Hi Everybody,
It’s my great pleasure to announce to you today that James Gallagher is now officially our new Blog Manager.
I’m sure you’ll all agree with me that James, over the last month, has been doing a fantastic job of updating you with the latest news from E3 and creating some original and interesting features. I particularly liked the build up to E3 with the reviews of the previous years. If you’ve missed these posts you can read them here
James comes from a journalistic background and has a high interest in games. He has been creating content for eu.playstation.com for the last two and half years.
When James applied for the job, I asked him what he would like do differently on the blog and he had some really good ideas; you can definitely expect more interactive content such as live chats and competitions. But above all, James will do his best to be at the start of conversations between you and PlayStation whether you read the Blog, follow us on Twitter or get involved on our Facebook fanpage .
Please join me in congratulating James for his new position and don’t hesitate to let him know what kind of content you’d like to see more of on the Blog.













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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:07 pm by SpeckyGeek
@50 agreed
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:07 pm by AKGermany
Congratulations! Great posts and initiatives so far!
Special commendation for the little research on my Eyepet/Move question the other day.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:08 pm by enormhi
Congratulations James! You are doing an incredible job right here on the blog! Let’s hope you stick around and be even more awesome!
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:10 pm by steven_dutch
Gongrats James.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:14 pm by krioto
This blog had a previous manager???
The mind boggles.
Anyway, congratulations James.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:15 pm by DarkDeux
James, if you are the boss now, you have one of this no?
http://www.extravaganzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/24kt-gol d-ps3-slim-1.jpg
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:15 pm by TTDegs
Very many congrats James, well deserved!
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:18 pm by Ross McGrath
Congratulations James! May your tyrannical reign be a long and prosperous one.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:19 pm by ffrulez
Congratulations James! You deserve the job and have done both Sony and its customers an invaluable service.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:20 pm by Alex Weekes
Many congratulations, James. Looking forward to throwing little bits of paper at you over the barrier between our desks :p
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:22 pm by FULLMETAL56
Congratulations James, i’m looking forward to your upcoming interviews (they all are awesome)!! =)
“To infinity … and beyond!”
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:23 pm by Bahamut44-4
Congrats James, I hereby submuit to your rule.
Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:36 pm by James Gallagher
You guys are the real bosses around here – I just do what you tell me to. Thanks for all of your kind comments. I’ll pop on again later to respond some more but I have to get a live chat set up. Its with four of the developers behind some of my favourite minis so start having a think about anything you’d like to ask them. I’m going to kick it off around 4pm.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:23 pm by almighty-slayer
Hang on…i know i said you were the best man for the job but…how does someone who calls MGS2 “Sons of the patriots” instead of Sons of Liberty manage this?
Only kidding
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:24 pm by Chrysus
Great call! The bloke’s being doing a Stella job on the Blog. Great articles and always finds the time to engage the community in the comments. Good luck mate
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:26 pm by Uar2bePWNDagain
gratz james
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:32 pm by nerdlegend
This tbh http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/2717326642_ff78e244fe.jpg
More and more
More talking is what needed it
Getting the blog working on the PS3 also is a major thing. And maybe getting it added to the XMB or something am sure the US has some news thing at the top we don’t
Well done james i wish you luck
Oh hope you can get some devs on the blog also
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:36 pm by JordanBlack68
Well deserved, should of got the position from the start.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:50 pm by Corey Brotherson
Congrats! Maybe I should ask if you can get me a cup of tea for the first time ever while I still can…
Watch out for those Mike and Ross cowboys, too
Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:54 pm by James Gallagher
Mate, I spent the first year offering to make you tea and you suddenly fancy a cup?! Don’t worry – I have a high-quality whip.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 12:54 pm by Agamer2006
Glad to see you got the job. Your build up to E3 and your whole E3 coverage was great. Made sure I didnt miss a blog post
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 1:01 pm by almighty-slayer
There’s red people replying here who i have never even seen before, haha
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 1:06 pm by Soggyllama
Congrats on the promotion James.
Are you going to make this blog better than its US counterpart? For once, lets have the americans jealous of something WE have better than THEIRS for a change
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 1:15 pm by Lucreto
Congratulations James
I look forward to see what the blog will look like until the liberty and equality of you iron fisted rule.
