Sony’s Welcome Back Plan Worked
Remember when PSN was down and then came back, and Sony offered some somewhat shadey compensation afterwards? It worked, for them.
Remember when PSN was down and then came back, and Sony offered some somewhat shadey compensation afterwards? It worked, for them.
In an odd move, Sony is set to drop the ability to view HD video over component cables in its next PS3 hardware revision. Originally thought to be restricting users to HDMI use for all aspects of the PS3, Sony clarified that it was only for viewing BD movies. The move has been justified as, quite bizarrely, a means to combat piracy. The whole situation seems to be slightly forced upon Sony as they claim the change is to comply with the current AACS standards.
You’ll have to look long and hard today to find a good online sale, but that’s okay because we’ve done the work for you. Here’s today crop of sale game, including our recommendation on your best choice for the weekend.
After purchasing tickets to
what I thought was an interactive theater production called Red Cloud Rising, I received an e-mail confirming my appointment for a
job interview at a company called
Bydder Financial at the exact time and date as the performance was
supposed to
happen. Instead of being directed
to a theater, I was given the address of a Wall Street office building
where I was to meet a recruiter for this mysterious financial firm.
Before the show had even begun, I’d
already been drawn into the world of this Alternate Reality Game.
This has been a bad year so far for the Xbox, at least when compared t the first half of last year. In early 2010 games like Mass Effect 2, Bad company 2, Bayonetta and Red Dead Redemption were all released to huge critical acclaim, and massive sales. Alas, only a couple of big games this year have lived up to their hype and they’ve been multi-platform releases. Struggling to redeem our platform of choice, our Xbox team of Charles Battersby, Curtis Bloomfield and Alex Martinet look back at the best Xbox games of the first half of 2011.
Ms. Splosion Man packs a tremendous amount of fun into a downloadable ten-dollar game. Perhaps that high-pressure fun is what makes her so explosive? Actually, she’s splodey because she was developed by Twisted Pixel, the madmen behind the 2009 XBLA hit Splosion Man. The Girl Power sequel is not only better than the original game, but it will also teach you everything you need to know about women.
With all
the new free-to-play shooters being released these days, it’s hard to
tell if there are quality games behind the trend, or if free-to-play is
just a recent fad. After having played many of the most popular
free-to-play online shooters, here are the free shooters most worthy of
your time. Let’s get the obvious pick out of the way. Team Fortress 2 was originally a part of a compilation of Valve games named The Orange Box, eventually turning into an individual product, and most recently, a free-to-play title. Team Fortress 2
originally had 6 maps at release, with 9 unique classes, including the
tank-like Heavy, the agile Scout, and the stealthy Spy. Since release,
though, Valve has added ridiculous amounts of content to it, including
new weapons and gadgets for the classes, many new maps, UI changes,
balance changes, a full-on trading and crafting system, and more. This
was a $20 value at release, but Valves constant updates and improvements
have made it a steal, especially for free. There’s no incentive to pay,
unless you want the quick and easy route to new items. The only
problems I can think of are the stubborn server admins who’ve added a
line of code that auto-kicks free-to-play users upon connection. It’s
not like you want to play with those types of players, anyway.
