167w ago - VidZone's Head of Production Ben Creasey is here with this week's PS3 VidZone update, featuring XXL exclusives, exciting Electro Disco and an extreme Darksiders playlist.

To quote: Akala's new single XXL is an absolute monster of a track and guess what... we have the WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE of the video!!!

For you that don't know, Akala has been making really interesting Hip Hop music for a while now and just happens to be Miss Dynamites brother... But then you already knew that didn't you?

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This Week

Courteeners Interview and Acoustic Session
Morrissey loves them and that's good enough for us! Featuring an exclusive video interview and acoustic performance of "You Overdid it Doll" kinda sweet eh?

Ones to Watch - Local Natives (Europe)
LA based indie folk outfit have been getting a lot of attention recently and rightly so if you ask us. Featuring the new single "Airplanes" and acoustic videos of "Airplanes"," Camera Talk" and "Warning Signs"

Artist of the Week
Mumford and Sons (Australia) - Including new single "The Cave"

Rihanna (UK, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland)...

167w ago - SCEE's Mike Kebby of the PlayStation Store Team has posted up this week's European PSN update today, as follows:

This week I'm pleased to say we have Vandal Hearts Flames of Judgement available, and not only is this a great game for existing fans of the series, those of you not familiar with this great RPG should get great enjoyment from it too, so give it a whirl.

We also have the demo for Just Cause 2 available, and once you throw yourself off that first cliff you'll have thirty minutes to exact as much mayhem as you can in the luscious tropical setting of Panau. Prepare yourself for some truly action-packed sandbox fun.

Throw into the mix a brand new batch of Special Offers, new content for Resident Evil 5, Operation Flashpoint, Dante's Inferno, LittleBigPlanet (PSP), Echoshift and more, and that's another week in the life of PlayStation Store.

I'll be around as usual, so hit me up in the comments. Next week I'll be out of the office mixing it up with high society (okay, that's a lie, I'll be working off site), but Ross will be back to look after you all...just don't start liking him more than me, I get possessive of you lot.

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Special Offers

(Available until the 18th of March)

168w ago - Naughty Dog has announced on their blog that the next Uncharted 2 PS3 multiplayer patch update version 1.06 arrives tomorrow.

To quote: Title Update 1.06 will be released on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:00 AM PST. After that time, you will be prompted to download and install Title Update 1.06 when you connect online to UNCHARTED 2 multiplayer.

Title Update 1.06 includes a couple under-the-hood fixes we needed to make that don't affect gameplay. Beyond that, we've also made the following updates:

• Removed automatic shoulder selection when players click the L1 shoulder button to aim
• Delayed the appearance of the scoreboard to allow time for players to view any medals received simultaneously with player death

At the same time the Title Update is released, we'll also be pushing live updates to other aspects of our multiplayer. These updates include:

• Adjusted hitbox attributes so that players will take less damage to the character's legs
• Decreased kill radius of grenades by 1 meter
• Decreased accuracy of Down the Irons by 15%
• Reduced rate of fire of the FAL by 10%
• Reduced rate of fire for the Dragon Sniper by 10%
• Collision and geometry changes to "The Fort" to prevent intentional glitching...

168w ago - Sony's Senior Manager Olga Puzanova of EU Marketing and Programming has posted this week's UK video store PS3 update today, as follows:

New this week from the video store:

To Buy:

• Growth
• Push
• The Secret Laughter of Women
• The Three Musketeers
• Strait Jacket
• The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
• 3:10 To Yuma
• Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest
• Train
• Stan Helsing
• Rob Zombie Presents The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
• Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy
• Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
• Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper
• Taking Woodstock
• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
• George Washington
• Saw III: Extreme Edition
• The Young Unknowns
• Undertow
• The Independent
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• See This Movie
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Miss March
• Last Great Wilderness

To Rent:

• Push
• The Secret Laughter of Women
• The Three Musketeers
• Strait Jacket
• 3:10 To Yuma Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy
• Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

168w ago - PS3 GT Academy Commercial Director Andy Reynolds has shared details on a LIVE at Silverstone update today via PlayStation Blog.

To quote: From millions of virtual racers we are down to 18 putting it all on the line for real.

Our competitors raced hundreds of laps each on the GT Academy Time Trial to prove their speed, they beat all comers at the National Championships and now putting their nerves, sweat and skills to the limit at Silverstone.

From Ireland to New Zealand and from Finland to Italy our 18 competitors have a chance to move from virtual champion to professional racing driver.

In front of them lies a 5-day test of skill, physical fitness and pure speed in front of our legendary judges of Eddie Jordan, Johnny Herbert and Sabine Schmitz where only the very fastest will achieve their dream.

Johnny Herbert, GT Academy 2010 Judge, said:

"These next few days will be difficult, different and hard but the potential for the most rewarding prize ever. We are going to transform a guy from the virtual world and bring them to the reality of motor-sport. At Silverstone, they will work and race together but act for themselves. Its a chance they need to take with both hands."

One man has been more responsible for giving pure talent...