The PlayStation Blog recap

So, how’s blockbuster season panning out for you so far? GTA V, FIFA, Battlefield 4, Batman Arkham Origins and Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag are now all out in the wild, with Call of Duty: Ghosts joining the fray with much fanfare earlier this week. Which ones have you played? How have they stacked up?

It’s not just been about COD this week on PlayStation Blog. We also debuted new Killzone Shadow Fall, Knack, Resogun and Gran Turismo footage; launched a new PS Vita system software update; checked in with the DC Universe Online PS4 team and went behind the scenes with the Tearaway crew at Media Molecule. Take a look at all the headlines below.

Do come back next week – it’s shaping up to a big one. We’ll be unveiling December’s PS Plus roster, and covering the North American PS4 launch on Thursday!

• Video Store update: Pacific Rim, Monsters University, more
• Pre-download Call of Duty: Ghosts on PS3 now, double XP weekend announced
• LittleBigPlanet update: Halloween highlights
• Killzone Shadow Fall: watch ultra-high bitrate multiplayer footage
• Full Gran Turismo 6 game details revealed, final trailer debuted
• The Last of Us Nightmare Bundle out this week
• PS Vita 3.00 system update available today
• Final Exam muscles its way onto PS3 tomorrow
• CastleStorm releases tomorrow on PS3 and PS Vita
• PlayStation Home update: Enjoy the views from the Complex 2!
• Watch PS4-s North American launch live on 15th November
• Mercenary Kings update, coming this winter to PS4
• Sci-fi sale starts today, save on Lost Planet 3, Binary Domain, Vanquish, more
• The OddBoxx debuts on PS3 today
• PlayStation Store update: Call of Duty: Ghosts, How To Survive, Castlestorm, more
• New Tearaway trailer unwraps paper gameplay, shows off Tearaway.me community site
• New Doki-Doki Universe trailer arrives ahead of December release
• DC Universe Online on PS4: Your questions answered
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA f is coming to PS Vita
• VidZone update: Timberlake and Mars turn up the heat
• More ways to play Knack: Introducing two-player co-op and mobile app Knack’s Quest
• Backgammon Blitz announced for PS3, PS4 and PS Vita
• Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs marches onto PS3 next week
• PlayStation 4 – What type of player are you?
• PlayStation Store charts, October: Battlefield 4, AC4, rain debut
• Stunning new video shows the building blocks of RESOGUN on PS4
• Weekend Debate: Your defining moment of the PS3 generation
• Tiny Brains on PS4: A closer look at how we’re using DualShock 4

• PayPal is now on PlayStation 3
  It’s now even easier to purchase your favourite PlayStation Store content with PayPal on PS3.
• Remote Play on PS4 and PS Vita
  PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita are perfect partners – with Remote Play, you can enjoy PS4 games in the palm of your hand.
• PlayStation Plus: Four new games for November 2013
  Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD are the games of the month on PlayStation Plus.
• Meet the stars of Batman: Arkham Origins
  We met up with Batman and The Joker – AKA vocal actors Roger Craig Smith and Troy Baker – for a behind-the-voices chat about one of the biggest games of 2013.
• Our online store in your pocket
  Our online store is now fully optimised for mobile devices – so you can access all your favourite PlayStation content wherever you go.

• Max out the Jackdaw with our Assassin’s Creed 4 treasure map & elite ship upgrades guide.
• And master the sea as well with our Assassin’s Creed 4 naval combat tips & Jackdaw upgrade guide.
• Find out what it’s like to spend time with a PlayStation 4 with this week’s PS4 o’clock – PS4 review & opinion: games, tech, dashboard & more.
• Watch the US PS4 launch livestream here, next Thursday 4am. Oh God.
• Four new PS4 trailers show off the pad, games and more. Are you excited yet?