So… It’s felt like forever heh? Welcome back! And as we had some time while the PSN was down we planned a HUGE comeback! We just have tons of amazing stuff for you including 1 AMAZING exclusive, loads of brand spanking new videos, Artists of the week voted by you and all new and updated TV channels and playlists… and a very special something else … Wow, this is gonna be a long blog… Also, just a note to say that because of some technical troubles over the last few weeks you might find a few videos missing so please bear with us and we will be back to full strength very soon.
Firstly… Who wants to see Chase and Status Live at HMV Forum before anyone else? Thought So. Head on over to watch them perform their massive “End Credits” exclusively!
Secondly… Who wants to see new videos from 30 Seconds To Mars, Jennifer Lopez, Jessie J, Owl City and much much more!
Thirdly… As way of an extra apology we will be featuring an artist next week as voted for by YOU! Just head over to our Facebook page and vote for your favourite artist which will be on our homepage next week! And whilst you’re there enter our competition to win a Move controller which has been extended to 31st May!
Fourthly…We have updated almost all of our TV channels and playlists so they are all as fresh as the day they were born as well as adding a load more so you can get busy watching great videos once again.
Fifthly… Just a heads up to something very special we have planned soon… Keep locked to the blog, Twitter and Facebook for details… clue? Take… Me… To… The… Milton Keynes Bowl.
And that’s just the start!! Read on for everything else!
FEATURED CHANNELS
The VidZone Chart
As always, watch the most popular videos in your country here! Updated every week, this channel is based on what you’ve been downloading and includes videos from Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga and David Guetta
ON DEMAND
Artists Of The Week – Beastie Boys (All)
We have been waiting to shout about this one for ages now! Featuring new video ‘Make Some Noise’ and trailer for the new ‘Fight For Your Right’ Revisited video featuring Elijah Wood, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen.
Greatest Hits – The Lonely Island (UK, Ireland)
All the ridiculous and hilarious videos including ‘We’re Back’ ‘I’m On A Boat’ and ‘Lazy Sunday’
Greatest Hits – Katerine (France)
Enter the weird and kooky world of Katerine with all his videos including ‘Vieille Chaine’ ‘Liberté’ ‘Des Bisoux’ and ‘La Musique’
Greatest Hits – Gentleman (Germany, Austria)
Watch all the videos from Germany by way of Jamaican Reggae star here including ‘To The Top’ ‘I Got To Go (Live)’ and ‘It No Pretty’
Alice Gold Celebrity Playlist (UK. Ireland)
Self penned “Guitar wielding girl” shares her favourite videos with us. Featuring videos from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, PJ Harvey and David Bowie
One To Watch – Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi (All ex. NL NO)
After 5 years of hard work, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi release their highly anticipated album featuring Jack White and Norah Jones, catch previews of the album here
One To Watch – Julian Perretta (Netherlands)
Already huge in France, Julian Perretta releases his videos ‘Wonder Why’ and ‘Stitch Me Up’
One To Watch – Jamie Woon (Norway)
This super talented UK artist is making waves in Norway, featuring videos ‘Lady Luck’ and ‘Night Air’
Down The Front presents The Maccabees (UK IE)
Continuing our Down the Front series after a forced break 
Featuring up-close & personal performances of tracks such as ‘Love You Better’ and ‘Can You Give It’
NEXT WEEK
Artist of The Week – Swedish House Mafia
The nicer side of organised crime featuring new video ‘Save The World’
Far East Movement Celebrity Playlist
F.E.M pick their fave videos including Kanye West, Radiohead and Tinie Tempah… Unfortunately none of them are like a G6.
Official Playstation Magazine
As always… Expertly hand crafted by the guys at Official PlayStation Magazine
Greatest Hits – Take That (UK, Ireland)
Take That start their UK tour 27th May and to get you in the mood we have a Take That playlist for you to practise singing along to!
Depeche Mode – Revisited (UK IE)
Featuring newly made video for ‘Personal Jesus (The Stargate Mix)’ as well as ALL the classics
Artist Spotlight – ??
This spot is up to YOU – to vote head over to our facebook page now!!
OTHER STUFF
Remember to check out our ever changing Video Of The Day which you will see as soon as you open VidZone and as ever, if you want to contact us about anything then use the following channels below:
Twitter - http://twitter.com/vidzone
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/OfficialVidZone
Website - http://www.vidzone.tv
Video Requests – playstation@vidzone.tv
Customer Support – ps-problems@vidzone.tv
I’m off to use VidZone again… Even we haven’t been able to use our own service!!
