FirstPlay Episode 15

Hello all,

Here’s something you might not know. I write these weekly blog posts on Friday, so the Sony team can check I’ve not gone completely mad before putting it live on a Tuesday. Something I just thought I’d mention before moving into my usual topical intro. So, did you all see the World Cup on Sunday? Great/awful, wasn’t it? I’m glad that Spain/Holland won. That David Villa/Wesley Sneijder, eh? Quite the player.
Even better than the World Cup final I’ve definitely already watched is this week’s FirstPlay, which hits the Store on Wednesday. This week we have a behind the scenes look at Killzone 3, in which we go hands on with the game and also talk to the lovely folk at Guerrilla Games, plus a preview of scuzzed-up crime shooter, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days.

We’ve also got a reviews round-up of recent releases, including Alpha Protocol and Pure Football (you’ll probably be unsurprised to hear it hasn’t replaced FIFA during our lunchtime gaming sessions). Then in our network highlights section we’ve got a look at the best racers available on PSN, including WipEout HD and PixelJunk Racers, a round-up of PSone classics, the best of your LittleBigPlanet levels and a huge guide to making money in Red Dead Redemption. And not just by shooting people. How inventive of us.

Of course we’ve also got our screenshot galleries, this week including the latest on Driver: San Francisco, Red Faction: Armageddon, Shaun White Skating and Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds. All of this comes at our regular, tiny price of 99p, or even less if you take out a 90-day subscription for £8.99. Which all your cool friends already have.
We’d love to hear any feedback, suggestions for content, or algorithms for predicting sporting events, and you can get in touch with us on Twitter at @firstplay_uk, FirstPlay@futurenet.com, or the official EU forums.
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