Posted on 3 March by James Gallagher – Blog Manager, SCEE

PlayStation.Blog Recap

Countries: AE, AU, GB, IE, NZ

Another week said and done. What was your favourite piece of PlayStation.Blog news? Coming off the back of the PS Vita launch week, I felt it was important that we remind ourselves that PS3 also has some great upcoming titles, with Journey, Starhawk and The Last of Us all covered this week; we’re confident that PlayStation is where it’s at whether you’re at home or on the move.

Here’s your recap.

Free South Park Episode Available On Video Store Of PlayStation Store – The unstoppable, unmissable South Park is now part of the growing roster of great TV available.
Hustle Kings Out Now On PS Vita – There’s an entirely new Training Mode that will teach you everything from aiming and breaking off to swerves and cue ball control.
Journey: The Trophies – Be warned: the Trophy list below could contain spoilers!
Fuel Overdose (Tactical-Action-Racing) Coming To PSN – Top-down combat racing, but with a twist; that’s why it’s thought of as a “Tactical Action-Racing” game.
Killzone 3 Multiplayer For Download This Week; Double XP Incoming – This weekend will be Double XP Weekend… Friday, March 2 at 17:00 PM UK time until Monday, March 5 at 10:00 AM UK time!
PlayStation Home: Place Your Bets – You might notice something a little strange about Home Square this week…
‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 29th February 2012 – This week you’ll notice some changes in the list of updates and content. Hope you like!
Welcome To The Year 2048 – takes us 36 years into the future and offers a glimpse at the birth of anti-grav racing, a fictional sport that has become synonymous with PS.
Gravity Rush Coming To PS Vita As Both Download And Game Card On 13th June – Here’s a quick overview for those of you who are not yet familiar with this epic new action adventure.
Starhawk: New “Build To Kill” Trailer – As most of you know Starhawk is a frenetic 3rd person shooter with a ton of toys to play with. Check out this new trailer!
Papo & Yo Update: Monster Evolved – Here’s how Monster, a character very important to both the story, has evolved since initial concept into the Monster you see today.
Scheduled PlayStation Network Maintenance On Thursday Postponed – This maintenance work has been postponed and you will be able to access PSN as normal. No new date has been set but we will let you know in advance.
Unit 13 Training Videos: Part 1 – How To Play – If you’re going to go up against the world’s deadliest foes you’re going to need every advantage that you can get.
BioShock Infinite PS3 Release Date Announced – Set to be released on PS3 internationally on October 19th, 2012!
Balance Of Power: Gameplay In The Last Of Us – February was a month flush with new information about The Last of Us trickling out from a variety of websites and magazines!
Access Episode 23 – This episode propels you into the weekend with a blitz of snowy goodness courtesy of stunt-happy Game of the Week, SSX.
The Weekend Debate: Caption This! – In a break from the usual Weekend Debate topics, this week I’d like hear everyone’s humorous captions to this…
Behind The Scenes With Journey Developer, Thatgamecompany – Take a behind-the-scenes look at the game and the team at thatgamecompany in this new dev diary video.
PlayStation Official App 1.3 Update – With this new version (1.3), you will be able to get all the latest PS Vita News, Games, Peripherals info directly from your smartphone.

Weekend Essentials 115 – Stay cool this weekend with SSX on PlayStation 3 and enjoy the return of some classic games with Jak and Daxter and Resident Evil.
PS Vita: 12 for 2012 – Find out which games will ensure PlayStation Vita hits the ground running in 2012.
Game Talk: MotorStorm RC – Evolution Studios’ game director, Paul Rustchynsky, tells us what we can expect from their PlayStation 3 and PS Vita title, MotorStorm RC.
Win a trip to play Dust 514 in Iceland – You and a friend could be jetting off to Iceland for Fanfest 2012.
Top Tips: The Jak and Daxter Trilogy – Having trouble with the epic PlayStation 3 action adventure, The Jak and Daxter Trilogy? Never fear – a certain wisecracking Ottsel is on hand…

We speak to Randy Pitchford about Aliens Colonial Marines.
Read our Journey review to find out why this is an amazing must play experience.
Medal Of Honor: Warfighter dev, Greg Goodrich, tells us why Medal Of Honor’s Taliban controversy was a “frustrating rough patch”.
We visit Naughty Dog to get the latest on The Last Of Us

Michael Denny on the PS Vita’s UK launch, Japanese sales and Sony’s multiplatform future.

