The LittleBigPlanet servers are down today between the hours of 8:00AM to 5:00PM GMT (12:00AM to 9:00AM PST). During the downtime, the online areas of LittleBigPlanet will be unavailable – this includes playing community levels, your LittleBigPlanet profile and the ability to publish new levels.
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Over at the PlayStation.Blog, Eric Lempel has announced that PlayStation 3 firmware v2.52 is now available to download. The update is a minor one improving playback quality of some PlayStation 3 titles and fixing a text entry issue when using the on-screen keyboard, USB keyboard or bluetooth keyboard on some games. The update can be downloaded using the System Update feature from the [Settings] menu on the XMB.
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The official Bluetooth headset for the PlayStation 3 was first announced during SOCOM Media Day. The headset is already available, but not as a standalone accessory – until today. The headset was originally bundled with SOCOM: Confrontation but from today you can purchase it as a standalone accessory for use with compatible games, including Resistance, LittleBigPlanet and Warhawk. The headset is available for $49.99 (approx £27).
The Halloween update for the US PlayStation Video Store is a massive one. There are 20 new TV series additions to the store as well as over 100 new movies. New TV content includes American Dad, Bones, Chuck and How I Met Your Mother. As for new movies: Beerfest, Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and The Lord of the Rings are just some of the new movies available to rent or purchase. This week’s top 20 downloads include The Happening on top, followed by The Love Guru in second place and Iron Man in third. Check out the list of new content below.
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Resistance 2 is a sci-fi first person shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games. Resistance 2 is the sequel to the best-selling PlayStation 3 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man. Resistance 2 sees protagonist Nathan Hale travel to the United States in order to once again battle the Chimera, who have launched a full scale invasion of both the east and west coasts. This time out Hale is part of a special task force of soldiers called “The Sentinels”, who, like him, are infected with the Chimeran virus, but keep it under control with special inhibitors and are thus able to reap the benefits. There are a total of 39 trophies to unlock in Resistance 2.
The last PlayStation Store update for October is in. As we reported on Wednesday, the Mirror’s Edge demo is now available to download from both the US and European Stores. Tom Clancy’s EndWar demo is also available to download from both stores. As for other content, three new Civilization Revolution add-on packs are available from both stores as well as a selection of new Rock Band Tracks. You will also find a some new game trailers, themes and wallpapers up for download. Check out the complete list below.
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Featuring a cinematic single-player experience loaded with adventure and dark humor, the game delivers the series’ trademark sandbox gameplay in a universe where nearly everything is destructible.
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Inspired by the popular and addictive “tower defense” genre, PixelJunk Monsters takes the simple real-time strategy concept of building, researching and base defending and presents it in a uniquely attractive style. With meticulously hand-drawn 2D art, PixelJunk Monsters recreates the look of a classic with crisp graphics designed for optimal viewing in Full 1080p HD.
Earlier this week, SCEA sent an email around to PlayStation Underground members with reference to all Qore customers getting access to the PlayStation Home Extended Beta in Episode 6. The email originally stated that users who purchase Qore episode 6, but do not subscript would also get access to the beta, however, this is not the case anymore. In another email sent today, SCEA has stated that "special invitation to PlayStation Home’s closed beta is available only to Qore annual subscribers who purchased subscriptions by 10/29. Qore Episode 06 purchasers will not be eligible for the special PlayStation(R)Home beta invitation at this time."
This is no doubt bad news to anyone who wanted to take part in PlayStation Home, but is not a Qore subscriber. As you can see from the email, the deadline to subscribe has already passed. If you did not subscribe in time then you can kiss the Home Beta goodbye!
Original Email:
"As an update to the PLAYSTATION(R)3 News email sent on Friday,
October 24th, the special invitation to PlayStation(R)Home’s closed
beta is available only to Qore annual subscribers who purchased
subscriptions by 10/29. Qore Episode 06 purchasers will not be
eligible for the special PlayStation(R)Home beta invitation at
this time. We apologize for the miscommunication.Participation in PlayStation(R)Home’s closed beta is limited to
those 18 years and older and requires agreement with the
PlayStation(R)Home Beta Trial."
