PlayStation.Blog Recap

“That’s a lot of posts for one week – good ones too! The last week has been a good way to ease into gamescom and next week you can expect a veritable plethora of news, interviews, pictures of sausages and videos of me shouting at people from the noisy show floor in Cologne. I know I’ve asked this dozens of times but please let me know if there are any games in particular you’d like to see us post about. I believe I have appointments for pretty much everything but there’s always one or two that slip through the blognet.

If you’re going to be in Cologne and want to say hi at the PlayStation booth then drop me a line via my twitter: @jallagher. I read so many comments from you throughout the year and yet I’ve hardly met any of you in person.

Don’t forget to watch the live stream on Tuesday evening and I hope you enjoy following my favourite game event of the year.

Here’s your recap:

• Renegade Ops – Meet The team – Sega gives you the low-down on the game, introduces the team that you’ll becoming familiar with, and basically lets you know just how awesome the whole thing is!
• Starhawk Q&A: Building Better Worlds – Harvard Bonin, Sony Santa Monica Studios’ Senior Producer on Starhawk, speaks out on what makes Emmett Graves, the games reluctant protagonist, tick.
• Announcing SingStar Back To The 80s And The SingStore Update (10 August 2011) – Back To The 80s’ will feature 30 massive hits and will be ready for your collective singing pleasure in time for Christmas.
• Spelunker HD Coming To PSN Tomorrow – It’s time to charge up your headlamps and push your cave exploring tendencies to all new heights… er, depths: Spelunker HD is now available on the PlayStation Store.
• Daggerdale Dev Diary #1: “In The beginning…” – Here’s some fun and satisfying action, a deep robust role playing system plus a good story!
• Global Resistance Update: Strategies and Resistance 3 Unlocks – Here’s the official definition: Global Resistance is a free-to-play online strategy game set amidst mankind’s final stand in the Resistance universe. Now, want to find out more…?
• Splinter Cell HD Trilogy Sneaks Into PlayStation Store Tomorrow – This week a trilogy compilation of the very first Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell games was released on the PlayStation Store.
• Resistance 3 Multiplayer Reveal: Alice Springs – Revealed the fourth of the major 16-player maps for Resistance 3! This map brings the fight to the Australian Outback, as the Main Street of Alice Springs, Australia is our latest MP map.
• BioShock Infinite Q&A: Ken Levine’s PlayStation Moves – News of PlayStation Move support as well as an upcoming PS Vita BioShock game!
• Introducing Beat Hazard Ultra – A One-Man PSN Game – Beat Hazard Ultra is a twin stick arcade shooter that is entirely powered by YOUR music!
• New Features And XMB Changes Coming In System Software Update 3.70 – PS3 System Software Update 3.70 will be available from 10 August, bringing new features to PlayStation Network and changes to the XMB (XrossMediaBar).
• PlayStation Network Scheduled Maintenance – PlayStation Network was offline for scheduled maintenance from 16:05 on Thursday 11 August 2011 till 02:00 on Friday 12 August 2011, BST.
• ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store and PlayStation Plus Update – 10th August 2011 – It’s the one-stop shop for Store Updates and Plus content information and it’s jam packed full this week!
• The Studio Monthly – Showcasing the best in digital design, The Studio brings to PlayStation a collection of Static and Dynamic Themes for PS3 and PSP.
• Watch the Resistance 3 Motion-Capture Documentary – The Resistance 3 Motion-Capture Documentary video is now complete! Watch how the cinematics and characters of Resistance 3 were brought to life.
• PlayStation Home: Gladiators And Gamescom Details – Gear up for the battle and become the gladiator of the future, and get the newest avatar items on PlayStation Home!
• Assassin’s Creed Revelation Beta Opens To Plus Members On 3 September – Announcing that PS+ members and Uplay members get access to the Assassin’s Creed Revelations BETA on September 3rd.
• AlphaZone4 – A-Z for PlayStation Home – James Holding, a gamer behind the PlayStation Home fan-site AlphaZone4, gives the low down on the go-to source of PlayStation Home news and information.
• VidZone Update: More Hot Festivals And Artists Than You Can Shake Your… – This week there was an insane amount of newness, as well as equally as mental amount of other features for.
• F1 2011: Your Questions Asked (More Than 50 of Them!) – The F1 community and fans were asked on Twitter via @formula1game and @playstationeu to ask for the most detailed F1 2011 related questions. The response was enormous!
• MotorStorm Apocalypse Updated: Play, Create And Share! – A hot new track and fresh Weekly Challenges was recently introduced. Now here’s news of another larger-than-life update, which will empower you to create, share and much more!
• Four Ways To Watch Gamescom With PlayStation.Blog – After extremely high demand, we will be providing a live video stream of the SCEE press conference at gamescom on Tuesday 16 August 2011 at 19:00 CET / 18:00 BST / 03:00 Sydney (Wed).
• Herculean Task: Remastering God Of War: Origins Collection For PS3 – Re-mastering both of the God of War PSP games in full HD for the PS3 God of War: Collection Volume II definitely had its share of challenges.
• The Weekend Debate: Gamescom Cometh– How do you feel about industry events such as E3 and gamescom and how do you think we should be covering them on PlayStation.Blog?
• The Baconing Sizzles On PSN PLAY This Month – The meaty game The Baconing is coming out August 31st, 2011 as part of the PSN Play promotion, which runs until September 19th!



• Weekend Essentials 87 – Download some amazing demos for games such as Driver San Francisco and Madden NFL 11, and prepare for gamescom 2011 this weekend.
• Get ready for gamescom 2011 – Find out how to get involved with Europe’s biggest video game show from the comfort of your own home.
• See the Little Deviants invade your PS3 and PSP – Sign up to Inside PS Vita and get a free and exclusive theme.
• Hands on with PlayStation Vita – Take a look at the fantastic features of PlayStation Vita that will change the way you play.
• Eight great gaming series that became movies – Delve into the world of Hollywood’s obsession with our favourite games.
• Experience PS Vita at gamescom 2011 – Can’t wait to get your hands on the future of portable gaming? Find out how you can enjoy PlayStation Vita sooner than you think.
• The PlayStation Community gets creative – Check out our pick of the Portable IDs created by the PlayStation Community to celebrate the launch of our new Portable ID section.