Taku Imasaki (Producer, SCEA) of the PS Blog writes today:
Hello Blog Readers and GT Fans! I enthusiastically return to the blog with very good news. Hitting on our promise to continue to evolve the GT series, a new update for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is NOW available. This update adds three new vehicles to the game’s line-up, plus a number of gameplay and performance enhancements we think you’ll be excited about. Here we go…
New Vehicles All three vehicles and manufacturers have special ties to Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital. They will be added to their respective Dealership areas in GT5 Prologue.
GT by Citreon - The “GT by Citroen” concept car is the result of a groundbreaking collaboration between French automaker Citroen and Polyphony Digital. The formal debut of the vehicle took place yesterday at the Paris Motor Show, coinciding with the release of today’s update to the game. A video of the “GT by C... More »
Microsoft may be looking to put the mixed reception of Windows Vista behind them, but there is at least one aspect of their latest OS that they’re keen to keep alive.
Last week we reported the news that Microsoft seems to have lost faith in Windows Vista and may be releasing Windows 7 earlier than originally proposed. Now the latest on the Windows 7 front is that Microsoft may have not lost as much faith in Windows Vista as originally reported; at least not in one of its most important aspects.
Whether you love or loathe the functionality (or lack thereof) of Windows Vista, the Operating System’s appearance is one of its positive aspects. Large, user-friendly icons, a simplified interface, and little aesthetic touches that make menial tasks more visually engaging result in a Vista visual logic that simply makes sense.
Windows XP users can even convert the XP appearance to make their more reliable OS mimic the Vista look, and in this way can ... More »
Although Sony stated that Life with PlayStation was released by mistake earlier today, and has since been removed, some users managed to grab the 126MB file download.
Below is a screenshot of Life with PlayStation, with several more linked above on the official US PlayStation board courtesy of Chunk420.
Finally, below is a video of Life with PlayStation in action, which made made available by gaffyh via GameTrailers.
Check them out while you can, and if you snagged the file drop it on RapidShare/MegaUpload for others to play with and comment here. :p
The limitations of the DVD medium and XBox 360 hardware have not forced id to cut content from all versions of Rage (PC, PS3, 360), the studio has told Shacknews.
Following a report that id had removed "significant content" from all versions of the shooter so the game would fit onto two XBox 360 DVDs, id Software's Tim Willits denied that the XBox 360 version required the studio to sacrifice its vision for the game.
"There was NO CONTENT removed from RAGE because of the 360--NONE AT ALL," wrote Willits. "We feel the 360 is a great platform and will provide a fantastic Rage experience."
id has previously stated that the XBox 360 version of Rage will look worse than its PC and PS3 counterparts due to the limitations of the DVD medium. The studio had hoped to circumvent this by spreading the 360 release across three DVDs, though Microsoft's royalty rates apparently make anything beyond two discs financially impracticable.
When gamers catch glimpse of a game that hasn't been announced it's cause for much excitement. When a PSP version of MotorStorm appeared on UK retailer GAME's Web site Sony fans thought they'd stumbled upon something they weren't supposed to know about, but it seems we've all got excited over nothing.
Speaking to VideoGamer.com this morning, a Sony Computer Entertainment Europe spokesperson has confirmed that the listing is a mistake and that it will be removed shortly. So there you go.
Maybe the fan excitement over the listing will give Sony a reason to consider bringing the MotorStorm series to PSP in the future, but it's not happening just yet.
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift is scheduled for release on PS3 later this year.
Version 1.12 Update information is as follows - The following problems have been fixed:
When a host leaves a game, the position of host is automatically forwarded to someone else. When someone else filled the free 16th slot, the player would be invisible to the new host.
The game would sometimes freeze if a player would invite a Clan Member while in Survival mode.
The day of the week of "Match Time" was not correctly displayed when viewing the rules in the Survival Lobby.
The following game specifications have been changed:
The motion of reloading the shotgun cannot be canceled by equipping a box or changing weapons.
Change of weapon specification:
Saiga 12's cost changed from 8000DP to 5000DP.
G3A3's cost changed from 5000DP to 4000DP.
Change of skill specification:
"NARC" Lv2's cost from 1 to 2
"NARC" Lv3's cost from 1 to 3
Mediumgauge has updated PSP Filer today, a file management application designed for PSP. For those who don't know, PSP Filer allows users to edit, copy, delete, and transfer files on the memory stick and flash memory.
filer:
- fixed a bug that time stamp of folders in zipfile was corrupted.
- changed a feature to close window when copying done.
before: pushing cross to close it.
now: pushing either circle or cross to close it.
- changed a feature pushing right arrow:
before: mark all files in folder.
now: mark/unmark all files in folder.
- removed a feature pushing left arrow, to unmark all files in folder.
- added a feature to move to parent folder by pushing left arrow + circle.
- added a feature to save this ... More »
The Official PlayStation (UK) Magazine has published one of the first ever reviews on the PS3, and as expected it truly turns the tide and makes PES the soccer franchise with something to seriously prove.
Spallen of GameTrailers (linked above) has posted, but now removed, the scan of their FIFA 09 review in the OPM UK magazine.
They note that EA has taken the criticisms on board, and while FIFA 09 was always presented better, it now plays better... and to quote of FIFA 09: "brilliant, overflowing with new features".
Overall it received a gold award, and a score of 9/10.
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