71w ago - Today Andy Stewart of the PlayStation Store Team is here with the European PSN updates and details on a sale currently going on below, as follows:

Greetings! Another week brings another content update to the PlayStation Store!

To start with, we have AMY from Lexis Numerique - a survival horror game not for the faint of heart.

If you're too frightened then there's Zack Zero, a 3D platform action title from Crocodile.

Demo wise we have Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Asura's Wrath to play around with - two games I am greatly looking forward to!

This week also brings more content for titles ranging from Battlefield 3 (pew pew pew!) to EyePet (pet pet pet?)

Finally, at the bottom of this post you will find answers to some of the most frequent questions in the comments from last week's post.

We're taking this approach because, while we would love to answer everyone and everything instantly, sometimes giving an accurate answer requires further research, legal clearance or approval from one of our third-party partners.

We will still get involved in the comments and endeavour to respond as much as we can; if you're query isn't answered right away then rest assured that we do read them and hopefully it will be addressed...

71w ago - Following up on my previous releases, today a new PS3 PKGView Extractor homebrew application version 1.2 update is available and has been fully tested by catalinnc.

Download: PS3 PKGView v1.2 Extractor

PKGView is a tool for extracting files from PS3 PKG. Tool is 100% legal it contains no code Sony. PKGView also has a graphical interface that simplifies the extraction of both individual files and the complete package.

PS3 PKGView v1.2 Extractor Homebrew Application Version 1.2 Changelog:

• FIX: Still failing to extract large files.
  
• FIX: Structure parsing issues.
  
• FIX: Other extraction issues.
  
• More descriptive extraction window.
  
• Optimized extraction of retail pkg.
  
• Now creates an extraction log.
  

71w ago - Sony PlayStation Store Director Grace Chen is here with this weeks US PSN updates today, as follows:

It's a release of great new content on PlayStation Store, including new games and some amazing first looks at some of 2012's most anticipated titles!

Today, we complete the Final Fantasy PS one Classics presence with the release of Final Fantasy Origins. See the roots of the Final Fantasy series with this collection, which includes Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II.

These versions sport updated presentations from their original 8-bit debuts but retain the same gameplay that launched this venerable franchise.

Additional games headlining the New Releases include Crazy Machines Elements and Choplifter HD. Create series of chain reactions in the latest addition to the award-winning Crazy Machines series or jump into a classic arcade adventure reimagined in HD with Choplifter HD! Both also have demos available for download.

You're not going to want to miss two new demos hitting today: Asura's Wrath and Final Fantasy XIII-2. On one hand, you'll be able to try out parts of two episodes from Asura's Wrath, featuring larger than life combat. On the other, try out the gripping RPG combat with Final Fantasy XIII-2 and glimpse what awaits this classic cast on their...

71w ago - Following up on the previous release by PlayStation 3 developer Hotz8611, today the popular homebrew PSN application ReActPSN has been updated to version 2.10 for PS3 3.55 CFW users which requires no VSH patching and no aa user among the changes outlined below.

Download: ReActPSN v2.10 Homebrew PSN App Update for PS3 CFW / ReActPSN v2.10 Homebrew PSN App Update for PS3 CFW (Mirror)

The update also allows users to convert PSN demos to full games without RAPS and EDAT files, and to quote from the included ReadMe file:

ReActPSN v2.10

1. Compatible with reActPSN v2.00.
2. Changed v2.0 backup file format to one zip file, backup speed fast more than 20 times. Fixed some rap long name bug.
3. Added edat fix mode, this mode working on any CFW, no need aa user or patched vsh.self.

(1) Auto generate XMB purchase full activation edat, no need any raps or official edat files. Install official LIMBO.pkg TERIS.pkg HCU.pkg, Run reActPSNv2.10 and keep pressed BUTTON_CIRCLE about 6s, all will be full working. Higher PS3_SYSTEM_VER also be fixed in SFO...

72w ago - Sony Network Entertainment Marketing Manager Christopher Lastrapes is here with the first batch of new PlayStation Video Store and Music Unlimited updates for 2012 today, as follows:

An all-star casts leads the medical thriller Contagion breaking out this week in New Releases.

A virus pandemic threatens a high level of the human population as members of the medical community around the world race to find a workable cure. Matt Damon (The Adjustment Bureau), Marion Cotillard (Midnight in Paris), Laurence Fishburne (Predators), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Gwyneth Paltrow (The Avengers), and Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce) star in this film by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh (The Informant!).

Co-written by Guillermo del Toro, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark hits Movies this week with spine-tingling action. Set in the 1800s, mysterious creatures haunt the basement of a quiet girl in Rhode Island. Directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey, the film stars Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce), Katie Holmes (Jack & Jill) and Bailee Madison (Just Go With It).





The award-winning miniseries starring Kate Winslet in the title role of Mildred Pierce hits TV Shows this week from HBO. Guy Pearce (Don't Be...