Hello everyone, my name is James and I have the exciting – and I’ll admit, slightly scary – task of reporting from this year’s E3 in sunny California. I’ve been writing for eu.playstation.com for some time now and am looking forward to cutting my blog teeth in the City of Angels as one of the contributing authors.
I’ll be bringing you the big stories as they happen, as well as providing an overall feel of the event and stirring up some epic conversation with you, the PlayStation Community.
Keep an eye on our Twitter and Flickr feeds for breaking stories and any juicy morsels that spring to mind from the show floor, as well as pictures – if I catch any Kratos and Nariko cosplayers canoodling in the cafeteria, you’ll be the first to know.
I’ll be posting video interviews courtesy of my new friends over at SCEA’s PlayStation Blog . We will be producing our own video content soon enough and they’re going to be helping us out while we get on our feet – we will be in their back garden, after all.
If you are making the trip to E3 then please come over and say hello, salut, tag, hola, ciao, ahoj, hallo, moi, yia sou, hej, cześć, servus, bună ziua or any other greeting I’ve forgotten; I’ll be the one with a camera and a nervous look, until the first E3 post goes live on June 1, at least.
Anyhow, SCEE’s PlayStation Blog is as new to you as it is to me and now I’ve introduced myself, it’s over to you. Post a comment telling us which games you’re aching to learn more about, or if you have any special assignments you’d like to see me take on, and I’ll do my best.












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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:13 pm by mikkelito
i so hope a new zone of the enders will be a suprise title at E3.
realy doubt it tough. and im looking forward to see more of uncharted 2 ratchet and clank and battlefield 1943 ^^
not shure what other titles thats ps3 exlusive that will be shown.
ooh.. how could i forget god of war 3!?!? they gotta show that at e3.
hope you have fun over there ^^
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:17 pm by mikkelito
and about the psn video store. it has as much of a chance in comming to sweden as the xbox360 video store coming here.. zero!! xD
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:17 pm by Supermaniacs
Good Luck James
Please can you also manage at least an interview with Mr Kojima or Fumito Ueda
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:24 pm by scs1965
Announce modern warfare 2 as a PS3 exclusive, and plenty of ratchet and clank news please! I would also like to know more about this PSP GO! thing i keep hearing about. I’m sure you’ll have lots of fun, enjoy youself!
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:26 pm by GavFFFan
I hope the conference is put on the store because I’m working unfortunately so I’m going to miss it all. Very annoying
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:29 pm by CinderShadow
Hi James, I’d really like it if you could post up what you find about Kingdom Under Fire II, or, Bayonetta. See if you can secure some artwork, or something to post, for the latter, along with any news?
For the blog, please see if you could get a chat with the Singstar team – what’s next from them, what are they up to now and maybe we, readers can ask a question or two, as well?
It would be great, if, in the future, you’ll be able to confirm EU Demon’s Souls distribution plans – perhaps invite the publisher on, to talk about the game?
Have a good time at the event, and it’s great to see the blog, is now underway!
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:33 pm by Haejung
Games I’m aching to learn more about, hmmm mainly:
Uncharted 2
Bioshock 2
Heavy Rain
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
White Knight Chronicles
JU-ON
Kojima’s projects
Have fun fun fun :]
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:36 pm by RenorMirshann
Hope that the MEGATON SONY E3 ANNOUNCEMENT is, for example, trophies for every early exclusive that still miss this feature. Or software PS2 BC downloadable for free on PSN.
Don’t really care about new games announcements, there’s enough upcoming titles for me ;P
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:39 pm by Clarkey4boro
I’m hella obsessed with MAG. It’s looking very promising, definitely a buy for me already but some more infor would be nice. Also and this is to Jack Tretton if you’re reading, have an awesome intro like last years E3. The music and montage got everyone pumped and excited! Do it again!
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:39 pm by legalisemurder
Hi James
Firstly,thanks to Sony for finally giving their most loyal region an official blog.
I would like you to ask Nippon Ichi when the rest of the world is going to get the Disgaea 3 trophy patch.
Also,any news on any proper(japanese)rpgs coming our way would be appreciated.
I’m looking forward to news on kojima’s new game(s),God of War 3,Mag and most of the PS3 exclusives.
I hope we get lots of sweet stuff in the store next week.
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 7:43 pm by Cutz0r
154:
“Announce modern warfare 2 as a PS3 exclusive”
Huh? You’re kidding, right?
