So it’s been quite a long time since I last did a PS3 Newswire, I don’t apologize, because then I’d be saying I don’t care about school. So here it is, way out there and with a lot of articles to read.
* PlayStation Home Open Beta Launches Tomorrow [PS BLOG] The HOME Open Beta launched yesterday, hoorah! and is quite laggy as explained by the rush of hooligans trying to get in.
* PlayStation Home Beta Update [PS BLOG] Just wait for everyone to get bored with HOME so you can log in.
* LittleBigPlanet Weekly Download Update – Santa Edition [PS BLOG] HECK YES! A SANTA OUTFIT RELEASED IN TWO SEPERATE DOWNLOADS! WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED! /rant.
* LBP + Street Fighter DLC @ PS Store: 12/11/08 [PS BLOG] In all honesty, these costumes are pretty cool, but $1.99 each or $6 for all of them is ridiculous.
* “SACK IT TO MEâ€â€¦Weekly Answers to the LBP Community’s Questions (12/9) [PS BLOG] Some of this is good to read, some, not so much.
* Crash Commando Coming Soon to PSN! [PS BLOG] Crash Commando, the long-awaited PSN title that has Trophies, 8 Maps, 1-12 players online, voice support and leaderboards! Go read what Magnus and Olof have to say about how they worked at DICE!
* Inside the Killzone 2 Press Events [PS BLOG] Some sweet news on our favourite 2009 Shooter, Killzone 2.
* echochrome PS3 Update Today: Trophies and User-generated Stages! [PS BLOG] echochrome for the PS3 finally gets Trophies! I haven’t played it for a while, it’s fun. Along with 1000 User-Generated Levels!
* MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Photography 101 [PS BLOG] Want Motorstorm: Pacific Rift photography lessons? Check this out.
* Introducing PULSE Presented by PlayStation Network [PS BLOG] PULSE seems cool enough, but will it work?
* LUMINES Supernova Coming Soon, with LBP Skin! [PS BLOG] Not sure if I’ve shown this already or not, but LUMINES looks great!
* Free Resistance 2 Themes, R:FOM Map Packs, and More [PS BLOG] Go download some free Resistance goodies at the PlayStation Store!
* Fat Princess Takes The Cake, Voice Chat Coming [Kotaku]
“Yes, voice chat support is planned for Fat Princess.”
* Flower’s A Breath Of Fresh Air [Kotaku] I personally can’t wait for this title!
* White Knight Chronicles: The Box Art, The New Screenshots [Kotaku] This game looks amazing, what are your thoughts?
* White Knight Chronicles Gets Manga Preview [Kotaku] Awaiting translation . . . .
* Heavy Rain’s vital statistics [Eurogamer] This game, Heavy Rain, does not fool around. The game is 2,000 pages long, has 40,000 words of non-linear dialogue, has been in production for 15 months, everything has been sketched and painted, has been worked on for 480 man-months, it has had 170 days of shooting in 9 months and has 30,000 unique animations recorded. Just to name a few, check out the rest, seirously.
* CLOT x PSP Military M65 Jacket [HypeBeast] Look at this new PSP Military Jacket! Looks tight right? It is, but would you really want to walk around with that? You can only get it at the Asia Game Show 2008 through a drawing on December 19th and 22nd.
* Sony “Interested” In Downloadable PS2 Games, Not So Much Netflix For PS3 [Kotaku] Sounds like a way to play those PS2 games I never got the chance to, I hope this ends up working out!
* Happy Tenth Birthday, Havok! [Kotaku] Everyones seems to be turning 10 nowadays!
* Joystiq Interview: How to quit games for a year [Joystiq] Ever wonder how much time you’d have on your hands if you quit gaming? One man did, for a year, he’s run a half-marathon, read 12 books and more! Read this interview to see what else he did and how he came upon it.
* New FFXIII & Versus XIII images from Cloud, including gameplay pics [PS3 Fanboy] See those pictures? They’re quite small, but they are there, check them out.
* Killzone 2 screenshots (do we need to say more?) [PS3 Fanboy] They look good (do I need to say more?)
* Upcoming Home content shown at London media day [PS3 Fanboy] A great look into more things HOME.
* SOCOM: Confrontation 1.30 Update Features (Part 5) [SOCOM Official Site] It’s about time I get my Trophies! No longer must I put off playing SOCOM: Confrontation! Note: Trophies are only counted in Ranked Games. But WAIT! It’s not out yet.
Here’s a new Tic-Tac-Toe level in LittleBigPlanet, it’s up to par with the caculator level!
And this is what Mirror’s Edge should have looked like on consoles:
Too bad it’s for the PC.
