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iPlayer for PS3 receives an upgrade

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

All the PS3 specific fansites, even the UK ones (we’re looking at you) have failed to pick up on this, but over at Digital Spy you can find details of all the enhancements made to the iPlayer for PS3 site that have been rolled out alongside the FW3.0 upgrade that also brought the iPlayer XMB [...]

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Human Alliance Bumblebee with Sam review

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

What if you could have Alternators versions of your favourite movie designs? And what if those Alternators also came with a figure of that robot’s human buddy to ride inside? Say, Sam with Bumblebee or Lennox with Ironhide?
What if your movie was also so successful that it’s toy line was still filling shelves two years [...]

A note on PS3 Vs. XBox exclusives

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Xbox 360 can claim Halo, Gears of War and the GTA4 DLC (for now) as exclusives. But that’s it unless you count un-remixed 1980s arcade games or a few budget titles scoring under 3/10.
The PS3 has loads more doesn’t it? There’s Motorstorm, Resistance, Ratchet and Clank, inFamous, Singstar, Metal Gear Solid, Killzone, Little Big Planet, [...]

Upscaling now available on PlayTV

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Got PlayTV? Want upscaling of your SD picture using the same hardware that upscales DVD to near Bluray quality? The same upscaling that lets Wipeout run at HD resolution? Want to boost the audio level to match the XMB/game audio volume? You want it, you got it!
Get your PlayTV 1.10 update using the Software Update [...]

Want a cheap PSEye or PlayTV for your PS3?

Monday, January 19th, 2009

The Sony Style online store currently has the PSEye webcam available for £15 (RRP £40), and PlayTV for £49, a full £10 cheaper than Amazon and £20 off the RRP. Check it out here

PlayTV firmware update 1.02 released

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Got a PlayTV? Got an Internet connection? Check your setup screen about box for a new firmware update, thats brings you, among other things, faster EPG loading and support for sorting Italian TV channels correctly. No news on Freeview+ yet sadly.

See Hot Toys figure development process at sculptor’s blog

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

See Hot Toys sculptor Joseph Tsang, responsible for great figures such as the 12″ Predators and the Iron Man Mark I armour, has a blog with lots of photos of the development process at Joseph Tsang Studio

Repaired PSP no longer recognised by Remote Play?

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

If you’ve had your PSP repaired, either officially or unofficially, chances are, parts have been swapped and a particularly obscure difference introduced that will render your PSP’s ability to use Remote Play with your PS3 broken.
For Remote Play to work, it is important the Wifi MAC address is correct, as this is what is used [...]

Crash Commando PSN Review

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

What do you get if you cross Worms, Warhawk, Super Smash Bros and Bionic Commando into one game? If you said “An unplayable mess” you’d be spot on.
Crash Commando looked pretty fun in the trailers, and there is some potential here, but as released, it is full of playability and design problems, not bugs, but [...]

PSN Trophies lost when upgrading hard drive?

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

If you’ve upgraded your PS3 hard disk since the 2.40 Trophy firmware update, you might be shocked to see that even after a full backup and restore of your disk contents, your beloved Trophies are gone!
But don’t despair, you don’t need to play all those games again. The Trophies are still stored in your online [...]