PS Fanboy Week in Review: 7/28 - 8/03
by Majed Athab 
{ Aug 3rd 2008 at 4:30PM }
Guides
- PS3 Greatest Hits buyer's guide We examine the "must buys" and "not buys" out of the brand new greatest hits line. We let you know what's good to get and where to get them.
- Import hands-on: The Last Guy We imported the Japanese version off the PS Store.
- Soulcalibur IV hands-on: The first few hours "The fighting overall is just fast and fluid and plays a lot like Soulcalibur II."
- Warning: This dog bites! "One thing the Metal Gear series is known for is making us question the future of military technology. What the Gecko/Big Dog juxtaposition has got me wondering is how much of a role the uncanny valley will play in the design of future weapons of war."
PS3 Headlines
- ESRB: Prince of Persia Classic heading to PSN Use the Sands of Time to go back to the days of classics.
- FFXIII demo to be packaged with Blu-ray Advent Children Play it for the first time ever, then wait another two years ...
- Final Fantasy XIII confirmed for a 2009 Japanese release While Japan plays, the world waits.
- Home beta expanding to Japan Homeless find shelter in Japan.
- Kojima hints at 'a Snake for a new era' Because war keeps changing.
- Life With PlayStation didn't arrive in July ... in case you hadn't noticed Oh, the underlying innuendos ...
- PS3 is EA's biggest source of income Making 'dem dollah dollah bills.
- Siren Blood Curse goes Blu this Autumn in Europe Blu-ray needed please.
- Sony games division posts profit Making 'dem dollah dollah bills round two.
- Uncharted's Trophies identical to in-game medals Too bad it's not retroactive.
- Aya of Parasite Eve celebrates 3rd Birthday on PSP Mitochondrial hotness transmutates onto PSP.
- echochrome team working on new puzzler, not sequel Puzzle me this.
- Final Fantasy Agito XIII heading to PSP More androgyny for your PSP.
- Limited edition Dissidia bundle to launch in Japan this December So many bundles, so little munnies.
- Monster Hunter makes Capcom filthy rich in first quarter Capcom prints money.
- New skillz fo' Kingdom Hearts' Terra Mad skillz yo.
- Phantasy Star Portable sells 200K on first day It sells like hotcakes.
- PSP camera unlikely to come to US Weaksauce pixel count keeps camera from coming.
- PSP gets incredibly slow Dreamcast emulator Bringing back those SEGA dreams.
- Bionic Commando Rearmed
- Dead Space
- LittleBigPlanet
- Midnight Club: LA
- Rage
- The Last Guy
- Warhawk [Tutorial]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mr.ESC @ Aug 3rd 2008 5:07PM
I love POP classic,I wish Ubi stop sucking and did The Shadow and the flame the same way.
Mr.ESC @ Aug 3rd 2008 5:15PM
Well now that I'm here why PS3fanboy comment system doesn't works?
The Fatass of Kickassness @ Aug 3rd 2008 5:30PM
Are PSPs region locked? If the Dissidia PSP is engraved with the same kind of art the posters have then I just might have to pick one up.
Majed Athab @ Aug 3rd 2008 5:39PM
No they are not region locked. Feel free to import.
SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Aug 3rd 2008 6:11PM
they arent locked for games (similar to the PS3). i imported Gitaroo Man from Japan (when i thought it wouldnt release in the states) and it plays great. movies are another story though, of course.
Akamaru @ Aug 3rd 2008 7:09PM
PSP (as well as PS3) is region-free.
blehh @ Aug 3rd 2008 5:30PM
no ff7 remake =(
The Fatass of Posts-too-muchness @ Aug 3rd 2008 5:35PM
Who cares? It's already in 3D, so the visual update wouldn't be as drastic as the last few FFs, and I can't see Square messing with the battle system... putting it on PSP wouldn't do much except give the five people who haven't played the game something to buy.
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Aug 3rd 2008 6:57PM
Actually, fatass of post-to-muchess... FFVII is the only character in desperate need of a remake.
After all, throughout development, the art style changed drastically. Even the cutscenes lack a consistant art style from one to the next. Essentially, graphically, FFVII in an inconsistent mess.
The Fatass of Posts-too-muchness @ Aug 3rd 2008 7:40PM
I see what you're saying, Sheppy, I noticed that too. Still, though... I dunno, I guess I'd rather have a console FFVI remake instead.
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Aug 3rd 2008 8:50PM
Yeah, that would be interesting but from my perspective, FFVII sticks out as the sole title in the series that lacked a consistent style. As much as I would love to see FFVI spared a DS remake and done on a console with "new fangled graphics," I still think FFVII deserves the remake more. After all... FFVII is the ONLY SE title to have polygons... but no textures aside from eyes. To me, visually, FFVII stands as a blemish to the series.
SoulBlade @ Aug 3rd 2008 5:59PM
So what was the big announcement again?
The_Punisher @ Aug 3rd 2008 6:28PM
A demo of a game coming out 2 years after the demo
xD
Maverick Saturn @ Aug 3rd 2008 6:58PM
Its not an announcement, its a review ¬_¬
SoulBlade @ Aug 3rd 2008 8:07PM
Mav, not sure what you're talkin about.. Squenix said they had a big announcement they were going to make at this show, but I haven't heard anything that warrants "big".
Maverick Saturn @ Aug 3rd 2008 8:34PM
Oh, thought you were talking about the joystic article, theres too many people on this site that enter a topic and say something like "This is news because", just thought it was another one, my apologies ^^
j.howlett @ Aug 3rd 2008 8:18PM
look the story about how ps3 made EA the most money. who going to say it must be ps2 this time
colinbell @ Aug 4th 2008 1:25PM
Given that the PS3 is region-free, I wonder how many would be crazy enough to import the japanese version of FF13 and try to make sense of it, J-E dictionary in hand?
Majed Athab @ Aug 4th 2008 1:28PM
I'll be picking it up for sure and will be writing about it.
Marissa Riggs @ Aug 5th 2008 10:14PM
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