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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 [...]

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.

Mortal Kombat Vs. DC for PS3 Review

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

When succumbing to buy this after seeing it marked down to £24.99 recently, I realised I have bought every single MK game ever released - the original on Amiga, MK2 on SNES, MK3 and MK4 on PC, Deadly Alliance on PS2, Deception on PSP and Armageddon on Wii. So it turns out I’ve been fated [...]

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 [...]

Sony PlayTV for PlayStation 3 Review

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Notice how the Sky+ DVR box looks like an Xbox360? It’s no coincidence. The lizard people that rule Sky are the same faction that runs Microsoft. A rival faction of Lizard people however have decided to go one better, and make a truly 21st century television viewing and management application that takes full advantage of [...]

Dead Space for PS3 Review

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Do you like to be scared out of your skin? Have nightmares? Jump at shadows? Wonder what it’s like to be trapped in deep space, alone, except for horrific alien zombies? Want to experience the thrill of films like Alien, The Thing, Virus or Event Horizon?
Equipped only with engineers tools, you must fight your way [...]