Whew! It’s been a hectic 7 days in the Access team. Check out what we got up to this week…

Access TV 32

If you’re into your shooters, you’re in for a treat with this week’s episode of Access TV. Show number 32 has Sniper Elite V2 rocketing into the Game of the Week slot, so expect a healthy dollop of gore to go with all the Nazi killin’. The game’s marquee feature is the brilliant x-ray cam, showcasing every burst lung and fractured brainpan in voyeuristic slow motion. Enjoy that!

Better yet, the crew were in London for the recent EA Showcase, with the publisher getting out the big guns for its upcoming 2012 line-up. There’s a look at Battlefield 3‘s latest DLC, plus interviews with the men behind mega-real shooter Medal of Honor: Warfighter, and the utterly beautiful Crysis 3. Don’t miss it.

Sticking with the shooter vibe, there’s also coverage from BAFTA as the team get a taste of short movie Ghost Recon: Alpha – which ties in to the upcoming Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Look forward to interviews with both the film’s directors, and the game’s developers.

As always, there’s the usual harvest of the current news crop to check out, plus a run through the week’s best PlayStation Store content, including a look at ace 2D brawler Skullgirls, and the upcoming Game of Thrones, err… game.

Access TV is available every Friday on YouTube – head to youtube.com/playstationaccess to subscribe and never miss an episode.

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We’ve mixed this up a bit this week to cover more of the stuff that PlayStation Access gets up to. Let me know what you think of the new format in the comments!

Access TV Episode 30

YouTube becomes a better place today with the arrival of Episode 30 of Access TV. Heading the line-up this week is open-world action sequel Prototype 2. Changing heroes from Alex Mercer to the very angry James Heller, this follow-up is all about blowing stuff up in fantastic ways, as well as slurping up men like they’re organic milkshakes. Tasty.

Elsewhere there’s the latest on Aliens: Colonial Marines as the team fly out to Dallas for a hands-on with the game and a chat with developer Gearbox Software. Plus, the crew visit Gadget Show Live to get the latest on DiRT: Showdown as well as checking out some awesome gadgets.

Weasley is our King

Harry Potter fans should definitely go check out our YouTube channel for extended interviews with the cast on games, filming and more.

Win a PS Vita!

We have a nasty habit of giving away PS Vita consoles on our Facebook page. There’s one up for grabs right now and entering is stupendously easy.

Who likes paint?

And shooting stuff? We’re dishing out 2x paintball guns, 2x cases of paint and 2x HD “Kill Cams” to attach to your shiny new guns. Oh, and a day’s paintball with UK pro Greg Hastings. You’ve got until Sunday to enter.

Y U GAME?!

The next issue of Access Magazine looks at games taking over the world, and why gamers choose to game. We want to feature your passionate stories on why you chose to get into gaming. Join the discussion here.

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Access TV Episode 27 hits YouTube today, with chilling survival horror Silent Hill: Downpour as Game of the Week. Check it out for loads of gruesome gameplay footage, plus see first-hand why downpour is a return to form for the classic series.

In a massively exciting feature, the Access TV crew head to Montreal for a first look at highly-anticipated sequel Assassin’s Creed III. Not only is there a wealth of tantlising footage from the game, you can also enjoy interviews with leading Ubisoft men Alex Hutchinson and Francois Pelland.

If you’re after a bit more glitz, make sure to check out coverage of the recent videogame BAFTA awards. Access chat to the winners, in addition to interrogating LA Noire leading man Aaron Staton. Don’t miss it.

As always, there’s PlayStation Store content and PS3 news abound, so get stuck in to another tasty episode.

Access TV is available every Friday on YouTube – head to youtube.com/playstationaccess to subscribe and never miss an episode.

To sign up for future Access events or to hang out and chat with other members of the Access community, then visit us on Facebook at facebook.com/PlaystationAccess, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/PSAccess.

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Access Episode 26 hits YouTube today, and there’s choppy sword fighting abound in Game of the Week as Ninja Gaiden 3 arrives in town. There’s plenty of new gameplay footage to lap up, and for those of you worried the game has gotten too easy – just look at how much we die in it.

The team also clock up the air miles (well, not many really) by visiting Amsterdam for the latest on action sequel Darksiders II. There’s insight from developers Vigil Games, plus plenty of footage of Death kicking all kinds of buttock. Don’t miss it.

Elsewhere there’s a blu-ray review of Spielberg’s CGI adventure Tin Tin, plus a roundup of all the latest news and the best content from the PlayStation Store, including ‘Kara’, the startling tech demo from Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream.

Access TV is available every Friday on YouTube – head to youtube.com/playstationaccess to subscribe and never miss an episode.

To sign up for future Access events or to hang out and chat with other members of the Access community, then visit us on Facebook at facebook.com/PlaystationAccess, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/PSAccess.

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This week’s episode of Access TV isn’t so much a 40-yard screamer as a deft rainbow flick, a cheeky nutmeg, and jaunty shout of ‘Olé!’ All of which can only mean that rebooted trick factory FIFA Street is our game of the week, and you can find out why it’s leaps, bounds and scissor-kicks ahead of its predecessors in the video below.

Also in this episode, we travel to Poland to catch up with the twisted minds behind Lemmings-style PS Vita title A-Men, and we hit the Serbian slopes with Scott Penman to talk SSX with the danger-hunting pro-boarding. All the time he wasn’t upside-down, anyway.

We’ve also got a round-up of the week’s news, including chats with XCOM and Tiger Woods developers, a look at the latest stuff to hit the PSN Store, and some special time with Binary Domain’s awesome voice recognition commands.

Access TV is available every Friday on YouTube – head to youtube.com/playstationaccess to subscribe and never miss an episode.

To sign up for future Access events or to hang out and chat with other members of the Access community, then visit us on Facebook at facebook.com/PlaystationAccess, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/PSAccess.

So, picking up FIFA Street? Think Scott Penman could be classed as dangerously insane? Let me know in the comments…

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