Insomniac Games have announced that a new patch for its PS3 title Resistance: Fall of Man Patch is now available. The patch adds some nifty features, such as the ability to take screenshots in game using a USB keyboard, support for password protected custom games, balance changes, as well as full support for the new DualShock 3 force-feedback controller, which still has yet to be released in any region.

* Ability to take screenshots in game using a USB keyboard.
* Weapon balance changes and new round balancing options -Dual Shock 3 support added for online AND single player.
* Password protected custom games.
* Numerous bug fixes.

Incoming from Insomniac! Resistance: Fall of Man patch [PlayStation.blog]

According to a scanned page from the official Super Mario Galaxy strategy guide, a hidden unlockable awaits after collecting a certain amount of items in the game. And no, it’s not Bowser. If you really want to be spoiled, hit the read more link.

The hidden unlockable is… more »

Homebrew developer Zx-81 has released an update to PSPIRC, an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client designed for use with the PSP.

This release is mainly a maintenance update, patching up a couple bugs and adding a new line edit mode.

What’s new in this version?

- Bug fix in Danzeff keyboard
(characters ? and # weren’t mapped properly)
- Bug fix on fw-3x, the PSP freeze when more than 7
tabs were opened simultaneously
- New line edit mode in irc console

Download PSPIRC v1.07 for Custom Firmware / PSPIRC v1.07 for Firmware 1.5

PSPIRC: IRC Client for PSP v1.0.7 [Zx-81]

Nintendo sends over a fresh batch of Super Mario Galaxy screens - a whopping 118 in all. Officially releasing in Japan tomorrow, Galaxy is headed our way November 12, with a European release following on November 16.

Super Mario Galaxy Screens

As of late, Midway has ran into some issues with the whole Xbox 360 to PS3 porting business. Stranglehold, which saw a September release on 360, was delayed until October and finally released this month on PS3.

To alleviate this concerning trend, Midway’s Mike Bilder believes that studios are going to start developing their games with the PS3 in mind, and then port over the code to 360. Basically, the opposite of the way things are going right now.

I think a lot of people and a lot of focus as far as games that we have internally that are going to be multi-SKU are trying to put the PS3 out in front now, make that your lead SKU. And in the same way I think a lot of people put the PS2 as their lead SKU in the last hardware generation, and then Xbox came after.

The difficulty you run into there, at least in the last generation, was that the Xbox was considerably more powerful than the PS2, and you found that people didn’t always take advantage of the hardware. Whereas with the PS3 and the 360, it’s certainly more of a level playing field, so I don’t think it’s necessarily a negative to put the PS3 first. But it does help mitigate some of that risk in framerate, memory, technology, just the hardware differences.

Two things I get from this statement: Logically, it makes sense to develop for the PS3 first. Get the hard work done and then port over the code to 360. But it also looks like this means development studios are seeing the PS3 in second place in the future, as from a business standpoint, it wouldn’t make sense to start with the PS3 first unless it was selling better than the 360.

Getting Hard Boiled: Midway Chicago’s Mike Bilder on Stranglehold [Gamasutra]

Sony proudly announced today that Stanford University’s Folding@home program has reached new heights, and will soon be recognized by the Guinness World Records as the most powerful distributed computing network in the world, largely thanks in part to the PS3.

The collective efforts of more than 670,000 PS3 owners hit the petaflop mark on September 23, a computing milestone that had never been reached until now. more »

A group of Russian hackers have found a way to play Manhunt 2 uncensored on the PSP. The process of course requires a homebrew-capable PSP and involves dumping your UMD to hard disk and then modifying a pair of configuration files found inside the ISO file. more »

Talk about a quick turnaround — Capcom announced today that Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, the “expansion” to Monster Hunter 2nd, will hit Japan March 2008, along with a limited edition PSP Slim bundle with the game included as a pack-in.

As revealed back in September, the game will feature upgraded monsters, as well as all-new locations and quests. Save data can also be transferred from the previous game.

The news comes mere months after the release of Monster Hunter 2nd, which has went on to sell over a million copies in Japan. Seriously, Capcom is churning out these new Monster Hunter games at a yearly rate.

Epic and Midway Games today sent word that the PC version of Unreal Tournament III has officially gone gold and is scheduled to ship out November 19.

Midway and Epic today announced that Unreal Tournament 3 has gone to gold master for the PC. Developed by the team behind the critically acclaimed video game Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 is currently scheduled to ship in North America on November 19th for the PC with a suggested retail price of $49.95 and $59.95 for the collector’s edition. The PlayStation®3 version will follow soon. Unreal Tournament fans can get a taste of the compelling first person shooter by checking out the previously released single-player trailer below, or download the beta demo that is available now at http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/ut3

No date for the PlayStation 3 version yet, only that it is coming “soon.”

What’s a great game without a delay? Konami announced today that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has been pushed to the second quarter of 2008, back from its original date of Winter 2008. Reason for the delay:

METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS” this winter and has been working on the production of the title. KONAMI has decided to delay the title’s release in order to make further improvements to the quality of the game and provide even greater enjoyment for more customers worldwide.

That means we’ll see the game around April at the earliest. But it’s OK. I’d rather have Konami take their time and deliver a polished product, instead of a rushed one. more »