Hi everyone! I’m Mitsuo Hirakawa and I work as a Producer at Sony Europe’s XDev Studios on our newly announced games Invizimals: The Alliance (PS Vita) and Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom (PS3). We are super-excited to announce these brand new titles because we have been working in secrecy for some time and now finally we can tell the whole world what we’ve been up to! Eagle-eyed gamers may have recognised the Invizimals from the previous games released on PSP.

We have two great dev teams working on these games. First, we have the multi-award-winning studio Novarama Technology from Barcelona, Spain. World pioneers in the use of Augmented Reality for games, and developers of the original Invizimals Trilogy on PSP, they have been secretly working on Invizimals: The Alliance for PS Vita. It’s an all-new augmented reality adventure where hunters worldwide will, for the first time, unleash the power of PS Vita and use it to hunt, battle and collect like never before.

For Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom on PS3, we have drafted in a BAFTA-winning team, Magenta Software from Liverpool, UK, who are known for high quality family games. At XDev we are really excited about the action adventure single player gameplay experience Magenta has developed exclusively for PS3.

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With LittleBigPlanet 2 Extras Edition out this week we know many will rush to get some of the exciting costume packs and level kits currently available. To help you out we’ll be dropping the price on a number of these items until 13th March. Hurrah! And if you haven’t got LittleBigPlanet or LittleBigPlanet Karting already (why not?) then those will also be on sale. Go get ‘em!

Full games:

LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Was €14.99/£10.99; now €9.99/£7.99

LittleBigPlanet 2
Was €19.99/£15.99; now €14.99/£10.99

LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
Was €34.99/£29.99; now €24.99/£19.99

LittleBigPlanet PSP
Was €7.99/£6.49; now €3.99£3.19

LittleBigPlanet Karting
Was €49.99/£39.99; now €34.99/£24.99

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Hi there! Phil Larsen from Halfbrick Studios and Alexey Menshikov of Beatshapers here, and are excited to announce that one of the biggest names in mobile gaming – Jetpack Joyride is coming to PlayStation Network later today, priced at £3.49/€3.99.

With over 35 million downloads around the world so far, millions more can now suit up as Barry Steakfries and join in the high-flying phenomenon.

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It’s easy to forget that “tactical espionage action” is a relatively recent innovation in the videogame medium, with trailblazers like Metal Gear Solid and Syphon Filter emerging in the late ’90s to great acclaim and even greater influence.

A more realistic, open-ended philosophy towards combat soon spread through the action genre, permanently impacting the development of artificial intelligence, level design, and narrative – ultimately paving the way for everything from Sly Cooper to Assassin’s Creed.

Syphon Filter veered closer to the action-adventure end of this spectrum, though it too left a distinct mark on the genre with its more realistic approach to combat. Enemies ducked for cover behind objects, an array of memorable gadgets gave players more combat choice, and headshots dropped most combatants instantly. (more…)

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Hi Ghosts! I’m happy to announce that Khyber Strike is out today. This third downloadable content package for Ghost Recon Future Soldier features a new adversarial game type, three new multiplayer maps, a new Guerrilla Mode co-op map, new Trophies and an increased level cap.

Here’s a quick recap of what’s up for grabs:

A new adversarial game type

Our new game type is called Takeover and it’s playable on all 16 multiplayer maps. Similar to a classic Team Death Match, score points for your team by eliminating enemies. Tip the scales by taking control of the objective and earn a score multiplier to your team. Defend your team’s objective to prevent the enemy from gaining the same advantage. Choose to split your team to defend and attack at the same time, or move as a group and overwhelm your enemy. When the mission ends, the team with highest score wins.

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