PlayStation Network, Battlefield 1943, and more.

Posted: March 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

News: After Burner Climax dated, priced on Eurogamer
Zooming down the runway next month. SEGA’s announced that After Burner Climax will be available on Xbox Live Arcade on 21st April and on PlayStation Network a day later on 22nd April. …

News: Battlefield 1943 is XBLA’s fastest-seller on Eurogamer
Over one million customers now served. EA and DICE have revealed that Battlefield 1943 has become the fastest game on Xbox Live Arcade to sell over one million units. …

News: High Voltage’s Wii gladiator game slips on Eurogamer
Plus: Vanquish confirmed for winter. SEGA’s pushed the release of High Voltage’s Wii gladiator game, Tournament of Legends, back a bit. What was once May is now 2nd July. …


Battlefield 1943 and more.

Posted: March 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

Battlefield 1943 coming to the PC “soon” on CrunchGear
Battlefield 1943 is now the quickest game in Xbox LIVE’s history to reach 1 million games downloaded. But PC gamers don’t care. We want to play Battlefield 1943, too. It is after all a remake of classic PC game. The official BF:1943…


Battlefield 1943 and more.

Posted: March 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

Sony Disables Linux from PlayStation 3 on X-bit labs
No More Linux for Sony PlayStation 3

Battlefield 1943: Coming To PC Before 2043 on Rock, Paper, Shotgun
I have to say I’d written off the last Battlefield game, 1942 sorta-remake 1943, ever arriving on PC. Its console version was yonky-donkeys ago now, and PC gamers at large currently seem very happily ensconced in Battlefield Bad Company 2…

Review of Netflix Streaming on The Wii on Hacking NetFlix
I spent time over the weekend playing with Netflix streaming on the Wii, and I was impressed, partly because of my lowered expectations due to the Wii hardware and screen resolution. Like the PS3, you need a free Wii streaming disc (…


Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company, Heavenly Sword, and more.

Posted: March 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

Sony Playstation to lose Linux installation capability on LWN.net
As described in this Playstation.com weblog entry , the upcoming Playstation v3.21 firmware update will remove the “install other OS” option from the system. ” In addition, disabling the ‘Other OS’ feature will help ensure that PS3 owners will…

Battlefield 1943 is the Fastest Ever 1 Million Unit Seller on XBLA on 1UP RSS feed
In just over nine months, Battlefield 1943 has sold a million copies on the Xbox Live Marketplace alone, making it the fastest Xbox Live Arcade game to reach the one million unit milestone. It’s an impressive accomplishment, especially when…

Heavenly Sword Didn’t Turn a Profit, Ninja Theory Says on 1UP RSS feed
This generation has introduced a number of difficult questions, including what to do when development costs are steep enough that a million seller doesn’t help your studio break even. That was the problem faced by Ninja Theory, which developed …

PS3 To Drop Other Operating Systems on Linux Journal – The Original Magazine of the Linux Community
Users will put Linux, or try to, on anything: toasters, toilets, even dead badgers. One popular non-PC locale for Linux deployment is on video game consoles, like Sony’s PlayStation 3 — which will become a much less popular place later this…


Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy IX, Guitar Hero World Tour, and more.

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

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

No further plans for Battlefield 1943, ‘another type of 1943′ possible in future on Joystiq
Just exhale if you’ve been holding your breath for any Battlefield 1943 DLC, because it seriously sounds like the sun has set on the Pacific war. Speaking with DICE producer Gordon Van Dyke at PAX East , we asked if he could finally end the hopes…

Final Fantasy IX May Soon Arrive on PlayStation Network on 1UP RSS feed
With Final Fantasy VII and VIII now available on the PlayStation Network, fans are just waiting for Final Fantasy IX to complete the set. And from the looks of it, that’ll be happening sooner than later. As reported by adriasang , Square…

Harmonix Secures Exclusive Jimi Hendrix DLC for Rock Band on 1UP RSS feed
Harmonix has another full album of DLC queued up for the Rock Band music store, and this one’s a real doozy: Axis: Bold as Love by the Jimi Hendrix Experience is coming to the music sim next week, along with the title track off Hendrix’s upcoming…


Battlefield 1943, PlayStation Network, and more.

