via Joystiq


Someone give Rockstar a trophy ... for finally bringing PlayStation Trophies to the PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. According to the latest GTA mailing list email, the update will be available for download on Monday, Oct. 27.

Rockstar has promised 51 Trophies in total, including: "One Man Army" (survive a six-star wanted level for five minutes); "Dare Devil" (execute all of the city's unique stunt jumps); "Chain Reaction" (blow up 10 cars in under 10 seconds); and "Liberty City Minute" (complete the game in less than 30 hours).

The official GTA IV site will be updated Monday to include the full list of Trophies ... which, given the ones announced today, will likely be identical to the list of Achievements available in the Xbox 360 version. ...

via Eurogamer


Nintendo has updated WiiWare with three new games today, which we're also calling my birthday.

The first of these is The Incredible Maze, which is a bit presumptuous. Costs 500 Wii Points (GBP 3.50 / EUR 5) and features mazes and balance board support. The latter involves steering a ball around the maze while dodging traps and not falling off the edge.

Next up is Home Sweet Home, the solitary offering in the "Interior Design" area of WiiWare. As if designed by Carol Smilie, the idea is to redesign rooms in a weird puzzle fashion. This costs 1000 Wii Points (GBP 7.50 / EUR 10).

That's quite pricey, but not as expensive as Tetris Party, which costs 1200 Wii Points (GBP 9 / EUR 12). That's Tetris, then, but broken into mini-games with balance board support and online multiplayer for six people.

Expect our thoughts on these in prompt fashion. ...

via Eurogamer


Peripheral perfectionist Logitech has unveiled a ridiculously lavish guitar for Guitar Hero World Tour.

This Premiere Edition peripheral features a wooden neck, rosewood fingerboard, metal frets, metal tuning pegs, a one-piece contoured shape and crimson body.

More importantly, for us at least, are quiet buttons - using some noise-reducing rubber keyboard technology - and a touch-sensitive neck slider.

This, one of the new features in Guitar Hero World Tour, allows you to slide a digit up and down the fret instead of fingering hairy passages - represented in-game by a funny line joining the notes together.

This Premiere Edition guitar is also wireless and comes with a gig bag to protect the instrument as well as store the USB receiver and game disc.

But what does this all cost? Well, USD 249.99. That's 160 English pounds, which is roughly how much an entire set of Guitar Hero World Tour instruments plus game will cost upon November release - and the RedOctane guitar seemed pretty good to us. And light.

You can catch our full review of Guitar Hero World Tour on Monday, whereas this silly old guitar is not out in the US until December.

Logitech, incidentally, was announced as a Guitar Hero peripheral maker back in August. We expect some rather fancy equipment. ...

via Eurogamer


Prince of Persia Classic and Novastrike arrived on the PS3's PlayStation Store this week, while PSP owners were invited to buy previously UMD-only titles Puzzle Quest and Practical IQ and nostalgic owners of both systems can glory in memories of, er, Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped.

Meanwhile, there's a host of PS3 add-ons for current games, including new suits for Dead Space (out today), new modes for Mega Man 9 and various packs for Civilization Revolution, including some free content. Those of you who bought the PS3 version of Soul Calibur IV can now get your hands on Yoda, too, having previously had to make do with boring old Darth Vader.

Rock Band fans can also get their hands on the Nirvana tracks released on Xbox Live this week, either as a multi-song pack or individual downloads, and Motley Crue's album Dr. Feelgood is up there too.

There are also demos of NBA 2K9 and WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW 2009 for PS3 owners and lots of other trinkets, which we've neatly summarised for you below, along with all the prices.

Proper games on PS3 Store

• Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped (GBP 3.99 / EUR 4.99)
• Novastrike (GBP 6.29 / EUR 7.99)
• Prince of Persia Classic (GBP 7.99 / EUR 9.99)

Proper games on PSP Store

• Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped (GBP 3.99 / EUR 4.99)
• Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (GBP 15.99 / EUR 19.99)
• Practical IQ (GBP 15.99 / EUR 19.99)

PS3 Demos

• NBA 2K9 demo (free)
• WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW 2009 demo (free)

