Sky Player Coming to PS3

A recent interview with Sky’s Director of On-Demand, Griff Parry, by Tech Radar has revealed that Sky Player (Sky's version of BBC iPlayer) is coming to the Playstation 3. The interview states Sky are “in talks” to bring the on-demand service to other games consoles.

“We are looking to extend distribution of Sky Player widely via partnerships with key players in key categories,” said Parry, when asked about the potential for Sky Player on Wii and PS3.

“Games consoles is obviously one of those key categories, so what you would expect is probably true. We are engaged in talks to explore opportunities, but we are very happy in our relationship with Microsoft."

“We are absolutely not finished with Xbox and aim to make the experience richer and richer and continue innovating.”

At present Sky Player is available on the Xbox 360, so it only seems natural to spread to other platforms. Plus Sky has previously worked with Sony with Go!View, a PSP video download service powered by Sky.

Brand New Call of Duty: Black Ops Trailer

This new trailer is certainly not shy of game play footage, displaying an explosion of action. The gamplay shows new features to the franchise including destructibility, rappel breaching, explosive crossbows and the Vietnam war.

Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to real ease on 9th November this year. Expect many more details on the game at E3.

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New Firmware Update Confirmed

The latest issue of the Official Playstation magazine confirms that their will indeed be a new firmware update for the PS3 sometime next month, possibly coinciding with E3. Little details are known about the update which will enable 3D gaming with another update for 3d Blu ray films to follow later this year.

It is highly possible that this update will feature some of the rumours from the last post on an XMB re-design and premium PSN features.

Only time will tell but with E3 right around the corner the wait will not be long.

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Red Dead Redemption to Have PS3 Exclusive Content

Rockstar's next big open word action adventure game is multi platform Red Dead Redemption. However it seems as if the Playstation 3 version of the wild west game will contain Solomon's Folly Gang Hideout and Walton Gang Outfit exclusively. This info comes from images of the games box art. It is unclear at this point however if the Xbox 360 version will also boost some kind of exclusive content.

The game is due to be released next week and is certainly worth a purchase.

New Gran Turismo Details and Images

As announced yesterday the Nurburgring GP Course has been confirmed for Gran Turismo 5. All three configurations of the track (Nordschleife, GP, and the full VLN Circuit) will also be available.

However today new details about a new penalty system for anyone cutting corners has been revealed. This system is a tyre grip penalty which temporarily reduces grip if you go off the track and onto the grass or into the gravel. It will then take around three to four corners to retain full grip again. This is a realistic system that will only add the the authenticity of the game.

New screenshots of the game show amazing detail to both the cars and track. The game is set to release this year with a TBA fall 2010 date.

4 Player Coop Confirmed For New COD

More details have trickled out about Tryarch's Call Of Duty: Black Ops today. The worlds current biggest FPS game will feature 2-4 player co-op, with the game's main story focusing on two characters over "multiple covert international conflicts"

Players will be fighting their way through the jungles of Cuba and Vietnam and also Russia using not just guns but also crossbows!

The game will be available on the 9 November this year.

UPDATE:
Lots of new game play details have just been revealed over at GamesRadar
Make sure you check it out.

Why is there a sequal to LBP?

Over the last few days I have posted lots of news concerning LittleBigPlanet 2. However not that long ago Media Molecule were quoted in a Critical Gamer interview with producer Martin Lynagh and level designer Danny Leaver that LBP2 just wouldn't make any sense. "I think what you've seen so far from LittleBigPlanet, that's the way it's going to continue," said Lynagh. Leaver added: "We'd never do that. That'd be the most counterproductive thing you could do I think."

So why the sudden change of heart? Here is why:

Currently the content for LBP2 is around 4GB of data, way too much for an in game patch and for DLC it would cost way too much, especially for the amount of time put in. Co-founder Alex Evans has explained that publishing the game on Blu-ray is a better way at reaching a bigger audience of consumers.

Personally I am pleased Media Molecule is working on a sequel to one of this generations best games due to the shear amount of fun I had with the first. With the amount of new content they have talked about for LBP2 so far, winter cannot come sooner.

New IP From ModNation Developers

Today presents more news on the ModNation Racers developer United Front Games. They have listed for an "upcoming next gen, original IP title" and have stated that anyone interested must have "a special interest in open world games".

United Front Games is currently working on a new True Crime game, which is also an open world game, might it tie in somehow? Probably not seeing as its an "original IP" game.

ModNation Racer's Footage

Below is the first 10 minutes of Modnation Racers from XtremePS3. It shows the opening cutscene and the first race.


Modnation Racers is the next entry in the Play Create Share genre for Sony's Platform and is out 21/05/10

Early Reviews Suggest Greatness From Red Dead Redemption

So far only two magazines have reviewed Rockstar's sandbox western game Red Dead Redemption. Both reviews have praised and scored the game highly with Game Informer giving the game 97.5% and UK magazine GamesTM scoring the game 9/10 - showering it with superlatives.

The game is set to hit UK stores 21/05/2010

A Platform For Games

Little Big Planet 2 has now been official unrevealed by developers Media Molecule with a snazzy trailer. The trailer shows much of the features that i posted two days ago about the game, such as the grappling hook, the ability to create genres not just levels, Sackbots, cinematics - the list goes on.

Along with the trailer there is a new website with enough information and screenshots of the game to blow anyone’s mind. Check it out now!

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