VUDU Movie Service Coming to PS3

VUDU Movie Service Coming to PS3

 

What comes as somewhat of a suprise, a new move service for PS3 is heading our way. No its no the music services or anything of that nature, its yet another movie service.

VUDU is instant streaming of HD films and HDX films, with a few added bonus. Ok, well maybe just one bonus. All new movies will be added instantly when they release, which will give the store a advantage over the PSN Store's weekly updates. Other than that, there isn't much more to it and there seems to be no other advantage to it. Other than a somewhat clean look, features Netflix recently released, everything remains the same. Even the overpriced movie rentals are the same.

Its kind of odd Sony used the "we don't want Netflix conflicting with our store" excuse a year ago, and now they just don't bother. But hey, its cool the more free features the better. The only thing I wish is these streaming services could provide better prices. Redbox offers 1 dollar rentals for 24 hours, the same amount of time offered through these servies, and Blockbuster will give you five to seven days for the price. Thats physical copies, something more pricey to handle, so whats the big deal?

 

ADD ARTICLE:  

View the Original article

BioWare Teases Their Next Project

BioWare Teases Their Next Project

 

BioWare are an incredibly popular developer, and are usually developing Western RPGs such as Mass Effect, Dragon Age and KOTOR. The developers have now revealed a teaser image for their next game.

The image can be seen below, click to enlarge to the super-high res image:

View the Original article

Ubisoft Partner with LOVEFiLM For AR Marketing Campaign

Ubisoft Partner with LOVEFiLM For AR Marketing Campaign

 

LOVEFiLM has joined forces with leading international games publisher Ubisoft, offering its members a chance to watch the new trailer of the latest and third instalment of the hugely successful gaming franchise, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, through augmented reality (AR) - a media first for both companies.

For the first time LOVEFiLM, Europe's largest subscription service streaming movies and TV episodes over the Internet and sending DVDs by post, has created a run of 350 thousand Assassin's Creed Brotherhood themed envelopes that carry an embedded AR code to give gamers an even higher level of interaction with LOVEFiLM's service - envelopes will be delivered directly to members letterboxes and visitors to the site can download and print-off a digital version.

The innovative envelopes were developed by technology specialists Crossplatform TV- experts in AR, Digital Out Of Home (DOOH), Web TV and Mobile.

Online promotion for the game, which is available on PS3T, XBOX 360 and PC formats, centres around the bespoke Assassin's Creed Brotherhood microsite (www.lovefilm.com/brotherhood). It provides fans with a synopsis and visuals of the game and the chance to vote for the Ultimate Film Assassin.

Dionne Georgiou, Media Sales Team Manager for LOVEFiLM commented:

"The Assassin's Creed series is a hugely popular gaming franchise, and we're excited to be working in partnership with Ubisoft and Crossplatform TV to offer our members an even higher level of interaction with the new game via augmented reality envelopes. It is certain to do justice to such a highly regarded game."

Jan Sanghera, Senior Product Manager for Ubisoft commented:

"With a gaming title that is as visually immersive as it is engaging, it's a great opportunity for us to work with LOVEFiLM on the launch of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. LOVEFiLM acts as the perfect platform for us to spread the Assassin's Creed message to a wide base of entertainment lovers as well as gamers."

ADD ARTICLE:  

View the Original article

PS3 Greatest Hits Three-For-Two at Amazon

PS3 Greatest Hits Three-For-Two at Amazon

 

Black Friday is next week, and gamers know that means good things for us. Usually there are tons of deals, including EA titles only being $35 bucks in most stores with an abundance in quantitiy. Well the deals are already begining this year!

Amazon already has a few "Pre-lude to Black Friday" deals going on, and one of them is for PS3 fans. All, yes all, PS3 Greatest Hits titles are currently on sale as buy Three for Two. So you get one for free! Not a bad deal as there are alot of games worth checking out, including the hefty line up of Insomniac titles.

Check it out on Amazon.

ADD ARTICLE:  

View the Original article

Modern Warfare Bundle Heading to PS3

Modern Warfare Bundle Heading to PS3

 

So Black Friday is extremely close, and a lot of ads have already been released. Well I was checking some video game deals out, and found one worth noting here.

According toKmarts black Friday ad, there will be a Modern Warfare bundle coming to at least PS3 gamers. In the ad is a picture of a game box with both Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 on the cover. The price is only $45 so its a steal for anyone that doesn't happen to have either game.

I looked around online for both news of this bundle and other stores selling it, and couldn't find anything. So if this comes as old news to you, I am sorry. The details of the bundle have yet to be released, so we are not sure if all the DLC for both titles will be availible on the disc. Could trophies for COD4 finally be coming?

 Stay tuned for more killer deals!

ADD ARTICLE:  

View the Original article

Black Ops Patch Fixes Most But Not All Issues

Black Ops Patch Fixes Most But Not All Issues

 

With Black Ops being the highest selling game of all time, you would expect a lot of common issues to not occur. This wasn't the case for PS3 gamers, and it angered many of them. Well if you took a break due to those issues and are currently waiting for them to be addressed before returning then it might be a good time to check it out.

According to Treyarch a recent patch fixes all of the below:

Improved matchmaking to find matches significantly faster

Improved matchmaking to ensure that players are more effectively matched to games with the best networking conditions

Improved host selection to ensure that the best host is always selected in the pre-game lobby

Improved party system to ensure that parties don’t get broken apart

Disable ability to join Private Match, Combat Training and Theater lobbies when searching for Player Match games

Server-side and game-side changes to decrease the amount of failed Film uploads

Weekly and Monthly leaderboards will now track all kills, deaths and assists properly (All Time leaderboards were not affected by this)

Prevention of Combat Training stats getting crossed with Player Match stats under rare conditions

Prevention of temporary loss of functionality when a button was being held down at the point of a disconnect

Additional fine-tuning of audio levels and ranges for footsteps and gunfire

Additional fine-tuning of audio levels for bomb plants/defuses

Additional online security enhancements

Optimization to prevent friends list from spamming user while in game – will improve game performance for users with large numbers of friends

However a future patch seems to be in the works to address even further issues including spawn points giving teams advantages. At least we should be able to play the game without massive lag now.

ADD ARTICLE:  

View the Original article

PSP A Good Transition to PSP2

PSP A Good Transition to PSP2

 

PSP has been a strong addition to the PlayStation family. The sales have slipped dramaticly recently, possibly due to the PSP 2 rumors, so a lot of "hateful" comments have been swinging their way. Well at least these comments are helpful for any future handheld Sony makes.

Ready at Dawn co-founder Ru Weerasuriya noted that the PSP was doomed from the very start. While it was a powerhouse system, it lacked many features they wanted in a handheld. Simply stating this was due to the fact this was Sony's first attempt at a handheld market.

“It’s a good platform and you can make amazing things on it. I think that we’ve tried as much as possible to prove that in the last seven years. But it was doomed from the beginning, that’s its biggest problem."

He goes on to note that it should be a good learning tool for PSP2. Sony knows what they need to bring to the table and how to offer it. So hopefuly the powerhouse features will meet the demands and make something cool.

source

ADD ARTICLE:  

View the Original article