Right now the friends list is maxed at 100 I think, which is good. But if you do have that many friends. It’s hard to remember who everyone is, what games you play together, etc.

As you can see in the image above there is a notes section to help you remember that person. The notes will also show in the master friends list when you highlight that person.

Then a “Games Played Together” section which will automatically fill in games you have played with that person with the most recent at the front. When you highlight the game icon a small pop-up will show the name of the game. It will show all the games ever played together, so if the list gets longer that the profile box, you’ll need to press the right or left directional button to scroll threw them.

When in that section you press the R1 button to go the next tab, and this will show which games your friend are playing at the moment. This should update automatically as well, say all the games played in the last month. With the most recent game listed first. Same type of layout too.

The last tab I’m not sure, any ideas? Maybe they can list future games they are thinking about buying. Or maybe a link to your own personal forum that’s contained in the XMB that only your approved friends can post in.

How do you think the friends list could be improved?

The mechanics in Bomb Mission are pretty simple. If you’re on the offense party, you got to find the bomb that’s randomly placed in the map and detonate it within the time limit. Once the bomb is activated for detonation, you have to protect it and wait for it to explode (heh, suicide bombing, what next?).

As for the defensive team, the goal is to defuse the bomb with some coolant and fend off the opposing party from the base.

That actually sounds very fun, can’t wait to try it out

Bombs away: free Bomb Mission DLC for Metal Gear Online next week

There is a special edition 160GB PS3 bundle as well pictured here, again this is Japan only at the moment. But it does include a Final Fantasy XIII demo too.

Prices are as follows:

* ¥49,980 [$550] - 160GB PS3 with Cloud wolf logo and copy of ACC
* ¥5,900 [$65] - Advent Children Complete with demo
* ¥4,900 [$54] - Advent Children Complete without demo

Special edition FFVII PS3 revealed, FFXIII demo dated

Being able to hold your own tournaments sounds great. All the things I’ve heard about the multiplayer have been positive too. I wish the Killzone 2 demo had mulitplayer

YouTube on your PS3…in Full-screen!

The hype for the game is not enough to sell tons of copies, it needs advertising! I’m hoping the Killzone 2 ads will start in early February at least.

They aren’t even doing a special edition of Killzone 2, which is a shame. This was a official comment on the PlayStation Blog. Doesn’t Sony handle the collector’s or limited edition stuff?

There is no collector’s edition slated for Killzone 2. Guerrilla Games has put all of their effort into creating this masterpiece of a game, so we didn’t actively pursue a CE.

Here is more Killzone 2 gifs to enjoy

* PlayStation Network registered users worldwide: 17 million+
* Number of community-created LittleBigPlanet levels: Nearly 300,000
* Times those LBP levels have been played: 68 million
* Number of movies on the Video Store: 1,200
* Number of TV shows on the Video Store: 3,000
* Purchase or Rental?: More than 70 percent of video transactions are purchases
* Number of PlayStation Home users: 3.4 million+
* Number of downloads made in Home: 900,000+
* Number of downloadable games for North America: 153
* Number of those games release during the last quarter of 2008: 75
* Number of games with DLC in North America: 70

Three most popular downloadable games last week:

* Pain
* High Velocity Bowling
* Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Three most popular downloadable movies last week:

* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man
* The Happening

Three most popular downloadable TV shows last week:

* Family Guy
* Xam’d: Lost Memories
* Afro Samurai

PlayStation Network stats revealed

Some awesome Killzone 2 gifs!

This game does have a learning curve, so give it some time!. Some tips for you:

* Go into the training area, and tweak your settings until your happy with them
* Try some CQC in training
* Turn auto-aim off
* Aim in 3rd person view and try to go for the head shot

This is not a run and gun game! Don’t run around in the open very long, you’ll regret it. This is a squad / tactical shooter. Some of the new game modes in the MEME Expansion are great. Stealth Death Match is very fun, everyone has stealth enabled. May sound boring, but the level actually starts to constrict to a very small circle. So it forces everyone to come together. And the central point is random.

Now there is a MGO Tournament that happens every weekend around 1900 and 2200. You can earn items for your character if you win 1st or 2nd place. The items can only be earned in Tournaments. Be sure to check out Survival, the days it happens change. Right now I think it’s Wednesday - Friday night.

I know their is a lot of hate surrounding MGO, but I don’t get it. It’s very fun, yes it’s very unique, but that’s why I love it. What other game can you run around in cardboard boxes and place adult magazines to “distract” your enemies. There is even “man launchers” at least that’s what I call it, lol.

Yes the Konami ID is a drag, I wish it was integrated into the PSN. But after you set it up you never have to remember you log in really. It remembers it for you. The last survey I took about the game asked about different payment methods for expansion packs. One option was the PSN Wallet. So who knows, maybe PSN integration is coming? At least try the demo for a while before you knock it.