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Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 12:55 pm by manutreble

James I just wanted to know can u. Use any sim card for the 3G Psvita

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 10:03 am by James Gallagher

Yes, PS Vita isn’t SIM-locked.

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 1:05 pm by Juhal_1234

James

just wanted to let you know, Journey got 9/10 on ign UK review
92/100 metacrtic 92/100 from gamerankings and 9/10 from GameSpot =)

just liked to share that out for everyone

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 10:03 am by James Gallagher

Thanks for sharing – good to see that reviewers are getting it.

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 1:43 pm by guitardevil6

Hi James,

I would like to make some requests for the Vita:

A comics store – which had been hinted at back when it was last updated on PSP.

Silent Hill PSP games – no better time to get them on the store with the upcoming releases of the HD collection, Downpour and Vita exclusive Book of Memories.

PSOne games – any idea when?

Thanks!

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 2:13 pm by Dark-Twisted

Hey James, I’m wondering if dynamic themes can be updated? If you look at their info under theme settings they have a version number and I’d love an update of the “Sackboy on the Run” theme that came out in the store when dynamic themes launched. I think it’s the best theme but it’s missing a lot of icons which happens to most themes and deters me from buying them.

A cool idea would to be able to mix and match themes, different backgrounds with different icons, etc. it’d improve the problem…

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 2:15 pm by AndyMP

This might be somewhat off-topic but what has happened to the ps3.eu.playstation.com website? When I try to access it I get redirected to uk.playstation.com so it seems to have vanished. The regular website is just unreadable on my screen, even though it is 1080p.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2010/12/13/a-new-website-launches-on-ps3/

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 10:05 am by James Gallagher

When the PS3 browser was updated in a recent system software we had to make some changes to the site and are not quite done yet, but we’re close.

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 2:15 pm by Dark-Twisted

Also, please let us get rid of the Vita AR demo on the Android app as an option. I love the Vita, but I can’t use that app now because it needs too much internal memory.

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 3:12 pm by Hell-Raiser-85

James is it true that PS+ members can buy Journey a week before it comes out?

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 10:08 am by James Gallagher

Yes, this is true. We’ll post the full details for you later today.

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 3:39 pm by StuDevo

Hey James,
Do you have any idea when the 32GB memory card is coming out for Vita in the UK? I want a Vita with the larger card as I will probably download a few games. Hopefully its out before Gravity Rush otherwise i’ll have to import one.

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 10:09 am by James Gallagher

I’m afraid I don’t know.

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 3:49 pm by SCOTCHmfCHIEF

james, your right playstation is where its at. it keeps improving all the time. does anyone know if i can play resident evil 2/3 on ps vita.

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 10:09 am by James Gallagher

You’ll be able to play PS one Classics after a future firmware update; I’ll be sure to let you know when it’s coming.

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 4:24 pm by bennyrafal

link is invalid in: Medal Of Honor: Warfighter dev, Greg Goodrich, tells us why Medal Of Honor’s Taliban controversy was a “frustrating rough patch”.

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 5:41 pm by jin_kazama56

does anyone know how to access japanese content?… i own monster hunter portable 3rd but i can’t copy it to my vita… will the vita ever get multiple accounts?

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 9:20 pm by Player42791

Since the US is getting the maintenance tomorrow at noon until 2am does that mean we’ll be getting it 8pm ’till 10am?

Posted on 3 March, 2012 at 11:13 pm by bashforking

cant believe game and gamestation wont be stocking new released ea games anymore so have to get mass effect 3 of amazon

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 9:09 am by mikeyh86

@bashforking why is that?

