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"A half-hour episode of Playr dedicated to the highly anticipated MotorStorm: Pacific Rift airs this weekend on UK cable and satellite channel Bravo.

The programme filmed at Evolution Studios' headquarters in sunny Runcorn features brand new interviews with the development team, a complete guide to all the new tracks and vehicles, as well as a world exclusive first look at the game's innovative multiplayer modes."
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Threespeech: "Wondering how to fill up a cold November? Not any more - you've got gaming to do! There's a glut of great first party games coming out on PS3, PS2 and PSP over the next month. We've got the release schedule right here - and the first game is out today…"

PS3

Buzz Quiz TV Special Edition - October 31st
LittleBigPlanet - November 5th
MotorStorm Pacific Rift - November 7th
SingStar Volume 3 - November 14th
SingStar ABBA - November 14th
Resistance 2 - November 28th

PS2

SingStar Singalong with Disney - November 7th
SingStar ABBA - November 14th
EyeToy Play PomPom Party - November 14th
EyeToy Play Hero - November 14th

PSP

LocoRoco 2 - November 21st (TBC)
Buzz Brainbender - November 28th (TBC)
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Sony Computer Entertainment has a Christmas line-up "to be proud of", UK managing director Ray Maguire has claimed.

Speaking to VidoeGamer.com at the Games 3.0 conference in London earlier this week, Maguire said that "for the first time I can sit back and think, 'yeah we've got five super strong titles'.
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MotorStorm Pacific Rift crashes into stores today, and if you early adopters think you're going to be cleaning up online - be warned: the athletes on the Dew Action Sports Tour have been practicing. The Dew Tour recently wrapped up with the PlayStation Pro - the final event of the year for this traveling BMX, FMX, and skate road show.
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Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced today the North American release of MotorStorm Pacific Rift exclusively for PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3). Developed by Evolution Studios, MotorStorm Pacific Rift combines amazing visuals and intense driving action to deliver an extreme and visceral off-road experience that will leave players on the edge of their seats.
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wothplaying.com: "MotorStorm: Pacific Rift is moving from the rugged desert to a lush Pacific island with all of the vehicles familiar of the first game (ATVs, rally cars, buggies, motorbikes, race trucks, etc.), while adding a new monster truck class. Without giving details, Evolution Studios revealed that it will try to release DLCs every week, mostly free, as well as some expansion packs later on."
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Motorstorm Pacific Rift has been eagerly anticipated for some time, and now that the release is just around the corner fans are being treated to more good news - that there is a rift full of DLC coming, and the majority of it will be free.

See the details below from the Playstation Blog (and note some of the creepier stats.... good to know i'm only a few dozen toilet rolls away from a hit game):
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Nigel Kershaw on the PlayStation Blog writes, "Its launch day for MotorStorm Pacific Rift in North America tomorrow (w00t)!

It means you all can enjoy MotorStorm Pacific Rift and we can all go on holiday. Except by this point, the UK is accelerating into winter in typical rainy, cold fashion. So it's the Southern Hemisphere for the sun worshippers amongst the team, and a catching-up on a big pile of games in a darkened room for us redheads that find the sun overrated. "
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PS3 Fanboy writes: "Big smiles on both sides of the Atlantic this week. America gets three big games in the form of LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm PR and Fallout 3. Europe may not be getting their hands on LittleBigPlanet until next week, but at least they've got Fallout 3, Quantum of Solace and Valkyria Chronicles to tide them over which, from what we've seen, look to all be excellent titles." Here's the full release list:

US Games

* LittleBigPlanet
* SingStar Vol. 2
* MotorStorm Pacific Rift
* Fallout 3 (Collector's Edition)
* Moto GP 08
* Baja 1000: Score International
* Guitar Hero World Tour

EU Games

* Fallout 3 (Collector's Edition)
* James Bond: Quantum of Solace
* Siren: Blood Curse
* Valkyria Chronicles
* To End All Wars
* Buzz! Quiz TV Special Edition
* Hail To The Chimp

Asian Games

* Fallout 3
* Fracture
* Gran Turismo 5: Prologue Spec III
* Grand Theft Auto IV
* LittleBigPlanet
* SOCOM: Confrontation
* Yamasa Digi World SP: Bounty Killer
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NextGen Player writes:

"Last year Playstation Canada ran a promotion with Future Shop called Gamer's Voice that let real gamers (for example, you or me) record game reviews and opinions. The recording stations were set-up at 6 stores in Quebec and Ontario and the clips aired on TSN, MuchMusic & Sportsnet.

This year it looks like Sony is about to open the promotion to gamers across the nation with the launch of an online version of Gamer's Speak. On the Playstation Canada website a new ad has appeared encouraging Sony gamers "start recording your reviews today". The ad also says that gamers who submit reviews/opinions will have a chance to *something*."
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PS3 Fanboy reports: Want a sneaky peek at some of MotorStorm Pacific Rift's tracks? This montage video shows what you can expect from the "Earth Zone" levels in the game. These make up only a quarter of the game's tracks, so no doubt we'll be seeing videos showcasing the Water, Fire and Air zones before the game releases on October 28th (November 14th in Europe). In the meantime, check out Kanaloa Bay, Mudslide, Sugar Rush and Razorback in the video above.
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PSBlogs Ed Loonam writes:

"Hi MotorStorm fans! One week to go until the launch of MotorStorm Pacific Rift. Hopefully you've been getting some good information on the game from Nigel and the team from Evolution Studios in their weekly MotorStorm Monday posts.

