Archive for April, 2011
PS3Blog How-To: Pop Out Chat
Posted by Jay in QuickNews, Tips and Tricks on April 18th, 2011
Here is a quick walkthrough video for registered members showing users how to enable the pop-out chat and get rid of it in the sidebar. It makes it much easier to chat with everyone, and you can even browse sites outside of the homepage. If you have a widescreen display like me, it’s a great way to use up the empty space on the sides of most web pages.
Alice: Madness Returns Will Include DLC of the Original Game
Posted by Oly in Alice: Madness Returns, QuickNews on April 18th, 2011
American McGee, told CVG, that the original Alice will be included as free DLC with purchase of Madness Returns.
“There’s also going to be pretty significant release which is the original Alice brought over to the consoles so that a person who’s purchased Madness Returns gets a download code and is able to bring Alice 1 onto their console and play through the entire original game alongside playing Madness Returns.”
This will be awesome, especially for those of us that never played through the first game.
Rage “Anarchy” Edition and a New Gameplay Trailer!!
Betheseda announced today, that everyone that pre-orders RAGE in North America at Gamestop, Amazon.com, Steam and Direct-to-Drive, will automatically be upgraded for free to the “Anarchy” Edition. This edition includes four exclusive in-game items (Double Barrel Shotgun, Crimson Elite Armor, Fists of RAGE & the Rat Rod Buggy), all pictured above.
Also, be sure to watch this new gameplay trailer for RAGE, showcasing a mission in “Dead City”. This game is really looking good.
RAGE is in development from id Software, developers of DOOM, QUAKE, and Wolfenstein. It is scheduled for release in North America on September 13th, and for September 16th in Europe.
Source: Press Release
PS3Blog.net’s Portal 2 Winners Announced!!
Portal 2 is a first-person action/puzzle video game that has both single and two-player co-operative game modes. Portal 2, one of the most anticipated games of the year, is the sequel to the title that earned over 30 Game of the Year Awards in 2007. Portal 2 will be released tomorrow, April 19th. Keep in mind, the PS3 version of the game allows for cross-platform play with PC/Mac versions. To top that, the PS3 version will also include a code to download the game off of Steam onto your computer.
Well, now to the reason you are all here! The results of the giveaway. We thought we would give you more ways to enter the bigger contests like this, and it seems to have gone over well. In total, there were 342 entries, our most to date. A very special thanks to Tosh, for organizing and keeping track of all the entries.
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And the winners are:
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New Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Info
Posted by Eddie in Media, Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception on April 18th, 2011
Today out of nowhere, the developers at Naughty Dog have given us more juicy tidbits on Uncharted 3 multiplayer system. The system is completely revamped in several ways both unique and not so unique ways. Take a look at the list below and see what they have in store for us!
-New competitive mode, Three Team Deathmatch 2 vs 2 vs 2.
-New competitive mode, Free for All.
-Late joining is enabled to ensure you get into matches quicker
-Local spit screen for multiplayer and you can log into two PSN accounts
-Buddy system where you can share treasure with a buddy and spawn near them.
-Full character customization, even named characters
-Emblem editor
-Weapon customization
-One time per game use paid booster system (a la killstreaks but only used once and cost money.)
-”Kickbacks” are like contracts to where you fulfill a goal to get a bonus of some sorts.
-Some multiplayer missions could take days.
-”Power Plays” activate when one team is losing significantly to help give them a boost. While the underdogs get buffs and the winners spawn times are lengthened, the winning team has an opportunity to rack in money at this time.
-If games are too close, “Overtime” will activate to allow for either a come back or a larger win. If the game is STILL close after Overtime, “Sudden Death” will activate which is like elimination, no re-spawns.
-Upload cinema replays directly to Facebook.
-You can now sprint in multiplayer.
-Co-op does exist and has been greatly expanded upon.
-Multiplayer Beta June 28th.
Edit: Booster Slots and Kickbacks added after the jump!
Be sure to check out some of the images from multiplayer below.
9 Months of Playstation Plus – This is What We Got
Posted by Eddie in PlayStation Plus, PS3 on April 17th, 2011
Playstation Plus is a moderately controversial subscription based service on the PS3 that people seemingly love it or hate it. Regardless of what side of the fence you are on, one can’t deny the extreme list of free stuff that you get with a subscription. Another thing I see is people asking, “Whats the point of Playstation Plus anyways? What do you get?” I never really see a good answer that could justify the unknowing to make the purchase so today I lay all the chips out on the table so we can get a good look.
Besides the games, which are listed below, there are a few services that Playstation Plus offers. The biggest and most well known is cloud game saves. This allows you to store game save files on a server so that you can access them from any Playstation 3. Whether you go to a friends house to play there PS3, you own multiple PS3′s or simply had a PS3 die on you and lost all data, your save files will be safe and accessable.
There are also other services such as automatic downloads of recently used programs, early access to most beta’s and demos, full game trials and large discounts on downloadable software.
Now that we have some of the services out of the way, lets get to the games! This list is not a complete list and the majority of these games are no longer available to Playstation Plus subscribers as they do fall off of the PSN after a certain amount of time. You will easily see that in just 9 months, a subscriber may have easily tripled or quadrupled the value of the $50 they paid for originally.
Click on the link below to see the list!
12 Minute Battlefield 3 Trailer Released
Posted by Jay in Battlefield 3, Media on April 16th, 2011
The 12 minute trailer for Battlefield 3 has been released today, showing off the intensity of the Fault Line videos in a much larger package. If you remember, we let you guys know that it could have been released earlier, alongside a producer commentary video, if they reached 1 million facebook fans by today. Although this much-anticipated 12 minute video of the game is released, the producer commentary is still locked until the aforementioned facebook page reaches that 1 million “Likes”. If you haven’t done so, be sure to “Like” that page to help unlock the bonus video!
LittleBigPlanet Levels Surpass Four Million & New Costumes!!
Posted by Oly in LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet 2 on April 15th, 2011
LBP and LBP2 fan made levels have now surpassed four million. This game continues to surprise me every time I get on to play. There are many levels so good, that I can’t even fathom how someone could make them on the PS3.
Eric Levine, of SCEA, explained, that “if you played LBP straight for 12 hours a day and only played each level for 5 minutes, it would take you more than 78 years to play through all of them. WOW!”
I’m sure they will hit five million before too long. Especially with new sticker packs on their way. The first to be announced, is the “Tron: Evolution Minipack, which will be released on April 26th for $2.99.” The pack will also contain two brand new costumes. Then in May, a KillZone 3 costume pack with two brand new costumes will arrive.
To see the Tron pack, and one of the KillZone 3 costumes, hit the jump.
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