Hey there everyone, Fred here with your regular recap of the past week’s significant PlayStation happenings. We started off with a bang on Monday with Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV reveal and kept up a pretty sturdy pace throughout the week. Highlights included a new Diggs Nightcrawler trailer, MLB 13 The Show’s return to the PAL region, a bumper God of War: Ascension interview and an update on release plans for Soul Sacrifice. See below for the full digest.
Enjoy what’s left of the weekend and we’ll see you back here tomorrow. It’s God of War: Ascension week, so expect to see plenty of Kratos round these parts!
- Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag announced! – Ubisoft unveils the new Assassin, Captain Edward Kenway, and a new setting…
- Video Store update: Silent Hill, Argo, Taken 2 – All the new releases coming to PlayStation’s video service.
- Community update: Your PS4 forum is open for business – There’s now a new home for all of the next generation speculation and chatter!
- Wonderbook: Diggs Nightcrawler out in May – check out the new trailer – Crawling its way into shops as of May 2013.
- Sack it to me: Big Daddy comes to LittleBigPlanet – Our popular mini pack released as a pre-order bonus for LittleBigPlanet PS Vita arrived in the Store this week.
- Infectious PS3 puzzler Germinator spreads to PS Vita – A closer look at Creat Studios’ latest.
- PlayStation Home update: Football is coming to Home – Football strips and locomotion items are available this week in PS Home, plus lots more.
- Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov’s Revenge invading PS3 and PS Vita soon – The sequel to best-selling PlayStation mini Zombie Tycoon is coming on 1st May!
- Big God of War savings on PS Store this week – For one week only, the PlayStation Store is bringing you a minimum of 50% off a range of classic titles from the God of War franchise.
- PlayStation Mobile spotlight: Switch Galaxy – Brilliant bite-sized gaming from a PlayStation veteran.
- MLB 13 The Show swings for the fences on PS3 and PS Vita today – SCE San Diego’s brilliant baseball sim returns to the PAL region.
- ‘Heads-up’ PlayStation Store update, 6th March 2013 – Tomb Raider, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and more this week in PS Store.
- God of War: Ascension – Trial of the Gods revealed – We drop the curtain on our fourth Multiplayer mode, Trial of the Gods, and our next God allegiance reveal – Poseidon.
- Defiance – Ark Hunter Chronicles: episode 3 – This chapter, named “Rain of Death”, continues to follow Begbie and Drifter as a mysterious female Ark Hunter watches over them, ensuring their safety amidst mass destruction.
- VidZone update: Dave, Drake, Dido and Disclosure – This week we have a dash of Dido, a flourish of Fall Out Boy and a deep dark ditch of Disclosure.
- PlayStation Store PAL charts: February 2013 – Find out which games flew off the PlayStation Store’s virtual shelves last month.
- Win a dream VIP football trip with FIFA 13: Ultimate Team – A trip to the Manchester Derby is up for grabs this weekend.
- Soul Sacrifice’s EU reversible box art revealed – Take a look at our exclusive artowrk.
- God of War: Ascension Q&A – Taking Kratos to the next level – Find out how Santa Monica has kept the GoW formula fresh six games into the series.
- Killzone: Mercenary – Hands-on with Guerrilla’s portable shooter – Including new footage and an interview with the game’s art director.
- Weekend Debate: Your favourite online gaming moments – Five MLB 13 The Show codes for PS3 go to the most entertaining responses.
- The Weekend Playlist, 9th March 2013 – This week’s guest contributor is friend-of-the-Blog Scott Hyman from Creat Studios.
- Weekend Essentials – New games for PlayStation Plus and the return of a gaming icon… here’s our pick of the hottest releases on PS3 and PS Vita.
- Trophy Cabinet: Gravity Rush – Bend gravity to your will and chase down another platinum trophy with these hints from the PlayStation Community.
- Demo Guide – Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time – Master the Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time demo and become a super thief with our sneaky guide.
- Trophy Cabinet: Mass Effect 3 – Available to download at no extra cost to PlayStation Plus members, here’s another chance to get your galactic rescue mission off to the best possible start.
- Check out these Thief 4 screens. 2014 PS4 release confirmed for the sneak ‘em up.
- God Of War Ascension devs reckon the PS4 is incredible but PS3 has plenty to offer.
- We consider what PS4′s new features mean for games: how will the big names change?
- Here are our top 10 tips for Tomb Raider – survive the island of Yamatai with our guide.
- Get all the Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag info here with our preview and interview.
19 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 11:25 am by dark_angel69
Hey Fred
Did you find out what’s happening with the MotorStorm code? Are they still sending out emails?
Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 7:28 pm by Fred Dutton
Yes, I’ve got to the bottom of this actually. Can you drop me an email at psblogeu@gmail.com and I’ll get you fixed up.
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 1:45 pm by orton131
Hey Fred,
Hope you are having a great weekend. I am having trouble with an album in Music Unlimited, the artist is Motionless In White & the album is Infamous. Throughout the whole album every song has a kind of white noise effect to it, i’d appreciate if you can fix this, its one of my favourite albums!
Thanks Fred, enjoy your Sunday & i’ll see you on PSN!
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 1:53 pm by GOJCcc
Hey Fred,
Is GOW:Ascension getting digital release on PSN Store ?!
