The change, as being reported over at MCV, will be implemented on both the PS3 and PS Vita via a firmware update to be issued this week. All PSN user data will be automatically transferred securely (yes, securely) to the all new Sony Entertainment Network.

Perhaps more importantly, there’s a fancy new(ish) logo to go with the change and everything.

A spokesman for the company had this to say:

“This transition is based on Sony’s goal to enhance its unique digital entertainment offering, As a series of these activities Sony started last September, PlayStation Network will be aligned with Sony Entertainment Network. This helps us get closer to our goal of establishing a global comprehensive network platform of services across games, movies, music and more, all accessible from one convenient account.”

The way Catherine is presented is misleading, it’s not all cleavage shots and saucy text messages. You wouldn’t think it has much of a story but Catherine surprised us with how deep and intriguing the story is. It’s one of those games you play for the story, no matter how frustrating the game gets.

Which leads us onto game play. There are two different sections you actually play in Catherine, the nightmare stages and the “Stray Sheep” sections. In the nightmares you are presented with a mountain of blocks that you must climb. The game breaks you in easily, the first few nightmare stages start of pretty simple, the main premise is to slide blocks in order to make a stairs that you can climb up to reach the exit. Of course, as the game goes on these get harder and you’ll encounter different types of blocks such as ice blocks and bomb blocks which make things much harder for you. It’s a very strategic puzzle game and although you are taught several strategies along the way, there are parts where you feel like you might get a brain tumour. In some nightmare stages you will be chased by something, whether that be a giant baby crying “daddy!” at you or a psycho girl in a wedding dress with a cake knife. Be prepared to be scared and climb like you’ve never climbed before!

To break up these sometimes incredibly frustrating nightmare sequences, you can spend time in the “Stray Sheep”, a bar Vincent visits every night. Here you can text people, talk to others at the bar, play an arcade game and of course, drink. The more you drink at the bar, the faster you move in your nightmares, encouraging you to be a raging alcoholic…who said video games had bad ethics?! The Stray Sheep is an interesting place to be as you learn more about the story here, talking to people is worth-while. It’s not only you having these nightmares after all, young men everywhere are dying every day due to these dreams and the sheep you meet in your dreams exist as humans in real life. Maybe you’ll bump into some of them at the bar.

One of the best things about Catherine is you change the story according to what choices you make. There are eight different endings to Catherine. Eight! These are mainly decided near the very end of the game but you can change some cut scenes according to what kind of person you are too. A meter will appear when you send texts, answer questions and chose certain speech options. One side is red with a devil-baby, the other is blue with an angel-baby. During certain cut scenes you will see the meter appear, whichever side it’s pointing to, the baby will float up and whisper towards Vincent, making him change how he reacts in that situation. This leave countless possibilities when it comes to story and will make you want to play Catherine again and again.

If that wasn’t enough for replay value, there’s a VS mode and a challenge mode which you can either play one or two player. The VS mode is a two player battle against each other. You play as a sheep each and must race up the blocks to beat the other player. Win points by either reaching the goal first or knocking the other player off! Mean! If you prefer to not kill your best friend (or be killed by them), the challenge mode is available for one or two players. One player is Vincent, the other Katherine, it’s more block climbing but harder and with certain conditions on each stage.

Catherine has a fantastic and enthralling story, the characters are well-developed and perfectly voice acted, the cut scenes/animation (which change between full on 1080p anime to more in-game graphics) are a work of art. The only thing that annoys us about Catherine? The difficulty. Japanese games are known for their extreme difficulty, I’m looking at you Bayonetta! So don’t expect Catherine to be a walk in the park. Even on easy you’ll be tearing your hair out, screaming at the screen and generally losing all sanity but somehow you don’t want to give up. You have to know what happens. Plus, since the nightmares are difficult, you won’t finish the game too quickly, regular breaks are needed to keep those blood-pressure levels down…

Catherine is unique. It sucks you into a world you don’t want to leave – though some of the nightmares might actually give you nightmares. No other game has achieved what Catherine’s managed to in a long time: it’s genuinely scary, witty, clever and a challenge. Maybe these types of games are common in Japan but for us Westerners, it’s refreshingly different to other games on the market. If you’re looking for a challenge or just a game with an incredible story, it’s definitely worth picking up Catherine.

The puzzle game from publisher Capcom positions players in the quirky role of a ghost. Able to switch between the real-time world of the living, and the static world of the dead, the player can manipulate various objects to affect the outcome of events for the living.

