While I appreciate the fact that Sony is going for a more diverse game collection for its PlayStation Network service, that doesn’t necessarily mean everyone’s going to be batting out of the park with their efforts.  Case in point – Gelid Games’ Wheels of Destruction, a game that obviously takes its inspiration from the Twisted Metal series, but tries to add its own diverse touches here and there to make it feel different.  And indeed, it does.  Unfortunately, it’s not for the better.

When Okami came out a few years ago from Capcom, it introduced an awe-inspiring hand-drawn world, provided by Clover Studios, that few games can match today.  It’s still highly regarded as a classic, and for good reason.  That said, Acquire, the same studio behind the old Tenchu games, has teamed up with XSEED Games to give their own artistic touch a try with Sumioni: Demon Arts, a game that combines beautiful traditional art with platforming gameplay.  It sounds like a dreamy combination, but the lack of replay value sets in way too quickly.

Major League Baseball is about to swing into high gear with Spring Training winding down and Opening Day around the corner. Sony Computer Entertainment is helping fantasy baseball players get ready for a new season with the trailer below, which features MLB 12 The Show in action. The game’s currently available for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita.

CCP Games and Sony Computer Entertainment are collaborating on the world’s first cross-platform MMO shooter/strategy game with DUST 514. The game is the first console game to link players in real time with a multiplayer universe on the PC, CCP’s award winning sci-fi MMO EVE Online. Check out the game in this exclusive video interview below from CCP’s Iceland FanFest event.

LittleBigPlanet has been thriving for a few years now, getting its start on the PlayStation 3 and attracting millions to its level-building community.  We’ve seen quite a few creative levels over the years, along with plenty of hilarious co-op opportunities and the kind of ingenious level design that only developer Media Molecule is capable of.  And while we await the next chapter in the series on PS Vita (coming this summer), we’ve got a first look at the latest project involving Sackboy and company, a kart racer from the folks that brought us ModNation Racers.

Thanks in part to the sales surge of Sony’s PlayStation 3, there are now Blu-ray Disc players in one quarter of U.S. households. Lower hardware prices for stand-alone BD players have also contributed to this growth. According to Centris Research, the installed base of Blu-ray players in U.S. homes was up 47% in Q4 2011 over the same quarter of 2010.

When you run out of ideas for a series, sometimes a fresh perspective is all that’s needed.  Look at Call of Duty.  For the longest time, it dwelled in past wars, and while fans thoroughly enjoyed it, the team vied for something different.  And they provided it with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, jettisoning the series to new heights of excitement.  Now, Evolution Studios’ latest game doesn’t go to such heights – and can’t even come close to last year’s crazy Apocalypse title – but MotorStorm RC provides an interesting new take for the series that both PS3 and Vita owners will enjoy.