The PSN's Trophy system continues to get updated. Most recently, PlayStation.com users (in Europe and America) have been able to track their Trophy progress online. The next update to the European site (and presumably, the American site as well) will allow users to compare Trophies with friends and even see leaderboards for specific titles. This example image shows friends going up and down in rank with their completion of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Certainly, this isn't a revolutionary feature, but it's certainly a welcome one. Update: The European site already features portable PSN cards -- will America ever join in? What other Trophy-related features do you want on the PlayStation site?

This Westerner has you playing as two characters to go for the Platinum. Jump online and go wild ...

Another music game ... another set of difficult Trophies for you to achieve. Get three of your friends and jump online if you want to chase this elusive Platinum.

Following the tenets of a religion is supposed to net you blessings and well-being, but that's just not tangible enough for us. Judaism has wised up, though. Those who follow its teachings in regards to keeping kosher – specifically by blasting a ham at a bar mitzvah in Ghostbusters – will be rewarded with an Achievement (and a Trophy, we presume) called "Kosher." It's only 10 points, but still, it's substantial.

Man, why does all the best stuff happen to Jews?

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If you want to get a Platinum in this, you'll want to act early. The top 1000 ranked players get an exclusive Trophy -- meaning, it'll be easiest to get in before the leaderboards start moving upward.

Ready to play as Ali? Fight Night Round 4 is all about legendary boxers ... and Trophies.

Because golf is such a classy sport, Tiger Woods' Trophy list is filled with Gold and Silvers only. If you want some Bronze Trophies, why not try a peasant's game and get off the lawn!

It's not getting the full HD Remix update, but Marvel vs Capcom 2 is hitting PlayStation Network with new online gameplay and Trophies. Imagine if more PS2 games were able to get this kind of treatment ...

Well, Capcom has proven that if you complain loudly enough, it will listen. After deciding against a Trophy patch for Bionic Commando Rearmed, fans offered "brutally constructive" feedback that made the company reconsider. In addition to Trophies, the upcoming patch will offer a few new features, such as a new "Normal" difficulty that grants players unlimited lives and the ability to respawn at the last checkpoint. The Super Joe Machine Gun has also been fixed, and the weapon will become more powerful across all difficulties.

The patch is currently in QA and "should be available real soon." The patch should hopefully end the "Crapcom" comments that plague PS3 sites ever since DMC4 went multiplatform.

When Sony first revealed Afrika, it was a marquee first-party PS3 title used to show off the power of the system. Three years later, it's finally being released in North America, by tiny third-party publisher Natsume, who is more familiar with Harvest Moon and handheld games than anything shown off at a press conference. How did this happen?

According to Graham Markay, Vice President of Operations for Natsume, Finny the Fish was instrumental in the deal. No, really. Sony's Uo: Nanatsu no Mizu to Densetsu no Nushi was localized on the PS2 by Natsume as Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters.

"We have a relationship with Sony Japan," Markay explained. "You might remember Finny the Fish? That game was done by Sony Japan. So we licensed that game from them. We have a little bit of a history with their licensing department in Japan." Because of this relationship, Natsume was one of the companies contacted by Sony Japan about the game. Markay said that Afrika "really fits with the Natsume theme" because it's non-violent and nature-oriented. We might add that it fits with the Natsume theme so well that the company is simultaneously releasing a different safari photography game on the Wii.

In case you need an extra incentive to buy Afrika, Markay confirmed that "there is going to be a trophy system, which wasn't in the Asian release or Japanese release."

In the mood for some mediocre FPS gameplay? Look no farther! This PSN download will have you running and gunning, and grabbing Trophies in no time.

Sega's only PSN classic re-release is Gunstar Heroes. Sure, we don't get all the XBLA games, but at least we get (arguably) the best one around.

Finally! PSN gets its own version of online-enabled Bomberman fun. Check out the Trophies here.