The Calling All Cars servers will be shutting down in the new year, making it the first game to shut down its servers. On January 14th 2010, the servers will be taken offline. The only way to play the game from this date is locally. The announcement was made in-game. Calling All Cars has been available for a few years now so it’s about time really.
The PlayStation 3 received trophy support over a year ago, bring more replay value to games and also rewarding gamers by completing special feats. We think trophies were a great addition to PS3 games, and its about time it comes to the PSP. More often than not, we find ourselves playing games purely for the trophies, and we’re not alone. There are many trophy whores out there.
Sony has announced Cold Front, a new downloadable content pack for SOCOM: Confrontation. Loaded with features, the pack will bring a snowy Eastern European area of operations into play with two new maps and three classic SOCOM maps for 16 to 32 players. The classic maps are drawn from the most popular SOCOM maps of all time, each built from the ground up for the PS3.
This week on the PlayStation Store, Land of the Lost, Drag Me to Hell, and South Park Spooktacular are now available for download. Lots of new TV shows are also available including the latest episodes of Heroes, House, Smallville and other favorites. As for this week’s top movie downloads, Trick ‘r Treat is the number one download followed by X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Year One in second and third place, respectively.
Infinity Ward has scrapped the co-op support for Modern Warfare 2’s main campaign mode, claiming it “really broke” the game’s cinematic experience. Speaking to VG247, communications head Robert Bowling commented, “We did it early on; that’s what Spec Ops started out as, as co-op through story.” As a result, the original co-op mode formed the nucleus of what would later become the Spec Ops feature, allowing players to tackle a number of segments from the main campaign which proved suitable for a two-player experience.
Sony has posted a trailer for the upcoming God of War Collection. Expected in November, the collection contains God of War and God of War II, both remastered in full HD on a single Blu-ray Disc. If you pre-order the game, you also receive a voucher code to download the God of War III demo.
Naughty Dog are releasing a prequel to the original Uncharted, as a motion comic. The announce was made during a live chat on the PlayStation website by Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog, “We have an exclusive announcement! We’re releasing a prequel story to Uncharted 1 as a motion comic voiced by your favorite actors from the two games. Stay tuned for more info.”
This week on the PlayStation Store, the price promotion on the European Store continues on several PSOne and PSP titles. A new PSP Minis title is also available from the European Store. As for the US Store, several downloadable games are now available for purchase, including SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike and Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl. New videos and premium themes are also available from the US Store.
Sony Computer Entertainment of America has officially announced the new PlayStation 3 system with 250GB HDD. The new model will be available on November 3 for $349.99 USD. Sony’s new PS3 Slim model has sold well since its launch in September, and this latest 250GB unit will offer the same form and functionality as the 120GB model, but with a larger hard drive. Sony has sold some 1 million units worldwide in the first three weeks of its launch.
This week on the PlayStation Store, a number of new downloadable games are available in both Europe and the US, including .detuned and Mushroom Wars. Both stores are also having price promotions on several titles so be sure to check them out. New add-on content this week includes a new Buzz! Quiz TV game pack, new High Velocity Bowling packs and new tracks for Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band. If you are looking for more dynamic themes, the European store has three new themes available for purchase.
