Any word on a US PS3 release? Has anyone in the US figured out a way to d/l this?
It's relatively easy and you have two options.
Gameshare with a friend that owns it in a territory where it's been released. Or import a points card from the region whose PSN marketplace you wish to download it from and create a free PSN account for that region.
PSN point cards are locked to the territory they're sold in so you need a points card from the region you wish to purchase the game from that has the game available. You can't enter a North American points card into a United Kingdom PSN account, and North American credit cards can't be utilized to make a purchase on PSN from another region.