Posted by Drizzo on June 7, 2010 – 17:25
Filed under PS3
Tagged as mag, PS3, update
That’s right June 8th Zipper’s biggest update to their online only shooter will be available for download. Bringing a whole bunch load of new goodies and fixes for all the Mag fans. According to Zipper the new features will include:
Gameplay
- Player knife attacks no longer deal damage to members of own PMC
- Headshot damage bonuses no longer apply to friendly fire
- Changed rewards for the resuscitation of an incapacitated ally to 5XP for partial health revive, and 10XP for full heath revive
- Added functionality to Medical Kit so that players can now heal themselves with L1 in addition to using R1 to heal or revive a teammate
- Added three gun ports to APCs of all factions
- All vehicle handling has been improved and been given more realistic physics
- Slowed down the rate of fire for the APC’s primary gun, but increased bullet damage
- Primary APC gun can now damage enemy APCs
- Shadow War contract turnover rate shortened by 75%
Weapons
- Adjusted damage for the AM50, Rollins LRRS, and AGVK sniper rifles vs. vehicles and emplaced turrets
- Increased rate of fire for all pistols (Raven’s F57, SVER’s IZ-443, and Valor’s M9)
- Improved close-range effectiveness and decreased long-range effectiveness for all Pistols, Machine Pistols, SMGs and Shotguns
- Made all LMG foregrips less effective at stabilizing fire
- Made improved stability skills less effective at stabilizing fire for machine guns
- Added “Hit” indicator to rocket launcher reticules
- Credit cost for Pistols has been changed from 100c to 0c
- Credit cost for Machine Pistols has been changed from 300c to 200c
- Credit cost for SMGs has been changed from 400c to 300c
- Credit cost for Shotguns has been changed from 600c to 400c
- Credit cost for Improved Rocket Launchers has been changed from 1000c to 800c
- Credit cost for Smoke Grenades has been changed from 300c to 200c
- Credit cost for Poison Gas Grenades has been changed from 600c to 500c
- Credit cost for Explosives Detector has been changed from 600c to 300c
Interface
- Lowered requirements for most Medal Awards
- Added progress bars to all Medal Awards
- Added messaging to main menu and all sub-menu screens that notify users of the following unlocked items: Apparel, Skill Points, Weapons/ Gear, Medals, Ribbons, new Leadership levels and new Ranks
- Added new comparison text to Stats menu for every category that allows users to compare their own stat to all other MAG players instantly
- Clan list functionality now works properly and displays online friends alphabetically first, followed by offline friends also listed alphabetically
- Clan and in-game Friends lists now leave highlighted selection on a player’s name if they change status as they move between “online” and “offline”
- Changed vehicle icon visibility on the map to reflect its current status of visibility instead of its previous map state of “always seen”
- Repaired display problem in the “Community” tab’s “Player Search” screen that improperly presented names that contained multiple non-alphabet characters
- Statistics for “Enemy Vehicles Destroyed Assists” and “Enemy Turrets Destroyed Assists” are now correctly listed in proper category “Objectives”
- Group panel now display icons to illustrate who is currently speaking
- Fixed infrequent bug that would incorrectly change sidebar and queue panel status indicator to 1 when the queue size exceeded its maximum
- Patched display problem in post-game stats screen that would incorrectly sort the “Assists” statistic
- Eliminated problem that allowed FRAGO’d objectives to continue flashing red and blue after they are destroyed in Acquisition for defenders
Graphics
- Fixed display problem with player’s left hand placement when using foregrip and bipod on the Raven Apex 100 light machine gun
- Fixed issue that prevented repaired roadblocks from “shining” to indicate that they can be interacted with
- Lowered instances “Death Twitch” jitter that sometimes occurred in dead characters that were close to/ or interacting with geometry
- Repaired problem that allowed flashbang effects to penetrate through solid objects and geometry
- Fixed occasional problem with second and third tier Sniper rifles that would sometimes result in the reticule not appear correctly when scoped
Technical
- Previously-released downloadable content (Fast Attack Gear Pack, Trooper Gear Pack, Raven’s Spyder Body Apparel, SVER’s Hazard Body Apparel, and Valor’s Bulldog Body Apparel) is now accessible to all users without PlayStation Store access
- Drastically lowered instances by which players could be resuscitated inside objectives, walls, and other geometry.
