The PlayStation University has discovered that the memory used by the PS3’s operating system has reduced from 120MB to 50MB. This upgrade that Sony implemented via the firmware updates means that an additional 70MB worth of memory has been freed up for developers to utilise.
Domain name watchers have noticed that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has snapped up the domain name for MotorStorm 3, which has triggered speculation that the third title in the popular racing series is in development.
God of War III director Stig Asmussen revealed that the sex mini-game featured in the first two God of War games where Kratos was able to go through a series of quick time events in order to complete a sex sequence with two topless beauties was almost scrapped in the third game.
The upcoming racing title named Blur being developed by Bizarre Creations is being built on the Xbox 360 as its lead platform. However, the team assures gamers that the PS3 port won’t be plagued with issues, the likes of which were seen with SEGA’s recent Bayonetta release.
In a positive spin over Valve’s controversial stance of publically refusing to support the PlayStation platform, calling PS3 development as difficult and complex, the studio has now taken a u-turn and hinted at providing future PS3 software support.
In a press release today, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced that it had acquired leading game developer Media Molecule, creator of the multi-million selling and multi-award winning PlayStation 3 exclusive title, LittleBigPlanet. Media Molecule will join as part of SCEs global development operation, SCE Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS).
While the upcoming Splinter Cell: Conviction is exclusive to the PC and Xbox 360, Ubisoft Montreal’s Creative Director Max Beland told Edge that the next instalment in the series could “be a PS3 exclusive if there’s a deal that makes people happy there”.
It’s the beginning of March and we’ve been treated to a huge selection of titles to buy or rent on the UK PlayStation Store. A total of 26 titles are up for keeps including Stan Helsing, the action-packed hit The Bourne Ultimatum, and the stomach churning Saw III: Extreme Edition. Alternatively, there are 18 titles available for rent including Push and Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball.
The Heavy Rain glitches caused by the patch we reported last week are having some unusual consequences in the game. Kotaku reports a glitch one gamer experienced in which Madison Paige was completely in the buff. We have a clip and description of the glitch below for your viewing pleasure but be warned that the clip is NOT SAFE FOR WORK and contains SPOILERS.
Its safe for you to boot up your PS3 today and resume using it as normal. Sony’s fix for yesterday’s problems were to simply wait until March 2nd 2010, so the PS3 thinks its the March 1st. Sony’s original statement indicated that a patch would be released to resolve the issue, but it seems Sony were simply stalling, “We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours.”
