PlayStation Home will be transforming in coming weeks in a bit to tern the service into the biggest and best social gaming service on any console. Sony will be launching a new core Home experience and Home Square will be changing – changing for the better.
A new patch is available for MotorStorm Apocalypse, bringing it up to version v1.06. The new patch brings a number of balance changes, and also enables support for Sony’s previously announced SimulView 3D monitor, allowing two players to play competitively full-screen.
The Battlefield 3 beta dates have been announced for the PS3. The Beta is open to all and will run from September 29th to October 10th. You can join it by simply going to the going the PlayStation Store and navigating to the Demos section and downloading the Battlefield 3 demo.
Today’s sees the launch of the Access TV show on the PlayStation Store in the UK. Available to download every Wednesday from the UK PlayStation Store, Access is completely free for all UK PSN account holders to watch on their PlayStation 3 consoles.
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Resident Evil 4 HD is coming to the PlayStation Network this month. The entire Resident Evil 4 experience (including all bonus content from previous versions) has been remastered in high definition and will be a treat for both new fans and RE veterans. The game will be available on the PlayStation Store on Wednesday, September 21st.
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Great news for fans of Final Fantasy X. Square Enix has just announced that Final Fantasy X will be getting an HD re-release in celebration of the game’s 10th anniversary. Personally, I rather see a remake of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII for the PS3 and PlayStation Vita in HD, but this is good news nonetheless.
Red Dead Redemption is getting a Game of the Year Edition next month, and full details were announced by Rockstar today. The new edition will be released next month, on October 11th in North America and October 14th internationally on both the PS3 and Xbox 360. The GOYT edition will include all of the downloadable content Rockstar has released for Red Dead Redemption both free and paid.
Looks like gamers are having fun with the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Open Beta since it opened up to all PSN users last week. Ubisoft have decided to extend the beta by a few extra days until this weekend. The beta was scheduled to end on September 12th 2011 (yesterday), but has now been extended until September 17th 2011.
