If you are into free running (or Parkour) games, you will be happy to know that the trophy list for Mirror’s Edge has been revealed. The game will feature 45 unlockable trophies, of which 33 are bronze, 8 are silver and 3 are gold. The game will also feature the hard-to-get platinum trophy. Two of the bronze trophies are secret too. Check out the trophy list below.

Trophies:

• Bronze:
  • Back on the job: Complete the Tutorial
  • Prologue Complete: Complete the Prologue in story mode
  • Chapter 1 Complete: Complete Chapter 1 in story mode
  • Chapter 2 Complete: Complete Chapter 2 in story mode
  • Chapter 3 Complete: Complete Chapter 3 in story mode
  • Chapter 4 Complete: Complete Chapter 4 in story mode
  • Chapter 5 Complete: Complete Chapter 5 in story mode
  • Chapter 6 Complete: Complete Chapter 6 in story mode
  • Chapter 7 Complete: Complete Chapter 7 in story mode
  • Chapter 8 Complete: Complete Chapter 8 in story mode
  • Bag lady: Find all three hidden bags in one chapter
  • Ran out of fingers: Find 11 hidden bags
  • On the clock: Beat the qualifier time on any Time Trial stretch
  • Access all areas: Unlock all Time Trial stretches
  • Baby steps: Attain a Time Trial star rating of 20
  • Prologue Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of the Prologue below the target time.
  • Chapter 1 Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of Chapter 1 below the target time.
  • Chapter 2 Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of Chapter 2 below the target time.
  • Chapter 3 Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of Chapter 3 below the target time.
  • Chapter 4 Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of Chapter 4 below the target time.
  • Chapter 5 Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of Chapter 5 below the target time.
  • Chapter 6 Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of Chapter 6 below the target time.
  • Chapter 7 Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of Chapter 7 below the target time.
  • Chapter 8 Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of Chapter 8 below the target time.
  • Chapter 9 Speedrun: Complete a Speedrun of Chapter 9 below the target time.
  • Head over heels: Complete a chapter of the game without ending up in a heavy landing
  • Untouchable: Complete a chapter without getting shot
  • Pacifist: Complete a chapter without firing a gun
  • Martial artist: Perform a melee hit from a wallrun
  • Mine!: Perform 15 successful disarms (outside of the tutorial)
  • Tango down: Knock out 20 enemies in melee combat
• Silver:
  • That’s a wrap: Complete the story mode on any difficulty
  • A for effort: Attain a Time Trial star rating of 35
  • Vrooom! Silver: Maintain sprint speed for 30 seconds.
  • Up, over, under, onwards: String together the following: jump, coil (over obstacle), slide (under obstacle)
  • Free flowing: String together the following: wallrun, jump, speedvault
  • May I have this dance?: String together the following: wallrun, turn, jump, wallclimb, turn, jump
  • Aaaand safe!: String together the following: wallrun, jump, coil (over obstacle), skill roll
  • Test of Faith: Complete the game without shooting an enemy
• Gold:
  • Pro runner: Complete story mode on hard difficulty.
  • Packrat: Find all 30 hidden bags
  • Still counting: Attain a Time Trial star rating of 50
• Platinum:
  • Over the Edge Platinum Trophy: Unlock all other trophies
• Secret Trophies:
  • Sweet goodbye (Bronze): Triggered the flip-off move
  • Hey, it’s-a-me! (Bronze): Execute a stomp move on an enemy

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PixelJunk Monsters will getting patched soon to include new features and improvements to the game. The patch is already available to download in Japan but will be heading to North America and Europe on October 30th 2008, if all goes to plan. The update will include trophy support, new game difficulty settings, changes to the tower selection menu, YouTube video upload support and custom XMB soundtrack support. See below for details on the new features and improvements

Game Difficulty settings

You can now choose between three different difficulties of gameplay! There is a Casual mode, the Regular/Ranked mode, and Hard-core mode. The great news here is that you can use any combination of difficulties to complete your progress through the islands! Is there one particular map that’s too hard? Try it in Casual mode. If you Rainbow the level, that rainbow counts and will remain on the map no matter what difficulty the other rainbows were achieved at! Only the Regular difficulty will register on the ranking boards, though.

