GamePro grills Unreal Tournament 3 producer Jeff Morris on PlayStation 3 performance, tricks to working with the Cell processor, and his favorite moments in UT3.
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Sony and Nichia have jointly developed a smaller, less costly Blu-ray reader/writer module. The company expects the new laser unit, which is just 3mm thick, to appear in the company's 9.5mm laptop drives sometime this year. A smaller, less costly Blu-ray laser unit could undoubtedly reduce production costs for the PlayStation 3, allowing Sony to drop the price even further should it choose to do so.
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Release: Fall 2008 (follow link for so much more) -One campaign focusing on Nathan Hale across USA, 1 player -One separate story based campaign supporting 2 players offline, 8 players Online -Online Multiplayer (dedicated servers) supporting 60 people -Classes for online: Heavy, Special Ops, Medic -New vehicles including Chameleon (Stalker with cloak) -Partial randomized geometry in level spots -Insane stat tracking coupled with MyResistance.net
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Reading over these awards, is this one even a surprise? Uncharted: Drake's Fortune serves as the culmination of fun gameplay, an immersive story, stunning graphics, superb sound and characters you can connect with. These elements come together for one of the most engaging experiences gamers can find in 2007.
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"Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has moved to squash reports stating that it's experienced high hardware failure rates on the 40GB model."
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Based on the fact that the reason we should be happy to shell out so much for the PS3 is the Blu Ray player the news that a $150 HD DVD unit will be on sale before the end of the year could potentially be very bad news for the Blu Ray camp especially when you take on board the recent announcement by Paramount.
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The latest data from Media Create shows that Japanese PlayStation 3 sales for the week ended July 29 were more than double those of the previous seven days. Wii sales dropped for the second week in a row. Also inside hardware sales for week ending July 29. Hardware sales for the week ended July 29: DS Lite: 150,494 Wii : 77,169 PSP: 35,068 PS3: 28,829 PS2: 11,757 Xbox 360: 3,872 GB Micro: 263 GBA SP: 228 GC: 102 DS: 90 GBA: 41
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According to Game Informer magazine, a $399 40gig PS3 system is on the way, but it will have no backwards compatibility. They actually expected to hear the announcement on it at E3. So they may have just heard different rumblings altogether.
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In an interview with Japanese paper Kaz (Ken's replacement) states that combined PSN and retail game total will be 380 by Mar 08. A huge content push.
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"The redesigned PS3 will feature a 120 GB hard drive. It is 36 percent smaller and 32 percent lighter than existing models. It also consumes 34 percent less power." Image of the new matte design is included.
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