PS3 Today

This blog is underconstruction

2007-04-03T19:19:00.000-05:00

As you may have noticed, this blog has been quite inactive lately. I am posting to let everyone know that this blog will be on hold until further notice for 'renovations'. Thank you and check back often.

New PS3 Firmware 1.6 details revealed

2007-03-19T14:17:00.000-05:00

1. PlayStation 3: Firmware 1.6 update details
The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) - Image 1Sony has just provided more details regarding the PlayStation 3's upcoming Firmware 1.6 update. First up is a minor adjustment for the update's release date. Previously set for a March 23 release - the same day as the PS3 launch in Europe - 1.6 will be available as downloadable content come March 22.

Moving on to FW 1.6's updates, it has been reported that it will allow the PS3 to do other functions while you're downloading content - expect far less game session interruptions in the near future. Sony's also adding an option for a full-size keyboard on the system menu, which should make text input easier for those uncomfortable with the PS3's default cellphone-style interface.

Firmware 1.6 will also carry updates for the PS3's web browser, which includes a capability to detect the user's video-out settings and to set standard font sizes accordingly. Also new is a point-and-zoom feature for examining web pages in-depth. There's also the matter of the added support for Folding@home - Stanford University's ongoing project to use part of the PS3's massive cell processing power to study protein folding to help further research into diseases like Alzheimer s Disease, Parkinson s Disease, and Huntington's Disease.

Lastly, we reiterate on 1.6's update to the Remote Play function on the PlayStation Portable. In earlier firmware versions of Sony's PS3, PSP owners could only hook up wirelessly to the 60GB model so long as they were within its sensor range. In the upcoming 1.6 update, PSP owners can opt to use WiFi hotspots to connect with their PS3, which not only allows for greater mobility, but also allows 20GB owners to partake in the fun. Set your calendars for March 22.

(Via QJ)

Sega Rally for PS3

2007-03-14T14:43:00.000-05:00

Details may have been real scarce for Sega's upcoming racer, Sega Rally, but now it has bounced back to give us the official fact sheet for the game along with all-new screens for the PS3 version of the game. Some say that the keen attention to environment details (take the richness of the chocolate-like mud for example) may be comparable to MotorStorm but perhaps it's still too early to tell, eh?

Sega Rally is slated for release for the PS3, Xbox360, and PC Autumn this year. So while we wait for that, here are some of the key game features you might wanna read up on:
Bumper to bumper Rally racing - show your competitive side by racing with multiple cars and track racing bumper to bumper across Rally inspired environments.
Deformation - Fully deformable environments & surfaces that will ensure no two laps will be the same.
Speed & adrenaline - Wide variety of looping tracks, surface types, and vehicles including 4WD, 2WD & Classic vehicles.
Environments - Eight different environments inspired by exotic locations all over the world.
Competition - Advanced AI, multiplayer and online capabilities
Immediacy - Arcade accessibility with simulation depth.
(Via QJ)

Tekken 5 on PSN!

2007-03-10T01:17:00.000-06:00

As you may have noticed, the Playstation Network Store now has the much-anticipated Tekken 5 for sale and download in the US! This is terrific news! I have been having a great time with it and it is just measly $15.00! You really don't have much to lose, and I will go on record saying that this game is just as good as any of those $60.00 games you've bought thus far! So, check it out and see if you think it's worth it!

GRAW 2 official trailer released

2007-03-06T01:34:00.000-06:00

"With Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2's launch nearly banging at our doors, Ubisoft has released another treat. The GRAW 2's launch trailer hits just a few days before the release.

Of course, PS3 and PC fans of the Tom Clancy franchise would have to wait a little bit longer. But hey, it's all worth it. In the launch trailer, we see the team getting orders to do recon on the Mexican insurgence near the US border. As with the other Ghost Recon titles, GRAW 2 has the insane action with all the explosions and gunfight. We really can't expect them not to engage when they're being shot at, can we?

Are you ready? GRAW 2 is about to hit the shelves and it's bound to hit the ground running. We'll shut up now, so you can watch the launch trailer. Enjoy!"
(Via QJ)

Battlefield: Bad Company screens

2007-03-03T17:29:00.000-06:00

Battlefield: Bad Company is a war game, but this time around you are not fighting for freedom, your country, or even survival really. This time you are fighting for cash! The game has incredible graphics and sounds like it will have an incredible feeling to it. The game is more than likely going to be filled to the brim with death and destruction, shooting, blowing up, and stabbing, so it is sure to please those war-game fans out there!
Check out the screens!

Spider-Man 3 Screens!

2007-03-01T17:23:00.000-06:00

Check it out ya'll, we've got box art for Spider-Man 3! Here are bunch of great screen shot for you to enjoy! I am thrilled about the release of this game in a couple of months. The first one was alright, the second one was great, and this one is sure to be incredible!

