Remember the official 3D Display released in North America last year? Well, Sony’s press release from this morning reveals that the 24″, 1080p 3D Display in now available in Europe. For its European release, the display is bundled with a couple of games – Platinum versions of Killzone 3 and Gran Turismo 5 as well as an HDMI cable and two pairs of rechargable 3D glasses.
Sony is looking for an intern to help with developing a voice recognition system. Since the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita don’t have a ‘voice recognition system’ then it’s a pretty safe assumption this can only be for a future PlayStation product (or indeed a future firmware update for either of the existing products).
LittleBigPlanet 2 will be getting a patch this week, bringing the game to version v1.12. The patch will introduce a few tweaks to the game to address user feedback, including removal of negative feedback from the Level Rating System. Check out the changelog below.
PlayStation Network is offline for scheduled maintenance from 14:00 on Monday 16 April 2012 until 02:00 on Tuesday 17 April 2012, BST. During the maintenance, you will be unable to access the PlayStation Store and other PlayStation Network services.
Another remove about the PlayStation 4 / Orbis has been circling recently. This new rumor suggests that Orbis will support OpenGL natively. “OpenGL is a layered API on the PS3,” source have told TheSixthAxis. “It’s much easier to use than LibGCM, which is the main PS3 system.”
After almost four years of provided an innovative mix of quality HD video and interactive content covering over 160 new games, Qore comes to an end. Sony has announced that their long running US PSN Video magazine show is ending, with the April episode being the show’s finale.
Releasing in May, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier not only promises an engaging single-player campaign, but bone-rattling battlefields to storm in multiplayer. PlayStation Plus subscribers will have first access to the multiplayer beta when it’s released on April 17th 2012.
It’s pretty clear that March was a banner month for PlayStation Network. As you may already know, Journey was recently proclaimed PSN’s fastest-selling game, so its obviously the top selling title in March 2012. Check out the other top downloaded titles for March 2012 below.
PS3 Games
Four all-new Uncharted 3 multiplayer maps will be available for download on Tuesday, April 10th on PS Store. The map pack will cost $9.99 as a standalone download, but members of the Fortune Hunters’ Club will be able to download the entire pack for free – just log into your PSN account next Tuesday and you can download the Drake’s Deception Map Pack.