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:08 pm by Ti_dus
Another “Poland, please” post
BTW: Awesome update.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:12 pm by F4C33oFF
In Poland there is no VidZone. Will there ever will be available for Poland?
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:13 pm by devilwithoutfear
Good to see you back in action Ben!
As you might recall I asked several months ago about Lena – Touch A another day, I’d like to ask if ”Taken by a stranger” will be comming to Vidzone?
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:24 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi DWF
You really do love Lena don’t you
I don’t blame you to be honest… We are having trouble chasing down the label that she is on in Netherlands… It’s really frustrating as we have all her videos for other territories from Universal but they seem not to have Dutch rights.
We will keep investigating though.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:15 pm by monty_sharma708
is it all free?
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:31 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi Monty_Sharma708
Completely free!!! if you don’t have it already… and once the store is back up… download the application from the store and then immerse yourself in 10s of thousands of music videos!
Happy VidZoning!
Ben
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:16 pm by STUPID_DAD
Is vidzone a free service,never used it before but will check it out
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:26 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi STUPID_DAD
Completely free… if there is one thign you shoudl do this weekend it is check out VidZone… I would say that… but you really should!
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:16 pm by Neonfast
Any chance you have ANY info if the rumours that ps store are back up on the 24?
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:17 pm by deltaman-3
Going to have to get me some beastie boys tracks.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:21 pm by CloudStrief
When the Store will be back ?
I wanna buy expantion for MGO -.-
This is taking forever like the PSN
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:22 pm by andyjalinn
Hi Ben,
Great update to VidZone and thanks for taking the time on that long post.
Sorry, but I’ve got to ask…do you know if the PSN Store is looking good for today so we can download and play our games over the weekend?
Thanks again for the post
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:25 pm by deltaman-3
if u read the title ben creasey is head of production for VIDZONE not the ps store.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:29 pm by Ben Creasey
Hey All
For all of you asking about the store… I would tell you anything I knew.. but unfortunately as deltaman-3 rightly pointed out, I work for VidZone and not SCEE so haven’t been told anything as yet. If I do get any word I will let you all know. Hope its soon though!
Ben
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:30 pm by sully1311
People asking about the Store: VidZone is not part of SCE so they will have minimal information about the Store Re-opening. Rumours are that it is the 24th!
@monty_sharma708 and STUPID_DAD YES ITS COMPLETELY FREE! But sorry monty its only available in Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, New Zealand, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia and Ireland. You’ll have to wait until the Store is back open to download the application though!
Hope this helps!
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:33 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi Sully
You completely right, Sorry Monty, you can’t access VidZone unless you are in the above territories. really sorry to get your hopes up.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:30 pm by MK24ever
My PS3 broke 2 months ago… and I miss Vidzone so much
and gaming…and blurays… etc 
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:32 pm by sully1311
Ben, any more news when Sony videos will start back up?
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:34 pm by Ben Creasey
Hey Sully
We are working on getting everything back up and running… We will let you know when we have exact dates and times.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:32 pm by Shadow_Dancer
Any chance you could add some Public Enemy videos?
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:37 pm by Ben Creasey
Hey Shadow Dancer
We will definitely look into it, I seem to remember them being pretty hard to get hold of when we looked before… will try though!
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:37 pm by AzzKiKr1979
“Take… Me… To… The… Milton Keynes Bowl.”
Classic concert from gun n roses then at the milton keynes bowl it is.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:37 pm by AzzKiKr1979
Well maybe lol
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:41 pm by Ben Creasey
Hey AzzKiKr 1979
OOOOOOHHHHHH…. Good Guess!!!…. Wrong… but a good guess… Keep trying
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:39 pm by devilwithoutfear
I just have a hugh crush on her
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:43 pm by ritty1301
hi,
ben
i did a big mistake by reseting the ps3 on the day it got shut down
as i thought it was the problem of just my ps3.
once it is on can i use the same code of fifa 11 on the back of the case to sign in again or do i need to buy a new code to sign in
cheers
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:49 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi Ritty1301
You will be able to download VidZone for free once the store is back up and running. If you had any playlists saved though, these will be lost. but apart from that, everything should work perfectly and free as before.
Hope that helps
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:47 pm by Izorpo
@devilwithoutfear
thought she was much better just being quirky – trying to turn her into something like Cheryl Cole was a bit wrong
speaking of Eurovision people any chance of bring ZBOB SI ZBUB vids? – they were robbed
what about other eastern european bands like Vuneny to UK vid zone?
or Aussie bands like TISM?
