Greetings PlayStation.Blog.

Happy ModNation Monday to you all.

The Helghast Invasion Begins Tomorrow!

With Killzone 3 only a few weeks away, we wanted to kick the month off with a Mod and Kart forged in the fires of Helghan itself!

You’ll be able to get your hands on this Helghast Pack via the PlayStation Store on Wednesday for €1.99.

Reminder: Time Savers Pack.

Don’t have time to unlock everything in Career Mode? For only €2.99 the Time Savers Pack gives you access to everything! That’s all tracks, karts, mods and props – more than 2,000 items, in an instant! Available on the PlayStation Store now.

Stay tuned to the blog for more updates on ModNation, soon.

See you in the Modspot!

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Whether they loved the original Killzone 2 control scheme or felt that it was too ‘weighty’, most beta participants seem to agree on one thing: the Killzone 3 control scheme gets the balance just right.

In a new developer video, Guerrilla developers Mathijs de Jonge, Jan-Bart van Beek and Arjen Bokhoven talk about the fine-tuning process that helped them come up with a control scheme that would satisfy both fans and critics. They also reveal new details about the other control-related features in Killzone 3:

Please proceed to Killzone.com where you can view the video in full.

The brutal melee system, which allows players to neutralize their opponents in a myriad of up-close-and-gory ways.

The slide-to-cover mechanic, which allows for free-form sliding so players can use it to dodge enemy fire.

The addition of a third weapon slot, reserved specifically for heavy-duty weapons like the Minigun and the W.A.S.P. Launcher.

Enjoy the video, and remember that the making of Killzone 3 is discussed more extensively in the Behind The Scenes featurette that comes with the Killzone 3 Helghast Edition.

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Hi all,

Is it really already time for the third update of 2011? Time flies when you’re dancing your socks off and there is no reason to stop just yet.

New dance add-ons this week include Belinda Carlisle’s ‘Heaven Is A Place On Earth’, Bucks Fizz’s ‘Making Your Mind Up’ and my fave, ‘Everybody Get Up’ by boyband Five.

Song-wise, Tinie Tempah, The Cranberries and Sum 41′s ‘Pieces’ are high on my list and if I hadn’t already got all the Bon Jovi tracks, I’d obviously get my hand on them.

If you’re a Bon Jovi fan (like some people I know ) and you haven’t checked out our excellent competition yet make sure you do so before 21 February 2011 because yes my friends, that is when it ends.

To find out how to enter and win some fandabidozi prizes go to SingStar.com, start following us on twitter.com/SingStarHQ or go straight to the competition page on PlayStation.com. Good luck, I wish I could enter!

Now, I won’t be here for a couple of weeks but I want you to be nice to Chris who will be answering your questions and eagerly tell you all about his current obsession with everything Tinie Tempah if you ask him. I suggest you don’t!

See you in February, peeps.

Nina xx

In English

All of the above are released worldwide apart from the dance add-on for Belinda Carlisle.

In green: previously released on a disc

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Hello Guys, just when you thought it was safe to go back on the blog, here I am again.

Around here, February is minis month and to celebrate this year we’re pulling out all the stops with a fantastic sale on some of our very best minis.

Throughout February we’ll be offering you the chance to grab forty, fantastic minis at only 99p (€1.19) each, so if you’ve never sampled the delights of the minis before, there has never been a better time to jump in with both feet.

February 2nd to February 16th we’ll have 20 titles available at this knockout price and then from February 16th through to March 2nd we’ll be offering 20 more. These minis will include some of our most popular titles and will come in all shapes and sizes, meaning there’s bound to be something for everyone.

Here’s what we’ll be offering from February 2nd until February 16th:

• Monopoly
• Hero Of Sparta
• BREAKQUEST
• Championship Manager 2010 Express
• SPOT THE DIFFERENCES!
• Zombie Tycoon
• Stand O’Food
• Fieldrunners
• 5-in-1 Arcade Hits
• Bowling 3D
• DynoGems
• Echoes
• Red Bull X-Fighters
• Arcade Darts
• VEMPIRE
• Bloons TD
• VT Tennis
• Tehra: Dark Warrior
• Sneezies
• Mahjongg Artifacts

And here are the titles you can grab from February 16th until March 2nd:

• Ice Road Truckers
• YetiSports
• Let’s Golf!
• Pinball Dreams
• Age of Zombies
• Bloons
• Brick Breaker
• Bubble Trubble
• Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess
• Dracula: Undead Awakening
• Vector TD
• This Is Football Management
• Cubixx
• NormalTanks
• The Mystery of the Crystal Portal
• Alien Zombie Death
• 4×4 Jam
• Coconut Dodge
• Aero Racer
• Supermarket Mania

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Hi, I’m Mark and I work over @SonyEurope on the Consumer Electronics side of Sony’s business (BRAVIA TVs, Cyber-shot cameras, VAIO PCs etc). I’m blogging for @PlayStationEU because, as some of you might hopefully be aware, Sony has recently unveiled its new cloud-based music streaming service: Music Unlimited. It’s an exciting venture for us as it allows you to stream music on a range of Sony networked products, as well as through your PS3 (and any PC).

Last weekend, the team behind Music Unlimited visited the MIDEM 2011 conference in Cannes. If you haven’t heard of MIDEM before, it is an annual music industry conference where movers and shakers come together to talk about issues being faced, unveil new products and ideas, and showcase forthcoming bands in music in 2011.

Sony was there to announce that Music Unlimited, which went live in the UK in December, is now available to those of you based in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. President of Sony Network Entertainment, Tim Schaaff, who is the main man behind Music Unlimited, also flew over from California to engage in some of the key debates of the digital elements of the activity. Following an interesting discussion around the future of music in the cloud (featuring Sony Music’s Thomas Hesse, more of him later), Tim took to the stage to be interviewed about Music Unlimited and the Qriocity platform in general. MIDEM have the full interview on their YouTube channel, and we live-tweeted the conversation on the Sony Europe Twitter stream:

The following day started off with a very special visitor to the Sony booth at MIDEM – the French minister for Culture and Communication, Frédéric Mitterrand. He had expressed in interest in the service and wanted to see how it worked, so he was given a private demonstration of Music Unlimited by one its developers. Let’s hope the network access in the Minister’s office allows him to stream his favourite tracks at work!

Next was a very special Q&A put together by Sony, which brought the major players from the four major record labels into the same room to discuss Music Unlimited and music streaming in general. Alongside Tim Schaaff and Shawn Layden (both from SNE), we had: Mark Pibe, global head of digital music at EMI; Michael Nash, EVP of digital strategy and business development at Warner Music Group; Rob Wells, president of the global digital business at Universal Music Group; Thomas Hesse, president of global digital business at Sony Music Entertainment.

Again, the event was live tweeted by Sony Europe, and the MIDEM blog has a transcript.

Hopefully for those of you into music and thinking about the future of music online, these discussions are interesting and stimulating. We’re also pleased to let you know that you can currently enjoy a free 30 day trial of Music Unlimited’s premium service – head over to http://www.qmusic.com to find out more.

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