Got a Resistance 2 beta code in my email last night. It was a 2.2gig download and while it started fast ended up taking quite a while. A friend recieved one as well - both of ours came from the Playstation Underground.
2 maps available in the beta and the game runs multiplayer only. From the 30 minutes or so I put in last night it seems like a pretty fun game though I had it crash on me several times each requiring a hard reboot. The 40 player map that I played was pretty chaotic and I can tell that this will be a popular online shooter - though it will be interesting to see how it fairs against COD5.
Keep checking your email, maybe there is an invite waiting for you!
Ouch! I waited in line last night to grab a copy of GTA4 and I played for about 30 minutes with no problems. Now today it has crashed twice on me! What is going on here?
Further to that the online play is down! From what I have been reading a lot of people are having problems with this. I dont understand how these issues are not worked out in beta testing before the game is launched. I’m not too impressed that I’ve twice now lost my mission progress due to a crash. A fix better come soon.
I downloaded Gran Turismo Prologue the other day and I have to say that I am blown away by how beautiful the graphics are. The menus are so smooth and the game graphics are exceptional. I was also really impressed with the vehicle sounds. It seems that wind noise has been introduced and adds a level of realism.
Other than that, this is standard Gran Turismo with souped up graphics. I find that the game is a little sparse and I am having issues downloading the update. I keep being told that I need to set my time and date but when I try to download the update it errors out and never completes. I will say that I am really looking forward to the full release.
Oh, the Dual Shock 3 works great with this game. I almost forgot what rumble felt like.
The first game I tried with my new Dual Shock 3 was Half-Life 2 in The Orange Box. Much to my suprise and disappointment there was no rumble! There were no options that I could find to turn it on either. Looks like the PS3 version is without rumble and from what I can tell there are no plans to add it. 
Hot off the press, Gamepro presents their view of the PS3 and Xbox 360’s upcomming releases. Sure to ignite debate between the fanboys, the list does look good for both systems. I have to say, especially after the PS3 outselling the Xbox 360 in the United States this week, that I think things are really going to change.
Here are the games:
Xbox 360:
1. Ninja Gaiden 2
2. Left 4 Dead
3. Too Human
4. Gears of War 2 (SYSTEM SELLER)
5. Fable 2 (SYSTEM SELLER)
6. Halo Wars
7. Splinter Cell Conviction
8. Alan Wake
9. Banjo Kazooie
10. Halo Chronicles
PS3:
1. Gran Turismo 5 (SYSTEM SELLER)
2. Haze
3. Metal Gear Solid 4 (SYSTEM SELLER)
4. Metal Gear Online
5. Singstar
6. LittleBigPlanet
7. Resistance 2 (SYSTEM SELLER)
8. Killzone 2
9. Motorstorm 2
10. SOCOM Confrontation
11. InFamous
12. The Agency
13. Final Fantasy XIII (SYSTEM SELLER)
14. God of War III (SYSTEM SELLER)
15. Tekken 6
16. Twisted Metal
What do you think?
Pre-ordered my copy of GTA4 yesterday. Should be good times.
I own an AOC Envision L32W461 and for a value priced HDTV (I paid $699 CDN in Nov 2006) it has been a great purchase. Aside from the usual not so black black’s found in lower priced HDTV’s this unit works quite well. It wasn’t until I started playing time sensitive rhythm games like Rockband and Guitar Hero that I realised there was a problem. The latency on this TV is quite high and without proper tweaking it can make playing certain types of games impossible.
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