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The PlayStation3 console won’t be released until late this year but there are already rumors doing their rounds about it and the PS3 games. The report about Theseis is one rumor that perhaps confused even the most devoted player. Developers and publishers, as well as game sites, have been coming out with their reviews, release dates, and other news about the latest PS3 games for the past months. The hype about the PS3’s Blu-ray increased expectations about the games; a game rumor, though confusing, was not unexpected.

Let me refresh the events that fueled the rumor mill. Track7 Games, the developer of the popular adventure game Theseis for PC and Xbox 360, allegedly called the people behind PS3 Land to announce an important news. The announcement? The development of PS3 Theseis was consequently cancelled due to high development costs for PS3 games. The article that PS3 Land published even quoted Vicky Valvanos, managing director for Track7, saying that Theseis development would resume if Sony offers the company some assistance.

This bit of news has spread among Internet gaming sites and blogs with webmasters and forum moderators picking up the threads. Debates also ensued regarding the production of Theseis as one of the PS3 games. Apparently, no gamer noticed that there wasn’t any announcement or news during the recent E3 or on the product lists about a Theseis software for PS3. A probable reason for this was the fact that Theseis appeared on several retailers sites as a PS3 game. Track7, however, did not recognized the existence of these catalogues.

This is the point when everything became confusing. Track7 didn’t recognize the Theseis games on the retailers’ sites but they called PS3 Land to announce that PS3 Theseis was discontinued? Track7 tried to clear up the issue by saying that the bits about canning PS3 Theseis and Theseis development were just jokes. The company even called the PS3 Land article “erroneous”. As of now, PS3 Land updated their article on PS3 Theseis with the new article from Track7. But the confusion about the PS3 games came from Track7. According to them, there was no Theseis planned or developed for PS3, but what about the announcement they made to PS3 Land? Was there really an error, or was it just a joke said in passing that got blown up into big proportions?

A misunderstanding between PS3 Land and Track7 is a probable cause, although the question of what they talked about remains. Surely, there was some reference to Theseis, otherwise, it wouldn’t have appeared in the article. There was also a number of retailers’ database that showed Theseis as one of the PS3 games. Clearly, someone started it and the knowledge about Theseis lies solely with Track7 as Sony didn’t include the game in its repertoire during the recent E3. The most probable cause, I think, is that Track7 wanted to develop a Theseis software for PS3. They let out that bit of “joke” to test the market and the demand for their game. In my opinion, they did this, also to bait Sony into thinking that a Theseis is a good addition to their games. Anyway, whatever the reason behind this, the market for PS3 games is a big one, and I can’t blame anyone for wanting to exploit this lucrative business.

By: Carver Tate

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If Square Enix follows through initial reports and statements of patching and in-game advertisements, gamers might just see a game character using a too-real mobile phone or eating a burger. Yoichi Wada, Square Enix’s main man, announced the company’s new PS3 games development program. In a meeting with third-party company bosses, Wada discussed advantages of keeping PS3 games console online. He talked about three major benefits including trial chapters, in-game advertisements, and software updates.

Similar to the marketing strategy of PC game developers, Square Enix is looking on producing PS3 games by episodes called trial chapters. This move actually benefits gamers as Wada talked about a system of game distribution where gamers download the game’s first chapter and buy later installments. In a way, gamers won’t have to worry about shedding big bucks because the games are expected to be priced lower than buying the whole set at once. Some skeptics believe otherwise, saying that the total cost of the installments are actually more expensive than buying the whole set. They attribute this to the fact that each game has to be fitted with the Blu-ray technology which is expensive. I side with Wada on this one. Buying a whole set of a single game is not an advantage if you find in the second level that it’s not exciting anymore. With trial chapters, you can choose what episode to buy and play.

A feature of the new system I am wary about is in-game product plugging. Wada explained how advertisements will be included in PS3 games that are not exclusively for online use. If you’re thinking that there is no way Square Enix can sneak a commercial product in the new Final Fantasy, think again. Cloud Strife managed to do it with Advent Children. There is no reason why Square Enix and Wada can’t. Game purists, myself included, certainly do not want golden arches or a big, red can of soda interfering with our game by filling our minds with thoughts of junk food. We get wasted enough playing games for hours, so don’t compound it grease and sugar rush.

I am not decided yet about the software updates. Wada didn’t use the term “patch” – figures, because the man rarely speaks English – but explained a system similar to patching. The system is expected to effectively bring new PS3 games faster on shelves or in the E-Distribution Initiative platform by cutting production time. Game developers are expected to reduce debugging time because they can patch games later. Reduced debugging gave us Oblivion which, I must say, is a very unsatisfactory game. I doubt people will be pleased to find out that their $60 games are not debugged enough. Bugs destroy gaming experience. Period.

To Square Enix, I am all for trial chapters but I am thinking twice about software updates and in-game advertisements. To all other gamers, let’s just hope that Square Enix doesn’t get too occupied patching. I mean, it’s enough that Sony is in love with PS3 and Blu-ray. Just give us our PS3 games. Not all people have the patience to wait for months when their Toyotas are stuck in walls and their PS3 games are frozen.

Source: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/phil-harrison-ingame-advertising-will-play-a-significant-role-in-playstation-3s-future-162447.php

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So you want to know how to burn ps3 games? Well this article may help you out. You see there are a couple of ways in which you can burn your ps3 games but they both methods vary in complexity. One method requires you do download and install several different software applications in order to get a successful copy of your ps3 games, while the other requires one install and is basically a one step operation.

The benefit of downloading the several application methods is that it is free, all the suggested software that is need is free although depending on what operating system you use some of these software applications may indeed conflict with your PC which means that you won’t be able to follow through with the whole process. You will also have to launch several different applications one after the other in order to get to the final stages of burning the ps3 backup so this method is time consuming.

The other method requires purchasing software but the benefit of this is that it’s a one step process and all you need to do is launch the one application and it will basically do the rest. With this method all you need to do is place your original ps3 games into your DVD burner, launch the software application, press a button and away it goes. The software will then start building an image of the game and once it’s finished it will let you know so you can insert your blank media into the PC and burn yourself off a copy of your game.

Of course the whole benefit of burning your Ps3 games is that you can use the backup copies and safely store away the original ps3 game where it will be safe then if you somehow scratch or damage your backup then all you need to do is burn yourself off another copy. If you were to scratch your original Ps3 games then it would be unplayable and you would have effectively just wasted $100 on a game you can’t play, tragic!

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