Mortal Kombat Review - PS3

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Mortal Kombat is not rated ‘M’ for “Mature”, it’s rated ‘M’ for “Mother F*ck That Looked Like It Hurt A Lot!” Fighting fans rejoice, there is a new game that you can add to your collection and if you’re a Mortal Kombat fan, well, that's just icing on the cake. Mortal Kombat is one of the best fighting games I have ever played and for all of us that enjoyed the old school Mortal Kombat of yesteryears; you will be giddy with delight.
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PSN Breached

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So it has been made officially official that any PII that the PSN may have been keeping for you has been breached.  Ok, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but seeing how it has been down since what, Wednesday of last week, can you blame me?  And now they have come out to say how big the breach actually was.  Sony has engaged a private security firm to examine what they might have been taken in the attack and it was a decent amount of information:

  • Name
  • Address (City, State and ZIP)
  • Country
  • Email Address
  • Birth Date
  • Playstation / Qriocity Login
  • Playstation / Qriocity Password
  • PSN Handle / Online ID

On top of that profile data such as purchase history, billing address, and security answers could have been taken as well.  And while they have no proof that credit card numbers and expiration dates have been collected they are still advising people to check their credit reports if they kept that information on their PSN account.

So what does this mean for PSN? It is getting a strip down and rebuild.  Sony has decided instead of just patching the hole and risking something of this magnitude happening again that they are going to rebuild the system to have stronger security from the ground up.  Unfortunately this means that we are going to be out of the PSN and Qriocity services a bit longer (read: a long time).

Nintendo Announces an Announcement

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So you have heard words that Nintendo is getting ready to BLOW OUR MINDS (or at least make the attempt) with a new console.  You have heard whispers on the wind that it is supposed to come in 2012. Nintendo, not one to disappoint, has sent out a press release stating that very thing.  This year at E3 we will being seeing not only the new console, but it is supposed to be playable! I am looking forward to seeing this awesome (so my inner child wants to believe) system in all it's glory this June, but in the mean time, SPECULATION!

Is this the basis of the new system? I really have no clue.

We have seen rumors that it may have HDMI output (it better).  Other gossip says that mixed in with the expected motion controls (you know they are going to be there) is a controller with a touch screen.  Can you imagine that means the controllers may then cost somewhere between $75.00 - $100.00 (pure speculation).  Thats means that if the system costs us $300.00 (again a guess) we can expect to be dropping $570.00 (plus tax) for a console, 3 extra controllers and 1 game.  And we will do so happily, and then ask for more from Microsoft and Sony. So here is to giving up my pocket book next year so that I may continue to have the world's newest gaming consoles.

PSP Go No More

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Ah PSP Go, I don't own you and now I will never own you. Sony has completed their last production run of the shrunken hand held. Released on October 1, 2009 the system did not even get a full 2 years to try and impress us. Can you blame them either? The system had a quick price drop and if you had a collection of PSP games before hand you were not guaranteed to be able to play them, making you buy them all again. Now don't go fretting that you have to wait until the NGP to get your PSP one (which if you don't have one by now I see no purpose in not waiting).  The PSP 3000 is going to continue getting support at least until the NGP comes out, whenever that may be.

The Cake Is A Lie...

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Wow, what a Tuesday the 19th is going to be.  I'll be honest, I haven't played a brand new game on release day in who knows how long, Cataclysm probably.  But tomorrow is going to be an awesome day for gamers.  As you already know from my previous post, I'm super pumped for Mortal Kombat, but also equally excited for Portal 2.  Speaking of, it looks like it has been released on Steam, so I'm going to have to end the post quicker than I thought.  Portal 2 here I come!  Damn having to wake up early tomorrow for work, why can't I be independently wealthy!

Get Over Here!

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Dear Mortal Kombat,

On the eve of your newest release, I want to thank you for going back to your roots.  I can't wait to see and pull off all the different fatalities that will make me squirm and possibly vomit in my mouth a little bit, but in a disturbing good way, if that's possible.  It's been far too long since we've seen a true Mortal Kombat game; one that focuses on 2D fighting and of course the fatalities.  I first laid eyes on this new Mortal Kombat on June 15, 2010 at E3 with the tentative title of Mortal Kombat: Mortal Kombat - Mortal Kombat.  To be honest, I wasn't really expecting much at the demo booth; just stopped by to see if it should be mentioned in our daily E3 write ups.  Needless to say, I was blown away and giggled like a little school girl when I first saw the new X-Ray attacks.  However, I do have one complaint, why change the name from Mortal Combat Cubed to just Mortal Kombat?  I realize you want to reunite gamers to what made you you, but you have to admit, if Mortal Kombat is awesome, then Mortal Kombat: Mortal Kombat - Mortal Kombat would be three times more awesome, right?!?  But, I digress.  Thumbs everywhere will be in pain from not being able to put down the controller and many gamers will be spouting "just one more match."  The pain will be a good pain; not like the pain Sub Zero will feel when Scorpion hooks him and yells "Get over here!"  Thanks again MK, I look forward to many late nights and multiple gaming parties.  Finish Him!!!

IrishPride

Guitar Hero = Zombie?

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So a while back it was reported that Activision was done with the Guitar Hero franchise. That it had stopped being the money maker they wanted it to be, blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda. Well goes to show that some times people jump the gun. What they really meant to say, or at least what Activision's Dan Winters told GameIndustry.biz, is that they are just placing the series on hiatus for a bit. That they are not planning a game for this year due to an over saturation in a fickle console market. This means we may not see a Guitar Hero game this year or next year, but maybe the year after. Good news is though they have a vault of content to release and will use this to support their loyal fans. So rock on you plastic guitar rock gods.

 

Portal 2 for PS3 Details

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So Valve has been kind enough to give a few more details on how Portal 2 is going to work for those that purchase it for the PS3. Portal 2 is going to be the first of what might be many Steam Play games on the PS3. But what is this Steam Play you may ask? Well when a player starts up Portal 2 they will be asked to link their Steam account to their PSN account. This will allow their Portal 2 games to be saved to the Steam Cloud allowing access to the files from any PS3 (but not other consoles for a PC/Macintosh). They will also be able to access both PSN friends and Steam friends from the provided interface (hopefully free of megelomaniac AIs). You can even play cross platform in the co-op mode of the game. But what to do if you don't have a Steam account?  First I need to ask why you don't have a Steam account? Then you can just click a button in Portal 2 to get registered. They are making this real easy. Now you not only have a Steam account but you get to earn both PSN Trophies and Steam Achievements (if that is your thing). Lastly, and this is the part I think I like the best, once you attach your Steam account to your PSN account you can enter a code included in the box to play Portal on your PC or Macintosh. If this works as they hope this could be what starts breaking down the barriers of console and PC gamers.