The Hulu Plus app on the PS3 has received a major update, bringing many improvements and new features to users. The app has been updated to help you get to the shows you watch faster than ever before, with larger, more vivid artwork and easier navigation. A new “Shows You Watch” feature that highlights the content you regularly enjoy, and lets you jump straight to the latest episode.
Sony has (perhaps accidentally) that reignited the possibility of cross-game chat as a feature for PlayStation Plus subscribers, even though the company said it is technically not possible in the past. The information comes from PSN user Andrefpvs, who spotted Cross Game Chat as one of the benefits of PlayStation Plus when he purchased a PlayStation Plus subscription at the current discounted price.
The FIFA 13 demo has been downloaded a massive 1.99 million times in just three days of being released to the public. Further more, 29 per cent more people played the FIFA 13 demo on their PS3, Xbox 360 and PC compared to the FIFA 12 demo, in the same time frame.
SEGA’s Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is coming to the PlayStation Network next month, and PlayStation Plus member will be able to download the title for free as part of the Instant Game Collection. The game will be October’s “Game of the Month”, and will be available to download on October 3rd.
Borderlands 2 is just a week away from release, and Take Two has revealed that the game will be getting a PSN digital release on the same day the retail version goes on sale. If you don’t want to wait to get your game on launch day, you can pre-order the digital copy from the PlayStation Store, and have it automatically download to the PS3 when it’s up (PlayStation Plus subscribers only).
Insomniac have released a new trailer for their upcoming title Fuse, the game previously known as Overstrike. Earlier this week, Insomniac also announced that the game will be coming to the PS3 in March 2013. Check out the announcement trailer below.
The PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale public beta, scheduled to start this week, has been delayed in Europe. Developers SuperBot have confirmed that the beta start date has been delayed by one week, and information for a North American beta will be coming soon.
Q1 of 2013 is looking like its going to be a expensive time for gamers, with the likes of God of War: Ascension, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, and now Insomniac’s Fuse all arriving within the first three months of the year. Fuse, formerly known as Overstrike, is a third person, four-player cooperative game that centres around a volatile energy source that has fallen into the wrong hands.
Sony has released the top PSN download chart for August in North America. The most downloaded PS3 title was Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, followed by Episode 3 of The Walking Dead. On the PS Vita, Sound Shapes, was the top selling title followed by AR Play title Table Top Tanks.
PlayStation Home will briefly be offline from 8.00am BST this morning for routine maintenance. The PS Home client will also be updated to version v1.7, bring with it some improvements and new features (detailed below). Once the maintenance window is complete, booting up Home will prompt you to download the updated client.
