Rap icon Jay Z has been named as the executive producer for 2K Sport’s latest NBA instalment. Jay Z is heavily involved in the real NBA championship, part-owning the Brooklyn Nets, and will now help in producing NBA 2K13 with his “artistic vision and style.”
Various new PS3 games, demos, PS Vita games, DLC, themes and wallpapers have been added to the European PlayStation Store this week. You can also find new avatars, videos and more in August’s first Store update.
Sony will be carrying out more PlayStation Network maintenance tonight / tomorrow (early morning). Fortunately, the downtime will occur between 1am and 3am GMT when most Europeans will be asleep.
Dead Space 2 has been announced as PlayStation Plus’ Game of the Month for August. The game will be free to download for PlayStation Plus subscribers in Europe as part of the Instant Game Collection, joining Rock of Ages as the second new title in the collection.
PlayStation Move party game Lights, Camera, Party! is coming to the PS3 later this month, bringing with it 50 mini-games to enjoy. The game included everything you would expect from a party game – fast-paced, funny, quick, social and challenging.
The Crunchyroll App is now available on the PS3, for all anime fans to enjoy. The app sports a very attractive and easy to use interface, allowing Crunchyroll premium members to watch our entire catalog of anime and Asian drama, while free members can stream a sizeable collection of our content.
SCEE has launched it’s Summer Sale in Europe, bringing gamers over 50 offers, staring tomorrow. The sale runs from August 1st 2012 until September 5th and includes offers on Bly-ray games, PSN titles, PS3 DLC, PSOne classics, PSP games, Minis and Movies.
On July 19th, some PlayStation 3 users who bought the Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Arctic Strike DLC were experiencing a “DLC Trial Period Expired” error when launching Ghost Recon Future Soldier. Sony has issued a statement on the PlayStation.Blog indicating the issue has now been resolved.
PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to get their hands on Rock of Ages as part of the Instant Game Collection. The title will be added to the collection as part of tomorrow’s PlayStation Store update. In addition, Sony will also be revealing an additional title for the collection.
Square-Enix have announced their line-up of games to feature at Gamescom next month in Cologne, Germany. The line-up includes Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs, amongst other titles.
