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Again we get a new update this week giving us more features to use. Personally not that happy with the old OS saga that took place a few months ago but at least Sony do seem to be trying to win us back! Heres whats new ( taken from US BLOG PS):

The latest Playstation 3 Firmware has arrived adding a couple of new features and a few enhancements for both the console and for the Playstation Network.

* PlayStation Plus: PlayStation Network users will be able to purchase membership to PlayStation Plus; a new subscription service on the PlayStation Network that provides you with new options to expand and enhance your gaming experience and enable you to gain an exclusive set of features and content. Friendly reminder, all of you PlayStation Network users will continue to have free access to PlayStation Network’s unmatched and expanding suite of new and exclusive features while PlayStation Plus subscribers will gain access to an exclusive and expanding set of gaming features, content and functionality.
* Photo Gallery: A new network based photo sharing feature is now available on the Photo Gallery. The enhancement allows you to upload, browse and comment on photos on Facebook and Picasa Web Album. You can also opt to share your photos between your PlayStation Network friends as well as print photos from Photo Gallery.
* Video Editor & Uploader: Video Editor and Uploader is a new function found on the XrossMediaBar (XMB), which enables you to edit, save and upload video files stored on the PS3 system to sites such as Facebook or YouTube.
* Five Star Rating Support: Users can rate the PlayStation Store content they have purchased with one to five star ratings.
* Power Save Settings: The default setting for PS3 System Auto-Off will be set at 2 hours, providing you with additional power save options and further improving power save features on the PS3 system.

Also new is an option to calibrate move and a few minor adjustments to the ui as well as the Playstation 3 Facebook application.

Calling retro heads.. To celebrate its 20th anniversary Fire Pro wrestling is to be given the HD remix treatment for release later in 2009. The Japanese series which has had releases from PC Engine thru SNES/Famicom to PS2 will have online functionality to keep you wrestleheads happy. Though the press release states its Japan only we’re pretty sure it’ll make its way onto other stores and if not a Japanese PSN card will do! 

that press release in full:

On September 9th, 2009
For Playstation 3 and XBOX 360
Format: Download only
Region: Japan

Developed by S-Neo and Grasshopper Manufacture
Published by Spike

Fire Pro Wrestling HD

A new installment in the Fire Pro Wrestling series featuring high definition graphics and online functionality to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fire Pro.

- Full 1080p support
- High resolution 2D sprites (3 times the pixel density of Fire Pro Returns)
- “Rebuilt” game engine
- XBOX Live and Playstation Network support for online play
- FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE FROM THE OPTIONS MENU
- Unlockables
- Downloadable content (download moves?!)
- Custom soundtrack support
- Upgraded logo editor featuring “image import“.
- Share edits and logos online with friends via PSN and XBOX Live

Confirmed modes

Champion Road
One Night Match
Match Maker
Point Battle
Team Mach
Survival
Online Play
League
Tournament
Edit
Card Shop

Known mode details

Champion Road

A decision driven ‘career mode’ similar to Fighting Road from Fire Pro Wrestling G.
You begin by selecting your starting location. (Japan, America, Mexico, England)
You cannot use any default wrestlers or pre-made edits.
You have to start with a new character that has limited edit points.
Edit points, moves, and ring attire are collected by earning points in matches.
Points are earned based on audience ranking and other factors.
Your starting location also determines your available choices.
Advancing in Champion Road earns tokens that can be spent at the Card Shop.

One Night Match

All exhibition match options are available through One Night Match.

Confirmed match types

1 vs 1
Tag Team
Four Team Match ( 4 teams of 2 ?)
Battle Royale
Title Match
SWA Rules
Gruesome Fighting
Cage Match
Exploding Cage Match
Landmine Death Match
And 2 new match types that haven’t been revealed yet

New match features

Audience ranking for all match types
Captain’s fall rule
Lucha tag rule
Defend titles in any match type
New weapons
Match speed in custom increments (ex: 108%, 122%, etc)

Match Maker

The new version of Match Maker isn’t structured.
There are no objectives or pre-made scenarios.
You can book complete shows with defaults and edits.
All One Night Match and tournament / league options are available within Match Maker

Point Battle

A new mode to Fire Pro Wrestling!
The game randomly selects wrestlers from the roster for a match
You then bet on the outcome of the match
Tokens you earn can be spent at the Card Shop
COM vs COM only

Team Match

The standard 5 vs 5 elimination mode from previous Fire Pro games
1 vs 1 matches only

Survival

Wrestle an endless line of opponents until you lose
Earn tokens to spend in the Card Shop

Online Play

Play against friends or random opponents via XBOX Live and Playstation Network
Voice chat support
Online Point Battle where you can bet tokens against other players
“Party Play”
“Spectator”

League and Tournament

Titles can be awarded to winners of leagues and tournaments

Edit Mode

Wrestler Edit
Ref Edit
Belt Edit
Organization Edit
Logo Edit
Ring Edit
Trade

New edit features

Logo editor allows for ‘image import’
Trade: Online sharing of all edit content
“Advanced ring edit”
Alternate attires for wrestler edits
Edit space is based on available hard drive space

