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Sony Playstation 3 Firmware Update 3.10 Sneak Peak Video

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Heres an early peek at PlayStation 3 (PS3) firmware update (v3.10). The latest update incorporates Facebook into the PS3 experience. By linking your PlayStation Network account to your Facebook account, you will have the option for the PS3 to automatically update your Facebook News Feed with Trophy and PlayStation Store activity. This update also enables developers to set specific criteria in their titles to publish additional game information to your News Feed. You can then check out your updates, and those of your friends, on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media favorites through the PS3s built-in web browser.

This is just the beginning of our integration with Facebook and we are looking forward to adding new features enhancing the experience in future updates.

Additional highlights from update 3.10 include: * The Photo category on the XMB has been revamped to make it easier to see more of your photos stored on the PS3. * The PSN Friends List has been modified based on feedback we received after update 3.00. Additionally, you can now choose a color for your PSN ID on the XMB.

This update will be available very soon.  It’s looking good the Facebook intergration is very cool and will certainly improve over time.

Let us know what you all think of it.

Peggle Coming To PS3 This Thursday

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Both Peggle and Peggle Nights will be available, now with the ability to upload replays to YouTube.

PopCap Games has announced that two versions of  the addictive and very cute game will be available on PSN starting this week.

Both Peggle and Peggle Nights will be making their way over the PS3, bringing with them two separate adventures modes, and two different sets of challenges to complete. They will also include the online Peg Party & Duel modes.

Players will be able to record their best shots, but PopCap has added a little something extra for the PS3 version. After saving a replay, it will now possible to upload it directly to YouTube.  YES THATS RIGHT YOU TUBE !! now watch millions and millions of Peggle videos flood Youtube.  But at least you can also see some of the really amazing and crazy shots from other Peggle masters from around the world with Ps3 controller in hand.

Both games will be arriving this Thursday. Set aside $9.99 for Peggle and $4.99 for Peggle Nights, and prepare to be addicted all over again.

Xbox Live Activity for the week of November 9th

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Info courtesy of Major Nelson

No surprise to see Modern Warfare 2 on top ..

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Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU’s)

1    Modern Warfare 2
2    Call of Duty 4
3    Halo 3
4    Call of Duty: WaW
5    Left 4 Dead 2 – Demo (Download the Demo)
6    GTA IV (Purchase the full game)
7    Gears of War 2
8    FIFA 10
9    Halo 3: ODST
10   Madden NFL 10 (Download the demo)

 

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)

1   Trials HD   
2   Castle Crashers 
3   SOUTH PARK LET’S GO TOWER DEFENSE PLAY! 
4   Magic: The Gathering
5   Battlefield 1943 
6   Hasbro Family Game Night **
7   Zombie Apocalypse 
8   UNO
9   Splosion Man
10  Marvel vs. Capcom 2

The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
**Combined sales of all Hasbro Family Game Night titles

 

Original Xbox Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)

1    Halo 2
2    Star Wars: Battlfront 2
3    Counter-Strike
4    Fable
5    Conker: Live Reloaded
6    Splinter Cell Chaos
7    Doom 3
8    Star Wars: Battlefront
9    SW: Republic Commando
10    Call of Duty 3

 

Top Indie Games (Full Versions purchased)

1    Head Shot 2
2    Avatar Drop
3    I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
4    Avatar Rockets
5    Scare Me
6    Miner Dig Deep
7    Avatar Golf
8    Beat Hazard
9    Experiment 12
10   Lemonade Ltd.

 

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Indie Games, full versions purchased during the week.

Assassins Creed 2 – Midnight Launch in Australia for EBGAMES !!

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Check out the details below.  If you live in Australia and your SUPER keen on getting your copy of Assassin’s Creed 2 before anyone else make your way to your EBGames Store and pick it up at midnight.  Just make sure you give your local EBGames store a call before you go JUST to make sure they will be open for the launch.

Play As Wesker in Lost Planet 2!

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Lost Planet 2 just got more awesome, with some special in game pre-order items. If you pre-order Lost Planet 2 at GameStop in North America you’ll be able to unlock Resident Evil’s most famous character, Albert Wesker, as an exclusive playable skin when they play Lost Planet 2. Also, players who take advantage of the pre-order bonus will get their hands on some additional firepower via a revolver added to their arsenal of weapons. A nimble yet extremely powerful firearm, the revolver will help players hone their “one shot kill” skills.

You can get Wesker and the revolver by clicking over to GameStop and pre-ordering Lost Planet 2!

 

 

Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles out today

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Goods news, zombie hunters! Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles is available for the Wii today in the US / (Australia will be able to get their hands on it next week .. hopefully if the ship bring it down doesn’t get hijacked by pirates in Age of Booty). Also after a long wait, the co-op, online, arcade-shooter zombie massacre is yours for the en-blastenating.  MasterAbbott will be doing a review once its out here in Australia. But if you feel the urge  to pick up the game — and who wouldn’t and you live in the US — you might want to consider ordering from the Capcom eStore and getting a groovy RPD shirt with your game.  Remember Wii games are region coded so if you order from the Capcom store the game will be NTSC format (suitable for most parts of asia and US) 

If you have Resident Evil – The Darkside Chronicles already let us know what you think of it !!

New Super Mario Bros Wii – Video Review

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New Super Mario Bros Wii
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Release Date: November 15, 2009

It’sa MEEEE MasterAbbott.. errmm I mean MARIO !!!!   – I’ve always wanted to say that 😉

Well MasterAbbott is back.  This time to review New Super Mario Bros Wii for the Nintendo Wii.  The video review goes through pretty much gameplay, features and multiplayer options within the game.  Super Mario Bros is a classic style game that everyone who’s a gamer would have played at one point in their lives. 

