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.
inFamous has been available on Blu-ray disc for well over a year now, but the game is finally available to download from the PlayStation Network. With the release of PlayStation Plus today, subscribers can download the 60-minute trial of the full game for free.
If you’ve tried to connect to the PlayStation Network recently, you may have been asked to agree to the new PlayStation Network Terms of Use agreement. If you’ve taken the time to read through the agreement, you would have noticed several key changes including the addition of PlayStation Plus and other important clauses.
In Sony’s E3 2010 Press Conference, Jack Tretton revealed that the PlayStation Network has more than 50 million registered accounts, the highest of the three major consoles. The PlayStation Network was launched in 2006 and registrations have continued to grow rapidly. This confirms a study earlier this year stating that the PS3 has the highest percentage of connected consoles.
At Sony’s E3 Press Conference, Jack Tretton officially announced PlayStation Plus, the premium subscription service for the PlayStation Network. The service will build on top of the existing free service, offering gamers exclusive content, early access to demos, automatic download of demos and game related content and more.
At E3 next week, Sony is set to officially announce the premium PlayStation Network service. The service will cost lest than £50 a year, and will be called PSN+. The service is said to feature a streaming music application that’s similar to Spotify which can run in the background while playing games, as well as the option to offer subscribers one free PSN title from a choice of “two to four” every month.
The PlayStation Network will undergo scheduled maintenance today, June 9th from 8am PST / 4pm GMT. The PSN will be down for several hours, during which time users won’t be able to access the PlayStation Store or Account Management, and may encounter some difficulty while signing in to PSN.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Andrew House has confirmed their plans to introduce the often-rumored premium PSN service in a recent fan in question & answer post. The premium PSN idea was revealed by Kaz Hirai a few months ago, and House has confirmed that more details will be available soon.
Naughty Dog has confirmed that the PlayStation Network will be getting new Uncharted 2 avatars later today. The PSN Avatars were created from renders made from Uncharted 2 and include Nathan Drake, Elena Fisher, Victor Sullivan, Chloe Frazer, Jeff, Tenzin, Karl Schafer, Zoran Lazarevic, Harry Flynn, and an image of the Phurba dagger.
VG247 has learnt that Sony is to reveal plans for PSN’s premium services at E3. According to a highly-placed source, Sony will announce a large-scale monetizing scheme for PSN at the LA show next month, but it will not impact the service’s current free aspects (like online gaming).
