Thursday was a good day: I officially took the job of Blog Manager and 96 people (and counting) said nice things to me. Many thanks for all your kind comments. However, enough of that – from now on the blog won’t be about me; it’ll be about the latest news, tasty features and you people. Here’s your recap.
PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap
- Warhawk Competition Winners Announced! - We find out who will get to wield the Champion’s Knife.
- This Week On The SingStore (14 July 2010) - Learn what we’re all singing this weekend (you listening, MusterBuster?)
- Let Us Know What Games You Want To See In PlayStation Plus - James Thorpe asks the community for their PlayStation Plus requests.
- FirstPlay Episode 15 - The latest reviews and features from the FirstPlay team.
- UK Video Store Update - The Video Store update returns!
- EU Community SingStar Challenge - MusterBuster makes a silly wager that it looks like he’s going to regret…
- Play Interdiction With Zipper - Zipper get ready to pwn each and every one of us.
- minis Round Up - We look at this week’s minis.
- minis Pass 1 Million Downloads - The may be small, but minis hit a big milestone this week. Which are your favourites?
- ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update (14th July 2010) - Mike Kebby speaks to his people.
- Digital Comics Store Update (14th July 2010) - Some good holiday reading in this week’s Comics Store update.
- PlayStation Home: Toy Story 3 And More! - PlayStation Home gets all playful with Toy Story outfits and monkeys.
- Your New Blog Manager - Me.
- Live Chat With minis Developers - I do my first live chat with four of the finest minis developers.
- Win A Chance To Attend The Karate Kid Premiere – And the winners are…. - Find out whose martial arts movie review was the winner.
- Gran Turismo 5 – Name That Tune - Get your name in the credits of Gran Turismo 5.
- The Friday Debate – Girls Who Game? - A new feature – are you a girl gamer?
- New Kane & Lynch 2 Demo Coming To PlayStation Plus Subscribers On Monday - A brutal new demo is beaming straight into PlayStation Plus members’ PS3 systems.
35 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 12:11 pm by earlyrock
Pretty good week all in all.
The Mini’s dev chat was great. And great sales racked up 1m.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 12:32 pm by Jamez735
hey James, just wanted to say that I have the exact same name as you
and you rock!!!
(ps. i think it runs in the name
)
Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 12:47 pm by James Gallagher
That’s amazing! I’ve always dreamt of travelling the world, meeting every other James Gallagher. Weirdly, there’s a James Gallagher working at Sony Pictures and I often get emails meant for him. Just last week I got one asking for a rating for a film I probably shouldn’t know about.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 12:50 pm by James Gallagher
If anyone reads this, can you help me? My girlfriend is at a wedding and I’m going to spend the day clutching a DUALSHOCK. I’m in the mood for trying one of the dozens of games that were sent to me that I didn’t have time to play and I’m torn between Fight Night Round 4, Darksiders and Devil May Cry 4… what would you do?
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 12:55 pm by Roxas598
James can i have a job on the blog xD
don’t ask don’t get <.<
also play darksiders
it's zelda+GoW+portal best combo ever!
Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:03 pm by James Gallagher
I dunno… what’s your tea like? I am erring towards Darksiders but now people on Twitter are saying DMC 4… I’m actually having a couple of bouts on Fight Night now to eliminate that from the quandary and will then sit down and blast through one of the other two.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 12:56 pm by Cameh
Hey James
welcome !
What happens when there’s an adult movies actor called James Gallagher ? You’ll be getting weird stuff then lol
Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:10 pm by James Gallagher
I think it would be a pretty boring name for an adult movie star… this would be much better: http://bit.ly/9C509q
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 12:58 pm by sazzrah
Devil May Cry 4 is the only game out of those that appeal to me so I would vote that!
Once you get over the slight disappointment of not playing as Dante from the beginning it’s quite enjoyable – it makes getting to the part where you DO play Dante all the more sweeter though! Man, I wish Capcom would hurry up and announce Devil May Cry 5 – it’s been a long old while since we’ve had any Dante love.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 12:58 pm by Bullucks
Play Joe Danger James. Joe demands it.
Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:00 pm by James Gallagher
I’ve completed it already!
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:00 pm by Pesico
I hope it’s not her own weeding:P Kidding a side.
It was nice to hear the Minis devs want trophies to be added. I understand that trophies won’t be added to the PSP (sadly). Is it possible to only enable trophies for the PS3 versions? I’d definitley buy some more Minis if they came with trophies.
Also liked the post where we could say what games we wanted to be part of PlayStation Plus. And the store update with Deathslap.
Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:08 pm by James Gallagher
PSP trophies is a popular request but I don’t have the power or the knowledge to say whether they are in the plans or not. I’ll tell James Thorpe that you liked his post though and he might cook up another.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:01 pm by dragon_unleashed
devil may cry 4 no doubt!
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:01 pm by NotoriousR
First, congrats on the new job James.
Second, go watch Inception.
Third, if you can’t watch Inception, out of those options, I’d say Darksiders. Though I do agree with Bullucks, Joe Danger demands some love. That is all
Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:13 pm by James Gallagher
Is Inception good? My colleague Barry was raving about it.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:03 pm by Seedhouse
Easily Devil May Cry 4 James!