- Patched problem that prevented users from saving a loadout with DLC weapons following a “Respec” action
- Repaired issue that caused renamed PSN IDs to be incorrectly identified as its previous name when logging in
- Fixed bug that prevented Valor players from selecting all unlocked uniforms when wearing “Augmented Fiber Mesh” light armor
- Fixed rare bug that would result in thrown grenades bouncing off of dead bodies
- Repaired an occasional “undefined” message that sometimes occurred when a vehicle was FRAGO’d
- Fixed issue that sometimes prevented leaders from setting FRAGOs when riding in vehicles
- Patched occasional glitch that prevented the progress bar from appearing when activating an objective out of a sprint
- Various text localization updates
Server
- Updated patching system to allow for faster download speeds when retrieving in-game updates
For more info on the update visit the Official Mag Blog
Posted by Drizzo on May 29, 2010 – 08:33
Filed under PS3
Tagged as killzone, PS3
An interesting video is making it’s way around the net. It is actual gameplay footage of the upcoming Killzone3. Unfortunately the quality of video is not good and there is no audio and Dick Tracey is standing in the way in the beginning (security??). Anyway you can still get a good idea on how great this game will be and the detail on the gun is amazing even on such a crappy video.
Posted by Drizzo on May 24, 2010 – 18:30
Filed under PS3
Tagged as 3d, killzone, PS3
That’s right and they couldn’t wait until E3! to announce it! So here’s what we know so far. According to SCEE’s James Gallagher:
Killzone 3 picks up where its predecessor left off and it’s a much grander experience in terms of scale and ambition. There will be more variety, more enemy types, massive environments and a broader vision of the planet Helghan and its many terrains. The presentation closed with a beautifully violent video montage of the Brutal Melee attacks, which are the new close range attacks.
James asks Herman Hulst, managing director at Guerilla Games, about the community’s feedback he had this to say:
As you may know, we are always in close contact with the Killzone community,” he said. “The response to Killzone 2 has been fantastic but there is a general response that it had too many ‘corridors.’ We have to temper that with the knowledge that many players really enjoy that gameplay style. Our plan is to solve this dilemma with huge variation in gameplay styles.
“We had plenty of variety in Killzone 2 but much of it was introduced in the second half of the game. This time around, right from the start every new level has its own distinct feel.
Continuing:
The level playable at the show was set in an arctic environment and introduced a number of new gameplay elements. One of the most eye-catching is the new jet packs: first you must fight off three Jetpack Troopers, who are quick and heavily armed. Once you defeat them, you discover a spare jetpack that you can strap yourself into. It works like an exaggerated jump, allowing you to soar high into the air and use the forward thrust twice before having to land, and opens up the possibilities for platforming and aerial combat.
For the full report check out Playstation.Blog but for now check out some new screens.
Posted by Drizzo on May 24, 2010 – 18:12
Filed under PS3
Tagged as move, PS3
Sony is launching a pre-emptive strike on publishers trying to simply port over their existing Wii games to the PS3 and it’s Move peripheral, according to examiner.com. Smelling easy money it’s only natural that these publishers would do so. However, in an interview with Gamasutra, SCEA’s publisher relations head Rob Dyer had this to say:
Now, are there going to be things like that? Sure. We’ll do everything we can, whether it’s up-res, add trophies, and do things and make it network-only so you don’t see it on a disc, but at the same time, we don’t have to approve it if we don’t want to go down that path.
Later in the interview when asked about games that have been lead designed on the Wii he answers:
If it’s day and date. If it’s day and date, we’ll work with them on it. If it’s a port, then we’ll move it a step, to the network. Unless it’s something that they’ve done an incredible amount of adjusting… We want to be a one-to-one experience.
The Wii doesn’t have a camera. We’ve got a camera. Use that camera, implement that in there. A lot of these guys don’t want to. They just want to use the accelerometer and say, well… No. Not gonna happen. It doesn’t work that way. Put the camera in there, make it work with that, get your trophies, up-res is, put some more content in, come on down.
If this pans out then these are some very reassuring words since there have been concerns about shovel ware for the Move. For the full interview click HERE.
Posted by Drizzo on April 23, 2010 – 16:51
Filed under PS3
Tagged as mag, PS3, update
As stated in the title Zipper will be releasing more DLC for MAG on the 29th of this month. Oh and just like the other DLC it is free. Yes that’s right FREE! Definitely can’t go wrong with that. So what is in this new batch of goodies. According to the Playstation.Blog and Jeremy Dunham / Sr. Community Manager, Zipper Interactive it will consist of:
First, we’re adding three brand new Special Edition Sniper Rifles (Raven’s HM 90 SE, SVER’s SASR M, and Valor’s MK 14 Mod 1 EBR) that include a number of performance adjustments and visual variations to our already-popular long-range weapons. Second, you can expect to get your hands on a collection of new armor types! All three factions can now choose to equip Improved Light Armor in their loadouts for the bargain price of just 400 in-game credits.
