The ‘much’ anticipated platinum range of games for the PS3 finally have European release date and price point. Stumbling out of Sony Secret Santa Monica event we are reliably informed that the Platinum range will launch in all PAL territories on August 1, price around £20/30 Euros. The first titles to be given the Platinum treatment are expected to be:

Resistance: Fall of Man
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
Motorstorm
Assassins Creed
Virtua Tennis 3
Ratchet and Clank

As this Summer’s E3 conference in the states gains momentum, and after Sony came under heavy criticism for the state of quality games actually available on their flagship games console. They have rallied somewhat with an announcement that might well bury the PS3 lite rumours once and for all. It has been confirmed that August 27th will see the release of an 80GB PS3. Officially retiring the 40GB version of the console in Europe. It seems thats all we get though. The price point will be the same as the …