The North American PlayStation Store has officially been refreshed.

Each week, PS3 Attitude shares the games and content new to PS3, Vita, and sometimes PSP. Full PS3 disc-based games become digital downloads, new PSN titles rise up, indie games make their mark, and PlayStation Mobile games blaze a new trail.

Originally released for the PC in October, Devolver Digital have announced that the ultra-violent Hotline Miami will be coming to the PS3 and PS Vita this spring. Bring on the pain!

Although the internet’s collective consciousness seems to be focused on a certain event taking place in a few days’ time, there’s still been plenty for the PS3 Attitude team to write about this week.

Aquaman, sadly one of the more underrated characters in the DC universe, will be joining the fight in Injustice: Gods Among Us and will come with his very own, unique stage.

Although the following trailer is hugely story based, it still takes the time to focus on Aquaman and what he will be introducing to the table.

We’ve always known the minds behind the Dead or Alive series have had a somewhat questionable hidden agenda when it came to designing their female fighters. Dead or Alive 5 Plus is going to take this theme into a whole new perspective, the first-person kind. Are you ready to get in touch with your feminine side?

Typical Valentine’s Day exchanges include flowers, chocolates, or the occasional stuffed teddy bear. While those are all fine gifts, we here at PS3 Attitude want to kick things up a notch with a Dead Space 3 DLC giveaway of weapons and armor for you and your significant other.

Thanks to the lovely folks at Visceral Games, we have downloadable codes for three weapon/suit combo packs to giveaway. They include:

Each week, PS3Attitude shares the games and content new to PS3, Vita, and sometimes PSP. Full PS3 disc-based games become digital downloads, new PSN titles rise up, indie games make their mark, and PlayStation Mobile games blaze a new trail.

Each week, PS3Attitude shares the games and content new to PS3, Vita, and sometimes PSP. Full PS3 disc-based games become digital downloads, new PSN titles rise up, indie games make their mark, and PlayStation Mobile games blaze a new trail.

Creat Studios have announced that the bubble-popping puzzler Germinator will be coming to both the PS3 and PS Vita soon. The game will launch on the PSN tomorrow on February 13 in Europe and later next month on March 5 in North America.

The YouTube experience on PlayStation 3 has been updated massively. Instead of the ‘full-screen website’ approach, YouTube now has a fully featured app on the XMB with a number of tricks up it’s sleeve.
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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. What games have we been playing? What cool adventures have we been on this week? It’s PlayTime!

Please don’t get mad when we say that the When Vikings Attack! DLC was released last week for North America, but is coming to Europe 13 February. When Vikings Relax! is the next chapter in …

Online video game trading is slowly on the rise with sites like Goozex, Amazon, CAG, Game Trading Zone, and vgfive. There are many things gamers should consider when looking for the most redemption value for their used games. But Goozex hopes to grab your attention with a few significant improvements.

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…

After being pushed back to January from its original November release date, the Vita version of Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault (known as QForce in Europe) has been delayed again. The new release date is only a vague ‘Spring 2013’.

Since its international launch almost exactly a year ago, the PlayStation Vita has presented players with a huge amount of entertaining and innovate gaming experiences. Naysayers may complain that the Vita ‘has no games’, but the following nominees beg to differ.

This year’s nominations for BEST PS VITA GAME are…

Since it launched in October, PlayStation Mobile has offered gaming on the cheap for PS Vita and Android devices. Though it hasn’t been promoted as much as it should have been, the service still boasts some awesome little titles if you know where to look.

This year’s nominations for BEST PS MOBILE GAME are…

RaymanLegendsTitleRayman Legends will be making an appearance on the PS3 this year, having been previously exclusive to the recently released Wii U.

Publisher Ubisoft will be releasing it simultaneously with the Xbox 360 and Wii U versions in September, meaning that the previous release date, 26th February for Wii U, will now be severely delayed.

If you think that audio design isn’t a major part of most videogames, try playing one with the volume all the way down and you’ll see just how much of a game’s atmosphere relies on music and sound.

This year’s nominations for BEST MUSIC OR SOUND are…