1w ago - Sony European Brand Manager Penrose Tackie announced today that GT Academy 2013 officially kicks off in July with a Gran Turismo 6 demo!

To quote: Buckle up, Gran Turismo fans - our annual GT Academy competition will return for a fifth season this year, and it's set to be the biggest yet, with more countries than ever before participating.

The online gaming element of the competition gets under starter's orders this July via a demo of the just-announced Gran Turismo 6 exclusively on PlayStation 3.

Since it began in 2008, the acclaimed virtual-to-reality competition has attracted over two million entries, with gamers and motor sport fans battling it out in Gran Turismo for the chance to become real Nissan racing drivers. Six former winners of the competition, which now runs in Europe, the USA, Germany, Russia, the Middle East and South Africa, are now Nismo Athletes competing in top-level motor sport on behalf of Nissan.

Nissan's Director of Global Motorsport, Darren Cox, revealed the plans for GT Academy 2013 today at the famous Silverstone Circuit, at the same event where Kazunori Yamauchi announced Gran Turismo 6.

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43w ago - Sony PlayStation Store Director Grace Chen is here with the new PS3, PS Vita and PSN updates for this week below!

Note: Due to an unforeseen complication, the Grand Theft Auto III PS2 Classic is not publishing with today's Store post.

We will update you when a new release date has been identified. We apologize for the inconvenience.

PS3 Full Games

RIDGE RACER Unbounded ($44.99)
RIDGE RACER Unbounded gears up to carve its own destructive path on a spectacular collision course! RIDGE RACER is on its way back into the eager hands of gamers and RIDGE RACER Unbounded is coming to add an unexpected dimension to the series and deliver an original blast of ferocious racing adrenaline. Easily create thousands of tracks and share them online.
ESRB: E
File Size: 1.46 GB

PSN Games

The Expendables 2 Videogame ($14.99) (Demo Also Available)
The Expendables videogame is a way for fans to experience all of their favorite explosive moments, as their favorite stars, in 4-Player Co-op action.
ESRB: M
File Size: 1.15 GB

PS2 Classics

War of the Monsters ($9.99)
Topple buildings and terrorize civilians as a giant creature wreaking havoc. Defeat rival monsters to be the strongest...

43w ago - Sony Senior Social Media Specialist Rey Gutierrez is here with the new PS3 and PSN releases for the upcoming week today, as follows:

For PS3, with an expanded setting, a fresh story and characters as well as an all-new technical foundation, Risen 2 expands on the success of this popular RPG franchise.

Set several years after the end of Risen, the game drops players into a cataclysmic world where raging titans have devastated the planet and pushed humanity to the brink of existence.

On PSN, two PlayStation 2 classics return this week. Grand Theft Auto 3 and War of the Monsters are new to PSN. Enjoy this week's The Drop.

PlayStation 3

Risen 2: Dark Waters - Risen 2: Dark Waters aims to combine the most loved classic RPG gameplay mechanics of the original Risen with a fresh theme and setting on a huge variety of themed island locales.

Risen 2: Dark Waters maintains the most immersive features of the original Risen, with multiple approaches to every challenge allowing players to shape the game world based on their own decisions. These choices will serve to unlock new paths, features and additional skills for the character.

PlayStation Network

Ridge Racer: Unbounded - The popular racing franchise...

43w ago - Sony Entertainment Network Marketing Manager Jeff Safran is here with the new Music and Video Unlimited releases for this weekend today as outlined below!

To quote: This week, the Music Unlimited service features new releases from Passion Pit, The Gaslight Anthem, and Jennifer Lopez, as well as new albums from artists including Slipknot, Love and Theft, Rodriguez, The Jacka, Eternal Summers, and Reks. Also this week, check out the new Zac Brown Band - Artist Picks Premium Channel!

In celebration of their latest album Uncaged, Zac and the band have compiled an eclectic list, including many of their...

43w ago - Today Jawad Ashraf of the PlayStation Store Team is here with the new European PSN Game Store updates for this week, as follows:

The dynamic duo of Batman and Robin join other famous superheroes from the DC Universe in LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes to save Gotham City from destruction at the hands of the notorious villains Lex Luthor and the Joker.

Collect 50 DC Comics characters, flex your new super abilities and master new suits and gadgets. Players can also explore Gotham City and unlock a variety of cool vehicles.

Foosball 2012 is available for both PlayStation 3 and PS Vita today. Purchasing one version scores you the other for free! Enjoy multiplayer foosball matches with up to four players, dominate the online leaderboards, or become a global champion in single-player World Tour mode.

The Cross-Play feature will let you play against other players on both PS3 and Vita, while cross-saving will let you continue playing the game on your Vita from where you left off on your home console!

Get an early sample of Konami's latest football outing in today's PES 2013 demo. Experience the skill and technique demanded by PES 2013′s total football.

As teams fuelled by Pro-Active AI make runs and behave like real players, PES 2013′s all-new Full...