Recap Despite Comic Con going on in San Diego right now, it’s been a relatively slow week. Pedro put up an editorial about innovation in gaming (and I put up a poll using that as a basis). Speaking of innovation (or lack thereof), a new Zombie game is in the works, this one by Grasshopper Manufacture. We had a few trailers this week. One for Starhawk (which was shown at Comic Con), as well as a Penguin trailer for Batman: Arkham City. We also got a sneak peak at some multiplayer with a new Battlefield 3 trailer as well. We also had a few reviews this week as well. Puzzle Dimension, inFamous 2, and Patapon 3. Be sure to read those and leave comments! With that out of the way, we still have a lot going on, so be sure to read the other tabs for details on giveaways and double points. I definitely suggest taking advantage of the latter to help you with the former. Community News & Game Nights Nothing new this week community wise. We do, however, have double points active through the rest of July! With a good number of giveaways coming up, now is a good time to stock up on points! And, as always, be sure to listen to our BlogCasts! You’ll get plenty of laughs! For our newest one, be sure to listen to episode 10 . The winner of the Alien Zombie Megadeath giveaway has been chosen (as well as the winners of the Red Johnson’s Chronicles giveaway, so congratulations to you guys! We also have our ongoing E3 Swag giveaway , as well as a chance for you to win a blu-ray of the Tekken movie. For major giveaways, we have also made it a lot easier for facebook users to enter them. To see what I mean, be sure to check it out here . 16 Articles // 9 QuickNews Contributor of the Week EdEN – 7 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week EdEN – 3 Entries Most Liked Jay & Pedro (x2) – Official Review: inFamous 2 , Is There a Place Left for Innovation? , & New Arkham City Trailer Shows Penguin – 1 Like Most Comments Pedro – Is There a Place Left for Innovation? – 14 Comments Today was supposed to be our GT5 tournament, but since Pedro couldn’t make it, and likely Baba won’t either (leaving only 3 competitors), I have decided to postpone it until next weekend. Maybe I’ll see if I can get more people to join us this week as well. Gaming News Batman: Arkham City Collector’s Edition Details Emerge EdEN on July 18th, 2011 8 Comments Is There a Place Left for Innovation ? Pedro on July 18th, 2011 14 Comments Rage Behind the Scenes: The Arsenal Oly on July 18th, 2011 2 Comments Activision Shafts PS3/PC Gamers…Again?! Ace on July 19th, 2011 10 Comments Fast Draw Showdown Out Today On The PSN Tosh on July 19th, 2011 13 Comments What is being worked on for PSN? Why, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken! EdEN on July 19th, 2011 2 Comments Rochard: Releasing soon on the PSN Store! EdEN on July 20th, 2011 2 Comments Grasshopper Manufacture Reveals New Zombie Game Sakinah on July 20th, 2011 11 Comments Puzzle Dimension Review EdEN on July 20th, 2011 4 Comments BF3: Leaked Gameplay And a New Trailer Ace on July 21st, 2011 4 Comments New Arkham City Trailer Shows Penguin Pedro on July 22nd, 2011 7 Comments Resistance 3 Survivor Edition trailer CHEETO on July 22nd, 2011 2 Comments Official Review: inFamous 2 Jay on July 22nd, 2011 10 Comments PSN Store and Blog Are Finally Official In Brazil EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 3 Comments PS+ Content for July 26 and August 2nd EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 4 Comments Patapon 3 Review (PSP) EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 2 Comments QuickNews Child of Eden release date and price confirmed CHEETO on July 18th, 2011 1 Comment Battlefield 3: ‘We can do earthquakes in multiplayer’ Ace on July 18th, 2011 5 Comments Tekken Tag 2 – Mishima Family Combo Exhibition Tosh on July 19th, 2011 6 Comments Play Mortal Kombat as Freddy Krueger Pedro on July 22nd, 2011 1 Comment PSN Users Prove To Be Very Generous Sakinah on July 22nd, 2011 1 Comment ComicCon 2011: Starhawk Trailer CHEETO on July 22nd, 2011 No Comments PSN Plus 12 Month Subscription Now Only $39.99 (Limited Time) EdEN on July 22nd, 2011 No Comments Catherine Q&A with Atlus (@PS Blog) EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 2 Comments So I hear you like Comic Con Cosplay… EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 2 Comments Poll Results From the looks of it, you guys either spent a lot or didn’t spend anything at all when the PSN came back, as tied for the number one spot are “Nothing” and the 20-50 range. One person did have to file for bankruptcy, though. There are still a few things I have to buy myself, but I am a bit low on funds. New Poll Since there wasn’t any valid poll ideas for this week, I decided to come up with one of my own. And I don’t get points for my brilliant ideas . As usual, I like to base them off of something going on this week, so without further ado, this week’s poll is based off of Pedro’s article about innovation. The only thing is, I have a few things listed, and it’s up to you to see what you think is most important for future titles. – What is most important for future titles? Innovative Gameplay Expansion of Previous Storylines Controversial Subject Matter Graphical Prowess Tried and True Formulas Deep, Engaging Story View Results

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A bunch of videos have hit the internet of Battlefield 3′s Alpha footage, which was from the closed beta. These leaked videos show off the true colors of bf3′s sound engine, which sounds absolutely amazing! We see more melee attacks as well, and I must say, I’m very impressed. DICE got the melee right this time around, it’s very fluid and dynamic. In other news, EA officially released a new trailer. The trailer was dubbed, “Paris Multiplayer Gameplay,” which shows off their 47 wins and 80 nominations at E3. And of course more badass gameplay! Paris Multiplayer Gameplay Leaked Gameplay! Several videos of the Battlefield 3 Alpha have been leaked onto the web ahead of the game’s closed beta in September, with a fresh batch of details about the game’s new sniper rifle and a number of other weapons. The build of the alpha in question looks roughly the same as the one previewed at E3 2011 and elsewhere recently. It still looks badass!!

