• Gran Turismo 5 Delayed… Yes, Again – October 17, 2010
• Amazon Deal of the Day: Dragon Age 2 – All Platforms – March 22, 2011
• Medal of Honor Reviews Havent Been Exactly Steller – October 13, 2010
• Play Need for Speed for Free – September 26, 2010
• Classic Nintendo Gaming In Your Hands – November 17, 2009

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Poor old George ‘Geohot’ Hotz is now on the run in South America. Geohot is known for hacking the PS3 and is being sued by Sony. Now, Geohot seems to have been scared off by his court date and has failed to hand over various devices to Sony for inspection, despite a court telling him to do so.

“Over the last several weeks. Hotz has engaged in a campaign to thwart jurisdictional discovery at every turn – regardless of whether the Court has ordered such discovery or not. Most seriously, after Magistrate Judge Spero ordered an inspection of Hotz’s devices and ordered Hotz to appear at a deposition in California, SCEA learned that Hotz had deliberately removed integral components of his impounded hard drives prior to delivering them to a third party neutral and that Hotz is now in South America, an excuse for why he will not immediately provide the components of his hard drives as requested by the neutral.

“Hotz’s attempts to dodge this Court’s authority raise very serious questions.”

This all comes after Geohot asked the public for donations to help his legal battle, which seems to have been used to help him disappear. Why cant Sony realise that they should be hiring people like George ‘Geohot’ Hotz instead of suing them and forcing them to flee their own country in fear.

• Geohot and Sony Settle Out of Court: I Promise to Never Do It Again! – April 18, 2011
• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• PlayStation 3: Unbreakable – July 16, 2010
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011
• Sony PS3 Firmware 3.56 Hacked or Jailbroken – January 31, 2011

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Its been reported that the PlayStation Move could be moving to the PC. The PS3 motion controller is expected to become part of a project called Move Server which will see PlayStation Move games being created for the PC which in turn, will allow the Move controller to be used on the PC.

SCEA will be holding a conference this year which will be used to explain what Move Server is all about and from what we understand now, it is being designed to let developers, academics and hobbyists all work with the controller in more unique ways.

• Gran Turismo 5 Delayed… Yes, Again – October 17, 2010
• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• eBOX Arriving in China (Instead of XBOX Kinect) – August 15, 2010
• Geohot Takes Donations to Flee the Country and Skip His Sony Court Battle – March 24, 2011
• Sony PS3 Firmware 3.56 Hacked or Jailbroken – January 31, 2011

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With Sony obtaining a restraining order against hacking master George (Geohot) Hotz, it was left to KaKaRoToKS to work the magic, and the community was not disappointed. He has posted the signing keys online, and so it is now only a matter of time when custom firmwares for 3.56 are released.

CVG explains:

Wii hacker Youness Alaoui, also known as KaKaRoToKs, announced on Twitter that he’d successfully unpacked the firmware and published its signing keys, opening the door for new custom firmware to be created that would mimic the latest update and allow hacked PS3s to regain access to PSN.

This will obviously lead to another Playstation 3 firmware update from Sony as soon as possible.

• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• PlayStation 3: Unbreakable – July 16, 2010
• Geohot Takes Donations to Flee the Country and Skip His Sony Court Battle – March 24, 2011
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011
• Gran Turismo 5 Delayed… Yes, Again – October 17, 2010

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The official statement from Taku Imasaki says “We can confirm that Gran Turismo 5 will not be available this November 2nd, but the game’s release will be coming this holiday season.” But with the number of delays this game already had, there’s absolutely no certainty it will be available any time soon.

The reasons, as always, say that they are fixing some bugs about the game to make it more stable. But the GT fans are not happy, at all with this new decision; we can sense the feelings just by looking those comments in the blog post:

• “This is a joke right?”
• “SCEA literally delays SOCOM 4, Little Big Planet 2, and Gran Turismo 5. In return? PlayStation Move.  Not Cool.”
• “Did you guys hire all those ex-Duke Nukem programmers?” (Good one).

This is the new “Hitler Downfall” parody about GT5 being delayed again. Take not that the first parody was created when the game was postponed from 2009 to 2010.

Does anyone is keeping count about the delays on this game? I know I don’t.

• Need For Speed: The Run: Trailer and Real Life Locations – September 29, 2011
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011
• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• eBOX Arriving in China (Instead of XBOX Kinect) – August 15, 2010
• Splinter Cell: Tactical Light Shooting – September 26, 2011

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If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to disconnect from Apple, perhaps Sony has the option for you. It’s been rumored recently that an announcement could come, as early as tomorrow according to a post on 1up.com, on an iTunes competitor from Sony would be released on the PS3 and PSP devices, to be followed by other products in Sony’s lineup. According to the article, a reliable source from the Financial Times, states that the service will be subscription based and offer music and movies. The announcement is rumored to be made at IFA Berlin this week.

