Greetings, and welcome to the next exciting installment of Split/Second. I’m happy to say we’ve managed to cram all of what made Split/Second great onto the PSP. At Disney Interactive Studios, we’re really proud of what Black Rock Studio created and were excited to see what Sumo Digital could add to the PSP version.

As Split/Second was a visual treat, we knew that we couldn’t compromise for both the size of the power plays and sheer on-screen excitement. We set out to create a spectacular-looking PSP game and I hope that everyone will agree that this is one of the best-looking racing games on the PSP. Another vital ingredient was to make sure that the handling and controls suited the PSP. Sumo are very experienced with years of racing experience and so set about creating a new driving model from scratch. The end result should be a fun, quick and skillful driving system that rewards users who push the cars to the max.

To add something completely new to the game we then added four all new Challenge modes which test the drivers in completely different ways. Each mode was designed with some key thoughts in mind – (1) blow things up; (2) race really fast; (3) use the environment to your advantage; (4) combine 1 to 3 while trying to get the highest score!

The final big addition for Split/Second PSP is that we managed to create an entirely new Docks track. This was a combination of previous work which works its way through different parts of the Docks area and ends up being one of the longest tracks in the entire game.

The demo should be live for everyone to play now so grab it and the game is available this week. Hope you enjoy this new version as much as we have!

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Calling all zombie killers from across Europe: over the last few month we have been talking quite a lot about Dead Nation, the third-person shooter coming to PlayStation Network, revealing the game’s innards trailer by trailer and limb by necrotic limb.

Lots of you have been asking when this game is coming out and I am very happy to finally give you a release date.

Get ready: the zombie apocalypse is happening in Europe on the 1st December, only on PlayStation Network.

The price will be €12.99 / £9.99.

In case you’ve had your head in a corpse and don’t know what Dead Nation is, see all of the posts we have had on the game here.

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Hi all! Exciting times this week as the first downloadable dance add-ons will be available in the SingStore and that’s not all. In addition, we’re giving you dance and guitar gameplay which you’ll be able to grab for free from the Extras section. Don’t say we’re not good to you! Note that to get these extras, you will have to have the recent 5.10 update installed.

So apart from twelve dance – I’m expecting amazing videos in MSO, btw – and two guitar add-ons there are also great new tracks from Cheryl Cole, Ellie Goulding, Alexandra Burke, David Bowie, Morrissey and Mudhoney on offer. As always, full tracklisting is below.

You’ll notice that the list below is now colour coded (songs only). Anything in green means the track is exclusive to the SingStore and has never been featured on a disc before. Some of you requested that I add this information so hope this helps?

That’s me for this week. Now DANCE! Feel free to let me know what you think of the dances and what’s your favourite(s).

Nina xx

In English

In German

In Finnish

Dance Add-Ons

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Phew! Things really tend to get busy in November. Here’s your recap:

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

• Customisation In Worms: Battle Islands - Find out why Worms: Battle Islands on PSP is making it personal.
• From YellowHead To Sackboy - MM reveals how Sackboy started life as a pair of polygons.
• Meet The MUBI Team - Meet the team behind the new film service on PS3.
• FirstPlay Episode 32 - The latest reviews and features from the FirstPlay team.
• GRANDIA Is Coming To PlayStation Store - Lots of people are excited about this one.
• Introducing Jewel Keepers: Easter Island - A new minis comes to PlayStation Store.
• LittleBigPlanet 2 Collector’s Edition - Get your hands on a bunch of in-game costumes with the LBP 2 Special Edition.
• Eat Them! Coming To PSN - Get ready to tear it up with your own monsters.
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Weekly News #7 - Gabe is back as we get closer to the release of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.
• Name A Trophy For Operation Flashpoint Red River - Go down in bragging rights history by naming a Trophy in the next Operation Flashpoint.
• LOVEFiLM Is Available On PlayStation 3 Today - UK PS3 owners can now stream thousands of movies via LOVEFiLM.
• ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 10th November 2010 - Ross McGrath brings more downloadable fun.
• Digital Comics Store Update (10th November 2010) - A stellar bunch of comics to read on PSP this week.
• minis Round Up: 10 November 2010 - This week’s snackable games hit the Store.
• MUBI Is Now Live In All Launch Territories! - MUBI expands across Europe.
• PlayStation Home: 1.4 Client Update: Voice Chat, Groups, New Wardrobe! - PlayStation Home gets a major new update.
• Australian MUBI Launch Event - Nino from our Aussie office brings us a video from their recent MUBI launch event.
• LittleBigPlanet Contraption Challenge 12 Is Here! - Time to dust off those switches and get building in the final LBP Contraption Challenge.
• VidZone Update: Proven To Make Your Muscles Bigger* - Ben from VidZone gets physical.
• New 3rd Birthday trailer - A new trailer from the Parasite Eve spin-off.
• Create from EA coming out soon - Take a look at the upcoming creative game from EA.
• Invizimals large trap battle video - See what happend when two life-sized Invizimals battle it out.
• Need for Speed Roll Deep vs. The Stig video - The man formally known as The Stig recreates a Hot Pursuit
• Sly Collection release date - Find out when you can revisit these PS2 classics.
• GT5 Release Announcement - Gran Turismo 5 gets a confirmed release date, Wednesday 24th November.
• MUBI free movies - The generous people at MUBI are providing two more free films.
• The Friday Debate - Which game location would you like to visit?

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I’m taking a short holiday this weekend and, unfortunately, the place I’m going to is real. It would be far more exciting to go somewhere fictional, like Airstrip One, Gotham City or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

Out of all those exotic places you’ve visited with your thumbs and eyes, which would you like to breathe into your lungs and explore with your feet?

I’m looking forward to seeing which outstanding locations you come up with when I return on Tuesday.

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