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The Festive Sale, stellar free game demos, incredible competitions and more – it'll take more than a king size turkey to slow PlayStation down this Christmas!

Festive Sale frenzy!

Check out PlayStation Store for loads of fantastic offers on the likes of Joe Danger, Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode One and Fat Princess. Start spring cleaning early to clear some space for the Festive Sale treats from PlayStation Store now!

The spirit of generosity is also alive and well in the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves section of PlayStation Store, where you'll find every single piece of downloadable content available at half price – but hurry, both sales must end on 5 January 2011.  
 
Arrows a gogo

PlayStation Move provides unrivalled accuracy in Top Darts, available to download for PlayStation 3 from PlayStation Store right now. By holding the PlayStation Move motion controller as you would a dart, you'll be throwing arrows like a pro – just make sure you attach the wrist strap first! 

Demo heaven

Three big-hitting demos hit PlayStation Store this weekend. LittleBigPlanet 2 previews its new Story Mode and lets you get to grips with some of the new game types you can create, while Dead Space 2 reacquaints you with Isaac Clarke in a frankly terrifying gameplay snippet. Meanwhile, the immense space saga of Mass Effect 2 is introduced to you via PlayStation Store.     

Are you feeling lucky?
 
The season for giving is still in full swing, so look up eu.playstation.com/competitions for details of three amazing giveaways. You could win a once in a lifetime trip to Disneyland Paris, a PlayStation 3 system and a stash of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood goodies or a PSPgo system and ten of the finest games to go with it. Good luck!

Special guest stars

While the PlayStation.Blog team put their feet up in front of the fire over the festive break, the reins are taken over by some of the people behind your favourite games. Keep checking blog.eu.playstation.com to find out what some of PlayStation's finest are up to over Christmas.

And the winner is...

Voting has now closed for the LittleBigPlanet Contraption Challenge competition, and congratulations go to... Strangepom, who is now the proud owner of a Sony BRAVIA TV! For details of all the winners, and their entries, head to blog.eu.playstation.com now.

Win a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG!

Listen up, petrol heads. The voucher for the amazing Gran Turismo 5 Signature Edition competition can be activated at 9am on Monday 27 December. So in between eating turkey and pulling crackers, you might want to practise the B-Spec Mode and check out eu.gran-turismo.com for more details. 

The festive fun continues

Get yourself geared up for the coming year of PlayStation with a truckload of special features on eu.playstation.com. Whether it's developers telling us what they're most looking forward to in 2011, our own guide to the biggest upcoming titles or a test of your PlayStation knowledge with our picture quiz, eu.playstation.com has the holiday season covered.  

See you next year!

All that remains for us is to bid you a Merry Christmas, and we'll see you in 2011 with the first Weekend Essentials of the New Year. Make visiting eu.playstation.com on 7 January 2011 the one New Year's resolution you don't break!

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