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.

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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!

• MotorStorm VIP : vip.motorstorm.com
• PS3center.net – Story: Uncharted 2 Over 90 Minutes of Cutscenes
• EDGE Online – Interview: What Makes FIFA Tick?
• Gathering of Monster Hunters | Technology | guardian.co.uk
• Game review: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for the Sony PSP | Technology | The Guardian
• Joystiq – We want this Fallout 3 Brotherhood of Steel costume
• Keith Stuart on Sony’s PS3 online virtual world Home | Technology | The Guardian
• PS3Blog.net » Blog Archive » Uncharted 2: New Info From Live Chat With Naughty Dog
• The Crying Game | PS3 and PSP news at TheSixthAxis
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Review – Page 1 // PSP /// Eurogamer – Games Reviews, News and More
• Kotaku – Nice To See Capcom Can Take A Joke – Bionic Commando
• Tim Schafer walks us through Brutal Legend’s beginning
• GT Planet – Citroën GT Priced at $1.8 Million, Six to be Produced
• 21 Random Qs: Getting to Know…Ted Price (Resistance, Ratchet & Clank)

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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.

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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!

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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?

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