Hello again everyone, and time for another update on our murder mystery.

In this diary we introduce our hero, Diggs Nightcrawler, a bookworm private detective from Library City. Diggs is a stoic, dyed-in-the-wool character whose external cool is challenged mere moments after you open the book and arrive in his office.

He’s always worked alone, and that’s done him just fine… until now. Throughout the course of the adventure, circumstances conspire against Diggs and he’ll rely more and more on your help. With Diggs’ trust earned, together you can solve the mystery of who bumped Humpty and restore harmony to Library City.

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At last! Wonderbook: Book of Spells went on sale around the world last month. It’s great to see lots of people have been studying hard to master spells and put their skills to the test.

To celebrate the release, and complete the series, our fourth and final ‘Making of’ video is here. Focusing on a large and significant part of the creative process – setting the game to music – our team at London Studio set about explaining the project they started working on over a year ago.

Alastair, Joe and Jim wrote the score from scratch, and then set about weaving the music and sound into the gameplay in one of the studio’s most complex audio projects to date. The live orchestral recording at Air Studios was the highlight of the development process for many, and we are pleased to be able to bring you a piece of the action here.

So, sit back and enjoy the making of the soundtrack to the Book of Spells…

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I promised you exciting news, so here it is! SingStar, the ultimate competitive singing game for PlayStation 3, will now be available to everyone in SCE Europe territories (as well as Australia and New Zealand) as a free download straight from the XMB.

Yes, that’s right, no more need to slot in a disc to get that party started. Simply install SingStar from the XMB and you will be able to start singing in no time, share your performances with the community and visit the SingStore to get hold of more great tracks for your collection. (more…)

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We are nearly a month from launch now – you can mostly tell that from the mix of excitement and exhaustion in our offices… but above all we cannot wait to bring this product to households from mid-November.

Continuing on the ‘Making of’ series for Wonderbook: Book of Spells, our second instalment tells the story of how the structure of the book was put together.

Of course, the book itself is from the world of Harry Potter – and is the result of our first creative collaboration with J.K. Rowling. Book of Spells is a spellbook that teaches a student wizard over 20 spells, including Lumos and Wingardium Leviosa. However, with this book you get much more than just that. (more…)

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Hi everyone. With only a few weeks to go until the launch of Wonderbook, alongside the first title - Book of Spells – we have a few important updates about how you can get hold of our new addition to the PlayStation family.

Wonderbook: Book of Spells will launch in European countries on 14th November, in Australia on 15th November and in the UK and Ireland on 16th November.

After our recent PS3 hardware announcement, I am happy to tell you that you will be able to get Wonderbook: Book of Spells bundled with the new PS3 in both 12GB (RRP €289.99) and 500GB (RRP €329.99) varieties. This will include the Move controller and PlayStation Eye camera, plus Wonderbook and Blu-ray disc.

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