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Archive for April 20th, 2007

Playstation Store Update Thursday

Posted by Aaron on Friday, April 20, 2007

Yesterday Sony update the Playstation Store with the following items:

Movie Trailers

No Reservations
Ocean’s 13 Trailer
Ocean’s 13 Trailer #2

Game Trailers

Oblivion
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction

I can’t wait to download the Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction & Ocean’s 13 Trailers :)

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PSP Firmware Updated to v3.40

Posted by Aaron on Friday, April 20, 2007

Sony has released a new firmware update for the PSP. The firmware version is now v3.40. Here are the details:

New for 3.40: Support for PLAYSTATION®Network titles has been expanded.
New for 3.40: Saved data from PlayStation® format software can now be used on both PSP® and PS3™ systems.
New for 3.40: [Certificate Utility] was deleted.
Information that was displayed in [Certificate Utility] can be checked by the following method.
Select the icon of the game you want to display information for, press the Triangle button, and then select [Information] from the options menu.

You can update by connecting to a wireless access point then select Network Update or you can download it from the following links:

PSP Version Updates (US)
PSP Version Updates (EU)
PSP Version Updates (AU)
PSP Version Updates (JP)

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Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility List Updated

Posted by Aaron on Friday, April 20, 2007

Microsoft has updated their backwards compatibility list. H2re are the Xbox games that are not playable on the Xbox 360:

* Tenku (Japan only)
* Avatar: The Last Airbender (US)
* Avatar: The Legend of Aang (EMEA/ANZ)
* Breakdown
* Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
* Call of Duty 3
* Cars
* Crash Bandicoot 5: Wrath of Cortex
* Daisenryaku VII
* FIFA Soccer 2007
* Full Spectrum Warrior
* Guilty Gear Isuka
* Innocent Tears (Japan only)
* Jet Set Radio Future
* King of Fighters 2002
* King of Fighters: Neowave
* Mad Dash Racing (Japan only)
* Mech Assault 2
* Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
* Nascar 2006: Total Team Control
* NFL Fever 2004
* Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee
* Panzer Dragoon Orta
* Petit Copter (Japan only)
* Phantom Dust
* Reservoir Dogs
* Return To Castle Wolfenstein
* Rugby League 2
* Sengoku Warriors (Japan only)
* Sonic Riders
* Soul Calibur 2 UPDATED
* Spider-Man 2
* Star Wars: Republic Commando
* Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
* Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
* Tony Hawk’s Underground
* Ultra Bust a Move /ULTRA Pazzle Bobble
* Unreal Championship 2

You can find more information at http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardscompatibility.htm

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