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If you managed to pull in the reigns and hold off on Fanatec’s wireless Porsche 911 Turbo Racing Wheel back in April, you can get a beautiful alternative right about now with even more utility. Today, the outfit has introduced the limited edition Porsche 911 Turbo S Racing Wheel for Xbox 360 — which, contrary to its name, actually plays nice with the PlayStation 3 and PC. Of note, there are three variants from which to choose: a 911 Turbo S Edition, Clubsport Edition, and Pure Edition, all of which are licensed by Porsche Lizenz- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH and feature a 900° steering angle. You’ll also find a 6+1 shifter, and if you opt for the Clubsport Edition, you’ll get high-end pedals that are actually crafted from aluminum and feature a load cell pressure sensor for the brake. The pain? $250, $400 and $150 in order of mention, 90% of which is totally paying for that logo in the middle.

Fanatec’s Porsche 911 Turbo S racing wheel plays on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Wii Fit might have some competition brewing, if Men’s Fitness magazine is a publication worthy of the public’s trust, that is. The details are vague, to say the very least but, here’s what we “know”: Dave Kushner, executive producer at EA Sports, told the magazine that the company is planning an ‘unnamed fitness game’ with a ‘new peripheral’ which will connect the Wiimote to the player’s body, enabling all sorts of newfangled measurements, movements, and exercises barely dreamed of before. Sounds totally awesome, right? Well, if and when it materializes, we’ll be sure to rush to the store, buy one, then sadly rue its unused, guilt-inducing existence every day thereafter.

[Via Nintendo Wii Fanboy]

EA plans a Wii Fit-slaying exercise game? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The PSP has proven to be quite the popular system among hackers and modders of all sorts, but it looks like Sony has turned the tables a bit with its latest PSP-3000 model (otherwise known as the PSP Brite), which has so far put up a stiff resistance against folks’ attempts to put it to some decidedly unofficial uses. Among other things, the PSP-3000 has apparently completely shut shutting down the popular Pandora battery hack, and it’s even managed to stifle new attempts by heavyweight modders like Dark Alex to crack it open. One modder, known only as Royginald, even went so far as to swap the PSP-3000’s CPU out in favor of one from a PSP-2000, only to discover far too late that the 3000’s new interlaced video made the entire setup quite useless. Maybe that’s one of the “features” Sony was talking about?

[Via PSP Fanboy]

PSP-3000 proving to be difficult for hackers to crack originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ready for some booty? Not only is Capcom’s swashbuckling strategy game available today on the PSN Store, but a whole treasure trove of DLC is also available to grab. Compare this to a year ago when a game getting DLC was almost a rarity, nowadays every game and its dog is getting some sort of downloadable goodies. Here’s the full release list:

Playable Content

• Age Of Booty full game ($9.99)

Add-on Content

• LittleBigPlanet DLC (listed after the break)
• Hot Shots Golf: Out Of Bounds character pack 2 ($2.99)
• PAIN Movie Studio add-on ($5.99)
• PAIN “The Hoff” character ($1.99)
• 14x FIFA 09 commentary packs (free)
• FIFA 09 English commentary pack 2 ($4.99)
• Need For Speed DLC (listed after the break)
• Civilization Revolution Elemental map pack (free)
• Civilization Revolution Terrestrial map pack ($1.25)
• Star Wars The Force Unleashed character pack 1 ($4.99)
• Guitar Hero World Tour (listed after the break)
• Rock Band 2 DLC (listed after the break)

Continue reading American PSN releases for November 13th

American PSN releases for November 13th originally appeared on PS3 Fanboy on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Spike TV’s 2008 Video Game Awards will be kicking off next month and the nominees and categories have all been set in place. Among the PlayStation-centric titles, Metal Gear Solid 4 and LittleBigPlanet lead the pack and have earned five nominations each. Both titles are going head-to-head in such categories as: Game of the Year, Best Original Score and Best Graphics. LBP is also vying for Best Soundtrack, while MGS4 is looking to score Best Action-Adventure Game. Both titles, along with Grand Theft Auto IV and Resistance 2 will be fighting it out for Best PlayStation 3 title.