Grand Theft Auto 4

2007-03-01T17:20:00.000-06:00

Grand Theft Auto IV news is beginning to trickle out bit by bit! As you can see, the box art has now been released. In this same release, Rockstar Games has announced that the PS3 version along with the Xbox 360 version will be released at the same time. This is good news for Xbox fans but not so much for us PS3 fans. It was kind of nice when the GTA titles came out for PS systems first.

Another bit of unfortunate news is that the game's release date may be pushed back from Oct. 2007 until the beginning of 2008! I was a bit disappointed to hear this news because I have been pumped about the release of the game since it was first announced several months ago.

I wish I had more news for you, but Rockstar is still being rather shy about the details at this point. From what I hear, we have an excellent title headed our way!

New content for Resistance: Fall of Man!

2007-02-26T21:06:00.000-06:00

The guys at Insomniac Games have given us some really great news dealing with our beloved title, Resistance: Fall of Man! For all you Resistance fans, this is sure to be a happy moment for all of you!

They have announced that come April they will start releasing all sorts of new content for the game including an extended storyline, extended maps, and more ALL NEW content! They have also been ever-so-slightly hinting at a sequel!

So, am I right? Are you as excited about this new content as I am? I sure hope so. I will keep you updated on any further information that in released!

Buy: [Resistance: Fall Of Man] (PS3)

Browse the Playstation Store on your computer!

2007-02-24T21:36:00.000-06:00

Very cool news released today! Check this out.... You can browse the playstation store on your computer just with the use of Firefox!

Here is how it is done:

1. type about:config into the address bar of a new tab
2. next, right click on the background and a choose new > string
3. type general.useragent.override in the first box
4. type PLAYSTATION 3; 1.00 in the second box
5. now close that tab and go to https://account.np.ac.playstation.net/login.gvm

There you have it, login and enjoy it! It is quite a discovery and one that I have personally be waiting for since I got the PS3!

Modified PS3 Pre-Orders

2007-02-23T18:15:00.000-06:00

It has been announced that Terrasoft is now accepting pre-orders on the pre-modified PS3 with Unix already installed on it. The nice thing is that the stock PS3 OS runs side by side with the Unix OS. This means that you can use whatever you feel like using at any given moment!

Features:

DVD, installation guide, sticker, and "flippy"
60GB hard drive
256MB of non-expandable Rambus RAM,
Gigabit Ethernet
WiFi
4 USB ports
Blueray DVD player
HDMI and Sony Multi AV graphics ports

(features via QJ)

I would have loved if I would have had this option when I picked up my PS3! Unfortunately the modified PS3 does not include he mouse and keyboard. But that is the last thing that matters!

Spiderman 3 - Special Edition

2007-02-23T01:57:00.000-06:00

It has been announced that SpiderMan 3 will be released to PS3 owners in a 'Special Edition' format! This is a very cool benefit! QJ had this to say about what we will be getting with this edition:

What will we get in this Collector's Edition, you ask? Well, Activision and Sony have teamed up to offer a ton of bonus features including webisodes from the Spider-Man 3 movie, an exclusive interview with producer Avi Arad, and behind the scenes talks with Tobey Maguire, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church, James Franco, JK Simmons, and Bruce Campbell who were involved with development. If that enormous list doesn't tickle your fancy then maybe access to special Spider-Man 3 trailers plus other goodies yet to be revealed will.

I am very excited about this game. I really enjoyed SpiderMan 2 on PS2 and this one looks like it will be 100% better! Stay tuned for more!

Bladestorm Screens!

2007-02-22T05:44:00.001-06:00

Bladestorm - Based on battling France and England. Simply pick a side and brutalize your opposing army with your very own 'band of brothers'! Here are bunch of screens for ya'll!
I am really looking forward to playing this game. It looks like it would be an absolute blast. You can get a full review at IGN!

Three new PS3 downloadable titles!

2007-02-21T23:10:00.000-06:00

It had been confirmed that there will be three new downloadable titles tomorrow on the Playstation network store!

Titles include:

flOw (US $7.99)
Q*Bert (US $4.99)
Ridge Racer 7 demo (free)

I must say that in my personal opinion, flOw and Q*Bert are not worth spending on, but the Ridge Racer 7 demo is going to be great! The reason for this is that Ridge Racer 7 does indeed look like it will be a blast, and of course, it is FREE!

Be sure to check the PS3 online store tomorrow to get it! You can also order it below!

Buy: [Ridge Racer 7] (PS3)

new flOw screens!

2007-02-21T19:17:00.000-06:00

"To celebrate the grrreat news we brought you just a while ago about the game's release tomorrow, we're gonna share with you this mesmerizing new batch of screens we were able to score just recently."

