Hey there all. Yes, another week has passed here on Planet PlayStation and there’s been plenty going on.
The week started with a bang, with more details confirmed for the new Vita firmware update, which brought with it PSone Classics compatibility. On top of that we’ve had a clutch of new character reveals for PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale, release details for God of War: Ascension, word on betas for both PSASBR and Ratchet & Clank: QForce and all the news from this year’s GT Academy finals. Please browse the links below – there’s plenty of reading to catch up on.
Also, a big shout out to our Gamescom art contest winners, showcased on Tuesday – please do check out their incredible work. Oh, and speaking of contests, we’ve got codes for the excellent Anomaly: Warzone Earth up for grabs in the Weekend Debate. Do join in.
See y’all on Monday.
- PS Vita System Software Update (v1.80) – The Full PSone Classics Line-up – A large number of your favorite PSone Classics titles are now available for download directly on your PS Vita via PS Store.
- SingStore Update: P!nk, *NSYNC And More… – Features new songs by P!nk, John Farnham and *NSYNC, plus all the singles from the ’80s Part 4 and Tina Turner song packs.
- Gamescom Art Contest: The Winners – 10 finalists were selected by the members of Sony’s Gamescom ‘games as art’ panel.
- Lights, Camera, Party! Debuts Tomorrow On PSN – After years in development, release day is finally upon us! We’re proud to share Lights, Camera, Party!
- Mass Effect 3: Leviathan DLC Out Tomorrow – New content expands on Shepard’s adventures
- Evil Cole Joins The PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Roster – Another hot summer is winding down as we close in on the release of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. New characters incoming…
- Sports Champions 2 Release Date Announced – In about two short months you will be able to play the much anticipated sequel to the first Sports Champions!
- New One Piece: Pirate Warriors Footage Sails In, Grand Treasure Hunt Announced – Luffy and the Strawhats are on their way to kick some serious pirate butt on 21st September in One Piece: Pirate Warriors!
- ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 29th August 2012 – Rock Band Blitz, Tony Hawk HD and Anomaly: Warzone Earth are among this week’s new releases.
- GT Academy 2012 – This Year’s Winner Crowned – All the news from the fourth GT Academy competition, plus a few words from series creator Kazunori Yamauchi.
- Ratchet & Clank: QForce Beta Opens To PS Plus Members – The beta will be made available for a limited time to some lucky PS Plus members.
- PlayStation Home: Life’s A Beach – Find out what’s new in PlayStation Home this week.
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Public Beta Incoming – A limited public beta across both PlayStation 3 and PS Vita platforms runs fromTuesday 11th September and Tuesday 18th September 2012.
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale: Raiden Joins The Fight! – Another new fighter enters the ring.
- Anomaly: Warzone Earth Out This Week – This original mixture of strategy and action Anomaly Warzone Earth launches on PlayStation Network.
- MUBI Update: Enjoy Great Films For Less – MUBI thought they’d bring you a nice surprise this summer.
- Mercia: Fractured Realms Ventures Into PlayStation Home – Mercia: Fractured Realms, a beautifully detailed and expansive free-to-play fantasy RPG for PlayStation Home.
- Introducing Dust 514-s Instant Battle Matchmaker – More new features showcased for CCP’s ambitious free-to-play space shooter.
- LittleBigPlanet Karting Game Jam Video + Pre-Order Goodness! – Seven of our LittleBigPlanet community supercreators joined the LBP Karting team at SCEA’s San Diego Studio for a Game Jam – check out the results.
- God of War: Ascension – Release Date Confirmed, Special Editions Detailed – Find out when you’ll get to play Kratos’ latest adventure.
- Access Episode 47: Resident Evil 6! Gran Turismo! SummerSlam! – All the latest Access TV news including word on Resident Evil 6 and GT Academy!
- Smart As… Seeks Out The World’s Brainiest Nation – Sony’s brand new socially networked game for PlayStation Vita Smart As seeks out the world’s brainiest nation.
- Fuel Overdose Gameplay Showcased In New Trailer – I-Friqiya introduces you to the central racing component of Fuel Overdose with the first official trailer.
