SCEE has begin accepting applications for the God of War: Ascension multiplayer beta. To be in with a chance of being a selected participant, head over to the God of War: Ascension beta sign-up page and login with your PSN details. You have until 12.00pm on Friday 7th December to register your interest.
The PlayStation Network will be going offline on Monday afternoon for most of the night while maintenance work is carried out. In total, the PlayStation Network will be down for 9 hours, between 4pm and 1am the next morning. There hasn’t been any downtime recently, surprisingly.
A patent filing suggests that Sony are working on a new controller that combines the DualShock 3 controller and PlayStation Move into a snap-together / break-apart hybrid controller, combining the best of both. The patent was published yesterday and calls it a “hybrid separable motion controller” and is assigned to SCEA.
Sony has released the PS3 and PS Vita sales figures for last week, which includes Black Friday results. The two consoles combined sold 685,000 units from November 18th 2012 through to November 24th 2012, which is said to be a 9% increase over last year, including software and peripherals sales too.
Following on from last year’s 12 Deals of Christmas, Sony is offering the same promotion to gamers this year too. Starting on December 1st 2012, the PlayStation Store will get a incredible deal available for 48 hours, until a new deal replaces it. In total, the Store will have 12 different deals until Christmas Eve.
The list of new PlayStation Plus content for December has leaked, revealing that Batman Arkham City and a number of other new titles are making their way to Europe. The Plus update, scheduled for December 5th 2012, will include Batman Arkham City, Vanquish and LIMBO, according to this Italian site.
Bethesda have announced the release date for the first DLC for hugely popular First Person title, Dishonored. The DLC, titled “Dunwall City Trials” will be available to buy from December 11th 2012 and will be available across all platforms. The pack will include 10 challenge maps that are designed to test your various assassin skills.
With Thanksgiving over and the holiday season upon us, Sony and Farsight Studios have teamed up to offer PlayStation Plus subscribers 50% off discounts on a number of titles on the PS3, PSP and PS Vita. Check out the full list of discounted titles below.
Gamers expecting BioShock Infinite to have a multiplayer mode will be disappointed to hear that the game has no such mode. Irrational’s co-founder and Creative Director Ken Levine has confirmed via Twitter that there will be no multiplayer in Bioshock Infinite.
The first ever gameplay trailer for upcoming shooter Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 has been released, showing what the game will look like when it hits consoles and PCs in early 2013. The game will use of CryEnging 3 from Crytek, and is being developed by City Interactive.
