Announced at the Anime Expo, Crunchyroll is bringing its anime streaming application to the PlayStation 3. Later in the year, an PS Vita app will also be available. The app will launch in North America at first, with other countries possibly to follow.
A dedicated LittleBigPlanet and The Last of Us fan has recreated the original “The Truck Ambush” trailer for The Last of Us. “I take the LittleBigPlanet 2 engine, once again, and remake the jaw-dropping and ground-breaking experience Naughty Dog is crafting for us called ‘The Last of Us’,” said YouTuber TheClassicEvil.
PS3 Firmware 4.20 was released a few days ago, and it looks like a few other changes made it into the system software that weren’t mentioned in the official changelog. A couple of changes were picked up by PS3UltraSlim that might back up rumours of a super slim PS3.
The PlayStation Move Racing Wheel will be coming out this fall, but some of you may want to know more about the peripheral before you decide to splash you cash on it. Luckily, the folks over at the PlayStation.Blog have put together a handy Video Tour of the device.
Originally scheduled for June, the first multiplayer DLC for Max Payne 3 will now be released in July. The “Local Justice” DLC pack will launch on July 3rd on the PlayStation Store in North America, while Europeans will get the DLC a day after on July 4th.
Sony will be attending the Tokyo Game Show scheduled to be held in September, however, Microsoft and Nintendo won’t be showing up. Microsoft and Nintendo are both missing from the exhibitors list on the TGS website.
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection is now available to download exclusively from the PlayStation store. The collection features both Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles and is available for just €26.99 / £21.99. Both titles have been re-mastered with HD graphics and PS Move compatibility so that you can immerse yourself fully in the intense, shooty world of Resident Evil.
The anticipated sequel to Geronimo Stilton in the Kingdom of Fantasy, Geronimo Stilton: The Return to the Kingdom of Fantasy, has been announced for the PSP. The game is being developed exclusively for the PSP by Virtual Toys.
The Last of Us, currently being developed by Naughty Dog, will support multiplayer according to game director Neil Druckmann. Speaking to Gaming Examiner, Druckmann didn’t reveal details abou the multiplayer mode, but said there will be no “co-op within the main campaign.”
New DLC for Gran Turismo 5 is now available to download from the PlayStation Store. Two DLC packs were added to the Store this week: a map pack containing two new tracks, and a new car. The latter is free to download, while the track pack will cost you €4.99/£3.99.
