Q1 of 2013 is looking like its going to be a expensive time for gamers, with the likes of God of War: Ascension, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, and now Insomniac’s Fuse all arriving within the first three months of the year. Fuse, formerly known as Overstrike, is a third person, four-player cooperative game that centres around a volatile energy source that has fallen into the wrong hands.
Sony has released the top PSN download chart for August in North America. The most downloaded PS3 title was Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, followed by Episode 3 of The Walking Dead. On the PS Vita, Sound Shapes, was the top selling title followed by AR Play title Table Top Tanks.
PlayStation Home will briefly be offline from 8.00am BST this morning for routine maintenance. The PS Home client will also be updated to version v1.7, bring with it some improvements and new features (detailed below). Once the maintenance window is complete, booting up Home will prompt you to download the updated client.
Sony has released the latest firmware update for the PS3, bringing the system software to version v4.25. The minor update increases the cloud storage limit for PlayStation Plus subscribers to 1GB, giving you more space to backup your save data online.
New titles will be added to the Retro Games Sale in Europe in tomorrow’s PlayStation Store update. The discounts start from September 12th 2012 until September 19th so be sure to make the most of the offers before it’s too late. All of the PSOne classics listed below work on the PS Vita except for Resident Evil 2, which Sony is currently looking into.
YouTube user TheJamster1992 has spent the better part of 6 months recreating Final Fantasy VII in LittleBigPlanet 2. The work covers many parts of the game including the opening sequence, battles and limit breaks, and was created using the same tools available to everyone else in the game.
Medal of Honor Warfighter isn’t due for launch until October 23rd 2012, yet EA have gone ahead and announced the first DLC pack for the title, dubbed “Hunt Map Pack”. The DLC will include two maps set in Pakistan, known to be hideouts of Bin Laden, and will be releasing in December.
Today’s PlayStation Store update in North America will add two new titles to the Instant Games Collection. PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to download Double Dragon Neon and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game free once the PlayStation Store has been updated.
Football fans will be able to enjoy the latest FIFA instalment early, as a playable demo featuring five teams will be releasing today. The full game will be released later this month, on September 28th across 11 different platforms including the PS3 and PS2.
Konami and Kojima Productions revealed Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes last week, revealing a visually impressive trailer of the game. This week, the developers have released a collection of high-resolution screenshots of the same trailer, showing just how detailed the graphics are.
