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Sony Computer Entertainment has set live the latest firmware update for PlayStation 3, adding new features and a new terms of service agreement with the changeover from PlayStation Network accounts to Sony Entertainment Network accounts included.
The team at Sony Computer Entertainment has snuck out a brand new firmware update for the PlayStation 3 this morning, bringing everyone’s consoles up to version 4.00.
It will also get us all ready for the launch of PS Vita in Japan this year, apparently.
The update is available right now, but what does it do? Journey of discovery below:
3DS owners the world over can stop holding onto any hope of receiving new features for the handheld via a promised firmware update this month, because Nintendo has confirmed that the planned hardware revision has been delayed.
The next time you switch your PlayStation 3 on, you won’t be forced to download the latest firmware update for the system, but Sony Computer Entertainment has made it available nonetheless, which is nice.
What does the firmware do?
Thanks to information from Tom, we now know that the latest system update for Xbox 360 has gone live and is available to download.
The next time you turn on your Xbox 360 while connected online, you’ll be prompted to download the mandatory update. If you’re already signed into Xbox LIVE, however, you may be signed out and asked to download the update (which, depending on your connection, will only take “a few moments”).
But what does this new update actually do?
[Update] The system software update is now available. [End of Update]
A new PS3 system software update will be available soon.
According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, system software update, v3.66, will be “released soon.”
It’s only a minor update but will improve system stability during use of PS3 format software and network services.
Source: PlayStation Blog
The past five days have been momentous for both Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and Rockstar Games – one company brought a gigantic service network back to life, while the other released a spectacular, seven-years-in-the-making action adventure title.
Little did they know, however, that their triumphs would be connected to (and intertwined with) the tribulations of “a very small number” of PlayStation 3 owners, and the companies have jointly announced that neither the latest system update for the console, nor LA Noire itself, are the roots of reported overheating problems.
[Update] Reports are doing the rounds that the first phase of the new Xbox 360 system update is available to download now in certain regions. [End of Update]
After a bit of rumour-mongering last week regarding potential PayPal functionality over Xbox LIVE with the release of an upcoming firmware update for Xbox 360, the reports have been confirmed by Xbox frontman Major Nelson.
Nelson wrote:
[Update No. 3] The PlayStation Network service is now being restored in Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and South America - more to come. [End of Update No. 3]
[Update No. 2] Certain PlayStation Network services are now going now live in the UK, Ireland, Middle East and South Africa - more to come. [End of Update No. 2]
[Update No. 1] The PlayStation Network is now live in the United States and Canada - more to come (including European territories) later today. [End of Update No. 1]
After three weeks of network inactivity, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has finally brought the company’s online gaming and digital distribution service back to life – the PlayStation Network is back online.
Originally meant to launch this month to bolster the 3DS’s list of features, Nintendo has unfortunately confirmed that the console’s much anticipated eShop will not be available in May.
In the last 24 hours, two fairly significant pieces of rumoured information have emerged in the world of videogames, both of which are near and dear to many a gamer’s heart: The next Call of Duty, and the upcoming Dashboard update for Xbox 360.
Let’s rummage around in some half-truths and indulge in some whole lies for a while, shall we?
Microsoft recently put out a call to all Xbox 360 owners (based in the US) to help the publisher test the next system update for the console, in the annual “Xbox 360 System Update Preview program.”
Because the company has probably already received all of the testers that they can handle (and the fact that the preview is limited to the US), this isn’t the real news.
The real news is that this update is set to include a new disc format for Xbox 360, and the preview programme will help Microsoft test and prepare for this new functionality.
The latest firmware update for PlayStation 3, version 3.60, is now live and available to download the next time you connect to the PlayStation Network.
While a rather large ‘to-do’ was made over the fact that, with this update, PlayStation Plus subscribers would be able to save their games online and access those saves anywhere in the world from any PS3, not much else has been added with the firmware. Unless you value the battery life of your controller. And security.
The PlayStation Network is currently undergoing a scheduled round of maintenance, but when the service springs back to life you’ll be able to download a new firmware update for your PlayStation 3 to upgrade the system to version 3.60.
What’s new in the update? Well other than a few mystery features that are yet to be announced, what has been revealed is that PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to take advantage of a new feature called ‘Online Storage for Game Saves.’ What does it do? It’s pretty self-explanatory, but here goes:
The latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 is now live around the world, bringing everybody’s consoles to version 3.56.
From a post on the PlayStation Blog explaining what’s new:
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