Able Planet’s original intentions were to help those with hearing loss, but they have now decided to enter the mainstream headset world with their sound-enhancing technology. Thus was born the PS500MM headset, designed with PC gaming in mind. The question now is: Is it worth the price?

I replaced my Logitech headset with the Able Planet headset for a good month’s worth of daily use. I have to admit that the sound quality was noticeably ..read the full article

Brütal Legend’s Tears of the Hextadon DLC Launches for Free on PSN! — The Brutal Legend Tears of the Hextadon downloadable content pack is free for two weeks exclusively on PSN!! God of War Collection Ships November 17th, Plan Your Trophy Hunt Now! — Trophies and HD added to two absolutely amazing games, now dated: It’s November 17! Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Out Today + Insomniac Community Day Recap — Insomniac Games Community Day was amazing. Thanks ..read the full article

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

Lots of first party news this week, as we end on a high with some Uncharted 2 and God of War III news. The first Brutal Legend DLC was also announced to be free for two weeks — only on PS3. There’s a lot more to check out in the list below.

This Week On The SingStore (29th October 2009) — The latest songs added to the SingStar SingStore. Motorstorm Arctic ..read the full article

Return of the Halloween Head! Its that time of year again…time to get FREE seasonal Sackboy costumes on the PlayStation Store. This week its the Pumpkin Head Halloween Mask! But you better move fast, this costume is only available a during 1 week out of the year.

“Whats New” in LittleBigPlanet PSP SCEE Cambridge has been hard at work developing a completely new adventure for Sackboy. We’ve asked them to give us some insight on ..read the full article

KDND-FM, a Sacramento based radio station, held a contest in 2007 that asked willing contestants to drink large amounts of water all while trying to hold back their urge to urinate. Sounds like a blast! What’s the reward for this bladder based torture you ask? A fucking Nintendo Wii!

Jennifer Strange, a mother of three, decided she would take part in this madness for a chance to win the console for her children. The end result for her was second place ..read the full article

The Gran Turismo Awards are back for a 7th year, ready to crown a new performance vehicle with the honor of getting digitally recreated in the Gran Turismo franchise. The awards event will be held at Rain nightclub at the Palms hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday evening, November 4th at 9:00 pm. In addition to the awards ceremony, top music acts The Offspring and DJ Z-Trip will each play a set to help celebrate the evening.

The Gran Turismo ..read the full article

Morgan Webb joins the ranks of the raiding elite. The beautiful X-Play co-host sits down with several key members of the Blizzard staff to talk about their hugely successful MMO World of Warcraft as it approaches the five year anniversary benchmark. The video below is part of a series of segments you can view over at G4TV.com/wowretrospective.

Need for Speed: Shift is somewhat of a return to form for the NFS series. Unlike the last few games that had you open-world cruising the city while running from cops in your nitrous-infused, mostly illegal street racer, Shift is all about real racing on actual tracks and stuff. You know, the kind of racing that doesn’t involve any slutty girlfriends.

The racing itself is fantastic, and it’s not brought down by the stupid storylines of the ..read the full article

The next time you start up UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves you will be required to download an update to the game (Japan and Asia regions — your update will be available next week).

Here’s the list of (most of) the changes we made. Some changes have been withheld to protect the innocent.

Addressed respawn points when the artifact goes out of bounds in the Plunder gametype Dynamically adjust the win condition for fewer players during the course of a match Added features to deter ..read the full article

Hi guys!

It’s Natalia from Boolat Games and I have great news for all gamers of European PlayStation Store. Maybe you’ve noticed that our 3D platformer for PlayStation 3/PSN “topatoi: The Great Tree Story” gets released at US PlayStation Store for $9.99. That’s why starting this week, from October 29th, Topatoi is available for 7.99 Euros! The price is reduced accordingly for all countries and Asian Store as well. It is a permanent price reduction, not just “weekend sale” ..read the full article

Hi everyone

I’m Thach Quach, European Software Product Manager for God of War III.

I hope you guys are all excited about what you’ve seen or read about this highly-anticipated PlayStation 3 exclusive. If not, you should, it’s going to be an epic, pulse-pounding and brutal adventure .

For those of you who haven’t had the chance to play the God of War III demo which was on the show floor at E3, Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show and other SCEE ..read the full article

SCEA and Santa Monica Studios are thrilled to announce the first Ultimate Edition for God of War. Earlier this year, we polled a number of fans on what would make an awesome collector’s edition for God of War. Well, we took your advice and created something epic and filled it with premium collectible and exclusive digital content.

The Ultimate Edition will feature the following:

Exclusive Collectibles • High-End Sculpted Replica of Pandora’s Box • Limited-Edition God of War Art Book featuring exclusive ..read the full article

Hi Everyone,

Here’s the list of top downloads and new arrivals on the Video Store this week.

We have a few new releases to note: Orphan, The Proposal, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and Battlestar Galactica: The Plan. Plus, yesterday on the game store we released our first ever TV-related dynamic theme for one of our most popular shows — South Park! Check it all out this weekend.

Finally, if you need some scary movies to get you amped ..read the full article

I hate most commercials, but I don’t hate this one, because it’s actually pretty good. I may think that just because it’s Modern Warfare 2, or it may be because it’s actually funny. Not crap-your-pants funny, but chuckle worthy, which is more than I can say about most commercials.

Hi everyone,

I’m Olivier, I work for Nobilis as the product manager of Trine and I’m thrilled to tell you that the demo of Trine is now available on the European PlayStation Store!

Trine is a fantasy action / platform game that combines 2D gameplay with 3D graphics. The game is balanced between action and puzzle solving sequences which uses physics extensively. Three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from ..read the full article

Hi Everyone – It’s time for the weekly PlayStation Store Update.

PSP Game Sale

Super Stardust Portable, echochrome, Myst, Brain Challenge, and Unbound Saga are 50% off through November 4th. Manhunt 2’s price has been reduced to $19.99.

Downloadable Games

Inferno Pool ($9.99) Inferno Pool is a revolutionary, simultaneous multi-player Pool action game, where every ball you pot is dropped onto your opponents table. Battle against your friends locally or compete against the world online. Learn punishing skill shots to unleash Inferno Mode and humiliate ..read the full article

I just got back from my local Best Buy and found out that the store is having a video game deal that can save all of us some cash. If you buy any two Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or Nintendo Wii games (at full price) you get the third game absolutely free (Dane Cook disciples know this is the best kind of free).

So just to recap. Three PS3 games for the price of two. Three 360 games for the ..read the full article

I don’t know about you but I was dancing in my seat the entire time I watched this video. Screw Paco, the virtual club dance floor is where it’s at!

Seriously though, this gameplay video proves three things: persistence pays, sex sells, and the team at Quantic Dreams has created a gorgeous PlayStation 3 exclusive.