The US PlayStation Store has been updated with new video content, just in time for the weekend. Five new HD movies are available purchase as well as lots of new TV episodes and SD movies (details below). As for last week’s top 10 downloaded movies, Bride Wars came first place followed by Yes Man in second and The Wrestler in third place.
We moved our XTREME PS3 site over to WordPress earlier this week and today we completed moving XTREME PSP over today. Until now, XTREME PSP was using a custom CMS I wrote a few years ago. Over the past two years, I’ve had very little time to make changes to the CMS and add new features so we’ve decided to move over to a better supported platform – hence the change to WordPress. What you are now looking at is the new version of XTREME PSP. We’ve moved over most of the content from the old CMS except for the Wallpaper Gallery. The PSP compatible version is also no longer available – but we will try and get it back up soon.
The first PlayStation Store update for May is live! Two new playable demos are available from both the US and European Stores and there is also a huge range of new game add-on content. Qore Episode 12 is now available to purchase from the US Store. New add-on content includes LittleBigPlanet Norse Mythology Pack, Wheelman expansion packs, new Guitar Hero and Rock Band tracks and Trivial Pursuit expansion pack. See the complete list of new content for both stores below.
If you’ve accessed Life with PlayStation today, you would have noticed that a new update is available for you to download. Life with PlayStation v1.10 adds a few new features to the application including local time display, suport for adding and removing channels and an expert mode (details below). A new channel, United Village, has also been added.
The Final Fantasy XIII Blu-Ray demo was released in Japan a few weeks ago, bundled with the the film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. Unfortunately, there are no plans for a release outside of Japan, the game’s producer Yoshinori Kitase has told VideoGamer.com. Kitase did suggest a downloadable demo, saying “We hear that the demo version normally means something that you can download in the West, so that is a possibility.”
Final Fantasy XIII is should arrive on PlayStation 3 in Japan later this year, with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions due in Europe and North America no earlier than April 2010.
Good news for Qore subscribers this month. Annual subscribers are invited to the upcoming UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves multiplayer Beta commencing on June 3rd 2009. Everyone who becomes a new Qore subscriber on or before May 15 will also receive the Beta invitation. As for the content, Episode 12 will feature Batman: Arkham Asylum, DiRT 2, Ghostbusters and Euphoria. The new episode will be live later today.
Until now, XTREME PS3 was using a custom CMS I wrote a few years ago (it was originally written for XTREME PSP). Over the past two years, I’ve had very little time to make changes to the CMS and add new features so we’ve decided to move over to a better supported platform – hence the change to WordPress. What you are now looking at is the new version of XTREME PS3. We’ve moved over most of the content from the old CMS except for the Wallpaper Gallery.
The layout is a lot different to what we had, so please take some time to look around to familiarize yourself with everything. If you were a member of the old website, you will be able to login with your old details. If you are new, you can register using the registration form or using Facebook Connect. Any comments or suggestions on the new layout is much appreciated.
We have a copy of The Simpsons Game for the PSP to give away, all you have to do is answer a simple questions: What is Homer’s special ability in The Simpsons Game? You can enter by submitting your answer to us using the Contact Form and selecting "Competition Entry" as the subject. The closing date for the competition is May 30th 2009, and we email the winner directly and update this article (please make sure you provide a valid email address). The Simpsons Game features a hilarious, sprawling, and mind-busting storyline crafted by the TV show’s Emmy Award-winning writers.
Ghostbusters fansite Proton Charging reports that PS3 users will be getting some Ghostbusters-themed content on PlayStation Home. The official press release isn’t out yet, but Sony has apparently confirmed it. The content will range from Ghostbusters jumpsuits for Home avatars to an Ecto-1 that can actually be driven around. The content will also include "a firehall space, some sort of flying Slimer gizmo, movies, and virtual memorabilia".
No launch dates yet, but it would most likely go live around the Ghostbusters game’s June release in North America and Europe. We expect a press release on the exact content soon.
Variety.com is going out on a little limb today, reporting that Sony’s much rumoured motion sensing controller is not only ‘real’ but is also due to be shown at E3 next month. A source has told Variety that a working prototype has been available for months, and largely fits what was in the original patent – the controller apparently uses LEDs and a tiny webcam to track movement. So far, Sony has declined to comment so its best to consider this as a rumor for now (at least until E3 anyway).
