Pay For The Play Station Network? WTF!

PS3 Subscription for Kitty?

Well there are rumours going around that Sony will introduce a premium service on the Play Station Network. The long and short of the rumours is that the subscription will cost you £50 a month and will include a free PSN game (rumoured to be selectable) As well as some other features like the ability to stream music that can run in the background while you play games. (Pretty handy for when your grinding on Final Fantasy XIII) If it's true then I can see myself parting with the cash for a 12 month subscription, heck it could be worth it just for the PSN games. (Unless it ends up like the First Play dregs that we have seen so far)

Source: VG247 Via Destructiod

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Due September

Square Enix have decided to release the date of the new PSP Kingdom Hearts game on the Playstation EU blog (It's September this year) Personally I am not a fan of Kingdom Hearts but I know many people that are, so this is good news for those people. Here is the trailer for the new game to keep you guys going until the games release.

Better Late Than Never? (Red Dead Redemption Launch Trailer)

Lost Killzone 2

Lost Planet 2 lets you use characters from other games online (Which personally I think is a great idea, unless everyone uses the same character such as Marcus Fenix) A few days ago Capcom announced that you will be able to use some Killzone 2 character skins in the game. So here are the latest 2 pictures of them that Capcom released sometime yesterday. I know this game is starting to peak my interest more and more, maybe after a talk with Code34 before todays podcast I could end up purchasing the game.

First Play Really Not Worth It?

I subscribed to the UK only First Play on the PS3 after being intrigued by the exclusive previews, reviews and downloadable content due each week. The series is now 6 episodes in and the the previews are really nothing that you can't see on youtube or any other gaming site on the net. The reviews I never bother with and the whole thing makes you sit through un-skippable adverts for games. (The first 3 episodes kept showing Just Cause 2, a game I already owned and have no intention of buying again)

The real reason that myself and most others subscribed to First Play though is for the downloadable content, which so far has been lack luster at best. In the first episode we got a Just Cause 2 treat in a Firestorm parachute (It has flames on it) to use in game. (Except it doesn't seem to work for some reason) Also thrown in was a First Play theme (It looks ok but with dynamic and better looking themes being available for free you really won't use it)


The second episode came with a Mini called D-Cube Planet (which isn't all that great to be honest) and something that I will probably never play after my first 10 minutes with it.

The third episode came with episode one's releases again for some strange reason.

The fourth episode came with episode one's releases yet again, so really wouldn't have been a purchase for me had I not subscribed.

The fifth episode was released with a new theme (Enslaved) and yet another new parachute for Just Cause 2 (The board meeting must go something like this, Boss: "If your a gamer what would you want as free DLC?" Marketing person: "Parachutes, everyone wants more parachutes for Just Cause 2 to really enhance the gaming experience" it's retarded if you ask me as that's the last thing I would want to receive)


The sixth episode came with surprise surprise the Just Cause 2 parachute released yet again and a Kane & Lynch theme.

The jungle drums are saying that the next 3 or 4 episodes will come with a free mini in each episode, personally I think this is a last gasp effort to keep people subscribing to First Play. I know that as soon as my subscription runs out I will be cancelling (Something you have to do as the damn thing auto renews unless you cancel it) and just picking up the odd episode here and there based on the content included.

Random Game Conversations FTW!

There is nothing worse than having to take something back and wait while the person at the counter ignores you while seemingly does nothing at all. (Well that is normally what happens when I take stuff back) This weekend I took a DVD player that stopped working back to a computer shop (Scan) to be exchanged for another one. When I got there I commented that the shop looked significantly different to when I used to go there.


The guy behind the counter said that they had done the shop up a few years ago, and asked me why I hadn't been in. I replied that I had been sat at home playing on my PS3 as a throwaway comment. What ensued from this was a 20 minute conversation on Demon's Souls with a bit of 3D Dot Game Heroes thrown in. As apparently the guy behind the counter had just imported it a month or 2 before hand and is loving every moment of the game.


We probably could have spoken about the games for quite sometime if it wasn't for the customers coming in the ship and queuing up behind me, oh and the fact that my missus and the kids were sat in the car for the entire time waiting for me to just nip in and straight back out of the shop. I know this isn't really a gaming related story, I was just pretty surprised to find not only another PS3 owner but also someone that had imported Demon's Souls in the UK. (Since the game doesn't see a release over here until June 2010) I guess I have learnt my lesson that not all returns need to be boring and mundane, you just have to take stuff back to a shop with another gamer working there that wants to skive for 20 minutes or so.

Resurgence Pack Screens

We didn't expect screens of the Resurgence Pack quite this fast, but here they are.

See if you can pick out which map is Carnival. Hint: It's the one with the GIANT clown head.