Hello everyone,
It’s somehow almost Christmas, even though it feels like about a week since I didn’t really get anything I wanted last year (“A whisk! Thanks, darling”) and I haven’t yet filled my amazon wishlist with expensive boxsets I’ll never have time to watch.
But it does mean that FirstPlay is experiencing its first ever December, with episode 35 hitting the store on Wednesday the 1st. The big news this week is that, to celebrate the release of the actually rather good Def Jam Rapstar, we sent Official PlayStation Magazine‘s foolishly game news editor Rachel Weber to become a real rapper under the tutelage of hip hop up-and-comer XO man. See how she got on in our exclusive feature.
We also do our square-jawed damnedest to catch up on all the games of 2010 we’ve not reviewed so far, including Rock Band 3, DJ Hero 2, PDC World Championship Darts (whoo!) and a big slice of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood.
We also take a look at blockbusting marvel Inception on Blu-ray, show you how we got on with our first hour on Killzone 3‘s multiplayer, countdown our favourite local co-op games (that’s splitscreen and screensharing, rather than supermarket arcades) and talk to developer Ready At Dawn about the making of God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta. Plus we’ve got our regular screenshot galleries, which this week include the latest on inFamous 2 and No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise.
As always this comes for just 99p, or even less if you buy a 12 week subscription for £8.99. Go on…
We’re always super keen to hear your thoughts and feedback, so if you have anything to say please get in touch: on Twitter at @firstplay_uk, via email at FirstPlay@futurenet.com, or the official EU forums. And don’t forget you can sign up for the FirstPlay newsletter at http://www.firstplay.co.uk/register to have regular news and content updates delivered directly.
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14 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 2:03 pm by Raider197
FirstPlay just gets better and better
Hope you’ve got something special planned for Christmas! Also, is there any way to check when our subscription runs out? I don’t want to be left without an episode at good ol’ Christmas.
Posted on 30 November, 2010 at 10:05 am by Nathan Ditum
Thanks Raider
Few festive bits and pieces pencilled in for Xmas.
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 2:07 pm by Carnivius_Prime
i want to play infamous 2.
Posted on 30 November, 2010 at 10:06 am by Nathan Ditum
I concur.
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 2:20 pm by KAP
XO man? seriously?
I still waiting on the day a rapper comes out and just calls himself “Man”
Posted on 30 November, 2010 at 10:05 am by Nathan Ditum
I haven’t questioned the name, on the assumption that XO man could potentially kiss and hug me to death. He’s huge.
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 2:24 pm by zerolaff
I’m the man..
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 2:28 pm by Skookie30
I to want to know when freebies gifts for xmas i just buy the 1st edtion wasn’t impress sorry to say but if i wanted to can i buy the back issues?
off-topic when will the qrioctitcy music unlimited be launch on PSP & PS3 any infor later today about it? Thanks
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 2:57 pm by MrLopes
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 3:29 pm by dgnfly
omg what a boring blog 2 start a week a service that is only for 2 countries.
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 4:30 pm by CEK111
Helghast Christmas Musical.
Make it happen FirstPlay,
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 4:44 pm by CasperH01
@7
You don’t HAVE to read it so stop whining
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 9:42 pm by cakeforme288
I agree with 9. when you see firstplay, scroll down
this looks like a good ep, ill buy it
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 10:26 pm by cspr111
@dgnfly
Actually, it’s avaliable in the UK and Ireland; so that’s 5 countries
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Posted on 29 November, 2010 at 11:36 pm by zollies
Again, why NO mention of downloadable content? Assuming there is some?
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Posted on 30 November, 2010 at 9:29 am by way2easy
Yeah, it really is about time this was extended to more regions and it should be part of PS+. Americans get Qore for free…
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Posted on 30 November, 2010 at 10:25 am by MrLopes
@way2easy
I agree..
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