On the European PSP Store this week, you can find two new PSP Essential titles and a new downloadable game. There are two new Minis titles, including Young Thor. Finally, you can find new game add-on content and a selection of new game videos.
If you are unclear how the PlayStation Move compares with the Xbox 360 Kinect and Nintendo Wii, Sony has released a handy comparison chart to indicate the differences. In most categories, the PlayStation Move prevails as the clear leader but in terms of price, the difference is less clear (and missing from the comparison chart).
This week on the PSP Comics Store you can find lots of new comics including True Blood, an all-new comic book series based on HBO’s hit show about the lives and loves of vampires, mind readers and all manner of creatures. IDW has released a new volume of Vampire Hunter D and award-winning epic “Bone” and the ongoing “RASL” make their PSP debuts this week.
On the US PSP Store this week you can find two new downloadable games and three new PSP Minis to enjoy. There is also some new DLC for LittleBigPlanet and the new episode of PULSE. Finally, you can find a selection of premium XMB themes for purchase.
On the US PlayStation Store this week you can find more PlayStation Plus goodies, including a exclusive demo of Kane & Lynch 2, as well as Heavy Rain avatars and more PSN game discounts. As for normal content, you can find the fourth episode of Sam & Max, lots of game add-on content, and new game videos and trailers. You can also find a selection of new avatars, XMB themes and wallpaper.
Sony UK and the English PlayStation Community Team have teaming up to bring a super-special gaming event for all hardcore gamers in the UK: The PlayStation Beta Rooms. From Friday 30th July – Sunday 1st August, Sony will be turning a secret Central Birmingham venue into a gamer’s paradise, allowing gamers to play-test some upcoming games.
Soon you will be able to join Maverick, Goose, Iceman and Viper roar into the sky again as Top Gun heads to the PlayStation Network. The game features all-new dialogue and storyline written by the film’s screenwriter, Jack Epps, Jr., as well as three single-player and five multiplayer modes.
The Medal of Honor beta on the PS3 and PC was scheduled to end today, but has instead been extended. Although the beta key card said the registration code would expire on July 18th 2010, codes can still be redeemed from www.medalofhonor.com/beta. It is currently not clear how long the beta has been extended for.
Killzone 3 is certainly shaping up to be Game of the Year for 2011. Guerrilla Games recently talked to the press about how seamless the experience will be with Killzone 3 and the loading times (or lack of). Steven Ter Heide was quoted as telling Ausgamers that “loading times are pretty much gone.”
Sony has confirmed at 3D games will be limited to 720p resolution. Games that run natively at 1080p are being scaled down in 3D mode, with one 720p image being output for each eye. Sony’s Simon Benson explained during the Develop conference in Brighton that the limit was imposed to keep games running at a smooth 60 frames per second.
