PS3 Ειδήσεις {News Topic}

[Daredevil]

Saint's Row has been cancelled - also, Saint's Row 2 announced!

 

The PlayStation 3 port of Saint's Row has been officially cancelled after disappearing from the radar some time ago. THQ announced that all the resources dedicated to the port have been moved to Saint's Row 2, which will come out on the PlayStation 3 as well as the Xbox 360 in 2008. The original Saint's Row came out in 2006 on the Xbox 360 to positive reviews and has gone onto sell an impressive 1.4 million copies.

 

The cancellation will surely upset some people, but I'd rather have a fully developed and polished sequel than a port of a 9 month old game myself. It will give THQ more time to familiarize themselves with the complex architecture of the PS3 and tweak the gameplay of the series. The game was pretty good, but had some technical and gameplay issues (jaw-droppingly dumb storyline aside) that I hope they fix in the sequel.

 

The Club excels with killing spree combos

 

 

 

Thick and visceral, The Club is all about head-shots and body count. Nick Davies, Bizarre Creations design manager, says "it's everything that Splinter Cell and Gears of War isn't." And boy, he isn't kidding. Wearing a bullet-proof vest, the game-play demonstration showed an on-screen character running directly towards baddies and firing multiple rounds. There is no ducking for cover here, and certainly no stealth. What sets the game apart is its implementation of a combo system where points are multiplied with head-shots, explosions and all varieties of interesting kills. In order to keep you focused on the task at hand, the combo meter begins to drain between gaps in the killing, so best to head towards large occupied rooms. In addition to the details gathered on our last look at The Club, it seems levels are broken up in pieces, allowing you to tackle these "bite-sized challenges" in any order you'd like, one at a time.

 

There is something strangle fun and yet, sickening about the game I can't quite put a finger on. Nevertheless, take a gander at more details of the quick preview and share with us your opinions. Is this a game that will be on your radar? Or are you sick and tired of shooters and yearn for more non-violent gaming?

 

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Some Alone in the Dark screens -- candy for your eyes

 

 

As I've probably said before, prior to this installment of Alone in the Dark, I was never really interested in it. Sure, it was the original survival horror title, but it just wasn't Resident Evil. Anyway, someone over at the PS3 Forums took it upon themself to up two wallpaper-worthy crazy/beautiful screenshots (no, not the awful Kirsten Dunst movie). Since the game is more of an interactive novel than a "health-bar, ammo display" action game, we're not entirely sure if the screenshots are pre-rendered or in-game. We'll side with logic and reason and assume they're pre-rendered.

 

The game is due out around January of 2008, so we're expecting some details of the game to surface closer to the big shows in the coming months. If you're itching to read something about the game, refer back to some of our other screenshot posts on the subject. Or one of those times we talked about the story. Either way, prepare for this franchise to take a different step, moving itself into the light of success. Or something else epic, dramatic, flashy, and poetic.

 

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[nicktypr]

phra ena ps3 60gb.to provlhma pou exw einai o ti de mou paizei pal games..to amerikaniko/japan....den einai REGION FREE?

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[ProEvoFan]

dont know...giati de to pires apo greece? exei vgei k edo

[Darth Destro]

Ειναι region free μονο σε παιχνιδια του PS3..Τα υπολοιπα ειναι κανονικοτατα Region coded..

[jimbrav]

Ειναι region free μονο σε παιχνιδια του PS3..Τα υπολοιπα ειναι κανονικοτατα Region coded..

 

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[Daredevil]

Warhawk beta starts soon and you are not getting in

 

 

It looks like Incognito was telling the truth -- Warhawk is indeed having a beta and it looks like it is starting sooner than was expected. A user on PS3 Forums just received an e-mail inviting him to become a potential beta tester for the sci-fi combat game. The problem? Only Sony RLS members got the invites, and you can only become a member of RLS if you work for certain retail store that sells PS3s. It is supposed to be more exclusive than the GAP membership that they based the private Home beta on. I'm getting screwed again!

 

The initial e-mail didn't include a date for the start of the beta, but if they're recruiting players now, you can be guaranteed it will start in the near future. It is likely that this is only phase one of the beta (much like with Home), so don't worry too much - there should still be be more chances later to get into the Warhawk beta. We'll let you know as soon as we know more.

 

Ninja Gaiden: Sigma is complete, will sneak into American stores 7/3

 

Tecmo held a press event in Japan earlier today titled 'Tecmo's Nite Out 07,' where they announced their upcoming line-up of games. Like the other recent Gamer's Days, this was held as a kind of company-specific alternative to the now defunct E3, which would normally be held about now. A number of new titles were announced, and even though there was nothing new announced for the PlayStation 3, we did get some good news.

 

According to IGN, the director of Ninja Gaiden: Sigma, Yosuke Hayashi, took the stage to announce to the assembled press that they had recently wrapped up development on the highly anticipated re-make of the Xbox classic. They also announced release dates of June 14th in Japan and July 3rd in North America. Unfortunately, no European date was announced. Guess we'll have to wait on Eidos for more details on that.

