82w ago - DICE Junior Product Manager Tommy Rydling has announced that Battlefield 3 assaults PlayStation 3 today, and has outlined the complete PS3 Trophy List below as follows:

The team at DICE is super excited to get Battlefield 3 into the hands of our PS3 fans. And, if initial reactions are anything to go by, you are equally excited....

Don't forget: you will be able to purchase, download and play the upcoming expansion pack Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand one week early exclusively on PS3. And hey, don't miss your chance for everlasting fame and glory - or at least being included in the in-game credits for Back to Karkand.

All you have to do to be in the running is to enter our Name it and Claim it! Challenge and submit your suggestion for our new control point on the redesigned Gulf of Oman map. But don't wait - the challenge closes on October 28th!

But today is all about the launch of the base game. Before I leave you, I just wanted to let you know what Trophies are lying in wait for the skilled and dedicated gamers we know you are. And with that, I hope you enjoy the game. Looking forward to hear from you, here or on Battlelog!

84w ago - Ratloop Head Programmer Lucas Pope has shared a video today of Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken going through the transition from flash to full 3D on the PS3 console below.

To quote: Our upcoming PSN game, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, got a few upgrades on the way to PS3, and I'd like to dive into some of the technical details of that transition.

Hardboiled Chicken is a vastly expanded and improved game based on our earlier Flash release, Rocketbirds: Revolution.

In going from Flash to the PS3, we added better controls, more screens, more chapters, more weapons, more enemies, and more gameplay modes. And we seriously upgraded the visuals. In this article, I'll talk about some of those visual upgrades and how we did 'em.

Rocketbirds

If you haven't seen or played Rocketbirds, it's a non-scrolling 2D game with a strong visual style. Think of classic 2D action-adventure games like Flashback, Oddworld, or Blackthorne. It could be considered a platformer, but there's no scrolling and each screen is revealed whole-hog when you walk off the edge.

2D Like We Mean It

For the original Rocketbirds: Revolution, we kept things simple. Each screen had a static foreground image and a static background image that were composited...

89w ago - Just a few days after the PS3.Full.3.40.SDK.PS3-DUPLEX leak comes another Sony PS3 SDK 3.60 leak for PlayStation 3 developers from JoHNAaRoN (SDK@s0ny.com) via Usenet at alt.binaries.boneless and alt.binaries.console.ps3.

In addition to the PS3 3.60 SDK, this leak also includes the PS3 Debug 3.55 Downgrade PUP for 3.56+ TEST kits as confirmed by damox (tested on a PlayStation 3 3.70 DECH unit) who also posted the file list on his blog complete with the related hashes and extras detailed.

For those wondering, in "extras" the included PS3DECHUpdateData.355.001d.zip is the Special PS3 3.55 Downgrade PUP for Debug / Test consoles and the PS3DECRUpdateData.355.001d.zip is used for...

90w ago - Earlier today we reported on the PS3 Debug / Test Firmware 3.70 update being leaked, and now the entire PS3 3.40 SDK has been leaked by PlayStation 3 scene group Duplex.

This news comes a few weeks after the recent Sony PS3 SDK GCC Cell OS LV2 Toolchain Sources leak, and for those following... previously the PS3 SDK 3.41 Toolchain & RAF Compiler, a Differences Comparison, and the PS3 SDK 1.92 was leaked alongside a guide on how to set it up.

According to the PS3 NFO, the official release name is PS3.Full.3.40.SDK.PS3-DUPLEX...

97w ago - Today Insomniac Games Senior Community Manager James Stevenson has shared a Resistance 3 'full circle' PlayStation 3 development diary video for fans.

To quote: This one focuses on bringing back some of the classic Resistance: Fall of Man gameplay like the weapon wheel and the great heritage that Ratchet & Clank has provided the Resistance franchise.

There is a ton of exciting news about Resistance 3 these days. You hopefully saw all of the preview coverage that hit yesterday. There's much more to come, as next week, we will be staging a Resistance 3 panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 21st at 5 p.m. in Room 7AB.

"Go behind the scenes with Marcus Smith (Creative Director), Kevin Grow (Animation Director), Grant Hollis (Art Director), and voice actors Robin Atkin Downes (Joseph Capelli) and Crispin Freeman (Charlie Tent) from the cast and discover the secrets behind Insomniac's vision of a post-apocalyptic 50's era.

Attendees will be able to ask their burning questions in an exclusive Q&A session and might - just might - get a first look at a brand-new way for you to resist with your friends."





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