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News Skyrim Version 1.7 Travels to PS3 This Week
The long and winding road
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will finally be updated to version 1.7 in North America this week. European players will have to wait an extra week, because, well, it’s customary on these shores, isn’t it? The patch implements a number of bug fixes, including “general memory and stability optimisations”. Unfortunately,...
News Latest Uncharted 3 Patch Adds Tournaments and More
Impressive stuff
Naughty Dog’s announced a gigantic patch for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception’s multiplayer component. The update – memorably dubbed version 1.13 – includes over 137 pieces of DLC, various gameplay fixes, and a new Tournaments mode. That’s all in addition to over 50 PlayStation Network Trophies. It's set to release later...
News Metal Gear Solid 4's Trophy Patch Is Live
Off the blocks
Hear that? That’s the sound of a loaded pistol signifying the beginning of the great Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Trophy race. As promised, publisher Konami has released the stealth title’s long awaited patch this morning, which clocks in at 516MB. The patch includes the anticipated Trophy set, in addition to
News Metal Gear Solid 4's Platinum Trophy Is Going to Be Tough
Set some time aside
The race to Platinum the excellent Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is going to be gruelling. Konami has revealed a partial roster of digital trinkets for the 2008 PS3 exclusive, and it includes some toughies like “Obtain all iPod tracks”. You’ll need to unlock every single one of the game's emblems to achieve that...
News Metal Gear Solid 4 Trophies Unlock on 6th August
Historical moment
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will finally get its heavily anticipated Trophy patch on 6th August, developer Kojima Productions has announced. The update will add 36 digital trinkets to the popular espionage title, alongside the ability to fully install the game. Are any of you planning on popping the sequel back into...
News Easy Mode Swoops into Dragon's Dogma
Dragon tamer
Been having a bit of trouble with Dragon's Dogma? Are those direwolves proving a little too vicious? If so, don't worry — Capcom is releasing a patch that adds in an easier difficulty setting. On 6th August — in Japan at least — a title update will drop an easy mode into the options menu. It'll be accessible at any time, so don't...
News Escape Plan Goes Underground with New DLC Pack
All aboard
Escape Plan is getting a cargo-load of new content today. Developer Fun Bits Interactive has announced a new DLC pack for the macabre exclusive, which sees protagonists Lil and Laarg heading underground in search of an escape. The pack includes 21 new challenges, four fresh outfits and a handful of extra Trophies to unlock. It’ll set...
News Bethesda Cagey About Skyrim DLC on PS3
What's the problem?
Microsoft’s exclusivity deal with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is up, which means that last month’s Dawnguard expansion can finally arrive on PlayStation 3. That is, if it’s actually in development. “We have not announced Dawnguard for any other platform, nor given a timeline for any such news. If we have news, I promise...
News Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational Scores New Features
Hole in one
Sony’s hit a scorcher and announced that Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational for PlayStation Vita has been updated to version 1.04. The patch brings with it a caddy-carried bag full of multiplayer enhancements, including the ability to create private tournaments and play head-to-head matches online. Other improvements include the...
News Awesomenauts Update Adds New Characters Soon
Metal slug
Developer Ronimo is “almost ready” to release the first update for its excellent PlayStation Network multiplayer title, Awesomenauts. In addition to making some changes to the game’s overall balance, the patch will add two new playable characters to the title’s roster: Coco Nebulon and Derpl Zork. The former is a “space-surfing...
News Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD Moves into the Third Dimension
Free of charge
As promised, Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD is set to get a fairly beefy update on the PlayStation 3 next week. The free patch will implement full PlayStation Move support and 3D television compatibility. Other additions include video recording features, brightness and gamma controls, and a checklist of miscellaneous bug fixes. The...
News RE: Operation Raccoon City Nets Much Needed Patch
Healing wounds
Slant Six’s rotten squad-based shooter Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has been patched, publisher Capcom has announced. While the update doesn’t do the honourable thing and transform the experience into a completely different game, it does fix a number of issues prevalent in the vanilla release. The most notable...
News Mounted Combat Charges into Skyrim via New Update
Trojan horse
The next big addition to Bethesda’s enormous role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is kind of unexpected. The publisher announced on its official blog that it is adding mounted combat to the game, meaning you won’t even need to leave the comfort of your horse before ruthlessly slashing another dragon to death. There’s no...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Levels Up with New Patch
Lab rat
If you’re still engaged in the tense online action of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (or perhaps looking for a reason to go back), Naughty Dog has announced details relating to the title’s latest patch. Version 1.11 brings with it some new tweaks and features, the most notable of which is the return of the Lab playlist. For those that...
