Thursday, January 27, 2011

EA Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Shift 2 Unleashed

EA have released a new trailer and screenshots for Shift 2 Unleashed. the trailer focuses on the games campaign mode and has in-game action from several different classes. the screenshots are also in-game and show several different cars.


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Screenshots



Namco Bandai Have Released A New Trailer For Ridge Racer 3D

Namco Bandai have released a new trailer for their upcoming Nintendo 3DS launch period game, Ridge Racer 3D. no gameplay is shown in the trailer as it appears to be mostly from the opening cinematic.


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Sony Announce PS3 Firmware Update 3.56 And Its Out Now

Sony have announced firmware 3.56 update for the PS3 and i can confirm that the update is out now. Sony say the update is minor and just a security patch.

Source: USA Playstation Blog


Kotaku Have Released A Size Comparison Chart Featuring The PSP2, 3DS, iPhone, PSP And DS


Kotaku have put together a size comparison guide for the PSP2. the PSP2 ends p being the biggest, its the device on the right, with the iPhone 4 the smallest. if you go to the link below you can see this size chart much bigger.

Source: Kotaku


Sony Have Released A Concept Video For The NGP

Before the NGP was shown off, Sony showed a concept video for the device. The video shows a number of features like trophies and communicating with people near by, as well as some possible game teases like Motorstorm, Lemmmings, and Sly Cooper. A Number of sites now have the video and i have included Joystiq's below.



Source: Joystiq


Sony Reveal The Games Shown During The Playstation Meeting For The NGP


During Sony's Playstation Meeting event they revealed the NGP. The NGP will support trophies. several games franchises were shown running on the NGP, they include:
  • Killzone
  • Uncharted
  • WipEout
  • LittleBigPlanet
  • Call of Duty
  • Resistance
  • Little Deviants
  • Hot Shots Golf
  • Reality Fighters
  • Gravity Daze
  • Smart As
  • Broken
  • Hustle Kings
Additional games shown include Dungeon Defenders, which took a week to convert from PS3 to PSP2.

Sources: USA Playstation Blog, Eurogamer



Sony Have Detailed The Technical Specs For The NGP

Sony have detailed the technical specs for the NGP Hardware, no specific details have been released regarding the game cards. Its also been revealed that the GPU will be a quad core. Engadget say they've "...never seen a handheld this powerful"

CPU
ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)

GPU
SGX543MP4+ (4 Core)

External Dimensions
Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)

Screen
(Touch screen)
5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED
Multi touch screen (capacitive type)

Rear touch pad
Multi touch pad (capacitive type)

Cameras
Front camera, Rear camera

Sound
Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone

Sensors
Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass

Location
Built-in GPS
Wi-Fi location service support

Keys / Switches
PS button
Power button
Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
Right stick, Left stick
START button, SELECT button
Volume buttons (+/-)

Wireless communications
Mobile network connectivity (3G)
IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)

Additional Tech Specs From Engadget