Hello and welcome to the gaming news for Thursday 6th May 2011.
Today's main headline is that Sony have now reactivated the PlayStation store. In a post on the PlayStation Blog this morning, Nick Caplin announced that the Store is indeed now back online. He did state however that the Welcome Back offer is not yet available but is in the final stages of testing and should be ready "very soon".
Following on from this there has since been another two posts on the blog. The first is from PSN Product Manager James Thorpe, who explains how PlayStation Plus will be be involved as part of the Welcome Back programme and what will be on offer. This includes an additional 60 day subscription which will begin upon the user reaching the original renewal date for their subscription, if they were already signed up to PS+ as well as Burnout Paradise being available for free. Thrope has also said that April's Plus content will remain active on the Store until May 21st, to allow time for users to take advantage of any offers they previously missed out on.
The third and final post has been created Ross McGrath from the PS Store team, who gives a full list of what is to be the first batch of new content to reach the Store. He makes it clear that the Spring Offers that were available before the outage will continue to be live until June 8th. As well as this, Thorpe says that fans of FIFA 11 should check out a special FIFA 11 Ultimate Team promotion from EA. As well as that he has also listed the new content that is now online.
As well as all of this for the main PS3 Store, the PSP Store has also received new content. I would like to point out though that both Stores do appear to be having some trouble, as I personally have be receiving ma error codes while browsing. This may be due the Store only just coming back online or possibly due to a surge of users accessing it, so do be patient while trying to use the service.
As I usually do, I will include links to the relevant articles, which can be found below:
PlayStation Store Is Available Now - Nick Caplin - EU Blog
PlayStation Store Is Available and Updated Now - Grace Chen - US Blog
Welcome Back To PlayStation Plus - James Thrope - EU Blog
'Heads Up' - Game Store Mega Update - Ross McGrath - EU Blog
Details of the Welcome Back Programme for SCEE Users
So, I guess that's all for today's Gaming News. I will indeed post again later today if I do come across any other big news. I have been randomthings and as always thank you very much for reading.
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