New Super Mario Bros Wii features a new 4 player option where you can embark on your journey to save Princess Peach (yes once again) together with your friends or family all on the same screen jumping, spinning, flying, throwing snow balls or swimming through the well designed and original levels and worlds.  New Super Mario Bros Wii looks and feels like the classic Super Mario for the Super Nintendo, but goes that extra step and incorporates so many of the other features from the other Mario games.  Mario can do all his moves spinning, super double jumps, bounce off walls, ground pound and many more as well as work together with his other team mates and cary them on his shoulers or lift them into the sky with his propella headsute.   EVEN Yoshi makes his return to eat, spit and poop out goodies along the way.

New Super Mario Bros Wii is fun for the whole family.  Check out the video below to give you a more fairer understanding on whats new and how it all looks. 

Enjoy the video review :

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New Super Mario Bros Wii is available now from all good retailers.  Great fun for the whole family.

Capsule Computers give New Super Mario Bros Wii : 8 Capsules Out Of 10

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Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain !! Now available on iPhone !!

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Get it now before Chuck Norris bashing the living SNOT out of you !! 

Check out the details below :

Step into the boots of America’s toughest man in the first Chuck Norris game available for your iPhone and iPod touch. A brilliantly outlandish scenario sets you, Chuck Norris, in the Cambodian jungle to release prisoners of war held hostage by a rogue army of Communist soldiers. Inspired by old-school arcade games, Chuck Norris features the enjoyable and simple ingredients of a traditional beat’em up spiced up with crazy combos, exciting mini-games and totally destructible environments. The crowning touch is the ability to use your iPhone to take a picture of anyone you like (or dislike) and beat them up in the game! This is a Chuck-Norris-approved stress relief method!

* A combat system blending the tried and true mechanics of beat’em up classics with new, fun combos, over-the-top animations and totally destructible environments.

*A humorous plot and crazy dialogue inspired by Chuck Norris’ filmography and famous “Chuck Norris Facts”.

*13 levels in 3 different environments (Asian jungle, Texan ranch and New York streets).

*Embody two different Chucks (Army or Texan). Combos and weapons vary depending on the Chuck character you’re playing.

*A myriad of weapons from fists, kicks and karate moves to shotguns and Uzis!

*Fun mini-games showcasing the iPhone’s acceloremeter and touch controls, bringing variety to the beat’em up gameplay with driving, shooting, saloon challenges, and more.

*Take a picture of your friends or enemies (using your iPhone) and put them in the game!

CHUCK NORRIS : BRING ON THE PAIN IS AVAILABLE FOR ONLY .99cents US / $1.19 AU

Click here to buy it NOW

New Xbox 360 features now available (Twitter, Facebook, Zune Video and Last.FM)

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Thanks to Major Nelson for this update :

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We’ve just released the latest new features for your Xbox 360.  In case you’ve been off the grid for the past few months and don’t know what is in this update, allow me to give you the some of the highlights: Facebook, Zune Video, Twitter and Last.FM.  Here is how to find ’em: Facebook and Twitter will appear automatically on your dashboard in the new My Community channel, Zune Video is in the Video Channel and Last.FM will be found under the Music Channel.

Assuming you have the latest Xbox 360 system update from Xbox LIVE, these new features will automatically appear sometime over the next few hours. Availability of these features will vary by region.

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Enjoy the new Xbox Dashboard experience,  I’ve had it for the past 2 weeks and it’s brilliant.   Enjoy.

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Left 4 Dead .. 8 BIT NES version ???? WHAT THE !!!

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Well yes .. its true .. someone is actually making a 8 bit NES Style version of Left 4 Dead.  And that person is called Eric Ruth.  Now I dont know about you guy’s but i’m a BIG BIG fan of 8-bit games.  And I’ve noticed a lot more poping back up again lately.   I say the more the merrier.

Now Eric describes the gameplay footage below gives you an idea of what the project looks like in action and how it plays. As you can see, it’s a standard top-down 4 directional action/shooter. Remade in the NES retro style, the resolution is at 256 x 240 and features 16 colors and a 4 sound channel soundtrack.

Check it out and have a read of some othe Q & A questions Eric has answered regarding the re-make

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Q: Is this just an animation or an actual game?
A: An actual game. It will be available for free download on PC around January 4th, 2010.

Q: I only see one “special infected.” Will there be more?
A: Yes. All 5 special infected appear in this game regularly.

Q: How far along are you currently?
A: As of November 15th, I am completed with the first “mission: No Mercy” as well as most of the core game play mechanics.

Q: Does Valve know about this? And would they approve?
A: No, Valve doesn’t know about it yet, but I’m sure (with their love of community creations) that they will find this mildly amusing at worst, and hilarious at best.

Q: Will this version have all of the campaigns from the original game?
A: Yes. All 5 maps of all 4 campaigns will be present in the final product.

Q: Like your other games, did you make this one all by yourself?
A: With the exception of a few friends backing me up in the QA area, yes, the coding, debugging, sound effects, music and pixel art are all original work of Eric Ruth.

Q: Will there be more videos that show off more of the game?
A: Maybe 1 or 2, but that’s about it. If you want to see every campaign and fight every zombie, then you will have to download and play it.

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Keep an eye out for this around January the 4th.  By the looks of it, its going to be FREE and for PC !!  Ill see if I can get a hold of Eric and ask him some more questions. 

Stay tuned.

Thanks and let us know what you think of it.

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