This Christmas, EA is discounting a number of titles on the European PlayStation Store to get you into the holiday spirit. From December 17th right through to January 7th just visit the Special Offer section of the PSN Store to download any of these Christmas treats including: Battlefield 1943, Red Alert 3: Commander’s Challenge, Burnout Paradise and 3 On 3 NHL.
The God of War III Trilogy is coming to Europe, Australia and New Zealand, but in limited quantities. Pricing and exact release details to be confirmed in the next few weeks so stay tuned. This very special edition will come in a high-end, sculpted replica of Pandora’s Box and will include the God of War collection and God of War III, in addition to other other extras.
Sony has released the next big step to the PlayStation Home Platform: a massive 50 level vehicle combat game wrapped inside a highly-interactive and expansive social gaming environment known as Sodium One. This entertainment event, set in a future of advanced technology where man and machine meet on a vast salt plain to turn deadly battle into extreme sport, resides only in the ever-growing world of PlayStation Home.
The the recent v3.15 Firmware update, PSP Mini titles are now PS3 compatible. These bite-size games are the ideal companion for your PSP and now, PS3 owners can enjoy these bite-sized downloadable games in the comfort of their living room. One purchase will allow you to the download to both your PSP and PS3, giving you the option to play whenever and wherever you like.
If you are a fan of Final Fantasy and love beta testing new games, we have some good news for you. The Final Fantasy XIV Beta Registration page is now open. You can sign-up to take part in either the PlayStation 3 or PC beta trial, and need to fill out a long registration form as well as sign-up for a Square-Enix account. The beta will run in multiple phases, with the total number of participants increasing each time. Unfortunately, the start date for the beta is currently unknown.
Earlier today, the Digital Comics Service launched in UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa! You can choose your favourite comics from hundreds of new and classic collections in Comic Store of PlayStation Store, and take hundreds of comics on your PSP anywhere you go. Choose from the battling superheroes of Marvel, including Spider-man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four, to Disney’s Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Tomorrow, PlayStation Home gets a massive update, including three new spaces and a bevy of brand new items. First up, we have a brand new SCEE event coming to you tomorrow themed around the awesome retro PSN shooter Gravity Crash, aptly titled: Gravity Crash: Maze to the Mothership! Also, the first wave of LittleBigPlanet content hits Home with a set of new clothes and branded furniture.
Spenser Norrish, the Community Coordinator for Army of Two, announced the release of the Army of Two: The 40th Day demo earlier today. The demo will be available as a free download via the PlayStation Network on December 17th for the PS3 and on January 14th for the PSP. The PS3 demo includes most of the first level in the game, where the iconic two-man private military team of Salem and Rios find themselves trapped in Shanghai as it falls under attack.
Life with PlayStation was updated today to version 1.2. The biggest addition to the application is support for video playback and photo slideshows. Video playback will likely be the first change you encounter as the United Village channel now has videos available. The PlayStation Network Game Trailers Channel has been added to the application too. This channel lets you view trailers for games on the PlayStation Store and read additional information about them.
In this month’s Square Enix Europe newsletter, there was an announcement of a Limited Edition version of Final Fantasy XIII for Europe. Details of what the Limited Edition copy will contain are still under wraps but Square-Enix promises the “extras will be well worth the wait.” Hopefully, we hear more about the Limited Edition next month.
