SingStar will soon be getting a big update, enabling online multiplayer for the first time, allowing players to take part in Online Battles against. When competing in an Online Battle, you’ll send an invite to one of your PSN friends, match songs (you both need to own a song to play it) – pick-up the mic and commence singing.
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Flower Soundtrack Delayed Due to Technical Difficulties
The Flower soundtrack, originally scheduled to hit the PlayStation Store this week has been delayed due to “technical difficulties.” The soundtrack was pulled from the European PlayStation Store at the last minute after failing the Quality Assurance tests from Sony, and will now be released at a later date.
Confirmed: European PlayStation Store Updates Moving to Wednesdays
Last month there was rumor going around that the PlayStation Store update day for Europe would soon be changing. The rumor has now been confirmed by Mike Kebby on the PlayStation.Blog. The usual Thursday updates will continue until the end of this month, and from May they will be moving to Wednesdays.
PS3 Games to Look Forward to in Q2 2010
The first quarter had a number of great titles including God of War III, Heavy Rain, Final Fantasy XIII, Bayonetta and more. However, the next three months also have a number of great titles coming out. If you are a little strapped for cash from last month, you will have to start saving up pretty quickly.
Awesome Fan-Made Modern Warfare Movie
If you have some time on your hands today, check out this incredibly well made fan movie on Modern Warfare. According to the YouTube description, the short movie cost only $209.42 to make, but features realistic effects equivalent of some Hollywood movies. Part II of the movie is already on the post-production stage and will be released shortly.
Over $330m Worth of Blu-ray Discs Sold in Q1 2010
Remember a time when everyone though that the Blu-ray format would fail? Since Blu-ray won over the High-definition format war (against HD-DVD), the format has been gaining great momentum. The latest aggregated sales figures from Home Media Magazine puts revenues from BD sales in the US for the first quarter of 2010 were $331.31 million, which accounts to an increase of 68.5% compared to the Q1 2009.
Firmware v3.21 Causing Problems?
The recent PS3 Firmware v3.21 update is at the center of many discussions at the moment, but this time the issues are more serious than the removal of the OtherOS feature. The PlayStation Forum appear to be the centre of much of the discussions, with many users complaining of problems on the PS3 after installing the update.
First Episode of FirstPlay Available Today
The very first episode of FirstPlay goes on sale today on the PlayStation Store. FirstPlay is the new weekly interactive show from the team behind Official PlayStation magazine, costing only 99p each or £8.99 for a three-month subscription. FirstPlay is packed full of HD reviews, previews, and screenshot galleries, with access to betas and downloadable goodies included as often as possible – check out our impression of the pre-release episode here.
PlayStation Home Gets MAG Costumes & Furniture
If you can’t get enough of MAG, you’ll be happy to know that you will be able to personalize your Home Personal Space and Avatar with furniture and costumes from the game. You can find the Ballistic Armour set for S.V.E.R., Reinforced Composite Armour for Raven, while for Valor there’s the Reinforced Fibre Armour. Also available for each faction are a Footlocker and Lamp or Light Fixture.
GeoHot Enables OtherOS with Custom Firmware v3.21OO
If you haven’t updated to official firmware v3.21 yet because no OtherOS support, here is some good news for you. iPhone and PS3 hacker George Hotz (aka GeoHot) has released a video showing his custom firmware in action with the OtherOS functionality still enabled. The custom firmware hasn’t been released yet but using it on your PS3 does not require any hardware or software hacks.