Hi everyone –- last week saw the second chapter of Four Days: The Heavy Rain Online Experience unfold. The investigation took a dark turn, as participants took part in a criminal investigation –- handling an emergency call, investigating crime scene evidence, questioning a well-meaning but unreliable witness, and ultimately submitting data to the Bureau for further analysis.

At the end of the week, all those who submitted the correct evidence pack from the crime scene were given an exclusive voucher code to download the Heavy Rain playable demo from the PlayStation Store. The demo will not be made generally available until this Thursday, 11th February – so there’s still time for you to get involved and get hold of the demo early. Head over to www.HeavyRain.com to register, and then take a look at the active community over on the Facebook Fanpage if you need any hints or help.

The final stage of the investigation will take place this week – you’ve been seconded to work with the Bureau, helping them assess potential suspects against strict psychological criteria. This is where you will need to use all of the skills and information you’ve learned during the investigation, and ultimately make your decision – which suspect will you bring in for questioning?

Also – a big apology to those of you who had problems accessing some of the websites at times last week. We’ve seen absolutely unprecedented traffic over the last few weeks, and we’ve now taken additional steps to ensure that everyone taking part has the best possible experience. Thanks to all of you for your patience, and your enthusiasm for the fantastic Heavy Rain!

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Hello, everyone! Ash Monif from Subatomic Studios here to reveal super secret PSP minis cheat codes for Fieldrunners!

Super secret cheat #1 – Unlock All Maps and Fast Forward
Now you can instantly play any map and mode with fast forward!

To unlock:

1. Navigate to the Credits screen.
2. Enter the following button sequence: Down, Down, Up, Up, Right, Left, Right, Left, Circle button, X button.
3. The “Charge” sound effect will play indicating the cheat was unlocked!

Super secret cheat #2 – Unlock Health and Money Boost
Now you can build your ultimate maze with 9999 money and 999 health!
To unlock:

1. Navigate to the Credits screen.
2. Enter the following button sequence: Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Right, Down, Left, Circle button, X button.
3. The “Cha-ching!” sound effect will play indicating the cheat was unlocked!

We hope these cheats help enhance your Fieldrunners experience!

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I asked for your Final Fantasy XIII interview questions and you responded in earnest. Thanks so much for your many questions — they were far too numerous for me to ask them all, but I hope you agree that I covered all the important ones with the game’s producer, Yoshinori Kitase, and director, Motomu Toriyama. Can you believe it’s only four weeks until the game is in our hands? It’s been a long wait, but we’re almost there.

This interview will hopefully give you some insight into the development of the game, and get you interested in the other two Fabula Nova Crystallis games — Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII. As soon as Square Enix is ready to talk more about these titles, you can expect to see something here on PlayStation.Blog.

If there are any burning questions that you have for Square Enix, be sure to let the talented gents over at PlayStation.Blog US know, as they’ll be conducting further interviews, which you’ll see here later this week.

Do you have any plans for Final Fantasy XIII PlayStation Home content?

It is already happening in Japan. There will be costumes for Lightning and Snow, and there’s a personal space as well as chocobo and other character figures. We don’t know at the moment whether this will be brought to Europe.

Will Final Fantasy Versus XIII have any links to Final Fantasy XIII?

Final Fantasy Versus XIII is part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series, but XIII and Versus XIII only share the same basic mythology. The fal’Cie and l’Cie are just a small part of this mythology, but the story and the characters are completely different.

Are there any games within the Fabula Nova Crystallis series that have yet to be announced?

At the moment we are concentrating on releasing Versus XIII and Agito XIII. At the moment we have no other specific plans to release any other titles as a part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series.

What made you decide to make Final Fantasy XIII a series, rather than a standalone title?

If you look back at the Final Fantasy series, at VII for example, this later let to Advent Children and Crisis Core. Also, for FFX, we created FFX-2 after its release. In those cases we obviously released the original title first and then created the sequel. This time we wanted to create several games in the same project from the outset.

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Hello!

Here I am again with lots of great tracks in my SingStore shopping bag, including not only one but two amazing SongPacks to sink your mics into. Don’t say I’m not good to you…

Whether you like to rock out to The Raconteurs and ‘Steady, As She Goes’ or prove that you have the potential to win American Idol with ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’ by Kelly Clarkson, there should be something for everyone in this week’s update.

Also some more French tracks including Christophe Willem and Helmut Fritz, plus Finnish and German songs by Juli, Jan Delay and Happoradio.

Last but not least, our SongPacks for this update are both jam-packed with hot hits from Crowded House and Lionel Richie And The Commodores.

That’s it – see you in two weeks’ time…
Nina x

In English

• Damien Leith – 22 Steps
• James Morrison – You Make It Real
• JLS – Everybody In Love
• Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
• Kelly Clarkson – Behind These Hazel Eyes
• Lil Wayne – Go D.J.
• Massive Attack – Teardrop
• P!nk – U + Ur Hand
• P!nk – Who Knew
• Supergrass – Alright
• The Raconteurs – Steady, As She Goes (not available in Australia/New Zealand)
• The Specials – A Message To You Rudy
• The Subways – Oh Yeah
• T’Pau – Heart And Soul
• Von Hertzen Brothers – Let Thy Will Be Done
• Snow Patrol – Run
• Snow Patrol – Spitting Games

In Finnish

• Happoradio – Puhu Äänellä Jonka Kuulen

In French

• Vitaa – A fleur de toi
• Helmut Fritz – Ça M’enerve
• Julien Doré – Moi Lolita
• Tété – À La Faveur De L’Automne
• Christophe Willem – Berlin
• Grégoire – Ta Main

In German

• DJ Ötzi & Nik P. – Ein Stern (Der Deinen Namen Trägt)
• Jan Delay – Klar
• Juli – Geile Zeit

Song Packs:

• Crowded House
  • Crowded House – Weather With You
  • Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
  • Crowded House – It’s Only Natural
  • Crowded House – Four Seasons in One Day
  • Crowded House – Fall At Your Feet

• Lionel Richie And The Commodores
  • Lionel Richie – All Night Long
  • Lionel Richie – Angel
  • Lionel Richie – Hello
  • The Commodores – Three Times A Lady
  • The Commodores – Easy

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Hi everybody,

New this week from the video store:

To Rent:

• Adventureland
• Driving Aphrodite
• Along Came Polly

To Buy

• It Might Get Loud
• Aliens In The Attic
• Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (Unrated)
• Couples Retreat
• Malice In Wonderland
• The Ugly Truth
• Adventureland
• Duplicity
• Driving Aphrodite
• Secret of Moonacre
• Bandslam

To celebrate the launch of all 3 godfather movies on the video store we decided to create a Gangster Collection so you can find all your favourite gangster movies in one place.

From Thursday the 11th of February for 1 week only we will be running a special Valentine’s Day treat for you. No, it’s not a collection of romantic movies with happily ever after endings but rather some cheeky films that everyone secretly enjoys

Naughty Valentines special offer is what you need for a perfect night in this weekend. A selection of movies, such as Cruel Intentions, School of Seduction, Fatal Attraction and many other great movies will be available for you to buy for as little as £5.99.

Enjoy!

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