 

This means that I have approximately two months to polish up my Ryu skills. I never really played the Xbox ones, so I have been getting my ass handed to me by the demo. The plethora of health items is helpful, but the lack of saves is annoying. Good lord, is it pretty though.

 

PS3 has made Folding@Home #1 globally

 

Another piece of good Folding news has made its way to our ears and, consequently, fingers as we type up the reasoning behind our subject line. The PS3 has made Folding@Home the most powerful distributed computing resource on the entire planet. For the calculations being run, it makes the PS3 and the Folding project as a whole the most powerful supercomputer of any type. We are awesome, basically.

 

Two million CPU's have contributed to the project. Don't you guys feel like part of something great? A community who has only decided to give and give and give to a project that might save lives? We've done a great thing and we should continue to do what we're doing (especially if you're part of the PS3 Fanboy folding team), because who knows how much street cred the PS3 will get when it happens upon a cure for some kind of disease.

 

MotorStorm dev talks SPU usage and 'cooperative rendering'

 

Scott Kirkland, the Technical Director behind MotorStorm, sat down with Beyond3D recently to talk about some of the more technical details of developing the intense off-road racer. They cover a pretty wide range of topics, from Evolution's contributions in developing the Havok 4.5 physics middleware, to culling unseen vertices in order to increase rendering performance. Here are a couple highlights:

 

On SPU usage:

"MotorStorm only uses between 15 and 20 percent of available SPU resource, so we're aiming to achieve a 5 fold increase in SPU performance, which should allow us to do some awesome stuff!"

 

On using the SPUs and RSX for cooperative rendering:

"The leap in performance provided by [the SPUs] gives us the bandwidth to significantly reduce RSX time spent processing vertices that don't contribute to the final scene. The favoured approach is to use SPUs to generate minimal scene/instance specific index and vertex buffers from compressed data."

 

It is a fantastic read, and well worth checking out. It gets EXTREMELY technical at a couple points, so don't feel bad if your brain catches on fire. I set off the fire alarm twice.

 

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[SOP1HOLI]

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The PS3 system software version 2.00 update features

deep - contributor

Published: 7 hours ago | Rumors | PlayStation 3 Info Report

 

 

77 Here is an unconfirmed list of features for PS3 software update 2.00 (this has been sourced from the Sony Playstation press centre by an insider)

 

* Users

o You can now password-protect user accounts. pigi n4g kai game over .gr

 

* Settings

o [Dynamic Normalizer] has been added as an option under [sound Settings].

o [Energy Saver] has been added as an option.

o [Equalizer] has been added as a feature under [Music Settings].

o [Full] has been added as an option for [DVD Wide Display] under [bD / DVD Settings].

o [Photo Settings] has been added as an option.

o [PS / PS2 Settings] has been added as an option.

o [RSS Channel Settings] has been added as an option.

o [sample Rate] has been added to [Audio CD Import] under [Music Settings].

o [screen Saver] has been expanded under [Display Settings].

o The method of selecting an output resolution has been changed in [Video Output Settings] under [Display Settings].

o [Theme Settings] has been added as an option.

o [Zero Unused Disk Space] has been added as an option under [system Settings] > [Format Utility].

 

* Photo

o Additional slideshow effects have been added.

o [Photo Effects] have been added as a feature.

o Wallpaper feature has been added.

o [Zoom] has been added as a feature.

 

* Music

o Additional visualization effects have been added.

o CD information can now be entered.

o Three-speed fast forward and fast reverse has been added as a feature.

 

* Video

o Files can now be played sequentially.

o Three-speed fast forward and fast reverse has been added as a feature.

o You can now select [Zoom] under [screen Mode] when playing video files saved on the hard disk or storage media.*.

*An appropriate USB adapter (not included) is required to use storage media with some models.

 

* Game

o Support for PLAYSTATION®3 format software titles has been expanded.

o XMB™ (XrossMediaBar) is now accessible during gameplay.

 

* Network

o [RSS Channel] has been added as a feature.

 

* Friends

o You can now have multiple chat sessions.

o You can now select an image to use as your Avatar from [Photo].

 

* Other

o Date and Time is now shown when the PS button is pressed.

o File sorting has been changed.

o [Help] has been added as a feature.

o Playability status with the PS3™ system has changed for some PlayStation® and PlayStation®2 format titles.

To check on the latest status, visit the search site for compatible titles.

o [secure Delete] has been added as an option.

o Some PLAYSTATION®Network features have been revised.

[SOP1HOLI]

Pro Evo 2007 to be 3 times better on PS3 than 360?

 

According to a Konami insider, the forthcoming PS3 version of Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007, will have a massive quality gap over the Xbox 360 ve... n4g

[xrest]

οτι ποστς κανεις ενημερωτικου χαραχτηρα θα σβηνεται,αν δεν συνοδευεται χωρις πηγη,και πληρες κειμενο

[xrest]

GRAW2 on PS3 gets exclusive Sixaxis support and 14 additional maps

 

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Advances on PS3

Ghosts scare PS3 with Exclusive details

 

 

Ubisoft have made official there plans for GRAW2 the sequel to the excellent first game. UBi have used the Six Axis to it's full potential as well as throwing in a huge 32 MP maps.