- Weekend Debate: Feel-good gaming – Which game do you turn to lift your spirits when the chips are down, and why? Enter now for your chance to win a code for Anomaly: Warzone Earth.
- PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale: Heavenly Sword’s Nariko and MediEvil’s Sir Daniel Fortesque step up – The lowdown on two more new PSAS brawlers!
- Weekend Essentials 141 Find out why PlayStation Store is buzzing with video game goodness that will make your weekend one to remember.
- Game On Give your week a sizzling start with Ratchet & Clank, BioShock and the best PlayStation has to offer.
- 10 of the Best: PS one Classics PS one Classics have arrived on PS Vita – check out some of the finest games already available to download to PS3 and PSP from PlayStation Store.
- Gamescom 2012 in 90 seconds If you’ve somehow let gamescom pass you by last month, here’s a quick look around the massive show… in a handy 90 seconds.The PlayStation
- Games of gamescom 2012 Say goodbye to gamescom and hello to what you’ll be playing on PS3 between now and 2013 in our video round-up of the Sony booth.
- Is it MGS 5 or not? Here’s all the Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes info there is.
- Plan out your gaming future with 32 PlayStation exclusives heading you way in the next year.
- Looking for something downloadable? Here are the best PSN games you can get.
- Get eyes on with these new GTA 5 screens. Multiple characters, cars, misions, parachutes; there’s loads to see.
- Here’s the first info on The Whore Of The Orient on PlayStation, the next game from LA Noire dev Team Bondi.

















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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 12:11 pm by Yoshikart64
September already…where did this year go. seems only yesterday it was new year.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 12:15 pm by eklop
Still, where is Walking Dead episode 3? Early next week I hope.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 12:30 pm by FreddyGPaulsen
Dont care. Where is walking dead ep3 ?
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 12:44 pm by prycestation3
Hi there I just wanted to say thank you for the PS Vita update 1.80 for allowing the legendary PSone games onto the Vita I am reliving the Crash Bandicoot series once again never get bored of these games. Vita update 1.80 was the biggest highlight of the week for me:)
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 12:45 pm by Huono_peleis
Another great week for Microsoft, Valve and Nintendo.
You should have a weekend debate: What is your next-gen choice – Xbox, WiiU or PC? Winner gets a voucher to download TWD -ep.3 or CS GO from US store.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 12:46 pm by Voodoo341
September the 1st… the day SCEE killed the Playstation 3.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 1:10 pm by kucharzPro
Don’t forget about the bigget succes !
Dawnguard might not be coming to ps3 !!!!
YAAAAAAAAAYYY !
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 1:25 pm by chrisandsheva
@ Fred, .. Really ?, and thats it, i mean yeah ur right, plenty is going on, Still… but you feel, or think it isn’t worthy of a mention in the ‘supposed’ recap.. you do know that if you were a newsreader, or commentator for a country, it Would be one of those ones that seem to have ‘problems’ with most other countries, or groups of protestors Demanding some kind of action, don’t you ?, So, like ‘certain’ countries do, scee won’t report, or comment on Anything that ‘may’ make them look bad, in other words just deny, refute and outright ignore The biggest News of both this week, and last, am really, truly ashamed for this attitude that seems to be the norm, i read and agreed with your reply in yesterdays debate, ie theres a separate thread for ‘that’, please stay on topic, But it seems you’ve excluded this ‘seperate thread’, and it’s impact/consequences from the recap..?.. so basically ignore it and it might go away, but if it doesn’t just ignore it anyway. Unreal.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 1:28 pm by FxAxF
Without wishing to sound like yet another broken record, the past ten days have been extremely disappointing for fans of games who were expecting releases only to be told “not now” without any explanation of when, why or how.
Even needy gamers can be somewhat satisfied if they know why a game is going to be late. We understand that ‘when’ is often a moveable feast so although a date for a late game would be good, it’s not essential.
The delay for CS:GO has been particularly galling in that it has been released on 3 formats, four regions, and out of those twelve releases only PS3 EU has been delayed…with no explanation or other information. The rumour of translations being late seems spurious to me; the PC version on my desktop has multiple translations already. And if the only remaining process is QA then why not let people know?