PS3 Add-ons

• Buzz! Horror Movies Quiz (GBP 3.99 / EUR 4.99)
• Dead Space Obsidian Suit (free)
• Dead Space Scorpion Suit (GBP 2.39 / EUR 2.99)
• G1 Jockey 4 2008 Additional Horses Data (free)
• Mega Man 9 Hero Mode (GBP 1.19 / EUR 1.49)
• Mega Man 9 Special Stage (GBP 1.19 / EUR 1.49)
• Mega Man 9 Superhero Mode (GBP 1.19 / EUR 1.49)
• Sid Meier's Civ Rev Scenario Pack #1 The Victory Pack (GBP 0.79 / EUR 0.99)
• Sid Meier's Civ Rev Scenario Pack #2 The Survival Pack (GBP 0.79 / EUR 0.99)
• Sid Meier's Civ Rev Single Player Map Pack #1 Brave New Worlds Pack (free)
• Sid Meier's Civ Rev Single Player Map Pack #2 Surreal Pack (free)
• Soul Calibur IV Yoda character (GBP 3.19 / EUR 3.99)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 Spyglass Hill (GBP 4.99 / EUR 7.99)

PS3 Rock Band stuff

• Nirvana - "Breed" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Nirvana - "Lounge Act" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Nirvana - "On A Plain" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Nirvana - "Polly" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Nirvana - "Something in the Way" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Nirvana - "Stay Away" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Nirvana - "Territorial Pissings" (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)
• Nirvana Pack 01 inc. all the above (GBP 4.99 / EUR 7.99)
• Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood album (GBP 8.99 / EUR 10.99)

Other things of interest for PS3

• GT Academy Silverstone trailers (free - all six of them)
• Linger in Shadows Cat and Robot (both free)
• WipEout HD Theme Colour (free)

...

via Gizmodo US


While the G1 has an excellent keyboard, that's not stopping many users from complaining that they cannot type in landscape mode (notably, the decision to omit the virtual keyboard was to coax users to use the QWERTY hardware). Luckily, the Android development roadmap reveals that we'll be getting a touchscreen keyboard in Q1 2009 featuring "a dictionary of suggestions and a suggestion algorithm." In other words, it'll work a lot like the iPhone keyboard, which is a good thing. ...

via Computer and Video Games


To the common eye, DSi could look identical to the DS Lite. Nintendo clearly doesn't want that, so it's released a video that runs through each and every feature.

It's great - you get a nice lengthy look at all the new menus, the wacky camera functionality, some of the crazy sound-bending stuff it can do to music or your voice, the DSi shop, the new PictoChat and more.

It's so comprehensive you won't even mind that it's all in Japanese (soz). Anyway, take a look here. ...

via Computer and Video Games


The hotly anticipated Street Fighter IV will release on consoles and PC "this winter", the game's producer Yoshi Ono has confirmed.

However, this winter could still mean early 2009, and Ono was referring to the game's US release.

"There is no official North American arcade release, so we kind of feel bad that you guys have to wait for it," Ono told X-Play.

"We don't want to start rumours that it's this year, but definitely this winter. At some point you'll be sitting in you winter coat looking at snow out the window...and right then we'll kind of heat you up a little with some hot Street Fighter action so look forward to that."

Can't wait. Check out our Street Fighter IV game page here. ...

via IGN


Remember that time we said we were giving away Resistance 2 beta keys and we didn't? Sorry about that. But at least we made up for it that other time we finally got around to handing them out. All 7,000 in fact.

Anyway, if you didn't get lucky first time, we've got some good news. In conjunction with Sony, we've managed to wrangle an extra 1,500 beta keys exclusively for our European readers and we'll be tossing them in your general direction later this evening.

You simply need to be a registered IGN user to get in on the action so, if you're not already, go get signed up! We'll be updating this story with download details as soon as the keys go live so get those F5 fingers at the ready and let the fun begin! ...

via IGN


Developer doublesix is bringing a fresh new arcade title to the PlayStation Network, with Burn Zombie Burn! being bought to the PlayStation 3 towards the end of this January.

Looking like a welcome marriage of Smash TV with hordes of the undead, it's a high-score based game that's got it's tongue wedged firmly in its cheek. Taking a healthy dose of inspiration from schlocky American horror films, Burn Zombie Burn! takes a top-down view on six arenas chockfull of zombies, with players choosing between three characters to tackle the undead swarms.

There's an added element of risk and reward at the games heart – burning zombies with explosives earns a greater score multiplier, but a zombie on fire is faster and more dangerous. But that's just common sense.

Available for up to two players, Burn Zombie Burn! is coming early next year on PlayStation Network – to find out more head over to our Q&A with the game's creative director Jim Mummery, or check out the exclusive trailer. ...