Hello zombie blasters! Get ready as Dead Nation invades the PlayStation Store in just one week! We want to make sure that you are hot for the fight as the zombie hordes will be merciless in their quest for fresh, warm meat. Today, we want to show you Dead Nation in its full chaotic glory. Watch Super Stardust HD pro Tlo-Mek, who has since joined Housemarque’s development team due to his gaming prowess, eradicate the zombie infection when the heat is turned up to 11.

In the video, Tlo-Mek is using melee, Rush, and the game environment to his advantage. All three of these tactics are critical to survive Dead Nation’s hardest battles, particularly when you’re faced with special zombies, like Jumpers, Bombies, and other lurking threats – in addition to huge hordes of the undead.

Study up on the control scheme now — the undead are coming right for you!

What weapon are you most looking forward to using in Dead Nation? Do you think you’ll go solo like Tlo-Mek, or buddy up online? Share your plans with us!

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Welcome back to the weekly minis round up. Below you can check out this weeks new minis, all playable on PSP and PlayStation 3.

Card Shark from Midas Interactive

This is Card Shark, a serious selection of casino games to get your teeth into. Can you beat the dealer in Blackjack? Do you dare gamble it all in a game of Higher or Lower? Or do you think you can out-bully the field in Texas Hold’em? Or maybe just relax with a game of Solitaire?

Card Shark ups the ante by featuring the following classic games: Solitaire, Texas Hold’em, Five Card Draw, Blackjack and Higher or Lower. Think you can win big and bank a profit? Well get down to the casino and prove yourself!

Epyx’s Impossible Mission from SYSTEM 3 SOFTWARE

Impossible Mission is a totally faithful adaptation of one of the most iconic games ever created. Included in the game are three versions of the game: the C64 original, a re-skinned classic and the totally new update! Experience once again the blood-boiling pressure of having only six hours to find all the pieces of a mad scientist’s puzzle while avoiding devious human-seeking robots and deadly Black Orbs. This is the same all-time Epyx classic that’s known and loved, albeit with improvements in every department!

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Hello everyone! As Pete mentioned last week we’re preparing something special for our first anniversary, stay tuned… In the meantime, here are more details on this week’s update.

New publisher alert! We’re delighted to bring you comics by BOOM! Studios as of today. BOOM! Studios is one of the most innovative comic books publishers today, specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of genres. This week they bring us 28 Days Later – a comic series connecting he film to its sequel 28 Weeks later. The film that changed horror forever continues here! Selena and her new comrades struggle against the infected, the American presence in the UK… and themselves.

Fan of Ghostbusters? We have something to tie you over until you hear more about Ghostbusters III: Ghostbusters: What in Samhain Just Happened?. A media mogul asks the team to fix his haunted mansion, and their refusal prompts Janine to take matters in her own hands… Not a great idea.

Another highlight is Marvel’s mini-series Ultimate Iron Man (2005) #1-5, revealing Tony Stark’s early life and origins…. Written by international bestseller, four-time Hugo award, two-time Nebula award and World Fantasy Award winner Orson Scott Card, and illustrated by industry legend Andy Kubert (Ultimate X-Men,1602, Origin)!

We also have more Superman/Batman, Wonder Woman Vol.3 and Y: The Last Man for you… and more.

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‘Heads-Up’date time – we’ve got games, we’ve got demos, we’ve got more add-ons than you can shake a stick at.

First of all, a new batch of Special Offers graces us this week – if you’re not a fan of Prince of Persia then you better start seriously reconsidering your position because we’ve got all the major PSN PoP content at cut prices.

Two trial and unlocks for you this week – the sublime Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (with a free XMB theme for those who choose to buy) and the Move-enabled Funky Lab Rat. The high-seas shooter, Dead Storm Pirates from Time Crisis: Razing Storm also makes its way to digital too.

Footie management fan but passed on Premier Manager when it released? We’ve got a demo for you to try – and just in time for the game’s discount in the Special Offers. What are the chances? Snap it up while the getting’s good.

The long-awaited Knives Chau add-on for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game arrives this week, along with more for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Also, don’t forget to check out the new Joe Danger costume packs which not only give Joe a brand new look but expand his stunt moves to maximise your scores.

We’ve also got DLC for some of the big retail releases too, with brand new single-player additions to Ninja Theory’s stunning Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (which includes a full stereoscopic 3D patch, no less), new Mafia II missions featuring Joe, everyone’s favourite bumbling made man, and a new bundle of all Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 content to date.

There’s heaps more too – make sure you check it all out. Oh, you should take a look at the Blue Toad Murder Files dynamic advent calendar theme as well – it’s a great concept!

And let’s not overlook the PSP this week – let’s talk Split/Second: Velocity making its digital debut, Worms: Battle Islands (with a demo for you to try out first) and more. Jonesing for more Buzz! Quiz World content? Think you know the 90′s? Have at it. Five PSone titles (including 40 Winks – who remembers that one?), and two minis round us off this week.

That’s all for now – Merry November everyone.
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The opportunity was one in a million; the possibility of enjoying Gran Turismo 5 one day before everyone else and having it signed by Kazunori Yamauchi is something truly special. Not the cold, nor the Real Madrid game, or even the fact that it was a Tuesday was an obstacle for the PlayStation fans, in particular the fans of this gaming series, to line up all day in front of the Game store on Preciados street in Madrid. The security of the store told us: “some have been here in line since morning”.

And it’s the truth. Antonio, 19 years old and studying Business Administration, arrived at 11 in the morning. He is the first one in a long line that finishes at the end of this long street. But he didn’t come just to get the game one day early, but also for the chance to see Kazunori Yamauchi. It’s very rare that a game and it’s designer share such a special rapport in the eyes of it’s fans.

And it’s not difficult to understand, due to the warm, friendly personality that the genius behind Gran Turismo 5 and Polyphony Digital Inc. radiates. Always with a smile on his face, Kazunori Yamauchi attended all the fans that came out to have their idol sign their copy of Gran Turismo 5. And not only that, he signed PS3‘s and, for some nostalgic fans, he signed the PS2 games of this series.

For one hour the only people that weren’t having a great time was the poor workers of the Game store on Preciados who had to deal with an avalanche of gamers who wanted to get their copy of Gran Turismo 5 before anyone else. Nobody went home unhappy because, after those 60 special minutes, Kazunori left and continued signing autographs for the fans who were on the street and taking pictures with everyone who came near him. Afterwards he went just like he came: with a happy smile on his face and sitting inside a beautiful red Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

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