Nina has taken a well deserved holiday this week so you’re stuck with me this week.

First off I hope you’re having a good Valentine’s Day and are looking forward to the Brit awards on Tuesday. Check out our Brits and Valentine charts in the ‘What’s Hot’ section of the SingStore, and our Valentine suggestions on SingStar.com – did we miss any great SingStore Valentine hits or any good songs for singles if you’re feeling a bit Anti-Valentine? Let us know.

We’re currently very excited here at SingStar HQ as next week we are meeting up with Brit Nominee Ellie Goulding for a chat and a sing and we need your help! Submit your questions for Ellie in the comments below, on Twitter , Facebook or the Forums and we’ll put them to her. And you can download her huge hit ‘Your Song’ from the SingStore on Wednesday.

Moving on to this weeks SingStore update, we’ve got some cracking tunes from wide variety of genres and eras, I like to think a little something for everyone, although of course it is difficult to please all the people, all of the time ☺.

Want Nothin’ But A Good Time? It’s a bit of Poison for all you rockers.

Classic 80′s pop? Stock, Aitken and Waterman’s Mel & Kim are after some F.L.M.

Searching for that modern art school sound to test out your lungs? We give you Florence And The Machine’s Dog Days Are Over.

For the Guitar fans a couple of classics to test yourselves from Robert Palmer and Blondie, and for the Dancers, a variety from Blu Cantrell to Survivor. Swing those punches and do your best Rocky impression.

And finally Bon Jovi’s Ballads (there is still time to enter the Bon Jovi competition) and the Kings of Leon song packs are now available to purchase as singles.

Enjoy, and don’t forget to submit your questions for Ellie Goulding!
Chris ☺

In English

In Spanish

Guitar add-ons

Dance add-ons

All of the above are released worldwide.

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That’s another week over, folks and what a week it has been right here on the blog. There has been a lot of Killzone 3 chatter what with the unveiling of the Trophies and Strategy Guide. Oh, and let’s not forget you guys clocking up a massive 62 million kills in the Beta. In a word: spectacular. Thankfully you only have to wait a little longer to get your hands on the full game. However, what I really want to know is how many of you have been pulling your best Resistance battle poses in the hope of landing a role in Resistance 3? Remember – the more props, the better! Here’s your recap:

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

• Win PlayStation Goodies In The Mushroom Wars Online Tournament
• Fire, Fistfights And £20 Notes: Uncharted 3 Interview
• Legend Pricing For Legendary DCUO Players
• FirstPlay Episode 44
• Can You Cut It As An ISA Recruit?
• Explodemon Blasts Onto PSN TOMORROW!
• Get In The Game With Resistance 3!
• MotorStorm Apocalypse Video Interview
• About A Blob Bounces Into PSN Tomorrow
• PlayStation Plus Update: Stacking And Killzone 3 Demo
• ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 9th February 2011
• Digital Comics Store Update (9th February 2011)
• Killzone 3 Open Beta Update
• PlayStation Home: Fantasy Fun In February
• PlayStation Move Heroes Story Trailer
• Ryota Niitsuma Answers Our Questions On Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds
• MUBI Update: 10 February 2011
• Killzone 3 Trophies And Strategy Guide Unveiled
• PixelJunk Shooter 2 Will Be Released March 2nd!
• LittleBigPlanet 2 – New Community-Created Playable Theme Coming Soon!
• What Goes Around Comes Around: More On The Infamous 2 Karma System
• The Friday Debate – Star Xrossed Lovers
• Dead Space 2: Game With The Devs



• Killzone: The story so far - We trace the bitter, bloody history of the seminal PlayStation series.
• The People vs: Killzone 3 - Put your questions to the team behind one of the biggest games of 2011.
• Demo Guide: Killzone 3 - Download the Killzone 3 Single Player Demo today and get a head start in the desperate fight for mankind’s future.
• Get in the Game - Win the chance to appear as a survivor in Resistance 3 on PlayStation 3.
• Spare Parts - This week we got our hands on EA’s Spare Parts, which you can read all about here.
• Weekend Essentials 65 - Ben 10 returns on PSP and Test Drive Unlimited 2 races onto PS3 in our guide to what’s hot on PlayStation this weekend.

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There must be something wrong with me. Despite the fact that Dragon Age: Origins, Bioware’s first ever PS3 game, scored very well with reviewers – it just didn’t click for me. I loved the universe, enjoyed the story. I even got hooked on the associated web game Dragon Age: Journeys, which allows you to unlock special items in the PS3 version of Origins. I just never adapted to the battle system, and eventually abandoned the game.

After reading Tweeted adulation and hearing the raves of seemingly everyone else who loved Origins (Qore’s Veronica Belmont chided me for quitting recently), and after hearting Bioware’s Mass Effect 2 on PS3, I found myself all too ready to give the upcoming Dragon Age II another chance.

That chance came last week, as EA held a preview event featuring the upcoming Dragon Age II demo (which you’ll be able to download from PSN and play on February 22nd). To me, improvements were apparent and multiple. Visual upgrades (the game has a definitive style), technical polish (inconsistent frame rate begone!), and refined, impactful gameplay were all on display. This is a game I can get behind for 40+ hours.

Afterwards, I spoke with Bioware Lead Designer/Creative Director Mike Laidlaw about the direction of Dragon Age.
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Steve Papoutsis here, Executive Producer for Dead Space 2. I’m happy to announce we will be doing a Game with Developers session on 2/12 starting at 7pm GMT on PlayStation 3. So far the reaction to multiplayer has been mixed: some people really love it and others have yet to discover how much fun it can be. The best thing I can tell folks is to play as a team and communicate. Dead Space 2‘s MP was designed around both co-operation and competition, you won’t have much fun if you run off like some Space Marine Bozo; you will get TORN UP. Work with your teammates, co-ordinate as you move towards your objectives and remember a team that plays together will generally win.

I’m excited about this weekend since the team and I will be getting a chance to play with people on the PlayStation 3, not only do I hope that we can help people understand the best strategies for success, but we will also have a few cool goodies for those people who are dedicated to playing MP.

The team and I will be wearing 2 brand new Viral Suits during the session: White Tiger Stripe and Viral Blue. The idea here is that if people manage to kill the developers, they will unlock one or both of these suits. The best part is that after someone gets the suit it goes viral, so that anyone that kills a person wearing one of these new suits will also unlock it. So basically if people are having fun playing DS2 MP and they find someone in one of these suits and kill them, they get the suit too. Anyone who gets the suit will have a big bull’s-eye on their back.

In addition to this weekend many of the team and I hop online from time to time for game sessions, if you interested in keeping up to date on when we may be playing or if we have any other neat tricks up our sleeves please follow me on twitter @leveluptime, which is also my PSN ID.

If you want to keep fully up to date on all things related to Dead Space 2, please follow the game @deadspace.

One last thing: if you want to make sure you’re a part of the Game with Dev session please RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108033745939697&index=1

Thanks a ton for supporting the Dead Space 2 team and Visceral and I look forward to playing and meeting you all this weekend.

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For most people older than 14, Valentine’s Day isn’t a huge deal. That being said, any excuse to spend time with loved ones and friends is a good thing. We’re quite an international bunch here, so how is February 14 celebrated in your country?

The big question is:

Have fun and take care of each other.

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