EA’s FIFA ’12 has become the biggest release in the history of sports games and the number one videogame launch of the year so far. According to the recent figures gathered by the company, since its September 27 release, FIFA 12 has so far sold an estimated 3.2 million units across all consoles worldwide, “making it the biggest launch in the history of sports videogames and the biggest videogame launch of 2011 to date.”
Gran Turismo 5 is getting a massive update to the game. Yamauchi-san and the Polyphony team have been closely monitoring the feedback of the dedicated and discerning GT5 community. As a result of this, we have seen significant support for GT5 in the form of regular functionality updates.
It’s a new month, and a new batch of PlayStation Plus content is available today on the European PlayStation Store, with the suitably Halloween-inspired Costume Quest available at no cost to subscribers for the next two weeks. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception multiplayer returns to Plus this week as well.
Want to play the PSN exclusive title Rocketbirds: Hardboilied Chicken before release? Well, we’re giving away some codes to download the game before anyone else. Rocketbirds: Hardboilied Chicken is a cinematic platform adventure game where you take on the role of a badass chicken who sets out to destroy an evil totalitarian penguin regime.
PlayStation Plus subscribers have a lot of content to look forward to this month. We have a complete list of content you can expect throughout October, starting with today. Check out the complete list below, which includes four PSN games, three Minis titles and a PSOne classis, not to mention all the discounts and game trails.
The original Crysis title hits the PlayStation Store in North America today, followed by Europe tomorrow. The game has been remastered for the PlayStation 3 making use of fully deferred lighting, a PS3-specific rendering pipeline and SPU-enhanced physics code, together with more efficient memory layouts and more intelligent algorithms.
Gamers who have missed out on PSOne games from Japan will be happy to hear that Sony is launching the PlayStation Network Import Section on the PlayStation Store. MonkeyPaw Games has released the first three games for this new section, that never made it to European shores, all imported in their original Japanese form.
If you prefer purchasing your games second-hand, this bit of news is for you. Sony has confirmed that the PSN Pass will be used on all future first-party games. Resistance 3 was the first title to incorporate the PSN Pass and yesterday Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception was confirmed to be the second title to use the pass.
Square Enix has announced the release date of Final Fantasy XIII-2, the long awaited sequel of 2009 Final Fantasy XIII. The game is slated for release in Japan on December 15th, and will come with a limited edition “PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Edition Ver.2” bundle pack.
According to Sony Software Manager Juan Jimeñez, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will be the second PlayStation 3 exclusive title to make use of the PSN Pass scheme. Each copy of the game will ship with a single-use code to allow your console to access to the multiplayer features.
