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“Was The Playstation 3 Worth It?”: The Good

By Fobia • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: N3WS. B3YOND.

With the numbers that Sony has just released the questions that were around before the system was released have re-surfaced. Is Sony selling the Playstation 3 too cheap? “Was The Playstation 3 Worth It?”: The Good will be the first part to my three part article. This part, entitled The Good, will talk about the things that make the Playstation 3 worth the amount of money the Sony has spent in order to make the system.



Playstation 3 Video Download Service

By Fobia • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Recent Gaming News

The long awaited Playstation 3 video download service might be closer than expected. Kotaku.com recently found some information from the Sony mid-term company strategy meeting that shows the service might be hitting the Playstation 3 sometime in the summer of 08. The service will not only be a Playstation 3 thing, but it [...]



Playstation 3 Gets A “Life”

By Fobia • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Recent Gaming News

Kotaku.com on Thursday reported about a new feature coming to the Playstation 3, “Life with Playstation”. The new feature will enable Playstation 3 users to check news and weather of any city in the world. When Life it loaded, a 3D representation of the Earth will be shown, giving the user the option [...]



Playstation 3 on Wheels

By Fobia • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Recent Gaming News

Over on the Playstation Blog Andrew Adams, the Marketing Program Manager, dropped in to let everyone know that the Playstation Experience and the Playstation Patrol will be out on the road again this summer traveling to different events giving a look at the hottest games coming this year to the Playstation 3.

The Playstation Experience is [...]



Metal Gear Solid 4

By Fobia • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Reviews

With each Playstation that has been released, there has been a game that comes along early in the system’s life that defines what the system is about. For the original Playstation it was Final Fantasy VII. For Playstation 2 it was Grand Theft Auto III. Now with the Playstation 3 almost 2 [...]



How You Look at the World

By Fobia • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: N3WS. B3YOND.

It has been a long time since I have been this excited for a puzzle game. My blood pressure raises at least 10 points, I start sweating profusely, and I say things my mother would be very disappointed in me saying. So obviously puzzle games are no where near the top of my list for “Games I Have To Play”. Ever since its revealing at E3 2007 I can’t seem to get enough of echochrome.



2008 = PS3? Sounds True

By Fobia • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Recent Gaming News

In recent days that Playstation Blog has been booming with information on the Playstation 3 system and games. Today was no different when Peter Dille, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Playstation Network, gave us a peek at the 2008 schedule for the PS3.
Starting off, he mentioned the new look of the Playstation Store will [...]



Spidey Is Back

By Fobia • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: Recent Gaming News, Uncategorized

Is your Spider Sense tingling? Well after today it should be, Spider-man is coming back. Activision announced today that a new Spider-man game is in production. The web swinging hero’s new game, “Spider-man: Web of Shadows” is being considered a release for the 3rd quarter of 2008 to the Playstation 3, Playstation [...]



MGO Beta Details Released

By Fobia • Apr 15th, 2008 • Category: Recent Gaming News

To the delight of all the Metal Gear Solid fans, yesterday the Playstation Blog revealed the details of the Metal Gear Online release. April 17th is the first day you will be able to log onto the Playstation Store and download the beta with the code you received with your pre-order. Even though [...]



A Look at the New PSN Store

By Fobia • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: N3WS. B3YOND.

I am sure everyone has already heard about the new facelift for the Playstation Store that is due to come out around April 15th. The facelift will be included with the firmware update v2.30. Along with the rest of the Playstation fans, I am very excited to know that a new way of browsing the store will be available to us in the near future.