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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes won’t offer players the chance to gain a Platinum Trophy on PS4 or PS3. That’s because, as explained by creator Hideo Kojima on Twitter, Sony doesn’t allow for Platinum Trophies in budget releases. Ground Zeroes costs 19.99 on current-gen and 29.99 on next-gen. What …
Read More »Bid for rare PlayStation weapons and costumes – with your Trophies
Sony has kicked off a new giveaway that allows US PSN members to use PlayStation Trophies in a special memorabilia auction. The platform holder will be offering different items, one per day until July 30th, and each will go to the user that bids with the most Trophies, according to …
Read More »Sony to patch out iffy Trophy name in God of War: Ascension
God of War: Ascension is to have a politically incorrect Trophy name altered in an upcoming patch. The current build of the game includes a Trophy called ‘Bros Before Hos’. It is awarded to the player after defeating one of a trio of female enemies called the Fury. A patch …
Read More »Trophy patch incoming for Metal Gear Solid 4
Metal Gear Solid 4 will at last receive a patch that will introduce support for PS3’s Trophy system. Andriasang reports that the news was broken by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima in an interview in this week’s issue of Japanese weekly Famitsu. Trophies will be integrated into disc copies of …
Read More »PlayStation Trophies get re-jig
A host of new sorting functionality is coming to Sony’s PS3 Trophy system in the next firmware update – which, incidentally, is the one that will add much-touted 3D game support. Users will be able to sort their Trophies in both the ‘Trophy Collection’ and ‘Comparing Trophy’ screens, arranging them …
Read More »PSPgo not getting Trophies
Sony has confirmed that it will not be introducing Trophies, its equivalent of Microsoft’s excellent Achievement system, to its PSP platform. Many had hoped that the impending launch of the new PSPgo and its increased focus on internet connectivity would lead to Sony announcing a Trophy system for PSP that …
Read More »Sony considering Trophy reward system?
Sony’s Trophy system may still be playing catch-up to Microsoft’s popular Achievements, but if rumours are to be believed the platform holder is planning something that could drastically swing the balance. According to CVG, the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine reports that Sony is considering special treats for those …
Read More »E3 08: Trophies on the way to PSP?
Some had speculated that a PSP Trophy announcement was on the cards for E3 – but whilst that didn’t materialise, the possibility of the achievement-like system migrating to Sony’s handheld has now been hinted at. GameSpot reports that in an E3 presentation about Sony’s PSP title Buzz! Master Quiz, producer …
Read More »E3 08: Uncharted Trophy support one month away
With Sony’s latest PS3 firmware now out in the wild and seemingly hurting no-one (unlike its direct predecessor ), Jak and Daxter developer Naughty Dog has told Joystiq that a patch which enables Trophy support in its successful PS3 title Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune will be out next month. The studio’s …
Read More »E3 08: Warhawk Trophy patch arrives tomorrow
In the midst of the E3 media frenzy, Warhawk game director Dylan Jobe has confirmed that tomorrow will see the arrival of the 1.4 Warhawk patch, and with it will come PS3 Trophy support, as well as a host of new game modes. Speaking on the PlayStation Blog, Jobe added …
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