Card Shop

This is where you spend your earned tokens to purchase in-game content.
Confirmed content: templates, default characters, alternate attires, artwork, videos
You will buy ‘collector cards’ for the unlockable material. The cards will be displayed in your card collection
 

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SCEE’s Jekyll and Hyde nature rears its head in yesterdays update once again. The good see FIFA’s Ultimate Team and trophy update go live and Rockstar’s South Central update for Midnight Club: Los Angeles which adds a whole new district to the games map. The classic Silent Hill makes a surprise appearance, Helgahst invades LBP and Power-Up Forever - a shoot-em-up from Namco crosses the pond. But… Unreal’s Titan pack was left out which has enfuriated Epic who weren’t told a thing despite it being on the US update later in the day (see their forums for details), due for us europeans next week apparently (grrrrrrrrr). The Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 demo didn’t show either so will probably be in next weeks update (if you can’t wait grab it from the US store, its worth it)

Anyway.. the update in full is: 

GAMES

► PS3
○ PowerUp Forever (€7,99) (£6.29)
○ SOCOM Confrontation (€29,99) (£19.99)

► PSone
○ Silent Hill (€4,99) (£3.99)

► PSP
○ Everybody’s Golf (€19,99) (£14.99)
○ Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (€19,99)
○ Resistance Retribution (€39,99) (£24.99)
○ SOCOM Fireteam Bravo (€19,99) (£14.99)
○ Spinout (€9,99) (£7.99)
○ Splinter Cell Essentials (€19,99) (£15.99)
○ Twisted Metal: Head-On (€19,99) (£14.99)

ADD-ONS

► Call of Duty: World at War
○ Map Pack 1 (£7.99)

► FIFA 09
○ Ultimate Team (free) (1370 MB)

► Guitar Hero World Tour

○ European Track Pack 04 (€5,49 | €1,99) (£4.39 | £1.59)
♪ “What Have You Done” by Within Temptation
♪ “Hier Kommt Alex” by Die Toten Hosen
♪ “Carolina” by M-Clan

○ Jimi Hendrix Track Pack 02 (€5,49) (£4.39)
♪ “Freedom”
♪ “Angel”
♪ “Foxey Lady (Live)”

► High Velocity Bowling
○ Jill’s Totally Straight (free)

► LittleBigPlanet
○ Killzone 2 Costume Pack (€2,99) (£2.39)

► Midnight Club Los Angeles
○ South Central Map Expansion (free) (1486 MB)
○ South Central Premium Upgrade (€9,99) (£7.99)

► Rock Band

♪ “Thrash Unreal” - Against Me! (€1,49) (£0.99)
♪ “All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth” - The New Pornographers (€1,49) (£0.99)
♪ “Use It” - The New Pornographers (€1,49)
♪ “Last Resort” - Papa Roach (€1,49) (£0.99)
♪ “Lifeline” - Papa Roach (€1,49) (£0.99)

○ “Get the Funk Out 01” pack (€3,99 | €1,49) (£2.49 | £0.99)
♪ “Pick Up the Pieces” - Average White Band
♪ “Shining Star” - Earth Wind & Fire
♪ “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - Pt 1” - James Brown

► Street Fighter IV
○ Shadaloo Pack (€3,99) (£3.19)

VIDEOS

► FIFA 09
○ Ultimate Team Tutorial
○ Ultimate Team Trailer
○ Ultimate Team Teaser

► God of War III
○ Launch Trailer

► Midnight Club Los Angeles
○ South Central Trailer

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Crash Commando - wallpaper
► FIFA 09 - theme
► MotorStorm Pacific Rift - themes

Can’t live without your PSN details? Feel the need to post them all over internet forums?

Well happy days for you because as we told you earlier, EU trophy cards or Portable ID’s as they like to call them are available for you at the official eu/uk playstation sites. Head over there and sign in with your PSN details, click a few boxes and you can create a shiny purple ID badge with your trophy count so you can show off your platinums, or lack of, to the world.

EA’s monster RTS (Real-Time Strategy to non geeks!) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is due to be released later this month and the kind folk over there have decided to drop us a demo which will hit the PSN this coming Thursday.

I know the EnjoyPS3 crew are big fans of the C&C games so will no doubt be all over this like a bad rash!

So all you geeks who are at work or on holiday just cant help to know what your currunt amount of Golds are, or how many do you need on that great new game you just brought (it better be KZ2) ?

Well those good folks at Sony have came up with the solution.  Although in the real early stages (like an hour or so) you can already see what games and trophies you have to brag to mr one Bronze that you are the better gamer.  Head on over HERE to see waht the crack is!

As you probly have guessed by now, i am absolutly mutting over Killzone 2.  3 days, woooohooooooo!!!  Roll on.

Most looking forward to the multiplayer on the game and the badge system is looking soooooweeeeeet!  A bit like Perks if youve played COD, but looking far cooler and more individual to suit you!

