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June 04, 2009

Gues SONY is not good in keeping secrets as images of their new PSP Go leaks and making their rounds well ahead of the E3 announcement.

The PSP go will arrive in stores for folks living in North America this October 1, while Europe/PAL territories and Asian countries will get theirs a month later, retailing for $249 and an equivalent amount in Euros, of course. As stated earlier, the PSP go will co-exist with the PSP-3000 in retail stores as gamers as well as those who are curious learn to decide which is the best possible portable gaming system for them.

What makes the PSP go different is it won’t come with any UMD drive - instead, it will ditch all disc-based content by catering to those who want on-demand entertainment, featuring 16GB of internal memory as well as the ability to receive digital entertainment via the PlayStation Network. Sounds fine and dandy, but what about less developed markets where over-the-air download speeds are excruciatingly slow? Guess those folks will just have to settle for regular PSP-3000s.

The new PSP go include an easy sliding panel alongside original applications, a game sleep function that lets you operate the XrossMediaBar while suspending gameplay for the moment, Bluetooth connectivity and a wide range of accessories to go along with it.

Source: Prnewswire

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Portable Entertainment Pack - I call it PEP

April 03, 2009

Chinavision's CVFH-N03-4G may not have the catchiest titles, but it does boast an impressive array of emulators to satisfy your on-the-go retro gaming needs -- although we imagine those tiny shoulder buttons would prove irksome after a while.

Support includes NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy Advance, SNK Neo-Geo and Capcom arcade systems CPS1 and CPS2 -- sorry, no love for Atari 2600 or Commodore 64, here -- all accessible through a menu that in no way, shape, or form resembles Sony's Xross Media Bar. It also plays MP3, MPEG5, FLAC, WMV, AVI, and a few other audio / video formats, and reportedly can function as an e-book reader with text to speech capabilities -- y'know, just in case there weren't enough entities peeved at it being a beacon for ROMs.

As for hardware, we're looking at a 2.8-inch QVGA LCD, 4GB internal memory, a mini-SD card slot, and AV out for the television. Buy one for $87.31, three for $83.82 apiece, or if you're feeling generous, pick up 50 for a more generous, undisclosed discount.

Source: Chinavasion

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NFS Series may end soon

December 15, 2008

It seems like its a dead end for the NEED FOR SPEED SERIES.

AS Electric Playground has reported that Electronic Arts has cancelled development of future titles of Need for Speed series. In response, EA spokesperson gave a generic response of not commenting on market rumors.

The comment received on this news was "We're working through a process on people, products, and facilities at EA and don't have any announcements today."

Electronics Arts has also reportedly shelved its plans of opening a new game development studio at Vancouver due to poor holiday sales and global economic recession.

The company recently scaled down their revenue and earning expectations for the fiscal year 2009.

EA's latest NFS installment - Need for Speed UnderCover - has received mixed and mostly cold response from the gamer community and audience. It won't be surprising if EA adopts Rockstar Games' strategy and introduce their titles at more affordable rates. Actually, that might just work in terms of sales.

EA is yet to come out with an official statement on Vancouver Studio franchisee lay-off.

Source: Elecplay

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Gears of War Lancer Rifle Replicas

October 27, 2008

It appears the Gears of War franchise is bigger than I thought as I found not one, but two products that are Gears of War related today.

First is the Gears of War themed Zune, which not only sports specially designed graphics on the frame, but it comes pre-loaded with 240 pieces of Gears of War and its sequel’s media including “the original game soundtrack, behind-the-scenes videos, game trailers, concept art galleries, and more”. All of this content is exclusive to this Microsoft MP3 Player.

Of course, if you really want to live Gears of War, you can always purchase the Lancer rifle, a virtual prop from the game now turned real. As you can see by the fake blood on the saw edge of this, this is no children’s toy. However, it does have one fun feature as it can vibrate, and even has a chainsaw sound.

