PSLS Contest: New Year, New Banners

Posted in Community, LifeStyle with tags , , , on January 1, 2009 by John VanderSchuit
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The New Year is upon us! 2009 will hopefully bring good tidings to us all, and if there’s change, we hope for the best kind.

As a part of PSLS’ entering into 2009, we are having a site banner contest. Here are the simple rules:

- The image must be 760 pixels wide X 200 pixels high @ 72 dpi

- Image must be in either jpg, gif, or png format

- Use common sense. Nothing offensive in any way please.

- Image must include the words “PlayStation LifeStyle” in some way, shape, or form

- Image must have 5-pixel-thick light-grey bottom border to fit with our wordpress theme

- Contest ends January 31st

You may submit banners to pics@playstationlifestyle.net, or you may register with our forums @ http://gaminglifestyle.net and submit your banner(s) to this thread HERE.

Prizes:

1st Place: $20 PSN Card

Runner-up: PSN Voucher for Everyday Shooter

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PS.Blog Gets New Features

Posted in Community with tags , , , , on January 7, 2009 by Chris Rah Osiris
Written by Chris Rah Osiris chrisrahosiris-48

Convenient, no?

Convenient, no?

First and foremost, we at PSLS must say that the PS.Blog is simply amazing. We love the blog and the direct interaction it allows gamers to have with SCEA. The blog has undergone a change before and will once again. This time the features are meant to make your experience on the blog more convenient and to unify the PlayStation experience. The feature that brings about more ease is the ability to see how many author replies there have been made in response to the comments on a post. This is a feature that the PS faithful have been asking for. Thanks Jeff. You will see this feature go live tomorrow morning PST. Read more »

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PAIN Gets Fixed

Posted in DLC, PSN, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , , , on January 6, 2009 by T3mpr1x
Written by T3mpr1x temprix
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All good now.

Anyone who updated their copy of PAIN to 2.53 without the Amusement Abusement Park expansion and then later bought/received the level afterwards may have found that the level in question was rendered useless, with a missing floor amongst other issues. Well, word has been received that the problem has been fixed, as it looks like SCEA is returning to business as usual now that the holidays are finally over.  If you’re one of the people who experienced the issue, simply re-download the expansion pack from your Download List on the PlayStation Store. I know I haven’t seen any of these issues, have any of you? At any rate, happy flinging to all now!

Source: PS3 Fanboy

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There Will Be A Killzone 2 Demo…

Posted in PlayStation 3 with tags , , , on January 5, 2009 by Chris Rah Osiris
Written by Chris Rah Osiris chrisrahosiris-48

You just may be paying them a visit

You just may be paying them a visit

This is not news to many. The real news is that the demo will not be available until after the game is released. Gamestop will have a demo for those that pre-order the title. I pre-ordered from Amazon and will be forced to wait for the game to be released before I get another taste of the amazing title. Demo lovers should rush to the nearest Gamestop if they would like to try out what Killzone 2 has for all of us.

PS3 Fanboy

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Trophy Guide - Crash Commando

Posted in Trophies with tags , on January 5, 2009 by Phoenix8387
Written by Phoenix8387 phoenix8387
CRASH COMMANDO

CRASH COMMANDO

Crash Commando is the first game created by Swedish developer EPOS Game Studios.  You can think of Crash Commandos as a mix of Bionic Commando and Warhawk.  The game looks and plays much like Bionic Commando, but the core of the game is the fast paced action similar to Warhawk.  The game includes eight primary weapons, two of which are not selectable from the loadout screen, two side arms and three types of explosives.  The game also comes with two vehicles, both having their own unique strengths and weaknesses.

The Trophies for Crash Commando are quite well done.  While they are are geared more towards multiplayer, many of the Trophies can actually be earned by just playing single player, Including those involving ranking.  Crash Commando is a multiplayer game at heart and it truly shows when you take the game online and experience how much fun it truly is.