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For those of us who use Netflix, may it be the streaming-only service or the DVD/Blu-Ray with streaming service, the latter might be a little disappointed with this news. Netflix has opted to separate both DVD and Blu-Ray plans from the streaming plans. The streaming-only plan will remain $7.99 a month, but since the DVD plan included streaming, it was only $2 more a month for adding DVD onto the plan. Netflix says that didn’t make sense financially, and since DVD rentals are still huge with the service, they wanted it to make better business sense. This is why they divided the plans, and the DVD plan will now be the same price as the streaming plan, at $7.99. 2 discs out at a time will be $11.99. In comparison, the 1 Blu-Ray/DVD plan (that included streaming) was $12.99. At least with the new plan, Blu-Ray renting will be at $9.99, $2 more instead of $3 (and another $1 for each additional disc). Now, here is where the problem starts, though. Since this new plan separates streaming and disc services, subscribers will need to get the bundled service (which doesn’t offer any discounts) if they want both. Those of us currently on the1 DVD/Blu-Ray/Streaming plan pay $12.99 a month, plus tax. With the new subscription update, it will be the $7.99 streaming service, plus another $9.99 for the Blu-Ray/DVD, resulting in a $17.98 bill instead, which, quite frankly, is completely unfair from a consumerist standpoint. Here’s another kicker. The DVD-Only plans only allow up to 2 DVDs/Blu-Rays at a time, so if you currently have the 4 DVD plan, and you want to continue with 4 DVD rentals, you will be forced to get the 4 DVD with streaming, which will now cost you $29.98 a month, $34.98 with Blu-Ray. Same goes with the 3 DVD (albeit at a lower price). For new subscribers, these subscription changes are immediate, but for people who already subscribe to Netflix? We’re not safe, either. If you haven’t changed over before September 1st, you will wind up having to pay AT LEAST the $17.98 ($15.98 if you don’t rent Blu-Rays), depending on the number of discs you have for your current plan. Personally, I might just switch to the Streaming service, as I don’t really watch my disc-based movies as much as I should anyway, and I take forever to get around to them. But still, for those who use both aspects of the service? They’re getting the most mistreatment by this new pricing model. I still love Netflix, though. Source

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Netflix Subscription Plan Update

