I’ve been getting some e-mails and IMs about music games, especially way back when I did my review for Guitar Hero: Van Halen, about which series I prefer and which instruments. Another common question is the best price to get for them. With Rock Band 3
Archive for category PS3
PS3 Firmware 3.41 Released
Jul 27
Just now added to the PS3 was Firmware 3.41 which adds “Recommendations” to the Playstation Store. It will base these on what other people are buying combined with ratings. Kudos to Sony for what seems to be a reaction to the Destination Arcade. I tried checking it out for myself and it seems that it has not quite been implemented yet, maybe in time for the Tuesday update? Word is that a PSP firmware is due as well with more security stuff.
SingStar doesn’t seem to get a lot of love on other sites so I figured I’d post a little info that may help some people out. SingStar has finally received the 4.4 update that was supposed to be released back in June. It adds Online Battles to play online against friends, Vibrato detection, and the best feature (in my opinion) is the addition of creating SingStar Remote playlists via the PSP. The Community updates are listed after the break.
The new 2.0 patch/update as well as the latest DLC is out for Fat Princess that adds local multiplayer and some extra classes like Ninjas and Pirates. It is 161 MB and I am currently downloading it to see what it is like. Hopefully this doesn’t turn out like Smash Cars and the multiplayer isn’t just for the DLC owners. Will post again after some time spent with it.
UPDATE: The local multiplayer is there, but you wouldn’t know it. You have to start an online game like any other (do not do “play with friends”) and then the 3 other players can join by pressing start. Sadly, if you do not have the DLC expect LOTS of messages telling you to buy it. VERY annoying.
I just recently saw that there was a firmware update for the PSP which I just assumed went with the PS3 update that also went live today, but I found something interesting: When updating I was told that there were new game sorting categories and when I checked them out I saw a listing for NEO GEO and another for PC Engine. Could this mean that the much rumored addition of these system’s games being added to the PSN Store? I know Japan already has them so maybe it’s just a matter of time before they are here in the US. As long as they aren’t overpriced (I’m looking at your Wii Virtual Console!) this could be cool.
New eBay Auctions Posted
Jun 14
I just put up over 80 auctions on eBay that includes tons of DVDs and some video games. I will be posting more stuff throughout the week so keep checking up. I also updated my No More Heroes 2 Review to include a link to the eBay auction for it.
It was announced that after quite the delay that the PSN game Smash Cars will be getting both some add on content and some bug fixes. This comes shortly after my review was posted and I felt that the game needed more content. Also of note is they will be adding 2 player local split screen play.
UPDATE: The patch and the update have gone live with today’s PlayStation Store update. I will be checking it out as soon as possible and posting my impressions shortly after. Anyone else tried it yet?
UPDATE 2: So the patch was only for the multiplayer issues and the local split screen multiplayer is exclusive to the DLC. I tried to play online games and never found a single one, and I have yet to purchase the DLC to try the split screen.
What is Brainpipe you ask? Well, according to the description on the PSN Store it is “a unique gaming experience where the ultimate objective is to transcend humanity.” How do you do this you ask? By “navigating the tunnels of your mind, exercising your hand-eye coordination while relishing in the funkadelic sights and sounds of your inner self." Um, yeah, what?
PSP Minis haven’t been given a whole lot of love by me, at least not in my reviews, so I’m going to kick off the latest Indie Games Wednesday with a couple Minis reviews. First up is Bloons which many of you may have played already since it’s everywhere: Flash game sites all over the internet, iphone, DSi, WiiWare. I have only played the PSP Mini version so that is the version I am reviewing right now.
PSN Review: Smash Cars
May 17
Smash Cars is a game on Sony’s PSN downloadable game service that brings some fun arcade style racing in the form of RC Cars that seems to borrow quite a bit from Nintendo’s ExciteTruck. In the case of this game though, that’s not a bad thing.
