411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Fight Night Round 4, BlazBlue, Wii Sports Resort, Another Code: R, Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta, PangYa: Fantasy Golf, Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, The Conduit, Dawn of Discovery, Rorona no Atelier, and Overlord.
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NextGen Player writes:

"Earlier this month Media Molecule and Playstation Canada launched a new LittleBigPlanet contest in honour of Sackboy's leap to Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds.

The challenge posed to the LittleBigPlanet community was to design, create and share a custom made golf course, with the top 9 holes declared the Official LittleBigPlanet Golf Course. Not only that, but the winners can bask in the glory of owning their very own (and über rare) SackBoy crown."
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Chris Hinojosa-Miranda // Associate Producer, SCEA: "Greeting fellow Hot Shots Golfers! I'm back once again with a special announcement from the fairway: LittleBigPlanet's very own Sackboy has landed on a Hot Shots Golf course near you (and by near you, I mean any of the 8 awesome courses in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds!)."
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LittleBigPlanetoid writes: "The first screenshots of the rumoured Sackboy DLC content that is coming to Hot Shots / Everybody's Golf have hit the web. Suffice to say, Sackboy looks freaking awesome!

This could be a reason to actually get Hot Shots / Everybody's Golf if you have not already…

This DLC pack with Sackboy is available in Japan from tomorrow. We'll post news of release dates in Europe and North America when we hear of them…"
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Sony Corp.'s retail division SonyStyle.com this week price cut the game title Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds to under $30 in a new sale.
On Wed., Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds held a price of $29.99, down from the original $59.99 MSRP.

Out of Bounds, released in Mar. 2008, is the latest console entry in the popular golf franchise.

Meanwhile, retailer Amazon.com this month is selling Killzone 2 below $55 in a new coupon promotion.

In the offer, customers who use the coupon code KZ2SAVE5 at checkout will receive an additional $5 off the $59.99 pre-sale price.
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Today's update to Hot Shots Golf: Out Of Bounds includes online leaderboards, allowing players to compare their scores in three different ranking boards. The final costume pack, 'Pirate Plus Four' is also available from the PSN store.
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"Weekly Famitsu had a short feature celebrating PS3's 2nd anniversary (they put it as "PS3's 730 days in Japan") in issue 12/12 detailing the console's journey so far in Japan.

Besides looking back at some of the major events during the two years, the mag also asked some industry experts on their view about PS3's future. Some of them think Ad-Hoc Party, the new service that allows PSP games with local communication play functionality to be able to go online, will spurs PS3 sales. Others hope 45nm Chips can be introduced faster so we can have slimmer PS3.

As always, some sales data were shared. According to Enterbrain's data, 2,469,448 units of Sony's struggling console have been sold as at Nov 16 and below are the five best selling software on the system since its launch (also as at Nov 16)."

Hit the jump for the list!
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PSNow! reports that LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy will be having a special appearance in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds on the 11th of December. No word on price yet.

This is not the first time that Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds receives love from other games. Some months ago we could see Kratos dropping his Blades of Chaos to play some golf.
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Happy Friday Hot Shots Golfers! It's been a while since our last HSG post, but we've been busy testing new features, new costumes and some very special items for a holiday

As you might have noticed, we've started to roll out some new costumes for the wonderful cast of Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds. The first batch was a hit, but with the second batch we wanted to throw in a little something extra.
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Playstation.Blog writes: "Weather reports signal dark ominous clouds forming over Okinawa Golf Resort. Other strangeness reported: disemboweled elephants in the Great Safari, pillaged villages around the Euro Classics course and loitering Spartans around the great Oceania lobster.

Judgment day has come, all bow before the one known as Kratos!"
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Well, for all of you that so patiently waited for the Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds Demo, this one goes out to you: as of today, Thursday, June 26, 2008, all North American users can now download the HSG:OOB Demo from the PSN store!

