Konami has announced that Metal Gear Online will close its doors on June 21st after four years of service. The game made up the multiplayer component in Metal Gear Solid 4. At one point, the game has around 1.3 million users, but numbers have obviously shrunk over the years.
Mass Effect 3’s new demo is launching later today on the PlayStation Network in North America, and coming to Europe tomorrow. Mass Effect 3 plunges you into the boots of Commander Shepard, a decorated marine and war hero, as players lead the charge in an all-out galactic war against a nearly unstoppable foe.
Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that a minor Gran Turismo 5 update will be going live this week, bringing the game up to version v2.05. The update includes various bug fixes and improves the stability of online play.
According to website TheSixthAxis, reports are staring to come in suggesting SCEE have started updating older PSP titles on the PlayStation Store so they work on the PlayStation Vita. Games you have already downloaded onto the PSP or PS3 may not appear on the PS Vita’s Content Manager Application until the game has been patched.
PS Vita will begin making its way into gamers’ hands in just a few short days (if you pre-ordered a First Edition Bundle, that is). Day one Vita owners will have many, many games to choose from, with 25 titles confirmed for launch on February 22nd.
It appears the re-release of the original Killzone for the PlayStation 3 will no longer be happening. The announcement was made via the official Killzone twitter account. The original game was scheduled for release on the PlayStation Store back in January 2012, but now appears to be “delayed indefinitely.”
Boot up your PlayStation 3 morning to download the latest firmware update for your console. As announced earlier this week, the firmware update renames the PSN Accounts to SEN Accounts, but that’s not all. We were surprised to see that Sony made a few improvements to the software too.
Starting today, anyone who pre-orders Starhawk at GameStop will automatically upgrade to the Limited Edition version of the game. This version comes with over $20 worth of bonus content, including two DLC packs that contain new maps and multiplayer skins, plus sweet extras like the soundtrack and a PSN download of original Warhawk from PSone.
Patch v1.04 for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is now available to download. In short, the patch fixes various bugs with the game. The patch also prepares the game for the upcoming DLC – the first of which hits the PlayStation Store today. New DLC in the form of co-op missions and skin packs will be available in North America today, followed by more DLC later this month.
A new release date for Twisted Metal has been announced in Europe after the game was delayed earlier last week. The game will now be available in SCEE territories on March 7th. Originally due out next week, the game suffered a set-back in Europe as some of the content needed to be edited.
