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Sony has unveiled the much awaited premium subscription service for the PS 3, the PlayStation Network (PSN) Plus. Sony made the announcement at E3, the ongoing gaming Expo in Los Angeles.

As a part of the promotions, Sony is offering PSN Plus on a 3 month free trial. With PSN Plus, users can access exclusive content like demos and free content ranging from themes to Minis. Firmware updates will also be available.

The service will cost $49.99 for 12 months and $17.99 for 3 months. To popularize its new service, Sony has promised subscribers four free game downloads every month which include one PSN game, two PlayStation Minis and one classic PSOne game. The first sets of titles to be made available are Wipeout HD, Rally Cross, Age of Zombies and Fieldrunners.

The PSN Plus service will start from June 29^th. PS3 users who subscribe before the 3^rd of August will receive a free download of the popular title, LittleBigPlanet.

The only drawback is that users will be able to access the content only till the subscription lasts. After the subscription expires or is cancelled, users will not be able to access the downloaded content.

Sony also made an announcement regarding the PlayStation Move. The PS3 console along with the  PS Move, PS Eye and Sports Champions software will cost $399.99

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Ubisoft announced today that if you pre-order their upcoming title Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood at GameStop, you will earn yourself an extra multiplayer character.

With the details on the down-low, this new additional character has been granted the name Harlequin, Players of Batman Arkham Asylum will remember the name. That’s all that I no, nothing on special abilities, nothing more on multiplayer side. Just a name, and a possible look for this character. Which personally dosen’t even fit into the world of Assassins Creed, this will be a test for the possible extras in AC3 and also i reckon, that AC3 is going to take a few years to finish so this game is being released to make fans happy.

Let me no what you think

The next DLC for BioWare’s Mass Effect 2, has been revealed; titled ‘Overlord’, which will be coming out some time in June. The content will feature five levels set across one story on one planet as players seek to destroy some sort of threatening enemy AI.

This new content will not be introducing a new crew members, in fact no more crew members will be added to this installment of the Mass Effect saga via DLC. Look like you’ll have to stap yourself in with the bunch you’ve got now in pursuit for ME3.

As for ‘Overlord’, the DLC will apparently be less linear than prior downloadable content as players will have the ability to utilize the Hammerhead vehicle to explore the planet on which the content takes place.

Will keep you posted on this at its release, as per the last few DLC’s the free play extras have come to an end and i reckon the same is said here. Estimating this will top the price range for ME DLC’s, but only time will tell.

The PC received an update for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 a couple of weeks ago. But it left console players of the game in the dark about theirs. Well console player rejoice, the BFBC 2 update for the PS3 and the Xbox 360 will be available next Tuesday, May 11th.

But here’s a nice little surprise for you: Not only will you be getting all the changes that were made on the PC side, but you will also be getting some extras. Here is the list of the extra changes the console will be getting (don’t worry PC people, these will show up on the PC too):

• The AKs74u now has more felt recoil when aiming
• The G3, VSS, and all Semi-Automatic rifles now settle slightly faster between shots when aiming
• The PKM, Type 88LMG, G3, An94, and 40mm shotgun have returned to their former glory
• Increased the damage of the MG3 to bring it in line with the rest of the LMGs
• Fixed a bug where the Saiga12 with slugs would do too much damage at long range
• Fixed a bug where the SVU would do too little damage at long range
• Fixed a bug where M95 rounds would not kill armored targets with headshots
• Slightly increased the damage of the UZI at long range

Put these changes together with the overhead images for tactical planning, and you should be good to go for another 100 hours of fragging fun!!

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thanks to gametrailers.com for sources and information

Found this article on gametrailers.com today and, well take a read for yourself.

Kotaku has received an image of a game store placeholder box for the next game in the Assassin’s Creed series and Ubisoft has confirmed that it is real. Dubbed Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, the game will feature AC II protagonist Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The image reveals many details for the previously unannounced game, including these words from the back of the box:

“Live and breathe as Ezio, now a legendary master assassin, in his struggle against the Templar order. Lead your own brotherhood of Assassins and strike at the heart of the enemy: Rome. And for the first time, take part in an innovative multiplayer layer allowing you to embody an assassin of your choosing and define their killing style.”

That’s right, the new game includes multiplayer, a franchise first. While this may not be an entirely surprising development, considering the movement in the industry toward including multiplayer in games, it should be interesting to see how this is brought in to the Assassins Creed world. AC II was certainly a game whose single player stood quite well on it’s own, but a multiplayer could be very cool (and very vertical) in 15th Century Italy.

Also included on the box is a release date of Fall 2010 and confirmation that the game will be made for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC (hopefully Ubisoft fixes their ridiculous DRM for the PC version). Viva l’assassino!

