PlayStation

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.


August 11, 2011
PlayStation

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.


August 10, 2011
PlayStation

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.


June 28, 2011
PlayStation

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]


May 17, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Says ‘Welcome Back’ To PSN With These Freebies In Europe

Now that the PlayStation Network has respawned across various parts of the globe this past weekend, Sony is saying sorry in the form of free PlayStation 3 and PSP games. At least in Europe, where the PlayStation maker has outlined its “Welcome Back” offering.


April 26, 2011
PlayStation

Everything You Need To Know About The Playstation Network Outage

It has been almost a week since Playstation Network went offline because of an external intrusion.


March 10, 2011
PlayStation

PlayStation Plus Subscribers Score Online Games Saves Tomorrow

Sony gives PlayStation Plus subscribers the ability to store game saves online via the PlayStation Network with tomorrow’s 3.60 system software update, allowing up to 1000 data files to be stored on 150MB of space as long as the money keeps coming in. Check out the PlayStation Blog for more details.


March 4, 2011
News

PlayStation Plus Players Score Exclusive Mortal Kombat Demo

The next Mortal Kombat comes to the PlayStation 3 in the form of a playable demo exclusive to Plus subscribers on March 8, releasing next week to the non-subscribing masses.


February 17, 2011
PlayStation

Sega Genesis Games Come To PlayStation Plus

In the unlikely event that you don’t already have Sonic The Hedgehog in a dozen other forms, you’ll soon have one more option to play Sega Genesis classics. Sega’s bringing its 16-bit hits to the PlayStation Network piecemeal. The best part?


February 4, 2011
News

PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Stacking For Free

Double Fine’s Stacking is one of the newest perks for PS3 owners who subscribe to PlayStation Plus. PS+ members will get the Russian doll adventure on day one (February 8). More good PlayStation Plus news at the PlayStation.blog.