This week, PS Plus members can download one of the most full-featured portable fighters in history: Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny. This PSP title is compatible with the PS Vita and will be available to download from the PlayStation Store in North America after tomorrow’s weekly update. The Spring Fever sale also continues this week with PlayStation Plus subscribers getting discount on new indie title Thomas Was Alone.
SCEA have revealed the official box art for PS3 exclusive title BEYOND: Two Souls, which is scheduled for release this October. The box art is “sophisticated, mature and different from most traditional game packaging, and it really captures the emotion Ellen Page conveyed in her performance as Jodie,” says Derek Osgood, Associate Product Marketing Manager for SCEA.
New content is available on the European PlayStation Store this week, including a number of new PS3 games. Injustice Gods Among Us will become available to purchase later this week, and the Journey Collector’s Edition is now available for purchase. On the PS Vita, the Soul Sacrifice demo is now available for download. You can also find various new DLC for the PS3 and PS Vita.
A number of new games are available on the PlayStation Store this week in North America, including Injustice: Gods Among Us and Dragon Fantasy Book I (cross-buy with PS Vita). New PlayStation Plus content is available too, with Malicious added to the Instant Game Collection.
Rockstar have released more official artwork for their upcoming open-world title, Grand Theft Auto V. The two new images, titled Cash and Carry, illustrate Michael and Franklin getting things done by sea or land. The images are available in various sizes from Rockstar Downloads.
Europeans can look forward to another big month on PlayStation Plus, with five new games coming to the Instant Game Collection. Three PS3 games will be released to the collection on May 1st, including Hitman: Absolution, while two PS Vita games will be released from May 8th 2013. April’s games will be phased out over May so be sure to grab anything you’ve missed before the dates listed below.
Gaming magazine Game Informer has revealed that Batman: Arkham Origins will be heading to the PS3 in October 2013. The game takes place years before the two previous Arkham titles “when a young, unrefined Batman encounters many supervillains for the first time”. A handheld spinoff, dubbed Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, will be coming to the PS Vita too, and will play like a “2.5D Metroid-style adventure”.
New PlayStation Plus content will be added to the PlayStation Store in North America later today as part of the weekly update. PSN title Malicious will be added to the Instant Game Collection later today, allowing subscribers to download the title for free. In addition, subscribers will also be able to get discounts on various titles as part of the Spring Fever Sale, which included 20% off newly released cross-buy title Dragon Fantasy Book I.
Capcom has announced that Lost Planet 3 has been delayed until August 2013 in North America and Europe. The game was originally scheduled to be released on June 28th 2013, but has now been delayed by two months. A Capcom Europe representative said the delay was due to unspecified “business reasons”.
The PlayStation Network will be going offline later today for scheduled maintenance. The network will be down from 2:00 PM BST today, until 5:00 AM BST on Tuesday morning, which means you can say goodbye to any online gaming today evening. If you want to continue to play online, you’ll have to sign-in to the PlayStation Network before the downtime begins.
