The PlayStation Network is wil be going offline for scheduled maintenance from 16:05 on Wednesday 9 March 2011 until 03:00 on Thursday 10 March 2011, GMT. During this maintenance, you can continue to collect in-game trophies and these will be updated on your profile once PlayStation Network is back up and running.
US PlayStation Store Update for March 8th 2011
Downloadable Games (also available from PS3 Storefront)
- Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle Digital – Public Release ($19.99)
- MLB 11 The Show PSP ($29.99)
US PlayStation Store Update for March 8th 2011
PlayStation Plus
- Featured Game Demo
- Mortal Kombat Demo (Exclusive and free to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
- PSN Gamers’ Choice Award Winners (Spring Fever Week #1)
- Best PS3 Game: Castle Crashers (50% discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers, ends 3/22)
- Best PSP Game: God of War: Ghost of Sparta (50% discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers, ends 3/22
- Best PSN Exclusive Game: Dead Nation (50% discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers, ends 3/22)
- Best Mini: Age of Zombies (50% discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers, ends 3/22)
- Featured Qore Episode
- Qore March Episode 34 – Single Episode (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $2.99)
- Discounted Games & DLC
- Mega Man 3 (PSOne) (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99)
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception New Footage From GDC 2011
Last week, Naughty Dog and SCEA held a press event at the PlayStation.Blog lounge at GDC 2011. The press event began with the first ever demo outside of Naughty Dog halls of UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception in stereoscopic 3D. The real meat of the press event was the unveiling of the central antagonist that will try to foil Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan at every opportunity – meet Katherine Marlowe in the trailer below.
FirstPlay Episode 48 Details
In this week’s episode of FirstPlay, you can find a look at the latest game from Team Ico, The Last Guardian, including an interview with chief creative director Fumito Ueda. Episode 48 will be on the Store from this Wednesday, and apart from the awesome Last Guardian it also includes a preview of PlayStation Move title No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise.
Qore Episode 34 Details
The March episode of Qore covers some serious ‘must have’ titles. The lead story features fantasy role-player Dragon Age 2 as Veronica Belmont catches up with Bioware‘s co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka and Lead Designer Mike Laidlaw as they walk through the story, combat, classes, and a revamped tactics system that should appeal to both RPG and action fans.
SOCOM 4 Beta Details Revealed
The SOCOM 4 Multiplayer Beta will roll out in four separate phases. It’ll begin with a small, private group and then expand weekly from there until it’s freely available to everyone! The date to look out for is April 5th 2011, when the beta goes public to all PS3 users on the PlayStation Store.
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood DLC Coming Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Ubisoft will be releasing its largest DLC offering for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, the Da Vinci Disappearance. This DLC is bringing more AC: Brotherhood goodness with both single player missions and multiplayer content.
SOCOM 4 Trophy List
You maybe asking yourself what trophies are available in upcoming title SOCOM 4… Well, you won’t need to anymore since Zipper Interactive have revealed the complete trophy list for the title (except for the 16 hidden trophies, of course). Are you good enough to unlock all these trophies and earn the coveted Platinum trophy?
US PlayStation Video Store Update for March 4th 2011
On the US PlayStation Video Store this week you can find the SD and HD versions of 127 Hours by Academy Award winning director Danny Boyle. Be sure to check out the Fox Searchlight Collection under our Featured Collections section to find films like Bend it Like Beckham, Juno, Garden State, Little Miss Sunshine, Sideways and Best Picture Academy Award Winner Slumdog Millionaire.