Homebrew coder Dashhacker has released a new version of Open Remote Play, a program that lets you access the PS3's Remote Play feature from any laptop, desktop or mobile phone. The new beta now supports SIXAXIS/DS3 controllers and adds mouse support, an improved full-screen mode and more.


Download: Open Remote Play v1.2 BETA (Windows)
Download: Open Remote Play v1.2 BETA (Mac OS X)

Dashhacker has finally released a Windows version of his Open Remote Play app. Now Windows users can get in on the fun and access their PS3s using their laptops or phones. Along with the release of the Windows beta, Dashhacker also released an updated version of the Mac OS X API.


Download: Open Remote Play v1.1 Beta (Mac OS X)
Download: Open Remote Play v1.1 Beta (Windows)

Dashhacker has finally released a public beta for Open Remote Play, an app that lets you access the PS3's Remote Play feature from your laptop, desktop, or even your phone. This is good news, but only for Mac users as the beta is currently only for Mac OS X. Non-Mac users need not worry, though, as the dev says that the API and the Windows version will be released soon.

Download: Open Remote Play v1.0 Beta for Mac OS X

Phil Harrison, former Sony exec and current Atari president, said in a keynote speech that most games that fail in development do so because studios rush it through the development process.

And the lesson to gamers is: if you pressure devs to come out with a product too fast, they may end up giving you a sub-standard game.

More wisdom from Harrison after the link.

 

FIFA 08 had remained on the top spot of the Chart Track UK ladder ever since it dethroned Halo 3 (for the week ending October 6). Now, the football mogul is finally kicked right out of the top spot by... drumroll, please... another football game. Sega's Football Manager 2008 for the PC and Mac OS X platforms has debuted at #1 for the week ending October 20.

Former king FIFA 08 (PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, and DS) landed not so far away at the second spot, which is followed by two new entrants in the UK charts. The Orange Box (Half-Life 2, HL2: Episode 1 and 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal) from Valve and Electronic Arts takes the third spot, while the Nintendo DS' The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass clocks in at fourth place. Halo 3 caps the top five spots.

1. Football Manager 2008
2. FIFA 08
3. The Orange Box
4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
5. Halo 3
6. Project Gotham Racing 4
7. Ratatouille
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
9. Resistance: Fall of Man
10. Crash of the Titans

Yes, it seems that Europeans do love their football. Heck, the sports simulation title is even scheduled to hit the PSP sometime this Christmas in the form of Football Manager Handheld 2008. Anyone wanna place their bets as early as now that the PSP version will eventually claim the top spot once it gets released?

Headplay is probably every couch potato's dream. Imagine a TV. Now imagine being able to take it anywhere and everywhere you go (except perhaps in the shower), and being able to watch movies or play games on it anytime you want. That's the concept for the new "Personal Cinema System" device, Headplay.

Headplay is a head-mounted device; basically, a TV you wear on your head. You can connect it to your gaming consoles, your DVD Player, your iPod, your PC, and maybe your Betamax player if it hasn't choked on dust yet. If it has a video out function, Headplay can most probably display it. You can also plug in a memory stick and Headplay can run the media files - movies, videos, and images - with its own built-in player.

Once you're behind the lenses of Headplay it's pretty easy to just relax and go dead to the world around you. It's nothing but you and the screen, with the stereo sounds blocking off everything else. It's like your own movie screen inside your living room.

To read the complete review of Headplay - what it is, what it does, how it plays on Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, and Nintendo' Wii on it - click on the link for the full article.

There seems to be confusion with regards to publishing rights on id Software's upcoming Rage (PC, Mac OS X, PS3, Xbox 360). id Software's mainstay publisher is Activision, and many have assumed that they (Activision) will be the ones to release the game, especially its console versions.

It turns out though that the publishing rights still haven't been determined. Shacknews was able to get a hold of Tom Hollensend of id during the QuakeCon. He clarified that no deals have been signed yet between id and Activision. Now, despite this, a non-existent deal doesn't directly and automatically mean that Activision won't publish it. There still is the chance.

