Downloadable Games (also available from PS3 Storefront)
- Patapon 3 ($19.99)
This week on FirstPlay, you can find an exclusive behind the scenes look at Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine all the way from Relic Entertainment‘s studios in Vancouver. You can also find a look at the Tomb Raider Trilogy HD and WWE All Stars.
Today, Sony revealed the revealed the packshots for the upcoming White Knight Chronicles II for PS3 and White Knight Chronicles: Origins for PSP. Sony also confirmed that White Knight Chronicles II will include the original White Knight Chronicles on the same Blu-ray disc.
After the PlayStation 3 was hacked to run custom firmware and unsigned application, Sony decided to sue George Hotz, the person responsible for identifying the hack and distributing it on the Internet. The case has now been closed as Sony and Hotz have reached a settlement decision. A joint statement from both SCEA and Hotz can be found below detailing their decision.
The Resistance 3 multiplayer demo is coming exclusively to PlayStation Plus. If you’ve checked out the our previous coverage, you will see that the R3 multiplayer demo will be accessible to SOCOM: Special Forces (aka SOCOM 4) purchasers in North America.
David Jaffe, the co-director and co-lead designer of the new Twisted Metal for PS3, has revealed that the game’s launch date. The game was surprise announcement at last year’s E3 conference in Los Angeles. The game will officially hit stores on October 4th 2011, but until then, check out the new trailer below.
Everyone loves getting access to Beta titles, so you can be one of the first people in the world to experience a new game. Beta testers will be interested to know that you can get early access to the Resistance 3 beta by picking up a specially marked copy of SOCOM 4. The SOCOM 4 beta is currently in the final stretch of the public beta, and the game is released on April 19th 2011.
On the US Video Store this week, you can find Tron: Legacy, available in both HD and 3D. Also, you can find the next story in the exciting Chronicles of Narnia series continues with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The Deal of the Week features great comic book films and television shows. From the 1966 campy classic Batman to last year’s Kick-Ass, there are plenty of action and heroes for you to enjoy.
For the last few months, Ubisoft have been working on bringing the first three Splinter Cell games – Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory – to the PS3. Splinter Cell and Sam Fisher don’t need an introduction; these three games are highly acclaimed games and it has been a great pleasure for us to work on these titles.
Back in February Guerrilla Games revealed that they were working on a brand-new DLC Pack for Killzone 3 called Steel Rain. Today, the developers announced that the pack is finished and slated for a PlayStation Store release on Tuesday, April 12. Steel Rain consists of two explosive new multiplayer maps inspired by locations from the single player campaign.