Hope you haven’t had enough of Kratos as he’s back in God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta coming this year for the PSP. The game is a prequel to God Of War 2, showing how Kratos coped with becoming the God Of War and most importantly how he got his scar on his face. The game is from the makers of his last PSP outing and we are promised that the title will be 25% longer this time, so probably around 5 hours. The last game was great but so short, even for a portable title.
This post will seem lazy, but my excuse is that I am ill and using an app on my phone to post it.
METAL GEAR SOLID: PEACE WALKER is released for PSP on 18 June 2010, and to celebrate its launch, UNIQLO has produced a collection of 10 limited edition UT t-shirts, exclusively available at selected UNIQLO stores and online from Saturday 19 June, priced at £12.99 each. Each UT t-shirt comes with its own special code, that when entered into METAL GEAR SOLID: PEACE WALKER game, unlocks the purchase so the t-shirt can worn by a character within the game.
METAL GEAR SOLID: PEACE WALKER is the latest addition to Konami’s best-selling series of stealth-based action titles and sees series hero Naked Snake embark on a mission to South America during the Cold War.
To celebrate the launch of the game and the UNIQLO UT collection, Hideo Kojima and lead artist Yoji Shinkawa will be making a one-off appearance at UNIQLO’s London flagship store on Oxford Street, on Saturday 19 June, where they will be signing copies of METAL GEAR SOLID: PEACE WALKER and exclusive postcards. Both will sign one item per person and will be in-store from 11:00am-1:00pm.
Kick-Ass has been out in cinemas here in good old Blighty for a few weeks, but is only now just coming out in the USA. With the USA being the middle of the world, this means big important announcements and releases. First up is a trailer for the Kick-Ass game which is coming soon to PSN.
The Metal Gear Solid series has always been a bit odd but the latest entry in the series looks like being the most far out of all with the announcement of a crossover with Monster Hunter! What first looked like a handheld spin-off now feels like a proper full on edition in the Metal Gear Solid series with the amount of effort being put in by the development and marketing teams.
Reading comics takes far too much effort. You have to go to the shop – or wait for the postie to deliver, and then need to use your hands to turn the pages and worst of all moves your eyes to each panel. Thankfully, we can save all this effort thanks to the Digital Comics application on the Sony PSP.
How does a big old paper comic fit on a tiny PSP screen? Thanks to the magic of Autoflow. A simple click on the PSP D-Pad and the app swoops into life focusing on a section of the comic for easy reading so you will never miss a piece of stunning art or an important speech bubble. You can see it in action in the video below.
The service has a great range of comics available at reasonable prices. The very first issue of The Amazing Spider-Man all the way back from 1963 is available for £1.19 as are the weekly progs from 2000AD. Issues of cult classic Wormwood by Ben Templesmith can be picked up for only 79p and come with an audio commentary from the great man.
There are a couple of niggles with the service. First is that you have to buy comics through the PlayStation Store on PSP or PC and not through the app itself. You also need to connect to a PC to delete issues you no longer want taking up Memory Stick space, though this is to be patched in a future version.
Though it has only been live for a couple of weeks, the Digital Comics service is already a great addition to the PSP and is essential to any comic loving commuter. Now you no longer need to bring your comics onto the bus or train and hope that they don’t get sodden in the rain. That bloke sneaking a look behind you won’t sneeze and cover your treasured issue in phlegm. That stampede at Kings Cross station won’t rip your comic out of your hand. Best of all you can even listen to MP3s while you read to fully block out the most annoying people in the carriage.
Digital Comics is a free download with PSP Update 6.20.
You can check out the full range of comics at http://www.playstationcomics.com/
Reading comics takes far too much effort. You have to go to the shop – or wait for the postie to deliver, and then need to use your hands to turn the pages and worst of all move your eyes to each panel. Thankfully, we can save all this effort thanks to the Digital Comics application on the Sony PSP.