Madden NFL, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Home, and more.

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The Beautiful Anatomy of A Video Game Controller [Art] on Kotaku
# art What lies beneath the plastic skin of your PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 controllers? If concept artist Mads Peitersen was designing the gamepads we play with, they’d be bony, fleshy living things…

The PS3 Bundle Best Buy Tried To Keep Secret [Madden Nfl 11] on Kotaku
# maddennfl11 If you’re finally ready to jump into PlayStation 3 ownership and plan on doing so with a copy of Madden NFL 11, wait for the bundle. That previously leaked package (perhaps a…

PlayStation 3 Destroyed In A Fire Looks Like This [PS3] on Kotaku
# ps3 Reader Eric tells us his home caught on fire and, in it, his PlayStation 3. Happily, Eric fared well enough that he was able to snap photos of his post-inferno PlayStation and send them our…

A Modern Warfare 2 Single-Player Demo Appears [Demo] on Kotaku
# demo In case you’ve been trying to decide whether or not to buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the past nine months, Activision has released a single-player demo on the PlayStation Network and…

A Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy For PlayStation Home [Playstation Home] on Kotaku
# playstationhome Sony celebrates the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in PlayStation Home this Thursday with a faithful rendition of an iconic Star Wars location that did not…

Who’s That Flying Coming to PSP, PS3 [PSP] on Kotaku
# psp Who’s that Flying?! is a Playstation minis game described as a side-scrolling shooter meets tower defense (with courtroom drama and intrigue!) doused in sheer awesomeness… AND THEN SET ON…


BioShock, LittleBigPlanet, PlayStation Store, and more.

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Office Chart for a week off on dead air space
For all the nerds who are marveling, like me, at Red Dead Redemption: here’s a different kind of office chart….. Braid (various) Marathon (Mac) Goldeneye (N64) Elite (BBC Micro) Cave Story (various) Ico (PS2) Red Dead Redemption (PS3) Zelda…

Bioshock 2 Limited Edition Playstation3 Game 2K for $49.99 Shipped at Newegg.com on Dealhack
Get Bioshock 2 Limited Edition Playstation3 Game 2K for $99.99 – $50.00 instant discount = $49.99 Shipped at Newegg.com.  PS3 version is available here XBox 360 version is here Limited time offer.   © 2010 Shopping…

NEWS: Weekly PlayStation Store update has LBP, Modern Warfare 2 demo on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
No longer exclusive to PlayStation Plus – LittleBigPlanet can now be downloaded digitally to PS3, and inFamous now gets a trial version on PSN. <br /> <br />Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s Cliffhanger demo is available as well. There’s a…

MOVIE: Create (PS3) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
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PREVIEW: Killzone 3 (PS3) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
Strategy Informer gets locked and loaded for a preview of Killzone 3.

SCREENSHOT: Mortal Kombat (PS3) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
The newest chapter of the iconic fight franchise marks a triumphant return to the series’ mature presentation and a reinvention of its classic 2D fighting mechanic. Driven by an all new graphics engine, the fan favorite Fatality is back and presented…


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News: I choose you, obnoxious yellow rat-thing on Ctrl+Alt+Del
First things first, all of the character tee shirts (Ethan, Lucas, Lilah, Zeke and Chef Brian) in our store have been marked down to $13.95 to clear the way for new inventory later this year. As with the previous six generations of character…


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How-To: Access Media on a Mac With a PlayStation 3 on TheAppleBlog
For Mac users who want to access media with their PlayStation 3, life just got a little easier. A new program called Playback by Yazsoft facilitates UPnP via the PS3.


PhysX, PlayStation Network, and more.

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Gamestudio/A8 released on DevMaster.net
Gamestudio/A8 is the next generation of world’s easiest development system for interactive 2D and 3D applications on Windows PCs. The portal renderer of the new developed A8 engine supports up to 200,000 3D objects per level. The engine uses nVidia…

3D Rad v7.02b Now Supports PhysX Box Primitives on DevMaster.net
The August 2010 release of 3D Rad, besides bringing several new features for v6.49, includes version 7.02 (beta) of 3D Rad! This v7 update introduces PhysX support for all rigid-body-based objects and all objects based on scanning and ray casting…

Shorty wanna PlayStation on XXL
Earlier today I consulted Google Images for a picture to illustrate a post I had “written” about how Young Buck’s children no longer have a PlayStation, and I found an extremely teh ghey picture someone put together of The Game and…

Creators Club Communiqué 57 on XNA Game Studio Team Blog
Salut, Creators! This week several members of Team XNA got to attend Casual Connect in Seattle. This conference gathers experts in the casual gaming field with the goal of sharing insights and experience. Our own superstar space brain, Michael…


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PS3 firmware 3.41 updated, hard drive upgrade problems exterminated on Engadget
Sony has rolled out an update to the update , which fixes a major flaw found in version 3.41 of the PS3’s firmware. An unintended consequence of the patch was that industrious hard drive upgraders found themselves staring at a disquieting error…

Ultimate Developer PC 2.0 – Part 2 – UPDATE and PODCAST on Building a WEI 7.9 and RFC for building a GOM (God’s Own Machine) on Scott Hanselman
As a reminder, if you’re just turning in, here’s our glossary: WEI – Windows Experience Index. How fast is your machine? If you say "I’ve got a WEI 6.0" you’ve got a good machine, for example. RFC – Request for Comments….