News Uncharted: Golden Abyss Patch Conquers Connection Woes
Party chat
Sony Bend has released a stealth patch for Vita launch title Uncharted: Golden Abyss, solving the title’s bizarre connection issues. Those that download and install the update will be able to continue Drake’s quest without disconnecting from the Internet. Other tweaks include some changes to the baffling Black Market trade system and...
News Fresh DLC Rides into Awesomenauts
First lady
The nebulous financial status of Awesomenauts publisher dtp Entertainment had called the viability of the title’s first DLC expansion into question, but it looks like developer Ronimo has been given the all clear. The studio has released a single shot of the first downloadable character, which looks a lot like a lady to us. The...
News Mass Effect 3 Patch Helps You to Reconnect with Old Friends
Face it
Commander Shepard will look like his (or her) old self next week when BioWare flips the switch on a new patch designed to fix Mass Effect 3’s curious face import issues. The patch – scheduled to take-off on 10th April – will also squash several game-crashing bugs and improve the overall online experience. You can peruse the full...
News Mass Effect 3 Face Import Bug to be Fixed with Next Patch
Shepard... is that you?
Much of the appeal of the Mass Effect franchise comes from building up a character over the course of multiple games. So the fact that BioWare somehow managed to mess up the face import feature of Mass Effect 3 is, in our opinion, more unforgivable than the game’s disappointing ending. Thankfully, BioWare community...
News DICE Details Jumbo Update for Battlefield 3
Almost ready for deployment
Amidst threats of blackouts from the Battlefield 3 community, DICE has released a dissertation-like list of “confirmed tweaks and changes” heading to the game. There’s currently no date attached to the patch, but the developer promises it’s coming soon. The list is extremely comprehensive – and specific – so...
News inFAMOUS 2 Move Patch Lands Next Week
And it's free
Enjoying rattling around a vampire-infested New Marais in inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood with your PlayStation Move? The good news is that next week you'll be able to grab a free update for inFAMOUS 2 that adds motion support to that game too. Expect the Move patch to be available in the middle of next week, and stay tuned for our review...
News Sony Answers LittleBigPlanet 2 Move Questions
We have the answers
Now that LittleBigPlanet 2 is fully Moved-up, there's been plenty of questions flying around about exactly what the Move Pack: Rise of the Cakeling adds to the standalone game and how necessary it is. XDev Studio Europe producer Neil McPhillips has taken to the PlayStation Blog to give some answers. The biggest and best news is...
News Move Bites inFAMOUS 2 and inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood
Double dose
Move owners will be able to get a double helping of motion-controlled Cole in the coming months, as Sony has confirmed that the already-released inFAMOUS 2 and upcoming standalone game inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood will both include PlayStation Move support. The vampire-themed Festival of Blood takes place in a single night and doesn't...
News Everybody's Golf Move Patch In the Works for Europe
No date yet
It's been a while since Minna No Golf 5 — aka Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds*, aka Everybody's Golf: World Tour — got its PlayStation Move patch in Japan, with no word on if or when the controller would get support outside of Japan. Now we can reveal Sony Computer Entertainment Europe will add PlayStation Move support to the game in...
News MotorStorm Apocalypse Move Support "Coming Soon"
It's not ready yet
Two weeks ago, the official PlayStation Blog announced a massive update had added PlayStation Move support to MotorStorm Apocalypse. While the update did indeed land, the motion controls did not — but they're coming. Although the game launches with the familar PlayStation Move start-up screen — and a Move controller will...
News Japan's Hot Shots Golf is Now Move-Enabled, But Ours Isn't
Update rattles into the cup
Yesterday the Move update for Japan's Minna No Golf 5 — aka Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds in North America and Everybody's Golf: World Tour in Europe — went live, bringing stereoscopic 3D support and Move controls to the cutest golf game on PS3. According to iWaggle3D the motion controller is supported in offline play...
News Guerilla Releases Killzone 3 Beta Results and Patch Details
Patching up the Helghan
The Killzone 3 Beta is now officially over, and while all those hours spent fragging away may seem like just a good bit of free fun, they've actually helped to turn Killzone 3 into the definitive multiplayer experience for the PlayStation 3. The multiplayer team at Guerrilla Games was nice enough to post a list of the...
News Anti-Hacking Patch Coming to Modern Combat: Domination
So play nice
You can't beat a cheap first-person shooter, especially one with Move controls, but not everyone in Modern Combat: Domination is interested in playing fair. Since the game's release in January several gamers have exploited the game, but developer Gameloft is about to roll out a patch that, it hopes, will put an end to these hacks. The...
News New Patch Disarms Time Crisis: Razing Storm's Accuracy Issues
Crisis over, and about time
Time Crisis: Razing Storm is a decent compendium of Namco's arcade shooting games but issues with the cursor's accuracy arguably prevented it from reaching its full potential. Now the publisher has released a new, free patch to address the problem, enabling you to blast with full precision. This new update certainly ups...