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 8:00 pm by rossthebassist
i can only really wish you well for E3. since most these announcements will probably take a fair while to filter down to us EU fans. for example we still don’t have the video download service that the states have. or the range of psone classics that japan have. so i can only hope for some great announcements. but then hold off until we get them. sorry to sound like a pessimist but E3 has a tendency to get us EU guys uber excited. only for us to get not much.
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 8:13 pm by Cutz0r
More details on this, please:
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2009/05/29/motorstorm-pacifi c-rift-%E2%80%93-third-game-update-speed-and-adrenaline-rush/
Price , release date and trailer would be nice. Hope they’ll announce a new MotorStorm game for the PS3. Shame Arctic Edge isn’t coming to it
And remember SCEE, we want the PSN cards!
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 8:24 pm by john7doe_
really would like to know about Playstation Cards for europe
I guarantee you’d get at least 200 euro’s worth used by me in the first week
Please I need info!!!!!!
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 9:51 pm by Raonak
wow, eu blog isnt slacking!. i initally thought 1 post a month. but u guys are updatin the blog nicely. and u got me rockband unplugged and monstr huntr demoes for my psp. looks like SCEE is getting better.
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 10:17 pm by robytigers
Sony, on compte sur vous pour faire un E3 du tonnerre!!
Good luck to E3!
et s’il vous plait faites nous un blog francais! y’a assez de francophone adepte a Playstation pour ca!
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 10:18 pm by Venias
Great news James, I’ll definitely be watching the press conference on Home! By the way, I would really appreciate it if you could perhaps try and find some info on the release date of the Video Store in European territories.
Anyway, I think SCEE is doing a wonderful job.
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 10:23 pm by raz_lintu
If you post videos of interviews, could you try and provide subtitled versions? Even a transcript would do. I’m deaf but still a massive game fan and want to know what’s going on as much as everyone else.
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 10:24 pm by scs1965
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i can dream can’t I? nah just kidding. would be awesome though. I would however like to see sony put a bit more effort in securing multiplatform dlc. I dont care for ps3 exclusive dlc, as long as we get what xbox gets without having to wait a year. seriously, i just cannot wait any longer for fallout 3 dlc.
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 10:41 pm by IIIKAGEIII
woot e3 in my home…. best use of home yet !!!!
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 10:58 pm by SweQuackduck
This is why one reason I bought a Playstation 3, for the wonderful community.
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 11:00 pm by SweQuackduck
Of course I write wrong, “This is one of the reason I bought a Playstation 3″. A edit button would be good to change our posts.
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 11:08 pm by Joeloskio
Welcome next metal gear!
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Posted on 29 May, 2009 at 11:29 pm by Codac12
Going to be sweet can’t wait. You people at Sony are really stepping up this year and i believe you’ll come out on top after E3 is over. Getting better all the time.
Thanks James
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 12:02 am by bap10
Hi James, could you find out what the guys at media molecule are up to with LBP, they keep saying there is something big coming soon but still waiting. What could it be ?
How cool would a Mr T sack boy be.
Good night.
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 12:34 am by CartBlanche
Someone should sneak into each press conference, hide somewhere interesting, then when the head honchos are doing their run through they get the scoop, hours before anyone else does. Don’t forget to post a link to your scoops here.
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 12:44 am by BalramRules
Can someone please tell me how to put smileys on this blog, secondly,why does the picture link lead me to a window asking me for a yahoo e-mail address???
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 12:44 am by BalramRules
CartBlanche, is makin me laugh like a pan cake: [-)
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 1:41 am by starko
looking forward to E3, hoping to download those intresting conferences,
i feel that the PS3 world is getting stronger and that the visions and dreams ken kutaragi mentioned a few years back is coming to light. i’m looking forward to fightnight round 4, aliens vs predator, operation flashpoint, vidzone and fingers crossed some useful firmware updates. and also a ZONE for honest cheat free gamers.
all the best james
starko
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 1:52 am by Shin-Ra
IGN and probably others have misquoted the reply to post 17, stating that the E3 press conference will be broadcast LIVE in Home.
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 4:21 am by l0_t0
I just wanna know some news about firmware updates, the “in-game” things are the lack of the PS3.
I think the in-game XMB needs a makeover, something like pop-up windows with the options you can use while you´re playing, and not to show the whole XMB (it´s slow and totally useless).
Before almost 3 years of the first launch in Japan it´s time to think about it.
Users are claming for a long time now, but it seems that nobody listen at Sony´s Developer Department.
