Hi everyone. To celebrate the launch of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale this week, I’d like to introduce Robert Ball, an illustrator we’ve been working with on some awesome designs of the cast for the game’s special edition steelbook case.

We saw Robert’s work on his blog and thought it would be cool to apply his unique art style to the PlayStation All-Stars gang. Keep an eye on the PlayStation Blog in the coming weeks as we will be sharing some digital content using Robert’s designs. (more…)

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Hi everybody,

I hope you’ve enjoyed the PlayStation All-Stars beta. With just over three weeks left to wait for the full game, I wanted to share with you some of things we have been working on here in the marketing department.

First, let’s have a look at the PlayStation All-Stars European TV commercial! The spot is a celebration of the PlayStation fans and their love and passion for the PlayStation characters.

Before you ask – no Fat Princess is not Jack Black, which seems to be the burning question since our Russian colleagues posted their version. Check out our Facebook page for the director’s cut of the TV spot, with a little extra footage of our six (seven if you include PaRappa) heroes.

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Greetings PS Bloggers. We’ve very happy to announce the release date of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Game of the Year Edition as 19th September 2012. Developed exclusively for PlayStation 3 by Naughty Dog, the Game of the Year Edition combines Nathan Drake’s third critically acclaimed adventure, with additional pieces of multiplayer DLC, handpicked by the team for the release.

A quick recap for newcomers: Drake’s third adventure catapults our hardy adventurer headlong into a dangerous search for the fabled “Atlantis of the Sands”, taking in the mean streets of London, a burning French chateau and the heart of the Arabian Desert. It’s a journey that pits him and his mentor Victor Sullivan against the occult treachery of a shadowy clandestine organisation and its ruthless leader, Katherine Marlowe.

When the terrible secrets of this lost city are unearthed, Drake’s quest descends into a desperate bid for survival that strains the limits of his endurance and forces him to confront his deepest fears.

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The arrival of the Chimeran forces and the destruction and carnage they inflicted upon America has been a well-documented event. Among those caught up in the chaos was one Mr. Henry Stillman; an American radio announcer from Radio USA, Philadelphia. He documented the rise, movement and eventual world domination of the Chimera.

Following the global cover-up stories, the loss and the fear within the human populace, Henry Stillman managed to build an account of the events and collect them together within his own Graphic Novella. Unfortunately, over time and wear, the integrity of the document has since diminished and become illegible. We have, however been able to collect all the pieces together and can now bring you the truth as to what happened those many years ago.

Now you too can uncover the truth about the meteorite strike, Tom Riley, the Chimera and more! All you need to do is download the codex here, find all the codes and place them within the Novella here. It will definitely be worth your while.

If you are keen enough of sight you will be able to uncover a portion of the Graphic Novella that will lead you to an interactive video wherein you may find additional codes to unlock rewards on PSVita.com.

So what are you waiting for? Do your part to uncover the truth.

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Hi Everyone,

It’s only been a few weeks since E3 and we’re really pleased with how PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale has been received since we took to the stage with several exciting announcements. We announced two new character additions – Nathan Drake and Big Daddy – and we also shared the news that PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will have a PlayStation Vita release when it launches later this year. Now you’ll be able to take the battle on the go and seamlessly brawl in cross-platform matches against your friends on either the PS3 or PS Vita.

We’re thrilled to hear all of the great responses to the game and have been reading all of your questions and comments on the blogs and forums. While we’ll get to answering all of them soon enough, we are here to answer a couple of those questions today – “Why pre order?” and “When is the game coming out?”

Aside from making sure you’ve got your very own copy on day-one, pre-order PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and you’ll be able to get access to an exclusive set of costumes for all of the characters in the game!

Here are the costumes for the roster so far, but be sure to check back in with us later when we unveil them all:

We’ve revealed eight of those characters already, but you’ll have to wait until our next announcement to see who will be next.

We will be unveiling two new characters during our colleagues in SCEA’s Exhibition Presentation at EVO in Las Vegas this evening at 6:00p.m PST (around 2am BST). So if you happen to be in town for the tournament, drop by and check us out or stay tuned to the PS.Blog for more information.

When the game launches, you’ll have the opportunity to unlock costumes in-game for each of the characters, but these particular costumes are available exclusively if you pre-order from participating retailers in your locale. I’ll work to get a complete list of which retailers we’ll be working with in the coming weeks to share with you.

I’ll leave you with one last exciting update for now. We’re thrilled to announce that PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will be launching on October 24th 2012 in most of Europe (25th in Australia and New Zealand and 26th in the UK & Ireland)! We’ll have plenty more details on the game, including pricing for both the PS3 and PS Vita versions soon enough, but we wanted to give you a date to mark on your calendars.

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