77w ago - Today Andy Stewart of the Playstation Store Team has announced the 12 deals of Christmas on PlayStation Network with details below!

To quote: With Christmas just around the corner, 'tis the season to be jolly! And now you have 12 extra special reasons to be jolly as the 12 Deals of Christmas come to PlayStation Store.

During the month of December - up until Christmas Day - PlayStation Store will feature 12 amazing deals for you to unwrap. However, each deal will only be available to redeem from PlayStation Store for 48 hours, before - like Santa on Christmas morning - it vanishes...

Each of the 12 Deals of Christmas will start and stop at 12:00pm (GMT) on the following dates:

• Christmas Deal 1 - 1st to 3rd December
• Christmas Deal 2 - 3rd to 5th December
• Christmas Deal 3 - 5th to 7th December
• Christmas Deal 4 - 7th to 9th December
• Christmas Deal 5 - 9th to 11th December
• Christmas Deal 6 - 11th to 13th December
• Christmas Deal 7 - 13th to 15th December
• Christmas Deal 8 - 15th to 17th December
• Christmas Deal 9 - 17th to 19th December
• Christmas Deal 10 - 19th to 21st December
• Christmas Deal 11 - 21st to 23rd December
• Christmas Deal 12...

126w ago - Head of Production Ben Creasey has extended a Merry Christmas greeting to fans as part of their VidZone PS3 updates today, which include the following to quote:

Firstly, we have a Christmas present in the shape of an exclusive Tinie Tempah Behind The Scenes Exclusive from his new video 'Invincible' featuring Kelly Rowland.

Secondly I have a new feature for the new year that I'm gonna test before the new year just in case you all hate it. It's called...

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127w ago - According to Andriasang.com (linked above), as a special holiday gift for GT5 racers worldwide Sony will be offering three downloadable cars for Gran Turismo 5 PS3 owners in time for Christmas along with upgrading a few standard cars to premium status.

The three cars are the Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640, the BMW M3 Coupe, and the Jaguar-XJ13, which will hit PlayStation Store from December 24 to January 31 for fans to grab.

To quote: "Owners of the recent racer can look forward to three free downloadable cars: the Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640, the BMW M3 Coupe, and the Jaguar-XJ13. These cars have seen design arrangements by Polyphony and fall under the 'Chrome Line' series.

The cars will be distributed through PlayStation Store from December 24 through January 31. Anyone with GT5 will be able to make the download for free."

131w ago - Relentless Software CG Supervisor Stewart Jones has unveiled their upcoming Blue Toad Murder Files (BTMF) Christmas Advent Calendar PS3 Theme today.

To quote: With the festive season and Blue Toad Murder Files first birthday approaching we wanted to have an extra 'Christmas Present' in the shape of a theme to hand out with our game. Please have a read to hear what we've done!

The idea of a Blue Toad Christmas Theme was discussed; we're all big fans of Christmas! As a result a brief was created in which we needed to take the village of Little Riddle and add some festive spirit to the design... Oh, and any reference to an advent calendar would be appreciated too!

We decided that the background should stay the same throughout; however, we wanted to use the iconic detective's magnifying glass to show a different image each day during December leading up to Christmas Eve.

Having the number of images in the theme limited to 24 which spookily coincides with the number of windows in a traditional advent calendar seemed like a good omen!

At first we had an actual advent calendar displayed over the whole screen, but in practice this obscured the XMB and no one could easily navigate the options... Fail!

136w ago - What is quickly becoming one of the most delayed PS3 titles this year, European Brand Manager Penrose Tackie has announced today that the Gran Turismo 5 PS3 release won't be available on November 3 but will arrive before Christmas this year.

To quote: We are sorry to say that Gran Turismo 5 will not be available on the previously announced release date of November 3rd, but the game will be released before Christmas.

We sincerely apologise to GT fans for the delay, however creator Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital want to make certain they are creating a racing experience of the highest quality.

We are confident that this ambitious game will exceed expectations when it launches later this year. We'll have more information for you in the near future.