Sony has done a great job in reducing the size and cost of the PlayStation 3. But did you know that Sony was thinking of making the PS3 Slim even smaller? Namely, replacing the hard drive with an alternative. One solution was replacing the hard drive with flash memory, which would not only reduce the size of the console, it would also noise and running costs.
The long awaited Pirates of the Caribbean DLC for LittleBigPlanet will be available on to download from December 22nd on the PlayStation Store. There are two different packs available, a premium Costume Pack and massive Level Kit. In the Pirates of the Caribbean Costume pack, you can dress up your Sackboy as one of the many characters in the movie including, Sack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Barbossa, Davy Jones and Tia Dalma.
If you missed the Spike Video Game Awards 2009 over the weekend, fear not. We have the list of winners and nominees below. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was the biggest winner for 2009, getting awards for Game of the Year, Best Graphics and Best PS3 Game, beating games like inFamous, Killzone 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 did pick up an award for best shooter, however.
Just when you were recovering from the awesomeness that was Batman: Arkham Asylum, it has been announced that a sequel is on the way in 2010. Rocksteady are bringing the Dark Knight back to our consoles and if it is anything like what we experienced this year with the original then we are in for a treat. Oh and the Joker is back too, looking crazier than ever! Arkham has moved folks, check out the announcement trailer below.
As promised by Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling, Modern Warfare 2 patch v1.06 is now available to download. While the patch fixes a whole bunch of glitches and bugs, there are still many unfixed issues in the game. Two of the biggest bugs, commonly called the “javelin glitch” and the “care package glitch”, are fixed with this latest patch.
This week on the PlayStation Video Store, there are 10 new movies available to download from the UK Video Store, and a whole load of new movies and TV content from the US Store. You can download Outer Space Astronauts S1 – Diplomatic Hat and the Salt Theatrical Trailer for free from the US Store.
This week’s top movie downloads in the US are:
On Tuesday, SCEA and a number of their publishing partners (2K, Capcom, EA, SEGA, and Square-Enix) filled a SoHo art gallery with many of the best games you’ll be playing in early 2010. Before things kicked off, Sony Santa Monica Studios’ Director of Development John Hight showed off a brand new scene from God of War III. Unfortunately, Sony won’t be making the video public until January. In the mean time, check out the update video below.
This week on the PlayStation Store, Call of Duty Classic is available to download from the European Store. On the US Store, PixelJunk Shooter is now available to download along with other new titles. There are three new playable demos on the US Store and one new one on the European Store. In addition, both stores have a Uncharted The Eye of Indra Skins and Comics Bundle, giving you two multiplayer skins for Uncharted 2 and all four episodes of the motion comic.
The MAG Beta is now over, after running for the past few months. With the end of the Beta, the only thing left to look forward to is the launch of the game on January 26th 2010. The official box art for North America has been revealed (see below) as well as some statistics from the beta. In short, over 42,000 matches were played during the beta test. Between November 9th and December 5th, over 65,000 players logged on, making almost 18 million kills. See the full statistics below.
The latest patch for SOCOM: Confrontation contains a massive amount of new content and features, and is completely free to download. Patch v1.60 adds The Dutch KCT and Italian COMSUBIN Special Forces teams, two new primary weapons for the new Special Force teams above and four new weapons including the 9mm Sub Machine Gun, M82A1A, AK-74 and SR-25. In addition to the new characters and weapons, the team has also added 100% Random Medleys to the patch update.