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:48 pm by JolipinatorJG
Great. Lots of bands I don’t know of. Just bring the store back online, and update it real quick.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:50 pm by PHILYPOT08
i love vidzone one of the best things on ps3 love banging out da tunez when i have a free house & mates round
but its understandable that people are asking about the PS STORE cumming bk up i have herd a lot of rumours tht its going to be up on MAY 24th hope it is got loads of redeem codes & online passes to do cant wait 
& if u haven’t downloaded vidzone i say download it once store bk up u will enjoy it 
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:50 pm by dredd01
In June it will be probably two years since its release. And I still have not seen this app on my eyes. Great job!
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:58 pm by aj9wh
any idea on when we’re gonna be able to access ps store?
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:09 pm by aViciousStapler
Good job Sony, nice to see you are putting up the services no one cares about when the Playstation Store is STILL down.
Get your priorities straight.
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:30 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi aViciousStapler
SCEE are making sure all the services that require your credit card details are totally safe before re-opening all other services that don’t require these are back up and running. I’m sure you would rather your details are safe and waiting an extra few days to make sure of this rather than risking it. I know it is frustrating but bear with SCEE and everythign will be back to normal soon.
I’m sorry we are a service you don’t care about, I reckon you would like the service if you tried it…
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:14 pm by kool-chris93
LOVE VidZone, keep up the good work
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:20 pm by MaxiM_82
VidZone in POLAND anytime soon, please?
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:27 pm by leon200079
Welcome back Vidzone
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:34 pm by stelek
When Poland?
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:34 pm by jhnny12
I got a party 2nite so im glad Vidzone is back
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:47 pm by Ben Creasey
For more clues on who our massive artist feature is going to be… head over to http://www.facebook.com/OfficialVidZone for some more clues!!
Happy Guessing!!
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:48 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi jhnny12
PARTY!!!!! were was our invite???… lost in the post I can imagine
let us know how it goes
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:34 pm by obiadekanobi1980
hi ben i have sent an email with some requests so i hope you read and consider them as the vidzone is missing uk hardcore theres loads of vids of westfest, hardcore till i die aka HTID also creamfields loads of gig vids you guys could get thanks also try to get some uk dubstep as its awsome.
love the service and awsome its back up missed it loads the last 4 weeks hope dre’s tracks are still up as i need a doctor is ace try and get some more of his new stuff.
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:10 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi obiadekanobi1980
We will look into all of this. You should keep a lookout on the UK DubStep front as we might have something coming up that you will really like.
Keep requesting, we can’t always get things people want but we do always try.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:41 pm by frazertweezer
The Prodigy?
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:45 pm by Samarotu
So we can expect more Videos from Daft Punk???
As they are in your Spotlight Picture…
If Yes i only can say….
WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:48 pm by MaxiM_82
I wonder if anyone will respond to our plea. Otherwise we’ll have all the reason to think that we’re treated like 2nd rate customers by Sony.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:54 pm by GarryKE
How come I’ve never heard of this service!? It seems quite good. I think after reading through your comments, Ben Creasy (seems rude to say first name without last :/), I’ll give it a try.
From where do I get VidZone from? Playstation Store or is there an external link I can use to shove it on a USB pen-drive an install from there?
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:01 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi GarryKE
Quite good!! now that’s rude!! Its amazing! I’m joking… but I am sure you will really like it.
Once the store is back up, if you go on over and download the VidZone Application for free, then start watching from thousands and thousands of music videos!! also completely for free!
Sorry we can’t get it to you sooner…
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 1:59 pm by coomoo
Thank you for ignoring every “When Poland?” post. Come on… it is almost 2 years already since the VidZone’s start and since then every reply to our questions is like “Sorry, we can’t say anything about VidZone in your country”. Please, stop ignoring our queries and just say “Yes, you will get VidZone, Poland” or “No, sorry, but your country will never get VidZone”. Giving evasive answers is just the worst.
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:08 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi Coomoo
The reason I very rarely give an answer to you “When Polanders” is that I have no answer for you and I do hate giving you vague answers because we would love to bring VidZone to Poland. We love that you are all so passionate about it on the blog, more passionate then any other country. The truth is, we have not ruled out Poland as a territory for Vidzone and if we were to add more countries Poland would be near the top of the list, but we need to be sure that we can make money from VidZone in Poland and this takes a long time especially with all the other exciting things we have planned. I know it has been almost 2 years since you started asking for VidZone and I would plead you to keep asking but I still can’t give you a definitive answer.
