In North America, PS3 owners have Qore, a paid PSN program. In Europe, there's now FirstPlay. » 2/15/10 3:30am 2/15/10 3:30am

So, pre-ordering inFamous gets you in the Uncharted: Among Thieves multiplayer beta. Don't want to do that? Be a Qore subscriber, or sign up before Friday. » 5/10/09 2:00pm 5/10/09 2:00pm

PlayStation 3 owners who haven't seen the point of paying for a monthly magazine on their console will get a taste of what they're missing tomorrow as Sony releases Qore episode 07 for free. » 12/03/08 1:00pm 12/03/08 1:00pm

Qore Invites To Home Beta For Annual Subscribers Only. » 10/29/08 10:40pm 10/29/08 10:40pm Sorry if you got serving as your digital gateway to the public Home beta program. PlayStation Underground members have written to let us know that the invitation in the upcoming "issue" will be for annual subscribers only. Three bucks isn't enough to buy your way…

Next Qore Opens Door To Home. » 10/27/08 10:40pm 10/27/08 10:40pm According to the pitch for the next issue of Qore — Sony's digital magazine on PlayStation Network — subscribers and single issue buyers will get access to the closed beta for PlayStation Home. Since Home has been "" to hit PlayStation 3s by end of year, you might have a hard time…

Looks like Motorstorm: Pacific Rift » 9/12/08 8:00pm 9/12/08 8:00pm's pre-release demo isn't strictly limited to the Qore subscribing elite. We've heard from many a tipster that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has been sending out invites for the demo version of the sequel, freeing it from its shackles as a strictly pay-to-play demo. That means…

This won't go down well with the Qore-hating brigade. Especially if you're also a MotorStorm fan. It's been revealed that as part of the upcoming fourth episode of Sony's paid-for PS3 "editorial" program, both annual subscribers and individual purchasers of the episode will be given access to the MotorStorm 2 demo a … » 8/22/08 11:20pm 8/22/08 11:20pm

GameSpot's latest episode of their weekly On The Spot show has Namco Bandai marketing manager In Joon Hwang showing off the PlayStation 3 exclusive Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm in action. The game basically takes the fighting from the previous Ultimate Ninja titles and moves it into a 3D arena. The game features… » 6/27/08 11:20am 6/27/08 11:20am

After a delay, Sony's PLAYSTATION Store *finally* upated, and Qore is available. According to PlayStation.Blog: » 6/06/08 5:30am 6/06/08 5:30am

I'm still not sold on Qore (which launched today, fyi). Not even close. The concept of paying Sony so they can market stuff to me? That just does not compute. Especially when an annual subscription costs you $25, which is $25 more than you should be paying for company-produced trailers and "previews". Guess someone at… » 6/06/08 12:30am 6/06/08 12:30am

Today's PLAYSTATION Store Update is running late. It's slated to bring a couple potentially good demos, plus a free Guitar Hero III tune from God of War II — not to mention Sony's launching online digital magaziney thingy Qore. Since it hasn't gone live yet (perhaps because of the Qore launch?), people are FREAKING… » 6/06/08 12:00am 6/06/08 12:00am

Sony Computer Entertainment America recently filed a trademark for a product named "Qore," but we don't expect to necessarily see a game coming to the PlayStation 3 or PSP with that name. Instead of the standard description "computer game software and video game software" services—as in the case with the recent filing… » 5/05/08 10:40pm 5/05/08 10:40pm