It’s a shame that it doesn’t have trophies, but it is such an awesome game that it deserves a playthrough
I really enjoyed Darksiders too, but unfortunately nothing beats Dante
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:03 pm by earlyrock
Fight Night R4 is a gorgeous looking game though. Well worth booting that up. But Devil May Cry is superb as well.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:15 pm by Roxas598
I make the best cup if tea ever!
It even says that on my CV <.<
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:16 pm by almighty-slayer
A good week on the blog, James
I must say i enjoyed the live chat and the friday debate. Looking forward to seeing what else you bring 
Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:39 pm by James Gallagher
Thanks! I’m really pleased with how both of those went so I reckon they’ll be regulars from now on. Live chats are trickier, for obvious reasons, but I’ve put the feelers out and *might* try and do another next Thursday. Also got another regular feature coming that you’re going to LOVE!
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:26 pm by Raider197
A great week on the Blog
I’m looking forward to the post next week about the new Blog features! I’d say play Darksiders, although I might purchase Joe Danger today.. or sit down with Ms. Croft for a bash of Tomb Raider 1 
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:27 pm by NotoriousR
Inception, is awesome. The reviews and Barry are raving about it for good reason. Watch it =] It trips with your mind, but in a good way.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:34 pm by MisterBronze
Fight Night Round 4! Although, I am biased – I worked on that game
Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:40 pm by James Gallagher
Great! I really like Fight Night – I’d say it’s my favourite beat ‘em up, if you can call it that. Please tell me you were in charge of sweat.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:45 pm by LSB123
Great week, mainly cos I went to see Karate Kid thanks to you guys at Sony
And if you’re dishing out jobs James, I’d like to point out that when the Karate Kid blog post with my review goes live I’ll have some experience in the field
Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:53 pm by James Gallagher
Ha! That’s very true… I received your article quite late yesterday so I’ll post it on Monday. Hope you had fun.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:54 pm by almighty-slayer
Sounds gooood
Look forward to seeing what the next chat will be about and who with 
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:54 pm by seany1
play darksiders james m8 as when you get into that game it is really amazing . great job this week on the blog james looking forward to the weeks and months ahead .
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 1:58 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Don’t care much for Fight Night or Devil May Cry. Darksiders was pretty cool though I didn’t appreciate it at the time cos I bought God of War III at same time and it’s hard to compete with that.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 2:02 pm by LSB123
Yeah I was up till midnight trying to get the hotel internet to work so I could send it but it was being difficult, so I had to wait until I got home the next day, apologies!
But I had a great time thank you very much, if you ever fancy sending me to a couple more premieres I’m sure I could squeeze it in
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 2:29 pm by Lucreto
Hi James,
I wouls suggest Darksiders as well it is a very good game. Do you have the slim or the older machines?
As the older machines have a problem with you exi the game, it beeps 3 times and resets the machine. It scares me every time. I am not sure the slim does that as well. May be it is something to look into.
Secondly will there be a Sony conference at Gamescom this year?
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 3:00 pm by James Gallagher
Booting up Darksiders now. Thanks for everyone’s help.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 3:26 pm by poultee
Hi James,
Congrats on the job, have enjoyed the posts you have done since Jem left.
Can you help, Ive seen these themes advertised on ps.com but cant find them on the store.. I especially want the south park dynamic theme as im a massive fan.
http://videostore.uk.playstation.com/theme_listings.html
An y idea on when it will be released?
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 3:55 pm by johnleonhart
You’ll enjoy Darksiders James, story and voiceacting is truly epic imo (big fan of Liam OBriens work who voices War) and the games is alot of fun. Enjoy!
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 5:55 pm by Raider197
Don’t forget to tell us what you think of Darksiders James
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 5:57 pm by dgnfly
@James
you posted in this blog recap
‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update (14th July 2010) – Mike Kebby speaks to his people.
with that do you mean the angry mob that shows up everyweek cause last time i checked it was more complaining than friendly conversation
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 7:05 pm by i-dont_know_1
Maybe wrong place to ask, but any idea when blacklight: Tango down is going to be released on PSN?
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 9:48 pm by Keiician
If it’s not too late yet – I think DMC4 is the best game from those 3
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 10:16 pm by Falcon1991
Nice news.
I’m glad that mini’s are more popular than I thought, new Kane and Lynch demo soon, and we have a new blog manager.
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Posted on 17 July, 2010 at 10:16 pm by Falcon1991
Oh and from you’re list: Devil May Cry 4.
Dante’s personality is awesome.
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Posted on 18 July, 2010 at 9:10 am by Poults-d
Part 1 of the LEGO Harry Potter – Behind the scenes appears to be missing from the Europe Store. Parts 2 and 3 are available. It would also have been nice to have a HD download of the E3 2010 press conference available if possible.
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Posted on 18 July, 2010 at 11:26 am by Bassie_1985
@james
maybe you can play Halo or a mario game
Just kidding
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Posted on 21 July, 2010 at 9:52 am by elliotclem1
Any news on the flower competition winners?
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