Earlier today, SCEE announced several news games coming to the PSP this year. The new games including LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm, previously only available on PlayStation 3, will be coming to PSP this year. These are just the start of a stellar line-up of games coming to PSP this year, according to Sony’s press release, which claims that 2009 will be the biggest year for PSP to date.
As of PS3 Firmware 2.10, the PlayStation 3 supports the playback of VC-1 (WMV) encoded files. In order to play VC-1 content, WMV playback must be enabled by going to [Settings] > [System Settings] > [Enable WMA Playback]. Videos encoded using VC-1 larger than 2GB or with copy protection cannot be played on the PlayStation 3.
Go!Messenger, the PSP messaging service powered by BT will be shutting down soon. According to SCEE, the service isn’t popular enough to continue. “Although Go!Messenger brought innovative communications features to the PSP community, the service has not developed the base of users that we
were hoping for. We’d like to thank all fans of Go!Messenger and are sorry to have to make this announcement.” The service, while allows gamers in Europe to send videos, voice messages and text message, will be discontinued on March 31st.
Droplitz is a puzzle game where you must turn dials in order to get the Droplitz into collector bins.
Experience first-hand what it’s like to “Fight for Every Yard” in Madden NFL 10. With the all-new Pro-Tak animation technology, players have more control over the outcome of each play.
“Ride the Lightning” with musical icons Metallica and over 20 other rocking acts in an all new Guitar Hero experience — Guitar Hero: Metallica.
This week’s PlayStation Store update is a large one for both Europe and the US. Noby Noby Noby is now available to purchase from both stores and Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix is finally available on the European Store. New game add-on content is also available for several games including LittleBigPlanet, Naruto, Burnout Paradise, Rock Band and Guitar Hero: World Tour. The US Store also had two new playable demos: Afro Samurai and Zuma. Check out the complete list for both stores below.
European Additions:
US Additions:
In Noby Noby Boy, the wormlike Boy stretches around and swallows everything in his world to help him expand. Start on Earth and explore the galaxy with the help of all the other Boys playing online!
In Flock, players take control of an alien UFO that is tasked with herding animals to its mothership through a variety of interactive levels.
A member of the GameTrailers forum has revealed some of the (rumored) features of upcoming PlayStation 3 Firmware, version 2.70. The member, who claims to have a friend who works for the R&D department at Sony, revealed a number of changes including changes to the gamer card layout, faster retrieval of trophy information and gamer cards, quicker XMB loading times and more. The list includes a number of significant changes gamers will be please to see, however, the list has not been officially confirmed, and so it falls under the rumor category for now.
Changes include:
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