 

The game is due out at the start of next month.

 

Ubisoft.

 

The Ghosts now on Playstation 3. Following the award winning 2005 Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (GRAW), Ubisoft brings the sequel GRAW2, with additional content, to the PS3.

 

You are the Soldier of the Future 2.0. All systems have been upgraded to give you more power and control on the battlefield. Following the failure of the “coup dʼetat” in Mexico City Mexican rebels have gathered their remaining forces along the US border. Lead your team of elite Special Forces for the first time on US soil - straddling the border between Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. The Ghosts have less than 72 hours to stop a nuclear attack. You are the last line of defense and must do what it takes to be victorious.

 

 

Key Differences:

 

Six Axis features : Controller features used for Mitchell & Cross-com control

 

SP : Drive the supports (drone, M.U.LE) with the Six Axis functionality

 

SP/MP : Change Mitchell stances with the Six Axis

 

SP : change the Rules of Engagement with the Six Axis

Consistency increased between SP & MP: Scope, Movement, Aiming…

 

PS3 specifics adaptation of controls: Menus, Shoot button…

 

14 additional maps resulting in a total of 32 MP maps!!!

 

Multiplayer Additional Information

 

32 new adversarial multiplayer maps up to 16 players, an expanded arsenal of multinational weapons, character customization options, new optimizing re-spawn system, new female operatives and hundreds of new game mode options are available.

 

2 new coop modes, “Evasion” and “Exfiltration”, to vary the game experience in multiplayer.

 

6 missions co-op campaign with a fully immersive experience and storyline. Featuring open-ended play that rewards teamwork as you play with up to sixteen players.

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Haze

 

[john2gr]

Έλεος............πως κατάντησαν έτσι το Haze ρεεεεεεεεε. Δείτε πως ήταν πριν από μισό χρόνο περίπου. Πως τα σκ@τωσαν έτσι;

 

[xrest]

ειναι scans τα παραπανω.αλλα και παλι η ποιοτητα εχει πεσει πολυ...

[xrest]

Metal Gear Solid 4 Delayed?

 

The number 1# reason to own a PS3 has been delayed till next year, which is surely going to piss off a lot of PS3 owners. Metal Gear Solid was going to be the firing shot back to the 360ʼs HALO and Lost Odyssey combo this fall but it seems instead Sony is gonna have to depend on Uncharted and their other first party games to take up the slack. I certainly hope this years Ratchet and Clank is super kick ass.

 

According to GameSwank emails were sent out from EBgameS and Gamestop to customers who had pre-orders; notifying them of the new release date info.

 

Dear Customer,

 

You have signed up to receive release date changes for:

 

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

 

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=T000316

 

Old Release Date - 9/1/2007

New Release Date - 3/1/2008

 

Thank you for visiting EBgames.com!

 

NOTE: The product release date is the best estimate as to when the product will become available. These dates are subject to change at anytime. EBGames.com is in constant communication with product vendors to provide you with the most accurate release dates possible.

 

So from this email even March isnʼt a sure thing, well good things are worth waiting for I suppose. But how does this affect PS3 sales this coming Fall?

[xrest]

Previews: Final Fantasy XIII

We check out another brief trailer update for Square's biggest game.

 

Square Enix revealed a tiny trickle of new info and imagery for Final Fantasy XIII at its massive Square Enix Party 2007 event in Tokyo today. It's becoming tragically clear that tacking a few seconds of new footage onto a slightly remixed trailer constitutes a major update these days, so fans will simply have to contend with meager crumbs of intel until the floodgates finally open at some undisclosed future time, but we do have a few new minor details about the game.

 

FFXIII once again wowed crowds with its blend of jaw-droppingly gorgeous CG and almost equally sexy real-time combat scenes. Most of the new content came at the trailer's outset, as surreal, beautiful landscapes from one of the game's "worlds," Pulse, flashed across the screen in rapid succession. These environments (seemingly real-time) looked so intensely alien that it's hard to even process exactly what we were seeing...other than the fact that they're spectacularly pretty.

After that, we once again saw oddly-named heroine Lightning dispatching foes with her high-tech weaponry, absurd acrobatics, and impressive abilities to control both time and gravity. The recycled trailer then showcased her mysterious blonde male friend (a fellow party member, hopefully?) performing impressive motorcycle feats, the supersexy summon Shiva (and her twin sister of sorts) morphing into a motorbike, and plenty of ridiculously over-the-top action that seems far too chaotic and detailed to actually be gameplay.

 

Fans with watchful eyes caught tiny glimpses of new stuff, like summoned monster Ifrit and a new type of enemy solider, but most of the trailer felt like a rehash of what Square has been rolling out since last E3. No release date was given, naturally, but the game's PS3 exclusivity was once again confirmed at the clip's end.