Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Trophy Patch Released!
August 4, 2008
Trophies, TROPHIES, we don’t need no stinkin’ TROPHIES!!!
PlayStation 3 fans, will be happy to hear today that Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune has joined the ranks of “Trophy Worthy” games. Now’s a good time to get Uncharted back from your friend and get those damn Trophies. Couple of facts with Drake’s Trophies:
- First PS3 game with Platinum Trophy
- Total of 48 Trophies
- Uncharted Medals are the same PS3 Trophies. (I guess since Uncharted already had medals, they were easily made PS3 Trophies
- Trophies aren’t retroactive (If you got a trophy yesterday, you’ll have to get it again today)
One thing everyone should note, as our co-president Evan Wells told Joystiq during E3, is that we weren’t able to award Trophies retroactively through this patch. This was done so that everyone receives their Trophies fairly and can’t take advantage of the game saves we’ve seen floating around. That means you will have to start a brand new game—without any medals or rewards unlocked—and play through Uncharted to get Trophies.
Via PlayStation.Blog
PS3 Firmware 2.42 Out Now, Nothing Special
July 30, 2008
As of now, nothing special to report. From the keyboard on PlayStations Blog:
“Just wanted to give everyone a quick heads up that a PS3 firmware update (v2.42) is now available for download. This update improves the playback quality of some PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation format software.”
Some sites were reporting the release of Life with PlayStation. Here is what Life with PlayStation is all about:
Via PlayStation Blog
Top Five Joker Quotes From ‘Batman: The Dark Knight’
July 24, 2008
The Dark Knight exceeded most of my expectations and that’s primarily due to the awesome performance by Heath Ledger as “The Joker”. The rest of the cast was “so-so” in my opinion, but it was certainly a much better film than “Begins” was. Was Ledger a better Joker than Jack Nicholson? I’d still say “no” but he was certainly creepier. Nicholson was more realistic, yet Ledger was certainly crazier and more diabolical. In the end, I’d have to say both performances were awesome. Without Ledger as the Joker, ‘The Dark Knight’ would have been a boring film to watch. Did anyone happen to notice Batman had a lisp while in costume, but no lisp when he was parading around as Bruce Wayne? I’m not sure what difference it makes, but Christian Bale’s performance was total rubbish. I’d probably rate his performances as Batman somewhere in the George Clooney category. Fortunately we saw an incredible performance by Ledger that saved the film. He will certainly be missed.
Happy 4th Of July
July 4, 2008
We wanted to go ahead and wish everyone a Happy 4th (even our Canadian readers)! I hope most of you get the chance to take it easy this weekend and have a little fun with your friends and family. This is a great chance to get off the internet and have a little fun in the non-virtual world. If you can’t think of too many things to be happy about, just realize that by next year at this time, GW will no longer be in office. 
Drink plenty of beer and light a sparkler or two…
Heidi Montag’s New Track (The WORST song EVER)
June 24, 2008
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Lockpick Invites You To Their MMORPG/RTS, Dreamlords
May 23, 2008
Lockpick Entertainment has been hard at work on a closed beta for Dreamlords The Awakening, an MMO RPG and RTS mashup, and is opening the doors for everyone to check out the game. They’re quick to point out the following in their press release:
* Free to Play.
* Recruit and manage your troops, form alliances with other players or crush them…
* Bring your Dreamlord with you all the time in the game, equip it with various exciting gear and cool stuff.
* Simplified rules system, easy to get into – hard to master.
The sequel continues the story of “the mystical Dreamlords,” as they traverse pieces of land called Patrias. Seems like an interesting enough plot for a hack-and-slash MMO. Most importantly…its free! Let us know what you think of it in the comments.
Download Dreamlords for free here.
LittleBigPlanet PS3 Preview, Coming in September
May 20, 2008
Our video gaming blogging colleagues, 1UP.com’s Garnett Lee had a chance to sink his teeth on LittleBigPlanet (LBP) and he liked what he tasted! One of PSN’s constantly delayed titles, is looking like the LittleEngineThatWillBeReleasedInSeptember. Overall, the review was positive and if your big on “level creating” LittleBigPlanet may be the game for you. I don’t see LBP as a hot release until “PSN Home” hits our newly designed PSN Store. It will be continue to be The New Store until they change it again.
Background: At this point, everyone knows LittleBigPlanet as “that game with the cute sack-puppet characters where you make your own levels and stuff.” Technically, the “game” portion is a 2D platformer with a little bit of spatial depth, and it’ll ship with several premade levels. LittleBigPlanet is truly distinguished, though, by its potential for becoming a creative outlet. With its disarmingly cute style and user-friendly tools that also offer tremendous depth, LittleBigPlanet makes imagination the only real limitation to what you can create. It’s the exact opposite of the intimidating complexity of, say, building something in Unreal.
What we (1UP.com) played: For an hour or so, we sat down with Alex Evans, cofounder of developer Media Molecule, and played around with LittleBigPlanet. We tried out some of the levels planned to ship with the game (all of which were created in-game exactly the same way you’ll be able to — no cheating from the developers). And then we dove into creation mode, starting off with a blank slate, and messed around with all the different toys and tools.
Check out the rest of their review here
Via 1UP.com
Halo 3 Rank Boosting Still In Demand
May 16, 2008
You’d think rank boosting would have finally slowed down, but it’s still a common thing taking place on Halo 3. There are even people making money out there helping others boost their profile to the top of the ranks. I’m not sure why Bungie and Microsoft do not consider rank boosting a cheating offense. Boosting completely throws off the natural balance of things and is not fair to the players who actually earn their merits.
For some reason, I thought the Gilbert Arenas cheating incident would have sparked Microsoft and Bungie to take more steps against boosting, but apparently it’s just something that’s too much trouble for them to get involved with. I’d like to know what everyone else thinks about boosting and cheating in games. Do you think Microsoft and Bungie need to take more steps and ban these bums that are ruining the games for everyone else?