The demo is quick in-depth sample of the Hot Shots Golf experience. You'll be able to start off with beginner character Jasmine, perfect the new advanced swing system and graduate onto intermediate player Felipe. If you've got a friend about, just jump into the offline multiplayer option (max 2 players) and hit the links.
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IGN reports: "So you've conquered the links of Out of Bounds. You've gathered every outfit, club and ball for your golfers. You've even maxed out every character's loyalty rating, making you virtually unstoppable on any course. What else is there to do? Well, Sony's going to be rolling out the first of their new downloadable content for Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds later this week, starting with two new characters, Alex and Gloria. Each player will have their own strengths and weaknesses, which should add a little extra complexity to their playing style"
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With all of the new information from SCEE's PlayStation Day and the dual EU updates for the PLAYSTATION Store, many US PS3 gamers are wondering what exactly they can expect this week. Here is a list of what is confirmed by the developers to be arriving this week (as well as the unconfirmed content pending developer confirmation).

This week's updates include:
=== CONFIRMED ===
- The Bourne Conspiracy [Demo] (FREE)
- Guitar Hero III DLC - Muse Track Pack ($6.25)
- Haze [Demo] (FREE)
- PixelJunk Monsters ENCORE! [Add-on] ($5.99)
- Race Driver: GRID [Demo] (FREE)
- Rock Band DLC ($1.99 each, $5.49 pack)

=== RUMORED ===
- Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds [Demo] (FREE)
- SOCOM: Confrontation Theme & Wallpapers (FREE)

Note: Though this is a forum post, it's not an opinion - it's a collection from many different sources. The information is timely and updated immediately. This source has been approved as an exception on N4G in the past it links to industry professionals.
(Past Approvals: http://www.n4g.com/NewsPending-100526.aspx, http://www.n4g.com/NewsPending-102785.aspx, http://www.n4g.com/NewsPending-125721.aspx)
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Playstation Blog writes: "Being just one day shy from a much needed weekend - isn't every weekend a needed weekend? ¿ I'm sure many of you have already penned in various activities in your filofax/pda/napkin/bathroom mirror/etc; and while I'm not here to judge how the quality (or legality) of your weekend plans, I am here to let you know that if there are some time gaps between your fun-doing, you can fill it up with some serious Hot Shots Golf online action.

So what's with all the noise? Simply put, it's the much awaited (and promised) Stroke and Match Online Play download patch that is making its way around the wired ¿ for FREE! No coupons necessary, no forms to fill, no seminar to attend¿ it's gratis (free). To take advantage of this very-berry unlimited offer, follow the steps below.

* Insert Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds disc into PS3
* Go to the online features
* Watch the goodness stream into your PS3 from our servers.

* Note: please make sure to have a valid PSN account and to be logged on prior to download.

So what's in the new menu item you ask? First of all, this new Online feature will let you roam about the course as you see fit, taunt other golfers while you wait your turn, and be magically transported back to your spot once it's your turn - - and of course, this new feature will also take advantage of all the HSG rules you've come to love and expect. "
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Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds doesn't overwhelm. It requires a meaty 3GB for installation and the presentation hasn't changed much from previous releases. A meager six courses doesn't help either.
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PlayStation Blog reports:"Hey guys, it's been a while since the last Hot Shots Update ¿ we've been a bit swamped here what with the endless hours we play¿ I mean work¿ on Hot Shots Golf; however, the timeless idiom is indeed true: all good things must come to an end.
Well for us at least.

And now, we're officially done with the production side (in a way) of things, and the past few year's worth of blood, sweat, and tears has finally come to fruition: Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds is officially available nationwide, at retail outlets near you.

I know we've been kinda quiet, and the questions have been building up; however, lest you think that we're all fun and games (well we are in a way) ¿ we've been hard at work, like for example hosting various online tournaments both in person and virtually online¿ and you can check out some of the results here, here, and here.

Right, moving on: "so what's next Chris?" you might ask. To that I'll answer "DLC" ¿ as in Downloadable Content¿ of which we'll have plenty of, and not just extra characters or new outfits¿ but actual new game modes, which brings me back to the first paragraph: our work is not finished yet."
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Sony's Hot Shots Golf series has made for some of the best arcade-style golf games in recent years, and the new online-enabled sequel in the works for PS3 is coming along nicely. According to the latest issue of Famitsu magazine, the online lobby will hold up to 50 players, and with up to eight players per hole, you'll see how crowded it gets in the colorful new screens. Oddly, it's suggested that the showing of multiple avatars on the course can act as a distraction to other players - we're ... » Read More