"Mentioned during the closing minutes of the PlayStation Day keynote speech, Movement is an interesting idea that is being sadly under-reported. Sure, it's not a game, but the idea of made-for-PSN TV shows is something that definitely piques our interest. The gist is that two British blokes, Spencer and Martin, travel around Europe in a VW Camper van in search of unsigned bands, documenting their progress as they go.

The program will feature many different kinds of music, including French e..."

"GTA fan hopes rose today with a report from qj.netsuggesting that GTA 2 was coming to XBLA and/or PSN at the end of May. This was due to a countdown clock found on Rockstar's site. We're sorry to report that this is not the case.

The clock is old and was counting to the release of GTA 2 on PlayStation One. Checking the source code for the site, the page is credited as being designed in 1999. The code includes a date correction for the 1900s, with a note stating, "apply correction for this ..."

"ok..i have about 3 dollars on my account and i tried to download the COD4 maps and it worked!!! and i started to download almost everything on the PSN!!!!
OMG!!!"

"Hey, everyone. It’s time again for the PLAYSTATION Store weekly update.
PS one Classics for PS3 / PSP

R-Types ($5.99)
Uniting two of the most difficult challenges of all time, R-TYPES presents the games R-TYPE and R-TYPE II in one complete package. In R-TYPE, your job is to play through 8 stages destroying monsters to save the world from doom. In R-TYPE II, journey to ancient ruins, dark caverns, into the crimson sky, and onto a Bydo star. It’s up to you to save a galaxy riddled by fear ..."

"The phenomenon of the BYOC (bring-your-own-computer) LAN party continues to grow and grow, and this fact is reinforced by the news that one of Europe’s largest regular LAN parties, the i-Series, has sold out its latest event in record time.

What started out as a small group of enthusiasts meeting in a village hall has grown to the point where 2000 seats have been sold in 1 month for the 34th i-Series. This is a relief for the organizers, Multiplay.co.uk, who have taken a big gamble for thi..."

"Packs

Lair Deadly Dragons Pack SCEE (FREE)
Warhawk Operation: Broken Mirror Pack SCEE (£3.99)
Metal Gear Online Premiere Beta Konami Digital Ent (FREE)

Video

GTA IV: Trailer 4 ‘Everyone’s A Rat’ Rockstar (FREE)"

"As you will have noticed, the PS Store re-launched successfully today, and we'd like to thank you for your positive feedback.

We are aware that many of you have experienced delays whilst the PS Store's thumbnail icons are being downloaded. This is a temporary consequence of a new system implementation and high global traffic levels, and will be resolved within the next few days."

"The strong lineup of games doesn’t stop there. Many of you have been hearing rumblings about a video service that will allow you to download full-length TV shows and movies via PLAYSTATION Network for North America. While I don’t have any new announcements here for the PlayStation Nation, it’s already been confirmed that we’ll be offering a video service for PS3 in a way that separates the service from others you’ve seen or used. Ultimately the goal of the PLAYSTATION Network service will be ..."

"Let's say you wanted to select Downloadable Games. You'd cycle through the boxes on screen with the D-pad or left joystick and click X when the Downloadable Games box was highlighted. Once inside, the left side of the screen would have the subcategory title along with some other Sony Store ads, and the right side would break the downloadable games up even further -- Games, PSP Games, PS3 Eye, PSone Classics, Top Downloads, View Genres, and View All A-Z."

"The 2.30 Update is live, and the PSN Store gets a shiny coat of new paint, and the Lair Add-on for standard non-motion controls. The interface is great — so intuitive and easy to use. Biggest gripe: none of the pictures seem to be loading. Well, at least for me. Anyone else?"

"The PlayStation Network will go offline for several hours today in order to prepare the launch of the new PlayStation Store for tomorrow. The store will be offline from 8:00 AM PST (4:00 PM BST) until 11:00 PM PST tonight (7:00AM BST tomorrow). The announcement notes that other PlayStation Network services will not be affected. Before you can access the new store tomorrow, you will need to download firmware 2.30 when it is released tomorrow."

"Hey Everyone! We know you’re all patiently waiting for the next PS3 firmware update, ver. 2.30, which includes the revamped PLAYSTATION Store. The good news is that it’s coming soon, and you can now see how the new user interface will look in this video demo featuring Grace Chen."

"When PlayStation Home finally goes live, a new icon will automatically appear under the [Network] category, without the need to update your firmware. Upon booting your PS3, the console does a simple check on two XML files to see if the service is active in your country. If it is active, the new icon appears and click on it will download the Home package to your PS3. After a bit of "hacking" using PS3 Proxy Server, we managed to get the icon showing on our console and even downloaded the Home ..."