So there you have it a whole bunch of great updates I am definitely looking forward to the improved light armor. Anyway, the update will be available on April 29th when the Playstation store updates in your area.
Posted by Drizzo on April 22, 2010 – 07:39
Filed under PS3
Tagged as firmware, PS3, update
Last night Sony released a mandatory update, 3.30, for the Playstation 3. In this update it adds all new features, most notable for trophies. Here’s what was in the update.
In addition, this update preps the PS3 system for some upcoming new features, including 3D stereoscopic gaming, which is coming soon to PS3, in time for the launch of Sony’s 3D BRAVIA TVs.
As for hidden features, I’ve read on another website, that this update also upgrades the flash player on the browser.
taken from Playstation.Blog
Posted by Drizzo on April 18, 2010 – 11:50
Filed under PS3
Tagged as mag, PS3, update
On Friday Zipper Interactive announced an update to Mag. Patch version 1.05 will be available to download on Monday, April 19 at 1am Pacific/ 4am Eastern/ 9am GMT. Coming in this update is a number of fixes and upgrades to the guns and fixes some common in game glitches. Zipper also states that it will have more info on it’s next DLC in as soon as next week.
So what does this update actually do:
Gameplay
- Improved the automatic Leadership selection criteria to make players with microphones more likely to be selected than those without them (note: this does not prevent players without microphones from being selected as leaders)
- Adjusted automatic Leadership selection criteria to include Leadership point total in preference formula.
Technical
- Repaired bug that prevented players who were incapacitated and then revived from throwing grenades until they reload.
- Fixed issue with the game lock-ups caused by “hanging” black screen following the conclusion of a gameplay round.
- Repaired crash that sometimes occurred after playing more than 15 consecutive rounds.
- Resolved issue with rare game crash that occurred during playback of intro video.
- Numerous localization changes for in-game text.
Weapons
- Adjusted iron sights to give player clearer view for the following weapons: AK-103, M4A1, PKP MG, Apex 100, RTK-74, Boudini 12 Gauge, and T-195.
- Improved accuracy on all iron sights and red dot sights.
- Increased upwards-recoil to all machine guns.
- Slightly increased accuracy for pistols, PDWs, and SMGs.
Posted by Alan on April 1, 2010 – 04:50
Filed under PS3
Tagged as 3.21, firmware, PS3, update
It’s not common for a manufacturer to push a firmware update that removes a system capability; but that’s exactly what will happen with today’s v3.21 update for the PS3. No, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke. Update v3.21 will remove the option to install another operating system (aka Linux) on the fatty PS3’s; an option that was already removed on the Slim versions. SCEA’s Patrick Seybold explains on PS Blog that the removal of the option is necessary "due to security concerns … [and] will help ensure that PS3 owners will continue to have access to the broad range of gaming and entertainment content from SCE and its content partners on a more secure system."
This update push may be in response to recent claims of “hackery” that you may remember and seems like a preventative measure on Sony’s part. Although this update will not affect most of us PS3 users, I’m sure there some that are cringing as they read this. Either way, it’s a small price to pay to access PSN from now on.
Posted by Drizzo on March 31, 2010 – 11:42
Filed under PS3
Tagged as Final Fantasy XIV, PS3, PSN
Square Enix has just released the first game play video of Final Fantasy XIV titled Life in Eorzea. Unfortunately it’s in Japanese but it reminds me of those California commercials that tell you to come and visit or move their.
Posted by Drizzo on March 25, 2010 – 14:15
Filed under PS3
Tagged as DLC, mag, PS3
Zipper announced a couple weeks ago the release of free, that’s right, free DLC and it comes this week. Not only do we get a nice list of new DLC items, Zipper will also be having a double xp weekend starting today, actually, in some areas it might have already started. So what does this DLC bring us, according to respawnaction.com
The DLC will bring us a plethora of items which includes
-The addition of the Flashbang grenade
-New Light Machine Guns to each PMC. Raven’s APEX 100SE, Valor’s mk46 Mod 1, and SVER’s
RTK-74 Vla
-New Uniforms: ‘Trooper Dark’ and ‘Trooper Light’ designed for interior and urban combat scenarios as well as giving another customization option
Also the double xp allows veterans to experience this as well Zipper assures us that this is just the beginning of their ongoing support for the game.
