In case you have been too busy playing Warhawk, you might be happy to know that a new patch is now available to download for Resistance: Fall of Man. A post by James Stevenson on the MyResistance.net forums indicates that that patch fixes “collision bugs and also has some other general clean-up and housekeeping.”
Other than bug fixes, nothing new is added to the online component of the game. We will keep you updated on any more updates as we receive them.
The European PlayStation Network Store has recieved its weekly update. The store has a number of new additions including three new playable demos, the first addon to Ninja Gaiden Sigma and a new addon for MotorStorm. As usual, several new videos have also been added to the store including the fifth edition of the "making of" and Anime for Heavenly Sword. The US PSN Store has had a bigger update as usual. The US has recieved two new full games as well as 5 new playable demos. Check out the lists below.
European PSN Update List
US PSN Update List
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The latest firmware update to the PlayStation 3 is now available to download. The release of the update was mentioned earlier this week by Eric Lampel, Director of PSN Operations. The update is designed to fix some of the network errors experienced by users since the last update. In addition, the PSP also got a new firmware update today.
According to the Japanese PlayStation 3 website, the changelog contains a single line:
According to a post over at the PlayStation Blog, a new firmware update for both the PlayStation 3 and PSP will be available within the next few days. Eric Lampel, Director of PSN Operations, has revealed that the PS3 update will fix the network error encountered by some users while the PSP update will add a few new requested features.
Lampel’s post reads:
"Taking into account customer feedback and some internal testing, we will be making available in the next few days a firmware update for the PS3 (1.93) that fixes the network disconnect issue that some of you have experienced as a result of downloading Firmware 1.92. In addition, we are adding a new firmware update for PSP (3.71) as well, which adds many features that readers of this blog have requested.
The main feature we’ve added with the recent updates for PSP is the ability to set themes on your PSP. Over time we will be providing themes on PlayStation.com, our official PSP site and through PLAYSTATION Store. You can download themes based on some of our popular titles."
Lampel has not revealed the changelog for the new PSP update, however we should expect more details in the next few days.
Sony has informed IGN that a playable demo of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction will be available to download from the PlayStation Network Store on October 4th 2007. After hearing the news, IGN checked with SCEE who confirmed that this was indeed true. News of a demo first surfaced during an interview with the Insomniac team on website TheDaily.com.au.
An unhelpfully nameless Insomniac employee commented, “We essentially flat-out demolish the symbol of PlayStation 2 Ratchet & Clank: the city of Metropolis [in Tools of Destruction]. Players will get a sneak peek of this level via a downloadable demo that should hit the PlayStation Network Store in the not-too-distant future.” The demo will allow gamers to play the opening level of the upcoming game.
[Via: IGN]
The European release dates released yesterday are incorrect according to SCEE. A SCEE spokesperson has commented on the dates stating “That’s not an official release schedule. None of the dates on the list have been confirmed at this time.” Among the release dates list was a provisional date for PlayStation Home, the spokesperson revealed that Sony will be “making more announcements about Home at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.”
Games are sure to be disappointed regarding this bit of news, however, we hope the release dates are somewhat close to those stated in the earlier report. Look out for the actual release dates once they have officially been released by SCEE.
Sony have finally set a release date for PlayStation Home, although it is only provisional at this time. Nonetheless, it is still good news for PlayStation 3 owners in Europe. SCEE have revealed the release date for Home as well as a number of other titles. Home is provisionally set to be released on October 11th 2007. See below for other release dates.
The date for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue has not been set yet, but it is expected for release sometime before December. The other game release dates are as follows:
[Via: TheSixthAxis]
As we reported a few week back, Sony was planning to release a new starter pack in PAL territories. This move has now been confirmed according to several sources. However, Sony has mentioned that different regions will be getting different starter packs. On September 19th, France will be getting a new starter pack containing the PS3 console. Heavenly Sword, F1 and an extra controller.
SCEE provided the following details about the new 60GB Starter Packs:
A statement by Sony reads:
“To remove any confusion, the Starter Pack, with an extra controller and two titles is a SCEE wide initiative and has been launched in all of our territories. The choice of which titles to include in the Starter Pack, and the freedom to change the titles is up to the individual markets based on their unique market conditions.”
The European PlayStation Netowork store has now recieved its weekly update. As previously reported, the MotorStorm Coyote Revenge VIP Pass is now available to download as well as a number of new game and movie trailers. Unfortunately, there are no new playable demos this week, but who knows what next week will hold. As for the US PSN, the Stranglehold demo is now available to download just as the rumor suggested. Check out the list below.
European PSN Update List
US PSN Update List
The US PlayStation Store has also been updated today with two new playable demos and add-on content for MotorStorm and Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Check out the list below.
