E3 2010: PlayStation Plus Details, Sony Adamant PSN To Remain Free

PlayStation Plus will become available later this month for $49.99 for a year subscription, or $17.99, for 3 months.

In Europe it will cost £39.99/€49.99 per year or £11.99/€14.99 for 90 day.

Plus subscribers will gain access to exclusive features and content, receiving hundreds of dollars of content (like games, themes, and minis), QORE, priority access to betas, and more.

Sony say its "Access and convenience for just over $3 a month and that the amount of exclusive content coming to PS3 is going to be unmatched".

Sony were adamant that everything you've got now for free remains that way.

E3 2010: GT5 Is Officially Coming To US On November 2nd

SCEA President & CEO Jack Tretton unveiled at E3 that Gran Turismo 5 is officially coming on November 2nd 2010. No news on release dates for Europe or Japan.

E3 2010: Killzone 3 Coming February 2011

The Sony E3 press conference has kicked off with a preview of Killzone 3. The audience popped on their 3D glasses and some jet pack gameplay was shown. Sonys Jeff Rubenstein said that the 3D glasses makes the sense of height real. The game will hit in February 2011 and will support Move.

Visit The Virtual E3 Show Floor In PlayStation Home

A pretty epic advancement, at least by E3 standards, has come to PlayStation Home. Looks like those who couldn’t attend E3 won’t be left out afterall!


Later this afternoon PlayStation Home users will have the ability to visit the E3 show floor, booths and all, right in PlayStation Home. These areas will include exclusive rewards and game, so be sure to check it out!

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E3 2010: Killzone 3 Trailer

Sony Issue E3 Conference Warning

Sonys very own fictional VP Kevin Butler has tweeted the following warning ahead of their E3 conference:


"don't wear flip flops to E3. SCEA will be dropping so much knowledge there, it may crush your toes".


Will Sony really blow our minds? Or will we be left underwhelmed?

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PlayStation Store Updates: E3 Week

As its E3 week, the PlayStation Store will be publishing daily starting today through Thursday, 6/17. Today you'll be able to get your hand on the 'NCAA Football 11' PS3 Demo from Electronic Arts (find it in the dedicated E3 2010 category under New Releases).

From US Playstation Blog:

As per usual, we will have regular PSN Tuesday publish – including Final Fantasy IX – look out for Grace’s post tomorrow.

On Wednesday and Thursday we’ll be loading the Store up with the latest and videos and content straight from the show floor. Here’s a small preview of what we’ll be offering up on those days:

* Sony E3 Press Conference Videos
* Pulse Part 1 & 2
* E3 Sony booth ‘Sizzle’ Videos
* DC Universe Online Trailer
* Gran Turismo 5 Trailers
* PlayStation Move Game Trailers
* Hot Shots Tennis Get a Grip Demo
* God of War Ghost of Sparta Trailer
* Call of Duty Black Ops Trailer
* Mafia II Trailer
* Transformers: War For Cybertron Trailers
* Fallout: New Vegas Trailer
* Crysis 2: ‘The Pinger’ Trailer
* Dead Space 2 Trailer

E3 2010: Medal Of Honor Trailer

E3 2010: Bodycount Trailer

E3 2010: Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Debut Trailer

E3 2010: EA SPORTS MMA Trailer

E3 2010: Assassins Creed: Brotherhood Trailer

E3 2010: Enslaved Trailer

E3 2010: Driver Francisco Trailer

E3 2010: Kung-Fu Live Trailer

Stephen Fry Confirmed To Be Doing Voice Work For LittleBigPlanet 2

Through Twitter, Stephen Fry has confirmed that he is involved with LittleBigPlanet 2, voicing the narrator in the tutorials and the rest of the game.

He also seems to recognize that the second game in the series is looking to surpass the first one:

"Had very larky time doing narration and tutorials and whatnot for Little Big Planet 2, which looks even more spankingly lovely than 1"

Playstation MOVE Delivers A Lot More Precision Than Kinect Claims BBC

Rory-Cellan Jones of the BBC was recently lucky enough to go hands-on with the latest build of Move as well as Kinect. Inevitably he has drawn comparisons between the two and interestingly he claims that Move delivers a 'lot more precision' than Kinect but it is less physical.


Jones tested out a table tennis game with the Move and exclaimed it mimics the real thing much more closely than anything he's ever seen before.

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Domino's Pizza Snaps Up In Game Ads Space On PS3

Pizza chain Domino's has made the brave step into the world of in-game advertising with the PS3 platform.


Apparently they will start serving pizza ads to PS3 users playing certain titles such as PES 2010, NBA 2k10 and Superstar racing.

Sony Investigating Factory Suicides

Chinese manufacturing giant Foxconn has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, a spate of suicides at its Shenzhen complex attracting worldwide media attention. It's also attracted the attention of Sony, for whom Foxconn manufacture consoles.

Like Nintendo, Sony has launched its own instigation into work practices at Foxconn's factories, issuing a statement which reads "In response to recent reports, Sony has begun taking steps to re-evaluate the working environment at Foxconn".

The Japanese company joins not only Nintendo but also Nokia, Apple, Dell and HP in probing Foxconn, whose time in the spotlight is serving as an untimely reminder to Western consumers that the electronic devices we demand at affordable prices often come with a human cost.

Foxconn stands accused of operating a "militarised" operation, with workers forced to stand, are banned from speaking and detained in factory dormitories.

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