FIRST MISSION (Bronze): Play an Objectives mission online for the first time.
- Objective Matches can only be played in Multiplayer and cannot have bots.  You can create one yourself or you can join one if available.  As soon as you join you’ll get this, meaning you don’t have to actually finish the game.
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CES is back January 8th-11th

Posted in Blu-Ray, Event Coverage, PSP, PlayStation 3 with tags , , on January 4, 2009 by whoelse
Written by whoelse whoelse01-48
CES 09

CES 09

The Consumer Electronics Show is back this year so expect a few announcements from the major companies including Sony and Microsoft. For the game industry it’s less of a major event than E3 or Leipzig but there may be some interesting gaming news that will evolve out of Las Vegas. Last year we heard about Skype coming to the PSP, a cool feature that allows you to put a copy of a Blu-ray movie from your PS3 onto the PSP (which we are still waiting for) and of course Warner brothers effectively ending the HD format war by exclusively backing Blu-ray.

We don’t know what to expect to hear this year but Skype coming to the PS3 is a possibility amongst other things.

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This Week’s Blu-Cast

Posted in Blu-Cast, Blu-Ray with tags , , , , , , , , on January 4, 2009 by Chris Rah Osiris
Written by Chris Rah Osiris chrisrahosiris-48

Hop on the Blu-Train

Hop on the Blu-Train

The holiday season has wrapped up and the studios have decided to deliver several releases the first Tuesday of 09. This week has a nice selection of imports and some classics. That is without mentioning the new releases that will be making their home theater debut this week as well. The Last Emporer and Caligula will certainly be titles that movie enthusiasts will pick up this week. The Last Emporer is an amazing movie. I cannot imagine how amazing this movie will look on Blu. The last time I watched the movie I was 11 and it was on VHS. (It has been a long time coming).

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Trophy Guide - LittleBigPlanet: Metal Gear Solid Level Pack

Posted in Trophies with tags , , , on January 3, 2009 by Phoenix8387
Written by Phoenix8387 phoenix8387
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LittleBigPlanet: Metal Gear Solid Level Pack

In what could only be called as one of the greatest mashups of two completely different genres of games, the Metal Gear Solid Level Pack for LittleBigPlanet has expanded the game we love to something even more.  Adding new trophies, new levels and most importantly a special powerup, the Paintinator.  The Metal Gear Solid Level Pack is worth the price of admission.  Not only is the Level Pack enjoyable for MGS fans but also for non MGS fans as you attempt to destroy the Trophy Level Machine that Liquid Ocelot has built.

QuickFire Artiste (Bronze): Fire 40 paintballs in under 5 seconds
- You can get this as soon as you get your first paintball gun.  Get the controller into a comfortable position so that you can quickly tap the R1 button.  Don’t aim at anything, just shoot.  Keep shooting until you get it.
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Hey Free Radical…we still believe in you

Posted in Community, PSN, PlayStation 3, Review with tags , , , , , on January 3, 2009 by John VanderSchuit
Written by John linuxgurulifestyle3-48

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This posting of my review of Haze I wrote earlier in 2008 is in honor of a studio that brought us a beloved franchise (Timesplitters) and is, unfortunately, under a little pressure lately. Free Radical in no way deserves to be left out in the cold, and we sincerely hope that some investors step forward…soon.

INTRODUCTION

My first review for PlayStation LifeStyle was for a game that unfortunately seemed to be receiving a lot of bad judgment from the mainstream media and review system. I am here, now, to present to you my review that is free from advertising dollar influence, uneducated opinions and presumptions, or game-to-game comparisons. This game is its own, and therefore deserves to be played and reviewed as such.

Haze, developed by Free Radical, under the publishing might of Ubisoft (purveyors of the critically-acclaimed Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six franchises), made its debut into a market that is inundated with shooters. Third-person shooters, first-person shooters, squad-shooters, tactical-shooters, RPG Tactical Squad shooters…you name it, it’s been done. I chose Haze as my first review subject here at PlayStation LifeStyle, so as to show you readers out there exactly what approaching a single game without any preconceived notions can do for your overall experience.

So many of us live our gaming lives by absorbing the views and opinions of others, transforming them into our own. Unfortunately, doing so robs you of any possible real opinions of any given game because with the opinions of others ingrained into your mind, you already have marked several strikes against said game, whether you know it or not.

So without further ado, and with an open mind, I present the following.

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How Amazon has Impacted My Retail Experience

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , on January 2, 2009 by Chris Rah Osiris
Written by Chris Rah Osiris chrisrahosiris-48

It has changed EVERYTHING

It has changed EVERYTHING

How Amazon has Impacted My Retail Experience.

