Sony Announce Playstation Plus, A new Premium Subscription Service That Costs £39.99 A Year

Sony Announce Playstation Plus during their E3 Conference. Playstation Plus is a subscription service that gives you many benefits. an example of these benefits is Full Game Trial. this enables you to download PSN and Retail game demos that last for around a hour. any progress/trophies obtained from them are saved and bought over into the retail games. there will also be many sales that will be exclusive to Playstation Plus.

Another benefit is the selection of PSN games you can download each month. there will be a choice between 2 minis and a PS One classic. you will also get premium avatars and dynamic themes, some of which will be exclusive to Playstation Plus. early access to demos and beta trials will also be available. another benefit is you will be able to set your playstation to download patches to games or download demoes. set a time for the playstation to turn on, it will and do everything for you.

Playstation Plus is coming out on 29th June and it will cost €14.99 / £11.99 for 90 days and €49.99 / £39.99 for a whole year. if you end your subscription to Playstation Plus, it does appear that you'll loose access to the Full Game Trials and downloadable PSN games.



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Sega Have Released A New Trailer And Screenshots For Phantasy Star Portable 2

Sega have released a new trailer and screenshots for Phantasy Star Portable 2 on the PSP. the trailer is CGi and shows a brief history of the previous game, the different characters you can play, and the weapons you can use. the screenshots are in-game and show in-game battles with a couple of different enemies. there is also a few screenshots that are from in-game movies.



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Sega Have Released Screenshots For The Wii And DS Versions Of Sonic Colours And A E3 Trailer

Sega have released new screenshots for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS versions of Sonic Colours, as well as a new E3 game trailer. the E3 trailer is an expanded trailer from the teaser Sega released earlier. the screenshots on the Wii and DS are in-game and the DS Screenshots show that the game is played side on, whilst the Wii Screenshots show the game moves from a 3d look to a side scrolling one.



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EA Have Released The Hope Trailer For Star Wars: The Old Republic

At E3, EA showed a new trailer for Star Wars: The Old republic called Hope, this CGi Trailer showed republic troops taking on a large sith army. when the end is near, a single Jedi appears to help them. it is a very cool trailer, very star wars, and just as epic as the first Trailer EA Released For Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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Codemasters Have Released A New International Cricket 2010 Trailer

Codemasters have released a new trailer for International Cricket 2010. this trailer focuses on the commentary from David Lloyd. in-game action is shown, mostly from England and Australia, and David Lloyd commentates on it.