I’m not sure what modes are in the Metal Gear Online demo, so let us know.

Konami is also launching a contest around the MEME Expansion:

“Additionally, Metal Gear fans can now purchase Metal Gear Online - MEME Expansion and have the opportunity to win a limited edition, Metal Gear Online Happy New Year T-Shirt. MEME Expansion contains a vast amount of content including new maps, special characters, new skills, new customizable characters, funny avatar parts and more. 1,200 randomly selected players will win one of three different styled in-game shirts, which will be distributed on January 5th, 2009. Metal Gear Online is available for a SRP of $9.99 through MGOnline’s in-game shop. For more information please visit: http://www.konami.com.”

Metal Gear Online demo hits Playstation Network

First off don’t download it from the Japanese PlayStation store. Download it from the Hong Kong store. Why because the Arcade Cabinets only work with the Hong Kong version. So make a HK PSN account and search for a big N, it should be under New Releases still. Download it, but only play it under your own personal account, so the stuff you unlock can be used in Home.

There are 4 games to play, and since it’s a beta, only the first 2 stages are available. You can play Pac-Man, Galaga , Dig Dug, and Xevious. There are 4 unlockables for each game. I managed to get them all finally. It also unlocks things to decorate your pad, plus t-shirts, pants, and a hat.

A note though, in order for your guests to play the arcade cabinets, they need to have the HK Namco Museum Beta on there PlayStation 3. But when you play the games in Home, it actually launches the Namco Museum Beta application, but it takes you right to that game. I wish it was like the arcade cabinets in the bowling ally, where it just zooms into the screen and you play. But since this is a Beta, maybe the final release with support this. I hope they bring it to all the regions. It’s a great idea! Here is what they look like, click photos for a full size view.

Pac-Man
1 Cherry - 1 gift in Home
1 Strawberry - 1 gift in Home
Beat first level - 1 gift in Home
Eat all 4 ghosts with one power pellet. - 1 gift in Home

Galaga
Beat Stage 1 - 1 gift in Home
Beat Stage 2 - 1 gift in Home
Get a Dual Fighter (let one of the yellow guys capture a ship then get it back by killing yellow guy) - 1 gift in Home
Get Your Ship Captured & Destroy It - 1 gift in Home

Dig-Dug
Beat first stage - 1 gift in Home
Get carrot in 1st stage - 1 gift in Home
Get turnip in second stage - 1 gift in Home
Kill 2 monsters with 1 rock - 1 gift in Home

Xevious
Complete first area
Complete second area
Find the Sol Tower using a bomb
http://media.strategywiki.org/images/d/dc/Xevious_TowersA.jpg
Find the flag and retrieve it using a bomb.
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Image:Xevious_FlagA.jpg

Male gifts from Namco beta
* Namco hat
* 5 t-shirts
* 1 pair of shorts

Female gifts from Namco beta
* 5 t-shirts
* 1 pair of shorts
* 1 pair of shoes

Home space decoration/furniture from Namco beta
* 4 arcade cabinet
* 1 pooka statue
* 1 Namco chair
* 1 four in one table top arcade cabinet (to get the 4-in-1 table game cabinet, you need to unlock all 4 available achievements for all 4 games to get to Level 3)

Only info on this game right now is a screen shot. But what I would like to see is more stealth, since he is very good at that when need be, and more brutal gameplay. What I think would be cool is when he gets hurt you can actually see it, and when he heals you can see the progression of it. Then use his claws to destroy the environment in realistic ways and climb up objects with his claws.

I’m a huge Wolverine fan, so I’m hoping this game delivers. I even have my own Wolverine claws, they are a backup pair on the first X-Men movie set, that wasn’t used. Anyway, what do you want to see in a Wolverine game?

X-Men Origins: Wolverine in EGM’s January issue, first screenshot released

I wonder if they’ll add more content to the online stores in home when it hits open beta. I want to get that Japanese style home

PlayStation fiends finally get a second life

Check out this comment by James here!

Trine™ is a fantasy action game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Set in a world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil…

The gameplay is based on fully interactive physics - each character’s different ability helps the player battle an army of un-dead and defeat hazardous contraptions. The player can at any time freely choose whoever is best suited for the upcoming challenge or puzzle: The Wizard is able to summon objects to help solve puzzles and create new ways to overcome obstacles, the Thief uses her agility and dead-on accuracy to swiftly surprise the monsters, and the Warrior unleashes mayhem and physical destruction wherever he goes.

Official Trine Website

http://gamersyde.com/game_1306_en.html

Here are some amazing gifs from the videos:
*some gory

More here

My hype is now at maximum level