Recap Being backed up with personal life really makes it hard to get things done on here, but I decided to go ahead and do the past 4 missed recaps all in one post. Hopefully once I get things settled, I’ll be able to do these every Saturday night like I originally intended. I decided to get this done in the wee hours of the morning before more E3 news makes it on here and I’ll be too busy being the Editor in Chief to focus on writing a recap, which will be even more ridiculous if I put it off another week. With that said, May was a pretty busy month with quite a bit of news leading up to E3. First of all, PSN finally came back online, as well as the relaunch of the store. Some of you may have already noticed that the password change server for PSN is still down. I had forgotten what my new PSN password was; I needed to change credit card info and since the password change servers are still down, I couldn’t change it again. Anyway, enough of that. One of the coolest things to announce is that we finally launched our weekly Podcast, called the PS3BlogCast! Each one is about an hour or so long, but because of time constraints, yours truly was only in there on the first episode. Hopefully that can change soon. Click these links for episode 1 , episode 2 , episode 3 , and episode 4 . Now, as far as news items themselves go, I’ll leave that to you to check out, as there is a lot of articles to go through (141, including QuickNews)! Community News In case you haven’t noticed, the chat system currently has a new look, and has also been updated to the latest version. This will actually make it easier for people like me who use the pop-out chat, which didn’t allow you to click a name to send a PM, to be able to do so, as you can now open multiple instances of the chatrooms. Madagasca, one of our main reviewers from across the pond is also interested in knowing what kinds of things you’d like us to change/cover in reviews, so if you have any input on that, be sure to respond here . Over the past 4 weeks, we’ve also gotten some new, hidden site trophies, as well as a referral system for those who want to earn points for inviting friends. Ace also gave us a countdown to E3, and a list of confirmed games to be at the show, so if you want to check that out before the event officially kicks off tomorrow, check it out here . We did have one contest/giveaway over the past month, and that was for a Roxio game capture unit (thanks to Roxio for providing us with a review unit, as well as a unit to give away). Congratulations goes out to jwhyrock for winning that one ! May 8th-14th 17 Articles // 11 QuickNews Contributor of the Week Jay – 4 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Jay – 4 Entries Most Liked Ace – PSN Outage Update: “A few more days” – 13 Likes Most Comments Jason – PSN Re-launch Announcement “Up Date” – 45 Comments May 15th-21st 22 Articles // 9 QuickNews Contributor of the Week Oly – 7 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Oly – 5 Entries Most Liked Sakinah – PlayStation Store Returning May 24th – 48 Likes Most Comments Pedro – Rumor: PSN Password Change Could Be Exploited (Update: It Was a URL Exploit and Has Been Fixed) – 23 Comments May 22nd-28th 23 Articles // 22 QuickNews Contributor of the Week Oly – 6 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Oly – 10 Entries Most Liked Ace – Sony Confirms PlayStation 4 – 262 Likes Most Comments Oly & Eddie – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Reveal Trailer & PSP Games Coming to PS3 with HD Visuals and Extra Content – 25 Comments May 29th – June 4th 22 Articles // 15 QuickNews Contributor of the Week Oly – 6 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Oly – 7 Entries Most Liked Jason – Watch E3 on your PS3! – 3 Likes Most Comments Jay – PlayStation Store is Live and Updated – 25 Comments Though currently we don’t have a game night set up or going on, I still plan on having a GT5 tournament, so know that I still haven’t forgotten about that! We did have a Game Night for Uncharted 2 on the Uncharted 2 Game Night | May 26th”> 26th of May , as well as an impromptu one o n the 27th , which I guess was also abruptly canceled due to a blu-ray drive failure on Tosh’s part. That sucks. May 8th-14th Do you (Your Name Here) take the PlayStation as your lawfully… PAUL FIERCE on May 9th, 2011 23 Comments With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility FooBear408 on May 9th, 2011 11 Comments PSN Outage Update: “A few more days” Ace on May 10th, 2011 12 Comments New Dark Souls Trailer Confirms October Release Sakinah on May 10th, 2011 10 Comments Are Developers To Be Compensated By Sony? Madagasca on May 11th, 2011 8 Comments Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Gets Release Date/New Trailer Jay on May 11th, 2011 2 Comments The Soul Will Burn In 2012 Sakinah on May 11th, 2011 4 Comments Rumor: Modern Warfare 3 Boxart Exposed?! Ace on May 11th, 2011 17 Comments NEA Arts in Media Guidelines Now Accepting Games/Other Forms of Media Jay on May 11th, 2011 2 Comments Sony’s Job hotline is blossoming with positions; mostly network security. PAUL FIERCE on May 11th, 2011 6 Comments Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Update Pedro on May 12th, 2011 6 Comments Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection soon on PSN EdEN on May 12th, 2011 9 Comments Rumor: Starkhawk to be Announced Tomorrow!! (Update!) Ace on May 12th, 2011 4 Comments SHIFT 2 DLC Incoming; Standing Mile and Drag + More Jay on May 12th, 2011 1 Comment Starhawk Gameplay at last! [Update: More Videos] Tosh on May 13th, 2011 15 Comments Modern Warfare 3 Teaser Trailers Released Jay on May 13th, 2011 13 Comments PSN Re-launch Announcement “Up Date” Jason on May 14th, 2011 45 Comments Members of Beyond3D Show PSN Servers Were Patched Up to Date Prior to being Hacked Eddie on May 8th, 2011 5 Comments Deals Galore: Brink for $39, Among Other Specials Jason on May 8th, 2011 No Comments Clearing Up The Confusion: PSN Online Play Should Be Up This Week Eddie on May 9th, 2011 19 Comments Microsoft Bought Skype for 8.5 Billion Dollars. What Does that Mean for PSP/NGP? Eddie on May 10th, 2011 6 Comments Hitman: Absolution Officially Announced Jay on May 10th, 2011 4 Comments Tekken: Blood Vengeance Announced Sakinah on May 11th, 2011 6 Comments Dark Souls Collectors Edition $59.99 Jason on May 12th, 2011 5 Comments Jeremy McGrath’s ‘Offroad’ Coming to PSN This Summer Jay on May 13th, 2011 2 Comments WWE Games to Promote New SVR Features/Info With Social Media Jay on May 13th, 2011 1 Comment Playstation Move Sale! Jason on May 13th, 2011 2 Comments InFAMOUS 2 Graphic Novel Intro Jay on May 13th, 2011 1 Comment May 15th-21st Motorstorm Apocalypse Impressions Darrin on May 16th, 2011 6 Comments PSN Questions Answered Jason on May 16th, 2011 6 Comments Sony Announces Customer Appreciation EdEN on May 16th, 2011 20 Comments PlayStation Network Status Map – Then & Now PAUL FIERCE on May 16th, 2011 3 Comments Lost L.A. Noire PAX East 2011 Voice Cast Luke on May 16th, 2011 4 Comments Dead Island Teaser “Part 1: Tragedy Hits Paradise” Oly on May 17th, 2011 10 Comments Hunted: Demon’s Forge ‘At War with Monsters’ Oly on May 17th, 2011 6 Comments Interview with Dylan Jobe on Starhawk Jay on May 17th, 2011 No Comments New Risen 2 Screens Have Just Been Released Oly on May 17th, 2011 5 Comments Rumor: PSN Password Change Could Be Exploited (Update: It Was a URL Exploit and Has Been Fixed) Pedro on May 18th, 2011 23 Comments RAGE “The Shrouded” Official Gameplay Oly on May 18th, 2011 7 Comments Honest Hearts add-on pack for Fallout: New Vegas is Now Available (Sort Of) Oly on May 18th, 2011 5 Comments Asura’s Wrath Coming in 2012 Jason on May 18th, 2011 3 Comments Rumor: Modern Warfare 3 Menus Leaked?! Ace on May 18th, 2011 13 Comments PlayStation Store Returning May 24th Sakinah on May 19th, 2011 16 Comments New BF3 Concept Art Shows Wake Island Jay on May 19th, 2011 6 Comments Skyrim Has Unlimited Dragons; Might Support Riding Them Jay on May 19th, 2011 13 Comments Hunted “Around Dark Corners” Trailer Shows More Behind the Scenes Oly on May 20th, 2011 1 Comment Release Date, Box Art and Pre-Order Incentives Announced for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One PAUL FIERCE on May 20th, 2011 2 Comments Uncharted 3 amazing Mo-cap Jason on May 20th, 2011 5 Comments FIFA 12 Amazing Screen Shots Jason on May 20th, 2011 6 Comments Blake Griffin Wants to be in Rage Oly on May 20th, 2011 6 Comments Call Of Duty MW3 Poster Get It Early Jason on May 