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E3′s still two days away, but SCEE’s not waiting about: “two huge announcements” will be made on the EU PS Blog tomorrow morning.

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Jem Alexander has announced he has left his role as Social Media Manager for PlayStation in Europe.

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Adam Grant, PSP European product manager, has announced over on the EU PS Blog that starting today, if you buy a PSPgo, or if you already have one, you can get Gran Turismo, MotorStorm: Arctic Edge or Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines to download completely free.

In Germany the three games that are on offer are Gran Turismo, MotorStorm: Arctic Edge and LittleBigPlanet PSP.

All you have to do is set up or sign into your PSN account, then visit PlayStationStore to download a special PSPgo Promotion Theme.

Once completed, an e-voucher will be sent to you via mail, within a week, then all you have to do is enter the code onto the PlayStationStore via your PSPgo.

This offer runs today through midnight on January 10, so get to it.

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Responding to user frustrations over the Euro PS Store being way-behind on goodies compared to other regions, European store manager Angela Madronero explained that it’s up to individual publishers to release content for the masses.

“We are committed to working very hard to ensure that our first-party content (the games created by our own Sony Computer Entertainment development teams) is published across all the PlayStation-Stores, simultaneously,” said Madronero over on the EU PS Blog. “The decision about whether and when to release a game for sale is in the hands of the individual publisher.

“There are many reasons why our third party partners may not be able to launch content in one region on a particular time/date; this may be due to technical glitches, digital rights issues, localization requirements etc. So the issues are a little more complex than may first appear.

“We know that there is a lot of frustration when content is released on one store but not another. I can confirm that from a PlayStation Store point of view, we are committed to supporting our third party partners in bringing as much content as possible to the European Store.”

More over on the EU PS Blog.

UK journo Jem Alexander’s confirmed his new role as social media manager for SCEE.

Alexander was previously Joystiq’s man on the ground in Britain.

“I’m going to be managing PlayStation.Blog from here on out,” he said, adding that his first job will be marshalling GamesCom coverage next week in Cologne.

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Sony has updated its European blog to announce new site features and its US blog has announced it’s going mobile.

The European blog is getting a Trophies comparison page and a new leaderboard. You can view these through the European Blog link. More site updates are promised.

You can also see how the US Blog looks in its mobile form through the other link.

Neat, huh?

Three Speech made its final post today before running off into the sunset.

Over the years, the site published over 1,500 stories, and visitors left over 35,000 comments.

The site is closing because SCEE’s has decided to create its own EU PS Blog.

The site has thanked everyone for the support it received over the years, and hopes that the community will make Sony’s new blog a success.

SCEE’s confirmed that the EU PS Blog will launch this summer, after announcing yesterday that Three Speech is to close later this month.

“The blog will be launched in English first, with French, Italian, German and Spanish versions to follow soon after,” said a rep.

“There will be a period between the closure of ThreeSpeech and the launch of the EU blog. During this time please check PlayStation.com and the official forums for news and updates on all that is going on in the world of PlayStation.

“We’ll keep you posted with more information about the blog as soon as we have it.”

Sooner the better.

Update – We just had SCEE on the phone. The EU Blog launch is still TBC. The April 17 date is for Three Speech’s closure.

“Semi-official” PlayStation site Three Speech is to close, it’s confirmed.

In its place, an EU PS Blog is to launch on April 17.

“Both Three Speech and SCE UK are very grateful to everyone who has made this site so busy and lively over the past two and half years,” said a post on the site.

A good thing? Yes. Hit the link for more.