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Playstation 3 Firmware Update 2.35 Released
Posted by fordgtguy on Thursday, May 15 @ 14:57:31 EDT
 A new Playstation 3 firmware update, 2.35, has been released. This update is minor and only improves some stability issues with some PS3 games. This does not include a fix for any GTA IV issues you might be having on your PS3. Expect a 10 to 15 minute download and a 5 minute install for this MINOR update.
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Rumor: PlayStation trophies to hit in June
 According to our PS3forum industry insider, Sony will be releasing Firmware 2.4 sometime in June around the launch of Metal Gear Solid 4. Also mentioned is that the new Firmware 2.4 will include some of the first PlayStation Trophies. *Note that these will be the 2D trophies found on the XMB and not the 3D trophies coming in Home later this year.Click Here For More!
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Rumor: Spring update adds game installs, DRM fixes, ''motion sensor'' features
 If history remains true the Xbox 360 Spring update should be on its way soon, but unlike previous updates we've heard nothing about new features. According to a tip sent to Joystiq regarding the spring update there are nearly 80 new features and tweaks possibly incoming for the Xbox 360. Click Here For More!
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Fable 2: A Glimpse at the Beginning and A Co-Op Surprise to Come
 The always charming Peter Molyneux took some time during yesterday's Xbox 360 Spring Showcase to walk folks through Fable 2. Specifically he was showing off the game's entire introduction, talking up the free roaming in the game a bit more and showing a little bit of fighting customization. Click Here For More!
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Guitar Hero 4 Drums Revealed
 Someone over at the Destructoid blogs just posted a scan of the latest issue of Game Informer magazine, revealing the drum set for Activision's upcoming increasingly erroneously named Guitar Hero 4. The set ups the ante over Rock Band, having only three pads and a petal but adding two dedicated cymbals to the mix. Feels like a case of "but ours goes to eleven" to me, but they had to stay competitive somehow I suppose. Hit up the link for slightly more information, but if you really want the full scoop, pick up the latest issue of Game Informer magazine. Click Here For More!
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Cliffy: GoW2 has best cover system ever, trilogy talk
 Adding to what we've already learned about GoW2 (thanks to the media's poking and prodding of Cliffy B), the Eurogamer crew got the chance to chat with Cliffy who was more than happy to gloat about the newly reworked cover system in Gears 2 and even talked about the possibility of doing a trilogy. Click Here For More!
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Ticket to Ride XBLA details chug in
 Back in March, we learned that the train based board game Ticket to Ride was chugging its way to the XBLA thanks to an entry on German's video game ratings board website. Now, thanks to the Gamerscore Blog, we get a few more details, albeit very little. Details including confirmation that Ticket to Ride will be releasing to the XBLA sometime this Summer, will allow for five player versus over Xbox Live, four player versus locally and will have Vision camera support. We're also told that Ticket to Ride provides "hours of family-friendly fun", but we think that's too subjective of a feature to mention. Click Here For More!
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Rumor: Microsoft's 'Lips' is an Xbox accessory
 We've already blown the whistle on several new projects that may be announced at Microsoft's Gamer's Day tomorrow, with "Ninja Blade" and "Lips" being the most nebulous of the bunch. We still don't know what the former is, but 8Bit Joystick has shared a couple of thoughts on the latter matter. The site states that "Lips" is, in fact, the codename for a new Xbox peripheral, and speculates that it could be a voice input device (karaoke microphone?) or some method of in-game voice recognition. Click Here For More!
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Burnout 'Bogart' update barrels back to Live
 Unbeknownst to us Earthdwellers, a week in Paradise is like really long. 19 days after Criterion assured us that its update to an update would be released "in around a week's time" (by May 2, at least), Burnout Paradise's "Bogart" content has been reissued for Xbox 360 and freed of any totally un-paradise-like frame rate issues. The revised update will auto-download for players connected to Xbox Live. Click Here For More!
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Pitfall: The Big Adventure Announced for Wii
 You may be a sexagenarian whip-cracker, Indiana Jones, but it turns out you're not the only old-fogy adventurer making an unlikely return. Activision announced Pitfall: The Big Adventure for the Nintendo Wii on Monday, with development duties going to Edge of Reality (the developer currently working on The Incredible Hulk). Click Here For More!
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Assault Heroes 2 on XBLA this Wednesday
 In case you forgot, here's a quick reminder that Assault Heroes 2 (800 Microsoft Points) is scheduled for release this week on Xbox LIVE Arcade. What's different this time around? Enemy vehicles are now hijackable, there's a greater variety in the types of environments you'll run around in, and new weapons are thrown in for good measure. !
