Greetings one and all! Fred here with your weekly digest of PlayStation-related news – and, as ever, there’s plenty to get your teeth into.
The big news this week was the much-anticipated launch info for PlayStation Plus on PS Vita. I hope you’ll agree it’s a really strong line-up, and it’s just the tip of the iceberg – we’ve got lots of great stuff lined up for you over the next few months.
Elsewhere on the Blog, we heard from Beyond: Two Souls creator David Cage, gaming legend Warren Spector talked Epic Mickey 2, new fighters were announced for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Rockstar Games stopped by to show off a shiny new Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer. And that’s just a taste – see below for the full a la carte reading list.
Meet back here next week for news on The Walking Dead, Ratchet & Clank: QForce and DmC: Devil May Cry, among others. Enjoy your weekend!
- Agarest: Generations of War 2 out now on PSN – All the info on Ghostlight’s new RPG sequel!
- Community Update: F1 Race Stars, Twisted Metal and GTA5 – Find out the latest about F1 Race Stars, Twisted Metal and GTA5-related community happenings!
- Beyond: Two Souls interview – David Cage discusses his supernatural epic – The Quantic Dream founder stops by to update us on his new project.
- Sack it to Me: The LittleBigPlanet community revs up! – Check out the new LBP.me site, new Sackboy and Sackgirl attire and more!
- Video Store update: 13th November 2012 – Looking for a movie to watch? Find out what’s new here.
- PlayStation Mobile: Panic! unleashed this week – A first look at the trailer for one of this week’s PSM releases.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified interview – Behind the scenes with the PS Vita FPS – Everything you need to know about the handheld entry in Activision juggernaut shooter series.
- PlayStation Plus for PS Vita: Launch details confirmed – We spill theb eans on the eagerly anticipated PlayStation Vita Plus service.
- Planets Under Attack wages intergalactic warfare on PSN next week – Find out how this forthcoming PSN strategy game took shape.
- PlayStation Home update: Oh Snap! – The first Uproar collection storms into PlayStation Home.
- Need for Speed Most Wanted demo is out tomorrow – Get the inside track on how to dominate the Most Wanted demo.
- FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! When Vikings Attack showdown tomorrow night! – The PlayStation Blog team took on all-comers at WVA this week. Good times!
- Behind the scenes with Portal 2 In Motion – Learn how the Portal 2 DLC pack came into being.
- Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 14th November 2012 – This week in the Store: Portal 2 In Motion DLC, Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified and plenty more besides.
- Grand Theft Auto V: Official Trailer #2 – What, you’ve not watched it yet? Get to it!
- Meet the creatures of Wonderbook: Book of Spells – A brand new developer diary from the Wonderbook team.
- VidZone update: We have the Alicia Keys to a brand new zone – Check out this week’s spotlight artist, Alicia Keys, the VidZone highlights video and more!
- Warren Spector talks Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two – We talk all things Disney with industry luminary Warren Spector.
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale DLC: Kat and Emmett to join the fight (for free!) – Check out the first DLC characters that will be joining the All-Stars roster!
- Introducing Dollar Dash, a multiplayer sneak ‘em up for PS3 – More bite-sized fun heading to PSN.
- Behind the scenes with Killzone Intercept, a fan film with a difference – We talk to the talented folks behind a spectacular KZ fan flick.
- Introducing Chronovolt, a steampunk platformer for PS Vita – David from Playerthree talks up their new PS Vita game debuting on PlayStation Plus next week.
- Weekend Debate – First person shooters: love ‘em or hate ‘em? – Your debate topic this week: Do you love shooters? If so, why? Similarly, if you hate them, explain yourself!
- Weekend Essentials – Seek out Wonderbook: Book of Spells and Call of Duty: Black Ops this weekend on PlayStation.
- Game On – Sprinkle a little PlayStation magic over the start of your week with Wonderbook: Book of Spells, Mass Effect and much more.
- Smart As… Arithmetic tips – Are numbers being a nuisance in Smart As…? Find out to make the Arithmetic puzzles all add up in the PlayStation Vita game.
- Get a taste of PlayStation Plus – Visit our official Facebook page to claim your free 30-day PlayStation Plus trial.