Ghost Trick was named Best Handheld Game and Best Game No One Played by GameSpot, who also placed the portable title among the nominees for their game of the year. The puzzle game was also named Best DS Game by Gametrailers in 2011.

Ghost Trick becomes another one of Capcom’s phenominal back catalogue of DS titles to be making the transition from a Nintendo handheld to iOS devices.

The original three titles in the Ace Attorney series (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations) have been announced for release on iOS devices in HD.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective will be available from the App store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch from 2 February 2012.

The application incorporates the Steam chat function, allowing you to message friends from your Steam account from a mobile device. Other social features include access to the Community Groups as well as user profile pages.

Perhaps most significant for fans of the games platform is the function to check the latest news and sales on offer through the Steam store. This extends to adding games to your wish list, and even making purchases ready for download once you get home, ensuring you never miss an amazing sale item.

While other games platforms like OnLive have had a large presence on mobile devices for some time, such as their OnLive Viewer and their most recent desktop utility, this is the first app from Steam.

Other similar games apps include the Xbox Live app, released late last year, together with the Call Of Duty ELITE and Bungie applications.

As is the current trend with videogame trailers, the new launch trailer showcases a series of real-world gamers adopting the persona of various in-game characters, not least of all the special bonus character Ezio from the Assassin’s Creed series.

The Mega Man featured in-game comes from the original Mega Man 1 box art, while Pac-Man has been given limbs and the ability to ride Mokujin to make him a bit more of a threat.

These characters will only be present in the PS3 and Vita versions of the game, released 9 March.

It’ll be hitting both retail and online stores on 30 March and include all the same features which were present first time around. Players will have the choice of completing the campaign either alone or with up to three friends using four controllers on one computer. We don’t advise you all trying to use the same keyboard – not if you value your sanity, anyway.

Full specs below (sorry Mac fans!):

Minimum configuration
OS: Windows® XP SP3 / Windows Vista® SP2 / Windows® 7 SP1
Processor: Intel Pentium IV 3.00 Ghz or AMD Athlon64 3000+ @ 1.8 Ghz
Memory: 1 GB Windows XP / 1.5 GB Windows Vista – Windows 7
Graphics: 128 MB DirectX®9 / Radeon X600XT or GeForce 6800GT
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c or higher
Sound: DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card

Recommended configuration
OS: Windows® XP SP3 / Windows Vista® SP2 / Windows® 7 SP1
Processor: Intel Core2Duo E4400 @ 2.00 Ghz or AMD Athlon64X2 3800+ @ 2.00Ghz
Memory: 2 GB Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX®9 / Radeon HD 2600XT or GeForce 8600GT
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c or higher
Sound: DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card

During the interview Mr Pétursson said:

If there is a PlayStation 4 – which I can tell you now I have no idea if there is – but if there was, we would build Dust for that console as well. It will most likely be a revision of the experience, as with all updates, and could allow people to play across PS3 and 4.

There has been sceptism surrounding how successful Dust 514 could possibly be given its release so close to the end of the PS3s life cycle, however the news today that the game will be supported on future consoles suggests that it has a strong future ahead of it.

Dust 514 is set to be a revolutionary addition to the universe established with EVE Online. While minute-to-minute gameplay will be familiar to most fans of the first-person-shooter, what sets Dust apart from others in the genre is the links it shares with MMORPG EVE Online. Players in EVE will be able to hire mercenary groups in Dust to battle over areas of planets, affecting corporations in both games. Players on the PS3 FPS will be able to interact with players from the PC MMO through a number of methods, not least of all being able to combat one using aerial bombardment and ground based weapons.

Dust 514 may well be one of the most ambitious first person shooters of the current generation. Much like EVE set a standard for true MMOs, creating one cohesive universe which could be fundamentally altered by the actions of a single corporation, Dust 514 may well usher in a new level of interaction between gamers over different genre and platform.

The gameplay of Asura’s Wrath appears to be a blend of traditional combat with cinematic quick time events, attempting to merge the two in a way that has not been seen before. The launch trailer is fairly quiet in tone compared to those previously released by CyberConnect2 and Capcom, showcasing the more traditional combat elements rather than quick time events or sheer scale which has been shown before.

Asura’s Wrath will launch for Xbox 360 and PS3 on 21 February in Northern America and three days later in Europe.