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Friday, December 24th, 2010PlayStation Move Lets you Control the XMB Minority Report Style
Friday, March 26th, 2010Last night, the PlayStation Blog held a PAX East meet-up for anyone in the Boston area to attend. 300+ rabid PlayStation fans showed up for hands-on time with the PlayStation Move. At the event there was 5 PlayStation Move demo kiosks set up for people to try out the upcoming PS3 motion controller and some [...]
New XMB Concept is Sleek, Clean, and Fantastic [UPDATE]
Sunday, March 14th, 2010The XMB gets generally positive feedback from the PlayStation community. Having said that, though, there are some features that many gamers would like included. There have been many XMB concepts, including new features, and these latest ones look like the sleekest and cleanest yet.
PS3 Reduces OS Footprint By More Than Half
Friday, December 18th, 2009The PlayStation 3 has been long criticized for its bloated Operating System memory footprint. At its initial launch, over three years ago, Sony had reserved 120MBs, spread across the XDR and DDR Ram. In comparison, Microsoft and their Xbox 360 have given game developers ample amounts of memory to work with. Slowly but surely, Sony [...]
PS3 Firmware Update 3.10 Now Live
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Firmware Update 3.10 was recently announced for the PlayStation 3, including improved social network connectivity and general interface improvements. The system update for the console is now live.
Firmware 3.10 Detailed, Includes Facebook Access
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009It turns out those leaked shots of a supposed new firmware for our beloved PlayStation 3 consoles were real. Firmware 3.10 has officially been announced, and includes some nice social networking functionality as well as general UI improvements.
PS3 Firmware 3.0: Hands On With BBC iPlayer
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009BBC iPlayer is a video streaming and downloading service that allows UK citizens to watch BBC shows online a mere 1 hour after it has shown on television for up to 7 days as well as having the ‘Series Stacking’ feature which allows viewers to watch previous programmes from selected series until the series has ended, with a limit of up to thirteen weeks after first broadcast. While the service came under heavy criticism, with the development costing well over £6million and with running costs estimated to be as high as £830 million, BBC iPlayer has become a highly requested feature among UK gamers.
First Animated PS3 Theme Available Now
Monday, August 31st, 2009PS3′s new firmware 3.0 has totally changed the way the XMB looks. One of the touted new features is animated themes, but at first glance none are available. Keep looking as there is one available as of right now.
PS3 Gets New Boot-Up Screen
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009The PS3 Slim hit some retailers today, and now a video has surfaced showing a new boot-up screen. Now when you turn on your PS3 you will be greated with the new logo.
SCEA Responds to Rumors of NXE-Style Overhaul
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009One of the rumors for Firmware 3.0 is that the PlayStation Network will be receiving a New Xbox Experience overhaul, similar to what the Xbox 360 had gotten in November of 2008. Eric Lampel, director of network operations of SCEA, now has an official response to this rumor.
XMB Game Invite Feature Discoverd
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009Sony seems to have slipped a feature into the XMB that has gone largely unnoticed. Certain PlayStation 3 titles such as Red Alert 3 and Resident Evil 5 support online game invites. This feature is available in the when you pull up a user profile.
PSLS Retrospective – Birth of the XMB
Monday, May 4th, 2009On December 13, 2003 the PSX was released in Japan. The PSX was essentially a Sony DVR with a PS2, and PSOne built right in. It also boasted some serious specs (for 2003), supported many file formats, had up to a 450GB HDD, and came equipped with photo, audio, and video editing software.
Possible Future For The XMB?
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Written by BigPete7978 This is by no means an official announcement from Sony or anything to that nature. But it doesn’t mean that it isn’t one hell of an idea from a friend of mine that has been working on this idea for quite some time. His name is Azuske, and the idea is relatively [...]
Firmware 2.41 brings (hidden) enhancements
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Along with the major enhancement – you know, the one that prevents your PS3 from bricking – PS3 Firmware 2.41 also includes some other minor enhancements. I haven’t been home to download the new firmware today, so this reporting is based on many other people’s reports. I just wanted to put it together in one place.
Possible “Leaked” Trophy Screen?
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008I am not sure about the authenticity of this one. But it looks rather convincing. PS3Fanboy has just released this “leaked” image which was submitted to their tips box, by a tipster going by the name “The Patriots” (angled perspective adjusted by Mc Fadge) The trophies look strikingly similar to the trophy image from the [...]
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