- Developer spotlight: Treyarch – Check out the Call of Duty: Black Ops II developer’s line-up of PlayStation 3 blockbusters.
- Here’s a Black Ops 2 gameplay video as Leon chats to reviewer Meiks about shooting people in the face.
- Here’s our GTA 5′s trailer 2 analysis packed full of stuff you probably missed.
- These new Far Cry 3 screens show what happens when holidays go really, really wrong.
- Get some help online with these Black Ops 2 multiplayer map tips.
- Make Templar knifing that little bit easier with these Assassin’s Creed 3 tips.
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Posted on 19 November, 2012 at 2:47 pm by cthulhu85
@Crack-Davidson: Ahh, my bad. I didn’t read the previous post and though you were complaining about cross-buy in general. Then yeah, that’s stupid.
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Posted on 19 November, 2012 at 4:06 pm by tom-359-ds
Hi Fred,
there is a lot of new stuff. But could you explain how to access the PSN Store without infecting my console with the malware / spam called singstar. Still waiting for a solution.
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Posted on 19 November, 2012 at 4:19 pm by CoolRichy008UK
tom-359-ds DONT TALK SUCK RUBBISH
only way to get on the ps3 store is the ps store link and it has not got malware / spam in it singstar has not got no malware in it if your trying to make sony look bad and make people think the singstar app has got malware in it congrats well done you have officialy made sony look bad
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Posted on 19 November, 2012 at 4:21 pm by CoolRichy008UK
ye what whatshisname said Voodoo341 your dinner is under the bridge with a deadly trap waiting to shut you up like people been saying
Voodoo341 STOP MOANING
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Posted on 19 November, 2012 at 5:39 pm by CMJE96
@CoolRichy008UK
Thought you said you were going to be nice haha!
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Posted on 19 November, 2012 at 6:28 pm by tom-359-ds
@CoolRichy008UK
You don’t get. I don’t say singstar contains malware. I say singstar is malware. There are some simple argument:
- I don’t want it.
- I can’t delete.
- It spoils my PS3 experience.
The real difference to other malware is: you know the culprit. Sony is the bad guy, the company you handed over some money for your ps3.
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Posted on 19 November, 2012 at 8:58 pm by Crack-Davidson
@ cthulhu85
No worries. They might even fix it….
@ FRED
Any news on the wipeout deal we were talking about??
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Posted on 19 November, 2012 at 8:59 pm by Crack-Davidson
I honestly went to a store to buy a PSN card just to get this package only to later find out it was only for ps3.
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Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 4:58 am by procion
@ XzSlLENTSNIPERzX
yes as We is known as procion the official Playstation (Home) bunny/rabbit then we must say We does likes your rabbit very much but we wants to know what does the Bagginses have is it’s pockets? Well we shall be finding out from December 12 in a cinema near you. My Preciousssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss..
We thinks we poses juuuust like Winona Rider in some of our movie shots. We have similar looks we thinks…
Aw and nasty hobbitses can keeps their rotten chipses. WE likes our coneys squirming then fresh off the bone ‘ollummm. Now where is it? They sssssstole it from usssssss BAGGGINNNS. Sméééééagol, We mussst makes Master to send the fat hobbit home hey Gollum? The fat hobbit knows…Then, after we takes Master to Her, & once She has finished with Master we finds Precious waiting for uss in the dregs & Precious will me mine, ‘ollummmm… I, I means Ours: Precious will be ours again & we will shew HER, we shew thems ALL who is Master, FOREVEEEEEER…. ‘ollummm
Eh, yes SNIPER you has a very nice rabbit, ‘ollummm
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Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 5:17 am by procion
@ ASMODEANBT
“The Wheel weaves as The Wheel wills.”
The Singstar icon is only an icon isn’t it? It’s a small square of data easily Forsaken if you can choose to ignore it. If that is all it is then call it a replacement for the University research icon we used to have under Home. It’s nothing, a biteme…
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Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 7:40 am by maniac81
When will spamstar icon be removed from mine XMB????
