A sequel to the popular franchise SOCOM has just been announced by Sony. Developed from the ground up for the PlayStation 3 by Zipper Interactive, the original developers of the SOCOM series, players will be treated to a single player campaign and a multiplayer mode for up to 32 gamers.
A recent trademark filed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan adds weight to the rumor previously reported that the upcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller, currently known as the PlayStation Motion Controller, will be named Arc.
This week on the PSP PlayStation Store, the Patchwork Heroes demo is now available to download from both stores and there is lots of new add-on content for games including LittleBigPlanet, and Echoshift. A number of new downloadable games are available to purchase from the US store and there is also a selection of premium themes.
There are now over 1000 comics on the PlayStation Store for you to enjoy. This week, there’s more Wolverine and X-Men from Marvel and a great classic, including the first appearance of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense (1963). For all the Star Trek fans, there’s Star Trek: Nero from IDW. This issue is set in the 25 years between the movie’s opening sequence and the rise of James T. Kirk.
Step back into the unforgettable world of Rapture in BioShock 2, the next instalment in the franchise that has won more than 50 Game of the Year Awards. Set 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, you are the very first Big Daddy travelling through the underwater city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers.
Crytek studios is due to debut the Crysis franchise on consoles later this year. While the original game has breathtaking visuals to date that pushed even the highest end PC over the edge, it’s no surprise to think that the console versions would suffer from some form of visual downsampling. But that is not the case says Crytek.
This week on the PlayStation Store, we have Vandal Hearts Flames of Judgement RPG game available. The action-packed sandbox demo for Just Cause 2 is in. Also, DLC content is purchasable for Resident Evil 5, Operation Flashpoint, Dante’s Inferno and more.
Sega Europe has announced that the official Aliens vs. Predator virtual costumes will be available for purchase today from the European PlayStation Home Thread Store, for a limited time only. Costumes include the male and female version of the Alien, Predator and Marine.
The PlayStation University has discovered that the memory used by the PS3’s operating system has reduced from 120MB to 50MB. This upgrade that Sony implemented via the firmware updates means that an additional 70MB worth of memory has been freed up for developers to utilise.
Domain name watchers have noticed that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has snapped up the domain name for MotorStorm 3, which has triggered speculation that the third title in the popular racing series is in development.
