This week on the European PlayStation Store - some good DLCs coming your way. Street Fighter IV gets alternate costumes, and MotorStorm: Pacific Rift gets the Lunar Tec Signature Livery Pack. Bejeweled 2 and Zen Pinball are also now available for download, among others. Plus if you wanna see some behind the scenes for Resistance: Retribution and the making of Killzone 2, they've got vids for that as well. Complete list after the jump.

This week on the European PlayStation Store - PixelJunk Eden Encore is now up, that goes the same for the FEAR 2: Project Origin Multiplayer Map Pack. More songs pack in for Guitar Hero and Rock Band, as always, and if you've been waiting for SackBoy's new Monkey King look, you can get it now. Complete list in the full article.

It's been another week, so let's take a look at how our platforms are doing on the Japanese markets, once again care of Media Create. The hardware chart shows strong performance this time around, with the PS3 getting a sales boost. Note that this sales strength cannot be attributed to Black Friday - they don't have that in Japan.

How many articles about bad economy and suffering publishers have you read on QJ in the past two months? I lost count. That's because it's undeniable - the gaming industry in in the toilet, praying not to be flushed. Take-Two's Chief exec, Strauss Zelnick, describes the current situation to be so bad, that "being slightly down is the new up."

An unfortunate event on Black Friday has occurred at a Wal-Mart branch in Long Island, New York. One worker was killed while at least four other people were injured. Sales are great , but there's no need to go rushing mad. Read up the story at the full article.

Did you think Amazon was going to leave you (and your wallet) to slog through the press of holiday shoppers at your local retail stores? Hardly. The full article contains the list of goodies available for Amazon's Black Friday Sale.

November 28 is Black Friday and the official start of the Christmas Season. What goodies does GameStop have for all the good little boys and girls? Well, thanks to a leaked catalog we can have a looksee.

The US PlayStation Network update for this week is now available. And yes, finally, the Mercenaries 2 demo is live - they probably got stuck in traffic along the way - as well as the demo for Fracture. PSP owners also get two downloadable titles this week, both from D3 Publisher: PQ and Cube.

The US economy has been on shaky ground lately, but Sony Corporation assures that the company's electronics line is unaffected. Chief Executive Howard Stringer cites Black Friday sales as a good indication of this, saying that PS3 and PSP sales were "very good." He's also optimistic for the arrival of PlayStation Home, which he sees as a key factor in the company's growth. Read more in the full article.

Sony Computer Entertainment America sent in a rather short press release today detailing the performance of the three current PlayStation consoles for this week with focus given on Black Friday sales.

In general, the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 2 did all excellent jobs in the sales department the past couple of weeks. Click the "read more" link below to see the actual numbers.