If you have a US account, today you will be able to download the Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune demo. We played the demo at Games Convention 2007 in Germany about 20 times, and I can’t wait to play it again.

I have just finished downloading and installing the new PS3 2.00 firmware and it’s not as huge as I had expected. It adds a slightly pointless information news thingy into the corner which doesn’t really tell you much, but it does add the customer theme option like the PSP had done a while ago which is good. They have also included the option to turn your ps3 on/off to access media content anywhere in the world from a wifi spot, which is pretty good.

Overall, I don’t know why people are so disappointed. It’s not like Sony said there would be In-gam XMB in 2.00, but I hope they’re working on it.

According to GameSpot.com, Sony Computer Entertainment American have just announced that God of War III is in development exclusively for Playstation 3 in their Santa Monica studio. It doesn’t come as much of a surprise, since Sony have been hinting and hinting for ages, but if this article is true (They don’t give a source) then at least we finally have some official confirmation. The fact that there isn’t even a screen shot yet though tells us that we’re in for a loooong wait.

Gamespot.com 

According to PSXExtreme, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have confirmed a Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots bundle for Europe before easter. As well as MGS4 and a PS3 (not sure which version, 40GB or 60GB but since 60GB is phasing out most likely 40GB.) Sony have too apparently said that the bundle will include a Dualshock 3 (I.E SIXAXIS rumble) in the box.

“We are working on a PlayStation 3 bundle that includes Metal Gear 4 Solid and the new DualShock. We want it to hit the high street before Easter. That’s what we’re pushing for at the moment.”

 Not too sure on this story being 100% true, so we’ll wait for some official word and some boxshots.

SilentHillOrigins.com (100% unofficial!) are giving away one copy of Silent Hill: Origins to one of our members in assosication with Playstation3UK.Net. Click Read More for details.

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Online Player have revealed that Devil May Cry 4 will come with a limited edition DVD with either Dante or Nero on the front. According to the site, it could either being a first come first serve delivery or sent out to random customers (?) not too sure on that one. It seems as though this DVD will contain “bonus features” as well as the new single from L’Arc which is the theme to the game, I think. Wether this is a Japanese exclusive, and for what platform these DVDs will be given out (PS3 or X360 versions) is unclear.

This has all been decoded from a google translate, so sorry about the vague details, but they did provide pictures of the DVDs.

Original Japanese Text:

全世界での累計出荷数が690万本を超える人気アクションシリーズ「デビル メイ クライ」。同シリーズのXbox 360／PLAYSTATION 3向け最新作「デビル メイ クライ 4」の発売日が、2008年1月31日に決定した（PC版は発売日・価格共に未定）。価格は8,390円（税込）。

「デビル メイ クライ 4」は、シリーズの特徴であるそう快感あふれるアクションとスタイリッシュな演出を受け継ぎつつ、戦闘中にリアルタイムに“プレイスタイル”を変更できるなど、数々の新要素が盛り込まれている。また本作では、従来のシリーズで主人公を務めたデビルハンター“ダンテ”から、悪魔の右腕を持つ青年“ネロ”へと世代交代が行われており、新旧の主人公対決も実現する。

発売日の発表に合わせて、先着購入特典となるスペシャルDVDの情報も公開されている。DVDには、ゲーム中のさまざまな秘蔵映像が収録されており、レーベルは、ネロバージョンとダンテバージョンの2種類が用意されている。購入時にはいずれかをランダムで受け取ることになる。数量に関しては明らかにされていないが、数には限りがあるとのことなので、入手したい人は早めに購入しておこう。

先着購入特典となるスペシャルDVDのレーベル。ネロバージョン（左）とダンテバージョン（右）

また、同タイトルのテーマソングを、人気グループ“L’Arc～en～Ciel（ラルク・アン・シエル）”が担当することも明らかにされている。曲は同タイトルのために書き下ろしたものになるとのことで、シリーズのファンならずとも詳細が気になるところだ。　（編集部：高重）

A member of FinalFantasyVersusXIII.net has kindly scanned the latest FFXIII/Versus EGM scans. They don’t tell us anything that the fansites have kept updated with, but its worth a read if you’re not up to speed with the latest trailers for Fabula Nova Crystallis.

FNC FFXIII/FFvXIII Scan

In less of a preview and more of a rant, Andy Kelly of PSM3 has previewed Silent Hill V in their December Issue and they have nothing but bad things to say.

“The developers say the game’s going to be more like Silent Hill 2, failing to completely understand that the SH series is so consistently interesting because of its plethora of new ideas and obscure concepts.”

Just because the it will be more pyshological, like SH2 was, it means they wont come up with any new ideas? Silent Hill 3 was nothing new to the series and it was a fantastic game.

“We have not lost all hope, but we want this to be more Ringu than The Ring, if you know what we mean. Please surprise us, Hill 5.”

By that I believe they mean the americans are going to stray from the things that make Silent Hill so good and turn it into something else… but I liked The Ring and I like the way The Collective are going with it so only time will tell.

Scans coming soon.

“Alot of people complained like children that the first Stuntman game for Playstation 2 was too difficult and sometimes got so frustrating that it was near unplayable at times. When they bought a game from the creators of driver, what did they expect? What they have done in the second game, is to listen to these peoples complaints and do the complete opposite by making it twice as hard, which I think is great. Stuntman Ignition sets you as a rookie stuntman driver who needs to work his way up the ladder and get noticed by the directors. Your objective in the game is to drive from point A to B while dodging falling cliffs, shooting attack helicopters out the sky with rockets, dodging semi trucks by balancing your car on two wheels, set on fire, trample down bikes and henchman and whatever else the script asks of you. The game is not about great graphics, sound or AI, because frankly, this game has none of those, not because the developers were lazy, but because it doesn’t need it. Stuntman Ignition is purely for the gameplay and you can tell it’s been worked on to a very high degree.”

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Famitsu have reviewed and scored Assassins Creed, giving it a 10,8,9,10 - 37/40

Quick summary:

•Story is totally engrossing, like a great movie.
•Feels like a real next-gen action game.
•One-button combat is somewhat unsatisfying, but will make the game accessible to more people.
•Story, worldview, presentation all top-notch.
•At times the map is hard to make out and there are bad camera angles. There are lots of little annoying things like that. (From the 8 review)
•The acrobatic play mechanics are totally addicting

I’m still not sold on Assassins Creed after seeing the upsettingly bad AI from the E3 demo. In any case, thats a pretty good score.

Via N4G