The first week of February isn’t much to brag about with only a few titles coming out and no new 360 titles in sight. Star Trek Online has to be the biggest new release this week along with Global Agenda on Steam and Level-5’s long awaited PS3 action-RPG, White Knight Chronicles, which debuted over a year ago in Japan. Only one Wii game out this week with Family Party: 30 Great Games: Winter Fun (ugh) and Puzzle Chronicles hits both ..read the full article

The PSB.Europe weekly reading list (week commencing the 25th of January)

A short, eclectic mix of links for you today, but expect a bunch of MAG reviews next week. The ones we’ve seen so far are looking very positive, and I’m hearing plenty of reports of people becoming addicted. Hopefully not so much so that prevents them from stopping long enough to try any of the other great games coming out in upcoming weeks, though!

As usual, let us know what your ..read the full article

Pre-Order MLB 10: The Show and Get Free Classic Stadiums — MLB fans, if you pre-order MLB 10: The Show now on PS3, you get classics stadiums like Shibe Park, Forbes Field, the Polo Grounds and more. Plus, we’ve got more MLB 10 posts coming next week. Coming to PSN this Week: Hustle Kings — The most realistic billiards game is now available on PSN. Who snagged it? Drop your thoughts here. MAG Beta vs. Final Game — Wondering what the ..read the full article

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

Are you taking part in the Heavy Rain Four Days experience? We’re a week into it now, but that’s okay — it’s been designed so that you can jump in whenever. Besides, there are still two weeks left to go, so there’s plenty more to experience. Check out the Facebook Fan page to check out the latest news.

Other than that we’ve had quite a busy week, with new info on all our major upcoming PS3 titles: God ..read the full article

The combination of EA Games and BioWare has Mass Effect 2 reaching two million sales worldwide since its release this past Tuesday. EA wasted no time declaring the sequel the first “blockbuster of 2010″ in a press release that hit our box not long ago. BioWare co-founder, Ray Muzyka, stated the following:

“Mass Effect 2 is poised to be one of the biggest games of 2010 … We could not be more proud of the game’s universal ..read the full article

Tons of new info on this post, so we’ll try to keep it short:

Sackboy for Haiti

In an effort to contribute to Haiti relief, we’ve teamed up with our friends over at IGN.com and we’re auctioning off set of a Sackboy hands. These are the same hands used in our latest LBP PSP launch trailer.

LittleBigPlanet (PSP) Updates

We know tons of you were waiting for this, so we’re pleased to update all our LBP (PSP) creators with some new DLC.

Update (FREE ..read the full article

Well!

This month in our LittleBigPlanet Contraption Challenge – we asked you to build us a “Gap-Crossing Vehicle”! You, the Official PlayStation Community responded admirably, hurtling off to your local ‘My Moon’ to create your contraptions.

A couple of weeks back, we introduced you to the five finalists. We then asked you to vote for your favourite Gap-Crossing Vehicle in our poll over at the Official PlayStation Community forums.

The votes are in, our monkeys have counted them and I have the ..read the full article

Hi all, my name is Evan Brody, the Marketing Manager for Slurpee and Big Gulp Brands. Basically I’m the guy who gets to work with cool properties like God of War III to create promotions for Slurpee drinks. For those of you who can’t get enough of Kratos before the March release (let’s face it, that’s most of us), I’ve got some exciting news to share! For the past few months we’ve been busy working with our good friends at ..read the full article

As you may have witnessed our MAG256 review event last week was a resounding success. If you were among the one hundred and twenty eight players who fought so valiantly against each other — and the developers in the US — then I wanted to personally thank you all very much for coming. We hope you had a great time and look forward to hearing all your thoughts of the experience in the comments below.

For those of you who ..read the full article

Hi Everyone,

As we approach the last weekend in January, we have some great new titles on the Video Store. Enjoy movies like Surrogates, Saw VI, and Michael Jackson’s This is It, or a FREE Episode of Naoki Urasawa’s Monster (available through 2/9). If you’re in the concert-going mood, but don’t feel like leaving your couch, you can also check out our Sony Digital Concert Series featured collection to see live concerts in full-HD and 5.1 digital surround sound (on your ..read the full article

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

Updates

Bloons minis Permanent Price Drop (now $2.99, original price $3.99)

Brain Pipe minis Permanent Price Drop (now $2.99, original price $4.99)

Downloadable Games

Hustle Kings ($9.99) Rack ‘em up and hustle your way to the top of the leaderboards with Hustle Kings, the newest and first-ever billiards simulator made exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Set in contemporary and stylish pool bars, Hustle Kings allows players of every skill level to immerse themselves in one ..read the full article

We’re only a month away from the European release of White Knight Chronicles and wanted to provide all of you with some updates on some of the great stuff we’ve got coming out in the next month to celebrate the pending game launch!

As many of you saw in the one-on-one with Tsubasa Inaba, White Knight Chronicles International Edition will be supporting Trophy and Home integration. As you play, through White Knight Chronicles, you’ll unlock certain trophies that will grant ..read the full article

It’s official! Heavy Rain has now gone gold in North America and is off to manufacturing. This PlayStation 3 exclusive, psychological thriller will be available at retail on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 (mark it on your calendar). Don’t forget to pre-order your copy now so you will receive the first chapter of Heavy Rain Chronicles (upcoming downloadable-only episodes for Heavy Rain) at no cost, and you’ll be able to download the first chapter once you’ve picked up your copy of ..read the full article

Capcom today announced its plans to release the Mega Man Zero Collection for the Nintendo DS. Previously a Japanese-only bundle, the collection will contain all four games in the Mega Man X spinoff series Mega Man Zero, which stars Zero instead of Mega Man.

Originally released for the Game Boy Advance between 2002 and 2005, the new Mega Man Zero Collection will contain all new modes, although we don’t know what they are yet. The collection will be available in North ..read the full article

We’re less than a week from the US release of White Knight Chronicles International Edition on February 2 and wanted to provide all of you with some updates on some of the great stuff we’ve got coming out in the next month to celebrate the game launch!

First off, we’re happy to announce that we’ll be releasing the first of several White Knight Chronicles Dynamic Themes next Thursday, February 4, on the PlayStation Store.

As many of you saw in our ..read the full article

Hi everyone,

You may have read that the God of War III U.S. release date has been confirmed today as the 16th March 2010. Whilst I can’t confirm the exact date for PAL, I wanted to let you know say that we are aiming to release God of War III across PAL regions during the same week. I will confirm this as soon as I can so watch this space, the wait will be over soon!

Some more news for you … ..read the full article

God of War Fans –

There have been a lot of people asking about when God of War III is going to hit store shelves. Well, today I have some good news to share for those of you eagerly awaiting this highly anticipated PS3 exclusive. Kratos fans can get their hands on God of War III beginning Tuesday, March 16! You can pick up the God of War III Ultimate Edition on the very same day, which includes premium collectibles and ..read the full article

Hi everyone. My name’s Liam and I am the European Product Manager for ModNation Racers! So it’s been a busy week for me on ModNation. After only 7 hours of the Beta being live in the PSN store the 100,000 slots where filled. Those lucky enough to get involved have been enjoying yourselves creating some awesome creations.

We’ve seen plenty of awesome Mods (including some familiar faces) and an array of mixed up kooky Karts and the most twisted tracks!

..read the full article