96w ago - Sony's Senior Social Media Specialist Sid Shuman has posted up a video today featuring Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon speaking on Freddy Krueger in the PlayStation 3 title along with the secret origins of the PS3 DLC characters.

To quote: In discussing the news, Boon shed light on the long, sometimes tangled genesis of Mortal's Kombat's other DLC characters - namely Rain, Skarlet, and Kenshi.

One began as a joke, one was an incorrect rumor, and one... well, you'll see.

Look for Freddy to hit PSN on August 9th for $4.99, and read on for my full chat with Ed Boon.

PlayStation.Blog: So what is the inspiration for bringing Freddy Krueger to Mortal Kombat as a DLC character?

Ed Boon, Creative Director, Netherrealm Studios: It was a number of things. It's kind of hard to choose a character who would fit well into the Mortal Kombat universe, with the blood and violence that's so associated with it. Kratos from God of War is a brutal, bloody character, so he makes sense.

When we had the discussions about the DLC characters, we knew that we wanted to add a returning character, a new character, but also a guest character....

96w ago - Creat Studios Marketing and PR Coordinator Bill Fryer has unveiled a video of the new Test Yourself DLC packs that will be hitting PSN next week.

To quote: The next two test blocks Test Yourself: Attention and Test Yourself: Memory will be available July 26th.

As their names imply, these add-ons will measure the user's attention and memory through a series of tests. These packs will be available in North America for $1.99.

The goal of Test Yourself is to provide users with an affordable, professional assessment of various aspects of their personalities and psychological abilities.

After the release of the initial pack, we received a ton of positive feedback about this game and we are very excited to release the next part of the Test Yourself experience. Users who complete all of the test blocks will receive a full psychological portrait and will better understand the complex characteristics of their states of mind.





The initial game Test Yourself: Psychology, which included test packs for Intelligence and Nervous System, was one of the top five downloaded games on PSN and is available for $2.99.

Test Yourself is a serious scientific product developed by a team of professional psychologists and counselors....

99w ago - Insomniac Games Senior Community Manager James Stevenson has shared a video today complete with details on the new Resistance Dual Pack for PS3 which includes Bonus PlayStation 3 DLC.

To quote: It's crazy to think we are less than two months away from the release of Resistance 3!

As we finish up Resistance 3 here at Insomniac, we wanted to let you know that the Resistance Dual Pack is now available at all of your favorite game retailers. For the low, low price of $39.99, you get the first two critically acclaimed games in the Resistance series:

Resistance: Fall of Man, and Resistance 2. On top of that, we've packed the box with a bunch of extra DLC, including the Aftermath Multiplayer maps and skins for Resistance 2, as well as the rare exclusive weapon skin for the Wraith.

Even better, folks who catch up now with the Dual Pack will be able to show off their recent journey through the first two games with an exclusive Joseph Capelli in SRPA gear skin for Resistance 3 multiplayer.





To get you pumped up for the release of the Dual Pack, and to show those of you who haven't played Resistance what you're missing, check out this trailer for the Dual Pack.

That's all for now, but we have much more...

100w ago - SCEE's Ross McGrath of the PlayStation Store Team is back with some PSN Game Store PS3 and PSP DLC updates today.

To quote: Hi all - I'm very pleased to say it's time for a sale!

We've got a range of DLC available for a selection of titles, including lots of content at 50% off - grab anything that takes your fancy.

And if you took LittleBigPlanet as part of your Welcome Back, don't fret - we'll have a huge selection of LBP Costume and Level Packs at half price available from Wednesday, 29th to add to this selection of downloadable add-ons, so just hold your horses a little while longer.

Nothing sticking out as a must buy for you? This is by no means an exhaustive list and I want to know what you'd like to see in the next DLC sale - anything you suggest I'll do my best to secure as part of a second DLC sale later on this year and all suggestions are welcome.

Not into DLC? Keep an eye out for more sales coming throughout the Summer months on all kinds of content. Enjoy!

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103w ago - Activision Social Media Manager Dan Amrich has announced today that the Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation DLC is coming to PS3 on June 10, 2011.

To quote: Hopefully everybody enjoyed the double XP period for Call of Duty: Black Ops in May - neither Treyarch nor Activision wanted to see any of the PS3 fans miss out just because of the technical issues.

Now the next round of Black Ops action is locked and loaded: the long-awaited Escalation DLC pack will be available in the PlayStation Store on Friday, June 10th.

Escalation features five big chunks of content - four multiplayer maps and one star-studded Zombies experience unlike any other. For fans of competitive combat, your new battlegrounds await:

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• Why not visit the ZOO? The big cats and deadly reptiles left this abandoned Russian animal park long ago, but the overgrown, dilapidated facility still plays host to the...