PS3 owners are already familiar with ordering and renting films from the Playstation Store, but a dedicated service across multiple platforms including their Bravia TV lines could be the next big thing to compete with Apple. The report states that while the service will be announced, it actually won’t be available until next year.

Can Sony do it? There no doubt iTunes has become the norm for many of us, but I’d like to think there’s a fighting chance for Sony in all this. Leave your comments below on whether you think this service has a chance on Sony’s products.

• PlayStation 3: Unbreakable – July 16, 2010
• Introducing the PS Vita – June 8, 2011
• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• E3 2010: New Games – June 15, 2010
• Sony’s Walkman 30 Years – July 3, 2009

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PSJailBreak is the USB system that we will be able to find and buy with the promise that we can run copied versions of PS3 games. The company who developed PSJailBreak says that “will never break your console” and will support all games.

But Sony simply said that they are not going to allow it. This USB gadget generates an error “8002A227” in the system, which can be detected soon as the PS3 logs in the PlayStation Store. And when this happens, Sony will ban this console (if you remember, Microsoft did same for XBOX consoles which were altered with the same purpose).

For one second you thought it was going to be as simple as connecting a USB drive to your console isn’t?

• PlayStation 3: Unbreakable – July 16, 2010
• eBOX Arriving in China (Instead of XBOX Kinect) – August 15, 2010
• Geohot Takes Donations to Flee the Country and Skip His Sony Court Battle – March 24, 2011
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011
• Sony PS3 Firmware 3.56 Hacked or Jailbroken – January 31, 2011

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This is what it seems a leaked image of the eBox:

China’s government announced recently that they will not allow the commercialization of XBOX Kinect device; but as always, people are always looking for a workaround, and the eBox device is appearing.

There are no official announcements, but apparently more news will appear in November and possibly the launch of this product will be on 2011. XBOX games won’t be supported by the eBOX console, but there are currently working 16 professional teams, some of them have developed games for Xbox 360 and Wii, from 8 countries will take part in the development of eBox’s games.

When I see this pic, I cannot avoid thinking about the other Chinese invention this year: The iPed.

• E3 2010: New Games – June 15, 2010
• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• Eye Mario Bros – August 15, 2010
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011
• Gran Turismo 5 Delayed… Yes, Again – October 17, 2010

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George Hotz

Actually he completed an important milestone a while ago; by accessing the PlayStation 3 kernel; where he found several secrets of this console, but the result of getting it hacked was not completed. Sony did not object any of his tasks, even more they encourage him to take over control of this console; but failure was at the end of his trip.

George said: “It was a cool ride, and I’ve learned a lot about a lot. Perhaps one of these days I’ll do a more formal goodbye.” Which makes us wonder about if this “retirement” it is not actually a defeated soldier who just gave up trying?

Hotz credibility was also questioned a while ago when he distributed a fake photo when he said he just hacked the iPhone 4.

Besides all that, we have to admit: Even though I’m no expert on hacking devices, the work on PlayStation 3 by Sony has been incredible.

• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• Sony Rumored to Release iTunes Competitor – September 1, 2010
• Geohot Takes Donations to Flee the Country and Skip His Sony Court Battle – March 24, 2011
• Sony PS3 Firmware 3.56 Hacked or Jailbroken – January 31, 2011
• eBOX Arriving in China (Instead of XBOX Kinect) – August 15, 2010

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New Games: PlayStation 3

• Metal Gear Solid: Rising
• Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
• EyePet
• Free Realms
• Gran Turismo 5
• Saw II
• Killzone 3
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• Move Party
• PlayStation Move games
• SOCOM 4
• Sports Champions
• Slider
• TV Superstars
• The Fight: Lights Out
• The Last Guardian
• The Shoot
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
• Clash of the Titans
• Enslaved
• Splatterhouse
• Mafia II
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game
• Lego Star Wars III
• Monkey Island 2 SE
• The Force Unleashed II
• R.U.S.E
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
• Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2

New Games: Nintendo Wii

• Metroid
• Zelda Wii
• Wii Party
• The Cages: Pro Style Batting Practice (Wii)
• Lego Star Wars III
• The Force Unleashed II
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

XBOX

• Fable III
• Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
• Gears of War 3
• Halo: Reach
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
• Metal Gear Solid: Rising
• N3: Ninety-Nine Nights II
• Saw II
• Clash of the Titans
• Enslaved
• Splatterhouse
• Mafia II
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game
• Lego Star Wars III
• Monkey Island 2 SE
• The Force Unleashed II
• R.U.S.E
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
• Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2

New Games: PSP

• Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta
• Invizimals
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
• Ace Combat: Joint Assault
• Lego Star Wars III
• The Force Unleashed II
• Valkyria Chronicles II
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Ready to make your pick?

