Hey there everyone. Fred here with your regular recap of the week’s PlayStation headlines. There’s been plenty to chew on this week, not least our massive Gran Turismo 6 announcement on Wednesday – look out for more coverage of the latest entry in Polyphony’s hugely succesful racing series next week.

Elsewhere, we detailed the June PS Plus update (another fantastic line-up, I hope you’ll agree), unleashed a new Killzone Mercenary trailer, chatted with Blizzard about Diablo III on PS4, debuted two new Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag clips, and sat down with the man in charge of crafting Ubisoft’s remarkable new open world title, Watch_Dogs. Take a look at the full reading list below.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and see you back here tomorrow – we’ve a busy week planned.

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It’s been a furiously busy week on planet PlayStation, so we’ve plenty of catch-up reading for you today! We had new game announcements aplenty (CounterSpy, Doki-Doki Universe and Hohokum), special edition first-looks (BEYOND: Two Souls and Tearaway) two big sales (GTA and ‘Knights & Witches’) and fresh insight into two massive PS4 titles (Watch_Dogs and Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag).

Not only that, but we also let the cat out of the bag early on two fantastic titles coming to PS Plus in June – Demon’s Souls and ICO & Shadow of the Colossus HD. We’ll unveil the full line-up very shortly.

As for next week… well, our ‘15 years of Gran Turismo‘ event on Wednesday should prove an exciting focus, but we’ll have plenty of other things to talk about too. See you back here on Monday…
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Okay, hands up if you saw Tuesday’s Ratchet & Clank movie announcement coming. Anyone? A lovely surprise indeed and, judging by the trailer, it looks like it’s in great shape.

Elsewhere, I think we had a great mix of posts on the Blog this week. We offered a closer look at the PS4′s new DUALSHOCK4 controller, a brand new Splinter Cell Blacklist trailer and a nice little Store sale on some great ‘hidden gems’ (my personal top pick – phenomenal strategy title Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes).

And it was another week plump with PS Vita game announcements – including TxK from eccentric industry legend Jeff Minter, charming new episodic adventure Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery, and laid-back puzzler Quell Memento.

Finally, while we’re on the subject of PS Vita, don’t forget to download excellent indie platformer Thomas Was Alone, which launched on Wednesday. It’s available free of charge for PS Plus members now.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and see you back here tomorrow!

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Yes, it’s time again to look back at the week that was. The main event? Surely news of your PlayStation Plus content for May. Hitman: Absolution, Catherine, Sine Mora, Velocity Ultra, Malicious… that’s as strong a line-up as the service has seen to date, in my book.

Elsewhere on the Blog, we revealed Jak & Daxter’s first full PS Vita appearance, welcomed Sega on to talk about their new version of classic Disney platformer Castle of Illusion, debuted a new Diggs Nightcrawler clip and unveiled the box art for Quantic Dream’s keenly anticipated blockbuster BEYOND: Two Souls.

We’ll have more on BEYOND next week, as well as the results of our recent PS Plus content poll and plenty more besides. See you on Monday!
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Hey there everybody. After a relatively quiet start to the month, things really picked up this week. We saw a major new system update arrive on PS Vita bringing some oft-requested new features, a great new development video on The Last of Us, a release date for Media Molecule’s charming adventure Tearaway, and news of a demo for Soul Sacrifice. We also welcomed Ubisoft and Bethesda onto the Blog to show off tantalising new expansions for Far Cry 3 and Dishonored, respectively.

Oh, and in case you missed it – in this week’s sale post we revealed that Hitman Absolution will be next month’s headline PS Plus title. Stay tuned – we’ll announce the rest of May’s content next week. It’s looking like a great month for the service! See you all Monday!

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