The Next Gen Watercooler

Well,the 360 made it into the repair station in Texas yesterday,so probably two more weeks of no Xbox ..So,I’m gonna play the PS3 as much as I can.I just picked up Devil May Cry 4 the other day and I have Dark Sector sitting here,so I’m going to try to play through those this weekend.I might also download PixelJunk Monsters,it gets a lot of good reviews btw.

This weeks update was terrible,nothing really to download at all for the US.I had to go to the UK store to even find anything to look at.In other news,some websites are starting to pick up on the news of firmware 2.4,so that’s good.

See below..and great news.The capability to do this was first made aware in the 2.35 Firmware update

Back in March, we launched the new YouTube APIs and Tools, with the goal of making YouTube an open video services platform and available for use by any website, desktop application, or consumer device. Today, we are announcing a new partnership that takes advantage of the YouTube APIs in a new and interesting way.

We are happy to announce that PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3TM) has integrated the YouTube APIs to allow game developers to create games that enable direct upload of in-game video captures to YouTube. This YouTube upload functionality can be incorporated not only into new PS3 game titles, but also existing PS3 titles that have the ability to receive network updates. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has added YouTube functionality to Mainichi Issho, a popular game with PS3 users in Japan. Gamers will now be able to upload their in-game video captures to YouTube. We’re excited at the opportunity this presents and look forward to more and more games to be enhanced with YouTube.

The YouTube APIs are available to all developers and we hope that game developers everywhere will use the YouTube APIs to make video an integral part of their game experience. Whether it’s showing off that fantastic touchdown pass, car slide, or karaoke sing-along, we hope that more user-generated content from games will make their way to YouTube and connect with the gamer communities.

Let the games begin!

* PS3 system software must be updated to the latest version.
* “PLAYSTATION” is a registered trademark and “PS3” is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

So a reader named “Josh” from Kotaku has taken some photos of a setup for PSN cards at his local Meijers.This is pretty good news.Although,some PSN cards have been available at Military bases for quite a while.The reason for this is that the AVS certification in the PSN does not accept P.O.Boxes or APO boxes. When I talked to Sony in January,they told me they were beta testing them and they would be released soon.Can’t wait myself,due to the fact that I have a PO box myself. Let’s get it going Sony!!

Well,this weekend was pretty busy with family and doing stuff with the girlfriend.We went out and got some things for the baby coming in October. I did go by Gamestop and checked on my stepdaughters Pink Nintendo DS.I’m just going to wait a few days before her birthday and pick it up.I almost picked up a Nintendo Wii,but I feel like I’ll just wait a little longer.I did pick up Devil May Cry 4,which looks beautiful.It plays just like the original versions I played on PS2,but looks much better. I also put down my preorder for Metal Gear Solid 4,so I can’t wait for that and I’m not the biggest Metal Gear fan.Other than that,it’s been a pretty lax weekend for the games.So,hopefully next week it’ll pick up! See ya soon.

Here’s the list of what SCEE is putting up.

Bourne Conspiracy demo (free)
Iron Man demo (free)
Everybody’s Golf 2 “Beginner’s demo” for PSP (free)
Everybody’s Golf 2 “Intermediate demo” for PSP (free)
Ultimate Board Games Collection demo for PSP (free)

High Stakes: Poker Video Chat pack (free)
8x Go!Explore map packs (£14.99/€19.99 each)

Haze music video

High Stakes: Poker trailer

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull trailer

pixel junk monsters:encore wallpaper and theme
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