This Week on PlayStation.Blog

We’re into the Summer now, and while it’s not hot here in NorCal (yet), I know that’s not the case in most of the country. So here’s what you’ll be reading if decide to stay inside and cool off in front of the calming glow of the internet this week:

Many of you have been asking [...]

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God of War Fans: Join the Spartan Army

After a successful E3 and God of War III’s March 2010 release date announcement we have given Kratos a new place to show off all his carnage and destruction. Today, we relaunched the God of War III website with an all new look, screens and video section, community forums and much more. For you die-hard [...]

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Vengeance is Coming Exclusively to PSN in The Punisher: No Mercy

Zsolt, the managing director for ZEN Studios here! I�m sure you�ve been keeping up with this blog, so you�re probably familiar with our upcoming title, The Punisher: No Mercy, inspired by Marvel Comics� rich Punisher comic book history. Needless to say, I�m back and I come bearing awesome news for all you true Punisher fans!
It�s [...]

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The PSB & Killzone Recap

New Features in Comet Crash — I know you remember Comet Crash. Well, it just got some new features, including video recording! Get YouTubing!
Steambot Chronicles Battle Tournament PSP - Stomping Your Way to Victory — Atlus brings its own brand of action-adventure to the PSP on June 30.
echochrome Patch Ver 1.02 — The PS3 version [...]

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Katamari Forever - The Music

Hello everyone, I�m Kazuhito Udetsu, the producer of Katamari Forever for PS3 at Namco Bandai Games. For those asking, �who?� let me introduce myself a bit further. I joined Namco in 1996 as a game designer. I worked in various departments including marketing and promotions where I worked on the original Katamari Damacy. I�m here [...]

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Hamster vs Human Dance-Off for Control of PlayStation Home

We told everyone that it was an April Fools� joke; that there was no way a malevolent race of giant hamsters could take over PlayStation Home, replace all the music within it to Animal House�s �Chain Swing� and host a dance party in Central Plaza. We don�t know what their game is, but we do [...]

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MAG Mondays Featuring Exclusive Developer Diaries

Hey PS.Blog readers. In case you haven�t noticed, over on GameTrailers, they�ve started �MAG Mondays,� featuring exclusive dev diaries from the Zipper Interactive folks working on MAG. The first video posted last Monday, and took us through the overlying persistent Shadow War, where each battle victory or loss contributes to your PMC�s world standing, moving [...]

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PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

Some nice milestones this Father’s Day for some Friends of the Blog (TM)…
Congratulations to Joystiq, now running for 5 years! I knew we linked to the ’stiq a lot (just see below), but now I think I know why that is: they posted 11,000 stories last year. Damn!
Also congratulations to Xbox Live Community Manager TriXie, [...]

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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Out this Tuesday

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is just around the corner. It’s hitting the shelves on this Tuesday, June 23rd. I’ve talked a bit about the game previously when we released the demo a few weeks back, and now you get the chance to dive into one of the most immersive PSP games available.
Monster Hunter is a [...]

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Inside Tekken 6�s New Campaign Mode

Ever since the early 90s, I’ve been hoping for a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup-esque combination of fighting and beat’em ups (”You got Streets of Rage in my Street Fighter!”). A number of games have tried this formula (including Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and God Hand), but at E3, something caught my eye. We were showing [...]

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Qore is A Year Old

Here is the 13th episode of QORE and it celebrates it's 1st birthday. It was actually on June 5.









PS3 Qore June 2009 Episode 13

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The PSB & Killzone Recap

This Week on PlayStation.Blog — Might as well just call this week Firmware 2.70 week, eh?
PlayStation.Blog San Francisco Meet-Up Recap — Pics of all your mugs, plus 25 t-shirts that came and went in the blink of an eye.
PlayStation 2 Will Be Available for Under $100 — A $99 PS2, and more PS2 games coming!
Insomniac [...]

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FLOCK! Arrives on PSN on April 9!

OK, OK. I know I�ve been M.I.A. lately. You also may have noticed that I haven�t been on my PS3 in a while playing SF4. Well, life�s been hectic but exciting, and any free time has been spent catching up on sleep (I promise to catch up on all my PS3 messages, sorry)!
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Netflix Coming to PS3 Again?

It seems that Netflix is running a survey again asking whether a Netflix streaming service for the PlayStation 3 is viable. The survey states that a $9.99 Netflix Instant Streaming Disc would be required to run the service on the PS3. We are guessing that it may be a Linux LiveCD disc with a Netflix program - wild guess here.

Here is the most current Netflix survey with the PS3 functionality:

Here is a survey from last year. Notice that the Netflix disc was only $3 and they had 5000 less movies for Instant Streaming.

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Sack it to Me: The Anatomy Edition

Happy Friday to all! Take a peek at some happenings in the world of LittleBigPlanet!
Sack’s Anatomy
Many people wonder what SackBoy is made of on the inside. Is it cotton stuffing? Pure creative energy? Who knows? While this might be a point of speculation and debate, that didn’t stop Jason Freeny from making his own guess [...]

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This Week on PlayStation.Blog

Spring is in full effect, and PlayStation.Blog is blooming with news and information that you definitely want to stick around for. Plus, a few third-party guest bloggers will make things even more interesting. Here’s what to expect for the week to come:

A new Monster Hunter trailer

Your favorite Capcom guest star John D gets Flock’n…again!

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Ratchet & Clank Live Q&A with Insomniac Games

With all the great Ratchet & Clank news of late � the reveal of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, and the ridiculously cool weapons contest � we figured you’d all have tons of questions in need of answers. So as promised, today at 1 PM Pacific / 4 PM Eastern, a trio [...]

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PlayStation Store Update

�PSN Spring Fever � continues this week, featuring games, trailers, and themes available for download! Highlighting this week is Qore Episode 11, for free!
Qore
Qore Annual Subscription - April 2009 ($24.99)
Qore: Presented by the PlayStation Network is a monthly interactive video production covering the world of PlayStation. Qore provides its audience with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to [...]

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Interview with Noby Noby Boy Creator Keita Takahashi

During GDC last week, our friends at Namco Bandai invited us to chat with Keita Takahashi, Noby Noby Boy and Katamari series creator, and you should know him well by now. Of course, I jumped at the chance to talk to Mr. Takahashi, as his always-entertaining posts have made me quite a fan. It’s a [...]

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Monster Hunter Coming to PSP

It�s a rare treat to be able to tell people that I�m working on the best selling game in Japan last year. To those who are unaware, they immediately think of PS3 games like Metal Gear Solid 4. Nope, my game outsold that and every other console game on the market.
The game? Monster [...]

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