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Trine 2, Castlevania and Pixel Junk

PlayStation Plus subscribers in North America, here's what you can look forward to downloading after May's first update next Tuesday. Plus Exclusive Early Access: PixelJunk 4am Closed Viewer Beta — 1st May Velocity (Free PS mini) – 1st May Free Games — PS3: Awesomenauts — 1st May

The House of the Dead opens its doors again

Two games and a new app for Vita and a Move-enabled shooter are the highlights of this week's PS update for North America. Let's dive right in. PlayStation Plus: Free Downloads: Frogger ReturnsFull Game Trials: Dead Rising 2: Off the RecordNHL 12Free Avatars and Themes: THE

Cor, blimey

It seems Sony has finally realised that Qore without Veronica Belmont is like peanut butter without jelly. The platform holder has announced on the US PlayStation Blog that the digital video magazine – which recently got a new host – is no more. It’s latest (and final) issue covering the month of April will feature a celebration of...

Skullgirls, Pinball and more

Much-anticipated PSN title Skullgirls hits the North American store alongside a true PS2 classic and more. Here's what's on for you North American shoppers this week. PlayStation Plus: Exclusives: The House of the Dead 4 DemoMinis: CanabaltDefenders Of The Mystic GardenFull Game Trials

I Am Alive and more

Vita owners go home empty-handed today, with no new games or demos on the portable storefront, but there's plenty of DLC and a few much-anticipated games for PS3 owners to sink their teeth into. PlayStation Plus: Free Games: Shank 2Shift 2 UnleashedCanabalt (PS mini)Farm Frenzy 2 (PS mini)Silent Hill (

Closure, Resistance AR and MMA

Vita fans get one game to choose from this week but the free AR monument viewer for Resistance: Burning Skies is well worth taking a look at. Here's what's up and available for you to purchase right now. PlayStation Plus: Spring Fever Discounts:Closure — 20% offSplinter Cell HD — 50% offTom Clancy’s Ghost Recon:...

Sumioni and Rayman 3

After the thrill of Journey and other high profile releases in recent weeks, this Store Update might disappoint some, but there's still some quality downloading to be done. Here's what's up. PlayStation Plus: Free Dynamic Theme: Journey Dynamic Theme Spring Fever Discounted Games:Rayman 3 HD (20% off)

Spring fever

The PlayStation Network has officially caught Spring Fever this week, prompting lots of discounts to be added to the North American PlayStation Store. Elsewhere, vanilla PSN users finally get access to thatgamecompany’s wonderful Journey, while a selection of new PS Vita titles finally launch overseas. Let’s go. PlayStation Plus:...

Unit 13 ready for deployment

A free game on Vita and more await in this week's jam-packed Store Update. Let's get to it. PlayStation Plus: Journey Full Game (Early Access – $14.99) — Journey reviewMass Effect 3 Full Game TrialTom Clancy’s H.A.W.X 2 Full Game TrialQore Episode 46 (Early Access – Free)

Vita demos and DLC

Select Vita games get add-on content and demos today, helping you boost your experience or try before you buy, depending on your preference. Here's what's up now in North America. PlayStation Plus: Discounted PS3 Full Game Killzone 3 Full Multiplayer (PS+ Price: $7.50) Discounted Mini Touchdown Fever Mini (PS+ Price: $2.39) Free...

Out now

After months of waiting, the western versions of Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds — also known as Everybody's Golf: World Tour — finally have PlayStation Move and 3DTV support. Our friends iWaggle3D grabbed the patch and have already posted up some first impressions of its motion controls. A word of warning: you have to perform a full...

Vita Store gets bigger

PlayStation Vita's out in North America (and Europe, of course) so here's the PlayStation Store update letting you know exactly what you can get for your shiny new console with a US PlayStation Network account. PlayStation Plus: PSN Games Sega Genesis Bundle:Altered BeastComix ZoneGolden AxeSonic t

It's finally here!

The wait is over: PlayStation Vita is finally available in Europe and North America. The console went on sale at midnight across the western hemisphere, with launch parties in major cities welcoming Sony's gleaming new handheld to the world. If you've already got your Vita from a midnight launch or are heading out to pick it up...

From SCEA, with love

An absolutely enormous PlayStation Store update today, with stacks of stuff for PS Vita, PlayStation Plus members and stacks of other content. Read on and see what's available! PlayStation Plus: PS3 Full Games: Far Cry 2 (V-Day Special One Week Offer)PSN Games: Battle Fantasia;Fatal Inertia;

Daggers drawn

If you thought Sony’s European PlayStation Vita ad campaign – dubbed “The World Is In Play” – was thoughtful and evocative, then steel yourself for North America’s aggressive “Never Stop Playing” alternative. Packed with face-melting bass lines, hostile voiceovers and unnerving death-stares, you’d think Sony was...

Stuck in a rut

The latest NPD report – covering monthly spend for the video game industry in North America – didn’t paint a particularly promising picture for digital entertainment in January. Both hardware and software dropped 38% year over year, with sales down from $1.14 billion in January 2011 to just $750 million this past month. The NPD cites the lack of major new releases as the reason..

Denied

The UMD Passport programme for Japan will not make it across to North America, according to Kotaku. In Japan, PSP owners were granted cheaper downloads of digital versions of their UMDs for the purposes of transferring to Vita. It seems users in North America won't get the same deal, but we're waiting to hear more from Sony on the matter...

Impostors!

PlayStation Plus members get a bumper load this week, with freebies aplenty. Let's dive in and see what's available this week. PlayStation Plus: PSN Games: The Simpsons Arcade Gameminis: Hungry Giraffe; Gold MedalistPS one Classics: Final Fantasy VEarly Access Demo:

What's in store this week?

Games: Puddle ($9.99) Madden NFL 12 ($29.99) Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days ($19.99) Kane & Lynch: Dead Men ($14.99) Mini Ninjas ($19.99) Game Demos: Twisted Metal Multiplayer Demo Syndicate Demo Puddle Demo Add-on Game Content: LittleBigPlanet Groundhog Day Costume (Free) Assorted PlayStation Home Packs x 15 ($2.99 –...