"BIZ: What is the growth path for PSN in terms of how fast Sony is going to upgrade its features. Obviously, there are a lot of people clamoring for an in-game friends list and all sorts of things like that and at some point, they want to see movies available either for rent or purchase through the service and even just the interface, the user friendliness of being able to navigate... when can we expect an overhaul?

SS: 2008. I think it's not a shock to think of 2008 as important for two re..."

"Seems some clever coders (or hackers, whatever you want to call ‘em) have figured out a way to decrypt PSP games bought from the PlayStation Network Store. The code can only be applied to PSP games that work on said PSP (like, if you buy a PSP game then you can decrypt it using your PSP), but once the game has been decrypted, it can be played on any PSP running a custom firmware.

I must say, once you hack the PSP and have access to its large library of [largely] so-so games, the system be..."

"Dualshock 3 compatible games include MotorStorm, Formula One Championship Edition, Resistance: Fall of Man, Gran Turismo Prologue, and many more.
Several of the games will get the rumble compatibility through an update from PLAYSTATION Network. So keep your PS3 connected when you first play a game with the DualShock 3."

"After receiving the official announcement regarding the PlayStation Store's impending redesign, one of the first questions asked was "will we still be able to access the PlayStation Store for other regions besides our own". With the new PlayStation Store moving to a native XMB application and away from a web-based system, many have questioned if Sony would take the opportunity to region lock the store. So we passed along the question."

"The wait until Killzone 2’s rumored September release might not feel as long with a new Killzone game coming to PSN this May."

"Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that it will revamp the PLAYSTATION®Store for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) in mid-April with a new, more dynamic look and improved navigation. Currently an integrated online storefront, the PLAYSTATION Store will live natively on PS3, enabling customers to more easily and quickly locate and purchase games, and download demos, game videos, Blu-ray movie trailers and other game-related content for PS3.

To enable enhancements to be made t..."

"We know that a new look PlayStation Store is coming, but seeing that Sony Europe are so sporadic with their updates it is nice to know that they seem aware of it too. The first news of the store update was confirmed earlier this month by John Hight, but now it seems Sony are happy enough to publicly promote its arrival on their service. As such, they have launched a new advertising banner proclaiming that a “Great new look” will “coming soon.” The banner is not clickable, so no further info w..."

"Ubisoft still not sure on release date for anticipated Free Radical FPS.

We all got a little excited yesterday when Ubisoft's latest release schedule reported that Haze will be hitting stores on May 22. Given that the PlayStation 3 exclusive FPS had seen numerous delays, a firm release date was music to the ears of many PS3 gamers.

Today things aren't so rosy though. According to an amended Ubisoft release schedule issued today, Haze still doesn't have a firm release date, with May 200..."

"As reported earlier on today about the PS3 Vulnerability and Network Hack which left weaknesses found on their PSN system (See Here), Sony have officially said sorry.

Sony officially Apologizes for the PS3 Vulnerability and Network Hack, we deserve more than just an apology because this should never have happened.

Hackers who discovered a way to hack into the system where they could access PSN accounts is terrible because not only can they change passwords they can also use peoples cred..."

"We have found out that there has been a possibility of unauthorized access to personal information on the PLAYSTATION®Store through PCs, a content download service of the PLAYSTATION®Network. Although unlikely, it is possible that the passwords of a small percentage of PLAYSTATION Network users may have been changed through unauthorized access, making it possible to view users' personal information and/or use the Wallet for the PLAYSTATION Store. PLAYSTATION Network accounts do not display en..."

"I'm curious to know how the model for payment and UI for PSN has been evolving over the year-plus, and where it's going in the future in terms of simplification of interface and all of that to help digital games get distribution easier.

John Hight: You're talking about on the network platform itself, and the store?

Yeah.

JH: I'm not the best person to answer that. I'll answer what I know, but we actually have some folks who are specifically responsible for that.

We give them a lot..."

It's Thursday again, and that means that we've gotten a store update, read on to see what's new in the store:

PS3 Store:

Lost Planet Playable Demo (Capcom CE Europe LTD)
Conflict: Denied Ops Launch Trailer (Eidos Interactive)
C:DO Diary 3 -: Co-Operative Gameplay (Eidos Interactive)
Assassin’s Creed - Dev Diary:Altair (Ubisoft Entertainment SA)
DMC 4 Wallpaper 5-11 (Capcom CE Europe LTD)
Sports Theme (SCEE)

PC store (For the PSP)

Wipeout Pulse Harimau Pack (SCEE) - £2.99/ 3.99 eur
...

