This week I’ve been lucky enough to secure 20 voucher codes for the Starhawk Beta that is currently underway. I know that many of you are keen to get involved with this so straighten up those commenting caps – here is a question that should separate the hardcore gamers from the facebook farmers.

Take something like regenerating health. It’s a relatively new gameplay concept that has reached near ubiquity very quickly. Some say it’s not realistic for your character to magically heal themselves but hey – neither is having three ‘lives’ or resurrection by coin insertion.

This is just one example of many design choices that have been tried in a game, have worked, and are then widely adopted by others in future. Other examples might be the two gun limit, shoulder button acceleration when driving, red barrels, perks and inertia defying double-jumps.

Which game mechanic or design choice has had the greatest impact on gaming?

Our independent judge will pick the most insightful comments on Monday and I’ll get the codes sent out via private message over at http:community.eu.playstation.com.

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The Studio brings to PlayStation a collection of Static and Dynamic Themes for PS3 and PSP from some of the world’s greatest artists to create one of the best showcases of digital art anywhere in the world and they are all available for you to download.

We have partnered with Studio Output, one of the world’s most tuned-in creative design and production companies, to help us curate The Studio collection and ensure only the finest offerings in everything from urban street art to illustration are included.

Here is an update of the latest Themes from The Studio that on the PlayStation Store.

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Start the Party! Save the World is hitting the shelf this week and it’s packed with 20 fun-filled mini-games that will fire up your evenings with your friends and family.

Determined to take over the world by any means necessary, Dr. Terrible has a whole host of fiendish plans up his sleeve: dumping toxic waste in the water supply, attacking people with man-eating piranhas or unleashing a swarm of poisonous bugs on the world, nothing is beneath him. Armed with a motion controller and PlayStation Eye camera, it’s up to you and your friends to use whatever tools are at your disposal to foil Dr. Terrible’s evil schemes!

Transform your PS Move into a mechanical grabbing arm, use it as a laser zapper to shoot down alien invaders or even jump into a deep-sea submarine to rescue divers stranded at the bottom of the ocean.

If you want to live the adventure right away, why don’t you head over to the PlayStation Store? Here you can find a free demo with three mini-games to take a sneak peak at the great fun ahead.

Check out PlayStation.com to find a useful demo guide and take part in a competition where three lucky winners will receive a PS3, a Move Starter Pack and a copy of the game.

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“It’s Friday guys, which means the latest episode of Access is now online – woo, woo, woo! You know it!” – is what wrestling superstar Zack Ryder would say if he was writing this post. Make sure you catch the man himself as THQ’s man-chucking WWE ’12 hits the Game of the Week canvas in episode 10, with developer insight from Lead Gameplay Designer, Bryan Williams.

There’s more sporty goodness in the form of the GT Academy – the programme that takes elite Gran Turismo players and trains them up to be real life racing superstars. Access goes behind the scenes to check out the inner workings of the academy, plus takes a spin around Silverstone with resident champion, Jann Mardenborough.

If your games shelf is sagging under the weight of all those end-of-year blockbusters, why not have your say on which you thought was the best of the best in the first Access Game of the Year award? This episode gets the ball rolling as we show off 2011′s gaming highlights – to cast your vote head to http://facebook.com/playstationaccess.

As always, there’s a roundup of the best content on the PlayStation Store – including the ace Robin DLC for Arkham City – and a look at the week’s biggest news stories.

Access is available on YouTube every Friday – to make sure you never miss an episode, head to http://youtube.com/playstationaccess and hit subscribe.

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