The GT Academy 2010 kicks off this week with the release of the Gran Turismo 5 Time Trial. After the success of GT Academy 2009, Nissan and PlayStation decided to team up again for GT Academy 2010, in the hopes of finding real racing talent from Gran Turismo fans. The online section of the game will run from 17 December until 24 January with national finals following soon afterwards. The GT Academy itself takes place from 26 February until 3 March.
Sony has done a great job in reducing the size and cost of the PlayStation 3. But did you know that Sony was thinking of making the PS3 Slim even smaller? Namely, replacing the hard drive with an alternative. One solution was replacing the hard drive with flash memory, which would not only reduce the size of the console, it would also noise and running costs.
The long awaited Pirates of the Caribbean DLC for LittleBigPlanet will be available on to download from December 22nd on the PlayStation Store. There are two different packs available, a premium Costume Pack and massive Level Kit. In the Pirates of the Caribbean Costume pack, you can dress up your Sackboy as one of the many characters in the movie including, Sack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Barbossa, Davy Jones and Tia Dalma.
If you missed the Spike Video Game Awards 2009 over the weekend, fear not. We have the list of winners and nominees below. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was the biggest winner for 2009, getting awards for Game of the Year, Best Graphics and Best PS3 Game, beating games like inFamous, Killzone 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 did pick up an award for best shooter, however.
Just when you were recovering from the awesomeness that was Batman: Arkham Asylum, it has been announced that a sequel is on the way in 2010. Rocksteady are bringing the Dark Knight back to our consoles and if it is anything like what we experienced this year with the original then we are in for a treat. Oh and the Joker is back too, looking crazier than ever! Arkham has moved folks, check out the announcement trailer below.
As promised by Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling, Modern Warfare 2 patch v1.06 is now available to download. While the patch fixes a whole bunch of glitches and bugs, there are still many unfixed issues in the game. Two of the biggest bugs, commonly called the “javelin glitch” and the “care package glitch”, are fixed with this latest patch.
On Tuesday, SCEA and a number of their publishing partners (2K, Capcom, EA, SEGA, and Square-Enix) filled a SoHo art gallery with many of the best games you’ll be playing in early 2010. Before things kicked off, Sony Santa Monica Studios’ Director of Development John Hight showed off a brand new scene from God of War III. Unfortunately, Sony won’t be making the video public until January. In the mean time, check out the update video below.
The MAG Beta is now over, after running for the past few months. With the end of the Beta, the only thing left to look forward to is the launch of the game on January 26th 2010. The official box art for North America has been revealed (see below) as well as some statistics from the beta. In short, over 42,000 matches were played during the beta test. Between November 9th and December 5th, over 65,000 players logged on, making almost 18 million kills. See the full statistics below.
The latest patch for SOCOM: Confrontation contains a massive amount of new content and features, and is completely free to download. Patch v1.60 adds The Dutch KCT and Italian COMSUBIN Special Forces teams, two new primary weapons for the new Special Force teams above and four new weapons including the 9mm Sub Machine Gun, M82A1A, AK-74 and SR-25. In addition to the new characters and weapons, the team has also added 100% Random Medleys to the patch update.
Sony has revealed exclusive pre-orders items for Darksiders in the UK, which include PlayStation Home outfits, in-game weapons, comic book and more. The War costume, worn by the horseman in the game, will be exclusive with pre-orders from Play.com. Another PlayStation Home item, the Ruin mask, is exclusive with pre-orders from Amazon.
