In response to overwhelming demand from the PS3 community, Sony are pleased to announce that Online Storage for Game Saves will be available to PlayStation Plus members from tomorrow, 10th March 2011, allowing you to store your game saves for peace of mind and easy access from any PlayStation 3 system in the world.
The MotorStorm Apocalypse Demo is out to download on the PlayStation Store today. In the demo you can race one of the lightning-fast Supercars or extremely agile Superbikes, both available for action racing in MotorStorm for the first time. Also new, (but not playable in the demo), are Choppers, Superminis and Muscle Cars, plus the legendary mix of diverse vehicle classes from previous MotorStorm games.
The PlayStation Network is wil be going offline for scheduled maintenance from 16:05 on Wednesday 9 March 2011 until 03:00 on Thursday 10 March 2011, GMT. During this maintenance, you can continue to collect in-game trophies and these will be updated on your profile once PlayStation Network is back up and running.
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Last week, Naughty Dog and SCEA held a press event at the PlayStation.Blog lounge at GDC 2011. The press event began with the first ever demo outside of Naughty Dog halls of UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception in stereoscopic 3D. The real meat of the press event was the unveiling of the central antagonist that will try to foil Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan at every opportunity – meet Katherine Marlowe in the trailer below.
In this week’s episode of FirstPlay, you can find a look at the latest game from Team Ico, The Last Guardian, including an interview with chief creative director Fumito Ueda. Episode 48 will be on the Store from this Wednesday, and apart from the awesome Last Guardian it also includes a preview of PlayStation Move title No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise.
The March episode of Qore covers some serious ‘must have’ titles. The lead story features fantasy role-player Dragon Age 2 as Veronica Belmont catches up with Bioware‘s co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka and Lead Designer Mike Laidlaw as they walk through the story, combat, classes, and a revamped tactics system that should appeal to both RPG and action fans.
The SOCOM 4 Multiplayer Beta will roll out in four separate phases. It’ll begin with a small, private group and then expand weekly from there until it’s freely available to everyone! The date to look out for is April 5th 2011, when the beta goes public to all PS3 users on the PlayStation Store.
Tomorrow, Ubisoft will be releasing its largest DLC offering for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, the Da Vinci Disappearance. This DLC is bringing more AC: Brotherhood goodness with both single player missions and multiplayer content.
