ZEN Pinball packs in a lot of silver-ball excitement with four great tables, a lot of nifty gimmicks, first-rate physics, and some innovative multiplayer gameplay. With a variety of in-game missions, head-to-head online multiplayer bouts and multi-day worldwide tournaments, Zen Pinball offers the ultimate arcade experience for both casual gamers and pinball enthusiasts alike. There are six silver and 14 bronze trophies to collect, including the ones included in the DLC packs.
We’re introducing a new feature to XTREME PS3, and boost user interaction. From now on user activity on XTREME PS3 will earn you XP points, which can then be redeemed for prizes and goodies. Prizes include PSN Credit, PSP and PS3 games, and accessories. The XP point system is already in place, so start earning now. You can consult the XP Rewards Scheme page for details on how to earn and what you can get. You can check your current points on the side bar.
Looking forward to Gran Turismo PSP in October? Pre-order your copy now and Sony will send you a voucher for one exclusive car, redeemable on the PlayStation Store. Your choices are the 2002 Ferrari Enzo Ferrari in Giallo Modena yellow, the iconic 1974 Lamborghini Countach LP400 – in Arancio Orange, the 2009 Nissan GT-R Spec V in metallic blue or the 2008 Citroen GTbyCitroen.
The VidZone Music Video Application has hit a major milestone this week. The application, which is available to a select number of countries in Europe, has been downloaded over 1 million times and over 100 million videos have been streamed. What is even more impressive is that these figures have been reached in just under 8 weeks since launch. If you haven’t downloaded the application yet, head over to the PlayStation Store on your PS3.
Episode 15 of Qore is out tomorrow and will feature some highly anticipated PS3 titles. Veronica Belmont heads to Seattle to get the 411 on Zipper Interactive’s MAG. You can also expect coverage on Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Tekken 6 and Katamari Forever. Episode 15 also includes a exclusive Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 XMB Theme and a new Rune Raider level pack in the Qore Arcade.
Delivering all the exciting, athletic, skilful and technical elements of the sport, the game’s comprehensive Ashes mode features all five Tests played out at carefully detailed recreations of each authentic venue.
If you have a dead or non working Blu-ray drive here is a tutorial to help you replace your Blu-ray drives lens yourself from another working Blu-ray drive or just purchasing the entire part needed (KEM-400AAA).
Video:
Please note that if you have warranty or a store receipt return/call Sony and they should be able to do it for free. But if your out of warranty or don’t have any on your PS3 (for any devilsh reason), you can easily fix your PS3. (Sony charges about $150 to do it).
1) Open the top cover of the PS3.
2) Pull out the power plug for the Blu-ray drive.
3) Carefully pull up the Blu-ray drive and unclip the data cable ribbon from PS3 drive.
4) Remove the two silver screws on top right and bottom right according to the picture (screwdriver is pointing at them)
5) Unsrew the 3 black screws to the left as well (screwdriver pointing)
6) Remove the top metal sheilding of the Blu-ray drive, exposing the guts.
7) Remove the top frame now that we are inside to reveal the laser (unscrew the screws)
8) Once that is done you should be staring at the Blu-ray laser.
9) Remove the Blu-ray lens screws
10) More screws to remove (screwdriver pointing)
11) There you go after removing all those screws the laser should easily come out, simply repeat the process for another working Blu-ray drive and extract its Blu-ray lens or just simply buy a replacement part (part #kem-400aaa) and insert it in the Blu-ray drive and start rescrewing.
Hope this can help those unfortuante with a dead bluray drive and no warranty.
Rumors of the PlayStation 3 Slim are coming even faster now, suggesting something is definitely brewing at Sony. The internet is alight with rumours of a planned €100 (£85) price cut on Sony’s current 80GB PS3 model across Europe to be announced at the same time at the launch of a new PS3 Slim at Germany’s GamesCon event on 18 August. The rumours follow the news that Sony is informing Japanese retailers that the 80GB PS3 model will not be shipping after 8 August.
Psyonix Studios announced today that Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, the action-packed game with the insanely long name, has received a free update that is now available for download. The update includes improved network performance, a host of new replay features and friend matching, 14 new vehicle skins and two brand-new arenas, bringing the total number of Battle-Car arenas from four to six.
The PlayStation 3 Slim image and product entry has appeared on Amazon Germany’s website. The console is selling for €449 and features a previously unseen photo of the console (probably photoshopped). The entry in Amazon isn’t official either, its a third-party seller and states “2 used from €449.99. What makes this entry even more suspicious is the second product image, which is actually one of the leaked photos from a while back.
