Friday, February 19, 2010

Weekend Essentials – Issue 15

Exciting Heavy Rain content continues to fall along with some Aliens Vs Predator action this week on PlayStation.

"Now that's what I call a close encounter"

Are you the hunter, the survivor or the prey? Aliens Vs Predator lets you choose in a PlayStation 3 sci-fi blaster where two of the movie world's most frightening extraterrestrials battle it out for supremacy. Will you pick the fearless Colonial Marine? The lethal Alien? Or the hi-tech savagery of the Predator? Throw yourself into battle across single and multiplayer modes and find out who reigns supreme.

A shower of Heavy Rain brilliance

A tantalising batch of Heavy Rain downloads has stormed onto PlayStation Store to set the stage for the PS3 game's release on 26 February. The Heavy Rain Soundtrack is available to download so you can experience its emotional orchestral compositions, recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London, England. And if you want to give your PS3 system's XMB™ (XrossMediaBar) a little sprinkle of Heavy Rain ambience, you can also download a dynamic theme based on the game as well.

These extras are ideal to help drip the time away before Heavy Rain is released - and there's also a lovely bonus to download now which you can play when you purchase the Blu-ray Disc game, in the shape of Heavy Rain: Chronicle 1. A playable scenario based on the original Taxidermist scenario demo used to officially unveil Heavy Rain in 2008, Chronicle 1 places you in the shoes of Madison Paige as she investigates the creepy home of a suspicious character. Your decisions and actions are the difference between her success... and a more grisly fate.

If all of these take your fancy, then the Heavy Rain: Collector's Edition Content pack is the perfect solution, combining the Soundtrack, dynamic theme and Chronicle 1 all in one download - letting you get the full Heavy Rain experience when the game is released.

Shoot from the hip with your PSP and SOCOM

How elite are you? Prepare to find out with SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 on PSP, which pitches you and your friends into frantic firefights where teamwork, strategy and a good aim are the only things keeping you alive. Be the best in an incredible solo campaign, join up to three comrades in the four player online co-operative Ad Hoc Mode, or go toe-to-toe in competitive battles for up to 16 players.

Score some FIFA prizes

Fancy being a match winner? Then you could win a PlayStation 3 and an official FIFA World Cup match ball in the FIFA 10 Ultimate Team Competition.

If you're game, head over to eu.playstation.com/competitions and see if you can spot where the ball should be in the supplied picture. Good judgement could earn you some great prizes, so give it a shot - and you could find yourself scoring a PS3.



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