Personally i’m a bit worried on how they will organise their multiplayer, but having just finished AC2 I in the assassination vibe and this news has got me even more pumped, specially with a release date the the end of this year!! keep you guys posted

thanks to gametrailers.com

Here’s the teaser trailer for the latest COD to hit the market, Black Ops. Predicted to be released on the 9th of November just in time for the holidays.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops – gametrailers.com

As pre the intention of teaser trailers, this really is just to make you want it more, to find out what the hell is going! But still looks good, probably a different avenue then the norm with COD so it’s only a matter of time to see what lies beneath and whether this will be the next step in the COD franchise.

Gametrailers posted that THQ is allowing members of the UFC Undisputed Community to access the game’s demo a week early on both the PlayStation and Xbox.

The demo doesn’t officially release until next week, but by going to this site you can sign up today and THQ will send you a code for the demo access. If you go there now, there is just a message saying they will begin releasing the codes Thursday evening (Pacific Time). So presumably, once they have begun releasing the codes, you will be able to sign up and get access. The site says they will announce the release of the demo key via their Facebook and Twitter pages. So get ready to jump into the octogon, because it’s time to throw down!

UFC Undisputed 2010 will release on May 25th in the US and May 28th in EU for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Gametrailers.com

Not a fan of sporting games, and with no PC i definetly wont be trying this out, for anyone that does play it, give a comment on your thoughts about it!

Dead to Rights: Retribution is the newest game to hit the market this week, and having to compete with some tough competition as a third person shooter.

This game has players take control of the good cop officer Jack Slate with the aid of his K9 companion Shadow, fighting the rise of street gangs with an emerging conspiracy. Bursting out cheesy one liners and forgettable character interaction, there isn’t much for player to hold onto.

Retribution players like a standard 3rd person, with 10 chapters to complete, each containing a stealth in which you take control of Shadow. The rest of the time you play as Jack, taking out enemies with head shots or snapping necks, and constantly ditching and replacing weapons from fallen enemies. The 8-10 hour experience will be alright familiar with the standard issue weapons; assault rifle, shotgun and pistol. And with no additional modes there’s no incentive to go any further.

The combat system allows for a mix of gunplay and hand to hand combat and the all effective take down move. With the melee combat component, the gunplay it’s a little more forgiving than usual, allowing for easy kills with not a lot of stress and some ridiculous headshot whilst bind firing. But beware of your step as no grenade indicators can leave biting the dust. Shadow can also be commanded via the D-pad with basic attack, stay commands, this additions adds for some cool take down plays but won’t revolutionize the game play. Unfortunately with some dazed and an outright kamikaze attempt from some enemies will make for some all too easy kills.

This game won’t win you on presentation, with basic and some outright ugly visuals and music that will be remembers for its annoying nature. Retribution just steps up to the line and it’s a disappointment because of it.

Overall a needed graphical boost like Gears of War 2 and a more engaging and well written story like Mass Effect 2 would have blasted Retribution out of the sewers and into charts. Sadly this will be a game played once and stuffed in the draw; an all too common standard issue game with no stand out features won’t cut it in these days. If you’re looking for another game to play and finish and have the cash, by all means give this a shot, for others; bigger and better games, worth the money will here soon enough.

Video review can be found at gametrailers.com

Disney Interactive Studios announced today that a demo of Split/Second, is available now via Xbox LIVE. The demo allows players to experience the Airport Terminal level in race mode. Players will race through a fictional airport terminal taking out opponents by triggering events, such as bringing down the air traffic control tower and a remotely piloted cargo plane, in a race to the finish line.

The Split/Second demo will be available exclusively on Xbox LIVE until May 11, when it will also become available on PSN.

Thanks to Carnage1994

Two new DLC packs for Just Cause 2 were announced recently. Available April 29th is the Black Market Aerial Pack and on May 25th you can get your hands on the Black Market Boom Pack.

The Black Market Aerial Pack will include:

• F-33 Dragon Fly Jet Fighter: a versatile attack aircraft, equipped with twin missiles and quad-mounted mini-guns
• Multi-lock Missile Launcher: a devastating weapon of destruction featuring laser-guided auto-lock on up to four targets
• Parachute Dual Thrusters: twin parachute-mounted jets which transform Rico’s trademark parachute into one of the most nimble and powerful attack platforms.

The Black Market Boom Pack will contain the following:

• Quad Rocket Launcher: half shotgun, half rocket launcher, all carnage
• Cluster Bomb Launcher: the natural successor to the grenade launcher
• Air Propulsion Gun: a highly experimental jet-powered blast weapon, powerful enough to send vehicles and soldiers skywards.

Both DLC packs will go for $1.99 on the PlayStation Network and 160 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. No word on PC option for these DLC’s, shame.