SCEE has spoken to TVG in response to the reports of a delay to WipEout HD, followed by reports of the game causing epilepsy fits. This is what they said:

The reason for the delay of WipEout HD on PS3 has been due to the many improvements we have been making and the numerous features we’ve added to the game. These include: 8 reverse tracks, 4 extra ships, 2 alternative HUDS, 2 Player offline split screen and XMB Trophy support. We look forward to sharing WipEout HD with you very soon.

Regarding the speculation about health issues, we can assure you that we take consumer safety very seriously and monitor it very carefully.

Nice to see them add XMB trophy support and 2 player offline split screen. I can speak for many others gamers when I said we would have been p***** if there wasn’t trophies. After all we ALL love trophies. The offline 2 player split-screen is also great if your friend doesn’t have an Internet connection and reckons he can beat you, just invite him over and teach him a lesson, and you could finally settle the dispute between you and your sibling(s) or relative(s) over who’s better without lag in the equation.

Since they never confirmed or denied the epilepsy reports I’m going to have to take that as a yes. Hopefully we don’t have fits when we’re playing the game.

Chance is your already looking forward to getting your greasy mitts onto Little Big Planet as soon as possible. While the release is getting ever so close it I have manged to grow even more impatient. Whilst all news about LBP has so far been on the brilliant side, the latest goss has reached the excellence mark.

David Reeves, president of Scee recently stated - ”What we’re trying to do with LittleBigPlanet is almost iTunes meets eBay in the sense that once an individual or a developer has qualified by producing certain levels or certain add-ons, they will then be able in the future to exchange these and make money out of them,”

 To my ears, this news is pure gold. Not only will a few talented people make a nice bit of extra money doing something they enjoy but the rest of the online community will benefit with well-made, professional and cheap user made levels.

This really is excellent news. The very  chance of someone making a big buck or two is completely feasable. “Eventually, it’s feasible that you might well see the first LittleBigPlanet millionaire!” mentioned Reeves.

I’m hyped about this and think this is a step in the right direction for this generation of gaming. What do you think? Would you ever buy user generated content? (I know I would!)

Warhawk update 1.4 is now live to download.

1.4 introduces 2 new gameplay modes FREE for every map inc booster maps.

Full details of the update can be found at the official Playstation blog.

Next to come is 1.5 which will bring trophies to Warhawk and a few more bits. Dylan replied to a comment on the official Playstation blog about the release date of 1.5 saying:

seriously…soon. That’s all I can say

So lets hope soon means this week sometime?????

PS3fanboy has posted a in detail look at the multiplayer classes of Killzone 2 which look to bring some tactical teamwork into the Killzone 2 arena. If you choose ISA or helghast the effects of the classes will be the same.

Rifleman:

The default multiplayer character is assigned when no primary badge is selected. A secondary badge may still be added. Riflemen can start with most weapons, except for the specialized ones.

Engineer:

Primary badge ability: Sets up an automated turret which targets the enemy.

Secondary badge ability: Repairs ammunition dispensers, mounted guns, and automated turrets.

Medic:

Primary badge ability: Revives downed team mates.

Secondary badge ability: Throws a health pack, which can be picked up by other players.

Scout:

Primary badge ability: Uses a cloaking suit to become near-invisible.

Secondary badge ability: Tags all on-screen enemy players with a hidden marker, which broadcasts their coordinates to team mates.

Assault:

Primary badge ability: Dons heavy armour twice as strong as normal.

Secondary badge ability: Temporarily boosts running speed.

Tactician:

Primary badge ability: Throws a coloured smoke grenade, which serves as a spawn point.

Secondary badge ability: Requests air support from a sentry bot which targets the enemy.

Saboteur:

Primary badge ability: Assumes the disguise of a randomly selected enemy player.

Secondary badge ability: Throws a sticky, proximity-activated C-4 charge.

These classes can bring some great teamwork to Killzone 2, so if you are in a clan this could get you excited.

We havn’t seen much regarding Killzone 2’s multiplayer but at long last we now have a video. Some of the levels look really interesting. Anyway, enjoy friends!

Well, that’s entirely your decision and kind of matters what the situation is but if it were specifically a ghost problem then your best bet is to call the Ghostbusters. Better yet, why not watch this brand new trailer?

