Sony has released the PS3 and PS Vita sales figures for last week, which includes Black Friday results. The two consoles combined sold 685,000 units from November 18th 2012 through to November 24th 2012, which is said to be a 9% increase over last year, including software and peripherals sales too.
Following on from last year’s 12 Deals of Christmas, Sony is offering the same promotion to gamers this year too. Starting on December 1st 2012, the PlayStation Store will get a incredible deal available for 48 hours, until a new deal replaces it. In total, the Store will have 12 different deals until Christmas Eve.
The list of new PlayStation Plus content for December has leaked, revealing that Batman Arkham City and a number of other new titles are making their way to Europe. The Plus update, scheduled for December 5th 2012, will include Batman Arkham City, Vanquish and LIMBO, according to this Italian site.
Bethesda have announced the release date for the first DLC for hugely popular First Person title, Dishonored. The DLC, titled “Dunwall City Trials” will be available to buy from December 11th 2012 and will be available across all platforms. The pack will include 10 challenge maps that are designed to test your various assassin skills.
With Thanksgiving over and the holiday season upon us, Sony and Farsight Studios have teamed up to offer PlayStation Plus subscribers 50% off discounts on a number of titles on the PS3, PSP and PS Vita. Check out the full list of discounted titles below.
Gamers expecting BioShock Infinite to have a multiplayer mode will be disappointed to hear that the game has no such mode. Irrational’s co-founder and Creative Director Ken Levine has confirmed via Twitter that there will be no multiplayer in Bioshock Infinite.
The first ever gameplay trailer for upcoming shooter Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 has been released, showing what the game will look like when it hits consoles and PCs in early 2013. The game will use of CryEnging 3 from Crytek, and is being developed by City Interactive.
After endless promotions, trailers and advertising by Sony, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale has failed to make a dent in the UK charts. The title entered the chart at position 38 after the first week of sales, way behind titles like Hitman Absolution, Assassin’s Creed III and LEGO Lord of the Rings. In fact, LEGO Lord of the Rings was the highest ranking new title at position 6.
The first week’s numbers for Call of Duty: Black Ops II are in and the news is as expected. The game has sold over 11 million units across the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in it’s first week on sale. In comparison, the game outsold the previous version by around 550,000 units, which sold over 10.5 million units in its first week.
From now until 31st December, Sony Entertainment Network is exclusively offering PlayStation Plus customers the opportunity to enjoy the Music Unlimited Premium service for one year for just £11.99/€11.99/107.99 Kr/AU$13.99, down from £119.88/€119.88/1079.88 Kr/AU$143.88.