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 12:47 pm by Player42791

@mikeyh86

From the sounds of it they can’t afford to stock EA Games and won’t be after SSX.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-29-game-not-stocking-mass-effect-3-or-ea-games-past-ssx

Here’s a quote from the memo they sent to staff

“We committed to only stocking products on which we could get the right credit terms, regardless of the title or the supplier. We will not stock products if the terms are not right for our business – a position we believe is critical to our long term health as a business – we have taken the very difficult decision to not stock EA’s March releases, including Mass Effect 3.”

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 1:10 pm by FactoRy_Vita

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Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 1:10 pm by FactoRy_Vita

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Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 2:13 pm by jin_kazama56

does anyone know what the black line i see on my vita are?… i see them when the vita starts up or it when it goes dark during a loading screen

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 2:30 pm by Juhal_1234

RATCHET AND CLANK HD COLLECTION ON AMAZON HAS BEEN SPOTTED!!!!!!
MAY 19TH? SONY IS THAT TRUE BECAUSE EURO GAMER TOOK A SCREENSHOT OMG OMG OMG OMG

PLZZ BE TRUE

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 2:32 pm by Juhal_1234

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-02-ratchet-and-clank-hd-collection-spotted

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 3:50 pm by jin_kazama56

@Juhal_1234 OMG that would be awesome!! hope RNC3 has online

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 5:03 pm by Scuffy_P

One has to wonder if those work who on the PS Store or the blog are actually gamers at all. It’s painfully apparent sometimes when game trailers are uploaded on the store 6 weeks after every website on the planet have shown them. The recent, or should I say “old” Resident Evil 6 announcement trailer is a perfect example. Surely Sony, one of the co publishers on EVERY game released on the PS3, should be leading the way with trailers etc….for their own platform, not falling behind.

So in a couple of days we have, perhaps, the largest cross-platform game of the year. Mass Effect 3. But Sony, as usual, act as though they’ve never heard of it. Not a single trailer. No interviews. No documentaries. No dynamic themes (if I see one more beach theme…on a game console…I’ll scream), and not even a wallpaper. What are you waiting for? Another 6 weeks to pass by?

You must be pleased Microsoft help you out by publishing everything you fail to notice.

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 5:32 pm by bashforking

@player i think its the same with mario party 9 aswell. I did pre order my mass effect of gameplay.com then gamestation took over them and they canceled my order

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 6:08 pm by bennyrafal

@Scuffy its EA fault not Sony i supose

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 7:52 pm by mikeyh86

@scuffy…..totally agree pal!

Posted on 4 March, 2012 at 8:48 pm by mikeyh86

I see psn is down again without tellin us, what time can we sign back in?

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 10:39 am by James Gallagher

It’s back online now.

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 10:16 am by Huono_peleis

Thanks for NOT letting anyone know about the yesterdays maintenance. You sure know how to do customer relations.

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 10:55 am by GalapagosaraY

Are the Jak & Daxter games going to be sold individually at PSN? i havent played the 3rd game in the series and would buy that one, i had the 2 first games on ps2 but id rather not play them again as they are way too long to complete. I really hope like with most of the big franchises that they will be sold seperately through PSn like the SLY collection did

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 11:03 am by James Gallagher

They’re available individually right now – just head to the latest PS3 games section of PS Store.

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 11:02 am by Fitzmonkey_Devil

14 hours of downtime and no new firmware update for PS3 or VITA! James when will we expect to see new firmware for the VITA to add new features? Hopefully sometime this week, before the store updates on Wednesday the 7th

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 11:42 am by superpatch

If you’re going to have “scheduled” downtime, could you at least post something on the blog, or twitter? Is slightly annoying when your first port of call for all things Playstation related is the blog and yet you have to spend half an hour searching the web to find what you were looking for in Forum > English Forums > Tech Support > Tech Help.

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 11:48 am by SHAFTRULES

James any info at all on netflix,youtube,lovefilm,vidzone,flash support & any other apps for the ps vita?

Posted on 5 March, 2012 at 1:10 pm by ServantOfGlaaki

The last 4 links (Colonial Marines interview onwards) all give errors.
They give a security cerificate error followed by a login page for “SCEE information system”.