SCEE have just confirmed that Lightbox Interactive’s Starhawk is a Blu-ray only title. The game is already available in North America and parts of Europe, and will be available in the UK on Friday. In addition, SCEE has confirmed that Starhawk will some with the original PSOne Warhawk title as a PSN download.
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Starhawk is now available in North America, and will be out later this week Europe. Unfortunately, the game is only available in stores and not via the PlayStation Network. In addition to the game’s release, LightBox Interactive and Sony Santa Monica have announced that all Starhawk Map Packs will be available for free when they are released – the first of which is already in the works.
Sony has announced a new “Crystal White” PlayStation Vita for Japan. The new model is due on June 28th 2012, and will be followed by a Hatsune Miku version on August 30th. The price for the 3G and Wi-fi versions will be the same as the original black PlayStation Vita.
Checkout LittleBigPlanet Karting in this video taken in Los Angeles last week, when United Front Games showed off the game to gamers around the world. United Front Games have done what they do best – racing games, like ModNation Racers – bringing racing to the LittleBigPlanet universe and from the video you can see just how well the game looks.
Heads up on yet more PlayStation Network maintenance this month. The PlayStation Network will be offline for maintenance starting on Wednesday 16th May from 16.00 until Thursday 17th May at 00.00 BST. During this time, PSN services will be unavailable, including the PlayStation Store and Account Management sections.
Pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Amazon have already achieved more than three times the orders for the first Black Ops game in the first twenty-four hours, according to the company’s PR dept. Other retailers have yet to comment on their pre-order numbers, but the game is already looking like it’s going to be one of this year’s biggest titles.
