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Dec 24 2012 Pierre Gravereau's Avatar

Holiday Essentials: Week 2 of Awesome Deals on Essential Games

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Holiday Essentials

I hope you enjoyed your first week of deals on PS3 and PS Vita games for our Holiday Essentials Sale. As I mentioned in our previous post, we’re bringing you some of the best PlayStation games at great prices to help you stock up for the holidays.

This week we’re providing you with 16 awesome action/adventure games along with other essential PlayStation titles. For great prices you can take part in Starhawk‘s frenetic space combat and multiplayer battles, relive two of Kojima’s most acclaimed titles in the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, or bend your mind with the award-winning Journey. In addition, PlayStation Plus delivers an extra special deal this week – we’re offering members Retro City Rampage for absolutely nothing. Moreover, Retro City Rampage features Cross-Buy, which means that when you purchase either the PS Vita or PS3 version, you get the other version at no additional cost!

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Dec 17 2012 Pierre Gravereau's Avatar

Holiday Essentials: Huge Discounts on 40+ Must-Have Games

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Holiday Essentials

We’re gearing up for the holiday season and in the spirit of giving, we here at PlayStation are giving you some great discounts on more than 40 titles over the next three weeks. Each week will highlight some of the best PS3, PS Vita and PSN games available in the PlayStation Store. From the trippy music/racing hybrid of Dyad, PS Vita side-scrolling puzzler Escape Plan, sure-to-become-classics like LittleBigPlanet 2 and Rayman Origins plus plenty more, we’ve got you covered. Starting today, you can save 30%—or up to 50% for PlayStation Plus members—on the hot games below that are sure to keep you entertained long into the new year. If the lineup below isn’t enough, we’ll be refreshing this list with a whole new batch next week (12/24) and the following week (12/31), so stay tuned.

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Nov 20 2012 Pierre Gravereau's Avatar

New PS3 Ultimate Editions: 9 Full Games + Add-Ons Bundled at Insane Prices

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It’s almost time for Thanksgiving, and we here at PlayStation thought it would be the perfect time to give back to our community with a great new sale!

We’re bringing nine more Ultimate Editions of awesome PS3 Full Games and all their Add-Ons to PSN this week, with discounts for all and even more savings for PlayStation Plus members.

As we outlined in our last post, Ultimate Editions are the definitive versions of some of the best PS3 titles, bundled with all their add-on content. We’re taking the combined price of the game plus DLC and knocking it down for the PlayStation Nation. Take a look at the nine new Ultimate Edition titles you can find on the PlayStation Store starting tomorrow.

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Oct 01 2012 Pierre Gravereau's Avatar

Big Savings: Buy $100 on PSN in October, Get $20 PSN Credit

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It’s officially October, and we have a great new promotion for you to get the most out of your PlayStation gaming experience this month. If you spend $100 or more on the PlayStation Store in October, we’ll give you a $20 credit to your wallet to spend in November! This is a store-wide promotion, so anything you purchase using your wallet will count towards the $100 total. One caveat: the credit back is limited to the first $100 you spend.

With great new programs like PSN Day 1 Digital, offering day-and-date digital PS3 games on the same day they hit retail, there are plenty of ways to participate in the “Buy $100, Get $20” promotion. As a reminder, PlayStation Plus members receive an additional 10% discount on a number of titles in the line-up when they pre-order. Additionally, if you’ve already pre-ordered one of the awesome titles in the PSN Day 1 Digital program, the money you’ve spent on those will count toward your $100 for October. Not bad, eh?

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Sep 25 2012 Pierre Gravereau's Avatar

PSN Day 1 Digital: Get These 8 PS3 Games Digitally On Release Day

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Day 1 Digital

The month of October is an exciting one for PS3 gamers, with a plethora of AAA titles hitting store shelves over the next four weeks. I’m excited to announce today that eight of the hottest upcoming titles will be available on PlayStation Network the same day they hit retailers through a new program called PSN Day 1 Digital!

To celebrate the launch of this new program, we’re giving you access to participate in “digital game launches,” so you can get your hands on great games releasing in October, without having to leave home. We’re also giving you the chance to pre-order select games ahead of their release date and offering 10% discounts on a number of titles for PlayStation Plus members.

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Jul 24 2012 Pierre Gravereau's Avatar

PSN PLAY: Pre-order The Expendables 2 Starting Today

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PSN PLAY is just starting to heat up, and starting today, you can pre-order the first game in this year’s line-up. The Expendables 2 is the first title available for PSN PLAY, and it’s launching first exclusively on PS3!

The Expendables 2 is a co-op arcade-style shoot ‘em up, and takes place just before the events of the upcoming movie of the same name. Up to four players can join up to take part in an action-packed rescue mission spanning a number of exotic locales. If you missed the announcement trailer, be sure to check it out below.

The Expendables 2 hits PSN on July 31 for $14.99, and PlayStation Plus members can nab the game for $11.99 (20% off) during launch week. Pre-order the game now for a free theme based on The Expendables 2.

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Jul 10 2012 Pierre Gravereau's Avatar

PSN PLAY Returns This Month with Four Great Games For the Summer

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We’re very happy to announce the return of PlayStation PLAY, our annual summer program showcasing a diverse lineup of great PSN games and special offers. PSN PLAY begins July 24 on PSN when the first game in the lineup becomes available for pre-order, and we have all the info on this summer’s offering.

You may remember my announcement last summer that PLAY would become an annual program. Guess what? It has returned and we do have a stellar line-up of titles for you this year. We’re again offering 20% off each title for PlayStation Plus members for a limited time, and as a bonus this year, we’re giving you cash vouchers to redeemed on PSN for purchasing any two or more of the awesome PSN PLAY titles. Check out what you could get after buying PSN PLAY games:

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Mar 06 2012 Pierre Gravereau's Avatar

2012 PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards – And The Winners Are…

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Drumroll, please…

We’ve tallied up the votes, slipped into our tuxedos, polished up the trophies and are now ready to reveal the winners of the second annual PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards. Votes were cast this year across 10 categories in the PlayStation Store, including the community award for Best PSN Indie, which was voted online by the community.

First off, we’d like to thank all of the nominees for being a part of this year’s PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards. All of the games that we showcased were some of the highest and most user-ranked games released in 2011, which is an honor in and of itself. Second and most importantly, we want to thank all of you for casting your votes both online and in the PlayStation Store to determine our winners.

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