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Posts From November, 2007

Nov 19 2007 Eric Lempel's Avatar

Firmware Update (v2.01)

+ Posted by Eric Lempel

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The latest System Software Update is now ready for download for the PLAYSTATION 3. Here are the details of what this firmware accomplishes: • Stability during playing some PLAYSTATION 3 format software has been improved. • Stability of System Software including Internet Browser and Information Board has been improved. • Stability of the upscaler for [...]

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Nov 19 2007 Takashi Satsukawa's Avatar

Time Crisis 4: From Arcade to PS3

+ Posted by Takashi Satsukawa

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While our team was in the process of creating the Guncon3 for the PLAYSTATION 3 release of Time Crisis 4, we were simultaneously working on the arcade version of the game. There are considerable differences when creating a game for arcade and home release. While the Time Crisis series has been a huge success in [...]

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Nov 19 2007 Kim Otzman's Avatar

PS3′s First Birthday: We Felt the Love

+ Posted by Kim Otzman

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Celebrating this past Saturday: Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese is 65, Actor Danny DeVito turned 63, Milton from Office Space (Stephen Root) is 56, former MTV VJ Daisy Fuentes is 41, and PLAYSTATION 3 turned one year old! It was on November 17th of last year that gamers put their lives on hold, camped out on [...]

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Nov 16 2007 Kim Nguyen's Avatar

Sneak Preview of New PS3 Ads

+ Posted by Kim Nguyen

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Hello everyone. When we last spoke, I posted some ads for PS3 third-party heavy hitters Assassin’s Creed and Call of Duty 4. Well, as promised, we have more up our sleeves and have a couple more spots to debut for you all before they officially air the week of November 19th. We’ve brought back the [...]

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Nov 16 2007 Eric Lempel's Avatar

Firmware v2.01 Coming Soon

+ Posted by Eric Lempel

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Hey everyone. We know you like to hear about updates a few days in advance, so here’s a quick heads up that we have a new System Software update in the works. Firmware v2.01 is a minor update that will improve the stability of PLAYSTATION 3. We’ll provide more specifics as the update is about [...]

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Nov 15 2007 Grace Chen's Avatar

PlayStation Store Update

+ Posted by Grace Chen

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Hey, everyone. It’s time again for the PLAYSTATION Store weekly update. Demos Blazing Angels 2 Demo (free) Discover the Secret Missions of WWII by playing the Blazing Angels 2 PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system demo today. Experience the single-player campaign and engage in the “Rain of Death”, or play against your friends and fire-at-will via [...]

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Nov 14 2007 Richard Marks's Avatar

Video of New Research Conducted with PlayStation Eye

+ Posted by Richard Marks

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Most of you probably already know about the launch of the PlayStation Eye, and hopefully you’re as excited as we are here in PlayStation R&D. By the time products launch, our contribution is usually long past, but this time we wanted to join the fun. So we thought we’d give you an exclusive first glimpse [...]

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Nov 13 2007 Evan Wells's Avatar

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – First Review

+ Posted by Evan Wells

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Hey everybody, I’m back again! I just wanted to drop everyone a quick note here five days before we launch Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (a day earlier than expected even!). I also wanted to point out that our first review has posted with IGN, be sure to check it out. All of the Naughty Dogs couldn’t [...]

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