Above you have the latest HOME trailer shown at E3, although nothing much is new it shows briefly 3 games rooms, Unchartered, Resistance and Warhawk, all of which look one of the best additions to HOME. Unchartered looks like a lakeside bar/cafe, Resistance looks great and has lots of display items, check out the chimera in a jar, and Warhawk shows a glimpse of the mini map for placing strategies with your clan or friends before launching in a game together.

Check out the Resident Evil 5 gameplay cam walkthrough of a demo made especially for E3.

As nice as Resident Evil 5 looks i was hoping they could bring the fear factor back from the days of Resident Evil: Nemesis, playing Nemesis with the lights off all them years ago was amazing and had some great jump out of your skin moments, i cant help but feel that Resident Evil 5 has moved away from what the resi series achieved in the chill factor area to bring more of an action game with less (dare i say) blood and less fear factor.

The graphics of course look amazing but yes, i may be the only slightly disappointed gamer in the world but it does somewhat disappoint me this video aswell. When the game is released it would have had a lot more tinkering time to get it feeling more Resi i suppose so we will see wont we…

I will be sitting here hunched over my keyboard to give You the first full list of Sony’s show. Well a comprhensive list anyway. But first lets take a look at what Microsoft stole off Sony (and if you believe all the doomsayers declaring the end of the PS3).

Yesterday. The show got off to a great start. Microsoft showed great innovation to give Xbox gamers a game entitled Lips. Great concept, but Microsoft will sue anyone who calls it a Singstar™ rip off. They produced an exciting show off, for this, umm. (DONT SAY IT) game, duffy sang her own song which will feature in said game. Which she failed to hit the right notes much of the time. I in particular thought it was a great show.

This brings me to the end of the show, (i really dont want to put to much of MS in here) Where they brought out the president of Square-Enix, to showcase the exclusives that they have tied up to he Xbox. 1 of them is an exclusive only for the Xbox. The Last Remnant will be coming to the PS3 a little bit later. So he thanked the and Yoichi Wada walked off stage. Then as they were about to wrap it up. He came back into shot and tapped Don on the shoulder and with a big smile on his face declared he has one more big announcement. And thus millions of PS3 owners hearts sank. They knew what it was. The camara panned out to show the entire audience and the big screen to showcase Final Fantasy XIII. After 2 minutes or so. The trailer stopped. Light came on and with shock and awe the audience clapped hard. I will agree it is a major coup for the Xbox. Bu not one to destroy PS3 as many are saying. They have not even wanted to know about today at Sony’s show. No all that is happenig to them is the slow demise of their once cherished consoles.

I say this is to be expected. Third party companies spend millions on their games so it makes sense they release it multi platform. This is the reason so many projects get canned. This is the reason so many (albeit small) companies collapse. What most forget is that the PS3 will still have the game. And the PS3 version was in development way before the Xbox version. So this could be the first port to Xbox from PS3. As we PS3 owners have had to put up with so many ports thus far. It’s about time Xbox gamers had our ports. And hopefully it will be the first of many as more and more developers harness the capacity of the PS3 then port it over to the Xbox. With the boundaries pushed more we will see many more great games on the horizon.

This brings me to the show in 20 minutes. A lot of people are hoping news on the much tired of hearing about Home™. Yes about time they did give us a time frame on this. And then the romours are awash of God of War 3 at the show. Plus the PlayTV. And future firmware updates. Well all i can say is watch this space. As i believe it will be something special. Only if they can get Rick Astley to do a rick roll on Microsofts arses. Now that would be something special.

