, so I’ll finally be caught up with those again.
Blur Review
What happens when you mix Mario Kart and Wipeout with Call of Duty? You get Blur. Mario Kart for grown ups has been a frequent method of description when trying to sum blur up but it is much more than that. It features real cars racing round real locations but with fantastical weapons resulting in a frantic arcade racer with a fan/lights system that keeps you coming back for more as you constantly unlock and progress.
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