This game is going to be running it all its 1080p glory folks! Enjoy the shots!

Next Gen Wars Drop Out

2007-02-21T14:45:00.000-06:00

CIRCLE Studio, the creators of Without Warning went ahead and completely dropped off the face of the earth without warning (I know that was cheesy.)

"The reports added that CEO Jeremy Heath-Smith informed the company's staff about the bad news the other day. Also, it has been said that CiRCLE has gone into liquidation and will cease operations immediately."

The WW game for PS2 and Xbox was actually a fairly respectable game and I really though that we would see CIRCLE Studio in this battle of next gen consoles. I guess I was sadly mistaken.
Lets hope that we don't see anymore decent creators giving up on us.

"Wii leads January hardware sales in US"

2007-02-21T05:25:00.000-06:00

"According to the preliminary data of the NPD group, the Nintendo Wii leads the January hardware sales in the US. Apparently, it has sold 436,000 units throughout North America. Microsoft's Xbox 360 is in the middle with 294,000 units sold, while the PS3 isn't far behind with 244,000 units.

This preliminary data was allegedly released by Microsoft and has not been officially confirmed by NPD. Molly O'Donnell, group manager for MS' entertainment and devices division said that "Xbox 360 had a fantastic January, and we feel great about our position in the marketplace".

She also added that the X360 experienced an 18 rise in sales compared to the same period last year. We'll be sure to give you more updates about this in the coming days. For now, we all have to make do with this piece of "preliminary data".

(Via QJ)

Utah gunman - Gamer?

2007-02-21T04:35:00.000-06:00

This is an article from QJ.net and the Utah gunman!

"Recently, we reported police findings on the case of Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old Bosnian refugee who walked into the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah and went shooting into the crowd, killing five and wounding four. The police never found any evidence that violent video games may have influenced Talovic. In fact, they never even found any computer game or video game system in Talovic's home.

But now, another lead surfaced: Talovic's friend, Enes Kadic (left pic), claims that his friend Sulejman did play computer games. Kadic, who went to seventh grade with Talovic, said that "combat games, fighting games, Super Mario..." are the sort of games that Talovic liked to play. Talovic also liked to watch movies with violence, his friend said. "He liked watching fighting movies. He liked watching those fist-fighting movies and movies where they shoot each other. He liked watching those type of movies," he added.

According to Kadic, Talovic was quiet and not very talkative. He kept mostly to himself and didn't leave his house after school. At least once a week, though, Kadic would convince his shy friend to watch movies at his house or play video games at Talovic's house.

This new evidence leaves us all out in the open. Still, the fact that Talovic did play computer games is a poor indication that Talovic was convinced to shoot people because of gaming influence. His eight-grade math teacher at Hillside Intermediate School, Virginia Lee, said that Talovic was just a young man who wanted to be social, to belong.

Talovic's friend Kadic says that he still cannot believe it was his friend who did the shooting claiming that "it's pretty crazy to me he did that. He's the last person on Earth I thought would do that." Talovic may have been any one of us, and we do feel sorry for his victims.

The gunman might have had his reasons for going postal that day, yet must we always point blame on the gaming industry? After all, we've never heard of anybody else going on a shooting rampage after a round of playing Super Mario..."

NBA Street Homecourt - PS3/Xbox 360

2007-02-21T04:19:00.000-06:00

That's right folk... NBA Street Homecourt is out in stores! Although, it may not be easy to get your hands on due to the lack of quantity. EA has truly outdone themselves on this one! I am not usually a very big fan of basketball video games, but I must say that this one is quite impressive. Not only are the graphics great, but the gameplay is quite fun.

I highly recommend this title as one to own. This particular NBA video game is much more appealing and just plain more fun than the alternatives available for PS3! This game has 3 on 3 street ball and even a few WNBA stars awaiting you!

Buy: [NBA Street Homecourt] (PS3)

Buy: [NBA Street Homecourt] (Xbox 360)

WipEout uses MotorStorm game engine

2007-02-21T02:17:00.000-06:00

It has been announced that WipEout is using the same game engine that is present in MotorStorm! This is excellent news considering the excellent gameplay that the WipEout games have. They are known for their silky smooth moving graphics and great framerate!

QJ recently had this to say:

"To say that things just heated up could be an understatement. It's just been confirmed in the latest issue of EGM that the WipEout title revving up for the PS3 will be using the same game engine as MotorStorm. While this bit of news might not be that big a deal for some, others might find it a bit interesting.

This new development is directly related to both games. Now that we know that they're going to use the same engine, it could pose a potential (and critical) influence to how the games would eventually look and feel. As PSXExtreme sums it up:

The WipEout franchise has always relied on ultra-fast and silky-smooth gameplay with a flawless frame rate, and nothing less will be accepted by fans in the new generation. So the real question is, how will MotorStorm look?"

