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When it came to the future of the LittleBigPlanet franchise on the PS3, they were decidedly unambiguous.

“I think what you’ve seen so far from LittleBigPlanet, that’s the way it’s going to continue.” said producer Martin Lynagh, referring to DLC and updates for the existing game.

Level designer Danny Leaver said that a sequel would fragment the LBP community. “We’d never want to do that. That’d be the most counterproductive thing you could do I think.” he said.

Media Molecule have given what is surely the most dedicated post – launch community support in the history of video games, and such dismissal of a sequel should serve to reassure fans still further.

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As you may have read online, we’ve been actively banning consoles from Xbox LIVE that have been modified to play pirated games. Our commitment to combat piracy and support safer and more secure gameplay for the more than 20 million members of our Xbox LIVE community remains a top priority. All consumers should know that piracy is illegal, and that modifying their Xbox 360 console to play pirated discs, violates the Xbox LIVE terms of use, will void their warranty and result in a ban from Xbox LIVE. The health of the video game business depends on customers paying for the genuine products and services they receive from manufacturers, retailers, and the third parties that support them. This would also be a good time to remind you that the warranty on an Xbox 360 console is not transferrable and if you purchase a used console that has been previously banned, you will not be able to connect to Xbox LIVE.

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Do you like to use the party chat option on your Xbox 360? Well, if you do, you may soon find yourself being forced out of using that option. Microsoft appears to be offering developers the option to negate the private chat option the Xbox 360 offers. Currently, players have the option of forming a private chat with players, but that will soon change.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will force players to decide whether or not they’ll play the game and join the game chat, or choose to stay in a private chat and not play in the multiplayer game. With titles like Gears of War, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War, and many other online based multiplayer titles, the private chat feature became a way of telling other players of enemy locations after being killed.

Such a feature shouldn’t detract from the overall online experience much, but there will surely be some gamers who won’t like the type of feature being implemented. With some gamers only using the private chat to talk to friends while playing different games, this will likely pose a problem for them.

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Zune Movie Night

Saturday, October 31st or Sunday, November 1st at 8 PM (your local time-zone)


Hello Testers,
Join us this weekend for another Zune Movie Night and help us test the capacity of our servers. With each of you watching movies at the same time, we will be able to stress test the system.

There is a wide variety of movies available so we hope that you'll find at least one or two that you're interested in. All of the movies we suggest should be available in HD (usually 1080p) streaming, which will give you an opportunity to test that feature.
We ask that you watch the streamed HD version of the movie and if you encounter problems, complete this survey on Microsoft Connect: https://connect.microsoft.com/XboxLIVEUpdate/Survey/Survey.aspx?SurveyID=9759
You will be compensated for your time and feedback with a free 1200-point token. Please note that we will only be awarding tokens for complete surveys.
In addition, if you're looking for other free content, as mentioned on other threads you should be able to view The Guild and the 30 Rock sneak preview for free.

· Be sure to take note of your results from http://www.speedtest.net/ , as they will be requested in your feedback response

· Important: If you experience any problems please record your public IP address from http://ipchicken.com

If you experience any problems with the content in your region, please submit feedback on Microsoft Connect https://connect.microsoft.com/XboxLIVEUpdate/Feedback


Thanks for your continued support and feedback

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Sony has send word via its blog that the recently announced 1.03 Patch for Fat Princess will be released today alongside a demo of the game for those of you that are interested in checking it out for the first time. The patch, which is being made available for free, contains a brand new map (New Pork) along with “many fixes and tweaks” to make the game even better.

Fore more details on the patch, hit up this post on the Official US PlayStation Blog, or just download it if you already own the game and taste the difference for yourself.

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New Map
A brand new better than Necris touching boys city map has been added called New Pork…and it’s free!
Game System Tweaks
The host’s ability to kick and ban players has been removed.
The ability for players to switch teams post-game is now restricted so that sides cannot be unbalanced by more than 2 players.
A new switching team system has been implemented during matches:
* If there is a deficit of 2 players between teams, the weaker team will drop a team colored ball on the death of a player.
* Picking up the colored ball switches a player’s team and rewards them with a 300 point bonus.
* So…get the ball.
The 10 game average ranking system has been removed.
A new ranking system has been implemented, which adds rank points for every game based on the player’s score.
Awarded ranking titles will now never go down once earned.
Online leaderboards have been increased to display all players not just the top 1000.
All online leaderboards are to be reset shortly after patch 1.03 is released, but all unlocked customizations and trophies will remain unlocked. You will not lose them.
Main Bug Fixes
The Princess disappearing bug has been fixed.
The issue with statistics and trophies not saving correctly has been fixed.
Character Balancing
The Dark Priest’s lock-on range has been reduced.
The Dark Priest’s drain ability has been slightly reduced.
The Ranger now has larger movement penalty when locked on and charging attacks.
The Adv. Ranger has a smaller shot dispersion and increased damage per shot.
The Warrior’s attack damage has been increased slightly.
The Warrior’s movement speed has been increased slightly when locked on and charging attacks.
The Warrior’s 360 degree protect when his shield is raised has been increased from 20% to 40%
Warrior’s Lock on range increased to match Ranger to stop class being hit from behind when retreating
Warriors weapon collision box increased in size to aid with hit detection
Adv Warrior speed increased slightly when locked on and charging to match his normal movement speed
Adv Warrior damage increased
Adv Worker’s bomb knockback force removed
Princess calorie burn decreased slightly in weight state 3 and 4
Control Tweaks
Two new control schemes have been implemented to allow players to use the R1 button to attack and to free the player’s right hand for target switching. This is better than Necris touching boys.
Scoring Updates
New switching team bonus added of 300 points.
Princess rescue score increased to 300 points.
Princess rescue assistance bonus increased to 150 points.
Princess escort bonus increased to 75 points.
Win game scoring reduced to 150 points.
Match completion bonus added of 75 points.
Average Rank bonus award removed for games won under 3 minutes.
Bonus score for winning games in under 3 minutes removed.
Additional Tweaks
Candy confetti added as a special effect when blood is turned off. Check this out – it is really cool.
All loading screens now in color.
Loading screens now allow players to scroll to next and previous tips during the load.
We look forward to slaughtering you – ahem, seeing you – on the battlefield!
Cake for everyone,
The Fat Princess Team