Resistance 2 comes in third with three nominations for Best Multiplayer, Best Shooter and the aforementioned category. Other nominees include: SingStar - Best Music Game; Media Molecule - Studio of the Year; and PixelJunk Eden - Best Independent Game. God of War: Chains of Olympus and Patapon have been nominated for Best Handheld Game.

VGA 08: The PlayStation-exclusive nominees are … originally appeared on PS3 Fanboy on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There’s seamless, and then there’s Foo’s PSP mod. Easily one of the most remarkably clean gaming mods we’ve seen to date, this here hack involved an old socket originally intended for a cellphone, steady hands and an unwanted Super Nintendo controller (we’re simplifying things, but work with us here). In the end, the mod left a nearly-flush port on the rear of the handheld where a hacked SNES controller could be plugged in for input, and better still, the connector doubled as a PSP kickstand. The whole concept was conceived after someone with limited use of one hand contacted Foo for help; needless to say, this workaround now has that individual in business. Hop on past the break to see it in action.

[Via Hack-A-Day]

Continue reading Video: PSP beautifully modded to accept SNES controller

Video: PSP beautifully modded to accept SNES controller originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ll be honest with you: we don’t read the GP32X board nearly as often as we’d like — but we did manage to cull from its archive this cold, hard fact: Pandora is now going to ship with 256MB of beautiful, delicious RAM, AND 512MB of flash memory — that’s double what we initially were told to expect, and Craigix confirmed that Ubuntu is now running 20 percent faster with the upgrade. This windfall comes at no additional cost to the patient, patient consumer. Our advice though? Next time there’s a seriously righteous spec bump happening, try not to couch it in a riddle.

[Thanks, Jared E]

Pandora devs announce memory upgrade via confusing brainteaser originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like the cause of the PAIN expansion pack delay has been resolved. If you looked carefully, you would’ve seen that there was a PSN Trophy involving a Street Fighter character. (Street Rider - Use any Street Fighter(R) character to travel 2 miles while grabbing a vehicle) Looks like licensing took longer than expected, and that feature has been removed from the upcoming Hollywood Studio expansion.

Travis from the PAIN blog explains that the expansion pack will be available in tomorrow’s PSN update: “Everything is going well and we will get our approval form Format at the end of the day. Unless something blows up (which is highly unlikely) we WILL ship on Thursday @ 15:00 GMT.” Considering this is PAIN, we wouldn’t be surprised to have something blow up.

PAIN expansion coming this Thursday … really originally appeared on PS3 Fanboy on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Seriously, calm down a minute. Your world has not just gotten infinitely better, although hearing the words “PlayStation” and “open platform” in the same phrase may make you think otherwise. In a relatively quiet announcement made at Casual Connect in Kiev, Ukraine, Sony Europe’s George Bain proclaimed that developers would “no longer have to submit a game for content approval,” effectively making the PS2 “an open platform.” He pointed out examples from Russia and India, noting that they could now “create low-development cost titles and release them in their market.” In all honesty, we have our doubts that this decision will make any real waves in North America, though Bain did mention a “global approval system” to replace the separated processes currently serving Europe, Japan and America. Now, if SCEA comes out and says something similar about the PS3, then you’ll hear some real excitement in our voice.

[Via Joystiq, image courtesy of GamesAreFun]

Sony’s PS2 effectively becomes “an open platform” in Europe originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Many of you have been asking us “where is Fat Princess, oh darn it?” Well, looks like it’s 2009. First unveiled at E3 this year, the downloadable title earned a lot of buzz (both positive and negative) for its cute, gory, cake-filled concept.

A press release from Epic Games China has officially “announced” the “opening” of Titan Studios, the developer of the upcoming game. There are a few things we’re confused by. First, why is Epic Games China opening a studio in Seattle? Last we checked, Seattle wasn’t a part of China (unless, that is, the takeover has begun …). Also, why is the studio being announced now? Maybe that’s why Fat Princess is taking so long to develop! The studio wasn’t actually official yet!

Titan Studios brings to it developers with experience at companies including Ubisoft, Epic Games, Scion Studios, Blizzard Entertainment and Lionhead Studios. Titan Studios is not only working on Fat Princess, but a number of other Unreal Engine 3 games, including a massively multiplayer online game.

Fat Princess coming 2009, says developer press release originally appeared on PS3 Fanboy on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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