2D Bionic Commando Coming To PSN & XBLA

NeoGAF posters confirm that this scan from the latest Famitsu confirms that a 2D Bionic Commando will be hitting XBLA and PSN!

Japanese PSN Gets Arc The Lad III & IQ Final 01/16/2008

Europe Pissed About Singstar

There’s a new useless petition online for Singstar and it alludes to some of the downfalls of the new game.

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PSN Getting Uber Achievements?

“I know that an achievement system is very important to our consumers. With Home, and in addition to Home, we have some very exciting programs planned to recognize our consumers’ gaming skills and loyalty in new ways that go well beyond a single score.”

Via CV&G

Regional PS3 User Face Icons

Go here with your PS3 browser and you can download a huge bunch of them.

PSN To Get Sony TV Show Downloads Divx Encoded

“This milestone agreement lays the foundation for Sony to offer high quality video content in the DivX format to its retail partners for playback on next-generation DivX Certified devices,” said Kevin Hell, CEO of DivX, Inc. “Consumers want the flexibility and choice to enjoy high-quality video content from a range of retailers across a variety of devices. We are very pleased Sony Pictures Television recognizes the value of the DivX digital media solution and look forward to working together to offer a great experience to consumers.”

And if you’re wondering, Playstation 3 is the only next-gen system that is Divx certified.

Via Divx PR

“Bite-Sized” PSP Games Coming To PSN

“We have an opportunity to bring bite-size experiences to the system, ten minute, pick up and play content that can be downloaded from the store,” Koller told us, part of an effort to expand the PSP’s demographic.

I LOVE this idea. I’d love to have tiny Final Fantasy games every couple months or something like that.

Via Kotaku 

PSN To Get Bigger Updates

“We’re certainly going to continue to plan on combining features so we can roll out fewer, but more significant firmware updates.”

“There are a few ways to look at this. We have several teams developing different types of new features for the PS3. Initially we schedule and plan on combining features in updates so users receive a lot of features in a single update. Sometimes the schedule on one feature will slip and we’ll have a few other new features ready, so rather than hold the release up for a single feature, we’ll release what is ready to go at that time.”

So there ya go, no more tiny updates that don’t do much. Sony is going to pack a ton of stuff in to each one and release them every few months.

Via Next-Gen

01/10/2008 UK & Japan PSN Update

United Kingdom

Games/Demos:
-Hardcore 4×4 (PS1) - 3.49 pounds?
-N20 (PS1) - 3.49 pounds? (more…)

Super Startdust HD Upgrades

“The ability to build custom soundtracks is perhaps the most noticable new feature. Now you can blast away to whatever music you’ve got stored on your PLAYSTATION 3 hard disk drive.

The scoreboard has also gotten a facelift, and now tracks stats such as how long the hi-score session took, and highest difficulty level reached with this score.

Best of all, these new enhancements won’t cost you a dime.”Via Playstation Blog