PSN News

Journey gets March 14th release date

Jenova Chen has popped up on the Eu Blog to announce Journey’s March 14th release date and talk about about the game. He describes the PSN offering as an “interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person’s life passage and their intersections with others”. Jenova Chen and thatgamecompany were previously behind ambient eat-em-up Flow and the beautiful petal on the wind thing, Flower. Journey is just as arty and sees you wandering a strange desert, using strips of cloth to gain powers like flight and occasionally encountering other gamers on their own online pilgrimage. Read Jenova’s full post at the EU Blog for more.

New PS3 firmware update

Apparently that’ll be ‘PS3 System Software Update v4.11′. There’s no hard info on what it actually does other than it will “improves certain aspects of system software”. Curiously it’s an optional install in the US and Canada but mandatory here in the EU. I’m going to hazard a guess it’s a localisation issue then.

What’s on the PSN Store this week 15/02/2012

Here’s this week’s PSN drop. There’s Cricket, Worms, Fear Effect 2 and GTA IV on the full game front. Mass Effect 3 and Binary Domain demos and a whole bunch of other stuff. Enjoy. 

Metal Gear Online goes offline

Snaaaaaake! Etc. Apparently that’s it for Metal Gear Online. Dead, over, finished. Konami has said it’ll be closing MGS’ online multiplayer in June. The MGO online shop will go first, closing on March 21, character creation will be closed down towards the end of April and while expansion packs will be free from April 24th onwards free up until the end, the game will be finished online as of the 12th of June.

It was good, wasn’t it?

PS3 Firmware Update V 4.1

The EU Blog has the latest info on the new firmware which is out later today. The biggest tweak will be the change from PSN to SEN accounts (it stands for Sony Entertainment Network, okay? That’s it on the special needs jokes). There’ll also be some browser improvements and – contain yourselves – a more accurate way to set the clock. YES! Check the EU blog for the full details.

PSN becoming SEN

‘E’ is a much cooler letter, obviously. Sony have announced that they’ll be shifting your PSN accounts over to their product wide Sony Entertainment Network in an upcoming firmware update. The change will affect PS3s and PS Vita but poor old PSP gets left behind. There’ll be little actual change to anything you encounter bar a tweak to some T&Cs. According to Sony’s press release, “This helps us get closer to our goal of establishing a global comprehensive network platform of services across games, movies, music and more, all accessible from one convenient account.”

Syndicate demo, Twisted Metal and Gotham City Impostors beta: PSN Update1/2/12

The new Syndicate demo, and betas for both Twisted Metal and Gotham City Impostors head up this week’s Store update. Mini Ninjas, and both Kane & Lynch 1 & 2 also arrive as £19.99 downloads. There’s also a whole heap of Metal Gear Solid avatars and a huge PSP sale, with a load of Final Fantasy and Sega stuff almost half price. More details over at the EU Blog.

PSN down Thursday and Friday

The full info is over at the EU Blog. The PlayStation Network will be down from 14:00 on Thursday 2 February 2012 until 07:00 on Friday 3 February 2012. During that time you’ll be unable top access the Store or any account management, although you will be able to play online if you’re logged in before it goes down.

Full details over at the EU Blog.

Uncharted 3, Starhawk beta, Skyrim PS3 cards and Hideo Kojima bots: Twitter gaming round up

In this week’s Twitter round up we have Hideo Kojima showing off robots that look like they could have been plucked straight from the upcoming Zone Of The Enders HD remake, Uncharted 3 related info on the StarHawk beta and some delightful fantasy Valentines cards that made us briefly forget about the Skyrim PS3 lag debacle for all of 14 seconds.

The Last Of Us new info and interview: “It’s a love story”

“Not a romantic love story” explains creative director Neil Druckmann in this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine UK The Last Of Us cover feature (see The Last Of Us screens here). “It’s a love story between these two characters” he adds, speaking of Joel and Ellie, the stars of Naughty Dog’s new zombie filled survival game.