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Valhalla Knights 2 Announced
 In a press release sent out today announcing a partnership between Marvelous Entertainment and XSEED Games, Valhalla Knights 2 was officially announced and scheduled for a fall 2008 release. This is the first title that will be published and distributed by the newly formed partnership. Click Here For More!
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Happy Mother's Day From Squad XP
 We here at Squad XP would like to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. We know that there is not to many frequently visiting the site but if you could just pass the message on we would appreciate it. So put the controller down (the one she bought you) and go give your mom a kiss, we all know she deserves it.
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The week in Rock Band DLC: Blondie, The Clash, Sonic Youth
 Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the latest additions to the ROCK BAND™ downloadable content catalog: a three-pack of rock radio hits from the late ‘70s (Blondie’s “Hanging On The Telephone”), (The Clash’s “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)”) and early ‘90s (Sonic Youth’s “Kool Thing”). Each track will be available for $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) or $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the three-pack Click Here For More!
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WiiWare launching this Monday with 6 titles, no VC games Monday
 WiiWare launch titles: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King - 1500 Wii points
Lost Winds - 1000 Wii points
Defend Your Castle - 500 Wii points
Pop - 700 Wii points
V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack - 700 Wii points
TV Show King - 1000 Wii points Click Here For More!
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Call of Duty 5 Already Playable
 Sources tell us that the upcoming Call of Duty 5 game in development is already playable, and currently going through quality assurance.Treyarch is also said to be the developer, and the title, we're told, is set in a WWII Pacific environment and will be using Call of Duty 4's engine, the same engine on which the upcoming James Bond: Quantum of Solace movie game is being built. Click Here For More!
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Tony Hawk to take break from consoles
 Activision has revealed Tony Hawk will not be coming to consoles later this year, and will instead be taking a break from those platforms until fiscal 2010 (which starts April 2009). There will however be an exclusive Tony Hawk game coming to the DS later on in 2008, which Activision comment “utilizes new technology not yet seen on the DS“.
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Rumor: Microsoft May Debut New Xbox 360 Motion Controller Next Week
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Rumor: Beyond Good & Evil sequel in the works
 According to a post on PSLegion that outlines the latest rumors from PSM3's "Insider," Ubisoft may still release a sequel to the 2003 critically acclaimed title, Beyond Good & Evil. While the third-person adventure game was revered as a critical darling when it hit last-gen consoles and PC, the title was a commercial disaster. Within months of its release BG&E had been reduced from $50 to $20 but could never achieve the success seen by other popular Ubisoft debuts that year; Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. Click Here For More!
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Return To LotRO Free This Weekend [Lord Of The Rings Online]
 Turbine is celebrating the first anniversary of the Lord of the Rings Online as previously mentioned, and they're giving lapsed players a chance to come back and see what's changed since they bucked up and kicked the hobbit (so ashamed of myself). Between now and May 12th, players who have cancelled their account may log back in for free, spend several hours patching, and then experience the new features they've missed out on, such as... Click Here For More!
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Halo Wars designer talks controls, DLC, and more
 Australian site Gameplayer recently managed to snag a few minutes with Graeme Devine, lead designer on Halo Wars at Ensemble Studios. While there are no earth-shattering announcements to be pulled from the interview -- sorry kids, still no confirmation of playable Covenant or Flood -- there are still a few tasty bits to be gleaned. First of all, Devine reemphasizes that one of the main goals of Halo Wars is to prove that RTS games can work without a keyboard and mouse. Click Here For More!
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Midway 'modifying fatalities' for MK vs. DC
 When Midway announced that DC characters were splicing worlds with Mortal Kombat for a T-rated fighting game, we prepared our eulogy for the fatality, a staple of the MK universe that seemed to run against the DC philosophy. Not so fast, says MK series creator Ed Boon, who hints that the violent sendoffs will still be there, albeit in a tamer fashion. Click Here For More!
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Sony launches PSP headset with remote for Skype
 Sony has announced the release -- finally! -- of the PSP headset with remote control, ideal for your handheld Skype yammering. The headset is currently available at Amazon and GameStop for the MSRP of $30 and buy.com for $20. The headset was originally due out last month for $20; it launched in Japan mid-March. Click Here For More!
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Calling all Zune owners: Homebrew games are ready for play
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Home 'too ambitous,' but 'definitely' coming this Fall, Reeves says
 While confirming Home will "definitely be coming out in Autumn," SCEE president David Reeves said that " maybe we were too ambitious with the non-gaming applications within Home, getting sponsors and stuff like that." In an interview with CVG, Reeves continued to say, "I n that sense we were deserting gamers. So, we're concentrating on the gaming by launching games in Home." Click Here For More!
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