"Chris Eden from Sony Computer Entertainment made mention of PLAYSTATION Store on PSP in his Game Developers Conference session. Currently, players must use a PC in order to download content and transfer it to the PSP. Going forward, PSP fans will be able to download games directly to their systems from within the PSP itself. "Access native PLAYSTATION Store on PSP via wireless hotspot," the slide notes. "Purchase and download content direct to PSP (no USB cable)." Launch is currently "TBA." M..."

""

"According to Sony, PlayStation Network downloads are about to smash through the eight million mark. It's also being reported that in North America there almost three million registered PlayStation Network accounts.

Jack Tretton, chief of Sony US, said, "Coming off a great holiday sales season we see strong momentum behind PS3 in 2008, and feel confident about the year ahead... we have Blu-ray emerging as the de facto high def standard, the developer community is hitting their stride, consu..."

"See that image above? Hard to miss, isn't it. This could be found on the official PlayStation website before it was taken down. A NeoGaffer reader did, however, manage to snap it before that happened, for our speculative pleasure. It's a bit blurry, so in case you're wondering it says the following: "Talk to others during game play, say hello anytime you're online, or have a video chat with an Eye camera; USB Camera or headset."

Pulling an image off the official PlayStation website does se..."

"Europe Additions:

• Playable Demos
• Devil May Cry 4 Demo
• MX Vs ATV: Untamed Demo
• PSOne Titles
• Fade to Black
• Motorhead
• Theme Hospital
• Game Videos
• PixelJunk Mosters Trailer

"

"European Additions:

* Playable Demos:
o NBA 08
o FIFA Street 3

US Additions:

* Playable Demos:
o Turok
o FIFA Street 3"

"Downloadable Games

Super Stardust HD Demo (free demo, $9.99 full game)

Folklore Add-On Packs

• Folklore Add-On #3 “The Alchemist Pack”" ($3.99)
• Folklore Add-On #4 “”The Origin of Belgae”" ($3.99)
• Folklore Add-on Bundle 2 ($5.99)

Rock Band

• “Number of the Beast” – Iron Maiden($1.99)
• “Interstate Love Song” - Stone Temple Pilots ($1.99)
• “Die, All Right!” – The Hives ($1.99)

Need for Speed ProStreet

• McLaren F1 ($2.99)
• NFS: Bugatti Veyron 16.4 ($2.99)

Demos

• Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Demo

..."

"EU Additions:

• Game Add-ons:
  • Folklore: Fear in the Night Pack
• Game Videos and Trailers:
  • Devil May Cry 4 Final Trailer

"

""

"Don't have a credit card? Want to purchase things on the PLAYSTATION Store? No worries. Now you have the PLAYSTATION Network card. The kind folks at SCEA sent us an early Christmas gift -- a card that's redeemable for PS3 and PSP purchases on the PLAYSTATION Store. No further details have been officially released, but rest assured that these cards will be readily available in retail stores in the future."

"Right, this is strange. The day after my rant about the PS3 not needing an in-game XMB, we get two things on the Playstation Store that ironically address the themes of discussion. High Velocity Bowling supports custom soundtracks, and the TimeShift demo allows you to bring up your friends list and read your messages.

Strange aye? It’s as if Sony was watching me write my rant, and is now putting the finger up to me and saying “suck on that!” I’m sorry Sony, you know better *cowers*.

So..."

"Multiplayer: There’ve been a lot [of PlayStation 3 firmware upgrades] and it’s certainly improved the machine. I can’t say that I love every time I turn my system on — well not every time I turn my system on — but when I turned my system on last night to check something needed an upgrade already. I just got 2.0.

Lempel: Right. Right. We’re trying to certainly cut down on the amount of times we do it. But on occasion when we’ve got these good features ready to go, let’s give them out to..."

"Euro Update:

* Playable Demos:
o Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
* Game Add-ons
o MotorStorm Domino & Adventure
o Folklore: The Origin of Belgae Pack
* Themes:
o Mesmerise
o Tori Emaki
o Heavenly Sword
o Motorstorm
o Snakeball
o Lemmings
o Killzone 2
o SingStar
* Trailers:
o Metal Gear Online (TGS 2007)
o Metal Gear Solid 4
o Bl..."

