The Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package was released on the Xbox 360 last month, and broke the record for the most downloaded DLC in Xbox history. As for the PS3 and PC, Activision and Infinity Ward has finally revealed the release date. Robert Bowling has confirmed that the DLC pack will be available to purchase in May 2010.
Retailer Amazon has offered a partial refund to a European PS3 owner following his complaint about the removal of the console’s OtherOS feature. Firmware 3.21 removed the ability to install other Operating Systems (such as Yellow Dog Linux) on the PlayStation 3, and such violated the European Law Directive 1999/44/EC. The partial refund was made to the customer without them having to return the console.
The Official PlayStation Magazine recently revealed that Red Dead Redemption may have the “greatest multiplayer lobby in the history of video games.” Apparently the lobby will be the actual wild west setting from the game. The lobby looks like a “wild west MMORPG” where gamers can walk around and talk with NPCs and live gamers. RockStar have now released a trailer of the Multiplayer mode in action – check it out below.
Warner Bros. has officially announced the third iteration to the F.E.A.R franchise also known as F.3.A.R. The horror first-person shooter will be coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in Autumn 2010. Alma returns in F.E.A.R. 3 but this time her sons Point Man and Paxton Fettel introduce divergent co-op, giving players distinctly different abilities affecting their own play as well as the experience of their co-op partner.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