They know what we want like voice chat (not the [DELETED] text chat), voice messages, faster loads in-game, in-game custom music, custom or home avatar pic for gamecard, etc…
It will be a dreaming if we see a huge firmware and home update during the E3, but i don´t put my hopes on it.
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 4:36 am by fleinn
Well, if you’re taking assignments
I’d like to hear about White Knight Chronicles, even if it’s only a US release.
Trine (if Frozenbyte is at e3). Does anyone have anything to say about more complex physics in games over graphics quality alone?
Heavy Rain / alternative story- telling devices in games and “interactive experiences”.
Also, ask any developer, including Suckerpunch, Ubisoft, Naughty Dog, etc., why we’re only getting shooting games with good writing these days. Naughty Dog and Amy Hennig has made one.. two games “without magic”. When will there be one with no guns?
And please figure out a way to worm out a comment from the S-E people about Final Fantasy versus. Bribes seem to help. And a tidbit about “Trico”.
What else :p If Guerilla Games is there, ask them about KZ3, transparency effects, shadow models, and how they intend to expand on destructible and interactive environments. Will we see bent metal that isn’t scripted, and wired overhangs swaying in the wind, things like that?
Finally, curse the people at the Bethesda stand for me (and take a picture of the girls at the Ubisoft box).
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 4:45 am by tabunet
Awesome!
but I doubt if we can watch the conference live or delayed
In my opinion I think you put the videos only on demand(delayed).
I would like to see the power of Home and enjoy live!
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 8:47 am by AUSSIERACER1
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE…Harass Ubisoft into bringing Splinter Cell back to Playstation again. Losing Splinter Cell after playing every one of them to date and missing out on the next installment is the biggest crime in the game industry at the moment.
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 9:46 am by ali922
i hope they show ff13 on it or release the ff13 demo on it and i would like to see uncharted 2 aswell
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 10:43 am by SinsToJudge
Is it possible to get some information about PlayTV for the NZ and AU regions? Off the record, they already work down here on the firmware that it’s bundled with……so I don’t know what the hold up is for this product
(Although seeing as it’s E3, I dunno how much the americans will know).
Uncharted 2 info is a mega must. I think everyone has already covered what we wanna see game wise, but I’m really interested too see what we can look forward to in terms of Collectors/Special Editions. Espically in regards to Uncharted 2 and Ratchet Future 2; good games need to get a CE (KZ2 didn’t have one
)
And for shame! TRICO INFORMATION!
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 11:30 am by PhantomOfOpera
I can’t wait for E23 and all the news. Also, I am really looking forward to the UMD-less PSP
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 11:59 am by Shaz73
Hope to see some operation flashpoint dragon rising gameplay.
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 12:04 pm by dyslekt
all of the above:) and give the wondeful ps3 devs a good hug for there grate games:) eu loves you!!
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 12:15 pm by ATIPdante
i hope there is some metal gear solid 5 news
and also uncharted 2 looks amazing cant wait for that xx
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 1:55 pm by SnowTau
I hope they can confirm whether MAG will be Pay 2 Play or free.. (if they haven’t already, i haven’t been following it.)
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 2:19 pm by ImInfamous
Will we be getting new PSN Avatars sometime during E3?
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 2:35 pm by AUSSIERACER1
Will we get Splinter Cell back?
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 3:08 pm by AUSSIERACER1
Yeah I agree with the guy above. Will Sony be awesome and get Splinter Cell back for us? The coolest stealth series besides MGS.
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 3:21 pm by wedgehog
Is there a link between Xi and E3? … looking at the Xi logo (http://tinyurl.com/ncqnjd) it looks a bit like the letter E made up from 3 lines.
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 5:19 pm by CinderShadow
See if you can find anything great and new, about Borderlands, please – k?
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 7:36 pm by Sebgob
Good news ! Home becomes better and better.
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Posted on 30 May, 2009 at 10:41 pm by TheChoubidoudou
Can’t wait for E3!
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Posted on 31 May, 2009 at 12:21 am by Luis_FFgamer
Hi, will the European PS Store receive daily updates from E3? I know the US will, so can someone comment one this?
p.s.- If i see Kojima at SONY’s E3 press-conference, rip microsoft. hehe
kudos to the people that made this blog happen
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Posted on 31 May, 2009 at 12:27 am by MosesPJ
This will be great! I won’t be there… (ofc) but I love to see this! Hope for some livestream and so, awesome keep it going!
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