I can’t wait for the day that I can say “Now Poland” but until then keep up the “When Poland”
Ben
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:08 pm by GarryKE
haha. That’s quite alright. Giving the lady friend some attention lately rather than the PS3 for once anyway.
Thanks for getting back. I’ll get it when I can!
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:14 pm by Catkiller1
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 12:26 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi STUPID_DAD
Completely free… if there is one thign you shoudl do this weekend it is check out VidZone… I would say that… but you really should!
HMMMMMM!! Did you just let slip then??? How can we check it out this weekend if we can’t get the App from the Store??? Does that mean the Store is up over the weekend?
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:27 pm by Ben Creasey
Hi Catkiller1
No slip, just me forgetting the store was down… Hopefully it will be up but I know as much as you!
Have a good weekend either way!
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:14 pm by Soma_Kitsune
Hmm. None of this concerns me. Any news on the Store? Anything?
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:17 pm by nextbigthing91
Fantastic update! New Owl City and Chase and Status live will be my first picks, then I will just let it play through some stuff in the background so I can do this coursework.
Oh yeah and while I am here, is there a way to suggest artists you want to see added to VidZone? Or even to suggest videos from artists that are there but have videos missing?
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:29 pm by Ben Creasey
Hey nextbigthing91
Glad you like it
Of course there is a way to suggest videos, makes our lives easier getting our users to suggest new stuff! Email playstation@vidzone.tv and we will try our best to get whatever you request.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:22 pm by Carl-G
Stop moaning some of you lot. Other people have ‘VidZone’ on their PS3′s now[i.e me and loads of other people who did it before PSN went down] I want ‘VidZone’ news on this if that is ok with you
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:23 pm by spikkle
Cool, VidZone
Now all we need is the Store now
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:26 pm by almighty-slayer
Good to see you, Ben
Will check out the update when it is live, sounds like a great one!
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:34 pm by Catkiller1
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:22 pm by Carl-G
Stop moaning some of you lot. Other people have ‘VidZone’ on their PS3′s now[i.e me and loads of other people who did it before PSN went down] I want ‘VidZone’ news on this if that is ok with you
If you read all of the above posts again, not one person has moaned!
Members have asked when the Store is back up, which isn’t moaning. Members are just interested in a date by asking a simple question!!
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:52 pm by BumFromHellPR
What is Vidzone, like youtube?
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:58 pm by Ben Creasey
VidZone is a free music video service allowing you to discover, search queue and save playlists of 10′s of thousands of music videos.
Unfortunately it is not live in the US as yet but hopefully it will be soon so you can experience the full wonder of VidZone.
Thanks for your interest
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:53 pm by taurus82
Please can we have some JUNO REACTOR, and more HYBRID (including the longer Break My Soul video).
Thanks
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 3:02 pm by Ben Creasey
Hey Taurus82
if you email playstation@vidzone.tv with all your requests we will try our very hardest to get them live for you.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 2:58 pm by sazzrah
Hi Ben, thanks for the massive update!
I saw in a few of your replies that you lovely people at VidZone are open to requests for new artists, and I wondered if there was any chance you might get a bit of Muse on VidZone?
I know Muse are with Warner Music… not sure if that’s a good thing or not! But hey, no harm in asking, right?
Have a good weekend.
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 3:02 pm by BumFromHellPR
I haven’t heard from that program before, I might get it when the store is back
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 3:03 pm by R3IIIIISPEED
Hi Ben.
I was wondering if there is some way that sony could take customer suggestion about improving psn/playstation services.
For example, upgrading sub-account to master-account or getting access to “adult games” when the account’s holder turns 18. Then there would be no need to create new account to access to the pegi 18 when you’re grown up.
Just mentioning this cos’ I’ll turn 18 next month
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 3:08 pm by Ben Creasey
Hey R3IIIISPEED
You are talking to the wrong people i’m afraid. We can only change things on the VidZone service. You will have to ask someone at SCEE for those things. Sorry
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Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 3:11 pm by jafomont
I don’t know if it was ever mentioned, but the blog’s banner at the bottom of vidzone’s screen for the spanish version is a TERRIBLE straight translation from the english one. It makes no sense at all. Please get a better translator or leave it in english…
Thanks
Posted on 20 May, 2011 at 3:16 pm by Ben Creasey
Hey jafomont
we will look straight into this. Sorry, we try our best to translate everything correctly but with 18 territories and 6 different languages sometimes things slip through.
Thanks for the heads up
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