17th, 2011 4 Comments Resistance 3 Box Art is here Jason on May 18th, 2011 8 Comments Jaffe on Twisted Metal Jason on May 18th, 2011 3 Comments Rockstar Games and Sony Released a Joint Statement on L.A. Noire Regarding Overheating Oly on May 19th, 2011 8 Comments Some New Dead Island 2 Images Have Just Raised From the Dead Oly on May 19th, 2011 2 Comments Double XP Weekend for COD: Black Ops Oly on May 19th, 2011 No Comments LBP2 and a Camera Exploit: The Possible Future of LBP? Jay on May 19th, 2011 5 Comments Dragon Age 3 on its Way? Oly on May 20th, 2011 9 Comments Killzone 3 Double XP Weekend Starting Now! Oly on May 20th, 2011 6 Comments May 22nd-28th PSP Games Coming to PS3 with HD Visuals and Extra Content Eddie on May 22nd, 2011 25 Comments Marston or Phelps? A Comparison of L.A. Noire and Red Dead Redemption MAINEiac4434 on May 22nd, 2011 14 Comments Dead Island, 11 Min Gameplay Video Eddie on May 23rd, 2011 13 Comments Ready to party with Konami? Pre-E3 locations announced. PAUL FIERCE on May 23rd, 2011 7 Comments White Knight Chronicles 2 Q&A Jason on May 23rd, 2011 9 Comments Back To The Future Episode 2 Review EdEN on May 23rd, 2011 4 Comments UK Gets Battlefield 3 Limited Edition Pack Ace on May 23rd, 2011 4 Comments Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Reveal Trailer Oly on May 23rd, 2011 25 Comments Roxio Game Capture Official Review Oly on May 23rd, 2011 3 Comments PlayStation Blog’s Jeff Rubenstein Fights by way of Mortal Kombat PAUL FIERCE on May 24th, 2011 2 Comments PSN Will be down today & PS Store? Jason on May 24th, 2011 17 Comments Duke Nukem Forever has “Gone Gold”, but What Does “Going Gold” Actually Mean? Oly on May 24th, 2011 8 Comments Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will buy you a drink if you play Lord of the Rings PAUL FIERCE on May 24th, 2011 7 Comments The Darkness II Release Date Trailer Oly on May 24th, 2011 4 Comments InFamous 2 “The Beast” Trailer Jason on May 24th, 2011 9 Comments Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker confirmed for a HD remaster. PAUL FIERCE on May 25th, 2011 11 Comments Deathspank 3: The Baconing Oly on May 25th, 2011 9 Comments The 2011 Into The Pixel Collection Winners Oly on May 25th, 2011 5 Comments Battlefield 3 | FPS Voice Over Record?! Ace on May 26th, 2011 2 Comments Sony Confirms PlayStation 4 Ace on May 26th, 2011 17 Comments First Ever Konami E3 Pre-Party Promises to be “Memorable” PAUL FIERCE on May 26th, 2011 3 Comments Monster Hunter 3rd Import Review – PSP Jason on May 26th, 2011 8 Comments New Battlefield 3 Footage! Ace on May 27th, 2011 5 Comments Resistance Bundle is coming Jason on May 23rd, 2011 3 Comments Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Trailer Premiering Tonight Oly on May 23rd, 2011 5 Comments B:LA Resistance 3 Demo Details Oly on May 23rd, 2011 7 Comments Free Maps Coming for Dead Space 2 Multiplayer Oly on May 23rd, 2011 3 Comments Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition Coming Soon Jason on May 23rd, 2011 12 Comments PS3 and PSP Bundles incoming Jason on May 25th, 2011 5 Comments Sony Reports Yet Another Security Breach. PAUL FIERCE on May 25th, 2011 5 Comments Sony Begins Sending AllClear ID PLUS Codes Jay on May 25th, 2011 5 Comments Assassin’s Creed Revelations Teaser Trailer Oly on May 26th, 2011 1 Comment Red Dead Redemption Triple XP Thursday, May 26th from 4-7PM Est Oly on May 26th, 2011 No Comments Resistance 3 Pre-order Incentives Announced PAUL FIERCE on May 26th, 2011 6 Comments Portal 2 Soundtrack and Ringtones Now Available for Free Oly on May 26th, 2011 3 Comments BloodRayne: Betrayal Coming this Summer to PSN Oly on May 26th, 2011 4 Comments Free Alice: Madness Returns Storybook App From iTunes Oly on May 26th, 2011 1 Comment L.A. Noire Pre-Order Cases, New Cases, and Rockstar Pass Coming Oly on May 27th, 2011 No Comments Mortal Kombat DLC: Klassic Skins Pack Oly on May 27th, 2011 1 Comment InFamous 2 Save Data Import Jason on May 27th, 2011 5 Comments Sony Announces A New Wireless Headset Jason on May 27th, 2011 10 Comments SCEA E3 2011 Press Conference Schedule Released PAUL FIERCE on May 27th, 2011 No Comments Hideo Kojima E3 2011 “No Show” Jason on May 27th, 2011 3 Comments Gamestop Dad’s and Grads Sale Jason on May 28th, 2011 7 Comments New PS3 Slim Accessory Announced from Duracell Jason on May 28th, 2011 12 Comments May 29th – June 4th Sony’s SmartAR Technology NGP Bound? Jay on May 30th, 2011 7 Comments Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to get a Subscription Service Baba0Booey on May 31st, 2011 22 Comments Call of Duty Elite Info, and Beta Testing Sign-up Oly on May 31st, 2011 8 Comments Rockstar Pass and DLC Details for L.A. Noire Oly on May 31st, 2011 5 Comments Watch E3 on your PS3! Jason on May 31st, 2011 8 Comments WWE ’12 Announced Jay on May 31st, 2011 5 Comments How Long Can You Go Without Playing On Your PS3? Madagasca on June 1st, 2011 12 Comments Aliens: Colonial Marines Official Announcement and Teaser Trailer Oly on June 1st, 2011 4 Comments Brand New Starhawk Multiplayer Footage. PAUL FIERCE on June 1st, 2011 5 Comments PlayStation Store is Live and Updated Jay on June 1st, 2011 25 Comments Things To Look Forward To Abkanis on June 1st, 2011 3 Comments [Live Blog] Konami “Pre-E3 2011 Show” PAUL FIERCE on June 2nd, 2011 4 Comments E3 2011: Konami Press Conference [Replay] Tosh on June 2nd, 2011 7 Comments New E3 Trailers For Soul Calibur V, Tomb Raider, Dark Souls & SSX Sakinah on June 3rd, 2011 4 Comments Rage “The Well” 8min Game Trailer Oly on June 3rd, 2011 2 Comments Prey 2 “Bounty” E3 Trailer Oly on June 3rd, 2011 1 Comment Interested in the NGP? Check this stuff out! Jay on June 3rd, 2011 8 Comments Dead Island Special Pre-Order Edition and DLC Revealed Oly on June 3rd, 2011 5 Comments Welcome Back!! Ace on June 3rd, 2011 22 Comments Activision Thanks EA Ace on June 4th, 2011 6 Comments Awesome Uncharted 3 Goodies!! Ace on June 4th, 2011 7 Comments Hideo Kojima E3 2011 Site Now Up & Running PAUL FIERCE on June 4th, 2011 4 Comments Further Down The Rabbit Hole Jason on May 29th, 2011 4 Comments Assassin’s Creed Revelations – The Road to E3 Part 1 Oly on May 30th, 2011 8 Comments Dead Island Box Art Oly on May 30th, 2011 5 Comments One Epic Shooter PS3 Exclusive Jason on May 30th, 2011 4 Comments inFamous 2 for $20 With Game Trade In at Gamestop Jason on May 30th, 2011 3 Comments PlayStation Store to be fully restored this week. PAUL FIERCE on May 31st, 2011 9 Comments PSN Will Be Down For Maintenance Today Jason on June 1st, 2011 12 Comments Ninja Gaiden 3 Screenshots Released Jason on June 1st, 2011 2 Comments Full Restoration Of PlayStation Network Services Begins Today Madagasca on June 2nd, 2011 No Comments The Darkness II Gameplay Trailer Oly on June 2nd, 2011 3 Comments New Images Of Uncharted: Golden Abyss Sakinah on June 2nd, 2011 6 Comments The War of the Worlds Coming to PSN Oly on June 2nd, 2011 2 Comments Dance Battle VS is Coming for PlayStation 3 Oly on June 3rd, 2011 No Comments New Skrim Wallpaper and Screens Have Been Released Oly on June 3rd, 2011 3 Comments Prototype 2 E3 Trailer Oly on June 3rd, 2011 3 Comments Poll Results If chart is really small, right click on it and reload the frame What have you done since the PSN outage started? This poll was live for quite some time, and has garnered a lot of votes during that period. Going by the results, we don’t have too many responsible people. In fact, people with 360s who only came on here to troll the site exceeded the number of people who actually took the time to study or to even go outside. The true dominating force is all of those people who spent that PSN downtime to collect trophies. Those who haven’t been doing much gaming weren’t really trailing that far behind, though, but since that exceeded studying and going outside (and discovering life), I could only assume that those people stared at a blank TV screen until PSN resumed service (or have been watching the newest episodes of fine TV programming like River Monsters and Swamp People). And then there’s the folks who didn’t even know PSN had an outage. New Poll With E3 happening this week, the current poll focuses on that and what you want to see announced or what games you hope there is a focus on. Remember, you can also add answers! – What is your most anticipated game/announcement to come out of E3? Uncharted 3 News Battlefield 3 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim NGP Pricing and Release Date Project Cafe PlayStation 4 Info Add an Answer View Results

