SCEA: PSN redesign in April, Warhawk expansion, more

If you frequent the PlayStation Network Store, don’t be surprised when you suddenly find it’s gone through a makeover in the next few weeks. SCEA‘s director of product development John Hight revealed this and other interesting pieces of info which you can read about in the full article.

SCEA director John Hight recently revealed several new developments for the PlayStation 3 (and to a lesser extent, the PSP) in a recent interview with Gamasutra, including news on a PS Store makeover and a new Warhawk update.

First up, the big news. Hight reveals that the PS Store will have several major changes based on customer feedback. The PS Store will get a new interface as well as other improvements:

Simplification, cutting down on the number of mouse clicks, making it easier to find stuff that you want to find… that’s kind of an outgrowth of us having more content now, so we have to make sure that you can get at it easily.

There have been unconfirmed reports that the big makeover will be on April 15. Other sources indicate that the change is “said to give it a look more in tune with [SingStar’s] SingStore.” In our hearts, we hope this also has something to do with Home’s release.

Hight also indicated that there will be an expansion for Warhawk in April. He only said this in passing though, so we don’t have any other info other than the month, but we’ll be sure to keep you updated on it.

More on the PS Store: Hight remarked that he is “pretty darn sure” that Japanese titles will soon be making their way into the PlayStation Store, although he doesn’t know which ones yet. Although we could probably expect them around the same time as the makeover.

One frustratingly-sparse-in-detail info is that we’ll probably be seeing more original content for the PSP that can be downloaded from the PS3. Hight says that they have “a couple […] in concept phase right now” but that’s about as much as he talked about it.

You can read the full six-page interview by heading over to the link below. We’ll keep you posted on any developments, so check back for updates.

Via Gamasutra