Ubisoft announced the next iteration in the Assassni’s Creed series: Brotherhood last week. The first trailer of the game has also been released, and you can find it below. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood follows Ezio in his struggle against the Templar order. The series also gets multiplayer gameplay for the first time.
EyePet was launched in Europe last yer as a PlayStation Eye title, but with PlayStation Move on the way, the title will be revamped to use the motion controller for the North American release. EyePet’s creative director, Nicolas Doucet, talks about the evolution of the title and how it came to be, and with the introduction of the Move, how EyePet is more accurate and precise – see the video below.
LittleBigPlanet has been dominating the news this week, with the announcement of LittleBigPlanet 2 and now with the a brand new Game Space and Personal Space in PlayStation Home. Two new locations featuring mini-games and a easy place for you to launch LittleBigPlanet multiplayer sessions from. The LittleBigPlanet PlayGround Game Space features the King’s Snap Happy Photo Challenge, a Creator mini-game to create wallpapers with your friends and the LittleBigDerby mini-game.
The PS3 version of ModNation Racers, the upcoming kart-racer from United Front Games, will be getting a demo soon. If you didn’t get a chance to join the Beta back in December, this will be your chance to try out the game before release. The demo doesn’t have a confirmed date yet but Chuck Lacson, Associate Product Marketing Manager for SCEA, did let slip that the demo will be available “very soon”.
It’s clear that LittleBigPlanet has been a success for both Sony and Media Molecule. Sony not only announced the sequel earlier this week, they also revealed that LittleBigPlanet has sold over three million units – not a bad start for Media Molecule’s first PS3 title. In addition to selling 3 million units, over 2 million levels have also been created.
Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 later this month. The game will be available in North America from May 18th 2010 and in Europe from May 21st 2010. Red Dead Redemption is an epic battle for survival in a beautiful open world as John Marston, a former outlaw, struggles to bury his blood-stained past, one man at a time.
EA is all prepped for E3 2010 next month, and has officially announced their games line-up. A number of games have been confirmed for the expo including Dead Space 2, FIFA 11 and The Sims 3 Console. The press conference will take place on Monday, June 14, 2010 at 2:00 PM, and will be hosted by John Riccitiello, John Schappert, and other EA execs.
Qore Episode 24 is now available to download from the US PlayStation Store today and includes a early look at LittleBigPlanet 2. The team visited Media Molecule in the UK to understand how the creativity of the community inspired them to push the boundaries in the sequel to transform the platform game into a platform for games.
Episode 006 of FirstPlay hits the PlayStation Store this Wednesday, marking one and a half months since the the first release. This week, you can find HD video of Lost Planet 2, a preview of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and a review of of twinkle-eyed retro adventure 3D Dot Game Heroes.
The PlayStation Network in Europe was experiencing issues last week, preventing users from adding money to their PlayStation Wallet among other issues. Sony Europe has confirmed that the issues have now been resolved via their twitter account. The original issue list can be found in the original article.
