PS3 News Round-Up

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Force Unleashed Producer Haden Blackman Resigns from LucasArts
30 Jul 2010
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed executive producer and and writer Haden Blackman has resigned from LucasArts. Blackman announced that he is moving on after a 13 year career with the studio (via IGN).In a statement, Blackman thanked LucasArts and said that he's "really grateful for their ongoing support.""While the decision to leave LucasArts did not happen overnight or come easily, I really feel that now is the best time for me to move on and explore new creative challenges and I look forward to the next phase of my career," he said.
Source: [1UP.com]
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NBA 2K11 Preview
30 Jul 2010
NBA 2K11 (PS3)
Basketball has never looked so good.

Source: [IGN.com]
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Sony clarifies UK PS Move pricing
30 Jul 2010
Sony has pointed out that PlayStation Move controllers will be cheaper to buy in the UK than we had expected.

One PlayStation Move controller costs £34.99, one PlayStation Eye camera costs £24.99 and one PlayStation sub-controller costs £24.99.

Note that you do not need the sub-controller to play most Move games, and the DualShock 3 pad can substitute for it.

The Move controller and Eye will be bundled in a PlayStation Move Pack for £49.99. This also contains a Starter Disc, which offers an instructional set-up video plus playable demos for Sports Champions, Start the Party!, The Shoot, EyePet: Move Edition, TV Superstars, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, echochrome II, Tumble and Beat Sketchers.

Earlier today Microsoft defended Kinect's pricing by arguing that Sony's prices amounted to the same for a similar experience.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/so...k-move-pricing
Source: [DCEmu.co.uk]
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Skate 3 After Dark DLC Trailer
30 Jul 2010
Take a look at the new DLC for Skate 3 with re-vamped parks, and new items!
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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This leaked Marvel vs Capcom 3 character roster is probably bunk, is missing Galactus (Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds)
30 Jul 2010

As is Capcom tradition, new characters for their fighting games are revealed through an agonizingly slow trickle process. We get that it’s a surefire way to build hype for games that can be a year (or more) away from release, but when you’re waiting for a sequel to a game released a friggin’ decade ago, “aintsy” is just one of the words to describe it... ...
Source: [GamesRadar.com]
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Capcom Records Massive Drop in Profits
30 Jul 2010
Following Nintendo's disappointing financial results, Capcom have also reported "sluggish" results, with a 90% decrease in profit down from the same time last year -- though the company still managed a profit; admittedly a mere 213 million yen, or roughly 2.4 million dollars.

As with Nintendo, Capcom blamed an unfavourable exchange rate, particularly as a result of "US and European markets shrinking under the stagnating economy." However, the poor results may have some wide-ranging results for Capcom's future release schedule. The company recently announced that they intend to increase the output of releases in their most popular franchises, and their financial report squarely places the "drastic decline" in profitability on the "increase of new flagship titles release from the same term of the previous year, when most sales were made of repeat titles." This "resulted in higher game development costs."

Source: [1UP.com]
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Inception star Joseph Gordon-Levitt gushes over Street Fighter II (Super Street Fighter IV)
30 Jul 2010

Despite having released two weeks ago, Christopher Nolan's Inception is still on the tip of everyone's tongue. Hell, it's still a trending topic on Twitter, one of the most fleeting portals of pop culture in the world. And what did one of its main stars have to say when he appeared on Jimmy Fallon last week? That he thinks Street Fighter II is every bit as strategic as chess, and that he spent his first round of hard-earned commercial money on his own arcade machine.

Full video (and Mortal Kombat/Tekken trash talk) inside! ...
Source: [GamesRadar.com]
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DC Universe Online: Geeking Out
30 Jul 2010
DC Universe Online (PS3)
Some IGN comic nerds daydream about what they're going to do in Superman's backyard.

Source: [IGN.com]
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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 Demo Is Live On PSN
30 Jul 2010
PlayStation 3 owners can grab a demo of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 from PlayStation Network. The only thing you need to access it is a Japanese PSN account.

Once you logon to Japan?s PlayStation Store select content for PS3 (fifth option) then trial version (fourth folder from the left) to find the demo.

The 251 MB file lets players fight Kakashi in a boss battle with Naruto and Sakura as a support character. Since this is a Japanese demo all of the voice acting and instructions are in Japanese. However, the demo shouldn?t be too hard to figure out if you played Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/07/29...s-live-on-psn/
Source: [DCEmu.co.uk]
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Map Pack 5 Trailer
30 Jul 2010
Check the latest map pack for Battlefield Bad Company 2!
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Socom 4 moved to 2011, shoots own holiday plans in the foot (SOCOM 4)
30 Jul 2010

Santa's bag of toys will be a little bit lighter than expected this year, as one of the most hotly anticipated games scheduled for a holiday release has been relegated to a much less exciting early 2011 launch.

