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More Helghasts In HOME

There’s no doubt that HOME is picking up at a rapid pace when it comes to new content. This week in North America, we’ll be getting an inFamous game space as well as Far Cry 2 being patched for game launching(where’s the Killzone 2 patch!?).

For those in the EU regions, they’ll be getting the inFamous space plus the long awaited, Killzone 2 Visari Throne Room. In addition to that, a new Helghast Tactician outfit will also be available in the HOME mall. No word on when we’ll be getting this in North America, but hopefully it’ll be next week.

Capcom offering more PSN Love. SWEET!

What the hell if I didn’t know better I would think that capcom was trying to get on my good side! Capcom posted onThe Playstation Blog about their upcoming releases to the PSN, showing much love with the following titles:

* Capcom Classics Collection Remixed (UMD Legacy)
* Mega Man Powered Up (UMD Legacy)
* Dino Crisis (PlayStation Legacy)
* Power Stone Collection (UMD Legacy)
* Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (UMD Legacy)
* Resident Evil 2 (PlayStation Legacy)
* Darkstalkers (UMD Legacy)
* Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max (UMD Legacy)
* Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PlayStation Legacy)
* Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded (UMD Legacy)

Updated Impressions with Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Last night I started a little later so the play session was only two and a half hours as opposed to three, but it was just as fun if not more fun. Now I’m getting the hang of the game and playing with more seasoned hunters is definitely easing the learning curve. I’ve gone the route of dual blades, I have no time to be defensive, if an enemy charges at me I’ll just combat roll out of the way then get up and put my blades in the beast’s side.
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July 1st – Happy Canada Day

To all of our Canadian readers out there, Happy Canada Day! Be safe, game on & do whatever it is that you’re doing today, responsibly.

Thursday Night Excite! PUNISHER NO MERCY!

Punisher No Mercy hits this Thursday on the PSN for 10 bucks!

THE PUNISHER: NO MERCY is a first-person shooter set in the Marvel Universe, available exclusively for the PlayStation®Network on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Powered by the latest version of the Unreal Engine, it offers frantic, arcade-style shooting action with a heavy focus on multiplayer modes, supporting up to 8 players online.

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Damnation Developers Laid Off

Several former employees at Blue Omega, developers behind the recent Damnation, have confirmed with Kotaku today that the entire dev team has been laid off following “issues” with Codemasters, Damnation’s publishers.

They allege that there were a raft of lawsuits behind the sackings, which stem from Blue Omega being “taken off” their own game by Codemasters, as well as a dipsute between Blue Omega and two subcontracting studios, one of which stands accused of having continued work on Blue Omega’s title even after Blue Omega had been stood down, and the other of having performed shoddy work.

In addition to those messy behind-the-scenes affairs, the former employees also stated that poor sales of Damnation were a contributing factor.

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Retro Killzone Review

Don’t ask me how I found this one but I just did. Classic Game Room HD reviews games that some may have missed out on during the past generation. This review is about the original Killzone game.

While the game was slightly too much for the PS2 to handle at times, the reviewer does bring up some points that remind me of how fun the campaign was back then. If there’s one thing Killzone has over Killzone 2, it’s the length of the campaign and story depth. Ok that was two things. Oh, and does anyone else miss playing as multiple characters?

Playstation Home: Where Are We At, Exactly?

Recently an article popped up on the internet of a quiz from the guys at Sony hinting at new features that we would be most likely to see in Home. And as I look through, I wonder, “Why has it taken them this long to figure it out?”.

If you go through the list, you’ll fine that ALL (if not most) of the features are just rockin’. I would probably never leave Home(No pun intended)! If they added launching for every game at least, I would be one happy gamer. Right now I can only play Warhawk and Resistance 2 (both are great games, though I was never great at them). There are lots more Home Spaces now which is great, I can hop on, with no problem whatsoever, and there’s getting to be more and more things to do.

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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite – Omnilaw’s Impressions

So I’ve talked about this game in the past on podcasts and last night finally me and three other gamers jumped on ad hoc party and had a 3 hour play session with Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. This game is meant to be played with other Hunters, and it’s a whole lot of fun, and ad hoc worked flawlessly. To simplify the game it’s just a bunch of hunting missions, but the level of detail and excitement from taking the beasts down makes it well worth it. Two of the people I played with kind of showed me the ropes which was the push I needed to completely fall in love with the game. The environments are gorgeous and very detailed, and enemies are animated and aggressive and with the numerous levels of customizations and interaction that can be done between the players and the game, it’s Shocking as to why this never caught on outside of Japan!

There is also an option to install the game data to the memory stick which makes my biggest grip about Monster Hunter Freedom 2 ’s load times non existant. I’m going to play some more tonight and go into more detail on in later posts and on the podcast but Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is currently my number one PSP game. This may be the same as the PS2 game but it’s perfect for a PSP game, nice work Capcom!