1. The introduction is much more impressive than Microsofts. The doom sayers better start begging for forgiveness
2. Jack Trinton? begins with the history of Playstation. Hints at more exclusives. And a funny guy.
3. IBM uses the PS3’s cell processor which was developed solely by Sony.
4. 75 Titles  in 2008 which are exclusive. First and third party.
5. Shows a trailer for resistence 2. Looks really impressive. Especially the 300ft Chimera monster. Going up a clcok tower as big as a monster is a foolish thing to do. Run Forrest run. Nice new trailer. Risistence 2′S Ted Price talking in depth about the game. New monsters. New angle on multiplayer. Refer the game to scale. Have they played God Of War or ICO?
6. Next up is talk on user generated content. Yes it is Little Big Planet. They will tie up the social experiance with gaming with the game with an exclusive level they make. And with Alex Evans playing it for us. And the features. The options are great with their own basketball outfit on. And a gimmicky show off with tables showing the figures on the gaming industry. Yes it does look like a cool level. Included in the level is the first line up for the PS3 platinum titles which include Resistence fall of man, Motorstorm, Oblivion, Warhawk, Call of duty 3, assains creed, Ninja gaiden, Fight night round 3 and rainbow6 vegas. And going by the Little Big Planet. If this is what we can do it is going to be a great game indeed. Coming october.
7. Onto the PS2 now. In 2008 130 titles due for PS2. Looks like we wont be seeing the last of PS2 for a while. With new titles as such As singstar pop vol 2. Yakuza 2. And the multiformat EA sports games.
8. Buzz quiz  coming to the psp.
9. With more singstar games coming to PS2.
10. PS2 bundle with Lego Batman. Autumn
11. PSN up next. Lets hope some diverse games are coming.
12. Linking network with the sites. U.S only so far.
13. Content downloaded so far 180 million.
14. Ratchet and clank quest for booty. Downloadable game. Looking really good. Will Get those mouths whetted for now. Coming in summer.PSN
15. PSN showcase. revelealing more psn titles. Including. Crash Commando, Fat Princess, Pixeljunk Eden, Pain Amusement Park, Flower, Siren Blood Curse Ragdoll Kung Fu.
16. Gran Turismo T.V. We are getting Top Gear and much more. Nothing new.
17. Home. There to bring it all together. But when? More publishers on board. And brands such as Nike. Trailer. Themed home spaces. Nice touch.
18. PSN Video download service has all the major plaers on board and is open to all film studios. T.V episodes are 1.99. films range from a few prices. All portable to PSP. Very easy to use. As is the original store. This is the same as that. Preview content. before you buy. To rent it is from 2.99 dollars. Watch as you download. HD and SD. Will be available dependeing on film. Availble from tonight. American store. Nice surprise.
19. PSP. More packs to be released. Including American footbal. And Rachet and clan pack.
20. New “Franchise” on PSP. Resistence Retribution.
21. Patapoon 2, Locoroco 2, Star Wars Unleashed, Madden 09,  NBA 09, Super Stardust Portable, Lego Batman and Buzz Quiz Master Just some of the games coming this year for PSP.
22. Woooooo back to PS3. Talking now about the record and upload from your games to youtube. Playstation Life.
23. Sony Online giving us DC Universe Online and The Agency. Jim Lee talks about the future of MMO’s on PS3. Play as either hero or villan. Trailer. The Flash, do not want. Impressive trailer. No word on price on subscriptions. Shame.
24. 80GB PS3. Same Price as 409GB PS3. UK?
25. Devs talk about the cell proccessor and capabilities of the PS3. According to them. The future really is Playstation.
26. First party releases are being talked about now. And some Third party releases Including. Little Big Planet. Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Quantum Of Solice, Resistence 2, Ghostbusters,  The Agency, Naruto, Mirrors Edge. Resident Evil 5, Singstar, Guitar Hero 4, NBA09 The Inside, Buzz quiz T.V, Killzone 2 too name but a dozen or so.
27. God Of War 3, Trailer Nuff said. wow just wow. The beginning of the end. Not for sony but Olympus.
28. inFamous. Giving us an in-depth look at the world of the city. Kill or help it’s up to you. An ordinary Joe consumed by his own power.
29. One more game for us. The secret game. Zipper Interactive the developer. Exclusive. 256 server online games. 8 player squads. You grow into the leading role due to the growth of your character. TRAILER. This is what online gaming should be. Titled M.A.G.

So that was an impressive Conference. If the doom and gloom continues. Then these are just fussy people. Before you saw the line up for releases for the PS3 note he said exclusives. Weather they are timed or not. Thats one heck of a line up of exclusives for us. The M.A.G game looked like a system seller.

And then God Of War 3. Like i said nuff said. That’ll be your system seller. And it looked awesome. I truly can not wait for the future. Doc fire up the DeLorean.

It’s nearly here. In fact, it’s so close I can taste it. Mmmmm…..Playstation. I’m staying up as late as I physically can tonight to make sure you lovely folks get all the news as soon as possible. Check back soon!