Finally, something for PlayStation 3 owners to do while watching the Download and Progress Bar Channel (aka PlayStation Home)!
Sony announced PLAYSTATION3RY, a long overdue messaging feature tucked into the just released firmware update that lets you exchange notes with PSN friends or leave virtual "post its" for family members while waiting for new PlayStation Home features to load. Previously, the only options were live voice chat or texting people in the same room with you while downloading areas in the background.
Presumably, this is Sony's answer to the Xbox 360's recently launched Facebook and Twitter social media apps.
Perhaps, there is more to come? Suspiciously, messages cannot exceed 140 characters...
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April Fool's Day 2010 Round-up
Sega took the wraps off of its First Porpoise Shooter, Ecco 2: Water Wars- IGN posted the Halo movie series trailer and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker meets Assassin's Creed
- Bungie shared an unexpected twist in Halo: Reach multiplayer
- BioWare announced the final Star Wars: The Old Republic character class, Sarlacc Enforcer
- Webhallen.com presented PlayStation Scent
- 1Up offered the plausible (and longer overdue!) Pokemon Kart for Wii
- Joystiq broke the news of Civilization V's Extreme Diplomacy feature
- Gamezebo unleashed the new casual games portal Big White Bunny Games slogan, "A New Game Every Hour!"
- The Escapist revealed PopCap's Celebrity Bejeweled
- Razer debuted its Venom intravenous energy drink for those extended gaming sessions
- Platinum Games demo'd a 2D platformer version of Bayonetta
- FilePlanet delivered the long overdue Duke Nukem Forever demo (anyone download this?)
- An enterprising animator converted Team Fortress 2 into a movie thriller, Law Abiding Engineer
- Remedy Games' delivered a trailer for Alan Wake Wars
- Screen Play went there with an obvious use for PlayStation Move, Hustler's Ultimate Conquest
- Farmville on Facebook let players toilet paper each other's barns
- Blizzard Store launched the Battle.net Neural Interface (be careful, once you put it on you can never break the link!)
- ThinkGeek showed how your iPad can be converted into a home arcade machine, the Dharma Initiative clock can be put to practical use and a teddy bear can spy on your kids and tweet what they're hiding (we want these, by the way - maybe, like last year's Tauntain sleeping bag, the first two can become reality?!)
- Destructoid suggested that Sony was going to offer Netscape as an Other OS for PS3
- UbiSoft Japan merged Splinter Cell Convinction with Raving Rabbids
- Pocker Gamer proposed that Flight Control HD for iPad will be used to train real air traffic controllers
- Play Switch suggested the completely implausible Nintendo games for iPad
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