This week on the PlayStation Store, PlayStation Plus subscribers can find two exclusive demos to enjoy over the weekend – before anyone else. Plus subscribers can download the PES 2011 playable demo for the PS3 and PSP owners can download the God of War: Ghost of Sparta demo before general public release.
Yesterday, PlayStation celebrated its 15th anniversary in North America. Fifteen years ago, the original PlayStation console was introduced, forever altering the entertainment experience for our loyal PlayStation fans and revolutionizing the video game industry.
For those of you that haven’t seen this already, check out the below brand-new gameplay footage of inFamous 2 that was first shown behind closed doors at gamescom and then last week at PAX in Seattle. You’ll get to see one of Cole’s brand new electrical powers – the Kinetic Pulse – with which he can now hurl enormous objects (i.e. cars!) around the environment.
A new firmware update is now available for the PlayStation 3. Firmware version v3.42 doesn’t add anything new to the software, but simply includes security fixes for the console. The new update disables the use of the recent USB dongle hack, whether it’s the Groove, the Jailbreak, or the PS Freedom.
Episode 23 of FirstPlay will be available to download from the PlayStation Store tomorrow and will come with a exclusive Landit Bandit dynamic theme. You can also find a preview of new Bond blockbuster Blood Stone 007, and the first of many PlayStation Move reviews, Start The Party and Sports Champions.
The biggest 3D game of 2011 has finally got a release date. Guerrilla Games and Sony have revealed that Killzone 3 will be available to purchase in North American from February 22nd 2010. Guerrilla Games has been hard at work making the most explosive shooter possible on the PlayStation 3 system.
Those eagerly awaiting the release of Top Gun will be happy to know that SCEE has finally revealed the release date and price point for the game. The game will be available to download from the PlayStation Store next week, on September 8th 2010. The game will will cost £7.99 / €9.99.
Episode 22 is now up on the Store and available to purchase and download. This week features an all-new hands-on with LittleBigPlanet 2, the the second part of the PlayStation Move playtest, and a preview of Ubisoft’s under-the-radar strategy contender, RUSE.
Today at IFA 2010 in Berlin, Sony announced that Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity, a cloud-based digital music service, will be coming to PlayStation 3 later this year. The service will give you access to millions of songs that are stored and synchronised through the cloud and can be accessed via a range of Sony devices, with one single account and without the need to manage digital files.
The latest PlayStation Plus content is now available on the PlayStation Store in Europe. If you haven’t subscribed for a 1-year membership yet, you can get a free copy of Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty, by signing up. The new PlayStation Plus content is available until October 5th 2010, so be sure to check out the list below and download what you want before October.