• eBOX Arriving in China (Instead of XBOX Kinect) – August 15, 2010
• Sony Rumored to Release iTunes Competitor – September 1, 2010
• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• Eye Mario Bros – August 15, 2010
• PlayStation 3: Unbreakable – July 16, 2010

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According to Kotaku, a survey was recently held asking gamers which collections they’d love to see on the system, and the following games were listed: Metal Gear Solid, Grand Theft Auto, and Yakuza. Great games, but according to 1UP.com, Sony would most likely make collections from their 1st party games such as Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, and Gran Turismo to name a few.

These HD collections would be a great way revive the franchises but also provide PS3 owners a chance to play the games that are no longer compatible with their systems. Money gouging? Perhaps, but having all the games in HD quality all on one disc is an appealing offer, especially at one price.

What are some of the games you look most forward to? Did you like the HD God of War? Let us know what you think.

• Geohot Takes Donations to Flee the Country and Skip His Sony Court Battle – March 24, 2011
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011
• Sony PS3 Firmware 3.56 Hacked or Jailbroken – January 31, 2011
• Sony Rumored to Release iTunes Competitor – September 1, 2010
• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010

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He says he’s only tested it with Firmware 2.4.2 but assumes that it will work with all firmware versions of the PS3. Also, a full comprehensive guide is rumoured to be in the works which will help those who aren’t too familiar with hacking and coding.

Gaming sites such as Euro Gamer and Joystiq are a little skeptical of how water-tight his claims are. And I agree. Until we start to see some result of this hacking hitting the gaming community we won’t know what can really be done with his exploit code.

• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• Need For Speed: The Run: Trailer and Real Life Locations – September 29, 2011
• Geohot and Sony Settle Out of Court: I Promise to Never Do It Again! – April 18, 2011
• Geohot Takes Donations to Flee the Country and Skip His Sony Court Battle – March 24, 2011
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011

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In an update for the PS3 is out and ready for download. Along with outer features, Facebook is included. Here is what Sony said in an official press release:

Showcase Trophies: Instantly share trophies you earn in PS3 games in your Facebook stream. Simply sync your PS3 system and easily show off your accomplishments to friends and family.

PlayStation Store Purchase Log Publishing: Let friends and family on Facebook instantly know which PlayStation 3 games you’ve purchased. The PlayStation Store, available to PS3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system owners through PlayStation Network, features over 200 downloadable games, many of which are exclusive to PS3 or PSP system owners, in addition to over 4,000 pieces of add-on game content.

Game Event: With a few quick clicks of the controller sharing select game events, progress and statistics is now easier than ever with the Facebook integration.

So what are you waiting for? Go get the update!

• Facebook Coming to the PS3 – November 12, 2009
• Smart Phone: Motorola Droid Update Coming This Week – February 9, 2010
• Facebook Introduces New User Interface Navigation – February 9, 2010
• PDF to Microsoft Word Converter Facebook Edition – December 4, 2011
• Washington Post Facebook Social Reader News Application – November 26, 2011

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I mean all it is is a logo and a bit of detail which I guess could have been done by a skilled Photoshop user but here’s the interesting part:

TechCrunch claim that the image can be traced back to the official Sony website.

So was this an image uploaded too soon? A test gone wrong? Well we don’t really know for sure but I do have a gut feeling this is straight up. After all, the PS3 is essentially a computer in its own right so if anything, social networking is overdue.

Here is a screenshot of what it might be similar too. This is a screenshot of the Facebook client currently in testing for the XBOX 360 (we’re also waiting on Twitter for that console). It doesn’t look to bad indeed although a bit of cleaning up wouldn’t go amiss.

• Facebook Definitely Coming to the PS3 – November 19, 2009
• Smart Phone: Motorola Droid Update Coming This Week – February 9, 2010
• Facebook Introduces New User Interface Navigation – February 9, 2010
• PDF to Microsoft Word Converter Facebook Edition – December 4, 2011
• Washington Post Facebook Social Reader News Application – November 26, 2011

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This list represents, in my perception, which are the games that are the most expected yet to come for Play Station 3:

Number 5 – FIFA 10

FIFA 09 made an incredible revolution among sports games in PS3, functionality, features, online gaming, realism were the main aspects that made FIFA 09 the best soccer game released for PS3 (and I think the best in any console).

Among the new features that will be included are: Virtual Pro (use your player with your own photo and see how the games adapts the photo with new face recognition software); new online types of games; several improvements in game play (new type of tactics can be implemented, defensive urgency, more physical play, 360 dribbles, etc etc).

Release Date: October 20, 2009.

