PlayStation.Blog Recap

Having just returned from a week away from the web, I’m a little out of the loop when it comes to gaming news. What’s been happening? This weekend I’m finally going to get around to playing Deus Ex, providing I manage to pull myself away from Civilization Revolution. Does anyone have any spoiler-free advice they want to share or do you think I should just wade in and figure it out for myself?

Here’s your recap:

• PlayStation Store Special Offers 7th September 2011 – It’s time for the second part of the PSP Power Sale,and that means… new games!!
• The SingStore Update (7 September 2011): More Take That, Kylie And The Saturdays! – The SingStar stand at Gamescom was mega busy, here are some highlights!
• Dragon’s Dogma: Dragons And Unlimited Freedom… – Check out the forming of game groups to enable the player to engage in combat with up to three followers or “Pawns”.
• The World’s Most Challenging Game Is Coming To PlayStation Store – The Impossible Game is a pure indie game, developed by a small team, quickly found its audience.
• Dead Nation is Expanding – More exciting news for Dead Nation players around the globe! Housemarque’s been hard at work creating a new downloadable expansion called “Road of Devastation”.
• Resistance 3 Survivor Videos – In case you haven’t seen these already, check out the Resistance 3 survivor videos!
• Resistance 3 – Launches Across PAL From Today! – Insomniac Games announces the release of Resistance 3 across Europe!
• ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store And PlayStation Plus Update: 7th September 2011 – Kicking off with the third title in the PLAY promotion – Bloodrayne: Betrayal launched!
• The Biggest PSP Game Comes To PSN – The UK-chart-topping Persona 3 Portable was released on PSN on the 7th of September 2011 for just £27.99 (€34.99)
• PlayStation Home: The Chimera Invade PS Home To Celebrate The Launch Of Resistance 3 – Step into the stark world of Resistance 3, as the Chimeran sweeps PS Home.
• LittleBigPlanet: Weekly Sack-Post! – Back to bring you regular updates from the world of LittleBigPlanet, including news, community updates, major announcements, or just fun insider tid-bits.
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Beta Open To All PSN Users Tomorrow – Announing the opening of the Assassin’s Creed Revelations Multiplayer Beta to ALL PSN USERS!!
• PlayStation Network Scheduled Maintenance – PlayStation Network was offline for scheduled maintenance from 17:00 until 19:00 on Thursday 8 September. 2011, BST.
• Hands-On With Rage – When Rage is released this October, it will be the end of a long journey for the game… and the gaming session begins right at the start of the game.
• From Dust Hits PSN September 14th -The wait to experience the award winning strategy game, From Dust, is almost over! It’s coming to the PSN on September 14th.
• VidZone Update: Get A VIP Pass To The Ultimate Festival Only On VidZone! – VidZone is extending the festival season just a little bit by holding their very own month long, rain proof festival!
• Uncharted Stories In The Sand – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception takes place in the Arabian desert, it provided the perfect backdrop for sand art.
• Resistance 3: Get in the Game Winners Revealed – Get a glimpse at the head-scanning process, and see how they look as their characters in the final game.
• ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus Collection Hit Soon, See Final Box Art – ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection is launching on September 27th!
• GT5 Mercedes-Benz Driving Event – Over 7500 Gran Turismo gamers lined up on a virtual starting grid in a unique 3-way simultaneous race!
• The Weekend Debate – What Grinds your Gears? – Is there anything about modern games that really annoys you?

• Weekend Essentials 91 – There’s plenty to keep your PS3 ticking over this weekend, including Resistance 3 and Dead Island.
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Get your hands on one of the games of 2011 in our exclusive competition.
• Resistance 3 in PlayStation Home – Jump down the manhole in PlayStation Home and begin the fightback against the Chimera.
• God of War Collection Volume II – Channel your inner Kratos with our demo guide.
• Resistance 3 – Catch Insomniac Games’ Ryan Schneider and Jon Paquette talking about the big guns in our Game Talk feature.