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Lazy Jay’s Pre-E3 Super Recap Extreme 2.0

Recap Well, this recap is on-time for last week, but a week late for the week before. Go figure. It has been another busy week for me, and being one of the only editors active this past week (it was mainly just Eddie and I), I tried getting posts approved and interacting with the community (there were a couple bad apple guests that tried to start problems, though). Anyway, what were some highlights this week, besides the flood of outage posts? Well, semi-having-to-do-with-that, we had a few opinion pieces on greed, impatience and the general feelings of how people are reacting to the news. Darrin posted his most anticipated games of the year, which helped stray attention away from the outage at least. EA announced the newest addition to the Need for Speed franchise, which appears to focus more on action and story than ever before. Redbox announced its plans to provide games for locations across the country (a service that has been tested in a few places, including southern California, since August 2009 or so). We saw some more gameplay for Twisted Metal, and I gotta say, that game seems to look better and better, and more fun, the more they show of it. Another game has been announced, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, though, no real trailer for that. We have also had our fair share of reviews over the past couple weeks, including a SOCOM 4 single player review (thanks to the outage), PlayStation Move Heroes, and Mortal Kombat. Speaking of reviews, last week was our first week of keeping the “Official Review” title reserved for staff, so as to better show off how many of our reviews are actually by regular contributors. Remember, you can sign up to post articles, too, if you’d like! Just click the “Write for Us” button in the image below. Community News & Game Nights Not a whole lot of Community news over the past couple weeks, besides the points system update , which includes notifications and an easier way to see how many points you’ve donated to a lottery, etc. I also gave Tosh some other input on a few other things, but for now, until he responds, it’s just an idea. A couple of you might know about it already, but just in case it doesn’t go through, it’s not worth mentioning. Given the fact that many of our staff was away for the past week, and activity fell short as a whole, we currently do not have any contests available to enter. And then there’s also the outage, and if you won a couple codes for games to download, it would be kind of crappy to have to wait until the outage is over with . April 24th-30th 19 Articles // 8 QuickNews Contributor of the Week Oly – 7 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Jay & Jason – 3 Entries Most Liked Jay – Sony: Services to be Available This Week – 31 Likes Most Comments Blackstaffer – PSN Down? Time to Get Greedy – 96 Comments May 1st-7th 11 Articles // 13 QuickNews Contributor of the Week Jason – 2 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Jason – 5 Entries Most Liked Jay – PSN Service Almost Ready; AllClear ID Plus Offered for Free [UPDATE: Letter From Stringer] – 10 Likes Most Comments Jason – Congress to Question Sony-Updated – 57 Comments April 24th-30th Star Ocean Developers Show Off Pretty New Tech Demo Sakinah on April 24th, 2011 11 Comments PSN Down? Time to Get Greedy Blackstaffer on April 25th, 2011 96 Comments SONY Reveals 2 PlayStation Certified Tablets Luke on April 26th, 2011 12 Comments Newest PSN Update and What You Need to be Wary Of Jay on April 26th, 2011 29 Comments L.A. Noire Trailer #3 Pop-Up Edition Oly on April 26th, 2011 2 Comments Senator Richard Blumenthal Demands Answers from Sony over Playstation Data Breach (Update from Sony’s Jim Reilly) Oly on April 26th, 2011 13 Comments Update on PSN Service Outages FAQ Oly on April 26th, 2011 7 Comments Call of the Dead will be Arriving to Black Ops via the Escalation DLC Oly on April 26th, 2011 10 Comments Brink’s ‘Get SMART Series’ Starts Here Oly on April 26th, 2011 8 Comments PSN Intrusion: More Q&A Oly on April 27th, 2011 12 Comments Behind the Scenes with Hunted and Lucy Lawless Oly on April 28th, 2011 2 Comments Any Legal Issues Aside, PSN Outage Will Cost Sony Jay on April 28th, 2011 14 Comments Need for Speed: The Run Coming This November Jay on April 28th, 2011 5 Comments Rental Service ‘Redbox’ to Provide Game Rentals Starting June Jay on April 28th, 2011 7 Comments Banks on PSN: No Mass Breach of Credit Card Information Ace on April 28th, 2011 10 Comments New Twisted Metal Gameplay Videos & Sweet Tooth Riding Axel’s Two-Wheeled Vehicle Tosh on April 29th, 2011 10 Comments Official Review: Mortal Kombat Baba0Booey on April 29th, 2011 31 Comments More PSN Q&A: Sony talks Trophies, PS3 MMOs and Possible Compensation Ace on April 29th, 2011 19 Comments Sony: Services to be Available This Week Jay on April 30th, 2011 48 Comments inFamous 2 Beta Will Be Extended Oly on April 25th, 2011 2 Comments Netflix Workaround While PSN is Down Jay on April 25th, 2011 40 Comments Get LA Noire for $10 Jason on April 25th, 2011 6 Comments New info on Live-Action Red Faction movie kennygk on April 26th, 2011 2 Comments Jurassic Park: The Game Gameplay Jay on April 28th, 2011 3 Comments Driver: San Francisco Comeback Trailer Released Jay on April 28th, 2011 3 Comments Sony to hold press conference Sunday Jason on April 30th, 2011 10 Comments Amazon Holding Huge Clearance Sale! Jason on April 30th, 2011 4 Comments May 1st-7th PSN Security Update | Password Not Stored in Clear Text Tosh on May 2nd, 2011 7 Comments 26 Million SOE Accounts Info Compromised Jason on May 2nd, 2011 13 Comments Darrin’s Most Anticipated 2011 PS3 Games Darrin on May 2nd, 2011 32 Comments Congress to Question Sony-Updated Jason on May 3rd, 2011 57 Comments PlayStation Network Outage: FooBear408 Weighs In FooBear408 on May 4th, 2011 41 Comments SOCOM 4 (a.k.a SOCOM Special Forces) Single Player Review Madagasca on May 4th, 2011 6 Comments How Gaming Made Us Impatient Pedro on May 4th, 2011 21 Comments FooBear408 Reviews PlayStation Move Heroes FooBear408 on May 4th, 2011 4 Comments PSN Service Almost Ready; AllClear ID Plus Offered for Free [UPDATE: Letter From Stringer] Jay on May 5th, 2011 44 Comments MW3 to be Featured in Next Months OPM!? Ace on May 7th, 2011 14 Comments The Dead Block Shall Soon Rise from the Dead! EdEN on May 7th, 2011 5 Comments Portal 2 DLC Coming for FREE! Oly on May 1st, 2011 5 Comments New Games Tuesday Jason on May 2nd, 2011 6 Comments New Assassin’s Creed to be Revealed Oly on May 2nd, 2011 4 Comments Uncharted 3 a Step Back? Jason on May 2nd, 2011 8 Comments Buy Battle: Los Angeles, Get Resistance 3 Single Player Demo Sakinah on May 3rd, 2011 2 Comments RUMOR: Security Breach an Internal Job After SOE Lay-Offs? Jason on May 3rd, 2011 11 Comments Sony Registers “Wipeout Trinity” and “Wipeout 2048″ Eddie on May 4th, 2011 1 Comment NGP Could Hit This Year Outside of Japan!!! Eddie on May 4th, 2011 15 Comments Mass Effect 3 Delayed Pedro on May 4th, 2011 11 Comments Great Deals In-bound; Portal 2! MK! Jason on May 5th, 2011 8 Comments Konami Holding Pre-E3 Global Event Sakinah on May 5th, 2011 4 Comments Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Officially Announced kennygk on May 6th, 2011 3 Comments Trade Your Old PS3 for $200 Towards a New One at GameStop Jason on May 7th, 2011 4 Comments Poll Results Can’t see the results? Click Here—————————> I’m not too worried about it 36 43% of all votes I don’t have any revealing personal data stored 20 24% of all votes I have been keeping an eye on my bank/cc account 13 15% of all votes More than one answer 6 7% of all votes I have changed my passwords 4 5% of all votes Got a new card coming 4 5% of all votes I have already flagged myself with the credit bureaus 1 1% of all votes Total Votes: 84 These results were pretty surprising when you take into account that we have had a lot of worried people commenting on posts over the past couple weeks pertaining to the outage. At least we know that most of the people who voted in the poll aren’t too worried about the outage, and are probably why they haven’t really left any input on the site. New Poll Well, here’s the new poll, asking what you have done since the outage started. If you feel that there could be another answer, please let me know and I will add it! And yes, this poll is open to some funny ones, as evident by the choices. – What have you done since the PSN outage started? Been stocking up on trophies! I leanred how to play outside again Discovering single player games Haven’t been doing much gaming I got a 360 and am trolling the site Studying for finals PSN was down?! Discovered something called a life View Results

