Sony has won its request for a temporary restraining order in its PS3 jailbreak case against Geohot and fail0verflow, despite a jurisdictional technicality. At the same time, the judge at the US District Court for the Northern District of California has allowed Sony to keep the lawsuit in San Francisco. The restraining order forbids the jailbreak team from distributing or linking the jailbreak.
Mass Effect 2 is all about protecting the galaxy from hostile aliens, but some PS3 owners are finding that the galaxy doesn’t want to be protected, and is sabotaging their efforts by corrupting their save files. Players have reported losing as many as forty hours of gameplay in the blink of an eye. According to posters on the BioWare forums, the game will lock up, forcing the player.
The state of Black Ops on PS3 is a bit of an embarrassment for developer Treyarch. Players are calling out for multiple fixes and even started a petition that got over 8,000 signatures demanding refunds. Yesterday Treyarch released the latest patch for the game: v1.06 which is meant to fix freezing issues, improve reliability when playing online, and fix a long list of other bugs. But.
PlayStation owners, are you feeling left out in the cold by Crysis 2′s Xbox 360 exclusive demo? Fear not, for the PS3′s Killzone 3 has a multiplayer demo due February 2 in North America, February 3 in European regions. The Killzone 3 Open Beta will be a free download from the PlayStation Store and contains the game’s Frozen Dam level with four multiplayer modes on offer. “Operations”.
Alongside it’s high profile releases of recent the PS3 has been in the news for less flattering matters. The PlayStation 3 console was recently overrun by hackers that have bypassed the PlayStation 3 security. Leaving some games in utter shambles, I’m looking at you Modern Warfare 2. Valve doesn’t see this as a big problem for their upcoming sequel. In an interview.
A little brouhaha was started after it was reported that a Playstation 3 owner that was unhappy with the performance of Call of Duty: Black Ops over PSN contacted Activision and got a response that mentioned the option of shutting down the PS3 servers. Yes, that would be quite the insane move for the biggest selling title of 2010 but don’t worry, it’s not happening as Treyarch.
Valve recently announced that the PS3 version of Portal 2, sequel to their 2007 breakout hit Portal, will come equipped with Steam support, allowing for cloud-based game saving and cross-platform multiplayer with PC/Mac players, a first for any console system. In addition, players who purchase the PS3 version of Portal 2 will be able to unlock a PC or Mac version of the game for free.
Hold onto your hype-detectors, all that chatter about the PlayStation Portable’s successor essentially being a portable PS3 may be true. From the horse’s mouth, it seems. So says UK biz site MCV, claiming Sony plans to announce the PSP2′s holiday 2011 launch at a Tokyo press event on January 27. Channeling developer jabber, MCV reports that Sony’s been teasing licensees.
One of the points my PS3 fanboy friends are always bringing up about their system is the fact that its internet service, Playstation Network (PSN) is free to access and free to play, unlike Xbox Live, which until a recent redesign, required a $50 wireless adapter, and has always mandated a $50 (just increased to $60) a year subscription fee to access. And the fact is, they’re right, it’s.
Mickey Mouse fans who were disappointed that “Epic Mickey” was only released on the Wii last month could have a reason to rejoice. The game will reportedly be released for PlayStation 3. According to Spanish site PSNow!, Disney Interactive has plans to release a PS3-exclusive version of “Epic Mickey.” PSN said that Sony will announce “Epic Mickey” for.