And are games like Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Walking Dead Survival Instinct(pre-order), Army of Two:Devil’s Cartel(pre-order) also coming to European PSN Store ?
All three games are already available on US Store…
It’s really frustrating that SCEE is holding back any info till the last second
Especially when God of War is their own(SONY first party title).
thanks
Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 7:29 pm by Fred Dutton
Sorry to keep you waiting, but we should be able to confirm GoW digital details very soon. As for the others you mention – those are all published by third parties, and it’s up to them if they want to release digitally. I’ll try and get you an update when I’m back in the office next week.
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 5:36 pm by BiGsMoO7ke
I want to see God of War : Ascension in the PSN Store please also every other game that @GOJCcc mentioned
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 6:55 pm by A_Nonny_Moose
Here’s hoping for a discount/price drop for EDF Vita next week.
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 6:58 pm by declan__watson
Hello Fred and Co
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Weekend nearly over in another 6 hours, nothing much to talk about and hopefully next weeks god of war ascension launch is really good for you guys with all the hype I’d reckon it’ll sell as good as tomb raider did in the space of 40 hours.
Saw an article about Psfour, I agree with you guys, you wanna sell 16 million copies by the end of this year when it launches for october time and that will happen. Now sony ask me why I’m so positive, because its true. PSfour announcement was a huge success you guys had over 10s of millions of viewers watching worldwide and for the PlayStation fans out there, PSfour by the looks of what I seen will be like PStwo on steroids and I mean it will sell more than PStwo even more than any other console.
Thank-You very much Fred and Fellow Blog members
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 7:03 pm by declan__watson
Also ill be one of those 16 million people who buys a PSfour, I asked for it for Christmas and DriveClub and maybe the new Quantic Dream game if try release one
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 8:36 pm by Fro0_Bg
Hey guys, I’d like to know if we are getting the game “Spec Ops: The Line” for PS Plus like the american PS+ users got. I do like some of the games we have, but only SOME. When I see American PS+ game collection, I kind of wish I had some of their games. My favourite is the one I already said.
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 8:42 pm by Nightmare966
Hi Fred, I have a question I hope you can answer for me today
I remember that a couple weeks ago an user asked if the PlayStation All-Stars DLC characters that the US is getting with Ascension are going to be given for SCEE territories, and you answered you were looking into it. Do you have an update for this? It would be great if it ended up happening
Thanks in advance
On this week: Besides the GOW sale, which is really nice, I was quite surprised about the news about Soul Sacrifice’s reversible cover. It’s great news for those that like the original covers more. I can think of a few games in which I believe other regions covers are nicer and make the game stand out more than the usual we get
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 8:53 pm by MrChilliBeer
Hi,
Can I ask a question about Everybodys Golf (Vita). A patch went live late last week (1.05) and I can see 3 new characters in my game but I’m unable to use them. It says to download them from the PSN but there’s no DLC (bar on the online pass) for the game.
Will the characters be available on the store soon?
Thanks
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Posted on 10 March, 2013 at 10:14 pm by dogwalker4000
Hi Fred
I also haven’t received a code for Motorstorm RC despite having Q-Force since launch, would it be best to also drop you a line on the email you gave?
Posted on 11 March, 2013 at 11:59 am by Fred Dutton
Yes please, thanks
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Posted on 11 March, 2013 at 10:04 am by Sp4reNL
@Reply to #1: Sony using gmail for e-mail?
How low can you go as corporation…
Posted on 11 March, 2013 at 12:00 pm by Fred Dutton
You’ll forgive me for not publishing my formal work email address online – this is just a quick account I set up to deal with situations such as these.
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Posted on 11 March, 2013 at 10:18 am by monoliet
Can not wait til soul sacrefice ( hope digital extra + some lesser price then real store)
Hope to see terraria this week, but the hq control ( ath sony )of the game will again take an eternity.
rest = waiting ps4 = ( i hope to see more e3 + new info/ games )
stil waiting psm to come out in the benelux !!!!
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Posted on 11 March, 2013 at 10:21 am by monoliet
ps. latest patch bo 2 = reason i can not play 1 mp. game !!!
i had almoast no problems before latest patch .
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Posted on 11 March, 2013 at 11:21 am by SetsunaF_Seiei_
PS4 console got leaked last week people say it was a mock up that Sony PlayStation has copyrighted the image to fact its the real deal of what the PS4 looks like Sony PlayStation accidentally proving its the real deal.
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/20/ps4-console-mock-up-appears-smells-like-photoshop/
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Posted on 11 March, 2013 at 11:29 am by SetsunaF_Seiei_
PS4 controller was real but the PS4 console was fake but was it?
Lets just say it has a feature that adds to PS4 so not all the PS4 console features was fake.
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Posted on 11 March, 2013 at 12:11 pm by dark_angel69
Hey Fred
Just letting you know I got the e-mail and the game is downloading now. Thanks again
What would we do without ya lol
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Posted on 11 March, 2013 at 7:57 pm by supersmith2500
Weekend debate update?
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Posted on 12 March, 2013 at 10:47 am by hayzink
@fred
Just been on the forums for the first time in 2013 and just seen the pm you sent about ps plus in December, top man many thanks
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