47w ago - Dust 514 Community Manager Phil Wang has announced that the Mercenary Pack arrives on PSN today and grants Beta Access this Thursday with details below, as follows:

Later this year, there will be an unprecedented level of combat in gaming raging across the entire EVE Universe, from the mighty capsuleers far above in Eve Online, to the relentless onslaught you and your squad will bring to bear against your enemies on countless planets in DUST 514.

The first, harrowing drumbeats of war started not long ago and have been increasing ever since during our beta tests. Until today, this has been of very limited scope while we've introduced some of the EVE Universe's most faithful players to planetary warfare and trickled in some of the earliest of adopters who have picked up their rifles and laid low the opposition.

But that all changes this weekend when we'll be opening the doors to thousands of new combatants through our beta events. There's still time to sign up over at our official Beta Web site to participate in this important, and early, testing period for the game.

Signing up for the beta and playing DUST 514 is completely free! But for those who want to try an assortment of the pay-for items, get guaranteed access to beta weekends,...

51w ago - Today Sony PlayStation 3 hackers Cyberskunk and evilsperm of Team Rebug have released a PS3 4.11 Version Spoofer 2.2 for 3.55 CFW and also a Rebug Update Package 0.7 (3.55.2) which temporarily restores PSN access once again on Custom Firmware!

While this is great news for the time being to play 3.55 titles (3.56+ won't work) online, Sony will likely release a PlayStation 3 Firmware update to block the new method being used in coming days in order to resecure PlayStation Network with an updated PSN Auth X-Platform-Passphrase (which resides in a decrypted VSH.SELF) and prevent PS3 Custom Firmware users from gaining access unfortunately.

If you are unsure if a PlayStation 3 game or patch update will work on PSN via PS3 CFW, simply extract the PARAM.SFO from the PKG and view it using a PS3 PARAM.SFO Editor to examine the PS3_SYSTEM_VER value. If it is 03.5500 or below the game will work online and the patch update can be installed.

Download: PS3 4.11 Version Spoofer 2.2 (3.55 ONLY) / Rebug...

59w ago - PlayStation Network Community Manager Morgan Haro has announced today that PS Plus members will be granted first access to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on April 10, 2012.

To quote: Releasing in May, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier not only promises an engaging single-player campaign, but bone-rattling battlefields to storm in multiplayer.

And now, PlayStation Plus subscribers will have first access to the multiplayer beta come April 17th.

The beta will be published on April 17th in the PlayStation Plus section of the Store. If you've elected for Automatic Downloads as a subscriber, the beta will also be automatically pushed to your PS3 when it's released! Otherwise, you can download it when you're ready and hop in the multiplayer action.

It's important to note that the beta itself starts on the 19th of April. So while you'll be able to download it on 4/17, the action can't be accessed until Thursday, 4/19.

If you're not in on the PlayStation Plus action, click here to snag your subscription, or head to the PlayStation Store to unlock immediate access.

63w ago - Sony PlayStation Store Director Grace Chen is here with the PlayStation Plus content updates for March 2012, which include early Journey access, free Sly Cooper, Street Fighter and more as outlined below.

To quote: It's another giant month for PlayStation Plus subscribers with early access to one of PSN's biggest games, great free content, Mass Effect 3 Full Game Trial and much more.

To start, we're pleased to announce that Journey will be available to purchase 1 week early for PlayStation Plus subscribers. The game releases PSN-wide on 3/13, but you'll be able to experience the full game tomorrow.

To back up the early access to Journey, you'll be able to download Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix on 3/6, free with your subscription!

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus (part of the Sly Collection) Is fully remastered in HD with Trophy support, this is the ultimate version of a true PS2 gem, and is available free to download in Plus.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix brings the definitive version of the Street Fighter II series and sports an unforgettable roster of fighters, redrawn in HD with online multiplayer to boot.

Find more free content this month with PS one Classic Um Jammer Lammy, PS...

74w ago - Today Sony Community Manager MusterBuster has unveiled PlayStation Access TV Episode 14, which can be seen via YouTube and also embedded below.

To quote: With only two days until Santa drops gaming goodies down your chimney, what better way to relax, rewind and review the year gone by with a special festive edition of Access TV?

Episode 14 is on YouTube right now, and reveals the winner (and four runners up) of the Access Game of the Year - as voted for by you.

There's also highlights from 2011′s Access Live tour, including footage from events at Manchester, Birmingham and London, plus that very special Uncharted treasure hunt in the deserts of Jordan.

In fact this episode is bursting with so much Christmas, it's got a mountain's worth of snow in it - which extreme sports lunatic Travis Rice proceeds to jump off with nothing more than a plastic board between him and certain death. Be sure to check out the footage from the SSX star's film 'The Art of Flight' for no other reason than it will blow your mind.





Still not festive enough for you? How about a roundup of all the best Christmas deals on the PlayStation Store,...