I was wondering will you be in contact with developers voicing our need for PS1 classics or games like Tales of Vesperia getting an EU localisation.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 1:20 pm by DANNY3194
The force is strong with you James
Great to see your manager, your a great guy with great humour so you deserve it at the end of the day.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 1:25 pm by Clxmj
When’s Tombi1 coming to the Euro/UK Store James? Oh yer.. Congrats
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 1:54 pm by Diablo_Rosso
Congrats James.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 1:55 pm by iorkara
James, if you can get Ridge Racer 1 and 2 on the PSN for my PSP Go, you will save the PSP Go! Because I have not turned it on since a month after the purchase of the handheld. Which was on launch day. Thank you.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 1:58 pm by gr0undp0und
But……. will they come true? Everyone wants the
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 2:00 pm by xchris2008x
Congratz James, Now go and get us some good Ps3 new
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 2:01 pm by xchris2008x
News*
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 2:03 pm by xchris2008x
Ask telltale to release Wallace & Gromit on ps3 for me
:P
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 2:42 pm by LazyBaker
I really think this has to be your avatar!
http://rlv.zcache.com/whale_love_sticker-p21722373381168383 5tdcj_210.jpg
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 2:42 pm by LazyBaker
The link didnt work properly, you may have to cut and paste!
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 2:52 pm by Bonyman
Congrats James, i’ve been enjoying your posts since you started.
I miss the weekly sunday “what we read around the web” although i appreciate it’s not fair to ask you to work on a sunday.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 3:10 pm by gbh08
Nice one on the new job!
Hoping we get more dev interviews and Q&A’s in the future
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 3:42 pm by Raider197
Oh yeah, a news ticker showing the headlines from the Blog on the XMB would be nice (something like the US has under their clock).
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 3:50 pm by Adwil24
Well done dude, and congratulations. Look forward to seeing what you have instore for the blog
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 3:56 pm by KC-alpha-14
You should have your avatar as The Heavy Rain bird because you never disspaoint
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 4:04 pm by Doodylicious
Congrats James!
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 5:00 pm by MoneyMarko
Could we maybe get an agree/disagree function for comments on the blog?
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 6:41 pm by Darkscorpius
Congrats on getting the job James. As for your avatar, how about the king from Katamari?
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 7:08 pm by snap02-12
Congrats.
I really like how the EU Blog keeps getting better and better. Now there are a couple of things you might want to have a look at. The first thing is the German PlayStation.Blog. You can find almost the same content you can find here, but for those who only speak or understand German there is no way to have their criticism, feedback or wishes heard. There’s just one person posting simple translations of the EU-Blog Content and he never wants to respond to anything. Whenever the Update of the PS-Store gets posted there’s a contest to win some kind of DLC. To win, you have to post a comment. There’s so much Spam (people post a couple of times) and the useful comments get no attention at all.
Another thing I’d like to see is more answers to our questions. I know you guys might not like them, but why isn’t there anyone who could actually answer our questions? Why is PS+ in the USA so much better? Why can’t Germany get 18+ content when it’s available on Xbox Live? There are a lot more question that just need to be anwered ONE SINGLE TIME. I hope you guys don’t feel offended, but I just had to say what I think.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 10:07 pm by Ragnarok-NZ
I’m a little late to the party, but Congratulations Mr. Gallagher
I have no doubt that you will be one heck of a Blog Manager (you’ve already been doing a fantastic job).
The more people I see from SCEE and the Blog team here on our lovely blogs, the better. Makes me feel like we’re all one big happy Playstation family
A big Hello Mr.Kebby and Mr.Orssaud btw.
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Posted on 15 July, 2010 at 10:27 pm by Super--Brad
Congratulations on the promotion James
And I am too glad to hear that you lot shall be responding to us a lot more now.
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Posted on 16 July, 2010 at 1:31 am by JeffPS
Congrats, James! It’s been good working with you thus far, and glad that’s permanent now.
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Posted on 16 July, 2010 at 8:23 am by GekooktEi
@50 I actually think it’s already enough that you see it next to someone’s profile, I think the avatar’s a bit too small for it.
It would be better if special PS Plus avatars would come I think. E.g. a normal yellow Plus or the “Elevate your game” Plus made from a piece of earth, that was a fun ad
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Posted on 16 July, 2010 at 1:31 pm by afcwomblelong
well done James. I hope that means you got a rise. Thanks for sorting out the world cup compo. I look forward to many interesting and comical blogs and reports.
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Posted on 16 July, 2010 at 3:28 pm by lonewolf1994
James, since you said you are going to reply alot.. can you PLEASE reply to this?
Is there any way you can tell sony or someone to suggest they add a psn store to Malta? PLEASE ITS BENN 3 YEAS AND WE STILL DONT HAVE A PS STORE! I WANT TO BUY PSN+ and alot of other goodies
please reply.. as i have posted this so many times.. yet i keep getting ignored T_T
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Posted on 16 July, 2010 at 3:29 pm by lonewolf1994
Also sorry where are my manners, congrats for the new job!
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 10:13 pm by fixuis2
Right on the money. Congrats James! Well deserved.
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