As I pointed out earlier this week, players often own multiple formats these days and PS3 is losing out to the other main formats seemingly without a valid reason. Most disappointingly, the momentum of a single worldwide release will be lost, meaning lower player count when it arrives, leading to a smaller community over time.
Yours, a VERY disappointed PS3 player.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 1:54 pm by European_Gamer
It seems you have gotten a lot of beating for not communicating, I guess there wouldn’t be this lynch feeling on blog if you had just communicated why there is a delay or a cancellation of those two games.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 2:01 pm by supersmith2500
Before I point my views, the last page you linked Fred about last 2 characters which is Sir Dan and Nariko has an 404 error, please fix.
I hate to say, SCEE is really starting to go downhill just like any other service out there and let me list you the problems.
Slow QA process on games that are not out when the US has them, constant delays on major games, PS2 Classics are nothing but shovelware crap, weak library of games for PSVita when only good games worth playing are it’s ports, Studio Liverpool is shut down, CoD this and CoD that even when a crap studio is working on the Vita version which destroyed Resistance on Vita which is rushed to be out this year, poor customer support (not Fred’s fault or even Jawad and even Andy too.) and I think SCEE needs more employees badly. SCEA has tons and US is a big country, EU just has lots of small countries where SCEE needs to edit avaliablties for each country. I mean look at us, we get retail games last now due to retail flexablity.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 2:34 pm by ThomasakaDes
Walking Dead ep 3?
Hope we’ll be getting it next week at least.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 2:45 pm by lfcwillow88
No word at all as regards to Episode 3 of The Walking Dead. It came out on Tuesday in North America on PSN and XBL everywhere a day or two later, why is it PSN Europe hasn’t got it, seriously why. Really really angry/[CENSORED] off with SCEE on this one.
Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 9:42 am by Fred Dutton
Hey there. I updated the Walking Dead situation over on the store post towards the end of last week. The game is currently in QA, and providing there are no problems will be available in the next week or two.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 3:29 pm by vonhammer
Wondering if any fellow plus people can help me out.
RDR should be available on wednesday as the game of the month.The other day I was on the store,and clicked the 60 minute trial section.I noticed RDR was there.
A thought hit me.Can I download the RDR trial,then come wednesday activate the licence by starting a new download and cancelling it?.
My thinking is because we have all the game files as part of the 60 minute trial,and the only thing stopping us from playing on is a licence that expires after 60 minutes.
And knowing that I can reactivate plus content that’s expired,can I treat the 60 minute trial as a sort of pre release download.
Regarding the delay issues,it seem’s like it’s got worse since the Trine 2 issues.
Because of the delay,I wont be buying CS now.I’ve other games I want coming soon and I wont have time for multiple games on top of what I already play.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 3:41 pm by FurkanCetin
Lot of us waiting for the walking dead episode 3.
Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 9:44 am by Fred Dutton
Yes, I know you are and apprecaite your frustration over the discrepancy with the US release. The EU code is currently in QA and will hopefully be on the store in the next couple of weeks.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 4:12 pm by Lymmusic
Broken record gets broken. The entitled strike again. cs go is likely not coming out. walking dead will come out when it is ready. no amount of moaning will change this. hijacking recap blogs to try and get an answer to questions that cannot be answered is futile.
The screaming masses are actually a minority. Over 1000 blog posts demanding CS GO might indicate a high level of annoyance, but factor in the likelihood that those 1000 plus comments were made by probably less than 50 irate people, the vocal minority, and you wonder why the global corporation is ignoring you…
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 5:50 pm by fauxtronic
@vonhammer: Probably, but there are no guarantees. While games are frequently given to PS+ users in the form of (i) a one hour trial and a (ii) full game activation download, they sometimes give us a single, full game download instead… even though a one hour trial for PS+ users also exists.
If you decide to download the trial but they release the full version instead of an activation key, your save game file should still work so I say go for it.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 6:32 pm by Lucreto
@vonhammer
I did the same for Borderlands. I downloaded the full trial then when the game became free a week later it was a different file so I have 2 borderlands icons on my XMB.