Tower Menu selection

You can now set the default menu to appear when selecting a tower! How many times have you sold off a tower and run over to another tower to quickly upgrade it and accidentally sell it by mistake?Now you can choose which option appears as the default, instead of the last action you selected.

Tower Balancing

Those of you who have purchased Encore know about the reduced cost on the Ice Tower, and balanced functionality of the Tesla tower. This patch applies those changes to BOTH islands, not just the Encore island.

Video Recording / YouTube Support

Ever since Q-Games included this feature into PixelJunk Eden, they knew it needed to be in Monsters as well. You will be able to record up to 10 minutes of gameplay and upload it directly to your YouTube account, or send it to your video folder on your PS3’s XMB.

XMB Custom Soundtrack Support

You can now make your own custom soundtrack to listen to as you play PixelJunk Monsters and Encore! I’ve personally been enjoying listening to the PixelJunk Eden soundtrack while I play Monsters, as well as listening to the PixelJunk Monsters soundtrack within Eden! It’s great how well those fantastic soundtracks work in other games.

Trophies

Trophies are now added for both PixelJunk Monsters and Encore. Trophies won’t apply retroactively to the previously played data, but Q-Games didn’t want to force people to play everything all over again. They came up with a great idea by creating Trophy Challenges. These challenges have specific maps with set rules or objectives that will reward you with Trophies if you complete them properly. There are 14 challanges meaning there are 14 trophies to unlock.

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If you have been busy building up your trophy collection over the last few months, you will be glad to know that some sort of trophy reward system may be in the works. According to the latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine, SCEA is considering some sort of reward system that will give something back to users. According to OPM, it could be access to early betas, wallpapers or themes. If you haven’t got yourself any trophies yet, you should start building your collection now.

You should be aiming to get between 300 to 400 trophies – there are lots of games out so this target should be easy to reach, even if you don’t complete every game 100%. SCEE hasn’t commented on a similar system for Europe. OPM stated:

"We’ve heard that SCEA is mulling over some sort of Trophy reward system. We doubt it’ll be cash (or the equivalent), but we suspect it might be exclusive access to early betas and the like."

Sony seems to have missed a big feature of the recent PlayStation 3 Firmware update (v2.50). The recovery menu can be loaded by holding down the power button, while the PS3 is switched off, for 10 seconds until you hear three beeps. The recovery menu allows you to perform various operations on the console to fix any problems you may have, this includes performing firmware updates, restoring default settings and restoring the file system. We have included a video of the features below.

PS3 Recovery menu features:

1. Restart system
2. Restore default settings
3. Restore file system
4. Rebuild database
5. Restore PS3 system
6. System update

The recovery menu is useful if you have happened to brick your PS3, though you can only use it if you have installed firmware v2.50.

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SCEE has released a statement to announce that the release of LittleBigPlanet has been worldwide, and not just in Europe as some sites have been reporting. The official statement says that the delay is due to a licensed track in the game which contains expressions that can be found in the Qur’an. MediaMolecule have taken immediate action to rectify the problem and as a result, the release date has been pushed back to October 31st.

Official Statement:

"During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur’an. We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused.

We will confirm the new launch date shortly."

[Via: ThreeSpeech]

Those enjoying the PlayStation Home Closed Beta will be glad to hear that another game space is now available for you to visit. This time it’s for Far Cry 2. The space lets players to dig deeper into the game’s vast African landscape. Users have the opportunity to investigate in-game environments, including a bombed-out train station that has been converted into the ad hoc office of Reuben Oluwagembi, a journalist caught in the middle of the propaganda conflict between the warring UFLL and APR factions.

Last week, the Uncharted Game Space was launched, adding various game related areas to PlayStation Home. If you are taking part in the beta, open up your World Map and click on the Far Cry 2 icon to see the areas you can visit.

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