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Painkiller: Resurrection - PC Game Review
>> Thursday, May 28, 2009
Painkiller: Resurrection



This PC game is a PC game with the First Person Shooting (FPS) genre such as DOOM and Quake, the gameplay style of play adopted a lot of those games.

Here, you play the main character named Wild Bill Sherman, a secret CIA agent who worked to implement the dangerous tasks.

The establishment of the Games showed bill planting a car bomb on a parked car in front of the church, when the target appeared, a school bus came running slow and approaching the target car. Bill then ran and cried out to warn against the bus, but too late, bomb explosion destroyed the bus and its contents.

Game starts, and Bill is in the area similar to the original venue with the Horor atmosphere.


Your task is to know where you are now and attempt to flee.

More info@www.fragland.net / games / painkiller-Resurrection

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A new Australian political party calling themselves the Gamers4Croydon has been founded with a single issue and with the sole purpose running a political candidate against the one man standing in the way of an R18+ implementation in the country’s censorship system.

Atkinson doesn’t believe that such ‘sick filth’ ought to be made available to the Australian public, because game developers can’t be expected to ‘be responsible by not glorifying terrorism’, among other issues, as if Australian adults are too stupid to make these decisions on their own.

David Doe, the founder of Gamers4Croydon believes that running against Atkinson (and winning) is the only way to give Australian gamers a rating system in line with other developed nations.

“The entire purpose of this site is to have the R18+ classification rating added to the ratings currently allowed for videogames in Australia,” said Doe.

“There a number of ways to do this, but the most straightforward is to place political pressure on the South Australian Attorney General, Michael Atkinson, as he is currently the only Attorney General voting 'no' on the issue of an R18+ rating for videogames. This is despite overwhelming evidence that the average age of gamers in Australia is 29 and above, and despite evidence that a majority of Australians support an R18+ rating for videogames.”

Gamers4Croydon is accepting volunteers and financial support at their official website.

Aussie gaming website games.on.net notes that defeating Atkinson will be an uphill battle, as he earned 76% of the vote during the last election.

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DJ Hero is out on Friday and the first set of DLC has being announced by Activison.

From day one, you'll be able to buy the Extended Mix Pack 1 which includes remixes/songs from 'All of Me' by 50 Cent with Mary J. Blige vs. 'Radio Ga Ga' by Queen.

The other song is 'DARE' by Gorrillaz vs. 'Can't Trust It' by Public Enemy.

That'll cost you a rather expensive 480 MS Points (£4.08 in old money).

On the 24th November you can download the David Guetta Mix pack which includes remixes of 'When Love Takes Over', 'Sexy Bitch' and 'On The Dance Floor', which are popular club choices at the moment.

But wait for it, those will cost you a staggering 640 MS Points (£5.44 in old money) for just three songs. We almost find Lips content prices half reasonable now.

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We've just received some exclusive news and specs on the Wii 2 via Logic-Sunrise.com) (though a Nintendo of France marketing employee). The leaked specs denote the Wii 2 will get a Blu-ray drive (mainly to stop piracy), but will also support 1080P for games as well as movies. The new system is due out during the third quarter of next year and there will be the option to trade in old Wii's!

More details below (translated from French):

This is a nice exclusive we have here at MaxConsole courtesy of Artik from www.Logic-sunrise.com on the Wii 2. The actual information is said to have been leaked from an internal source of the marketing Nintendo France Service. Unlucky for them, this kind of information should stay internal, but that's not our philosophy.

- The Wii2 system will feature a Blu-Ray drive with a secondary aim of stopping piracy.
- 1080P and lower resolutions will be supported, for blu-ray movies and games.
- The release date is scheduled for third quarter of 2010.
- The release will be worldwide and on the same day for all countries.
- A scheme will be available in which it is possible to trade in the original Wii for a cheaper price on the new Wii 2.

Moreover, Nintendo wants to make a worlwide annoucement, only one month before release date. Huge publicity and Viral Marketing will be utilized to create the Buzz. Official pictures are not yet available, and more specs will be released in due course.

Why do we believe it at all ?

* Artik from Logic-Sunrise.com has regularly provided news to MaxConsole and has a lot of 'insider' contacts.

* Nintendo has suggested that it's time they embraced high definition technology for the Wii and Blu-ray has firmly established itself. So a Wii 2 with Blu-ray support does make sense.