You keep the save alright but you will need to delete the full game trial.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 7:21 pm by fps_d0minat0r
Hi!
Wasnt the online storage limit for PS Plus going to be increased to 1GB today???
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 7:25 pm by vonhammer
@fauxtronic Lucreto
Thanks for the help.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 7:46 pm by Rodia_73
Lame summer, SCEE.
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 8:39 pm by DeltaDarril
was wondering if anyone could help me out, I really want to get the HD remake of MGS Peace Walker but i don’t want to buy the whole HD collection as i have MGS2 and 3 already and don’t care about getting them again, i looked about and it said it was meant to be getting put on just its self on the 28th of august on ps3 and 360. It’s on the 360 store but not ps3 and i was just wondering if its actually coming to psn as standalone, thanks
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 9:17 pm by Project2insanity
After spending plenty time on it this week, I seriously recommend Retro/Grade to anyone without epilepsy!!!
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Posted on 1 September, 2012 at 10:02 pm by dgnfly
you kinda gotta love the horrible way SCEE informs us off the progress off the CS:GO and the walking dead by just acting like nothing is wrong. but in general SCEE is horrible just stupid ppl only found out when CS:GO diden’t get released.
@fred
is there even any talk about improving SCEE or is there just another let’s ignore the consumers and do the horrible update’s SCEE been doing for years. o ya and blame the consumers for not asking publishers enough.
Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 9:49 am by Fred Dutton
Hey chap. I’ve update on the Walking Dead both here and in the Store Update thread, and I’ve been as communicative as possible re. CS:GO there too – please check the Store thread for more on that.
SCEE is always trying to improve its service and we never ignore what you guys have to say. The realities of business protocol mean that we can’t always be a transparent as you might like, but please believe that we take on board all feedback – both positive and negative – and do our best to action on it.
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 1:32 am by hongkongtofu
HOW ABOUT ADDRESSING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND SAY EITHER “I DON’T KNOW WHEN CS:GO IS RELEASING,” OR “CS:GO IS RELEASING THIS WEEK.” WE’RE ALL SICK OF BEING LEFT CLUELESS AND [CENSORED] OFF WITH SONY. RELEASE A BLOG POST SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING CS:GO AND WE’LL BE HAPPY.
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 2:01 am by Immortal-Wolf--
Angel☆JIN☆
Dear Fred Dutton im in dear need of help my PS3 got hacked into by someone not my PSN account i don’t think?
But my ps3 went into a blue screen with strange code letters on middle part of screen then its said press ps button? Then it said upgrade your system software to version 4.21.
But my ps3 already has the version 4.21. installed already? then a name came on my screen (can’t say name on this forum)then my PS3 just wiped my HD clean ?
All data gone from my PS3?
Who do i need to talk to about this matter. Strange day im having?
Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 9:51 am by Fred Dutton
Hey there Mr Wolf. Yes, I’m afraid that’s an issue for customer support. You’ll need to call 0844 736 0595. They should be able to help you out.
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 10:19 am by MrVidler
@Immortal-Wolf
Oh no!! I mean, if its wiped your hard drive clean, then you must have just lost your Playstation Allstars save – you know, the FULL GAME you have already + all future dlc?! What a terrible, terrible shame. Maybe its a conspiracy?
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 11:34 am by xxSamuraiGirlxx
so your ps3 got hacked and someone remotely wiped you HD.
and instead of calling customer services you thought it’ll be a better idea to post a comment on the blog, since you know sony are sooo good at answering peoples questions. lmao
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 2:02 pm by Deimos254
PS All Stars is actually looking kind of fun. I look forward to trying the beta.
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 2:02 pm by Deimos254
PS All Stars is actually looking kind of fun. I look forward to trying the beta.
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 2:04 pm by Deimos254
PS All Stars is looking fun. Looking forward to trying the beta.
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 3:51 pm by MR-MENGOES
stil.. nog csgo,
no ps4 for me
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 6:51 pm by Digital-Splinter
Another week of waiting for CS:GO..
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 6:51 pm by Digital-Splinter
CS:GO…..
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Posted on 2 September, 2012 at 8:26 pm by fauxtronic
@Project2insanity: LOL. I thought the same about Retro/Grade. Hell, I’m surprised it doesn’t *cause* epilepsy.
