SCEE has finally come out and confirmed that the PlayStation Store revamp will go live mid-April for PAL territories.

SCEE confirmed this by press release which is below:

“PLAYSTATION®Store to undergo April revamp

This April, PLAYSTATION®Store, the online content store on PLAYSTATION®Network, is getting a whole new look and feel – and it’s in response to feedback from the millions of PSN registrants in the PAL region.

The revamp comes in response to a survey last year which showed that many PLAYSTATION Store users wanted a better interface and easier navigation. The new design will deliver a hugely improved navigation system, much greater scope for categorisation and a dynamic new user interface.
Content will be suspended for two weeks while the improvements are carried out but users can look forward to a special update in mid-April.

There will be no weekly content updates between now and the re-launch, although users can still download content from the back catalogue, such as Warhawk™ and Gran Turismo™ 5 Prologue.
The PLAYSTATION Store revamp will not affect PLAYSTATION Network accounts or the virtual wallet system.”
This news is definetly welcomed, as the PlayStation Store needed a new coat of paint. What is slightly worrying is the fact we will not get any new PlayStation Store updates until the revamp which puts a bit of a downer on things but at least we can look forward to a few surprises when the new store hits.

No word as of yet for other regions but with the supposed release of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on April 14th for the USA we can only speculate the new store will be upon us by then.

Stay tuned to thegamereviews.com for more news on this as we get it.