Remember playing Earthworm Jim during the glorious 16-bit era? How about battling Major Mucus and Evil the Cat? Or saving Princess What’s-Her-Name?

If you don’t recall ever playing Earthworm Jim, I can only shake my head with utter sorrow. Who else but an ordinary earthworm can transcend fleeing from crows and eating dirt to become a mutated superhero? Cue the dramatic music.

Gameloft gave the single-player campaign an HD facelift. Including all the original levels, you can venture into three exclusive levels in a never-before-seen setting. Get your Plasma Blaster ready for some trigger happy times.

Not one for solo adventures? Gameloft has you covered. Earthworm Jim HD offers local and online 2-4 player co-op gameplay in 15 multiplayer levels! Team up with your buddies to, you know, launch cows or madly whip space ships. Did I mention launching cows?

Simply strap into the Ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit (Super Suit for short) and be prepared to take down Psy-Crow! Earthworm Jim HD will be hitting the PlayStation Network on July 28th at an awesome price of €9.99/£7.99!

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From today we bring you a new way of interacting with content on eu.playstation.com with the facebook Like widget.

Through the exhaustive catalogue of games available on playstation.com you can start showing your friends your gaming tastes, from your old favourite arcade game to the latest hits coming to PlayStation 3. By clicking on the Like button, you will be prompted to login to Facebook. Once you’re logged in, just click on the Like button and then that game will appear on your facebook wall.

On news content on eu.playstation.com, you will find the facebook Recommend button that let you share your favourite articles in the same way that the Like button let you share your favourite games. You can also leave a comment that will appear on your wall every time you click Like and Recommend.

Finally, you’ll notice that the home page of eu.playstation.com has been redesigned to help you find the latest and most popular content. The facebook panel will also show you what the other facebook users have shared on the site. If you’re not already a fan of Sony PlayStation on facebook, you can become one now by clicking on the “Become a Fan” button.

We’re hoping to roll out similar functionality on the PlayStation Blog later this week.

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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 experiences. This week it’s some handsome scoundrel called Nathan, talking about playing Heavy Rain as a (permanently frantic) father. Be nice.

Lastly we’ve got our screenshot galleries, which this week include new Konami actioner NeverDead, American invasion shooter HomeFront and blockbusting sequel inFAMOUS 2. Oh, and Middle Earth RPG Lord Of The Rings: War In The North, which we like because it’s the only one that’s spelt properly.

All of this comes at our regular price of 99p per episode, which falls to less than 75p if you take out a 90-day subscription for £8.99.

We’d love to hear all your feedback, suggestions for content, and makeup tips for looking great on camera, and you can get in touch with us on Twitter at @firstplay_uk, FirstPlay@futurenet.com, or the official EU forums.

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Hello again SingStars,

I’ve got some great stuff for you this week in the store, at least that’s what I think, and hope you do too!

Girls Aloud’s Cheryl Cole wants you to ‘Fight For This Love’ with her debut solo single which, I’m sure you’ll agree, should be downloaded asap. Also making an appearance (or five) is Gwen Stefani with No Doubt and songstress Paloma Faith with ‘New York’.

Representing all male singers this week are Sting with ‘An Englishman In New York, Bono and U2 with ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’ plus tracks from Josh Turner, James, Razorlight and the Pet Shop Boys to name a few.

As usual, the full tracklisting is below for you, including the ‘Depeche Mode 2’ song pack and some German and Spanish language tracks.

See you soon,

Nina xx
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Did any of you check out Young Thor last week? I spent most of Saturday in a traffic jam (in the passenger seat, of course) and Frima’s latest minis title came to my rescue. To say thanks, let me share this comic strip that the guys sent to me last week. Enjoy!

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