Rising Star Games Announce Deadly Premonition Comes: Directors Cut To UK PS3's On 26th April

Rising Star Games have announced they are bringing the PS3 game Deadly Premonition: Directors Cut to the UK on 26th April at retail and on the PlayStation Network. online retailers like Amazon.co.uk have a pre-order price of £29.99, the game will come with a free 30 day trial member ship to PlayStation Plus and Rising Star are working on additional pre-order bonuses for those who buy Deadly Premonition: Directors Cut at retail or from the PSN.

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EA Announce John Riccitiello Has Handed In His Resignation With His Final Day Being The 30th March

EA CEO John Riccitiello has handed in his resignation. the letter by Larry Probst, EA Executive Chairman has cited the reason for John Riccitiello leaving is due to EA's poor financial performance. John Riccitiello's last day at EA will be on 30th March, he has been CEO at EA since 2007.

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EA And Maxis Announce Free Download For SimCity Owners Due To Launch Issues, Reveal 1.1M Sales

EA And Maxis have announced SimCity has sold over 1.1 Million in its first 2 weeks on sale, of which around 54% were digital downloads. EA estimate it's Origin service had 44% of those 54% digital sales.

In just two weeks:

• SimCity players have logged more than 15 million hours of online gameplay.
• More than 5.7 million original cities have been created since launch.
• More than 780 million buildings have been built.
• SimCity mayors to date have built enough road and railroad tracks to circle the globe more than 40,000 times.

Due to demand for the game, Maxis have increased server capacity by more than 400% and increased the server optimizations by 40. However though, because of the difficulties the game has had over this launch period with features being removed and people being unable to play the game, EA and Maxis have announced that every player who has activated their copy of SimCity will receive an Email with directions to redeem a free game.

This free game period requires those with a copy of the game to register it before the end of 26th March, and the free game to be claimed by early 31st March. the free game will be available from EA's Origin Service and your choice of free game is out of the following:

Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)

Bejeweled 3

Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)

Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)

Medal of Honor Warfighter (Standard Edition)

Need For Speed Most Wanted (Standard Edition)

Plants vs. Zombies

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

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Frima Studio Announce Nun Attack Comes To PS Vita From 19th March

Frima Studio have announced they are bringing Nun Attack to PS Vita. Nun Attack was already a mobile game from Frima and now they are enhancing the game for it's PS Vita release. the game is set to come out first on the USA PSN for $2.99 on 19th March with the EU getting the game on the 3rd April. the game will not feature microtransactions, whereas the mobile version of the game does.

Nun Attack is a tactical action game that lets you use touch screen controls to direct your Nun squad as you fight your way through various types of evil. the game features new redesigned levels and upgraded graphics as well as:

• Challenging tactical action and reflexive gameplay
• Rebalanced leveling and weaponry for PS Vita play
• Improved graphics for PS Vita
• 40 missions to conquer in multiple stunning environments
• Four nuns, each with a unique personality and special power
• A full shop with over 80 guns to equip with various effects (stun, slow, DOT, AoE, Knockback, Fear, Charm)
• Seven miracles to cast

• Full PS Vita game, not a PlayStation Mobile title

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Source: USA And EU PlayStation Blog

Square Enix Have Released New Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Screenshots For The Dead Dunes

Square Enix have released new screenshots for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. these screenshots are from an area called The Dead Dunes. the screenshots show Lightning is looking for treasure in the Dunes and to get through them you can slide down. the screenshots also show 2 of her special abilities, Lightspeed which slows down enemies and recovery spells. to use such abilities you need Energy Points.

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FuturLab Have Released A New Features Trailer For Velocity Ultra On The PS Vita.

FuturLab have announced they will be attending this years GDC where they will be showcasing their upcoming PS Vita game Velocity Ultra. FuturLab have also released a new trailer for Velocity Ultra where they use in-game action to show it's many features including a Platinum Trophy and touchscreen controls.

Sony Announce They Are Bringing Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two To The PS Vita

Sony have announced they are bringing Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two to the PlayStation Vita. Sony are doing the porting as the company that originally developed the title, Junction Point, no longer exist. this will be a port of the PlayStation 3 version of the game with some additional features. these extras include touch screen support and local 2 player co-op via wifi, the latter being exclusive to the Vita. Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is set to come out this year.

Source: EU PlayStation Blog