Watch these videos to see what i mean where developers talk you through the various options available.

Shotgun with speedboost and turrets is the way im going to go i think, how bout you?

A day late but food-poisoning and keyboards don’t mix!

The store update is a really good one with the crazy-ass Nobi-nobi Boy taking centre stage and Streetfighter 2 HD Remix finally crawling onto the european store (though if anyone buys it when SF4 came out today then they’re deluded IMO). 

The timetrail DLC for Mirror’s Edge will keep the runners happy and as we reported earlier in the week the Wipeout costumes for LBP arrive..

Anyway.. I’m off to stretch nobi’s length into girl so have a read of the full update below  

GAMES 

- Noby Noby Boy (£3.19) (€3,99)

- Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix (£11.99) (€14,99)

- PSP
- World of Pool (PSP, £7.99) (€9,99)
- Spectral vs. Generation (PSP, £9.99) (€12,99)
- Stateshift (PSP, £9.99) (€12,99)
- International Athletics (PSP, £11.99) (€14,99)

ADD-ONS

- Guitar Hero World Tour
-Wings Track Pack (€5,49 | £4.39 or €1,99 | £1.59 per song)
  “Jet” - Wings “Hi, Hi, Hi” - Wings “Junior’s Farm” - Wings

- Rock Band
- Assorted Tracks (£0.99 per song) (€1,49)
 “Black Sunshine” - White Zombie
 “More Human Than Human” - White Zombie
 “Pick Up the Pieces” - Average White Band
 “Wasted Again” - Turbo Negro

- Mirror’s Edge
- Pure Time Trials (£6.29) (€7,99)

- Skate 2
- Dyrdeck’s Fantasy Plaza Pack (£3.19)

- LittleBigPlanet
- WipEout - Costume Kit (£2.39) (€2,99)

- Burnout Paradise
- Time Savers Pack (£3.99) (€4,99)

- Legendary Cars Collection (€7,99) (€7,99 | £6.29 or €1,99 | £1.59 per car)
- Carson GT Nighthawk
- Hunter Cavalry Bootlegger
- Hunter Manhatten Spirit
- Jansen 88 Special

- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
- Storm Pack 7 (Free)
VIDEOS

- Flower
- Behind the Scenes Trailer

- Mini Ninjas
- Announcement Trailer

THEMES

- Flower
- Flower Theme (Free)
- Flower Wallpaper (Free)

- Loco Roco 2
- Planet Theme (Free)

- Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom
- Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom Theme (Free)

- Cuboid
- Cuboid Theme (Free)

- Magic Ball
- Magic Ball Theme (Free)

Just spotted this floating around a load of forums, so thought id share it with you!

Here is a list of supposibly what will be included in the latest FW update for our beloved PS3.  Loving the voice message functions and the possibility of checking the latest hints here at Enjoy PS3 while playing a game.  How sweet will that be, and it will make all you trophy collectors dreams come true as it will be so easy to follow those how to guides here on this site!

Friends List:
- Voice Messaging is now available as an alternative to text after selecting a user on the friends list. Voice message recordings are capped at 30 seconds.
- Home Integration: Saved PlayStation Home avatar photos can be selected as photo ID for Gamer Card/Friends List.
- Trophy number and Gamer Level are listed under Friend names for quick reference.

Gamer Card & Trophies:
- Gamer Card layout has been changed to more closely resemble the PlayStation Store aesthetic.
- Past Trophy information can be viewed in detail by selecting “Recent Trophy History” option.
- Newly acquired trophies auto-sync in the background
- Server infrastructure for Trophies has been optimized. Resulting in faster retrieval time for Gamer Card and Trophy information.

In-Game XMB:
- Loading time for In-Game XMB has been drastically reduced, resulting in a more seamless in-game experience.
- “Theme settings” options while in-game is now available, allowing custom themes to be applied to the In-Game XMB.
- Internet Browser can now be accessed while in-game.
- Voice messaging and voice chat options can be used while in-game.
- Options that cannot be used in the XMB during game sessions are grayed out (but still selectable) to eliminate user accessibility confusion.

Might well turn out to be a load of old bull, but i guess we shall have to wait to the Big Boss of Sony reveals all!  As always here on Enjoy PS3 we will keep you posted.

WOW, where did this come from.  The old favourite of Enjoy PS3 Unreal tournament 3 is to get a massive update on March 5th.  Really been looking forward to this as it was rumoured a few months back after the PC got a load more features.

TITAN IN ACTION

Can i hear Trophies, wooo hooo.  Oh and there to more game modes as well.  reed mode, a “tug-of-war” style points battle; and Betrayal mode, which prompts you to tactfully turn on teammates if you feel like swiping the score for yourself. More intriguing is the new Titan mutator, which turns a skilled player into a towering Behemoth, excitedly described by the press release as “a 15-foot tall maestro of wholesale carnage that has the effects of every Power Up in the game… ALL AT ONCE!!!”