Archive for June, 2010

OS PS Update is More ‘Friendly’ to Facebook

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced the PlayStation 3 will update v3.40 system soon.

Later on the system console v3.40 will include the PlayStation Plus subscription service and integration into the Facebook features.

Playstation Plus is a paid subscription service for the Playstation Network, announced at E3. This service allows players to access new features and applications.

Sony plans to let PS3 owners trying PlayStation Plus free for three months before choosing from several options to subscribe at the price $ 17, 99 (€ 14.99) for 90 days and $ 49, 99 (€ 49.99) for 365 days.

Customers will receive early access to beta and demo, photo gallery, and video editor allows upload to Facebook and YouTube, a five star rating system for the PlayStation Store content, and automatic power save settings for the PS3 console.

Games published by Silk, Tuesday (29/06/2010), in the future updates will be present for the PSP v6.30. Meanwhile, the services previously available on the PlayStation Network will remain unchanged and will not require a paid subscription.

This update will also allow users to integrate their PlayStation Network account with their Facebook profiles via a future application for the Facebook platform.

Users will have the ability to share their information on PSN, send and invite to the PSN and check the online status of their PSN friends through Facebook.

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Microsoft Said They Will Release the Xbox Slim

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Microsoft has officially revealed the latest version of the Xbox 360 gaming console. What are the features that carried by the console?

The latest version of the Xbox 360 was named the Xbox 360 Slim. The most striking thing of course is the size that looks more slender and the color is black with chrome access.

The console will have a 250GB hard drive, WiFi capabilities and certainly are ready to Kinect (formerly known as Project Christmas).

On the side of each unit, called the Xbox 360 Slim has ventilation holes better than the old Xbox 360. Consequently, the Xbox 360 fan will run much quieter.

In the United States has begun circulating Slim with price range of USD 299 (approximately USD 2.8 million). In mid-July 2010 Xbox 360 Slim is estimated to have started to invade the international market.

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Dragon Age, and Dead Space 2 To Be Released in March 2011

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

After the release of financial results which showed profits obtained during the last fiscal quarter ended March 31, Electronic Arts seems to have prepared if it has plans to release its latest game Dragon Age is before March 31, 2011 that will come. And it coincides with the end of the current fiscal year. In addition, it also plans to release a game Dead Space 2 in the same period as well.

Electronic Arts on an existing document also mentioned about the same launch period for Bulletstorm, the top shooter from Epic Games and People Can Fly studio, the latest Need for Speed game, which will be launched at the upcoming E3 gaming world, a fighting game that is Fight Night Round 5, the latest Sims game and the latest games Spore, as well as new possibilities of gaming Darkspore.

So far, Electronic Arts seems very ambitious to regain the first position in the shooter game by launching the latest iteration of the Medal of Honor and Crysis 2, who was present for the first time on consoles. In addition, players will also be involved in the game of NBA Jam and experience a new adventure of Harry Potter.

In offering his E3, Electronic Arts is also planning to exhibit changes in the game FIFA 11 is scheduled to be released during the launch next fall. In addition, also prepare the launch of several levels of game titles for the Christmas and PlayStation Project Move (motion tracker peripherals).
Meanwhile, reportedly of The Old Republic, Star Wars game made by BioWare MMO based on this, it seems that also enrich the upcoming 2011 fiscal year. And this meant more than a year from now.

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Nintendo 3DS 3D Without Glasses and Can Be Used to Watch 3D Movies

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Nintendo announces new Nintendo 3DS on the E3 conference in LA to play 3D games without having to use glasses geek who used to watch 3D movies and television. 3DS Nintendo DS looks like a regular but uses a special screen that can be used to view the image in three dimensions. This product uses the 3D slider to adjust the screen to fit the user’s eyesight. The size of this 3DS screen is 3.5 inch.

Nintendo 3DS featuring a touch panel and the graphics are better than traditional Nintendo DS has sold more than 10 million units since 2004. In addition, the facility is not behind a motion sensor and gyroscope is also included in this device.

3DS Nintendo also has two cameras on the outside so we can take pictures or record video in three dimensions. Nintendo will make games 3DS own that will also cooperate with other parties like Activision Blizzard, which is making DJ Hero in 3D, Square Enix, THQ, Electronic Arts, Capcom, WB Games, Ubisoft, Namco Bandai, and Konami which is reported to make Metal Gear Solid game for the 3DS.

Nintendo 3DS can also play 3D movies from Disney, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks. Several years ago, Nintendo Sora Project has been established to create games for Nintendo 3DS where this game will be called Kid Icarus Uprising.

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata said the 3D view will renew the ability to navigate. In sleep mode 3DS can link to other nearby WiFi connection and can communicate without disturbing the game being played.

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CyberPower Introduces Black Mamba, the Latest Game Console

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

With the increasing needs of the system carried on the many outstanding games today, the producers are demanded to create a device that can be adapted to the existing gaming devices. In line with that, many emerging-quality hardware that is reserved for game play there.

Responding to this development, CyberPower recently has introduced a new model in the series device, known as Fang Black Mamba. The device has a gaming machine chasing Obsidian Corsair 800D with frame construction made of steel that are resistant to all the circumstances. This device is powered by an Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition 3.33GHz, Liquid Cooling ATI Radeon 5870 1GB DDR5 PCIe Video Card and RAM capacity of 6GB.

Black Mamba is equipped with a hard drive and SSD capacity of 2TB 64MB of double and Blu-ray player and SuperMulti DVD burner. This device comes with a set of Razer Lachesis and Lycosa keyboard / mouse and 12 card reader in it. Multiple graphics cards that are optional can be added as well.

Regarding its presence in the market, this device, CyberPower Black Mamba, worth USD 3779 per unit.

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