The Gears of War 2 game is slated for release on November 7th, and this is the same day the Gears of War Zune is planned to be released. It should be about $280 for this special edition.

As for the Lancer rifle, it costs about $140, or $210 with a limited edition of Gears of War 2. It should be available sometime next month.

Source: Dvice

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GTA 4 Fans Now has more to Achieve -Trophies

October 07, 2008

If it’s one thing Playstation 3 fans look forward to, it’s their trophy lists. With the recent added support for trophies, one list they have been certainly looking forward to is the GTA IV medal sheet. Take a look at the entire list.

Bronze
Off The Boat - You have completed the first mission.
One Hundred And Eighty - You scored 180 with 3 darts.
Pool Shark - You beat a friend at pool.
King of QUB3D - You beat the high score in QUB3D.
Finish Him - You completed 10 melee counters in 4 minutes.
Genetically Superior - You came first in 20 singleplayer street races.
Wheelie Rider - You completed a 500 foot wheelie on a motorbike.
Gobble Gobble - You got a turkey in 10-pin bowling.
Driving Mr. Bellic - You unlocked the special ability of Roman’s taxi.
Rolled Over - You managed 5 car rolls in a row from one crash.
Walk Free - You successfully lost a 4 star wanted rating.
Courier Service - You completed all 10 package delivery jobs.
Retail Therapy - You unlocked the special ability of buying guns from Little Jacob.
Chain Reaction - You exploded 10 vehicles in 10 seconds.
Lowest Point - You completed the mission “Roman’s Sorrow”.
Order Fulfilled - You completed all 10 Exotic Export orders.
Manhunt - You completed the most wanted side mission.
Cleaned The Mean Streets - You caught 20 criminals through the police computer.
Fed The Fish - You completed the mission “Uncle Vlad”.
It’ll Cost Ya - You made a taxi trip from one island to another without skipping.
Sightseer - You have taken all variations of the helicopter tours of Liberty City.
Warm Coffee - You were invited into your girlfriend’s house.
That’s How We Roll! - You unlocked the special ability of Brucie’s helicopter ride.
Half Million - You have amassed a fortune of $500,000.
Impossible Trinity - You completed the mission “Museum Piece”.
Full Exploration - You unlocked all the islands.
You Got The Message - You delivered all 30 cars ordered through text message.
Assassin’s Greed - You completed all 9 assassin missions.
Under The Radar - You flew under all the main bridges in the game.
Dial B For Bomb - You unlocked the special ability of Packie’s car bomb placement.
Gracefully Taken - You completed the mission “I’ll Take Her”.
No More Strangers - You’ve met all the random characters.
That Special Someone - You completed the mission “That Special Someone”.
Teamplayer - You killed 5 opposing team members.
Cut Your Teeth - You were successfully promoted up a rank in multiplayer.
Join The Midnight Club - You won a multiplayer race without damaging your vehicle too much.
Fly The Co-op - You completed “Deal Breaker”, “Hangman’s NOOSE” and “Bomb da Base II” in time.
Taking It For The Team - You were on the winning team in all multiplayer team games.
Top Of The Food Chain - You successfully killed 20 players with a pistol in a deathmatch.
Top The Midnight Club - You won 20 different multiplayer standard races.
Auf Wiedersehen Petrovic - You won in all variations of multiplayer games.
Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie - You killed a Rockstar in multiplayer.

Silver
One Man Army - You survived a 6 star wanted level for a full 5 minutes.
Dare Devil - You completed all the unique stunt jumps.
Endangered Species - You collected every hidden package in the game.
Liberty City (5) - Your friends all like you above 90%.
You Won! - You have completed the story.

Gold
Liberty City Minute - You finished the story in less than 30 hours.
Key To The City - You completed GTA IV to 100%.
Wanted - You achieved the highest personal rank possible in multiplayer.

Platinum
Taking A Liberty - Sorry for taking liberties with your time!

Source: PS3 Trophies