For those not initiated, Sony has a Playstation blog where developers post updates about their games and upcoming features. Most of the time the comments pretty much bog down to fanboys praising developers and anti-fanboys bashing the PS3, but every so often you find some gold! This could be one of those times, as Dylan Jobe, producer of Warhawk, has made a post about a new Warhawk update coming April 17th for $7.99. It is a definite pick-up for Warhawk fans; however, that isn’t the juicy part. In a response to a comment on the story Jobe says:

I know! April is crazy right? New store, new games…
…and GT5 is wicked fun! I’ve been playing it way too much!

The gist of the original comment is about the slew of titles coming to the Playstation 3 in April(GTA IV and GT5: Prologue), and Jobe’s response not only address’s the subject of the new games, but also talks about a new ’store’. One can only assume that he is talking about Playstation Store, right?

So is this an inside leak of a huge update to the PSN that will (hopefully) attempt to bring more functionality and incorporate Playstation Home that is coming next month? Or is it just a horrible misunderstanding by me? You decide.

Update: Turns out Sony confirmed this one a little while back… hooray, new Playstation store next month after all for Europe. This morning Sony confirmed the store update for the US just this morning. Check after the break for both the press release and some new pictures of new store.

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that it will revamp the PLAYSTATION®Store for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) in mid-April with a new, more dynamic look and improved navigation. Currently an integrated online storefront, the PLAYSTATION Store will live natively on PS3, enabling customers to more easily and quickly locate and purchase games, and download demos, game videos, Blu-ray movie trailers and other game-related content for PS3.
To enable enhancements to be made to the store, no additional downloadable content will be posted prior to the revamp, starting April 3. However, customers will be able to access, browse, shop and download from the PLAYSTATION Store during this period. Regularly scheduled PLAYSTATION Store content updates will resume with additional games and game-related items, including the downloadable version of the highly-anticipated exclusive PS3 title Gran Turismo™ 5 Prologue, the next installment of the billion dollar selling racing franchise and intense precursor to Gran Turismo™5.

In the PLAYSTATION Store, customers can use their PLAYSTATION Network accounts and “virtual wallets” to seamlessly purchase and download content for PS3. The PLAYSTATION Store revamp will not affect PLAYSTATION Network accounts or the virtual wallet system. There are currently more than 3.5 million registered PLAYSTATION®Network accounts in North America

The PLAYSTATION Store can be accessed via XMB™ (XrossMediaBar). Customers accessing PLAYSTATION Store starting in mid April will be prompted to download a free firmware update, which will automatically enable access to the new PLAYSTATION Store

The store was indeed confirmed last month for Europe, but it was confirmed just this morning through the above press release for America. Sorry for any confusion.

via[Playstation Blog]