In the News, #2

Its been quite a while since I last blogged. I've been quite busy preparing for exams and I've finally started track cycling. Here a pic of the track. It's the only covered velorome in Africa and has a 42 degree embarkment and is 250m long.

 

 

Now for whats in the news...

 

PS3 firmare 3.0

 

Sony has made the latest frimware for the PS3 live. New features include:

- Multi-Audio ( audio can now be output to multiple connectors simultaneously)

- Copy/Paste function for web browser and messages

- Screen capture for the internet browser

- New PS3 logo on startup

 

King of Fighters XII delayed

 

Set for a late August release, King of Fighters XII release date has been set to 25 September.

 

Grand Theft Auto coming to the IPhone and IPod touch

 

GTA: China Town Wars publisher Take-Two is yet to set a price and ship date for the IPhone and IPod versions of GTA: China Town Wars, but fans can expect it before the end of the year with the PSP version being released on the 20th of October.

 

Wii internet channel now FREE!

 

From today (1st September 2009) the Wii internet channel will be free to use.

 

eBay to sell skype

 

It is said that eBay has made a deal with private investors to sell Skype. Exact amouts that eBay want are yet to be released but in the past eBay has reported that they want around $2 billion for its VoIP application.

 

Diablo III, 4th character class revealed

 

The fourth character class for Diablo III has been revealed at Blizzcon '09. Joining the three other revealed character classes is the Monk class, leaving only one of the five classes left to be revealed. The Barbarian, Witch Doctor and Wizard are the other classes previously revealed.

 

No more backward compatibility for the PS3, EVER!

 

With rumors of the PlayStation 3 slim many gamers hoped that the PS3 might once again be able to play PlayStation 2 games. But unfortunately a PS3 that can play PS2 games is a thing of the past and "it's not coming back"  says Sony's John Koller.

What might shed some light on the subject is in order to play PS2 games the PS3 requires elements of older hardware to run as smooth as possible, which also requires a bunch of pre-release coding and Sony no longer feels it's worth the effort.

One possibility for gamers to get PS2 titles on their PS3 is if it eventually becomes available via digital distribution on PSN.