Ahh October. My favorite month. I get to celebrate my birthday, my wedding anniversary, and the start of Fall (my favorite season). Sony looked to make it even better by dropping a fairly nice update on the PSN this Thursday. Here’s all the delicious goodies you can have:
NBA Live 09 Oklahoma City Pack (free)
NBA Live 365 ($19.99)
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 Firestone Country Club ($7.49)
Soulcalibur IV Weapon Set (Bonus Weapons) ($3.99)
Soulcalibur IV Weapon Set (Main Weapons) ($3.99)
Rock Band
“Mellowship Slinky in B Major” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“My Lovely Song”- Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“Naked in the Rain” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“The Power of Equality” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“Sir Psycho Sexy” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“Suck My Kiss” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“The Greeting Song” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“The Righteous & The Wicked” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“They’re Red Hot” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“Under the Bridge” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“Apache Rose Peacock” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“Blood Sugar Sex Magik” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“Breaking the Girl” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“Funky Monks” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“I Could Have Lied” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“If You Have to Ask” - Red Hot Chili Peppers ($1.99)
“Blood Sugar Sex Magik” Album ($19.99)
Brothers In Arms Hell’s Highway Demo
Beijing 2008 Demo
BioShock Demo
Eternal Sonata Demo
NBA 2K9 Demo
PixelJunk Eden Soundtrack ($2.99)
Bluetooth Headset Video
SOCOM Frostfire Fly-through
SOCOM Fallen Fly-through
SOCOM Control Trailer
LittleBigPlanet Life in LittleBigPlanet- Ep 1
LittleBigPlanet Adventures of SackBoy
MotorStorm Pacific Rift Trailer
Tom Clancy’s End War: Voice Command Video Briefing
Tom Clancy’s End War: Combat Chain Video Briefing
Tomb Raider: Underworld - Beneath the Surface: The Story
Tomb Raider: Underworld - Beneath the Surface: The Vision
Facebreaker Audition Video #4
AST Dew Tour videos (x8)
Jerry Maguire Blu-ray trailer
Iron Man Movie Theme
Here’s what’s available from the PC Store for your PSP:
During an interview with Satoshi Sakai the producer of Phantasy Star Universe and also the new Phantasy Star Zero he discussed some of the details behind the new Nintendo DS RPG. This looks like another title I will be importing over to play on the go. This one will be in a new world but will be modeled after Phantasy Star Online (PSO) and will give you the opportunity to play online.
The ability to draw and chat online will lead to some interesting illustrations I can imagine, you just took my super rare dagger you get “C======3”. I am all about nostalgia so bring on some classic PSO action for me to enjoy along with my Phantasy Star Portable for my PSP.
· Phantasy Star Zero is a completely new title set in a brand new world.
· Zero’s gameplay mechanics will be based heavily around PSO’s. But despite this, the developers hope that the unique style will attract more fans to the series, even those who have never touched a previous Phantasy Star title.
· The Nintendo DS was selected as the platform for this title to help broaden the age range of players.
· Zero was selected as part of the title to invoke thoughts of a new beginning for the series.
· You will be able to play with people you’ve never met over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. No details were given on if or how Friend Codes will be used, however.
· PS0 will not support voice chat or vibration functions.
· PSO’s word select system is a possibility, but has not been confirmed.
· PSO’s symbol chat will not return for this game. It is being replaced by visual chat, allowing users to draw their own pictures using the stylus.
· Many common item and technique names will return from PSO.
· The developers hope that, despite this game taking place in a completely new world, it will still bring out feelings of nostalgia and other fond memories.
Recently there has been quite a buzz flying around with news of a new NIntendo DS. This time it seems that it isn’t just a new color or making it slimmer, but actually getting different functions.
Nintendo has announced that it will release an upgraded model of its popular handheld, the Nintendo DS. Featuring a camera, music playback and more modernized features, it will come to market in Japan this year at a price not far above the current mode.
Looks like Nintendo is looking ot push their DS into the forefront of handheld gaming even further. Was Nintendo worried about the new iPhones gaming capabilities? I doubt they were trembling over the PSP since they have been consistently beating them out. The price point is also looking attractive, I may see a new DS in my future.
The upgraded DS will be released in Japan this year at a price of “under 20,000 yen” ($189). For reference, the current DS sells in Japan for 16,800 yen ($159).
Phantasy Star Portable is a Japanese game that can be played on any US PSP, since they are region free, and is a great pickup for any fan of the series. It picks up in the same style and gameplay as Phantasy Star Universe for the Xbox 360 and was recently one of the top games purchased in Japan.
Graphically, the PSP version of Phantasy Star is pound for pound equivalent to its Xbox 360 brother. Monsters look very good and behave the same way as the console version and boards are almost exact ports of the console maps. The sound in the game is classic Japanese style with Japanese voices yelling and speaking. Unfortunately, I didn’t understand a word they said, but it didn’t impact my playing one bit.