Posted: February 19th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Demo Downloaded 3.5 Million Times on 1UP RSS feed
Have you downloaded the Battlefield Bad Company 2 demo on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360? If you have, you’re not alone. EA has tweeted that some 3.5 million people have taken the plunge on both platforms. The demo launched earlier this month, and…

NEWS: ESRB rates Molyneux’s classic Magic Carpet for PS3 and PSP flight on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
Peter Molyneux gave the world Magic Carpet way back when, and now the PSone classic will be heading for the PlayStation Network. <br /> <br />It’ll cost $5.99 to go fly a carpet while flinging spells. This joins the recent addition of…

GameTrailers updates on GoNintendo
Pokemon Ranger 3 – Japanese Debut Trailer Pokemon Ranger 3 – Japanese Mission Trailer Pokemon Ranger 3 – Japanese TV Spot Video Games | Pokemon Ranger 3 | Japanese Debut Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii


Resident Evil 5, Final Fantasy, Battlefield 1943, and more.

Posted: December 2nd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

The 2009 PlayStation Award Winners Are… [Sony] on Kotaku
Every year Sony Computer Entertainment Japan recognizes the biggest selling domestic titles on the PlayStation platform with the PlayStation Awards. The ¥500,000 (US$5,700) “Gold Prize” is given to titles that ship between 500,00 and 1 million…

Happy 15th Birthday, PlayStation! [Sony] on Kotaku
It all began 15 years ago today. On December 3, 1994, Sony released the PlayStation in Japan. The rest, as they say, is history. Yes, it’s hard to remember now, but there once was a time, before WipeOut, before Tomb Raider, before PaRappa, that Sony…


Battlefield 1943, Resistance: Fall of Man, Tekken 6, and more.

Posted: October 2nd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

PS3 outsells Wii in Japan for first time on GoNintendo
Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 video-game console outsold Nintendo Co.’s Wii for the first time on a monthly basis in Japan in September, after a price cut, according to market researcher Enterbrain Inc. From Aug. 31 to Sept. 27, 309,939 PS3s were…

EA Taking Battlefield 1943 PC Pre-Orders on 1UP RSS feed
If you’ve been holding out on Battlefield 1943 for good mouse and keyboard support, your time is now. Electronic Arts is now accepting pre-orders for the bestselling downloadable title on their official site. According to an official tweet,…

Behold The PS3 Slim Laptop on 1UP RSS feed
As nice a system as the new PlayStation 3 Slim is, it still has a number of faults. Like any other home console, it doesn’t have its own screen or speakers, and it’s not particularly portable, although it is much more compact than the previous…

Tekken 6 bundle coming out on Ubergizmo
Tekken 6 is being prepared to be unveiled on the Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 later this month, and you know that the normal gamepad is no substitute for a joystick when it comes to beat ‘em ups. Hori has revealed that they will be offering a special…

Three years later, the PS3 outsells the Wii (in Japan) on CrunchGear
It only took Sony three years for it to get its act together! The recent introduction of the PS3 Slim was, as you know, a pretty big success, and today we have another metric: for the first time ever, the PS3 outsold the Wii in Japan last month….


PlayStation Store, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dynasty Warriors 6, and more.

Posted: August 6th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

PAL PlayStation Store Update: I’m Batman [Europe] on Kotaku
While there are new games, free games and PSP games on offer as part of this week’s PAL PlayStation Store update, most of you will probably head straight for one thing: the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo. It’s been a while since gamers got their hands on…


Battlefield 1943 and more.

Posted: July 16th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

Review: Battlefield 1943 for Xbox 360 on Geek.com
The long-running Battlefield series is back with Battlefield 1943, a download-only game on the Xbox 360 (tested), PS3, and PC. It takes players to the Pacific theater of World War II where it puts the US Marine Corps up against the Japanese Imperial…