Been a long week despite it actually being abbreviated due to the holiday. But either way it's Thursday and we have news. More Qore, more videos, next phase of Home beta SOCOM beta delayed 5 days, LittleBigPlanet beta "announced," and more LittleBigPlanet pre-order news. But let's get this started.
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Qore Episode 04: September drops as it does on the first Thursday of every month since it's inception, and today it brings with it the goodness. Plenty of content for LittleBigPlanet, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, the new awesome looking Prince of Persia, and last year's Game of the Year Bioshock. For exclusive Qore downloads this week we have a LBP theme, early access to the Motorstorm Pacific Rift demo which will be available next week. This episodes is great for me as it has something for a number of games that I'm pretty excited about.
Unfortunately I don't know anybody who owns HAZE, so I can't answer the question of "will this pack help fix some of the glaring problems with this game" about the HAZE Destruction Pack. Either way, if you bought HAZE and still have it check out the new pack. $9.99 seems steep by comparison, but what do you expect? The game couldn't have sold well.
Rock Band Thursdays rocks out the first week of September a range of songs from PAX08 performances. For the usual $.99 a song you can pick up each one seperately or get them all in one bundle for just $2.99. I actually heard the MC Frontalot song was kind sweet.
Demos
PURE Demo
Games
For those of you who bought the Madden 09 Collector's edition you already have NFL Head Coach 09, a new EA game that allows you to take the roll of the actual coach of an NFL team. Make the decisions you thought that same coach wouldn't/couldn't in last season. I know a few Lions fans who have taken the Lions for a perenial laugher to a power hours in one season. The game is also available for purchase as a disc based game at your usual gaming retailers. NFL Head Coach 09 will set you back $49.99 at the PlayStation Store as well as at the store.
Videos
Games
JEOPARDY! Trailer
Super Stardust HD Tips Video 1
Super Stardust HD Tips Video 2
PAIN Call Da Shot Mode Video
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway - Making Of #3: Counter Attack
Legendary Behind the Scenes Episode 1
Midnight Club Los Angeles Trailer 2
Midnight Club Los Angeles Trailer 3
Red Baron Arcade Trailer
Saints Row 2 – Uncle Gary Motorcycles Trailer
Saints Row 2 – Uncle Gary Taunting Trailer
Movies
The Ultimates Featurette - 30 minutes of great "DVD extras." Great for comics fans, and good for people reconsidering comics.
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist Trailer - I wanna see this!
The Fall Trailer - Never heard of this movie, and now I'm mad I haven't. Same type of artist feel you had from Hero, but with a very tall tale for a story.
Themes
No themes tonight but a few wallpapers to toy with inside of your favorite theme.
4 Valhalla Knights 2 wallpaper at the PC Store
2 new Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2 wallpaper
3 PSP Wallpapers Series that are just basic backgrounds with no branding.
So after entering a code I was presented a download option for the latest Home version and I was ready to start. Upon entering I had to go through a robust in theory avatar creation process, but personally I think some of the changes you could make didn't actually do anything. Either way after about 35 minutes I was set with one of many available representations of me inside of Home.
When you have your character ready you start in a hotel room, for lack of a better description. You have a balcony, there's a marina outside the window, and by accessing your in-game PSP you can start to decorate the room. When you first start you don't have much in the way of furnishings, but with a trip to the Mall you can "buy" new stuff. Currently everything appears to be free but still kind of limited in what's offered. You can also "buy" a whole new pad at the Mall and you can set up the new place which is the epitome of bachelor pad. Two floors, two fire places, a deck right out on the sea, just ripe for you to decorate with the new stuff you found at the Mall.
There's a gaming hall that has a bowling alley and several pool tables, with a mini arcade. Bowling took me a while to adjust to but it can actually be fun with a few friends. Pool tables aren't very robust but they're good enough to be pretty enjoyable. Played a few games last night that came down to the wire and seem to show of my actual (lack of) pool skills. One of the arcade games is EVAC that's a helicopter rescue game that's actually kind of fun. First night I spent like 45 minutes playing this game.
Home is progressing but some things aren't available yet it seems or aren't ironed out. Voice chat is pretty spotty at best. One night I was voice chatting away no problem, next night I couldn't talk or hear other conversations. Then later after re-entering I could hear conversations but still couldn't talk. MP3s from your HDD and videos stored on your PS3 are supposed to be playable inside your properties but currently there's no means of playing them. I think you need to have a stereo in order to play music and you can't "buy" one yet. Same goes for picture frames for images, and TVs for video. For a release of "this year" I hope there's a lot of stuff they just haven't released yet, because there's a lot of work required and "this year" is rapidly winding down. Perhaps the supposed firmware update for the new PlayStation Bluetooth headset will help resolve some of the voice chat issues.
Well time to go jump into Home and wander around for a while. Enjoy today's goodies, and for those who are wondering where PAIN is, you should have already heard it was delayed because of people complaining the announced Trophies were too hard. So "later this month" the PAIN update and Trophies should release!
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