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PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read

Charlotte Large — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:02:55 +0000

The PSB.Europe weekly reading list (week commencing the 3rd August)

Hello everyone, this week’s major highlights cover VidZone’s impressive 1 million downloads. There’s also been significant talk about Fat Princess and MAG announced a terrific new competition…

PlayStation.Blog.Recap

Charlotte Large — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:02:00 +0000

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

This Week On The SingStore – 6 August 2009 – We’ve teamed up with Universal Music recently which means more music, more artists and more SingStar fun for just you!
Take VidZone To The Hospital! World Exclusive Premiere – WORLD PREMIERE of the superb new video from none other than The Prodigy
Highlights from the Uncharted Comic-Con Panel – Magnificent highlights video featuring the smashing moments from the recent Uncharted panel at Comic-Con
1,000,000 Downloads Of The VidZone Music Video Application – Vidzone has clocked up a staggering 1 million downloads, a total Prodigy!
Gran Turismo PSP Pre-Order Promotion – Eyecatching new rides, check out this post for the meanest rides on offer
Monster Hunter Time-Lapse Video – Swing by and hunt some monsters at the Monster Hunter gathering hall in London, spectacular monster recreations for all to see
PlayStation Store Update – 6th August 2009 –
Content this week, a mind – blowing mixture available for you, from the quiz game TV Show King, to the demo version of Batman: Arkham Asylum, via a trial for Rag Doll Kung-Fu to the third map pack for the ever popular Call of Duty: World at War
Write An Inspirational Battlefield Speech And Appear In The New MAG Trailer – Do you think you have what it takes to create some legendary content for the new MAG Trailer? Check out the new MAG competition, some tasty prizes to be one!
nFAMOUS Hero On The Road!
– Get a quick gander now of the phenomenal hero who could be passing through your streets
Savage Moon Waldgeist Expansion Pack And Patch – Now Live On The Store! – Pay attention now, Savage Moon Waldgeist has some astonishing gameplay and bugs are developing in the masses
Savage Moon Patch Update – Simon Livesey , Producer of Savage Moon – will be giving you regular updates on the patch
Heavy Rain – Don’t miss this Interview with Guillaume de Fondaumiere, co-CEO of Quantic Dream and Executive Producer of Heavy Rain

PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read

Charlotte Large — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:02:14 +0000

The PSB.Europe weekly reading list (week commencing the 27th of July)

This week highlight is with no surprise Fat Princess! We saw a huge amount of articles and videos on the web about this game, from the Fat Princess Home space to the list of trophies for the title. Checkout the fab links below and I’ll see you next week:

PlayStation.Blog.Recap

Charlotte Large — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:02:52 +0000

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

Winner of SingStar Crystal Mics – Who’s gonna be the winner of Crystal Mics competition? Get to see more and spy on some of the performances which are currently in the final heat! Can you do any better…..
New Topatoi Gameplay Trailer – Enticing new levels and wonderful adventures to be had.. Check out more with the new trailer….
Fat Princess: Worth The Weight (Here’s the Date) – She just love’s cakes!!! Worth its weight in dough…and a royal wallpaper for you to download.
Immediately Unlock Sackboy And Much More With The Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists Of Plastic TIME SAVERS Pack! – Scrumptious pack which includes extra characters and dazzling costumes.
UPDATED ‘Head’s Up’: Expected PlayStation Store Update For 30th July 2009 – Updates from Mike include Fat Princess, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2, Numblast and Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic – Time Savers Pack.
MotorStorm Game Launching Crashes Into PlayStation Home, Fat Princess Ambles Slowly Behind… – Tantalizing MotorStorm content coming to PS Home over the coming weeks.
Festival Fun, Weeks Of VidZone PS3 And Unusually Large Updates! – For all you festival devotees, VidZone gives you highlights of Global Gathering, great acts which really get the festival vibe going.
GI JOE: THE RISE OF THE COBRA Arrives In PlayStation Home – Download four G.I. JOE costumes for free, exclusively from Threads Store. Available for a limited time only.
Burn Zombie Burn – Burn Zombie Burn! invade PS Home
Buzz! Brain Of The UK Finalist Found! – We have a finalist in the UK for Buzz! : World Championships Grand Final. Lucky Ian will represent the UK in the final contest. We all wish him good luck!
GT PSP Packfront – Penrose reveals on the PlayStation blog the packshot for GT PSP, featuring the beautiful Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
Inferno Pool Master Class – Unleash your hidden skills and techniques,with Inferno Pool
Win A trip To France And Play Football On A Glacier With Friends – Another amazing competition, not to be missed!

PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read

Charlotte Large — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:02:28 +0000

The PSB.Europe weekly reading list (week commencing the 20th of July)

There’s already been thousands of you coming and checking out our trophy comparison and leaderboards that launched on Monday on eu.playstation.com and it had a good coverage around the web.

My personal highlight for this week is from Ubisoft explaing how the PSP and PS3 Assassin’s Creed game will be able to interact with each other.

PlayStation.Blog.Recap

Charlotte Large — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:02:22 +0000

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

This Week On The SingStore (23 July 2009) – This week SingStore update with all the classic hits you’ve asked for, like Depeche Mode and many more
UK Exclusive Premiere Of U2 Video On VidZone Today – The first ever Vidzone video exclusive was released on Thursday with the premiere of the new great U2 video
Spanish Buzz! World Quiz Winner Found – We have a finalist in Spain for Buzz! : World Championships Grand Final. Lucky Juan María will represent Spain in the final contest. You all wished him good luck!
WipEout Fury Developer Diary – Creating The New Zone Tracks – Rita tells us all about what it’s like to work on WipEout and create new Tracks in the Developer Diary
LittleBigPlanet Community Reaches One Million Creations! – There are now more than 1 millions levels to play in LittleBigPlanet, thanks to all the community members who constantly create, play and share!
PlayStation Store Update – 23rd July 2009 – Anticipated WipEout Fury expansion pack which is now available? Or the third map pack for Killzone 2, Napalm and Cordite, with two new weapons and two new maps, as well as a bundle pack of all three packs for anybody who has yet to try any of the previous maps. As for the two new games available for you, they come in the form of Shatter and Crystal Defenders, both taking well known gameplay styles and each giving them their own individual twists.
Hustle Kings… The King Of Pool Games –
Unpredictable AI and amazing ball action, so take a cue and pot some holes with Hustle Kings. Complete knock out!
New Music Coming To SingStar: Universal Music For The SingStore, Motown and Take That Disc Releases – This will bring hits from Universal to the SingStore across SCEE territories starting with the first instalment on August 8th from the likes of Elton John, The Police and Nirvana through to more recent acts such as The Killers, Scissor Sisters and Girls Aloud.

Courtesy of Victor Zuylen – Editor, Killzone Community

Killzone Bundle And New Trailer — Checkout this action packed trailer for Killzone 2, also find out when the next Bundle packs go live.
Killzone 2 Double Points Weekend – Get extra XP points by playing Killzone 2 this weekend.

PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read

Charlotte Large — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:02:14 +0000

The PSB.Europe weekly reading list (week commencing the 13th of July)

PSB Europe Weekly Recap

Charlotte Large — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:02:57 +0000

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

SingStore June Download Chart — Evanescence proved popular once again, taking the top two spots in the SingStore Download Chart, with Ray Charles’ classic “Hit The Road Jack” and the Roxette songpacks close behind.
Gran Turismo PSP — Your Questions Answered — The US producers of GT PSP answered readers most frequently asked questions about Polyphony Digital’s upcoming game.
VidZone Update — Madness were this week’s featured artists with a playlist including Baggy Trousers, Our House and It Must Be Love. New content arrived in the form of Rage Against The Machine, Cypress Hill, Celine Dion (VidZone guilty pleasure!), plus all the live videos from Jerry Lee Lewis and the brilliant hair styles of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince in “Summertime”.
Update: Buzz! HQ And Studio Spaces Are Back — Rob Rutter made a brief appearance to confirm that the Buzz! HQ and Studio Spaces were back in action.
PlayStation Store Update – 16th July 2009 — While Mike waxed lyrical about the Eagles of Death Metal tracks for Guitar Hero: World Tour, we also saw two new full PSP games this week – Tomb Raider and Brothers in Arms D-Day, and dressed Sackboy up in a varity of Ghostbusters costumes!
ModNation Racers Trailer — A great new video from the developer of ModNation. Ninety seconds of footage that captures the core values of ModNation — Racing, Creating and Sharing made fun for everyone!
WipEout Fury Developer Diary – New Game Modes — WipEout HD programmer Zico Liu told us the lastest news on the WipEout HD Fury expansion pack, with an in-depth update on the three new race modes in the game – Eliminator, Zone Battle and Detonator.

