Socom: Confrontation Beta Expands Over-Seas/Leipzig Games Convention

The U.S. will be getting some friends on Sept. 1 for the Socom: Confrontation Beta! This will include all of the European & Asian areas. Here in the U.S. you have to slap down a Lincoln towards the pre-order of Socom Confrontation in order to get into the beta. It is unknown at the moment on how Europe & Asia will get in but information will be released soon (I'm looking at Leipzig.) In other news, for all of you who are interested in Sony's conference at Leipzig, Sony has some big plans for us. Sony mentioned that their announcments will not be Europe only, but also the rest of the world (Crossed fingers for U.S. Home Expanded Beta Invitation release date!) So pay close attention this week. The Leipzig Games Convention will start Thursday, August 21st and will continue till Sunday, August 24th. By the way, there is also no Xbox 360 Press Conference either. Looks like this could be Sony's time to shine.

*UPDATE*-Sony's Conference will be held on Wednesday, August 20th.

Playstation Store Game of the Month.

Every month, Neo & I will be talking about our favorite PSN (Playstation Network) game. This month's decision was a lot more difficult than usual because a lot of great titles have been released and we enjoyed every single one. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Bionic Commando: Rearmed & Street Fighter Alpha, but the game that I have fallen in love with this month is "PixelJunk Eden".

ShadowKingpin- The 3rd instalment in the series, "PixelJunk: Eden" does what it's previous instalments did, blow our minds with gigantus amounts of fun. The other two were PixelJunk: Racers & Montsters. In this instalment, you play as a grimp in which has to collect pollen in order to fill seeds which eventually grow into plants that help you get to the top. At the top are spctres. Each level starts off with 1-2 but the more you replay the same level, it adds 1 more Spectre. There are a total of 50 in the game. "PixelJunk: Eden" is also accompanied by an interesting soundtrack. The music is not heavy or techno, it's actually peaceful. You'll have to get the game yourself to understand what I'm talking about. Another interesting addition to the game is the add-on of Trophies. The game itself is extremely fun, but this just boosts up the replay value of the game. The last, yet greatest part of this masterpiece, is the addition of in-game video recording. Video Recording you ask? That doesn't seem that interesting. Well that's not the whole thing. You can record till about 10 minutes of you playing and put it on YouTube. Yes, PixelJunk: Eden is linked to YouTube. You can either upload it on YouTube or directly to your HDD.

In my opinion, this game has blown all of the competition out of the water. From the great soundtrack, to the incredible replay value, "PixelJunk: Eden" has earned ShadowKingpin's choice for Playstation Store Game of the Month.