LittleBigPlanet Karting is starting to roll out this week across the world, starting with North America, where the game was released today. Developers United Front Games and Sony San Diego Studio have released the game’s official launch trailer for the game (see below).
Capcom has revealed a special edition of Devil May Cry for North America and Europe, titled “Son of Sparda”. The special edition is exclusive to GameStop stores, and includes Dante’s necklace and the Samurai DLC pack (see image below). The special edition will be available for both the PS3 and Xbox 360, with a retail price of £59.99.
New PlayStation Plus content goes live in North America later today, bringing Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition to the Instant Game Collection, along with discounts on a number of new titles. When Vikings Attack launches in the North America this week too, and Plus subscribers can get 30% off the title, which is also cross-buy compatible – giving you the PS3 and PS Vita version for one price.
THQ has announced delays to three of their big titles, following the release of the company’s Q2 financial earnings report. The company has revealed that Company of Heroes 2, Metro: Last Light and South Park: The Stick of Truth have all been delayed and will be releasing in “early fiscal 2014”, which means April 2013 at the earliest.
Late last week, and over the weekend, Sony began rolling out the new PlayStation Store across America for the PS3. The updated PlayStation Store is now available in United States, Canada, Brazil and Mexico, after the original launch was delayed. The updated store has improved navigation, better search and more.
This Russian PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale trailer is pretty awesome, compared to the trailers shows in other countries. The trailer promotes the cross-play features of the game with players dressed-up as their in-game counterparts. The game releases later this month across Europe and North America.
When Viking’s Attack is now available for pre-order from the PlayStation Store in Europe, with the game being released this week on the PS3 and PS Vita. However, if you pre-order the game before release, you can add 30% off the full price. Even better is that the game is cross-buy compatible, so you will pay just £5.49/€6.99 for both the PS3 and PS Vita versions of the game.
This month, PlayStation Plus subscribers in Europe can look forward to new games, including Crysis 2 and Ratchet and Clank All 4 One. Both titles will be added to the Instant Game Collection from November 7th 2012. Also, releasing on the same day is the extremely addictive Cubixx HD.
Portal 2 is getting new DLC next week, titled Portal 2 in Motion, which was first announced back at E3 in June 2012. The release of the new DLC coincides with the digital release of Portal 2 on the PlayStation Network, which has also been updated to include layStation Move support (implemented by Sixense) for the entire single-player and cooperative campaigns.
BioWare has confirmed the release date for the recently announced Mass Effect Trilogy, giving firm North America and European release dates. Unfortunately, the game comes to the PS3 a month after PC and Xbox 360 owners, but at lease it’s just in time for the holiday season.
