Update: The cover of the upcoming Famitsu PSP/PS3 issue which promises to have huge blowout on the upcoming Metal Gear Solid game is below... no translation is available yet though.

As was previously mentioned in the recent issue of Famitsu, the countdown teaser Web site for Kojima Production's next project has changed once again.

Now, you will not only see a lot of new...

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PlayStation Home Online Community Specialist Locust_Star announced today that 'Backstage with Guitar Hero' will be launching in PlayStation Home tomorrow, as follows:

The time has come for all of you virtual rock stars to get your butts into PlayStation Home and show off your sickest riffs and slickest licks.

That’s right - on Thursday, March 26th, Activision is launching...

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Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, look out... a start-up called OnLive announced a brand-new game distribution system Monday night that, if it works as planned, could change the games game forever.

OnLive, which was started by WebTV founder Steve Perlman and former Eidos CEO Mike McGarvey, is aiming to launch a system--seven years in the works--that will digitally distribute first-run,...

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Edge was always a magazine I like reading no matter what kind of reviews they dish out, their perspectives are so well written that it’s pretty easy to negate everything else that they offer.

Did their Killzone 2 review push everyone against them, although I do not quite agree with the them, since they have given both Gears of War 2 and Halo 3 a 9 and 10...

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Earlier today Sony detailed how PS3 Firmware update 2.60 will enhance the system's media capabilities.

Shortly after, some additional new features were announced as well.

Now, PS3 Firmware 2.60 is officially available for download!

Download: PS3 Firmware 2.60 Update (US) / PS3 Firmware 2.60 (EU)

Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below

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There are some more details emerging about PS3 Firmware Update 2.60 as follows:

According to our source, on top of the already announced Photo Gallery feature, and Divx 3.11 support, here are some more of the expected feaures of FW 2.60:

• Safe Mode
• Blu-ray Disc Theme Support
• HDD Data can be accessed and deleted in-game
3-D Secure Support
•...

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Capcom has announced an actual US version of the Resident Evil 5 demo that has been available since last month in Japan, the one that many tried to download and play before Microsoft went and pulled the plug.

Capcom announced it at their Co-op Multiplayer event in San Francisco last night, stating that the US demo will be released early 2009.

Additionally,...

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IGN has gone through Famitsu's 11-page feature on Final Fantasy: Dissidia and translated several new details recently.

Square Enix apparently considered putting a FFXII character in the game, but were concerned it would solidify "the character's image and skills in players' minds and thus affecting the main FFXIII".

Famitsu also revealed that gamers will be...

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In the past 2-3 years the games industry has passed over the proverbial cusp that had prevented it from reaching mainstream appeal.

Games are being mentioned in the same breath as top tier films and books, being compared to art and various literature. It is set to take it’s place as a prominent form of entertainment.

There are however a few things that are...

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Fable II explores what happens when a game does away with most forms of punishment, and does nothing but reward its players from start to finish. The results are astonishing.

It's worth stepping away from the tried and tested Pavlovian mechanics that games have inherited from the coin-crunching arcades to consider what Lionhead is proposing. Almost every game ever made has...

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