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PlayStation Plus And Six Free Games Come To The Vita Next Week

The best thing about PlayStation Plus is the Instant Games Collection, a feature that offers up free, top-shelf titles to the online service’s paying members. PS3 owners have been enjoying those perks for a while and now they’re coming to Sony’s gaming handheld.


Sony Won’t Say How Many People Have PlayStation Plus, But They Will Share Other Plus Stats (And An October Surprise)

Microsoft refuses to say how many people subscribe to Xbox Live Gold, and Sony still won’t say how many people use PlayStation Plus — the premium PS3 service I’ve said is far and away better than Gold.


Gold Vs Plus: How Sony Is Making A Mockery Of Xbox Live

You can pick your preference between PlayStation and Xbox. You can argue that Halo is better than KillZone or that Uncharted tops Gears of War. But it is becoming increasingly hard to argue that the Xbox 360′s online subscription service is superior to the PlayStation 3′s. This is what competition does, and, today, the long-running $80-a-year Xbox Live Gold just doesn’t seem to offer as much value as the newer, upstart PlayStation Plus.


PlayStation Plus Members Can Now Shoot Things In The Dust 514 Closed Beta

For those who didn’t purchase access earlier, or get their names drawn from CCP’s hat after signing up on the web, there’s one last way to guarantee access to the Dust 514 closed beta. But it, too, will cost you some cash.


PlayStation Plus Members Will Get Counterstrike: Global Offensive’s Demo Downloaded Auto-Magically Overnight

Itchy trigger fingers everywhere are waiting to unleash all-new kinds of carnage when Counterstrike: Global Offensive hits on August 21st. But if your trigger finger is attached to a PS3 owner, there’s a good chance that you’ll be amongst the first players to get online with Valve’s new shooter.


Sign Up For PlayStation Plus, Get A Whole Game Collection For Free

Well, not really for free. You still need to shell out less than $US5 a month to become a PlayStation Plus member. But once you do, you’ll get your own library of games.


Sony Survey Suggests New Games, Call Of Duty: Elite May Be In PlayStation Plus’ Future

A marketing survey conducted by Sony suggests it’s pondering content changes to PlayStation Plus, potentially including free, full-size Blu-Ray games on the day they release, and a free Call of Duty: Elite subscription, reports IGN.


PS3 Gets Exclusive Assassin’s Creed Revelations Multiplayer Beta

In a sign that either the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin’s Creed Revelations needs more public beta testing than the Xbox 360 version or that Sony and AC publisher Ubisoft are — gasp — using a beta as a marketing stunt, the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations multiplayer beta will launch next month only on PS3, initially to a subset of PS3 owners.


PS3 Firmware Update Adds Cool New Features (For Some)

The newest PS3 firmware update (v3.70) adds auto-syncing trophies and an auto-upload function for online save data… but only for PlayStation Plus subscribers. A PlayStation Store “recommendations” feature, a “TV/Video Services” XMB section and Blu-ray 3D enhancements are for everybody.


Let The Countdown To The Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta Begin!

Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells wants gamers ready around 2pm PDT (7am AEST) tomorrow to download Uncharted 3‘s multiplayer beta. This release is only for certain people. The rest of us have to wait until July 4. [via Twitter]


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