http://www.robgroove.com Things I find funny or interesting Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:52:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/ps3-update-3-56-most-likely-anti-jailbreak/3108/ http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/ps3-update-3-56-most-likely-anti-jailbreak/3108/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:15:32 +0000 Rob Groove http://www.robgroove.com/?p=3108
Sony said late Wednesday that it would soon push out a 3.56 firmware update for the PS3. The company wouldn't give details other than that it would add a "security patch." Most expect that it will attempt to close up the holes exposed by Geohot and fail0verflow that prompted a DMCA lawsuit. The company has made a regular practice of pushing out minor updates in the past several months under the guise of security that have almost always been intended to patch jailbreaks. It's unknown if the latest attempt was successful or if it will last for long. In creating its most recent exploit, fail0verflow may have discovered a permanent technique that could either leave it always open or have patches that are rendered obsolete in days or even hours. True security for the PlayStation may not come until a new hardware revision, in part as hackers have discovered Sony encryption keys that can't necessarily be changed. Read more: http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/27/ps3.356.update.may.shut.down.new.jailbreak.tactic/#ixzz1CDWBg6dM]]> http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/ps3-update-3-56-most-likely-anti-jailbreak/3108/feed/ 1 http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/tdu2-island-life-dev-diary-3/3072/ http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/tdu2-island-life-dev-diary-3/3072/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:28:32 +0000 Rob Groove http://www.robgroove.com/?p=3072 http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/tdu2-island-life-dev-diary-3/3072/feed/ 0 http://www.robgroove.com/granturismo5/gt5-sunday-cup-gt-server-news/2842/ http://www.robgroove.com/granturismo5/gt5-sunday-cup-gt-server-news/2842/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:51:17 +0000 Rob Groove http://www.robgroove.com/?p=2842
Well yesterday was supposed to be the first race for the online league I was about to start (thanks to CORLEONE26 for the idea) but we couldn't start dues to a prolem with the Gran Turismo 5 servers which were down for the whole of Saturday night and into Sunday morning. "The game play will be mroe stable if you perform the following: Go to the menu, and under heading, choose and execute the option. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused." If you want more details on this issue you can read the GT5 news feed on the first home screen in GT5 by selecting "News List" in the upper right corner of the screen. So now the GT5 servers seem to be back up and running nicely again the First weekly GT5 Sunday! Cup Online will take place at these times: Sunday 12 December Los Angeles - 2pm New York - 5pm London - 10pm Cape Town - midnight Sydney - 8am Monday! For next weeks race, visitors of RobGroove.com will be able to vote starting tonight in the right hand side bar and the vote will end on tuesday so make sure you get [...]]]> http://www.robgroove.com/granturismo5/gt5-sunday-cup-gt-server-news/2842/feed/ 0 http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/tgs-2010-info/2204/ http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/tgs-2010-info/2204/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:54:33 +0000 Rob Groove http://www.robgroove.com/?p=2204
After a few attempts at trying to connect to thee TGS live video stream I finally got it working and while it was all in Japanese I haven managed to make a list of some of the highlights that was shown at TGS this year. 13 major developers working on 35+ new titles that'll be out by the end of the year and then 21 back cataloged games will patch for support Ape Escape PS3 gameplay footage, ftw! Impressive numbers about third party support for #PSMove! Expect 13 major developers to release 35+ titles soon! Talk about 3D! Everybodys Golf  5 in 3D Metal Gear Solid - Rising in full 3D! a new GT5 trailer FF XIV in 3D PS3 firmware update to be able to play 3D Blu-ray movies releases 9/21 Revealing a new Monster Hunter PSP-3000 that will release in December in Japan (it's green and has designs on it) Monster Hunter Portable 3! This Monster Hunter PSP has friction grips on the back for your fingers and a longer battery life. Looks like they changed around the analog stick as well on the PSP. I think it is slightly concave to prevent thumb slipping. Square Enix is [...]]]> http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/tgs-2010-info/2204/feed/ 0 http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/gt5-video-from-gamescom/2117/ http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/gt5-video-from-gamescom/2117/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:02 +0000 Rob Groove http://www.robgroove.com/?p=2117 http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/gt5-video-from-gamescom/2117/feed/ 0 http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/mag-beta-2-incoming/2042/ http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/mag-beta-2-incoming/2042/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:10 +0000 Rob Groove http://www.robgroove.com/?p=2042
On the 24th  of this month (August) the new MAG beta client will be freely available on the PlayStation store for all to download (Probably available on the 25th in EU) which will allow everyone who owns MAG to be a part of the next phase in the EPIC game only available on the PS3. The download will be available to everyone but only the people with the MAG disc in their PS3 will be able to play in the beta. Don't worry if you play MAG there will still be lots of players in the original game as the number of new MAG beta players will be capped so if you get a message saying the beta is full you'll just have to try a little later. The beta will only be running for four hours twice a day Monday to Friday. There's about to be a HUGE! amount of new weapons and gameplay coming to MAG as a result of this beta phase and I personally just can't wait to check it out. Also you might want to hold onto your MAG beta client as it will be used again in the future to test the next beta [...]]]> http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/mag-beta-2-incoming/2042/feed/ 0 http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/gt5-details-come-out/1978/ http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/gt5-details-come-out/1978/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:00:41 +0000 Rob Groove http://www.robgroove.com/?p=1978
Finally! We've been patiently waiting for Gran Turismo 5 to be released for half a decade now and while dribs and drabs have been fed to us from the official website gran-turismo.com, most of the news (should you choose to search for it) came from  GTPlanet.net. At GamesCom 2010 GTPlanet was there in person to make sure the world got a look at every detail Polyphony Digital cared to release on the upcoming and highly anticipated title by securing an invitation into a private showing of the game by none other than the man him self Yamauchi san. This Private showing shared a lot of information and images giving us a better idea of how the finished game will look and feel. I'am gonna start with the 2 most interesting images. First up is this image showing Stage 1 of the GT Auto section of the game where you'll be able to upgrade your car. This looks like the car upgrade we're used to in Gran Turismo so no big surprises here but it's nice to finally confirm the system for upgrades. Now this picture (below) is what really interests me. This is what the "My Lounge" screen looks like. This is [...]]]> http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/gt5-details-come-out/1978/feed/ 0 http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/seta-be-watching/1732/ http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/seta-be-watching/1732/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:49 +0000 Rob Groove http://www.robgroove.com/?p=1732
The First BetaRooms event started yesterday in Birmingham. The event will span 3 days allowing for the lucky gamers from the UK midlands area to get a taste of some of the games due for release later this year and early next. Those games include GT5, Killzone 3 (hopefully in 3D) MotorStorm Apocalypse, Little Big Planet 2 and even a little PS3 Move action will occur. If you're a follower of Robgroove.com i have the opportunity to bring you along with me as i tweet, post photo's and stream video live to the home page of RobGroove.com. Make sure you're glued to this blog during Sunday August 1st Watch in the UK Live from 12 noon – 9pm New York  Live from 7am – 4pm California Live from 4am – 1pm I ( RobGroove ) will be tweeting from both Sunday events and Omac_Brother who also writes for RG.c will be tweeting from the sunday evening event also. If you have twitter then please follow us. If you don't, not to worry all you have to do is come back here on Sunday the 1st of August and watch the blog post as it updates automatically before your eyes. Once i [...]]]> http://www.robgroove.com/robgrooves-playstation-3-junkie-blog/seta-be-watching/1732/feed/ 0