Archive for November 12th, 2007
November 12, 2007
A Sony CSR admitted to a caller that dust should not void a Playstation 3\’s warranty. The caller asked if there was any clause in the warranty that if the PS3 is too dusty that the warranty is void. To which the Sony CSR replied \”No.\” The only way you can void your warranty according to the CSR is if: it was neglected, abused, dropped, \”modificated\”, if you didn\’t have your receipt, any power failures like mother nature or anything like that.
November 12, 2007
Sony\’s CEO Howard Stringer has been criticized for admitting weakness and that the Blu-Ray Vs HD DVD war was at a \”stalemate\”. Sony CEO also said winning the war is more about prestige than whose format wins out. \”[Winning] doesn\’t mean as much as all that,\” he said. He didn\’t stop there either. He went on to say he believes his company had an opportunity to unite HD-DVD under one format before he became CEO, and he wishes he had a time machine to travel back and make that happen. People are asking whether Stringer has dug Blu-Ray\’s own grave.
November 12, 2007
And the rumor just won\’t die down. A blog is reporting that someone on the \’inside\’ has told them that BioShock is labelled for a Spring 2008 release on the PS3 and hs always been on the cards, it was just a matter of waiting for the timed exclusivity to expire.
November 12, 2007
Epic\’s Mark Rein has revealed that there is some doubt as to whether Unreal Tournament 3 will make it out this year on the PS3 due to the certification process taking longer in Europe than in other regions. However, he did not completely rule out a European launch this year as he stated we\’ll just have to hope for the best and wait and see.
November 12, 2007
Russian Hackers have released v0.9c of their hacked firmware for use with the Memor 32 PS2 memory card which effectively gives the newly released memory card all the power of a PS2/Two mod chip. This version fixes some incompatibilities with some Windows XP and Vista versions. The Memor 32 is available to buy from Divineo.de / Divineo.fr / Divineo.es and Divineo.it.
November 12, 2007
StrmnNrmn has posted up the expected features for the next build of his N64 emulator for use on the PSP. R14 will come with a number of bug fixes, thumbnails for savestates and audio without affecting framerate.
November 12, 2007
Leading UK retailer Tesco is refusing to deliver thousands of Xbox 360\’s that were ordered through their online department which were priced accidentally at
November 12, 2007
The OXM has reviewed Mass Effect and the editor has roared it\’s the best gamer he has ever played. Consequently, the game is scored at 10/10, being praised for the best ever story told in a game, innovative dialogue and great graphics and gripping action/RPG gameplay.
November 12, 2007
Here is the Mass Effect love scene and undoubtely a contributing factor to the games M rating…