October 10, 2008 – 11:00 am
Most of you out there might look at me funny for saying that I enjoy Qore and think it’s worth the money. I bought the yearly subscription shortly after it was made available on the PlayStation Store. I don’t look at is paying for demos or other videos, it’s more of a digital magazine. I get it, it’s worth it to me. But here’s part two of things going wrong for me last night that resulted in something else broken.
The implementation of downloading new episodes for your annual subscription is one of the biggest clusterfucks I’ve seen in a while. Sony hasn’t done a good job of making things easy with the PlayStation Store downloads (required installs, extra prompts, etc.). Here’s another way they’ve botched things up.
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October 4, 2008 – 4:00 pm
According to our internal schedule, a review for wipEout HD for the PlayStation Network was supposed to drop this week for you. However, the game’s problems have prevented that from happening. There have been numerous reports across the intarwebs are freezing, and I am one of those who was susceptible.
We’re been in touch with Sony and are following the progress of a patch very closely. As soon as I can actually play the game, you’ll get a review. As for now, be careful when purchasing as you might not be able to play it. Some reports suggest having a friends list greater than 50 people is the culprit, but who knows. Mine is definitely larger than that.
September 27, 2008 – 4:00 pm
You won’t have to go out of your way to crazy gas stations to try and find a PlayStation Network card soon. Starting in October, the elusive cards will be available at Walmart, Best Buy, and Sam’s Club. In November, Barnes and Noble will be selling the PSN cards as well. Two versions will be available, in $20 and $50 denominations.
I think Sony has been shooting themselves in the foot with no having these cards out there. Many people simply don’t have a credit card or don’t want to put it into an online system. Think of how many sales may have been lost by them dragging their feet to get these to market. Either way, that problem is almost over and you’ll be able to snag these at a normal retailer soon.
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September 24, 2008 – 12:00 pm
One of my all time favorite comic books is The Punisher. Frank Castle is my hero. I’ve long debated getting the skull logo tattood on myself, but I’m too much of a little bitch and I’m afraid if needles. Yep. Frank Castle, I am not.
PS3 gamers are in for a treat with an exclusive title coming to the PlayStation Network. The Punisher: No Mercy is a first person shooter built on the Unreal Engine 3 where you get to take control of Frank Castle and fight off famous enemies from the comic book series, including Jigsaw, Bushwacker, Barracuda and Silver Sable. The game is being developed by Zen Studios and no release date has been set.
You had me at hello.
September 19, 2008 – 5:00 pm
No Mega Man is not going out on a date, he finally gets a street date for his newest release Mega Man 9 or as I like to call it Mega Man Nueve. Get your internet connection and console of choice ready because Mega Man is here for you to start downloading his newest adventure.
The wait is fianlly over: Mega Man 9 hits North America next week!
The game will be released for download on the September 22 for the Wii.
Playstation Network gets it September 25th, and XBLA will have it October 1!
These dates are for North America ONLY.
No pricing structure was mentioned just yet, but I will pay Capcom whatever they want for this game. Most likely grabbing this bad boy for my Xbox 360, which means I will have to wait a bit, but patience is a virtue.
[Via Capcom Blog]
September 16, 2008 – 4:00 pm
I’ve enjoyed PAIN since it was first released on the PlayStation Network almost a year ago. The hilarious ways you could inflict pain and destruction made a very fun gameplay experience. But the amount of content that shipped with the game wasn’t huge. Only one environment, Downtown, was available. Now, Sony and Idol Minds have released a new level, the Amusement Park.
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September 4, 2008 – 10:00 am
When I first saw videos of The Last Guy, I was confused. Then I saw the “developer interview” on the PSN and got even more confused. When I finally played the demo, I went with a bad taste in my mouth, and to that effect, the demo didn’t blow me away, but I did see potential. When I fired up the full game, I started playing and didn’t put the controller down for four hours.
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September 2, 2008 – 5:00 pm
A lot of buzz has been circling the upcoming title form EA, Mirror’s Edge, in regards it’s overall great gameplay and most recently a rumor that it would be a timed exclusive. Well recent accounts have dispelled the timed exclusivity of the title for the Sony PS3, but some other news took its place very quickly. Seems that Mirror’s Edge will get exclusive downloadable content on the Sony PS3 because of an agreement that Sony and EA have worked up. No details on what the DLC will be or how it will differ from the Xbox 360 content, but in todays race to more sell units I am sure many PS3 execs are smiling right now. Stay tuned for more on this.
However, Sony did confirm that although Mirror’s Edge is multi-platform, “PlayStation has an exclusive marketing agreement with EA regarding the title.
Plus, the spokesperson added, “Exclusive downloadable content will be offered on the PlayStation Network.”
[Via EuroGamer]
August 31, 2008 – 10:00 am
One of the positive aspects of the PlayStation Network is that you don’t have to pay a dime to get your online gaming fix. Sony has stated they want to keep the PSN free as well as offer you a good amount of other free services.
We like to provide as many services as possible for free — we already provide our network access for gameplay for free — and the interesting thing about the network side and the Internet business is that there’s a variety of revenue sources. Not necessarily getting people to pay, but with advertising and so on.
Those are things we’re looking at, and learning how we can provide a service without people having to pay — but we still get our operation running with funding from somewhere so that we can maintain the level of quality we want.
Sounds like a plan to me. Free is good, as long as the quality is there. Sony has been making tremendous strides with the PSN to bring it up to speed. We’ll see how well this works.
August 28, 2008 – 10:00 am
Have you ever watched Starship Troopers and though “Damn I want to fight giant bugs?” You’re chance is coming on the PSN this Fall. Savage Moon will meld together Starship Troopers style alien bugs with tower defense gameplay.
To defend the mines, you start off with machine gun towers and can expand your arsenal to include wide range of weaponry and heavy artillery. This is where your strategizing skills come into play. It’s up to you when to upgrade, add new towers, or save your money, and your strategies will make the difference between escaping unscathed and watching the mines go up in flames. You have to place the tower defenses in areas where they will be most effective in killing the different kinds of Insectocytes before they make it to the mining facilities. And as you kill the Insectocytes, you earn valuable points that you can use to upgrade the size and firepower of your defenses, and to develop new weapons and technologies.
I’m a big fan of tower defense, from games like Desktop Tower Defense to PixelJunk Monsters. Savage Moon looks to add nicely to the aresenal and will most likely take up a lot of my gaming time this Fall. That is when I’m not playing Resistance 2, Gears of War 2, Rock Band 2, and all kinds of other good stuff.
