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Playstation Store Getting Revamped
By Eli Green
Apr 1, 2008 - 11:00:00 PM
Playstation
Store Revamp
Sony
Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced this week that its
online multimedia shopping service, the Playstation Store, will be
getting a major revamp for the Playstation 3 in mid-April. The revamp
will bring a new look to the service and improved navigation. SCEA
will also be altering the service, turning it into a native
storefront on the Playstation 3. This will allow Playstation 3 users
to locate and purchase video games, download demos, game videos,
Blu-ray movie trailers and other content more easily.
SCEA
has also announced, in order to allow the enhancements to be made to
the Playstation Store, that it will not be posting any additional
downloadable content prior to the revamp, beginning April 3rd. The
service will still be available during that time, though. Regularly
scheduled content updates will resume as soon as the enhancements
have been completed.
In
the Playstation Store, customers can use their Playstation Network
accounts and “virtual wallets” to seamlessly purchase and
download content for Playstation 3. The Playstation Store revamp will
not affect Playstation Network accounts or the “virtual wallet”
system. The Playstation
Store can be
accessed via the XrossMediaBar. Customers accessing PLAYSTATION Store
starting in mid April will be prompted to download a free firmware
update, which will automatically enable access to the new Playstation
Store.
XBLA
update
This
week's Xbox Live Arcade update brings Namco Bandai Games'
Mr.
Driller Online
to
the lineup of puzzle games available for Xbox Live Arcade.
Players
take on the role of a driller moving through levels of colorful
blocks, avoiding the threat of being crushed by falling blocks, all
while trying to keep their air supply from running out.
Mr.
Driller Online
features
single player modes including Standard Driller and Quest Driller, as
well as online multiplayer support for up to four players on Xbox
Live. In online multiplayer mode, players can participate in a split
screen Solo Battle, where the best score wins, or in Tag Battle,
where friends team up in pairs to beat the game.
Mr.
Driller Online
will
be available worldwide (with the exception of Korea) for 800
Microsoft Points, tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. GMT and is rated E
for Everyone.
There
will also be fresh downloadable content for
Pinball
FX.
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