We have five spaces for Three Speech readers to go and view a demo of Unreal Tournament 3 on the PlayStation 3, given by an EPIC employee, this Thursday (08:11:07) in Birmingham. Bar industry insiders you will be the first members of the public to view the game in the UK. There are also lots of other UT3 happenings on the day, so there will be lots to see.
You would need to get yourself to gaming haven Omega Sektor, which is at 98 Corporation Street in Brimingham for 12:00, with the demo starting at 12:30 and lasting half an hour.
Send your name to [email protected] if you would like to go in the draw and five names will be selected randomly tomorrow afternoon.
There’s a new PlayStation 2 to be released in the new year (exact release date tbc), which will be available in three colours - ‘Charcoal Black’, ‘Ceramic White’ and ‘Satin Silver’. Hit the jump to view the other colours.
Hey guys, just a quick one to say the new edition of D+PAD magazine is now online with a Ratchet cover story and an interview with Insomniac Games amongst many other things. It’s free and a great one to sign-up to for news, interviews, reviews, screenshots and more. Enjoy!
We’ve been waiting for releases and here they come. All of these should be hitting this Friday, 9 November.
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
WWE Smackdown! vs RAW 2008
The Simpsons
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
L.A.I.R.
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam.
In his latest article in a series about supercomputing, Dazed & Confused technology editor Chris Hatherill looks at the more sinister side of supercomputers…
In the future, according to Hugo de Garis and other Terminator and Matrix scenario believers, machines could overtake humans as the dominant life form on earth. Called, variously, intelligent machines, artificial intelligences or ‘artilects’, these systems could wipe out the human race without even noticing, or meaning to – it may simply be evolution.
Others, including award-winning photographer Simon Norfolk, point out that such machines are already among us, in the form of today’s most powerful supercomputers. His series, documenting military supercomputers around the world, is entitled “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that” in reference to the HAL 9000 supercomputer in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. As he writes in the introduction, “the problem is not that these computers might one day resemble humans; it is that they already resemble gods.”
Here are the dates for the second leg of the PlayStation 3 tour. It will be the same as the first half of the tour, with 60 second, five minute, ten minute and 15 minute long workshops. Check it out if you are in any of the areas below.
Shopping Centres
Mk Centre, Milton Keynes: 31 October - 13 November
Meadowhall, Sheffield: 15 - 28 November
Bullring, Birmingham: 30 November - 14 December
Universities
Central Lancashire, Preston: 12 November
Teeside: 13 November
Surrey: 15 November
Essex: 16 November
Exeter: 20 November
John Moore, Liverpool: 22 November
Bangor: 23 November
Train Stations
Victoria: 6 - 8 November
Newcastle: 12 - 13 November
Glasgow Central: 15 - 16 November
Paddington: 20 -22 November
Check Bravo these coming days for a half hour special on Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. Gamer TV are running a special edition dedicated to it, showcasing interviews with the key talent behind the game which some have dubbed ‘DudeRaider’. It will also reveal never-before-seen levels, vehicles, characters, weapons and achievements.
“We were really pleased to be given exclusive access to witness the development of what is obviously going to be a very key title for PS3,” commented Gamer TV producer Jason Kilshaw.
The programme airs at the following times.
- Saturday 3rd November 10.00 am Bravo 2
- Sunday 4th November 11.30 am Bravo
- Monday 5th November 4.30 pm Bravo
In addition to this show, a Ratchet & Clank 30 minute special will be shown after the Uncharted episode. The episodes will be shown in the US one week later.
We are hearing whisperings that Firmware Version 2.0 will be released in the next couple of weeks and one rather nice feature will be the functionality that will allow you to turn on your PlayStation 3 using a PSP via remote play. Hold tight for further news…
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Eye Of Judgment - How to play (SCEE): All territories: Free
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PLAYSTATION Eye trailer (SCEE): All territories: Free
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Hitman (20th Century Fox): English language stores only: Free
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