Fellow PS3 gamers in Europe will finally be getting rumble in their PLAYSTATION 3 controllers. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that the rumble enabled PLAYSTATION 3 controller, the DUALSHOCK 3, will be released in Europe on July 2, 2008.
David Reeves, President and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, said "We are delighted to confirm that DUALSHOCK 3 will be released in SCEE territories in early July. We hope this will add to the intense gaming experience for our fans, as we continue to evolve PS3, its software and its peripherals.”
Read the full announcement from SCEE
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has announced the kick-off of the PlayStation and Nissan Gran Turismo 5 Prologue competition with the launch of the GT Academy website. The competition is open to the UK & Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Germany & Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. It spans eight months and will allow the two best drivers to race the Nissan GT-R in the real world. If you are in any of those regions (US GT fans are out of luck on this one), sign-up for the contest by registering your PLAYSTATION Network sign in ID (PSN ID) on www.gtacademy.eu.
Here are the competition details from SCEE:
Stage One: www.gtacademy.eu – 2nd June 2008 for seven weeks:
The first phase of GT Academy will take place online with a giant Gran Turismo 5 Prologue tournament on PLAYSTATION®Network. The competition will run for seven weeks and to enter, players must register their PLAYSTATION Network sign in ID on www.gtacademy.eu. The next time they play GT5 Prologue online they will be able to race in the GT Academy Time Trial where they will compete to be the fastest around the Eiger Nordwand track in a Nissan Fairlady 350Z.
Stage Two: National Final – July 2008:
The fastest 20 drivers in each country will be invited to a national final to compete head to head on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. The three fastest drivers from the final will win a seat at the…
Stage Three: GT Academy at Silverstone – 25 August 2008:
The virtual gives way to tarmac as the fastest three drivers from each country travel to Silverstone, the home of British motor racing, to take part in the GT Academy – a real-life driving competition on the track itself. Competitors will not only have to prove their driving skills in a Nissan GT-R but will also be tested for their mental and physical skills in a series of tests.
The two fastest drivers from Silverstone then have the chance to enter a four month training programme to earn their racing licenses and take part in a real life race in a fully race prepared Nissan 350Z at the 24 Hour endurance event in Dubai in January 2009.
From SCEE
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has announced a redesign, and two week outage, of the European PLAYSTATION Store.
From SCEE: “The revamp comes in response to a survey last year which showed that many PLAYSTATION Store users wanted a better interface and easier navigation. The new design will deliver a hugely improved navigation system, much greater scope for categorisation and a dynamic new user interface.
Content will be suspended for two weeks while the improvements are carried out but users can look forward to a special update in mid-April.”
No word from Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) if the US PLAYSTATION 3′s PLAYSTATION Store will get a similar update.
UPDATE:
The redesign will be coming to the US PLAYSTATION Store as well. The Playstation Blog has info on it here. From the PlayStation Blog:
“Customers will be able to access, browse, shop and download content as usual prior to the store’s re-opening. However, no additional downloadable content will be posted prior to then, including this Thursday, April 3rd, and next Thursday, April 10th. Regularly scheduled content updates will resume with the Store’s re-opening, at which time additional games and game-related items will be added, including the downloadable version of the highly-anticipated exclusive PS3 title Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.”
See screenshots of the upcoming redesign helow.
From SCEE
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Two new Playstation 3 40GB bundles will be coming to the European region in March 2008. Neither is the recently announced 80GB Metal Gear Solid 4 Playstation 3 bundle announced for the US region.
The Playstation 3 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue bundle includes a Playstation 3 40GB model, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue game, and SIXAXIS controller. The GT5 bundle will sell for about €399 (euros) and be available in March 28, 2008.
The Playstation 3 Movie Pack bundle, confirmed for France only, will include a Playstation 3 40GB model, SIXAXIS controller and blu-ray movies of 300, Casino Royale and Spider-Man 3. The Movie Pack bundle will be retail for ¥399 and be available in March 19, 2008.
Neither of these two PS3 40GB bundles have been announced for the US region.
See images of both bundles below.
From Gamasutra
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