"In yesterday's PlayStation Store update, Sony released several official XMB themes for the PlayStation 3. What they failed to mention was that the themes come with custom sound effects, which can be heard when navigating the XMB. Currently, the Heavenly Sword theme, Mesmorise theme and the Ratchet and Clank theme have sound effects."

"Hey ya’ll! This is David Jaffe, co-founder of Eat Sleep Play and former SCEA Santa Monica Studios Game Director/Designer.

When myself, Scott Campbell (my partner in crime) and a handful of other Incognito folks left the SCEA mothership about eight months ago, we told everyone we were working on three new games for PLAYSTATION 3. And we are … work is moving along nicely on our first new PLAYSTATION Network title and we’re hoping to let you guys/gals in on it soon. But we’ve also bee..."

"Changelog:
* There's a new building in the world, although it's currently one that can't be entered
* You are finally able to enter your Home Space's patio
* You can now use your own pictures in your Home Space
* A game launching option has been added, though it is not functioning completely at the present time
* The cinema's movie theatres have transferred from the second floor to the first floor
* America, Japan, and Europe each have their own server now"

"Game Add-ons:
* MotorStorm: Crazy Samurai/Quick Foot
* Resistance: Bracknell/Axbridge Maps
* The Elders Scroll IV: Shivering Isles
* Resistance Map Pack 2
* Resistance Map Pack Bundle
* MotorStorm Vehicles and Skins 1
* Guitar Hero III Boss Battles Track Pack
* Rock Band Tracks x4"

That's right it was recently promised to us, and it is finally here. The Playstation Store has now come to the PC. Giving you the same basic abilities as the PS3 version apart from the ability to download PS3 Game's (since they would obviously be pirated across the internet).

Check out the screenshots below, or go straight to the store by clicking the source.

NOTE: It still seems to be a site in progress, however you can log into it, and see what you've downloaded.

"European PSN Store:

• Full Games
  • Mesmerize Trace (PlayStation Eye, £1.99)
• Playable Demos
  • Stranglehold Demo
• Game Add-ons
  • MotorStorm Big I Bunny and Numskull (£1.49)
• Video
  • Uncharted a Living Environment
  • Riff Everyday Shooter trailer
  • BLAZING ANGELS 2 Trailer
  • Wall-E (Blu-Ray)
  • PS3 TV Commercial (SCEE)

"

"Sony Europe has confirmed that a playable demo of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, released on the US PSN Store yesterday, will hit UK PS3s on November 22.

European PS3 owners have been disappointed to discover that the US demo of the Naughty Dog's much-anticipated jungle adventure is region locked, meaning those with US PSN accounts on their UK PS3s are unable to play. While Sony's US network regularly gets content ahead of its European equivalents, the company's open attitude to region coding..."

"As some of you may be aware, the PlayStation Network went down for a few hours yesterday to update various aspects of the service. One update we noticed was the ability to use PlayStation Network cards in Europe. A new option has become available on the Transaction Management screen that lets you top-up your PlayStation Wallet by redeeming PlayStation Network Cards or promotional codes."

"Here’s a list of content coming your way over the coming two months. No specifics as some dates are still to be confirmed but it’s looking good for the run up to Christmas.

Hit the jump for the list."

"One of the most anticipated demos PS3 owners have been waiting for, a Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction demo will be hitting the Playstation Store on October 4th. The demo will give gamers a taste of the opening level. Those who aren’t sure whether to pick the game up or not next month will soon be able to give it a free try in just a few weeks."

"The highlighted Killzone 2 Demo is the selection thing, when you click down it will highlight Assassin's Creed Demo. This design is also a program built into the PlayStation 3, not a webpage. When it's launched it fades in the screen. No mouse is used on the page, and when loading it shows a PlayStation 3 bar filling up."

One of these days, someone will ask "Where's our 15 NEW PSX Games For Our Store" and the person will be asking on behalf both the US and European Stores. The games that have been released on the store are somewhat classics, and hopefully they will be ported to the other regions very soon. Here's the full list:

PSX Games:

• Ape Escape
• Athena –Awakening From The Ordinary Life-
• ECHO NIGHT
• Crash Bandicoot 2
• Gakkou de Atta Kowai Hanashi S
• King's Field 2
• Major Wave Series : The Conveni 2
• Major W...

As before, both the European and North American PSN Stores are being updated with brand new content, some of which, that will make your mouth water:

North American Store

• DiRT Demo (free)
• NCAA Football 08 demo (free)
• Folklore "A tale of two strangers" trailer (free)
• Timeshift trailer (free)
• Heavenly Sword making-of video episode 2 (free)
• Heavenly Sword anime episode 2 (free)
• Bros Solomon movie trailer (free)
• Wall E movie trailer (free)
• Lives of Others movie trailer (free)

European Store...

