Hello to one and all across the ocean!
This is Joel DeYoung of Hothead Games in Vancouver, Canada. This is my first time posting on the EU PlayStation blog – nice to meet everyone. I’m here today because Hothead is bringing Jonathan Blow’s Braid to a whole new audience of gamers this Thursday via the PlayStation Network – you!
Yes, indeed, European players can pick up the title for €9.99 (or £7.99) in just a few days. The Hothead team focused on working closely with Jonathan to retain his original vision and getting Braid into your hands as swiftly as possible. Plus, Sony was a brilliant partner in ensuring that Europe wouldn’t be left out in the cold, delivering it just in time for you to cozy up on the couch for some holiday season game play.
We’re pleased with how the game turned out on this platform and look forward to offering even more great indie content soon. Cheers!













38 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:05 pm by Alonemusic
awesome, I can’t wait to play!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:14 pm by t22design
Great!
I’ve played this and it is fantastic. I urge anyone who plays it, not to look for the solutions to levels online. Figuring it out for yourself is very very rewarding.
I’ll be getting this tomorrow.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:15 pm by iapetus
Any improvements over the XBox 360 version I played all those months ago?
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:30 pm by mcwildcard
I’m all over this like white on rice, great price too, I was expecting a tenner!
Tomorrow is shaping up to be a super sweet update, I’m hoping that there’s some good special offers too, on top of the DLC for LBP.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:37 pm by mitch_uk_psn
Was expecting it to be much more expensive – congratulations on a great $ to £ conversion. Will be picking this up tomorrow.
Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:16 pm by Joel DeYoung
Hothead is located in Canada, so we know first hand the way some games end up suffering from less than ideal pricing conversions outside the US. We think £7.99/€9.99 is a great bargain for Braid!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:37 pm by V_Ben
huzzah! cannot wait!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:38 pm by Dr-Mog
Think I will wait for the reviews on this one, looks good from the offset though.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:41 pm by FBZ1501
Will defo get it, is it exactly the same as the 360 or are there any special PS3 stuff in there??????
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:41 pm by BenX42316
Awesome! I’ve been waiting for this for some time.
Day 1 buy for me.
Thanks to you guys in Vancouver for this, and Merry Christmas!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:41 pm by Tridentmorph
Fabulous, bargain price too. Been looking forward to this for ages. Is it a direct port of the 360 version?
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:52 pm by Lacri
Late but good price. Im buying it.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:53 pm by vonhammer
I know it’s critically acclaimed and suspect it but will be good but will there be a demo.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:57 pm by Shuya86
Thank you for bringig this to us, the price seems more reasonable than upon it’s first release (though that was a rather long time ago).
I shall pick it up this time. Merry Christmas
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:35 pm by Carnivius_Prime
I’m gonna pass. Really disliked it on 360 so definitely won’t buy it on PS3. One of my least favorite games of recent years. Though it is nice to see some games coming over from the 360′s store but I’m hoping for something else.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:36 pm by td_rules
i expect Braid avatars and a theme like the 360 version then.
thankyou for making it cheaper than the 360 version though!!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:49 pm by heathengray
Good news! I was wondering if the EU had been forgotten since the US has had it for a while.
£8 is nearly half the price of the original XBLA price too
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:51 pm by deadman578
£7.99 for Braid is great price the game is brillient.
An experience that should be tryed out (though it won’t be for everyone)
This was the only Xbox game that I was truely jealous of, as this game is amazing.
Though I got it on PC a couple of months ago (when I got a decent one).
Braid is amazing and a great addition to the PSN.
By the way does anyone know if Hothead Games have made a newer game since braid, or any they’re working on??
Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:54 pm by Joel DeYoung
Right now at Hothead we’re working on DeathSpank (http://www.deathspank.com), and are still percolating Swarm (http://www.hotheadgames.com/swarm.php). You can always check out our latest at http://www.hotheadgames.com or follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/hotheadgames.
Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:56 pm by Joel DeYoung
Whoa–links got bunged up there… shouldn’t include punctuation.
http://www.deathspank.com
http://www.hotheadgames.com/swarm.php
http://www.hotheadgames.com
http://twitter.com/hotheadgames
Chee rs,
Joel
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:57 pm by Roxas598
Any chance of a demo…Please *puppy dog eyes*
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 5:00 pm by Apnomis
Wow, what an amazing conversion price – a few months ago a $9.99 game would have cost us that nevermind a $14.99 game!!! I was going to put off getting this as I’ve already bought (or am going to buy) Critter Crunch (£4.49), The Last Guy (£3.99), PJ Shooter (£6.29), Gravity Crash (£6.29), LBP POTC/Water (£4.79) – but for £7.99 I don’t think I’ll be able to resist this, £9.49 was fair but £7.99 is a steal!
I’m loving the pricing of SCEE PSN content lately, and I do seem to be buying a lot more stuff because of it!! Hopefully this is a permanent thing and isn’t just SCEE getting into the Festive Spirit for December releases, hopefully outrageous pricing like €14.99/£11.99 for Fat Princess will become a thing of the past…
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 5:51 pm by MaxiM_82
That would be one awesome game for the PSP…
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 6:27 pm by ninja_tom
Congratulations!
Are you able to let us in on what some of the delays bringing this to europe were?
Well done on the pricing!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 6:40 pm by R1MJAW
I would like to know if the speedrun trophy issue has been resolved. The US version was glitched and even if the requirements were met, the trophy wouldn’t unlock.
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 3:41 pm by Joel DeYoung
The speedrun glitch is not present in the version released in Europe. A patch addressing it in the US will be released this week.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 6:50 pm by The_Snowstone
I’m hopping in the future there will be a port for the PSP, I have this for the pc and love it. Maybe in the future I can play it anywhere…
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 7:06 pm by niall077
atleast you got the exchange rate right and know dollors dont = euros (LOOKING AT YOU, NEW LBP DLC AND MOST SCE RELEASES)
Thanks will be picking this up as soon as I get some credit in my PSN account.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 8:28 pm by Kradziej
As a lazy person I do not have an US PSN account, so I couldn’t buy Braid there… But it’s finally here, can’t wait ’till thursday!!!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 9:03 pm by mmatzat
It´s i very good game, but i already bought it for my iMac and MacBook so i will pass on PS3… i hope it dos decent sales anyway!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 9:38 pm by AKGermany
I’m pleasantly surprised by the price as well, will buy it for sure tomorrow. I’ve been waiting for this game to make its way to PS3 for quite some time.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 10:24 pm by Gekidami
Its awesome. Seriously; Buy it.
Hope Jonathan Blow’s next game comes straight to PSN next time though.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 10:44 pm by zAppr
Well €9.99 is about twice as much as £7.99 but still I think its a good deal for such a game. Looking forward to getting it this week. Thanks
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 1:05 am by Guerrier
Definitively I was waiting for this one! I haven’t played it yet, neither the PC nor the xbox version; so, I’m thrilled!
Regards.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 2:16 am by BradleyUK
Got any of them Unicorn Poop T-shirts?
I be getting this game after xmas =)
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:31 am by magmar126
Good news!
Is the Speedrun trophy fixed already?
Read that people didn’t get the trophy.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 9:51 am by BenderUnit22
Excellent. I’ve been waiting for this game.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 11:07 am by Lee_and_Nomi
It’s been a long wait but finely here. Going to buy right now.
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Posted on 21 December, 2009 at 10:50 am by patate12
Braid is oh so cool, man !!
Unfortunately, its start menu is also victim of the OX/XO bug.
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Posted on 23 December, 2009 at 10:43 pm by lumnaya
I bought it yesterday. I love it! : )
…but I’m afraid I have a minor bug to report — I’m getting a 8002A10D error message from time to time (quite often, actually) for some reason. It doesn’t affect the gameplay, but it’s a bit annoying. (I looked for it on Google and I’ve found two other people having the same problem.) If that could be fixed, it would be perfect! Thanks..
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Posted on 26 December, 2009 at 3:09 pm by shamska
Hello,
I have also this issue, from time to time I get the 8002A10D. Finally I am “happy” that someone else has this issue, it is more a software bug than a hardware issue. As my 60gb is dying I was not sure. (The blu-ray drive is dead on my system and I can only play game from the hard drive.)
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Posted on 27 December, 2009 at 9:04 am by shamska
Hello again,
I had also the error code playing gravity crach yesterday (8002A10D), so it is probably a PSN issue.
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