Sony is planning to close down more first-party and second-party game servers, with a number of franchises affected. Starting August 31st, Sony will shot the The Eye of Judgment: Legends servers, stripping the game’s online features.
Sony has expanded the “Greatest Hits” library on the PlayStation 3 this week, adding 7 new titles to the list. There are now over 40 Greatest Hits titles available, which can be found at retailers in U.S. and Canada for only $29.99 (MSRP). New additions to the library include MAG, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift and TEKKEN 6.
If you have a 3D TV, you will be happy to know that MotorStorm 3D Rift hits the PlayStation Store next week in stereoscopic 3D. MotorStorm 3D Rift lets you experience 10 MotorStorm Pacific Rift tracks in stunning 3D and features a selection of festival-favourite off-road vehicles: Bikes, Buggies, Racing Trucks and Monster Trucks.
A group of hackers over at the haxnetwork are claiming that they have successfully discovered a method that will allow you to boot back-up copies of PS3 Blu-Ray games using MotorStorm. Whether or not the exploit actually work remains to be seen. Naturally, Sony won’t be too happy to see their un-hackable console finally being exploited to run illegal copies of games.
PlayStation Home has been updated with a brand-new 10-screen layout, a new lobby, and the ability to unlock rewards in select screening rooms. Exclusive new videos will be shown off in the new theater as well as the possibility of full length TV shows and movies in the future. In addition, there is a new game space for Burn Zombie Burn featuring a mini-game and exclusive rewards.
Evolution Studios has a big surprise for MotorStorm fans over the next eight weeks, starting from tomorrow. Free downloadable packs will be released every week for the next eight weeks via the PlayStation Store. Each pack features new paint jobs for three vehicles, and the full set will give MotorStorm: Pacific Rift players a cutting-edge new look for every single vehicle class in the game: Mudpluggers, Quad Bikes, Monster Trucks, Rally Cars and more. Each of the packs have been designed by one of Evolution’s top studio artists and the result is a collection of some of the craziest and out-there vehicle sprays ever seen in a racing game!
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift has received its second major update, adding several new features to the game. The upload is over 400MB in size dispite such a small increase in the version number. The update adds 40 unique Microbadges for every player to collect, brand new selection of ranked races and more (details below). You can update your copy of the game by booting up MotorStorm.
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift features 50 unlocable trophies. With 40 bronze trophies, six silver, three gold and a platinum trophy, you can expect hours of gameplay to unlock them all. Plus, there are 16 more trophies in the DLC packs. Some of the trophies involve online play, which isn’t too difficult, but it depends on if you are playing against easy opponents.