As reported just two days ago, a Playstation 3 Gamercard option could be seen on the Unreal Tournament 3 demo at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival... well here's some more proof of the existence of the Gamercard...

A mysterious screen from Playstation Home has been leaked showing the option to view a persons 'Gamer Card'. Need we more proof to the inevitable existence of this feature?

""You will be aware from the description of the product on PlayStation Store that some variation in functionality from the original PSone version is to be anticipated. However there appear to be more significant technical issues.""

"The new PS store opens exactly as the old one. We click on the little blue bag icon. But this is where similarities end. As soon as the bag icon is clicked, the XMB icons fade into the background, as "new" XMB icons fade in to take their spot. It is a neat effect similar to that of Mac OS X's Frontrow animation. A messege appears welcoming us as bells chime to signify we entered a store. A clever effect.

The PS is set to default on featured items. The feature list some what resembles Apple..."

It seems that some member of the PSU forums has managed to find themselves a picture of the PS3 being able to support a "Chatroom" feature. Could this very well be a new feature which will be released in upcoming versions? Or is the picture the handywork of someone with some Photoshopping talent? Take a look at the picture below, and decide for yourself.

The playstation network store has been updated today, and with that many new items have become available for download, and here they are...


North America PSN Update

• Blast Factor: Advanced Research expansion ($4.99)
• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 demo (free)
• The Darkness demo (free)
• Michael Clayton movie trailer (free)
• Get Smart movie trailer (free)
• The Game Plan movie trailer (free)

Europe PSN Update

• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 demo (free)
• Lair trailer (free)
• Juiced 2....

MediEvil, was launched on the Playstation Network just last week, however it seems that it has now been pulled from the European store. After confirming a bug in the game which causes the game to crash after the third level, Sony have also promised to fix the problem quickly and put it back on the store.

Those of you who have already paid for it, need not worry as you will be able to download the game again for free, and without worry.

However, MediEvil isn't the only game that has bee...

"2K Games has released a playable demo of The Darkness which PS3 gamers can download now from the PSN store.

UK gamers have been enjoying The Darkness on Xbox 360 for several weeks now, but PlayStation 3 gamers have only been able to get their hands on the supernatural FPS from today.

If you're wavering on whether or not to make a purchase then today's The Darkness demo might help. It's 1.44GB and presumably offers a short section of gameplay designed to convince people to buy the full ..."

Tired of looking at the numerous articles for screenshots and minor updates about a game your interested in? Well if that game is being published by Sony on one of their consoles, then the chances are that they have released new information and screenshots for them. You don't have to go far to look for the information either, as it is indexed below, by platform. These are the images and details about the games coming straight from Sony for E3 2007, so take a look at be sure to discuss the ima...

"With Sony's press conference in the past, we've created a roundup of all the small, but significant, announcements and confirmations. This year, Sony allowed very little time for the audience to ponder and absorb, so a lot of the groundbreaking revelations were not emphasised. This was of course a good thing, as it showed that Sony had a lot of things to say. So aside from the major announcements, such as MGS4, Haze and UT3 exclusivity, here are the other tidbits:

- 200 games on Blu-ray an..."

We all want to know the names of the games that Sony are planning on releasing for the various Playstation consoles currently out there (PS2, PS3, PSP). Well we've got with us, a list of these First Party games that were shown during E3 and will be getting more information about as the days go on....

PLAYSTATION®3
THE EYE OF JUDGMENT™
Heavenly Sword™
Infamous
NBA ‘08
Lair
LittleBigPlanet™
Folklore™
Ratchet & Clank® Future: Tools of Destruction™
SingStar™
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Co...

"Today PS3 owners are getting an idea as to what that extra space will be used for, as a Sony representative told Newsweek editor N'Gai Croal that the company is working on a downloadable TV and movie service for the system. Croal said he was told by the rep that Sony will talk about the service at its press conference Wednesday."

"Reports are coming out that Sony is set to show off a big XMB update for the PS3 at E3.

The new update to the XMB is going to allow it to include a whole new plethora of features including the ability to access things such as the PSN, a new profile section, as well as the ability to manage your friends list, message, etc. all under different headings and all while you are in the game.

Sony has also stated that they are going to be changing the PlayStation Store. The idea is to try and m..."