News The Fight's Transparency Patch is Out Now
See through it all
The Fight: Lights Out is very much an acquired taste, with many reviewers criticising the lack of transparent fighters to make landing your punches easier, and now developer Coldwood Interactive has released a free patch making a few tweaks to the title. The biggest of these is the ability to turn your pugilist see-through, which...
News Deadstorm Pirates Leads This Week's European PSN Update
Plenty of new DLC for other titles too
Deadstorm Pirates is already available as part of Time Crisis: Razing Storm, but for gamers who fancied taking this nautical shooter for a spin they can now do so via the PlayStation Store. Released yesterday for £15.99/€19.99, Deadstorm Pirates was one of the stronger parts of Namco's Blu-ray shooting...
News Plenty of Move Videos and Themes in This Week's Store Update
Head on in to see what's up
A bumper crop of Move content this week, with trailers, videos, a patch for PAIN and even a full game to download. Sports Champions gets a reverse disc golf course, High Velocity Bowling gets a digital compendium of all content and TV Superstars themes jump up and down screaming "pick me! Pick me!" in a manner...
News Patched for Move: PAIN (Free)
Shake to ooch
If you're a fan of PAIN – the game, that is – you can now grab a free update to let you use the Move controller in game. It seems from the official description that you won't be able to use Move in every level, but it compensates by adding new stages and gameplay modes. There's more information over at the official PAIN blog. We'll...
News Patched for Move: High Velocity Bowling (Free)
At long last, it's here
Up until now, only PlayStation Plus owners have been able to use the Move features in High Velocity Bowling, leading some to speculate that the update would cost non-subscribers. The good news is that the update hit in yesterday's PlayStation Store update and is absolutely free. Other content available in the Store now...
News Patched for Move: Heavy Rain
E-motion and drama combine
Heavy Rain: Move Edition is out on disc in October, but if you already own the game you can pick up a free Move-enabling patch from the PlayStation Network. Weighing in at a beefy 1142MB and downloaded automatically once the disc is inserted, the game adds motion control to the game but nothing else: those of you after the...
News Move and Masses More Comes to MAG in a Month
Big 2.0 update on the way
MAG, aka Massive Action Game, is Sony's online multiplayer game on a brand scale, pitting hundreds of players against each other simultaneously. The game receives new content on a regular basis, but it's about to get one of its largest updates yet, adding Move controller support amongst other new features. Although...
News Resident Evil 5 Move Trailer Lurks Behind this Creaky Door
Classic mansion and helicopters in Move-o-vision
The Move-enabled update for zombie slayers is now available, and to celebrate Capcom has put together a launch trailer for Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, showing the new controls in all their waggle-tastic glory. Don't forget this update will only work with Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, not the...
News Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition Move Patch Now Live
And for free too
The onslaught of Move-enabling patches is building up to a deafening roar, with two available in the past two days: first Hustle Kings and now Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition. The free patch adds support for Move – released today across mainland Europe, don't forget – but no extra content, although being the Gold Edition it's...
News Move, 3D and More Content Coming to Hustle Kings
You won't even need deep pockets
Hustle Kings isn't about conning monarchy: it's a pool and billiards simulator, with incredibly shiny balls. It's been available on the PlayStation Store since early this year, but it's about to make a big break in the form of brand new content, including support for PlayStation Move. A post over at the official...
News Heavy Rain Gets Move Patch and Demo on September 22nd
A downpour of information inside
Heavy Rain: Move Edition is the updated version of Quantic Dream's seminal interactive drama, and it's set to arrive soon in two mouthwatering flavours. If you already own the original Heavy Rain, you can expect to experience all the fun of downloading a new patch for it on September 22nd, which will add in all the...
News Move Update Rattles into the Planet Minigolf Cup
And it's free as well
Planet Minigolf is a blessing to gamers and journalists alike: a game that does exactly what it says on the tin. You play minigolf around the world, customising characters and even designing your own holes to share with the rest of the planet. Soon you'll be able to get to grips with its charms using Move, as a free patch is...
News High Velocity Bowling Aiming for a 3D Move-Enabled Strike at Retail
Listing pops up for ten-pin title
You may already have High Velocity Bowling, the PlayStation Network title that offered Sixaxis motion control at a time when that was still considered to be a good thing. Now retailer Gamestop has listed the title for a full retail release, complete with 3D and Move support. But what if you already have the game and...
News Move-Enabling Patches May Cost You
Don't expect them all to be free
Looking forward to the Move-capable updates of Heavy Rain and Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition? We imagine there are several more updates on the horizon, but you'd imagine having already bought the game and controller you wouldn't have to shell out again to use them together. Well, you might be wrong. The Official...
