High Velocity Bowling is a PSN title, which uses the PlayStation 3’s SIXAXIS motion controller for virtual bowling. The player has to go through every level to unlock all of the 10 playable characters and all of the 10 lanes. Each level has 3 challenges to complete. These challenges can be tournaments, matches or trick shots, where the objective is to get a strike while following a certain road. The are 12 unlockable trophies, all of which revolve around online play.
SOCOM: Confrontation is now available to purchase but for you "trophy whores" out there, you will be disappointed. The game does not feature trophies as originally suggested, rather according to Jeff Rubenstein, trophies will be added to the game "via a patch, within the next couple of weeks." The SOCOM team have confirmed that trophies will be coming soon, but no release date has been given.
There was also no mention if the trophy system will be retroactive. Any criteria you may have already achieved to unlock a trophy will need to be done again once the trophy update goes live. The official comment from Rubenstein follows:
"We’ve noticed a couple of comments today on the blog from gamers who purchased SOCOM Confrontation; you’ve been asking ‘Where are the trophies?’
Well, I just wrapped up a conversation with the SOCOM team, where they’ve confirmed the fact that trophies *will* be coming, via a patch, within the next couple of weeks."
High Velocity Bowling is to get a free patch today adding lots of new features and improvements. Among the new features is trophy support, with 12 trophies to unlock. The update also adds voice chat to online head-to-head games, weekly leaderboards, in-game music playback, more trick shots, new ball bags and more. Check out the trophy list below.
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Head-to-head play, voice chat communication, and weekly online leaderboard:
Voice communication, friend list support and online leaderboards will be added in the new update. You will now be able to play with your friends online AND be able to chat with them using a PS3 headset or microphone. Feel free to chat and talk smack after comparing your stats and rankings on the online leaderboards that will be updated weekly.
Playlist with improved audio:
You can access the XMB while in-game for your own custom soundtracks, with support for playlists. Now with the new XMB custom music feature, you can bowl while listening to a mix of Beethoven, Frank Zappa, Britney Spears, Weird Al Yankovic, Gregorian Chants and Nirvana! And with the improved audio options, you?ll be able to crank up your tunes, character voices, and ambient sounds, OR turn them off altogether!
More trick shots:
The update adds two new challenges, and additional trick shots will be created for download in the future. These challenges will not only help you earn patches that you missed out on during your normal gameplay, but get you more stars for the leaderboards!
New ball bags:
There is a new and more realistic Ball Bag system in HVB. You can only bring four balls with you onto the lane in each bag, so you?ll have to choose wisely. You can name and save up to 24 different ball bags so you don?t have to individually choose four balls every time that you want to play. Be sure to mix and match so that there are some good hooking balls and some good straight rollers in your bag. This way, you?ll be prepared for any oil pattern or pin leave!
BioShock is a narrative-driven action experience that allows players to do the impossible as they journey through an amazing, immersive and terrifying world. Caught between powerful forces and hunted down by genetically mutated citizens, the player will come to grips with the mysterious and fascinating world of Rapture, a distinct Art Deco underwater utopia gone mad.
After yesterdays PlayStation Network downtime, Firmware 2.50 for the PlayStation 3 is now available to download. Amount the new features we noted in our previous article, including in-game screenshot support and improved trophy interface, a few new features have also been released in the update. This includes DivX Video on Demand (VOD) and Adove Flash Player 9. You can update your console using the Network Update feature from the [Settings] Menu. See below for the full changelog.
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Changelog:
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The new PlayStation Portable firmware is now available to download. Firmware 5.00 adds PlayStation Store access directly from the PSP, allowing you to purchase and download games and other content. The update also adds the redesigned XMB interface, a new sleep times to the [Music] menu and PSN Account Management options. You can update your PSP using the Network Update feature from the PSP [Settings] menu.
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A short one minute of the new PSP PlayStation Store has been uploaded on to the PlayStation.Blog. Grace Chen shows off the basic look and feel of the native PSP PSN Store and what you can expect to access. According to a forum post on the SCEE PlayStation Forums, the new PSP and PS3 firmware updates will be released tomorrow. See below for the video and a updated list of new features.
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With the North American release of Saints Row 2 today, we were eager to try the game out. After popping in the disc, were surprised to see a patch already available for the game. Patch v1.10 is 33MB in size but unfortunately trophy support is not included.
