PS3 Fanboy
Filed under: Blu-ray, Deals and Bargains
Best Buy is having another special on Blu-ray films: 2 for $30 this time. Need movie recommendations? Enjoy one of the movies on the list but not sure what else to get? Do you just like being told what to do? Here is a humble classification of the movies [...]
PS3Blog.net
IGN gives a pretty thorough summary of everything that’s in the new 2.40 firmware update. There’s nothing substantially new there that we haven’t seen in the press release or videos, except for this:
For third-parties, Sony promises that many developers are working to add Trophies into their games for this fall and onward. For the near [...]
PS3 Fanboy
Filed under: Videos and Screenshots
Level 5’s ambitious and mysterious RPG, White Knight Chronicles, has undergone a bit of a face-lift since its first trailer shown a couple of years ago. It’s difficult to explain — the graphics haven’t necessary gotten better (we won’t say either way until we stare at the game itself on [...]
PS3 Fanboy
Filed under: News
Don’t Panic is an indie magazine based in the United Kingdom with branches in Europe, Asia, Australia and even South America. Why do we suddenly care? They are in collaboration with SCEE in a Character Creation Competition for LittleBigPlanet, that’s why. Those of you who enjoyed the previous sackboy we posted but [...]
PS3Blog.net
The Sony Europe Press Release:
Get more from online gaming on PLAYSTATION®3 with the free 2.40 firmware enhancement
PS3™ to give online gamers the features they’ve been requesting:
XMB™ (XrossMediaBar) access in-game and trophies available in this free, automatic system upgrade
June 30, 2008: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced new online gaming functionality for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™), which will [...]
PS3 Fanboy
Filed under: Firmware Updates, News
You’ve probably read our Firmware 2.40 post (if not, do!), where we go in depth with the new in-game XMB and Trophies system, but there’s nothing quite like seeing it in motion. Thankfully, the second Firmware 2.40 video is up now on the PlayStation.Blog and, this time, Eric Lempel [...]
PS3 Fanboy
Filed under: Firmware Updates
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So, we’re finally able to talk officially about PS3 firmware 2.40. Available July 2nd, this hotly anticipated firmware update has been the topic of discussion throughout various internet forums and our own site. Many rumors stemmed from supposed leaks, and we can now say that [...]
PS3 Fanboy
Filed under: News
IGN has released an interview with Dan Teasdale, Lead Designer at Harmonix, in which they discuss the evolution of the band-based gaming platform Rock Band. The sequel, Rock Band 2, will be available stateside sometime this year (the Xbox 360 version has a September release date). The interview reveals a lot of [...]
PlayStation.Blog
Hello again, everyone! Very recently, we demonstrated a major new function enabled in PLAYSTATION 3 firmware v2.40: XMB access in-game. But that’s only part of the story, as the next system software update also introduces the Trophy system to the PS3. This video demonstration shows the system in action.
Super Stardust HD, a PLAYSTATION Network-exclusive released [...]
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President of SCEE David Reeves says so:
“We are delighted to confirm that DualShock 3 will be released in SCEE territories in early July. We hope this will add to the intense gaming experience for our fans, as we continue to evolve PS3, its software and its peripherals,”
It will go on sale July 4th priced at [...]