Courtesy of Victor Zuylen – Editor, Killzone Community

Killzone 2 DCL Napalm & Cordite; The Weapons Pack — “Seb Downey from Guerilla Games dropped by to show us some new Killzone 2 video and tell us about the latest downloadable content pack – Napalm & Cordite: The Weapons Pack.”

PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read

Charlotte Large — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:02:04 +0000

The PSB.Europe weekly reading list (week commencing the 6th of July)

PSB Europe Weekly Recap

Charlotte Large — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:27:38 +0000

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

This Week On The SingStore – Thursday 9th July 2009 – Lots of great tracks this week from Radiohead, Blur, Ashford & Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Erasure and Lily Allen, plus a Coldplay SongPack. Nina will be joining us again on Monday with the download chart for June.
3-and-a-half Minutes With Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi – Jeff speaks to the head of Polyphony, Kazunori Yamauchi, about how he and the team managed to squeeze the full GT experience onto PSP and, amongst other things, the famous Top Gear GT-R vs Bullet Train race.
MAG Developer Diary – Episode #4: Command & Control System – Here’s Zipper to explain the gameplay system they’re implementing in MAG to prevent it descending into a crazy free-for-all. Sadly this is the final part in our video developer diaries, but we’ll be sure to bring you more information on MAG as we countdown to release.
WipEout Fury Developer Diary – Environment Design – Another great dev diary from SCEE Liverpool Studios, this time it’s all about how the team piece together the stunning futuristic environments of WipEout HD. This post also includes answers to your questions from last week’s update.
PlayStation Store Update – 9th July 2009 – The arrival of Battlefield 1943 on the Store this week might be grabbing all of the headlines, but there’s loads more great content to keep us all busy: demos for Ghostbusters and Fuel, the “Adrenaline” expansion pack for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift and plenty more.
An Introduction To Trine: Coming Soon To PSN – Publishers Nobilis Games give us a preview of the much-anticipated Trine, a new puzzle game coming to the PlayStation Store this summer.
The Summer Of PSP Arrives In The UK – Lots Of Fun In The Sun, Competitions And More — The PSP tour bus will be wending it’s merry way to UK theme parks and festivals throughout July and August, and you could win a holiday in Florida on the Summer of PSP website. (Be sure to check out MobileTone’s excellent song in the comments!)
Killzone 2 DLC #3 – “Napalm & Cordite” (and flames and bolts) – A look at all the new features and fixes coming up in version 1.28 of Killzone 2, as Guerrilla Games make their preparations for the Napalm and Cordite DLC pack.

3-and-a-half Minutes With Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi

Charlotte Large — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:02:23 +0000

It’s a while since E3, but Jeff from PlayStation.Blog.US is still hard at work bringing us video interviews with developers from the show.

In this latest interview Jeff speaks to the head of Polyphony, Kazunori Yamauchi, about how he at the team managed to squeeze the full GT experience onto PSP and, amongst other things, the famous Top Gear GT-R vs Bullet Train race.

3-and-a-half Minutes with Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi

Posted by Jeff Rubenstein // Social Media Manager

Towards the end of E3, at the end of the next-to-last day, I got a call from SCEA San Diego colleague Scott Goryl. “Wanna talk to Kazunori?”; he asked. Chris and I ran from the LA Convention Center to the hotel suite, where I was able to jump in at the end of a long day of interviews with the producer of the Gran Turismo series. How much time did I get? Enough to ask 4 questions.

If you have any questions about Gran Turismo PSP, post them into the comments below and we’ll bring you more information in a future post.

PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

Charlotte Large — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:30:07 +0000

The PSB.Europe weekly reading list (Week commencing the 29th of June)

I hope you’re all having a great weekend and that the sun’s shining where you are. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite seems to have claimed a few column inches this week; if you don’t already have a copy of the game, don’t forget that you can download it from the PlayStation Store this week and then head over to the Monster Hunter Gathering Hall in London for some co-op fun with other MH fans. The venue looks fantastic – check out the Guardian article below for a great picture of the entrance. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

PSB Europe Weekly Recap

Charlotte Large — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:46:07 +0000

