What do we have here? It seems that the most adrenaline-pumping PSN game from Sony Liverpool will be getting a new set of trophies when the game arrives sometime this year. The folks at TheSixthAxis got the early list of trophies, which appear to be bronze, for the upcoming WipEout HD Fury expansion pack.

This summer, WipEout HD fans will be getting a new expansion pack called Fury. The pack will add 8 new tracks, 13 new ship models, 3 new game modes, and more. To whip up some good ol' fan frenzy, Sony's Liverpool Studio has released some gorgeous new screenshots from the Fury pack. Check 'em out in the full article.

The upcoming Beatles game from Rock Band studio Harmonix will follow the Fab Four through different periods in their career, according to Paul McCartney himself. Sounds like we're in for a wild ride of good music and overgrown moptops.

A new job listing on the SCEE website says that they're looking for a new PSP game engine lead to work on LittleBigPlanet projects. Well that feeds new fuel to the rumor that popped up a few months ago. Are the sackboys going portable?

*UPDATE*
It's a rumor no longer! Media Molecule co-founder Mark Healy reveals plans for a PSP version of the game.

With Fall settling in, you can expect the usual bumper crop harvest of annual sports sims to come our way. One of these titles include Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, which has been confirmed to be released this October 17 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the PC. Find out more about the upcoming game in our full article.

Last week's list offered a handful of gaming gems that are now being offered for mere change but definitely don't deserve to be thrown into the bargain bin. This time around, we're going to see similar games, most of them calling forth fond memories of old school arcade gaming. Here's a clue: Ultimate Ghosts n' Goblins. Capcom arcade games. Mega Man. Reminiscing now? Hit the full article for the list.

Contrary to previous accounts, a scientific study conducted in England says that playing Nintendo Wii games alone cannot serve as a substitute for real life exercise.

As you might have expected, the researchers behind the study have the empirical data to back it up, too. Find out the details of their research after the jump.

European video game news site CVG reports that Bizarre Creations is currently readying a playable demo for Project Gotham Racing 4. This was announced during a Bizarre Creation press event held today in the company's Liverpool offices.

The demo is expected to be out and about around the game's October 12 release in Europe. It will reportedly contain the Nurburgring track and will come packed with a few different Arcade challenges for Xbox 360 owners to check out.

No word has come out about a North American demo yet, but it'll probably come around PGR4's October 2 U.S. release date. Details on the playable cars are still under wraps as well, but we'll bring you more updates as we get them.

It looks like somebody from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's (SCEE) been taking lessons from Electronic Arts. The Wikipedia site reports that someone's been editing their entry for Bungie's Halo game series by adding some additional words. Fighting words it seems, if you happen to be a big fan of Halo 3 for the Xbox 360. The controversial add-on said: "Although it won't look any better than Halo 2." As the page was mainly for factual details on the game, that subjective statement did stick out like a sore thumb.

Here's a screenshot of the said edits - the red text to the right indicates the new additions (click to enlarge):

 

What makes the news all the more interesting is that WikiScanner traced the editor's IP address - 217.18.23.2 - to SCEE's Liverpool (UK) studio. Black propaganda from Sony to stifle Halo 3's upcoming launch this September 25? Unlikely - Wikipedia indicates that the edit was done way back in April. What we're looking at is probably someone at the SCEE office having a bit of fun...at the title's expense.

So, why did it take so long to detect this months-old tweak? WikiScanner was introduced to Wikipedia on August 14, 2007 - only a little more than two weeks ago. Check back in case WikiScanner  picks up more of these unsolicited edits to the site.

  

Sony Liverpool Game Director Tony Buckley was recently interviewed regarding WipEout HD and how intricate its relationship is with the Playstation Portable versions of WipEout. For those who don't know yet, WipEout HD is going to be a downloadable title based from the tracks found on the PSP version.

According to the game director, the new title will have eight tracks - six of which were take from WipEout Pure and the remaining two were lifted from Pulse. Buckley added that using the PSP codes was most logical because of certain technical considerations. He explained:

Basically, this helped us get a WipEout on PS3 much faster. The PSP track data made the most sense for several of reasons. Plus, the PS2 game's code wouldn't have been very ideal, and as for the PS1 games, unfortunately most of that code is now lost.

This means that the tracks from the PS3 and PSP builds are basically the same but WipEout HD is, well, in HD. Aside from adding effects and details, Tony Buckley shared that they are currently working on revamping the particle system. The director also mentioned that pricing is still not being discussed as of now.

Despite that, Tony Buckley said that future downloads are being considered as of now. But if the downloadable tracks become too many in the future, they might consider a full Blu-ray release:

We'd like to do more tracks as future downloads, certainly. It's not planned right now, but if we released eight more tracks in the future and packaged them all together, at that point you're looking at enough to perhaps justify a Blu-ray release. Of course we're planning things, but right now the focus is on HD.