146w ago - FirstPlay Associate Editor Nathan Ditum has posted up a preview today of FirstPlay Episode 22 for Sony's PlayStation 3 entertainment system.

To quote: Having briefly considered mounting a campaign to abolish Mondays and have three-day weekends forever, I'm back in work after the bank holiday to tell you about the next episode of FirstPlay.

Episode 22 is up on the Store from Wednesday, and this week features an all-new hands-on with LittleBigPlanet 2, the second part of our big PlayStation Move playtest, and a preview of Ubisoft's under-the-radar strategy contender, RUSE. Oh, and a chat with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Andrew House.

On top of that we've got an online review of our surprise summer favourite, Singularity, a round-up of PS one classics, and a look at the best fighting games available from PlayStation Store. And to round everything off we've got screenshot galleries of FIFA 11, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, new Bond title 007 Blood Stone and the twisted fairytale, Alice: The Madness Returns.

All of which gives you over half an hour's worth of HD games coverage and info for just 99p, or as low as 75p if you take out a 90-day subscription for £8.99. See the Future of PS3. First.

147w ago - Sony Associate Editor Nathan Ditum has unveiled a preview of FirstPlay Episode 21 today for PlayStation 3, which arrives on PSN this Wednesday.

To quote: Coming up in episode 21 of FirstPlay this Wednesday we have a review of scuzzy crime sequel Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, as well as a Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow hands-on with all-new footage, and a preview of the PlayStation Move's launch line-up.

On top of that we've got a review of super-addictive PSN car-scrapper TNT Racers, a look at Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company's recent DLC, a round-up of the latest PSP comics releases and a look back at what made the original Dead Space so scary.

Oh, and we've also got our regular selection of screenshots, this week including Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock, Operation Flashpoint: Red River, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011.

All of this comes at our regular price of 99p per episode, which works out at less than 75p if you take out a 90-day subscription for £8.99.

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149w ago - Sony's Editor In Chief Tim Clark at FirstPlay has unveiled a preview today of FirstPlay Episode 19, which arrives this Wednesday for subscribers.

To quote: I'm here to guide you safely up the north face of episode 19. The show hits the Store this Wednesday, and in it we'll be bringing you HD video footage of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II.

And if you like the look of the game, celebrate by installing the free theme in this week's downloads section. You'll have to do the lightsaber noise yourself, though.

Elsewhere we take a look at the new Medal Of Honor's multiplayer mode and check out some of the hottest games heading to PS3 in 2011, including Bulletstorm, inFamous 2 and Dead Space 2. We also rate Red Dead Redemption online, plus round-up the best new VDS movies and Store content.

Over in the screenshot galleries you'll find the latest hi-res images of F1 2010, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (which we're already predicting will be way better than Neolithic Soldier) and the mighty Call Of Duty: Black Ops. We also compare Gran Turismo 5's graphics with the real world. The real world loses.

Episode 19 of FirstPlay costs a trifling 99p to download from the PlayStation Store, or you can get episodes for just 75p by taking out a...

150w ago - Sony Producer David Boddington has shared a preview of FirstPlay episode 18 today, which arrives on PSN tomorrow.

To quote: Episode 18 goes live on the Store this Wednesday, and we've been halfway round the world to bring you the latest from the team behind PES 2011.

Then we're taking another trip back to the future of PS3, with a preview of upcoming teleport-'em-up (that's not going to stick, is it?), Portal 2.

We also check out the games that are sure to be weighing down Santa this year, including Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Crysis 2, Fallout: New Vegas and Test Drive Unlimited 2. Over in the HD Reviews and Previews section, we give you the chance to put your controller down and enjoy some hi-def, Blu-ray sexiness, as we review an irate army of angels in Legion.

In Network Highlights you'll find more treats, including brilliant ModNation Racers creations, plus another batch of FIFA onion bag scorchers. We're also going back to the future once more (black-hole-inducing Johnny B. Goode paradoxes notwithstanding), as we preview upcoming PSN titles PixelJunk Shooter 2, Dead Nation and Trine 2.

Then we're speeding our way back to the present as we dig out some more current gaming gems for you, including Death Track: Resurrection, Söldnor X2: Final...

151w ago - Sony Associate Editor Nathan Ditum has shared a preview of FirstPlay Episode 17 today, which hits the PlayStation 3 and PSP this Wednesday- July 28, 2010.

To quote: Episode 17 of FirstPlay will be going live on the Store from Wednesday, and this week we lead off with a fantastically sharp HD preview of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.

Alongside that we've also got a feature on 3D on PS3, including an interview with Sony UK boss Ray Maguire, a reviews round-up including Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and Toy Story 3, and a review of claustrophobic thriller Exam on Blu-ray. Because we're nice like that.

In this week's PlayStation Network Highlights we take a look at downloadable games Hamsterball and Fret Nice in our Best Of PSN video, and we preview the multiplayer modes of some upcoming triple-A titles, including Call Of Duty: Black Ops, Medal Of Honor and Gran Turismo 5.

We've also got a round-up of the best minis, and a new section called Personal in which members of the FirstPlay team and occasional guests will be talking us through some of their most memorable gaming...