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

PlayStation.Blog Europe +1 Month – How time flies! SCEE’s blog has now been running for a month and you certainly answered the call for new content and blog feature ideas. We’re still digesting and compiling all of your thoughts and suggestions, but are already working on some fun new stuff for you as we countdown to GamesCom.
Monster Hunters Unite! Win Your Place At Our Invite-Only Preview Event – The Monster Hunter Gathering Hall is now open! Earlier this week, Capcom’s Leo Tan told us a bit more about the venue and invited blog readers to visit the Hall a day early. Hope you all had fun.
PSN On eu.playstation.com – New Features Coming Soon – Say “bonjour” to some great new Trophy features that will soon be available on eu.playstation.com.
Glastonbury Festival 2009 Review – The saying goes that “if you can remember Glastonbury, you weren’t there”, so here’s some picture evidence of the fun we had, in the mud, at the SingStar Snug and Queen’s Head tent.
MAG Developer Diary – Episode #3: PMCs – In this latest edition of the developer video diary series, Zipper explain the differences behind each of the different Private Military Corporation (PMC) factions in MAG.
topatoi – A New Platformer For PS3 Will Be Available From 2nd Of July – topatoi is out on the Store this week. Here’s Boolat Games’ Natalia with a preview of this brand new puzzler.
PlayStation Home – New inFamous Space and Killzone 2 Throne Room (Updated) – PS Home is awash with new content this week – loads of Killzone goodies, plus new spaces for inFamous and SOCOM. Elliott has some preview pictures and trailers for us.
New Playlists For VidZone – There might not be room to list all of the 500 new tracks on VidZone this week, so instead Ben gives us a preview of some great new featured playlists.
Numblast – New Puzzle Gaming Coming To The PS Store Today – Puzzle fans rejoice! Another puzzle game is out on the Store this week. Here’s Olivier with a quick preview of what Numblast is all about.
PlayStation Store Update – Four full games, 9 trailers and more expansion packs and other in-game goodies than you can shake a controller at.
Happy 1st Birthday – MyBuzzQuiz.com – One year since launch and the MyBuzz! community site is still going strong. Check out some of the most popular quizzes created.
PlayStation Store Highlights Coming This Summer – Mike’s second update this week takes a look at some of the highlights coming to the PlayStation Store this summer.
WipEout Fury Developer Diary – Ship Design Ethos – Liverpool Studios’ David Glanister talks us through the evolution of the WipEout Fury ships.

PlayStation.Blog Europe +1 Month

Charlotte Large — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:52:42 +0000

It’s been almost exactly one month since we launched the PlayStation.Blog on Thursday 28 May. In those few weeks, we’ve had great fun bringing you news from E3, developer previews and interviews, PS Home updates, PlayStation Store and SingStore releases, game trailers and screenshot galleries, and oh so much more.

So a big “thank you” to all of our Blog contributors who’ve posted these updates and responded to your questions: and, of course to you guys – the commenters, readers, Twitter-followers, Viddler-viewers, and everybody else who has shown their support and helped make our first month such a success.

But where do we go from here? Looking ahead, we’re still on track to launch the new language versions of the Blog before gamescom, the videogame festival and games industry trade fair that’s running between 19-23 August in Cologne, Germany. As with E3, you can expect us to be at the show to provide you with daily updates on everything that’s going on.

In the meantime, we’d love to hear your thoughts on the Blog so far – what you’ve particularly liked, or even anything that’s left you wondering “huh?” – and what you’d like to see from us in the future. I’ve seen some requests for more interviews with the Studios and more screenshot exclusives, similar to our WipEout HD Fury update a while back – use the comments below to moot your ideas and suggestions, and we’ll see what we can do!

Nathan Drake Heading to Hollywood

Charlotte Large — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:22:22 +0000

You might have already seen a few bits of news around the ‘net and rumours on forums about this, but here’s the confirmation we’ve all been waiting for from the Uncharted developers:

Nathan Drake Heading to Hollywood

Posted by Evan Wells // Co-President, Naughty Dog

News in Hollywood travels fast! I am happy to confirm that it is indeed true, Sony Computer Entertainment has signed a deal with Columbia Pictures for a movie adaptation of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and it will be produced by Avi Arad, Charles Roven, Ari Arad and Alex Gartner. We have been working with Avi and the folks and Columbia for quite some time and look forward to sharing additional details on the film in the short future. Obviously we designed the game to be a cinematic experience and we too can’t wait to see it on the big screen.