Amazon is easily my favorite online retailer. Actually, Amazon is my favorite retailer PERIOD. It all started one day after I walked into a Gamestop. I saw the Blu-Ray offerings that were available and proceeded to purchase them at full retail price. (This was during the HD Format Wars mind you). I was a little disappointed by the price, but…I had nothing better to do with my Gamestop gift card. I took home Underworld: Evolution and The Fifth Element. I watched these movies on a SDTV, but I didn’t care. I was purchasing the future of HD entertainment and I would have an HDTV soon enough to watch the movies on.

My Blu-Ray collection did not grow over night. I simply could not afford to pay the prices that Best Buy, Circuit City, and the like were charging prices that I did not want to play. One day I came across Blu-Ray.com and my gaming experience changed for all time. Not only was there a thread about the buy one get one free sale that was going on for Blu-Ray titles, but there was something called Amazon Prime being discussed. I rarely purchased items off of the Internet at the time because I hated paying the shipping fees or waiting an eternity for the free shipping. Amazon Prime changed all of that.

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PixelJunk Eden patch coming second week on January?

Posted in Developer / Publisher Commentary, PSN with tags , , , on January 2, 2009 by whoelse
Written by whoelse whoelse01-48
Come back to an easier Garden of Eden

Come back to an easier Garden of Eden

In the comments section in a ‘Happy New Year’ PlayStation.Blog post, Dylan Cuthbert, who is behind the PixelJunk Eden series, proclaimed that the already announced patch should arrive “Around the second week or so of January”. In the patch “(among other things) the large crystals replenish a whole half of your oscillator meter instead of a third.” This patch is designed to make Eden easier which is well known to be very frustrating amongst a number of gamers. Hopefully this will make PSN users a lot more satisfied with the title.

Source: PlayStation.Blog

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Aquanauts Holiday Review [PS3 IMPORT]

Posted in PlayStation 3, Review with tags , , , on December 30, 2008 by sev1512
Written by Sev1512 sev1512-48
Aquanauts Holiday Import Review

Aquanaut's Holiday Import Review (Chinese/English Ver.)

The ocean covers roughly 3/4 of the planet.  When I think of the ocean, I think of beauty, unimaginable size and depth. Aquanaut’s Holiday does an amazing job at bringing the beauty and unimaginable size and depth to your PlayStation 3 and HDTV.

Being someone who has always been intrigued by the ocean and all its wonders, this game had me interested at the first glimpse.  For any of you who have watched Blue Planet, or any educational program on the ocean and enjoyed it, you will be absolutely delighted with this game.

A scary as this giant squid is it's actually running away from a whale

A scary as this giant squid is it's actually running away from a whale

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Will Sony Ever Release a US PSP TV-Tuner?

Posted in PlayStation 3 on December 30, 2008 by devonthedude
Written by devonthedude devonthedude-48
Please Sony, Please!
Please Sony, Please!

I don’t know about you but when I was a kid I remember seeing the Sega Game Gear TV tuner and thought of how cool it would be to watch tv at school. Well those were the times when game accessories were incredibly expensive, I remember the accessory costing ~$75 (in the early 90’s), well out of the price range of a child in elementary school. When I heard about about a year ago that the PSP was receiving it’s own TV tuner called the 1SEG, I jumped for joy, then the news set in that it was exclusively for Japanese PSP units.

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PlayStation LifeStyle Predictions for 2009

Posted in LifeStyle, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , on December 30, 2008 by enewtabie
Written by Enewtabie enewtabie-48

We belong together

We belong together

The new year is fast approaching and as we put 2008 behind us, I thought I would take the time to ask a few fellow contributors for some predictions for the upcoming year.  Sony has made some significant strides this year and we can only guess what is waiting for us.

Let us know what you think will happen in 2009 or what you expect to happen.  Interesting times are ahead.

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Killzone 2 Demo coming in February?

Posted in PSN, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , on December 29, 2008 by enewtabie
Written by Enewtabie enewtabie-48
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According to Ebgames’ page on Killzone 2, there will be a demo available to customers who pre-order the game.  This is the first mention of any kind of demo being available for the beautiful first person shooter available at the end of February;  claimed by many sites as the best looking game to ever grace a console.

The pre-order code will have to be redeemed via the PSN and emails will be sent out around Feb 3rd to online customers. In-store pre orders will receive a card with the code on it.  Does this mean that the demo will be available to all or even on Qore?  Sounds exciting!

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