Word on the street is that cloud-based game save management will be coming to the PS3 beginning with firmware 3.60. Hate the idea of the cloud managing your saves? Don’t worry, for it looks like the feature will only be available to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Outrage! → Read More
By now you surely must know that Sony has released PS3 firmware 3.56, which applies a “minor security patch” to the system. Of course it does, and of course it prevents people from hacking their PS3. What happens hereafter will be most telling. → Read More
PS3 owners will be prompted to update their system to firmware version 3.56 today. Why is that? Hmm, could it possibly have something to do with Sony trying to prevent your from jailbreaking your system? Yes, obviously. (“This is a minor update that adds a security patch.”) If you update your system say goodbye to being able to hack your PS3 to pieces… for now, at least. And maybe for a good while, too, given that Sony has managed to win a restraining order against Geohot. → Read More
1. Buy the enclosure in black, white, or blue. 2. Connect to PS3 or PC. 3. ???? 4. Profit! → Read More
So apparently Square felt that Final Fantasy XIII, heavily criticized for being too linear and arbitrary, wasn’t quite complete. Either that or they’re hemorrhaging money from the even more heavily-criticized FFXIV (which they have actually apologized for), and need to shore up the cash reserves.
Whatever the case, this winter they’ll be putting out Final Fantasy XIII-2, a direct sequel to XIII with an “evolved” combat system and new story. → Read More
Nice, it looks like the PS3 version of Portal 2 won’t stink on ice—something that can’t be said about the Xbox 360 version of Team Fortress 2. (Though that’s hardly Valve’s fault, having to play by Microsoft’s silly Xbox Live rules.) PS3 owners can look forward to cross-platform (PC/Mac vs. PS3) gameplay in multi-player mode, Steam Cloud-based storage of saved games (eh…), and cross-platform chat. → Read More
Sony’s trying its hardest to erase the PS3 Jailbreak hack from the Internet, but we all know that’s folly. Two seconds on YouTube turns up not only links to all the necessary files, but detailed, how-to videos describing how to hack the system. The scary thing for Sony is that we’re long past the point where hacking a video game console requires soldering knowledge and a hard-to-find modchip. Today all you need is a small USB flash drive and the ability to follow along with a low-res instructional video, and even our most attention deficit disordered youth can pull that trick off. → Read More
Just a little update on the Sony/George Hotz lawsuit. You know, the one where Sony tries to put the cat back in the bag. Well it turns out that their reason for filing suit in California is that YouTube, Twitter, and Paypal are all based on California. Wait, what? → Read More
Ha! Well that didn’t take long. Sony has now officially sued the folks behind the PS3 hack, Geohot and fail0verflow. This is good news for Sony’s lawyers, and bad news for pretty much everyone else, particularly those of you who still believe the quaint notion of hardware ownership or anything like that. Foolish! → Read More
Whatever happened to the idea of “you bought it, you can do whatever you want with it”? You buy a car and want to add all sorts of silly aftermarket modifications like it’s 2004 and Pimp My Ride is still relevant? Feel free! But no, you buy a video game console, explore its inner workings, maybe discover and exploit or security vulnerability and The Man wants you silenced. In this case, The Man is Sony, and they are none too pleased that evildoer hackers released details of PS3 security flaws, flaws that could lead to sinister developments. I guess. → Read More
PixelJunk has it going on; as one of the premiere 2D developers out there, they would already have my attention, but since they decided to make a sweet and very original shooter, and then make a sequel to said shooter, they’ve been on my shortlist.
I didn’t get a chance to drop by their corner of the show floor at CES, but these guys did, and took a little video for my our enjoyment. See inside. → Read More
Just a few days after the PS3′s security was deemed an “epic fail” at a hackers’ convention, famed system breaker GeoHot has published what is described as the “root key” for the PS3, a hex sequence that identifies code as legitimate. I’m no hacker so I don’t want to overstep my expertise here, but this seems to be a pretty serious breach. But can Sony put the cat back in the bag? → Read More
We’ve spent quite a few posts on Angry Birds in the last months, and now the super-popular smartphone game is coming to the Sony PlayStation 3 (and PlayStation Portable) via this week’s PlayStation store update. That’s right, you’ll get to play Angry Birds on an HD console or a portable gaming system (which doesn’t have a touchscreen). → Read More
Been hoping to play a little Xenogears or Vagrant Story, but don’t want to drag out your old PS One? Well, you’re very lazy and should be ashamed of yourself. But soon it won’t matter, because these classics are coming to the PS3 as downloadable PSN games. → Read More
Darn shame that none of us thought to attend the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. Why cover fun stuff, right? Thankfully PSGroove made it out there, and came away with video of a video game console security discussion. The Wii has been “broken” (hackable, in other words) pretty much since Day One; the Xbox 360 has been hackable for a few years now (JTAGing is the way to go these days); and the PS3′s security is dead as disco. This, despite all of Sony’s huffing and puffing, particularly with regard to its stance toward Linux. In other words, Sony’s security can now be considered an “epic fail.” Note to self: do not get on the Linux’s community’s bad side. → Read More
Update: All gone!
How much do I love you guys? Enough that when SNK Playmore sent along review codes for the big batch of NEO-GEO games coming to the PS3, my only question was “are these giftable?” That’s how much.
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This is Ben Heck’s newest creation, a “ruggedized” PS3. Why would you need such a PS3? Well, Mr. Heck[endorn] created it for some folks who are currently serving in Afghanistan. That’s not exactly an easy place to be when you’re trying to play Gran Turismo. → Read More
Well look at that: it’s now legal to sell, advertise, and own any sort of PS3 Jailbreaking product in mighty Spain, the current European and world champions. A court in Barcelona made the decision, and it has much to do with Sony’s decision to eliminate the “Other OS” option of early PS3 firmwares, which allowed people to install Linux. → Read More
One of these days, I will buy a PS3. And then I will disappear from this earth for a month or two while I complete Uncharted 2, Demon’s Souls, Valkyria Chronicles, and now PixelJunk Shooter 1 and 2. The new trailer posted today for the new game just enhances the feeling of nostalgic love I had for the original. Lava, monsters, great 2-D art, and they’ve even added some sweet multiplayer modes. → Read More
Fact: if you install Gran Turismo 5 on your PS3′s hard drive you’ll speed up loading times. Additional fact: if you install Gran Turismo 5 on your PS3′s solid state drive (SSD) you’ll speed up loading times considerably. And yes, you can even try this at home—maybe! → Read More
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