Playstation Spies

Posted on Thursday, 4th December 2008 by Derek.Yang

According to the developers, Mirror’s Edge is set to receive a pack of DLC that will include 9 additional levels for races. The levels will not include a city or any enemies. It will be pure racing levels that will test your ability with the movement system. PS3 owners can get an additional level for free. This will be a PS3 exclusive for Mirror’s Edge. The DLC pack is available for download in January from the Playstation store for about $10. For those looking to continue the story, hopefully next time Dice will add a few additional levels to the Campaign. For now, you will have to be content racing each other through challenges.

-Derek

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Posted on Wednesday, 3rd December 2008 by Derek.Yang

You can check out the teaser trailer to Uncharted 2 in all its fleeting awesomeness. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune was one of the best games to come out on the Playstation 3 console as well as one of the reasons Xbox fanboys are jealous. The game featured a cinematic meld of puzzle and fighting in what became a genuinely addictive combo. The storyline in my personal opinion was much better than say the latest Indiana Jones flick. Uncharted 2 was inevitable and you might not believe it but the developers claim the above trailer was rendered using the actual game engine. That is some amazing snow….

-Derek

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Posted on Monday, 1st December 2008 by Derek.Yang

According to the Techradar, a Spanish Sony executive has gone on the record to announce that the highly anticipated game Gran Turismo 5 will be available in Europe and North America during the Christmas season of 2009. Gran Turismo 5 is the premier driving simulator and one of the main reasons many fans purchased the Playstation 3 since it is a Playstation exclusive. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue was a purchaseable demo that was wildly popular. While personally I’m not happy with the long wait time before release, at least we now have a firm date to count on? If you’re so die hard you can’t wait, the Japanese Gran Turismo 5 release should be a few months earlier so you can always get a copy shipped.

-Derek

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Posted on Friday, 28th November 2008 by Derek.Yang

Remember the first time you heard about Playstation Home and how excited you were? No? Yea neither do I. For those of you who haven’t heard of this development yet, Playstation Home will be a big interface lift for the PS3 console which is supposed to give a much more in-depth user experience. Parts of it are modeled after what seems like Second Life. You can stream movies and walk around and chat with your friends through your avatar. Well, we’ve only got one month until the end of the year and Sony has promised us Playstation Home in 2008. What are your opinions on the Playstation Home update? Feel free to drop a line and let us know!
-Derek

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Posted on Wednesday, 26th November 2008 by Derek.Yang

Playstation 3 owners took a big sigh of relief when Blu-ray won the format war. The investment was worth it guys (ever a doubt in your mind? honestly…) and now PS3 owners can jump for joy knowing that they had invested in what CNN Money has decided was the best Blu-Ray player for the money! Aside from the awesome selection of games that other Blu-Ray players could not play, the PS3 was also noted for its fast load times and ability to upgrade to profile 2.0 as well as excellent picture quality. The report only had one negative to say and that was the lack of an IR sensor for a remote. All in all, good job PS3 owners for picking out the right console!

-Derek

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Posted on Tuesday, 25th November 2008 by Derek.Yang

Following a highly publicized NFL dispute over videogame licensing rights, the UFC has spawned its own controversy regarding its figthers’ objections to lending their own likeness to videogames. Dana White, the authoritarian CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has basically given the organization’s fighters a “my way or the highway” statement forcing fighters to allow videogame sponsorship or find a new organization. The agreement would sign away their likeness for life which means even the fighters’ own families would not be allowed to use their likeness in the event of death. When fighter Jon Fitch hesitated, he was thrown out of the UFC (24 hours later he was resigned). I guess we can expect to see Fitch in the upcoming game UFC 2009

-Derek

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Posted on Friday, 21st November 2008 by Derek.Yang

It has been over three years since Fight Night: Round 3 and now EA Sports has announced that they are currently working on the sequel Fight Night: Round 4. The Fight Night series has always been known as the top dog of the boxing simulation games. While reporters and insiders were allowed this first look at Fight Night Round 4, the rest of us will have to wait until the Spike TV Video Game Awards to see our first glimpse of Fight Night Round 4. To the delight of many a fan, this will be the first Fight Night game to feature Mike Tyson! We can now have the legendary match-up, Mike Tyson in his prime or Ali?

-Derek

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Posted on Monday, 17th November 2008 by Derek.Yang

About 2 years ago, the PS3 was released to long lines of loyal Sony fans. A personal friend of mine quit his job at Best Buy in order to secure a place in line to purchase the console. Of course with such hotly anticipated titles, there were numerous stories of bizarre behavior.

There were others who would buy the console and flip it for a profit on Ebay and Craigslist. The first person in line near one of the stores in my area managed to sell his unit for two grand in cash in the parking lot. It has been a long 2 years since then and the PS3’s line-up of videogames and support have grown much stronger. Resistance 2 has already been released to favorable critics and the PS3 is now a bigger force than ever in the video game industry.

-Derek

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Posted on Thursday, 13th November 2008 by Derek.Yang

The Zombie mode of Call of Duty: World at War is a sure hit for fans of zombie flicks. I know I am, I even read the Zombie Survival Guide book. The zombie mode will have up to four players playing co-op defending themselves against limitless waves of zombies. Kills will then be converted over for points that can be used to buy further upgrades and weapons. The Zombie mode for Call of Duty 5 is unlockable after completing the single player campaign first. You will also be able to unlock the co-op campaign mode after beating the single player.

-Derek

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Posted on Tuesday, 11th November 2008 by Derek.Yang

Wow, this story really amazes me. I guess it should come as no surprise, many of us gamers often wonder what we would do if we were bedridden and disabled, the answer would probably be to do the same thing we normally do anyways, play video games! Forum poster KitsuneYume has taken that one step further and built a controller suited for his own ability. He controls it with pretty much his whole body including a tongue controlled joystick! All the signals are wired into a standard PS3 controller. He was even able to beat the demo for Mirror’s Edge along with many others! Personally I don’t think myself resourceful enough to pull off something like this.
-Derek

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