Sky’s Now TV streaming service is finally out of beta and officially available on the PS3, giving gamers in the UK access to Sky Sports and Sky Movies channels. The service costs £15 a month, but comes with a 30-day free trial, a reduced three-month introductory price of £8.99 per month, and a free 90-day PlayStation Plus subscription.
Namco Bandai have announced that the sequel to Tales Of Xillia, which releases next month, will release exclusively on the PS3 in 2014. Tales Of Xillia releases in Europe and North America in August 2013, but has been available in Japan since September 2011. The sequel has also been available in Japan since December 2012.
Naughty Dog’s PS3 exclusive The Last Of Us continues to dominate the UK Games Chart, which has been the top selling title for four weeks running since release. The Xbox 260 Edition of Minecraft continues to hold second place this week too, while Animal Crossing: New Leaf has dropped to fourth place, moving FIFA 13 into third.
Square-Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy X and X-2 HD will both support cross-play across the PS3 and PS Vita, allowing players to seamlessly continue their game from the PS3 to the PS Vita (and vice versa). The game’s director, Yoshinori Kitase, confirmed cross-play support at the Japan Expo 2013 held in Paris.
To celebrate this week’s Japan Expo, taking place in Paris, Square-Enix has released a new trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The new trailer is titled “The Divine Task”, and reveals more about the story, action and characters you’ll encounter in the game when it launches next year.
The official PlayStation site reveals that the PS4 will come pre-loaded with The PlayRoom, which includes a number of minigames that make use of the PlayStation Camera and new DualShock 4 controller. However, since the game requires the PlayStation Camera, which isn’t bundled with the console, it won’t be playable unless you also pick up the peripheral.
LOVEFiLM, the DVD, Blu-ray and Video game rental service operating in a number of European countries, will stop renting out games to customers. The Amazon owned company says new customers are no longer able to sign-up to the games rental service, but existing customers, already subscribed to the game rental service, will be able to rent games until further notice.
Lots of new content is available on the North American PlayStation Store this week, and it’s also the first Store update for July 2013. In addition to a number of new PS3 and PS Vita games, Battlefield 3 has also been added to the Instant Game Collection for PlayStation Plus subscribers.
LittleBigPlanet has hit another huge milestone: 8 million user created levels, and still growing! The community has created more than 8 million levels in the five years since the game was released on the PS3, and later to the PS Vita. It’s taken the community just under a year to rack-up another million levels.
Naughty Dog’s PS3 exclusive The Last of Us continues to top the UK sales charts, making it three weeks in a row since the game’s release. The game is continuing to sell well, beating the new retail boxed edition of Minecraft and Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which has dropped to third place.
