Weekend Essentials – Issue 1

Three huge PS3 releases hit the shelves this week and PlayStation Store has plenty of spooky downloads in time for Halloween.

As the avalanche of huge videogame releases continues, this weekend delivers three titles to test mind, body and soul.

It's fingers on buzzers time as Buzz!: Quiz World comes to PlayStation 3. This latest edition brings a host of personalisation options and more than 5,000 new general knowledge questions to massage your grey matter.

For a more physical challenge, The King of Iron Fist Tournament smashes onto PS3 in TEKKEN 6. Take the fight online for the ultimate challenge, using the largest roster of characters ever seen in a TEKKEN game.

From Iron Fists to wheels of steel, the makers of Guitar Hero turn their attentions to dance music with DJ Hero on PS3. Using an authentic turntable controller, you can scratch, blend and sample over 100 hundred songs and remixes from such superstars as DJ Shadow and Daft Punk.

The VidZone chart

And here's yet more music to keep the party bouncing all night long, in this week's VidZone chart, which sees Girls Aloud bombshell Cheryl Cole straight in at number one:

1. Cheryl Cole Fight For This Love
2. Alexandra Burke Bad Boys
3. Chipmunk Oopsy Daisy
4. Robbie Williams Bodies
5. Whitney Houston Million Dollar Bill
6. Taio Cruz Break Your Heart
7. Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling
8. Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys Empire State Of Mind
9. Michael Bublé Haven't Met You Yet
10. Young Soul Rebels I Got Soul

VidZone users can also look out for the Halloween Hits Playlist, featuring the likes of Rob Zombie, Michael Jackson and Aphex Twin - perfect for your spooky get-togethers.

Downloadable Halloween

If cowering behind a cushion is your idea of a Halloween night in, check out these blood-curdling downloads from PlayStation Store.

Siren Blood Curse is a nerve-jangling slice of authentic Japanese horror on PlayStation 3. An American TV crew arrives in the small village of Hanuda to investigate an urban myth. An ancient curse is waiting for them, and so are the possessed villagers...

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is another psychological horror influenced by Japanese film. At PlayStation Store, you'll find downloadable multiplayer maps and more.

There's loads of additional Halloween content available for LittleBigPlanet. Grab a werewolf or zombie costume for Sackboy, or dress him up as a paranormal investigator with the Ghostbusters Costume Pack.

On PSP, you can download spooky PS one Classic MediEvil, which follows the story of cowardly knight Sir Daniel Fortesque as he rises from the grave to save the land of Gallowmere. Or check out Vempire - a strategy puzzle game set in a world of ghouls and monsters, to be found within the minis category of PlayStation Store.