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PlayStation 3 Firmware 2.40 out on Wednesday

Tom Kiss — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:29:49 +0000

Wow. It’s finally, actually going to be out. That custom soundtrack adding, in-game messaging adding, in-game XMB adding, Trophy adding, *CLOCK*-adding update for the PlayStation 3. Oh well, let’s see what the update comes with with the speil from the press release:

Firstly, the 2.40 enhancement allows XMB™ (XrossMediaBar) access in-game. This means that you can access the PS3 menu at any time while playing most games, simply by tapping the PlayStation button on your controller. With 2.40, you can check if any of your friends are online (thanks to their own user profile), read and send messages, change some settings for games, all without having to quit the game you are playing. While you can’t pause an online multiplayer game involving other people, you can rejoin play at any time when you’ve finished browsing. Along with these enhanced communications features, the Friends list capacity will double to 100 Friends.

2.40 also delivers trophies to recognise players’ achievements in the online arena. Other competitive activities recognise winners with trophies – so why not gaming on PS3? Many online games will have gold, silver and bronze trophies – with platinum available for those who snag all three – all displayed on the XMB for everyone to see.

Super Stardust™ HD, a PLAYSTATION Network-exclusive released last year, will be the first game to leverage the Trophies system and will offer a variety of trophies**. The following first-party games are also slated to offer Trophy support:

BUZZ!™ Quiz TV
LittleBigPlanet™
MotorStorm™ Pacific Rift
NBA 09 - PS3
PAIN**
PixelJunk™ Eden
Resistance 2™
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Warhawk™**

The Friends List

The Friend Profile

Walkthrough Part 1

Walkthrough Part 2

Europe also gets the Dual Shock 3 this week. I’m rather glad I didn’t bother waiting, else Uncharted would still be sat on my shelf unopened.

Life with PlayStation & the new PlayStation Video Store

Tom Kiss — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:27:03 +0000

Coming soon then: ‘Life with PlayStation‘, a funky little app that takes the super-gorgeous HD planet earth which comes up as a visualiser for music, and throws in some global weather forecasts and news around the world. That, is very nice.

Also on the horizon - the PlayStation Video Store on PlayStation3 and PSP (summer infact, if you live America - doh!). Nice video previews and HD downloads there. I’m sure it’ll take forever to come out in Europe, but then we do have PlayTV coming out at some point…

Shots taken and rejigged from Watch Impress…

What a prick

Tom Kiss — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:52:28 +0000

Ah, classic Spaced. This phrase comes in handy so often these days…

www.whataprick.net

The Coolest Video Ever?

Tom Kiss — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:26:53 +0000

…I think so. It beats the 80’s logo cliches video which was previously top of my list.

This video really is too cool for school.

Sign Markers Kit

Tom Kiss — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:22:37 +0000

Last time I was at my Mums house, she showed me a rather nice old sign making kit for shopkeepers, before the days of glossy point of sale stands or computer printed shelf pricing. A more innocent time when shopkeepers had to make their own signs for these sorts of things. It comes complete with classic vintage clip art, like the pointing finger. Fantastic.

Well, it’s on eBay now, so if you’re interested check it out.

An afternoon on Beachy Head

Tom Kiss — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:52:17 +0000

Just a quick photo from near Beachy Head, whilst out in Eastbourne this afternoon. Quite a nice day all in all, the sun was appreciated.

How not to advertise Graphic Design

Tom Kiss — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:50:11 +0000

…with WordArt.

Bits of Plastic

Tom Kiss — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:44:52 +0000

Thanks Dad.

PlayStation Home v1.0 out April 15th?

Tom Kiss — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:05:18 +0000

I noticed this over on The Sixth Axis, about the possibility of Home, Sonys next generation community for PlayStation 3, launching an open beta on the 15th of April.

This is a MASSIVE rumour. But the story goes a chap called Krystian over on the PS3 News forums was noddling his network, managing to poke his proxy, and then, er, replace some XML files the PS3 uses. He claims that since his cheeky fiddlings he can now download and install Home v1.0. Wow. Good for him. But his big wig boffin brain also reckons that, seeing as he can’t actually play it anyway, the fact it’s apparently sitting on a server somewhere, ready to download - must mean it’s due for imminent release. What a clever sausage.

Well - make what you will of it. But annoyingly, he posted the images on the forum, requiring membership and some god awful banner ads, so here are a few of them (Ew… He’s got an Standard Definition TV, must be a l33t haxxor). Head over to the forums if you want all of them though. I can’t nick them all, it’s too rude.

This last screen, shows rather well the fact that the client running in the photo states ‘v0.8.3′.
Oh, damn - that doesn’t make any sense at all - better shut up.

Brighton in the Snow

Tom Kiss — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:45:01 +0000

It’s snowing! We might event get snowed in and not be able to walk up the hill to work tomorrow! Anyway, these are the best photos I could get without actually venturing outside of the centrally-heated ’safety zone’. I might actually get some decent photos later…

Hand-fart Hero

Tom Kiss — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:53:14 +0000

This has made my week.

80s Logo Clichés

Tom Kiss — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:01:46 +0000

Thanks for this Aegir, it’s the coolest thing I’ve seen in ages.