Buy MotorStorm early through this link and guarantee yourself a copy!

Firmware 1.51 Hack a Fake?

2007-02-21T01:57:00.000-06:00

You have probably heard about the so-called firmware hack for version 1.51 if you have been browsing the web for PS3 news. If not, let me inform you.

There have been numerous claims on the web about a 'hack' for the FW 1.51. It turns out that this is not entirely true. The so-called 'hack' for the firmware has not turned out to be a hack but more of a network update bypass, at best.

The mod is pretty much only any good if you spend all of your PS3 time browsing the Playstation Network Store.

Here is what QJ has to say about their findings:

You can now access the official PS3 store without updating your current PS3 Firmware version! - Only for now.
You can now play PS3 games on-line, without updating your current PS3 Firmware! - Fake.
You may be able to downgrade the PS3's Firmware through this circumvention technique. - Fake.
You may be able to 'install' your own desired PS3 store items using this method. - Fake

The only good this mod will do for you it seems is lets you browse the PSN Store without updating your firmware. I really don't see the benefit to this whatsoever. At this point in time the network updates are required to do pretty much anything, such as playing games online.

All in all, don't waste your time.

Virtua Fighter 5 to be release Feb. 23rd

2007-02-21T01:31:00.000-06:00

The original release date of the greatly anticipated title, Virtua Fighter 5 was originally going to be on February 20th. Obviously this is not the case however. The game is actually going to be released nationwide (USA) on February 23rd. I am personally really looking forward to the release of this game being that it is the first of its kind available to us Americans!

The previous Virtua Fighter titles have always been among my favorites of the fighting genre. The graphics and gameplay are one of a kind. Yes, Mortal Kombat games are a blast as well, although personally, I get a bit tired of the relentless fatalities and grotesque amounts of blood.

I believe that the guys at IGN said it best:

Hopefully, Virtua Fighter 5 will open eyes and prove that VF is an all-access beast. As one of the few exclusive (at least for now) PS3 titles in the first quarter of 2007, it has the opportunity to grab consumers it wouldn't normally reach, and it deserves plenty of recognition.

We are all hoping that VF5 will blow us away. Being the first of the genre (other than Asia's PSN release of Tekken), VF5 does indeed have an opportunity here to have a massive hit or a massive failure. After I give it a run through later this week, I will post all of my findings.

Buy Virtua Fighter 5 today!

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway Screens

2007-02-21T01:07:00.000-06:00

Brother's in Arms: Hell's Highway will take full advantage of the innovations the Unreal Engine 3 brings to the world of gaming! This game promises to be quite sensational. I am a huge fan of war games such as Call of Duty 3. This game appears to have some of the better graphics that I have seen in any of the Next Gen games.

The coloring seems to be much more vibrant in comparison to Call of Duty 3. IGN described the coloring in COD3 as "washed out" in comparison to the Xbox 360 version, and I think they are right. I will admit that the "washed out" coloring actually added a bit of realism to the game because the game is a WWII based game and it should look old. That is just my opinion and I find it to be correct.

Anyhow... The new BiA:HH will not be released until November 2007 unfortunately, but it is good to know that we have so many excellent games to look forward to.

Pictures via (QJ)
Full Game Preview (IGN)

Problems with my PS3

2007-02-21T00:57:00.000-06:00

This problem has been reported by countless Playstation 3 users and unfortunately now I am among those countless people. The other day I had the unfortunate problem of having my PS3 freeze. I don't know why. It has not happened before. I was playing and it froze, I restarted and it froze, I restarted again and it froze and so on. It was very scary and quite discouraging after spending the whopping $600.00 on the 60GB system. I had it in the 'laying-down' position and I found that by standing it up I have not had the problem since. I am not entirely sure if it was the recent firmware update that fixed it or the standing up, but the other PS3'ers that I have spoken to with the same problem claim that the standing position has helped them also.

So, if you have the same problems with your system, consider the position that it is in before you go and beat it with a bat.

PS3 Today's Grand Opening!

2007-02-21T00:44:00.000-06:00

Welcome to PS3 Today! Thank you for visiting! I am an avid blogger and have been blogging on Sankey Blog for about a year now. I am a huge PS3 fan (and owner) and decided recently that it would be worth while and just plain just to host a great PS3 blog.

This blog will contain detailed news, reviews, and rumors about the PS3, the games out for it, the upcoming games, the recent firmware releases, accessories and the Playstation network updates. Along with all things PS3, we will also be updating information on the best HD accessories and TV's for use with the PS3!

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2007-02-21T00:24:00.000-06:00

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