We're just hoping that they settle things already so that, finally, we get to even more footage of the game as it goes through development.

Yes, we know that news on Penny Arcade's upcoming game, On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness isn't exactly "breaking" since the site for the comic itself has been periodically giving hints about the game. After all, the developer, Hothead Games, made a press release announcing the game around August last year. However, what we have right here, is still worth posting.

Behold, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness:

Yeah, it's a game trailer. What'ya expect? Oh, and before you folks go, Fruit F*cker for the win! Yes, the crass exclamation was obligatory.

The game is made for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. A version for next-generation consoles is said to follow. It will be available by digital download, delivered in episodic format (as if the Episode One bit didn't make it that obvious) with new installments to be released upon the Kitchen ware starved masses several times a year.

Here's another one. After one bashed PC driver for a SIXAXIS to talk to, this is PS3-connect.de's zoople with his own version of Windows XP driver für den SIXAXIS controller. It's the same deal when it comes to results: the motion sensors won't work with this yet, and the drivers themselves aren't from Sony. Installation is almost straightforward - drivers to install, something to unpack, plug, and play the PS3 controller. Here are the instructions, crudely interpreted from the Google translation:

• Install libusb-win32-filter-bin-0.1.10.1.exe, which comes in the zip file below.
• Unpack ps3sixaxis_en.exe
  
• Plug the SIXAXIS to the PC (via the USB cable), which should have come with your purchased PS3. If you don't have a PS3, what did you do, buy the SIXAXIS stand-alone?
• Run ps3sixaxis_en.exe once. (Nothing said about the boo-boos that would result if you run it twice)
• Push the PS button if the program doesn't "handshake" with the SIXAXIS (we think, based on our research, that's what it meant).

Finally, an indicator that this thing might work out in Mac OS X, too - if you execute under Boot Camp. Here's the download link for the drivers. No one tell Microsoft we're running their competitor's controller on the PC (eh, not that we don't do the same thing with the Wiimote, anyway).

Download: [WinXP PC drivers fur den SIXAXIS]

Are you having sleepless nights already playing Resistance? Or are you still trying to install Fedora Core 5? We know you can't get your hands off your new PlayStation 3 and so the guys over at online site GeekPatrol. Being the, well, geeks that they are, GeekPatrol wasn't content with just playing or exploring the PSP-like XMB of the console.

In case you're wondering what are they up to, be informed that they just managed to get a beta version Geekbench for Linux PPC and compared PS3's performance against one of the first Power Mac G5. The setup is as follows:

    PlayStation 3: Cell Broadband Engine @ 3.2GHz, 256 MB RAM, Fedora Core 5, Geekbench 2006 (Build 243)
    Power Mac G5: PowerPC G5 @ 1.6GHz, 1280 MB RAM, Fedora Core 4, Geekbench 2006 (Build 243)

A PowerMac G5 1.6GHz running Mac OS X was used as the metrics for the experiment, meaning that setup will yield a score of 100 when  measured. Power Mac G5 got a score of  106.9 while the PS3 got 105.2. We are then suddenly reminded of earlier comments that the PS3 is actually a stripped down PowerPC-based like current Apple chips. Judging from the numbers, it seems that the console is indeed A-OK. Anyway, here are the rest of the results of the experiment:

Integer Performance

Emulate 6502 (single-threaded scalar)

PlayStation 3: 42.1

Power Mac G5: 73.9

Emulate 6502 (multi-threaded scalar)

PlayStation 3: 57.3

Power Mac G5: 73.8

Blowfish (single-threaded scalar)

PlayStation 3: 118.7

Power Mac G5: 107.0

Blowfish (multi-threaded scalar)

PlayStation 3: 165.6

Power Mac G5: 107.0

See the rest after the jump!