So, who do you think should play Nathan Drake?

I loved Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, so can’t wait to see the game recreated on the big screen. But as for the question “Who should play Nathan Drake?”, wow, that’s a killer! Nolan North is the actor who plays and voices Nathan in the Uncharted games, so he could be great choice. What do you guys think?

PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

Charlotte Large — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:01:20 +0000

The PSB.Europe weekly reading list (Week commencing the 22nd of June)

It’s been a fun week for PlayStation news: there has been a great mix of reviews, previews, screenshots, interviews, plus a few other oddities that we picked up in our web-wide wanderings. Enjoy!

PSB Europe Weekly Recap

Charlotte Large — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:02:13 +0000

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

SingStore Update – Thursday, 25 June 2009 – A Take That SongPack plus great tracks from Blur, Adam & The Ants and loads more – get the full list of this week’s SingStore update here.
Buzz! French Final, Saturday 13.06.09 In The “Ciné 13 Theatre”, Paris – The first of our Buzz! World Championships national final took place in Paris this week – here’s Rene from our French team with a full report.
MAG Developer Diary – Episode #2 – What does it take to design epic 256-player battles? Zipper explain some of the technical and design challenges they’ve faced whilst working on MAG.
PS3 Firmware (v2.80) Update –
PlayStation @ Glastonbury – What’s On And Where You Can Find Us – Want to hide from the mud in the SingStar Snug? The info you need is here, along with a full line-up listings for the Queen’s Head tent.
PlayStation@Glastonbury – Guilty Pleasures And The SingStar Champ! – Check a video of our UK SingStar Guilty Pleasures champion in action!
PlayStation Store Update – 25 June 2009 – Zuma hits the Store this week, along with extras for LBP, High Velocity Bowling, Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
Super Stardust HD Celebrates It’s Two Year Anniversary – “Super Stardust HD is on special offer this week – find out more about this and the history of Super Stardust HD, with a special appearance by an evil mutant penguin, from the dev team.
The King Of Pool Games…. At E3! – It sounds like the Hustle Kings team had loads of fun at E3, with the game impressing gamers, industry veterans and media alike
PlayStation @ “Donauinselfest 2009″ – Europe’s Biggest Open Air Festival In Vienna – A preview of what our Austrian team are up to at the biggest open air festival in Europe.
Overlord II Demo Follow-up – Your Questions Answered – Codemasters’ Community Manager answers some of your questions about the nefarious new PS3 title.
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift – Speed Weekend, The Weekend Festival that Never Ends – Evolution Studios’ Jed Ashforth divulges a few secrets about the Speed Weekend festival mode, part of the forthcoming Speed expansion pack.

From the English PlayStation.com Forums:
Courtesy of Michael “MB” Shillingford – EN Community Team Leader

LittleBigPlanet Contraption Challenge: Siege Weapon! – Wrecker balls, trebuchets and ballistae! If it’s made for destroying stuff, enter it into the third LittleBigPlanet Contraption Challenge!
SOCOM Confrontation Thursday Fun Nights – Itching for tactical multiplayer action? Join JimmyJumble and the Official PlayStation Community in our weekly SOCOM Confrontation get together.
Epic Twits! – Take a browse through the PlayStation Community’s gaming twitter contacts – from Media Molecule to Sucker Punch. Oh, and er… Stephen Fry.
Community Events – Gaming solo? Take a look at the ongoing list of events hosted by members of the Official PlayStation Community and get involved!
The Language of Dance – We got a bit silly this week and decided to invent an emergency form of communication via the means of PlayStation Home dances – check it out!

From Killzone.com:
Courtesy of Victor Zuylen – Editor, Killzone Community

Chalkzone – We got in touch with Ronaldo Salazar, the artist responsible for creating the amazing Helghast portrait at the Pasadena Chalk Festival.
The Killzone Chronicles, Part 10 – Quite a few weapons were added to the Killzone 2 armory in the final months of 2007. Also, our AI got smarter!

PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

Charlotte Large — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:02:21 +0000

The PSB.Europe weekly reading list (Week commencing the 15th of June)

The post-E3 stories have still been making their way onto the web this week, including the news that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Brutal Legend are consistently topping “Best of E3″ polls.

But my personal highlight of the week (well, after the beardy Sackboy pics!) has to be Brutal Legend’s astoundingly successful world record attempt – did any blog readers out there make it to the event? Hope it was as fun as it looked.

