SCEA has revealed that the PlayStation Network will be going offline for maintenance this Sunday night in North America. The PSN wil be offline for approximately 3 hours on Sunday, November 11th 2012 between 10PM and 1AM PST / Monday, November 12th 2012 1AM to 4AM EST on.
Deep Silver has announced that the sequel to 2011′s zombie FPS is coming to consoles in April 2013 in North American and Europe. The game will be available in two different editions. The regular pre-order edition will include Dead Island Riptide and an exclusive pack of weapon mods. The Special Retailers Edition will have a weapon mod pack, an alternate character skin and different box art to the regular version.
We have 17 new screenshots for Grand Theft Auto V from the latest issue of GameInformer. You can read a summary of that the issue covered here, but do check out the screenshots below too. A new trailer is incoming next week and should hold more details on the game, which is scheduled for release in 2013.
SCEA has also released the downloads chart for September, detailing the top selling titles across North America last Month. On the PS3, The Walking Dead – Episode 4 was the top selling title, while on the PS Vita, Retro City Rampage was the top title, beating off Assassin’s Creed III Liberation.
The December issue of GameInformer has revealed new details for upcoming open-world title Grand Theft Auto V. The cover story reveals lots of details about the game, such as the game having three protagonists, and the player can switch between any of them at any time. In addition, the 2nd trailer will be releasing on November 14th 2012.
SCEE has released the top selling PSN chart for PS3, PS Vita, PSN and PSOne games sold in October 2012. The top selling PS3 title was FIFA 13, beating off Assassin’s Creed III and Resident Evil 6. On the PS Vita, the top selling title was Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, which beat off LittleBigPlanet PlayStation Vita.
Sony has revealed that SuperBot Entertainment has completed development of beat-em-up PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, in time for release later this month. In celebration of this milestone, the opening sequence to the game has been released (see below) and the final boss has been revealed.
Ubisoft have confirmed that their open-world cyber-thriller, Watch Dogs, is definitely coming in 2013. According to a report on Joystiq.com, Ubisoft’s CEO, Yves Guillemot, was the one to confirm the release window for the title, which will be releasing on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