Number 4 – Assassin’s Creed 2

It just stays in N° 4 because the first game released in 2007 was not actually all that I expected. It was not bad, don’t get me wrong, I just didn’t enjoy the missions in this games: all the same. Ubisoft seems that received most of the feedback and adds more excitement in this 2nd part.

The main story will be placed in Venice in the XV century and seems that will contain over 16 type of different missions. New weapons and movements, you will be able to swim and throw people to the water, new places to hide, etc etc.

Release Date: November 17, 2009.

Number 3 – Batman Arkham Asylum

This story starts with Batman that just has captured The Joker, and takes him to Arkham Asylum to acts as his prison. But of course, things go bad and The Joker gets loose and frees other members of the asylum.

To capture him back, Batman will use tons of gadgets and also the “detective mode” to get rid of all the bad guys. You will find awesome battle scenes with great video and motion, including “take down” options to use with your enemies, you will also get improvements in your weapons by gaining experience points.

Release Date: August 25, 2009.

Number 2 – Castlevania The Lord of the Shadows

The Castlevania saga makes an extraordinary comeback with the Lord of the Shadows. Great artistic pictures and looks like a more incredible game play. Here’s the trailer, enjoy:

(Yes, the game narrator is Patrick Stewart, X-Men’s Xavier)

Release Date: TBA 2010

Number 1 – God of War III

Soon as I completed God of War II and watching the game box with the message “God of War III for Play Station 3 – Coming Soon” I knew that the PS3 will be mine and all of my expectations will be on this game.

As for PS2, God of War will be a must for all PS3 gamers. The new features will include: bigger areas and scenarios, more brutal combats, intricate puzzles to solve, new weapons, using a new lighting technology inside the game play (simulates a human retina behavior with brightness and darkness), PS3 exclusive game.

Here’s the trailer:

Release Date: March 2010.

Well that is it for my list.

What is yours?

• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011
• Gran Turismo 5 Delayed… Yes, Again – October 17, 2010
• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• eBOX Arriving in China (Instead of XBOX Kinect) – August 15, 2010
• Play FIFA Online for Free – August 8, 2010

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Here are the facts so far about the new PS3:

• Available in the first week of september (yes! just a few days more).
• 120gb internal hard drive.
• 22% smaller and around 36% lighter.
• New refrigeration system. Apparently won’t over heat all that much as the earlier versions.
• The processor still is a 45nm Cell model but consumes less energy. Current PS3 owners will know that this is an important feature.
• New feature “BRAVIA Sync”. If you also are the owner of a Sony BRAVIA TV you will be able to control the XrossMediaVar using your PS3. Also the sandby feature will let you turn off the console automatically when the TV turns off.

Here are some comparison photos with the previous models:

• eBOX Arriving in China (Instead of XBOX Kinect) – August 15, 2010
• Top 5 of the Most Anticipated PS3 Games – August 23, 2009
• Need For Speed: The Run: Trailer and Real Life Locations – September 29, 2011
• Geohot Takes Donations to Flee the Country and Skip His Sony Court Battle – March 24, 2011
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011

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Sony is still trying to make a revolutionary product release that they didn’t have particulary since the first portable audio player hit the market. They are having a rough year (first annual loss balance in 14 years) and they don’t have so great expectations for next year either. Most of the hopes are placed in PlayStation 3 (mainly based on two things, the release of the slim version and waiting for the blu-ray to become a real home standard), and also the portable new console PSP Go!

Getting back to the walkman’s story, here’s a quick and funny image that a friend of mine sent me today:

• Sony Rumored to Release iTunes Competitor – September 1, 2010
• E3 2010: New Games – June 15, 2010
• Introducing the PS Vita – June 8, 2011
• Geohot Takes Donations to Flee the Country and Skip His Sony Court Battle – March 24, 2011
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011

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Hard to believe? Here’s his opinion: “Industry sources indicate Sony is planning a $100 price cut on the PS3 in mid-August, just prior the launch of Madden (8/18) and the start of the back to school shopping season. This will naturally be a positive for the industry.”

I’m sure that, if this is happening, will make a very important hit in the market, considering previous reports about Blu-Ray high insertion level among users making this a “here to stay” media format. Adding to the mix, the leaked photos that appeared that, could be, the new slim model for PS3:

How are other consoles going to compete with that? Xbox it’s ready to make a similar price cut and maintain the price difference with PS3?

We’ll have to wait and see.

• PlayStation 3: Unbreakable – July 16, 2010
• New Home Security Product: McAfee Family Protection – June 4, 2009
• PSP Go! Almost There – June 1, 2009
• Zune HD Review: HD Radio Receiver, HD video, OLED touch screen, WiFi and Internet browser – May 28, 2009
• Windows 7 Keeps Leaking: Now, The Official Logo and more – May 26, 2009

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