128w ago - Earlier today some treats were revealed for PlayStation Plus subscribers, and now PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has shared details on a few more early holiday presents on the way!

To quote: 'Tis the season to give... so our team is prepping a special gift for all PlayStation Plus subscribers. We already revealed our biggest PlayStation Plus publishes yet, including free downloads of games like Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse and Crash Team Racing.

Along with those featured games, we also have some other surprises that will keep PlayStation Plus subscribers busy over the holiday break.

Coming soon to all PlayStation Plus subscribers is a free download of the beta for Sony Online Entertainment's newest MMORPG, DC Universe Online, from the PlayStation Plus section in the PlayStation Store.

From there, they can create their own super hero (or super villain) and take an adventure through Jim Lee's vision of the DC universe. We will have more information on the exact timing of the beta in the near future, so be sure to keep your eyes on the blog.

Our holiday cheer isn't stopping there! On December 21,...

155w ago - Guerrilla Games Producer Aryeh Loeb has just posted up the first official Killzone 3 PS3 trailer video today via PlayStation Blog!

To quote: As you are probably aware of by now, Killzone 3 was announced last week. The sheer volume of positive feedback and enthusiasm we've received from you since then has been nothing short of overwhelming.

While it's wonderful to get such feedback on your first showing, we're hoping to top it in the upcoming weeks. To this end, I'm happy to announce that we've prepared not one, but two Killzone 3 trailers for your viewing pleasure.

First off we have a dark, stylish teaser trailer that highlights our new brutal melee combat system. It goes live now in conjunction with the new release of Killzone.com Web site.





Killzone.com now has a Hub for all the hi-res, hi-def Killzone 3 content that you would ever want.

Secondly, the first official gameplay trailer is right around the corner. Pretty soon we will be showing you a first glimpse of the in-game action Killzone 3 has in store. So keep an eye out!

Don't miss out on...

207w ago - Today Team HyperX presents IXtreme 1.6 0800 XBox 360 firmware for Benq, Samsung and Liteon drives.

Features:

• Common API designed for easier application use!
• Support for SS V2!
• Direct 0800 mode for game dumping including SS v2!

This firmware is =NOT FOR USE IN A CONSOLE= and is provided with the intended use of being in a dedicated "ripping" drive.

Download: IXtreme 1.6 0800 XBox 360 Firmware (Benq) / IXtreme 1.6 0800 XBox 360 Firmware (Liteon) / IXtreme 1.6 0800 XBox 360 Firmware (Samsung)

This means:

a. Does not need your DVD key,
b. Does not need spoofing as another drive,
c. Does not need to use the tray half open and
d. Does not need to use the activate.iso to use this firmware on the pc.

More Info:

SS v2 supports multiple timing samples for challenges type 5 and 7, storing them in the SS. This is a pre-requisite for SS v3 which has support for the so called AP2.5 check. Since this has never been used or may never be used by MS we will adopt a wait and see...

210w ago - As the title states, today Team HyperX has released IXtreme 1.6 Firmware for Benq, Samsung and Liteon XBox 360 drives.

Download: LiteOn iXtreme THX v1.6 REPACK / BenQ iXtreme THX v1.6 / LiteOn iXtreme THX v1.6 / Samsung iXtreme THX v1.6

Features:

• Strict Wave 3 compliance! hybrid (modified disks) will not boot!
• Strict drive speed compliance - 12x only for game discs!
• Support for SS V2!
• Integrated 0800 for game dumping including SS v2!
• Full support for all known game exceptions! eg ddr etc!
• One shot boot mode! - allows a one off boot of gamedisc without -stealth/partition checks (will still use stealth), use activate.iso disk to activate each time!
• Support for easy drive key/version info cmd, same as liteon!
• Strict stealth/wave checking, one shot boot mode will boot wave(x)!

More Info:

Strict Wave 3 compliance means wave 3 games will only boot if they have correct PFI/DMI/SS...