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The (Bi)Weekly Recap (April 24th-May 7th)

Sucker Punch Productions posted several images and videos over at the Official Playstation Blog . Now they are just showing off. The gameplay and graphics are just on another level compared to the first InFamous. I just have one question for Sucker Punch. Why? Why must you release this game on the first day of E3? Some of us are going and even those who are not, they want to spend the day catching the news!!!???!!! Be sure to take the jump and see all of the new cool images and videos!

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InFamous 2 Shows Off Some More

Recap Yeah, I wound up being late again. It was a pretty hectic week for me, as I was busy editing video and the like for the site, and given slow upload speeds and slow rendering times for the videos, it was a long process (plus I had other things to do as well). Anyway, enough of my complaining. Last week was a relatively quiet week in terms of number of posts, but we did have a bit of news come out of that. First off, PS+ members finally got the save game cloud, which will come in handy for those who might get a YLOD and no way to get their saves back. We also got a look at the main villain of Uncharted 3, a new L.A. Noire gameplay video (as well as a collection of videos and trailers for other games; be sure to check all those out). We have our review for the PSN title, Stacking, up. Although there have been mixed reviews, this one does a good job of telling readers what to expect from the title. One of our members also posted an editorial of his favorite and least favorite games, and that sparked an interesting conversation, so check that out, too. As far as Sony, itself, goes, a few UK studios have had projects shut down to focus more on already-announced exclusive titles to keep their quality up and release in a timely manner. Sony was also affected by the earthquake in Japan, and had some of its plants shut down. If you can help with disaster relief in any way, please do so! PAX East also took place, and Luke managed to attend all 3 days. He got us a bunch of videos and interviews, and will also have an upcoming t-shirt giveaway. I wish something like PAX would happen here in Arizona, though . Community News & Game Nights If I recall correctly, we had this new chat system set up last week, but we didn’t describe new features until earlier this week, but it seems most people have figured it out anyway. Personally, I like the new system, but I wish staff, like myself, could engage in the private chats with anyone online, as opposed to having to be friends in order to use it, but that’s just me. Overall, though, it’s definitely a nicer system than the previous one we had, and makes private conversations much easier, as we no longer have to do that @@name to PM someone in the chat; and it’s more secure. There were a couple contests last week. First off, the winners of the InFamous 2 DLC codes can be found here . We also have the winner of the Cannon Fodder: Paper Wars contest as well. Hope you are enjoying the game! The SOCOM 4 contest for some beta keys started last week , and concluded this morning, so congratulations to the winners! 21 Articles // 16 QuickNews Contributor of the Week Jay – 7 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Beastxjason – 7 Entries Most Liked Jay – PlayStation Plus Getting Cloud Game Saves Starting Tomorrow – 3 Likes Most Comments Jay & Eddie – PlayStation Plus Getting Cloud Game Saves Starting Tomorrow & Uncharted 3 Villain Revealed [Update: Video] – 34 Comments We had held a March 10th Game Night in Killzone 3, in which Ace also posted some video of himself playing as well. You can read the recap here . Chances are, we will have more and more Game Night videos in the future. Personally, I’d like to record the final race on our future GT5 tournament, whenever I am able to do that. Gaming News Lets Keep the NGP Hype Train News Round Up Going! Eddie on March 6th, 2011 14 Comments Tomb Raider Trilogy PS2 Vs PS3 Screens Beastxjason on March 6th, 2011 4 Comments New Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood DLC Inbound! Luke on March 7th, 2011 9 Comments PS3Blog.net at PAX East 2011 Luke on March 7th, 2011 7 Comments Rochard, New PS3 Exclusive! Luke on March 7th, 2011 12 Comments MLB 11: The Show – Introducing the challenge of the week Beastxjason on March 7th, 2011 1 Comment Uncharted 3 Villain Revealed [Update: Video] Eddie on March 8th, 2011 34 Comments WWE All-Stars Full Match w/ Developer Commentary & Win JR’s BBQ Sauce Jay on March 8th, 2011 6 Comments GDC 2011: Alice: Madness Returns Gameplay Trailer Jay on March 8th, 2011 7 Comments “Stacking” Review premiersoupir on March 8th, 2011 11 Comments PlayStation Plus Getting Cloud Game Saves Starting Tomorrow Jay on March 9th, 2011 34 Comments Sony Cancels Projects in their UK Studios Jay on March 9th, 2011 4 Comments My Top Five Most (and Least) Favorite Games MAINEiac4434 on March 9th, 2011 24 Comments L.A. Noire Gameplay Series: Investigation and Interrogation Jay on March 9th, 2011 6 Comments New Security Fixes in v3.60 Firmware Jay on March 10th, 2011 10 Comments Ape Escape Coming to PlayStation Move Jay on March 10th, 2011 5 Comments PS3Blog.net Live at PAX EAST 2011 Luke on March 11th, 2011 14 Comments Sony Factories Shut Down Due to Earthquake Ace on March 11th, 2011 11 Comments PAX East 2011: Socom 4 Gameplay Interview Luke on March 11th, 2011 12 Comments PAX East 2011: Homefront Launch Trailer Ace on March 12th, 2011 11 Comments PAX East 2011: ‘Shift 2 Unleashed’ Dangerous Corners Trailer Ace on March 12th, 2011 8 Comments QuickNews Plants vs Zombies, Please call Sackboy! Beastxjason on March 6th, 2011 6 Comments Gamestop gets another lawsuit. Beastxjason on March 6th, 2011 6 Comments Resistance 3 Multiplayer Footage Luke on March 7th, 2011 5 Comments Socom 4 The Trophies Beastxjason on March 7th, 2011 1 Comment Subway At It Again! Luke on March 8th, 2011 2 Comments Saints Row 3 Confirmed Beastxjason on March 8th, 2011 3 Comments Scheduled PSN Maintenance Tomorrow (EU) Sakinah on March 8th, 2011 4 Comments About a Blob Costume Editor Available Jay on March 8th, 2011 3 Comments Marketing Exec ‘Peter Dille’ Out! Luke on March 8th, 2011 3 Comments Deus Ex: Human Revolution gets Dated pedro on March 9th, 2011 8 Comments Dungeon Hunter: Alliance Hitting PSN This April Beastxjason on March 9th, 2011 5 Comments Sony Does Customer Service Through Twitter Jay on March 10th, 2011 8 Comments Uncharted 3 Lead Designer Interview on Katherine Marlowe Jay on March 10th, 2011 4 Comments Infamous 2 In-Game Screens! Beastxjason on March 11th, 2011 4 Comments A Rage Comic Has Been Announced Oly on March 11th, 2011 6 Comments Crysis 2 In-Game PS3 Screens For You Beastxjason on March 12th, 2011 1 Comment Poll Results The majority of people seem to want a better site design. As Tosh mentioned in our anniversary post, we are currently working on that, so be patient! As far as some other results go, more giveaways was an obvious choice for a lot of people, better copy editing was another (not sure what you’re asking for there; if you mean editing in general, we’re working on it ). A referral system got a few votes, as did those who said we’re awesome already. I also don’t know where the “Merge with thePlayStationshow.com” came from , but someone wants it to happen. Personally, I think that is very doubtful haha. Anyway, we will take your opinions into consideration and see what we can do to change it up for ya, but in a way that works, of course. New Poll Given the short amount of time needed for this poll, we will be skipping it for this recap, but on this week’s recap (which I hope will be up tomorrow), we will have a new poll for you.

