While Europe gets the LocoRoco Island and MotorStorm Spaces this week, the US has it’s own set of new content available in PlayStation Home. The US is also getting the same two game spaces in addition to great new content. You can pick up full Star Wars gear from the Mall, including lightsabers, Stormtrooper costumes, and more.
Today, more minis titles have been reduced in price. Some of the best selling titles from the minis category start from just €1.49 / £1.24. Best of all, the minis work on both the PSP and PS3. The price reduction is only effective for a limited time only, ending on March 4th 2010.
The Motion Controller has been called Gem once again. This time, by Steve Wadsworth, President of Disney Interactive Media Group, at the 2010 DICE Summit. Wadsworth started out showing a highlight reel of Disney games, including titles such as Pure, Split Second, and the upcoming Toy Story 3 game.
This week on PlayStation Home, a number of new spaces become available including the Loco Island personal space and brand new Mui Mui Ship public space, along with the MotorStorm Carrier. The MotorStorm carrier is a decommissioned aircraft Carrier and comes complete with a number of mini-games, quests and funky rewards.
With the release of SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3, Sony has introduced a new security feature in the hopes of combating piracy on the PSP. In SCEA’s new initiative, those who will purchase the game are now required to register the title through PlayStation Network before given access to online gameplay.
MAG patch v1.02 is now available to download addressing feedback from players. A number of Field Support adjustments have been made to the game that should help you steer through the battlefield more effectively. These fixes will also clean things up for players of other classes who don’t have a need to see who is hurt and who isn’t.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been patched on the PS3 to version 1.09. The patch, which weighs in at around 15mb fixes a number of issues including the care package glitches in the game and extra measures to prevent experience point hacking.
If you haven’t had a chance to play Darksiders yet, you will be able to download an extensive demo of the game next week. The demo will feature 90 minutes of game play and contain the entire first dungeon encounter from the game, the sprawling Twilight Cathedral. The level will include dozens of puzzles for players to solve, new pieces of equipment to discover and epic boss battles against the monstrous demon Jailer and the savage bat-winged Tiamat.
The PlayStation Network will be undergoing some scheduled maintenance tomorrow, lasting for a hour and a half. As usual, no information on the maintenance was divulged, except that it would take place between 4:00pm and 5:30pm GMT on February 16th 2010. During the downtime you will not be able to sign into any PSN services (account management, PlayStation Store, forums etc).
Future and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have today announced the launch of FirstPlay – Europe’s answer to Qore and the first HD interactive show for gamers, exclusive to the PlayStation 3 and available to those living in Europe. Like Qore, FirstPlay aims to bring gamers HD reviews of previews of the latest games and content, including exclusive PSN downloads. FirstPlay will have it’s own unique menu system and interface – different to that of Qore.
