Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will released on PS3

If you are a Penny Arcade game fan then this is good news for you. The Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be released on Sony’s Play Station3. Developed by Hothead Games, earlier this year, the first episode of the game was released on PC and Xbox 360 platform. On Wednesday, Hothead Games announced that they will release the game for PS3 in late fall.

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is an episodic video game. The entire game will be released in four episodes. The first episode was launched on May 21, 2008, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and Xbox Live Arcade. The game is revolves around the story of alternated world of New Arcadia in the 1920s. The central character, Gabe and Tycho set out to discover the evil machinations.

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Sony Computer Entertainment will launch new version of playstation 2 in India in Diwali

Sony Computer Entertainment is going to launch a fourth version of its popular game console, Play Sation-2 (PS2). The device will be launched in Diwali this year. Along with India, PS-2 version 4 will be released in Europe. This new version of Sony PS-2 is a high end product with a more slim and sleek built. This time, there will be no external AC adapters. The new product will cost Rs. 6,990. For Play Station-3 users in India, Sony Computer Entertainment is going to launch playstation network. Already available in Europe and the USA, PS3 network will allow the gamers to download new games and updates of various games from the internet. The players will also be able to buy new games through internet. Sony Computer Entertainment’s country manager, Atindriya Bose, said that the playstation network is ready for India. Only the integration of the payment system has to be made.

Like the car market, India is also an emerging market for gaming consoles. Console gaming is still at its early stage and Sony has plans to further expand its market. Currently, Sony has 3,40,000 bases in India.

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Sony takes Firmware 2.40 offline within one hour of release

Within one hour after uploading on the internet, Sony stopped its latest PS3 update, firmware 2.40, as it started to receive complains from users. Firmware 2.40 was released on 2nd July 2008. Sony said that a small number of people submitted complaints about the update. They were facing problems while installing the firmware. Still, Sony has temporarily stopped the download and trying to identify the problem. Information week reports:

"I downloaded version 2.40, put in Metal Gear Solid 4 [video game] and I get a black screen forever," one customer wrote. "I can't even get demos to start."

A Sony spokesman confirmed that the company pulled the firmware off its servers while it investigates the problem, which he said was experienced by a "limited number of consumers."

After releasing the update, Sony started to receive complaints about it on its official PS3 message board.

There is no news of the owners whose PS3 consoles stopped working after downloading the update. Whether they will be able to fix it for themselves or have to send it to Sony. Sony said that in order to further assess they had temporarily taken the firmware offline for further testing. The firmware 2.40 was created to add Trophies and “in-game access.”

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