Lots and lots of goodness on the PlayStation Store this week. Full games, PSN games, cool videos. What more could you ask for (other than cool PS1 Classics)? Here’s what you might be downloading on your PS Triple:
WipEout HD ($19.99)
Burnout Paradise PSN ($29.99)
GEON Emotions ($9.99)
Mega Man 9 (free demo, $9.99 to buy)
BUZZ! QuizTV Question Pack, National Geographic: Safari ($7.99)
BUZZ! QuizTV Question Pack, Videogames ($5.99)
BUZZ! QuizTV Question Pack, Sci-Fi ($5.99)
Soul Calibur IV Customization Equipment 2 ($1.99)
Rock Band
“Limelight (Original Version)” – Rush ($1.99)
“Tom Sawyer (Original Version)” – Rush ($1.99)
“Red Barchetta” – Rush ($1.99)
“The Camera Eye” – Rush ($1.99)
“Vital Signs” – Rush ($1.99)
“Witch Hunt” – Rush ($1.99)
“YYZ” – Rush ($1.99)
“Moving Pictures (Album)” – Rush ($10.99)
“Bandage” – Hot Hot Heat ($1.99)
“Love Spreads” – Stone Roses ($1.99)
“She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult ($1.99)
“Shoot the Runner – Kasabian ($1.99)
“Sorrow” – Bad Religion ($1.99)
“You’re No Rock n’ Roll Fun” – Sleater Kinney ($1.99)
NBA 09 The Inside Demo
Mega Man 9 Trial
PAIN Amusement Park-New Characters Video
Resistance 2 Shattered History Trailer
Brothers in Arms: Hell’ Highway Eyes Only Network Trailer
Burnout Paradise Bikes Network Trailer
Dead Space Animated Comic Issue #5 Network Trailer
This goes in the unsafe, but my hero file. Apparently an 18 year veteran of the Oahu Transit Force with no prior complaints on him has been suspended without pay for driving while playing video games, his PSP to be more exact.
Waltz said the driver of the Number 54 that goes between lower Pearl City and downtown wasn’t just driving his route, he was playing a video game.
“He was continuously playing his video game on the bus. Continuously,” she said. “At times he was driving, playing with it. At times he was sitting there playing with it.”
Denita Waltz is a tattle tale and should just keep her home videos and dumb comments to herself, she was the one who took the videos and shouted him out. This lady is now going on a witch hunt to have him permanently fired because she was “petrified”. Get off it lady, you got this guy in trouble and now you want to sue and get your 15 minutes of fame.
I think this man made a poor decision in playing video games while driving a bus with passengers on it, but he shouldn’t be fired, no one died or was hurt as a result.
More importantly what was he playing that he just couldn’t put it down until his lunch break? I wonder if this could be made into an MLG event, driving a bus while playing a handheld, lets see Fatality do that!
I have realized over the course of time and a lot of gaming that all my years of playing videos has actually begun to affect me physically. No I am not becoming retarded or blind, but instead I think I am developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in my hands, specifically my left hand. This is probably due to the years of playing on a PC with my fingers precariously hovering over the WASD keys to circle and strafe in Quake and move around in Starcraft.
I noticed now that if I play with my PSP or DS for more than thirty minutes my hand begins to feel uncomfortable and if I play Guitar Hero or Rock Band for too long it is even worse. I would have never thought that gaming and using a PC would mess me up, but here I am. Carpal Tunnel stinks, it makes your hand numb and you feel pain that is just not fun. It probably does not help that I spend almost all day on a PC typing and doing things like writing articles.
Valkyrie Profile is a great classic game that was re-done not too long ago for the PSP and seems to be getting anew iteration for the Nintendo DS now. Watching the cut scenes it is hard to believe that it is on the DS, but the actual battles and in-game characters themselves resemble the Final Fantasy Tactics series. Valkyrie Profile is a notoriously hard game that pulls no punches and really has a stiff learning and decision tree. Certain decisions you make early in the game affected both the outcome of the game and how you got there.
Since I spent all day yesterday in planes and airports (literally 13 hours), I didn’t get a chance to really see what went on with the PlayStation Store update. There really isn’t all that much that dropped (Life with PlayStation not counting). Here’s what you can grab on your PS3:
We talked a bit about the new Phantasy Star Portable that recently released in Japan for the Sony PSP and now we have confirmation that a DS version entitled Phantasy Star Zero will come to the Nintendo DS on December 25th of this year. The announce and release of the DS title is much more accelerated than any other title in the franchises history.
Seems like Phantasy Star is getting some handheld love and fast, this title is only scheduled to release in Japan but as with the success of the PSP version I would not be surprised if this comes stateside as well.
The DS version looks a bit more cartoonish in nature but still seems to retain the overall charm of Phantasy Star. One advantage off the bat that the DS version will have aside from stylus chat capabilities will by online play via wifi, which is awesome! Unfortunately the PSP version only has an Ad-Hoc capability that just isn’t the same.
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