PlayStation.Blog Recap

It’s time to sit back and enjoy the weekend – a Bank Holiday one for those of us living in the UK – and I hope you all find the time to get some games in. I’m going to be playing Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (going for the last few gold medals) and watching a lot of sport. How about you?

Here’s your recap.

• SCEE Staff Designs For The Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time Competition – PlayStation people show you that you really don’t need to be Picasso to win this competition.
• God of War: Ascension Live Stream; Online Multiplayer Confirmed – More info on Kratos’ next PS3 epic and the news that the game will include online multiplayer for the first time in the series’ history.
• The SingStore On 2nd May 2012 With Lana, Matt Cardle And More… – Featuring two more tracks by the fantastic Lana Del Rey and another Essentials song pack from Blur.
• Sack It To Me: LittleBigPlanet – A Community Across The Globe! – Celebrate! The Mariachi Costume Returns!
• Free Realms Is Three – Join In The Celebrations – Yes, that’s right folks – Free Realms officially turned three this weekend. Time flies when you’re having fun!
• ModNation Racers: Two Year Anniversary Palooza! – Wow! Two years? Really? Celebrate with us…
• Mortal Kombat Hits PS Vita On 4th May, Our Favorite New Missions – Long-awaited opportunity to create challenges based around the DLC characters that released after the launch of the PS3 version.
• PlayStation Store Royale Contenders Sale – Great discounts on games and downloadable content for characters featured in this game!
• PlayStation Home: Good Guys Dress In Black – On May 2nd, 2012, the Men in Black are coming to PS Home!
• All Starhawk Beta Players Will Receive Free Gifts – Gone gold and will be on store shelves in PAL regions from 9th May.
• The Unfinished Swan Is Coming To PSN – If you’ve been wondering “whatever happened to that weird black and white painting game?” Thanks for waiting…
• Frobisher Says! Now Available To Everyone For Free – A surreal party game, where players must obey the whims of a strange little man called Frobisher.
• ‘Heads-Up’ PlayStation Plus Update – 2nd May 2012 – You will find naught but awesome in May’s PS Plus update!
• ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 2 May 2012 – Gran Turismo fans, start your engines!
• The Art Of Gravity Rush On PS Vita – See how the artwork of this game came together.
• Designing Charismatic Characters For Alien Spidy, Coming To PSN In June – A key factor for a game to be successful revolves around the charisma and empathy of the lead character… in this case a spider!
• VIDZONE UPDATE: March On May, The Month Of Metal Madness – Iron, Copper, Zinc?… or Slayer, Marilyn Manson and Demon Hunter?
• Access Episode 32 – If you’re into your shooters, you’re in for a treat with this week’s episode of Access TV.
• Sony Entertainment Network Sponsors Sundance Festival In London – All the latest highlights from the Sony Entertainment Network Sundance Festival in London.
• The Making Of Sorcery: Technology – This is the first post in a four-part series from the development team about the making of Sorcery.
• Rainbow Moon: Watch The New Trailer Now – Be one of the first to watch the new Rainbow Moon trailer!

• Weekend Essentials 124
• The Characters of Gravity Rush
• First look: Lost Planet 3
• The best downloadable soundtracks on PlayStation
• Go from gamer to racer in GT Academy 2012

• Get all the Black Ops 2 info there is here.
• Ten developers offer their advice on how to get into the games industry.
• Bethesda have finally revealed the first Skyrim DLC info and release date.
• Find all about God Of War Ascension’s multiplayer.
• Boost your library with the 10 best PS3 games of 2012. So far…

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