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Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 7:57 am by procion
Heya Fred,
I have some criticisms for you here, but I’m going to be constructive with them & also hope that this blog post has not aged considerably for you to have missed reading My post herein & also that after reading if you can please pass my concerns & suggestions to the relevant folk such as Grace Chen over at SNEA & her SCEE counterpart as well as the folk whom are behind making top-end decisions. Thank you.
My concerns is this new store. Now I know it’s still early after it’s launch, & being an online almost app that things like this always have teething issues, but I have serious issues using the store, finding my way around the store & importantly finding New items en masse as I was used to in the the blue store.
Which leads me on to my next concern & I think I speak for many folk, tho many others would be fine with this, some folk whom may not realise Why they have not been visiting so much, browsing therein nor spending as much therein, & I believe your sales & entry hitrate will reflect this but…(I’m almost out of room here Fred, I’m going to continue on the next post box I can fill in & enter in 10-15 mins)
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Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 8:34 am by procion
(cont. from last post)
…I believe that that dark colour schemes of the store is actually offputting psychologically to Many folk from thinking about going into there, looking or Trying to look for interesting new content, or believe it or not hanging-out in there(I commonly used to, & I didn’t realise I was doing this, hang out In the store at times whilst awaiting Home to weekly update amongst other timeframes). The nice relaxing & vibrant PS blue of that store welcomed me in or made me want to visit & commonly I found myself finding & Buying content I wouldn’t normally have bought or found usually.
Now sadly I have issues finding content, finding New content in the manner I’m used to(the myriad music track items in the latest add-on section put me off from trying to find or even see the gems I want from the many AAA games I continually buy). Some dlc Items give no clue even to what Game they are suppose to append to. Also I really need the qwerty keyboard back so I can quickly type in what I want. Once again a block is there stopping many from thinking about making a search. I miss My blue store. I miss the selection, departments, the speed of getting around (cont.)
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Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 8:46 am by procion
(cont.)
peace…
(I just updated to 1.01 yet on trying to fill wallet the app froze. I had to go to Account Settings to fill my wallet)
I had more to add but I’m out of room so I will finish with a solution. As my nana used to say if it ain’t broke then why try to fix it. I can only guess this new store is here to be compatible with future PS projects but I would like to see the option for those whom want the blue store to still have access to it as I can see nothing wrong with it, I actuallt think it has more going for it than this new app type store but that is only my opinion as is all of what I believe here in these posts. Those him want change or whom are not worried with the new store should have the option to use this new app style store as they see fit to. After all this new store has been forced upon us. At the moment we have no choice But to use it. I would like to be given the choice please Sony. That’s all…
Thanks for reading Fred & team. Thank you all at Sony for everything you do for us, for the Playstation universe. & thank you too to all you gamers out there as well just for being you
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Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 5:35 pm by supersmith2500
@Fred:
I heard rumours that Doom I & II are coming to Store tommorrow? Is it true?
Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 5:39 pm by Fred Dutton
Yep, they are indeed.
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Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 5:46 pm by supersmith2500
@Fred:
Doom I & II finally gets a PSN release? No way! Sounds like the PS Store update could be great after all, except there’s still no info on RCR not might not be likely to be out tommorrow but hey, it’s still coming though but not for long now. Except Jet Set Radio for the Vita is out tommorow as well. Besides, the Vita needs some good games after all.
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Posted on 20 November, 2012 at 9:32 pm by maniac81
Why was my valid question removed?
I will ask again. When will spamstar be removed from my XMB?
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Posted on 22 November, 2012 at 8:36 pm by tom-359-ds
So Fred as Sony closed the comments on singstar-spam without any solution you get my final remark here. Your company deeply messed up my gaming experience on which I spent a lot of money. When I do my Christmas shopping and the spam is still on my ps3 I’ll by a XBox. From then on I’ll stay clear off any Sony-Product for ever.
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Posted on 22 November, 2012 at 8:38 pm by tom-359-ds
Your company deeply messed up my gaming experience on which I spent a lot of money. When I do my Christmas shopping and the spam is still on my ps3 I’ll by a XBox. From then on I’ll stay clear off any Sony-Product for ever.
Sony closed the comments on singstar-spam without any solution so you get my final remark here.
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