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On Monday, Rocksteady posted the Riddler Reveal trailer<\/a>\u00a0along with the promise of more Batman Arkham City reveals on the lead up to the games release in October. Not to be out done the folks over at THQ announced the\u00a0absolutely crazy looking Saints Row The Third pre-order bonus – “Professor Genki’s Hyper Ordinary\u00a0\u00a0Pre-order Pack” <\/em>which includes\u00a0Professor Genki\u2019s Super Ballistic Man-a-pult,\u00a0Professor Genki\u2019s “Octopuss” Weapon and\u00a0Professor Genki’s Leisure Stunt Suit. A Platinum Collectors Edition was also revealed, which as well as featuring the Prof’s generously crazy pre-order pack, also comes with a pair of Saints Row branded headphones and the soundtrack, no word on a UK release for the Platinum Edition as of yet.<\/p>\n

Late Tuesday evening, word hit the web that PopCap games, best known for mobile smash hit Plants Vs Zombies, have been snapped up by EA for a reported $750m. EA really seem set on targeting every single social\/casual game studio going at the minute. PopCap is a welcomed addition, but it’s rapidly becoming\u00a0apparent that EA’s focus is no longer home consoles such as the PlayStation 3, which is a shame as their recent output has been quite impressive.<\/p>\n

Tuesday also saw Future Publishing and SCEE close down FirstPlay. The weekly digital ‘magazine’ published it’s last episode last week. Sony have said it will be replaced with a free to access, weekly ‘show’ that will closely\u00a0align\u00a0itself with SCEE community program PlayStation Access. So expect more behind the scenes stuff, developer interviews and other such goodies that will cover everything from games to movies. It’s not known if the new show will follow Qore’s route to market,which allows people to buy single ‘issues’ or\u00a0subscribe, just like you could with FirstPlay as well as being included (at no extra charge) with the US PlayStation Plus package.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead to the rest of the week, Sony may or may not be announcing something new this Friday via GameTrailers TV. Their program schedule lists ‘Sony Surprise’ as the\u00a0episode\u00a0title, last time an episode was called that, was when Starhawks was shown just before E3. So the internet is ablaze with speculation as to what it may be. Whether or now the announcement will be as exciting as the Hooters 2011 International Swimsuit\u00a0Pageant remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

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Also this week, it’s expected the awesome folks over at Insert Coin Tees<\/a> may be ready to show off their official Assassin’s Creed designs. If you haven’t checked out their gaming-inspired clothing yet, it’s well worth checking out. Although not\u00a0exclusively Sony-related, they do have their fair share of PlayStation-inspired tees and hoodies\u00a0 including Uncharted<\/a>, Killzone<\/a> and Shadow of the Colossus<\/a> designs. We’re also supporting the campaign to get Insert Coin Tees designs into PlayStation Home. Lockwood Publishing<\/a> have expressed interest on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0so if we show them there is a demand, maybe they’ll cave in. If you’re on the old Twitter, show you’re support by tweeting the following:<\/p>\n

“I’d love to see\u00a0 @InsertCoinTees<\/a>\u00a0in PS Home, make it so\u00a0 @Lockwood_Ltd<\/a>\u00a0 http:\/\/t.co\/OfrmoW7<\/a>\u00a0 #InsertCoinForPSHome<\/a>“<\/p>\n

Finally we here at PlayStationer.net don’t want to be left out. Fingers crossed, we may haVe a speCial annOuNcement of our own later this week, make sure you’re following us on Twitter for all the latest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"