Breaking the hearts of PlayStation FPS fans all across the country, the game's developer Zipper has announced that development of Socom 4 is taking a little bit longer than expected. According to an official blog post... ...
Source: [GamesRadar.com]
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Madden NFL 11 Screens
30 Jul 2010
7 new shots posted.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Vid
30 Jul 2010
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (PS3)
See what the Big Apple thinks of the new racer.

Source: [IGN.com]
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Sony More Than Doubles PlayStation 3 Sales in April-June Quarter
30 Jul 2010
Things are looking up for Sony following the company's financial results for the first quarter of 2010. For the period ending June 30, the Japanese electronics giant recorded overall operating profits of $753 million -- a massive improvement over the nearly $300 million loss the corporation posted during the same timeframe last year.According to Sony's breakdown (via Gamesindustry.biz), the PlayStation division still ran at a loss during this last quarter, though it's making huge strides towards profitability. Losses reached just $43 million during Q1 of this year, which adds up to just over a tenth of the previous year's first-quarter deficiency of $422 million.Much of those reduced losses can be attributed to increased sales for PlayStation 3 hardware and software. Sony more than doubled the number of PS3 consoles sold during the first quarter compared to 2009's figures, reaching 2.4 million units (up against last year's 1.1 million). The company moved an equally impressive number of PS3 games, with over 24.8 copies sold during the same period. Q1 2009's number: 14.8 million.
Source: [1UP.com]
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PlayStation Move Starter Pack includes nine demos in the UK
30 Jul 2010
The PlayStation Move is set to launch in the US on September 19 alongside several bundles. The Starter Pack -- a $99 bundle including one PlayStation Move controller, a PlayStation Eye camera and a copy of Sports Champions -- is apparently going to be a bit different when it launches in the UK on September 15. MCV reports that the UK Starter Pack won't include a full copy of Sports Champions, instead giving gamers a taste of nine different titles.

The nine demos included in the package include snippets of six retail Move titles: Sports Champions, Start the Party, The Shoot, EyePet: Move Edition, TV Superstars and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. The remaining three demos will be for PSN games: Echochrome 2, Tumble and Beat Sketchers. In the UK, the Starter Pack will have a suggested retail value of £49.99.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/29/pl...mos-in-the-uk/
Source: [DCEmu.co.uk]
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PS3, PS2 and PSP Sales Figures Paint a stuttering picture for Sonys Consoles
30 Jul 2010
Sony's latest financial results reveal that worldwide sales of PlayStation 3 now stand at 38.1 million units, following 2.4 million sales of the console in the company's first quarter, which ended 30th June 2010.

Microsoft announced a few days ago that Xbox 360 has shipped 41.7 million units worldwide, although it has had a year longer on the market than its main competitor.

2.4 million sales of PS3 in Q1 represents a 118 per cent increase on last year's 1.1 million sales, although things weren't so rosy for the PSP, sales of which declined slightly to 1.2 million compared to 1.3 million in the same period of 2009.

The mighty PS2, meanwhile, sold a sterling 1.6 million units.

Money-wise, the Networked Products & Services division, of which games is a component, saw sales rise 32.4 per cent to 325 billion yen, of which games contributed 142 billion yen and PCs the rest.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ps...nits-worldwide
Source: [DCEmu.co.uk]
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New "Golems of Amgarrak" DLC Coming for Dragon Age: Origins
30 Jul 2010
While much of the focus may already have shifted toward BioWare's announcement of Dragon Age 2 (and all the seemingly Mass Effect-influenced changes being made to it), it turns out BioWare hasn't given up on Dragon Age: Origins yet, as they have a new piece of downloadable content in the pipeline.Called "Golems of Amgarrak," the DLC appears to take you back into the Deep Roads of Orzammar, as it adds a quest that follows a group of Dwarves who went missing in an ancient ruin where an army of golems (we're guessing golems of Amgarrak) was being created. The DLC will allow you to either import a character from Origins or create a new high-level character to play through, and apparently an advanced character will be needed as BioWare describes it as "an advanced challenge for even the most experienced adventurers."The DLC will also add new characters to meet and new creatures to battle, and will offer new rewards that can be transferred into the main quests of Origins or Awakening.
Source: [1UP.com]
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Skate 3 DLC Trailer
30 Jul 2010
Skate 3 (PS3)
Skate all the popular spots at night.

Source: [IGN.com]
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Brunswick Pro Bowling Screens
30 Jul 2010
5 new shots posted.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Bad Company 2: VIP Map Pack 5 Impressions
30 Jul 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PS3)
It's free, but is it good?

Source: [IGN.com]
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