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The Weekly Recap (March 6th-12th)

Recap It was a relatively slow week. We do have a few reviews you can check out, even one that includes a giveaway for the game that was reviews (Paper Wars). Normally, during the Game Developers Conference, we would get a whole lot of news, but this year was rather uneventful, with maybe the highlights being a couple NGP features, and inFamous 2 getting a mission creator. That’s about it. We’ve got a bunch of game videos to look at, as well as the new MLB 11: The Show ad featuring Kevin Butler. There was also a pretty cool off-screen gameplay video of Battlefield 3. There are also 2 ongoing giveaways, and one is supposed to end tomorrow, so be sure to read the Community News tab for that information. We also have the double points activated on the site as well. Nothing much beyond this, really, as it was a pretty slow week. Community News & Game Nights Not much new beyond setting up a Podcast, which we’re hoping to start sometime this month. Also, currently ongoing until the 14th, we have Double Points in effect, so if you want to stock up on those, be sure to become an active member and take advantage of it while it lasts! Currently, we have two giveaways going on. One is for an InFamous 2 alternate costume and a static theme. To find out how to enter, check here . The other giveaway is for Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder, with details, and a review of the game, here . Apparently, it’s a lot more fun than it looks, and there seems to be a bit more interest in this giveaway than what we’ve seen on similar ones in the past. Might have to check it out when I get the chance. 19 Articles // 12 QuickNews Contributor of the Week Beastxjason – 5 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Beastxjason – 6 Entries Most Liked Eddie – Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder PS3Blog.net Review and Giveaway Contest! – 5 Likes Most Comments Eddie – Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder PS3Blog.net Review and Giveaway Contest! – 30 Comments Currently, no game nights are planned. Earlier in the week, Tosh did host a Killzone 3 game night , and later posted a recap of the event here . I’ll tell you what; with over 2 months of not having a PS3, I can sure tell I am missing out on a lot of fun… Gaming News SOCOM 4 Full Deployment Details, this you might wanna read! Baba0Booey on February 27th, 2011 14 Comments Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder PS3Blog.net Review and Giveaway Contest! Eddie on February 28th, 2011 30 Comments PSN Exclusive Announced: “Amy” Eddie on February 28th, 2011 6 Comments Ninja Gaiden 3 Teaser Luke on February 28th, 2011 5 Comments Plants vs. Zombies Review Luke on February 28th, 2011 15 Comments Bulletstorm Review Jcmdaddy on March 1st, 2011 23 Comments GDC 2011: PlayStation Home v1.5 Coming This Spring Jay on March 1st, 2011 8 Comments GDC 2011: Infamous 2 Gets a Bomb Shell! Beastxjason on March 2nd, 2011 11 Comments It is that time of the year on PSN again Beastxjason on March 2nd, 2011 3 Comments Mortal Kombat Tower Challenge pedro on March 2nd, 2011 10 Comments Slam Bolt Scrappers Release Date Announced Luke on March 2nd, 2011 8 Comments GDC 2011: Resistance 3 Multiplayer Revealed, Beta Coming! Luke on March 2nd, 2011 10 Comments Coming to PS+: Mortal Kombat Demo and More! Beastxjason on March 3rd, 2011 7 Comments The Rivalry Continues: Kevin Butler vs Joe Mauer Jay on March 3rd, 2011 9 Comments ModNation Racers Reaches 2 Million Creations/Greatest Hits Jay on March 3rd, 2011 9 Comments Homefront Multiplayer Carnage Trailer Oly on March 4th, 2011 12 Comments MLB 11’s New Pure Analog Hitting System Beastxjason on March 4th, 2011 1 Comment New to PS3 – Week of March 7th Beastxjason on March 5th, 2011 7 Comments Battlefield 3 Leaked Gameplay Ace on March 5th, 2011 8 Comments QuickNews Week of March 1st 2011 Beastxjason on February 28th, 2011 No Comments Dead Space 2 Severed Releases Today Beastxjason on March 1st, 2011 2 Comments MLB The Show 2011 Throwing System Beastxjason on March 1st, 2011 6 Comments GDC 2011: Nvidia Presentation Shows Battlefield 3 (2x Screens) [Update] Beastxjason on March 2nd, 2011 7 Comments Dragon Age 2 Trophy/Achievement List Sinlock on March 4th, 2011 3 Comments Dead Nation Patch Available Next Week! Luke on March 4th, 2011 5 Comments The Socom 4 Beta Will Be Available in Four Phases Beastxjason on March 4th, 2011 4 Comments Call of Duty: Black Ops Double XP Weekend Oly on March 4th, 2011 8 Comments Triple XP in Red Dead Redemption Until 4PM Pac Oly on March 4th, 2011 1 Comment Modern Warfare 2 Hacking Will be Addressed Soon Oly on March 4th, 2011 8 Comments More Info on Sony vs Geohot Eddie on March 5th, 2011 13 Comments Hunted: Demon’s Forge Info and Game play Beastxjason on March 5th, 2011 8 Comments Poll Results Quite a few of you are subscribed to PlayStation Plus, and those who are seem pretty satisfied with it, while only two votes went to those who weren’t satisfied. Though the results towards satisfaction were high, those who do not have PS+ still came out as the majority. As for me, I’m pretty satisfied with it; especially since, for me, it paid for itself in the first couple months! New Poll I came up with this poll idea, in an effort to reach out to the community and readers to see what would get you guys to be more active participants on the website. I could only think of 2 answers, so I left it open to allow for you guys to give your own input by adding your own answers. If you already voted, but had another answer in mind, just let me know! – What would help make you more active on this site? (add answers if you’d like) Cleaner design Better copy editing Better Highlight Community Features More Giveaways Add an Answer View Results

