UK PSN Update 26/02/09

Todays PSN Update was released pretty late. but, with today being Killzone 2 Day...did anyone really mind?

PS3 Games
High Volcety Bowling - Trick Shots pack two [Free]
High Volcety Bowling - Dwyane Pack [£0.79]
High Volcety Bowling - Candy Pack [£0.79]
Lord Of The Rings Conquest - All New Content (game pack) [£6.29]
Skate 2 - San Van Classic Pack [£3.19]
Street Fighter 4 - Brawler Pack [£3.19]
Buzz - Quiz Of The Year 2008 [£3.99]

Guitar Hero - World Tour
"Get Out of Denver" by Bob Seger [£1.59]
"Her Strut" By Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band [£1.59]
"Old Time Rock & Roll" By Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band [£1.59]
Bob Seger Track Pack [£4.39]

Rock Band
"3 Dimes Down" by Drive by Truckers[£0.99]
"Can't Let Go" By Lucinda Williams[£0.99]
"Futures" By Jimmy Eat World[£0.99]
"Lucky Denver Mint" By Jimmy Eat World [£0.99]
"Sweetness" by Jimmy Eat World [£0.99]
"People Got A Lotta Nerve" by Neko Case [£0.99]
"Satelite Radio" by Steve Earle [£0.99]
"The Bomb (live)" by Old 97's [£0.99]
"Jimmy Eat World Pack (songs mentioned above) [£2.49]
"Alt Country Pack (other songs mentioned above) [£4.89]

Videos
Lumines Supernove Trailer
Prince Of Persia Epilouge Trailer
Echochrome Master Maze Makers Trailer
Burnout Paradise - The Ultimate Bundle Trailer
Fifa 09 - The Ultamte Team Intro Video Trailer
Disgaea 3 - Absense Of Justice Trailer

Theme
Loco Roco 2 -MuiMui House

Demo's
Tom Claney's H.A.W.X

PSP
Generation Of Chaos [£9.99]
WWII: Battle Over The Pacific [£9.99]

Nothing really to see here this week, alot of videos and some content. no new PSN games tho. oh well, Killzone 2 will have to make do, lol

New Zero Punctuation: Fear 2

I decided to embed this weeks Zero Punctuation because i really like it. nothing more.
his video reviews were a huge breath of fresh air and genually a big laugh. they are short reviews and whilst yes, very little impresses him, it does make you look at them different.
So watch and enjoy. head to http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation to watch other reviews that he has done.

PSN Members Hit 20 Million Users Worldwide

A press release from Sony has proudly announced that since November 11 2006, when the Playstation Network was launched, worldwide Sony now has 20 Million registered users of the Playstation Network. in their press release, Sony has broken down some numbers of what these users are doing.

• It took 1 year 2 months to reach 5 Million Users
• 10 million in 1 year 8 months
• 20 million in 2 years, 3 months.
• the ps3 has over 600 titles that incorporate the PSN
• PSN Store offers more than 14,500 individual pieces of content
• Home was launched in December 2008. it now has over 4 million users
• 2.6 Million users now use Life with Playstation
  

Someone Replied!

As crazy as it sounds, but apart from signing up to press releases from various publishers, i finally had someone reply to a email i sent.
i've been trying to find out what happened to Blast Factor, Echochrome, and Bionic Commando Rearmed trophy patches. so far i've tried contacting Sony Europe, Sony America, and Blue Point Games (the developer of Blast Factor) and had no replies from either. However, when i contacted Grin Studio's (the developers of Bionic Commando Rearmed) they replied. it was very polite, but they couldn't answer where the patch was. they informed me i would have to go to Capcom to find out what happened....
Still awaiting a reply...

Apologies For The Ad's

As you may have noticed, i have added ad's to the site. it wasn't a easy choice but i feel i need to.
just so my readers understand, at present the ad's are not relevant, but they should change to something more relevant to this blog.
Please don't think that you have to click on them, i'm not making anyone do that.
in the future, the aim is to have ad's from actual game companies on both the twitter site and this blog, but for now this is the best i can do

What Have You Played This Week?

What have you guys/gals played this week?
Feel free to add your thought about it, like whether you enjoyed it, had a frustrating time, as it would be interesting to know. for example, this week i've played...

• Burnout paradise - 360 - it was ok, but didn't take long to get annoyed with it. i honestly feel it's a step backwards and they should make another like burnout revenge
• Noby Noby Boy - ps3 - if it wasn't for sites telling me what the trophies were, i don't think i would've ever done anything with the game, it really is strange and open ended, and for the £3 i paid, i can't really complain.
• Astro Tripper - ps3 - one of the hardest games i play, i die all the time and yet i keep going back to it. it could be casue its £3, or it could be really good. i'm not too sure, but at least now i've finally got to the end boss of the game....just got to beat it.
• Street Fighter IV - ps3 - i haven't played a street fighter since the mega drive, so i was really lost when i started. the tutorial is average, but i still struggled to pull of moves. graphics are lush, i just need more practice before i take it online and play others i feel.
• Folklore - ps3 - i rented this game not really knowing what to expect. intial feelings are good graphics and interesting story line, but i feel i've got a long ways to go yet.

Wells thats it for me, so how about you?

Noby Noby Boy - WTF!?!?!

I thought that i would do a review of Noby Noby Boy, but it turns out i can't. i fall into a group, inbetween those who don't "get" the game and those that do. it's a awkward place to be, to love some parts, but really hate others, the main exmaple being the camera controls, unfortunately, it is a game that will polarise to those extremes. The graphics are not stunning, the music is pretty non-existent, which is a shame cause i think clever use of music like Flower would really help the game.

there is no story, no goals, your just Boy and you have to make Girl grow. what you do with boy inbetween is entirely up to you, and it's this that really stumps me cause so little is told of what that is. thankfully there are trophies, and if anyone gets the game i recommend they look at a site and the trophies for this game, as they are all blank on the console bar one, as they act as a good basis for what you can do in the game. most games use trophies to show what else can be done, but here they are done in such a way that they are a manual for what you should try.

And yet, it's these sort of games that i want more on the PSN, these games that try to change the definition of what a game is. Flower, which was released the previous week, was another game that showed us another way a game could be made, played...and to be honest, i really did enjoy flower. these games are really unique to the PS3, sure the 360 has had some interesting games but they were more safe, more likely to sell than say Noby Noby Boy, and it's these risks, these "games" which Sony is prepared to put on th e PS3 that makes me more interested in the PSN, interested to see what else is coming, to try something new.

So in the end, no review just some ramblings and thoughts.