PSB Europe Weekly Recap

Charlotte Large — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:02:34 +0000

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

SingStore Top 20 Chart – May – Find out who topped the SingStore download charts during May in the first in a regular monthly series of chat updates from the SingStar Team.
PAIN On Blu-Ray Disc – It’s confirmed: PAIN is coming to Blu-ray! Full release dates, pricing information and some details on the characters and environments that’ll be included are this way….
Buzz! World Championships – Round 1 Progress Report – As well as recapping on the progress of the Championships so far, we’ve also got the names and scores of the your three highest ranking rivals for each country in the championships.
PSHome – Everybody’s Golf Space & Rag Doll Kung Fu Competition – A new Space arrives in Home, plus details of a competition where you can win your own RDKF fish rug.
MAG Developer Diary – Episode #1 – Developers Zipper give us some insight into what we can expect to see from MAG, such as cool characters and weapons and the different arenas of conflict.
PlayStation Store Update – 18th June 2009 – A bit more of a subdued update this week, compared to our last bumper crop of goodies – there’re still new Guitar Hero and Rockband tracks to grab, plus the Jester Signature Livery Pack for MotorStorm Pacific Rift.
New Bionic Commando Rearmed Update Includes Trophy Support –No release date *just* yet, but plenty of info on what’s coming in the next update, including Trophies!
Uncharted 2 – Meet Nathan, Elena and Chloe – Jeff from PlayStation.Blog.US catches up with the talented actors who voice and help bring the characters of Nathan, Elena and Chloe to life.
Design Your Own Rag Doll Kung Fu Toy, Win A PS3! – We’re giving away a PS3 to one talented winner in a competition to design a new toy character for the game.
PlayTV Update – The latest on updates for PlayTV, plus some sneaky hints at new features and functionality coming soon (what’s that? HD you say?!)
Monster Hunter Pop Up Space – Monster Hunters unite! Very soon there’ll be a “pop-up space” just for you in London, where you can meet up with other Hunters for some monster-slaying co-op.

And from Killzone.com:
Courtesy of Victor Zuylen – Editor, Killzone Community

Anatomy of a Nuke – Captain Narville “patiently” explains how the nuclear blast effects in Killzone 2 were created. Download the full movie here.
The Killzone Chronicles, Part 9 – With the physics system in place, the Killzone 2 developers started dreaming up weird and wonderful applications.

Design Your Own Rag Doll Kung Fu Toy, Win A PS3!

Charlotte Large — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:30:56 +0000

So, how good is your Kung Fu? Now’s the time to show it off, along with your design skills if you want to become part of the massively popular PSN game and win a PS3.

We’d like you to design a brand new toy for Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic, the quirky loose-limbed puppet fighting game from Tarsier Studios. The best design will be picked out by the dev team and transformed into an in-game toy character, which will be available to download for free from PlayStation Store for use in Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic.

The winner and ten runners-up will each get their own voucher code, entitling them to a free download of the game from the PlayStation Store. We also have a shiny new PS3 here for the talented creator of the winning design!

How to take part:
Download the template open it in an image editor such as Paint, Photoshop or Paintshop Pro, and draw on your toy design. Don’t worry if you’re not a master of image editors – the competition is about imaginative and interesting designs, so if your concept is great you still have a good chance of winning. Alternatively, you can print off the template to create something truly unique using random items from around your house – just send a photo of your finished handiwork.

Once your toy design is ready, attach it to an email and send it to competitions@community.eu.playstation.com, with RDKF Toy as the subject line. Make sure you include the following information in your email:

Your full name
Your date of birth
Your country of residence
Your PSN Online ID (if you have one)

The closing date and time for all entries is Sunday, 12 July, 2009 at 23:59 BST / Monday, 13 July, 2009 at 00:59 CEST.

And don’t forget that the Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic Avatar Hunt is currently underway in PlayStation Home, where you can try to win a limited edition RDKF fish rug.

Good luck!

Contest Rules

Your Rag Doll Kung Fu costume should be entirely your own original work; don’t use existing logos or designs, content or imagery created by someone else.

Only one costume design can be submitted per person.
Do not resize the template.
Only JPEGs will be accepted for your design submissions.
No questionable content (for example, nothing illegal or vulgar).

Further contest terms and conditions can be found here.