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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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Here is a trophy list for those of you who are getting Bioshock 2. 2K released the list and I am always curious how you earn acheivments in games. The list also features both single-player and multi-player trophies. BioShock 2 will be available February 9, 2010.

Bought a Slot – Bought one Plasmid or Tonic Slot at a Gatherer’s Garden. Bronze

Max Plasmid Slots – Fully upgraded to the maximum number of Plasmid Slots. Bronze

Upgraded a Weapon – Upgraded a weapon at a Power to the People Station. Bronze

Fully Upgraded a Weapon – Installed the third upgrade to a weapon. Bronze

All Weapon Upgrades – Found every Power to the People weapon upgrade in the game. Bronze

Prolific Hacker – Hacked one of each kind of machine. Bronze

Master Hacker – Hacked 30 machines at a distances with the Hack Tool. Bronze

First Research – Researched a Splicer with the Research Camera. Bronze

One Reserach Track – Maxed out one Research Track. Bronze

Research Master – Completed all research on every subject in Rapture. Bronze

Grand Daddy – Defeated 3 Big Daddies without dying during the fight. Silver

Master Gatherer – Gathered 600 ADAM with Little Sisters. Silver

Fully Upgraded a Plasmid – Fully upgraded one Plasmid to the Level 3 version. Bronze

All Plasmids – Found or purchased all 11 basic Plasmid types. Bronze

Trap Master – Killed 30 enemies using only Traps. Bronze

Master Protector – Got through a Gather with no damage and no one getting to the Little Sister. Bronze

Big Spender – Spent 2000 dollars at Vending Machines. Bronze

Dealt with Every Little Sister – Dealt with every Little Sister. Silver

Big Brass Balls – Finished the game without using Vita-Chambers. Silver

Rapture Historian – Found 100 audio diaries. Silver

Welcome to Rapture – Completed your first non-private match. Bronze

Unnatural Selection – Scored your first kill in a non-private match. Bronze

Disgusting Frankenstein – Become a Big Daddy for the first time in a non-private match. Bronze

“Mr. Bubbles– No!” – Took down your first Big Daddy in a non-private match. Bronze

Against All Odds – Finished the game on the hardest difficulty level. Bronze

Two-Bit Heroics – Completed your first trial in a non-private match. Bronze

Mother Goose – Saved your first Little Sister in a non-private match. Bronze

Parasite – Achieved Rank 10. Bronze

Little Moth – Achieved Rank 20. Bronze

Skin Job – Achieved Rank 30. Bronze

Choose the Impossible – Achieved Rank 40. Gold

Proving Grounds – Won your first non-private match. Silver

Man About Town – Played at least one non-private match on each multiplayer map. Bronze

17 Secret Trophies

Platinum – Unlocked all trophies. Platinum

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As of March 2010, one of the biggest Japanese action games is coming to the U.S. Due to the hardcore fan base this game holds, Sega has finally decided to extend the trilogy to the West.  All the menus have reported to of been changed to English but the voice acting will remain and subtitles added.

Anyone looking forward to this game?

Tags: japan, japanese, north america, PS3, scea, Sony, sony gaming, Yakuza, Yakuza 3

LittleBigPlanet will be getting Disney DLC. According to NowGamer, some Pirates of the Caribbean downloadable content for the ‘Play. Create. Share.’ title is currently being developed by Media Molecule.

There is no release date for the DLC yet, but you will get trophies.

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Developers are lining up around the block to take a crack at the new control methods including Ubisoft. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said in an earnings call :

the company would have, barring possible changes in timing, 10 games available for Natal within the first six months of its release. He also said that they’d have 4-5 games for Sony’s motion controller.

I’m excited for Natal and intrigued to see how it’s going to play out with gaming. With the right price and proper use for games, I would buy it.

Tags: Microsoft, Natal, PS3, Sony, Sony Motion Controller, Sony Wand, Ubisoft, Xbox 360, Yves Guillemot