Sony has released the top PSN download chart for August in North America. The most downloaded PS3 title was Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, followed by Episode 3 of The Walking Dead. On the PS Vita, Sound Shapes, was the top selling title followed by AR Play title Table Top Tanks.
The PlayStation Store has been updated outside of the regular Wednesday schedule to release the third episode of Telltale Game’s The Walking Dead. After silence from SCEE and the developers, the third episode if finally available to download. Episode 2 was also delayed for unknown reasons back in July.
The PlayStation Network will be undergoing maintenance next Monday, for over 12 hours. The maintenance window will start on September 10th at 16:00 BST, lasting until 5:00 BST on Tuesday morning, September 11th 2012. As usual, you won’t be able to play online, access the account management features or the PlayStation Store.
To celebrate the release of Firmware v1.80 on the PS Vita, SCEE has discounted many PSOne classics for you to enjoy on your PS3 or PS Vita. But that’s not all – Sony has also added PS3 games, PS3 DLC, minis titles and a PS Vita title to the sale. The sale starts from tomorrow, after the PlayStation Store has been updated.
PSN title Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been delayed in Europe but will be releasing very soon. The game is already available in North America, and seems to have missed it’s launch window in Europe. Sony Belgium has tweeted a new release date of September 12th 2012, just over a week away.
The PlayStation Network will be undergoing downtime today as part of a scheduled maintenance window. The PSN will go offline at 5:00PM BST (10:00AM MDT / 11:00AM CDT / 12:00 noon EDT) and will last for approximately 7 hours, until 12:00AM midnight (5:00PM MDT / 6:00PM CDT / 7:00PM EDT).
As part of yesterday’s US PlayStation Store update, Konami have released Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty HD and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD as separate downloadable titles from the PlayStation Store on both the PS3 and PS Vita. Konami has also confirmed that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will be available on the PS3 next week.
The fourth and final Summer Sale update in Europe goes live tomorrow, give you discounts on a number of PS3 titles and DLC, PSP titles, PS2 titles and Minis. Unfortunately, there are no new PS Vita titles included in the sale this week. The sale will finish next week on August 28th to be sure to grab the deals before they’re gone.
As announced at Gamescom earlier this week, Japan Studio is working on a new PSN title called rain. In this dark, mysterious world, you take on the role of a boy who becomes invisible, so his figure can only be seen in the rain. A new “announcement” trailer for the game has been released, which you can find below.
Last night, there were rumours that the PlayStation Network was hacked for a second time, and 50GB of emails and passwords were leaked. However, Sony was quick to confirm that the claims “completely false” and that no user data was compromised.