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The Weekly Recap (February 27th-March 5th)

NGP NGP has been a source of media attention since it has announced with rumors, requests and some sprinkled in info. Developers seem to be in a supportive frenzy unlike which I have seen for any other platform in the past. I’ve seen developers go back and forth over the console that they are developing for but I’ve never seen this number of developers show unanimous support for a single console prior to its launching like this one. It surely gets the brain going. Retailers Preferred Price – From MCVUK , some retailers are speaking up on preferred price. Retailers are asking Sony for a sub £300 price range to be successful. That’s roughly $480 in North America, but as we know there is not a direct currency translation between us and the UK. Currently the PS3 is about £258.37 in the UK. (UK guys feel free to correct me). So they are asking for the NGP to be priced around the same price as the PS3. For reference, the 3DS is listed at £229.99. Developer Smiling – From Scrawlfx.com Creative Directed Ru Weerasuriya from Ready at Dawn had a lot to say about the NGP at the DICE summit. Ready at Dawn is known for the PSP versions of God of War. ” I have a smile on my face whenever we talk about the NGP because I think overall that console has the potential to really define what portable gaming is. You know, we did that also with the PS3 and all that, but the NGP — not only with the touch screen capability, but the screen, and just the capacity of actually making a game that’s probably better than PS3 games that you can make right now — for me, it’s like the thing. For portable gaming I don’t think there’s anything else in the future.” Nippon Ichi – according to Destructoid , Vice President of Nippon Ichi , Johanna Hirota, has confirmed that they are working on a game for the NGP that will be ready “This Year”, which brings light to a 2011 release at least in Japan. Nippon Ichi is best known for the Disgaea series so maybe that’s what we will see on the NGP? Famitsu Response – Andriasang , has listed Famitsu readers responses as to what they want with the NGP. DO YOU WANT AN NGP? Even though there’s still a lot of mystery surrounding NGP, including details on price and launch titles, Famitsu’s readers appear to be largely excited about the system. Asked if they want the NGP, 76.2% said yes. Only 7.9% said no, with the remaining 15.9% saying they’re still not sure. HOW MUCH WILL NGP COST? How much interest the NGP ends up drawing will likely have a lot to do with price. The second item in the survey was a multiple choice question about expected price. 42.5% selected ¥30,000 or below as the system’s expected price point. The second most popular response was ¥35,000 and below at 18.7%, followed by ¥25,000 and below at 17%. 1.5% expect the system to cost below ¥15,000, which would be lower than the PSP’s current ¥16,800. 3.7% expect it to cost over ¥50,000. Famitsu didn’t get a reason from those who selected ¥15,000. However, a 44-year-old man who selected ¥50,000 said that he expects the system to cost around the level of current Smartphones. WHAT NGP COLORS DO YOU WANT? Sony showed white and black NGP models at the PlayStation Meeting unveiling. White is actually the most wanted color amongst survey takers, getting 224 votes. Blue came in second with 183 votes, followed by Red, Silver and Green. Black didn’t make the top five. WHAT ARE NGP’S MOST APPEALING FEATURES? NGP is packed with features, from its massive screen to its various input devices to built in 3G support and software features like Near and LiveArea. Famitsu asked readers which feature is most notable. The top response with 680 votes was the system’s ability to deliver console-level graphics. Coming in at a close second with 622 votes was the system’s dual analogue stick setup. Screen resolution of four times that of the PSP came in at third with 607 votes. WHAT GENRE DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH TOUCH CONTROLS? One of the NGP’s more unique features is its inclusion of dual touch panels, one on the screen and one behind the unit. At the press conference, Sony demonstrated dual touch controls for Uncharted and Little Deviants. Famitsu asked readers to name the genre the’d most like to see use dual touch controls. Action was the most popular response by far, beating out puzzle, simulation, FPS and adventure in that order. Among the responses, one 20-year-old college student suggested that the rear touch pad could be appropriate when you have to control something separate from your character. Some responders felt that the dual touch panels could lead to revolutionary controls. WHAT GAME SERIES DO YOU WANT TO PLAY ON NGP? The result for this question shouldn’t come as a surprise. Monster Hunter got 282 votes, almost as much as the other four in the top five combined. Metal Gear Solid was second, followed by Final Fantasy, Tales and Kingdom Hearts. One responder said that because the system has a right analogue stick similar to the Dual Shock, he wants to play Monster Hunter. Somewhat related to this, Famitsu’s readers selected Capcom as their most wanted NGP third party developer. Konami came next, followed by Square Enix, Sega and Namco Bandai.

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Seems like someone at EA or Crytek got a little ahead of themselves and released a build of the game onto the interwebs. The game is due for release on March 22nd but according to EA, “Crytek has been alerted that an early incomplete, unfinished build of Crysis 2″. They both seemed to be pretty disappointed by the news and encourage fans to support the game and the development team by waiting for the final product. I am not sure how much this is really going to hurt the sales. It’s been said by the ones that have downloaded the game that it’s buggy and broken even though it’s the full game. Check out the game in multiplayer sweetness after the jump and tell me you would still prefer some broken piece of crap. Crysis 2 – Multiplayer Progression Part 1: The Nanosuit Trailer Watch Video Link to this video Copy Embed this video S 350×197 M 400×225 L 500×281 XL 656×369 Copy Share this video twitter facebook delicious myspace Or email this video to a friend Add a message (optional) Send Play Pause 04:07 CC HQ is on HQ is off Crysis 2 – Multiplayer Progression Part 1: The Nanosuit Previous Next Enter your age: Continue We apologize, but you do not meet the required age limit to view this video. Loading… Watch Crysis 2 – Multiplayer Progression Part 1: The Nanosuit at EA.com

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Crysis 2 Leaked!