Thursday, March 31, 2011

FirstPlay: See the future of PS3. First. Episode 50

Chime Super Deluxe, Homefront, Yakuza 4, Dragon Age II, Fight Night Champion, SOCOM: Special Forces, Crysis 2, Infamous, PlayStation Move Heroes, Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One

The FirstPlay team are celebrating a half century this week, as our fiftieth episode hits the Store, and to celebrate it comes with an exclusive trial of PSN musical hit Chime Super Deluxe! It's also packed with HD footage of the latest games, and this week is a bit of a reviews special. Verdicts come down on controversial shooter Homefront, Tokyo crime sim Yakuza 4, and there's a round-up of other PS3 releases including Dragon Age II and Fight Night Champion.

In Network Highlights this week we're previewing online flank 'em up SOCOM Special Forces and chatting to the game's producer, profiling Crysis 2 developer Crytek, and reviewing sadistic flock puzzler Swarm. And, because you only turn 50 once, we've also got a special behind the scenes look at making FirstPlay itself.

Last but not least we've also got our regular screenshot galleries, which this week include the first-party triumvirate of Infamous 2, PlayStation Move Heroes, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, and Konami's mental demon blaster Neverdead.

All of this comes for just 99p, or less if you pick up a 12 week subscription for 8.99.

We'd also like to remind you that you can stay in touch with all things FirstPlay by following us on Twitter at @firstplay_uk and on our Facebook page: FirstPlay (official). We also have a YouTube channel up and running. And don't forget you can sign up for the FirstPlay newsletter here to have regular news and content updates delivered directly to your inbox.

The FirstPlay team would love to hear from the PS3 community so if you've got anything to share, from videos and grabs to suggestions for content feel free to get in touch.