20 Jul

New Portal: Still Alive content mined from Flash version and no GLaDOS

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During Microsoft's E3 press conference, the announcement of Portal: Still Alive caused OMG MEGATON waves of excitement throughout the fanboy nation. That was until we discovered it wasn't a full fledged sequel and would instead be a re-release of the Portal game as experienced through the Orange Box with additional content. Soon, OXM confirmed the new content wouldn't be story driven which was a bit of a bummer, but now we're hearing from Valve's Doug Lombardi that the addition content won't even be original.

Lombardi informed GameSetWatch that Portal: Still Alive's additional content will actually come from the fan created, fan tribute Portal: The Flash Version. Levels that can be experienced for free, online but now re-certified for inclusion on the 360 as part of Portal: Still Alive. It's kinda sucky if you think about it, because the flash inspired levels will not feature any story elements or the iconic GLaDOS herself. Major bummer.

So, for those who have yet to experience Portal in all its portal creation glory, Portal: Still Alive looks to be a perfect purchase. It'll be a stand alone XBLA download featuring all the original Portal content plus a few levels from Portal: The Flash Version all for a reasonable price. But for those who already own the Orange Box, Still Alive may not be worth the MS points. Unless, of course, achievements are the main draw or you don't own a computer to play Portal: The Flash Version. If that's the case, then how are you reading this? Public library computers?

[Via Joystiq]

 

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20 Jul

PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

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Busy week = fat reading list. As the many gaming blogs and websites digest all the games they went hands-on with at E3, expect to see a *lot* more impressions in the coming week.

Any good coverage we missed? Link it below. Please note that links may take a little while to show up, so only post the comment once!

The PS Blog weekly reading list (Week of 7/14)

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20 Jul

A sad and scarce Sunday deals roundup

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ZOMG! There's deals to be dealt with, money to be saved, so why waste precious time, let's just get to it!

This week, over at Best Buy, they're offering RSV2 for $40, UT3, Quake Wars, Deadliest Catch (w00t!) and CoD4 GOTY for $50. And that's about it. Sadly, Circuit City doesn't have a darn thing to offer Xbox 360 fanboys either which is, uhh ... sad? Now that we look at it, Target stores don't even have any 360 deals, not a single copy of a game on sale. Another major bummer. You know, this has to be one of the worst Sunday deal roundups, like, EVAR! Who would have thought that getting RSV2 for $40 would be a deal highlight? Stupid retail conglomerates, don't you know that all we want is money savings on 360 games and don't care that you have popcorn makers on sale?

 

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19 Jul

Lips details, Lips facts and Lips love

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In a sit down discussion with developer iNiS's Keiichi Yano, the chief creative officer for karaoke game Lips, Joystiq learned quite the factual load of Lips information. Informative highlights including mention that Lips will support both the Zune and iPod but will not use DRM'ed music, the microphone is in fact dongle'less, every song included will be a master track and feature the original music video and game scoring will be enabled with all custom tracks. You can jump towards the break to view Joystiq's compiled Lips information fact sheet. Lips'tastic!

Continue reading Lips details, Lips facts and Lips love

 

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19 Jul

Del’knightful Castle Crashers achievements

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Achievements news plus The Behemoth's Castle Crashers equals epic win. And what an epic win today is with the release of all twelve Castle Crashers achievements and artwork detailing how you and your colorful knight comrades will earn a 200 Gamerscore come release day. Make a (deer) jump to Achieve360Points to view all twelve achievements including our favorite one, "Kay Eye Ess Ess". Four princess kisses plus a fifteen Gamerscore equals epic win. Epic wins all around!

[Thanks, Matt]

 

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19 Jul

You’re in the Movies bundled with Vision for $60

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Release details were lacking when, during their E3 conference, Microsoft announced their Vision enabled B movie creation game You're in the Movies. But now, thanks to some Joystiq detective work, we know that the game will in fact be bundled with the Xbox 360's Vision camera peripheral for a B movie price of $60. That said, MS hasn't revealed any details for obtaining the game outside the Vision bundle or whether or not the $40 stand-alone Vision camera will still be available this Fall. Patience as we figure out this You're in the Movies distribution confusion

 

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19 Jul

The PSB & SOCOM.com Weekly Recap

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Hey everyone, we hope you enjoyed our posts during this E3 week. Over the next week we’ll be bringing you more news on titles you heard about this week, title-specific information on games supporting trophies and PS3-specific features of some releases that are just around the corner, and a report from Comic-Con International, where the public will get a chance to go hands-on with some of our upcoming titles for the first time.

Also, we’ve seen the questions/requests you’ve been posting during the week, and we’ll be working on getting you answers.

Courtesy of David “Point Man” Brothers

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19 Jul

Series 2 Halo figures and points websites now live

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After a much too long hiatus, we're proud to say that it's Halo action figure news time! Huzzah! And today we have a treat for Halo action figure fanboys, because Mr. Toddy McFarlane just updated Spawn.com with all kinds of Halo goodness. First off, the Halo 3 Series 2 mini site is now live, allowing you to view each and every figure, view photos, download wallpapers and analyze each one in super sexy Quicktime VR.

But that isn't all friends, because McFarlane just updated us on the Halo Points program. Halo Points, for the uninformed, are included with each and every Halo action figure purchase. Buy enough figures, collect enough points and starting this Winter you can earn exclusive Halo swag. Want a Halo 3 lithograph? You'll need 100 points. Looking at owning a red, blue or active camo Halo figure with Recon armor? Dish out anywhere from 200-300 points and you can haz Recon. There's even a gold Master Chief for 500 points. It's either time to start making some action figure purchases or time to take up the hobby of dumpster diving. Recon figures are way worth getting banana peel in your hair.

[Thanks, TMD]

Source - Halo 3 Series 2 figures
Source - Halo Points

 

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19 Jul

Shinedown and more NIN added to Rock Band

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A new Rock Band DLC announcement Friday is here which results in us getting new Nine Inch Nails and Shinedown tracks. Three DLC tracks from NIN (including "Capital G", w00t!) and two from Shinedown will be available next Tuesday, July 22nd for 160 Microsoft points each. The NIN songs will also be sold as a three pack for 440 points. List below, "Capital G" video above and we all look right.
  • "Burn" by Nine Inch Nails
  • "Capital G" by Nine Inch Nails
  • "Last" by Nine Inch Nails
  • "Devour" by Shinedown
  • "Junkies for Fame" by Shinedown

 

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18 Jul

E308 X3F Sticker Gallery: The final entry

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With E3 2008 coming to a welcomed end (it was fun while it lasted), so too comes the end of our official E308 X3F Sticker Gallery. During our stay in LA this week, we were able to tag 35+ industry developers, producers, PR folks and pretty much anyone that was willing to get tagged. It was entertaining, a source of free advertising and, darnit, we had fun doing it. Thanks to all the folks who were willing to play along with the sticker fun, especially those who slapped a sticker on their forehead or mouth. Too cool.

Anyway, we just uploaded another batch (the final batch) of X3F sticker photos including Dead Space producer Chuck Beaver, Mirror's Edge's own Nick Channon, the SouthPeak crew as well as the one, Joystiq's only, our main boss guy who keeps us employed ... CHRIS GRANT! Oh, and don't mind the pic quality. We had to use our cell phone camera due to a digital camera going MIA for a bit. Anyhoo, long live the X3F stickering.

 

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