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Speaking to Edge, PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai said that issuing PS3 Firmware 2.40 with a fault then pulling it back in for fixing is something the Sony should have avoided. We kind of worked that one out by ourselves, to be honest.

“My personal reaction is that shouldn’t have happened,” he said. “I made sure that my feelings were felt.

“We were able to identify the issue very quickly; we pulled it as quickly as we could, and for those consumers whose consoles froze on the XMB we are dealing with them on an individual basis and dealing with the firmware and getting it back to them as quickly as possible. I’d like to think that we got in front of it, but quite honestly it’s something that shouldn’t have happened.

“On the other hand we do a lot of these and this kind of thing is very rare, and that’s because of the extensive testing we do before any of these firmware upgrades do go out.”

Loads more through there.

Speaking to Loot-Ninja, SCEA’s Jeff Rubenstein has confirmed that work is still ongoing on Firmware 2.40.

“We’re still examining the cause of the problem,” he said. “We’ll announce as soon as we are ready to resume the system version update.”

Firmware 2.40, the PS3 software that adds in-game XMB and various other anticipated features to the console, was pulled after being available for less than a day after various complaints of system lock-ups.

Hopefully we’ll get more on this during UK working hours today.

Insomniac and 2K have added themselves to the list of developers shy on adding retroactive Trophy support, saying that neither Ratchet and Clank: ToD and Resistance: FoM will be getting patches.

Earlier today, Infinity Ward said that there would be no Trophies for CoD4.

Thanks PS3F.

By Mike Bowden

SCEE just told us that the Super Stardust HD Team Expansion is still available for download from its servers, but you won’t be able to access any Trophy functionality unless you’ve already installed Firmware 2.40.

“SuperStardust HD and the Expansion Pack are still on the store and available for download,” a rep told VG247. “However the patch that is required to enable Trophies is part of the 2.40 update. So, people can still download and play the game now, but they will not be able to access Trophies without the 2.40 firmware update.”

As you should all know by now, Sony pulled Firmware 2.40 last night after various reports of system lock-ups.

SCEE’s responded to a comment request on the status of the now-pulled Firmware 2.40 update by saying that it has nothing to add to the statement already made by SCEA’s Patrick Seybold on the US PS blog.

“We’ll keep you updated as to when we expect the firmware to go back up,” a UK rep told VG247.

SCEA took the decision to remove 2.40 from the PS3 update servers last night after myriad reports of system lock-ups.

More soon.

Update: SCEE’s made a statement here.

SCEA comms man Patrick Seybold has confirmed on the US PS blog that PS3 Firmware 2.40 has been removed from the company’s servers after receiving a “low volume” of complaints regarding installation. The complaint being that the update “bricked” people’s consoles.

“As has been reported on many gaming blogs and websites, we have temporarily taken Firmware v2.40 offline,” said Seybold. “We’ve received a limited number of calls from consumers experiencing an issue with installing the system software update on their PS3.

“While our consumer services department has seen a low volume of calls on this topic, we are committed to providing the PS3 community with XMB access features delivered in the v2.40 update. We are working diligently to isolate the problem for those few consumers and to identify a solution before we put the firmware back up.”

Threads on the official boards began popping up yesterday afternoon saying that installation of the software was literally breaking some customers’ PS3s.

SCEA took the decision to remove 2.40 from its servers late last night.

Expect more on this later today.

“Whoops.” According to various reports, Sony’s removed Firmware 2.40 from its servers following mass reports of system lock-ups.

Several threads on the US PlayStation boards came to light earlier today saying the software was causing PS3s to simply stop working.

The firm said it was investigating the complaints earlier this evening and has now removed the software entirely.

More soon.

A bevy of threads has popped up on the US PlayStation boards showing Firmware 2.40 is causing what appears to be a slew of lock-ups. Look here, here and here.

This thread on Eurogamer also complains of the same thing: after installing the update, some are experiencing an irrecoverable freeze at the “waves” part of the system’s boot-up.

We’re contacting Sony now.

According to this PS3F post, the now-released PS3 Firmware 2.40 contains some new PS Store features. The shop now runs far smoother than it did previously, apparently, and also now includes a new viewing mode.

More through the link.

In an interview with Next-Gen, Sony ‘s Eric Lempel found time to criticise Microsoft’s newly-formed policy of dropping old and unpopular Xbox Live Arcade titles.

“While naturally we only want to keep quality titles on the network we do have room for a lot of them,” he noted. “I think if I look over at the competitors’ UI they may have some issues just displaying content, and scrolling up and down lists isn’t the easiest way to find things.”

In addition, Lempel reiterated Sony’s promise that PSN will never charge a subscription fee, come hell or high game prices. But then, he didn’t even mention Qore.

Hit the link for the full interview. There’s a lot in there on the Firmware 2.40 release, so it’s well worth a read.

By Nathan Grayson

Sony’s released Firmware 2.40 for PlayStation 3, as promised. As you know unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, the update adds in-game XMB, Trophies, Google search, custom soundtracks and a bunch of other stuff to the machine. Get it now.

Sony’s confirmed that Buzz! Quiz TV will be the first released Blu-ray PS3 game to support Trophies.

The game hits retail on Friday, and was included on the list of titles showing Trophy support put out by SCEE yesterday.

Firmware 2.40 will release worldwide tomorrow. A Sony rep just confirmed on the phone that the game does, indeed, contain Trophy support.

We’ve received a nudge that 2.40 will be included on the disc itself, but Sony’s just checking that for us now.

Buzz! Quiz TV features over 5,000 questions divided into five different genre channels and allows players to create their own quizzes through MyBUZZquiz.com.

So, if you want those first Trophies, you know what you’re going to be doing this weekend.

After around 19 months since its launch in Japan, tomorrow will see the release of PlayStation 3′s Firmware 2.40. The update’s a major software upgrade adding many features the community’s been demanding for years. So. Can we finally consider the PlayStation 3 to be the finished article?

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It’s here. The piece is Eric Lempel, Sony’s PSN boss, answering questions on tomorrow’s Firmware 2.40 launch, including topics on voice chat, web browsing, Trophies and a heap of stuff on in-game XMB. Must-read.

On Joystiq. Just for completion’s sake, really. Three of these popped up this morning and had previously been seen on PS3F.

Just got this from Sony: “I’m pleased to announce Firmware 2.40 will be released Wednesday 2nd July.”

The following games are now confirmed to include Trophy support:

• BUZZ! Quiz TV
• LittleBigPlanet
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift
• NBA 09 – PS3
• PAIN
• PixelJunk Eden
• Resistance 2
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
• Warhawk

Press release after the link.

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Sony’s just put out the second part of its Firmware 2.40 walkthrough, showing the update’s Trophy system. Get it after the link.

The first part of this movie was released earlier today, showing how in-game XMB, custom soundtracks and Google search will all work on PS3 after the software’s released.

Looks good, innit?

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According to this SixthAxis post, the second PS3 Firmware 2.40 video will be released by Sony at 1pm BST today.

The first part, put out this morning, showed in-game XMB, custom soundtracks and Google search in action.

They’re on this Czech PlayStation site and clearly show that the previous PS3F shots were genuine. Expect more of these later today.

PSN boss Eric Lempel said in today’s PS3 Firmware 2.40 video walkthrough that the update would include the Google Search Bar.

“We’ve addeed one more feature that we’ll talk about today,” said Lempel. “This is something we did a few weeks ago on the PSP, with Firmware 4.0, and that’s the addition of a Google Search Bar.

The next video walkthrough will be available in a “few days” with firmware 2.40 being released “very soon”.

By Mike Bowden