Weekend Essentials - Issue 2

It's a Hollywood blockbuster week as Ghostbusters and Star Wars join Ratchet & Clank and other entertaining content just in time for the weekend.

Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron

Do you have the Force? Now you can prove it anywhere you go with Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron - out now on PSP - which features epic all-in-one battles that span ground, space and capital ship connected battlefronts across the entire Star Wars saga. Fight with and against Imperials, Jedi, bounty hunters and others factions in the Galactic Civil War and Clone Wars eras and become part of Star Wars lore.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Halloween may be over, but there are plenty of ghosts left to zap and trap in Ghostbusters: The Video Game on PSP. Written by the original Ghostbusters movie creators, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, you can bust ghosts on the move with the best of them with an upgradeable proton pack, powerful ghost traps and PKE meter. Prepare yourself before its release next Thursday, November 12, 2009.

A LittleBigPlanet anniversary

Popular creative platform title, LittleBigPlanet on PlayStation 3, is one year old and is ready to celebrate with you, thanks to the arrival of a special Anniversary costume to download from PlayStation Store. Want to find out what it is? Then make sure you don't miss out on this special download, which is only available until Thursday, November 12, 2009.

The return of Ratchet and Clank

Ratchet and Clank are back to blast you off into wonderful and wild adventures, thanks to their latest PlayStation 3 outing, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time. An intergalactic journey like none other, it's up to you to help the Lombax adventurer and his robotic buddy to defeat Dr Nefarious once and for all before he gains control of the most powerful weapon in the universe... time itself.

Take That and party - SingStar style

The crooning boy band sensation Take That has been given the SingStar treatment on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 with the arrival of SingStar Take That. Featuring over 25 of their greatest hits for you to sing along to, including Shine, Babe and Could It Be Magic, It Only Takes A Minute to get into the Take That groove.

PlayTV™ to launch in Australia

This week we welcomed the announcement of PlayTV - the device that turns your PlayStation®3 into a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and High Definition digital TV tuner. PlayTV will be available in Australia on November 26, 2009 for $169.95RRP and is set to become a favourite on the gift lists in time for the festive season. With the ability to watch, pause and record digital HD free-to-air TV, PlayTV allows you to watch one program while recording another, or even record while playing a game or enjoying a Blu-ray movie. Click here for more info and keep your eyes peeled for further updates on PlayTV.

Feel at Home with PSPgo

The PSPgo Team Trial is now live in PlayStation®Home. Get together with three friends and take on the challenge. Download clues to your in-Home PSPgo and work together to win a very special prize - an animated PSPgo Vortex t-shirt. Open for a limited time only in the Presentation Podium.

This Call? It's for you

Want to see how chart-topping shooter Call of Duty started? Download Call of Duty Classic from PlayStation Store from November 10, 2009 and find out. The game throws you into the cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battles including D-Day, the Russian Charge at Stalingrad, and the Battle of Berlin, with 24 single player missions across four interconnected campaigns. There is also the chance to play in a fast-paced multiplayer mode, with new online leaderboards.