PS3

The PS3 (PlayStation 3) is Sony Computer Entertainments third video game console since entering the industry with their PlayStation One in 1994. Designed to have a 10 year life span due to its design the PS3 is the direct successor to the leading platform of its generation, the PlayStation 2.

Launched in November of 2006 the PS3 did not meet expectations with a weak launch lineup, difficult online presence and a high price point. Rallying to re-achieve past success Sony has drastically improved its online presence, launched many AAA titles and continues to update its firmware to provide many advanced features.

The PS3 features a Blu-ray player, Cell processor, hard drive on every unit, Bluetooth functionality, wireless onboard and HDMI output. The design was meant to be forward thinking and a true cutting edge media and video game unit. The PS3 is considered one of the finest Blu-ray players on the market but many developers have struggled while developing games due to the complex design.

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• Insomniac Cracks More Copies in Less Time

  
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  The Ratchet & Clank series has been Insomniac Games ‘ longest running I.P. spanning from the PS2 generation in 2002 into the PlayStation 3 with the Ratchet & Clank Future series. With each on the PS2 surpassing at least one million units, Insomniac is no stranger to sales. But with Ratchet &  Clank ...
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• The Saboteur Goes Gold

  
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  The last big release of 2009, The Saboteu r, has gone gold , and will be on time for its December 4, 2009 release date. Pandemic Studios has without a doubt had a rough week, with  EA announcing its closure , people being relocated and even losing their jobs. But the studio is not to evanesce without style, as ...
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• PS3 Review – Netflix Instant Streaming

  
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  Netflix has offered instant streaming for quite some time now. The Xbox 360 has enjoyed Netflix instant streams since late 2008. Additionally other consumer electronics devices support the popular streaming service. It was only a matter of time and a natural fit for the jack of all media, the PlayStation 3, to ...
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• Ubisoft passing up No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise

  
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  Apparently Ubisoft isn’t too confident in the No More Heroes franchise on the 360 and PlayStation 3. The company, that published No More Heroes in North America and will be publishing No More Heroes 2 in North America, won’t be jumping on ship for the HD port of the first title. As of right now the title is ...
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• Infinity Ward Beaten At Their Own Game

  
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  For anyone that owns Modern Warfare 2, it’s likely that it might not have left your disk tray since you purchased it. You’ll have either been completing the story and then replaying on Veteran, buddying up to play Spec Ops, engaging in the multiplier or continuously playing through one of the tutorial levels.You ...
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• Free DLC for NFS: Shift

  
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  EA are throwing some free DLC your way for their ‘arcad-ulation’ racer, Need For Speed: Shift.Adding five new cars (listed below) and  Team Mode, which pits two teams of up to six racers against one another. The DLC is certain to add some extra playtime to anyone who owns the racing title and there can [...]
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• Noby Noby Boy Makes it to Jupiter [Noby Noby Boy]

  
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  Hooray! Noby Noby Girl, apparently abetted by another Lucky Week adding a multiplier to reported scores, has managed to encircle Jupiter, and deliver new worlds for Noby Noby Boy (and you) to explore. The video below shows Boy discovering the Bespin-y qualities of this new environment, unlocked thanks to the ...
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• Noby Noby Girl has stretched her way to Jupiter

  
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  They said it couldnt be done -- and for good reason, considering how difficult it must be for a creature to stretch its own body to a length of 576,682,810 miles. However, thanks to a little help from Namco Bandai, Noby Noby Boy s community-driven "Girl" has managed to extend her torso from Earth to Jupiter , ...
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• Cheap Gaming Laptops – Where to Find Them?

  
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  Copyright (c) 2008 Titus Hoskins As a general rule, gaming laptops are not cheap, they are usually the most expensive laptops you can purchase. If you go with a fully-loaded high-end gaming machine from the popular brand-name makers you will likely have to dish out 4 to 6 grand for the top rigs. However, since all ...
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Hardened Edition £49.99

  
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       Unless youve been living under a rock, youll no doubt be more than aware that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now out. Some worried whether the hype would prove to be too much to live up to – but thankfully Infinity Ward have managed to pull it off, and present the very best game in quite some time. ...
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• The week in HD gaming — a wrap up

  
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  This week in HD gaming saw the releases of Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassins Creed II . I haven’t picked up Assassin’s Creed 2 yet as I’ve been too busying assassinating zombies in Left 4 Dead 2 . I’m pretty confident that bashing zombies with a variety of melee weapons will keep me entertained for a ...
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• WET From £12.99

  
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       WET is a third-person shooter that sees you play as gun-for-hire Rubi Malone (voiced by the lovely Eliza Dushku) who agrees to find and bring back a wealthy mans wayward son – until the man who hired her turns out to be someone else entirely and she has to go on the run… Whilst reviews of this have ...
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• BFBC2 Beta Weapons and Gadgets

  
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  Brief tour of the selection of gadgets, scopes and weapons in the Bad Company 2 Beta.
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• How do I adjust my ps3 settings to play blu-ray movies with hdmi cables?

  
  Blu-Ray1st — Authority: 151
  I just bought HDMI cables and the games work fine, but when I went to play The Dark Knight on blu-ray I got a message saying an incompatible video signal has been received check video output settings?I don’t know how to fix it. My Ps3 is running at 1080i not 1080p, maybe thats the problem?Tags: [...]
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• After a Trying Week, Saboteur Goes Gold [Pandemic]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 827
  Pandemic Studios, scene of deep job losses and the effective closure of the studio earlier this week, pumped out one final piece of happy news - The Saboteur has been gone to gold master - with an apropos and semi-ironic signoff. Says Mathew Everett, the Pandemic Community Manager, in a message on Saturday ...
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• IFC signs deal with Netflix!

  
  Paracinema...The Blog — Authority: 116
  via press release: "In a move designed to increase the reach of independent cinema, IFC Entertainment, one of the leading distributors of independent and foreign films, and Netflix, the worlds largest online movie rental service, today announced a partnership that gives Netflix U.S. rights to 53 unique titles from ...
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• Motivational Picture of the Day: Innovation with Sony

  
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• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen £15

  
  Cheap Games — Authority: 140
       Although its not the best Transformers game ever made (that would be the one based on the animated series for the PlayStation 2), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is certainly the best-looking of the series – its also 100 times better than the car crash that was Transformers: The Video Game. Loosely ...
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Commentary & Ventrilo

  
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• Asda ‘Top Ten’ PS3 For £25

  
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  Eyepet (inc Camera), PES 2010, Fallout GOTY but guess whats missing..
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