Question about old games going to PS3 platform. on starwars.com Blogs
Will old games become PS3 platform it would be nice? I have old games which I would like to see become in this specific platform. I have Revenge of the Sith, Bounty Hunter….if not any of these how about a game that revolves around a story on


PlayStation Network and more.

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Latest firmware update for Playstation 3 accidentally bricks consoles (but only if you upgraded … on VR-Zone Articles
vr-zone.com -  Just when you thought that Sony’s recent firmware update to disable the console’s ‘Other OS’ feature could not have been more controversial, out comes the company with yet another firmware update which is reportedly…

WD TV Live Plus: Western Digital’s Latest Media Player Reviewed on AnandTech Article Channel
The last few years have seen a large number of digital content sources becoming easily accessible to end consumers. Digital content providers such as Netflix have recently been expanding their service to be compatibile with game consoles like the…

NBA Jam coming to 360 and PS3 (if you buy NBA Elite) on Ars Technica
The upcoming remake of the classic arcade game NBA Jam has, up until this point, been exclusive to the Wii. Now EA has revealed that the game is indeed coming to both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as a downloadable title, but there’s catch: it’s…


PlayStation Home and more.

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The LucasArts Cantina on PlayStation Home on Star Wars – The Official Site
With Celebration V sneaking up us faster than a wampa on Luke, LucasArts has decided to unveil some virtual excitement to help bring the world of Star Wars to PlayStation Home.

Target.com – Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands for $20 in-store on Hot Deals Club – main index of deals
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands for either Playstation 3 , Xbox 360 , Nintendo Wii , Playstation Portable , and Nintendo DS for $20 . Prices valid in-store only on the PS3, Xbox360, and Wii versions. Most other stores sell it…

Search now available on PS3 on The Official Netflix Blog
Greg Peters, VP of product development, here. If you enjoy watching TV shows and movies instantly from Netflix via your PS3, check out the new search feature that is now available on your PS3. Search comes as part of a software upgrade from Netflix…


Dragon Age: Origins, Street Fighter IV, Final Fantasy XIII, and more.

Posted: April 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Report: New PS3 Makes Console Cheaper To Run, Build [Sony] on Kotaku
# sony Sony has apparently released an updated model of the PlayStation 3, code-named CECH-2100A, which makes the console both cheaper to run (for you) and cheaper to manufacture (for Sony). …

Hydrophobia will come to PS3, says developer on Joystiq
Podcast GameHounds spoke with Rob Hewson, Pete Jones and Deborah Jones of Dark Energy Digital in its latest episode to discuss the upcoming downloadable “episodic” shooter, Hydrophobia . Announced as an XBLA exclusive , it appears that …

Become Iron Man with new flying game on PlayStation Home on Joystiq
This may be the greatest thing to ever happen to PlayStation Home ever . To promote the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie , Paramount Pictures and Audi have partnered up to create a brand new Iron Man-themed mini-game, exclusively for PlayStation Home….

This Wednesday: Tecmo Bowl Throwback touches down on XBLA on Joystiq
Our burning desire for a renovated version of timeless basketball classic NBA Jam won’t be sated until the remake drops on Wii later this year. However, our similar jones for a new old football title will be catered to this Wednesday with…

PS3 Dragon Age players report crashing with Firmware 3.30 on Joystiq
What’s the next feature to be removed from the PS3 through a firmware update? According to some posters on the Bioware forums , it’s the ability to play Dragon Age: Origins . Several users have reported frequent crashes or freezes while playing…

Split/Second demo now on Xbox Live, races to PSN May 11 on Joystiq
The just-released Split/Second demo, now available on Xbox Live to all Gold subscribers, teaches you the most important thing about driving a race car through America: how to dodge massive explosions. One in 253 race car drivers meets their…

Newest PS3 SKU has updated, cheaper RSX innards on Joystiq
Japanese tech site PocketNews recently — for reasons unbeknownst to us — cracked open the smooth, colorless shell of the new CECH-2100A model of the PlayStation. What did they find inside? Candy. So much candy . They also found a smaller, more…

Ubisoft holds top UK sales spot with Conviction on Joystiq
Despite sales for Splinter Cell: Conviction and Just Dance slipping 46 and 31 percent, respectively, the two Ubisoft titles maintained their dominant positions on the UK all-formats chart for a second week in a row . The top three didn’t…

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Remote Play, PlayStation Network, and more.

Posted: April 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , | No Comments »

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The New Guts of the PlayStation 3 [PS3] on Gizmodo
# ps3 This is the latest motherboard of the latest PS3 Slim. And thanks to those two silver squares in the middle, it’s less power-hungry and more profitable (err, potentially profitable) than ever…

PS3 Remote Play Soon To Be On Sony VAIO Laptops [Playstation3] on Gizmodo
# playstation3 PS3 firmware updates have been in the headlines recently thanks to the OtherOS uninstall , but there was also that attractive 3D gaming business too . It’s not all bad at…

“Avatar” Breaks Sales Records on Blu-ray and DVD on Mashable!
Avatar wasn’t just a huge success at the box office ; the film is quickly setting records on home video as well. Since its release on April 22, Avatar has managed to move more than 6.7 million DVD and Blu-ray discs in North America alone….