PlayStation.Blog Recap

It’s that time of year when we breakfast on individual squares of substandard chocolate. Christmas is galloping towards us and, here at SCEE, we’ve launched a bunch of competitions to ensure that not all of your presents this year arrive via the chimney.

• Advent Calendar Competition on eu.playstation.com 

  Enter every day up until 10 December to win awesome prizes including a Sony HMZ-T1 Personal 3D Viewer and a BRAVIA 3D TV.
• PlayStation Unwrapped at youtube.com/sonyplaystation
  
Unwrap a new gift each day to be in with a chance of winning PSN vouchers, hardware and more.
• Festive quiz at http:community.eu.playstation.com

  Our community is hosting a festive contest where you can win a PlayStation 3, Move Starter pack and Start The Party: Save the World just by answering three questions.

If you’re one of those people that never enter competitions because you think you’ll never win, here’s a piece of Quantum theory I read recently: if there is an infinite number of dimensions in which you do win and an infinite number of dimensions in which you don’t, then the probability is, in fact, 50/50.
Here’s your recap:

• How To Tweet On PlayStation Vita – Do you Tweet? See the Social Essentials applications in action!
• Vehicle Dynamics In DUST 514 – Vehicle classes in DUST 514 resemble modern day battlefield vehicles, but are more menacing and multitudes more lethal.
• Ezio Costume Coming To Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Special costume for male protagonist, Noel… now he can dress up as the master assassin from ACR.
• Ubisoft Celebrates 25th Anniversary With PSN Discounts – From November 30th to December 7th, Ubisoft is celebrating its 25th anniversary!
• 12 Deals Of Christmas On PSN – Now you have 12 extra special reasons to be jolly as the 12 Deals of Christmas come to PS Store.
• PS3 System Software Update (v.4.00) – In preparation for the launch of PS Vita in Japan, this update will prepare the PS3 to serve as a content management device.
• Exclusive Look At New Characters In New Yakuza: Dead Souls Trailer – Like Yakuza 4, the game will let you play as four characters, including two never-before-played fan favorites!
• PlayStation Store Update: 30 November 2011 – Check out these fantastic updates!
• PlayStation Home: Winter Wonderland – It’s not Christmas without sales – even in PS Home!
• Think You’re Good At EA SPORTS FIFA 12? Prove It! – Do you think you have what it takes to beat the best players on earth and be crowned the World Champion?
• PlayStation Plus Presents ‘The 12 Gifts of Christmas’ – Here’s an additional discount for our loyal PS Plus subscribers…
• VIDZONE UPDATE: Tis the Season to… Watch Music Videos – Some festive goodness of Christmas for you!
• Access Episode 11 – Access Episode 11 drops onto YouTube starring Soul Calibur V as Game of the Week.
• The Weekend Debate: Is Reality Overrated? – Which games would be better if they were more or less realistic?
• Back To Karkand Launches Tuesday! – Are you ready to go Back to Karkand? EA releasing the first Battlefield 3 expansion pack Dec 6th on PS 3!
• MotorStorm RC Interview: “A Refreshing Change” – Director Paul Rustchynsky discusses the vision, the Cross-Play with PS3 and PS Vita, and the social interactions.
• More Eco: The 10th Anniversary Of The Jak And Daxter Franchise – Celebrating 10 years and how the development of the Jak and Daxter franchise has progressed!

• Weekend Essentials 103 – Travel the globe as an ace reporter, download some incredible digital bargains and get ready for the FIFA Interactive World Cup this weekend.
• Win amazing prizes every day this Christmas – Ready yourself for the ultimate festive competition with PlayStation.
• Why I love Disney Universe – Disney Interactive Studios and Eurocom tell eu.playstation.com why they love Disney Universe on PS3.
• Shoot for glory in the FIFA Interactive World Cup – Take part in the world’s largest online gaming tournament and you could win a dream prize – only on PS3.
• Fancy 12 gifts this Christmas courtesy of PlayStation Plus? – Join PlayStation Plus and download 12 games at no extra cost during the festive season.

• If you love Nathan Drake (and who doesn’t?) we’ve a huge making of Uncharted feature where we interview lead designer Richard Lemarchand and Drake himself Nolan North. From the first idea to the latest game, it’s an essential read.
• After all the issues of PS3 lag and patches, our Skyrim review is up. It’s… it’s not as good as it should be. There’s a GOTY of the year in there somewhere, underneath all the frame rate issues and dead wedding guests.
• While you’re waiting for the next Assassin’s Creed here’s a video of all Assassin’s Creed: Revelation’s must brutal counter kills beat matched to dub step. Who would have thought that setting murder to music would be so much fun.
• We speak to SCEE boss Jim Ryan to find out why PS Vita will win you over when it is out. He says it all about the games and won’t be as “confusing” as the PSP.
• If you like your magazines battery powered and cheap then the digital version of Official PlayStation Magazine UK is now £3.99 on Apple Newsstand.