Hello and welcome to the PS3A PlayTime: E3 Special! This week, not only will the PS3 Attitude team be sharing which games have been absorbing our lives over the last couple of weeks, but we’ll also reveal our favourite moments of E3 2013. With game designers making announcements left, right and centre, there’s a lot for us to get through; so let’s get started, shall we?

Alongside Kingdom Hearts III, Square Enix also announced the rebranding of Final Fantasy Versus XIII to Final Fantasy XV. A new trailer with gameplay accompanied this announcement and can be seen below.

Square Enix dropped big names at Sony’s press conference including Kingdom Hearts III, the long awaited sequel to Kingdom Hearts II on a home console.

It is currently in development and you can see footage below.

With the next console generation very nearly upon us, next week is surely destined to become the biggest E3 since 2005. Quite clearly, Sony’s focus will be on making sure they present the PlayStation 4 in the best light possible, but there’s still plenty to look forward to seeing on PS Vita and even PS3 too. Here are the PS3A team’s hopes and expectations for E3 2013!

The next Final Fantasy title is living up to its name as Lightning returns to PS3 in 2014. She’ll make quite the Valentine’s Day gift if you live in the EU, landing on the 14th February, or if you live in NA then you can start playing on the 11th.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX – what a mouthful, eh? – is being released in North America on 10th Sep whilst Europe gets to play it 3 days later.

A pre-order incentive has been announced for both regions in the form of a limited edition artbook, showcasing concept art, character designs and other work that went in to bringing Square Enix and Disney’s fantasy RPG epic to consoles.

As you might expect, the recently released (not to mention awesome!) Tomb Raider features prominently in this week’s PlayTime. As well as Crystal Dynamics’ stellar reboot, we’ve also been playing an eclectic mix of other games including DmC: Devil May Cry, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Lumines: Electronic Symphony (just one more go!!!), and Zen Pinball 2.

In all the excitement of Sony’s PlayStation 4 reveal two weeks ago, it’s easy to forget that we still have several months’ worth of PS3 games to look forward to! We’ve already seen the likes of DmC: Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Tomb Raider (to name a few!) this year, but those games were merely the tip of the iceberg of what’s still to come.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock with no internet access for the past 24 hours, you’ll know that yesterday Sony announced the PlayStation 4 at a special media event in New York City.
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The long-awaited HD update of Final Fantasy X has finally broken cover for the first time since its reveal at the Tokyo Game Show in 2011.

Square Enix presented it at at the Vita Heaven event, a Sony event dedicated to Vita and its upcoming releases, and gave a small taste of what it will look like on the brilliant handheld.

And so it’s all come down to this; the nominees for PS3 Attitude’s ‘PS3 Game of the Year 2013’!

Although 2012 was a relatively quiet year for big releases, it still gave us plenty to play. From blockbuster retail titles to independent downloadable games, they’re all represented below.

This year’s nominations for PS3 GAME OF THE YEAR are…

As we rapidly approach the end of the current console generation, it should have come as no surprise that 2012 was a relatively quiet year in the world of videogames. Even so, we were still treated to tons of great titles including highly anticipated sequels such as Mass Effect 3 and Black Ops 2, new IPs like Kingdoms of Amalur and Sleeping Dogs, and let’s not forget the launch of the PlayStation Vita!

However, since the start of the year there has been only one contender that could ever hope to earn the title of my own personal game of the year: Final Fantasy XIII-2.

Chris Howe, SCEE PS Store and Plus content manager, has updated the Festive Sales on PlayStation Store post with notice that all the deals announced therein will run through 19 January unless otherwise mentioned. There was a lot of games and DLC originally mentioned and now more were added so read on for the full update.

The first trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII has been revealed and it’s shaping up to be very different to previous instalments, but if there’s one thing that will never change in the Final Fantasy universe, it’s the brilliant costume designs.

The North American PlayStation Store has officially been refreshed.
Every week, we share what new games are newly available for PS3, Vita, and sometimes PSP. Full PS3 disc-based games often turn into digital downloads, new PSN …

Square Enix has revealed their pre-order plans for Tomb Raider, and it comes in three rounds of content. The first round includes retailer specific incentives for North American stores including GameStop, Amazon.com, and Best Buy.

Come join us once a week where we prove that our spare time isn’t entirely consumed by pounding away at a keyboard, but also by mashing the buttons of our DualShock 3s and Vitas. So why not share with you a little bit about the games that we have found the time to play amidst our busy summer schedules.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will be the next entry into the famous Final Fantasy series.

This won’t please everyone because the FFXIII branch of games has split the fan base with many keen to see Square Enix move on.

In this debate, PS3 Attitude writers Stefhutch20 and Seanoc argue the case for and against another game in the XIII series. There’s also an open poll below so everyone can have their say.

Come join us for another week of reflection. Where we realize that our spare time isn’t entirely consumed by banging away at a keyboard, but also by mashing the buttons of our DualShock 3s and …