Does an update with a new Qore episode, two new games, four demos, and heaps of add-on content sound good to you?

This update packs in a lot of goodness for your PlayStation 3.

There is definitely a variety of content this week from Call of Duty map pack to Cole in LittleBigPlanet to Batman: Arkham Asylum demo to Savage Moon pack.

Sure, there isn’t a lot of content this week but remember it’s quality, not quantity that matters!

Well would you look at that. A very nice North American PlayStation Store update plus a baker’s half-dozen (that’s seven) of ‘PlayStation Network Favorites’ for a discounted price. Notice how it does not read favourites; this is for North America only. We can just feel a whole continent seething right about now.

But for the lucky ones in the ‘new country’ it’s nothing but love from Sony and the PlayStation gang: one new game, one new PSone classic, three new demos, a new Pulse and a bunch of other add-ons and wallpapers to boot.

Sure, still no Metal Gear Solid 1 or Bomberman, or anything else with ‘weight’ besides the weekly LBP, Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour offerings. At least those are not delayed. Oh no, I think I may have jinxed it…

Disney’s Tarzan for the PSone? F-yeah! Themes for the on-again off-again Battlefield 1943? At least you can pretend to play the game while browsing your XMB while cursing EA and DICE. Bonus Mission for The Last Guy? I got it! this update is a clever ploy to get all of Europe to buy The Last Guy DLC in frustration. Is it working? But seriously, The Last Guy rules.

A prequel to 2006′s Call of Juarez, Techland returns to the Old West with the sanguine “Bound in Blood”, a sub-title that not only suggests the connotations of some violent escapades ahead, but the binds of family that hold us together.

As a genre, the Western has done quite well in gaming – something of a paradox considering typical fans of the setting are as likely to pick up a controller as your average gamer is to chew tobacco.

From Red Dead Revolver to the first Call of Juarez, games featuring amoral outlaws, big hats and bigger body counts are proving popular with gamers of all ages – leaving us to think maybe there’s a little cowboy in all of us just dying to get out.

Call of Juarez developer Techland has confirmed to G4TV that super-secretive title Dead Island has yet to shuffle off this mortal coil and, despite continued radio silence from the developer regarding the game, is actually “doing great.”

Oops, we may have collectively hurt PlayStation.Blog.Europe’s feelings. They felt our cries of anger and disappointment and have asked patience from the European gamer. That may be a tall order; the European PS3 crowd has been very patient over a long period of time. Since 6 September to be precise.

Another day, another batch of awesome E3 videos. In order to keep up with all the news, updates, videos and reveals, the PlayStation Store will be updatedwith the latest content straight from the show floor.

All three parts of the Sony press conference are now live, if you didn’t stream it or read all about it you can now see for yourself what the fuss was all about. The PS3, PSP and press conference opening sizzles are ready to be downloaded as well. It’s sizzle time!

Ubisoft today announced they are giving away a phenomenal prize to celebrate the forthcoming FPS title, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood.

The prize? An incredible 16Gb iPod Touch, coated with luxurious 24-carat gold and worth a small fortune.

So how do you get your hands on this beauty?

Another week of PS3 Attitude a-Twittering but what a week!

Tuesday saw the inaugural edition of #psfreeattitude where we gave away some free swag … and then promised to do it again next Tuesday. And every Tuesday forever more (or at least until we run out of free stuff to give away).

In grand PS3 Attitude tradition, we offering you the chance to own a Limited Edition 24-carat gold-plated 4Gb iPod Shuffle, laser etched with the Call of Juarez logo on the clip.

Currently one of only six in existence, and with only another 14 planned, here’s your chance to own something special whilst helping us raise money for charity.

We all had a different reaction to the recent news of Batman’s delay, but we can all still agree that we want to play Batman: Arkham Asylum as soon as it hits the streets.
In a good news/bad news scenario, Eidos and Warner Bros. released a new video showcasing Batman’s ‘freeflow combat’ to ease the pain and/or whet the appetite even further. We have to be frank for a minute, the bad news totally overshadow the good news.

An ill feeling haunted him from Budapest to Miami. He felt as he was not alone. He was right. There it was. Lurking in the shadows waiting to strike yet again.
And so it did. Ladies and gentlemen, our humble protagonist fell to the beast once more. Powereless against such a mighty foe, he fell into a spiral of anger and self loathing.

We knew this was going to happen. Just when we finish off the Games of 2009 list – two more come along to ruin the party. The West is about to get wilder with a Call of Juarez prequel and Avalanche unveil their secret two-year project – AionGuard.