144w ago - PlayStation Network Executive Producer Kevin Furuichi has posted up a preview video today of the Pulse 8/17 Edition, which is now available on PSN.

To quote: The latest edition of PULSE, presented by the PlayStation Network, hits PlayStation Store later today in full HD and for your PSP system. You can also catch it right here, right now:

This edition features Scott Pilgrim, Shank, 'Marvel-ous LittleBigPlanet' add-ons, along with the Top 10 Avatars available.

There's also the new Top Gun game which made the PULSE crew want to rent this 80′s action classic (which by the way is currently available for rental or purchase on the video side of PlayStation Store.)

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146w 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...

146w 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...

148w 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...

149w ago - Sony's Associate Editor Nathan Ditum has shared a preview today of FirstPlay Episode 16 for the PlayStation 3 entertainment system.

To quote: We've got three exciting videos for you this week on FirstPlay. Actually we've got way more than three, but there are three really exciting ones.

First we go hands-on with zombie sequel Dead Rising 2, slashing, drilling and electrocuting our way through a Vegas-style Casino crammed with rotting undead fleshsacks, and getting a very firm grip on the game's weapon creation system. Saw blades and a lawnmower you say? Interesting...

Then we've got previews of period underworld epic Mafia 2, including an interview with the 2K dev team, and some properly incredible footage of SEGA's awesome looking robot-and-flames shooter, Vanquish. It has a sort of Transformers noise! Amazing.

On top of that we've got the second part of our Red Dead Redemption guide - falling to our baser urges, this week involves mostly shooting - plus a look at what's new on the PSP comic store, selected highlights of the latest downloadable movies and a round-up of your most amazing Skate bails.

Lastly we've got our screenshot galleries, which this week include MotorStorm: Apocalypse, FIFA 11, Final Fantasy XIV and, a game I'm particularly...