Sony today released the newest update for the Playstation 3 console, firware 2.40.
With update 2.40 you now have 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 also check if any of your friends are online, 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.
Today Sony has released a special download for Metal Gear Solid 4, a so-called “Database” featuring the history of the Metal Gear story. The Playstation Blog has this to say about the content of the Database,
“The MGS4 Database is a free, downloadable interactive application that contains the official knowledge base of everything that is Metal Gear, reaching all the way back to the very beginning of the franchise. Including complete storylines, character profiles, relationship diagrams, and much more! The MGS4 database is a great way to catch up for someone new to Metal Gear, as well as a useful resource for any veteran of the series, with complete official details on every aspect of the intricate Metal gear lore.”
This morning I fired up my Playstation 3 and my early morning slumber was awakened by a new firmware update. Version 2.36 is now available for download.
The Playstation Blog has not given much details other than “improved system stability”. Never the less, Sony is promising a step up in firmware version 2.40. The Playstation Blog had this to say,
Apparently BioShock, once exclusive to the Xbox 360, is heading for the Playstation 3. There isn’t much news other than a promise from UK PlayStation mag PSM3 to publish and in-depth preview for the PS3 version in its June 5th issue.
Take-Two has not commented on the news, but expect a press release sometime in the future. Keeping a game exclusive to one platform just isn’t business savvy. Why only market to half of the gamers out there? The success of Grand Theft Auto IV is a true example of a multiplatform launch.
I finally got my hands on Grand Theft Auto IV after waiting anxiously for it to arrive in the mail. I have been a huge GTA fan since GTAIII, and with each version afterwards I have always picked it up on the first day, and proceeded to take a week off of whatever I was doing. Unfortunately, I had to have GTAIV delivered to me, regardless it is now in my possession. After only completing 4.11% of the game, I am amazed at the details that went into this game. Read on for a rundown of my impressions during the short time I have had to play, it may contain spoilers.
It is only the first day of the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV, and reports are surfacing on the internet about the game freezing up, requiring the console to be unplugged. The problem apparently occurs after the first cutscene.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today confirmed the release of an official Grand Theft Auto IV bundle exclusively for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™).The bundle, available on April 29, 2008, will consist of a PLAYSTATION®3 40GB model, a SIXAXIS™ wireless controller and a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV, the latest title in the genre-defining Grand Theft Auto franchise, all for just €439 (RRP).
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced today that the Playstation Home closed beta will be expanded to more registered users in Summer 2008. Unfortunately Sony also pushed back the Open Beta until Fall 2008, stating the need for more time to refine the service.
Sony today released the newest update for the Playstation 3 console, firware 2.40.
