It’s that time again, time to review some of my cherry picked smaller stories of the week for those that might have missed them. This time round we’ve got an Adobe Flash update that doesn’t suck. OK, sucks a little less. Flash 10.1 beta was unleashed to the willing public with GPU video acceleration for certain Nvidia cards on Windows, but perhaps more importantly reduced CPU usage across all platforms. What does this mean? YouTube that doesn’t make your Mac or PC red-line that’s what. A step in the right direction Adobe, maybe Flash isn’t a lost cause after all. I’ve certainly seen some improvements on my netbook and Mac. (more…)

So you’ve heard that the God of War 3 collectors edition is going to steam roll you wallet ($100 for the privaledge) and you’ve noted that the demo will be available on the District 9 Blu-Ray (available 29th December) if you’re not too keen on buying the first two games again on Blu-Ray with the God of War Collection, but what does God of War 3 handle like? Should it have been an FPS? Is it more of the same? Does it deserve your hard earned rent money? Well Pixelated Geek is on hand to find out.
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By now you must no the score, Zipper Ineractive’s PS3 exclusive MAG (Massive Action Game) is both massive and full of action. Hitting American store shelves on the January 26, 2010, it’s one of the most ambitious online FPS games ever tried, featuring a total of 256 simultaneous players in one game, 128 versus 128. Zipper Interactive, the first developer to bring online gaming to the PS2 with SOCOM, is attempting to bring a new kind of war type FPS to the world, where whole battalions face off against each other in real-time combat. Hundreds of organised and well trained soldiers (that’s you if you hadn’t guessed) facing off in real-world type scenarios like those portrayed in Black Hawk Down. (more…)

I originally purchased the PS3 for Blu Rays but then I slowly realized the Video Game Gems the PS3 had to offer. It started with Little Big Planet and evolved to Metal Gear Solid 4. One Gem I had my eyes on from the very start was Uncharted. After finally getting to play the game it became clear that the sequel would be one the PS3s biggest Gems. How does the sequel hold up to the original, does Uncharted 2 make push the PS3 to the Max?

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After Microsoft released the New Xbox Experience last November, Xbox LIVE Gold Members who subscribe to Netflix have been able to enjoy Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” service through their console. While PS3 owners have been wondering for a year when the instant streaming service would come to their console, there hasn’t really been much word about expanding to the PS3. However, yesterday Sony and Netflix broke the news that instant streaming would be available for the PS3 later this year.

Similar to the service available for the Xbox 360, users are required to have an unlimited membership plan from Netflix (which start at $8.99 a month) in order to stream content instantly. Unlike the service offered on the 360, which, just like online multiplayer, requires members to subscribe to a Gold account, the PS3 version of the service is available at no additional cost to Netflix subscribers. In addition, rather than be downloaded onto the console itself, the service is available through a free of charge Blu-ray disc that subscribers can already reserve and should expect to have by year’s end.

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It’s a new week with another Release List. This week seems to be slim pickings compared to previous lists. Though there are a few diamonds. Year One is finally out on both DVD and Blu Ray looking forward to watching David Cross (Tobias Funke). Also from Natsume comes the PS3 title Afrika seems like a more adult Pokemon: Snap. Like before you see something missing drop a comment.

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In a strange sort of masochistic way I’ve always enjoyed the Ninja Gaiden Series. Masochistic in the sense that the game was just so damn unforgiving. Having already played through Ninja Gaiden 2 on the 360 I had a pretty descent idea of what was in store for me. Though it seems that Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is a bit different. How does this edition hold up to the already established series.

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Wow this weeks release list is huge. With Blu Rays topping the charts for releases followed closely with Video Games. With Naruto Shippuden Ninja Destiny 2 (click for review) and Scribblenauts dropping on the DS. Followed in high speed with the release Need for Speed Shift. If that doesn’t make you happy there is always the first season of Bonanza!!! Overall a pretty solid list for this week, like before if I missed something drop a comment or two??

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Along with a few noticeable features such as larger XMB, some glitter and a new ‘What’s new’ annoyance, Sony released an update to the flash player on the PS3 with a TV shortcut to the BBC’s BigScreen iPlayer in 3.0. The update brought hardware accelerated video and builds on the recent addition of h.264 support in flash video. Along with some tweaks on the BBC side of things, this has brought much higher quality iPlayer content to the PS3, which has obviously resonated with PS3 owning Britons.

Since the update launched a little over a week ago the PS3 has become the BBC’s second biggest IP-delivery system with a 10% share of demand. This even beat out the Mac crowd, who have been pushed back into 3rd place with their lowly 8.5% of all iPlayer views. Of course both are lead by a county mile by Virgin media’s VOD service which incorporates iPlayer. Whether or not this is just the newness factor or exploration bringing in the views, or whether the PS3 will become a shoe-horn to get iPlayer into the non-Virgin living room needs to be seen. Either way it does bode well for the BBC’s other IPTV proposals such as Project Canvas.

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This weeks release list is quite surprising. Especially considering that 2 Rad Super Manly Movies is finally hitting Blu Ray. If Gladiator wasn’t enough there’s Braveheart to back it up. Then follow that up with a great list of Video Games this week including Soul Calibur for PSP, which honestly I don’t really care about except that there’s Kratos as a playable character. Let us not forget that this week will also have yet another version of Guitar Hero. Which begs the question is there more Guitar Hero Games then Tony Hawk?? It should be getting pretty close. Anyways just like before if I miss something please drop a comment. Or just plain drop a comment.

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