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 12:30 am by Bellowsboy123
Any news on CS GO or Walking Dead this week?
Even though I would not be surprised if there still wasn’t any news and if they weren’t released this week.
Just Wondering.
Eventually when they are released I will be happy.
Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 9:52 am by Fred Dutton
Please keep your eye on the Store Update thread (or see above re. WD pt3). Myself or Jawad do our best to add additional updates in the comments section as they come in.
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 12:40 am by Bellowsboy123
I hope people would still be willing to purchase CS GO despite the delay.
Over wise there is no point in releasing CS GO to the UK PSN.
Unless you can connect to players in the US.
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 9:23 am by Immortal-Wolf--
Saw this new game trailer called (Super Time Force)coming 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcaEAOm9yJY
It teaches kids to committing suicide its ok we can Rewind Time so they won’t die.
I guess the world will be less people in 2013 thanks to (Super Time Force)
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 9:41 am by Lucreto
The PSN Store is being called out.
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/09/02/opinion-scee-need-to-fix-their-psn-updates/
I believe it is an unfair comment and I appreciate the hard work you do but he has a point.
It is hard to manage 26 store at once.
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 10:10 am by Dosentortellini
DEAR FRED!
i have 2 questions about CS:GO :
1.) how much players can fight on a map?
2.) Do ya know if there will be dlc’s ?
thx!
PS: U do really nice work ! The others here ignore us,but u try 2 answer our questions as best as possible. respect dude!
Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 10:37 am by Fred Dutton
You know what? I’m not a massive shooter fan, so can’t speak with much authority on this. I believe the PC version supports 30 players, but I couldn’t say if this carries over to console. As for DLC – I don’t think Valve has announced anything, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that was to happen.
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 10:23 am by STUPID_DAD
Hi Fred
Just wondering when we will get news on this weeks plus content and new features being added to plus and also The discount
Thanks for the great work you do
Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 10:39 am by Fred Dutton
Hopefully later this week!
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 10:47 am by GoggleVision1
Are we even going to see CS:GO in the next update???
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 11:52 am by jimiparkerexp
Dear Mr Dutton, I just want to say thank you. I appreciate that you and the rest of the blog team must be fed up of the moaning about SCEA always being being ahead of us. I could moan about no netflix on my vita. But I appreciate the work you do bring is news when you can, even when you are asked the same question over again even when you have already answered it in the same thread. So thank you all
oh and I know this is the wrong thread but as the weekend is now over and I needed a feel good game to pick me up so I played resonance of fate and dark souls! I know that makes no sense but I love RPGs but I am fed up of all the western RPGs that are all to similar. Both challenging innovative games that give you a true sense of accomplishment
Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 12:00 pm by Fred Dutton
Thank you for the kind words sir! To be honest, the Weekend Debate usually stays open until Monday lunch time, so feel free to whack your contribution in now and the judges just might see it. +1 for the Dark Souls love!
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 12:05 pm by jimiparkerexp
Will do thanks Fred
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 1:04 pm by Rocstarr
nice
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 1:11 pm by Rocstarr
love it
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 1:13 pm by Rocstarr
good news
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 3:07 pm by LaFOXOR
CS:GO
NO GO
SONY is not a good brand.
Even film rentals are cheaper on iTunes.
The PS app is absolutely horrible. Nothing good about SONY.
SOMEONE GIVE US A ANOTHER CONSOLE.
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 4:07 pm by Bellowsboy123
If you want another console stop wasting your time here bragging about it. Make it happen by buying another console and stoping with the stupid comments.
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Posted on 3 September, 2012 at 4:07 pm by dgnfly
@Fred
6 months for like a avatar and then not getting it released in my country is kinda to much. we all know that SCEE Q&A and metadata are the problem. sadly SCEE won’t change it and just make it that they only need english paperwork.
and not 2 forget the like nearly 50 ps1 classic still not on the store after 5 years or more, and now constant shovelware ps2 games no classics like persona3FES and many more.
let’s be honest publisher don’t wanna publish in europe cause their rules are retarded they make no sense for them business wise.
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