In an interview with EDGE Magazine, Christophe Balestra, Naughty Dog co-president, said “Uncharted used 30 per cent of the PS3’s SPUs, and this time we’re maxing it out,” he said. “That means we can blend and switch animations a lot quicker, and we have more facial joints in-game for characters to react with believable expressions.” In order to use the full power of the PS3, Naughty Dog shifted processes from the main processor and shifted them onto the SPUs.
As the PlayStation Network is available in many countries with different currencies, it’s natural that the prices of games and other content varies on the PlayStation Store. The games in North America are slightly cheaper than those in Europe and the UK, though this depends on the currency fluctuations. Earlier today, we came across a big discrepancy in Sony’s pricing which has nothing to do with currency fluctuation.
Read MoreUncharted 2: Among Thieves has officially gone gold in North America, which means development on the game is complete. That means only 32 days until it hits store shelves. If you can’t wait for the game to come out, pre-order the game and get exclusive access to the multiplayer beta which is scheduled to start later this month.
This week on the US PlayStation Video Store you will find the First Season Summer Sale, offering your favorite episodes for just 99 cents. The sale ends September 17th, so head to the Video Store soon to revisit how your favorite shows began. Also, this week SCEA are offering the new comedy series Community on the video store one week prior to its network TV premiere.
This week on the PlayStation Store, four new demos are available to download on the European PlayStation Store including FIFA 10, Fat Princess and LittleBigPlanet. A free dynamic theme is also available to download in Europe and you can also purchase the LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm dynamic themes. The US has received four new demos too, including TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled and the full game. Check out what’s new below.
If you have been playing Batman: Arkham Asylum recently, you may have noticed the news ticker that runs along the bottom of the main menu. The current headline mention free downloadable content coming for the title later this month. However, details on what the downloadable pack will contain have not been revealed. In additions, it isn’t clear if the DLC will also be exclusive to the PlayStation 3, like the Joker DLC pack.
The SingStar Rooms for PlayStation Home, originally announced at GamesCom, will be launching in Europe later this month, according to Elliott Linger, Product Manager for PlayStation Europe. When you strut into The SingStar Rooms the dancefloor will react to the shapes you throw and the type of music will change based on what style the majority of avatars are dancing to. Therefore, if you all do the ‘Rock’ dance, the music will take a rockier edge.
In addition to the exclusive Editors video this week, VidZone has been updated again. This week’s Artist of the Week for UK, Germany, France and Australia is Shakira and her latest single “She Wolf”. For Ireland, Italy and Spain, the Artist of the Week is Sean Kingston and his latest tune “Fire Burning.” Lots of new playlists have been added to VidZone too, including Music from Adverts and Remember These Hits?.
Today on the PlayStation Store, European games have a little surprise waiting for them. A WipEout HD dynamic XMB theme is available to download for free due to SCEE’s delay in releasing dynamic themes last week. You can also purchase the LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm dynamic themes from the PlayStation Store. Finally, everyone who’s updated to Firmware 3.00 can enjoy the dynamic theme for free.
Earlier this month we reported on 3D support coming to the PlayStation 3 in 2010 along with Sony’s new 3D range of Bravia TVs. Sony has now created a commercial showing off what’s to come in 2010. The commercial shows WipEout HD playing in 3D, though the actors are wearing 3D glasses. Our earlier report stated that the new Bravia TVs would be autostereoscopic, for which you do not need 3D glasses.