If you haven't seen it yet, please keep your eyes out for the recently completed commercial of MotorStorm Pacific Rift. In an effort to introduce the new, remote island location, there were a few real-life Stormers who strapped into their atvs, bikes, buggys and trucks and jumped from a C-130 Hercules at 10,000 feet in an effort to start the evasion of Pacific Rift. No special effects on this jump … just pure adrenaline and gritty attitude. Check out the commercial along with some photos from the shoot."
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Sony has revealed the release date for MotorStorm Pacific Rift. The game will be released across Europe on November 7th.
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SCEE has confirmed to D+PAD this afternoon that MotorStorm Pacific Rift will be going on sale in the UK on November 7th.

Evolution Studios' "brutal off-road racer" is the first sequel to the PS3 launch title, with the desert setting of the original replaced by a lush (and thankfully, varied) tropical island.

So there you have it MotorStorm fans, you'll be back on the track in three weeks time.
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New issue of free PS3 mag includes World at War hands-on with some new screens, LBG review and Pacific Drift preview with exclusive desktop art.
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Alex Metric – In Your Machine
Amon Tobin – Trickstep (Pacific Rift Remix) Exclusive!
Animal Alpha – Fire Fire Fire
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy (Pappy Mix)
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Since Day 1, I knew it wasn't going to be easy to put a soundtrack together that would have the right vibe for a festival of racing like MotorStorm. You see, Music is one of those things that no one is ever "wrong" about. Everyone has an opinion, and everyone knows best, but no one is ever wrong! After countless discussions with various people involved in creating the Festival Infrastructure around the MotorStorm racing events, my challenge was set: I needed to put together a lineup that not only fit with a racing game, but one which could feasibly be the Festival line up to end all Festival line ups. It had to be Anarchic, Aggressive and Raucous. That was the easy part. The tough part was making sure that the soundtrack became as much a signature of MotorStorm as the racing itself was.

With Pacific Rift, I faced the same challenge, but this time, it had to go one better. Up to eleven, if you like. First things first, considering this time around we were allowing the player to play their own music while racing: How do we give the player something that, no matter which way it's looked at, is valuable? How do you put value back in to a licensed soundtrack, when the player can play their own music? After much consideration, the answers came; We are going to be giving you a soundtrack that not only stands up to MotorStorm's first outing, but also has more than twice the number of tracks of its predecessor, along with a healthy peppering of tracks that we've gone directly to the original artists about, asking them to stamp an element of MotorStorm on them. Exclusivity. I'm sure that while everyone will have an opinion on it - and none of you will be wrong - you will all agree that what we've ended up with is an absolute monster of a soundtrack, with more than just a little something for everyone!

Lunatics of the world, Unite… The MotorStorm Festival is upon us once more, and promises to pump your...
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Yep, we just got hold of the trophy list for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift thanks to www.ps3trophies.co.uk! List below.

50 Trophies
1 Platinum
3 Gold
6 Silver
40 Bronze

Bronze - The Money Shot
Boost Explode over the finish line to win 10 races

Bronze - Track Master
Win 5 races on each track

Bronze - Just Getting Started
Race for a total of one hour

Bronze - Time Sink
Race for a total of 10 hours

Bronze - Stuntman
Successfully land a jump of 185m or more

Bronze - Race Fan
Take part in 250 races

Bronze - Tourist
Travel a total of 500km

Bronze - Hazardous
Wreck your vehicle 250 times

Bronze - Friendship
Complete a Split-Screen race with 4 players

Bronze - Ghost Rider
Beat 48 developer's ghosts on Time Attack

Bronze - Tumbler
Perform an impressive Barrel Roll

Bronze - Bully
Successfully punch or ram 100 vehicles

Bronze - Lightweight
Win 50 races using a lightweight vehicle

Bronze - Mediumweight
Win 50 races using a mediumweight vehicle

Bronze - Heavyweight
Win 50 races using a heavyweight vehicle

Bronze - Pugilist
Punch 5 competitors in a single race and go on to win gold

Bronze - Close Call
Win a race by a margin of less than 0.1s

Bronze - Survivor
In Eliminator escape from last place 10 times with only 3 seconds to go

Bronze - Freestyle
Create and win 10 free-play races

Silver - Hire Me
Beat the developer's best ghost times on every track with every vehicle

Gold - Winner
Win 250 races

Bronze - Spoilt For Choice
Reach rank 3 in the Festival to unlock all 8 vehicle classes

Bronze - Bike
Win 5 Festival races...
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PS Blog: And it's also about pitting a variety of these machines against each other. From the very start of the first MotorStorm game we knew we wanted to build something where a bike can share a race track with trucks, ATVs and big rigs. MotorStorm is like some latter day automotive cola advert, we're a model of diversity and harmony, with all shapes, sizes, colour, ability and looks (scratch that analogy, you never see ugly folk in a cola advert). Pacific Rift has all kinds of vehicles, which ultimately boils down to eight distinct vehicle classes.
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Sony has revealed the full track list for MotorStorm Pacific Rift. The 16 levels are split between four zones, each based on an element. In the Air Zone you'll find lots of jumps, cliffs and downhill sections while the Earth Zone is a little more down to earth (get it?), with plenty of plants and undergrowth which can get in your way, hide obstacles and, apparently, fight back. In the Fire Zone you'll be faced with lava pits, volcanoes and rocky wastelands and, finally, in the Water Zone you'll find the island's coast, huge waterfalls and rivers. For a description of each of the 16 tracks, check the link for more deatails on the press release.
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